Surface Water Supply 

of the United States 

1956

Part 2-A. South Atlantic Slope Basins, James 

River to Savannah River

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

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1433

Prepared in cooperation with the States 

of Georgia, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, and Virginia, and with other 

agencies

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1958
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

FRED A. SEATON, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Thomas B. Nolan, Director

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

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

This report was prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation 

with the States of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and 

Virginia, and with other agencies, by personnel of the Water Resources 

Division, C. G. Paulsen, chief, succeeded by L. B. Leopold, under the 

general direction of J. V. B. Wells, chief, Surface Water Branch, 

and B. J. Peterson, chief, Basic Records Section.

The data were collected and computed under supervision of district 

engineers, Surface Water Branch, as follows:

A. E. Johnson__________________________ Columbia, S. C.

E. B. Rice______________________________ Raleigh, N. C. 

M. T. Thomson___________________________ Atlanta, Ga. 

D. S. Wallace______________________ Charlottesville, Va.

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CONTENTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

James River basin

Jackson River (head of James River): 

Bolar Run:

Bolar Spring at Bolar, Va....................................................... 14

Muddy Run:

Muddy Run Spring near Warm Springs, Va......................................... 14

Back Creek near Mountain Grove, Va............................................... 15

Jackson River at Falling Spring, Va................................................ 16

Dunlap Creek near Covington, Va.................................................. 17

Potts Creek near Covington, Va................................................... 18

Smith Creek above old dam, near Clifton Forge, Va................................ 19

Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge, Va.......................................... 20

Stuart Spring near McDowell, Va................................................ 20

James River at Lick Run, Va........................................................ 21

Craig Creek:

Johns Creek at Newcastle, Va................................................... 22

CraLg Creek at Parr, Va.......................................................... 23

Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va................................................... 24

James River at Buchanan, Va........................................................ 25

Purgatory Creek:

Karnes Spring near Buchanan, Va................................................ 26

Calfpasture River (head of Maury River) above Mill Creek, at Goshen, Va.......... 26

Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va.............................................. 27

Kerrs Creek:

Big Spring at Kerrs Creek, Va................................................ 27

Kerrs Creek near Lexington, Va................................................. 28

Maury River near Lexington, Va................................................... 29

South River near Riverside, Va................................................. 30

Maury River near Buena Vista, Va................................................. 31

Pedlar River near Pedlar Mills, Va............................................... 32

James River at Holcombs Rock, Va.................................................... 33

James River at Bent Creek, Va...................................................... 34

Buffalo River:

Tye River near Lovingston, Va.................................................. 35

Piney River at Piney River, Va............................................... 36

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

Rockfish River near Greenfield, Va............................................... 38

James River at Scottsville, Va..................................................... 39

Hardware River below Briery Run, near Scottsville, Va............................ 40

Slate River near Arvonia, Va..................................................... 41

Mechum River (head of Rivanna River):

North Fork Moormans River near Whitehall, Va................................... 42

South Fork Rivanna River near Earlysville, Va.................................... 43

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

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

James River at Cartersville, Va.................................................... 46

Fine Creek at Fine Creek Mills, Va............................................... 47

James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond, Va.................................... 48

James River near Richmond, Va...................................................... 49

Falling Creek near Chesterfield, Va.............................................. 50

Falling Creek near Drewrys Bluff, Va............................................. 51

Appomattox River:

Buffalo Creek near Hampden Sydney, Va.......................................... 52

Appomattox River at Farmville, Va................................................ 53

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

Deep Creek near Mannboro, Va................................................... 55

Appomattox River near Petersburg, Va............................................. 56

Chlckahominy River near Providence Forge, Va..................................... 57

Dismal Swamp basin

Lake Drtunmond in Dismal Swamp, Va.................................................. 58

Cypress Swamp at Cypress Chapel, Va.............................................. 59

Chowan River basin

Nottoway River (head of Chowan River) near Burkeville, Va.......................... 60

Nottoway River near Rawlings, Va................................................... 61

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

Stony Creek near Dinwiddie, Va................................................... 63

Hunting Quarter Creek:

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va.................................................. 64

Nottoway River near Sebrell, Va.................................................... 65

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

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

Blackwater River near Franklin, Va............................................... 68

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Qaging-station records Continued 

Chowan River basin Continued

Chowan River: Page 

North Meherrin River (head of Meherrin River) near Keysville, Va................. 69

North Meherin River near Lunenburg, Va........................................... 70

Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, Va............................................ 71

Meherrin River at Emporia, Va.................................................... 72

Pontaine Creek near Brink, Va.................................................. 73

Wiccacon Creek:

Ahoskie Creek at Ahoskie, N. C................................................. 74

Roanoke River basin 

South Fork Roanoke River:

Big Springs at Elliston, Va...................................................... 74

Roanoke River at Lafayette, Va..................................................... 75

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

Roanoke River at Niagara, Va....................................................... 80

Blackwater River near Union Hall, Va............................................. 81

Roanoke River near Toshes, Va...................................................... 82

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

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

Roanoke River at Altavista, Va..................................................... 85

Otter River near Bedford, Va..................................................... 86

Otter River near Evington, Va.................................................... 87

Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va..................................................... 88

Palling River:

East Pork Palling River near Appomattox, Va.................................... 89

East Pork Palling River at Spring Mills, Va.................................... 90

Palling River near Naruna, Va.................................................... 91

Cub Creek at Phenix, Va.......................................................... 92

Roanoke River at Randolph, Va...................................................... 93

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va........................................................ 94

Dan River near Francisco, N. C................................................... 95

Mayo River:

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

Mayo River near Price, N. C .................................................... 98

Dan River near Wentworth, N. C................................................... 100

Smith River near Philpott, Va.................................................. 101

Smith River at Bassett, Va..................................................... 102

Smith River at Martinsville, Va................................................ 103

Smith River at Spray, N. C..................................................... 104

Sandy River near Danville, Va.................................................. 105

Dan River at Danville, Va........................................................ 106

Dan River at Paces, Va........................................................... 107

Banister River:

Georges Creek near Gretna, Va................................................ 108

Banister River at Halifax, Va.................................................. 109

Hyco River near Denniston, Va.................................................. 110

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

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C.............................................. 112

Roanoke River near Scotland Neck, N. C............................................. 117

Pamllco River basin

Tar River (head of Pamlico River) near Tar River, N. C............................. 118

Tar River near Nashville, N. C..................................................... 119

Sapony Creek near Nashville, N. C................................................ 120

Pishing Creek near Enfield, N. C................................................. 121

Tar River at Tarboro, N. C......................................................... 122

Pamlico River: 

Runyon Creek:

Herring Run near Washington, N. C.............................................. 123

Neuse River basin

Eno River (head of Neuse River) at Hillsboro, N. C................................. 124

Plat River at Bahama, N. C....................................................... 125

Dial Creek near Bahama, N. C................................................... 126

Plat River at dam, near Bahama, N. C............................................. 127

Neuse River near Northside, N. C................................................... 128

Neuse River near Clayton, N. C..................................................... 129

Swift Creek:

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C................................................ 130

Little River near Princeton, N. C. ............................................... 131

Neuse River near Goldsboro, N. C................................................... 132

Neuse River at Kinston, N. C....................................................... 133

Contentnea Creek:

Nahunta Swamp near Shine, N. C ................................................. 134

Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, N. C.............................................. 135

Swift Creek near Vanceboro, N. C................................................. 136

Trent River near Trenton, N. C................................................... 137

New River basin

New River near Gum Branch, N. C.................................................... 138

Cape Fear River basin

Haw River (head of Cape Fear River) near BenaJa, N. C.............................. 139

Reedy Pork near Oak Ridge, N. C.................................................. 140

Horsepen Creek at Battle Ground, N. C.......................................... 141

Reedy Pork near Gibsonville, N. C................................................ 142

South Buffalo Creek (head of Buffalo Creek) near Greensboro, N. C.............. 143

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C.................................... 144

Stony Creek near Burlington, N. C................................................ 145

Haw River at Haw River, N. C....................................................... 146

Haw River near Pittsboro, N. C..................................................... 147

New Hope River near Pittsboro, N. C.............................................. 148

West Fork Deep River near High Point, N. C....................................... 149

East Pork Deep River near High Point, N. C..................................... 150

Deep River near Randleman, N. C.................................................. 151
CONTENTS VII

Gaging-station records Continued 

Cape Fear River basin Continued

Haw River Continued Page

Deep River at Ramseur, N. C...................................................... 152

Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C.................................................... 153

Deep River at Moncure, N. C...................................................... 155

Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C................................................ 156

Little River at Linden, N. C..................................................... 157

Cape Fear River at lock 3, near Tarheel, N. C ...................................... 158

Black River: 

Coharie Creek:

Little Coharie Creek near Roseboro, N. C..................................... 159

Black River near Tomahawk, N. C.................................................. 160

South River near Parkersburg, N. C ............................................. 161

Colly Creek near Kelly, N. C................................................... 162

Northeast Cape Fear River near Chinquapin, N. C. ................................. 163

Rockfish Creek near Wallace, N. C.............................................. 164

Waccamaw River basin

Waccamaw River at Freeland, N. C................................................... 165

Waccamaw River near Longs, S. C.................................................... 166

Pee Dee River basin

Yadkin River (head of Pee Dee River) at Patterson, N. C............................ 167

Reddies River at North Wilkesboro, N. C.......................................... 168

Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C................................................... 169

Fisher River near Copeland, N. C................................................. 174

Forbush Creek near Yadkinville, N. C............................................. 175

Yadkin River at Yadkin College, N. C............................................... 176

South Yadkin River:

Rocky River at Turnersburg, N. C............................................... 177

South Yadkin River near Mocksville, N. C......................................... 178

Hunting Creek near Harmony, N. C............................................... 179

South Yadkin River at Cooleemee, N. C............................................ 180

Third Creek at Cleveland, N. C................................................. 181

Abbotts Creek at Lexington, N. C................................................. 182

Yadkin River at High Rock, N. C.................................................... 183

Uwharrie River near Eldorado, N. C............................................... 184

Rocky River: 

Long Creek:

Big Bear Creek near Richfield, N. C.......................................... 185

Rocky River near Norwood, N. C................................................... 186

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C................................................... 187

Little River near Star, N. C..................................................... 188

Pee Dee River near Rockingham, N. C................................................ 189

Thompson Creek:

Juniper Creek near Cheraw, S. C................................................ 190

Pee Dee River at Peedee, S. C...................................................... 191

Lynches River near Bishopville, S. C............................................. 192

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C................................................. 193

Little Pee Dee River near Dillon, S. C........................................... 194

Drowning Creek (head of Lumber River) near Hoffman, N. C ....................... 195

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C................................................. 196

Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry, S. C.................................... 197

Black River near Gable, S. C..................................................... 198

Black River at Kingstree, S. C................................................... 199

Santee River basin

Catawba River (head of Santee River) near Marion, N. C............................. 200

Linville River at Branch, N. C................................................... 201

Lower Little River near All Healing Springs, N. C................................ 202

Catawba River at Catawba, N. C..................................................... 203

Henry Fork (head of South Fork Catawba River) near Henry River, N. C............. 204

Indian Creek near Laboratory, N. C............................................. 205

South Fork Catawba River:

Long Creek near Bessemer City, N. C............................................ 206

South Fork Catawba River at Lowell, N. C......................................... 207

Catawba River near Rock Hill, S. C................................................. 208

Sugar Creek:

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte, N. C........................................ 209

Rocky Creek at Great Falls, S. C................................................. 210

Wateree River (continuation of Catawba River) near Camden, S. C.................... 211

Broad River (head of Congaree River) near Chimney Rock, N. C..................... 213

Cove Creek near Lake Lure, N. C................................................ 214

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C.......................................... 218

Broad River near Boiling Springs, N. C........................................... 219

First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C.......................................... 220

Broad River near Gaffney, S. C................................................... 221

North Pacolet River at Fingerville, S. C....................................... 222

South Pacolet River Reservoir near Fingerville, S. C......................... 223

Pacolet River near Fingerville, S. C........................................... 224

Pacolet River near Clifton, S. C............................................... 225

Broad River near Carlisle, S. C.................................................. 226

North Tyger River (head of Tyger River) near Fairmont, S. C.................... 227

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, $. C............................................ 228

North Tyger River near Moore, SI C............................................. 229

South Tyger River near Reidville, S. C....................................... 230

South Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C........................................ 231

Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C................................................ 232

Pairforest Creek near Union, S. C............................................ 233

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C................................................. 234

Broad River at Richtex, S. C..................................................... 235

Saluda River near Greenville, S. C............................................. 236

Saluda River near Pelzer, S. C ................................................. 237

Saluda River near Ware Shoals, S. C............................................ 238
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Gaging-station records Continued 

Santee River basin Continued 

Wateree River Continued 

Broad River Continued

Saluda River Continued Page 

Reedy River near Greenville, S. C............................................ 240

Reedy River near Ware Shoals, S. C........................................... 241

Lake Greenwood near Chappells, S. C ............................................ 242

Saluda River at Chappells, S. C. ............................................... 243

Saluda River near Silverstreet, S. C........................................... 244

Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C................................................ 245

Saluda River near Columbia, S. C ............................................... 246

Santee River:

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion canal near Pineville, S. C....................... 247

Lake Marion near Pineville, S. C................................................... 248

Santee River near Pineville, S. C.................................................. 249

Cooper River basin 

Cooper River:

West Branch Cooper River:

Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis, S. C ............................................. 250

Edi s to River ba sin

South Pork Edisto River near Montmorenci, 3. C..................................... 251

South Fork Edisto River near Denmark, S. C......................................... 252

North Pork Edisto River at Orangeburg, S. C...................................... 253

Edisto River near Branchville, S. C................................................ 254

Edisto River near Givhans, S. C.................................................... 255

Combahee River basin

Salkehatchie River (head of Combahee River) near Miley, S. C....................... 256

Combahee River near Yemassee, S. C................................................. 257

Broad River basin

Coosawhatchie River (head of Broad River) near Hampton, S. C....................... 258

Savannah River basin

Chattooga River (head of Savannah River) near Clayton, Ga.......................... 259

Panther Creek near Toccoa, Ga.................................................... 260

Tugaloo River (continuation of Chattooga River) near Hartwell, Ga.................. 261

Toxaway River (head of Seneca River):

Whitewater River at Jocassee, S. C............................................. 262

Keowee River (continuation of Toxaway River) near Jocassee, S. C. ................ 266

Keowee River near Newry, S. C.................................................... 270

Twelvemile Creek near Liberty, S. C............................................ 271

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C. ................................................ 273

Savannah River near Iva, S. C...................................................... 275

Rocky River near Calhoun Palls, S. C............................................. 276

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose, Ga........................................... 277

Savannah River near Calhoun Falls, S. C............................................ 278

Broad River:

North Fork Broad River near Toccoa, Ga......................................... 280

North Fork Broad River near Lavonia, Ga........................................ 281

Toms Creek near Martin, Ga................................................... 282

North Fork Broad River near Carnesville, Ga.................................... 283

Broad River near Bell, Ga........................................................ 284

Little River near Mount Carmel, S. C ............................................. 285

Little River near Washington, Ga................................................. 286

Clark Hill Reservoir near Clarks Hill, S. C........................................ 287

Stevens Creek near Modoc, S. C................................................... 288

Augusta Canal near Augusta, Ga................................................... 289

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga...................................................... 290

Savannah River at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga......................... 293

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga..................................................... 294

Savannah River near Clyo, Ga....................................................... 295

Revisions of records for discontinued stations:

Dan River at Pine Hall, N. C....................................................... 296

Dan River at Leaksville, N. C...................................................... 296

Cape Fear River at Fayetteville, N. C.............................................. 297

Fisher River near Dobson, N. C..................................................... 298

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C.................................................. 299

Uwharrie River near Trinity, N. C.................................................. 308

Little Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C.............................................. 308

North Fork Jones Creek near Wadesboro, N. C........................................ 309

Four Hole Swamp near Ridgeville, S. C.............................................. 310

Chattooga River near Tallulah Falls, Ga............................................ 311

Tugaloo River near Madison, S. C................................................... 312

Broad River near Carlton, Ga....................................................... 312

Savannah River at Woodlawn, S. C................................................... 313

Discharge measurements at points other than gaging stations.......................... 314

Index................................................................................ 337

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1. Gaging-station structures: A, James River at Scottsville, Va.; B, Roanoke

River at Niagara, Va.................................................... 4

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

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

3. Comparison of discharge at three key gaging stations during 1956 water

year with median discharge for 25-year period........................... 13
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OP SOUTH ATLANTIC SLOPE BASINS, JAMES RIVER 

TO SAVANNAH RIVER, 1956

SCOPE OF WORK

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

water year ending September 30, 1956. Since 1888, when the United States Geological Survey first studied streamflow in relation to problems of irrigation, similar measurements 

have been made at more than 13,500 gaging stations in the 48 States and at many others 

in the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii. On September 30, 1956, the Geological Survey 

and cooperating organizations were maintaining 6,910 gaging stations, including those in 

Alaska and Hawaii. Discharge measurements only were made at many other points in the 

1956 water year. The name of each stream measured at points other than gaging stations 

is not listed in the index of this report. Only the major river basins in which measurements were made are listed under the item "Discharge measurements" in the index.

COOPERATION

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

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

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

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

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

and State Highway Department, R. H. Lawson, chairman.

North Carolina: State Department of Conservation and Development, B. E. Douglas, 

director, succeeded by W. P. Saunders; city of Burlington, J. D. Mackintosh, Jr., 

city manager; and city of Greensboro, J. R. Townsend, city manager.

South Carolina: State Highway Department, C. R. McMillan, chief highway commissioner; State Public Service Authority, R. M. Jefferies, general manager; State 

Development Board, R. M. Cooper, director; State Water Pollution Control Authority, 

W. T. Linton, executive director; and city of Spartanburg, R. E. Stallings, chairman 

of commissioners of public works.

Virginia: State Department of Conservation and Development, R. V. Long, director; 

State Department of Highways, J. A. Anderson, commissioner; city of Norfolk, R. W. 

Fitzgerald, superintendent, Division of Water Supply; Newport News Waterworks Commission, W. B. Har-man, general manager; county of Chesterfield, M. W. Burnett, 

executive secretary; city of Charlottesville, J. E. Bawen, Jr., city manager; and 

city of Roanoke, A. S. Owens, city manager.

Assistance in the form of funds or services was given by the Corps of Engineers, 

Department of the Army, in collecting records published herein for 129 gaging stations, 

of which 2 were in Georgia, 48 in North Carolina, 28 in South Carolina, and 51 in 

Virginia.

Assistance was also furnished by the Agricultural Research Service and Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Atomic Energy 

Commission, the Weather Bureau of the United States Department of Commerce, and the Department of the Navy.

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The following organizations aided in collecting records:

Georgia: City of Augusta.

North Carolina: State Highway and Public Works Commission, State Stream Sanitation Committee, cities of Durham and Gastonia, Carolina Power & Light Co., and Duke 

Power Co.

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 OP WORK

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

under the direction of personnel shown in the preface. The data for stations in the several States were collected and prepared for publication in the district offices listed 

below.

State District office Address

Georgia a/.............. Atlanta................... 795 Peachtree Street.

North Carolina.......... Raleigh................... 436 Federal Building.

South Carolina b/....... Columbia.................. 210 Creason Building.

Virginia................ Charlottesville........... Natural Resources Building, University of Virginia.

a/ Except Augusta Canal near Augusta and Savannah River at Augusta, at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near 

Millhaven, and near Clyo.

b/ Including Augusta Canal near Augusta, Ga., and Savannah River at Augusta, Ga., at Burtons Ferry 

Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga., and near Clyo, Ga.

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

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

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

DEFINITION OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

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

as follows:

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

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

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

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

is distributed uniformly in time and area.

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

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

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

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

irrigation.

Cfs-day is the volume of water represented by a flow of 1 cubic foot per second for 24 

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

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

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

flowing in a channel, expressed as volume per unit of time.
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1956, PART 2-A

A. JAMES RIVER AT SCOTTSVILLE, VA.

B. ROANOKE RIVER AT NIAGARA, VA.

FIGURE 1. GAGING-STATION STRUCTURES.
EXPLANATION OF DATA 3

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

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

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

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

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

precipitation normally would drain by gravity into the river above the specified point. 

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

within the area unless otherwise noted.

WSF is used as an abbreviation for "Water-Supply Paper" in references to previously 

published reports.

DOWNSTREAM ORDER OF LISTING GAGING STATIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EXPLANATION OF DATA

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

of discharge. In addition, observations of factors affecting the stage-discharge relation, weather records, and other information are used to supplement base data in determining the daily flow. The records of stage are obtained either from direct readings on a nonrecording gage or from a water-stage recorder that gives a continuous record of fluctuations. Measurements of discharge are made with a current meter by the general methods 

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

These methods are described in Water-Supply Paper 888 and are also outlined in standard 

textbooks on the measurement of stream discharge. Typical structures in use at gaging 

stations are shown in figure 1.

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

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

determinations of peak discharge (such as slope-area or contracted-opening determinations,
EXPLANATION OF DATA 5

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

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

tables gives the daily mean discharge, from which the monthly and the yearly mean discharge 

are computed. If the stage-discharge relation is subject to change because of frequent or 

continual change In the physical features that form the control, the daily mean discharge 

is determined by the shifting-control method, in which correction factors based on individual discharge measurements and notes by engineers and observers are used in applying 

the gage heights to the rating tables. If the stage-discharge relation for a station is 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

used as a factor in the determination of discharge.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

daily records is not changed.

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

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

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

and ends on September 30. A calendar for the water year 1956 is shown on page IV for the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Corps of Engineers unless otherwise noted. Under "Records available" are given the periods 

for which there are published records generally equivalent to those at the present site. 

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

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

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

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

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

water development during the period of record cause the figure to have little significance-
6 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1956, PART 2-A

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). In the first paragraph, the data given are for the complete current 

water year unless otherwise specified. In the second paragraph, the data given are for 

the periods of record within the calendar year dates in the heading (not necessarily 

those for the complete years indicated by the heading dates). Reliable information concerning major floods that have occurred outside the period of record are given in the 

third or last paragraph under "Extremes." Unless otherwise qualified, the maximum discharge corresponds to the crest stage obtained by use of a water-stage recorder, a creststage indicator, or a nonrecording gage read at the time of the crest. If the maximum 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1932, to September 30, 1933. If no daily, monthly, or annual figures of discharge are concerned in the revision, that fact is brought out by notations after the year dates as 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

series of reports.

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

the daily discharge for the greater part of the open-water period was determined by the 

shifting-control method, the slope method, or other special methods involving an equivalent 

adjustment to the gage height of more than one-tenth foot. Skeleton rating tables are 

generally not published for stations on canals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For stations equipped with nonrecording gages, the table of daily discharge gives the
ACCURACY OP FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS 7

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

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

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

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

station description.

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

for each month are underlined. If the figure is repeated, it is underlined only on the 

first day of its occurrence.

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

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

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

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

(line headed "in."), or in.acre-feet (line headed "Ac-ft"). Figures for cubic feet per 

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

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

usually less than 20 inches.

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

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

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

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

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

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

the peaks are subject to substantial control by man.

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

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

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

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

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

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

given stages is published each year for all reservoirs for which records are published on 

a daily basis, but is not published for reservoirs for which only monthly data are given.

Discharge measurements and determinations of peak flows made at sites other than gaging 

stations are listed at the end of each report.

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS

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

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

The station description states the degree of accuracy of the records. "Excellent" indicates that, in general, the error in the daily records is believed to be less than
8 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1956, PART 2-A

5 percent; "good," less than 10 percent; "fair," less than 15 percent; and "poor," probably 

more than 15 percent. The records of monthly and yearly mean discharge and runoff are, 

in general, more nearly accurate than the daily records.

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

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

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

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

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

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

when relatively large negative adjustments are made or when evaporation is large in comparison with the observed discharge.

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

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

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

because water must first be supplied to existing irrigation systems.

PUBLICATIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A, North Atlantic slope basins, Maine to Connecticut. 

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

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

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

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

to Pearl River.

3. Ohio River basin, in two volumes:

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

B, Cumberland and Tennessee River basins.

4. St. Lawrence River basin.

5. Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River basins.

6. Missouri River1 basin, in two volumes:

A, Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa. 

B, Missouri River basin below Sioux City, Iowa.

7. Lower Mississippi River basin.

8. Western Gulf of Mexico basins.

9. Colorado River basin.

10. The Great Basin.

11. Pacific slope basins1 in California.

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

13. Snake River basin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

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

the United States.
PUBLICATIONS

459558 O -58 -Z
10 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1956, PART 2-A

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

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

given on page 2.

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

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

have been included for some streams.

Streamflow data for the years 1884-1901, In reports of the Geological Survey 

(A = Annual Report; B = Bulletin)

Report

10th A, pt. 2

B 131.... .... 

16th A, pt. 2

18th A, pt . 4

19th A, pt. 4 

WSP 27.......

WSP 28.......

WSP 75.......

Character of data

Descriptive Information only.

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

Descriptive information only.

monthly discharge.

Descriptions, measurements ratings, and monthly discharge..

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.

the Mississippi River, except Missouri River and tributaries .

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

Year

1884 to June 3O, 1891.

1888-93.

1893-94. 

1895.

1896.

1895-96. 

1897.

1897.

1897. 

1898.

1898.

1898.

1899.

1899.

1901.

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

in general, be found in the reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. Before 1951, records for the South Atlantic slope basins, James River to Savannah 

River, were included with those for the South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico 

basins.

Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream measurements in the South 

Atlantic slope basins, James River to Savannah River, 1899-1956

Year

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907-8

1909

1910

1911

WSP

a35, 36

48

65, 75

a82, 83

a97, 98

b!26, 127

b!67, 168

b203, 204

242

262

282

302

Year

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919-20

1921

1922

1923

1924

WSP

322

352

382

402

432

452

472

502

522

542

562

582

Year

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

WSP

602

622

642

662

682

697

712

727

742

757

782

802

Year

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

WSP

822

852

872

892

922

952

972

1002

1032

1052

1082

1112

Year

1949

195O

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

WSP

1142

1172

1203

1233

1273

1333

1383

1433

a James River only.

.b Susquehanna River to Yadkln River.

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

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

each year and are published at the end of each report. The streams and points of measurement are listed in the same order as the streams and gaging stations in the body of 

the report. An index of the records obtained before 1904 has been published in WaterSupply Paper 119.

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

872 for the South Atlantic slope basins, James River to Savannah River), contains, for
RECORDS OP DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 11

the area Included in that report, a summary of yearly discharge at gaging stations at 

which 10 or more complete years of record had been collected. These summaries were reprinted separately.

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

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

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

covered by this report is Water-Supply Paper 197, "Water resources of Georgia, 1895-1905."

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

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

these reports for the area covered by this report.

State reports containing compilations of records of discharge

State

Do .........

North Carolina 

Do .........

Do.........

Do .........

South Carolina 

Virginia......

Do .........

Do .........

Do .........

Do .........

Do .........

Period

1907-19

1889-1923

1884-1946

1951-55

Report

Bull. 34, Discharge records of North Carolina streams.

Una streams . 1

basin.

basin.

River basins . 

Bull. 17, Summary of records of surface 

water supply of South Carolina.

(James River basin) .

(Roanoke and Chowan River basins).

(James River basin) .

(Chowan and Roanoke River basins).

(James River basin) .

(Chowan and Roanoke River basins ) .

Issued by

Department of Conservation 

and Deve lopment .

South Carolina Research, 

Planning and Development 

Board .

Do.

and Development.

1 Contains records of maximum and minimum daily, weekly, and monthly discharge and yearly mean 

discharge.

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

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

stage and discharge of many streams during major floods has been included in special reports on these floods published by the Geological Survey. The more recent of these special reports also contain other pertinent hydrologic information and analyses and compilations of data relating to earlier notable floods. The following list gives the numbers

and titles of these reports:

Report

WSP 96: Destructive floods in the United States in 1903. 

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

WSP 800: The floods of March 1936, Part 3, Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers. 

WSP 846: Maximum discharges at stream-measurement stations through September 1938. 

WSP 1066: Floods of August 1940 in southeastern States. 

WSP 1137-1: Summary of floods in the United States during 1950. 

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

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 Agricultural Research Service of the United 

States Department of Agriculture has collected records of runoff from 3 areas of less than 

20 acres each near Chatham, Va., 1938-48; peaks only since 1948.
12 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1956, PART 2-A

HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS

During the water year 1956 the drought in the southeast continued. In November, December, January, June, and August the flow of Yadkin River at Wiikesboro, N. C., was 

record-low for the respective months. The yearly mean flow for the Wiikesboro gaging station and for Slate River at Arvonia, Va., was also record-low. There were only two noteworthy departures from the drought conditions. In October the flow of Blackwater River 

at Zuni, Va., was record-high for the month. In July, flash floods in the Candor-Robbins 

area of North Carolina followed rains of 9 to 13 inches in 10 hours over an area of about 

150 square miles; at the gaging station on Bear Creek at Robbins the flood was believed 

to be the greatest in more than 50 years. For three key gaging stations in the area 

covered by this report a comparison of monthly and yearly mean discharges for the 1956 

water year with the median discharges for the 25-year period 1921-45 is shown in figure 3 

on opposite page.
HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS 13

Slate River near Arvonia, Va. 

Drainage area, 235 sq mi.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. The

year

Neuse River near Clayton, N. C. 

Drainage area, 1,140 sq mi.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. The

 year

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C 

Drainage area, 1,030 sq. mi.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. The

year 

Explanation

Median of monthly mean discharge for 25-year period 1921-45. 

Monthly mean discharge during water year 1956.

Figure 3. Comparison of discharge at three key gaging stations during 1956 water year with 

median discharge for 25-year period.
14 GAGING-STATION RECORDS

JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Bolar Spring at Bolar, Va.

Location. Lat 38°13'05", long 79°40'40", In Highland County, 1,000 ft north of Bolar, 

which Is on county line between Bath and Highland Counties.

Records available.--August 1947, October 1949 to September 1956 (discharge measurements 

only), discontinued.

Extremes. 1947, 1949-56: Maximum discharge measured, 17.6 cfs Feb. 3, 1950; minimum 

measured, 2.97 cfs Oct. 6, 1954.

Remarks. Discharge measurements generally made once a month 75 ft downstream from source.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1955 to September 1956

Oct 12.......... 4.48 Apr. 24.......... 6.79

Nov 7.......... 3.81 May 15.......... 6.75

Dec 5.......... 3.54 June 18.......... 5.97

9.......... 4.29 July 23.......... 3.73

6.......... 6.88 Aug. 27.......... 4.39

21.......... 8.44 Sept.17.......... 3.75

Muddy Run Spring near Warm Springs, Va.

Location. Lat 38°06'25", long 79 045'05", 2.7 miles upstream from Jackson River and

3.9 miles northeast of Intersection of U. S. Highway 220 and State Highway 39 at Warm 

Springs, Bath County.

Records available. June 1946 to September 1956 (discharge measurements only), dlscontinued.

Extremes. 1946-56: Maximum discharge measured, 12.3 cfs Feb. 3, 1950; minimum measured, 

that of Sept. 17, 1956.

Remarks. Discharge measurements generally made once a month 50 ft downstream from spring.

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1955 to September 1956

12.......... 3.09 Apr. 24.......... 8.39

7.......... 3.41 May 15.......... 5.76

5.......... 2.86 June 18.......... 4.82

July 23.......... 2.76

Feb

Mar

6.......... 8.55 Aug. 27.......... 3.03

21.......... 8.28 Sept.17.......... 2.09
JAMES RIVER BASIN 15

Back Creek near Mountain Grove, Va.

Location.--Lat 38°04'10", long 79 0 53'50", on left bank 0.4 mile downstream from Cummings 

Run, 0.9 mile downstream from bridge on State Highway 39, and 2.1 miles south of Mountain Grove, Bath County.

Drainage area. 131 sq mi.

Records available. October 1951 to September 1956.

Cage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 1,707 ft (by barometer).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,850 efs Mar. 14 (gage height, 5.40 ft), minimum, 3.6 cfs Jan. 6, 25 (gage height, 1.72 ft).

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 8,750 cfs Oct. 15, 1954 (gage height, 9.35 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs on basis of three slope-area determinations of 

peak flow; minimum, 2.4 cfs Sept. 3, 4, 1953; minimum gage height, that of Jan. 6, 25, 

1956.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 5-16)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 5 Dec. 6 to Sept. 30

1.8

1.9 

2.1 

2.6

3.1

7.0

18

69

1.8 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

6.0

14

2.8 

3.0 

4.O 

5.0

114

175

690

1,480

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

7.0

7.0

6.2

5.8

5.8

5.8

6.6

10

10

9.5

*9.0

8.0

8.0

12

11

13

12

9.5

9.O

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.0

6.6

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

6.6 

6.6

6.6

248.8

8.03

0.061

0.07

Nov.

6.6

6.6

7.0

6.6

6.6

6.6

*7.5

8.5

8.5

9.5

12

13

14

19

19

16

14

13

15

16

16

16

18

22

.28

26

22

18

15 

13

419.0

14.0

0.107

0.12

Dec.

12

15

17

22

*34

34

3O

27

27

22

16

14

15

16

17

13

14

14

14

12

12

12

13

14

16

17

13

11

14 

14

II

532

17.2

0.131

0.15

Jan.

11

12

13

12

10

11

12

8.8 *I7a

10

11

11

10

8.8

8.8

11

11

9.5

11

12

11

11

10

8.8

8.8

10

8.8

8,8

29 

194

256

768.9

24.8

0.189

0.22

Feb.

137

128

565

614

484

*536

972

512

312

227

189

197

189

159

149

197

340

566

578

434

32E

248

189

156

232

662

434

38O

322

10,430

360

2.75

2.97

Mar.

286

227

186

156

131

128

134

286

423

308

236

193

175

1,020

1 , 100

627

472

380

345

281

*260

260

244

252

240

211

182

159

156 

153

149

9,36O

302

2.31

2.66

Apr.

131

126

143

156

156

189

624

879

548

401

322

256

2O4

179

292

753

648

467

34O

273

227

200

172

153

*131

117

114

104

102

96

8,503

283

2.16

2.41

May

92

89

1O4

106

99

92

89

85

83

69

68

63

62

60

60

*58

56

57

50

51

48

51

58

60

53

50

57

145

269 

2_93

149

2,626

84.7

0.647

0.75

June

126

164

4T2~ 816

294

204

153

126

1O4

92

75

62

66

94

66

66

68

*71

75

73

75

114

156

2OO

156

112

87

71

60 

54

4,354

145

1.11

1.24

July

53

47

48

137

658

331

182

128

114

83

66

52

47

50

45

36

32

30

21

32

41

36

*33

66

134

96

73

60

54 

77

64

2,932

94.6

0.722

O.83

Aug.

52

46

44

39

36

226

244

143

94

69

54

45

40

41

43

33

30

26

23

23

34

33

26

22

19

18

16

14

14 

18

16

1,581

51.0

O.389

0.45

Sept.

18

22

18

17

14

15

17

15

13

9.2

8.4

874

9.2

11

14

29

*37

35

30

25

21

19

18

18

18

16

34

41

33

27

610.2

20.3

0.155

0.17

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,96O 

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,100

Min 

Min

Mean 

Mean

151

116

Cfsm 1.15 

Cfsm 0.885

In. 

In.

15.69

12.04

Peak discharge (base. 1.400 cfs). Mar. 14 (8p.m.) 1,850 cfs (5.40 ft). 

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

Jackson River at Palling Spring, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°52'36", long 79°58'39", on right bank 20 ft upstream from Smith Bridge,

0.8 mile south of town of Palling Spring, Allegheny County, 1.6 miles downstream from

Palling Springs Creek, and 5.5 miles north of Covington.

Drainage area.--409 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1925 to September 1956. Prior to October 1934, published as 

"at Barber."

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,333.49 ft above mean sea level (levels 

by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 26, 1934, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--31 years, 479 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,600 cfs Mar. 15 (gage height, 8.32 ft); minimum, 52 cfs Jan. 28 (gage height, 2.81 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 24,700 cfs Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 14.74 ft); from 

rating curve extended above 17,000 cfs on basis of records for other stations in James 

River basin; minimum, 36 cfs Oct. 12, 1946 (gage height, 2.65 ft); minimum daily, 

53 cfs Sept. 28-30, Oct. 1, 3, 5, 1930.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 952: 1926(M), 1927, 1928(M), 1929-30, 1932-40.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. I, 13, 14, 16, 

17, 22, Jan. 8, 9)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 2, 

Aug. 7 to Sept. 30

2.9 

3.2 

3.4 

4.0 

5.0

Dec. 3 to Aug. 6

120

170

368

810

2.9 

3.3 

3.5 

4.0

151

204

345

5.0 

6.0 

8.0

765

1,370

3,060

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

89

85

85

85

84

85

85

94

93

91

*87

84

85

102

118

109

98

93

89

85

85

82

80

80

78

77

77

78

80 

80

80

2,703

87.2

0.213

0.25

Nov.

78

77

78

77

77

77

80

84

*84

85

93

94

96

98

105

100

94

89

93

96

98

94

96

102

107

111

105

96

89 

84

2,737

91.2

0.223

0.25

Dec.

80

84

103

107

*120

135

133

124

122

120

107

99

100

110

103

110

100

94

94

103

84

90

86

92

94

99

94

86

86 

92

82

3,133

101

0.247

0.28

Jan.

84

80

86

82

78

78

78

78

75

*70

78

74

70

66

70

72

78

76

76

82

80

78

76

76

72

72

74

72

99

374

660

3,264

105

0.257

0.30

Feb.

398

316

808

1,570

1,370

1,240

*2,100

1,300

820

615

515

503

483

427

390

398

650

1,110

1,180

985

765

615

515

435

479

1,180

930

792

710

23,599

814

1.99

2.15

Mar.

795

535

483

423

373

342

380

638

875

685

555

491

455

1,930

2,500

1,600

1,370

1,080

1,020

848

*710

660

638

595

575

507

479

431

412

401

380

23,166

747

1.83

2.11

Apr.

356

339

412

435

412

431

1,240

1,780

1,300

985

792

685

575

511

1,060

2,060

1,680

1,210

958

765

638

575

515

455

*419

380

359

339

319

505

22,290

743

1.82

2.03

May

293

293

332

594

362

329

316

302

280

266

258

244

236

231

228

*223

215

215

207

195

190

188

196

199

185

172

T74

201

562

556

510

7,950

256

0.626

0.72

June

277

302

980

902

615

475

580

316

282

25E

226

201

182

212

204

177

199

215

529

266

256

250

270

290

300

253

220

190

172

 * "

9,555

311

0.760

0.85

July

154

151

142

255

653

595

387

291

280

258

212

182

164

159

159

146

155

128

124

120

144

146

135

*137

236

250

212

185

172

199

6,688

216

0.528

0.61

Aug.

172

156

151

151

142

296

545

383

270

213

184

162

150

150

150

145

132

120

113

115

152

145

150

115

107

102

98

94

91

95

93

5,096

164

0.401

0.46

Sept.

96

98

98

93

89

94

102

102

94

89

87

85

84

82

84

96

138

*158

120

111

100

94

91

91

91

89

144

216

165

150

3,191

106

0.259

0.29

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,590 Mln 77 Mean 440 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.61

Water year 1955-56 : Max 2,500 Mln 66 Mean 309 Cfsm 0.756 In. 10.30

Peak discharge (base, 4,oOO cfs). No peak abov 

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

Dunlap Creek near Covington, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°48 I 10", long 80°02'50", on right bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on 

U. S. Highway 60, 2.2 miles downstream from Ogle Creek, and 3.0 miles west of Covington, Alleghany County.

Drainage area.--166 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1928 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,294.21 ft above mean sea level (levels 

by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Dec. 8, 1949, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--27 years (1929-56), 156 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,560 cfs Mar. 14 (gage height, 5.83 ft); minimum, 10 cfs Dec. 31; minimum gage height, 0.89 ft Dec. 31, Jan. 8.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 8,370 cfs Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 10.52 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 4,500 cfs on basis of velocity-area 

studies and records for other stations in James River basin; minimum observed, 8 cfs 

Aug. 27, 28, 30, 1932; minimum gage height, 0.88 ft Aug. 27, 28, 30, 1932, Sept. 11, 

1955.

Remarks. Records good. Occasional diurnal fluctuation caused by dam above station. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: 1929-30, 1932-34, 1942.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 16, 18, 23, Jan. 8, 9, 

shifting-control method used Nov. 7-18;

0.9 

1.0

1.5

1.6 

2.0

12 2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

321

550

1,130

1,840

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 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

Total

Mean

Cfsrn

In.

Oct.

17

17

17

16

17

17

17 

20

21

18

18

*17

19

27 2T

22

20

19

19

17

17

17

17

17

19

18

19

19

19

19

18

579

18.7

0.113

0.13

Nov.

17

17

17

16

17

17

17 

17

*16

17

21

21

21

23

23

24

25

25

29

51

31

29

27

25

24

22

21

21

20

18

649

21.6

0.130

0.14

Dec.

16

20

25

24

27

*28 28

26

27

27

24

21

21

22

22

20

19

18

18

16

19

17

18

19

21

25

22

20

21

21

19

667

21.5

0.130

0.15

Jan.

19

21

22

21

21

21

21 

22

22

*23

22

22

21

21

18

24

22

19

24

23

22

21

21

21

22

22

18

18

32

127

196

949

30.6

0.184

0.21

Feb.

114

93

269

740

710

748

*1.150 

465

266

192

159

152

145

152

128

128

402

682

600

585

405

268

204

166

175

268

242

216

175

9,959

343

2.07

2.23

Mar.

152

140

150

126

110

102

144 

470

441

288

229

189

182

1,640

1,100

590

525

441

540

392

*295

250

216

192

168

150

158

122

118

114

108

9,802

316

1.90

2.19

Apr.

102

98

104

108

110

144

565 

611

423

314

268

226

189

172

715

1,800

980

611

596

288

234

204

179

156

*134

124

114

104

96

91

9,660

322

1.94

2.16

May

89

89

134

229

226

194

170

147

124

114

106

94

87

84

85

*110

102

98

87

78

72

69

80

74

67

60

51

64

100

108

91

3,289

106

0.639

0.74

June

78

84

128

122

98

84

72 

63

56

50

45

39

37

38

36

32

55

46

*45

44

44

42

58

56

52

30

28

26

24 "24

1,556

51.9

0.315

0.55

July

26

25

25

28

59

61

42 

43

60

46

38

53

30

29

26

24

24

50

26

24

25

22

20

*21

24

24

28

36

34

32

27

968

31.2

0.188

0.22

Aug.

26

25

26

24

22

35

30 

24

22

20

18

18

17

17

17

16

16

16

16

16

22

22

19

17

17

16

16

*16

17

17

17

617

19.9

0.120

0.14

Sept.

17

17

16

15

14

16

21 

17

16

15

15

14

14

13

15

17

17

*17

16

16

15

15

15

16

16

16

84

98

58

43

694

23.1

0.139

0.16

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,940 Mln 16 Mean 160 Cfsm 0.964 In. 13.07

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,800 Mln 13 Mean 108 Cfsm 0.651 In. 8.82

Peak discharge (base, 2,OOO cfs). Mar. 14 (4:30 p.m.) 2,560 cfs (5.83 ft); Apr. 16 (10 a.m.)
18 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Potts Creek near Covington, Va.

Location. Lat 37°44'10", long 80°01'55", near center of span on downstream side of highway bridge, 0.2 mile upstream from Hays Creek and 3.2 miles southwest of Covington, 

Allegheny County.

Drainage area.--158 sq mi.

Records available. December 1928 to September 1956 (discontinued).

Gage.--Wire-weight gage and crest-stage indicator; gage read twice daily, Datum of gage

is 1,259.23 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Prior to July 1, 1954, chain gage at site 80 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--27 years (1929-56), 173 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,000 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.95 ft); minimum observed, 21 cfs Sept. 13, 14; minimum gage height, 1.09 ft Aug. 13.

1928-56: Maximum discharge observed, 9,710 cfs Jan. 23, 1935 (gage height, 10.10 

ft), from rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies; 

minimum discharge, 13 cfs Nov. 29, 1930; minimum gage height, 1.03 ft Sept. 6, 1954.

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 727: 1931.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 1, 12-14, 

16, 17, 22, Jan. 7-9)

1.0

1.1 

1.3 

1.6

2.0 

2.8 

4.O 

5.0

193

500

1,260

2,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

27

26

26

26

26

26

25

38

35

31

*28

26

26

42

3?

32

29

28

28

26

25

25

25

23

23

23

22

2T

25

25

25

853

27.5

0.174

0.20

Nov.

24

24

24

23

2T

23

25

25

*25

26

31

29

29

32

34

39

34

32

39

40_

39

36

33

32

30

29

29

28

27

26

890

29.7

0.188

0.21

Dec.

28

30

35

39

39

*36

34

34

34

36

36

35

35

32

31

30

32

33

31

30

29

30

32

35

40

39

35

31

29

32

31

1,033

33.3

0.211

0.24

Jan.

33

33

32

31

29

28

28

28

28

*27

2B- 26

29

28

29

28

29

28

30

29

29

29

29

29

29

30

29

30

31

35

45

924

29.8

0.189

0.22

Feb.

64 m

189

455

390

494 *686

260

295

278

260

190

163

141

136

131

190

455

478

432

312

260

212

187

225

242

225

203

181

7,820

270

1.71

1.84

Mar.

152

141

147

131

112

101

14T

432

26O

242

225

199

219

660

780

550

550

605

550

370

*295

260

242

225

209

199

184

163

169

175

163

8,851

286

1.81

2.09

Apr.

158

150

131

131

126

126

660

455

370

295

278

260

225

260

410

1,540

T7T20

690

500

370

370

350

295

242

*181

152

141

131

122

110

10,349

345

2.18

2.43

May

101

117

169

181 TTF

163

ISO

136

122

112

108

99

9O

86

90

*126

117

94

86

80

78

78

84

78

70

66

61

18

76

67

64

3,192

103

0.652

0.75

June

62

82

131

108

86

74

70

64

58

55

50

47

47

45

45

45

47

48

*52

55

58

61

61

60

55

47

43

42

40

i l£O^?r?

1,864

62.1

0.393

0.44

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,160 Min 22 Mean 192 Cfsm 1.22

July

86

55

45

5O

60

67

64

76

82

67

50

45

40

38

36

35

36

38

36

35

36

35

35

*35

38

42

58

52

47

50

42

1,511

48.7

0.308

0.36

Aug.

39

38

42

40

35

42

34

28

26

25

25

23

23

24

26

25

25

25

25

25

33

463B"

29

28

26

25

*24

26

25

28

920

29.7

0.188

0.22

Sept.

48

33

27

24

24

25

28

26

25

24

22

22

21

22

27

25

27

*25

25

25

25

25

25

24

24

36

475- 605

390

68

2,225

74.2

0.470

0.52

In. 16.47

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,540 Min 21 Mean 110 Cfsm O.696 In. 9.52

Peak discharge (base, 2.400 efs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 19

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

Location. Lat 37°51'10", long 79°50'50", on left abutment of bridge on city of Clifton 

Forge highway, 0.2 mile upstream from old water-supply dam, 0.8 mile upstream from new 

water-supply dam, 3.1 miles northwest of Clifton Forge, Allegheny County, and 

3.5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 12.4 sq mi.

Records available. May 1947 to September 1956 (discontinued).

Gage. Staff gage and crest-stage indicator; gage read twice daily. Altitude of gage is 

TT406 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 9 years, 18.3 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 155 cfs Mar. 14 (gage height, 3.25 ft); mini- 

 mum, 1.8 cfs Oct. 21-24, Sept. 3-5, 11-15, 22, 23; minimum gage height, 1.13 ft 

Sept. 12-15.

1947-56: Maximum discharge observed, 1,200 cfs Dec. 7, 1950 (gage height, 7.30 ft); 

minimum, 1.4 cfs July 31, 1952, Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, 1953, and Sept. 16-18, 1954; minimum gage height, 1.05 ft Aug. 29, Sept. 5, 1948.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. 

Revisions.--WSP 1333: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height. In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1-13, Sept. 3-30

.1

Oct. 14 to Apr. 15 Apr. 16 to Sept. 2

1.6

2.2

3.1

4.4

6.3

9.1

13

1.2

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7 

2.0 

3.0

1.6 

3.5 

5.3

8.1

35

135

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5

2.2

2.8

3.8

7.9

15

37

85

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

3.6 275"

*2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

3.3

2.3

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

T7S

1.8

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.2

2.2

66.8

2.15

0.173

0.20

Nov.

2.2

27?

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.8

2.8

*2.4

3.1

3.9

3.5

3.1

3.1

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.9

3.9

4.2

472

4.2

3.5

3.5

b3.5

b3.3

97.0

3.23

0.260

0.29

Dec.

b3.3

b3.5

b3.7

b4.0

4.6

4.6

*4.4

b3.8

b3.7

b3.7

b3.6

b3.5

b3.2 b3"75"

b3.4

b3.3

b3.2

b3.5

b3.5

b3.3

b3.2

b3.2

b3.3

b3.5

b3.6

b4.0

3.9

b3.9

b3.9

b3.9

b3.9

113.6

3.66

0.295

0.34

Jan.

b3.8

b3.7

b3.6

b3.5

3.5

3.3

3.3

b3.3

b3.3

b3.3

*3.3

3.3

3.1

3.1

b5.0

3.2

t3.1

b3.0

b3.0

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.1

b3.0

3.0

b3.5

b4.5

b6.0

21

51

150.0

4.84

0.390

0.45

Feb.

20

15

41

80

75

75

*90

15

45

34

25

20

16

14

12

10

14

39

49

47

39

33

25

20

21

23

23

22

17

1,009

34.8

2.81

3.03

Mar.

15

14

12

11

9.7

8.9

43

44

39

30

25

31

100 "95

75

59

46

41

*34

31

28

24

23

19

17

14

12

11

10

10

944.6

30.5

2.46

2.84

Apr.

8.5

875

9.7

9.7

10

10

31

41

35

35

30

24

20

17

41

85

75

59

46

37

31

28

23

*18

15

14

14

13

11

11

810.4

27.0

2.18

2.43

May

9.9

11

16

21

21

20

19

18

14

14

13

11

11

9.9

10

*9.9

9.3

8.6

7.6

6.9

6.9

7.4

7.4

6.6

5.9

5.9

5.9

6.6

6.4

6.6

7.2

333.9

10.8

0.871

1.00

June

7.4

21

3729"

19

14

12

9.9

9.9

9.6

8.6

6.9

6.9

6.9

5.9

9.3

7.9

6.6

*37

37

29

25

23

19

12

10

8.6

6.9

5.9

5.4

446.6

14.9

1.20

1.34

July

6.9

57T

4.6

4.1

5.9

6.9

4.8

5.9

5.9

4.6

4.1

3.6

3.4

3.5

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.0 375"

3.8

3.2

3.0

*3.4

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

4.1

4.4

3.4

125.9

4.06

0.327

0.38

Aug.

3.2

3.1

3.3

3.0

3.2

~6.4 13

5.1

4.1

3.6

3.3

3.0

2.8

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.9

4.1

3.2

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

*2.6

2.6

2 5 2T6"

109.0

3.52

0.284

0.33

Sept.

2.7

2.6

1.8

TTe

1.8

2.1

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

2.1

2.1

*2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

2.1

1.9

1.9

"5.8 12

2.6

2.2

72.3

2.41

0.194

0.22

Calendar year 1955: Max 204 Win 1,8 Mean 13.6 Cfsm 1.10 In. 14.89

Water year 1955-56: Max 10O Win 1.8 Mean 11.7 Cfsm 0.944 In. 12.85

Peak discharge (base, 200 ef s). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
20 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°47'30", long 79°45'35", on left bank 100 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 2.5 miles upstream from confluence with Jackson River, and 4.0 miles southeast 

of Clifton Forge, Alleghany County.

Drainage area.--456 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1907 to August 1903, March 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-rtage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,006.93 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). May 1907 to August 1908 staff gage at site 100 ft upstream at 

different datum. March 1925 to October 1934 chain gage at site 100 ft upstream at 

present datum.

Average Discharge.--31 years (1925-56), 516 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,350 cfs Mar. 15 (gage height, 6.97 ft); minimum, 41 cfs Jan. 24 (gage height, 1.57 ft).

1907-8, 1925-56: Maximum discharge, 34,200 cfs Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 18.62 

ft), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs on basis of records for other stations 

in James River basin; minimum, 38 :fs Sept. 2, 1932 (gage height, 1.70 ft).

Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 20.8 .ft, from floodmarks (discharge, about 

45,000 cfs), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs on basis of records for other 

stations in James River basin.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 952: 1925(M), 1926-40, 1941(M). W3P972: 1913(M). 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

86

84

84

84

79

77

79

112

TT2

*102

98

93

88

100

107

107

102

98

93

88

88

88

86

81

79

77

79

81

84 

84

84

2,784

89.8

0.197

0.23

Nov.

84

84

79

79

a80

a84

a85

*a85

86

a90

aloo

a95

a95

aloo

alio

allO

alio

aloo

allO

a!20

115

112

112

115

117

112

110

102

100 

blOO

2,981

99.4

0.218

0.24

Dec.

b95

95

95

105

107

*115

112

107

105

107

102

blOO

b90

b90

blOO

blOO

blOO

blOO

bllO

blOO

blOO

b90

b95

98

95

98

b95

b95

blOO 

b90

b90

3,081

99.4

0.218

0.25

Jan.

b90

b90

93

b95

1OO

95

93

b90

b90

b95

*b85

84

84

t,85

b80

84

93

93

88

88

b90

b90

88

79

b80

88

98

blOO

102 

138

450

3,178

103

0,226

0.26

Feb.

381

281

507

1,760

1,720

1,340

2,570

*1,510

925

672

543

522

543

472

421

390

467

810

955

866

720

578

481

412

412

880

918

720

646

23,422

808

1.77

1.91

Mar.

527

472

439

403

359

315

333

653

720

590

5136

448

434

2,350

5,500

1,850

1,720

1,270

1,110

*932

796

706

640

584

537

476

453

416

394 

377

555

24,465

789

1.73

1.99

Apr.

324

306

315

557

528

337

1,070

1,810

1,390

992

782

640

537

467

654

2.120

1,680

1,190

910

720

590

511

467

421

*385

368

333

315

294 

281

20,854

695

1.52

1.70

May

261

257

285

555

541

315

298

281

265

242

235

228

218

207

*200

20O

194

190

187

178

165

162

162

162

156

144

138

144

153 

162

159

6,622

214

0.469

0.54

June

156

174

281

506

590

511

254

218

207

187

171

155

141

155

130

130

159

214

368

365

265

235

281

272

221

184

159

141

130 

120

6,656

222

0.487

0.54

July

117

112

112

105

159

168

162

147

138

125

120

107

100

98

95

95

93

90

86

W

98

93

93

95

*93

102

107

100

93

107

100

3,408

110

0.241

0.28

Aug.

98

95

95

90

105

174

T50

162

128

107

98

90

88

93

93

88

84

81

73

75

84

88

90

84

77

73

70

66

66 

66

64

2,891

93.3

0.205

0.24

Sept.

70

7O

75

77

73

84

81

77

75

68

66

64

62

62

6O

62

66

79

*81

75

70

66

62

64

66

66

394

457

22T 

150

3,044

101

0.221

0.25

Calendar year 1955; Max 3,320 Min 77 Mean 441 cfsm 0.967 In. 13.13

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,300 Min 60 Mean 282 Cfsm 0.618 In. 8.43

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement and records for 

Jackson River at Palling Spring and James River at Lick Run. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Stuart Spring near McDowell, Va.

Location. Lat 38°29'15", long 79°26'05", on west side of State Highway 614, 5 miles

east of McDowell, Highland County. Records available. August 1947, October 1949 to September 1956 (discharge measurements

Extremes! 1947? 1949-56: Maximum discharge measured, 33.0 cfs Mar. 24, 1953; minimum 

 measured, 1.18 cfs Aug. 28, 1947. Remarks.--Discharge measurements generally mads once a month 300 to 400 ft .below source 

of spring.

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1355 to September 1956

Oct. 24..........1.83

Dec. 12..........1.65

Mar. 12..........2.31

Apr. 16..........5.05

May 14..........2.94
JAMES RIVER BASIN 21

James River at Lick Run, Va.

Location. Lat 37°46'25", long 79°47'05", on right bank 10 ft downstream from old highway 

bridge at Lick Run, Botetourt County, 1,000 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 220, 0.9 mile downstream from confluence of Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers, 

1.8 miles south of Iron Gate, and at mile 338.9.

Drainage area.--1,369 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 978.30 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 26, 1928, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--31 years, 1,566 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13,300 cfs Mar. 15 (gage height, 10.78 ft); 

minimum, 158 cfs Jan. 9, 27 (gage height, 1.46 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 66,600 cfs Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 25.65 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 33,000 cfs on basis of records for other stations in James 

River basin; minimum, 153 cfs Oct. 11, 1930.

Flood in November 1877 reached a stage of about 33 ft (discharge, about 120,000 cfs), 

Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 30.4 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, about 

98,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years) .--WSP 757: Drainage area. WSP 852: 

1930 (M), 1932(M), 1935-36.

1936-37. WSP 972: 1927,

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.5 

2.0 

3.0

175

417

1,000

4.0

6.0

10.0

1,920

4,650

11,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

Z

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

It

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

26

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

227

222

222

217

215

213

213

279

269

260

260

246

241

298

527

303

288

264

250

246

246

246

241

236

227

222

227

231

236

241

241

7,652

247

0.180

0.21

Nov.

236

236

236

236

251

236

246

*255

255

269

283

279

269

274

317

522

307

293

307

332

352

322

307

303

307

303

305

295

283

269

8,441

281

0.205

0.23

Dec.

255

269

279

305

317

332

342

*32T

337

357

512

279

246

250

283

255

250

264

274

250

255

231 2BO"

269

285

307

269

255

269

250

246

8,655

279

0.204

0.24

Jan.

255

246

260

255

255

250

246

213

222

*241

250

250

250

241

251

241

241

241

250

260

241

250

255

241

256

241

215

217

269

422

1,550

9,053

291

0.213

0.25

Feb.

1,290

890

1,400

5,400

5,880

4,350

8,410

*5,400

3,110

2,200

1,710

1,560

1,560

1,380

1,210

1,120

1,660

5,680

4,050

5,680

2,970

2,260

1,760

1,420

1,420

2,560

2,830

2 , 320

2,080

79,560

2,745

2.00

2.16

Mar.

1,710

1,460

1,580

1,250

1,O80

962

962

2,080

2,760

2,380

1,920

1,610

1,510

6,740

10,800

6,200

5,560

4,200

4,050

*3,520

2,700

2,260

2,080

1,660

1,760

1,560

1,460

1,290

1,210

1,160

1,080

80,354

2,592

1.89

2.18

Apr.

1,000

925

962

1,080

1,040

1,040

3,140

5,560

4,500

3,180

2,560

2,200

1,860

1,610

2,380

8,580

7,390

4,800

3,530

2,700

2,200

1,860

1,660

1,420

 1,290

1,160

1,080

1,000

925

855

73,487

2,450

1.79

2.00

May

825

825

925

1,250

1,290

1,160

1,080

1,000

890

795

768

740

680

641

630

663

665

636

608

564

551

526

555

553

515

483

467 488"

575

795

702

22,821

736

0.538

0.62

June

630

674

1,200

2,080

1,460

1,120

925

795

658

608

553

494

442

432

447

442

442

548

925

*925

729

658

740

768

696

602

509

452

412

577

21,743

725

0.530

0.59

July

494

377

352

362

586

1,160

795

641

608

553

478

412

367

342

327

322

307

307

293

293

298

296

298

298

312

427

427

397

367

422

392

13,512

429

0.513

0.36

Aug.

362

327

327

312

322

468

680

702 526"

422

362

332

312

303

303

293

283

269

25E

246

274

288

505

274

250

236

227

*22T

231

227

236

10,193

329

0.24O

0.28

Sept.

293

260

255

250

241

260

255

250

246

251

217

208

203

198

198

213

251

263

*260

250

246

231

222

236

231

222

823

1,540

712

504

9,555

318

0.232

0.26

Calendar year 1955: Max 30,500 

Water year 1955-56: Max 10,800

Min 213 

Min 198

Mean 1,482 

Mean 942 Cfsm 0.688 In.

14.71

9.36

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 cfs).--Mar. 15 (4 a.r 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

13,500 cfs (10.78 ft).
22 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Johns Creek at Newcastle, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°30'20", long 80°06'25", on right bank 20 ft downstream from highway 

bridge at Newcastle, Cralg County, and 1,700 ft upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--106 sq ml.

Records available.--April 1926 to September 1956 (discontinued).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 1,254.30 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 7, 1937, chain gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge. 30 years, 123 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,180 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.52 ft); minimum daily, 8 cfs Oct. 26, 27.

1926-56: Maximum discharge observed, 8,000 cfs Jan. 23, 1935 (gage height, 10.80 

ft) , from rating curve extended above 3,000 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies; 

minimum discharge, 6 cfs Dec. 5, 1946 (gage height, 2.72 ft), result of freezeup; minimum daily, 7 cfs Aug. 11, Sept. 3, 6, 7, 1930.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1935-36(M), 1940(M). WSP 1203: 1928, 1935.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except for periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

4.0 110

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

175

270

581

1,120

1,810

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

8.

8.

8.

8.

8.

8.8

8.2

13

it

119.3

9.0

12

14

11 

10

10

10

*9.9

9.9

9.6

9.3

9.6

8.6

a8

a8

a9

a9 

a 10

alO

305.4

9.85

0.093

0.11

Nov.

11

11

14

11

12

11

12

*13

13 

14

17

17

16

16

16

17 

18

17

18

ii

19

18

16

16

15

15

15

14

b!4 

b!4

447

14.9

0.141

0.16

Dec.

b!4

14

16

17

20

19

*18

17

b!6 

b!6

b!5

b!5

b!6

b!6

16

b!6 

b!6

b!6

b!6

b!7

b!7

b!8

17

16

18

17

b!5

b!7

b!6 

b!4

b!5

506

16.3

0.154

0.18

Jan.

b!7

b!9

b!6

b!6

b!5

b!4

b!3

13

b!4 

b!5

*15

15

15

b!5

bl5

16 

b!6

b!5

bl5

15

blS

blS

16

15

b!5

b!5

b!6

blS

19 

22

33

503

16.2

0.153

0.18

Feb.

46

38

82

253

278

270

431

232

156 

120

101

112

allO

alOO

a 90

a80 

a!30

a350

a300

a250

206

160

132

112

226

214

159

151

126

5,015

173

1.63

1.76

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,760 Min 7.2

Mar.

110

101

94

90

77

70

77

202

220

175

152

129

133

508

a450

a370 

a400

a350

a 400

a320

*a250

188

168

160

155

137

128

116

122 

142

133

6,127

198

1.87

2.16

Mea

Apr.

120

109

106

98

87

135

515

405

295 

234

212

230

198

176

352

1.590 

846

483

337

252

198

168

146

*126

110

99

90

80

74

°1

7,938

265

2.50

2.79

May

66

69

88

128

122

114

107

97

82 

75

70

64

58

52

*54

65 

56

52

46

43

41

40

43

43

38

35

33

34

38 

34

11

1,918

61.9

0.584

0.67

June

29

33

49

40

35

31

29

27

25 

43

32

24

21

23

48

86 

60

211

91

*73

86

84

74

64

54

42

35

30

26

24

1,529

51.0

0.481

0.54

n 123 Cfsm l.is

July

23

20

18

17

19

37

26

26

45 

31

23

19

17

18

18

16 

16

16

15

15

16

17

15

17

*18

24

23

30

30

25 

22

672

21.7

0.205

0.24

Aug.

19

17

16

16

15

14

12

11

10 

9.9

9.3

9.9

12

11

10

10

9.6

8.6

8.6

9.6

17

16

14

11

9.6

9.0

*8.8

8.8

8.6

1~8.4 

363.7

11.7

0.110

0.13

Sept.

24

15

11

9.6

9.3

10

16

15

12 

10

9.6

9.3

9.0

8.6

9.6

10 

9.3

10

*8.6

8.4

8.6

8.2

8.4

9.0

9.3

9.6

158

72

34 

23

564.4

18.8

0.177

0.20

In. 15.72

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,590 Min 8 Mean 70.7 Cfsm 0.667 In. 9.12

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 efs).--Apr. 16 (2:30 p.m.) 2,180 cfs (8.52 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement and records for 

Cralg Creek at Parr.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
24 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°28'05", long 80°00'20", on right bank 80 ft above highway bridge,

1.0 mile downstream from Little Catawba Creek, 1.9 miles west of Haymakertown, and

8.2 miles northeast of Catawba, Roanoke County. 

Drainage area. 34 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. September 1943 to September 1956. 

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,299.96 ft above mean sea level, datum

of 1939. Prior to Aug. 1, 1953, staff gage at site 80 ft downstream at same datum. 

Average discharge. 13 years, 36.4 cfs (adjusted for pumpage since October 1952). 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 443 cfs Apr. 16 Tgage height, 3.68 ft), minimum,

2.6 cfs Jan. 14, 17, result of freezeup (gage height, 1.25 ft).

1943-56: Maximum discharge, 5,670 cfs Mar. 1, 1954 (gage height, 6.58 ft), from

rating curve extended above 620 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 2.2 cfs Sept. 7-11,

1944 (gage height, 0.54 ft), site and datum then in use.

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 13.26 ft, from information by observer. 

Remarks.--Records good. Lone Star Cement Co. pumps about 0.4 cfs below gage and returns

it above gage pool.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 8 to Sept. 30

1.4

1.5

5.2 

7.0

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

1.9 

2.3

3.0

5.7

11

20

60

2.6 

2.9 

3.3 

3.5

106

165

275

354

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Itotal

Mean

(t)

Oct.

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.2

6.6

5.7

5.0

5.0

4.6

4.5

6.6

6.2

5.1

5.0

5.1

4.8

*4.6

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.2

4.6

4.6

4.8

5.4

5.4 

5.1

159.5

5.15

0.4

Nov.

5.1

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.9

5.9

5.4

*6.2

8.0

6.8

5.9

5.9

6.6

7.1

6.2

5.6

6.2

6.6

6.6

5.9

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.7

4.8

5.0

174.5

5.82

0.4

Dec.

4.8

5.2

5.9

6.6

7.1

5.9

*5.7

5.4

6.4

5.9

5.4

5.1

5.1

5.4

5.2

4.5

5.0

5.1

5.4

5.1

4.8

5.0

5.1

5.4

5.7

5.4

5.1

4.6

5.1

5.1

_4j4

165.9

5.35

0.4

Jan.

5.0

4.6

5.2

5.1

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.0

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.1

4.8

3.7

4.5

4.8

4.2

4.5

5.1

5.1

4.5

4.8

5.2

4.8

4.8

5.0

4.2

4.4

5.1

6.2

 ^

149.0

4.81

0.4

Feb.

5.2

6.2

20

73

46

"90 92

41

*27

20

21

26

21

18

16

14

56

66

46

39

30

24

20

18

27

30

25

24

19

 

960.4

33.1

0.4

Mar.

18

17

16

15

15

13

13

20

23

21

19

18

18

48

53

58

60

63

61

53

*42

35

31

26

22

20

18

17

18

16 

14

879

28.4

0.4

Apr.

13

13

13

12

JU

37

76

54

44

35

34

41

35

33

61

290

120

82

61

49

43

35

31

*26

24

22

20

18

17

16

1,366

45.5

0.4

May

16

16

18

18

16

16

16

15

13

13

13

12

11

11

*10

10

9.8

9.5

8.9

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.0

7.3

7.1

7.1

7.3

7.5

6.8

6.6

344.3

11.1

0.4

June

6.6

14

12

8.6

7.5

7.1

6.6

6.4

6.2

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.1

6.2

6.2

*6.4

6.6

5.7

6.6

5.7

5.1

5.1

5.1

4.8

4.8

4.8

190.7

6.36

0.4

July

5.2

4.8

4.6

4.8

6.2

5.1

4.8

4.5

5.2

5.1

4.8

4.1

4.0

4.0

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.7

5.4

5.7

7.0

8.0

TTs

6.4

6.4

5.9

4.8

5.0 

4.6

154.7

4.99

0.4

Aug.

4.4

4.1

4.1

4.0

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.8

3.6

4.2

3.8

3.7

3.5

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

4.0

5.1

4.8

4.0

3.7

3.5

3.6

*3.7

3.4

3.4

3.4

118.1

3.81

0.4

Sept.

3.7

4.2

3.6

3.8

4.1

25

11

6.4

5.0

4.4

4.4

3.8

3.5

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.5

*3.6

46

15

8.6

7.5

204.0

6.80

0.4

Adjusted for pumpage

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

4.75 

0.140 

0.16

5.42 

0.159 

0.18

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

4.95 

0.146 

0.17

4.41 

0.130 

0.15

32.7 

0.962 

1.04

28.0 

0.824 

0.95

45.1 

1.33 

1.48

10.7 

0.315 

0.36

Observed

Max 538 Min 4.2 Mean 30.9 

Max 290 Min 3.1 Mean 13.3

5.96 

0.175 

0.20

4.59 

0.135 

0.16

3.41 

0.100 

0.12

6.40 

0.188 

0.21

Adjusted

Mean 30.5 Cfsm 0.897 In. 12.20 

Mean 12.9 Cfsm 0.379 In. 5.18

Peak discharge (base, 600 cfs). No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Pumpage, equivalent in cubic feet per second, by Lone Star Cement Co.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 23

Craig Creek at Parr, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°39'55", long 79°54'40", on right bank 12 ft upstream from Chesapeake and

Ohio Railway bridge, 700 ft downstream from Stony Run, 0.2 mile northeast of Horton,

0.4 mile northwest of Parr, Botetourt County, and 12 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 331 sq ml.

Records available.--April 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 992.50 ft above mean sea level (levels 

by Corps of Engineers). Prior to June 7, 1937, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--31 years, 374 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4 280 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.15 ft); minimum, 29 cfs Jan. 8 (gage height, 3.26 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 19,100 cfs Jan. 23, 1935 (gage height, 17.0 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings) , from rating curve extended above 11,000 cfs; minimum, 

26 cfs Dec. 23, 1943 (gage height, 3.26 ft), result of freezeup.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 852: 1937. WSP 892: 1935-36. WSP 1203: 1935(M), 

1938(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

4.0 

4.5

32

52

138

285

5.0 

6.0 

8.0

530

1,130

2,900

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

44

42

42

42

42

41

41

55

55

56

52

47

45

56

-6.3.

60

55

50

47

*46

45

45

44

42

42

40

41

40

41 

45

46

1,452

46.8

0.141

0.16

Nov.

46

45

44

44

45

45

44

*46

47

53

59

60

62

59

59

59

60

62

66

63

63

65

65

62

58

55

53

52

48

b45

1,634

54.5

0.165

0.18

Dec.

b40

b45

52

56

62

65

*65

62

63

65

62

b45

b45

bSO

b55

48

b50

56

55

b40

b40

b45

b50

60

59

60

63

55

b50 

b40

b58

1,641

52.9

0.160

0.18

Jan.

b35

b35

bSO

58

55

56

53

40

bSO

bSO

*53

52

52

51

47

51

50

51

55

56

55

50

52

51

52

51

50

46

55

66

1,586

51.2

0.155

0.18

Feb.

79

95

123

527

890

778

1,500

*920

634

464

370

352

348

305

274

252

541

1,100

990

805

656

536

448

370

420

624

568

502

436

15,907

549

1.66

1.79

Mar.

361

321

301

281

255

229

229

309

624

602

508

436

395

778

1,540

,130

,240

,060

,240

,020

778

662

E74

508

464

400

370

334

313 

330

321

17,913

578

1.75

2.02

Apr.

297

274

263

255

235

238

957

1,200

890

722

629

618

618

558

646

2,780

2,600

1,420

990

778

634

541

464

*395

348

313

289

266

245

226

20,689

690

2.08

2.32

May

216

219

229

278

554

313

293

274

245

222

213

202

185

172

*162

167

175

157

150

136

128

123

121

123

121

111

106

104

104

inn 

5,591

180

0.544

0.63

June

92

102

134

150

130

113

104

93

88

82

95

88

76

71

69

102

138

167

238

*152

143

148

145

136

117

106

92

82

74

69

3,396

113

0.341

0.38

July

66

72

72

66

60

68

77

85

87

106

87

69

62

58

55

53

55

51

53

58

55

55

59

59

*69

69

74

79

85 

90

76

2,132

68.8

0.208

0.24

Aug.

68

61

59

55

53

55

47

42

40

38

36

36

35

36

37

35

36

35

34

34

42

51

52

46

38

37

34

*34

33 

32

34

1,307

42.2

0.127

0.15

Sept.

35

52

51

40

38

40

46

46

48

42

38

36

34

32

35

37

37

37

*36

36

34

33

32

33

34

34

111

392

200 

120

1,819

60.6

0.183

0.20

Calendar year 1955 : Max 7,280 Min 38 Mean 349 Cfsm 1.05 In. 14.31

Water year 1955-56 : Max 2,780 Min 32 Mean 205 Cfsm 0.619 In. 8.43

Peak discharge (base, 4,200 cfs).--Apr. 16 (11 p.m.) 4,280 cfs (9.15 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
26 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Karnes Spring near Buchanan, Va.

Location. Lat 37 0 35'55", long 79 0 40'50", 4.7 miles north of Buchanan, Botetourt County.

Records "available. July 1928, August 1947, October 1949 to September 1956 (discharge 

measurements only), discontinued.

Extremes. 1928, 1947, 1949-56: Maximum discharge measured, 21.4 cfs July 7, 1953; minimum measured, 1.42 cfs Oct. 4, 1954.

Remarks. Discharge measurements generally made once a month near mouth of spring.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1955 to September 1956

1.82

2.10

1.91

1.91

7.07

Apr. 24......... 7.70

May 14......... 4.44

June 21......... 3.37

July 26......... 2.60

Aug. 27......... 1-82

Sept.20......... 1.61

Calfpasture River above Mill Creek, at Goshen, Va.

Location. Lat 37°59'15", long 79°29'40", on left bank 20 ft upstream from highway bridge 

at Goshen, Rockbridge County, and 400 ft upstream from Mill Creek.

Drainage area. 147 sq mi.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,384.84 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, Parkersburg-Uniontown supplementary adjustment of 1944.

Average discharge. 17 years, 160 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,520 cfs Mar. 14 (gage height, 5.29 ft); minimum, about 1 cfs Jan. 8, result of freezeup.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 14,800 cfs June 18, 1949 (gage height, 12.14 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 9,200 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, that of Jan. 8,

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record and those below 

30 cfs, which are fair. Discharge given herein includes diversion 50 ft above control 

by Stillwater Worsted Mill.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 26 to Nov. 6, 

July 10 to Sept. 20)

1.3 

1.5 

1.8 

2.2 

2.4

3.0 

5.1

40

2.6 

3.0 

3.4

4.0 

5.0

65

150

310

640

1,270

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

11

11

10

9.8

9.6

9.6

9.6

1414"

12

10

9.6

9.2

9.6

10

10

9.6

9.4

9.2

9.0

*9.0

9.6

10

9.4

9.2

7.8

7.6

8.7

9.6

10 

10

307.1

9.91

0.067

0.08

Nov.

8.5

8.1

7.6

7.6

7.2

7.0

g.'e

9.0

9.0

12

13

If

11

10

10

10

9.2

11

13

12

12

12

12

11

11

11

11

8.7

10

303.9

10.1

0.069

0.08

Dec.

9.2

11

12

12

12

11

10

11

11

11

11

9.6

9.4

9.8

10

7.8

10

10

9.6

7.8

8.7

7.4

9.4

9.8

11

10

8.5

7.9

9.0

8.5

7.4

302.8

9.77

0.066

0.08

Jan.

9.0

8.7

9.4

8.5

7.9

8.1

9.0

5.0

*6.9

9.2

9.0

9.0

8.5

7.6

7.7

9.0

8.5

7.9

9.4

9.6

8.4

8.4

9.6

7.2

7.0

9.0

6.3

7.5

12

22 

84

349.3

11.3

0.077

0.09

Feb.

86

84

180

464

475

*480

850

5W

310

216

171

178

171

154

138

123

130

178

210

213

185

157

135

118

125

199

206

199

164

------

6,807

235

1.60

1.73

Mar.

142

135

125

114

98

88

86

104

116

125

125

118

120

720

1.050

618

497

376

305

*280

248

236

213

199

185

168

150

135

128

123 

111

7,238

233

1.59

1.83

Apr.

104

100

104

100

94

100

373

580

448

310

244

202

168

142

154

280

370

295

232

188

157

140

125

*111

98

86

79

72

65

62.

5,583

186

1.27

1.42

May

59

58

70

72

75

77

77

74

64

61

58

54

50

46

*41

39

36

37

34

32

29

27

27

25

24

23

23

23

28

25 

24

1,392

44.9

0.305

0.35

June

24

25

58

77

59

47

37

30

29

27

23

22

21

48

26

23

23

22

23

22

22

23

26

23

21

19

16

15

a!3

a!2.

856

28.5

0.194

0.22

July

a 10

a 10

alO

a 10

a!8

a20

a!5

a!2

a 10

11

10

9.8

9.4

9.2

8.5

8.1

7.4

7.4

7.0

875

10

9.4

*7.8

9.0

11

9.8

8.7

8.5

8.1

8.5 

7.4

309.5

9.98

0.068

0.08

Aug.

7.6

9.4

11

9.2

8.1

11

11

11

10

9.4

8.7

8.3

7.9

7.2

6.5

6.5

6.9

8.1

7.9

7.8

9.8

10

8.5

7.6

6.5

6.1

*4.8

4.5

5 .0

6.0

5.6

248.1

8.00

0.054

0.06

Sept.

5.7

5.9

5.0

3.4

3.4

7.6

6.4

5.8

4.8

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.6

3.1 3~7e

4.7

4.9

5.2

4.3

3.5

*4.5

4.8

5.0

5.5

4.9

4.2

17

22

29

27

215.1

7.17

0.049

0.05

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,910 Mln 7.0 Mean 131 Cfsm 0.891 In. 12.08

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,050 Min 3.1 Mean 65.3 ' Cfsm 0.444 In. 6.07

Peak discharge (base, 2.500 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Maury River at Rockbridge 

Baths.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 25

James River at Buehanan, Va.

Location. Lat 37°31'50", long 79°40'45", on left bank at Chesapeake & Ohio Railway station 

at Buehanan, Botetourt County, 300 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 11, 1,000 

ft upstream from Purgatory Creek, \\ miles downstream from Looney Creek, and at mile 

301.2.

Drainage area. 2,084 sq mi.

Records available. August 1895 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. February 1898 to September 1916, some of which has been revised, in Virginia Geological 

Survey Bulletin 31.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 802.90 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 21, 1903, wire-weight gage at 

same site; datum lowered 2 ft on Apr. 3, 1897. Nov. 21, 1903, to July 1, 1927, chain 

gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--57 years (1898-1912, 1913-56), 2,486 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,800 cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 10.03 ft); minimum, 208 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 1.46 ft); minimum daily, 275 cfs Jan. 9.

1895-1956: Maximum discharge, about 105,000 cfs Mar. 27, 1913 (gage height, 31 ft, 

from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 53,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting 

and records for other stations in James River basin; minimum, that of Jan. 9 (gage 

height, 1.46 ft) .

Flood in November 1877 reached a stage of 34.9 ft, from floodmark (discharge, about 

125,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Records of chemical analyses, water temperatures, and sediment loads for the water 

year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 602: 1917-24. WSP 757: Drainage area. WSP 952: 1913(M) . 

WSP 972: 1935-36. WSP 1383: 1927.

Hating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.4 

1.7 

2.3 

3.0

190

296

630

1,140

4.0

6.0

10.0

2,200

5,700

15,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

355

350

340

340

336

327

327 

395

446

405

390

375

380

390

446

464

440

415

390

375

365

360

355

350

331

327

322

327

340 

355

355

11,473

370

0.178

0.21

Nov.

355

350

355

355

545

345

360 

375

385

*395

446

476

464

458

470

500

482

458

458

482

500

494

482

464

458

452

440

435

420

405

12,864

429

0.206

0.23

Dec.

385

375

410

435

470

476

494 

500

506

515

482

446

400

370

390

380

380

400

410

385

365

360

355

400

400

415

435

385

370

400 

360

12,852

415

0.199

0.23

Jan.

345

370

365

390

375

370

370 

336

275

360

365

360

360

355

340

340

350

336

365

365

375

355

365

370

345

345

340

309

340

410

850

11,496

371

0.178

0.21

Feb.

1,730

1,230

1,210

4,780

7,760

5,700

10.000 

8,500

*4,710

3,360

2,620

2,260

2,260

2,080

1,840

1,730

1,840

4,250

5,700

5,090

4,340

3,360

2,700

2,260

2,080

2,620

3,980

3,180

2,860

106,030

3,656

1.75

1.89

Mar.

2,400

2,140

1,960

1,840

1,620

1,470

1,420 

1,960

3,440

3,440

2,860

2,400

2,200

4,670

14,000

9,000

7,760

6,360

5,920

5,290

4,160

3,440

3,020

2,700

2,470

2,260

2,080

1,960

1,780

1,730

1,680

109,430

3,530

1.69

1.95

Apr.

1,570

1,470

1,470

1,520

1,520

1,520

3,140 

7,050

6,360

4,710

3,710

3,180

2,860

2,470

2,620

10,800

15 , 500

8,000

5,700

4,340

3,440

2,860

2,540

2,200

2,020

1,840

1,680

1,570

1,470 

1.570

108,500

3,610

1.73

1.93

May

1,280

1,280

1,320

1,520

1.780

1,730

1,620 

1,520

1,370

1,280

1,180

1,140

1,060

1,010

980

980

1,010

980

945

896

819

812

835

833

798

756

707

714

742

980

33,757

1,089

0.523

0.60

June

903

889

1,140

2,020

1,960

1,520

1,230 

1,140

945

868

805

756

672

617

610

637

672

714

a900

al,100

*1,140

988

988

1,020

973

910

791

679

604 

546

28,737

958

0.460

0.51

July

546

637

546

558

532

1,000

1,160 

938

889

812

756

644

552

500

464

440

440

435

425

a430

a420

a420

a420

a430

a450

*a500

617

610

565 

651

624

18,431

595

0.286

0.33

Aug.

558

513

500

464

440

520

728 

896

777

624

506

446

410

390

385

385

370

365

340

327

360

385

395

415

370

340

322

*322

322

314

TTa O-LB

13,807

445

0.214

0.25

Sept.

322

405

370

365

355

385

458 

405

375

355

331

314

305

296

296

314

318

331

360

*365

336

336

327

322

327

331

1,380

2.400

1,470 

959

15,213

507

0.243

0.27

Calendar year 1955: Max 43,600 Mln 322 

Water year 1955-56; Max 14,000 Min 275

Mean 2,237 

Mean 1,318

Cfsm 1.07 In. 14.57 

Cfsm 0.632 In. 8.61

Peak discharge (base, 21,000 cfs).--No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement and records for 

stations at Lick Run and Holcombs Hock.

459558 O -58 -3
JAMES RIVER BASIN 27

Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va.

Location. Lat 37°54'26", long 79°25'20", on right bank at Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge 

County, 700 ft upstream from highway bridge and 1 mile upstream from Hays Creek.

Drainage area.--329 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1956. Prior to October 1945, published as 

North River at Rockbridge Baths.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,100.33 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--27 years (1929-56), 357 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,650 cfs Mar. 14 (gage height, 6.02 ft); minimum, 16 cfs Sept. 14, 15, 22, 23; minimum gage height, 0.92 ft Jan. 8.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 33,000 cfs Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 13.07 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 16,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 11 cfs Nov. 28, 

1930 (gage height, 0.76 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: 1929-40, 194l(M). WSP 1002: 1930(m).

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

116

250

770

1,480

2,370

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

34

34

33

33

33

33

32

50

50

41

36

34

34

34

35

34

34

34

34

33

*32

32

32

33

29.

29

29

30

34 

35

34

1,064

34.3

0.104

0.12

Nov.

34

34

34

34

34

34

36

46

39

39,

*58

56

51

46

43

39

41

38

42

47

48

48

47

44

44

39

41

41

36 

37

1,250

41.7

0.127

0.14

Dec.

b35

35

37

39

4_1

36

35

36

*36

37

37

b38

b38

35

34

b33

33

33

34

b35

b35

b32

33

34

37

37

33

b30 b30~ 

34

b38

1,090

35.2

0.107

0.12

Jan.

b35

b34

33

31

32

31

31

34

b34

33

34

33

32

32

33

33

b34

b34

34

34

b34

b33

34

33

b33

32

b32

b32

35 

66

179

1,204

38.8

0.118

0.14

Feb.

156

144

374

1,040

1,110

1,040

1,800

1,040

672

*479

390

405

360

312

286

250

274

457

501

484

400

326

282

246

274

457

452

415

330

14,756

509

1.55

1.67

Mar.

286

266

246

227

193

172

179

380

400

355

322

290

326

2,150

2,510

1,480

1,250

935

770

672

600

545

49O

446

385

345

312

278

270

227

17,365

560

1.70

1.96

Apr.

204

197

227

207

189

215

830

1,110

830

638

528

440

360

312

446

1,040

1,000

770

622

501

410

355

308

*266

234

215

193

186

166

156

13,155

438

1.33

1.48

May

144

147

182

193

182

175

179

169

153

144

141

133

124

114

*106

104

96

98

89

82

76

69

71

67

60

55

55

60

69

65

64

3,466

112

0.340

0.39

June

65

86

234

200

160

130

108

91

84

84

71

62

55

96

80

62

67

*67

80

76

71

76

94

80

67

55

50

42

39

37.

2,569

85.6

0.260

0.29

July

36

35

34

33

54

69

42

36

36

36

32

29

28

28

27

26

24

23

24

33

36

34

30

28

33

32

29

28

28

28

29

1,020

32.9

0.100

0.12

Aug.

28

29

47

34

32

38

38

34

31

29

28

27

28

31

28

26

25

23

22

23

29

*30

27

23

22

21

21

20

19

19

23

855

27.6

0.084

0.10

Sept.

28

26

22

20

19

21

24

23

20

18

18

17

17

16

16

19

20

20

19

18

*17

16

16

17

18

18

114

144

76

62

899

30.0

0.091

0.10

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,070- Mln 29 Mean 318 Cfsm 0.967 In. 13.10

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,310 Min 16 Mean 160 Cfsm 0.486 In. 6.63

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Big Spring at Kerrs Creek, Va.

Location. Lat 37°50'50", long 79°28 I 30", 1.3 miles east of town of Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge

County. 

Records available.--August 1947, October 1949 to September 1956 (discharge measurements

only) , discontinued. 

Extremes. 1947, 1949-56: Maximum discharge measured, 9.41 cfs Apr. 9, 1951; minimum measured, that of Sept. 20, 1956. 

Remarks.--Discharge measurements generally made once a month at bridge on State Highway 623.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1955 to September 1956
28 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Kerrs Creek near Lexington, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°49'35", long 79°26'35", on right bank 1.4 miles upstream from mouth 

and 2.9 miles north of Lexington, Rockbridge County.

Drainage area.--34 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--January 1927 to September 1956 (fragmentary prior to August 1930).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 980.32 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 1, 1953, chain or wire-weight gage at site 1,000 ft 

downstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--26 years (1930-56), 37.1 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 391 cfs Mar. 14 (gage height, 4.46 ft); minimum, 

3.1 cfs Dec. 16 (gage height, 2.11 ft).

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 23,000 cfs Sept. 10, 1950 (gage height, 13.8 ft, site 

and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 800 cfs on basis of 1 slopearea determination at, gage height 9.3 ft (site and datum then in use) and 1 contractedopening and 1 slope-area determination at gage height 13.8 ft; minimum, that of Dec. 16,

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1203: 1927-29, 1930-34(M), 1935-40, 1941(M) 1942 1943- 

48(M), 1949.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Jan. 8;

shifting-control method used Nov. 8-12)

2.3

2.4 

2.6 

2.8

Discharge, In cubic feet pe

5.0 3.0

6.0 3.3

11 4.0

2ond, water year October 1955 to Septernbe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

in.

Oct.

7.6

7. 6

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.4

15

9.2

*8.0

7.4

7.2

7 . 2

7.8

8.0

7.4

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.3

7.6

7.6

7.8

7.8

7.5

7.4

7.6

240.6

7.76

0.228

0.26

Nov.

7.6

7.8

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.9

7.8

7.2

8.0

*11

8.3

8.2

7.9

8.3

8.3

8.6

8.0

9.8

11

9.5

9.2

8.9

8.3

8.0

8.0

7.8

7.8

7.2

7.2

249.6

8.32

0.245

0.27

Dec.

7.0

8.0

8.3

8.6

8.3

7.8

7.8

7.8

*8.0

7.0

6.6

6.4

6.4

6.6

7.0

6.0

6.4

6.6

7.0

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.6

7.0

7.4

6.8

6.2

6.0

6.4

6.6

 5 ' 9

215.1

6.94

0.204

0.24

Jan.

6.2

5.9

6.6

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.4

6.8

*6.6

6.4

5.9

5.8

6.4

6.2

6.0

6.4

6.6

6.2

6.0

6.6

6.0

5.9

6.4

5.9

5.9

7.4

11

11

203.3

6.56

0.193

0.22

 

Feb.

8.3

9.5

42

71

52

89

80

39

*31

25

£3

25

20

18

17

16

24

31

28

26

21

18

18

16

18

17

16

16

14

828.8

28.6

0.841

0.91

Mar.

14

13

13

13

12

12

14

34

31

26

23

£0

24

220

ICfl

100

73

62

49

*43

37

33

30

29

25

24

22

21

12

18

18

1,176

37.9

1.11

1.28

Apr.

17

18

18

17

ii

28

72

56

43

35

32

28

26

24

34

15E

88

62

48

39

33

32

28

26

22

*22

20

18

18

17

1,089

36.3

1.07

1.19

May

16

17

18

16

15

14

14

13

13

13

13

12

11

11

11

*11

11

11

11

10

10

11

11

9.8

9.5

9.5

9.8

10

10

10

10

371.6

12.0

0.353

0.41

June

9.8

16

14

11

10

9.5

9.2

8.6

8.6

8.3

8.0

7.8

7.6

8.0

8.0

8.6

8.6

*8.0

10

8.9

8.9

8.0

8.0

7.4

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.8

6.2

6.0

260.8

8.69

0.256

0.29

July

6.0

5.9

5.8

5.8

6.0

6.0

5.9

7.0

6.8

6.0

5.9

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

9.6

7.0

6.4

6.0

6.2

6.2

6.2

*6.0

5.7

6.4

8.3

6.2

192.4

6.21

0.183

0.21

Aug.

6.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

10

7.2

6.4

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.8

6.4

6.6

6.2

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.7

5.7

6.6

*6.0

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.6

189.3

6.11

0.180

0.21

Sept.

8.4

7.2

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.3

5.2

5.5

56

16

10

8.0

231.8

7.73

0.227

0.25

Calendar year 1955: Max 966 Mln 7.2 Mean 32.9 Cfsm 0.968 In. 13.11

Water year 1955-56: Max 220 Mln 5.0 Mean 14.3 Cfsm 0.421 In. 5.74

Peak discharge (ba

Discharge meas

____;fs). No peak abov 

ment made on this day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 29

Maury River near Lexington, Va.

Location. Lat 37°48'49", long 79°26 1 42", on right bank 900 ft upstream from limekiln 

highway bridge, 0.2 mile downstream from Kerrs Creek, and 2.8 miles upstream from Lexington, Rockbridge County.

Drainage area. 487 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1925 to September 1956 (discontinued). Prior to October 1945, 

published as North River near Lexington.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 906.56 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 28 years (1928-56), 503 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,100 cfs Mar. 14 (gage height, 7.55 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum, 35 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 1.65 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 40,000 cfs Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 23.58 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 9,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting and on 

basis of records for other stations in James River basin; minimum, 34 cfs S^pt 6 

1930, Sept. 18, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 952: 1936(M) . WSP 972: 1936.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except period of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.7 

2.0 

2.2 

2.5

76

113

188

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

365

835

1,470

3,360

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

76

76

76

75

75

75

75

103

~90 111

81

78

*75

75

78

76

73

72

72

73

69

69

69

68

68

66

SB

66

72 

76

73

2,347

75.7

0.155

0.18

Nov.

72

69

69

70

69

68

70

81

78

*75

99

99

90

81

76

75

72

70

79

91

90

84

86

79

76

76

72

73

72

63_

2,324

77.5

0.159

0.18

Dec.

65

b60

60

79

81_

78

75

*73

75

75

69

65

bSO

b62

b60

5560"

b60

b60

b60

61

58

b60

68

72

75

70

61

61 

65

2,041

65.8

0.135

0.16

Jan.

62

62

65

65

62

62

62

b60

b50

73

73

73

72

68

62

72

69

66

76

75

75

70

70

75

75

70

70

65

80

100

260

2,339

75.5

0.155

0.18

Feb.

230

200

520

1,500

1,360

2,030

1,160

1,000

900

700

600

500

450

420

370

350

370

450

550

600

500

450

400

330

350

420

480

450

400

18,040

622

1.28

1.38

Mar.

370

350

320

310

290

260

280

450

560

520

470

420

460

1,500

2,500

2,200

1,600

1,300

1,000

900

780

715

640

585

517

467

430

434

373 

357

319

21,677

699

1.44

1.66

Apr.

297

278

304

293

275

289

862

1,260

1,010

780

650

552

467

405

509

1,220

1,260

980

780

645

539

450

426

377

346

*316

297

271

257

240

16,635

554

1.14

1.27

May

227

227

260

271

253

246

253

243

220

207

207

198

188

174

166

*166

152

155

148

138

131

124

126

122

109

105

103

109

124

124 

120

5,396

174

0.357

0.41

June

115

126

246

246

204

171

152

133

120

120

109

97

90

101

135

103

95

122

113

117

109

109

140

128

109

95

88

79

*73

70

3,715

124

0.255

0.28

July

69

68

66

63

79

135

93

81

83

78

70

65

62

62

60

57

57

5656"

72

93

79

72

66

66

69

*65

62

65

68 

62

2,199

70.9

0.146

0.17

Aug.

61

62

90

79

68

76

79

70

62

60

57

56

62

62

62

58

56

52

50

50

57

*63

60

55

51

48

47

46

46

45

44

1,834

59.2

0.122

0.14

Sept.

54

66

55

50

47

50

56

55

51

46

45

44

44

42

41

44

49

50

49

47

*45

43

43

45

48

50

156

250

135

107

1,907

63.6

0.131

0.15

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,400 Min 58 Mean 445 Cfsm 0.914 In. 12.42

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,500 Min 41 Mean 220 Cfsm 0.452 In. 6.16

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 ofs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Note.--No gage-height record Jan. 21 to Mar. 20; discharge estimated from records for stations at 

Rockbridge Baths and near Buena Vista.
30 JAMES RIVER BASIN

South River near Riverside, Va.

Location. Lat 37°47'00", long 79 0 21'35", on right bank 20 ft upstream from 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 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1949 to September 1956 (discontinued).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 910 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge.--? years, 127 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 472 cfs Feb. 7, Mar. 14 (gage height, 4.83 ft); 

minimum, 14 cfs Sept. 14, 15 (gage height, 2.45 ft).

1949-56: Maximum discharge. 4,890 cfs Oct. 15, 1954 (gage height, 9.44 ft); minimum, 12 cfs Sept. 16-18, 1954 (gage height, 2.00 ft).

Flood in March 1936 reached a stage of about 13.7 ft, from information by local 

residents.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Stage-discharge relation affected "by Ice Dec. 17)

2.4 

2.6 

2.8 

3.5

12

21

34

110

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

195

350

550

Discharge, In cable feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

37

36

36

34

34

34

33

51

39

33

32

30

*29

30

32

30

30

29

29

29

28

28

28

28

28

29

29

29

30

30 

30

984

31.7

0.286

0.33

Nov.

29

28

29

29

28

28

32

38

31

*33

46

39

35

33

33

32

30

30

34

40

35

34

33

32

30

30

30

29

26 

26

962

32.1

0.289

0.32

Dec.

25

29

32

32

31

29

28

*27

28

26

26

23

25

26

26

24

24

25

26

25

24

25

25

27

30

28

24

24

25 2 6

23

818

26.4

0.238

0.27

Jan.

24

25

25

*25

24

25

25

22

23

25

30

31

29

26

25

28

28

25

29

28

25

26

29

26

25

28

24

26

31

60 

58

880

28.4

0.256

0.30

Feb.

42

48

99

219

262

295

436

294

*200

153

132

120

109

102

96

90

97

100

99

100

95

90

85

84

92

88

84

83

77

3,871

133

1.20

1.29

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,860 Mln 23

Mar.

74

70

69

68

64

61

64

149

195

157

134

118

115

287

424

374

340

284

238

*195

169

152

138

129

116

110

104

99

98

94

88

4,777

154

1.39

1.60

Apr.

83

82

83

78

13.

83

135

193

183

155

138

128

113

106

119

360

368

277

*212

177

150

134

122

113

104

98

94

89

85

82

4,217

141

1.27

1.42

Mean 130

May

79

80

82

77

70

66

75

76

69

67

66

64

61

58

56

55

*52

57

50

46

44

43

44

41

58

38

38

39

39

40 

46

1,756

56.6

0.510

0.59

June

38

47

63

45

39

38

37

34

33

33

31

30

29

31

30

27

33

33

42

31

31

30

36

28

25

24

23

23

20

985

32.8

0.295

0.33

Cfsm 1.17

July

19

18

20

22

21

22

20

20

25

21

18

18

18

18

i§

16

16

20

17

106

60

66

38

34

38

37

32

29

28 

34

27

894

28.8

0.259

0.30

Aug.

25

27

52

33

28

38

30

26

24

22

20

25

25

23

21

20

18

18

16

16

27

*25

20

18

17

17

16

16

16 

15

15

709

22.9

0.2O6

0.24

Sept.

16

16

15

15

15

19

22

19

16

15

16

16

15

14

15

17

18

18

17

16

*15

16

15

26

21

20

210

108

75 

56

892

29.7

0.268

0.30

In. 15.87

Water year 1955-56: Max 436 Mln 14 Mean 59.4 Cfsm 0.535 In. 7.29

Peak discharge (base. 800 efs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 31

Maury River near Buena Vista, Va.

Location. Lat 37°45 I 45", long 79°23'30", on right bank 0.5 mile 'downstream from South 

River and 2.8 miles northwest of Buena Vista, Rockbridge County.

Drainage area. 649 sq mi.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1956. Prior to October 1945, published as 

North River near Buena Vista.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 846.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

TT929.

Average discharge. 17 years, 661 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,770 cfs Mar. 14 (gage height, 7.85 ft); minimum, 62 cfs Sept. 15 (gage height, 1.59 ft).

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 22,400 cfs Sept. 10, 1950 (gage height, 16.2 ft); minimum, 20 cfs Oct. 10, 1941 (gage height, 1.23 ft), occurred during filling of a small 

reservoir 2 miles upstream.

Flood of Mar. 18, 1936, reached a stage of about 22 ft, from information by local 

residents.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 952: 1940-41.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.6

1.7 

2.1 

2.5

78

164

289

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

7.0

472

1,050

2,800

3,880

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

120

117

115

115

113

113

111

151

167 

143

126

120

*113

113

117

115

113

111

111

109

107

105

105

103

103

101

ToT

101

105 

111

111

3,566

115

0.177

0.20

Nov.

107

105

107

107

105

105

109

124

124 

*120

159

161

T43

131

126

124

122

117

126

148

141

136

133

131

124

124

122

120

115 

107

3,723

124

0.191

0.21

Dec.

105

109

126

129

151

126

120

*115

122 

124

115

109

103

103

100

90

95

105

109

107

99

97

103

109

113

117

109

103

95 

105

101

3,394

109

0.168

0.19

Jan.

95

101

101

103

99

99

99

95

83 

95

109

111

107

101

95

97

107

99

105

109

103

97

99

103

99

95

97

90

103

148

286

3,330

107

0.165

0.19

Feb.

286

282

436

1,440

1,800

1,560

2.800

1,760

*1,160 

847

682

665

605

547

498

460

464

626

714

714

643

551

481

448

460

565

643

595

538

23,270

802

1.24

1.34

Mar.

468

436

417

405

362

334

334

550

774 

665

595

542

534

2,200

3.770

2,400

2,160

1,640

1,400

1,160

1,020

903

816

738

670

610

565

525

498 

476

436

28,403

916

1.41

1.63

Apr.

409

390

409

405

372

394

903

1,560

1,360 

1,020

840

726

616

542

610

1,520 i.aoo

1,440

*1,080

889

750

660

585

534

490

448

421

398

376

558

22,305

744

1.15

1.28

May

337

330

358

380

358

344

a360

a350

a320 

a300

a290

a280

a270

a260

a250

*a240

237

240

227

212

202

193

193

190

176

167

161

167

178

193

7,944

256

0.394

0.45

June

173

205

323

326

276

243

215

193

176 

167

161

141

136

131

187

156

141

176

184

176

161

156

178

178

151

131

117

109

*99 

93

5,259

175

0.270

0.30

July

92

90

88

88

90

143

133

111

115

115

95

86

83

81

78

75

75

76

72

192

170

164

120

107

109

113

*105

97

92 

107

97

3,259

105

0.162

0.19

Aug.

90

92

138

T26

107

129

122

107

95 

88

83

86

95

88

90

85

80

76

72

70

86

92

86

80

75

72

69

68

68

66 

66

2,747

88.6

0.137

0.16

Sept.

74

92

86

72

70

74

85

81

75 

70

68

66

64

64

64

68

74

75

74

70

*68

66

68

85

76

78

541

464

279 

208

3,399

113

0.174

0.19

Calendar year 1955: Max 8,840 Mln 90 Mean 619 Cfsra 0.954 In. 12.95

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,770 Mln 64 Mean 302 Cfsm 0.465 In. 6.33

Peak discharge (base. 6.200 efs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for station near Lexlngton and 

South River near Riverside.
32 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Pedlar River near Pedlar Mills, Va.

Location. Lat 37°32'35", long 79"IS 1 10", on right bank 6 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 1.2 miles south of Pedlar Mills, Amherst County, 1.5 miles downstream from 

Horsley Mill Creek, and 3.7 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--91 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. July 1942 to September 1956 (discontinued).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 656 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 14 years, 116 cfs (adjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 856 cfs July 20 (gage height, 4.77 ft); minimum, 

3.4 cfs Sept. 15 (gage height, 1.87 ft).

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 11,200 cfs Aug. 8, 1942 (gage height, 14.1 ft, from 

floodmark in gage well), from rating curve extended above 2,200 cfs by logarithmic 

plotting; minimum, 2.3 cfs Sept. 8, 1944 (gage height, 1.83 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diversion above station for municipal supply of Lynchburg.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1.8

1.9

2.0 

2.2

2.0 

4.0 

8.0

19

3.5

4.0

38

108

290

503

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

25

25

23

21

21

21

20

38

48

30

25

23

*22

24

25

23

22

22

22

21

21

21

21

21

21

22

21

21

25

25

23

743

24.0

13.7

Nov.

21

20

El

21

21

20

22

25

21

*24

34

25

21

21

21

23

21

21

25

25

25

23

23

24

23

23

23

23

20

20

680

22.7

15.5

Dec.

20

22

25

25

25

23

22

*21

25

25

23

21

20

21

24

19

21

22

22

18

17

18

21

22

23

21

17

16

19

21

19

658

21.2

13.4

Jan.

19

18

19

*19

18

18

18

18

17

19

19

19

18

18

17

18

19

18

19

20

18

18

20

19

18

18

17

17

23

25

26

587

18.9

13.1

Feb.

21

26

52

152

189

264

298

179

134

*106

91

83

72

62

62

57

76

98

85

100

81

70

62

60

74

76

58

65

54

2,807

96.8

17.8

Mar.

46

45

46

48

41

39

41

87

112

87

79

72

76

144

171

164

166

147

140

123

108

*95

85

78

68

65

62

57

57

54

49

2,652

85.5

14.6

Apr.

46

45

48

46

ii

63

162

162

127

104

104

95

83

74

98

348

229

*171

a!50

a!30

allO

alOO

a 90

a 85

a80

a70

a65

a60

a60

a55

3,101

103

14.8

May

a55

a55

a60

a80

a50

a45

a50

a45

a45

a40

a40

a40

a35

*a33

32

31

34

32

31

26

25

30

29

26

23

21

21

23

25

23

34

1,139

36.7

14.7

June

25

35

51

31

23

21

21

19

17

18

16

15

13

12

15

17

15

18

26

23

19

18

15

13

11

10

9.5

8.5

8.0

7.6

550.6

18.4

12.3

July

8.0

8.5

8.0

12

10

11

9.0

8.5

no

8.0

6.8

6.0

5.2

6.0

4.8

4.0

4.4

7.6

6.0

215

60

52

36

34

29

22

18

15

15

18

15

670.8

21.6

13.4

Aug.

14

18

30

20

15

27

24

16

12

10

9.5

a9

a9

a9

a9

a8

a8

a8

a8

a7

alO

*a!2

9.5

8.0

7.2

6.8

6.8

6.4

11

7.2

6.4

361.8

11.7

9.4

Sept.

5.2

5.2

4.8

4.4

5.2

5.6

9.5

7.6

6.0

4.8

4.4

4.4

4.0

3.8

4.0

6.4

5.2

5.2

4.4

4.8

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.8

*5.6

6.4

125

41

17

13

329.7

11.0

11.6

Adjusted for diversion and change in contents in Lynchburg Reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm

37.7 

0.414 

0.48

38.2

0 . 42C 

0.47

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

34.6 

0.380 

0.44

32.0 

0.352 

0.41

115 

1.26 

1.36

100 

1.10 

1.27

118 

1.30 

1.45

51.4 

0.565 

0.65

Observed

Max 3,100 Min 12 Mean 110 

Max 348 Min 3.8 Mean 39.0

30.7 

0.337 

0.38

35.0 

0.385 

0.44

21.1 

0.232 

0.27

22.6 

0.248 

0.28

Adjusted

Mean 115 Cfsm 1.26 In. 18.63 

Mean 52.7 Cfsm 0.579 In. 7.90

Peak discharge (base, 1.500 cfs). No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Diversion from and change in contents in Lynchburg Reservoir, equivalent in cubic feet per second; furnished by city of Lynchburg.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Buffalo River near Norwood 

and Tye River near Lovington.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 33 

James River at Holcombs Rock, Va.

Location. Lat 37°30'04", long 79°15'46", on right bank at Holcombs Rock, Bedford County, 

0.9 mile downstream from Pedlar River and at mile 263.2.

Drainage area.--3,250 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1900 to September 1915 (gage heights only), December 1926 to 

September 1956. Published as "at Salt Creek" December 1926 to June 1931.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 548.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

 1929. January 1900 to September 1915 float gage in powerhouse of Virginia Electrolytic 

Co. 1,000 ft upstream at different datum. December 1926 to June 1931 water-stage recorder at site 2 miles downstream at different datum.

Average discharge. 28 years (1927-30, 1931-56), 3,666 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 18,800 cfs Mar. 15 (gage height, 12.60 ft); minimum, 275 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 3.57 ft); minimum daily, 445 cfs Jan. 9.

1926-56: Maximum discharge, 115,000 cfs Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 30.78 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 57,000 cfs on basis of records for other stations in James 

River basin; minimum, 100 cfs Sept. 21, 1941 (gage height, 3.02 ft); minimum daily, 

223 cfs July 28, 1930.

Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 31.3 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 118,000 

cfs, from rating curve extended above 57,000 cfs on basis of records for other stations 

in James River basin).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: 1913(M), 1932-33, 1935(M), 1936. WSP 1203: 1928(M).

Rating table water year 1955-56 

In cubic fe

3.7

4.4

6.0

10.0

12.0

age height, In feet, and discharge 

per second)

345

933

3,370

11,800

17,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

672

672

672

663

645

636

628

663

726

792

744

699

645

672

690

735

744

744

681

602

681

645

636

628

528

586

611

645

544

611

611

20,451

660

0.203

0.23

Nov.

645

628

628

611

681

602

602

681

681

690

*782

830

'eTI 861

792

820

840

773

782

792

830

820

830

800

760

750

740

710

700

680

22,152

738

0.227

0.25

Dec.

650

620

660

700

780

800

820

830

850

860

880

900

882

840

764

792

708

690

681

663

636

628

681

672

672

645

645

536

654

699

22,519

726

0.223

0.26

Jan.

699

680

670

66O

645

645

645

628

445

636

520

654

690

594

602

628

611

636

568

681

636

645

663

628

620

654

586

602

560

735

19,556

631

0.194

0.22

Feb.

2,140

2,060

1,910

4,350

9,900

8,790

11,300

12 . 500

*7,470

5,600

4,170

3,540

3,460

3,200

2,780

2,780

2,540

4,080

6,830

6,620

5,800

4,820

3,990

3,280

3,200

3,200

4,720

4,630

3,810

143,470

4,947

1.52

1.64

Mar.

3,630

3,120

2,940

2,780

2,620

2,300

2.140

2,460

4,350

4,820

4,080

3,540

3,370

4,260

16.700

13 , 500

10,800

9,450

8,130

7,690

6,410

5,400

4,820

4,260

4,080

3,720

3,460

3,120

2,940

2,860

2,700

156,450

5,047

1.55

1.79

Apr.

2,600

2,500

2,400

2,500

2,600

3,300

4,500

9,000

8,000

7,000

6,000

5,200

4,350

3,900

3,810

9,010

16.700

*11,500

8,570

6,620

5,400

4,630

3,990

3,720

3,200

2,940

2,780

2,540

2.580

2 ,380

154,020

5,134

1.58

1.76

May

2,220

2,140

2,140

2,300

2,460

2.620

2,540

2,460

2,300

2,140

1,980

1,910

1,790

1,740

1,600

1,520

1,600

1,560

1,480

1,480

1,400

1,320

1,330

1,310

1,280

1,260

1.150

1,130

1,180

1,220

1,450

53,990

1,742

0.556

0.62

June

1,500

1,500

1,720

2,300

5.120

2,460

2,060

1,640

1,620

1,390

1,280

1,140

1,100

992

925

955

980

968

,260

,800

,800

,450

,580

,350

,400

,520

,210

,050

871

82_Q

45,337

1,445

0.445

0.50

July

708

744

871

945

792

708

1,420

1.490

1,250

1,170

968

945

792

735

663

654

611

577

602

1,420

,050

,040

,080

,090

,130

923

861

882

902

892

28,797

929

0.286

0.33

Aug.

861

892

861

744

681

754

945

1,030

1,140

892

802

690

665

645

620

594

528

488

520

520

544

717

*740

700

650

600

550

520

520

520

520

21,451

692

0.213

0.25

Sept.

550

650

600

590

580

650

700

680

620

580

540

520

500

480

490

500

520

540

560

560

550

540

520

530

540

*550

3,260

5.810

5,050

1,800

26,540

885

0.272

0.30

Calendar year 1955: Max 

Water year 1955-56: Max

58,800

16,700

Mln 

Mln

528

445

3,451

1,947

Cfsm 

Cfsm

1.06

0.599

In. 

In.

14.53

8.15
34 JAMES RIVER BASIN

James River at Bent Creek, Va.

Location. Lat 37°32', long 78°50', on left bank 100 ft downstream from highway bridge at 

town of Bent Creek, Appomattox County, 150 ft downstream from Bent Creek, 1 mile downstream from Gladstone, and at mile 222.9.

Drainage area.--3.671 sq mi.

Records available. March 1925 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 381.39 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 13, 1930, chain gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 31 years, 4,113 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,600 cfs Mar. 15 (gage height, 8.70 ft); minimum, 470 cfs Sept. 22 (gage height, 2.55 ft); minimum daily, 500 cfs Sept. 19.

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 115,000 cfs Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 23.02 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 74,000 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies and records 

for other stations in James River basin; minimum, 222 cfs Oct. 13, 14, 1930 (gage 

height, 2.21 ft); minimum daily, 222 cfs Oct. 13, 1930.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 742: 1931(m). WSP 757: Drainage area. WSP 972: 1935-36. 

WSP 1066:1940.WSP 1203: 1942.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

4.0

420

1,010

1,860

2,860

5.0 

8.0 

11.0

5,290

14,900

27,600

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

835

740

805

954

892

590

590

692

884

883

936

994

926

753

779

836

668

1.050

876

779

831

818

716

680

650

680

700

740

640

700

700

24,317

784

0.214

0.25

Nov.

740

730

720

700

760

700

700

790

800

800

*900

982

996

1,010

940

954

954

1,010

1,020

1,080

1.160

884

898

898

968

982

912

982

968

792

26,730

891

0.243

0.27

Dec.

779

844

936

844

912

857

968

884

954

1.070

982

936

936

954

870

870

805

779

805

831

805

884

912

805

805

779

728

740

936

884

844

26,938

869

0.237

0.27

Jan.

857

818

716

753

818

805

831

857

818

792

792

728

728

728

704

728

740

716

753

740

740

779

805

818

766

766

898

818

857

728

844

24,241

782

0.213

0.25

Feb.

870

2,720

2,240

3,260

8,700

10,800

10,800

15 . 800

9,870

7,220

5,480

4,330

3,700

3,670

3,420

3,020

3,140

3,730

6,160

7,370

7,220

5,800

4,940

4,120

3,810

3,770

4,040

5,840

4,960

-------

158,800

5,476

1.49

1.61

Mar.

4,340

3,600

3,500

3,200

2,900

2,600

2.500

2,800

4,500

5,300

4,500

4,000

3,800

4,500

17.000

14,000

12,000

11,000

9,500

9,000

7,500

6,500

5,560

5,140

4,550

4,260

4,040

3,440

3,460

3,140

3,020

175,150

5,650

1.54

1.78

Apr.

2,940

2,820

2,800

2.620

2,760

2,740

3,790

6,290

9,550

8,300

7,370

6,440

4,880

5,200

4,100

8,920

15,600

13,800

10,500

8,300

7,370

5,640

4,880

4,320

3,850

3,390

*3,260

2,850

2,860

2,660

170,800

5,693

1.55

1.73

May

2,740

2,280

2,460

2,530

2,690

2,730

5.100

2,940

2,480

2,420

2,120

2,060

1,990

2,000

2,080

1,540

1,920

1,930

1,510

1,560

1,580

1,620

1,420

1,300

1,420

1,360

1,270

1,340

*1,320

1.240

1,330

60,280

1,945

0.530

0.61

June

1,560

1,780

1,910

1,730

2.980

2,980

2,000

1,860

1,610

1,380

1,500

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,080

1,140

1,070

1,100

1,280

1,580

2,200

1,700

1,670

1,590

1,140

1,480

1,230

1,260

1,380

1.050

46,760

1,559

0.425

0.47

July

1,070

656

692

1,460

1,340

975

1,020

1,720

1,560

1,510

1,300

1,200

1,230

1,090

940

844

831

870

728

1,560

5.280

1,040

1,400

1,580

1,620

1,400

1,220

1,160

1,120

995

1,190

38,601

1,245

0.339

0.39

Aug.

1,140

1.100

1,390

1,260

1,240

844

912

1,280

1,370

1.400

1,210

1,120

936

704

766

805

792

728

857

940

818

954

728

870

805

692

680

692

779

779 

704

29,295

945

0.257

0.30

Sept.

740

704

632

580

570

912

857

1,010

870

805

805

831

818

805

704

560

530

520

500

510

530

580

656

620

610

740

4,320

4.860

3,840

2,480

33,499

1,117

0.304

0.34

Calendar year 1955: Max 62,300 Hln 590 Mean 3,962 cfsm 1.08 In. 14.67

Water year 1955-56: Max 17,000 Mln 500 Mean 2,228 Cfsm 0.607 In. 8.27

Peak discharge (base. 26.500 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 25 to Nov. 11, Mar. 3-22 

ords for stations at Holcombs Rock and Scottsvllle.

discharge estimated on basis of rec-
JAMES RIVER BASIN 35

Tye River near Lovingston, Va.

Location. Lat 37°43', long 78°58', on right bank at downstream side of highway bridge, 

2 miles downstream from Hat Creek, 4 miles upstream from Piney River, and 6 miles 

southwest of Lovingston, Nelson County.

Drainage area. 92 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1938 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 578.39 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, Culpeper supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Average discharge. 18 years, 148 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 2,560 cfs July 20 (gage height, 6.54 ft); mini-

 mum, 6.5 cfs July 16, 17 (gage height, 0.43 ft).

1938-56: Maximum discharge, 9,670 cfs Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 13.7 ft); minimum, 3.2 cfs Sept. 13, 1954 [gage height, 0.56 ft); minimum gage height, 0.29 ft 

Oct. 4, 1943.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1938.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15 

0.6 21

1.2 

2.0

0.4 

.5

Apr. 16 to Sept. 30

5.0

10

24

1.6 

2.0 

3.0

176

269

576

269 1.0 62 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

49

47

46

44

44

43

42

58

54

43

40

38

*35

41

41

38

36

36

36

34

33

32

32

33

33

34

33

32

36

40

35

1,218

39.3

0.427

0.49

Nov.

35

33

34

35

33

33

38

50

39

*39

cq 

23.

50

43

40

39

39

32

31

40

52

43

42

40

4O

36

36

35

35

31

ZB^

1,160

38.7

0.421

0.47

Dec.

29

35

39

43

40

35

33

*33

34

32

27

26

28

3O

32

29

28

28

32

27

28

28

28

27

32

31

25

23

25

ii

934

30.1

0.327

0.38

Jan.

2E

24

24

*25

24

24

25

21

23

26

31

35

29

26

23

26

25

23

26

27

25

24

26

24

22

26

21

25

30

"59 64

855

27.6

0.300

0.35

Feb.

39

50

123

*189

187

245

299

231

187

158

144

138

121

110

104

97

102

1O8

97

97

92

87

83

86

110

104

92

89

83

3,652

126

1.37

1.48

Mar.

80

80

77

78

73

73

75

126

124

113

110

106

111

187

205

221

214

200

187

174

161

*148

142

134

124

119

113

1O8

108

104

94

3,969

128

1.39

1.60

Apr.

89

89

91

84

77

92

161

167

152

140

144

142

128

124

142

314

?52

226

203

185

169

158

146

136

128

124

116

109

105

96

4,289

143

1.55

1.73

May

93

96

105

Too

86

82

84

88

77

76

76

70

64

*59

56

56

55

59

54

51

48

48

48

43

40

39

39

40

35

33

43

1,943

62.7

0.682

0.79

June

32

49

79

45

38

34

32

28

27

28

24

21

21

21

20

24

26

32

61

36

33

31

40

28

23

20

20

18

17

16

924

30.8

0.335

O.37

July

16

16

2O

18

18

16

15

14

*18

18

13

10

9.0

9.0

7.5

7.0

7.5

8.5

8.5

507

176

180

110

82

74

59

49

44

44

47 

38

1,659.0

53.5

0.582

O.67

Aug.

32

31

33

30

26

43

33

23

19

18

16

16

16

18

17

15

13

11

10

14

23

*24

18

15

14

12

12

10

11 

10

14

597

19.3

0.210

0.24

Sept.

20

14

69

24

19

64

42

30

23

20

19

18

18

16

15

18

19

17

17

15

14

13

12

22

23

*18

366

205

124

93

1,387

46.2

0.502

O.56

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,130 Mln 20 Mean 154 of am 1.67 In. 22.74

Water year 1955-56: Max 507 Mln 7.0 Mean 61.7 Cfsm 0.671 In. 9.13

Peak discharge (base. 1.200 cfs).--July 20 (3 p.m.) 2,560 cfs (6.54 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
36 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Piney River at Piney River, Va.

Location. Lat 37"42"10", long 79°01'40", on right bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 151, 0.2 mile southwest of Piney River Post Office, Nelson County, 

1.7 miles downstream from Indian Creek, and 2.5 miles southeast of Lowesville.

Drainage area. 48 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. July 1949 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 633.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, Culpeper supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Average discharge. 7 years, 83.3 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 720 cfs July 20 (gage height, 3.53 ft); minimum, 

 5.3 cfs July 16, 17 (gage height, 0.76 ft).

1949-56: Maximum discharge, 4,930 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 7.90 ft); minimum, 1.8 cfs Sept. 18, 1954; minimum gage height, 0.71 ft Oct. 13, 14, 1954.

Flood in June reached a stage of 9.9 ft, from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dee. 12-14, 16, 17, 

21, 22, 29, 31, Jan. 1, 9)

0.8 

1.0

1.2

5.5 1.5 

2.0 

2.5

145

281

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

26

26

24

24

24

24

23

29

24

21

20

20

*19

20

18

18

17

T7

17

17

17

17

17

17

20

20

18

17

20 

21

19

631

20.4

0.425

0.49

Nov.

18

20

20

18

16

17

18

24

19

*20

28

20

20

17

19

19

15

TB

21

24

20

20

20

22

18

17

17

17

16 

16

572

19.1

0.398

0.44

Dec.

16

17

19

20

19

18

20

*18

17

17

15

13

14

15

17

15

16

17

16

15

15

16

17

15

17

16

14

13

13 

12

11

493

15.9

0.331

0.39

Jan.

11

12

12

*13

12

12

13

11

12

14

14

14

12

12

12

12

14

14

15

15

14

14

15

14

14

15

12

14

17

25 ??

433

14.0

0.292

0.34

Feb.

18

22

a95

*a90

alOO

a!20

al50

a!40"

a!20

allO

102

94

84

76

73

66

74

74

72

72

68

68

66

67

70

67

62

61

59

2,340

80.7

1.68

1.81

Mar.

57

56

a55

a55

a50

a50

a50

a60

a80

72

73

73

76

110

104

125

Tl?

119

110

104

96

*96

88

86

82

79

76

73

73

64 

59

2,470

79.7

1.66

1.91

Apr.

56

55

55

53

50

69

86

85

84

85

90

85

80

78

88

158

145

145

135

125

114

104

97

91

82

78

73

70

67

62

2,645

88.2

1.84

2.05

May

60

57

61

57

54

53

50

49

44

42

41

a40

a40

*a35

33

32

29

33

26

26

26

27

28

28

26

a25

a23

a22

21

20 

20

1,128

36.4

0.758

0.87

June

17

28

21

20

19

19

18

17

17

17

14

14

12

12

12

13

16

20

24

15

15

15

16

15

12

12

11

10

9.8

9j_l

475.9

15.9

0.331

0.37

July

9.8

11

10

9.5

10

9.8

9.5

9.5

*10

9.5

8.1

7.7

8.4

6.8

6.5

5.8

6.1

56

63

149

84

74

48

39

38

34

28

24

25

26 

21

857.0

27.6

0.575

0.66

Aug.

20

49

37

27

26

30

22

20

17

15

14

15

14

14

13

12

11

10

10

12

17

*12

10

11

11

11

10

1~9.5

10 

14

514.5

16.6

0.346

0.40

Sept.

11

11

21

12

12

27

18

12

12

9.8

9.5

8.7

8.7

8.1

877

10

9.8

11

9.8

9.1

8.1

8.1

8.1

11

9.8

*9.5

~61 139

44

38

575.8

19.2

0.400

0.45

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,600 Mln 11 Mean 98.9 Cfsm 2.06 In. 27.96

Water year 1955-56: Max 158 Mln 5.8 Mean 35.9 Cfsm 0.748 In. 10.18

Peak discharge (base. 500 cfs).--July 20 (6:30 p.m.) 720 cfs (3.58 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Tye River near Lovingston 

and Buffalo River near Norwood.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 37

Buffalo River near Norwood, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°38', long 78°53', on right bank 1 mile downstream from Tye River,

3 miles upstream from Rucker Run, and 4-| miles upstream from mouth and Norwood, Nelson 

County.

Drainage area. 360 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--March 1940 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 400.78 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 16 years, 478 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,110 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.27 ft); minimum, 31 cfs July 17 (gage height, 1.78 ft).

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 33,500 cfs Oct. 15, 1942, Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 

18.1 ft, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs by logarithmic 

plotting; minimum, 23 cfs Oct. 8, 9, 1954 (gage height, 1.77 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except period of Lee effect ( 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to June 15 June 16 to Sept. 30

2.0

2.2

2.6

2.7 

3.4 

4.0

113

320

390

1,020

1,760

1.8 

2.0 

2.3 

2.5 

3.0

34

71

161

258

630

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota}

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

168

163

158

153

149

149

149

163

202

158

149

145

141

*145

141

133

133

129

129

121

117

117

113

113

113

113

113

113

117 

129

129

4,265

138

0.383

0.44

Nov.

117

113

117

121

113

113

117

141

133

129

178

163

141

133

129

129

121

110

125

153

145

133

129

129

125

121

113

113

110

101

3,815

127

"0.353

0.39

Dec.

110

121

121

133

133

121

113

113

*121

129

113

b85

b95

bllO

b!20

130

120

120

130

140

120

120

120

120

130

130

120

110

100

110 

100

3,658

118

0.328

0.38

Jan.

100

100

110

120

*130

120

110

100

100

110

120

140

120

110

110

100

100

95

100

110

100

100

100

95

90

100

90

95

110

250

ZOO

3,515

113

0.314

0.36

Feb.

150 200"

450

700

700

900

1,100

950

700

*500

428

420

362

334

327

295

320

376

348

341

320

301

289

277

341

390

320

308

270

12,717

439

1.22

1.32

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,600 Mln 85

Mar.

258

252

247

247

230

224

224

301

390

327

320

308

320

635

613

630

684

579

562

497

442

*428

405

376

341

327

313

301

289

233

253

11,611

375

1.04

1.20

Apr.

247

241

252

236

219

283

622

545

442

405

412

442

390

355

390

1.450

870

729

648

579

529

489

458

420

398

383

*320

313

295

283

13,645

455

1.26

1.41

May

270

270

289

301

252

247

252

258

230

224

230

224

213

202

192

192

182

197

187

178

173

173

173

163

153

153

149

153

*149 

129

141

6,299

203

0.564

0.65

June

133

192

252

T58

137

129

129

117

110

110

107

98

95

98

135

154

120

111

214

144

130

123

117

111

94

81

81

76

71

61

3,694

123

0.342

0.38

Mean 466 Cfsm 1.29

July

67

65

94

69

88

74

67

63

*65

67

55

46

39

42

37

34

37

51

42

566

562

405

348

314

264

247

186

161

147 

161

147

4,610

149

0.414

0.48

Aug.

136

133

182

T74

144

147

154

133

120

111

99

91

84

84

81

76

67

63

57

51

61

94

*81

67

57

53

53

48

if 48

46

2,841

91.6

0.254

0.29

Sept.

114

55

107

91

67

117

126

91

71

61

55

55

51

48

44

55

55

55

48

46

41

31

39

37

61

61

741

*I57

270 

203

3,399

113

0.314

0.35

in. 17.59

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,450 Mln 34 Mean 202 Cfsm 0.561 In. 7.65

Feak discharge (base. 3,000 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Note.--No gage-height record Dec. 16 to Feb. 10; discharge estimated on basis of records for Flney 

River at Plney River and Tye River near Lovlngston.
38 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Rockfish River neap Greenfield, Va.

Location. Lat 37°52'10", long 78°49'25", on left bank 50 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 634, 2.8 miles downstream from confluence of North and South Porks, and 

4.1 miles south of Greenf ield, Nelson County.

Drainage area. 96 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . April 1943 to September 1956.

Gage . Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 530.29 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, Culpeper supplementary adjustment of 1943. Prior to Aug. 21, 1943, wire-weight 

gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 13 years, 134 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharg during year, 2,560 cfs July 20 (gage height, 8.85 ft); minimum, 3.9 cfs July 17, 18

1943-56: Maximum discharge, 13,700 cfs Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 17.2 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 8,500 cfs on basis of slope-area determinations at gage 

heights 17.2 and 23.4 ft; minimum, 1.6 cfs Oct. 1, 2, 1954; minimum gage height, 

1.25 ft Sept. 17, 18, 19, 1946, Sept. 16, 17, 1954.

Flood of Oct. 15, 1942, reached a stage of 23.4 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 

about 30,000 cfs).

Remarks . Records good.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.9

4.0

9.0

18

39

61

2.7 

3.5 

5.0 

8.0

150

297

750

2,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

44

43

42

40

40

40

37

53

44

39

37

36

*34

33

34

33

32

32

32

30

30

29

28

2?

29

29

29

30

32

38

34

1,092

35.2

0.367

0.42

Nov.

32

32

32

33

31

31

35

39

33

*33

38" 52

35

33

32

32

30

29

38

44

37

35

33

33

31

31

30

30

28

1,010

33.7

0.351

0.39

Dec.

28

28

29

30

29

28

28

*28

29

29

26

27

28

29

28

27

30

26

26

24

26

27

27

27

28

27

25

24

27

26

24

845

27.3

0.284

0.33

Jan.

27

24

25

*25

24

23

23

24

25

25

35

33

30

27

25

25

25

25

25

27

27

25

28

26

24

25

23

24

28 

31

34

817

26.4

0.275

0.32

Feb.

30

37

107

*168

160

254

297

202

161

132

125

116

101

92

86

80

86

89

83

82

75

71

69

71

88

78

72

71

64

3,147

109

1.14

1.23

Mar.

61

60

58

57

56

54

56

86

80

72

71

69

74

152

160

180

182

164

146

133

122

*114

107

102

95

92

88

84

83 

82

75

3,015

97.3

1.01

1.16

Apr.

71

71

74

67

61

80

137

123

113

108

110

108

101

95

104

179

T47

139

130

122

113

107

101

96

92

88

*84

83

78 

77

3,059

102

1.06

1.18

May

71

75

83

78

69

64

72

66

57

53

53

52

47

44

42

42

39

42

37

36

34

34

34

30

*29

28

28

28

28 

28

33

1,456

47.0

0.490

0.56

June

25

48

51

34

29

27

25

23

22

22

21

19

17

16

16

15

16

39

44

28

28

25

20

16

14

13

12

10

9.8 

9.0

693.8

23.1

0.241

0.27

July

8.7

8.1

15

10

9.0

9.4

9.4

8.7

*11

8.7

7.2

5.0

5.4

5.4

4.8

4.2

4.0

4^0

4.6

784

220

338

122

86

71

56

44

37

37 

38

31

2,006.6

64.7

0.674

0.78

Aug.

28

27

27

25

23

28

24

20

18

16

14

14

13

13

13

11

10

9.4

8.4

9.8

20

*16

12

11

9.0

8.7

8.1

12

9.0

lT*~

478.9

15.4

0.160

0.18

Sept.

30

14

32

18

14

25

22

16

13

11

10

10

9.8

9.0

7.8

9.8

11

9.0

8.4

8.1

7.2

6.9

6.9

9.8

14

12

991

*494

187 

122

2,138.7

71.3

0.743

0.83

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,160 Mln 19 Mean 139 Cfsm 1.45 In. 19.69

Water year 1955-56: Max 991 Mln 4.0 Mean 54.1 Cfsm 0.564 In. 7.66

Peak discharge (base. 1.200 cfs).--July 20 (4 p. m.) 2,560 cfs (8.85 ft); Sept. 27 (9 p.m.) 1,510 

cfs (6.81 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 39

James River at Scottsville, Va.

Location. Lat 37"47 I 50" ) long 78°29 I 30", on left bank 50 ft downstream from highway 

bridge at Scottsville, Albemarle County, 6.8 miles upstream from Hardware River, and 

at mile 184.6.

Drainage area.--4.571 sq mi.

Records available. February 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 253.18 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 28, 1928, chain gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 31 years, 5,102 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 20,400 cfs Apr. 18 (gage height, 10.61 ft); minimum, 440 cfs Sept. 20 (gage height, 1.98 ft); minimum daily, 462 cfs Sept. 20.

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 133,000 cfs Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 26.0 ft); minimum, 302 cfs Oct. 1, 1930 (gage height, 1.46 ft); minimum daily, 307 cfs Oct. 15, 1930. 

Data for some outstanding floods prior to establishment of this station are given in 

the following table:

Date

October 1870....... .. .

March 1913.. ..........

Discharge 

(cfs)

121,000

Gage height 

(feet )

30.7

25.16

Remarks

Gage height from information 

by local resident.

Prom f loodmarks .

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by powerplants above station. Records of water 

temperatures and sediment loads for the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years). WSP 727: 1931(m). WSP 757: Drainage area. WSP 972: 1913(M), 

1936(M), 1940(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.9 

2.4 

3.0

400

735

1,410

5.0 

8.0 

11.0

4,630

11,500

21,900

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

£4

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,240

1,240

1,110

1,210 

1,300

1,180

935

533 

1,050

1,290

1,210

*1,560

1,290

1,220

1,150

1,130

1,070

1,000

1,190

1,120

1,030

1,100

1,110

992

958

1,000

992

981 

992

1,070

1 j 000

34,455

1,111

0.243

0.28

Nov.

1,030

1,020

1,020

981 

1,020

1,000

1,110

1,130 

1,100

1,130

1,270

1,450

1,370

1,350

1,340

1,330

1,270

1,190

1,270

1,310

1,420

1,440

1,210

1,190

1,160

1,190

1,220

1,160 

1,190

1,170

36,041

1,201

0.263

0.29

Dec.

1,020

992

,100

,230 

,150

,180

,110

,170 

,130

,250

,350

,280

,120

,150

,210

,160

,230

,190

,090

,060

,060

,870

,7S6

,300

,100

,090

,030

970 

904

,100

,120

36,466

1,176

0.257

0.30

Jan.

,050

,060

,040

958 

946

,030

,000

,070 

,050

,040

,100

,040

958

914

914

882

554

935

914

992

981

970

1,000

1,030

1,020

946

992

1,070 

1,030

1,190

1,050

31,076

1,002

0.219

0.25

Feb.

1,170

1,640

2,780

3,280 

6,220

10,400

12,100

*14,000 

12,700

8,400

7,280

3,900

5,010

4,350

3,900

3,370

3,460

3,720

4,540

7,280

7,500

7,060

5,610

5,010

3,900

4,080

4,080

5,010 

5,610

----- -

167,360

5,771

1.26

1.36

Mar.

4,720

4,260

3,990

3,630 

3,370

3,200

3,030

2,780 

3, 206

4,820

5,810

4,720

4,440

4,260

6,220

18,500

15, 300

12,400

10,900

9,600

8,870

7,940

6,640

3,810

3,810

4,630

4,540

4,170 

4,080

3,540

3,630

184,810

5,962

1.30

1.50

Apr.

3,460

3,200

3,280

3,120 

2,940

3,030

4,630

5,210 

8,870

*9,600

7,940

7,940

5,410

5,810

5,010

9,220

14,600

18, 100

12,460

9,550

8,170

7,280

4,350

4,630

4,540

4,080

3,810

3,630 

3,370

3,120

190,100

6,337

1.39

1.55

May

3,200

3,120

2,860

3,120 

2,940

3,030

3,120

5,570 

3,200

2,860

2,700

2,400

2,400

2,320

2,250

,520

,780

,180

,100

,880

,800

,880

,750

,420

,240

,290

,510

,490 

,500

,500 

, 600

70, 110

2,262

0.495

0.57

June

1,660

1,880

2,100

1,950 

1,810

2,400

2,700

2,326 

2,020

1,660

*1,440

1,670

1,340

1,280

1,310

1,290

1,340

1,230

1,730

1,750

1,880

2,400

1,750

1,670

1,480

1,480

1,390

1,560 

1,290

1,110

50,690

1,690

0.570

0.41

July

1,050

1,050

692

744 

1,710

1,160

1,050

1,000 

1,880

1,390

1,490

1,090

1,110

1,030

914

820

792

802

820

754

5,120

2,400

1,670

1,750

2,020

1,950

1,500

1,280 

1,290

1,290 

1,210

42,788

l,5uO

0.502

0.55

Aug.

1,250

1,180

1,220

1,490 

1,220

1,220

992

1,000 

1/250

1,550

1,250

1,040

1,050

872

692

710

710

735

658

735

904

862

914

*710

754

701

635

605 

590

620 

735

28,594

922

0.202

0.23

Sept.

684

754

620

667 

590

667

1,020

1,020 

782

744

755

684

718

692

667

620

525

504

498

462

468

468

498

582

575

549

2,700

6,850 

4,540

5,570

54,251

1,142

0.250

0.28

Calendar year 1955 : Max 65,600 Mln 830 Mean 4,897 Cfsm 1.07 In. 14.54

Water year- 1955-56 : Max 18,500 Mln 462 Mean 2,477 Cfsm 0.542 In. 7.37

Peak discharge (base, 27,000 cfs). --Mo peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN

Hardware River below Briery Run, near Scottsville, Va.

Location. Lat 37°48'45", long 78°27'20", on left bank 75 ft upstream from highway bridge, 

0.8 mile downstream from Briery Run, 2.4 miles northeast of Scottsville, Albemarle 

County, and 10.8 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 116 sq mi.

Records available. December 1938 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 294.96 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, Culpeper supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Average discharge. 17 years (1939-56), 122 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 622 cfs July 21 (gage height, 5.50 ft); minimum, 7.0 cfs Aug. 30, 31 (gage height, 1.10 ft).

1938-56: Maximum discharge, 23,000 cfs Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 23.8 ft, from 

floodmark in gage house), from rating curve extended above 11,000 cfs on basis of 

slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, 2.8 cfs Oct. 1, 1941 (gage height, 

1.34 ft); minimum daily, 4.8 cfs Oct. 5, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Prior to November 1947, occasional small diurnal fluctuation at low 

flow caused by dam and gristmill 2.5 miles above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 952: 1941(M). WSP 1002: 1940, 1943. WSP 1032: 1940, 

1944.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 10 Nov. 11 to Sept. 30

1.6

1.8 

2.0 

2.5

54

116

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5

7.0

11

15

24

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

128

194

352

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

44

43

40

38

38

38

37

41

44

40

36

35

35

65

48

40

37

37

38

36

36

34

34

34

34

34

34

*34

38 

40

38

1,200

38.7

0.336

0.39

Nov.

36

36

38

40

36

36

38

44

40

44

78

55

48

45

43

43

42

39

44

60

49

44

43

42

42

41

41

41

38 

b32

1,298

43.3

0.373

0.42

Dec.

b38

b40

42

42

42

38

*37

37

39

40

37

b32

b38

b40

b35

b34

b36

b36

b32

b32

b32

b38

b42

40

39

38

33

b34

*b38 

b40

b40

1,161

37.5

0.323

0.37

Jan.

b36

b38

b36

38

42

41

38

37

b38

b40

49

43

37

34

33

33

34

33

34

37

37

33

38

34

b50

b32

b32

b32

b40 

40

*37

1,136

36.6

0.316

0.36

Feb.

31

37

93

184

167

260

288

T36

101

84

76

85

72

65

63

60

66

78

72

66

60

56

52

52

65

64

56

54

*49

2,592

89.4

0.771

0.83

Mar.

47

47

47

49

45

47

52

69

75

57

56

54

55

162

167

151

180

132

118

102

90

83

78

72

66

65

62

60

59

61

56

2,464

79.5

0.685

0.79

Apr.

53

52

56

54

ii

73

201

160

98

*83

78

80

70

65

76

338

167

125

105

92

85

80

77

70

69

67

66

64

62 

59

2,774

92.5

0.797

0.89

May

55

57

67

69

58

54

58

64

*51

49

47

47

46

42

38

37

37

39

34

34

31

31

31

30

30

29

29

29

29 

29

*34

1,315

42.4

0.366

0.42

June

34

40

66

34

28

26

23

21

20

20

19

17

16

15

15

15

20

3O

37

35

32

30

25

21

18

16

15

14

*13 

12

727

24.2

0.209

0.23

July

11

12.

13

15

18

21

20

19

17

15

12

10

10

10

10

10

11

20

13

108

024

114

71

106

45

30

23

20

22 

22

18

1,008

32.5

0.280

0.32

Aug.

17

16

16

15

17

23

21

21

15

13

12

19

29

14

13

12

11

10

9.4

9.4

17

18

13

*12

11

10

10

9.4

8.6

is4"

444.6

14.3

0.123

0.14

Sept.

27

14

11

13

12

18

24

16

13

11

11

10

9.4

9.0

&£

10

12

12

11

9.4

8.6

8.2

8.2

8.6

11

12

*303

194

84 

52

950.6

31.7

0.273

0.30

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,840 Min 21 Mean 106 Cfsm 0.914 In. 12.36

Water year 1955-56: Max 333 Min 7.8 Mean 46.6 Cfsm 0.402 In. 5.46

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 cfs). No peak above base.

* ui.aMua.Lg,*: Discharge meaoui measurement emeiiu iiictuc made on uii this LI1J.Q day. uay.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Note. No gage-height record June 1, Z, 6-18, June 20 to July 16; discharge estimated on basis of 

1 discharge measurement and records for Rockfish River near Greenfield and South Fork Rivanna River 

near Earlysville.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 41

Slate River near Arvonia, Va.

Location. Lat 37°42'10", long 78°22'40", on left bank 100 ft upstream from Bumpers 

Bridge, 1.8 miles northwest of Arvonia, Buckingham County, 2.9 miles upstream from 

Hunts Creek, and 3.8 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 235 sq mi.

Records available. April 1926 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 238.78 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 18, 1935, chain gage and Sept. 18, 1935 , to 

Feb. 14, 1936, staff gage, at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--29 years (1926-35, 1936-56), 223 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,840 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.59 ft); minimum, 9.1 cfs Aug. 20 (gage height, 1.67 ft).

1926-56: Maximum discharge, 13,600 cfs Sept. 6, 1935 (gage height, 22.18 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 5,500 cfs on basis of velocity-area 

studies; minimum, 2 cfs Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, 1930.

Remarks. Records good. Prior to October 1947, occasional diurnal fluctuation at low 

flow caused by gristmill 5.4 miles above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1928-29, 1932, 1933-34(M), 1935.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 13-15, 23, 

27, 28, Jan. 28, 29)

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

7.0

14

27

55

108

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

286

600

1,500

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

61

62

60

58

58

59

58

61

77

72

63

60

59

77

77

68

64

62

64

62

60

60

59

60

60

59

60

*60

62

66 

66

1,954

63.0

0.268

0.31

Nov.

63

62

63

65

64

63

66

70

71

71

124

TT2

80

73

72

71

68

65

68

84

82

71

69

68

68

67

67

67

67

63

2,164

72.1

0.307

0.34

Dec.

*59

7T

69

69

70

68

66

66

68

75

72

64

64

60

65

68

70

70

69

69

68

66

67

68

68

67

66

66

*68

68

63

2,081

67.1

0.286

0.33

Jan.

67

64

67

63

64

66

66

67

64

73

91

97

IT

70

67

65

67

65

66

70

73

68

76

69

62

68

66

70

78

80

*77

2,187

70.5

0.300

0.36

Feb.

68

68

92

220

378

400

785

273

175

140

124

125

114

102

97

94

114

201

167

136

119

103

96

92

128

192

137

121

*106

4,967

171

0.728

0.79

Mar.

94

91

90

56

100

90

90

97

116

104

97

102

100

266

391

359

636

297

318

230

179

153

137

126

115

108

106

106

*102

108

102

5,106

165

0.702

0.81

Apr.

94

91

94

94

88

113

564

427

237

175

170

417

271

198

188

1.510

636

290

220

183

156

143

134

125

118

115

114

111

106

*101

7,083

236

1.00

1.12

May

95

98

116

165

125

103

116

511

213

153

134

122

111

100

91

88

84

84

82

76

73

73

74

73

67

66

67

68

71

67 

*78

3,444

111

0.472

0.54

June

83

110

175

I3o

74

66

62

59

54

53

51

48

45

44

44

48

83

78

98

100

72

67

58

49

44

40

41

49

*40

3_5

1,970

65.7

0.280

0.31

July

33

31

30

40

38

31

33

31

31

34

34

28

24

24

24

24

34

39

28

32

60

52

36

31

32

41

32

28

33

36

*31

1,035

33.4

0.142

0.16

Aug.

27

24

23

22

22

42

53

48

29

24

20

17

16

15

14

14

12

11

11

9.7

36

73

40

26

22

19

18

18

16

15

*14

750.7

24.2

0.103

0.12

Sept.

30

25

22

18

16

21

65

39

28

22

19

19

18

16

16

15

T6

16

16

16

17

18

17

16

19

23

*582

5T9

186

91

1,941

64.7

0.275

0.31

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,290 Mln 32 Mean 208 Cfsm 0.885 In. 11.99

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,310 Mln 9.7 Mean 94.8 Cfsm 0.403 In. 5.50

Peak discharge (base. 2.100 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

459558 O -58 -4
42 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

North Fork Moormans River near Whitehall, Va.

Location. Lat 38°08'25", long 78°45'05", on left bank 0.5 mile upstream from confluence 

with South Fork, 0.8 mile upstream from city of Charlottesville dam, and 5.1 miles 

west of Whitehall, Albemarle County.

Drainage area. 11.4 sq mi.

Records available. December 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Concrete control since November 1952. Altitude of gage is 

~^99 ft (by barometer).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 136 cfs July 20 (gage height, 3.33 ft); minimum, 

0.34 cfs July 17 (gage height, 1.28 ft).

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 2,400 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 7.94 ft); no flow 

Oct. 1-14, 1954.

Flood of Oct. 15, 1942, reached a stage of 11.7 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 

7,620 cfs, by slope-area determination of peak flow).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1, Dec. 1-23)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6 Feb. 7 to Apr. 7 Apr. 8 to Sept. 30

2.1 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0

2.3

3.8

1.3

1.4

1.5

0.3

4.4 

6.4

2.0

2.1 

2.5 

2.8 

3.0

9.4

14

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.0

2.2

2.7

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.5

3.0

3.5

3.0

2.6

2.3

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.2

*1.2

.86

.86

176- .82

1.9

1.6

64.14

2.07

0.182

0.21

Nov.

1.2

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.9

2.8

1.6

2.4

6.2

4.0

3.0

2.5

*2.2

1.9

1.9

1.6

2.4

2.8

2.5

2.8

2.8

2.5

2.2

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.9

1.8

66.2

2.21

0.194

0.22

Dec.

1.8

1.8

2.4

2.5

272

2.2

2.0

1.9

2.2

2.2

1.9

1.8

1.6

*1.4

1.6

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.2

.91

.86

1.0

1.4

2.2

1.8

1.2

.82

782

. 86

. 78

48.55

1.57

0.138

0.16

Jan.

0.78

.73

.78

.82

.82

.73

.73

.55

.73

.91

1.9

2.2

1.4

1.2

.91

1.0

1.0

 1.0

1.2

1.2

1.0

.91

1.0

.91

.86

.86

.73

.73

1.4

6.8 

572

40.99

1.32

0.116

0.13

Feb.

3.0 476"

11

18

26

37

54

40

29

20

16

16

14

12

11

10

10

11

10

9.8

9.1

8.8

8.2

*7.4

7.7

6.8

5.8

5.8

4.9

426.3

14.7

1.29

1.39

Mar.

4.2

4.0

4.2

4.0

5.5

3.5

3.8

7.6

8.0

6.8

7.1

7.4

8.2

44

ii

52

38

28

21

20

15

14

14

13

11

10

*9, 8

8.5

8.5

8.5

7.7

461.3

14.9

1.31

1.51

Apr.

6.8

6.3

6.6

6.0

5.6

7.4

21

43

41

34

30

26

22

21

22

26

23

23

22

21

19

18

16

14

13

12

11

11

9.9

*8 . 8

546.4

18.2

1.60

1.78

May

8.2

8.2

9.1

875

7.3

7.0

7.3

6.4

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.2

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.8

4.0

3.9

3.7

*3.7

3.7

3.4

3.1

2.9

3.1

3.3

2.9

2.8

3.0

158.1

5.10

0.447

0.52

June

2.7

16

13

6.4

5.4

4.8

4.2

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.2

*2.7

2.5

2.4

2.2

1.9

2.2

3.2

3.8

2.9

3.1

2.9

2.3

1.8

1.4

1.1

1.0

.94

.82

.76

107.02

3.57

0.313

0.35

July

0.66

1.4

3.1

1.9

2.0

3.9

2.3

1.8

 1.7

1.6

1.2

1.0

.88

.76

.66

.50

754

1.1

1.2

*32

21

9.4

10

12

8.2

5.6

4.2

3.7

3.4

3.6

2.9

144.20

4.65

0.408

0.47

Aug.

3.0

5.4

3.9

3.0

4.8

no"13

7.0

5.2

4.0

3.4

3.8

3.4

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.0

1.8

1.5

1.7

3.2

2.4

1.8

1.6

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.5

102.1

3.29

0.289

0.33

Sept.

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.3

1.7

1.3

1.1

.94

.88

1.6

1.0

.82

.82

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.0

*.88

.76

.70

.66

1 .1

1.1

1.1

80

65

64 

23

260.26

8.68

0.761

0.85

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,130 Mln 0.82 Mean 16.6 Cfsm 1.46 In. 19.71

Water year 1955-56: Max 80 Mln 0.50 Mean 6.63 Cfsm 0.582 In. 7.92

Peak discharge (base, 150 cfs). No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 2-25; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement

and records for South Fork Rlvanna River near Earlysvllle.
JAMES RIVER BASIN

South Fork Rlvanna River near Earlysvllle, Va.

Location. Lat 38"07'30", long 78°31'05", on left bank 0.3 mile upstream from Fishing 

Creek, 3.0 miles southwest of Earlysville, Albemarle County, and 8.7 miles upstream 

from confluence with North Fork.

Drainage area. 216 sq mi.

Records available. December 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 369 ft (by barometer).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,480 cfs July 20, Sept. 27; maximum gage height, 

9.04 ft July 20; minimum discharge, 6.2 cfs July 12, 15, 16 (gage height, 0.78 ft).

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 30,200 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 26.1 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,550 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determination of 

peak flow; minimum observed, 2.2 cfs Sept. 18, 1954 (gage height, 0.71 ft).

Flood in October 1942 reached a stage of about 33 ft, from Information by local 

resident.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of Ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Some diurnal fluctuation, mostly at medium flow, by city of Charlottesville reservoir on Moormans River. Records of discharge do not include diversions for 

Charlottesvllle municipal water supply which averages about 6 cfs.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6 Feb. 7 to Sept. 30

1.4 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

39

57

106

195

313

630

3.0

7.0

1.0 

1.5 

1.9

53

105

2.5 218

3.5 465

5.0 1,010

7.0 2,060

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

65

63

61

61

61

61

60

75

74

66

63

62

60

92

a84

a69

a66

a64

a62

a59

a57

a54

a51

a48

»44

a46

a47 

a48

a52

52 

53

1,880

60.6

0.281

0.32

Nov.

51

52

52

52

50

49

52

61

54

54

97

77

a68

a63

*59

59

58

53

63

83

68

63

61

61

58

57

57 

57

54

53

1,796

59.9

0.277

0.31

Dec.

54

55

58

57

56

53

52

53

54

54

52

b50

b54

b52

52

b54

b56

59

61

b58

61

b60

b60

62

63

64

ST 

54

b60

61

b55

1,756

56.6

0.262

0.30

Jan.

b55

58

56

56

57

b54

b50

b50

b56

b60

a66

a68

a64

a61

a57

a52

a49

*48

48

52

50

50

52

53

52

55

52 

52

56

59 

62

1,710

55.2

0.256

0.3O

Feb.

59

61

108

222

233

350

465

280

218

178

174

186

156

149

140

131

140

151

136

131

122

112

105

*94

105

104

92 

89

84

4,575

158

0.731

0.79

Mar.

76

76

75

74

70

70

72

92

100

86

82

82

92

242

480

394

394

294

258

218

182

166

154

147

133

124

*117 

114

114

112

100

4,790

155

0.718

0.83

Apr.

94

93

100

92

87

92

219

267

240

214

196

180

158

144

158

212

182

162

154

144

135

129

124

115

110

105

104 

99

94

*87

4,290

143

0.662

0.74

May

84

87

104

104

86

76

77

82

68

65

70

68

63

57

52

52

48

54

49

45

42

42

42

39

*35

35

37 

38

37

35

35

1,808

58.3

0.270

0.31

June

32

60

112

58

46

41

38

34

32

32

31

*28

25

24

23

22

23

27

45

36

32

35

29

25

21

18

16 

13

10

9.0

977.0

32.6

0.151

0.17

Calendar year 1955: Max 17,400 Min 16 Mean 227 Cfsm 1.05

July

8.2

7.0

8.2

10

37

52

24

16

15

13

9.0

7.0

6.6

6.6

6.6

T~T 6.2

15

12

888

602

407

188

149

102

79

61 

51

46

47 ,

40

2,926.8

94.4

0.437

0.50

Aug.

37

49

45

37

44

69

*74

53

41

34

30

26

35

30

27

27

25

23

22

25

48

41

30

24

22

19

18 

16

16

15 

15

1,017

32.8

0.152

0.18

Sept.

33

22

181

43

31

54

80

41

30

27

29

36

33

28

26

30

32

22

19

*17

14

14

14

17

21

21

1.580 

920

342

248

4,005

134

0.620

0.69

In. 14.29

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,580 Min 6.2 Mean 86.1 Cfsm 0.399 In. 5.44

Peak discharge (base. 2.000 cfs). July 20 (7 p.m.) 3,480 cfs (9.04 ft); Sept. 27 (2 p.m.) 3,480 

cfs (8-98 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement and records for 

North Fork Moormans River near Whitehall and Rivanna River at Palmyra.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
JAMES RIVER BASIN

Rivanna River at Palmyra, Va.

Location. Lat 37°51>28", long 78°15'58", on left bank 10 ft upstream from highway bridge 

at Palmyra, Pluvanna County, 0.5 mile upstream from Cunningham Creek, and 15 miles 

upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 675 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1934 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 210.39 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

HT929, Culpeper supplementary adjustment of 1943. Prior to Oct. 16, 1942, water-stage 

recorder at site 200 ft downstream at same datum. Oct. 24, 1942, to Dec. 18, 1947, 

wire-weight gage on upstream side of highway bridge 10 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 22 years, 715 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,400 cfs July 21 (gage height, 8.95 ft); min-

 imum, 33 cfs July 2, 3 (gage height, 2.65 ft).

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 78,000 cfs Oct. 16, 1942 (gage height, 36.5 ft at site 

then in use, 37.4 ft at present site); minimum, 11 cfs Sept. 14, 15, 1954 (gage height, 

2.36 ft); minimum gage height, 1.53 ft Oct. 9, 1941, site then in use.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSF 802: 1936 (M). WSP 852: 1937. WSP 892: 1934-35.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discnarge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to July 3

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

39

95

185

320

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

8.0

550

900

1,450

3,800

July 4 to Sept. 30

2.5 45 

2.7 58 

3.0 100 

3.4 225 

Note. Same as

preceding table

above 3.4 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

189

193

185

174

171

171

174

193

261

*225

193

178

171

258

355

248

209

193

189

185

174

171

168

164

165

168

168

168

171

185 

189

6,007

194

0.287

0.33

Nov.

185

178

182

193

193

185

*185

217

221

213

310

315

243

213

209

205

197

185

185

280

270

234

217

213

205

201

197

193

185 

182

6,391

213

0.316

0.35

Dec .

182

178

197

205

*20T

197

185

178

182

189

182

160

157

185

189

tieo

171

178

178

b!80

185

178

171

178

174

174

168

126

135

171 biao

5,494

177

0.262

0.30

Jan.

b!70

b!60

b!50

b!50

b!50

b!50

b!40

b!40

bl40

*185

201

209

185

168

157

150

160

164

164

168

174

160

174

164

147

b!40

122

164

193

193

197

5,099

164

0.243

0.28

Feb.

185

205

275

750

820

*872

1.940

918

680

550

472

508

466

414

332

370

364

402

402

380

353

326

305

290

300

315

295

275

261

14,085

486

0.720

0.78

Mar.

248

238

238

243

234

225

230

270

336

300

275

266

270

554

1.090

990

1,060

844

743

624

538

484

448

419

392

358

353

336

320

320 

310

13,556

437

0.647

0.75

Apr.

285

270

270

280

261

275

592

799

631

538

496

472

419

386

402

915

729

556

478

430

397

375

358

336

320

305

300

290

280

2 75

12,720

424

0.628

0.70

May

266

261

285

315

295

256

*270

380

275

243

238

243

238

225

201

189

185

185

189

182

178

157

157

154

141

132

I3Z

138

154

141 

154

6,559

212

0.314

0.36

June

144

168

551

280

193

164

144

129

120

112

112

*105

91

84

78

80

115

87

150

157

129

120

115

95

78

65

60

53

46 

39

3,644

121

0.179

0.20

July

37

33

34

205

100

189

201

133

95

*80

71

63

57

56

52

49

50

58

86

348

2.620

1,080

694

884

460

295

217

168

142 

155

128

8,818

284

0.421

0.49

Aug.

Ill

104

111

109

104

205

201

252

160

120

100

92

83

86

82

76

71

67

64

*61

71

120

93

77

67

61

58

56

Jl 

60

76

5,072

99.1

0.147

0.17

Sept.

137

66

68

157

88

110

168

234

102

76

66

*63

82

70

63

64

78

80

68

63

60

57

56

55.

58

63

1,010

~%? 2.750

532

7,357

245

0.363

0.40

Calendar year 1955: Max 26,000 Min 76 Mean 627 Cfsm 0.929 In. 12.60

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,750 Min 33 Mean 254 Cfsm 0.376 In. 5.11

Peak discharge (base. 6,000 cfs).--No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Willls River at Flanagan Mills, Va.

45

Location. Lat 37°40', long 78°11', on left bank 15 ft upstream from 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.

Drainage area. 247 sq mi.

Records available . April 1926 to January 1935, September 1936 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 178.98 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Jan. 3, 1935, chain gage at site a quarter of a mile 

upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--28 years (1926-34, 1936-56), 238 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 920 cfs Feb. 7 (gage height, 9.41 ft); minimum, 

14 cfs Sept. 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25; minimum gage height, 2.65 ft Sept. 19, 20, 21,

1926-35, 1936-56: Maximum discharge, 9,580 cfs Apr. 27, 1937 (gage height, 23.86 

ft, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 5,800 cfs on basis of velocityarea studies, with backwater correction; minimum, 2 cfs Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 4, 12, 1930.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Complete 

regulation of flow from Trices Lake, tributary to Willis River, slightly affects flow 

at gage.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 872: 1936-37. WSP 892: 1928-29, 1932-34(M) WSP 972- 

1937, 1940.WSP 1203: 1929.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1O to Dec. 14, Sept. 29, 30)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6 Feb. 7 to Sept. 30

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0

154

292

651

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

5.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

180

296

651

1,040

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

56

57

63

56

58

57

57

58

62

*63

61

55

50

66

95

90

73

61

60

57

58

57

50

52

53

55

56

56

57

77

80

1,906

61.5

0.249

0.29

Nov.

66

59

54

56

54

52,

*53

58

64

63

116

144

122

93

78

74

74

68

69

69

78

78

74

69

69

70

67

68

66

67

2,192

73.1

0.296

0.33

Dec.

65

62

67

66

*68

67

69

63

63

71

68

69

61

53

b60

b70

76

7T

68

71

68

b70

b70

71

73

74

71

59

b60

b62

b65

2,071

66.8

0.270

0.31

Jan.

b70

b70

b64

b70

b65

b70

b60

b60

b60

*67

98

116

112

95

80

75

71

71

71

72

79

75

72

74

74

71

71

65

68

84

93

2,343

75.6

0.306

0.35

Feb.

86

82

96

242

556

*632

900

841

746

311

224

213

208

174

152

142

158

257

290

240

186

164

147

134

152

174

180

158

142

7,987

275

1.11

1.20

Mar.

129

120

120

191

235

202

164

158

169

164

147

147

147

268

518

575

708

689

632

398

290

235

208

186

164

152

147

147

142

135

135

7,822

252

1.02

1.18

Apr.

124

116

114

*114

115

120

372

518

380

240

213

461

518

398

257

594

Til

689

372

246

202

180

164

147

142

137

133

133

122

114

8,160

272

1.10

1.23

May

106

110

116

164

147

126

*130

414

414

283

169

147

125

111

1O2

95

90

88

84

83

78

72

70

70

67

64

60

64

61

61

62

3,833

124

0.502

0.58

June

71

103

186

191

113

82

71

68

64

59

59

*52

47

45

44

44

42

44

47

56

71

60

55

47

42

36

40

40

40

38

1,957

65.2

0.264

0.29

July

32

31

29

28

31

28

31

28

27

*27

30

31

25

23

22

22

21

54

34

32

59

44

38

51

35

33

38

36

32

34

28

1,020

32.9

0.133

0.15

Aug.

24

22

21

23

20

46

62

92

52

34

29

21

20

18

19

19

16

16

16

*18

22

36

42

36

30

22

20

20

20

17

16

869

28.0

0.113

0.13

Sept.

18

15

16

16

20

36

53

56

50

32

27

*32

22

18

17

16

16

15

14

TT

14

17

17

16

14

16

59

128

110 

74

971

32.4

0.131

0.15

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,000 Min 21 Mean 182 Cfsm 0.737 In. 10.00

Water year 1955-56: Max 900 Min 14 Mean 112 Cfsm 0.453 In. 6.19

Peak discharge (base, 1,700 cfs). --No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage -discharge relation affected by ice.
46 JAMES RIVER BASIN

James River at Cartersville, Va.

Location. Lat 37°40', long 78°05', on left bank 200 ft downstream from highway bridge 

between Pemberton and Cartersville, Cumberland County, 2 miles downstream from Willis 

River, and at mile 152.4.

Drainage area.--6,242 sq ini .

Records available. January 1899 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 161.57 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

(Torps of Engineers). Prior to June 4, 1927, wire or chain gage at same site and 

datum.

Average discharge.--56 years (1899-1904, 1905-56), 7,084 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 23,800 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 9.93 ft); 

minimum, 573 cfs Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.37 ft); minimum daily, 591 cfs Sept. 21-23.

1899-1956: Maximum discharge, 180,000 cfs Sept. 20, 1944 (gage height, 29.6 ft, 

from floodmark in gage well); minimum, 320 cfs Sept. 22, 1932; minimum daily, 348 cfs 

Oct. 5, 1930; minimum gage height, 0.10 ft Oct. 2, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 582: Drainage area. WSP972: 1936(M). WSP 1203: 

1901-2(M), 1924-25(M), 1928(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

0.3

Z.O

5.0

10.0

510

3,080

9,000

24,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Zl

ZZ

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,630

1,660

1,610

1,580

1,660

1,680

1,500

1,360

1,440

1,610

1,740

*1,560

1,630

1,690

1,740

1,640

1,530

1,340

1,580

1,530

1,360

1,370

1,400

1,340

1,280

1,240

1,290

1,260

1,290

1,370

1,450

46,360

1,495

0.240

0.28

Nov.

1,340

1,370

1,360

1.510

1,320

1,360

1,370

1,500

1,470

1,500

1,800

2,060

1,900

1,770

1,690

1,690

1,660

1,600

1,580

1,690

1,880

1,880

1,690

1,550

1,560

1,530

1,610

1,580

1,530

1,560

47,710

1,590

0.255

0.28

Dec.

1,470

1,340

1,370

1,580

1,560

1,550

"*1,520

1,520

1,530

1,580

1.660

1,660

1,450

1,420

1,600

1,450

1,360

1,470

1,500

1,400

1,340

1,280

1,400

1,610

1,480

1,470

1,400

1,240

1.180

1,340

1,420

45,150

1,456

0.233

0.27

Jan.

1,390

1,370

1,420

1,390

1.100

1,100

1,340

1,280

1,280

1,420

1,580

1.610

1,530

1,370

1,290

1,260

1,230

1,290

1,280

1,310

1,390

1,320

1,340

1,390

1,370

1,310

1,260

1,310

1,420

1,450

1,550

41,950

1,353

0.217

0.25

Feb.

1.480

1,500

2,480

3,930

6,800

12,200

18.400

*16,800

17,100

11,300

8,760

7,000

6,000

5,200

5,010

4,720

4,270

4,540

5,400

7,410

8,290

7,840

6,600

5,800

5,200

5,200

5,010

5,200

6,400

__ -__ . _

205,840

7,098

1.14

1.23

Mar.

5,600

5,010

4,450

4,450

4,180

3,760

3,680

3,760

5.590

4,720

6,400

6,200

5,200

5,600

8,520

19,400

21,500

19,300

14,200

11,600

10,500

8,760

8,290

6,800

6,400

5,600

5,400

5,200

4,630

4,540

4,180

231,220

7,459

1.19

1.57

Apr.

4,100

5,950

5,760

5,760

5,500

5,500

5,800

8,060

9,500

11,900

9,750

9,500

8,520

6,600

6,800

9,980

17,400

21.700

15,900

11 , 900

9,500

8,520

6,800

6,200

5,400

5,010

4,450

4,450

4,100

4,100

254,590

7,815

1.25

1.40

May

5,420

5,680

5,590

5,680

5,950

3,420

5,760

4.720

*4,450

3,840

3,500

3,160

2,820

2,820

2,660

2,480

2,570

2,250

2,820

2,250

2,180

2,080

2,090

2,160

1,870

1.760

1,800

1,820

1,790

1,850

1,870

87,050

2,808

0.450

0.52

June

1,880

2,090

3,000

5,250

2,400

2,910

5.500

2,740

2,520

2,180

1,840

1,710

1,680

1,500

1,420

1,470

1,550

1,610

1,710

2,060

2,080

2,250

2,400

1,900

1,480

1,420

1,790

1,420

1,450

1.400

60,750

2,025

0.524

0.56

Calendar year 1955: Max 95,400 Mln 1,180 Mean 6,442 Cfsm 1.03

July

1,250

1,150

1,100

872

1,150

1,790

1,420

1,510

1,420

1,740

1,470

*1,480

1,150

1,180

1,070

924

885

950

924

1,010

4,670

6.000

5,250

2,820

2,570

2,480

2,060

1,630

1,470

1,550

1,450

54,155

1,747

0.280

0.52

Aug.

1,420

1,560

1,510

1,590

1,640

1,530

1,500

1,500

1,590

1,450

1,480

1,310

1,160

1,070

965

855

820

796

846

820

950

1,150

1,150

*1,070

872

859

808

748

712

724

724

34,557

1,108

0.178

0.21

Sept.

950

957

898

911

885

872

1,760

1,480

1,340

980

885

885

820

872

820

796

760

680

660

650

591

59T

591

620

724

756

1,480

9.950

7,840

5,010

46,954

1,565

0.251

0.28

In. 14.05

Water year 1955-56: Max 21,700 Min 591 Mean 3,103 Cfsm 0.497 In. 6.77

Peak discharge (base. 40.000 cfs).--No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 47

Fine Creek at Fine Creek Mills, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°35'52", long 77°49 I 12", on right bank 75 ft downstream from highway bridge 

at Fine Creek Mills, Powhatan County, 0.8 mile upstream from mouth, and 6.7 miles northeast of Powhatan.

Drainage area. 23 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--July 1944 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 160 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

^ct. 28, 1953, chain gage or inclined staff gage and crest-stage indicator at site 75 ft 

upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--12 years, 19.5 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year. 138 cfs Oct. 15 (gage height, 2.71 ft); minimum, 

 1.1 cfs July 17 (gage height, 1.66 ft).

1944-56: Maximum discharge, 2,010 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 6.98 ft); minimum, 

0.4 cfs Sept. 11, 1954 (gage height, 1.56 ft).

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1233: 1948. WSP 1383: 1954.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1-13, 

Apr. 7 to Sept. 30 Oct. 14 to Apr. 6

1.66

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.0 

2.3

1.1 

1.5 

3.2 

6.8

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1 

2.3 

2.6

3.6

7.8

15

26

56

112

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

9.9

7.7

6.8

6.8

6.4

6.4

5.8

777

9.2

*6.8

6.4

5.8

7.6

110

108

26

17

15

14

12

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

11

22 

14

522.3

16.8

0.730

0.84

Nov.

10

10

10

11

10

10

*9.5

11

10

14

27

14

11

11

10

10

10

8.8

12

12

10

10

9.5

9.5

9.5

12

11

10

9.5

8.8

331.1

11.0

0.478

0.53

Dec.

8.8

9.5

11

10

*10

9.5

8.8

8.8

12

T2

11

8.8

8.3

8.3

9.5

8.8

7.8

9.5

11

9.5

8.3

7.8

9.5

10

11

10

8.8

7.2

7.8

9.5

290.6

9.37

0.407

0.47

Jan.

7.2

7.8

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

7.8

7.2

7.2

*12

20

14

10

8.8

8.3

8.8

8.3

7.8

7.8

9.5

8.8

7.2

8.3

8.3

6.8

7.8

6.8

10 6.0

11 

8.8

275.5

8.89

0.387

0.45

Feb.

7.2

878

17

46

72

56

~62 112

29

24

24

24

20

17

17

15

25

26

1 19

17

15

14

14

12

22

16

14

14

12

-----

771.0

26.6

1.16

1.25

Mar.

12

12

12

22

15

14

14

15

14

12

12

12

18

39

30

40

37

30

33

23

20

19

18

18

16

15

16

17

17

17 

15

604

19.5

0.848

0.98

Apr.

14

14

14

*14

I?.

21

"So 50

21

19

29

40

25

20

22

48

27

21

19

18

16

16

15

14

14

15

15

15

13

12

633

21.1

0.917

1.02

May

12

12

14

18

13

12

*12

14

12

13

12

12

11

8.5

7.7

7.7

7.4

8.5

7.4

9.2

7.4

7.7

8.5

7.4

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.4

574 

7.4

295.8

9.54

0.415

0.48

June

5.4

50

40

13

9.2

7.7

7.4

6.4

24

29

9.9

6.8

5.8

5.4

5.0

4.7

4.3

5.0

6.8

4.7

5.4

4.3

3.8

3.0

2.8

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.0

1.9

280.7

9.36

0.407

0.45

July

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.5

2.6

4.3

2.6

2.6

*2.8

2.0

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.3

2.8

1.8

19

47

7.7

5.8

12

6.8

4.7

3.5

3.0

3.2

4.7 

3.0

158.3

5.11

0.222

0.26

Aug.

2.8

2.8

2.6

2.4

3.2

12

4.7

3.5

2.8

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.3

27U

9.9

40

14

6.4

4.3

3.8

3.2

3.2

2.8

2.6

2.4 

2.2

149.6

4.83

0.210

0.24

Sept.

2.0

3.8

5.8

5,8

3.2

7.4

9.9

5.4

3.5

2.8

2.8

*3.2

3.2

2.4

2.4

2.8

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

1.9

T79

1.9

2.4

3.5

3.4

18

7.4

4.7

4.3

122.8

4.09

0.178

0.20

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,330 Min 1.4 Mean 18.1 Cfsm 0.787 In. 10.69

Water year 1955-56: Max 110 Min 1.2 Mean 12.1 Cfsm 0.526 In. 7.17

Peak discharge (base, 500 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
48 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Gage. --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 106.07 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T9

James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond, Va.

Location.- -La t 37°33'52", long 77°34'28", on left bank 75 ft downstream from canal bridge, 

400 ft downstream from headgates, 1,200 ft north of north end of Bosher Dam on James 

River, 1.6 miles upstream from Huguenot Memorial Bridge, and 2.0 miles west of city 

limits of Richmond, Henrico County.

Records available .--September 1936 to September 1956.

. --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 106.07 

T929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1938, at datum 3.06 ft higher.

Average discharge. --20 years, 880 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 1,120 cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 8.77 ft); no flow 

at times when headgates were closed.

1936-56: Maximum gage height, 19.7 ft Sept. 20, 1944 (discharge not determined.); no 

flow at times when headgates were closed.

Remarks . --Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Canal diverts from James River 1,200 ft 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 following page.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

0.0 

4.0

4.0 

6.0

1.0 

2.0 130

368

634

1,120

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

800

800

800

800

850

750

750

750

750

750

*750

750

750

772

0

199

780 

765

750

765

669

335

750

750

750

750

750

750

750

765

765

21,865

705

-

-

Nov.

765

750

765

765

750

750

765

765 

*765

765

796

812

812

796

780

780

780 

780

663

314

780

796

796

780

780

780

780

780

780

780

22,750

758

-

-

Dec.

780

780

765

780

780

*780

780

780 

780

780

780

780

780

765

765

761

272 

765

765

765

765

750

750

765

780

765

765

765

750

750

765

23,353

753

-

-

Jan.

765

765

765

765

765

750

755

765 

750

765

780

*796

780

780

765

765

765 

750

750

765

765

765

765

765

750

765

750

750

765

765

765

23,671

764

-

-

Feb.

765

765

780

882

960

*1,000

980

1,020

1,000

960

960

940

940

920

920

900

882 

900

900

940

1,000

980

960

940

940

920

864

900

920

26,738

922

-

-

Mar.

940

747

220

5T50

882

882

864

864 

864

882

920

940

920

940

960

980

1,000 

1,066

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

950

950

950

950

28,505

920

-

-

Apr.

950

950

950

950

950

950

920

980 

960

980

980

980

842

280

960

960

1,030 

1,000

1,000

980

960

960

960

940

940

940

920

920

900

882

27,864

929

-

-

May

882

882

882

882

882

882

882

900 

*940

900

756

282

846

846

846

828

828 

812

812

846

812

812

812

812

744

219

765

765

765

765

765

24,652

795

-

-

June

765

796

846

846

846

812

846

846 

828

812

812

796

796

780

780

780

780 

780

780

796

812

812

812

812

796

796

780

780

780

780

24,083

803

-

-

July

765

750

750

750

735

765

796

780 

765

780

780

*765

765

750

750

750

735 

735

750

642

0

960

882

828

812

828

828

812

780

780

23,348

753

-

-

Aug.

780

780

765

765

780

7e~6" 796

780

780

765

765

765

765

750

750

735

735 

735

735

735

750

765

765

765

750

735

735

735

735

720

720

23,416

755

-

-

Sept.

720

750

750

750

750

750

780

812 

780

765

750

750

*735

735

750

735

735 

735

720

720

705

662

592

592

592

648

750

864

960 9~20

22,257

742

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,700 Mln 0 Mean 884 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,020 Mln 0 Mean 799 Cfsm - In.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 1-11, Mar. 18 to Apr. 6; discharge estimated 

charge measurement and records for stations at Cartersvllle and near Richmond.

basis of 1
JAMES RIVER BASIN

James River near Richmond, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°33'47", long 77°32'50", on left bank 0.1 mile upstream from Huguenot 

Memorial Bridge, 0.5 mile west of city limits of Richmond, Henrico County, 1.7 miles 

downstream from Bosher Dam, 3.3 miles upstream from Powhite Creek, and at mile 111.7.

Drainage area.--6,757 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1934 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Control consists of two dams at Williams Island. Datum of 

gage is 98.82 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Average discharge.--21 years. (1935-56), 7,437 cfs (includes flow in James River and 

Kanawha Canal).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,600 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 9.32 ft); minimum daily, 46 cfs Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1, 20-25.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 175,000 cfs Mar. 19, 1936 (gage height, S3.42 ft); minimum daily, 46 efs Sept. 18-20, 25-27, Oct. 1-4, 7, 1941, Sept. 8, 9, 12, 1944, Aug. 31 

to Sept. 6, Oct. 7-10, 18-21, 1953, Sept. 8-24, Oct. 6, 7, 1954, Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1, 

20-25, 1956.

Revisions.--The maximum discharge and gage height for the water year 1951 has been 

revised to 61,100 efs Dec. 10, 1950 (gage height, 14.85 ft), superseding figure published in WSP 1203.

Remarks.--Records good. City of Richmond diverts average of 46 cfs from gage pool. Flow 

regulated by powerplants above station. James River & Kanawha Canal diverts around 

station (see preceding page). Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for 

the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1936(M).

Hating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

2.1 

2.94

3.0

3.1 

3.5

4.0

5.0

7.0

10. O

2,000

4,600

11,500

26,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Ibtal

Mean

(t)

Oct.

1,260

1,220

1,170

1,050

943

1,030

1,090

985

922

901

1,070

1,200 

1,050

3,180

5.950

2,970

1,610

1,540

1,090

1,200

1,150

1,480

945

922

859

775

754

796

775

1,050

1,050

39,745

1,282

705

Nov.

1,070

922

880

859

858

838

859

880

943

1,010

1,480

1,680 

1,850

1,540

1,370

1,280

1,220

1,150

1,170

1,700

1,280

1,410

1,410

1,170

1,050

1,070

1,050

1,090

1,030

35,084

1,169

758

Dec.

985

943

817

901

1,070

1,050

1,010

943

1,010

1,090

1,110

1,110 

1,110

901

880

1,010

1,430

859

880

922

817

670

712

838

1,070

985

880

796

670

590

712

28,771

928

753

Jan.

838

796

796

838

796

691

712

712

691

775

1,150

1,540

1,300

1,170

985

901

838

775

796

859

859

922

901

880

901

901

838

754

817

1,030

1,090

27,652

892

764

Feb.

1,150

1,090

1,260

3,210

6,040

9,520

*17,900

17,900

17,400

13,300

9,140

7,880 

6,360

5,300

4,880

4,460

4,200

4,200

4,600

5,450

7,530

7,530

6,850

5,600

5,160

4,600

4,740

4,330

5,160

196,740

6,784

922

Mar.

5,450

4,740

5,020

4,060

3,800

3,670

3,280

5,150

3,280

3,410

4,880.

5,600 

5,160

5,160

6,520

12,000

22,000

17 , 400

14,600

12,400

10,300

9,140

8,060

7,880

6,040

5,600

5,020

4,740

4,460

4,200

3,950

214,950

6,934

920

Apr.

3,800

3,670

3,540

3,410

3,280

*5,150

4,460

7,880

8,060

10,700

10,300

9,140 

9,520

7,530

6,360

6,850

15,000

18,900

17,900

12,400

9,900

8,240

7,360

5,890

5,450

4,880

4,460

4,060

3,930

3,670

223,690

7,456

929

May

3,410

3,150

3,410

3,280

3,410

3,280

3,280

3,800

4,460

3,800

3,150

3,540 

2,550

2,380

2,300

2,100

2,050

1,880

1,750

2,200

1,680

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,520

1,800

1,240

1,260

1,280

1,240

1,340

75,250

2,427

795

June

1,340

2,350

3,280

3,280

2,790

2,000

*2,680

2,810

2,080

1,820

1,610

1,260 

1,130

1,050

922

838

859

964

1,070

1,200

1,480

1,520

1,800

1,640

1,300

1,260

859

1,130

796

796

47,914

1,597

803

July

775

550

470

431

221

570

1,430

943

796

838

1,110

*880 

901

570

570

470

392

431

431

570

2,300

7,560

4,460

2,810

2,920

2,250

2,000

1,520

1,090

1,030

1,030

42,119

1,359

753

Aug.

880

838

775

712

817

1,540

1,130

1,010

922

838

838

859 

712

530

470

372

194

154

167

294

510

570

590

550

470

275

221

194

105

46

46

17,429

562

755

Sept.

46

140

431

372

248

275

570

1,480

964

733

412

314 

248

*208

208

221

180

126

70

46

46

46

46

46

46

91

353

3,820

9,900

5,450

27,136

905

742

Adjusted for diversion by James River & Kanawha Canal

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

1,987 

0.294

0.34

1,927

0.28E 

0.3E

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

1,681 

0.249 

0.29

1,656 

0.245 

0.28

7,706 

1.14 

1.23

7,854 

1.16 

1.34

8,385 

1.24 

1.58

3,222 

0.477 

0.55

Observed

Max 86,400 Min 450 Mean 5,955 

Max 22,000 Min 46 Mean 2,668

2,400 

0.355 

0.40

2,112 

0.313

0.36

1.317 

0.195 

0.22

1,647 

0.244 

0.27

Adjusted

Mean 6,839 Cfsm 1.01 In. 13.76 

Mean 3,467 Cfsm 0.513 In. 6.98

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 cfs). No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Mean monthly discharge, in cubic feet per second, of James River & Ka awha Canal near Richmond.
50 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Palling Creek near Chesterfield, Va.

Location. Lat 37°26'37", long 77°31'2l", on left upstream side of bridge on State Highway 

651, 0.8 mile downstream from Licking Creek, 2.8 miles upstream from Pocoshock Creek, 

and 4.7 miles northwest of Chesterfield, Chesterfield County.

Drainage area. 32.8 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1955 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 130 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year not determined, occurred Oct. 1 during period 

of no gage-height record; minimum, 2.0 cfs July 5 (gage height, 1.94 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Nov. 30 to Feb. 4 Feb. 5 to Sept. 30

2.4 

2.8 

3.5 

4.0

9.0

22

55

87

1.9

2.0 

2.4 

3.0

1.6 

2.6

34

4.0 98

5.0 174

5.5 217

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

ie

17

18

19

20

21

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

300 Tio

70

40

30

25

21

24

30

22

18

15

15

160

180

90

50

36

30

25

22

19

17

16

16

15

15

15

16

32 

23

1,497

48.3

1.47

1.70

Nov.

18

17

17

16

16

15

15

16

17

25

80

50

30

25

23

22

21

18

22

28

24

21

20

19

18

20

20

18

17

*16

684

22.8

0.695

0.78

Dec.

16

16

17

17

18

17

16

16

28

36.

26

20

17

16

17

16

15

16

19

17

15

14

16

16

17

16

14

12

12

15 

15

538

17.4

0.530

0.61

Jan.

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

13

13

26

*55

50

36

28

24

23

22

19

19

25

24

21

21

22

18

19

17

15

22

27 

24

680

21.9

0.668

O.77

Feb.

19

20

39

79

146

*138

235

146

91

71

66

64

53

44

41

43

64

75

57

48

41

36

32

32

51

48

37

35

31

1,882

64.9

1.98

2.14

Mar.

28

29

29

38

33

29

28

32

33

28

27

27

34

77

78

119

162

108

112

78

61

52

46

43

39

36

34

32

31

31 

29

1,563

50.4

1.54

1.78

Apr.

27

27

26

26

*23

34

108

105

66

47

64

126

83

58

53

74

62

47

39

36

32

31

29

28

28

27

27

26

24

22_

1,405

46.8

1.43

1.60

May

21

21

28

37

27

22

42

»50

29

24

21

19

18

15

12

18

15

16

13

15

13

12

13

11

9.6

9.3

973

11

14

10 

11

586.2

18.9

0.576

0.66

June

9.6

169

182

64

34

25

*19

16

16

19

13

10

8.6

7.7

7.0

5.9

5.5

5.3

5.3

5.5

6.3

5.9

5.1

4.7

4.0

4.0

6.8

4.3

3.6

2.9

675.0

22.5

0.686

0.77

July

2.6

2.4

2.3

2.2

13

19

7.7

5.5

6.3

10

*6.5

4.7

3.8

3.6

2.9

2.6

3.3

11

9.3

42

36

12

7.9

12

25

15

9.1

14

50

70

11

422.7

13.6

0.415

0.48

Aug.

7.9

6.5

5.9

5.5

6.3

11

8.1

*6.5

5.5

4.7

4.1

3.8

3.4

3.3

3.1

2.9

2.6

2.4

2.3

6.8

23

15

8.6

5.7

4.1

3.4

3.1

2.9

2.5

2.3

2.2

175.4

5.66

0.173

0.20

Sept.

4.9

16

13

69

52

28

105

33

16

16

8.1

6.8

*5.9

5.3

4.7

4.3

4.0

4.0

3.4

3.6

3.4

3.1

3~4 2.9

4.5

5.3

29

26

16

10

506.6

16.9

0.515

O.57

Calendar year 1955: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In.

Water year 1955-56: Max 3OO Mln 2.2 Mean 29.0 Cfsm 0.884 In. 12.06

Peak discharge (base, 550 cfs).--Oct. 1 (time and discharge unknown); June 2 (5 p.m.) 556 cfs 

(7.04 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 1 to Nov. 30; discharge estimated on basis of records for station near Drewrys Bluff.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 51

Falling Creek near Drewrys Bluff, Va.

Location. Lat 37°27'40 M , long 77°28'00", on left bank 300 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 600 ft downstream from Chesterfield County Reservoir, 2.4 miles 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 sq mi, approximately.

Recordsavailable. September 1942 to September 1956 (discontinued).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 60 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

Oct. 1, 1952, water-stage recorder at site 300 ft upstream at datum 5.39 ft higher.

Average discharge. 14 years, 52.9 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year. 700 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 4.70 ft); minimum, 

1.9 cfs July 16 (gage height, 2.00 ft).

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 7,270 cfs July 18, 1945 (gage height, 10.1 ft, site and 

dabum then in use); minimum, 0.12 cfs Aug. 13, 1953, Sept. 6, 7, 1954.

Remarks. Records good prior to Feb. 1, fair thereafter. Chesterfield County diverts up 

to 1.5 cfs for water supply from reservoir 600 ft upstream from gage.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1032: 1943-44(M). Revised figures of discharge, in cubic 

feet per second, for high-water periods in the water year 1955, superseding those published in WSP 1383, are given herewith:

1955 1955-Con.

Aug. 19......... 593 Sept. 21......... 232

20......... 226 22......... Ill

21......... 113 23......... 74

Sept.19......... 146 24......... 61

20......... 637 25......... 60

Month

Water year 1954-55. .......

Cfs-days Maximum

3,130

Mi!

2

R

lirnurn

31

Mean

60.9

50.7

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.9 1.5 2.4 16 4.5 565

2.0 2.5 2.6 30 5.5 1,260

2.1 3.8 3.0 74 6.0 2,350

2.2 5.9 3.5 166 6.5 3,020

2.3 10 4.0 359 7.0 3,300

Discharge ubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

510

226

109

66

54

45

37

42

51

40

*32

27

28

286

315

160

93

66

53

45

40

34

30

29

28

27

27

26

28 

56

40

2,652

65.5

-

"

Nov.

32

30

29

29

28

27

£7

*27

26

39

15B

78

55

45

40

39

36

32

38

50

43

36

35

34

32

35

35

33

29

28

1,189

39.6

-

-

Dec.

26

28

30

32

32

*26

28

28

42

63

47

37

32

29

30

29

27

26

32

29

27

26

27

29

30

28

25

24

23 

27

26

953

30.7

-

-

Jan.

27

25

25

27

27

26

25

24

24

39

*aa

78

59

49

43

39

37

34

35

44

44

37

36

39

34

33

30

28

36 

45

40

1,176

38.0

-

-

Feb.

Si

36

64

152

233

*221

333

226

136

107

109

97

73

63

60

a70

a95

120

84

70

61

55

54

54

76

73

60

58

48

-----

2,924

101

-

-

Mar.

43

48

46

59

53

48

45

a48

a50

a40

a40

a45

a60

allO

a!20

176

252

174

182

120

89

71

a70

a65

a60

60

58

54

53

53

49

2,445

78.9

-

-

Apr.

45

44

42

a36

*36

51

166

171

99

68

86

a200

a!20

89

73

99

99

67

60

58

53

51

49

47

47

45

44

42

40 

36

2,167

72.2

-

-

May

32

32

42

a60

a45

a36

a60

*a80

a9Q

a60

51

42

35

32

28

24

20

25

27

24

26

24

21

24

18

16

15

16

20 

24

18

1,067

35.1

-

-

June

18

290

311

113

53

39

*31

26

66

41

26

21

17

15

15

11

a9

a9

a9

a9

a9

alO

a9

a8

a7

a6

alO

a6

a6

__ - a-_

1,209

4O.3

-

-

July

a4

a4

a4

a4

a20

a30

a!5

a9

a 11

16

*8.0

5.3

4.0

3.5

2.9

2.4

2.5

a5

10

31

156

34

18

16

47

a28

a!5

a25

a90 

a!20

a20

760.6

24.5

-

-

Aug.

15

15

15

14

21

18

14

14

a!2

a9

a6

a6

a6

a5

a5

a5

a4

a4

a4

alO

31

26

17

15

14

11

11

11

9.6 

8.4

6.7

364.7

11.8

-

-

Sept.

5.3

40

24

17

alOO

a45

185

71

31

23

17

15

Ml

9.2

7.5

6.7

5.7

5.1

4.4

3.7

2.9

2.6

2^6

3.5

4.8

5.3

29

a30

a 20 

a!5

742.5

24.6

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,120 Min 0.31 Mean 61.4 Cfsm - In.

Water year 1955-56: Max 510 Min 2.4 Mean 48.3 Cfsm - In.

Peak discharge (base, 500 cfs). --Oct. 1 (7 a.m.) 700 cfs (4.70 ft): June 2 (6 P.m.) 624 cfs

(4.57 ft) .

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
52 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Buffalo Creek near Hampden Sydney, Va.

Location. Lat 37" 15', long 78°29i, on left bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on State 

Highway 626, 0.8 mile upstream from Locket Creek, 2 miles northwest of Hampden Sydney, 

Prince Edward County, and 6 miles southwest of Farmville.

Drainage area.--70 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 340 ft (by barometer). Prior to Aug. 19, 

T953, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 10 years, 66.8 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 643 cfs Feb. 7 (gage height, 5.79 ft); minimum, 

3 cfs Aug. 19, Sept. 24; minimum gage height, 1.55 ft Aug. 19.

1946-56: Maximum discharge, 6,440 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 9.00 ft); minimum, 

5.1 cfs Sept. 18, 1954 (gage height, 1.38 ft).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of about 15 ft, from information by local 

resident.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 24 to Feb. 4)

Oct. 1 to Feb. Feb. 7 to Sept. 30

2.2 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

140

312

1.4 5.5

1.7 14

2.4 45

3.0 78

4.0 150

4.8 280

5.4 432

5.8 650

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

202 ~63

42

35

34

*32

32

42

47

37

32

3D

TD

112

63

45

38

35

34

32

32

30

30

32

35

32

31

30

30

35

34

1,368

44.1

0.630

0.73

Nov.

32

31

32

32

32

32

*30

32

31

40

90

59

43

38

36

36

33

34

41

49

39

35

35

34

32

37

35

34

32

29

1,125

37.5

0.536

0.60

Dec.

32

31

33

33

*33

31

30

30

33

35

30

35

37

34

36

35

31

34

30

28.

31

30

29

34

35

32

31

34

37

39

1,017

32.8

0.469

0.54

Jan.

37

34

35

30

31

31

29

30

30

*34

52

47

37

32

31

28

29

28

28

32

30

30

30

30

28

27

28

29

30

31

30

984

31.7

0.453

0.52

Feb.

27

30

48

156

*181

194

446

141

94

77

72

70

61

56

54

52

65

84

73

63

56

51

48

50

72

72

58

58

50

2,559

88.2

1.26

1.36

Mar.

48

48

49

58

51

48

47

56

58

50

50

48

55

102

96

214

304

126

122

88

74

65

60

56

53

52

50

48

4_6

48 

46

2,316

74.7

1.07

1.23

Apr.

44

44

44

*44

42

50

100

108

68

56

124

306

121

84

85

306

172

94

76

66

58

56

53

50

49

48

49

48

46

44

2,535

84.5

1.21

1.35

May

52

53

56

54

47

44

*66

106

60

50

46

43

40

37

36

44

38

36

34

33

30

32

32

30

28

28

28

28

29 

30

37

1,307

42.2

0.603

0.70

June

30

70

75

44

34

*31

30

29

27

26

25

24

23

24

23

23

22

25

34

29

29

27

25

a22

a21

a20

a21

a22

a22 

a20

877

29.2

0.417

0.47

July

a 19

a!8

a22

a30

a38

a38

a35

a25

a 8

*a 1

8

1

2

4

1

9

0

6

2

8

8

2

20

36

IS.

48

28

22

20 

17

!§

860

27.7

0.396

0.46

Aug.

16

16

16

15

15

20

22

18

*16

14

12

12

12

11

11

10

8.9

8.6

16

30

47

38

20

15

13

13

13

12

12 

11

10

503.5

16.2

0.231

0.27

Sept.

9.8

11

12

11

11

13

20

17

12

11

11

*10

10

9.5

8.9

8.6

876

8.6

8.6

8.9

8.6

8.6

8.6

9.2

12

20

77

50

30 

24

468.5

15.6

0.223

0.25

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,940 Bin 14 Mean 70.3 Cfsm 1.00 In. 13.62

Water year 1955-56: Max 446 Win 8.6 Mean 42.4 Cfsm 0.606 In. 8.48

Peak discharge (base, 500 cfs). Feb. 7 (10:30 a.m.) 643 cfs (5.79 ftj.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement and records for

Appomattox River at Farmville.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 53

Appomattox River at Farmville, Va .

Location.--Lat 37°18', long 78°23', on left bank 15 ft downstream from highway bridge, 

1,000 ft north of town limits of Farmville, Prince Edward County, and 1-5- miles downstream from Buffalo Creek.

Drainage area. 306 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1926 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 281.93 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Nov. 29, 1923, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--30 years, 290 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,400 cfs Feb. 7 (gage height, 11.15 ft); minimum, 31 cfs Aug. 19 (gage height, 3.39 ft).

1926-56: Maximum discharge, 21,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 23.60 ft); from 

rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 3.8 cfs 

Sept. 25, 1941; minimum daily, 9 cfs Sept. 20, 1932.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station. 

Religions (water years).--W3F 972: 1927-37, 1938(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 6, 7)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6 Feb. 7 to July 5 July 6 to Sept. 30

4.0

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0 

9.0

63

113

177

330

685

890

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

8.0 

11.0

215

685

1,350

3.3 

4.0 

4.8 

6.0

172

344

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

L

2

3

4

5

g

7

a

3

10

1L

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

2L

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

205

235

137

114

108

104

101

113

133

*123

104

102

110

228

205

142

118

110

106

102

99

102

99

102

109

105

103

101

98

112

1O8

3,838

124

0.405

0.47

Nov.

102

100

100

102

100

99 *10T

106

105

118

235

205

145

126

119

117

111

104

115

147

138

121

115

114

111

117

118

115

110

105

3,621

121

0.395

0.44

Dec.

96

109

113

114

118

113

109

108

111

121

115

96

88

104

119

99

95

110

115

106

94

89

120

112

111

110

100

69

91

113

98

3,266

v 105

0.343

0.40

Jan.

96

96

102

102

93

90

90

87

89

*115

147

142

120

108

98

101

101

95

96

105

104

92

108

109

91

100

86

76

115

111

109

3,174

102

0.333

0.38

Feb.

98

102

149

372

*665

713

1,250

765

405

300

271

264

236

208

194

187

222

300

292

250

229

201

187

180

229

264

236

215

201

------

9,185

317

1.04

1.12

Mar.

180

174

180

229

236

201

194

201

222

201

187

187

201

368

526

672

1,070

626

480

375

300

264

243

229

208

194

187

180

180

187

174

9,056

292

0.954

1.10

Apr.

165

161

162

*157

146

165

322

375

285

215

300

848

608

360

300

861

1,000

465

322

264

229

208

194

180

171

169

168

164

156

151

9,271

309

1.01

1.13

May

154

158

174

180

162

143

*158

368

264

180

158

146

136

124

118

125

121

114

111

106

102

101

105

99

90

88

88

90

92

126

264

4,445

143

0.467

0.54

June

166

250

375

208

134

*116

110

101

94

90

88

82

78

76

75

72

73

104

154

122

102

97

88

78

70

67

71

76

68

§2.

3,345

112

0.366

0.41

July

58

56

74

113

188

193

193

99

100

*175

108

77

69

74

68

62

59

65

67

79

106

79

66

100

193

165

91

71

63

59

55

3,025

97.6

0.319

0.37

Aug.

55

52

53

51

55

66

68

64

*55

48

44

42

40

39

39

38

36

34

33

47

193

176

82

59

51

48

47

45

43

42

39

1,784

57.5

0.188

0.22

Sept.

42

45

76

107

221

168

158

82

58

50

51

*58

67

64

44

42

42

39

39

41

40

39

37

37

44

58

240

263

158

88

2,498

83.3

0.272

0.30

Calendar year 1955: Max 8,180 Mln 54 Mean 250 Cfsm 0.817 In. 11.12

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,250 Mln 33 Mean 154 Cfsm 0.503 In. 6.88

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 efs).--Mo peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
54 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Appomattox River at Mafctoax, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°25'17", long 77°51'33", on right bank 75 ft upstream from Southern Railway bridge at Mattoax, Amelia County, 0.3 mile upstream from Skinquarter Creek and 

3.7 miles upstream from Plat Creek.

Drainage area. 729 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1900 to December 1905, March 1926 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 174.51 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. August 1900 to December 1905 chain gage at 

same site at different datum. March 1926 to October 1936 chain gage at present site 

and datum.

Average discharge.--35 years, 717 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,080 cfs Oct. 14 (gage height, 16.23 ft); minimum, 56 cfs Aug. 19 (gage" height, 4.92 ft).

1900-1905, 1926-56: Maximum discharge, 35,000 cfs Aug. 18, 1940 (gage height, 

35.3 ft, from floodmark in gage house), from rating curve extended above 20,000 cfs on 

basis of records for stations at Parmville and near Petersburg; minimum, 11 cfs Oct. 2, 

1930 (gage height, 3.52 ft).

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 782: Drainage area. WSP 892: 1938. WSP 972: 1928, 1932,

1934-38.

Hating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-13; stage-discharge 

relation affected by ice Dec. 16)

Oct. 1-13 Oct. 14 to Sept. 30

6.0 

7.0 

9.0 

11.0

171

319

835

1,380

5.0

6.0

7.0

9.0

13.0

16.0

62

175

350

835

2,000

3,010

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

939

1,240

992

488

354

287

259

259

277

*297

zee

231

558

2,520

2.650

1,650

809

528

430

390

350

331

312

312

302

312

312

293

293

410

474

18,787

60S

0.831

0.96

Nov.

440

340

312

302

293

284

275

293

*293

312

580

S50~ 783

462

410

380

360

340

331

370

410

390

350

331

312

312

322

331

312

293

11,153

372

0.510

0.57

Dec.

275

2S6

275

293

*302

302

284

275

293

331

322

293

248

248

275

270

206

257

312

312

275

206

239

340 55~T

293

275

214

53"9~ 169

284

8,504

274

0.376

0.43

Jan.

239

257

257

284

257

239

239

239

230

557

410

430

410

360

312

284

284

275

257

275

284

284

275

275

275

266

257

239

248

293

302

8,793

284

0.390

0.45

Feb.

275 575"

312

630

*1,740

2,100

2,970

2,970

2,940

1,440

913

861

783

680

592

528

618

887

939

809

680

580

528

462

501

605

680

592

514

28,404

979

1.34

1.44

Mar.

462

430

420

474

501

528

462

430

440

462

440

420

440

630

1,130

1,470

2,160

2.460

2,390

1,350

992

809

705

655

580

528

474

450

440

430

430

23,992

774

1.06

1.22

Apr.

420

390

390

390

580

*390

785

1,320

1,270

861

731

1,560

1,900

2,130

1,070

1,320

2,190

2,520

1,240

861

731

630

580

541

488

462

450

440

430

410

27,078

903

1.24

1.38

May

590

400

450

501

474

420

410

*554

751

eTTe

450

400

570

340

312

293

302

512

284

284

257

248

248

259

222

206

198

198

198

250

10,717

546

0.475

0.55

June

400

1,050

1,520

965

554

*580

512

275

239

222

206

187

172

162

151

145

141

155

152

266

275

206

181

160

142

125

117

110

ITT

110

8,971

299

0.410

0.46

July

102

94

90

84

LOT

125

248

514

512

*206

550

284

170

129

116

116

124

128

112

196

214

275

206

157

204

680

514

284

186

145

124

6,595

215

0.292

0.54

Aug.

112

104

101

97

116

351

206

341

*214

128

105

91

85

78

71

67

64

62

67

149

1,110

1,180

44(5

275

172

132

113

108

100

95

88

6,396

206

0.285

0.33

Sept.

80

110

116

100

123

190

275

230

190

123

98

*96

95

96

100

95

77

69

69

66

64

64

64

64

64

70

152

420

528

350

4,256

141

0.193

0.22

Calendar year 1955: Max 11,600 Min 77 Mean 674 CTsm 0.925 In. 12.54

Water year 1955-56= Max 2,970 Min 62 Mean 447 Cfsm 0.613 In. 8.35

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 cfs).--No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 55

Deep Creek near Mannboro, Va.

Location. Lat 37°16'59", long 77°52'22", on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 38, 0.9 mile upstream from Sweathouse Creek, 3.4 miles northwest of Mannboro, 

Amelia County, and 7.5 miles southeast of Amelia.

Drainage area.--156 sq ml.

Records available. September 1946 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 177.20 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 2, 1949, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--10 years, 133 cfs.

Extremes...--Maximum discharge during year, 7,020 cfs Oct. 15 (gage height, 12.64 ft); minimum, 9 cfs Sept. 20 (gage height, 0.81 ft).

1946-56: Maximum discharge, 7,140 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 13.1 ft, from 

f loodmarks); minimum, 2.4 cfs Sept. 17, 18, 1954, July 24, 1955; minimum gage height, 

0.65 ft Sept. 17, 18, 1954.

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 14.8 ft (discharge, 10,000 cfs, from rating 

curve extended above 3,800 cfs), from information by local resident.

Remarks. --Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1203: 1948 (calendar year figures only).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-14, Oct. 17 to Nov. 10, 

Mar. 19 to Apr. 11)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 11 Apr. 12 to Sept. 3O

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

11.0

73

156

271

436

715

4,560

0 8

1 0

1 6

2 5

4 0

5 5

6 5

18

59

138

306

543

950

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Z5

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

850

1,300

483

156

111

91

79

72

75

*70

64

59

61

1,390

4,540

970

284

147

111

93

81

74

70

67

67

65

64

63

62

70 

80

11,769

380

2.44

2.81

Nov.

72

65

63

64

62

60

*60

63

64

67

167

186

T5TJ

93

84

79

75

70

74

100

90

80

74

72

70

79

88

81

74

67

2,463

82.1

0.526

0.59

Dec.

62

65

70

72

*73

70

66

64

71

111

100

78

72

76

78

74

72

72

82

78

67

70

76

74

77

76

66

54

67

65

72

2,270

73.2

0.469

0.54

Jan.

71

70

67

67

64

62

62

59

58

*7T

129

147

TS5

93

80

76

74

70

67

80

86

76

76

84

72

75

65

59

74

79

80

2,413

77.8

0.499

0.58

Feb.

71

70

9T

238

*508

*755

850

*1,050

417

214

171

166

142

120

111

103

116

166

147

120

116

101

92

88

116

134

116

116

120

______

6,631

229

1.47

1.58

Mar.

99

92

95

103

101

92

88

90

107

94

86

87

93

138

208

282

760

788

3E3

278

186

156

138

129

120

111

107

102

100

107

101

5,401

174

1.12

1.29

Apr.

92

88

89

*89

8!5

93

226

299

214

138

184

624

900

338

212

241

274

197

157

142

129

120

116

107

107

106

106

103

98

92

5,766

192

1.23

1.37

May

94

99

111

138

111

91

95

187

134

99

87

80

75

68

63

76

82

70

63

57

54

54

57

52

48

45

45

47

48

49

60

2,439

78.7

0.504

0.58

June

55

293

833

718

*152

98

79

69

61

55

53

48

44

42

40

36

34

36

40

39

39

38

34

31

28

26

26

26

23

20

3,116

104

0.667

0.74

July

20

19

17

16

Te

16

21

20

21

*50

50

34

23

23

20

17

20

26

23

29

90

75

40

65

147

192 ~87

44

34

28

25

1,308

42.2

0.271

0.31

Aug.

23

23

23

22

25

80

69

147

*T29~

53

34

40

124

65

36

28

25

23

21

25

40

50

37

30

24

22

20

20

19

18

16

1,311

42.3

0.271

0.31

Sept.

16

16

16

17

22

27

39

28

21

16

15

*14

13

13

12

11

10

11

10

9_

11

11

10

10

13

18

78

142

106

61

796

26.5

0.170

0.19

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,540 Min 2.6 Mean 131 Cfsm 0.840 In. 11.36

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,540 Mln 9 Mean 125 Cfsm 0.801 In- 10.89

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 cfs),--

7,020 cfs (12.64 ft); Feb. 8 (3 a.m.

Oct. 2 (2:30 a.m.) 1,650 cfs (7.87 ft); Oct. 15 (3:30 a.m.) 

1,300 cfs (7.17 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
56 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Appomattox River near Petersburg, Va.

Location. Lat 37°13'33", long 77°32'20", on left tank 2.2 miles upstream from dam of

Virginia Electric & Power Co., 4.2 miles downstream from Whipponock Creek, and 5.9 miles 

west of corporate limits of city of Petersburg.

Drainage area.--1,335 sq mi.

Records available. May 1927 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 118 ft (by barometer). Prior to Sept. 22, 

1931, water-stage recorder at site 0.8 mile downstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--28 years (1927-30, 1931-56), 1,196 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,500 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 9.54 ft); minimum, 

106 cfs Sept. 22 (gage height, 2.21 ft).

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 28,000 cfs Aug. 20, 1940 (gage height, 18.15 ft); minimum, 19 cfs Sept. 21-27, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 757: 1932-33, drainage area. WSP 802: 1936(M). WSP 972: 

1932, 1934-35.

"Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 17 to Apr. 10)

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5

104

153

240

355

630

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

1,010

3,120

5,500

8,250

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

?

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5,320

5,760

3,340

1,650

914

686

578

529

a520

a560

a520

488

440

2,440

6,020

7,220

5,260

1,460

923

748

644

584

535

517

500

500

505

500

483

541

732

51,417

1,659

1.24

1.43

Nov.

748

630

541

517

494

483

472

*483

494

523

1,080

1,360

1,310

950

756

672

630

591

604

672

732

724

658

604

565

584

617

610

598

547

20,249

675

0.506

0.56

Dec.

511

483

500

535

541

541

529

505

535

748

740

637

535

461

511

535

494

478

565

598

523

461

494

529

598

584

529

461

382

410

478

16,431

530

0.397

0.46

Jan.

535

505

511

494

511

461

445

430

440

483

*914

1,130

995

820

672

604

572

553

529

578

630

598

572

604

584

541

529

440

472

547 

604

18,303

590

0.442

0.51

Feb.

553

523

665

1,360

3,010

3,700

*5,380

5,500

5 Q2Q

slvno

1,750

1,500

1,360

1,180

995

896

1,040

1,600

1,550

1,400

1,180

1,000

869

796

860

995

1,020

1,030

941

51,373

1,771

1.33

1.43

Mar.

812

748

716

748

828

812

772

732

772

748

732

700

708

,040

,600

,550

,060

,300

,180

, 120

,960

,500

,260

,180

,080

977

914

852

820

820

42,861

1,383

1.04

1.20

Apr.

764

724

700

700

*693

724

1,400

2,300

2,300

1,750

1,450

3,180

3,820

3, 580

2,460

1,750

2,520

2,900

2,460

1,400

1,130

1,000

914

844

812

748

748

732

700

672

45,875

1,529

1.15

1.28

May

679

672

724

914

896

748

672

950

1,080

1,040

820

672

604

565

523

529

535

529

511

535

511

472

511

478

425

396

382

373 352"

386

665

19,179

619

0.464

0.53

June

559

2,800

5,890

3,580

1,910

959

*686

578

505

488

435

410

373

347

326

310

295

284

410

378

420

420

351

318

284

262

244

230

214

204

24,470

816

0.611

0.68

July

196

182

169

171

169

272

244

310

559

500

355

450

343

240

199

176

179

258

240

318

578

494

420

665

686

914

968

3T8

364

269

224

11,690

377

0.282

0.33

Aug.

199

185

179

169

171

824

780

440

644

386

247 1

207

182

280

207

161

143

136

146

158

1,250

2,680

1,550

630

355

258

207

187

179

166

13,464

434

0.325

0.37

Sept.

153

166

251

217

199

280

977

494

347

276

214

182

*163

163

153

161

153

143

123

118

116

109

109

109

118

a!60

a300

a500

a800

a700

7,954

265

0.199

0.22

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,000 Min 100 Mean 1,046 Cfsm 0.784 In. 9.64

Water year 1955-56: Max 7,220 Min 109 Mean 883 Cfsm 0.661 In. 9.00

Peak discharge (base, 5.000 ofs): Oct. 1 (7 p.m.) 7,500 cfs (9.54 ft); Oct. 16 (6 p.m.) 7,360 cfs 

(9.45 ft); Feb 7 (10 a.m.) 5,630 cfs (8.11 ft); June 3 (5 p.m.) 6,410 cfs (8.68 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for stations at Mattoax and Deep 

Creek near Manboro.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 57

Chickahomlny River near Providence Forge, Va.

Location. Lat 37°26'10", long 77°03'40", on left bank at upstream side of highway bridge, 

1.1 miles southwest of Providence Forge, New Kent County, and 1.7 miles downstream from 

Schiminoe Creek.

Drainage area.--349 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 6.07 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 14 years, 245 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,180 cfs Oct. 20 (gage height, 8.38ft); minimum, 

14 cfs July 3, Sept. 23-25; minimum gage height, 2.33 ft July 3.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 7,710 cfs Aug. 15, 1955 (gage height, 11.67 ft); minimum, 3.4 cfs Aug. 1, 1954; minimum gage height, 1.56 ft Aug. 25, 26, 1943.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 11 Feb. 12 to Sept. 30

3.6 101 7.0 568 2.3 12 5.0 270

4.0 140 8.0 955 2.5 23 6.0 393

6.0 393 9.0 1,700 3.0 64

Note.--Same as preceding table above 6.0 f t 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

286

348

568

651

526

423

348

286

254

»-212

184

173

156

156

168

184

218

260

844

1,120

955

725

526

423

327

254

212

184

162

168

11,479

370

1.49

1.72

Nov.

168

151

140

135 T35"

135

*140

140

140

140

184

212

230

236

230

224

£42

£74

293

293

267

242

218

195

178

178

184

184

178

168

5,834

194

0.779

0.87

Dec.

156

146

146

140

*140

140

135

135

140

156

162

168

168

156

162

162

168

156

156

146

140

130

130

130

140

135

130

120

113

120

107

4,433

143

0.574

0.66

Jan.

114

116

116

118

118

113

110

106

102

*114

168

206

230

230

218

212

224

236

?36

230

212

190

178

173

162

162

151

135

146

146

146

5,118

165

0.663

0.76

Feb.

140

135

151

146

286

334

439

546

651

905

1,060

1,060

955

811

651

526

471

439

408

379

353

316

304

316

328

316

304

281

264

______

13,275

458

1.84

1.98

Mar.

248

248

248

242

232

220

210

210

215

226

226

220

220

254

304

366

471

526

620

686

767

725

620

546

471

408

340

292

264

248

237

11,110

358

1.44

1.66

Apr.

226

215

215

*210

204

198

264

340

353

366

393

506

620

651

592

857

455

423

393

353

328

316

316

292

276

242

226

204

193

182

10,409

347

1.39

1.55

May

172

167

167

172

177

177

*177

248

270

276

242

215

215

226

220

198

162

137

124

117

106

102

125

177

177

167

147

130

142

132

129

5,393

174

0.699

0.81

June

119

177

292

408

*526

455

455

651

686

565

393

226

137

102

81

68

59

50

50

46

48

45

43

39

33

29

34

50

40

29

5,939

198

0.795

0.89

July

19

16

14ro

32

55

120

128

130

*137

122

106

77

50

32

24

36

101

120

152

237

276

259

379

488

546

955

90"!?

651

488

393

7,068

228

0.916

1.06

Aug.

"SM 353

204

157

142

172

147

*122

110

107

104

94

89

89

81

67

51

41

38

68

113

119

113

109

113

120

102

65

48

39

32

3,513

113

0.454

0.52

Sept.

29

66

142

no

99

110

137

137

121

113

112

*109

89

59

44

36

31

27

24

21

18

16

15

14

16

30

78

106

114

112

2,155

71.8

0.288

0.32

Calendar year 1955: Max 

Water year 1955-56: Max

6,680

1,120

Min 

Min

292

234

Cfsm 

Cf sm

1.17

0.940

15.94

12.80

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 cfs).--Oct. 20 (4 a.m.) 1,180 cfs (8.38 ft); Feb. 11 (9 p.m.) 1,060 

cfs (8.24 ft); July 27 (7 p.m.) 1,060 cfs (8.15 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
58 DISMAL SWAMP BASIN

Lake Drummond in Dismal Swamp, Va.

Location. Lat 36°35'40", long 76°26'20", on left bank in outlet canal, in Norfolk County, 

200 ft upstream from dam and gates, 0.5 mile downstream from Lake Drummond, 2.5 miles 

east of Nansemond County line, 3.1 miles north of North Carolina State line, and 

20 miles southwest of Norfolk.

Records available.--May 1926 to September 1956.

Gage.--Staff gage read twice daily. Altitude of gage Is 15 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes.--Maximum gage height during year, 5.50 ft Apr. 14-16; minimum, 4.40 ft July 7,

'1926-56: Maximum gage height, 6.09 ft Oct. 7, 1929; minimum, -0.67 ft Nov. 3, 1952. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1032: 1934-43.

Gage heighb, in feet, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5.11

5.12

5.00

5.04

5.00

5.07

5.08

5.08

5.10

5.11

5.1.6

5.15

5.09

5.05

5.10

5.08

5.00

5.00

5.05

5.03

5.04

5.05

5.05

5.02

5.01

5.00

5.02

5.02

5.00

5.09

5.10

Nov.

5.09

5.14

5.08

5.10

5.06

5.00

5.00

4.98

5.03

5.04

5.10

5.09

5.10

5.09

5.10

5.10

5.09

5.04

5.03

5.09

5.06

5.06

5.09

5.05

5.07

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10

Dec.

5.09

5.10

5.10

5.09

5.12

5.11

5.09

5.10

5.12

5.15

5.13

5.10

5.0-7

5.07

5.05

5.06

5.00

5.00

5.01

5.02

5-00

5?00

5.00

5.00

5.01

5.01

5.02

5.01

5.00

5.01

5.06

Jan.

5.08

5.06

5.04

5.04

5.05

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.05

5.13

5.20

5.12

5.12

5.14

5.16

5.18

5.18

5.12

5.09

5.04

5.00

5.00

4.99

5.00

4.92

4.95

4.94

4.94

4.93

4.98

Feb.

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.11

5.20

5.23

5.20

5.15

5.16

5.12

5.18

5.20

5.21

5.17

5.16

5.05

5.00

4.91

4.90

4.91

4.90

4.90

4.91

5.02

5.09

5.13

5.20

5.19

5.13

Mar.

5.08

5.14

5.08

4.99

5.08

5.07

5.11

5.08

5.05

5.05

5.09

5.10

5.07

5.09

5.19

5.32

5.18

5.16

5.19

5.19

5.18

5.15

5.10

5.04

5.00

4.93

4.95

4.96

5.02

5.06

5.13

Apr.

5.10

5.10

5.11

5.14

5.16

5.18

5.24

5.24

5.23

5.21

5.30

5.40

5.45

5.50

 §T49

5.50

5.40

5.35

5.28

5.16

5.10

4.99

4.97

4.99

4.99

4.86

4.93

4.99

5.05

5.07

May

5.08

5.11

5.09

5.22

sTTs

5.18

5.13

5.05

5.07

5.01

5.08

5.09

5.06

5.11

5.10

5.13

5.12

5.15

5.09

5.11

5.07

5.03

5.13

5. 12

5. 10

5.09

5.06

5.05

5.03

5.06

5.05

June

5.04

5.12

5.16

5.16

5.18

5.18

5.16

5.14

5.09

5.03

5.00

5.00

5.00

4.99

4.94

4.89

4.88

4.89

4.97

4.97

4.95

4.99

4.96

4.90

4.86

4.84

4.87

4.91

4.90

4.85

July

.82

" . 79

.74

.69

.66

.55

.52

.58

.59

.69

.70

.71

.68

.64

.68

.58

.54

.54

.55

.55

.57

.56

.51

.48

.49

.53

.49

.48

.41

.57

.54

Aug.

4.54

TTST

4.66

4.69

4.75

4.86

4.94

5.00

5.00

5.01

5.02

5.09

5.04

5.01

5.03

5.02

5.02

5.00

4.98

4.93

5.00

5.01

5.03

5.01

5.00

5.01

5.02

5.07

5.05

5.04

5.02

Sept.

4.99

4.95

5.04

5.12

5.10

5.10

5.18

5.18

5.18

5.17

5.16

5.17

5.16

5.13

5.13

5.13

5.10

5.06

5.00

4.99

4.95

4.94

4.91

4.87

4.86

4.88

5.11

5.18

5.16

5.17
DISMAL SWAMP BASIN

Cypress Swamp at Cypress Chapel, Va .

Location. Lat 36°37'30", long 76°36>10", on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on 

 State Highway 32, 0.5 mile downstream from Dragon Swamp, 0.8 mile northwest of Cypress 

Chapel, Nansemond County, and 6.5 miles south of Suffolk.

Drainage area.--S3 sq ml, approximately.

Records available.--October 1953 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 30 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 392 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 5.17 ft); no flow 

at times.

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 1,170 cfs Sept. 20, 1955 (gage height, 6.65 ft); no 

flow at times.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 17-29, Dec. 1-25,

Jan. 13-22, June 20-22)

.5

1.6

2.6

4.0

24

60

130

350

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septe

Day

1

0

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

7.2

6.6

7.9

7.9

4.6

3.2

2.5

2 . 2

1.9

1.5

1.2

.9

.6

. 6

3.9

12

4. 6

2.9

2.1

*1.7

1.4

1.1

.8

. 6

.4

.2

.1

0

0

1.9

36_

118.5

3.82

0.166

0.19

Nov.

36

21

12

11

10

10

9.2

7.9

6.6

7.2

22

36

33

27

20

*16

13

10

15

34

43

38

29

24

20

22

27

29

28

24

640.9

21.4

0.930

1.04

De:.

15

13

12

12

29

36

31

23

26

49

46

33

24

20

*18

20

17

16

16

15

15

13

13

14

15

17

14

12

9.2

11

15

619.2

20.0

0.870

1.00

Jan.

22

22

25

27

24

21

19

16

15

29

107

182

107

67

50

40

40

*38

37

39

42

36

36

43

42

37

34

30

30

29

29

1,315

42.4

1.84

2.12

Feb.

24

24

50

152

£24

210

301

222

130

88

92

132

90

68

54

46

46

57

54

56

70

60

46

38

39

75

81

66

60

______

2,655

91.6

3.98

4.29

Mar.

46

38

37

34

30

25

23

22

27

27

24

25

23

25

31

116

350

196

117

85

61

*49

40

37

40

38

31

27

25

30

28

1,707

55.1

2.40

2.77

Apr.

22

18

16

14

11

12

27

27

17

11

26

267

245

117

71

83

106

*67

45

36

34

28

22

19

18

18

22

23

18

12

1,452

48.4

2.10

2.34

May

10

7.2

6. 6

75

104

57

34

28

24

14

9.2

3.7

2.7

1.8

.8

.4

.1

0

0

0

0

0

1.2

11

5.3

1.4

.5

o'. 2

0

0

398.1

12.8

0.557

0.64

June

0.3

50

50

14

2.7

1 . 2

.4

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3.0

1.6

*.5

.2

0

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

124.0

4.13

0.180

0.20

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.2

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.2

0

0

0

3.8

9.8

14.0

0.45

0.020

0.02

Aug.

1.5

174

114

10

1.8

13

9.8

2.1

.6

 2

.4

6.0

18

2.9

1.2

.2

0

0

0

.2

58

44

9.2

1.8

.5

.1

.1

13

14

2.6

.8

500.0

16.1

0.700

0.81

Sept.

0.3

.1

.2

39

22

38

71

41

17

3.4

1.5

.7

.2

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

176

241

104

48

803.4

26.8

1.17

1.30

Calendar year 1955-. Max 950 Min 0 Mean 27.8 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.45

Water year 1955-56: Max 35U Min 0 Mean 28.3 Cfsm 1.23 In. 16.72

Peak discharRe (base, 200 cfs). Feb. 7 (2 p.m.) 316 cfs (4.87 ft); Mar. 17 (7:30 a.m.) 392 cfs

(5.17 ft); Apr. 12 (7:30 p.m.) 332 cfs (4.93 ft); Aug. 2 (5 p.m.) 270 cfs (4.68 ft); Sept. 27 (1O:30

p.m. 303 cfs (4.82 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CHOWAH RIVER BASIN

Hottowa, River near Burkeville, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°05', long 78 0 12', on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 723, 2f miles upstream from Modest Creek, 6 miles north of Victoria, and 

7j miles south of Burkeville, Nottoway County.

Drainage area.--38 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--September 1946 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 354.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 4, 1951, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge,--10 years, 34.8 cfs (corrected).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,200 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 18.70 ft); minimum, 0.4 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 1.08 ft).

1946-56: Maximum discharge, 3,320 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 19.06 ft); no 

flow Aug. 29 to Oct. 14, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 27.4 ft August 1940, from Corps of Engineers floodmark.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revicio'ns (water years) . --W3P 1383: 1946-47, 1949. Correction to figure of cfs-days for 

October 1947 has been made, and revisions of daily discharge, in cubic feet per second, in water year 1948 published in WSP 1383, are being republished herewith for convenience:

1947

NOV. ; 405

228

1948 

Feb. ] 

Mar. 7. 

17. 

May 25.

Month

Calendar year 1947 .................

Water year 1947-48. ................

Cfs-days

14,367.1

14,488.4

Maximum

545

1,880

1,200

189

1,200

Minimum

9.5

16

.3

22

8.3

1.1

Mean

19.0

85.3

39.4

106

72.2

28.3

39.6

Per square 

mile

0.500

2.24

1.04

2.79

1.90

.745

1.04

Runoff In 

Inches

0.58

2.50

14.06

3.01

2.19

.86

14.17

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet pet- second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 17 to June l)

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5

0.5 

1.2 

2.0 

4.1

2.5 

3.0

11.0

15.0

942

1,950

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.840

122

51

34

27

23

20

18

18

16

15

14

13

1,360

152

54

*35

26

22

19

18

18

17

17

16

15

15

14

14

35

20

4,078

132

3.47

4.00

Nov.

17

17

16

15

15

14

14

14

14

20

110

33

24

*21

2O

18

17

15

21

32

21

18

18

17

16

26

23

20

18

15

659

22.0

0.579

0.65

Dec.

15

15

17

17

17

15

14

14

18

26

18

*15

16

15

16

14

15

15

18

15

15

16

15

15

16

14

12

12

12

14

14

480

15.5

0.408

0.47

Jan.

14

13

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

14

31

26

19

16

14

*14

14

12

13

19

19

15

16

19

15

15

13

13

14

16

18

478

15.4

0.405

0.47

Feb.

14

15

39

240

218

307

426

89

56

44

40

40

32

27

26

24

60

61

39

37

33

27

24

24

57

44

33

46

34

-----

2,156

74.3

1.96

2.11

Mar.

28

30

30

39

30

26

25

36

40

28

27

26

26

69

58

440

223

89

*104

52

40

35

32

30

26

24

24

2224~

22

1,731

55.8

1.47

1.70

Apr.

20

20

20

19

ii

34

119

89

38

30

210

404

79

47

42

131

56

39

33

29

26

24

23

21

21

20

20

20

19

18

1,669

56.3

1.48

1.65

May

19

20

30

27

20

17

19

33

18

17

15

14

13

11

11

72.

27

22

18

16

*14

14

15

12

11

11

11

11

11

11

12

572

18.5

0.487

0.56

June

11

137

92

28

19

15

13

11

10

9.4

8.6

7.4

6.7

6.5

6.0

5.6

5.5

8.9

32

*11

9.6

8.2

6.5

5.2

4.6

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.3

3.0

546.0

18.2

O.479

0.53

July

2.9

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.3

4.7

5.8

3.6

9.0

E5

5.8

4.1

3.6

3.4

3.3

2.9

2 . 6

2.9

3.0

40

35

8.0

5.1

66

101

24

10

7.6

5.8

4.9

4 3

404.2

13.0

0.342

0.39

Aug.

4.1

3.9

4.0

3.7

3.6

5.3

5.8

4.0

3.2

2.8

2.4

7.4

3.6

*2.6

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.8

5.6

5.3

6.3

3.6

2.8

2.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

102.3

3.30

0.087

0.10

Sept.

1.2

1.6

10

2.9

3.3

3.6

4.5

2.8

2.0

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.2

1. 1

.9

*.7

.6

.5

.8

.9

.8

.7

.9

1.5

3.6

35

13

7.4

5.1

112.6

3.75

O.099

0.11

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,300 Mln 0.1 Mean 43.4 Cfsm 1.14 In. 15.53

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,840 Mln 0.5 Mean 35.5 Cfsm 0.934 In. 12.74

Peak discharge (base, 6OO cfs). --Oct. 1 f5:30 a.m.) 3.200 cfs (18.70 ft): Oct. 14 fl:30 D.m.)

2,460 cfs (16.57 ft); Feb. 7 (12:30 a.m.) 986 cfs (11.22 ft); Mar. 16 ( lo p.m.) 942 cfs (11.02 ft);

Apr. 12 (4:30 a.m.) 858 cfs (10.63 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 61

Nottoway River near Rawlings, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°59'00", long 77°48'00", on right bank at downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 612, at Harpers Bridge, 2.6 miles northwest of Rawlings, Brunswick County.

Drainage area.--323 sq mi.

Records available. October 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 174 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 6 years, 263 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,580 cfs Oct. 2 (gage height, 12.82 ft); mini- 

 mum, 34 cfs Sept. 20 (gage height, 2.46 ft).

1950-56: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 2, 1955; minimum, 0.4 cfs Oct. 14, 15, 

1954; minimum gage height, 1.83 ft Oct. 15, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 17, 18)

2.4 

2.6 

2.8 

3.1 

3.4

78

148

262

4.0

7.0

12.0

12.3

574

2,290

5,940

6,180

Discharge, In cubic feeb per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

£

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,640

6,180

2,690

606

423

340

298

230

225

205

184

167

151

961

5,620

3,020

601

*387

309

262

230

216

205

191

187

177

174

170

167 

225

234

27,675

893

2.76

3.18

Nov.

202

174

167

164

161

158

154

158

161

174

434

512

314

244

*212

202

191

170

187

288

272

221

198

191

180

212

244

225

202 

180

6,552

218

0.675

0.75

Dec.

167

167

174

174

194

191

174

170

187

255

230

198

*174

170

174

177

158

161

184

184

170

148

161

174

174

177

164

142

131

154

174

5,430

175

0.542

0.62

Jan.

158

154

151

154

154

148

145

145

140

151

253

298

272

216

187

177

*177

164

161

191

198

191

180

187

180

174

164

151

154 

170

170

5,515

178

0.551

0.64

Feb.

161

161

191

480

*1,200

1,390

1,690

1,950

817

558

486

470

408

350

319

293

324

501

486

408

376

330

288

267

345

428

376

382

387

15,802

545

1.69

1.82

Mar.

330

304

314

324

319

288

272

288

345

330

283

278

267

288

408

617

1,510

1.690

844

682

522

444

402

376

350

319

304

293

278

293

293

13,855

447

1.38

1.59

Apr.

257

248

244

244

254

288

736

790

585

418

564

1,630

2.050

844

590

569

*650

512

423

382

345

330

309

298

298

283

278

272

262 

253

15,186

506

1.57

1.75

May

253

278

330

371

330

272

267

335

314

262

244

230

216

205

191

191

253

225

187

174

164

158

164

154

140

131

131

137

140 

137

154

6,738

217

0.672

0.77

June

151

646

1.750

844

402

278

230

202

177

180

174

154

140

128

123

113

106

115

161

239

167

142

128

108

94

87

91

91

78

IP7,369

246

0.762

0.85

July

65

62

m

131

85

108

158

110

194

579

283

137

101

96

87

76

80

148

115

364

1.140

454

198

*158

345

418

230

148

131 

113

96

6,496

210

0.650

0.75

Aug.

87

85

83

78

93

298

340

288

170

115

94

91

161

167

96

85

75

67

62

83

120

131

110

89

73

65

64

61

60 

56

52

3,499

113

0.350

0.40

Sept.

51

51

194

106

83

85

82

76

64

55

52

50

49

48

43

40

38

*38

36

37

49

45

42

40

48

55

216

350

194 

126

2,443

81.4

0.252

0.28

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,180 Mln 24 Mean 304 Cfsm 0.941 In. 12.75

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,180 Mln 36 Mean 318 Cfsm 0.985 In. 13.40

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 cfs).--Oct. 2 (9:30 a.m.) 6,580 cfs (12. 

6,340 cfs (12.51 ft) .

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

ft); Oct. 15 (11:30 a.m.)
62 CHOW AN RIVER BASIN

Nottoway River near Stony Creek, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°54'00" ] long 77°24'00", on left bank 15 ft downstream from bridge on 

0. 3 . Highway 301, 1.8 miles upstream from Island Swamp, 3.3 miles south of town of 

Stony Creek, Sussex County, and 4.4 miles upstream from Stony Creek.

Drainage area.--58G sq mi.

Records available.--March 1930 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 58.42 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

 1923, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 11, 1934, chain gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--26 years, 534 cfs.

Extremes --Maximum discharge during year, 6,400 cfs Oct. 4 (gage height, 16.38 ft); minimum observed, 53 cfs Sept. 18 (gage height, 2.18 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 35,200 cfs Aug. 17, 1940 (gage height, 23.66 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on basis of records for 

stations on Appomattox River; minimum, 5 cfs Sept. 2, 5, 1932 (gage height, 0.62 ft).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 802: 1935(M). WSP 972: 193l(M), 1932, 1934-35, 1939.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 13 Apr. 14 to Sept. 30

3.5 185

4.0 300

7.0 1,050

12.0 2,930

14.0 4,000

16.0 5,900 3.0 165 

6.0 8OO

9.0 1,730

12.0 2,930

13.0 3,360

Discharge, in nubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,470

3,660

5,220

5,780

1,440

650

488

412

412

400

325

270

232

252

2,000

4,000

5,020

1,290

*600

462

388

338

288

262

245

238

219

213

211

362

37,379

1,206

2.06

2.38

Nov.

350

272

225

223

219

211

205

207

217

228

500

850

700

462

*375

338

315

288

260

350

488

425

338

300

282

275

362

388

350

298

10,301

343

0.585

0.65

Dec.

258

230

235

258

325

388

325

282

282

438

500

412

325

288

E68

282

265

238

262

300

282

238

225

252

278

280

260

219

185

185

238

8,803

284

0.485

0.56

Jan.

275

245

221

217

225

215

209

201

195

215

500

775

650

500

400

338

*320

300

275

338

425

362

338

338

338

308

290

258

238 

262

288

10,059

324

0.553

0.64

Feb.

262

242

260

612

2,650

2,730

5^.560

3,360

2,770

1,230

975

1,000

850

725

625

588

575

875

950

825

775

675

575

500

575

775

750

675

700

------

31,464

1,085

1.85

2.00

Mar.

625

538

562

625

612

538

500

50O

625

612

525

512

475

475

575

1,120

2.850

2,810

2,370

*1,320

1,000

800

700

650

612

562

525

488

462 

475

488

25,531

824

1.41

1.63

Apr.

450

400

388

388

388

488

1,010

1,350

1,050

750

725

2,770

5,090

2,61O

1,110

1,000

*i,ooo

900

725

602

562

522

502

482

482

482

472

452

442 

422

26,014

867

1.48

1.65

May

412

432

582

775

700

522

452

562

542

462

412

372

352

332

302

272

262

332

292

262

250

*232

226

232

208

183

174

176

183 

187

189

10,871

351

0.599

0.69

June

246

1,020

3,090

2,410

895

522

412

352

302

362

432

302

248

202

187

170

183

214

254

244

302

*238

202

183

154

130

140

133

132 

112

13,773

459

0.783

0.87

July

100

94

92

256

352

222

224

246

226

1,380

950

452

292

222

198

176

151

152

240

214

1,520

1,570

562

*332

302

775

602

362

252 

272

232

13,020

420

0.717

0.83

Aug.

170

151

152

135

122

376

700

522

432

302

292

210

192

*272

262

160

127

a!20

allO

a 100

also

198

210

167

130

al20

allO

allO

allO 

alOO

a95_

6,387

206

0.352

0.41

Sept.

a95

alOO

a200

322

2 O2

142

130

130

a!20

allO

alOO

a90

a80

a70

a64

a60

a56

*a54

a60

a70

a 80

a90

a 80

a70

a 80

a90

135

492

502 

322

4,196

140

0.239

0.27

Calendar year 1955: Max e,550 Min 40 Mean 485 Cfsm 0.828 In. 11.24

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,780 Min 54 Mean 540 Cfsm 0.922 In. 12.58

Peak discharge (baae. 5.500 fsj_.--0ct. 4 (8

5,550 cfs (15.72 ft); Feb. 7 (7:30 p.m.) ,540

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated

stations near Rawlings and Sebrell.

9 a.m.) 6,400 cfs (16.38 ft); Oct. 17 (11:30 a.m.) 

2fs (13.31 ft).

3n basis of 1 discharge measurement and records for
CHOW AN RIVER BASIN

Stony Creek near Dinwiddie, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°04'00", long 77°36'10", near center of span on upstream side of bridge 

on 0. S. Highway 1, 1.2 miles southwest of Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, 1.7 miles downstream from Chamberlains Bed Creek, and 5.7 miles downstream from confluence of White 

Oak and Butterwood Creeks.

Drainage area.--Ill sq mi.

Records available.--September 1946 to September 1956. Published as "at Dinwiddie" September 1946 to September 1947 and October 1949 to September 1950.

Gage.--Wire-weight gage and crest-stage indicator; gage read once daily. Altitude of gage 

^s 131 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge.--10 years, 95.8 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,830 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 9.82 ft); minimum, 

7.8 cfs June 30 to July 3 (gage height, 1.30 ft).

1946-56: Maximum discharge, 3,000 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 11.52 ft); no 

flow for part of Oct. 13, 1954; minimum daily, 0.1 cfs Sept. 14 to Oct. 14, Oct. 16-28, 

Nov. 1, 1954.

Revisions.--The maximum discharge for the water year 1951 has been revised to 771 cfs 

Mar. 20, 1951 (gage height, 6.7 ft, from graph based on gage readings), superseding 

figure published in WSP 1203.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Hating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 5-31, Apr. 15-21)

3.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0

1,100

1,470

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

I

2

3

4

5

e

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

1,550

1,270

553

270

147

106

78

64

115

69

59

52

46

123

254

270

180

*86

69

59

52

48

44

42

41

40

39

38

38

45

59

5,706

184

1.66

1.91

Nov.

63

60

50

46

5JL

38

38

43

43

43

214

196

131

94

*69

64

59

53

57

98

91

84

72

65

58

65

78

72

65

60

2,207

73.6

0.663

0.74

Dec.

54

52

53

55

59

61

57

53

57

125

104

78

*66

68

55

55

49

65

59

61

53

41

48

55

57

57

51

48

iS.

54

1,828

59.0

0.552

0.61

Jan.

65

48

48

49

48

45

43

40

40

46

270

254

155

123

91

82

*78

69

64

88

72

85

78

79

78

72

64

72

58

69

66

2,539

81.9

0.738

0.85

Feb.

60

55

70

285

*567

483

749

606

371

238

258

258

180

159

115

106

107

196

163

139

151

106

92

82

123

171

139

147

131

6,227

215

1.94

2.09

Mar.

100

94

101

115

98

84

82

81

115

96

89

91

81

85

125

188

539

455

343

*238

163

131

115

107

104

95

89

82

78

84

11

4,523

159

1. 25

1.44

Apr.

69

69

68

78

74

68

441

455

254

155

254

749

606

329

196

196

*171

151

101

86

79

70

66

69

91

81

75

72

69

64_

5,286

176

1.59

1.77

May

72

77

106

155

115

82

70

115

100

72

68

55

53

46

43

41

58

38

37

41

38

*55

46

50

41

35

31

31

32

31

37

1,831

59.1

0.532

0.61

June

44

357

674

399

188

92

72

59

52

42

39

38

57

36

31

8

5

5

6

5

5

* 4

18

19

18

18

18

14

11

7.8

2,461.8

82.1

0.740

0.83

July

7.8

7.8

7.8

8.6

8.2

18

34

25

35

180

73

38

25

20

15

17

11

45

27

222

690

371

115

*86

75

180

98

53

38

50 

26

2,587.2

83.5

0.752

0.87

Aug.

22

19

21

17

17

180

123

65

49

38

29

48

75

88

68

40

*24

22

19

23

49

41

33

31

24

20

18

17

16

12

ll_

1,259

40.6

0.366

0.42

Sept.

8.6

9.5

115

100

75

42

35

29

22

19

17

13

14

12

11

10

9.5

*8.6

8.B

11

10

8.6

9.5

8.2

10

11

42

96

171

70

1,006.1

33.5

0 . 302

0.34

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,390 Min 3.6 Mean 96.2 Cfsm 0.867 In. 11.77

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,350 Min 7.8 Mean 10E Cfsm 0.919 In. 12.48

Peak discharge (base. 1,200 cfs).--Oct. 1 (11 p.m.) 1,830 cfs (9.82 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
64 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°55'1Q", long 77°15'45", on right bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 40, 1.0 mile east of Sussex, Sussex County, and 1.5 miles upstream from 

mouth.

Drainage area.--5.4 sq ml, approximately.

Records available.--October 1948 to September 1956 (discontinued). 

Sage. --Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 96 ft (by barometer). 

Average discharge.--8 years, 3.49 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 128 cfs June 2 (gage height, 5.28 ft); no flow 

at times.

1948-56: Maximum discharge, 188 cfs Aug. 23, 1955; maximum gage height, 6.12 ft 

Sept. 12, 1950; no flow for prolonged periods.

Remarks.--Records poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.3

1.0 

1.3

3.4 

3.6 

3.8 

4.0 

4.3 

5.0

1.8 

3.2 

6.2

96

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

89

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.7

2.6

2TT

1.3

1.0

.7

.5

.5

.8

.6

.5

.4

.3

.3

.4

.3

*'.!f 2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1 

.1

15.6

0.50

0.093

0.11

Nov.

0.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.4

1.9

1.1

1.2

.7

*.7

.6

.6

.5

.9

1.4

1.0

.9

.8

.7

.6

.8

.8

.8

.7

.5

18.8

0.63

0.117

0.13

Dec.

0.5

.5

.5

.8

1.8

1.4

1.1

.9

1.5

2_,B

1.9

1.4

*1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.7

.8

1.0

.9

.8

.7

.8

.8

.8

.8

.6

.5

.5

.7

.9

30.2

0.97

0.180

0.21

Jan.

0.9

.8

.9

.9

.8

.7

.7

.6

.7

1.9

7.7

8.4

6.2

4.0

3.0

2.6

*3.3

2.7

2.4

3.8

3.7

3.0

3.1

3.4

2.9

2.6

2.2

1.6

1.9

2.3

2.1

81.8

2.64

0.489

0.56

Feb.

1.6

1.5

T^

8.2

41

30

54

27

16

10

11

13

9.4

6.7

5.1

3.9

5.7

9.7

8.4

7.0

6.7

5.1

3.7

3.1

5.7

7.0

4.9

5.3

3.9

------

316.5

10.9

2.02

2.18

Mar.

2.9

2.9

3.1

2.8

2.3

2.2

1.9

2.2

2.8

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.7

2.6

3.2

18

39

18

14

*9.7

5.3

4.3

3.4

3.4

3.8

3.1

2.7

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.1

170.0

5.48

1.01

1.16

Apr.

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.4

7.2

8.2

3.7

2.2

4.8

31

18

8.4

5.7

10

*10

5.5

3.3

2.7

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

l_.0_

143.4

4.78

0.885

0.99

May

1.6

2.0

4.0

11

7.0

2.8

3.0

8.7

3.9

2.2

1.4

1.0

.8

.6

.4

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.4

3.0

3.7

1.4

.6

.4

.3

.1

.1

.1

61.5

1.98

0.367

0.42

June

0.5

78

55

12

4.0

1.9

1.2

.8

.5

.3

.2

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

0

0

*0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

154.6

5.15

0.954

1.06

July

0

0

0

0

Aug.

0

O

o

0

0

.1

.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.3

0.01

0.0019

0.002

Sept.

0

0

0

0

Calendar year 1955: Max 111 

Water year 1955-56: Max 78

Min 

Min

Mean 2.39 Cfsm 0.443 In. 6.00 

Mean 2.71 Cfsm 0.502 In. 6.82

Peak discharge (base, 50 cfs).--Feb. 7 

June 2 (7 p.m.) 128 cfs (5.28 ft).

* Discharge measurement or observation

to.) 62 cfs (4.69 ft); Mar. 17 (2 a.m.) b5 efs (4.63ft); 

flow made on this day.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 65

Nottoway River near Sebrell, Va.

Location. Lat 36°46'13", long 77°09'59", on right bank at upstream side of highway bridge, 

1 mile downstream from Three Creek, 2.5 miles southwest of Sebrell, Southampton County, 

and 5.5 miles upstream from Assamoosick Swamp.

Drainage area. 1,451 sq mi.

Records available. September 1941 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 5.94 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Aug. 23, 1950, wire-weight gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge.--15 years, 1,169 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,920 cfs Feb. 11 (gage height, 16.27 ft); minimum, 94 cfs Sept. 23 (gage height, 3.63 ft).

1941-56: Maximum discharge, 25,000 cfs July 22, 1945 (gage height, 24.5 ft); minimum observed, 12 cfs Oct. 23, 1941 (gage height, 3.30 ft).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 29.7 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 48,000 

cfs, from rating curve extended above 25,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting).

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1333: 1942, 1944, 1948-49.

Rating table

3.6

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

water 

scharge,

155

354

604

ear 1955-56 

in cubic fe

gage height, in feet, and 

t per second)

9.0

13.0 

16. U 

17.0

1,530

3,150

5,580

6,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

736

1,390

2,330

2,790

3,380

4,680

5,160

4,410

2,830

1,630

1,150

966 

820

764

736

1,460

2,170

2,530

*2,870

3,100

2,250

1,120

792

708

630

591

565

539

513

500

500

54,610

1,762

1.21

1.40

Nov.

591

643

617

565

526

539

513

500

500

500

591

820 

1,290

1,560

1,190

*936

820

764

708

736

764

906

906

848

764

736

736

764

792

764

22,689

756

0.521

0.58

Dec.

708

656

630

617

708

792

876

848

820

848

996

1,120 

1,060

*936

848

764

736

708

682

708

708

708

656

643

656

682

682

656

604

565

565

23,186

748

0.516

0.59

Jan.

591

643

682

656

656

643

630

604

578

604

876

1,360 

1,890

2,050

1,850

1,560

1,360

*1,220

1,090

1,060

1,090

1,120

1,120

1 , 060

1,060

1,030

966

906

848

8ZO

820

31,443

1,014

0.699

0.81

Feb.

820

792

764

906

1,600

2,450

3,050

3,860

4,770

5,470

5,800

5,580 

4,770

3,860

3,150

2,570

2,170

1,970

2,090

2,330

2,330

2,210

2,050

1,810

1,710

1,810

2,090

2,170

2,130

77,082

2,658

1.83

1.97

Mar.

2,050

1,930

1,740

1,600

1,600

1,560

1,460

1,360

1,360

1,420

1,460

1,360 

1,290

1,290

1,320

1,600

2,450

3,050

3,650

4,250

*4,860

4,680

3,930

2,960

2,370

1,970

1,780

1,600

1,460

1,390

1,360

66,160

2,134

1.47

1.70

Apr.

1,320

1,290

1,120

1,060

1,030

966

1,190

1,890

2,450

2,740

2,790

2,700 

2,920

3,320

3,860

4,590

4,680

*4,090

3,260

2,610

2,010

1,670

1,460

1,290

1,190

1,150

1,150

1,090

1,060

996

62,972

2,099

1.45

1.62

May

966

996

1,090

1,460

1,850

2,010

1,780

1,600

1,670

1,710

1,490

1,220 

996

848

736

630

565

487

487

500

462

450

500

591

591

539

462

390

354

343

343

28,116

907

0.625

0.72

June

332

682

1,740

2,570

3,050

3,860

4,410

3,580

2,170

1,190

820

820 

643

526

438

378

343

321

343

414

*426

474

414

354

310

270

242

228

220

216

_ ..._ -

31,784

1,059

0.730

0.81

July

200

182

169

157

216

462

321

280

310

390

1,390

1,930 

1,390

656

402

332

290

250

236

354

343

975

1,970

2,090

*1,060

736

1,190

1,420

966

656

565

21,888

706

0.487

0.56

Aug.

513

426

390

354

290

280

474

1,050

906

736

552

487 

462

402

474

462

343

270

234

228

290

321

438

438

343

270

226

197

184

175

162^

12,357

399

0.275

0.32

Sept.

153

155

178

260

736

764

526

414

390

321

260

216

182

162

152

135

126

*115

110

107

105

100

95

99

102

105

162

244

539

792

7,805

260

0.179

0.20

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,300 

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,800

Min 

Min 95

Mean 988 Cfsm 0.681 In. 

Mean 1,202 Cfsm 0.828 In.

Discharge measurement made on this day.
66 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 

Blackwater River near Dendron, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°01'30", long 76°52'30", on left bank 10 ft upstream from Walls Bridge, 

1.2 miles downstream from Cypress Swamp, and 3.5 miles southeast of Dendron, Surry 

Coutity.

Drainage area.--285 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 30.99 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark).

Average discharge.--14 years, 265 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,150 cfs Feb. 13 (gage height, 4.99 ft); minimum, 0.1 cfs July 5 (gage height, 0.83 ft).

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 4,710 cfs July 21, 1945 (gage height, 8.90 ft); no flow 

at times.

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 13.1 ft, from Corps of Engineers floodmarks 

(discharge, 10,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 4,800 cfs by logarithmic 

plotting).

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.0

1.1 

1.3 

1.5

3.2

7.0

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

25

44

88

270

500

1,150

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

2.1

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

632

810

726

536

395

334

290

250

254

302

314

298

274

a250

a220

alSO

a!60

a!30

al20

*allO

101

90

83

78

71

67

65

63

61

63

61

7,388

238

0.835

0.96

Nov.

58

55

53

56

55

52

51

50

50

56

86

99

118

202

226

222

194

170

166

222

258

262

254

242

218

214

194

178

190

206

4,457

149

0.523

0.58

Dec.

198

182

170

154

158

146

138

134

150

174

170

174

182

178

182

166

162

174

182

166

154

130

130

130

130

126

122

106

110

114

110

4., 702

152

0.533

0.61

Jan.

106

103

108

110

108

106

103

99

92

146

266

338

386

406

412

406

417

450

*466

455

417

374

358

334

322

314

302

298

294

270

250

8,616

278

0.975

1.12

Feb.

234

222

242

302

506

745

1,040

1,120

1,080

1,080

1,120

1,120

1,120

940

842

745

680

656

674

764

719

566

506

506

530

512

478

478

472

------

19,999

690

2.42

2.61

Mar.

422

395

382

370

350

330

318

342

310

270

254

250

254

274

282

374

506

560

650

590

680 *WJz

614

596

554

524

428

366

334

322

326

12,829

414

1.45

1.67

Apr.

290

266

254

258

250

218

290

401

466

500

489

738

940

1,010

975

810

810

842

738

726

566

472

422

374

314

278

286

262

230

206

14,681

489

1.72

1.92

May

258

274

326

366

374

370

378

390

412

406

366

350

286

238

202

170

114

87

75

64

56

49

74

*74

110

106

85

73

58

52

57

6,305

203

0.712

0.82

June

72

170

382

596

706

596

472

412

395

370

306

218

126

80

57

42

33

28

26

24

21

*17

13

10

8.0

6.2

5.4

3.7

2.6

I_t 5_

5,199.4

173

0.607

0.68

July

1.0

.4

.3

.3

-^2.

1.5

6.8

25

35

38

46

118

138

92

65

44

41

66

80

108

130

114

138

*278

302

294

350

350

422

578

590

4,452.5

144

0.505

0.58

Aug.

506

422

370

338

294

230

186

170

110

78

63

53

48

47

45

42

36

28

21

22

106

246

298

110

66

47

36

26

22

20

JJ5

4,101

132

0.463

0.53

Sept.

12

12

25

30

32

33

30

28

44

178

306

318

270

186

106

76

57

42

*30

23

16

12

9.6

8.4

8T4

9.4

46

84

95

134

2,260,8

75,4

0.265

0.30

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,220 Min 7.3 Mean 217 Cfsm 0.761 In. 10.33

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,120 Min 0.2 Mean 260 Cfsm 0.912 In. 12.38

Peak discharge (base. 1,000 .: f s) . --Peb . 13 (9 a.m.) 1,150 cfs (4.99 ft); Apr. 15 (l a.m.) 1,040 cfs 

(4.83 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for stations at Zuni and near 

Franklin.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Blackwater River at Zuni, Va.

Location. Lat 36°52'05", long 76°50'07", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 460 at Zuni, Isle of Wight County, 1.6 miles downstream from Pope Swamp 

and 4.2 miles upstream from Antioch Swamp.

Drainage area. 448 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1943 to September 1956.

Gage. Staff gage read once daily. Datum of gage is 8.56 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 13 years, 396 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,620 cfs Feb. 9, 10; maximum gage 

height, 9.62 ft Feb. 10; minimum discharge observed, 3.9 cfs July 3 (gage height, 

1.38 ft).

1943-56: Maximum discharge, 5,200 cfs July 25, 1945 (gage height, 15.05 ft); no 

flow Sept. 10-18, 1944, Sept. 28 to Oct. 31, 1954. 

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 23.2 ft.

Remarks. Records fair except those below 20 cfs, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 195S-S6 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 16 Apr. 17 to Sept. 3O

4.7 

5.0 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

8.0 

10.0

119

137

210

300

430

820

1,820

1.3

1.4 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

3.2

4.1 

6.6

4.0 89

5.0 149

6.0 244

7.0 515

9.0 1,340

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

L6

L7

L8

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

870

920

970

1,020

970

870

775

730

600

460

400

375

350

325

325

350

350

350

350

*280

260

225

210

188

173

161

155

149

137

137

151

13,566

438

0.978

1.13

Nov.

131

125

119

125

125

125

125

119

119

119

131

161

173

188

210

*225

210

210

225

240

260

260

260

280

280

260

260

280

280

260

5,885

196

0.437

0.49

Dec.

260

240

240

240

260

300

300

300

300

325

300

300

280

*280

2SO

260

260

240

240

260

280

350

325

300

240

210

210

198

198

188 

188

8,132

 262

0.585

0.67

Jan.

188

188

188

188

188

188

188

198

260

350

375

430

685

685

685

685

640

600

*600

560

600

600

560

56C

525

490

460

430

400

375 

375

13,444

434

0.969

1.12

Feb.

375

350

375

400

490

820

,120

,420

,620

,620

,570

,570

* ,520

,520

,470

,320

,L70

,120

,020

,020

,070

,020

,020

920

820

820

820

820

775

-----

29,975

1,034

2.31

2.49

Mar.

730

685

640

600

560

525

490

490

460

450

430

430

490

600

640

730

775

1,020

1,070

1,070

*1,070

1,020

970

920

820

820

775

730

S40

560 

490

21,680

699

1.56

1.80

Apr.

460

430

400

375

350

325

240

210 225"

240

325

970

,070

,320

,370

,420

,340

* ,260

900

900

900

900

900

860

780

700

585

515

445

445

21,160

705

1.57

1.75

May

445

445

445

515

550

620

660

700

700

660

660

620

585

515

445

380

325

2SO

231

208

188

179

*171

197

179

171

171

179

188

171 

155

11,898

384

0.857

0.99

June

111

L71

260

300

350

585

740

780

700

585

515

445

380

300

231

179

149

94

69

52

*44

33

30

24

21

13

9.6

8.2

7.2

6.9

7,192.9

240

0.536

0.60

July

5.2

4.3

3.9

13

6.9

8.2

7.9

7.6

6.9

11

16

21

27

44

89

105

117

99

79

89

94

111

135

163

*208

280

219

350

350

700 

380

3,750.9

121

0.270

0.31

Aug.

445

585

585

550

550

550

445

445

41O

280

219

197

179

149

111

79

69

52

46

44

69

117

163

244

280

300

231

179

84

64 

60

7,781

251

0.560

0.65

Sept.

135

Lll

84

111

111

L05'

84

79

69

52

56

60

69

89

117

197

179

171

*117

94

52

44

33

24

18

30

48

117

219

410

3,085

103

0.230

0.26

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,620 Mln 5.4 Mean 305 Cfsm 0.681 In. 9.23

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,620 Mln 3.9 Mean 403 Cfsm 0.900 In. 12.26

Discharge measurement made on this day.
68 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Blackwater River near Franklin, Va.

Location. --La t 36°45'45", long 76°53'55", on right "bank 0.4 mile south of town of Burdette, 

0.5 mile upstream from Black Creek, 3.3 miles downstream from Corrowaugh Swamp, and 

6 miles north of Franklin, Southampton County.

Drainage area.--613 sq mi.

Records available. --August 1944 to September 1956.

Gage . --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge . --12 years, 548 cfs (adjusted for diversion).

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 2,090 cfs Peb^ 10-13; maximum gage height, 

9.49 ft Feb. 11, 12; minimum daily discharge, 4 cfs June 30 to July 5.

1944-56: Maximum discharge, 5,360 cfs July 25, 1945 (gage height, 13.4 ft, from

g

raph based on gage readings); minimum, 0.4 cfs Sept. 10, 11, 1944 (gage height, 

.36 ft) .

Remarks . --Records poor. Diversion above station by city of Norfolk for municipal supply 

some years.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except period of indefinltS stage-discharge 

relation (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.0 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

59

110

190

6.0

7.0

8.0

10.0

450

700

1,160

Z,460

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Ttotal

Mean

(t)

Oct.

1,160

1,060

960

1,060

1,280

1,340

1,220

1,010

820

670

550

480

436

408

422

436

422

422

*408

394

380

338

304

274

244

214

185

160

151 

156

156

17,520

565

0

Nov.

151

139

135

135

135

132

132

132

128

128

175

220

238

256

274

*286

292

292

304

338

a350

a350

a360

a380

a370

a350

a350

a380

352

7,602

253

0

Dec.

324

310

304

298

352

408

a410

a410

a430

a450

a430

a420

450

*436

422

394

380

366

352

338

324

324

324

310

304

298

292

280

262

262

262

10,926

352

0

Jan.

262

268

280

280

280

274

268

256

250

280

422

640

780

910

1.010

1,010

960

860

780

740

740

700

700

700

670

640

580

550

520

500

480

17,590

567

0

Feb.

465

465

480

580

820

960

1,220

1,700

1,950

2.090

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,020

1,950

1,880

1,700

1,580

1,460

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,340

1,280

1,160

1,160

1,220

1,220

1,160

40,330

1,391

0

Mar.

1,110

1,010

960

860

780

700

670

640

610

580

580

550

520

500

500

580

1,010

1,400

1,640

1,640

*1,640

1,520

1,340

1,220

1,160

1,060

1,010

960

860

820

740

29,170

941

0

Apr.

670

610

550

500

480

450

480

500

520

550

640

1,160

1,700

1,880

1,880

1,880

1,880

1,760

1,580

1,400

1,280

1,220

1,110

960

820

700

640

580

520 

480

29,380

979

0

May

450

450

450

500

550

580

640

700

740

TOO

640

610

580

a540

a 500

a450

a350

a300

a250

a200

a!80

165

*165

190

208

190

165

160

151 

132

110

11,996

387

1.6

June

102

196

298

324

352

394

465

550

"520 580

465

422

380

338

298

232

156

110

69

34

*20

17

14

12

10

7

6

5

5 

1

6,385

213

10.8

July

4

4

4

4

4

5

5

5

5

5

8

10

15

25

42

64

79

76

64

60

69

79

89

99

122

185

226

256

268 

292

298

2,471

79.7

16.1

Aug.

310

394

450

465

465

480

465

422

394

366

310

250

180

143

116

*89

69

60

56

57

66

64

89

132

190

238

256

202

122 

86

76

7,062

228

0.3

Sept.

89

116

122

156

208

208

250

232

135

86

66

60

74

113

165

196

196

165

*122

92

69

54

46

42

52

34

155

366

422 

380

4,451

148

0

Adjusted for pumpage by city of Norfolk

Mean

Of am 

In.

565 

0.922 

1.06

253 

0.413 

0.46

Calendar year 1955 : 

Water year 1955-56 :

352 

0.574 

0.66

567 

0.925 

1.07

1,391 

2.27 

2.45

941 

1.54 

1.78

979 

1.60 

1.78

389 

0.635 

0.73

Observed

Max 3,590 Min 4.2 Mean 412 

Max 2,090 Min 4 Mean 505

224

0.365 

0.41

95.8 

0.165 

0.18

228 

0.372 

0.43

148 

0.241 

0.27

Adjusted

Mean 426 Cfsm 0.695 In. 9.42 

Mean 507 Cfsm 0.827 In. 11.28

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Pumpage, equivalent in cubic feet per second, by city of Norfolk.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for stations at Zuni and near 

Dendron.

Note. Stage-discharge relation indefinite June 21 to July 14; discharge estimated on basis of 

1 discharge measurement and records for station at Zuni.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 69 

North Meherrin River near Keysville, Va.

Location. Lat 37°03', long 78°25', on right bank at upstream side of highway bridge, 

3miles northeast of Keysville, Charlotte County, and 4 miles upstream from Owl Creek.

Drainage area.--9.2 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1948 to September 1956.,

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 475 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 8 years, 9.31 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 546 cfs Oct. 14 (gage height, 5.54 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 220 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.3 cfs Sept. 17- 

19; minimum gage height, 0.49 ft Sept. 17-18.

1948-56: Maximum discharge, 910 cfs Apr. 14, 1955 (gage height, 7.28 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 220 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.1 cfs Sept. 8, 

Oct. 4, 1954; minimum gage height, 0.10 ft July 17-22, Aug. 31, 1953.

Remarks. Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 14 to Sept. 30

1.1

0.9 

2.8 

7.0

14

34

0.5 0.3

.6 1.1

.7 2.5

.8 6.2

0 .9

1.4 

l.B 

2.5

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

28

6.3

3.9

3.6

3.3

3.0

2.8

3.6

3.3

2.8

2.4 2~4

3.0

136

11

6.2

*4.6

4.2

4.2

3.4

3.8

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

4.6

16

4.6

290.8

9.36

1.02

1.18

Nov.

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

4.2

4.6

5.0

5.0

5.4

20.

15

6.2

5.4

*5.0

5.0

4.2

4.2

4.2

8.1

6.2

'4.6

4.2

4.2

3.8

4.2

7.2

4.6

4.6

4.2

3^4

167.9

5.60

0.609

0.68

Dec.

3.8

3.8

4.2

4.6

5.0

4.2

4.2

4.2

5.4

5.4

4.2

*3.8

3.8

4.2

4.6

4.2

5.4

4.2

5.4

4.2

3.8

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

3.8

3.8

3. .4

3.4

4.2

4 .2

130.2

4.20

0.457

0.53

Jan.

3.8 3~^

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

6.2

9.6

6.2

5.4

4.6

4.2

*3.8

3.8

3.8

5.0

5.4

5.0

4.2

5.0

5.0

4.2

4.2

3.8

3.8

4.2

5.0

4.6

141.2

4.55

0.495

0.57

Feb.

4.2

5TCI

13

*58

22

94

IF

13

9.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

7.6

6.2

6.2

6.2

21

17

11

9.6

8.1

6.7

6.2

8.6

17

a!3

a7.5

a9.5

a7.5

------

461.5

15.9

1.73

1.87

Mar.

a6.0

a6.5

a7.5

a9.0

a6.5

a6.0

a6.5

a9.0

a7.5

a6.5

a6.0

a6.0

a6.5

a20

a 11

alOO

23

19

*13

9.1

8.1

8.1

7.2

6.2

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.0

6.2

6.2

5 . 8

354.8

11.4

1.24

1.43

Apr.

5.0

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.2

25

24

13

7.6

6.2

48~ 90

13

9.1

11

*50

13

9.1

8.6

7.2

6.2

5.8

5.4

5.4

5.0

5.0

5.4

5.0

5.0

4.6

410.6

13.7

1.49

1.66

May

4.2

5.4

9.6

7.2

5.0

4.6

36

14

7.2

6.2

5.0

4.2

3.8

3.4

6.0

~8.6 40

6.2

5.4

5.0

*4.6

4.2

4.2

3.8

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.1

3TT

227.0

7.32

0.796

0.92

June

3.1

39

T.6

5.0

3.8

3.4

3.4

2.8

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.8

2.5

2.5

*2.2

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.2

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.2

112.5

3.75

0.408

0.46

July

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

5.0

3.1

1.6

2.5

~5.4 11

3.4

3.1

3.4

3.4

1.8

1.3

7.5

3.4

2.0

7.1

3.4

2.2

*3.1

4.2

3.1

2.2

1.8

li5

1.3

1.5

1.2

95.2

3.07

0.334

0.39

Aug.

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

*1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

4.8

275

3.1

2.0

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.1

44.0

1.42

0.154

0.18

Sept.

1.0

1.2

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.7

.6

.6

.5

*.4

.3

.3

.5

.5

.5

.4

.5

.7

3.6

7.6

570

1.4

1.2

35.7

1.19

0.129

0.14

Calendar year 1955: Max 241 Min 0.4 Mean 8.72 Cfsm 0.948 In. 12.88

Water year 1955-56: Max 136 Min 0.3 Mean 6.75 Cfsm O.734 In. 10.01

(4.58 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.

.) 392 cfs

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for station near Lunenburg.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 

North Meherrin River near Lunenburg, Va .

Location. Lat 36°59', long 78°21', on right bank at downstream side of bridge on_State

 Highway 40, 0.5 mile downstream from Tusekiah Creek, 4 miles upstream Irom Juniper 

Creek, and 5 miles northwest of Lunenburg, Lunenburg County.

Drainage area.--60 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . August 1946 to September 1956.

Gage --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 333.7 ft above mean sea level, levels by

 ^orps of Engineers. Prior to July 5, 1951, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--10 years, 47.4 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,610 cfs Oct. 14 (gage height 15.50 ft) from

 rating curve extended above 1,600 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, l.» (-is Sept. 19

(ga i946-56^'lteiimiitdischarge, 3,800 cfs Apr. 14, 1955 (gage height, 19.70 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,600 cfs by logarithmic plotting; no flow Sept. 5-^1,

° C Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 48 ft, from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge

in cubic feet per second) 

(Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 28, Jan. 9, 28)

0.9 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.8

0.6 

1.3 

4.0

2.2 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

9.0

51

129

271

624

1,160

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

414

54

33

24

21

19

17

16

18

15

14

14

14

1,060

96

49

*36

31

27

22

20

20

18

18

18

18

18

17

13

113 

31

2,303

47.3

1.24

1.43

Nov.

24

21

20

20

19

18

19

20

19

71

142

43

32

29

26

24

22

20

40

42

30

26

24

24

22

40

30

£7

24

22

940

31.3

0.522

0.58

Dec.

22

22

22

22

24

22

21

20

24

3J.

24

*24

28

22

21

24

21

21

22

22

24

24

20

20

20

19

18

18

18

19 

2S

685

22.1

0.368

0.42

Jan.

24

22

18

18

18

18

17

18

18

19

47

37

27

22

20

20

20

18

19

26

24

21

22

24

21

20

20

20

20

21 

24

683

22.0

0.367

0.43

Feb.

20

2T

76

408

*224

593

330

94

65

52

49

48

39

35

33

31

144

96

57

55

45

38

34

35

82

55

42

56

41

2,898

99.9

1.66

1.79

Mar.

35

39

41

47

37

34

33

53

46

35

35

33

34

90

70

1398

188

113

99

63

49

45

41

38

34

33

31

29

33

35 

29

2,220

7.16

1.19

1.37

Apr.

27

26

27

26

24

88

160

96

49

40

559

385

100

66

64

251

84

58

47

43

37

35

32

30

29

28

28

27

26

24

2,516

83.9

1.40

1.56

May

' 24

26

47

39

27

24

96

81

36

30

26

24

21

20

20

270

43

32

26

23

21

20

20

18

16

17

16

16

16

15 

14

1,124

36.3

0.605

0.70

June

14

~ST 179

28

21

21

18

16

14

14

12

11

10

10

9.4

8.8

9.4

11

15

*12

12

11

11

8.5

7.3

6.7

7.0

6.1

5.2

4.6

567.0

18.9

0..515

0.35

July

4.6

4.3

3.8

4-TT5

7.2

22

8.5

6.4

28

24

9.1

7.0

6.1

7.0

5.8

4.9

5.8

17

7.0

188

35

13

*9.1

34

17

13

8.8

7.9

7.9

8.5 

6.1

530.8

17.1

0.285

0.33

Aug.

5.8

5.5

5.8

5.5

5.2

7.3

5.8

5.5

4.3

4.0

3.7

3.8

3.4

*3.2

3.1

3.0

2.8

z^ 2.6

16

13

9.4

5.8

4.6

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.4 

3.2

175.9

5.67

0.094

0.11

Sept.

3.0

16

11

4.6

7.3

5.8

5.8

4.3

3.6

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.0

*1.5

1.3

1.2 373

2.5

1.9

1.9

2.3

2.8

14

61

15

9.1

7.3

204.5

6.82

0.114

0.13

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,820 Min 2.2 Mean 53.5 Cfsm 0.892 In. 12.10

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,060 Min 1.2 Mean 40.6 Cfsm 0.677 In. 9.19
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 71 

Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, Va.

Location. Lat 36°43'00", long 77°49'55", on right bank 50 ft upstream from Gholson 

Bridge, 0.6 mile upstream from Alien Creek, and 3 miles southeast of Lawrenceville 

Brunswick County.

Drainage area.--553 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1928 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 136.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 17, 1931, chain gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--27 years (1929-56), 491 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,560 cfs Oct. 2 (gage height, 18.88 ft from 

floodmark); minimum, 58 cfs Sept. 24, 25 (gage height, 1.76 ft).

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 38,000 cfs Aug. 17, 1940 (gage height, 42.0 ft from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs on basis of velocity-area 

studies and records for Nottoway River near Stony Creek; minimum, 4.2 cfs Oct 7 8 

1954 (gage height, 0.92 ft). ' '

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years) . WSP 972: 1932(M), 1935.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

147

322

669

7.0

13.0

18.0

1,200

3,320

5,220

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

3U 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

al.OOO

aS.OOO

a3,50(5

a2 , 000

a8 00

a5 00

8400

8350

8400

8450

8350

8350

8500

8900

84,000

82,500

81,500

8800

420

364

312

292

265

244

235

226

223

216

212

263 

420

28,990

935

1.69

1.95

Nov.

302

235

216

214

209

200

197

199

200

212

685

873

432

*322

292

272

254

226

244

322

444

302

263

244

235

244

312

312

263

235

8,960

233

0.541

0.60

Dec.

216

207

216

226

312

354

282

254

263

386

409

3T2

254

223

254

244

197

235

263

235

206

181

235

235

219

216

204

174

166 2~09

206

7,596

245

0.443

0.51

Jan.

186

192

197

195

187

178

179

179

166

184

232

364 "543

272

235

*223

218

206

197

226

244

244

235

226

226

216

206

184

189

211

202

6,802

219

0.396

0.46

Feb.

192

190

2Ti4

921

3,780

2,520

5,950

3,170

1,030

769

669

669

608

490

444

420

a400

a350

a500

a600

a540

a500

432

398

536-

925

644

560

644

27,035

932

1.69

0.82

Mar.

501

432

478

548

560

466

420

420

524

536

420

398

386

386

501

1,500

4,350

5,020

*1,220

1,030

719

608

536

501

478

432

409

386

364

386 

386

23,301

752

1.35

1.57

Apr.

354

322

322

322

312

312

1,520

1,340

821

536

6O8

5,510

3,400

1,010

769

*795

1,170

795

572

501

455

420

398

375

354

343

343

332

322

502

22,935

764

1.38

1.54

May

302

332

420

620

512

375

354

692

734

420

354

512

282

263

312

455

620

332

265

226

212

197

194

186

172

162

160

161

164

160 

155

10,103

526

0.590

0.68

June

162

1,180

2,710

847

444

522

272

255

263

543

216

186

167

158

148

139

153

139

195

202

164

154

143

151

122

116

151

166

117

106

9,331

328

0.593

0.66

July

101

98

95

2T2

176

741

572

199

875

2,280

584

263

186

168

151

138

140

173

176

244

5,550

2,520

*409

263

332

586

265

195

166

155 

144

15,755

503

0.919

1.06

Aug.

137

131

129

122

125

225

L84

145

122

114

ua

128

620 "522"

154

129

114

107

101

115

272

216

206

157

112

102

100

98

95

92 

89_

4,854

157

0.284

0.33

Sept.

35

84

461

172

117

161

176

151

106

95

91

89

86

82

77

75

*70

66

61

60

59

60

59

58

6(3

75

255

466

272

164

5,349

128

0.231

0.26

Calendar year 1955: Max 9,110 Min 38 Mean 458 Cfsm 0.828 In. 11.25

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,000 Min 58 Mean 465 Cfsm 0.841 In. 11.44

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 cfs).--Oct. 2 (time unknown) 5,560 cfa (18.38 ft): Feb. 8 (2:3O a.m.) 

4,500 cfs (16.12 ft); Mar. 18 (1:30 a.m.) 4,730 cfs (16.72 ft); Apr. 13 (5 a.m.) 4,500 cfs (16.14 ft); 

July 22 (12:30 a.m.) 4,800 cfs (16.83 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for station at Emporia and 

Fontaine Creek near Brink.
72 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 

Meherrin River at Emporia , Va.

Location. La t 36°41'20", long 77°32'SO", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 301, in Emporia, Greensville County.

Drainage area. --749 sq mi.

Records available . January 1951 to September 1956.

Gage. --Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 68 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 5 years, 599 cfs.

Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 7,520 cfs Oct. 3 (gage height, 19.07 ft), from 

rating curve extended above -6.000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 23 cfs May 24, 

July 15 (gage height, 1.31 ft i.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 12,600 cfs Aug. 21, 1955 (gage height, 22.80 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 5 cfs Nov. 11, 

1954 (gage height, 1.00 ft).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 30.0 ft, from floodmarks.

Remarks . --Records good. Low and medium flow regulated by powerplant 0.8 mile above 

station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.3 

2.0 

2.4 

3.0 

4.0

103

200

400

12.0

14.0

16.0

19.0

2,180

3,080

4,360

7,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3 

4

5

6

7

8

9 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,120

5,420

6,960 

2,210

1,040

545

386

140

408 

521

338

368

334

546

4,240

6,630

2,340

884

*500

513

473

46

294

604

336

272

336

379

38

lT?7f 1OD

596

38,953

1,257

1.68

1.94

Nov.

514

322

394 

350

40

80

488

312

204 

392

607

884

7¥e

423

377

387

432

496

41

400

602

414

432

40

458

320

340

439

376

400

11,732

391

O.522

0.58

Dec.

386

310

41 

Z53

569

400

400

436

442 

448

478

554

*410

400

400

344

41

140

498

425

400

400

398

41

134

400

318

352

334

352

41

10,590

342

0.457

0.53

Jan.

164

280

526 

298

330

358

41

192

476 

404

450

584

BT§

400

400

368

363

482

400

424

356

358

400

400

400

504

404

32 25B"

400

390

11,388

367

0.490

0.56

Feb.

365

320

339 

610

3,240

*4,440

4,440

5,640

2,240

1,210

1,060

1,040

913

724

754

738

646

471

890

1,000

902

689

854

636

£14

1,240

1,070

860

800

38,225

1,318

1.76

1.90

Mar.

860

817

628 

521

742

776

702

682

708 

538

605

552

570

668

668

1,130

4,720

5,750

2,266

1,530

1,140

1,040

894

544

647

648

598

592

594

465

33,176

1,070

1.43

1.65

Apr.

490

489

435 

427

480

526

742

1,750

1,210 

941

900

2,400

5.200

2,280

1,150

1,060

*1,220

1,150

922

724

421

508

656

500

501

503

516

400

IC5

400

29,301

977

1.30

1.45

May

511

475

555 

817

836

716

488

714

1.000 

927

538

44

358

599

297

594

732

630

295

200

232

248

280

296

469

35

35

233

356 

39

384

13,933

449

0.599

0.69

June

438

908

3.240 

1,880

972

552

351

470

35 

656

768

544

148

186

348

35

34

SOT

284

244

*428

402

35

34

138

195

146

275

380 

35

14,465

482

0.644

0.72

July

34

34

178 

44

504

692

792

732

316 

2,030

1,480

804

446

28

24

255

230

226

237

446

1,380

5.100

1,480

590

360

574

598

38

176 

446

20,582

664

0.887

1.02

Aug.

40

293

331 

41

38

466

368

218

290 

334

44

145

522

 37T 594

134

*329

41

40

152

384

478

35

286

35

34

14T

149

147

146

334

6,963

225

0.300

0.35

Sept.

35

31

5? 

510

358

149

244

35

34 

199

148

123

138

224

35

34

*34

39

39

56

224

36

35

38

39

148

448

470

69 

249

4,273

142

0.190

0.21

Calendar year 1955: Max 11,000 Min 16 Mean 583 Cfsm 0.778 In. 10.57

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,960 Min 24 Mean 638 Cfsm 0.852 In. 11.60

Peak discharge (base. 6.000 cfs). Oct. 3 (1:30 p.m.) 7,520 cfs (19.07 ft)} Oct. 16 (4 p.m.) 7,180 

cfs (18-82 ft); Feb. 8 (11:30 a.m.) 6,190 cfs (17.86 ft)i Mar. 18 (12:30 p.m.) 6,410 cfs (ie.07 ft)S 

July 22 (12:30 p.m.) 6,190 cfs (17.87 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 73

Pontalne Creek near Brink, Va .

Location. --La t 36°36'55", long 77°42'00", on left bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 603, 0.3 mile downstream from Quarrel Creek, 2.7 miles west of Brink 

Greensvllle County, and 10 miles southwest of Emporla.

Drainage area. --68. 6 sq ml.

Records available. October 1953 to September 1956.

Gage. --Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 150 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 1,040 cfs Oct. 2 (gage height, 11.36 ft); m_.nimum, 1.3 cfs Sept. 23-26.

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 1,620 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 13.71 ft); no 

flow at times .

Remarks . Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per* second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6 to Jan. 10, Aug. 15-20)

2.4

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

4.0

0.3 

1.4 

4.2

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

9.0 

11.0

110

209

590

960

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

Oct.

454

940

539

192

88

57

44

38

43

41

35

30

26

35

58

48

39

*30

26

23

21

19

18

17

37

17

17

16

16

19

21

2,984

96.3

1.40

1.61

Nov.

19

19

18

18

19

19

19

19

19

21

53

48

42

*33

27

25

23

21

26

54

46

40

33

29

27

31

35

32

29

26

370

29.0

0.423

0.47

Dec .

23

23

23

28

88

66

54

42

41

65

54

*44

38

34

33

33

30

29

31

31

29

27

28

29

30

29

26

23

22

24

36

1,113

35.9

0.523

0.60

Jan.

35

31

28

28

27

25

24

24

23

27

88

100

78

61

50

a45

a40

a35

a30

a35

a40

a40

a40

a35

a35

a35

a35

a30

a35

a35

a30

1,224

39.5

0.576

0.66

Feb.

a35

a35

a50

al50

a250

*a200

432

329

209

118

122

135

103

82

70

65

64

81

81

100

103

86

66

62

122

257

175

144

96

_______

3,824

132

1.92

2.07

Mar.

77

70

69

72

86

73

63

69

114

89

72

62

58

68

72

384

820

471

*257

144

106

88

76

72

71

66

60

56

56

66

60

3,967

128

1.87

2.16

Apr.

52

48

47

46

43

48

135

96

70

54

147

536

354

192

106

*150

140

103

82

66

58

54

50

46

45

44

44

43

41

39

2,979

99.3

1.45

1.62

May

40

41

54

235

227

106

68

118

74

63

50

43

37

33

29

25

26

21

19

19

*18

16

16

16

14

14

13

12

13

14

12

1,486

47.9

0.698

0.80

June

14

443

602

305

106

52

39

30

29

190

100

62

35

27

21

18

16

32

114

*39

31

25

21

18

14

11

9.8

8.5

7.6

6.7

--------

2,426.6

80.9

1.18

1.32

July

6.0

5.4

5.2

5.6

8.0

52

28

17

13

35

35

19

12

9.2

8.3

7.1

9.2

12

10

59

60

31

*17

12

36

48

25

16

11

21

19

652.0

21.0

0.306

0.35

Aug.

13

11

9.5

8.0

8.8

62

68

46

29

30

118

106

299

£87

*92

43

36

28

22

21

29

33

27

21

16

13

12

11

10

1O

9.2

1,528.5

49.3

0.719

0.83

Sept.

9.0

7.8

7.4

6.7

8.0

12

8.3

8.5

7.6

5.6

4.6

4.2

3.8

3.4

2.8

2.6

*2.3

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.4

1^5.

1.3

1.3

1.9

53

75

43

27

:S16.8

10.6

0.155

0.17

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,360 Min 1.4 Mean 51.5 cfsm 0.751 m. 10.16

Water year 1955-56: Max 940 Min 1.3 Mean 63.9 Cfsm 0.931 In. 12.66

Peak discharge (bas ;fs).--0ct. 2 (1 p.m.) 1,040 cfs (11.36 ft), 

Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement and records 

Meherrin River near Lawrenceville.

459558 O -58 - 6
74 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 

Ahoskie Creek at Ahoskie, N. C.

Location --Lat 36°17', long 77°00', on right bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on State

 Highway 350, half a mile upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, and threequarters of a mile southwest of Ahoskie, Hertford County.

Drainage area.--64.3 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1950 to September 1956.

Average discharge.--6 years, 50.1 cfs.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 22 ft (by barometer). Prior to May *4, 

1951, staff gage at same site and datum.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 731 cfs Mar 19 (gage height, 7.48 ft); minimum,

 0.2 cfs May 30, 31 (gage height, 3.90 ft).

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 1,420 cfs Sept. 22, 1955 (gage height, 8.77 ft); no 

flow at times during most years.

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 11.1 ft, from floodmark witnessed by local 

resident (discharge not determined). 

Remarks.--Records fair except those below 30 cfs, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic

feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 15 to Nov. 9; Nov. 17 to Jan. 24)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6 Feb. 7 to Mar. 18 Mar. 19 to Sept. 30

4.5 Z 5.0 17 5.1 28 3.9 0.2 5.2 42

4.6 3 5.2 34 5.3 50 4.O .7 5.4 69

4.7 4 5.4 56 5.5 78 4.2 Z 5.7 131

4.8 6.5 5.8 117 5.8 135 4.4 4.5 6.0 2OO

49 lo 6.2 203 6.1 208 4.6 6 6.5 350

6.5 331 4.8 15 7.0 525

7.0 515 5.0 25 7.5 740

7.5 740

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

*60

52

46

39

31

27

23

18

17

12

8

6.5

5

6

14

7.5

5

4

3.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2

2.5

2

2

2

2

2

24 

23

453.5

14.6

0.227

0.26

Nov.

15

10

*8.5

17

18

17

19

19

17

16

22

19

16

13

11

*10

11

14

20

31

27

26

29

31

31

43

43

41

41

38

673.5

22.4

0.348

0.39

Dec .

*36

36

34

34

32

30

29

27

27

30

30

31

30

29

29

*29

27

26

24

23

20

18

16

15

15

13

12

9.5

8.5

10 9 ' 5

739.5

23.9

0,372

0.43

Jan.

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

19

30

34

42

48

55

61

62

60

55

54

49

46

46

49

59

61

62

65

64

61

56

1,228

39.6

0.616

0.71

Feb.

*50

44

46

60

112

194

338

*435

447

379

321

281

253

239

219

192

*165

146

129

131

133

135

137

137

140

151

146

151

158

-----

5,469

189

2.94

3.16

Mar.

*163

156

140

122

104

92

80

69

62

50

46

43

36

35

*34

150

348

623

713

553

416

317

248

195

161

135

114

97

83

73

64

5,522

178

Z.77

3.19

Apr.

57

*49

47

41

11

38

52

52

58

63

100

ZZ7

329

438

438

371

272

209

173

152

131

112

*91

71

60

50

50

46

40

37

3,891

130

2.02

2.25

May

37

34

56

208

275

378

335

*263

192

148

108

75

54

40

30

23

18~LZ

8

5.5

4

3

2.5

2

1.5

.8

.6

.4

.4

-JL

2,315.1

74.7

1.16

1.34

June

1

8.5

6

5.5

4.5

6.5

7.5

6.5

4.5

3

2

1.5

.8

.6

.6

.3

.3

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.6

.6

.6

.8

1

.6 

. 6

66.8

2.23

0.035

0.04

July

0.7

.7

.7

.8

.9

.9

1

1

1

12_

4.5

2

1.5

.8

.8

.8

1

1

1

1.5

1.5

1

.9

1

2.5

1.5

1

.8

.9 

4 5

2.5

52.7

1.70

0.026

0.03

Aug.

*1

3.5

11

9

8

14

15

11

8.5

7.5

8

13

10

8

10

9

7

5

3

5.5

16

7

6.5

10

16

18

18

12

7.5

5

3

286.0

9.23

0.144

0.17

Sept.

2

1.5

1

1

*1

1

1

1

.7

.6

.5

.5

.5

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

1.5

1.5

3

44

*34

*32 

35

169.9

5.66

0.088

0.10

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,330 Mln 0 Mean 58.4 Cfsm 0.908 In. 12.34

Water year 1955-56: Max 713 Mln 0.2 Mean 57.0 Cfsm 0.886 In. 12.07

Discharge me tnent made on this day. ** Field estimate made on this day.

ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Big Springs at Elliston, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°IS 1 , long 80°14", a quarter of a mile upstream from South Fork Roanoke 

River and 0.3 mile south of Elliston, Montgomery County.

Records available. June 1928, August 1947, December 1949 to September 1956 (discharge 

measurements only), discontinued.

Extremes.--1938, 1947, 1949-56: Maximum discharge measured, 6.51 cfs May 3, 1950; minimum measured, 3.08 cfs Oct. 22, 1952.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at bridge where U. S. Highway 11 crosses spring.

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water year 

October 1955 to September 1956

Oct. 5..... 3.68

Nov. 3..... 3.81

Dec. 1..... 3.70

Jan. 5..... 3.87

Feb. 8..... 4.62

Mar. 1..... 4.17

Apr. 13..... 4.78

May 30..... 3.83

June 26..... 3.78

July 25..... 3.61

Aug. 31..... 3.65

Sept.26..... 3.77
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 75

Roanoke River at Lafayette, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°14'10", long 80°12'30", on right bank at Lafayette, Montgomery County, 

0.4 mile downstream from confluence of North and South Forks and 1.1 miles upstream 

from Cove Hollow.

Drainage area.--257 sq mi.

Records available. September 1943 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,174.47 ft above mean sea level, datun of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 30, 1949, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--13 years, 246 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,200 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.66 ft); minimum daily, 28 cfs Sept. 23.

1943-56: Maximum discharge, 13,200 cfs Aug. 4, 1948 (gage height, 11.0 ft, fron 

graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 24 cfs Sept. 16-19, 1954.

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 12.2 ft, from information by local residents 

(discharge, 19,000 cfs from rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs, by logarithmic 

plotting).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1333: 1944-47(M), 1948-49.

Rating table, water year 1355-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.9

1.0 

1.2 

1.5

2.0 

3.0 

5.0 

6.0

2,340

3,250

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year Ocbober 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

60

60

60

58

*56

51

49

88

80

60

56

51

51

63

71

63

56

56

53

53

51

51

47

47

45

45

45

45

49

56

53

1,729

55.8

0.217

0.25

Nov.

51

49

*51

51

51

53

56

71

63

63

100

94

74

68

71

74

74

71

71

91

80

74

74

71

66

66

66

66

56

51

2,017

67.2

0.261

0.29

Dec.

*53

66

71

a90

allO

a90

a 80

alOO

a90

a 80

a70

a60

a60

a65

a65

a65

a70

a80

a70

a60

a60

a60

a60

a60

a60

a60

a60

a60

a60

a65

a70

2,170

70.0

0.272

0.31

Jan.

a 80

a70

a 60

a55

*a55

60

60

45

42

58

60

66

63

51

49

71

58

51

71

66

58

56

71

66

60

66

51

53

74

100

100

1,946

62.8

0.244

0.28

Feb.

74

82

154

385

405

607

778

*430

305

235

209

205

1S1

162

154

140

192

295

271

271

235

209

181

169

192

266

218

205

177

_--__.

7,3S7

255

0.992

1.07

Mar.

15S

143

140

15S

140

129

129

181

244

222

205

181

177

280

330

390

470

410

415

350

290

253

226

205

184

173

158

150

154

154

140

6,939

224

0.872

1.01

Apr.

132

122

132

122

112

252

607

430

350

2 SO

415

778

*618

470

618

2 , 600

1,070

695

515

415

350

300

258

231

209

1S4

181

169

158

158

12,931

431

1.68

1.87

May

188

154

214

244

231

218

205

192

169

162

154

143

136

129

132

140

122

118

106

103

100

106

132

106

94

88

88

91

100

*88

85

4,338

140

0.545

0.63

June

82

145

177

118

103

91

8S

SO

77

74

71

66

60

60

68

82

82

77

94

94

118

88

85

74

66

*60

63

58

56

63

_ -- -

2,520

S4.0

0.327

0.36

July

77

58

56

88

85

66

82

68

71

63

53

51

49

51

49

63

53

49

45

51

118

103

63

74

74

88

71

S8

66

58

53

2,084

67.2

0.261

0.30

Aug.

49

49

47

47

42

a40

a40

a40

a35

a35

a35

35

35

35

35

37

35

33

37

34

60

60

40

34

32

32

a30

a30

a30

a30

*a35

1,188

38.3

0.149

0.17

Sept.

a35

35

35

34

a40

a60

a50

a45

a40

35

34

33

33

32

32

32

30

30

30

33

33

30

28

33

38

*42

490

222

125

88

1,857

69.9

D.241

0.27

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,270 Mln 39 Mean 229 Cfsm 0.891 in. 12.06

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,600 Mln 28 Mean 129 Cfsm 0.502 in. 6.81

Peak discharEe (base. 4,500 cfs).--No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 2 discharge measures 

corded range In stage, and records for station at Roanoke.
76 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Roanoke , Va .

Location. Lat 37 Q 15'30", long 79°56'20", on left tank 50 ft downstream from Walnut Street 

Bridge In Roanoke, Roanoke County, 3.2 miles upstream from Tinker Creek, and at 

mile 360.6.

Drainage area. --388 sq ml.

Records available. --February 1899 to September 1956 In reports of Geological Survey. Records for July 1896 to January 1899, published In WSP 11, 15, and 27 and 20th Annual Report, Part 4, have been found to be unreliable due to doubtful gage-height record, and 

should not be used. February 1899 to September 1904, with some revisions and corrections, republished in Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin 31.

Gage . --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 906.84 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to June 7, 1937, wire or chain gage on downstream side of 

highway bridge 50 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 55 years (1899-1905, 1907-56), 378 cf s .

Extremes . --1899-1900: Maximum discharge during water year, 5,060 cfs Mar. 20, 1900 (gage 

height, 5.6 ft); minimum daily discharge, 78 cfs Oct. 7, Aug. 16-18, Sept. 10-14, 30.

1955 -5B: Maximum discharge during water year, 4,270 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 

6.16 ft); minimum, 33 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 0.31 ft); minimum daily discharge, 

38 cfs Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 18, 22.

1899-1956: Maximum discharge, 26,400 cfs (revised) Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 

18.25 ft), from rating curve extended above 15,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on basis 

of slope-area determination, 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 ft); minimum daily, 27 cfs Feb. 20, 1934.

Revisions . The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

-

382

-

-

-

382

402

432

452

502

502

502

522

542

562

582

602

622

642

972

682

972

712

727

972

757

972

972

972

972

972

892,1066

Water 

year

18S9

1901

1902

1903

1904

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

Date

Mar.

Feb.

Feb.

Aug.

Jan.

Dec.

Dec.

Mar.

June

Jan .

Feb.

Nov.

Nov.

Mar.

Sept

Jan.

Jan.

Dec.

Aug.

Mar.

Oct.

Aug.

Feb.

Oct.

Mar.

Jan.

Mar.

Aug.

Oct.

Aug.

Aug.

4. 1899

(af

25, 1902

17, 1903

10, 1904

9, 1914

5, 1914

18, 1915

5, 1917

26, 1918

3, 1919

4, 1902

30, 1920

1, 1921

7, 1923

.29, 1924

18, 1925

17, 1926

26, 1926

16, 1928

5, 1929

2, 1929

22, 1931

3, 1932

17, 1932

28, 1934

23, 1935

18, 1936

30, 1937

19, 1937

19, 1939

14, 1940

Discharge 

(cfs)

til, 000

19,000

*15,300

*10,200

$2,900

2 ,780

11,000

8,040

6,420

t6,440

6,700

4,270

1,700

14,100

5,510

9,600

1,300

2,240

8,900

26,100

5,180

11,100

3,470

2,240

13,900

6,570

11,400

10,400

9,180

10,000

8,480

26,400

Gage height 

(feet)

10.0

15.0

13.2

9.4

4.0

3.9

10.0

7.8

6.6

8.2

8.4

6.2

3.5

13.2

7.4

10.5

3.0

4.1

10.0

18.1

7.1

11.5

5.4

4.1

13.1

8.3

11.7

bll.O

10.15

10.84

9.67

18.25

t Not previously published, 

a Occurred May 22, Aug. 6, 1901. 

b From floodmark.

Note. Gage heights are from graph based on gage readings, 

except for 1937-40.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplant above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1928, 1930, 1933. See also Records available. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 1899-1904, 

1918-24, 1935, suoerseding those published in Bulletin 31, Virginia Geological Survey, 

WSP 502, 522, 542", 562, 582, and 782 are given herein. Complete table of daily discharge is given for water year 1899-1900, but only revised figures are given for other 

water years.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Roanoke River at Roanoke, Va. Continued

Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1899, 1901-4, 1918-24, 1935

77-

Date

1899

July 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Aug. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Sept. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

14

15

16

17

18

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

1901

Aug. 6

7

Nov. 1

2

3

4

Discharge

170

188

180

170

170

170

188

164

149

140

127

119

114

114

155

122

104

188

140

127

119

110

114

127

140

127

225

170

127

119

188

140

114

114

94

94

114

140

127

127

127

104

104

184

170

170

155

140

114

104

98

94

89

86

83

78

86

104

127

170

127

114

104

127

170

127

104

104

94

86

94

86

78

94

86

86

86

86

86

170

127

114

114

104

127

104

94

86

9,564

7,625

202

205

205

205

Date

1901-Con.

Nov. 5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

25

26

27

28

29

30

1902

June 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Oct. 1

2

3

4

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Nov. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

21

22

Discharge

213

205

202

202

194

194

191

191

191

191

188

180

180

180

180

180

180

225

198

180

174

170

170

188

170

180

170

170

170

170

170

205

188

170

155

149

170

188

225

205

188

188

170

170

170

170

94

104

91

91

170

127

104

94

114

188

170

140

127

114

104

104

104

104

94

94

94

94

100

104

114

149

205

140

140

127

114

114

127

114

140

140

127

122

114

104

114

110

114

114

114

114

225

188

Date

1902-Con.

Nov. 23

24

25

1904

Jan. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

20

21

22

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

27

28

Apr. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

29

30

July 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Discharge

170

170

225

137

121

97

97

172

70

97

97

97

97

121

121

97

97

97

109

109

63

63

97

109

172

172

121

109

137

109

88

88

88

97

137

78

137

211

190

190

172

190

137

109

172

121

137

190

137

190

211

190

211

190

172

172

172

153

153

190

211

211

190

232

190

211

172

172

137

172

172

121

109

172

88

109

137

137

211

211

232

153

190

153

153

153

137

232

190

137

121

97

97

78

Date

1904-Con.

July 18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

31

1918

June 26

27

July 1

Aug. 1

19

Oct. 26

31

Dec. 15

16

17

18

19

22

23

24

25

1919

Jan. 2

3

4

5

6

Feb. 26

27

Mar. 10

May 2

21

June 12

25

26

27

28

29

July 20

21

24

Aug. 1

1920

Jan. 25

Feb. 4

5

6

Mar. 20

21

Apr. 2

3

4

Aug. 19

20

Nov. 17

28

30

Dec. 1

2

12

13

14

1921

Jan. 22

23

24

25

26

Feb. 10

11

12

Oct. 31

Nov. 1

2

1922

Jan. 22

23

24

25

Feb. 16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Discharge

78

78

78

78

78

153

232

137

232

5,620

1,260

1,620

2,060

1,160

1,660

1,880

2,420

1,020

5,070

1,880

1,120

1,500

2,600

1,380

1,160

1,460

6,080

2,240

1,230

1,060

1,300

985

1,090

1,160

1,120

1,460

1,580

1,060

2,280

1,500

915

1,260

1,200

1,020

985

1,020

3,670

1,700

1,120

1,090

915

1,160

1,120

950

2,600

950

1,120

950

1,700

1,300

950

950

1,300

1,200

1,230

1,120

1,020

985

1,020

1,300

1,230

1,160

1,460

10,500

1,300

2,060

1,920

1,300

1,110

925

1,080

1,040

1,040

960

925

850
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Roanoke, Va. Continued

Revised figures of discharge, In cubic feet per second, 1899, 1901-4,

1918-24, 1935 Continued

1922-Con. 

Mar. 2

Discharge

1,700

1,620

1,840

1,580

1,420

1,220

1,260

925

3,770

2,150

1,700

1,380

1,080

850

925

Date

1922-Con. 

May 17

18

19

20

21

June

1923 

Mar. 6

Discharge

1,150

2,870

2,100

1,110

925

1,300

925

925

3,570

1,260

1,040

3,070

4,870

1923-Con. 

Mar. 8

16

17

18 

June 12

13

14

15

Discharge

3,570

2,600

1,700

1,300

1,500

2,150

2,330

1,920

1,460

1,300

925

1,970

2,240

1,500

1,110

1924

Jan. 5

1935 

Jan. 23

Discharge

925

925

850

925

1,110

1,000

925

850

1,000

2,150

7,500

Month Cfs-days

Per square 

mile

Runoff In 

Inches

July 1899..............

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

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

August 1901............

Water year 1900-1901.

November 1901..........

Calendar year 1901...

June 1902..............

Water year 1901-2....

October 1902...........

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

Calendar year 1902... 

Water year 1902-3....

January 1904...........

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

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

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

Water year 1903-4....

Calendar year 1904...

June 1918..............

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

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

Water year 1917-18...

October 1918...........

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

Calendar year 1918...

January 1919...........

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

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

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

July! ."I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

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

Water year 1918-19... 

Calendar year 1919...

January 1920...........

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

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

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

Augus t.................

Water year 1919-20...

November 1920..........

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

Calendar year 1920...

January 1921...........

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

Water year 1920-21...

October 1921...........

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

Calendar year 1921...

January 1922...........

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

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

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

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

Water year 1921-22...

Calendar year 1922...

March 1923..............

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

Water year 1922-23..., 

Calendar year 1923...,

January 1924...........

Water year 1923-24... 

Calendar year 1924...

January 1935............ 27,549

Water year 1934-35.... 173,503

Calendar year 1935.... 156,527

225

184

745

9,564

13,600

296

13,600

318

13,570

673

1,045

11,090

8,980

355

550

355

1,380

2,390

2,390

5,620

1,620

2,060

5,620

1,880

5,070

5,620

6,080

1,300

1,090

1,160

2,280

1,260

985

6,080

6,080

1,020

3,670

1,090

1,160

2,600

3,670

1,700

1,300

3.670

1,230

1,300

1,700

1,460

10,500

10,500

2,060

1,080

3,770

2,870

3,570

10,500

3,770

4,870

2,240

4,870

4,870

2,320

4,380

4,380

7,500

7,500

7,500

104

78

74

147

119

140

232

99

170

116

1,792

836

198

867

202

534

91

104

76

91

147

251

455

606

63

78

88

129

211

180

246

246

232

130

156

172

30

124

188

599

384

411

430

338

884

546

389

281

314

293

242

202

116

77

67

863

553

548

517

572

438

222

480

385

198

223

192

197

509

427

405

310

249

290

572

291

281

445

56

48

177

48

589

693

310

103

647

317

228

491

433

267

228

544

707

1,071

696

593

457

392

210 1,129

398

289

301

835

414

429

220

75

889

475

429

0.379

.307

.361

4.62

2.15

.510

2.23

.521

1.38

.379

.647

1.17

1.56

.332

.544

.464

.634

.634

.598

1.54

.990

1.06

1.11

0.871

2.28

1.41

1.41

1.33

.992

.508

1.31

1.10

1.04

.799

.642

.747

1.47

.750

1.52

1.79

.799

.265

1.67

.817

1.40

1.53

1.18

1.01

2.91

1.03

.745

.776

2.15

1.07

1.11

2.29

1.22

1.11

0.44 

.35 

.40

5.33

29.26

.57

30.33

.58

18.67

.44

.72

15.89

21.21

.59

.52.

.73

8.65

8.15

1.72

1.14

1.22

15.01

1.00

2.63

19.07

1.49

1.63

1.53

1.64

1.30

.66

16.77

13.46

.59

1.41

1.27

1.16

.92

8.73

.83

1.70

10.21

1.75

1.86

10.82

.31

1.86

11.07

1.61

1.90

3.18

2.06

1.71

15.98

13.68

3.36

1.15

10.13

10.54

2.48

14.52

15.05

2.64

16.64

15.00
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 79

Roanoke River at Roanoke, Va.--Continued

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1899 to September 1900

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 

10

11

12

13 

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

86

86

86

86

86

83

78

127

140 

TT4

127

114

104 

94

94

114

108

104

100

94

94

91

91

91

91

86

86

86

86 

100

114

3,041

98.1

0.253

0.29

Nov.

245

233

263

290

205

188

170

155

140 

127

122

114

114 

114

114

110

110

104

104

100

100

94

104

104

104

100

100

104

170 

127

4,229

141

0.363

0.40

Dec.

114

114

"104 104

104

104

108

114

110 

104

104

405

434 

290

225

188

155

140

140

140

135

127

114

205

188

155

140

263

290 

376

463

5,757

186

0.479

0.55

Jan.

521

580

580

521

212

109

99

91

91 

109

121

237

405 

318

237

212

189

189

237

5,040

1,135

707

533

434

347

290

237

189

189 

181

169

12,509

403

1.04

1.20

Feb.

189

203

189

169

237

189

212

189

189 

189

290

376

m973

673

568

463

393

347

318

2,645

1,490

347

785

641

550

492

-

18,439

659

1.70

1.77

Mar.

2,645

1,780

1,135

785

707

629

562

521

673 

580

565

550

550 

580

550

533

521

610

745

5,512

2,290

1,380

1,000

825

673

745

910

1,045

865 

730

693

29,889

964

2.48

2.86

Apr.

610

568

535

492

451

405

376

576

576 

347

335

347

347 

324

290

274

263

290

2,580

2,452

1,545

1,600

1,180

910

745

641

568

492

463 

434

20,614

687

1.77

1.98

May

405

393

376

347

550

265

247

237

237 

318

237

227

212 

203

181

169

169

162

169

169

189

189

405

1,045 5TO~

376

290

263

707 

463

318

9,906

320

0.825

0.95

June

237

203

212

189

169

162

162

189

237 

212

189

212

347 

610

518

463

910

825

550

434

547

290

290

290

580

1,250

376

1,090

809 

521

12,653

422

1.09

1.22

July

405

347

290

521

610

463

347

263

225 

205

188

170

170 

161

155

155

149

149

140

140

132

T32

140

155

188

263

188

170

155 

140

140

7,056

228

0.588

0.68

Aug.

140

127

127

114

114

104

104

104

94 

94

86

86

86 

83

85

78

78

78

86

86

86

86

86

86

104

94

86

86

94 

86

86

2,932

94.6

0.244

0.28

Sepf,.

86

86

86

86

86

86

86

86

86 

28

78

78

78 

78

205

707

290

170

114

94

86

114

225

155

127

114

104

94

86 

78

3,327

131

0.538

0.38

Calendar year 1899: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year!899-190G Max 3,512 Mln 78 Mean 359 Cfsm 0.925 In. 12.56

Calendar year 1900: Max 8,575 Mln 78 Mean 453 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.87

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

72

77

77

70

67

65

63

85

115

88

72

67

67

85

85

85

77

70

70

68

67

67

67

68

65

65

67

68

7*

74

81

2,286

75.7

0.190

0.22

Nov.

77

*74

72

70

72

72

81

81

88

97

105

121

108

100

102

102 

102

92

100

102

110

97

90

88

85

85

81

81

77

*6T_

2, £77

89.2

0.250

0.26

Dec.

67

72

83

100

108

110

95

88

108

102

95

83

72

70

81

79 

81

85

92

83

72

a70

a65

a65

a65

a65

a65

a70

 a70

a70

a80

2,511

81.0

0.209

0.24

Jan.

a95

a 90

a80

*a75

70

67

67

67

48

60

63

65

67

65

56

60 

72

58

63

72

68

63

65

72

68

65

65

55

65

83

108

2,137

68.9

0.178

0.21

Feb.

97

90

141

411

549

652

*1.300

671

454

337

289

281

255

234

217

200 

248

418

408

579

532

289

255

237

274

379

351

315

274

10,337

356

0.918

0.99

Mar.

*250

210

204

210

197

178

178

207

298

294

274

251

241

502

481

514 

664

597

609

520

428

360

323

285

262

234

227

207

213

213

194

9,605

510

0.799

0.92

Apr.

184

178

178

178

169

213

843

664

531

428

418

*962

836

671

738

3.070 

1,790

1,150

865

717

658

597

525

449

384

360

532

306

298

289

18,981

633

1.63

1.82

May

302

306

337

384

564

360

328

506

281

248

250

220

204

194

184

191 

184

175

162

153

153

144

175

162

141

132

130

132

132

*118

100

6,632

214

0.552

0.64

June

95

159

230

169

158

115

105

100

92

88

83

74

67

65

67

77 

97

85

88

108

121

115

92

90

85

74

68

72

67

.§§

2,940

98.0

0.253

0.28

July

88

88

62

81

97

79

77

83

77

67

58

51

49

51

51

50 

63

51

51

56

88

110

92

*67

97

92

88

92

85

67

62

2,270

73.2

0.189

0.22

Aug.

55

51

52

48

49

48

44

42

42

40

40

39

41

40

39

56 

43

39

41

43

90

68

56

47

43

42

41

40

59

*58

38

1,434

46.3

0.119

0.14

Sept.

39

45

43

44

45

77

74

65

51

47

44

44

42

39

39

39 

39

38

39

39

39

38

39

44

42

79

773

384

227

162

2,759

'32.0

0,237

0.26

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,780 Mln 63 Mean 329 Cfsm 0.848 in . 11.52

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,070 Mln 38 Mean 176 Cfsm 0.454 in. 6.20

Peak ea discharge scarge (base, ase. 4,000 , cfs).--Apr. es.--pr. 16 (11 a.m.) a.m. 4,270 , cfs os (6.16 . ft).. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement, recorded ranj;e

In staetage, and records records for stations stations at Lafaette Lafayette and near Toshes. Toshes.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Niagara, Va.

Location. Lat 37°15'18", long 79°52'18", on right bank 200 ft downstream from powerplant 

of Appalachian Electric Power Co. at Niagara, Roanoke County, 2 miles downstream from 

Tinker Creek, 2.1 miles southeast of Vinton, and at mile 355.3.

Drainage area. 511 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1926 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 820.15 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 30 years, 517 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,580 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.30 ft); minimum daily, 10 cfs Aug. 30.

1926-56: Maximum discharge, 35,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 17.5 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs 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, 7 cfs Aug. 4, 1954; minimum daily, 8 cfs Oct. 9, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Flow regulated at dam and powerplant 200 ft above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1928(M), 1930(M), 1933(M), 1935-36(M), 1938(M). 

WSP 972:1927-28, 1929(M), 1930, 1933-38, 1940.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.5 

.6 

.9

1.3

1.6 

2.0

11

37

89

139

221

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

8.0

360

530

920

1,470

3,120

4,120

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

Z

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

a!20

a!20

a!20

a!20

128

161

153

182

218

a200

a!70

157

124

148

172

136

139

122

166

130

120

132

126

126

99.

116

132

104

132

120

122

4,315

139

0.272

0.31

Nov.

128

106

112

124

125

113

138

126

154

134

212

178

158

142

169

151

159

133

174

122

167

148

143

130

138

141

118

125

131

118

4,217

141

0.276

0.31

Dec.

112

141

142

144

98

104

124

138

170

152

135

132

134

100

122

134

160

128

108

152

124

120

132

124

119

142

221

43

22

174

126

3,977

128

0.250

0.29

Jan.

124

111

114

*115

128

128

112

107

94

120

112

114

104

122

104

124

110

113

116

126

116

122

111

120

111

113

123

101

108

118

142

3,583

116

0.227

0.26

Feb.

144

142

191

608

706

736

1.580

884

598

458

450

388

369

346

302

320

437

582

544

aSOO

a450

a400

a350

a300

a 400

aSOO

a450

a 400

a350

13,885

479

0.937

1.01

Mar.

a300

288

284

296

310

233

248

304

404

366

348

318

318

478

576

617

816

Tlo

774

712

527

459

462

387

380

321

332

306

310

294

250

12,728

411

0.804

0.93

Apr.

270

258

256

214

282

338

962

868

715

542

579

*948

942

806

846

4.000

2,310

1,340

985

812

692

567

463

468

430

404

370

412

308

312

22,699

757

1.48

1.65

May

354

375

332

400

426

396

310

370

241

345

272

214

306

165

316

218

203

212

204

206

167

284

230

214

1_45

196

204

166

162

208

188

8,029

259

0.507

0.58

June

116

330

343

210

a200

a25O

a250

a200

a240

a!70

a!50

a!30

116

119

118

202

154

203

158

174

188

a200

a!70

a!50

*a!50

138

122

116

127

117

5,311

177

0.346

0.39

July

135

136

170

124

189

156

176

154

139

130

114

100

112

116

111

90

100

141

112

147

194

132

184

144

160

157

152

144

142

135

114

4,310

139

0.272

0.31

Aug.

108

98

110

98

98

83

96

92

82

88

76

78

85

86

64

124

83

82

75

82

224

101

104

85

97

93

54

96

102

10

104

2,858

92.2

0.180

0.21

Sept.

79

86

84

110

89

220

125

143

92

95

90

88

82

77

74

76

71

74

65

69

64

76

62

82

*71

183

1,410

570

281

242

4,930

164

0.321

0.36

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,820 Min 22 Mean 461 Cfsm 0.902 In. 12.25

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,000 Min 10 Mean 248 Cfsm 0.485 In. 6.61

Peak discharge (base, 7.000 cfs). No peak above base 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on 

Toshes and at Roanoke.

Dasis of records for stations near
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Blackwater River near Union Hall, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°02'35", long 79°41'07", on left bank 100 ft upstream from highway br:.dge 

at Kemps Ford, 3 miles upstream from Gills Creek, and 3 miles north of Union Hall, 

Franklin County.

Drainage area. 208 sq mi.

Records available. March 1925 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 693.13 ft above mean sea level. Prior '/o 

Nov. 22, 1929, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--31 years, 227 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,520 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 4.70 ft); mLnimum, 18 cfs Aug. 16, 17 (gage height, 1.37 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 19,700 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 19.52 ft), f.-om 

rating curve extended above 6,500 cfs 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 cfs Sept. 20, 1932 (gage height, 1.42 ft).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 89S: 1930(M), 1933(M), 1938-39(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge., in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 16, 

Sept. 28-30

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

160

386

655

930

1.3

1.4 

1.8 

2.1

Apr. 17 to Sept. 27

12 2.5

20 3.0

72 4.0

317

560

1,090

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

114

117

*114

110

110

110

107

120

140

114

107

104

101

110

129

117

110

107

107

101

101

101

98

98

98

95

95

98

101

110 

110

3,354

108

0.519

0.60

Nov.

*107

104

104

104

101

98

107

114

114

114

143

T431

120

110

110

107

104

98

104

120

117

104

101

101

98

98

95

95

*92

921

3,219

107

0.514

0.57

Dec.

b90

b95

98

110

12fi

110

110

110

120

120

110

100

100

100

100

100

loo

110

120

110

100

100

110

100

100

100

loo

100

95

100 

95

3,243

105

0.505

0.58

Jan.

100

110

*120

bUO

blOO

b95

b90

b90

b95

blOO

110

95

87

84

b80

84

92

87

87

98

95

b90

98

92

87

84

b80

b80

b90

92 

89

2,891

93.3

O.449

0.52

Feb.

84

89

123

208

251

*321

464

251

196

176

157

180

164

146

140

136

133

143

143

140

133

126

123

120

133

157

143

140

129

-------

4,849

167

0.803

0.87

Mar.

123

120

120

129

126

120

123

133

153

140

133

*129

140

184

225

311

438

260

225

192

172

160

153

146

140

133

129

126

126

133

126

5,068

163

0.784

0.90

Apr.

120

120

123

123

*117

140

251

208

168

160

200

250

350

250

250

9OO

8OO

600

400

300

250

200

190

180

170

160

150

150

150

140

7,570

252

1.21

1.35

May

140

150

160

170

160

150

140

130

120

110

110

110

100

95

90

1OO

95

90

85

80

75

7O

90

100

80

7O

75

*85

88

98

92

3,308

107

0.514

0.59

June

82

114

171

114

92

84

80

80

76

76

74

70

68

64

66

106

72

69

92

*103

92

90

78

70

64

62

60

58

56

53.

2,436

81.2

0.390

0.44

July

54

54

50

47

49

56

62

50

48

48

45

42

39

39

38

38

36

37

36

44

62

63

+47

43

43

44

43

42

39

38

3_3

1,409

45.5

0.219

0.25

Aug.

32

33

50

4T

44

37

33

30

26

25

21

22

21

20

20

19

21

31

22

20

37

37

34

32

28

26

25

24

*21

20 

19

874

28.2

0.136

0.16

Sept.

21

22

22

27

25

28

47

50

39

33

31

28

27

26

25

22

20

20

20

20

20

19

21

*25

31

88

946

491

200

126

2,520

84.0

C.404

0.45

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,42O Min 90 Mean 204 Cfsm 0.981 In. 13.28

Water year 1955-56: Max 946 Min 19 Mean 111 Cfsm 0.534 In. 7.28

Peak discharge (base, 2.OOO cfs). No peak above base.

* Discharge i/j-BUficLi ge measurement uieaoui tfiuenu made maue on uii this unm day. uay. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice. 

Note. No gage-height record Dec. 4 to Jan. 3, Apr. 1O to May 28; discharge estimated on basis of 

rcords for Goose Creek near Huddleston and Pigg River near Toshes.
82 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River near Toshes, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°02'03", long 79°31 r 18", on right bank if miles downstream from Witchers 

Creek, 3 miles upstream from Pigg River, 5 miles northwest of Toshes, Pittsylvania 

County, and at mile 313.1.

Drainage area. 1,020 sq mi.

Records available. September 1925 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 588.99 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 14, 1929, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 31 years, 996 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,120 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.11 ft); minimum, 67 cfs Aug. 31 (gage height, 0.84 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 70,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 27.36 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 31,000 cfs 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, 55 cfs Sept. 14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Diurnal 

fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplant at Niagara.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1032: 1933(M), 1938-39(M), 1940, 1944(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. Feb. 8 to Sept. 30

2.0 

4.0 

5.0

190

399

685

2,330

3,300

0.9 

1.2

1.5 

2.0

202

358

685

4.0 

6.0 

7.0

2,330

4,360

5,620

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

295

328

306

300

300

295

295

322

412

363

322

3OO

295

306

357

357

317

317

*297

284

286

287

273

272

280

254

278

279

280 

310

300

9,467

305

0.299

0.34

Nov.

295

294

300

290

298

278

292

344

320

332

418

450

370

348

34O

347

348

322

333

374

330

347

316

328

307

317

304

302

301 

286

9,831

328

0.322

0.36

Dec.

272

299

315

321

346

338

345

308

312

576

352

300

b270

*b270

b270

b250

b290

b320

b330

b320

b310

b300

b300

b300

298

288

288

b270

244

212

313

9,327

301

0.295

0.34

Jan.

266

268

286

277

277

268

266

b260

b280

b290

502

268

271

276

246

252

262

267

266

287

278

250

283

276

274

262

246

244

264

268 

286

8,366

270

0.265

0.51

Feb.

280

300

364

686

1,240

1,380

2,510

1,680

1,120

864

Y10

766

697

650

584

556

556

766

850

793

744

686

611

582

608

693

786

701

649

23,412

807

0.791

0.85

Mar.

585

548

529

550

558

525

489

515

606

658

652

6O9

580

768

946

1,360

1,720

1,420

1,180

1,180

*966

865

780

752

662

650

600

587

562

578 

556

25,472

757

0.742

0.86

Apr.

507

495

*448

500

454

552

1,040

1,490

1,160

906

944

1,590

1,700

1,570

1,290

5,550

4,460

2,470

1,800

1,410

1,220

979

905

848

788

744

711

667

708

606

58,092

1,270

1.25

1.40

May

652

660

652

725

708

647

617

612

562

518

492

501

456

429

582

480

428

412

589

568

546

314

436

454

388

324

552

552

559

354 

364

14,691

474

0.465

0.54

June

324

415

712

552

418

360

540

524

285

312

275

264

286

252

*222

288

5O4

292

411

550

558

362

351

287

255

245

220

220

210

200

9,650

322

0.316

0.35

July

192

208

202

269

225

298

280

264

256

258

*200

182

166

172

176

156

146

164

182

276

280

269

258

240

220

255

222

246

206

211

186

6,825

220

0.216

0.25

Aug.

166

170

222

216

177

164

142

*155

152

122

121

112

104

111

1-10

90

140

125

125

108

170

270 202"

172

152

150

110

152

110

112

120

4,468

144

0.141

0.16

Sept.

115

110

112

124

188

500

261

281

200

159

150

134

134

128

118

112

111

98

 110

110

102

110

117

122

152

220

5,200

2,500

860

510

10,726

558

0.551

0.59

Calendar year 1955: Max 11,400 Min 212 Mean 877 Cfsm 0.860 In. 11.66

 Water year 1955-56: Max 5,350 Min 90 Mean 46O Cfsm 0.451 In. 6.15

Peak discharge (base 7,500 cfs). No peak above base 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge rslation affected by ic
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 83 

Figg River near Toshes, Va.

Location. Lat 36°59'01", long 79°30'52", on right bank 0.5 mile downstream from Fryin§:pan 

Creek and 1.7 miles northwest of Toshes, Pittsylvania County.

Drainage area.--394 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1930 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 602.55 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 26 years, 393 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,970 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 11.32 ft); m.nimum, 42 cfs Aug. 14, 15 (gage height, 2.64 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 34,300 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 32.5 ft, fron 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 11,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of slope-area determination at gage height 25.8 ft, and records for other stations in Roanoke River basin; minimum, 22 cfs Aug. 31, 1932 (gage height, 2.32 ft).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: 1931-32(M), 1933, 1934-35(M), 1936, 1937(M), 1938-40.

Hating table, water year 1955-56, except periods 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic fe

2.6 

2.8

3.5 190

4.0

6.0

9.0

10.0

of ice 

et per

329

1,010

2,520

3,110

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

166

160

164

179

162

158

155

186

218 

188

168

158

158

168

190

179

170

168

*164

160

155

141

153

160

168

158

151

153

172

166

172

5,168

167

0.424

0.49

Nov.

183

162

166

172

172

166

172

181

186 

192

267

242

2OO

186

188

*al70

alSO

a!70

alSO

a!90

alSO

alSO

alSO

alSO

a!70

a!70

a!70

a!70

a!60

a!60

5,445

182

0.46E

0.52

Dec.

alSO

a!60

a!70

alSO

a!90

a!90

a!90

alSO

alSO 

a!90

alSO

a!70

al70

a!70

b!70

b!60

b!70

194

207

182

166

189

197

186

178

180

172

b!60

162

b!50

b!50

5,443

176

0.447

0.52

Jan.

b!60

b!70

176

172

160

162

161

149

b!50 

blSO

176

165

164

157

152

158

*166

157

164

180

168

156

175

185

172

167

159

146

172

172

166

5,117

165

0.419

0.48

Feb.

160

172

236

401

449

582

868

446

330 

288

279

306

292

256

234

224

229

256

254

244

234

218

202

208

251

302

266

247

222

------

-__--

8,656

298

0.756

0.82

Mar.

209

203

208

230

228

204

202

222

254 

226

218

218

254

' 367

436

955

1.050

538

460

394

328

307

279

264

246

240

231

221

235

234

214

9,875

319

0.810

0.93

Apr.

208

206

216

223

*204

246

580

472

338 

290

488

1,260

608

422

406

2,880

940

556

444

374

328

310

288

274

258

254

252

242

238

230

14,035

468

1.19

1.33

May

230

*234

267

291

244

226

218

226

198 

194

196

186

178

173

207

214

180

172

159

158

154

156

204

189

154

144

144

152

170

156

174

5,948

192

0.487

0.56

June

166

320

386

244

182

161

153

144

140 

141

150

144

126

125

*114

116

127

120

126

131

148

152

142

120

112

103

100

98

94

87

- -

4,472

149

0.378

0.42

July

96

136

91

97

216

152

106

96

163

199

132

*101

88

89

75

76

76

76

70

255

166

164

125

108

104

112

98

92

97

71

68

3,593

116

0.294

0.34

Aug.

92

74

148

123

88

87

70

*62

58 

53

48

48

47

44

47

96

130

88

60

51

106

124

94

80

65

60

53

57

53

50

50

2,306

74.4

0.189

0.22

Sept.

67

62

4652"

86

276

158

144

98 

79

70

70

65

60

60

53

51

51

*50

52

49

50

50

52

72

181

; ,460

],400

448

262

6 ,674

222

0.563

0.63

Calendar year 1955: Max 8,250 Min 129 Mean 330 Cfsm 0.838 In. 11.40

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,880 Min 44 Mean 210 Cfsm 0.533 In. 7.26

Peak discharge ( base j_ 4,000 cfs). --No peak above base.

scnarge measurement made on tnls day.

a. «u gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement and rec 

Roanoke River near Toshes and Goose Creek near Huddleston. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
84 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Goose Creek near Huddles ton, Va.

Location. Lat 37°10', long 79°32', on left bank a quarter of a mile upstream from Haden 

Bridge, three-eighths of a mile upstream from Rockcastle Creek, and 4 miles upstream 

from Huddleston, Bedford County.

Drainage area.--187 sq mi.

Records available. March 1925 to September 1927 (gage heights only), September 1930 to 

September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 592.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Mar. 15, 1925, to Sept. 30, 1927, chain gage 

at site a quarter of a mile downstream at different datum.

Average discharge. 26 years (1930-56), 179 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 2,200 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 7.33 ft); minimum, 20 cfs Jan. 8 (gage height, 0.95 ft), result of freezeup.

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 20,300 cfs Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 25.75 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 6,400 cfs on basis of slope-area determination at gage height 24.1 ft; minimum, 3 cfs Aug. 31, 1932, Jan. 30, 1934.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1933, 1935(M), 1939. W3P972: 1931-32(M), 1934(M), 

1935-38, 1940, 1941(M). WSP 1082: 1940(P). WSP 1142: 1938-40(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.2 

1.5

3.0 

5.0

79

500

1,180

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

67

65

*64

67

64

65

61

72

79

65

64

62

61

65

3.70

a70

a65

a65

a60

a60

60

60

60

60

57

57

58

58

62

67

64

1,974

63.7

0.341

0.39

Nov.

*60

60

61

64

60

60

62

69

64

65

101

76

67

65

67

74

67

64

70

77

69

69

67

67

65

67

64

67

*62

64

2,014

67.1

0.359

0.40

Dec .

69

79

76

77

84

76

70

70

76

81

72

70

b70

b70

b70

b55

b60

b65

b70

b65

b60

b60

b70

76

79

70

65

64

b65

b70

b75

2,179

70.3

0.376

0.43

Jan.

b75

b80

*89

86

84

76

72

56

b70

b80

b70

b65

64

61

62

65

70

67

65

70

69

65

69

67

62

62

62

57

72

72

70

2,154

69.5

0.372

0.43

Feb.

62

70

98

207

218

*312

321

182

144

128

116

123

110

103

98

96

126

160

150

142

128

116

106

106

123

136

118

116

103

_______

4,018

139

0.743

0.80

Mar.

*103

91

91

101

89

89

89

103

128

113

110

103

103

160

168

224

230

182

185

163

144

133

126

118

110

106

106

101

101

106

93

3,869

125

0.668

0.77

Apr.

91

89

89

*89

77

93

185

166

142

12B

144

160

133

123

144

800

280

202

166

150

136

126

118

116

110

108

106

103

96

96

4,566

152

0.813

0.91

May

93

98

108

108

93

91

91

81

77

76

79

77

72

70

69

72

64

65

62

61

58

61

69

62

57

56

56

*61

64

56

67

2,274

73.4

0.393

O.45

June

56

90

131

70

62

57

56

55

54

54

52

50

49

46

45

48

62

49

56

*60

60

64

74

54

48

44

44

42

39

39

-----

1,710

57.0

0.305

0.34

July

39

38

36

40

65

64

86

56

55

48

39

37

36

39

37

34

34

33

33

124

58

79

*46

44

48

56

44

46

42

43

39

1,518

49.0

0.262

0.30

Aug.

38

38

56

44

38

46

40

33

31

30

29

29

30

32

32

29

26

27

76

38

81

57

39

35

32

32

31

30

*30

32

29

1,170

37.7

0.202

0.23

Sept.

29

28

30

32

36

45

64

45

33

30

29

29

29

26

24

24

24

24

23

24,

24

23

23

*24

29

52

930

210

96

64

2,103

70.1

0.375

0.42

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,650 Min 50 Mean 146 Cfsm 0.781 In. 10.62

Water year 1955-56: Max 93O Min 23 Mean 80.7 Cfsm 0.432 In. 5.87

Peak discharge (base. 5.000 efs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Otter River near Bedford and 

Pigg River near Toshes.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 85

Roanoke River at Altavista, Va.

Location. Lat 37°06'16", long 79°17'44", on right bank 12 ft upstream from highway 

bridge, a quarter of a mile south of Altavista, Campbell County, half a mile downstream from Sycamore Creek, 3i miles upstream from Otter River, and at mile 286.5.

Drainage area. 1.802 sq mi.

Records available . August 1930 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and Telemark. Datum of gage is 503.10 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Feb. 22, 1951, at 

site 50 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge . 26 years, 1,908 cfs.

Extreme^. Maximum discharge during year, 12,000 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 14.93 ft); 

minimum, 176 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 2.12 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 105,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 40.08 ft, from 

iloodmark), from rating curve extended above 52,000 cfs 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 cfs Jan. 31, 1934 (gage height, 

1.66 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are faj r. 

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplant at Niagara, 69 miles above 

station. Records of chemical analyses, water temperatures, and sediment loads for 

the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions [water years). WSP 392: 1938(M). WSP 972: 1931-33.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

June 4 to Sept. 27 

2.2

Oct. 1 to June 3, 

Sept. 28-30

2.9 410

5.0 1,740

9.0 5,200

13.0 9,600

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

580

598

555

565

580

560

550

575

742

712

616

575

540

555

646

670

598

570

*570

560

554

546

548

540

557

576

552

572

600

658

648

18,248

589

0.327

0.38

NOV.

636

646

622

642

650

621

627

686

714

712

897

1,020

832

739

684

*714

716

654

662

740

713

690

680

644

636

642

654

632

608

576

20,689

690

0.383

0.43

Dec.

546

579

660

670

720

722

672

642

638

688

716

624

522

522

580

588

528

641

739

614

551

553

628

662

654

614

582

529

568

'490

18,978

612

0.340

0.39

Jan.

536

534

570

583

567

552

538

494

418

540

646

599

555

532

513

519

536

*539

520

568

584

524

544

586

558

542

522

480

512

552

570

16,833

543

0.301

0.35

Feb.

546

586

719

1,240

2,240

2,380

4,600

3,510

2,300

1,670

1,510

1,440

1,410

1,260

1,150

1,100

1,060

1,310

1,530

1,470

1,400

1,280

1,150

1,080

1,120

1,330

1,420

1,310

1,200

44,321

1,528

0.848

0.91

Mar.

1,100

1,000

978

1,020

1,020

968

934

936

1.130

1,190

,160

,120

,140

,390

,870

,460

,500

,020

,540

,250

* ,880

,680

,520

,410

,300

,200

,150

,080

,080

,100

1,070

46,196

1,490

0.827

0.95

Apr.

997

949

934

956

936

870

1,530

2,620

2,200

1,810

1,620

3,340

3,340

2,620

2,300

8.960

8,940

4,600

3,340

2,700

2,260

1,980

1,760

1,600

1,480

1,400

1.350

1,320

1,210

1 150

71,072

2,369

1.31

1.46

May

1,160

1,190

,220

,520

,310

,170

* ,130

,180

,010

952

921

872

846

776

756

810

780

715

682

652

612

610

634

761

716

587

564

563

610

624

600

26,333

849

0.471

0.54

June

606

692

1,480

1,260

940

778

715

660

610

620

575

595

550

*500

485

490

540

600

580

748

685

715

710

640

540

490

476

452

432

412

19,576

653

0 . 362

0.40

July

400

416

440

408

590

700

630

565

464

640

550

*450

400

370

350

330

320

310

350

1,600

1 , 000

700

650

600

580

560

540

500

470 

430

400

16,713

539

0.299

0.34

Aug.

380

450

540

520

450

400

350

*330

300

280

290

280

320

290

300

310

320

350

400

450

500

520

490

396

356

304

280

256

264

248

228

11,152

360

0.200

0.23

Sept.

252

252

240

240

292

530

850

645

510

400

332

312

300

284

276

256

232

232

*200

216

212

212

204

236

276

468

C.190

G.340

2,460

390

24,839

828

0.459

0.51

Calendar year 1955: Max 27,900 

Water year 1955-56: Max 8,960

Mln 

Min

490

200

Mean 

Mean

1,757

915

Cfsm 0.975 

Cfsm 0.508

In. 

In.

13.22

6.89

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record July 12 to Aug. 22; discharge estimated on basis of 2 discharge 

measurements and records for station at Brookneal.
86 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Otter River near Bedford, Va.

Location. Lat 37°21'50" (revised), long 79°25'10" (revised), on left bank 10 ft upstream 

from bridge on D. S. Highway 460, 1 mile downstream from Roaring Run, 5 miles upstream 

from Elk Creek, 6| miles northeast of Bedford, Bedford County, and 8 miles upstream 

from Little Otter River.

Drainage area.--116 sq mi.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 647.16 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Average discharge. 13 years, 133 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,510 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.88 ft); minimum, 5.3 cfs Sept. 15 (gage height, 0.92 ft).

1943-56: Maximum discharge, 12,100 cfs Mar. 23, 1949 (gage height, 17.3 ft); from 

rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determinations at gage 

heights 12.1 and 17.3 ft; minimum, that of Sept. 15, 1956.

Flood in 1937 or 1939 reached a stage of 21.8 ft, from mud lines on bridge piers. 

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 12.1 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 8,080 

cfs), from rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs as explained above.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water yearsJ.--WSP 1142: 1940(M), 1944(M), 1948(M).

Rating table water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

ischarge, in cubic feet per second)

1.9 

2.3 

3.O 

4.0

150

375

1.5 35

rge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

45

44

*41

41

39

34

33

40

40

34

32

29

2tf

27

28

25

24

23

23

_22_

23

26

27

27

26

26

24

23

24

27 

26

931

30.0

0.259

0.30

NDV.

* 4

4

4

5

4

4

7

9

7

30

47

34

31

30

30

32

29

27

31

34

30

29

29

30

31

31

30

31

30

34

888

29.6

0.255

0.28

Dec.

34

33

35

39

!§

37

34

34

36

38

34

34

34

3J

33

"30 27

32

34

30

29

28

34

34

34

32

29

28

30

30 

29

1,024

33.0

0.284

0.33

Jan.

29

29

*30

36

34

50

32

31

32

29

29

29

28

27

27

28

30

29

29

32

32

34

30

30

30

27

27

29

32

37 

37

945

30.5

0.263

0.30

Feb.

32

36

66

168

134

247

235

130

108

92

86

86

77

70

67

63

94

109

96

96

86

78

74

74

111

127

103

95

83

-----

2,923

101

0.871

0.94

Mar.

*77

74

71

72

67

64

66

103

101

88

84

80

88

136

138

172

181

165

168

140

127

117

103

98

95

92

68

84

86

84 

77

3,186

103

0.888

1.02

Apr.

74

72

72

*68

62

99

178

132

111

103

127

136

120

111

154

757

300

229

184

160

144

130

122

112

106

103

100

94

88

83

4,331

144

1.24

1.38

May

80

82

84

89

76

71

71

64

60

60

60

56

54

49

49

52

47

49

44

42

41

44

56

43

37

36

36

40

42

43

38

1,695

54.7

0.472

0.54

June

34

64

68

45

38

34

34

31

29

29

28

25

24

23

24

23

24

26

36

*32

34

31

29

22

18

16

15

14

13

13

876

29.2

0.252

0.28

July

13

12

11

13

21

28

19

16

19

17

13

11

10

12

9.6

8.2

8.2

7.5

7.5

118

56

50

*29

68

63

42

29

25

21

23 

19

799.0

25.8

0.222

0.26

Aug.

19

19

47

24

20

22

21

16

14

13

11

11

11

11

10

9.2

8.6

7.8

7.5

8.2

45

22

13

11

9.6

9.2

9.2

8.2

*2l

11

'

479.1

15.5

0.134

0.15

Sept.

9.2

9.2

9.6

11

12

24

16

14

10

8.6

8.6

8.2

7.5

6.4

5.9

8.9

7.5

6.7

17

19

19

18

18

*17

19

25

305

76

41

33

790.3

26.3

0.227

0.25

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,310 Min 22 Mean 128 Cfsm 1.10 In. 14.92

Water year 1955-56: Max 757 Min 5.9 Mean 51.6 Cfsra 0.445 In. 6.03

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 cfs). Apr. 16 (4 a.m.) 1.510 cfs (4.88 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Otter River near Evington, Va.

Location. Lat 37°12'30" (revised), long 79°18'14" (revised), on right bank 10 ft upstream 

from highway bridge, 2 miles upstream from Flat Creek, and 2 miles southwest of Evington, Campbell County.

Drainage area. 325 sq mi.

Records available. November 1936 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 544.02 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--19 years (1937-56), 354 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,370 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 10.88 ft); minimum, 33 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 1.02 ft).

1936-56: Maximum discharge, 27,500 cfs Oct. 19, 1937, Aug. 19, 1939 (gage heigh;, 

23.1 ft), from rating curve extended above 7,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on basLs 

of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for 

other stations in Roanoke River basin; minimum, that of Sept. 19, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fai".

Revisions (water years).--WSP 852: 1937. WSP 892: 1938-39(M). WSP 972: 1937-39. 

WSP 1032: 1940.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, in eubl: feet per second)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 2, 23,

29, 30, Jan. 10)

1.2 

1.4 

2.0 

2.5

Oct. 1 to July

47

164

247

July 9 to Sept. 30

360

920

1,640

2,520

1.0 

2.0 

2.5

30

166

247

Note. Same a 

preceding table 

above 2.5 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

13

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

130

125

124

124

125

122

113

126

136

114

110

106

104

112

119

107

102

102

 102

96

98

101

100

100

95

96

100

101

106

112

107

3,415

110

0.338

0.59

Nov.

102

104

107

110

106

102

106

113

108

112

162

140

120

118

120

*128

122

108

120

133

119

112

110

113

110

112

110

110

104

96

3,442

115

0.354

0.40

Dec.

101

120

124

130

142

132

120

119

124

131

119

90

102

*122

130

104

131

140

136

116

103

100

110

116

116

113

101

76

100

100

86

3,559

115

0 . 354

0.41

Jan.

107

112

119

107

104

101

104

94

94

100

107

107

101

98

90

102

107

*98

107

122

113

107

124

116

108

113

98

92

134

132

123

3,346

108

0 332

0.38

Feb.

114

130

175

388

514

666

980

416

301

247

229

238

206

190

*180

175

254

323

279

257

229

202

190

186

229

311

247

229

206

8,190

282

0.368

0.94

Mar.

191

190

185

199

183

175

177

202

257

209

202

198

201

360

430

542

654

430

458

360

311

278

247

229

220

212

207

199

201

202

188

8,297

268

0.825

0.95

Apr.

182

*180

178

175

162

183

430

348

267

238

311

444

323

278

301

2,290

864

584

458

374

323

289

267

238

229

220

220

210

201

196

10,963

365

1.12

1.25

May

186

191

212

220

185

174

170

*161

154

152

154

150

146

137

138

140

130

132

122

120

118

120

138

130

112

104

102

110

124

113 

190

4,535

146

0.449

0.52

June

120

137

278

160

131

119

113

108

107

alOO

a90

a90

aS5

a85

a80

a80

a85

a90

alOO

a90

a95

*a95

95

77

66

60

59

55

52

jil

2,953

98.4

0.303

0.34

July

51

50

51

50

68

100

119

94

137

94

73

*60

56

61

53

50

48

46

43

610

334

247

140

151

160

145

106

96

82

79

74

3,528

114

0.351

0.40

Aug.

70

68

129

106

79

94

87

*68

59

52

48

46

51

51

50

43

38

36

36

38

143

127

74

60

51

47

47

43

69

64

52

2,026

65.4

0.201

0.23

Sejt.

44

38

35

36

43

146

112

88

64

51

50

50

50

46

43

50

46

40

*38

55

52

51

50

55

65

85

1. "348 370

199

151

3, 551

118

0.363

0.40

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,920 Min 76 Mean 314 Cfsm 0.966 In. 13.12

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,290 Min 35 Mean 158 Cfsm 0.486 In. 6.61

ement and records fc r
88 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va.

Location Lat 37°02'28", long 78°57'02", on left bank 1,600 ft upstream from highway

 bridge at Brookneal, Campbell County, 3 miles upstream from Falling River, and at 

mile 255.9.

Drainage area. 2,420 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--April 1923 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and Telemark. Datum of gage is 351.96 ft above mean sea _

 ^Tevel, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Aug. 30, 1929, chain 

gage at site 1,800 ft downstream at same datum. Aug. 30, 1929, to Aug. 15, 1^0, 

water-stage recorder at site 1,800 ft downstream at same datum (destroyed by flood). 

Aug 16 to Oct. 1, 1940, staff gage at site 1,800 ft downstream at same datum. Oct. I, 

1940, to Sept. 30, 1941, chain gage at site 1,600 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge . 33 years, 2,446 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,500 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 17.81 ft);

 minimum daily, 250 cfs Sept. 19, 20. .

1923-56: Maximum discharge, 130,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height 4b.5 ft, at 

present site from gage-height relation curve), from rating curve extended above 

54,000 cfs 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 cfs Sept. 2, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years).-WSP 622: Drainage area. WSP892: 1928(M). WSP972: 1928-34.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

5.4

5.6 

6.0

12.0

16.0

-ubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

1,000

950

900

900

900

900

850

950

1,000

1,100

950

850

850

850

900

950

9OO

850

850

*800

800

8OO

800

800

760

760

784

768

776

808

848

26,904

868

0.359

0.41

Nov .

824

816

824

824

824

824

800

84O

889

916

1,090

1,200

1,150

1,020

952

925

*952

925

898

1,020

1,020

943

952

925

907

898

907

907

880

840

27,692

923

0.381

0.43

Dec .

800

800

898

943

970

1,020

970

925

898

907

970

925

784

706

800

816

664

768

1,050

1,040

816

713

784

1,020

1,010

916

880

824

723

840

784

26,969

370

0.360

0.42

Jan.

692

768

808

848

824

808

800

744

578

626

925

925

856

824

800

768

800

824

832

872

9O7

830

848

898

898

872

840

784

776

916

907

25,448

821

0.339

0.59

Feb.

880

88O

1,060

1 , 520

2,550

3,080

5,140

4 , 590

2,970

2,290

1,970

1,820

1,770

1,620

1,520

*1,420

1,380

1,670

1,870

1,870

1,770

1,620

1,470

1,380

1,420

1,620

1,770

1,720

1,570

- - -

56,210

1,938

0 . 801

0.86

Mar.

1,420

1,330

1,280

1,330

1,330

1,280

1.240

1,330

1,420

1,520

1,520

1,470

1,470

1,820

2,500

3,390

5.480

4,040

3,280

2,760

2,550

2,180

1,970

1,770

1,720

1,570

1,470

1,420

1,380

1 , 420 

1,380

60,O90

1,938

0.801

0.92

Apr.

1,230

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,24O

1,240

1,670

2,760

2,760

2,180

£,130

3, 600

4,040

3,080

2,760

9,030

11,600

6,180

*4,260

3,280

2,760

2,50O

2,180

2,020

1,870

1, 770

1,720

1,670

1,620

1,570

86,490

2,883

1.19

1.33

May

1,470

1,520

1,670

1,720

l.BEO

1,520

1,380

1,420

1,330

1,200

1,2OO

1,150

1, 120

1,090

1,060

1,030

1,060

1,010

943

898

864

840

840

943

988

880

80O

800

832

872

824

35,094

1,132

0.468

0.54

850

898

1,420

1,670

1,240

970

872

800

760

720

699

685

664

626

590

596

626

657

728

800

848

840

840

800

678

6O8

590

548

530

4BB

23,641

788

0.526

0.36

July

464

458

476

578

566

706

800

706

671

720

706

602

*500

464

440

428

400

385

375

446

2,020

1,020

840

832

744

706

685

632

E90

560

518

20,038

646

0.267

0.31

Aug.

494

470

578

671

650

530

*500

450

4OO

360

350

350

350

380

350

370

380

400

450

500

540

600

650

540

450

370

310

290

280

270

280

13,563

438

0.131

0.21

Sept.

30O

320

29O

310

400

7OO

1,000

700

600

500

400

370

350

340

310

300

280

260

250

*250

274

277

271

274

304

395

3,140

8,060

3,710

1,820

26,775

892

0.369

O.41

Calendar year 1955: Max 29,000 Mln 664 Mean 2,196 Cfsm 0.9O7 In. 12.34

Water year 1955-56: Max 11,600 Mln 250 Mean 1,172 Cfsm 0.484 In. 6.59

Peak discharge (base, 21,000 cfs).--Ho peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--Doubtful or no gage-height record Oct. 1-24, June 1, Aug. 

mated on basis of 2 discharge measurements and records for stations

to Sept. 20j discharge estiat Altavista and Randolph.
ROAWOKE RIVER BASIN ° a 

East Pork Palling River near Appomattox, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°19'40", long 78°51'20", on right bank 130 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 644 and 2.0 miles southwest of Appomattox, Appomattox County.

Drainage area. 5.1 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--June 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 740 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 84 ofs Apr. 15 (gage height, 2.80 ft); miniirum, 

0.1 cfs Sept. 16-20.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 338 cfs Aug. 17, 1955 (gage height, 5.24 ft); minirrum, 

that of Sept. 16-20, 1956.

Flood in 1928 reached a stage of 8.0 ft, from information by local resident.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 5

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.5

1.6

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

0.1 1.5

.4 1.6

1.0 1.8

4.2

8.0

18

Discharge, in cubic feet pe sond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22 

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.0

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.0

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.0

1.5

*1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.0 

1.5

48.5

1.56

0.306

0.35

Nov.

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

1.5

1.5

*1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

£.0

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.0

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

48.1

1.60

0.314

0.35

Dec .

1^5

1.5

1.5

1.5

*1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

2.3

2.1

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

2.0

1.7

1.8

2.1

2.3

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.7 

1.7

54.2

1.75

0.343

0.40

Jan.

1.5

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

JUi

. 2.0

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

*1.7

1.7

1.6

1.8

2.0

1.8

r.o

1.8

1.8

2.0

1.8

1.8

2.5

2.7

n 3'

55.5

1.79

0.351

0.40

Feb.

2.3

3.2

5.3

12

5.0

14

6.5

3.8

3.4

3.1

3.6

3.2

*2.9

2.9

2 . 7

2.5

3.8

3.4

2.9

2.7

2.3

2. 1

2.9

3.3

3. 1

2.7

2.5

2.1

------

113.0

3.90

0.765

0.83

Mar.

2.1

2.0

2.7

3.1

3.1

2.3

2.3

2.9

2.3

2.0

2.3

1.8

2.9

11

4.6

15

6.5

6.1

*4 . 2

3.6

3.4

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.9

2.7 

2.5

113.9

3.67

0.720

0.83

Apr.

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2^1

4.0

4.6

3.8

3.4

5.3

18

9.5

5.7

5.0

9.6

*18

4.2

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.E

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

142.1

4.74

0.929

1.04

May

2.7

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.5

4.8

2.9

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

*1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.5

7.5 

2.8

69.1

2.23

0.437

0.50

June

1.8

5^0

2.5

2.0

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

2.2

*2.0

1.7

1.6

1.4

1 . 2

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.2

52.0

1.73

0.339

0.38

July

1.1

1.1

1.1

3.0

1.7

1.2

1.4

1.4

*1.5

1.1

.8

.8

1.0

.9

.8

.8

2.6

.8

.6

.7

.6

.5

.8

.7

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5 

.5

30.5

0.98

0.192

0.22

Aug.

0.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

1.0

*.7

.8

.6

.6

. 6

.6

.6

.5

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

6^9

6.1

1.4

.1

.1

.2

.4

.2

.4

.2 

.8

36.7

1.18

0.231

0.27

Sept.

0.7

.8

1.0

.8

.8

1.4

1.4

.9

.8

.8

.8

.8

.4

.3

.6

.1

*.l

.1

.1

.1

.2 

.2

.2

.4

.4

.5

.5

.4

.4

.3

16. 3

0.54

0.106

0.12

Calendar year 1955: Max 96 Min 1.5 Mean 3.56 Cfsm 0.698 In. 9.49

Water year 1955-56: Max 18 Min 0.1 Mean 2.13 Cfsm 0.418 In. 5.69

Peak discharge (base, 150 efs).--No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--Doubtful gage-height record Oct. 1 to Dec. 4; discha 

measurements, records for station at Spring Mills and Falling

stimated on basis of 3 discharge 

r near Naruna.

459558 O -58 - 7
90 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

East Pork Palling River at Spring Mills, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°14'40", long 78°55'30", on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 646 at Spring Mills, Appomattox County, 0.6 mile upstream from Burger 

Branch, and 5 miles upstream from confluence with North Pork.

Drainage area.--52. 2 sq ml.

Records available. June 1954 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 470 ft. (from topographic map).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 710 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.53 ft); minimum, 

0.7 cfs July 2 (gage height, 0.52 ft).

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 1,530 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 7.93 ft); minimum, 

that of July 2, 1956.

Flood In 1940 reached a stage of 19.2 ft, from Information by local resident.

Remarks .--Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, 1 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.9

4.0

7.0

14

2.0

3.0

152

364

Discharge ubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Out.

19

19

18

21

18

19

18

24

22

21

16

18

19

19

20

19

*19

18

17

16

17

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

19

20 

20

579

18.7

0.358

0.41

Nov.

17

18

19

19

18

19

20

21

19

24

32

21

20

*20

20

19

18

18

24

24

20

19

18

19

19

20

19

20

17

18

599

20.0

0.383

0.43

Dec.

18

19

19

20

*20

20

19

19

20

Si

19

18

18

18

19

18

19

20

20

18

19

17

20

18

20

19

18

17

19

19

18

586

18.9

0.362

0.42

Jan.

17

18

18

18

18

18

18

17

18

20

24

21

20

19

18

*18

18

17

18

20

19

18

19

19

18

19

16

17

20

21 

19

578

18.6

0.356

0.41

Feb.

17

21

33

80

54

102

82

42

33

29

31

32

*27

24

24

22

33

36

32

28

25

23

24

24

33

32

27

26

23

------

1,019

35.1

0.672

0.72

Mar.

22

24

26

34

27

25

24

29

27

24

27

24

30

92

58

140

92

63

57

44

37

33

32

30

27

26

25

24

27

26 

24

1 , 200

38.7

0.741

0.85

Apr.

24

24

24

24

2_3

27

42

36

29

26

68

88

47

37

43

*298

96

360

d50

d40

d35

d35

d30

d30

d25

d25

d25

d25

d25

d25

1,386

46.2

0.885

0.99

May

d25

d25

d30

27

24

24

27

31

24

23

22

21

20

*19

21

21

20

19

18

18

18

19

20

17

17

17

17

19

18

39 

33

693

22.4

0.429

0.49

June

19

40

30

21

19

18

16

15

15

15

14

13

12

17

27

17

16

14

*24

18

19

16

14

13

14

12

19

13

12

14

526

17.5

0.335

0.37

July

9.4

11

in

28

28

18

15

12

*12

14

9.6

12

10

12

7.4

13

17

26

11

15

16

8.0

11

14

22

15

10

11

8.7

11

9 1 1

426.2

13.7

0.262

0.30

Aug.

11

7.2

11

11

7.2

13

*10

13

8.6

8.8

8.4

4.8

9.6

7.4

5.8

8.6

3.0

9.1

3.5

12

44

14

12

8.8

8.8

6.8

12

7.4

9.6

6.4 

7.7

310.5

10.0

0.192

0.22

Sept.

6.G

8.0

19

8.3

10

18

19

10

9.1

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.5

9.8

6.0

6.2

11

4.0

8.8

7.8

7 . 2

6.8

2.3

9.8

8.4

17

43

26

14

13

344.0

11.5

0.220

O.Z5

Calendar year 1955: Ma 

Water year 1955-56: Max

710

298

Min 

Mir

14

2.3

Mean 

Mean

38.6

22.5

Cfsm 0.739 In. 10.05 

Cfsm 0.431 In. 5.86

Peak discharge (base. 600 cfsl.--Apr. 16 (5 a.m.) 710 cfs (4.53 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge estimated oil basis of records for station near Appomattc 

and Falling River near Naruna.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 91

Falling River near Naruna, Va.

Location. Lat 37°07', long 78°58', on left bank at upstream side of highway bridge, 

2 miles upstream from Little Falling River and 2-j miles northeast of Naruna, Campbell 

County.

Drainage area.--172 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1929 to January 1935, September 1941 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 412.32 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 12, 1929, to Jan. 15, 1935, chain gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge.--20 years (1929-34, 1941-56), 145 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,180 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.83 ft); minimum, 14 cfs Aug. 19, 20 (gage height, 2.36 ft).

1929-35, 1941-56: Maximum discharge, 15,800 cfs Sept. 18 or 19, 1944 (gage height, 

23.9 ft, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 6,100 cfs on basis of 

slope-area determinations at gage heights 23.9 and 26.5 ft; minimum, 3 cfs Oct. 9, 

1932 (gage height, 2.18 ft).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 26.5 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 22,000 

cfs, by slope-area determination).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1333: 1930, 1931-34(M), 1935.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except perlc 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic

of Ice effect (gage 

et per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 16

7 38

8 50

80

3.5

4.0

4.1

183

323

356

Fet. 17 to Sept. 30

3.5 

4.0 

7.0

203

358

1,430

Discharge, In cubic feet pe cond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

60

57

57

56

57

56

54

72

72

58

53

53

51

53

57

53

53

53

53

*53

53

53

50

54

51

53

57

54

60 

64

60

1,740

56.1

0.326

0.38

Nov.

57

57

58

60

57

57

61

66

60

67

113

67

60

58

57

58

56

50

64

84

64

58

57

57

56

58

57

58

54 

51

1,837

61.2

0.356

0.40

Dec .

53

57

57

60

61

57

57

56

57

63

56

53

b55

b60

*57

b50

b55

57

63

b55

b55

b50

b55

56

57

56

53

53

b55 

53

b55

1,737

56.0

0.326

0.38

Jan.

b60

b60

57

70

b65

b65

b60

b60

b60

56

63

58

56

51

50

50

50

50

53

58

53

51

57

54

50

51

48

53

57 

58

58

1,742

56.2

0.327

0.38

Feb.

50

57

89

195

218

348

326

145

109

96

94

106

85

77

75

70

151

162

121

108

91

83

77

79

114

119

94

91

79

3 , 509

121

0.703

0.76

Mar.

J75

75

82

138

94

87

83

116

106

87

91

89

112

271

226

516

384

226

212

158

130

*119

108

102

93

91

87

82

87 

93

80

4,300

139

0.808

0.93

Apr.

77

77

77

77

21

86

170

138

102

91

201

358

183

140

160

1.080

320

209

168

138

119

112

104

94

93

93

93

91

B9 

83

4,897

163

0.948

1.06

May

79

85

93

89

79

77

80

91

74

72

*69

68

63

62

62

63

58

59

58

55

52

56

62

55

51

50

48

52

55

48

104

2,069

66.7

0.388

0.45

June

55

77

106

62

52

51

50

46

45

43

43

40

38

35

47

48

86

47

58

52

55

48

42

36

34

35

52

35

33 

33

1,484

49.5

0.288

0.32

July

32

29

25

27

62

38

40

34

36

36

28

27

*29

38

25

29

29

58

36

39

50

35

28

40

11

47

38

30

29 

29

29

1,126

36.3

0.211

0.24

Aug.

28

28

51

40

29

33

»34

31

25

24

21

22

19

19

19

20

18

17

16

41

104

50

30

21

22

20

23

20

20 

19

18

882

28.5

0.166

0.19

Sept.

18

11

38

20

22

42

62

32

25

21

21

21

21

20

20

18

20

18

17

*19

18

18

18

17

22

38

200

66

43

38

970

52.3

0.188

0.21

Calendar year 1955: Max 

Water year 1955-56 : Max

3,610

1,060

Mean

Mean

134

71.8

Cfsm 0.779 

Cfsm 0.417

In. 

In.

10.63

5.70

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 cfs). Apr. 16 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice

3:30 a.m.) 2,180 cfs (8.83 ft).
92 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Cub Creek at Phenix, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°05', long 78°46', on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 4U, 0.9 mile west of Phenix, Charlotte County, 2 miles downstream from Rough 

Creek, and 6 miles upstream from Louse Creek.

Drainage area. 102 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 370.19 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 14, 1950, staff gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge.--10 years, 95.9 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 430 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 4.44 ft); minimum, 10 cfs Aug. 20 (gage height, 0.93 ft).

1946-56: Maximum discharge, 2,720 cfs Dec. 4, 1948 (gage height, 13.0 ft, from graph 

based on gage readings); minimum, 6.5 cfs Sept. 7, 1954 (gage height, 0.86 ft).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 17.5 ft, from floodmark.

Remarks.--Records except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Revisions (water years) .--WSP 1333: 1947(M), 1948, 1949(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1 to Apr. 17

1.4

1.7

2.0 

4.0

Apr. 18 to Sept. 30

0.9 7.5

1.0 12

1.3 31

2.0 96

3.0 222

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

02t.

65

43

39

38

37

37

37

43

56

41

39

37

36

41

42

39

37

37

37

*37

36

36

36

37

39

39

38

39

39

42 

40

1,239

40.0

0.392

0.45

Nov.

39

39

40

42

40

40

40

43

43

46

104

65

51

48

46

45

 43

41

48

68

51

48

46

46

44

50

48

47

44

42

1,437

47.9

0.470

0.52

Dee.

40

44

46

46

IS

45

43

43

43

48

b40

*b35

b30

b35

b35

b30

b35

40

40

40

b35

b35

40

40

39

39

b35

b30

b30

b30 

36

1,195

38.5

0.377

0.43

Jan.

36

36

36

36

36

36

b30

b30

36

35

39

40

38

39

39

40

39

38

*38

AS

42

40

42

42

39

40

39

38

38

41 

42

1,182

38.1

0.374

0.43

Feb.

38

40

64

121

186

180

295

236

101

81

71

72

*62

57

54

52

75

104

85

71

62

54

50

50

75

80

64

60

53

------

2,593

89.4

0.876

0.94

Mar.

48

49

49

73

67

62

53

64

89

64

60

60

64

116

166

194

355

236

166

116

92

 79

71

67

60

57

55

53

52

55 

49

2,841

91.6

0.898

1.04

Apr.

48

47

47

47

44.

49

121

128

80

64

106

250

186

100

97

*236

348

136

103

90

81

76

72

68

66

65

66

62

62

56

3,001

100

0.980

1.09

Hay

62

62

70

69

61

57

59

82

62

56

 54

52

49

47

46

57

46

44

43

42

40

40

44

39

36

35

35

36

38

35

52

1,550

50.0

0.490

0.56

June

41

61

98

54

44

39

38

35

33

32

31

28

28

27

27

26

25

30

62

39

*36

34

30

25

23

22

22

22

20

19

1,051

35.0

0.343

0.38

July

17

17

16

16

45

43

41

29

*27

57

31

25

23

29

23

20

33

83

35

30

33

26

23

33

80

63

33

29

25

23 

22

1,030

33.2

0.325

0.37

Aug.

21

21

23

21

20

21

*23

35

23

19

17

16

15

14

14

14

13

12

11

30

72

65

29

23

21

19

19

18

17

16

16

698

22.5

0.221

0.25

Sept.

14

16

18

17

23

25

68

32

22

19

19

18

17

16

14

14

*14

13

13

13

14

13

13

13

18

24

96

71

41

31

739

24.6

0.241

0.27

Calendar year 1955: Max 

Water year 1955-56: Max

Peak dlscharee (base, 1

1,650 

355

,000 cfs)

* Discharge measurement made on 

b Stage-discharge relation affec

Min 20 

Min 11

. No peak ab< 

this day. 

ted by ice.

Mean 

Mean

Dve base.

78.2 

50.7

Cfsm 

Cfsm

0.767 

0.497

In. 10, 

6,

.39 

.73
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 93

Roanoke River at Randolph, Va.

Location. Lat 36°54'54", long 78°44'28", on right bank 14 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 746 (renumbered), 2.8 miles northwest of Randolph, Charlotte County, 

3.6 miles upstream from Roanoke Creek, and at mile 227.3.

Drainage area.--3.OOP sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--August 1900 to August 1906, October 1927 to March 1930, and October 

1950 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. Prior to January 1905, published as Staunton River at Randolph. Records prior to August 1906, republished in 

Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin 31, with some revisions and corrections.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 307.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Aug. 27, 1900, to Oct. 13, 1902, wire-weight 

gage at site 3.2 miles downstream at different datum. Oct. 14, 1902, to Aug. 11, 1906, 

and Oct. 1, 1927, to Mar. 31, 1930, wire-weight or chain gage at site of original gage 

at datum 3.87 ft lower than present datum.

Average discharge.--11 years (1902-5, 1927-29, 1950-56), 3,08

cfs Apr. 17

cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 14, ;age height, 19.62 ft); minimum daily, 300 cfs Sept. 20.

1900-1906, 1927-30, 1950-56: Maximum discharge, about 80.000 cfs Dec. 30, 1901 

(gage height, 34.0 ft site and datum then in use); minimum, 256 cfs Sept. 16, 1954 

(gage height, 3.88 ft).

Flood of Aug. 16, 1940, reached a stage of 41.6 ft (discharge, 150,000 cfs), from 

information by Corps of Engineers.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record,

which are fair. Records of chemical analyses, water temperatures, and sediment loads

for the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1203: 1927-30. See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods when rate of change in stage was 

used as a factor (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

750

2,180

18.0

20.0

12,200

15,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,330

1,160

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,020

1,160

1,220

1,260

1,160

1,080

1,050

1,020

1,050

*1,120

1,120

1,080

1,050

1,020

990

990

960

990

990

960

960

990 

990

1,020

33,050

1,066

0.355

0.41

Nov.

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,080

1,360

1,540

1,500

*1,360

1,260

1,220

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,220

1,300

1,300

1,260

1,220

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190 

1,160

35,750

1,192

0.397

0.44

Dec.

1,120

1,080

1,050

1,120

1,190

1,220

1,260

1,220

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,160

1,080

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,260

1,220

1,080

1,050

1,080

1,260

1,260

1,160

1,080

1,020 

990

1,050

34,870

1,125

0.375

0.43

Jan.

990

990

1,020

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,020

960

870

930

1,160

1,190

1,080

1,020

*990

960

990

1,020

1,020

1,050

1,080

1,050

1,050

1,080

1,050

1,020

990

960 

990

1,080

31,810

1,026

0.342

0.39

Feb.

1,060

1,080

1,120

1,740

3,100

4,460

6,430

6 , 710

4,820

3,400

2,620

2,440

2,260

2,180

1,980

1,820

1,780

2,100

2,440

2,530

2,350

2,180

1,940

1,780

1,860

2,020

2,260

2,260

2,100

74,840

2,581

0.860

0.93

Mar.

1,900

1,780

1,660

1,740

1,860

1,740

1,660

1,660

1,980

2,020

1,980

1,940

1,860

2,260

3,400

4,730

7,280

6,430

*5,000

4,100

3,500

3,000

2,620

2,350

2,180

2,020

1,900

1,820

1,740

1,780 

1,740

81,630

2,633

0.878

1.01

Apr.

1,660

1,580

1,540

1,540

1,500

1,580

2,100

3,200

3,800

3,000

3,000

5,320

5.640

4,640

3,800

k7,610

14,100

k7,840

5,800

4,640

3,800

3,300

2,900

2,620

2,350

2,260

2,180

2,100

2,020 

1,900

109,320

3,644

1.21

1.35

May

1,860

1,780

1,940

1,980

2,020

1,980

1,860

1,900

1,820

1,620

1,500

1,470

1,440

1,360

*1,330

1,620

1,360

1,300

1,220

1,190

1,120

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,190

1,190

1,050

990

1,020 

1,050

1,080

44,480

1,435

0.478

0.55

June

1,190

1,260

1,470

2,100

1,820

1,400

1,190

1,080

1,020

960

930

SOO

870

840

810

750

780

870

900

960

1,050

1,050

1,080

1,050

990

840

810

780

700 

650

31,100

1,037

0.346

0.39

July

630

600

575

585

645

700

780

870

*870

930

930

840

700

640

595

555

a550

a550

550

540

,280

,780

,080

,020

,020

a950

a900

a850

a800 

a750

a700

24.765

799

0.266

0.31

Aug.

675

640

615

700

780

810

725

675

640

*a500

a480

a460

a450

a460

a 500

a460

a48O

a500

a520

a580

3640

a680

a740

810

635

545

495

a400

3370 

a350

a35O

17,665

570

0.190

0.22

Sept.

a370

3380

a400

a370

a400

3500

675

1,300

840

810

610

525

470

3450

343O

3400

*a380

a360

3330

a500

3310

a330

a330

a350

3400

415

960

7.560

6,080 

3,100

29,935

998

0.333

0.37

Calendar year 1955: Max 36,700 Min 810 Mean 2,759 Cfsm 0.920 In. 12.47

Water year 1955-56: Max 14,100 Min 300 Mean 1,501 Cfsm 0.500 In. 6.80

Pe3k dlschsrge (bsse, 20,000 cfs). No pesk sbove base. 

* Dischsrge measurement made on this day. 

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 2 discharge measurements and 

records for stations at Altavists snd Brooknesl.

k Computed by using rate of chsnge in stage as a factor.
94 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va.

Location. Lat 36°55'49", long 78 0 39'56", on right bank at downstream side of highway 

bridge, 500 ft northwest of Saxe, Charlotte County, and 4 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--162 sq ml.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 322.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 21, 1950, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--10 years, 118 ofs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 870 ofs Apr. 13 (gage height, 8.52 ft); minimum 

observed, 2.5 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 0.98 ft).

1946-56: Maximum discharge, 4,710 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 13.58 ft); no 

flow for part of Sept. 18, 1954, from information by local observer.

Flood of Aug. 16, 1940, reached a stage of 25.7 ft (backwater from Roanoke River), 

from floodmark.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1333: 1949.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (j

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 4 to Nov. 20, Sept. 27-30)

Oct. 1 to May 16

2.2 

2.5 

3.0 

5.0

6.0 281

7.0 400

8.0 680

9.0 1,110

May 17 to Sept. 30

0.9 

1.0 

1.3 

1.5

1.4

2.8

9.5

15

2.0 32

2.5 52

3.0 81

6.0 281

ubie feet per ond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

S3

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

55

153

150

72

50

42

37

38

39

46

43

38

34

35

114

174

*90

58

48

43

40

37

36

36

37

38

40

40

40

44

44

1,851

59.7

0.369

0.43

Nov.

47

45

42

41

40

40

40

42

43

50

87

118

102

*72

60

56

51

46

54

61

72

66

59

55

54

62

64

66

59

54

1,748

58.3

0.360

0.4O

Der.

52

49

52

56

.§!

59

56

54

53

57

61

*b55

b45

b40

b45

b45

b40

b45

48

b50

b45

b45

42

48

52

54

50

b40

b35

37

b35

1,506

48.6

O.IOO

0.35

Jan.

b40

b40

41

42

b40

b40

b40

b35 b3B"

40

58

75

7?

62

53

50

47

46

46

49

52

52

50

52

52

49

b45

b40

40

47

54

1,484

47.9

0.296

0.34

Feb.

52

51 64

181

323

432

680 '685

379

209

150

128

*118

99

84

78

84

139

209

167

125

102

84

78

102

136

128

111

99

5,272

182

1.12

1.21

Mar.

84

78

78

87

99

90

81

84

111

114

93

81

78

111

195

374

750

615

*348

249

174

125

108

99

87

81

75

'n72

78

75

4,846

156

0.963

1.11

Apr.

66

64

62

62

61

89

217

273

257

156

208

680

750 "362

199

289

450

362

195

125

102

90

84

75

69

66

66

66

64

60

--------

5,669

189

1.17

1.30

May

57

58

81

96

84

66

62

146

225

150

78

63

56

51

*58

352

253

135

74

59

52

50

48

47

44

40

38

38

38

38

3jj

2,673

86.2

0.532

0.61

June

34

87

162 T4"8

78

52

45

20

37

35

33

30

28

26

24

24

24

23

29

36

34

33

30

27

27

23

22

21

20

18

-- -- -

1,250

41.7

0.257

0.29

July

17

16

15

TG

21

28

22

21

*22

31

36

29

22

21

20

18

18

22

42 36

30

31

26

28

28

32

34

26

22

21

19

770

24.8

0.153

0.18

Aug.

16

15

16

16

15

14

20

25

28

*20

16

16

15

17

16

13

11

9.5

9.8

14

24

 2s 31

21

16

14

13

12

11

10

9.2

511.5

16.5

0.102

0.12

Sept.

8.2

7.8

10

26

20

17

16

16

15

13

12

11

10

8.8

6.1

4.8

*3.6

2.7

277

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.0

8.4

17

18

27

^

326.3

10.9

0.067

0.07

Calendar year 1955; Max 3,720 Min 8.8 Mean 124 Cfsm 0.765 In. 10.43

Water year 1955-56: Max 750 Min 2.7 Mean 76.2 Cfsm 0.47O In. 6.41

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 95

Dan River near Francisco, N. C.

Locabion.--Lat 36°30 I 54", long 80°18'12", on left bank 200 ft upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 704, an eighth of a mile downstream from Georges Mill, 3 miles east of 

Francisco, Stokes County, and 7.9 miles downstream from Little Dan River.

Drainage area.--124 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1924 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 820 ft (from topographic map). Prior 

to Nov. 15, 1929, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--32 years, 183 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3.050 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 5.60 ft); minimum, 21 cfs Jan. 8 (gage height, 0.83 ft); minimum daily, 39 cfs Aug. 26.

1924-56: Maximum discharge, 12,400 cfs Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 12.45 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 8,500 cfs; minimum, 7.1 cfs Sept. 8, 1932 (gage height, 

0.43 ft); minimum daily, 30 cfs Sept. 18, 20, 1932.

Flood in 1916 reached a stage about 3 ft higher than that of Oct. 19, 1937.

Revisions.--Figures of maximum discharge for the water years 1926 and 1928 have 

been revised to 2,720 cfs Jan. 18, 1926 (gage height, 5.0 ft, from graph based on gage 

readings) and 9,850 cfs Aug. 16, 1923 (gage height, 11.0 ft, from graph based on gage 

readings), superseding those published in WSP 622 and 662, respectively.

Remarks. Records fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation by

Pinnacles powerplant and 2 reservoirs 28 miles above station with a combined capacity 

of 416,000,000 cu ft.

Revisions.--WSP 892: Drainage area. Revised figures of discharge in cubic feet per 

second, for the water years 1925-26, 1928-29, 1931, 1942, and 1948, superseding those 

published in WSP 602, 622, 662, 682, 712, 952, and 1112, are given herewith:

Date

1924

Dec. 8

9

1925

Dec. 28

29

30

31

1926

Jan. 1

2

18

Discharge

3,230

1,510

85

80

75

75

80

85

1,690

Date

1927

Nov. 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

1928

Oct. 23

24

25

Discharge

400

250

150

120

110

105

100

95

250

400

300

Date

1928-Con.

Oct. 26

27

28

29

1930

Dec. 18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Discharge

250

230

230

220

60

65

90

80

75

70

65

Date

1930-Con.

Dec. 25

26

31

1931

Jan. 1

2

3

1942

May 23

1948

Mar. 4

Discharge

60

80

80

80

85

85

351

213

Month

December 1924. ...........

Water year 1924-25.....

Calendar year 1925.....

Water year 1925-26..... 

Calendar year 1926.....

Calendar year 1927..... 

Water year 1927-28.....

Calendar year 1928..... 

Water year 1928-29-----

Calendar year 1930.....

Water year 193O-31..... 

Calendar year 1931.....

Water year 1941-42..... 

Calendar year 1942.....

Water year 1947-48..... 

Calendar year 1948.....

Cfs-days

-

-

_

.

-

.

:

67,953

76,341

73,291

72,535

Maximum

3,230 

3,230

522

1,690

6,460

6,460 

1,510

998

451

882

882

91B

1,890 

1,890

l,36j 

1,380

Minimum

93 

35

35

31

48

2O4

90 

107

31

36 

44

91

60 

80

126

48 

48

Mean

319

167

141

119 

t!28

t!58

256

259

254 

235

123

115

113

186 

209

200 

198

Per square 

mile

2.57 

1.35

1.14

.960 

1.03

1.27 

2.06

2.05 

1.90

.992

.927 

.911

.52

.50

.69

.39

.51 

.60

Runoff in 

inches

2.97 

18.23

15.37

13.02 

14.04

95

17.26 

28.06

27.90

25.69

13.48

12.55 

12.40

1.75

20.36

22.88

2.30

21.98 

21.75

t Partly estimated.
96 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

an River near Francisco, N. C. Continued

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

0.9 

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.8

30

52

80

118

190

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

284

462

750

1,490

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

105

103

73

84

74

70

74

119

T52

76

70

67

68

86

77

94

72

69

71

70

71

68

92

68

66

69

*66

64

82

72

2,438

78.6

0.634

0.73

Nov.

70

66

65

7T

70

91

68

65

67

76

94

76

93

83

76

71

70

72

92

111

78

70

71

74

77

85

82

*77

72 

77

2,310

77.0

0.621

0.69

Dec.

103

78

84

96

90

76

74

77

87

90

92

106

125

112

99

131

T2T

105

98

80

87

116

91

81

77

74

98

77

85 

72

75

2,857

92.2

0.744

0.86

Jan.

88

95

93

72

69

71

71

73

*110

104

82

76

71

65

81

78

80

86

70

66

65

67

67

74

66

66

65

71

70

79 

71

2,362

76.2

0.615

0.71

Feb.

64

75

104

125

110

234

176

109

93

89

91

96

89

77

76

74

82

98

91

94

78

74

*76

72

87

85

82

78

72

2,751

94.9

0.765

O.83

Mar.

71

7T

74

85

79

72

71

82

85

74

82

85

84

124

129

490

260

172

148

125

114

102

102

96

93

93

85

84

87 

84

80

3,483

112

0.903

1.04

Apr.

80

84

*113

103

99

158

167

130

128

114

204

257

191

169

206

1,550

372

283

230

186

196

180

176

188

185

181

183

177

160

159

6,409

214

1.73

1.92

May

182

176

194

202

162

148

162

150

143

141

128

117

104

95

113

113

98

97

93

98

82

86

98

94

89

84

92

86

86 

84

87

3,684

119

0.960

1.10

June

90

126

111

93

81

82

77

75

77

103

99

76

67

71

71

71

86

77

69

67

71

72

72

66

70

71

87

63

65 

62

2,368

78.9

0.636

0.71

July

65

67

59

95

79

*77

85

80

106

108

73

67

66

75

65

82

91

74

68

72

96

74

72

72

72

68

67

68

71

lil 

65

2,395

77.3

0.623

0.72

Aug.

61

62

66

63

64

65

63

52

53

56

53

81

62

52

49

60

54

54

55

56

~6l 151

*49

143

42

39

47

43

44

43 

50

1,896

61.2

0.494

0.59

Sept.

62

56

62

59

60

64

80

55

50

57

57

51

50

48

43

47

55

53

44

40

*40

42

42

55

71

309

592

259

152

93

2,748

91.6

0.739

0.82

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,160 win 6O Mean 158 Cfsm 1.27 In. 17.32

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,350 win 39 Mean 97.5 Cfsm 0.786 In. 10.72

Peak discharge (base. 2.000 efsl. Apr. 16 (5:20 a.m.) 3,050 cfs (5.60 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 97 

North Mayo River near Spencer, Va.

Location.--Lat 36 tt .34'05", long 79°59'15", on left bank 800 ft downstream from highway 

bridge at Moores Mill, 2 miles downstream from Horse Pasture Creek, and 4 miles southeast of Spencer, Henry County.

Drainage area.--108 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 730.94 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Jan. 23, 1936, chain gage at site 800 ft upstream at 

datum 1.50 ft higher. July 25 to Sept. 27, 1936, staff gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge.--26 years (1929-35, 1936-56), 118 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,680 cfs Apr. 16, Sept. 27; maximum gage height, 

5.16 ft Apr. 16; minimum discharge, 14 cfs Aug. 11 (gage height, 1.10 ft).

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 17,200 cfs Oct. 9, 1947 (gage height, 15.80 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,200 cfs by logarithmic plotting on basis of velocity-area 

study; minimum, that of Aug. 11, 1956.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.1 

1.3

1.6 

1.9

61

120

2.5

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

292

478

975

1,570

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

45

46

42

*41

40

40

39

ST

57

4T

41

40

39

48

51

44

42

41

41

40

40

40

40

40

39

39

40 

40

44

52

44

1,330

42.9

0.397

0.46

Nov.

42

*41

¥2

42

42

42

44

46

44

48

72

ST

47

46

46

45

44

42

48

52

45

44

44

44

46

57

52 

46

44

*47

1,396

46.5

0.431

0.48

Dec.

57~£§

45

46

48

45

42

42

44

45

44

b40

b40

b40

b40

39 bTB"

b45

b45

46

44

b40

b40

45

42

42

42 

46

b40

41

b40

1,348

43.5

0.403

0.46

Jan.

b40

b40

b40

40

38

37

38

b40

b40

48

41

40

37

37

39

41

42

42

b40

41

41

40

41

44

42

41

40 

b40

42

42

44

1,258

40.6

0.376

0.43

Feb.

41

15

67

136

128

296

*?36

108

85

71

79

91

71

63

61

58

58

69

66

61

57

54

53

56

77

72

66 

64

56

2,446

84.3

0.781

0.84

Mar.

54

5T

54

64

57

56

56

64

63

57

60

61

*60

99

108

532

ZWf

146

113

91

77

72

69

66

61

58

58 

57

56

57

54

2,831

91.3

0.845

0.97

Apr.

52 "53

79

66

56

248

310

141

104

*91

182

303

154

120

130

1.050

26C165

128

108

97

89

83

79

75

75

74 

71

69

71

4,563

152

1.41

1.57

May

77

72

87

17

74

69

67

63

61

60

58

57

54

53

53

74

54

53

51

49

48

48

51

52

48

47

47 

47

*49

45

42

1,797

58.0

0.537

0.62

June

42

64

81

ST

47

44

42

40

39

39

39

37

37

39

35

36

45

52

52

45

46

47

72

46

*39

38

48 

39

36

34

1,351

45.0

0.417

0.47

July

39

34

36

47

46

37

41

37

40

54

39

34

32

34

32

32

35

32

31

41

42

35

32

*28

28

28

27 

Z3

29

32

27

1,090

35.2

0.326

0.38

Aug.

26

25

27

24

24

23

20

18

17

17

17

19

21

18

15

66

27

21

30

24

91ts

32

27

25

24

24 

23

*22

22

21

836

27.0

0.250

0.29

Sept.

20

19

52

41

37

58

38

35

28

26

25

24

24

23

21

20

18

20

20

20

20

20

20

*19

21

159

1,500 

339

123

85

2,675

89.2

0.826

0.92

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,120 Min 36 Mean 87.9 Cfsm 0.814 In. 11.05

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,300 Min 15 Mean 62.6 Cfsm 0.580 In. 7.89

Peak discharge (base. 1,400 efs). Apr. 16 (12 m.) 1,680 cfs (5.16 ft); Sept. 27 (1 p.m.) 1,680 cfs 

(5.13 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
98 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Mayo River near Price, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°32'00", long 79°59'30", on right bank 300 ft downstream from Anglins 

Bridge, half a mile downstream from confluence of North and South Mayo Rivers, threequarters of a mile downstream from Virginia-North Carolina State line, and 4 miles 

west of Price, Rockinghara County.

Drainage area.--260 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1929 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 689.95 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 29, 1929, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--27 years, 315 cfs.

Extremes.--1931-32: Maximum discharge during water year, 7.300 cfs Mar. 6 (gage height, 

7.01 ft); minimum, 34 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 0.52 ft).

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 4,450 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 

5.95 ft); minimum, 35 cfs Aug. 11, Sept. 25 (gage height, 0.58 ft).

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 30,000 cfs Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 14.00 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 8,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 32 cfs Oct. 8, 

1954 (gage height, 0.55 ft).

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the water year 1949 has been corrected to 

5,270 cfs Aug. 29, 1949 (gage height, 6.31 ft), superseding figure published in 

WSP 1142. Figures of minimum discharge for the water years 1930 and 1931 have been 

revised to 39 cfs Sept. 4, 1930 (gage height, 0.56 ft) and 54 cfs Oct. 6, 1930 (gage 

height, 0.68 ft), superseding figures published in WSP 697 and 712, respectively.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Slight 

infrequent diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mills above station.

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge for the water year 1932, superseding those published in WSP 727, are given herein.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1931 to September 1932

Day

1

2

3

4

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

85

90

88

84

81

74

84

75

75 

85

82

85

81

82

90

80

75

73

69

87

80

80

82

81

81

77

73

81

T5"6 129

106

2,621

84.5

0.325

0.37

Nov.

108

TbT

92

90

88

90

93

90

93

97

92

97

90

90

102

93

87

106

90

95

106

102

102

101

101

99

99

97

95

92

2,878

95.9

0.369

0.41

Dec.

90

92

95

133

141

116

106

95

144 

203

155

137

130

190

160

135

128

130

124

124

120

114

327

210

178

158

153

148

137

133

167

5,073

164

0.631

0.73

Jan.

609

272

207

186

172

350

1,280

775

1.520 

761

428

280

255

249

229

217

202

196

188

177

175

170

167

165

160

155

186

172

167

476

323

10,669

344

1.32

1.53

Feb.

236

239

426

510

363

292

259

246

232 

220

214

236

249

217

211

208

205

202

186

172

172

229

199

183

175

172

172

170

165

6,757

233

0.896

0.97

Mar.

165

160

160

372

*28B

5 _, 500

1,120

609

510 

400

341

323

301

271

246

242

239

232

217

211

211

652

460

336

288

262

454

2,110

554

390

556

16,180

522

2.01

2.31

Apr.

620

450

375

332

305

288

267

297

1,140 

570

1.200

650

482

444

380

336

318

297

284

271

262

259

249

246

246

259

246

229

226

220

11,748

392

1.51

1.68

May

-Ssz 292

226

*214

208

205

199

191

208 

280

226

239

229

205

196

188

188

202

199

186

180

183

175

167

162

158

205

282

172

155

150

6,332

204

0.785

0.91

June

150

144

141

141

133

130

130

126

124 

124

148

450

292

695

We

214

236

280

220

211

433

211

194

165

150

144

*257

186

167

148

6,420

214

0.823

0.92

July

160

180

141

137

133

133

144

167

122 

114

108

106

102

106

118

136

347

148

122

110

97

102

126

106

110

95

132

370

148

137

110

4,367

141

0.542

0.62

Aug.

99

214

191

144

126

546

568

172

141 

130

106

110

102

101

93

32

93

114

128

101

99

90

88

78

75

72

62

62

62

64

*60

4,183

135

0.519

0.60

Sept.

58

54

57

82

224

106

86

58

60 

47

62

47

62

47

62

49

64

52

39

53

*50

72

69

101

88

63

97

T2"2 228

102

2,361

78.7

0.303

0.34

Calendar year 1931 : Max 2,340 Min 69 Mean 198 Cfsm 0.762 In. 10.36

Water year 1931-32: Max 3,500 Min 39 Mean 217 Cfsm 0.835 In. 11.39

Peak discharge (base. 5.500 cfs). Mar. 6 (5:40 p.m.) 7.3OO cfs (7.01 ft); Mar. 28 (6 a.m.) 

4,050 cfs (5.41 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Discharge Nov. 22-26, 28-3O, Dec. 27-31, Jan. 2-4, 6-13 estimated on basis of recorded 

range in stage, observer's readings, and records for Dan River neap Francisco.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Mayo River near Price, N. C.--Continued

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.5 

.6 

1.0 

1.4 

1.9

103

192

395

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

720

1,060

1,900

3,020

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16 

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

117

132

117

114

110

110

110

123

IZS

125

114

*110 

105

148

144

123 

117

114

116

110

108

108

107

108

105

105

107

107

119

144

117

3,665

118

0.454

0.52

Nov.

112

110

110

112

110

110

114

119

*116

125

181

140 

129

125

121

121 

117

112

125

144

123

119

119

121

121

158

136

127

121

114

3,712

124

0.477

0.53

Dec .

112

129

121

123

132

121

117

*117

119

127

117

blOO 

bl56"

b!20

b!20

b!20 

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

b!20

121

117

116

114

blOO

bllO

116

bllO

3,659

118

0.454

0.52

Jan.

blOO

blOO

blOO

bllO

bllO

110

112

bllO

bllO

bllO

117

*110

108

105

101

bllO 

bllO

bllO

117

119

116

bllO

bl!5

125

123

119

112

112

121

121

 132

3,485

112

0.431

0.50

Feb.

119

1ST

190

340

336

679 ?6"2"

314

235

208

208

246 

202

184

176

165 

165

187

189

181

*178

168

160

163

208

208

189

187

170

6,744

233

0.896

0.96

Mar.

163

160

160

187

173

165

160

178

195

173

173

184 

176

235

292

*1.200 

882

450

340

272

246

214

205

198

181

173

170

163

163

165

156

7,952

257

0.988

1.14

Apr.

151

149

192

*181

158

577

675

309

242

211

465

682 

360

288

503

2.600 

716

440

345

296

256

246

228

211

205

202

198

189

187

192

11,654

388

1.49

1.67

May

221

205

228

228

195

189

184

178

160

163

163

158 

154

149

144

189 

156

144

140

134

134

132

132

134

127

123

123

125

*125

123

117

4,877

157

0.604

0.70

June

114

165

216

142

132

125

112

112

110

110

154

116 

105

101

96

96 

136

132

127

117

121

121

168

127

105

98

151

108

92

85

3,694

123

0.473

0.53

July

98

87

87

122

205

149

121

110

108

184

127

90 

87

92

90

87 

103

94

*90

112

121

101

87

80

87

94

75

78

76

169

90

3,301

106

0.408

0.47

Aug.

78

75

82

75

75

66

54

46

42

59

40

70

62

46

39

227 

87

66

76

70

*399

171

103

89

76

70

63

89

180

75

71

2,801

90.4

0.348

0.40

Sept.

63

57

99

118

103

194

127

107

80

71

68

66 

63

60

54

48 

44

46

48

48

48

48

44

42

36

468

5.020

826

336

211

6,643

221

0.850

0.95

Calendar year 19:55: Max 3,740 Mln 99 Mean 247 Cfsm 0.950 In. 12.91

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,020 Min 36 Mean 170 Cfsm 0.654 In. 8.89

Peak discharge (base, 5.500 of a.). Apr. 16 (5 a.m.) 4,450 cfs (5.95 ft); Sept. 27 (7 a.m.) 4,000 

cfs (5.67 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
100 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Dan River near Wentworth, K. C.

Location. Lat 36°25', long 79"50', on right bank 600 ft downstream from Settles Bridge 

3s miles northwest of Wentworth, Rocklngham County, and 7 2 miles downstream from May

River.

Mayo

Drainage area.--1.050 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 518 ft (by barometer). Prior to Aug. 3, 

1949, at site 150 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 17 years, 1,132 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,800 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 18.18 ft); minimum, 88 cfs Sept. 23 (gage height, 0.99 ft); minimum daily, 136 cfs Sept. 23.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 56,800 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 27.78 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 16,500 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of 

peak flow at gage height 26.9 ft and runoff comparisons; minimum, 65 cfs Oct. 8, 1954 

(gage height, 0.93 cfs); minimum daily, 107 cfs Oct. 2, 1954.

Flood in 1908 reached a stage about 7 ft higher than that of Sept. 18, 1945, and 

flood in 1937 reached a stage of 89.8 ft, from information by local residents.

Remarks.--Records fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation and regulation at low flow caused by 

powerplants above station.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 7 to Apr. 6)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 16 Apr. 17 to Sept. 30

2.0 278 6.0 2,350 1.2 125 4.0 1,060

2.5 456 9.0 4,650 1.5 185 6.0 2,200

3.0 663 12.0 7,500 2.0 310 9.0 4,540

4.0 1,120 16.0 11,800 2.5 460 12.0 7,500

3.0 639 16.0 11,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

"642 1,190

516

379

365

294

319

390

579

508

383

*336

319

347

460

394 

379

361

333

329

323

333

306

350

343

312

312

329

309 

409

444

12,593

406

0.387

0.45

Nov.

336

329

333

329

329

333

387

372

*372

375

621

558

433

456

413

402 

375

357

375

413

508

398

390

375

421

558

579

492

425

387

12,431

414

0.394

0.44

Dec.

350

413

444

444

529

476

436

417

429

456

440

421

329

ST9

421

429 

343

452

496

460

409

372

394

492

448

436

417

368

357 

452

372

13,081

422

C.402

0.46

Jan.

336

375

413

456

b75

372

379

312

300

368

488

*409

387

361

323

365 

379

361

394

452

417

343

406

456

448

429

409

372

375 

456

444

12,160

392

0.373

0.43

Feb.

448

448

666

2,200

2,520

3,580

4,130

*1,570

1,070

885

930

1,140

908

750

684

642 

621

706

795

795

*885

706

621

579

684

952

772

706

621

32,014

1,104

1.05

1.13

Mar.

558" 558

558

663

684

579

558

839

1,070

772

663

663

600

642

885

4,610 

5.880

1,930

1,330

1,040

885

795

750

706

663

621

600

600

579 

579

558

32,418

1,046

0.996

1.15

Apr.

500

516

621

*684

579

1,210

3,870

1,630

1,140

930

1,540

4,440

2,070

1,420

1,270

10,600 

5,910

2,000

1,520

1,240

1,060

964

942

836

796

810

796

770

756 

736

52,156

1,739

1.66

1.85

May

736

810

1,180

1.240

987

810

756

857

717

678

639

601

564

564

492

564 

601

492

460

444

460

428

428

428

428

397

458" 385

*428 

428

594

18,824

607

0.578

0.67

June

397

684

1.220

639

444

428

397

370

332

332

396

464

364

290

299

288 

290

373

341

327

327

330

316

341

313

258

258

310

252

223

11,603

387

0.369

0.41

July

221

245

252

218

497

476

476

338

332

460

460

299

260

248

285

285 

272

*310

299

304

310

361

285

238

255

514

382

279

238 

541

546

10,486

338

0.322

0.37

Aug.

304

277

587

364

282

252

230

207

185

170

152

187

230

207

181

651 

458

245

271

355

395

*820

382

279

223

203

225

200

266 

223

179

9,192

297

0.283

0.33

Sept.

168

181

268

520

288

335

370

316

242

242

185

205

187

183

168

146 

158

144

140

144

144

138

136

142

162

1,330

11.800

5,180

1,440 

857

25,919

864

0.823

0.92

Calendar year 1955: Max 17,800 Min 264 Mean 939 Cfsm 0.894 In. 12.16

Water year 1955-56: Max 11,800 Min 136 Mean 664 Cfsm 0.632 In. 8.61

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 cfs). , 

13,300 cfs (17720 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

16 (9:45 p.m.) 14,800 cfs (18.18 ft); Sept. 27 (7:30 p.m.)
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 101

Smith River near Philpott, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°47', long 80°02', on left bank 900 ft downstream from Philpott Dam, 

3.1 miles west of Philpott, Henry County, and 10.9 miles upstream from Reed Creek.

Drainage area.--S12 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 804.27 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark). Prior to Oct. 8, 1952, at site 1.9 miles downstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--10 years, 282 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,650 cfs July 17 (gage height, 5.48 ft); minimum, 5 cfs Mar. 2 (gage height, 1.67 ft); minimum daily, 44 cfs Mar. 3.

1946-56: Maximum discharge, 17,000 cfs June 29, 1949 (gage height, 20.3 ft, datum 

then in use), from rating curve extended above 9,700 cfs on basis of slope-area determinations at gage heights 18.2 and 20.3 ft; minimum, 4 cfs Aug. 12, 1953 (gage 

height, 1.50 ft); minimum daily, 39 cfs Feb. 22-24, 1953.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated since August 1950 by Philpott Reservoir (usable 

capacity, 145,200 acre-ft).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

' discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.1 

2.3 

2.6 

2.9 

3.4

125

215

430

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

60

60

260

264

262

266

265

60

60

272

266

264

260

265

59

59

270

280

403

388

272

59

59

270

266

274

274

270

60 

60

271

6,478

209 

-114

Nov.

282

*276

276

271

59

59

262

266

274

264

270

59

59

268

270

273

262

274

57

57

260

262

262

260

271

59

59

306

266

6,423

214 

-127

Dec.

284

288

60

60

276

282

278

276

267

60

60

272

323

274

270

272

57

57

275

271

266

265

274

57

57

278

261

286

263

285

56

6,610

213 

-128

Jan.

56

270

303

288

290

279

60

59

279

281

271

278

273

59

59

286

281

277

286

296

60

60

289

286

294

288

298

60

60 

348

290

6,864

221 

-140

Feb.

298

302

300

63

63

306

287

294

296

288

62

63

289

289

268

276

277

52

52

278

284

280

286

276

52

55

356

388

382

6,762

233 

-33

Mar.

259

274

44

47

286

286

286

272

281

52

52

*278

288

296

288

288

49

49

274

283

290

282

276

52

52

328 278

289

289 

266

45

6,699

216 

-26

Apr.

45

295

342

321

290

290

45

45

289

288

319

285

289

46

46

274

338

324

28C

275

45

45

282

328

317

286

284

46

46 

280

6,685

223

+108

May

270

280

276

280

50

50

271

268

284

272

282

52

52

286

278

272

277

266

52

52

285

286

272

273

283

56

52

334

*304 

56

296

6,667

215 

-94

June

280

56

56

290

284

300

288

300

56

56

286

284

297

286

294

60

60

281

289

299

295

284

60

60

392

394

372

293

293 

55

6,900

230

-128

July

55

289

282

291

293

279

57

57

298

306

305

300

291

56

57

304

352

342

308

298

63

63

333

317

301

302

310

63

63 

300

295

7,230

233 

-148

Aug.

257

241

252

63

63

288

305

313

325

321

72

72

329

325

318

317

329

72

72

346

331

334

330

327

73

73

339

348

*344 

358

3j>5_

7,902

255 

-212

Sept.

70

70

150

152

154

148

150

68

68

132

128

130

134

131

133

132

136

134

130

131

132

132

134

148

*100

156

148

118

116 

113

3,778

126 

+14

Adjusted for change In contents In Philpott Reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

95 

0.488 

0.52

87 

0.410 

0.46

Calendar year 1955 : 

Water year 1955-56 :

85 

0.401 

0.46

81 

0.382 

0.44

200 

0.943 

1.02

190 

0.896 

1.03

331

1.56 

1.74

121 

0.571 

0.66

Observed

Max 403 Min 55 Mean 213 

Max 403 Min 44 Mean 216

102 

0.481 

0.54

85 

0.401 

0.46

43 

0.203 

0.23

140 

0.660 

0.74

Adjusted

Mean 210 Cfsm 0.991 In. 13.46 

Mean 130 Cfsm 0.613 In. 8.30

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 cfs). No peak above

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second, In Philpott Reservoir.
102 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Smith River at Bassett, Va.

Location. Lat 36°46'15", long 80°00 1 00", on left bank 5 ft upstream from highway bridge 

at north edge of North Bassett, 1.0 mile northwest of Bassett, Henry County, 3.0 miles 

downstream from Town Creek, and 5.6 miles upstream from Reed Creek.

Drainage area.--253 sq ml.

Records available.--April 1939 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 753.09 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average dIscharge.--17 years, 339 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,930 cfs July 17 (gage height, 5.50 ft); minimum, 19 cfs July 19 (gage height, 1.25 ft); minimum dally 61 cfs Mar. 3.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 26,600 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.28 ft); minimum, that of July 19, 1956; minimum dally, 56 cfs Sept. 11, 1954.

Maximum stage known, about 22.9 ft Oct. 19, 1937, from Information by local residents (discharge, 38,200 cfs, from rating curve extended above 24,000 cfs on basis of 

backwater studies and records for station at Martinsville).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record,

which are fair. Flow regulated since August 1950 by Philpott Reservoir (usable capacity, 145,200 acre-ft) .

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to June 25 June 26 to Sept. 30

1.3 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

106

305

580

920

1.6 

1.9 

2.4 

2.8

128

285

450

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

68

68

277

*290

282

296

290

92

79

302

300

294

292

300

77

75

292

305

436

?T8

296

72

72

300

294

302

297

308

79

79

297

7,229

233

-114

Nov.

312

305

297

308

77

77

307

304

302

308

316

79

77

302

306

304

303

297

77

75

309

322

320

323

328

79

77

373

3T8

*290

7,472

249

-127

Dec.

280

291

79

75

305

298

295

292

304

79

75

298

344

298

294

289

75

72

302

292

296

286

300

79

75

295

292

296

289

294

79

7,218

233

-128

Jan.

72

298

294

304

292

307

79

72

352

291

302

303

298

77

72

308

308

305

307

305

79

72

310

316

327

313

310

75

79

363

318

7,508

242

-140

Feb.

310

322

338

109

103

447

*346

330

311

307

92

87

313

310

304

-300

314

84

77

3lO

308

290

306

316

79

77

386

419

412

7,707

266

-33

Mar.

312

314

61

64

312

318

318

315

312

68

72

310

322

348

336

456

125

95

338

328

328

318

323

75

72

372

319

315

324

316

68

7,954

257

-26

Apr.

66 2'93

359

360

300

402

191

101

305

*362

464

417

348

105

110

770

4^0

393

326

330

95

90

307

358

344

306

306

84

77

322

8,711

290

+108

May

331

328

338

330

79

77

322

314

322

318

324

72

72

316

331

324

326

324

72

70

322

321

322

320

315

72

68

383

320

68

328

7,829

253

-94

June

327

92

82

339

326

330

324

330

68

68

328

332

328

328

326

85

79 '.40

348

336

344

343

77

72

400

400

370

350

350

70

7,892

263

-128

July

70

350

350

350

350

320

70

70

350

350

350

350

350

70

70

380

400

i21

372

366

123

79

353

*348

336

347

338

a75

a75

340

340

8,523

275

-148

Aug.

300

290

290

75

75

350

350

350

350

350

80

80

370

370

370

370

370

80

80

390

390

390

390

390

80

80

400

400

400

400

365

9,025

291

-212

Sept.

78

76

154

154

173

194

174

89

81

152

150

150

150

150

ICO

160

150

150

150

150

150

160

170

180

*182

200

400

200

151

137

4,775

159

+14

Adjusted for change in contents in Philpott Reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

119 

0.470 

0.54

122 

0.482 

0.54

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

105 

0.415 

0.48

102 

0.403 

0.46

233 

0.921 

0.99

231 

0.913 

1.05

398 

1.57 

1.75

159 

0.628 

0.72

Observed

Max 1,240 Min 68 Mean 254 

Max 770 Min 61 Mean 251

135 

0.534 

0.60

127 

0.502 

0.58

79 

0.312 

0.36

173 

0.684 

0.76

Adjusted

Mean 251 Cfsm 0.992 In. 13.49 

Mean 165 Cfsm 0.652 In. 8.83

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 cfs). Ho peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, In Philpott Reservoir.

Note. Doubtful or no gage-height record June 25 to July 17, July 28 to Aug. 30, Sept. 11-28; discharge estimated on basis of records for station near Philpott.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 103

Smith River at Martlnsville, Va.

Location. Lat 36°39'45", long 79°52'55", on right bank 800 ft downstream from bridge 

on U. S. Highways 58 and 220, at south edge of Martinsvllle, Henry County, and 

5.0 miles downstream from Beaver Creek.

Drainage area. 374 sq ml.

Records available. August 1929 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 657.22 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--27 years, 449 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,430 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.06 ft); minimum, 17 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 1.46 ft); minimum daily, 40 cfs Apr. 1.

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 39,000 cfs Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 21.50 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 14,000 cfs on basis of computations of flow over dam at 

gage heights 16.76 and 21.50 ft; minimum, 3.8 cfs Mar. 19, 1955 (gage height, 1.14 ft); 

minimum dally, 19 cfs Oct. 6, 1935.

Remarks.--Records good. Plow regulated since August 1950 by Phllpott Reservoir (usable 

capacity, 145,200 acre-ft). Some additional regulation by powerplant 1,000 ft above 

station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1032: 1933-35(M), 1936-39, 1940-41(P).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.0 

2.5

152

403

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

790

1,720

2,860

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

192

54

321

*359

373

332

353

210

114

346

362

354

345

386

208

47 

361

366

428

496

426

190

47

370

345

372

338

356

212 

47

368

9,078

293

-114

Nov.

270

392

374

382

268

57

306

401

386

396

439 294"

51

326

372

374 

372

380

284

54

338

370

404

347

380

315

54

356

384 

368

9,494

316

-127

Dec.

382

378

267

70

327

374

377

376

388

258

51

306

382

390

36F

359 

263

51

318

368

368

360

378

260

51

321

364

350

377 

568

254

9,502

307

-128

Jan.

51

soTT

373

*350

369

376

240

51

299

374

366

370

365

254

57

294 

363

354

400

386

175

120

328

387

374

407

380

234

87 

353

423

9,246

298

-140

Feb.

366

414

505

596

224

683

720 4"57

450

425

516

170

551

406

415

398 

441

516

133

352

413

594

402

405

294

124 4~2~9

516

513

11,426

394

-33

Mar.

480

599

197

110

562

416

599

412

597

196

88

384

384

484

480

935 

508

272

372

414

402

580

572

202

65

586

372

363

356 

362

174

11,123

359

-26

Apr.

40

32T

441

441

369

627

674

202

348

412

644

920

558

273

202

1,980 

680

571

458

396

254

112

290

364

422

385

361

250

46 

350

13,394

446

+108

May

386

354

416

407

190

79

370

352

355

338

370

168

69

326

411

385 

344

356

178

il

346

356

354

358

346

180

49

418

*3m 

138

350

9,180

296

-94

June

389

258

186

356

389

372

376

371

182

54

348

358

358

360

354

179 

103

358

400

372

406

386

184

54

439

496

35o

396

368 

186

9,418

314

-128

July

59

317

422

482

412

379

209

57

347

462

598

380

381

196

57

370

429

448

405

436

262

85

404

420

399

414

427

197

62 

376

383

10,070

325

-148

Aug.

317

344

378

174

59

556

390

376

394

385

159

68

408

394

400

593 

440

174

57

4l¥

625

434

464

423

194

57

429

420

444 

*426

460

10,634

343

-212

Sept.

162

59

23F

227

312

466

294

165

62

219

190

188

162

150

166

172 

191

170

168

188

182

181

171

*204

214

598

1,720

610

300 

183

8,310

277

+14

Adjusted for change In contents In Phllpott Reservoir

Mean

Cfsm 

In.

179 

0.479 

0.55

189 

0.505

0.56

Calendar year 1955 : 

Water year 1955-56 :

179 

0.479 

0.55

158 

0.422 

0.49

361 

0.965 

1.04

333 

0.890 

1.03

554 

1.48 

1.65

202 

0.540 

0.62

Observed

Max 1,950 Mln 47 Mean 333 

Max 1,980 Mln 40 Mean 330

186 

0.497 

0.55

177 

0.473 

0.55

131 

0.350 

0.40

291 

0.778 

0.87

Adjusted

Mean 330 Cfsm 0.882 In. 11.96 

Mean 244 Cfsm 0.652 In. 8.86

Peak discharge (base, 6,500 efs). No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Phllpott Reservoir.
104 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Smith River at Spray, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°31 I 45", long 79°46 I 10", on right bank 0.9 mile south of Virginia-North 

Carolina State line, 1 mile downstream from Stuart Creek, and 1 mile north of Spray, 

Rockingham County.

Drainage area.--538 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 539.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 17 years, 600 ofs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,500 ofs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.16 ft); minimum, 70 cfs Sept. 3 (gage height, 1.42 ft); minimum daily, 93 cfs Sept. 3.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 45,600 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 19.28 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam 

li miles downstream; minimum, 60 cfs Oct. 12, 1953; minimum daily, 66 cfs Sept. 10, 

1944.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated since August 1950 by Philpott Reservoir (usable 

capacity, 145,200 acre-ft). Some additional regulation by powerplant at Martinsville, 

Va.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water year 

1946, superseding those published in WSP 1052, are given herewith:

500

450

450

450

450

Month

Water year 1945-46 ..........

Cfs-days

31,722

242,457

256,252

Maximum

3,230

22,800

6,990

Minimum

450

170

174

Mean

1,023

664

702

Per square 

mile

1.90

1.23

1.30

Runoff in 

inches

2.19

16.74

17.72

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

424

166

174

352

348

367

369

395

237

191

376

*357

350

402

388

196

179

360

384

498

384

370

140

180

364

358

357

357

368 

190

176

9,757

315

-114

Nov.

367

347

365

360

346

165

HT

*388

388

395

499

402

183

203

373

384

372

358

383

205

202

376

370

402

395

442

214

187

452 

374

1O,O81

336

-127

Dec.

367

406

395

183

225

390

381

*389

412

380

184

161

358

448

3TO

394

364

188

188

374

388

384

410

386

181

207

391

366

378 

406

10,456

337

-128

Jan.

166

172

403

410

365

398

370

180

152

388

386

*397

398

354

171

176

382

375

403

408

392

130 203"

429

404

393

409

388

163 

202

463

10,030

324

-140

Feb.

393

411

555

821

490

918

1,500

616

525

478

532

304

311

462

439

431

430

518

206

282

454

428

413

421

464

178 2~73~

496

531

14,080

486

-33

Mar.

518

407

388

182

244

412

403

476

477

432

166

245

444

570

647

2.050

1,590

504

415

540

500

461

462

423

189

250

466

422

433

425

397

15,538

501

-26

Apr.

160

218

530

*550

478

1,140

1,780

545

388

536

954

2,090

943

644

306

5,560

1,180

808

689

557

521

212

324

458

5O8

479

460

436

210 

238

21,702

723

+ 1O8

May

514

454

532

515

460

176

270

429

428

428

426

406

157

253

433

510

442

418

406

161

183

393

408

399

387

384

158

192

*456

195

11,321

365

-94

June

404

526

374

262

427

436

424

440

422

169

246

415

412

406

391

401

200

237

450

438

458

454

442

164

2T30"

548

549

567

371

35?c,

11,485

383

-128

July

136

144

383

546

420

435

411

147

149

461

402

372

378

370

128

158

367

432

*444

423

442

146

158

394

416

386

394

391

119

145

344

10,041

324

-148

Aug.

347

321

413

324

121

121

307

348

344

330

330

109

14T

358

368

514

403

356

124

129

724

*5TS

411

408

392

117

132

379

402 

406

407

10,108

326

-212

Sept.

363

114

256" 93

195

798

330

255

141

109

202

174

156

143

147

160

144

175

149

156

168

164

158

150

187

537

2.790

1,270

435 

279

10,362

345

+14

Adjusted for change in contents in Philpott Reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

201 

0.374 

0.43

209 

0.388 

0.43

Calendar year 1955 : 

Water year 1955-56 :

209 

0.388 

0.45

184 

0.342 

0.39

453 

0.842 

0.91

475 

0.883 

1.02

831 

1.54 

1.72

271 

O.5O4 

0.58

Observed

Max 4,22O Min 14O Mean 444 

Max 3,360 Min 93 Mean 396

255 

0.474 

0.53

176 

0.327 

0.38

114 

0.212 

0.24

359

0.667 

0.74

Adjusted

Mean 441 Cfsm O.82O !" 11.15 

Mean 31O Cfsm O.576 In. 7.82

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Philpott Reservoir.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 105

Sandy River near Danville, Va,

Location.--Lat 36°37'10", long 79°30'10", on right bank 200 ft downstream from Hickory 

Forest Creek, 400 ft upstream from bridge on road between Callahans Store and Mount 

Cross, 5.5 miles northwest of western corporate limits of Danville, Pittsylvania 

County, and 5.8 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--113 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1929 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 460.38 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Prior to June 26, 1942, at site 1,200 ft downstream at datum 5.57 ft lower.

Average discharge.--26 years (1930-56), 101 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1 570 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 4.52 ft); minimum, 11 cfs Jan. 8 (gage height, 1.06 ft); minimum daily, 14 cfs Sept. 2.

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 23,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 14.8 ft, present 

datum, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 3,600 cfs by logarithmic 

plotting; minimum, 3 cfs Sept. 29, 1930 (gage height, 0.40 ft, site and datum then in 

use); minimum daily, 8 cfs Aug. 29, 31, Sept. 1, 2, 1932.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect and doubtful or no gageheight record, which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mill 

above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1930-41.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.1

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

350

595

1,190

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1?

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

62

56

46

42

40

42

40

71

7T

52

48

46

44

50

50

48

46

*44

44

40

40

42

40

40

38

38

44

40

44

52

44

1,444

46.6

0.412

0.48

Nov.

44

42

4042"

42

44

48

50

44

56

99

58

52

50

*48

50

46

42

56

62

50

48

50

48

48

73

58

52

48

52

1,542

51.4

0.455

0.51

Dec.

62 IB42

48

54

46

44

46

48

46

40

b45

*b45

b45

b45

b45

b45

b50

b50

46

b45

b45

b45

44

44

42

42

b45

b40

38

b45

1,415

45.6

0.404

0.47

Jan.

b45

b45

40

38

42

38

36

b40

b45

56

48

46

46

44

40

46

*46

42

48

54

46

b45

46

50

46

46

40

b45

50

52

52

1,403

45.3

0.401

0.46

Feb.

46

5S

102

187

180

279

zSS

128

104

87

109

128

97

80

76

69

80

92

85

85

76

69

65

67

78

69

65

65

58

2,938

101

0.894

0.96

Mar.

58

58

58

76

65

58

58

82

82

71

69

69

65

111

111

827

39T

172

14O

*106

92

80

76

71

67

65

60

60

62

60

56

3,479

112

0.991

1.14

Apr.

54

58

92

71

60

412

474

177

128

111

457

750

216

152

154

844

*256

177

152

133

126

118

109

102

99

99

97

94

90

90

5,952

198

1.75

1.95

May

87

97

114

99

82

76

90

99

73

*71

69

a65

S.&0

S.6O

a.60

87

71

62

65

50

54

82

-6^ 123

58

58

58

65

65

58

54

2,277

73.5

0.650

0.75

June

54

230 I4"5

85

73

69

62

58

60

62

85

60

52

*46

44

48

62

46

50

48

54

48

67

38

34

40

78

40

3232"

1,9O2

63.4

0.561

0.63

July

28

28

24

26

30

69

48

38

44

50

*28

26

26

30

24

24

24

18

20

Zl

54

28

22

22

28

30

22

26

18

24

18

968

31.2

0.276

0.32

Aug.

22

86

178

T6

32

28

28

18

*20

22

18

28

22

18

17.

108

28

18

22

24

138

52

32

26

18

18

22

20

18

18

17

1,162

37.5

0.332

0.38

Sept.

16

14

a20

a!5

a2O

a35

a30

a25

a23

a21

a2O

a20

a20

a!8

a!7

a!5

a20

*a25

16

16

16

16

16

17

24

318

644

215

104

73

1,850

61.7

0.546

0.61

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,69O Mln 36 Mean 96. O Cfsm 0.85O In. 11.54

Water year 1955-56: Max 844 Mln 14 Mean 71.9 Cfsm 0.636 In. 8.66

Peak discharge (base. 1,500 cfs).--Mar. 16 (3 to 4 p.m.) 1,570 cfs (4.52 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for North Mayo River 

near Spencer.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

459558 O - 58 - 8
106 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Dan River at Danville, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°35'15", long 79°22'55", on left bank 50 ft downstream from Southern 

Railway bridge In Danville, Pittsylvania County, 1,000 ft upstream from Fall Creek, 

and at mile 62.7.

Drainage area.--2.050 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--August 1934 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 379.29 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 2,303 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 18,400 cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 9.34 ft); minimum, 230 cfs Sept. 21 (gage height, 1.50 ft); minimum dally, 294 cfs Sept. 21.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 75,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 20.96 ft); minimum, 40 cfs Dec.8, 1946 (gage height, 1.19 ft); minimum daily, 245 cfs Sept. 14, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation caused by cotton mills above station. Flow 

regulated since August 1950 by Philpott Reservoir on Smith River (usable capacity, 

145,200 acre-ft).

Revisions (water years).--WSF 972: 1936.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.7 

2.0

2.5

290

420

790

3.0 

4.0 

9.0

1,400

3,580

17,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22 

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

2,580

1,410

842 

764

768

757

715

858

870

902

793

773

746

726

872

757

676

*741

774

816

892

836 

658

620

£76

770

756

793

818 

719

708

26,386

851

-114

Nov.

810

758

798 

788

794

760

656

727

868

924

1,220

1,290

950

737

*806

924

960

908

898

921

786

920

900

944

948

1,100

1,140

921

909 

973

27,034

901

-127

Dec.

868

900

898 

894

808

929

956

922

906

983

848

746

*710

774

948

894

878

785

786

862

939

866 

1.060

740

877

702

W

866

778

846

901

26,632

859

-128

Jan.

792

818

8T5~ 513 

903

824

819

788

619

583

859

922

880

836

756

658

688

854

834

948

943

798 

652

826

976

959

904

882

796 

704

852

25,058

808

-140

Feb.

980

967

,210 

,360

,840

,800

.920

,800

,690

,O90

,900

,500

,920

* ,610

,500

,400

,340

.,520

,490

,400

,700

,700 

,430

,330

,430

,770

,490

,540

1,570

67,197

2,317

-33

Mar.

1,450

1,340

1,260 

1,140

1,150

1,270

1,260

1,360

2,450

1,970

1,370

1,110

1,330

1,410

1,870

7,090

14.100

5 840

3,350

2,630

2,210

1,930 

1,720

1,620

1,190

1,100

1,360

1,370

1,300

1,320

1, L-OU

71,150

2,295

-E6

Apr.

1,070

1.O2O

1,330 

1,66O

1,520

3,190

9,920

5,190

2,750

2,070

3,910

10,800

6,880

3,970

2,900

11,000

*15,600

5 840

3^950

3,290

2,400

2,020 

1,700

1,740

1,730

1,770

1,720

1,820

1,270

1,110

115,140

3,838

-H08

May

1,420

1,670

2,600 

2,910

2,360

1,520

1,260

1,650

1,720

*1,460

1,330

1,330

1,040

886

1,120

1,260

1,320

1,210

1,040

905

722

1,080 

1,090

994

984

940

754

692

890 

970

39,962

1,289

-94

June

772

1,430

2.500 

1,600

1,090

960

93O

904

850

662

624

798

869

*788

790

716

702

643

793

876

829

867 

912

674

618

796

896

830

776 

660

26,955

898

-128

July

580

720

545 

673

578

998

1.720

743

558

834

1,040

891

738

715

668

474

588

702

760

864

810

736 

543

652

709

754

950

798

606 

487

23,372

754

-148

Aug.

845

898

1.510 

1,060

646

496

508

605

*611

564

578

620

476

492

580

782

1,490

806

704

844

1,150

1.710 

1,230

820

708

546

431

424

611 

692

662

24,099

777

-212

Sept.

599

837

316 

323

746

652

1,100

696

561

428

398

442

418

426

410

335

330

*472

300

344

294

32T 

310

391

424

1,300

12,700

14.400

1^730

46,424

1,547

H-14

Adjusted for change in contents In Philpott Reservoir

Mean 

Cf sm

737 

0.360

0.42

774 

0.378 

0.42

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

731 

0.357 

0.41

668 

0.326 

0.38

2,284 

1.11 

1.20

2,269 

1.11 

1.28

3,946 

1.92 

2.14

1,195 

0.583 

0.67

Observed

Max 23,500 Min 540 Mean 1,814 

Max 15,600 Min 294 Mean 1,419

770 

0.376 

0.42

606 

0.296 

0.34

565 

0.276 

0.3E

1,561 

0.761 

0.85

Adjusted

Mean 1,811 Cfsm O.883 In. 12.02 

Mean 1,333 Cfsm 0.650 In. 8.85

Peak discharge (base, 22,000 cfs). No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Philpott Reservoir.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 107

Dan River at Paces, Va.

Location.--Lat 36"38'32", long 79°05'23", on right bank 12 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 0.5 mile southeast of Paces, Halifax County, 0.5 mile upstream from Big Toby 

Creek, 2.7 miles upstream from Birch Creek, and at mile 36.0.

Drainage area.--2.550 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--November 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 317.37 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--5 years (1951-56), 2,195 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 17,300 cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 18.67 ft); 

minimum, 193 cfs Sept. 4 (gage height, 1.71 ft); minimum daily, 244 cfs Sept. 4.

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 34,000 cfs Oct. 17, 1954 (gage height, 25.40 ft); minimum, that of Sept. 4, 1956; minimum daily, that of Sept. 4, 1956.

Flood of Aug. 16, 1940, reached a stage of 32.3 ft, from levels to floodmark.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation caused by cotton mills at Danville. Flow 

regulated by Philpott Reservoir on Smith River (usable capacity, 145,200 acre-ft). 

Records of chemical analyses, water temperatures, and sediment loads for the water 

year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods when rate of change ir, 

stage was used as a factor (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

5.0

220

280

500

1,790

12.0

17.0

18.0

7,400

14,300

16,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3 

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

5,560

5,400

2,250 

1,250 

1,220

1,120

1,100

1,020

1,300

1,180

1,150

1,100

1,080

1,000

1,020

1,120

1,000

*850

1,020

1,020

1,100

1,120

1,020

850

725

975

975

975

1,020

1,080

900

42,500

1,371

-114

Nov.

900

1,050

950 

1,020 

1,000

1,000

900

800

1,000

1,120

1,500

1,610

1,500

1,150

975

1,120

1,180

1,100

1,100

1,220

1,080

1,020

1,150

1,120

1,150

1,350

1,450

1,350

1,080

1,220

34,165

1,139

-127

Dec.

1,200

1,100

1,120 

1,250 

1,150

1,080

1,220

1,200

1,180

1,150

1,220

*1,020

925

900

1,020

1,150

1,080

1,050

1,000

950

1,150

1,100

1,120

1,100

1,120

1,100

900

1,080

1,080

1,020

1,100

33,835

1,091

-128

Jan.

1,120

950

950 

700 

1,T50

1,120

1,050

1,050

900

800

950

1,180

1,200

1,100

1,050

925

825

1,000

1,080

1,150

1,200

1,180

925

875

1,150

1,220

1,180

1,120

1,100

975

950

32,125

1,036

-140

Feb.

1,150

1,22O

1,400 

3,320 

6,740

6,920

9,850

8,170

3,960

2,840

2,530

3,080

2,680

*2,250

2,040

1,850

1,790

1,850

1,970

1,910

2,320

2,250

1,970

1,790

1,850

2,320

2,180

1,910

1,970

86,060

2,968

-33

Mar.

1,910

1,730

1,610 

1,730 

1,500

1,550

1,610

1,670

2,250

2,530

1,970

1,610

1,450

1,730

1,910

5,050

kl4.500

klO,300

4,360

3,080

2,680

2,320

2,040

1,970

1,850

1,550

1,450

1,670

1,610

1,610

1,550

84,350

2,721

-26

Apr.

1,500

1,450

1^910 

1,850

2,110

8,390

6,740

3,480

2,530

3,640

11,700

9,960

5,000

3,560

6,180 *ias . OOP

k8,500

4,280

3,480

2,760

2,460

2,110

2,040

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,910

1,850

1,450

123,970

4,132

-1-108

Hay

1,550

1,790

3,240 

4,040 

3,800

2,760

1,910

1,790

1,970

1,850

1,610

1,550

1,450

1,250

1,120

1,350

1,400

1,450

1,250

1,200

975

875

2,120

1,300

1,180

1,100

1,050

900

825

1,080

1,150

50,885

1,641

-94

June

900

1,220

2,520 

2,180 

1,400

1,220

1,150

1,100

1,080

1,000

775

725

*1,000

950

900

850

800

800

750

1,020

1,000

1,000

1,000

975

775

615

i,5oo

1,020

925

850

31,300

1,043

-128

July

700

595

750

900 

850

1,050

1,910

2,520

1,4SO

1,730

1,450

1,300

975

900

875

675

565

750

850

950

1,080

975

825

555

875

900

875

1,100

900

700

490

30,820

994

-148

Aug.

1,150

925

1,560 

1,790 

1,200

775

550

635

*650

675

635

775

800

510

640

675

1,080

1,250

925

1,350.

1,020

1,670

1,790

1,250

975

825

575

460 BOO"

700

850

29,265

944

-212

Sept.

750

675

800 

244 4"5o

950

1,OOO

1,050

800

595

415

455

400

425

400

388

308

*332

450

288

320

274

288

304

372

610

k7,420

kl5,500

k7,120

2, 680

45,813

1,527

+14

Adjusted for change in contents in Philpott Reservoir

Mean 

Cf sin 

In.

1,257 

0.493 

0.57

1,012 

0.397 

0.44

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

963 

0.378 

0.44

896 

0.351 

0.40

2,935 

1.15 

1.24

2,695 

1.06 

1.22

4,240 

1.66 

1.85

1,547

0.607 

0.70

Observed

Max 26,500 Hin 675 Mean 2,219 

Max 16,000 Hin 244 Mean 1,708

915 

0.359 

0.40

846 

0.332 

0.38

732 

0.287 

0.33

1,541 

0.604 

0.67

Adjusted

Mean 2,216 Cfsm 0.869 In. 11.81 

Mean 1,622 Cfsm 0.636 In. 8.64

Peak discharge (base, 22,000 efs). No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Philpott Rese

k Computed by using rate of change in stage as a factor.
108 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Georges Creek near Gretna, Va.

Location. Lat 36°56'10", long 79°18'50", on left bank 15 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 40, 2.8 miles southeast o'f Gretna, Pittsylvania County, and 5.8 miles 

upstream from Whitethorn Creek.

Drainage area. 9.2 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--September 1949 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and wooden control. Datum of gage is 629.54 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge .--7 years, 8.51 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 196 cfs Aug. 16 (gage height, 3.59 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 120 cfs as explained below; minimum daily, 1.0 cfs Mar. 12, 

Apr. 5.

1949-56: Maximum discharge, 932 cfs Oct. 15, 1954 (gage height, 6.23 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 120 cfs on basis of slope-area determinations at gage 

heights 4.93 and 6.23 ft; minimum daily, that of Mar. 12, Apr. 5, 1956.

Remarks.--Records poor.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.8

3.5

2.4

10

5.5

4.8

4.2

4.2

4.2

7.4

7.8

7.4 

8.1

4.8

*4.2

4.8

4.8

5.1

4.8

5.5

5.1

5.5

5.1

5.1

6.5

7.1

6.8

164.5

5.31

0.577

0.67

Nov.

6.5

6.5

6.8

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.8

7.8

7.4

15

12

6.5

6.1

5.8

5.5

*5.5

5.1

5.1

7.8

6.1

4.5

4.2

4.5

4.5

4.8

7.4

5.1

4.8

4.2

5.8

190.4

6.55

0.690

0.77

Dec.

3.8

4.5

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.5

5.2

3.2

5.2

3.2

3.2

2.8

2.4

*2.5

2.8

2.4 

2.2

3.2

3.2

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.8

2.4

2.0

2.2

2.5

2.4

91.4

2.95

0.321

0.57

Jan.

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.4

5.2

5.8

5.2

4.2

5.2

4.8

4.5

4.5

4.8 

5.5

*4.5

5.5

5.8

4.8

4.2

4.8

4.5

5.8

3.8

3.2

2.8

3.5

5.5

2.4

117.2

3.78

0.411

0.47

Feb.

8.8

19

9.1

30

25

14

9.8

8.1

11

9.1

7.4

6.5

*4.8

2.5 

3.5

4.5

2.8

5.8

4.2

3.5

5.2

5.8

6.8

5.8

4.8

4.2

5.2

------

226.6

7.81

0.849

0.92

Mar.

2.8

2.5

3.2

7.4

2.5

2.2

1.6

3.8

1.9

1.4

1.6

1.0

2.2

8.1

4.2

59 

52

22

16

11

*8.1

7.4

6.8

5.8

5.1

4.8

5.8

5.5

3.8

3.5

2.4

241.4

7.79

0.847

0.98

Apr.

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.6

1-0

9.6

8.8

5.1

3.5

2.4

34

33

15

8.4

12

fi

*12

11

9.8

9.4

9.0

8.5

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.0

7.4

7.2

313.8

10.5

1.14

1.27

May

7.2

7.7

8.0

7.2

6.6

6.4

6.7

8.2

*6.4

6.1

5.7

5.4

5.0

5.2

5.7

6.0

4.8

4.7

4.4

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.8

5.8

4.0

5.9

5.7

164.7

5.31

0.577

0.67

June

4.0

11

7.4

6.0

5.4

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.6

5.7

5.6

5.8 

5.9

5.6

3.9

4.0

*4.1

3.8

4.4

3.5

5.5

5.4

5.2

1^9

2.9

2.9

134.5

4.48

0.487

0.54

July

2.8

2.7

2.9

15

7.7

5.9

4.8

4.5

11

5.5

4.2

*5.9

4.0

3.9

3.6

3.6 

3.6

3.4

7.3

14

4.5

3.9

3.7

5.5

6.4

6.1

4.5

4.0

4.1

3.8

3.6

162.2

5.23

0.568

0.65

Aug.

5.5

3.4

4.4

3.5

3.4

5.2

5.2

*5.1

5.1

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

8.4

23 

4.2

3.8

3.8

3.8

7.1

*4.0

3.2

*3.0

2.8

2.8

2.9

5.0

5.0

2.8

'

129.4

4.17

0.453

0.52

Sept.

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.8

2.9

4.0

4.0

3.5

5.1

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.2

179

1.9

*2.1

2.7

2.5

2.7

2.5

5.0

5.7

22

18

6.3

4.8

4.3

124.4

4.15

0.451

0.50

Calendar year 1955: Max 148 Min 2.0 Mean 9.52 Cfsm 1.01 In. 15.76

Water year 1955-56: Max 59 Min 1.0 Mean 5.63 Cfsm 0.612 In. 8.33

Peak discharge (base. 150 cfs).--July 4 (9:3O p.m.) 180 cfs (3.50 ft); Aug. 16 (l a.m.) 196 

(3.59 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 109

Banister River at Halifax, Va.

Location. Lat 36°46'35", long 78°54'58", on left bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on

U. S. Highway 360, 1,700 ft downstream from Terrible Creek, 1 mile northeast of Halifax, 

Halifax County, and 10 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 552 sq mi.

Records available.--September 1904 to December 1905 (gage heights only), December 1928 to 

September 1956. Published as "near Houston" 1904-5.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 318.54 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

"Corps of Engineers). Sept. 28, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1905, chain gage at site 400 ft

upstream at different datum. Dec. 9, 1928, to Sept. 20, 1950, water-stage recorder

at site 400 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--27 years (1929-56), 525 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,450 cfs Apr. 12 (gage height, 12.54 ft); minimum daily, 2G cfs Sept. 19, 21.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 50,000 cfs Sept. 20, 1944 (gage height, 40.8 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 11,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow and velocity-area study; minimum, 6 cfs on many days in August 

and September 1932; minimum daily, 6 cfs Aug. 30, 1932.

Remarks. Records fair. Low and medium flow regulated by powerplant half a mile above 

station.

Revisions (water years ). WSP 892: 1929-30,1932-35. WSP972: 1938(M), 1940. 

WSP 1112: 1943(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

-0.4

-0.2

0.0

.1

.3

.5 73

1.0 

2.0 

4.0 

9.0 

11.0

120

262

660

2,100

2,850

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf am

In.

Oct.

290

T5G

248

174

212

173

178

211

286

239

189

174

167

208

184

181

*184

193

171

172

188

168

T9~8 154

192

174

181

163

183

240

212

6,067

196

0.355

0.41

Nov.

217

246

114 im

252

125

183

137

187

342

408 319-

176

138

245

179

220

194

255

267

262

214

260

193

253

236

272

261

251

229

6,818

227

0.411

0.46

Dec.

165

243

191

309

153

296

230

229

241

225

183

54

124

157

575

202

139

212

302

235

205

207

198

290

176

240

208

199

147

242

185

6,562

212

0.384

0.44

Jan.

167

217

233

213

222

203

182

170

204

194

241

211

212

147

179

*202

203

~5B- 334

24?

229

181

211

212

205

202

214

108

237

^?o

162

6,219

201

0.364

0.42

Feb.

243

232

303

793

9OO

691

1^560

1,100

773

382

428

465

436

348

368

264

339

350

298

371

354

344

259

295

352

280

329

316

264

13,237

456

0.826

0.89

Mar.

254

292

283

264

342

483

253

343

378

371

287

306

273

573

547

1,010

2.690

1,890

*986

897

435

474

437

384

278

396

252

327

330

320

280

16,635

537

0.973

1.12

Apr.

320

250

23(5

273

272

499

1,080

1,020

800

419

648

2,570

2,750

1,210

928

1,210

2,310

1,240

886

257

403

471

411

359

310

331

355

309

327

301

22,789

760

1.38

1.54

May

291

300

521

327

330

248

362

388

331

303

315

249" 118

312

335

921 eW

278

247

204

243

187

195

241

188

144

189

214

157

185

193

9,210

297

0.538

0.62

June

216

465

764

352

234

222

206

156

211

114

220

165

151

150

76

186

64

229

36

133

188

143

157

192

92

110

286

124

109

137

5,938

198

0.359

0.40

July

69

100

127

212

158

272

137

145

154

*171

185

132

137

59

T.T3

96

60

87

75

466

487

TST

134

182

341

1S2

1Z7

185

97

109 

85

4,952

160

0.290

0.33

Aug.

93

112

160

87

143

100

98

99

94

94

27

27

27

104

62

62

274

86

104

439

404

502

253

147

102

84

73

77

94

48 

77

4,103

132

0.239

0.28

Sept.

60

51

55

38

77

127

92

66

82

44

6S

44

60

49

49

28

*66

28

26

5?

26

52

28

68

27

429

 530" 904

587 

105

4,276

143

0.259

0.29

Calendar year 1955: Max 8,710 Min 54 Mean 483 Cfsm 0.875 In. 11.85

Water year 1955-56: Max 2.73O Min 26 Mean 292 Cfsm 0.529 In. 7.20

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 efa). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
110 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Hyco River near Denniston, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°35'16", long 78°53'56", on left bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. 

Highway 501, 0.8 mile upstream from Mayo Creek, 2 miles east of Denniston, Halifax 

County, and 8 miles south of South Boston.

Drainage area.--289 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1929 to March 1934, October 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 315.24 ft above mean sea level. July 10, 

1929, to Mar. 14, 1934, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--10 years (1929-33, 1950-56), 227 cfs .

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,480 cfs Oct. 3 (gage height, 17.84 ft); minimum, 5.2 cfs Sept. 24 (gage height, 4.25 ft).

1929-34, 1950-56: Maximum discharge, 5,000 cfs Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 21.88 ft, 

from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 2,000 cfs; minimum, 0.004 cfs Sept. 14, 1932 (gage height, 3.58 ft), from discharge measurement.

Floods in August 1928 and September 1945 reached stages of 26 .4 and 25.6 ft, respectively , from levels to floodmarks.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1383: 1930.

Rating tables, water yeai 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 18 Mar. 19 to Sept. 30

4.2 4.3

4.5 10

7.0 L90

9.0 485

15.0 1,740

6.0 91 16.0 2,000

charge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

e

7

8

9

10

11

IE

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

1,220

2,080

E.450

1,570

289

185

134

103

105

103

82

72

65

65

68

64

59

*56

53

50

47

46

44

42

44

45

46

45

45

58

73

9,391

303

1.05

1.21

Nov.

64

55

49

47

48

46

45

47

48

62

111

304

154

94

*83

76

68

64

65

136

174

106

87

79

75

90

141

131

101

83

L,933

97.8

0.338

0.38

Dec .

70

68

70

74

.93

88

78

71

70

74

71

*63

57

68

67

67

606"

67

62-

55

63

60

62

59

58

54

47

45

53

53

2,009

64.8

0.224

0.26

Jan.

54

57

53

52

49

48

50

47

A2

47

52

56

55

50

45

45

46

44

45

56

62

60

54

56

59

61

58

53

56

57

58

1,627

52.5

0.182

0.21

Feb.

55

53

1E2

944

1,600

1,720

2,050

1,920

1,820

736

451

588

*468

332

269

234

213

283

340

464

700

553

332

262

362

642

502

370

304

18,669

644

2.23

2.40

Mar.

234

220

227

241

220

185

171

199

400

269

206

185

161

165

248

1,180

1,900

1.970

1,840

623

362

289

248

222

196

174

162

152

140

146

140

13,075

422

1.46

1.68

Apr.

123

116

146

196

157

196

720

624

332

229

649

1,820

1.920

1,900

860

820

965

642

370

289

236

203

184

162

146

135

130

125

117

HO

14,622

487

1.69

1.89

May

109

152

514

860

965

1.570

760

304

269

179

152

130

110

97

88

81

*73

67

64

60

55

56

109

216

78

60

52

51

49

46

IS

7,221

233

0.806

0.93

June

40

92

348

203

88

70

61

5£

49

42

41

39

*37

34

30

28

26

28

100

70

66

47

38

30

28

26

24

23

24

20

1,804

60.1

0.208

0.23

July

18

14

al5

al5

a!5

a20

a!5

a20

a30

*alOO

348

92

56

40

38

34

30

61

33

94

190

70

40

32

40

84

52

36

46

56

31

1,765

56.9

0.197

0.23

Aug.

27

25

365

660

755

125

79

57

*40

32

28

60

50

31

24

22

19

17

19

32

162

236

83

53

33

29

25

23

22

20

3,151

102

0.353

0.41

Sept.

16

16

26

29

56

40

39

34

42

33

21

18

16

15

13

12

10

*8.9

8.2

6.9

6.5

6.1

5.6

5.9

6.3

11

333

570

485

162

2,051.4

68.4

0.237

0.26

Calendar year 1955 : Max 3,090 Min 4.6 Mean 247 Cfsm 0.855 In. 11.64

Water year 1955-56 : Max 2,430 Min 5.6 Mean 214 Cfsm 0.740 In. 10.09

Peak discharge (base, 2.500 efsl. No peak above base 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis 

Roanoke Creek at Saxe.

af records for Banister River at Halifax and
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Buggs Island, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°36'06", long 78°17'56", on left bank 1,200 ft downstream from John H. 

 Kerr Dam, 2.4 miles upstream from Aliens Creek, 5.3 miles upstream from bridge on

U. S. Highway 1, 6.7 miles southeast of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, and at mile

178.4.

Drainage area. 7,780 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--November 1921 to August 1923 

tember 1956.

ge heights only), April 1947 to SepGage --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 196.72 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

"Engineers benchmark). November 1921 to August 1923 at site 0.3 mile upstream at different datum. April 1947, to Sept. 30, 1952, at site 2,800 ft downstream at different 

datum.

Average discharge.--9 years, 7,589 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 35,9UO cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 10.05 ft); min- 

 ImurnT 124 cfs Oct. 12 (gage height, 1.61 ft); minimum daily, 152 efs Sept. 23

1947-56- Maximum discharge, 76,000 cfs Dec. 7, 1948 (gage height, 14.97 ft); minimum, 99 cfs July 3, Oct. 24, 1953 (gage height, 1.53 ft); minimum daily, that of 

Sept. 23, 1956.

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 33.9 ft, from levels by Corps of Engineers.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated since August 1950 by Philpott Reservoir on Smith River (usable capacity, 145,200 acre-ft) and by John H. Kerr Reservoir (usable capacity, 2,324,300 

acre-ft).

Rating tabl 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

cubic feet per second)

1,820

2,870

4,350

8,250

18,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

1,500

165

5,940

5,320

5,900

5,260

5,580

5,280

340

6,220

6,320

6,340

6,620

6,340

3,940

440

7,220

9,770

9.B20

7,920

7 , 290

5,190

1,340

7,200

7,130

7,650

6,440

6,580

185

165

6,870

162,275

5,235

-1,657

Nov.

7,730

7,790

7, £40

8,120

6,020

930

9 , 540

8,080

8,170

7,930

4,660

ISO

165

3,670

3,890

4,010

4,300

4,400

5,720

340

5,010

5,000

4,790

210

4,210

2,830

520

3,520

4,150

3,930

137,555

4,585

-2,095

Dec.

3,910

3,860

1,720

1,760

5,480

4,660

5,990

6,090

6,510

3,900

316

5,320

5,270

4,970

5,140

5,350

5,560

316

6,610

3,220

7,360

7,260

6,630

3,040

.259

280

5,650

5,520

5,490

5,270

740

139,671

4,506

-2,335

Jan.

2B9

2,190

6,200

5,960

5,210

6,780

1,790

307

a3 , 000

a5,000

a6,000

a5,000

a4,000

a3,000

aSOO

a3,000

a5,000

6,470

5,630

5,560

370

352

6,390

6,740

5,690

6,900

5,330

910

352

6,610

6,620

127,170

4,102

-2,295

Feb.

5,890

5,840

6,350

630

361

6,460

7,680

5,360

4,660

4,770

316

307

5,310

5,260

4,840

5,440

4,570

850

205

4,700

4,560

4,590

4,880

5,470

1,660

289

4,910

4,320

5,370

115,848

3,995

+5,047

Mar.

4, ISO

5,200

266

217

5,010

4,830

4,910

4,840

4,700

200

175

4,650

3,630

4,010

4,170

3,750

217

EOO

5,220

4,560

4,500

4,710

4,720

370

217

5,070

14,400

14,600

14,100

4,910

224

132,696

4,281

+3,648

Apr.

210

4,170

6,680

4,790

3,760

4,600

195

200

4,420

4,320

5,450

4,490

4,620

210

210

8,750

17,600

17,300

17,500

1 7 . 700

2,540

217

7,840

7,880

7,830

7,320

7,100

210

E10

7,600

176,122

5,871

+4, 8 1C

May

7,640

6,510

11,000

9,000

3,760

1,380

11.700

11,400

11,400

11,400

11,400

5,640

820

10,400

7,220

7,830

8,710

8,000

165

175

4,530

4,820

4,810

4,260

4,370

185

170

3,530

4,400

1,180

4,850

184,695

5,956

-2,159

June

4,270

205

180

3,950

4,180

4,260

4,480

4,240

185

180

4,390

5,010

4,590

5,060

4,380

840

205

4,280

2,860

2,830

5,150

5,520

205

EOO

5,690

3,800

4,120

4,560

3,990

200

94,030

3,134

-768

July

200

4,620

5,200

530

2,400

4,960

210

200

4,480

4,930

4,180

5,700

4,620

200

195

5,390

4,730

4,870

3,600

4,200

200

195

7.020

5,000

4,110

5,450

4,900

680

200

4,120

4,740

102,230

3, 298

-1,164

Aug.

4,160

7,460

3,330

200

200

6,990

4,230

3,540

5,060

6,410

1,590

205

8,280

6,830

3,600

4,760

5,270

2,530

195

5,060

3,380

2,020

2,910

2,610

190

J70

6,220

5,460

5,000

6,260

7,960

122,120

3,939

-2,655

Sept.

490

160

370

5,560

4,630

5,630

2,870

410

165

2,680

5,800

4,460

5,350

5,310

2,980

160

10,600

5,960

4,870

3,720

1 , 370

430

152

4,780

3,690

4,860

10 . 700

7,450

160 

156

106,543

3,551

-1,100

Adjusted for change in its in Philpott and John H. Kerr Reservoirs

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

3,578 

0.460 

Q.53

2,490 

0.320 

0.36

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

2,171 

0.279 

0.32

1,807 

0 . 232 

0.27

9,042 

1.16 

1.25

7,929 

1.02 

1.18

10,663 

1.37 

1.53

3,799 

0.488 

0.56

Observed

Max 33,200 Min 165 Mean 6,901 

Max 17,700 Min 152 Mean 4,374

2,366 

0 . 304 

0.34

2,134 

0.274 

0.32

1,284 

0.165 

0.19

2,451 

0.315 

0.35

Adjusted

Mean 6,573 Cfsm 0.845 In. 11.47 

Mean 4,114 Cfsm 0.529 In. 7.20

(base. 50,000 cfs).--He peak

;ond, in Philpott and John H. Kerr Reservoirs 

of records for station at Hoanoke Rapids,
112 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°28', long 77°38', on right bank l£ miles downstream from bridge on State

Highway 48 at Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, 2-| miles upstream from Chocyott Creek,

and at mile 133.6.

Drainage area.--8,410 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--December 1911 to December 1932 (published as "at Old Gaston"), February

1930 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected at site of auxiliary gage since

November 1890 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. 

Gage.--Water-stage recorder at present site and datum since February 1930. Datum of gage

is 43.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Dec. 7, 1911, to Nov. 21, 1921, and Apr. 7 to Dec. 31-, 1932, chain gage and Nov. 21,

1921, to Apr. 7, 1932, water-stage recorder, both at site 9 miles upstream at different

datum. Since Aug. 6, 1941, auxiliary water-stage recorder 3.6 miles downstream from

base gage.

Average discharge.--44 years (1912-56), 8,213 cfs (adjusted for storage). 

Extremes.--1920-21: Maximum discharge during water year, 59,700 cfs Dec. 3 (gage height,

9.7 ft); minimum, 1,230 cfs Aug. 27, 28, Aug. 30 to Sept. 3, Sept. 8 (gage height,

1.0 ft).

1925-26: Maximum discharge during; water year, 57,200 cfs Jan. 21 (gage height,

9.36 ft); minimum, 920 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 0.80 ft).

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 20,000 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height,

8.56 ft); minimum, about 250 cfs Dec. 16 (gage height, 0.90 ft, from partly estimated

gage-height graph); minimum daily, 501 cfs Dec. 4.

1911-56: Maximum discharge, 261,000 cfs Aug. 18, 1940 (gage height, 39.0 ft, from

floodmarks); minimum, that of Dec. 16, 1955; minimum daily, 472 cfs Sept. 21, 1932. 

Flood in November 1877 at Old Gaston reached a stage about 2 ft lower than flood in

August 1940, which was 21.5 ft.

Revisions. The figures of maximum and minimum discharge for some water years have

been revised, as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the

water-supply papers indicated.

WSP

352

382

402

432

452

472

502

502

542

562

602

642

727

782

822

852

872

Water 

year

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1922

1923

1925

1927

1932

1935

1937

1938

1939

Maximum

Date

Mar. 17, 1913

-

Jan. 10, 1915

Feb. 4, 1916

Mar. 6, 1917

Apr. 23, 1918

July 23, 1919

Feb. 7, 1920

-

-

-

-

Mar. 7, 1932

Dec. 4, 1934

Apr. 27, 1937

Oct. 24, 1937

Aug. 22, 1939

Discharge 

(cfs)

1125,000

-

75,400

77,100

91,700

80,500

101,000

86,000

-

_

-

-

71,200

80,300

82,300

96,400

62,500

Gage height 

(feet)

t!4.3

-

10.9

11.0

11.8

11.2

12.8

11.5

-

-

-

-

a!6.77

b20.75

C18.94

d22.74

e!7.27

Minimum

Date

-

Sept. 9, 10, 12,

19, 1914

Oct. 1, 1914

Sept. 11, 1916

Sept. 28, 1917

Oct. 6, 1917

Oct. 10, 12, 15,

1918

Oct. 3-6, 8-11,

1919, Jan. 2,

Sept. 22, 1920

Oct. 28, 1921

Oct. 2, 5, 1922

Sept. 13, 1925

Oct. 1, 1926

_

-

-

-

-

Discharge 

(cfs)

-

1,230

1,140

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,620

1,230

1,820

1,060

976

-

-

-

-

-

Gage height 

Ifeet)

-

1.0

.95

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.00

1.3

.90

.84

-

-

-

-

-

t

a

b

c

d

e

Not previously published.

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

Maximum

gage

gage

gage

gage

gage

height ,

height ,

height ,

height ,

height ,

18

20

20

22

17

.43

.80

.35

.82

.31

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

Mar.

Dec.

Jan.

Oct.

Aug.

9,

4,

6,

24

22

1932.

1934.

1937.

, 1937.

, 1939,

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are fair. Flow regulated since August 1950 by Philpott Reservoir on Smith River (usable 

capacity, 145,200 acre-ft) and by John H. Kerr Reservoir (usable capacity, 2,324,300 

acre-ft) and since June 1955 by Roanoke Rapids Reservoir (usable capacity, 79,600 

acre-ft) .

Revisions (water years).--WSP 712: 1930. WSP 822: 1936. WSP 1032: 1912, 1928(M), 

1930(M), 1932-33(M). Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the 

water years 1912-23, 1925-28, 1930, 1932-33, 1935, 1937-39, superseding those published 

in WSP 352, 382, 402, 432, 452, 472, 502, 522, 542, 562, 602, 622, 642, 662, 712, 727, 

742, 782, 822, 852, and 872 are given herein. Complete tables of daily discharge are 

given for the water years 1921 and 1926, but only revised figures are given for other 

water years.

Date

1912

Aug. 3

4

5

7

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Discharge

2,270

2,270

2,160

2,160

2,400

2,400

2,400

2,160

2,040

2,400

2,400

2,270

2,160

Date

1912 -Con.

Aug. 19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Sept. 1

Discharge

2.O4O

1,930

1,820

2,160

2,400

2,160

2,040

1,930

1,720

1,520

1,720

2,160

2,040

Date

1912 -Con.

Sept. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Discharge

1,720

1,520

1,520

1,140

2,040

2,040

2,160

1,720

1,720

2,270

2,270

1,930

1,720

Date

1912-Con.

Sept. 15

16

18

19

Oct. 11

30

1913

Mar. 15

16

17

18

Sept. 17

Discharge

1,620

1,620

2,040

2,270

1,720

1,820

57,800

76,900

112,000

76,600

1,820

Date

1913 -Con.

Oct. 6

7

8

1914

June 25

27

July 23

Aug. 17

18

19

20

21

Discharge

1,930

1,720

1,520

1,930

1,930

3,500

2,040

1,820

1,520

1,720

1,720
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 113

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C .--Continued

Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, 191Z-Z3, 1925-28, 1930, 1932-33, 

1935, 1937-39 Continued

Date

1914-Con.

Aug. 22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

Sept. 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

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

12

13

14

15

Nov. 3

4

1915

Nov. 6

12

13

28

29

Dec. 14

15

1916

Sept. 8

10

11

12

14

15

20

22

23

24

25

26

Z7

23

29

30

Oct. 1

5

6

7

8

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

27

29

31

Nov. 1

2

4

5

6

7

8

14

19

Discharge

1,620

1,620

1,820

2,040

1,820

1,820

2,040

2,040

1,930

1,930

1,520

1,230

1,230

1,320

1,230

1,620

1,720

1,820

1,720

1,420

1,320

1,230

1,320

1,420

1,320

1,320

1,520

1,420

1 , 820

1,520

1,820

1,520

1,520

1,140

1,320

1,420

1,230

1,320

1,320

1,420

2,160

1,520

1,720

1,320

1,620

1,520

2,040

2,160

1,720

2,040

1,520

1,820

2,040

2,660

1,620

1,230

1,720

2,040

1,620

2,270

2,520

2,400

2,660

2,520

2,400

2,660

2,270

1,820

1,930

1,820

2,660

2,400

2,660

1,820

2,400

2,160

£,040

2,270

2,520

2,270

1,620

2,270

2,270

2,930

2,400

1,820

2,660

2,400

2,660

2,520

2,040

2,660

2,660

Date

1916-Con.

Nov. 20

21

22

23

26

27

28

30

Dec. 1

5

6

7

8

17

18

19

20

1917

May 24

25

26

Aug. 14

15

16

19

21

22

23

24

252

29

30

Sept. 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

25

26

27

28

29

Oct. 1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

16

17

18

19

27

29

Nov. 8

9

10

13

14

15

16

17

19

20

23

25

Dec. 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

1918

Jan. 1

2

Discharge

2,400

1,820

1,620

2,520

2,270

1,820

1,620

2 , 400

2,660

2,400

2,660

2,400

2,660

2,270

1,720

2,660

2,270

2,520

2,160

1,820

2,040

2,270

1,820

1,820

2,270

1,820

2,040

1,620

2,040

1,820

2,040

2,520

2,040

1,820

1,620

1,820

2,040

2,270

2,270

1,820

1,620

1,230

1,620

2,270

2,270

1,820

2,270

1,420

1,230

2,040

1,620

2,270

2,270

1,820

2,270

1,820

2,270

1,620

1,820

2,270

2,040

1,820

2,270

2,040

1,820

1,620

1,620

2,270

2,270

2,270

2,270

1,820

1,820

1,620

1,520

1,620

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

2,270

1,820

1,620

1,620

1,420

1,420

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

Date

1918-Con.

Jan. 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Aug. 8

10

11

12

27

Sept. 6

16

18

19

20

Oct. 1

3

4

5

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

1919

July 18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Aug. 28

29

30

Sept. 7

10

11

12

13

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

27

28

29

30

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

1920

Jan. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Discharge

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,420

1,820

1,820

2,040

2,270

2,270

1,820

1,620

2,270

2,270

2,270

2,270

1,820

1,620

2,270

2,040

1,820

2,270

2,040

1,620

1,230

1,420

1,230

1,620

1,420

1,230

1,420

1,620

1,620

1,820

2,040

2,270

1,620

1,820

2,040

2,270

2,040

2,040

1,820

63,000

61,800

65,600

78,900

90,300

95,400

68,700

48,100

2,270

2,040

1,620

2,270

2,040

1,820

1,620

1,820

2,270

2,040

1,820

2,040

2,270

2,040

1,820

1,620

2,270

1,820

1,620

2,270

2,040

1,820

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,820

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,820

2,040

2,270

2,040

1,700

1,620

Date

1920-Con.

Jan. 8

Sept. 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

1921

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

1922

Sept. 2

10

11

12

13

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

22

23

24

25

29

30

31

Nov. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Discharge

2,270

2,270

1,820

2,040

2,270

1,820

1,620

2,040

2,270

2,400

2,270

2,040

3,070

2,040

2,520

2,400

2,270

2,270

1,820

1,620

1,620

1,420

1,720

1,820

2,040

1,820

1,620

1,620

1,420

1,420

1,620

1,420

1,620

1,620

1,420

1,420

1,230

1,520

1,620

1,820

3,070

2,930

2,790

2,400

3,070

3,070

2,790

2,660

3,360

2,790

2,400

2,400

2,400

2,270

2,400

2,270

2,160

2,270

2,270

2,270

1,930

2,040

1,930

1,820

2,160

2,790

2,930

3,510

3,360

3,510

3,510

3,390

3,070

2,790

3,070

3,220

2,930

3,070

2,930

2,930

2,660

2,930

2,930

3,070

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,660

3,070

3,220

3,360

3,510

3,510

Date

1922 -Con.

Nov. 20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Dec. 1

2

3

4

5

6

1923

Mar. 17

18

19

20

21

22

1925

July 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Aug. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Sept. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Discharge

3,510

2,930

3,070

3,070

3,070

3,070

2,790

2,520

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,660

2,660

2,790

2,790

2,790

3,220

52,300

68,200

88,700

101,000

52,300

23,800

3,510

3,070

2,660

2,400

2,270

1,930

3,220

3,360

2,930

2,400

2,270

2,400

2,930

2,400

3,510

3,510

2,930

2,270

1,720

1,520

1,520

1,620

1,620

1,820

2,520

3,070

2,040

1,420

1,420

1,720

2,040

1,720

2,440

2,790

2,930

3,220

3,980

3,510

3,220

2,930

2,520

2,520

3,070

3,070

4,960

4,300

2,790

2,520

2,270

1,820

1,720

2,660

2,660

2,160

1,620

1,620

1,520

1,420

1,420

1,320

1,140

1,230

2,040

2,520

1,620

1,320

1,230

1,230

1,140

1,320
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Continued

Revised figures of discharge, In cubic feet per second, 1912-23, 1925-28, 1930, 1932-33, 

1935, 1937-39--Contlnued

Date Discharge Discharge Discharge Date Discharge

1925-Con. 

Sept.11

12

13

14

15

1,420

1,230

1,140

1,820

2,930

2,660

3,820

2,660

1,930

1,620

1,720

1,820

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,520

1,420

1,050

1,140

1,060

1,320

1,620

1,820

1,520

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,820

1,620

1,420

1,320

1,230

1,320

1,820

1,820

1,620

1,520

1,420

1,230

1,230

1,420

1,520

1,620

2,660

3,070

2,520

2,040

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,620

1,720

1,820

1,820

1926-Con. 

Nov. 7

1928 

Apr. 28

Aug. 13 

14

1930 

Mar. 10

1,720

1,820

1,930

1,930

2,520

3,360

2,930

2,790

2,400

3,360

42,700

67,600

43,600

81,700

104,000

30,900

19,600

45,700

73,400

96,200

41,800

27,300

18,300

11,400

1932 

Mar. 7

Oct. 21 

22

1934 

Dec. 1

6

7

8

20

21

22

23 

Apr. 27

61,700

64,700

66,300

37,500

13,400

82,600

26,600

8,590

67,300

64,000

72,200

78,200

43,600

13,100

60,400

64,300

74,400

56,600

22,400

56,000

60,000

66,000

70,000

75,400

1937-Con. 

Apr. 28

29

30 

Oct. 22

23

24

25

26

1938 

June 22

23

24

25

26 

July 24

25

26

27

28

1939 

Aug. 21

66,400

38,000

15,000

61,600

84,700

83,000

15,700

13,600

48,600 

55,900 

54,800 

28,000 

15,000 

54,600 

70,40O 

68,400 

83,600 

56,600 

16,800 

15,500

48,900

60,500

27,200

Cfs-days Maximum Minimum Mean

Per square

mile

Runoff In 

Inches

August 1912..........

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

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

Calendar year 1912.

March 1913...........

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

Water year 1912-13. 

October 1913.........

Calendar year 1913. 

June 1914............

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

Augus t...............

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

Water year 1913-14. 

October 1914.........

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

Calendar year 1914.

Water year 1914-15. 

November 1915........

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

Calendar year 1915.

September 1916.......

Hater year 1915-16.

October 1916.........

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

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

Calendar year 1916.

May 1917.............

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

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

Water year 1916-17.

October 1917.........

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

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

Calendar year 1917. 

January 1918.........

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

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

Water year 1917-18.

October 1918.........

Calendar year 1918.

July 1919............

Augus t...............

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

Water year 1918-19.

October 1919.........

Calendar year 1919.

January 1920.........

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

Water year 1919-20.

October 1921.........

Calendar year 1921.

September 1922.......

Water year 1921-22.

3,580

27,400

3,580

151,000

1,520

1,140

1,720

1,140

2,310

4,580

2,620

9,650

0.277

.548

.314

1.16

112,000

29,000

112,000

22,100

112,000

4,080

1,820

1,720

1,520

1,520

19,100

6,390

7,230

6,170

8,120

2.29

.765

.739

.972

7,010

27,400

4,960

3,090

51,300

1,930

2,460

1,520

1,230

1,230

2,990

6,700

2,460

1,700

7,140

.358

.802

.295

.204

.855

21,400

11,900

45,400

72,300

1,140

1,520

1,140

1,140

3,650

3,560

7,050

9,490

.437

.426

.844

1.14

14,700

40,600

72,300

1,520

1,820

1,520

3,850

7,900

9,530

.461

.946

1.14

3,470

68,000

14,700

3,630

6,470

68,000

1,230

1,230

1,620

1,620

1,720

1,230

2,540

8,090

3,970

2,580

3,910

7,170

.304

.969

.475

.309

.468

.859

10,400

9,490

14,200

77,100

8,210

11,900

6,620

77,100

1,820

1,620

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,620

1,230

1,230

5,690

3,120

4,800

7,750

2,630

3,240

2,370

7,560

.681

.374

.575

.928

.315

.388

.284

.905

3S,800 

9,500 

9,960

72,300

10,400

72,300

1,230

1,620

1,620

1,230

1,230

1,230

9,160

4,580

4,180

6,980

2,420

7,920

1.10

.548

.501

.836

.290

.949

95,400

22,800

4,080

110,000

7,010

110,000

3,090

1,620

1,620

1,230

1,620

1,620

24,400

6,770

2,440

10,700

3,280

9,930

2.92

.811

.292

1.28

.393

1.19

13,600

7,010

75,400

1,620

1,620

1,620

4,770

3,610

7,020

.571

.432

.841

2,930

55,300

1,230

1,230

1,820

6,970

.218

.835

6,660

69,400

2,160

1,230

3,260

9,310

.390

1.11

0.32

.61 

.36

15.73

2.63

.85

11.75

85

13.19

.40 

.93 

.34 

;23

11.62

.50

.48

11.48

15.43

.51

1.09

15.49

.34

13.17

.55

.34

.54

11.67

.79 

.43 

.64

12.60

.36

.43

.33

12.29

1.26

.63

.56

11.34

.33

12.86

3.36

.93

.33

17.32

.45

16.12

.66

.48

11.44

.25

11.33

.44

15.15
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 115

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C.--Continued

Revised figures of monthly discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1912-23, 1925-28, 1930, 1932-33,

1935, 1937-39--Contlnued

Month

Calendar year 1922 ..............

Calendar year 1923. .............

Water year 1924-25 ..............

Water year 1926-27 . .............

April 1928............... .........

Calendar year 1928. .............

March 1930 ........................

Water year 1931-32. .............

Water year 1932-33. .............

Water year 1934-35 ..............

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

Calendar year 1938. .............

Calendar year 1939. .............

Cfs-days

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

_

.

-

_

_

_

-

-

-

_

-

3,529,680

4S2,040

4, 829, ISO

503, ISO

3,278,830

3,147,090

Maximum

22,000

3,510

69,400

101,000

82,800

49,900

67, BOO

104,000

27,300

66,300

82,600

82,600

78,200

84,700

83,600

60,500

Minimum

1,820

2,520

1,820

2,510

1,320

1,140

1,050

5,030

1,930

5,050

472

1,210

472

930

1,930

2,180

5,990

4,750

3,330

4,980

2,530

2,970

2,370

Mean

3,020

9,510

8,600

2,670

8,000

5,820

6,290

14,500

9,670

7,660

5,300

7,990

9,230

9,944

15,400

22,820

13,230

16,770

8,983

8,622

Per square 

mile

0.604

.362

1.14

3.11

1.03

1.03

.297

.320

.286

.958

.195

.522

.697

.753

1.74

2.66

1.29

1.16

.911

1.84

.630

1.21

.950

1.10

2.00

1.04

1.18

3.89

1.83

1.34

2.71

1.32

1.99

2.27

1.29

1.07

1.60

1.09

1.03

Bunoff in 

inches

0.70

.40

.68

15.47

3.60

14.00

14.00

.34

.37

.32

13.01

.22

.58

9.48

10.20

1.94

3.07

17.66

15.73

1.05

2.13

8.58

1.40

12.94

14.91

2.31

14.10

16.05

4.49

2.04

18 . 23

3.13

21.34

2.23

2.62

17.50

14.52

1.85

14.80

13.95

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1920 to September 1921

Day

1 

2 

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

9,000 

11,000 

10,500

5,920

4,300

4,300

2,790

2,520

3,070

2,520

2,790

2,520

1,820

1,620

2,040

2,040

1,820

2,270

2,040

1,820

2,270

1,820

2,040

1,820

2,040

2,040

2,790 

2,270

2,520

2,270 

2,040

100,620

3,250

0.389

0.45

Nov.

2,270 

2,040 

2,520

3,360

3,070

2,790

2,270

2,270

2,040

2,270

2,520

2,520

2,790

2,520

2,790

3,070

11,000

48,100

37,400

16,600

9,000

5,920

5,200

4,520

4,520

4,520

4,180 

5,200

40,200

52 , 100

289,570

9,650

1.16

1.29

Dec.

51,100 

55,300 

59.700

30,500

13,600

11,500

11,000

9,500

10,500

27,300

28,900

17,200

12,500

10,000

15,300

36 , 500

22,000

13,000

9,500

8,500

8,OOO

7,080

7,540

8,500

9,000

8,500

8,000 

14,700

16,600

16,600

11,500

569,420

18,400

2.20

2.54

Jan.

8,500 

7,540 

7,080

6,660

6,280

6,280

6,280

5,560

6,280

6,660

50,100

45,100

27,300

17,200

30,500

45,100

51,100

15,900

12 , 000

10,000

9,000

8,50O

10,000

14,700

23,500

18,500

9,000 

11,000

1O,000

9,500

10,000

505,120

16,300

1.95

2.25

Feb.

12,000 

14 , 100 

14,700

12,000

10,500

9,000

8,500

8,500

8,OOO

8,500

30,500

55.500

51,100

26,500

14,700

11,500

10,000

9,500

9,000

9,500

28,100

33,000

25,800

16,600

12,500

11,500

11,000 

9,500

-

481,400

17,200

2.06

2.14

Mar.

9,50O 

9,000 

9,000

8,000

8,000

8,000

7,080

6,660

7,080

8,OOO

10,500

8,500

8,000

8,000

8,50O

11,500

10,000

9,000

8,000

7,080

6,660

6,280

6,66O

6,280

8,500

12.500

10,500 

9,000

8,000

7,080

6,660

257,520

8,310

0.995

1.15

Apr.

8,000 

11,500 

11,000

8,500

7,540

7,080

6,280

6,280

5,200

11,000

8,000

7,540

5,920

5,560

5,200

5,200

5,560

19,900

25,500

13,600

9,500

8,000

6,660

8,500

9,500

7,080

6,660 

5,920

5,920

7,080

257,180

8,570

1.03

1.15

May

7,080 

6,280 

5,920

5,200

5,560

6,660

8,500

7,080

5,920

5,560

5,200

5,920

19,900

52,200

16,600

10,500

9,500

9,000

7,080

6,280

5,560

5,560

5,560

5,200

5,920

4,520

4,520

6,660

10,500

9,000

8,500

257,440

8,300

0.994

1.15

June

7,080 

5,560 

4,520

4,180

11,500

14,100

10,000

7,080

4,520

4,180

3,860

4,180

3,860

3,860

3,540

3,860

3,540

2,950

5,920

4,180

4,180

3,860

3,540

3,230

3,540

3,540

3,540 

3,540

6,280

5,560

153,260

5,110

0.612

0.68

July

4,520 

8,500 

7,080

4,860

3,860

4,180

3,540

3,230

2,640

2,090

5,200

7,540

5,920

4,520

3,860

5,560

8,500

9,000

6,660

4,180

4,180

3,540

3,230

3,230

2,930

2,930

2,360 

2,640

2,640

3,230

3,230

139,580

4,500

0.539

0.62

Aug.

2,790 

11.000 

11,000

3,660

3,070

2,520

2,520

2,790

2,270

2,520

2,040

2,270

2,040

2,040

2,270

2,520

2,040

2,040

1,820

2,040

2,040

2,040

1,620

1,620

1,420

1,420

1.250 

1,230

1,420

1,230 

1 230

81,760

2,640

0.316

0.36

Sept.

1.250 

1,230 

1,230

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,620

1,230

1,820

2,040

2,270

2,790

8,000

5,920

3,660

2,790

2,270

1,820

1,620

1,820

1,620

1,820

1,820

9,500

7,000

4,000

2,520 

2,270

2,040

2,520

82,730

2,760

0.331

0.37

Calendar year 1920: Max 75,400 Min 1,620 Mean 8,750 Cfsm 1.05 In. 14.28

Water year 1920-21: Max 59,700 Min 1,230 Mean 8,700 Cfsm 1.04 In. 14.15
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C.--Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1925 to September 1926

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,520

1,520

1,620

1,820

1,930

2,160

1,820

2,040

1,820

1,720

1,620

1,420

1,420

1,720

2,160

3,360

3,360

4,620

3,980

3,070

3,820

2,930

2,270

2,400

2,400

3,070

5,740 

5,300

4,300

3,660 

5,220

85,610

2,700

0.525

0.57

Nov.

2,930

2,790

2 790

2)790

3,070

2,790

2,930

2,790

2,790

2,930

3,070

3,660

3,980

5,300

15,800

10,000

6,500

5,380

4,360

4,040

3,740

3,740

3,740

3,300

3,300

3,300

3,020 

3,020

3,160

3,020

122,030

4,070

0.487

0.54

Her-.

2,760

3,16O

4,040

5,740

5,740

5,380

4,690

5,030

5,740

4,630

4,040

3,740

3,740

3,440

3,020

3,160

3,590

3,590

3,440

3,740

3,890

4,690

8,150

11,600

10,000

7,720

6,120 

4,360

3,020

2,510 

2,590

146,860

4,740

0.568

0.65

Jan.

2.510

4)360

4,360

4,690

7,300

7,300

6,500

5,740

5,030

4,360

4,040

4,360

4,360

4,360

4,040

4,040

5,030

34 , 500

52,000

56,500

30 000

15,' 600

10,500

8,590

7,300

6,500 

6,120

5,740

5,740 

7,300

331,790

10,700

1.28

1.48

Feb.

15,000

29,200

27,500

37,100

38,000

28,300

18,600

12,700

10,000

9,040

8,150

7,300

6,500

6,120

6,500

6,500

7,300

8,150

8,150

14,400

14,400

13,800

10,500

8,590

8,590

18,000

19,500 

16,800

-

-------

414,490

14,800

1.77

1.85

Mar.

11,000

8,590

8,150

7,300

6,900

6,500

6,120

6,120

7,300

8,150

7,300

8,150

9,520

9,520

9,520

9,040

8,590

7,720

6,900

6,500

6,120

5,740

5,740

5,740

5,380

5,380

6,120 

6,500

5,740

5,050 

5,740

222,120

7,170

0.859

0.99

Apr.

6,500

7,720

10,000

7,720

5,380

6,120

5,740

5,740

4,690

5,380

5,740

5,740

11,000

16,800

17.400

15,600

12,100

9,520

8,150

7,300

6,900

6,120

6,120

5,580

4,690

5,050

4,560 

4,360

4,360

4,360

226,020

7,530

0.902

1.01

May

4,040

3,890

3,740

3,890

3,740

3,740

3,440

3,440

3,440

3,300

3,440

3,440

3,440

3,440

3,740

3,740

4,040

4.690

4,360

3,590

3,500

5,070

2,790

2,520

2,270

2,400

2,520 

2,270

2,270

2,270 

2.160

102,420

5,500

0.595

0.46

June

2,040

2,160

3,070

2,660

2,660

2,520

2,400

2,160

2,400

2,400

2,290

2,040

1,930

1,930

1,820

1,820

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

2,270

5.660

3,220

2,520 

2,270

2,270

1,930

66,180

2,220

0.266

0.30

July

1 . 720

1,720

1,820

1,720

2,270

3,590

4,360

5,030

5,380

3,890

2,760

2,160

1,930

1,720

1,720

2,760

6,500

6,500

3,740

2,390

1,930

1,820

1,720

1,720

5,150

14,000

8,150 

8,590

10,500.

6 ,500 

4,040

125,780

4,060

0.486

0.56

Aug.

3,070

2,520

2,400

2,270

2,040

1,930

3,890

3,360

2,790

2,400

2,040

2,040

1,930

1,930

1,820

1,820

1,820

2,270

2,520

2,660

2,520

3,220

2,930

2,790

2,270

2,400

3,660 

5.980

3,070 

2,270

1,930

78,560

2,530

0.505

0.55

Sept.

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,420

1,620

1,930

2,790

2,160

1,620

2,520

5,980

2,660

2,040

1,820

1,620

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,620

1,140

1,030

1,060

1,060

1,140

1,060

1,140

920 

1,050"

1,020 

948

48,768

1,650

0.195

0.22

Calendar year 1925: Max 71,800 Min 1,140 Mean 6,530 Cfsm 0.782 In. 10.61

Water year 1925-26: Max 56,500 Min 920 Mean 5,390 Cfsm 0.646 In. 8.78

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

B

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

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

9,590 

6,640

9,420

8,510

5,420

5,540

6,990

5,140

5,660

6,680

6,640

6,440

6,520

6,260

7,410

8,990

9,540

5,690

4,650

8,200

8,320

5,000

4,690

7,210

6,430

6,570

7,260 

6,300

4,610

3,280

6,360

203,760

6,573

-1,664

Nov.

5,400 

4,570

9.580

9,370

7,520

3,760

6,920

8,000

8,960

8,420

8,130

4,380

1,730

5,700

4,140

4,020

2,590

3,780

5,680

4,230

3,550

4,280

5,450

2,650

5,380

5,780

1.080 

4,420

2,840

3,080

152,990

5,100

-2,026

Calendar year 1955: I

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

3,160 

7,910

689

501

3,720

6,280

6,120

7,270

7,550

6,280

2,350

3,120

4,260

5,620

5,760

6,220

6,780

3,050

6,940

4,340

8.410

8,120

7,380

6,550

2,510

2,320

3,720 

3,340

5,130

7,210

4,190

156,800

5,058

-2,239

Jan.

1,410 

2,840

3,260

4,520

6,490

7,350

6,990

2,450

4,840

4,680

6,280

6,570

5,260

3,630

1,260

3,800

4,720

6,240

7,560

6,250

4,350

1,090

4,170

4,380

7,150

6,320

7,180 

2,560

1.010

3,520

7,450

145,560

4,689

-2,311

Feb.

7,090 

6,790

7,520

9,730

*766

6,390

8,260

9,850

6,250

5,410

3,850

904

4,110

5,950

5,430

5,800

5,900

3,640

625

4,380

4,920

4,750

4,550

6,320

5,030

1,440

4,640 

5,270

5,730

 

149,295

5,148

+5,029

Mar.

5,820 

5,260

2,380

588

5,630

4,380

5,060

6,190

6,320

3,630

588

4,090

3,850

4,200

6,540

7,300

4,660

5,120

5,470

5,250

5,400

5,900

5,110

609

625

3,910

15,900 

14,900

13,600

5,250

2,180

165,710

5,345

+3,765

Apr.

2,180 

4,240

5,110

5,630

4,960

5,810

2,830

2,520

4,020

3,870

5,790

6,660

8,170

2,400

2,270

10,800

15,400

18.500

14 200

14^500

12,600

5,750

5,880

6,000

5,880

7,030

7,840 

6,120

6,120

6,250

209,330

6,978

+4,476

May

6,000 

5,880

8,360

14,400

8,910

8,600

8,600

8,740

10,900

11,500

13,300

9,280

8,300

9,200

8,800

8,600

8,600

8,300

2,430

2,250

4,930

5,340

4,650

4,500

2,890

2,480

2,480 

2,800

2,560

2.180

2,860

208,620

6,730

-2,029

June

3,170 

7,560

2,440

3,280

5,130

4,040

5,060

4,460

2,920

1,300

4,630

5,980

4,590

5,590

5,760

2,400

1.080

3,770

3,100

3,010

5,440

4,880

2,400

1,160

4,490

4,290

4,250 

5,540

4,290

2,020

115,630

3,788

-620

July

1.100 

3.83C

4,940

2,830

5,820

2,890

7,090

1,180

5,140

6,100

7,550

5,470

5,500

2,250

2,250

4,300

4,080

3,820

4,300

8,190

2,400

2,320

5,430

4,350

4,830

5,620

7,020 

2,260

2,180

2 990

3^090

129,120

4,165

-1,221

Aug.

4,410 

4,890

6,750

2,840

2,140

4,410

4,140

4,360

d4,400

5,750

d3,600

d2,600

dS.OOOi

6,010

7,410

5,560

5,720

2,490

2.110

5,180

2,960

5,670

5,150

2,450

2,110

2,110

d5,200 

d4,300

d4,800

d5,500

d7,000

133,820

4,317

-2,686

Sept.

d4,100 

dl,800

dl,800

d4,500

a4,700

a4,300

a2,900

al.700

al,700

2,940

3,580

4,070

5,270

7,480

4,020

1,9-90

7,110

5,300

7,930

4,470

2,640

1,990

1,760

4,910

3,600

5,700

10,100 

10,700

2 ,800

1,700

127,560

4,252

-1,151

Observed Adjusted

flax 40,100 Min 501 Mean 7,623 Mean 7,401 Cfsm 0.880 In. 11.94

1ax 18,500 Min 501 Mean 5,180 Mean 4,924 Cfam 0.585 In. 7.96

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Phllpott and Kerr Reservoirs (furnished by Corps of Engineers) and Roanoke Rapids Lake (furnished by Virginia Electric & Power Co.). 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated from records at auxiliary gage, 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge estimated from records at auxiliary gage.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 117

Roanoke River near Scotland Neck, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°12', long 77°23', on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. 

Highway 258, 1 mile downstream from tributary on right, 3 miles downstream from 

Brldgers Creek, 5f miles north of Scotland Neck, Halifax County, and at mile 102.5.

Drainage area. 8.700 sq ml, approximately.

Records available.--August 1940 to September 1956 (discontinued). Records for July 1896 

to May 1903, published as "at Meal1' In Annual Reports 18-22 and WSP 15, 27, 36, 39, 48, 

52, 65, 75, 83, and 98 have been found to be unreliable and should not be used.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 5.77 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 19, 1940, wire-weight gage at 

present site and datum. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 8.9 miles downstream; prior 

to Jan. 14, 1941, auxiliary staff gage at same site.

Average discharge.--16 years, 8,196 ofs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 18,300 ofs Apr. 19 (gage height, 23.37 ft); minimum discharge , 800 cfs Dec. 5; minimum daily, 1,060 cfs Dec. 5.

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 260,000 cfs Aug. 19, 1940; maximum gage height, 41.98 

ft Aug. 19, 1940; minimum discharge, 750 cfs Nov. 10, 1952.

Maximum stage observed during period June 1930 to July 1940, 35.1 ft Jan. 24, 1936 

(from unpublished U. S. Weather Bureau records adjusted to present datum). The following data on major floods (adjusted to present datum) were furnished by North Carolina 

Highway and Public Works Commission: 1877, about 37.8 ft; March 1912, 36.8 ft; 1919, 

34.9 ft; 1924, 32.9 ft.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Plow regulated since August 1950 by Philpott Reservoir on Smith River (usable capacity, 145,200 acre-ft), by John H. Kerr Reservoir (usable capacity, 2,324,300 acre-ft), 

and since June 1955 by Roanoke Rapids Reservoir (usable capacity, 79,600 acre-ft).

Revisions. See Records available.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

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

Itotal

Mean

(t)

Oct.

10,400

a, 090

9,340

10,300

7,460

6,040

6,070

6,560

4,130

6,440

6,700

7,150

7,000

7,010

6,880

9,330

11.000

8,530

5,310

6,110

9,100

7,970

5,910

5,040

7,090

6,970

7,420

7,600

6,730

4,150

3 990

221,820

7,155

-1,664

Nov.

6,320

5,640

6,900

9,680

9.790

6,660

5,070

7,320

9,300

9,260

9,530

7,100

4,650

2,650

3,800

4,220

4,010

2,760

4,130

5,990

4,360

3,840

4,750

5,160

3,600

5,750

5,210

2.510

3,740

3,380

166,880

5,563

-2,026

Calendar year 1955 : I Water year 1955-56 : I

Dec.

3,220

4,270

6,890

1,930

1.060

4,190

6,660

6,640

8,100

7,730

5,930

3,500

3,540

4,820

6,030

6,010

6,520

6,680

4,620

6,630

5,750

9.160

8,760

7,680

6,500

3,640

2,960

4,090

4,310

5,880

a6, 820

170,520

5,501

-2,239

Jan.

a5,480

a3,O80

a3,190

3,590

4,950

6,710

7,860

6,500

4,120

5,140

5,030

6,770

7,180

4,980

3,950

2,280

4,020

5,440

7,510

7,170

6,200

4,290

2,370

4,490

5,100

7,480

7,320

6,090

3,290

1,900

4,580

158,060

5,099

-2,311

Feb.

7,870

7,260

7,720

8,940

9,980

5,050

7,980

1 1 . 200

10,900

9,810

6,740

5,020

2,890

4,830

5,050

6,450

6,830

5,710

4,020

2,220

4,870

5,560

5,510

5,560

6,640

4,750

3 , 000

5,350

6,310

184,020

6,346

-1-5,029

Mar.

6,110

6,490

4,800

3,210

2,480

5,630

4,990

5,660

7,150

5,890

3,770

1,980

4,490

3,930

5,590

8,570

8,340

7,910

7,370

7,100

6,410

6,670

6,770

4,620

1,800

1,580

9,190

16.500

14 , 400

11,600

5,730

196,530

6,340

+3,765

Apr.

3,290

5.070

4,620

5,480

5,810

5,470

5,450

5,540

5,580

4,120

4,550

7,540

10,100

7,080

4,120

4,570

15,200

17,000

16,900

14,500

16,800

9,740

7,120

5,560

5,050

6,050

7,910

7,880

6,410

6,580

224,070

7,469

+4,476

May

6,360

6,180

7,300

11,200

14.000

10,500

9,660

9,520

10,100

12,500

15,500

12,200

9,380

9,320

9,740

9,250

8,960

8,970

6,230

5,060

2,840

5,040

5,310

4,810

4,240

2,980

2,530

2,510

2,690

2,450

2.550

225,280

7,267

-2,029

June

2,940

3,560

7.570

5,300

4,210

4,840

4,140

4,770

4,290

2,850

1,910

4,520

3,970

4,720

5,470

5,140

2,520

1.610

3,660

3,110

5,450

5,550

4,410

2,670

1,690

4,520

4,520

4,090

5,750

5,640

116,550

5,884

-620

July

2,040

1.420

5,990

4,490

2,960

3,630

5,570

4,050

2,170

5,350

7.850

6,560

5,870

4,770

2,530

2,580

4,050

3,970

4,010

4,990

7,300

3,280

5,100

5,28O

4,600

5,220

5,750

6,320

2,810

2,520

3,020

132,010

4,258

-1,221

Aug.

3,170

4,520

6,580

5,540

3,290

3,390

4,680

2,760

4,470

5,520

5,580

4,540

4,660

7,870

7,880

6,410

5,670

5,360

2,850

2,600

4,850

3,410

3,590

5,050

2,550

2,090

2,090

5,500

4,790

5,570

6,610

141,220

4,555

-2,686

Sept.

6,960

3,900

1,950

2,130

4,980

5,180

4,640

3,180

1,950

1.760

2,970

3,400

4,220

5,950

6,900

5,960

3,380

6,110

6,820

6,470

4,680

2,820

1,940

2,120

4,410

3,840

7,690

11.500

9,600

4,570

159,560

4,652

-1,151

Observed Adjusted

flax 31,300 Min 1,060 Mean 8,009 Mean 7,787 Cfsm 0.895 In. 12.15

lax 17,000 Min 1,060 Mean 5,673 Mean 5,417 Cfsm 0.623 In. 8.48

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Philpott and Kerr Re 

nished by Corps of Engineers) and Roanoke Rapids Reservoir (furnished by Virginia El 

Co.).

id, in Philpott and Kerr Reservoirs (fura No gage -height record at base gage; discharge estimated from records at auxiliary gage.
118 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

Tar River near Tar River, N. C.

Location --Lat 36°12', long 78°34', on right bank 50 ft downstream from bridge on State 

 Highway 96, l£ miles upstream from Fishing Creek, 2j miles east of town of Tar River, 

Granville County, and 8 miles south of Oxford.

Drainage area.--161 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and Parshall flume. Datum of gage is 287.04 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Average discharge.--17 years, 151 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,920 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 11.19 ft); minimum, 0,3 cfs Sept. 23-25. .

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 13,100 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 18.07 ft); minimum, 0.07 cfs Oct. 14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Town of Oxford diverts about 0.5 cfs for municipal water supply.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1940-41. WSP 1112: 1941 (calendar year figures). 

WSP 1273: 1941(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

cubic feet per second)

Feb. 7 to Sept. 30

discharge 

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6

18 3.5

48 4.0

7£ 6.0

2.7 

2.9

395

545 

1,320 

2,400 

3.84U

1.2 0.2

1.3 1.0

1.4 2.8

1.5 5.6 

1.7 14

Note. Same 

Ing table abov

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oat.

948

1,010

172

86

68

54

47

40

38

37

*33

31

30

326

212

88

63

48

40

*35

32

29

28

26

26

24

23

22

22

26 

25

3,689

119

0.739

0.85

Nov.

23

21

19

20

21

20

20

*20

20

26

178

108

61

45

38

35

32

29

39

110

88

57

46

40

37

58

99

74

57

*46

1,487

49.6

0.308

0.34

Dec.

40

37

36

37

44

51

46

41

39

38

37

35

34

32

32

30

28

28

29

30

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

26

24

26 

29

1,025

33.1

0.206

0.24

Jan.

29

28

27

26

26

26

25

24

22

22

26

31

32

30

28

26

26

24

24

34

35

33

33

39

43

46

44

39

37

35 

33

953

30.7

0.191

0.22

Feb.

lo- 30

ss

505

1,150

788

1,170

498

258

190

448

471

234

148

117

106

103

205

258

582

459

218

148

117

311

545

254

214

180

-----

9,772

337

2.09

2.26

Mar.

120

106

109

120

112

92

84

allO

a!40

allO

a95

a95

*88

98

148

1,820

5,260

534

342

230

170

136

114

106

98

86

82

78

72

72

21

8,898

287

1.78

2.06

Apr.

66

62

76

88

76

81

440

226

117

86

662

5,070

846

304

226

381

342

190

140

114

98

88

84

74

70

67

66

64

59

56.

8,319

277

1.72

1.92

May

*56

59

416

2.360

1,340

258

170

262

170

106

86

76

66

58

50

44

38

36

33

32

30

30

29

28

24

22

22

22

21

20 

19

5,983

193

1.20

1.38

June

20

585

328

78

51

38

32

28

24

22

*20

18

16

15

14

13

12

12

13

12

14

14

14

20

19

12

10

9.2

8.0

7.2

1,478.4

49.3

0.306

0.34

July

6.8

6.0

5.6

5.3

4.8

6.3

49

28

14

5j

30

16

11

9.2

7.6

6.4

5.6

5.6

5.6

18

58

8.0

6.8

5.6

5.0

5.0

4.8

5.0

6.8

9.6 

6.8

421.2

13.6

0.084

0.10

Aug.

5.6

4.8

4.5

4.2

3.9

*5.6

4.5

3.6

3.1

2.6

2.6

3.4

15

20

13

8.0

5.3

3.6

3.4

4.8

8.0

6.8

7.2

7.2

5.3

3.9

3.4

2.6

2.2

2.1 

1.7

171.9

5.55

0.034

0.04

Sept.

1.5

1.7

50

33

16

10

6.0

4.2

2.8

2.6

2.2

*1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.2

.9

.8

.7

.5

.5

.4

.3

.3

.3

.9

5.6

38

26

15

227.9

7.60

O.O47

0.05

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,500 Min 3.4 Mean 156 Cfsm 0.969 in. 13.14

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,260 Min 0.3 Mean 116 Cfsm 0.720 in. 9.80

(7.41 ft); Feb. 7 (9 a.m.) 2,100

) 3,930 cfs (10.07 ft); May 4 (8 p.m

records and records for Flat River

Peak discharge (ba 2,000 cfs). Oct. 1 (11 p.m.) 2,050

(7.54 ft); Mar. 17 (4 a.m.) 4,92 (11.19 ft); Apr. 12 (12

4,200 cfs (10.38 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on ba 

at Bahama.
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 119

Tar River near Nashville, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°51'00", long 77°55'50", on left bank 15 ft downstream from Cockrell 

Bridge on State Highway 58, 5 miles upstream from Sapony Creek, 10 miles south of 

Nashville, Nash County, and at mile 93.8.

Drainage area.--701 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 110.96 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929. supplementary adjustment of 1936. Oct. 18, 1928, to Oct. 10, 1929, and Mar. 26,

1930. to Oct. 12, 1934, chain gage at bridge at same datum. Oct. 11, 1929, to Mar. 25, 

1930, staff gage at site 45 ft upstream at same datum. Oct. 13, 1934, to Feb. 27, 1935, 

staff gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge.--28 years, 742 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,870 cfs Mar. 20 (gage height, 12.31 ft); minimum, 47 cfs Sept. 24 (gage height, 1.92 ft).

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 16,900 cfs Dec. 3, 1934 (gage height, 20.8 ft); minimum, 

7.0 cfs Sept. 7, 1954 (gage height, 1.51 ft); minimum daily, 11 cfs Sept. 20, 1932.

Remarks.--Records fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow 

caused by small mills above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822:" Drainage area. WSP 1273: 1930.

Rating tables water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 20 to Nov. l)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 1

2.6 192

3.0 325

6.1 1,720

Discharge, in cubic feet per second,

Nov. 2 to Sept. 30

2.0 

2 .3

155

290

8.0 

12.1

year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

385

486

1.690

1,270

569

437

385

345

337

345

329

303

281

281

614

1,020

590

409

345

295

268

254

235

228

210

201

192

198

198

201

228

13,129

424

0.605

0.70

Nov.

261

*226

200

200

206

197

197

200

197

209

274

510

590

446

*354

314

290

266

314

458

550

530

438

378

334

342

390

450

438

*378

10,137

338

0.482

0.54

Dec .

330

298

298

302

306

310

334

318

310

310

302

286

270

250

*240

262

240

232

236

258

246

232

215

236

250

243

240

218

212

206

274

8,264

267

0.381

0.44

Jan.

318

286

254

246

243

236

226

215

209

215

240

298

322

298

266

240

240

236

229

246

294

310

298

370

410

398

366

334

302

290

286

8,721

281

0.401

0.46

Feb.

*262

246

274

479

1,240

2,250

*2,990

2,990

5.400

2,410

1,290

1,440

1,810

1,220

855

*720

700

810

830

985

1,210

1,650

1,080

830

720

900

1,540

1,390

790

37,311

1,287

1.84

1.98

Mar.

830

700

630

610

610

590

550

530

530

675

700

570

530

*610

650

2,080

3,960

4,380

5,120

5.690

3,360

1,100

900

810

720

675

630

590

570

590

570

41,060

1,325

1.89

2.18

Apr.

530

498

514

530

550

570

1,030

1,100

1,030

700

847

2,420

3,260

4,100

4.590

2,200

1,540

1,540

1,080

855

740

675

630

590

570

550

526

522

502

510

35,299

1,177

1.68

1.87

May

1,180

880

720

1,890

2,640

2,870

5,610

*1,660

1,050

830

630

550

494

442

410

358

330

294

282

270

250

243

262

294

290

243

209

194

*203

188

179

23,945

772

1.10

1.27

June

179

449

1,790

2 . 750

1,840

630

446

370

518

278

258

252

222

203

188

179

167

152

173

188

209

188

188

164

138

142

148

135

176

142

- -- -

12,642

421

0.601

0.67

July

122

*102

165

196

254

232

199

1,990

1,900

1,500

855

570

330

236

206

182

188

266

358

550

1,050

2,420

2,000

502

330

338

278

226

197

412

880

18,814

607

0.866

1.00

Aug.

550

306

254

229

206

215

200

176

152

145

142

186

580

450

3O2

209

254

229

155

140

206

386

542

243

185

161

130

130

145

152

124

7,264

234

0.534

0.39

Sept.

120

104

114

308

266

*240

226

226

176

145

126

120

114

94

94

85

77

92

77

77

80

70

66

52

84

94

232

484

510

350

4,903

163

0.235

0.26

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,300 Min 62 Mean 681 Cfsm 0.971 In. 13.19

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,630 Min 52 Mean 605 Cfsm 0.863 In. 11.76

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 cfs).--Mar 20 (9 p.m.) 5,870 cfs (12.31 ft); Apr. 15 (5 p.m.) 4,660 

cfs (10.83 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
120 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 

Sapony Creek near Nashville, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°53'05", long 77°54'45", near center of span on downstream side of high-

 way bridge, 1 mile upsbream from mouth and 65 miles southeast of Nashville, Nash 

County.

Drainage area.--64.8 sq mi.

Records available. April 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Altitude of gage is 100 ft (from topographic

 map). Prior to July 14, 1953, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--6 years, 57.2 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 980 cfs Mar. 18 (gage height, 10.00 ft); minimum, 0.3 cfs June 27.

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 2,200 cfs Jan. 24, 1954 (gage height, L4.34 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum, 0.02- cfs on several days in September 1954.

Remarks.--Records fair except bhose for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic

feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 3-16, 24-31)

1.5 

2.0 

3.1

1.9 

2.3 

3.0 

4.0

Nov. 1 to Feb. 9

5.0 

7.0 

10.0

190

425

980

Feb. 10 to Sept. 3O

1.0 0.4 2.0 23

1.1 1.4 3.0 65

1.2 2.8 5.0 190 

1.4 6.5

Note. Same as preceding table above 5.O ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

67

58

50

48

42

42

35

34

34

34

32

*32

28

32

34

34

*34

28

24

22

19

18

16

14

13

13

13

14

14

19

17

914

29.5

0.455

0.52

Nov.

16

*16

14

18

16

18

18

16

*16

18

26

34

36

34

*28

25

26

19

32

57

67

72

72

52

40

38

42

44

48

*40

998

33.3

0.514

0.57

Dec.

32

28

26

26

26

28

26

25

25

25

25

25

24

22

*22

20

19

19

20

18

19

19

19

19

20

19

19

18

M

23

695

22.4

0.346

0.40

Jan.

34

38

*36

28

25

24

22

24

19

Tf

24

28

30

30

a28

a26

25

24

24

26

26

28

32

40

48

62

62

52

44

36

32

996

32.1

0.495

0.57-

Feb.

30

28

34

44

67

114

*190

240

252

240

210

174

200

210

160

*109

91

91

103

146

139

127

109

85

85

85

97

133

115

3,708

128

1.98

2.13

Mar.

103

97

75

60

60

55

51

49

45

59

41

41

47

*60

75

279

505

892

652

*399

252

160

127

97

91

80

75

65

60

65

65

4,762

154

2.38

2.73

Apr.

65

60

51

51

51

55

127

230

288

230

174

230

336

485

336

210

160

139

133

91

70

60

51

41

37

41

41

37

35

33

3,928

131

2.02

2.25

Hay

51

70

103

97

109

103

109

*80

70

91

70

37

25

18

16

10

8.0

6.5

5.3

5.1

5.3

4.9

4.5

4.2

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.1

*3.0

2.8

2.7

1,125.3

36.3

0.560

0.65

June

2.1

3.0

17

31

33

11

6.9

6.1

4.5

5.7

a5.5

a3.6

a2.8

a2.1

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

2.2

2.4

2.2

2.0

1.0

.6

.6

.6

.4

.4

2.0

1.4

156.9

5.23

0.081

0.09

July

0.8

.5

4.2

8.9

29

33

20

31

41

160

548

412

190

65

27

15

17

47

65

133

167

115

103

51

47

35

33

27

23

55 

*65

2,568.4

82.9

1.28

1.47

Aug.

55

43

22

20

17

17

16

18

20

15

20

25

29

70

155

133

75

65

8.3

7.8

12

35

*60

20

11

7.6

6.5

5.9

5.7

4 9

T79

982.6

31.7

0.489

0.56

Sept.

4.5

4.5

2.8

4.3

7.6

*16

17

20

16

8.3

6.1

5.1

3.5

3.1

2.2

2.2

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

2.2

8.3

22

39

43

31

280.3

9.34

0.144

0.16

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,520 Mln 1.7 Mean 71.2 Cfsm 1.10 In. 14.90

Water year 1955-56: Max 892 Hln 0.4 Mean 57.7 Cfsm 0.890 In. 12.10

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record: discharge estimated on basis of normal stream recession.
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

Fishing Creek near Enfleld, N. C. 131

Location. Lat 36°09', long 77°42', on right batik 15 ft downstream from bridge on U. S.

Highway 301, 2,000 ft downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 2 miles

southwest of Enfield, Halifax County, 4f miles downstream from Rocky Creek, and at

mile 27.7.

Drainage area. 5£1 sq mi. 

Records available.--October 1923 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey.

Figures of discharge below 250 cfs Oct. 1, 1923, to July 3, 1924; below 350 cfs May 30,

1925. to May 31, 1926; below 150 cfs June 1 to Nov. 16, 1926; and below 100 cfs Nov. 17,

1926. to Sept. 30, 1928, published in WSP 622 , 642, and 662, have been found subject to 

considerable error and should not be used. Gage-height records collected at site 2,000 

ft upstream at different datum July 1, 1910, to Apr. 30, 1914, and at present site and 

datum since May 1, 1914, are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. 

e_. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 76.26 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

"929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 28, 1932, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--33 years (1923-56), 493 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,510 cfs Mar. 19 (gage height, 13.78 ft); minimum, 44 cfs Sept. 23, 24, 25 (gage height, 0.43 ft).

1923-56: Maximum discharge, 12,600 cfs Dec. 2, 1934, Aug. 18, 1940; maximum gage 

height, 17.72 ft Aug. 18, 1940; minimum discharge, 10 cfs Oct. 19, 1933, Sept. 21, 1954.

The flood of Apr. 19, 1910, reached a stage of 20.1 ft, present datum (from floodmarks of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.) at site 2,000 ft upstream. Flood of 

July 24, 1919, reached a stage of 19.6 ft (discharge, 20,300 cfs).

Remarks. Records fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow caused 

by mills above station.

Revisions-(water years).--WSP 872: 1935(M). WSP 1172: Drainage area. WSP 1333: 

(1928(M), 1932-33, 1935. See Records available.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 19 to Feb. 6j rate of change in 

stage used as a factor Oct. 2-4, Feb. 4, 5, 26, Mar. 16, 17, 20- 

22, Apr. 11, 12, 15, May 4, 5, 8, 9, June 2, 3, 6. 11, July 5, 7, 

8, 20-24, 31, Aug. 3, 13, 15, 16, 22, Sept. 8, 27)

3.0 

5.0

Oct.

142

292

572

1 to Feb. 6

7.0 

10.0

Feb. 7 to Sept. 30

910

1,530

0.4 

1.5 

4.0 

7.0

41

151

420

870

10.0 1,500

12.0 2,070

13.0 2,700

14.0 3,850

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

241

308

780

682

440

310

262

236

231

226

226

207

192

192

226

280

370

317

236

202

187

174

164

160

156

151

146

146

146

151

151

7,896

255

0.489

0.57

Nov.

160

*174

164

160

160

160

156

156

156

160

197

290

356

292

236

*212

197

187

197

278

356

324

262

231

212

221

257

292

274

*241

6,718

224

0.430

0.48

Dec.

216

197

192

197

207

236

310

268

241

246

274

268

241

216

*207

207

192

192

207

207

202

192

187

197

202

202

202

192

T75' 178

1 fa

202

6,655

215

0.413

0.48

Jan.-

236

241

221

207

202

197

192

187

182

182

212

331

426

356

280

241

226

221

221

221

241

262

246

268

310

304

280

246

226

221

221

7,607

245

0.470

0.54

Feb.

216

207

229

664

1,400

1,480

* 1,8 10

1,810

1,600

1,240

990

1,150

1,070

814

605

*519

480

575

635

665

890

870

665

533

547

1,050

1,010

851

761

25,336

874

1.68

1.81

Mar.

635

519

468

456

432

409

398

387

409

480

444

409

387

*398

456

1,140

*2,750

3,250

3,510

*2,640

1,490

*855

635

547

493

468

444

420

409

432

444

26,614

859

1.65

1.90

Apr.

409

*376

365

376

376

365

519

620

547

420

528

2,290

3,150

3.250

2,210

1,430

1,150

950

695

547

480

444

409

387

376

365

354

354

354

343

24,439

815

1.56

1.74

May

354

420

432

671

1,360

2,280

*2,620

1,580

998

695

493

409

365

321

288

272

250

234

218

213

208

198

198

192

182

172

161

156

151

 151

146

16,388

529

1.02

1.17

June

141

224

1,090

1,550

1,520

626

332

260

223

223

406

376

228

187

166

151

141

136

141

208

208

187

172

151

136

121

114

107

104

11

9,720

324

0.622

0.69

July

82

*80

80

88

131

218

307

680

680

547

*444

299

213

166

136

126

123

118

113

225

1,540

1,070

778

396

255

203

250

187

151

172

407

10,265

331

0.635

0.73

Aug.

452

272

630

310

206

177

192

187

156

136

121

141

733

1.170

764

314

192

156

131

122

121

293

332

234

172

141

128

115

114

106

105

8,410

271

0.520

0.60

Sept.

105

92

98

*106

111

110

123

248

203

146

112

99

92

86

76

69

65

63

60

54

50

47

M

47

48

58

130

370

398

321

3,633

121

0.232

0.26

Calendar year 1955 : Max 3,740 Min 35 Mean 376 cfsm 0.722 in. 9.82

Water year 1955-56 : Max 3,510 Min 46 Mean 420 Cfsm 0.806 In. 10.97

Discharge measurement made on this day.

459558 O - 58 - 9
122 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

Tar River at Tarboro, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°53'40", long 77°32'00", near right bank on downstream end of pier of

 bridge on D. S. Highway 64 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, 6? miles downstream from Fishing Creek, and at mile 46.2.

Drainage area.--2,140 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--July 1896 to December 1900, October 1931 to September 1956. Gageheight record collected at same site since 1905 are contained in reports of D. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 10.37 ft above mean sea level, datum of

 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 1896 to December 1900 chain gage at 

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge 600 ft downstream at different datum. Oct. 1 to 

Dec. 8, 1931, chain gage at site 100 ft upstream at present datum.

Average discharge.--29 years, 2,223 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13,000 cfs Mar. 22 (gage height, 20.87 ft); minimum, 210 cfs Sept. 21 (gage height, 1.60 ft).

1896-1900, 1931-56: Maximum discharge, 37,200 cfs Aug. 20, 1940 (gage height, 

31.77 ft); minimum, 36 cfs Oct. 17, 22, 1933 (gage height, 0.45 ft).

Maximum stage known, 34.0 ft July 27, 1919 (present datum), from floodmarks 20 ft 

downstream (discharge, 52,800 cfs, from rating curve extended above 38,000 cfs).

Remarks.--Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station. Town of Henderson diverted an average of 2.3 cfs during the water year out of 

basin above station. Town of Tarboro diverts about 1 cfs for municipal supply.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1172: Drainage area. WSP 1273: 1899, 1900, 1932-33.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-3, Oct. 7 to Feb. 5; 

rate of change in stage used as a factor Oct. 4,Feb. 6,7, 

Mar. 16-16, 23-26, Apr. 7, 12, 13, 19-21, May 5, 12, 

June 4, 6-8, July 5, 9, lo, 12, 13, 21, 22, 24, 25,Aug.l7, 

Sept. 27)

1.5 168

314

636

1,030

1,910

2,920

10.0

13.0

16.0

19.0

21.0

4,080

5,980

8,O50

1O.8OO

13,100

Discharge, in cubic feet pe 5cond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

g

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,130

1,910

1,730

2,860

5.140

2,180

1,640

1,420

1,250

1,200

1,200

1,120

1,070

990

1,010

1,120

1,590

1,460

1,250

1,070

950

930

870

830

790

730

711

711

618

770

730

39,980

1,290

O.603

0.69

Nov.

711

730

730

*673

711

654

673

636

636

636

730

790

1,010

1,250

*1,200

990

930

830

830

1,160

1,290

1,460

1.510

1,380

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,250

1,330

1,290

29,500

983

0.459

0.51

Dec.

1,250

1,120

1,010

970

950

970

1,010

970

1,010

1,010

990

970

990

990

890

*910

850

850

790

830

810

830

790

750

750

770

790

770

750

730

790

27,860

899

0.420

0.48

Jan.

810

910

950

93O

650

870

810

810

790

79O

770

850

930

1,070

1,120

1,070

*990

970

91O

1,030

1,010

1,010

1,030

1,200

1,250

1,380

1.420

1,380

1,290

1,160

1,120

31,480

1,015

0.474

0.55

Feb.

1,070

1,030

1,010

1^640

3,180

4.83O

5,780

6,650

7,260

7,690

7,400

6,990

6,580

5,980

4,860

3,640

3,480

3,480

3,480

3,720

3,900

4,260

3,900

3,300

3,140

3,300

4,380

4,740

121,990

4,207

1.97

2.12

Mar.

4,200

3,660

3.20O

2,81O

2,540

2,380

2,180

2,040

1,910

1,820

1,910

2,000

1,860

1,910

2,040

3,450

6,570

8,700

9,750

11,OOO

12,200

12 . 800

10,900

8,140

5,780

3,750

3,030

2,540

2,330

? 2 , 1RO

141,760

4,573

2.14

2.46

Apr.

2,090

2,000

1,860

1,820

1,770

2,330

2,840

3,540

3,600

3,480

3,080

5,040

6,760

7,620

8,610

9,750

10.400

9,570

7,650

5,870

4,070

3,200

2,640

2,330

2,090

1,910

1,770

1,730

1,640

1,590

122,650

4,O88

1.91

2.13

May

1,620

2,640

2,590

2,380

3,330

4,320

4,680

5.590

5,390

4,560

4,200

3,000

2,230

1,820

1,590

1,380

1,200

1,030

970

870

810

770

673

692

711

711

654

600

565

*512

530

62,618

2.O2O

0.944

1.09

June

565

711

785

2,330

5,660

3,530

2,360

1,560

1,160

1,030

870

830

930

750

618

548

512

495

459

446

430

512

512

478

430

4O9

386

379

342 

520

28,347

945

0.442

0.49

July

371

403

314

906

1,040

565

565

711

2,180

3,810

*4.740

3,850

2,720

2,130

1,550

990

810

673

636

750

1,740

2,720

3,900

3,830

2,240

1,910

1,910

1,730

1,380

1,250

*1,330

53,654

1,731

0.809

0.93

Aug.

1,510

1,640

1,380

1,550

1,380

1,510

1,680

1,380

1,250

1,030

810

670

1,250

1,820

2,480

2,590

1,680

1,200

910

770

730

711

870

950

790

636

565

476

433 

424

394

35,671

1,151

0.538

0.62

Sept.

371

331

388

450

*520

600

692

830

810

711

618

548

478

415

371

314

306

256

267

259

229

234

236

254

281

362

1,310

1.770

1,550 

1,640

17,401

580

0.271

0.30

Calendar year 1955: Max 16,4OO Min 236 Mean 2,115 Cfsm 0.988 In. 13.40

Water year 1955-56: Max 12,800 Min 229 Mean 1,948 Cfsm 0.910 In. 12.37

Discharge measurement made on this day.
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 123

Herring Run near Washington, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°34'03", long 77°01'09", on left bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on 

county road, 1 mile upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 264, l£ miles upstream from 

mouth, and 2f miles northeast of Washington, Beaufort County.

Drainage area.--About 15 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 2 ft (from topographic map). Prior to May 8, 1951, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 6 years, 6.82 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 190 cfs July 10 (gage height, 10.66 ft); minimum daily, 0.9 cfs July 3-6, Sept. 21-25.

1950-56: Maximum discharge 548 cfs Sept. 19, 1955 (gage height, 14.77 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 330 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 

0.7 cfs at times in several years.

Flood in 1946 reached a stage of 17 ft, from information "by local resident (discharge not determined).

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Natural runoff affected by ditches and canals above station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4 

5.6

in cubic feet per se

0.9 

1.4

2.1

5.8 

6.0 

7.0 

8.4

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

 z 7

ii

31

30

*28

25

22

20

17

14

12

*11

10

a&

a?

a6

5.0

aS

aS

aS

a5

6.0

6.0

5.0

4.8

*4.6

4.5

4.3

4.1

3.9

5.2 

5.2

356.6

11.5

-

-

Nov.

4.8

4.3

*4.3

4.1

4.3

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.6

3.2

3.2

3.0

2.9

L*!

9.1

6.0

6.4

*5.8

5.4

4.8

4.6

5.4

6.2 

6.2

5.8

5.2

137.4

4.58

-

-

Dec.

4.8

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.7

4.1

4.5

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.5 

2.4

2.3 2~3 

2.9

107.4

3.46

-

-

Jan.

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.4

3.9

4.3

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.6

4.6

5.8

5.6

5.2

4.8

4.6

5.8

6.2

a6.2

a8. 6

a9.0

a8.6

a!2

a 15

a!7

*14

12 

11

9.7

8.7

'

218.1

7.04

-

-

Feb.

7.3

6.8

6.6

7.8

12

24

31

*26

21

19

23

25

21

18

16

16

*24

34

28

4_5

40

32

26

22

21

21

36 

38

32

------

679.5

23.4

-

-

Mar.

E6

23

21

19

17

15

14

*12

11

9.0

8.7

8.7

8.0

8.0

8.0

17

22

19

19

17

15

12

11

9.7

9.7

9.0

8.0

7.0

7.0

7.7 

7.0

405.5

13.1

-

-

Apr.

6.4

6.0

5.8

5.4

5.0

9.0

12

10

7.7

6.8

21

45

33

26

21

18

*15

12

9.7

8.4

6.8

6.2

5.6

5.0

4.8

4.5

4. 1 

3.7

3.4

5.2

330.5

11.0

-

-

May

5.4

6.4

6.4

6.6

6.8

6.0

5.6

6.2

6.6

5.8

4.8

4.3

3.6

3.0

2.4

2 1

i!g

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2 

1 . 2

1.2

*1 . 2 

1.2

103.1

3.33

-

-

June

1.1

1.3

1.2

1 . 2

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

2.8

T7T

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.3 

1.3

1.4

1.1

35.2

1.17

-

"

July

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.9

2.1

18

9.2

79

*33

20

15

11

7.0

5.6

17

9.7

6.0

4.8

6.7

5.E

4.1

8.3

34

29

26 

22

16

24

21

439.3

14.2

-

-

Aug.

17

13

10

8.0

lo

23

19

15

11

8.0

6.4

5.4

4.6

3.9

4.1

*3.6

3.2

3.0

2.4

4.6

13

10

7.7

6.0

4.8

3.9

3.4

3.0

2.6

2.0

239.9

7.74

-

-

Sept.

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

al.O

al.O

al.O

al.O

al.O

a. 9

a. 9

a. 9

a. 9

a. 9

*2.1

±J, 

3.7

2.8

2.3

45.1

1.50

-

"

Calendar year 1955: Max 391 Mln O.7 Mean 14.0 Cfsm - In.

Water year 1955-56: Max 79 Mln 0.9 Mean 8.46 cfsra - In. -

Peak discharge (base. 120 cfs). July 10 (1:30 p.m.) 190 cfs (10.66 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage 

nd records for nearby streams.
124 NEUSE RIVER BASIN 

Eno River at Hillsboro, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°04', long 79°06', on right bank 1,000 ft downstream from bridge on State 

Highway 86, at Hillsboro, Orange County, and 2 miles downstream from Sevenmile Creek.

Drainage area.--66.5 sq mi.

Records available . November 1927 to September 1956 (fragmentary prior to April 1930).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and rectangular weir. Datum of gage is 487.44 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 29, 1937, 

staff gage at same site and datum with natural control.

Average discharge.--S6 years (1930-56), 62.7 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,270 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 13.07 ft); minimum, 1.5 cfs Oct. 26-28.

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 11,000 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 20.01 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.1 cfs 

Sept. 5, 1953, Oct. 6-14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 5 cfs, which are poor. Diversion of about 

0.25 cfs for Hillsboro water supply is partly returned above station as sewage.

Revisions (water years).--M3F 1032: 1939(M) , 1944(M). WSP 1203: 1930(M). WSP 1333: 

1928-29, 1932, 1933-34(M) , 1938(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5 

1.8 

2.1

0.8

1.7

3.1

7.3

16

33

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0 

10.0

63

111

254

637

1,030

1,430

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Calei

Watei

Oct.

195

72

39

27

18

20

16

22

18

18

*16

14

10

2.8

2.2

25

28

14

13

13

10

14

12

10

2.6

1.7

1.5

3.1

12

12 

12

673.9

21.7

0.326

0.38

idar yeai

" year 1

Nov.

12

12

11

11

11

13

15

7.4

11

22

49

23

17

15

15

15

13

37

28

30

26

16

8.6

14

15

16

15

32

21

2.5

533.5

17.8

0.268

0.30

1955: 1>

355-56: Ji

Dec.

1.8

9.4

14

15

11

17

15

15

15

15

1414'

13

13

13

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

14

13

14

13

13

12

12

13 

14

411.2

13.3

0.200

0.23

1ax 1,2£

lax 1,1:

Jan.

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

12

12

13

14

14

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

15

15

13

14

19

19

19

21

T9

18

19 

16

451

14.5

0.218

0.25

0 H

0 V

Feb.

15

15

28

248

212

397

340

96

69

58

76

79

53

45

40

38

38

69

68

110

85

58

47

43

62

155

69

64

52

------

2,729

94.1

1.42

1.53

In 1.5

In 1.5

Mar.

43

41

41

44

39

36

34

38

42

34

30

30

30

33

60

1,110

359

113

86

67

57

51

47

44

41

39

37

35

34

36 

33

2,764

89.2

1.34

1.55

Me a

Me a

Apr.

30

30

43

40

33

47

124

57

42

37

403

567

116

77

68

104

77

58

51

46

42

40

37

35

33

32

32

30

29

SI

2,387

79.6

1.20

1.33

n 44.7

n 39.1

May

36

*36

201

472

109

67

79

191

72

56

47

41

37

33

28

27

24

23

22

22

22

25

65

29

21

19

20

19

18

17

M

1,894

61.1

0.919

1.06

Cfsn

Cfsi]

June

23

399

Too

46

33

27

24

22

19

19

17

16

15

14

13

12

12

12

14

15

15

14

12

12

12

10

11

11

9.2

B.I

966.3

32.2

0.484

0.54

l 0.672

l 0.588

July

7.3

6.8

6.0

5.6

5.8

9.3

13

17

19

29

14

9.7

8.1

7.6

7.0

6.5

7.3

8.9

12

40

21

12

8.6

6.5

5.8

5.2

5.0

5.0

5. 2

7.8

6.3

328.3

10.6

0.159

0.18

In. 9

In. 8

Aug.

5.0

4.4

108

19

10

7.3

5.8

5.0

4.6

4.4

4.8

14

11

6.0

10

5.6

3.6

2.8

3.5

6.0

16

13

12

8.1

6.8

5.6

5.2

5.0

5.8

5.6 

6.0

329.9

10.6

0.159

0.18

13

01

Sept.

5.4

12

80

25

12

*11

11

30

13

8.9

7.3

6.3

5.8

4.6

4.6

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.1

5.0

4.0

4.0

3.8

4.4

3.6

112

321

76

40

24

849.5

28.3

0.426

0.48

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 efs).--Mar. 16 (6:30 p.m.) 2,270 cfs (13.07 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 125

Flat River at Bahama, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°11'00", long 78°52'45", on right "bank half a mile upstream from Lake 

Mlchie, 1-f miles upstream from highway bridge, 1-J- miles north of Bahama, Durham County, 

and l| miles upstream from Dial Creek.

Drainage area.--150 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1925 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 356 ft (from topographic map). Prior to Oct. 22, 1925, staff gage at same site at datum 0.58 ft lower.

Average discharge.--31 years, 142 cfs .

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,100 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 8.81 ft); minimum, 

4.3 cfs Sept. 21, 23 (gage height, 0.98 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, about 20,000 cfs July 26, 1938 (gage height not determined), computed from records at nearby stations; minimum, 0.37 cfs Sept. 26, 27, 1932 

(gage height, 0.23 ft).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Some diurnal fluctuation and infrequent regulation at low flow caused by small mill 

5 miles above station.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1333: 1926, 1928(M) , 1938, 1946.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

0.9

.0

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.4

145

341

580

1,220

2,100

5,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IE

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

£7

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

5,550

490

193

127

100

86

70

63

63

*59

52

49

47

128

66

52

47

43

40

3E

34

32

30

32

_27_

29

30

30

28

30

30

7,493

242

1.61

1.86

Nov.

30

28

27

28

26

25

27

26

*26

38

194

75

50

42

40

37

32

30

44

110

61

47

43

40

37

64

81

59

*47

42

1,456

48.5

0.323

0.36

Dec.

36

36

37

40

46

46

40

39

37

39

37

36

34

32

33

32

32

30

33

32

29

27

29

29

30

30

28

27

2_e

26

30

1,038

33.5

0.223

0.26

Jan.

30

29

27

27

28

27

26

25

"24 23

28

32

30

27

25

24

25

24

23

26

34

28

26

32

37

39

39

34

32

30

30

891

28.7

0.191

0.22

?eb.

*27

26

33

776

946

1,000

1,100

328

208

161

260

267

152

112

98

90

86

152

189

447

306

161

121

105

172

349

161

178

133

8,144

281

1.87

2.02

Mar.

98

90

92

98

90

79

75

95

155

90

79

79

76

*79

170

*2,640

1,000

354

267

185

145

121

110

102

90

86

79

75

72

75

M

6,914

223

1.49

1.71

Apr.

63

61

105

98

75

135

494

161

102

86

1,130

2,050

432

254

204

344

246

155

124

108

S5

90

83

77

70

68

68

66

63

59

7,146

238

1.59

1.77

May

59

*66

165

5,680

468

227

165

322

145

108

92

81

75

64

59

54

50

47

44

43

40

42

81

55

39

34

34

34

33

30

35

6,466

203

1.39

1.60

June

30

505

232

79

57

46

39

35

332'9

32

29

*25

25

23

21

20

19

18

21

28

29

24

24

21

20

17

15

14

15

1,523

50.8

0.339

0.38

July

11

11

9.9

9.2

8_._8

9.6

10

11

14

56

44

25

19

14

11

10

10

24

23

198

110

40

29

*23

16

15

20

19

20

35

26

881.5

28.4

0.189

0.22

Aug.

20

15

~5i 264

37

29

22

22

16

12

9.9

12

66

29

23

17

13

10

is'9 9

73

54

36

26

18

14

11

9 9

9^6

8.4

7.1

989.8

31.9

0.213

0.25

Sept.

6.2

6.5

59

50

a22

a!8

a20

a41

a25

a!7

a!4

*a 11

10

9.6

8.8

7.7

7.1

6.2

5.4

5.1

4.3

4.6

4.3

4.6

4.6

11

261

104

50

50

848.0

28.3

0.189

0.21

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,970 Min 6.3 Mean 153 cfsm 1.02 In. 13.88

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,350 Min 4.3 Mean 120 Cfsm 0.800 In. 10.86

Peak discharge (base. 4,500 cfs). Oct. 1 (12:30 p.m.) 8.100 cfs 

5,070 cfs (7.17 ft); May 4 (11:30 a.m.) 6,310 cfs (7.88 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather 

and records for nearby stations.

3.81 ft); Mar. 16 (5 p.m.)

scorded range in stage,
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 

Dial Creek near Bahama, N. C

Location. --Lat 36°10'35", long 78°51'20", on right bank three-eighths of a mile upstream 

from mouth and Lake Michie and ij miles northeast of Bahama, Durham County.

Drainage area. --4. 9 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1925 to September 1956. Prior to October 1929, published as 

"at Bahama."

Gage . --Water-stage recorder and V-notch sharp-crested weir. Altitude of gage is 356 ft 

(from topographic map) .

Average discharge . --31 years, 4.27 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 256 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 3.79 ft); no flow 

Sept. 19-25.

1925-56: Maximum gage height, 7.60 ft May 24, 1940 (discharge not determined); no 

flow at times in many years.

Remarks . --Records good.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1233: 1926-40, 1941-42(M) , 1944-45, 1946-47(M) , 1948-50(P). 

WSP 1333: 1931.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

0.1 

.2 

.3 

.4

.6

.8

1.0

0.01

.07

.17

.30

.73

1.38

2.42

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.1

50

109

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

45

6.4

3.39

2.36

2.00

1.70

1.46

1.38

1.46

1.22

1.18

1.11

5.9

16

4.30

2.80

2.36

2.00

1.75

1.50

1.42

1.34

1.26

1.30

1.18

1.18

1.18

1.15

1.22 

1.38

1.18

119.06

3.84

0.783

0.90

Nov.

1.11

1.11

1.15

1.30

1.15

1.15

1.18

1.18

1.18

4.83

5.1

2.24

1.90

1.75

1.65

1.60

1.38

1.34

3.85

2.87

2.06

1.90

1.75

1.65

1.65

3.23

2.24

2.00

1.75 

*1.60

58.85

1.96

0.400

0.45

Dec .

1.50

1.55

1.60

1.75

2.18

1.75

1.60

1.60

1.65

1.60

1.46

1.38

1.42

1.42

1.46

1.38

1.42

1.38

1.42

1.30

1.30

1.38

1.38

1.38

1.42

1.34

1.26

1.22

1.26 

1.50

1.60

45.86

1.48

0.302

0.35

Jan.

1.42

1.34

1.34

1.38

1.34

1.26

1.30

1.22

1.26

1.30

1.55

1.38

1.26

1.18

1.18

1.22

1.18

1.11

1.26

1.75

1.38

1.26

1.46

1.90

1.70

1.85

1.75

1.60

1.60 

1.65

1.50

43.88

1.42

0.290

0.33

Feb.

1.34

1.60

2.52

15

11

36

20

8.1

5.9

4.75

10

6.8

4.84

3.95

3.63

3.31

3.78

6.1

4.48

11

6.8

4.93

4.03

3.79

11

11

6.2

5.7

4.21

221.76

7.65

1.56

1.68

Mar.

3.63

3.71

3.63

4.03

3.15

3.08

3.01

4.34

3.71

3.08

3.01

2.80

2.87

3.71

83

*104

20

11

7.9

5.9

5.0

4.57

4.21

3.95

3.47

3.39

3.23

2.94

3.08 

3 . 08

2.73

319.21

10.3

2.10

2.42

Apr.

2.60

2.88

4.39

3.08

2.73

6.8

6.6

4.12

3.39

3.08

44

30

10

6.9

6.2

8.6

5.4

4.66

4.21

3.79

3.47

3.39

3.08

2.94

2.87

2.87

2.66

2.60

2.42 

2.56

192.09

6.40

1.31

1.46

May

2.54

2.73

4.43

26

6.5

4.39

4.03

3.87

2.94

2.66

2.42

2.30

1.95

1.75

1.60

1.50

1.97

1.42

1.30

1.26

1.26

1.30

1.50

1.18

1.02

1.02

1.02

.99

.96 

.87

.84

89.52

2.89

0.590

0.68

June

1.26

9.3

2.24

1.55

1.30

1.15

1.02

.99

.87

.87

.75

.66

.63

.58

.53

.44

.43

1.01

1.95

1.11

.96

.81

.72

1.95

.68

.50

.48

.48

.39 

.34

35.95

1.20

0.245

0.27

July

.30

.27

.24

725

.24

.45

1.59

1.01

2.69

2.06

.66

.44

.43

.53

.37

.30

.41

4.24

.73

.78

.68

.44

.34

.27

.26

.41

.27

.27

.29 

1.17

.30

22.69

0.732

0.149

0.17

Aug.

0.27

.22

.35

.25

.20

.16

1.77

.32

.18

.20

.17

1.22

3.23

1.35

1.48

.37

.26

.22

.37

3_a7

2.00

.93

.53

.39

.29

.27

.30

.29

.30 

.20

.14

21.70

0.700

0.143

0.16

Sept.

0.10

.08

.13

.31

.29

.25

1.33

.53

. 22

.15

.14

.14

.12

.09

.06

.02

.01

.01

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3.03

3.26

.99

.53 

.43

12.22

0.407

0.083

0.09

Calendar year 1955; Max 150 Mln 0.10 Mean 3.66 Cfsm 0.747 In. 10.14

Water year 1955-56: Max 104 Mln 0 Mean 3.23 Cfsm 0.659 In. 8.96

Peak discharge (base, 160 cfsi.--Mar. 16 (3:30 p.m.) 256 cfs (3.79 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEU2E RIVER BASIN 

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

127

Location. Lat 36°08 I 55", long 78°49'43", on right bank 900 ft downstream from Durham municipal dam, 3 miles southeast of Bahama, Durham County, and 5 miles upstream from confluence with Eno River.

Drainage area. 171 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1927 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 255.05 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Nov. 19, 1927, at datum 1.30 ft higher.

Average discharge. 29 years, 155 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,900 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 13.60 ft); minimum, 3.0 cfs Sept. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (gage height, 0.68 ft).

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 19,700 cfs July 26, 1938 (gage height, 19.50 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs on basis'of computation of peak flow over Durham 

municipal dam at gage heights 13.60, 14.60, 16.70, and 19.50 ft; no flow Sept. 3-14, 

1938 (result of construction work upstream).

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Considerable regulation since 1926 by Lake Michie (usable capacity, 12,610 acre-ft) 

above station. An average of 12.5 cfs was diverted above station for Durham municipal 

water supply. About 6.3 cfs was returned as sewage to Keuse River 3 miles upstream from 

Northside gage. Records of chemical analyses for the water year 1956 are given in 

WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1333: 1928-30, 1932(M), 1934, 1935-39(M), 1944.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

.9 10

1.1 23

1.4 54

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, watei

160

398

720

2,550

11.0 4,800

;ar October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

4,450

935

339

307

236

205

124

85

76

49

46

46

46

46

46

46

72

85

85

60

10

10 9.7

10

10

10

10

10

10

9.7

10

7,493.4

242

-

"

Nov.

10

9.7

12

9.7

9.7

9.7

9.7

*9.7

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

28

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

11

48

48

37

47

47

838.2

27.9

-

-

Dec.

57

64

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

49

122

160

159

137

50

49

49

*50

50

50

50

49

49

24

13

13

13

12

12

1,722

55.5

-

-

Jan.

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

14

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

a 12

a 12

a!2

a!2

a 12

a!3

a!3

a!3

a!3

a 13

a!3

a!3

a!4

a!4

*a!4

387

12.5

-

-

Feb.

14

14

14

24

884

843

1,620

483

309

336

384

356

214

178

30

48

163

166

92

249

428

250

208

244

181

237

309

335

170

______

------

8,843

305

-

-

Mar.

170

168

201

200

168

100

90

90

64

50

50

50

109

*172

223

2,210

1,790

482

384

376

304

223

126

88

88

62

29

56

48

48

48

8,267

267

-

-

Apr.

48

48

40

133

176

201

304

305

278

179

478

2,580

608

335

273

357

296

272

248

196

140

79

79

63

50

49

48

48

49

47

8,007

267

-

-

May

49

77

223

3 , 360

853

398

300

244

198

200

198

121

82

82

87

94

74

13

13

13

13

14

20

43

54

53

26

13

13

13

13

6,954

224

-

-

June

14

76

196

82

*64

85

85

85

85

61

13

13

13

*13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

_ __. _

1,093

36.4

-

-

July

13

T3

13

13

14

24

52

13

28

13

13

13

14

14

14

15

15

15

15

15

14

14

4

* 4

4

4

4

16

13

13

13

492

15.9

-

-

Aug.

13

13

13

18

13

13

17

13

13

28

35

17

13

14

39

50

50

42

13

24

52

50

52

40

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

736

23.7

-

-

Sept.

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

*12

12

12

12

12

6.8

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.0

T^

3.2

3.4

19

100

99

92

548.8

18.3

-

-

Calendar year 1955; Max 8,480 Mln 7.5 Mean 162 Cfsm - In.

Waber year 1955-56: Max 4,450 Min 3.0 Mean 124 Cfsm - In.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of tallrace readings at Durham municipal dam

900 ft upstream.
128 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

road bridge, and 2-| miles south 

Drainage area.--526 sq ml. 

Records available.--July 1927 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage reeorier. Datum of gage is 226.32 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to June 2, 1928, chain gage at site 10 ft upstream at same 

datum. Since Sept. 29, 1950, auxiliary water-stage recorder at bridge on U. S. Highway 15, 4 miles upstream. Mar. 25, 1949, to Sept. 28, 1950, auxiliary wire-weight gage 

at same site.

Average discharge.--29 years, £25 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,120 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 20.20 ft); maximum gage height, 20.25 ft Mar. 17; minimum daily discharge, 28 cfs Sept. 24.

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 36,600 cfs Sept. 18, 1945; maximum gage height, 31.02 ft 

Sept. ^18, 1945, from floodmarn; minimum discharge, 3.1 cfs Sept. 20, 1932 (gage height,

Remarks.--Records fair. Moderate diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplant above station. 

Flow regulated by Durham municipal dam. For diversion see records for Flat River at dam 

near Bahama. Records of chemical analyses for the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1032: 1933(M) , 1935-36, 1937(M) , 

1938-39, 1944(M).WSP 1333: 1928-31, 1934(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Fall used as a factor Oct. 3, 4, 15, Feb. 9, 13, 27, 

Mar. 20, 21, Apr. 14, 15, May 6, 7, June 3, 4)

27

3.0 

5.0

7.0

14.0

17.0

19.3

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

P

1

U

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IE

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,600

5,680

2,730

800

511

390

342

213

213

178

*143

135

129

552

385

185

141

185

170

149

106

74

72

66

68

67

63

61

61

62

61

13,592

438

0.833

0.96

Ilov.

68

66

66

68

67

S3

60

*69

75

73

242

272

145

98

86

84

102

118

138

550

250

192

162

139

120

150

185

155

141

154

3,958

132

0.251

0.28

Dec.

*125

122

109

107

121

131

132

121

120

118

117

108

114

213

220

220

145

107

106

106

104

96

103

100

100

98

75

69

67

68

75

3,617

117

0 .222

0.26

Jan.

75

74

73

73

73

70

68

65

63

65

66

68

68

66

64

63

65

65

65

78

84

77

76

100

127

127

125

118

111

103

109

2,524

81.4

0 . 155

0.18

Feb.

102

96

108

1, 100

2,570

2,530

5,590

5,690

1,660

845

1,070

1,520

858

547

458

342

318

605

585

730

1,320

845

547

493

585

1,220

1,150

795

605

_____

30,884

1,065

2.02

2.18

Mar.

475

432

432

529

441

382

235

302

390

310

265

242

235

*390

416

2,070

5,600

6,270

4,320

*1,710

*920

625

511

398

358

326

280

242

258

258

250

29,932

966

1.84

2.12

Apr.

220

213

250

302

374

382

1,040

945

585

475

983

3,530

4,600

2,470

954

970

1 , 100

686

585

475

424

302

272

258

220

213

206

206

192

192

23,624

787

1.50

1.67

May

*206

220

1,960

2,680

5,650

2,420

856

795

665

475

407

350

242

220

199

192

185

141

106

100

95

96

178

250

162

131

118

92

89

86

BZ_

17.429

562

1.07

1.23

June

85

734

1,720

658

334

206

178

167

156

145

106

*83

82

81

75

72

71

70

95

95

88

82

77

72

74

73

70

72

70

67

..__ -

5,958

199

0.378

0.42

July

63

60

60

69

68

55

78

97

80

129

121

84

69

62

56

51

54

63

69

69

148

136

80

*64

59

68

62

58

121

120

83

2,456

79.2

0.151

0.17

Aug.

64

62

97

396

117

71

64

60

54

52

82

75

59

111

319

174

98

83

67

69

346

194

114

94

69

50

46

45

44

45

43

3,264

105

0.200

0.23

Sept.

41

41

100

312

142

109

103

113

112

73

56

*53

45

44

42

40

38

36

30

31

33

29

29

28

36

44

703

830

346

213

3,852

128

0.243

0.27

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,000 Mln 26 Mean 404 Cfsra 0.768 In. 10.44

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,270 Mln 28 Mean 385 Cfsm 0.732 In. 9.97

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 cfs). Mar. 17 (10 p.m.) 7,120 

(17.28 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.

cfs (20.20 ft); Apr. 13 (9 a.m.) 4,790
NEDSE RIVER BASIN 129

Neuse River near Clayton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°39', long 78°25', on left bank 5 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 42, 1.8 miles upstream from Mill Creek, and 3 miles east of Clayton, Johnston 

County.

Drainage area.--1.140 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--July 1927 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 128.12 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Mar. 18, 1942, at site 1,100 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--29 years, 1,196 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,750 cfs Mar. 13 (gage height, 12.08 ft); minimum, 92 cfs Sept. 24 (gage height, 1.00 ft).

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 22,900 cfs Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 22.12 ft); minimum, 44 cfs Sept. 15, 1932 (gage height, 0.28 ft, site then in use).

Flood of July 23, 1919, reached a stage of 21.15 ft, from floodmark at former site 

(discharge, 21,200 cfs) .

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years) .--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSF 1032- 1930, 1935(M). WSP 1333- 

1935.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1 to Sept. 30

1.5

1.7

246

332

486

770

Note.--Same as following table above 2 .5 ft.

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

226

468

770

1,080

4,000

8,650

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

382

892

2,860

3,440

2,120

858

640

573

540

454

423

387

357

540

728

890

568

460

*418

428

402

377

318

287

283

262

262

254 258"

271

266

21,198

684

0.600

0.69

NOV.

*262

258

£66

284

275

258

258

266

262

266

504

510

618

498

404

3^8

352

310

428

890

830

740

594

522

456

430

498

522

516

450

13,155

438

0.384

0.43

Dec.

421

*415

399

393

404

393

393

393

421

438

415

404

399

378

399

456

433

415

362

343

329

329

329

334

334

329

319

310

288

279 ITS'

11,592

374

0.328

0.38

Jan.

524

310

306

*310

297

292

2G4

204

275

275

297

315

301

288

279

275

279

270

270

319

315

315

329

456

480

492

492

468

433

415

404

10,449

337

0.296

0.34

Feb.

*378

373

3B8

829

2,730

3,870

5,400

5,630

4,850

4,570

2,740

2,940

2,790

2,010

1,380

1,080

1,020

1,680

1,620

1,490

1,820

2,080

1,680

1,180

1,080

1,280

1,800

2,290

1,750

62,728

B, 163

1.90

2.05

Mar.

*1.520

1,080

990

950

1,020

9cO

860

758

746

788

752

678

642

764

925

3,300

7,550

3,350

7,080

6 , 890

6,560

3,970

1,550

1,220

1,020

890

830

758

703

709

685

65,508

2,113

1.85

2.14

Apr.

648

*612

600

618

654

788

1,720

1,880

,620

,180

,540

,590

,400

,030

,220

,340

,220

,320

,640

,320

1,120

960

830

733

697

648

618

594

576

558

52,274

1,742

1.53

1.71

May

819

890

752

2,210

3,740

3,910

4,000

2,600

1,580

1,350

990

830

746

600

528

486

438

421

393

329

301

297

348

438

474

415

348

31S

306

262

246

31,366

1,012

0.888

1.02

June

*254

2,160

5,220

3,350

1 , 780

890

630

498

444

394

373

348

297

258

250

242

219

209

246

250

275

266

250

219

206

209

199

199

199

185

20,517

684

0.600

0.67

July

174

*151

159

226

174

165

242

488

570

757

570

357

292

234

202

183

219

242

226

561

1,440

856

558

352

266

262

250

226

542

1,050

984

12,978

419

0.368

0.42

Aug.

*492

329

284

357

450

383

270

212

186

183

262

399

444

288

254

388

462

297

234

212

324

558

522

343

275

226

199

180

162

156

^42

9,473

306

0.268

0.31

Sept.

131

142

238

*242

404

409

393

319

246

219

226

192

165

148

128

120

114

120

123

134

126

112

106

100

154

174

694

1,120

1,280

730

8,809

294

0.258

0.29

Calendar year 1955: Max 11,200 Min 103 Mean 933 Cfsm 0.818 In. 11.12

Water year 1955-56: Max 8,350 Min 100 Mean 874 Cfsm 0.767 In. 10.45

Peak discharge (base, 7,100 cfs).--Mar. 18 (6 a.m.) 8,750 cfs (12.06 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
130 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°34'10", long 78°35'30", on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 50, a quarter of a mile upstream from Buffalo Branch, 3^ miles downstream 

from county line, and 9^ miles southwest of Clayton, Johnston County.

Drainage area.--80.7 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 177 ft ("by barometer).

Average discharge.--17 years, 87.0 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,330 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 9.32 ft); minimum, 4.2 cfs Sept. 21 (gage height, 0.61 ft); minimum daily, 4.5 cfs Sept. 19, 20.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 5,400 cfs Sept. 4, 1955 (gage height, 13.14 ft); no flow 

Oct. 11-13, 1954.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 952: 1940(M) , 1941. WSP 1233: 1943(M), 1945, 1949.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 30)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 10

1.5 21

2.0 46

2 .6 89

3.4 160

Nov. 11 to Sept. 30

0.7 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

3.0

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

266

389

565

827

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

56

115

160

111

81

66

56

52

77

66

55

48

46

89

67

55

46

42

*40

36

34

32

30

30

28

29

26

27

30

36 

34

1,700

54.8

0.679

0.78

Nov.

*28

23

22

25

24

24

25

26

26

31

80

80

58

59

54

50

40

38

57

150

124

79

60

54

50

60

69

61

56

49

1,582

52.7

0.653

0.73

Dec.

45

*44

46

47

49

58

51

46

45

46

44

41

39

38

39

39

37

36

37

37

33

33

34

37

37

39

35

31

30

*32

44

1,249

40.3

0.499

0.58

Jan.

44

37

35

35

33

32

31

31

30

3T

35

37

35

32

31

30

30

30

31

42

44

38

41

64

69_

58

50

44

41

41

40

1,202

38.8

0.481

0.55

Feb.

*37

35

42

86

186

247

*334

360

278

*140

147

194

170

116

98

90

99

206

228

210

206

162

116

102

108

166

158

238

288

4,847

167

2.07

2.23

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,740 Min 3.7

Mar.

*210

136

133

122

105

94

90

87

83

76

75

80

84

112

116

422

1,140

848

400

237

170

140

126

116

108

98

94

91

30

98

90

5,871

189

2.34

2.70

Apr.

81

*76

80

79

74

94

249

154

98

81

186

360

374

276

144

204

246

222

133

108

94

89

86

73

68

66

65

6263- 

63

4,048

135

1.67

1.86

Mean 92.0

Hay

*200

198

147

278

275

158

108

126

102

82

71

61

55

48

40

35

31

28

27

26

24

25

62

69

46

33

27

24

24

23

20.

2,473

79.8

0.989

1.14

June

*24

194

246

445

122

59

46

37

32

28

23

£1

20

19

17

16

14

12

42

23

20

18

16

13

11

10

9.6

976

11 

9 . 8

1,568.0

52.3

0.648

0.72

July

8.8

*7.1

7.1

14

13

11

39

40

27

70

54

25

18

14

12

10

15

18

18

100

166

102

43

30

24

22

20

19

~94 182 

62

1,285.0

41.5

0.514

0.59

Aug.

*37

29

27

22

19

17

23

20

16

14

89

51

31

25

18

14

12

10

10

11

17

19

16

12

11

9.8

9.8

9.6

9.6 

8 . 5

7 9 ' 

625.2

20.2

0.250

0.29

Sept.

6.7

6.3

5.7

*32

31

18

19

16

11

9.4

7.7

7.1

6.7

6.7

5.9

5.7

5.4

5.0

4.5

4.5

33

25

11

8.3

8.5

18

102

130

63 

40

653.1

21.8

0.270

0.30

Cfsm 1.14 In. 15.51

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,140 Min 4.5 Mean 74.0 Cfsm 0.917 In. 12.47

Peak discharge ________'0 (ba cfa) .--Mar. 17 (5:30 p.m.) 1,330 

 asurement made on this day.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 131

Little River near Princeton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°30'20" , long 78°09'30", on left bank 400 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Little Creek, and 3 miles north of 

Princeton, Johnston County.

Drainage area.--229 sq mi.

Records available.--February 1930 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 108 ft (by barometer). Prior to Nov. 17, 

1934, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 26 years, 237 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,930 cfs Mar. 18 (gage height, 10.41 ft); minimum, 6.1 cfs July 3 (gage height, 0.80 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 4,770 cfs Jan. 24, 1954 (gage height, 12.79 ft); minimum, 1.0 cfs several times in September and October 1932 (gage height, 0.30 ft).

Flood in July 1919 reached a stage of 14.57 ft; September 1924, 14.90 ft; September 

1928, 13.3 ft; October 1929, 13.47 ft; from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation and occasionally some regulation for 

short periods caused by mills above station. Records of chemical analyses and water 

temperatures for the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1233: 1935(M) .

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 10 to Mar. 16, July 14-20)

Oct. 1-31, Mar. 7 to July 20 Nov. 1 to Mar. July 21 to Sept. 30

0.8

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

29

64

139

10.0

11.0

774

1,160

1,730

2,250

1.4 

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

116

220

520

920

1.0 

1.2 

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

59

106

257

426

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

286

256

256

242

211

*184

166

144

127

114

*120

116

106

94

92

91

97

112

128

102

88

90

76

66

70

67

73

67

63

W 

64

3,844

124

0.541

0.62

Nov.

*77

79

69

66

61

61

57

69

72

61

78

94

104

93

99

94

90

83

88

126

*156

176

171

151

131

131

131

126

136

119

3,049

102

0.445

0 . 50

Dec.

112

*107

94

94

89

99

100

106

114

101

96

90

88

*91

89

81

81

79

74

80

84

81

76

71

72

72

75

70

76

78 

88

2,708

87.4

0.382

0.44

Jan.

101

103

101

91

93

90

89

82

74

76

82

77

102

102

93

85

86

86

82

101

112

101

101

346

*166

161

146

136

120

111 

113

3,209

104

0.454

0.52

Feb.

107

103

101

111

182

317

*469

630

649

592

592

708

728

556

452

371

310

445

592

592

611

588

45 £

371

332

355

395

486

668

-------

12,865

444

1.94

2.09

Mar.

630

469

387

339

289

*256

226

211

188

160

152

161

176

249

286

568

1,370

1,880

1,880

1,530

1,180

793

564

444

369

316

279

256

242

234 

219

16,303

526

2.30

2.65

Apr.

203

187

184

184

176

193

384

489

429

399

422

711

846

756

702

648

*594

534

444

384

332

264

219

193

179

155

147

145

128

130

10,761

359

1.57

1.75

May

776

666

460

480

570

474

316

346

376

302

242

174

150

116

108

91

80

64

58

55

51

48

*56

72

61

39

36

37

36

36

*36

6,412

207

0.904

1.04

June

38

50

162

346

302

242

168

116

86

67

49

49

45

43

43

43

42

39

34

*35

37

33

24

20

16

T8~ 10

*20

28

18

2,223

74.1

0.324

0.36

July

16

14

8.4

8.0 25 

33

25

24

35

*101

286

339

294

171

124

76

70

66

70

97

126

129

109

76

48

36

31

39

48

50

97

2,671.4

86.2

0.376

0.43

Aug.

185

*225

282

187

85

54

47

39

33

33

233

334

382

*442

35¥

166

191

225

105

52

133

225

241

159

88

71

63

59

54

52

54

4,757

153

0.668

0.77

Sept.

43

39

35

35

60

58

123

350

350

152

72

*70

52

57

48

37

20

32" 13

30

19

14

22

16

*15

40

114

291

274

177

2,658

88.6

0.387

0.43

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,220 Mln 21 Mean 221 Cfsm 0.965 In. 13.10

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,880 Min 8.0 Mean 195 Cfsm 0.852 In. 11.60

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 cfa).--Mar. 18 (12 p.m.) 1,930 cfs (10.41 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
13 o NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Neuse River near Goldsboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°20', long 78°00', on left bank 5 ft downstream from highway bridge, 

CT.2 mile upstream from Stony Creek, 1.5 miles downstream from Atlantic Coast Line 

Railroad bridge, 3 miles south of Goldsboro, Wayne County, 4.3 miles downstream from 

Little River, and at mile 135.

Drainage area. 2,390 sq iri, approximately.

Records available. February 1930 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 42.95 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 24, 1931, chain gage at railroad bridge 1.5 miles upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. July 24, 1931, to Aug. 31, 

1948, water-stage recorder at site 2.3 miles upstream at datum 1.71 ft higher than 

present datum.

Average discharge.--26 years, 2,396 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,600 cfs Mar. 24 (gage height, 18.60 ft); 

minimum, 290 cfs Sept. 24 (gage height, 2.32 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 30,700 cfs Sept. 23, 1945; maximum gage height, 26.72 

ft Sept. 23, 1945, site and datum then in use; minimum unregulated discharge, 85 cfs 

Sept. 14, 1932 (gage height, 1.03 ft, site and datum then in use); minimum, 80 cfs 

Dec. 3, 1951 (result of temporary closure of river channel upstream).

Maximum discharge known, 38,600 cfs Oct. 5, 1929 (gage height, 27.3 ft, at railroad bridge and present datum).

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years ). WSF 822: Drainage area. WSP 1333: 1931, 1935.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 27 to Feb. 7, Aug. 5-24; rate of 

change In stage used as a factor Oct. 4, B, Feb. 6, 7, 17, 18, £8, 

Mar. 16, 17, 27-29, Apr. 22, 23, Hay 2, 12, 13, June 3, 4, 8, 9, 

July 7, Sept. 8)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 14

4.0 780

7.0 2,130

10.0 3.800

Nov. 15 to Sept. 5O

290

634

1,640

10.0 3,800

14.0 6,350

18.8 10,800

Discharge, cubic feet per second, wate October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,180

2,O8O

2,020

2,350

3,450

*5.800

3,740

2,470

1,970

1,730

1,590

*1,460

1,370

1,280

1,280

1,550

1,770

1,680

1,460

1,370

1,280

1,200

1,110

1,030

940

880

860

820

800

980

1,110

52,110

1,681

0.703

0.81

Nov.

*1,050

980

960

940

920

9OO

880

840

800

820

860

900

,,110

,24O

,280

,200

,120

,060

,040

,080

* ,280

,730

,770

, 680

,500

,46O

,460

,460

,460

,410

35,190

1,173

0.491

0.55

Dec .

.570

,280

,2OO

,160

,120

,O3O

,060

,O60

,060

,O60

,060

,060

,020

* ,000

,000

961

961

980

980

961

942

904

904

886

868

868

886

886

868

849

886

31,180

1,006

0.421

0.49

Jan.

923

1,020

1,060

1,020

1,000

980

942

923

886

886

886

886

904

961

961

942

923

904

942

1,060

1,120

1,160

,200

,280

* ,410

,590

,590

,550

,500

,410

,330

34, 149

1,102

0.461

0.53

Feb.

1,240

1,200

1,160

1,160

1,280

2,380

3,750

4,120

*4,540

5,000

5,583

6,140

6,630

7,020

7,100

6,700

6,210

3,610

3,160

3,510

3,850

3,950

4,060

4,120

3,860

3,160

2,830

3,690

4,170

------

115,180

3,972

1.66

1.79

Mar.

4,540

4,730

4,470

3,300

3, 160

*2,770

2,600

2,380

2,130

1,970

1,820

1,820

1.770

1,820

2,020

2,680

4,000

4,730

5,510

6,420

7,730

9,150

10,200

10,600

10,400

9,670

7,020

4,200

2,680

2,280

2,130

141,200

4,555

1.91

2.20

Apr.

1,970

1,870

1,770

May

1,590

2,370

?,800

: .650 4,120

I,b80 4,170

1,730 4,350

2, J3G

1 ,600

3, CdO

3,450

3,510

4,000

4,600

5,120

5,580

6,070

6,560

7,020

7,280

*7.570

6,860

5,210

3,180

2,380

2,020

1,770

1,640

1,550

1,460

1.410

106,700

3,557

1.49

1.66

4,670

4,560

5,060

5,250

5.510

3,960

2,45O

1,920

1,590

1,330

:,120

1,000

9O4

849

794

722

*686

704

740

830

83O

758

*669

616

582

69,104

2,229

0.933

1.O8

 

548

634

908

2,570

3,280

3,740

5.90O

2,930

1,560

1,120

904

776

704

634

565

516

47O

456

485

427

413

*441

485

485

441

427

386

373

360

548

31,286

1,043

0.436

0.49

July

348

335

324

373

335

335

891

923

349

*1,470

2,280

2,230

1,920

1,590

1,240

923

72 Z

599

599

812

923

1,280

1,730

1,550

1,200

886

722

616

565

532

848

29,950

966

0.404

0.47

AU5,

,460

,460

,330

,330

,000

886

868

776

652

565

565

616

904

*1,320

1,460

1,240

942

942

1,020

849

1,120

1,330

1.500

1 , 500

1,330

1,040

904

740

704

652

565

31,570

1,018

0.426

0.49

Sept.

470

427

456

532

699

980

1,180

2,260

2,550

2,080

1,500

1,200

*1,060

868

669

532

441

400

360

335

324

312

312

301

348

548

1,O8O

*1,680

2,600

3,220

29,724

991

0.428

0.46

Calendar year 1955: Max 22,600 Min 182 Mean 2,425 Cfsm 1.01 In. 13.77

Water year 1955-56: Max 10,6OO Min 3O1 Mean 1,933 Cfsm O.809 In. 11.02

Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 133

Neuse River at Kinston, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°15'30", long 77°35'10", on left bank at Kinston, Lenoir County, 600 ft 

downstream from bridge on State Highway 11 and at mile 90.

Drainage area.--2,690 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--February 1930 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 10.90 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 25, 1934, chain gage at highway bridge 1 mile downstream at datum 0.80 ft lower.

Average discharge. 26 years, 2,746 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,820 cfs Mar. 27 (gage height, 16.26 ft); minimum, 383 cfs Sept. 24 (gage height, 2.69 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 25,900 ofs Sept. 27, 1945; maximum gage height, 22.44 

ft Sept. 27, 1945; minimum discharge, 124 cfs Sept. 26, 1932 (gage height, 1.29 ft, 

site and datum then in use).

Maximum stage known, 25.0 ft July 1919, present site and datum (discharge, about 

39,000 cfs), from information by North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission.

Remarks. Records good. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the 

water year 1956, are given in WSP 1450.

Reviaions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1333: 1931-32.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used June 5-8; rate of change In stage used as

a factor Feb. 6-8, Mar. 30 to Apr. 1, Apr. 24-27, May 3, 14-16,

July 8, 10, Sept. 9)

Oct. 1 to June 8 June 9 to Sept. 30

3.8 710 2.7

8.5 2,890 5.0

14.5 7,600 9.4

16.5 10,100

In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,820

3,260

2,890

2,720

2,330

*3,330

3,750

4.030

3,820

2,830

*2,370

2,070

1,920

1,780

1,690

1,650

1,780

1,970

1,970

1,780

1,650

1,560

1,470

1,380

1,330

1,240

1,160

1,110

1.070,

1,070

1,160

66,460

2,144

0.797

0.92

Nov.

* ,290

,290

,200

,200

,160

,140

,110

,090

,070

,050

,070

,110

,110

,240

,380

,420

,420

,330

,290

,330

* ,380

,470

,780

,920

,870

,870

,830

,780

,740

,690

41,630

1,388

0.516

0.58

Dec.

1,650

1,600

1,510

1,470

1,380

1,330

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,140

1,110

1,070

1,050

1,030

1,030

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,050

37,720

1,217

0.452

0.52

Jan.

,070

,070

,110

,160

,160

,140

,090

,070

.010

,010

,010

,030

,030

,010

,030

,030

,070

,090

,070

,160

,240

,240

,290

,470

,560

,650

* ,740

,740

,740

,650

,560

38,300

1,235

0.459

0.53

Feb.

1,470

1,380

1,550

1,530

1,380

1,790

2,720

3,640

*4, 100

4,520

4,920

5,320

5,640

6,040

6,470

6,830

7.010

7,010

6,470

5,800

5,160

4,760

4,600

4,520

4,600

4,520

4,310

3,890

3,750

- - _ __ .

------

125,280

4,320

1.61

1.73

Mar.

4,100

4,520

4,920

5,080

4,920

*4,450

3,820

3,260

2,890

2,570

2,320

2,170

2,120

2,070

2,170

2,370

2,770

3,400

4, 100

4,760

5,400

6,040

6,740

7,600

3,580

9,370

9.670

9,520

3,700

6,300

3,940

150,640

4,859

1.81

2.08

Apr.

3,000

2,470

2,220

2,070

1,920

1,370

1,970

2,170

2,470

2,890

3,330

3,750

4,100

4,450

4,920

5,320

5,640

5,960

*6,290

6,740

6,920

7,100

7,010

6,060

4,480

2,970

2,200

1,970

1.830

1,780

115,870

3,862

1.44

1.60

May

2,120

2,470

3,220

3,890

4,380

4,610

4,920

5,160

5,320

5,480

5.560

5,560

5,480

4,430

2,840

1,990

1,650

1,420

1,240

1,140

1,070

1,010

950

890

870

890

950

970

910

830

*790

83,010

2,678

0.996

1.15

June

710

750

830

975

2,080

2,720

3,260

3,680

5.800

2,570

1,570

1,240

1,060

945

860

798

716

790

1,010

360

716

636

616

656

656

676

716

636

576

521

37,629

1,254

0.466

0.52

July

486

468

444

423

468

451

486

1,060

1,280

1,280

1,970

*2,520

2.700

2,400

1,970

1,610

1,330

1,060

880

860

1,060

1,190

1,380

1,760

1,760

1,510

1,190

970

839

778

736

37,319

1,204

0.448

0.52

Aug.

860

,380

* ,660

,660

,710

,420

,240

,150

,010

859

839

900

880

970

* 1,240

1,510

1,470

1,190

1,080

1,120

1,190

1,610

1,970

2.020

1,910

1,660

1,330

1,190

1,010

920

860

39,798

1,284

0.477

0.55

Sept.

757

676

616

716

839

900

1,080

1,280

2,090

2,460

2,540

1,860

1,470

1,330

1,100

900

736

636

556

486

447

416

398

386

395

468

*757

1,240

1,760

2,400

31,495

1,050

0 . 390

0.44

Calendar year 1955: Max 19,700 Mln 213 Mean 2,684 Cfsm 0.998 In. 13.55

Water year 1955-56: Max 9,670 Mln 386 Mean 2,200 Cfsm 0.818 In. 11.14

Discharge measurement made on this day.
134 NEOSE RIVER BASIN 

CJahunta Swamp near Shine, N. C.

 Tat ^S°29' Ions; 77°48' on downstream side of highway bridge near center of 

' Lat 35 ' .from Ippietree Swamp, 3* miles north of Shine, Oreene County, m upstream 

and 8 miles northwest of Snow Hill.

Drainage area. 77.6 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.-Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 48 ft (estimated f^ ^riptiori of

benchmark in vicinity). Prior to Apr. 1, 1955, wire-weight gage at same site and

datum. 

Extremes.-Maximum discharge during year, 639 cfs Aug. 22 (gage height, 7.83 ft); minimum

dal1^4-56: CfMaxiSum3 discharge. 2,050 cfs Sept. 20 1955 (gage height, 12.37 ft); minimum, 1.0 cfs Oct. 7, 8, 1954 (gage height, 0.80 ft). 

Remarks.-Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-10, 18-25, Nov. 2 to Dec. 30, 

Jan. 19-23, Feb. 29 to Mar. 15, Apr. 17 to June 2)

Oct. 1 to Jan

2.1 

3.0 

4.1

Jan. 24 to Sept. 3O

28

65

124

1.3 

1.5 

2.0

4.3

9.0

26

3.0 

7.0 

9.0

505

870

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

98

109

*115

106

92

82

72

65

70

68

*60

57

55

56

56

50

48

46

45

40

40

37

35

*34

34

35

35

35

35

70 

120

1,900

61.3

0.790

0.91

Nov.

60

4,8

42

46

44

42

40

39

39

39

53

51

46

43

42

*41

40

38

46

68

57

48

*42

40

38

60

58

54

50

45

1,399

46.6

0 . 601

0.67

De:.

42

42

42

42

42

40

39

38

42

44

41

39

38

*37

38

37

36

36

36

35

34

34

34

35

35

34

32

31

31

44 

55

1,185

38.2

O.492

0.57

Jan.

48

44

42

41

41

39

38

38

40- 37

44

44

42

39

38

39

49

44

50

78

65

56

62

97

*88

76

66

59

56

56 

54

1,610

51.9

0.669

0.77

Feb.

50

49

55

62

85

123

*196

146

76

94

100

107

94

79

72

68

66

82

75

97

104

85

74

66

68

74

72

268

225

2,812

97.0

1.25

1.35

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,890 Min 3.7

Mar.

155

122

107

97

88

82

*76

74

69

64

63

69

69

91

85

186

*295

235

196

146

107

91

82

76

72

66

63

60

57

6^

3,161

WZ

1.31

1.51

Apr.

53

50

50

50

48

62

118

91

68

58

97

328

251

178

122

164

*142

107

88

79

69

65

60

56

54

53

50

48

46

15

2,750

91.7

1.18

1.32

May

239

205

225

235

146

94

73

94

85

61

48

40

34

29

24

20

17

16

14

14

14

14

*13

16

16

14

13

13

*14

11

10

1,861

60.0

0.773

0.39

June

10

"90 102

80

60

45

30

25

20

16

13

12

11

10

10

10

11

12

11

*10

9.6

9.0

8.5

8.2

7.5

8.2

8.8

*7.8

7.0

6.5

663.9

22.3

0.287

0.32

July

6.5 s~^

12

24

22

20

40

45

35

80

90

60

*39

31

27

22

21

21

30

65

60

50

30

25

18

13

16

26

31

26 

24

1,017.5

32.8

0.423

0.49

Aug.

25

*42

E95

162

64

43

37

30

26

22.

204

66

56

*40

36

60

36

29

25

34

565

*582

158

82

56

46

40

36

34

30

28

2,989

96.4

1.24

1,43

Sept.

25

23

31

40

53

182

134

268

142

1Z

52

*44

36

29

26

23

21

20

18

17

16

15

15

16

*18

50

150

107

76

58

1,777

59.2

0.763

0.85

Mean 73.6 Cfsm 0.948 In. 12.89

Water year 1955-56: Max 582 Min 6.3 Mean 63.2 Cfsm 0.814 In. 11.08

Peak discharge (base. 590 cfs).--Aug. 22 (s a.m.) 639 cfs (7.83 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--Ho gage-height record Oct. 26 to Nov. I, June 3-20, July 1-12, July 20 to Aug. 1; dischlarge estimated on basis of 4 discharge measurements, weather records, recorded range In stage,

records for nearby stations.
NEU3E RIVER BASIN

Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°25 T 40", long 77°35'05", on right bank at Hookerton, Greene County, 

0.3 mile upstream from bridge on State Highway 123 and 2-J miles upstream from Wheat 

Swamp Creek.

Drainage area. 729 sq mi.

Records available. November 1928 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 16 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

Nov. 26, 1934, staff gage at site 200 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 27 years (1929-56), 713 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,720 cfs Mar. 24 (gage height, 13.18 ft); 

minimum, 46 cfs July 3 (gage height, 2.30 ft).

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 11,100 cfs Oct. 6, 1929 (gage height, 18.90 ft); minimum, 13 cfs Sept. 16, 17, 1932 (gage height, 1.17 ft).

Maximum stage known, 23.3 ft in September 1928, from floodmark. High water of 

autumn 1924 was at practically the same stage.

Remarks. Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 1333: 1930-35. WSP 1383: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 9 to Mar. 9, Mar. 18-21; rate of 

change In stage used as a factor Feb. 6, 7, Mar. 3, 10, 16, 17, 

29-31, Apr. 11, 12, 23-26, May 1, 2, 14, 15, July 10, 21, 25, 27, 

28, Aug. 3, 4, 6, 14, 26, 27, Sept. 6, 14-16, 27-29)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 21

4.5

9.0

11.0

13.0

222

900

1,420

2,500

2.3 

3.0

4.0 

6.0

Mar. 22 to Sept. 30 

46 9.0

97 12.0

197 13.2

475

1,000

1,980

2,720

Discharge, In ubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

0

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

18 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

,850

,540

* ,380

,220

,090

980

868

788

710

650

590

*545

500

485

485

470

440

41O

395

380

365

328

3O6

*282

271

257

243

236

229

229

311

18,823

607

0.833

0.96

Nov.

500

545

500

440

395

358

335

313

292

285

271

335 

358

365

365

380

365

328 

328

380

440

500

*530

545

560

590

590

560

530

500

12,783

426

0.584

0.65

Dec.

455

440

410

380

358

342

335

342

365

372

365

365 

350

320

*313

306

292

278 

278

299

285

278

278

264

250

243

236

236

250

264

278

9,827

317

0.435

0.50

Jan.

306

342

358

350

365

350

313

2B5

278

264

264

278 

285

299

299

299

328

335 

342

358

410

425

425

485

530

575

590

590

560

530

470

11,888

383

0.525

0.61

Feb.

425

320

372

372

410

616

B94

980

,020

,070

,140

,220 

,280

,350

,350

,380

,380

,380 

,310

,280

,2BO

,2BO

,310

,350

,350

,350

,310

,310

,380

-----

31,469

1,085

1.49

1.61

Mar.

1,460

,460

,460

,500

,540

,500

* ,380

,1,190

969

794

725

635 

590

605

635

784

975

1,120 

1,350

1,630

1,980

2,300

2,560

g,720

2,640

2,420

2,130

1,800

1,530

1,230

1,000

44,612

1,439

1.97

2.28

Apr.

302

712

658

622

587

571

658

748

802

856

1,000

1,250

1,430

1,560

1,640

1,680

1,720

,800 

* ,800

,720

,600

,430

,190

949

738

591

523

491

459

443

------

31,030

1,034

1.42

1.58

May

630

831

910

1,020

1,100

1,150

1,100

1,130

1,100

1,060

1,000

892 

802

619

462

368

306

266 

240

215

192

175

165

160

155

150

145

135

*130

125

118

16,831

543

0. 745

0.86

June

117

145

281

318

292

260

306

312

254

180

145

120 

105

97

91

87

81

76 

109

96

75

70

67

64

61

59

60

*59

56

54

- " -

4,097

137

0.138

0.21

July

56

50

50

64

59

56

103

258

363

733

1 , 010

*1,080 

1,020

364

932

1 , 000

964

553 

360

306

422

523

571

604

762

820

670

370

413

292

325

15,828

511

0.701

0.81

Aug.

325

273

334

571

571

436

360

292

234

192

209

306 

306

438

539

a676

a784

a910 

a982

al.OOO

al.OOO

al,060

1,250

1,370

1,250

858

499

322

260

221

186

18,014

581

0.797

0.92

Sept.

165

145

135

175

234

454

604

694

784

692

9d2

1,060 

1,080

712

385

241

192

165 

140

125

112

105

99

97

102

135

269

518

684

766

12,251

408

0.560

0.62

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,160 Mln 46 Mean 713 Cfsm 0.973 In. 13.28

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,720 Mln 50 Mean 621 Cfsm O.B52 In. 11.61

* Discharge measurement made on this 

a No gage-height record; discharge e 

s tage.

day. 

stlmated on basis records and recorded range In
136 NEUSE RIVER BASIN 

Swift Creek near Vanceboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°20'42", long 77°11'44", on left bank at highway bridge, Z\ miles upstream from bridge on State Highway 118, 2% miles downstream from Clayroot Swamp, and 

3jr miles northwest of Vanceboro, Craven County.

Drainage area.--182 sq mi.

Records availaole.--January 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 5 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

Jan. 17, 1951, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--6 years, 123 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 780 cfs Feb. 10 (gage height, 6.61 ft); minimum, 

4.0 cfs Sept. 23, 24 (gstge height, 2.75 ft).

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 6,060 cfs Sept. 22, 1955 (gage height, 13.67 ft); no 

flow Aug. 8-29, Oct. 4 to Nov. 9, 1954.

Flood in 1909 reached a stage of 16 ft, and flood in 1928 reached a stage of 11.7 ft, 

from information by local resident.

Remarks.--Records fair. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water 

year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Rating tables, wate: 1 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic

feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 21 to Nov. 2)

Oct. 1 Apr. 15 to Aug. 22

3.6

4.0

4.5

5.0

7.0

to Nov. 2

21

51

119

215

650

Nov. 3 

Aug. 23

2.7 3.6

2.8 4.5

3.0 6.8

3.5 16

3.8 26

to Apr. 14, 

to Sept. 30

4.0 37

4.3 71

4.9 200

6.0 54O

6.6 78O

4.1 

7.0

3.6 22

4.0 39

4.3 71

able feet pe

Note. Same as preceding table above 4.3 ft. 

year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

432

285

240

*201

171

152

133

117

106

98

90

*85

75

68

68

74

C8

62

53

49

43

39

35

*32

30

29

27

26

26

42

87

3,043

98.2

0.540

0.62

NOV.

88

68

*54

53

49

49

46

45

42

41

42

42

40

39

37

36

36

34

36

47

78

*84

70

61

57

80

107

122 in

97

1,791

59.7

0.328

0.37

Dec.

82

71

65

63

58

55

52

4S

52

52

50

49

46

43

42

*42

40

38

37

35

34

33

33

32

32

32

3L

30

2T

32

L,367

44.1

0.242

0.28

Jan.

34

36

35

35

35

35

34

32

31

30

33

36

42

43

42

42

48

65

73

91

145

150

141

188

303

*354

333

£91

250

217

192

3,416

110

0.604

0.70

Feb.

168

143

128

126

139

211

357

*600

740

780

700

600

560

473

392

321

*273

236

262

315

382

490

473

385

315

276

259

279

414

10,797

372

2.04

2.21

Mar.

560

560

440

364

312

262

*222

188

164

137

124

122

124

120

130

164

300

456

456

382

306

242

188

161

143

128

113

99

91

84

82

7,224

233

1.28

1.48

Apr.

75

64

60

57

53

53

60

80

71

57

84

242

523

680

620

473

351

*268

192

148

115

91

76

64

55

50

45

43

39

37.

4,826

161

0.885

0.99

May

64

245

303

437

490

430

342

270

245

192

L45

105

76

57

45

38

33

29

26

24

23

21

20

20

19

18

16

16

15

*14

14

3,792

122

0.670

0.77

June

13

21

32

30

22

19

18

17

16

14

13

12

10

9.7

9.0

8.5

7.9

8.6

22

!5_

24

17

L4

11

11

9.4

14

13

11

9.4

481.5

16.0

0.088

0.10

July

8.0

7.0

6.0

5.4

8^

7.2

8.4

22

30

32

275

473

456

282

113

60

70

49

36

33

32

37

43

30

27

105

75

34

28

24

24

2,440.2

78.7

0.432

0.50

Aug.

27

ZZ

48

134

57

63

230

222

97

47

38

33

31

25

22

*22

22

19

17

16

29

*161

150

72

39

29

24

21

20

17

15

1,769

57.1

0.314

0.36

Sept.

13

11

10

11

24

20

18

15

15

12

9.8

8.6

*7.8

7.3

6.7

6.2

5.8

5.6

5.0

4.8

4.5

4.3

4.1

T7£

4.7

*12

29

76

42

26

423.4

14.1

0.077

0.09

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,330 Mln 0.9 Mean 232 Cfsm 1.27 In. 12.33

Water year 1955-56: Max 780 Min 4.1 Mean 113 Cfsm 0.621 In. 8.47

Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 137

Trent River near Trenton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°03'54", long 77°27'25", on left bank 50 ft downstream from Free Bridge, 

800 ft downstream from Little Chinquapin Branch, 1-j miles southwest of Phillips Crossroads, and 6 miles west of Trenton, Jones County.

Drainage area.--168 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 18.75 ft above mean sea level (unadjusted). 

Prior to Mar. 21, 1951, wire-weight gage on bridge 50 ft upstream at same datum.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,400 cfs May 1U (gage height, 12.55 ft); minimum, 4.4 cfs Sept. 4 (gage height, 2.42 ft).

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 9,100 cfs Sept. 21, 1955 (gage height, 17.84 ft); minimum, 1.3 cfs Oct. 11-15, 1954.

Flood in 1928 reached a stage of 17.3 ft (discharge, 7,600 cfs), from information 

furnished by North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission.

Remarks.--Records fair. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the 

water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 5 Feb. 6 to Sept. 30

3.6 

5.0

8.0

115

320

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5

4.0

10

19

36

4.0 

6.0

8.0 

9.0

58

173

329

456

11.0

13.0

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

6

9

10

11

12

11

14

15

It

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

270

241

213

179

nei

140

127

116

110

101

*95

86

80

74

69

70

72

70

66

61

57

52

48

46

42

40

37

35

34

54

92

2,938

94. B

0.564

O.65

Nov.

107

107

101

89

83

77

75

69

63

58

57

57

57

56

53

50

48

46

48

67

86

*95

98

95

92

122

155

179

199

199

2,688

89.6

0.533

0.60

Dec.

185

T67

149

137

127

119

110

101

104

125

137

140

133

125

116

110

104

98

92

89

80

76

72

69

67

65

62

58

54

53

59

3,183

103

0.613

0.70

Jan.

67

72

73

72

74

75

75

72

68

64

65

70

76

80

80

77

89

104

110

133

161

173

185

220

262

278

*286

278

248

220

192

4,099

132

0.786

0.91

Feb.

167

143

131

122

122

159

301

398

*524

57_8

560

489

426

351

292

251

222

208

201

215

275

340

398

426

412

362

310

292

301

______

-----

8,976

310

1.85

1.99

Mar.

310

310

310

292

267

243

215

187

160

142

130

130

130

130

136

212

373

489

542

542

489

398

319

259

208

173

151

133

118

112

109

7,719

249

1.48

1.71

Apr.

106

100

100

100

94

88

88

83

78

70

86

198

283

329

540

329

301

259

215

173

139

115

94

80

70

63

58

52

48

44_

4,183

139

0.827

0.93

May

73

166

268

536

768

910

880

1,030

1,260

1,560

1,220

970

677

489

329

E15

145

100

78

66

58

50

48

44

40

36

33

31

30

*27

25

11,962

386

2.30

2.65

June

25

62

94

97

83

68

60

57

52

46

40

37

40

38

30

24

20

18

22

25

2G

25

21

IB

16

18

17

15

14

14

- --- -

1,124

37.5

0.223

0.25

July

27

20

14

12

11

9.2

9.0

9.8

9.6

8.8

8.4

7.6

7.2

77F

7.2

7.2

10

13

12

14

24

26

28

22

17

19

20

17

14

12

10

433.2

14.0

0.083

0.10

Aug.

9.0

*8.6

8.6

10

17

21

18

14

13

14

14

13

13

12

 IS

13

15

13

13

18

20

18

15

14

12

10

9.2

8.6

7.8

7.0

6 .6

397.4

12.8

0.076

0.09

Sept.

6.0

5.6

4.8

5.6

10

9.4

47.0

68

66

58

38

*25

19

15

12

10

8.8

8.0

7.2

6.6

6.0

5.4

5.0

5.0

7.0

11

*14

14

14

12

523.4

17.4

0.104

0.12

Calendar year 1955: Max 8,580 Min 3.1 Mean 311 Cfsm 1.85 In. 25.11

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,36O Min 4.8 Mean 132 Cfsm 0.7b6 In. 1O.70

Discharge sur^ment made this day.

459558 O - 58 - 10
138 NEW RIVER BASIN

New River near Gum Branch, N. C.

Location.--Lat 34°51'05", long 77°31'05'', on right bank 5 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, half a mile downstream from Jenkins Swamp, if miles southwest of Gum Branch, 

Onslow County, and 3f miles southeast of Richlands.

Drainage area. 74.5 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1949 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3 ft above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers benchmark). Prior to Mar. 23, 1950, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge .--7 years, 85.8 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year 721 cfs May 9 (gage height, 10.75 ft); minimum, 

6.4 cfs July 16 (gage height, 1.21 ft); minimum gage height, 1.16 ft Sept. 24.

1949-56: Maximum discharge, 7,900 cfs Sept. 20, 1955 (gage height, 19.99 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum, 1.8 cfs Oct. 7, 1954 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

Flood in 1908 reached a stage of about 18 ft, from information by local resident.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 20-24)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 24 

2.6 32

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

1.2 

1.4

.. 24 to Sept. 30

6.2 6.0

9.9

185

344

10.0 590

4.0 93 11.0 755

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

182

T66~ 194

137

*115

100

90

83

81

77

*73

65

59

57

55

52

49

50

48

44

42

40

38

37

36

34

33

32

32

55 

121

2,277

73.5

0.987

1.14

Nov.

182 *TT4n

71

59

57

54

52

49

48

48

55

61

57

52

50

49

48

44

48

75

97

100

83

69

63

87

127

166

148

121

2,334

77.8

1.04

1.17

Dec.

104

90

81

77

79

79

75

69

73

92

115

110

92

79

*75

71

67

63

59

55

52

49

48

48

48

46

43

*40

IFo" 38

JO

48

2,103

67.8

0.910

1.05

Jan.

54

50

48

46

49

52

49

46

42

40

43

49

50

48

43

43

55

69

71

79

94

97

90

120

173

203

*182

152

128

116

1O8

2,489

80.3

1.08

1.24

Feb.

100

93

88

86

OT

126

212

364

*384

278

203

179

173

157

132

116

112

108

104

108

133

167

167

137

116

112

112

124

147

------

4,426

153

2.O5

2.21

Mar.

162

138

120

116

108

98

90

*82

76

6J7

70

92

92

83

81

170

324

428

374

270

197

157

128

112

104

95

88

81

76

79 

83

4,241

137

1.84

2.12

Apr.

78

69

65

70

69

65

67

62

53

48

70

150

231

224

162

120

108

*108

93

76

64

56

50

45

42

40

39

37

34

32.

2,427

80.9

1.09

1.21

May

37

58

62

155

364

417

354

428

687

622

406

238

142

104

81

64

51

45

40

37

36

34

34

45

40

32

29

27

26

*25 

2_4

4,744

153

2.05

2.37

June

24

85

124

116

72

46

45

45

39

33

29

25

22

20

18

16

15

17

45

49

28

22

18

16

16

30

28

20

16

17

1,096

36.5

0.490

0.55

July

18

16

12

11

12

11

9.9

10

11

9.9

*10

8.9

7.7

7.2

6.9

28~6.5

20

14

27

92

238

452

234

83

69

74

50

31

29

28

1,637.0

52.8

0.709

0.82

Aug.

22

*24

30

28

20

20

19

16

13

Il_

13

14

12

19

*24

75

~6T 108

26

23

34

46

*38

25

19

17

17

15

13

12

21

835

26.9

0.361

0.42

Sept.

15

11

9.9

10

13

30

26

54

£5

33

19

16

13

11

9.9

9.1

8.1

7.9

7.4

7.2

6.9

6.7

6.5

6.7

10

40

*58

44

27

21

602.3

20.1

O.270

O.3O

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,49O Min 1.9 Mean 169 Cfsm 2.27 In. 3O.74

Water year 1955-56: Max 687 Min 6,5 Mean 79.8 Cfsm 1.O7 In. 14.60

Peak discharge (base. 80O ofs).--No peak above base. 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 139

Haw River near Benaja, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°15', long 79°34 I , on left bank 200 ft upstream from site of old High 

Rock Mill, 500 ft upstream from highway bridge, half a mile upstream from RockinghamGuilford County line, 6 miles downstream from Troublesome Creek, and 6 miles east of 

Benaja, Rockingham County.

Drainage area.--168 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 629 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge.--28 years, 161 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 950 cfs Feb. 7 (gage height, 5.48 ft); minimum, 

5.9 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 0.73 ft).

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 12,300 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 19.22 ft, from 

high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs on basis of slope-area 

determination of peak flow; minimum, 0.6 cfs Oct. 7-9, 1954.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage of about 17.5 ft, from floodmark on tree 500 ft 

below gage.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years) . WSF 1383: 1933(M), 1941.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.7 

.9

1.1 

1.4 

1.8

5.1

11

21

2.3 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

172

320

555

1,090

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IB

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

240

299

236

149

98

78

69

66

83

79

69

60

55

60

66

62

60

56

55

53

51

50

49

50

54

54

52

51

53

60

64

2,581

83.2

0.495

0.57

Nov.

59

56

56

55

55

56

58

*60

61

66

114

120

110

91

79

74

70

66

72

89

89

82

75

76

78

96

106

102

91

79

2,341

78.0

0.464

0.52

Dec.

71

72

76

79

M

79

74

72

72

71

70

66

b60

b50

66

b60

52

69

69

69

66

b60

70

70

75

75

71

62

59

65

66

2,118

68.3

0.406

0.47

Jan.

64

62

62

65

65

62

62

61

b50S5~

69

 71

67

64

62

62

66

64

66

80

80

71

71

82

86_

84

82

74

75

76

2,148

69.3

0.412

0.48

Feb.

70

76

125

311

447

663

922

*73T

519

353

263

244

246

214

170

146

135

140

149

176

*192

192

161

140

142

161

161

154

139

7,541

260

1.55

1.67

Mar.

121

114

114

124

123

115

108

118

142

147

131

116

106

105

124

379

519

555

47T

320

212

152

131

120

112

106

102

99

100

103

99

5,388

174

1.04

1.19

Apr.

92

92

*114

112

100

128

223

238

178

131

203

399

435

364

249

345

387

423

342

225

154

131

116

108

102

99

98

95

92

88.

5,863

195

1.16

1.30

May

100

120

274

507

483

331

2O7

188

165

131

108

98

87

80

72

67

65

59

55

54

50

50

50

47

44

42

43

*43

42

43

43

3,748

121

0.720

0.83

June

42

78

124

118

79

61

52

48

44

44

40

37

34

32

29

26

26

33

31

30

35

36

31

28

26

23

27

28

23

20

1,285

42.8

0.255

0.28

July

19

18

25

45

44

27

27

25

59

74.

50

32

25

25

25

23

*24

23

20

25

35

26

21

17

16.

23

20

19

17

26

44

899

29.0

0.173

0.20

Aug.

26

22

52

82

58

37

25

21

18

16

13

13

13

11

11

9.9

10

9.6

976

19

113

 118

92

69

40

26

23

22

31

21

18

1,049.1

33.8

0.201

0.23

Sept.

14

16

41

27

22

21

21

20

16

14

11

11

11

8.6

8.9

8.6

7.3

7.3

6.2

7.9

6.8

6.2

6.5

7.1

9.6

75

499

778

630

477

2,795.0

93.2

0.555

0.62

Calendar year 1955: Max 

Water year 1955-56: Max

Peak discharge (base,

2,480 

922

1,400 cfsl

Min 

Min

L.--NO

19

6.

peal

Mean 

. 2 Mean

c above base.

143 

103

Cfsm 

Cfsm

0. 

O,

.851 

.613

In. 

In.

11.

8.

.52 

.36

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
140 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Reedy Fork near Oak Ridge, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°1U', long 79°57 1 , on left bank at downstream side of county road bridge, 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from Beaver Creek and 2 miles east of Oak Ridge, 

ffuilford County.

Drainage area. 19.9 sq ml.

Records available.--October 1955 to September 1956.

gage.--Water-stage recorder. Prior to Dec. 13, 1955, wire-weight gage at same site and 

aatum.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 767 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 8.94 ft); minimum, 2.8 cfs July 29 (gage height, 1.68 ft); minimum gage height, 1.66 ft Sept. 16-19.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feeb, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 26 to Mar. 7}

1.6 

1.8 

2.3

3.3

2.6 

6.1

4.0 

6.0 

7.0

105

249

360

529

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

Oct.

a200

a4O

a20

a!5

a!3

a!2

*12

19

13

10

9.4

9.1

8.6

12

11

9.9

9.1

8.3

8.6

9.1

9.1

8.1

8.6

8.8

9.1

8.3

9.1

7.9

10 

14

8 . 3

550.4

17.8

0.894

1.03

Nov.

7.9

7.9

8.3

7.9

7.9

7.9

8.3

*8.3

7.9

9.6

~9.9 18

9.4

9.4

8.8

8.8

8.1

7.9

16

10

9.4

8.6

8.8

8.8

8.6

14

9.9

9.4

8.3 

*8.3

282.3

9.41

0.473

0.53

Dec.

8.1

9.4

8.8

9.4

8.8

8.3

8.3

8.6

9.9

8.8

8.6

7.9

8.8

8.8

8.8

9.6

9.4

10

To

9. 1

8.6

8.3

8.3

8.6

a8.3

8.3

7.9

7.2

776

8.3 

8.1

268.9

8.67

0.436

0.50

Jan.

8.1

7.6

57T

8.1

7.6

*7.9

8.1

8.1

8.3

8.1

8.6

8.3

7.9

7.6

8.3

8.3

8.1

7.9

9.6

9.6

8.3

8.3

9.1

11

9.6

9.6

9.1

8.8

9.1

8 . 8

8 . 3

Z64.2

8.52

0.428

0.49

Feb.

13~8.3

29

106

80

109

*76

*33

24

2O

37

31

22

18

17

16

20

22

19

28

22

*20

17

17

28

36

25

25

19

937.3

32.3

1.62

1.75

Mar.

19

*18

17

18

15

15

14

21

16

14

13

12

12

14

19

*157

31

22

18

17

16

15

15

13

13

13

12

13 

12

11.

677

21.8

1.10

1.27

Apr,

12" 11

13

12

*11

31

28

17

14

14

40

40

23

18

18

~37 131

24

19

17

15

14

14

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

659

22. 0

1.11

1.23

May

16

18

65

33

20

16

14

15

14

14

13

12

12

10

10

10

9.4

9.4

8.8

8.3

8.6

8.8

8.6

8.1

7.9

8.6

8.1

11

no

9.4

8 . 8

425.8

13.7

0.688

0.80

June

9.6

56

2T

14

12

10

9.9

9.1

8.3

8.1

7.9

7.6

7.6

7.4

7.2

6.8

6.5

6.3

6.5

7.4

7.6

7.0

6.3

7.2

6.8

6.1

8.6

8.3

5.9 

5.7

301.7

10.1

0.508

0.56

July

5.5

5.3

4.8

21

8.6

6.8

6.1

5. 7

20

15

*6.5

5.2

4.8

5.5

5.0

4.6

4.6

3.7

4.2

5.2

4.4

3.4

3.2

5.2

7.0

6.1

4.4

4.0

4.2 

14

5.7

209.7

6.76

0.340

0.39

Aug.

4.4

28

61

IF

11

8.3

7.0

6.3

6.1

6.1

5.9

5.7

5.5

5.5

5.2

4.6

4.6

13

21

27

*42

17

10

8.1

7.9

7.0

S.8

6.5

6.3

6 . 3

5.5

374.6

12.1

0.608

0.70

Sept.

5.0

6.1

7.0

6.3

11

13

7.6

6.5

5.7

5.5

5.3

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.2

3.9

379

3.9

3.9

5.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.6

7.0

169

*499 "52"

30 

18

940.1

31.3

1.57

1.76

Calendar year 1955: Max - 

Water year 1955-56: Max 499

Mln - 

Mln 3.2

Mean - 

Mean 16,1

Cfsm - In.

Cfsm 0.809 In. 11.01

Ground.

Discharge measurement made on this day.

No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Horsepen Creek at Battle 

md.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 141

Location. Lat 36°08'34", long 79°51'24", on right bank 10 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 0.5 mile downstream from bridge on U. 3. Highway 220, three-quarters of a mile 

north of Battle Ground, Guilford County, and 2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--15.9 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1925 to July 1931 (fragmentary November 1925 to October 1928), 

Msy 1934 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and Parshall flume. Datum of gage is 737.94 ft above mean 

sea levsl, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Nov. 9, 1925, to July 31, 

1931, water-stage recorder at site 1,000 ft upstream at datum 1.45 ft higher.

Average discharge.--23 years (1929-30, 1934-56), 14.8 ofs .

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 903 cfs May 4 (gage height, 7.03 ft); minimum, 

0.8 cfs Sept. 18, 19 (gage height, 0.65 ft).

ly25-31, 1934-56: Maximum discharge, 6,400 cfs Sept. 24, 1947 (gage height, 10.36 

ft), from rating curve extended above 800 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determination of peak flow; minimum, 0.4 cfs jet. 7, 1954 (gage height, 0.59 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1383: 1926, 1927(M), 1929, 1937(m).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

rol method used No

0.5 

1.1

4.5 100

5.4 156

6.0 230

6.3 310

6.5 410

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

161

29

17

11

9.6

8.7

8.4

9.6

8.9

6.8

*5.8

5.5

5.2

6 . 2

5.8

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.3

4.3

3. B

3. a

4.2

4.4

3.8

3.6

3.7

4.9

4.C

3.8

366.8

11.8

0.742

0.86

Nov .

3.4

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.6

*3.6

3.4

15

13

6.8

5.8

5.7

lj . 5

s!o

6.0

12

7.1

5.7

5.7

5.5

5.5

6.0

11

6.8

6.3

5.4

*5.0

179.3

5.98

0.376

0.42

Dec.

5.2

5.7

5.5

5.8

5.7

5.2

5.4

5.2

5.4

5.0

4.9

4.9

5.2

9 3

11

11

10

7.4

6.3

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.0

5.3

9.6

6.8

6.0

4.3

189.3

6.11

0.384

0.44

Jan.

4.2

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.0

4.0

4.2

3.8

4.9

5.0

*5.7

5.2

4.2

4.9

6.8

6.8

7.0

7.3

6.8

7.3

5.7

4.2

4.9

6.8

5.7

5.5

4.9

4.6

4.8

4.8

4.6

161.4

5.21

0.32B

0.38

Feb.

4.4

7.8

36

172

83

132

*65

*37

33

22

28

18

13

10

8.9

8.2

16

18

12

22

13

*10

8.6

8.6

32

22

13

12

9.2

- --- -

874.7

30.2

1.90

2.05

Mar.

8.4

8.7

8.6

9.2

7.9

7.6

7.4

9.8

7.8

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.2

6.6

13

157

43

20

15

12

10

10

8.7

8.6

7.6

7.6

7.3

7.0

7.4

7.3

6.B

456.9

14.7

0.925

1.07

Apr.

6.5

6.8

7.1

6.8

*6.2

19

16

9.6

7.9

7.4

53

29

15

11

11

106

22

14

11

*10

9.1

8.6

8.1

7.6

7.4

7.8

7.8

7.3

7.0

0.8

432.8

14.4

0.906

1.01

May

8.2

9.2

93

304

32

18

16

17

11

10

8.9

7.8

7.2

6.5

6.4

6.2

5 4

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.7

»4.7

4.4

4.4

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.7

5.2

*4.8

4.3

630.7

20.3

1.28

1.48

June

4.1

16

7.2

5.0

4.6

4.3

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.5

3.2

3.0

.9

.7

. 6

.4

.6

.3

.3

. 6

.9

.6

. 2

.1

.9

.1

.9

.7

.1

1.8

ioe . 5

3.55

0.223

0.25

July

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

.0

.7

.4

.0

1

.4

* . 3

.0

.9

.2

.0

.0

.0

.8

.9

.3

2.0

1.6

1.4

3.3

3.8

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.6

6.6

2.1

80.9

2.61

0.164

0.19

Aug.

1.8

4.6

28

4.4

3.2

2.6

2.1

2 . 3

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1. 1

1.1

] .0

1.0

3.9

3.9

24

*"1

5.3

3.4

2.4

2.0

2.1

1.9

2.9

1.6

2.7

2.0

146.4

4.72

O.E97

0.34

Sept.

3.4

3.2

2.3

2.3

2.4

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.3

1.3

+ 1.1

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.5

1.1

.9

1.0

4.0

1.1

1.0

1.0

5.1

2.8

*173

*354

*46

17

11

647.8

21.6

1.36

1.52

Calendar year 1955 : Max 316 Mln 1.3 Mean 11.9 Cfsm 0.748 In. 1O.18

Water year 1955-56 : Max 354 Mln 0.9 Mean 11.7 Cfsm 0.736 In. 10. ol

Peak discharge (base, 500

Dig

fsj.. Feb. 4 (9:30 p.m.) 328 cfs (6.18 ft); May 4 (6 a.m.) 903 cfs

708 cfs (6.85 ft). 

e on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°11', long 790 3V', on right bank a quarter of a mile downstream from 

Huffines Mill, lij miles upstream from Buffalo Creek, and 6 miles northwest of Gibsonville, Guilford County.

Drainage area.--133 sq mi.

Records available.--September 1928 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and rock-masonry control. Datum of gage is 626.88 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment-of 1936.

Average discharge.--28 years, 110 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,460 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 6.42 ft); minimum daily, 1.2 cfs Sept. 19.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 11,600 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 20.77 ft); minimum daily, 0.4 cfs Oct. 14, 1954.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage of 17.90 ft, from information by local resident 

(discharge, 8,640 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above

station. Flow partly regulated since 1923 by Lake Brandt (capacity, 113,256,000 cu ft) 

14 miles above station and since 1943 by Richland Lake 12 miles above station. City 

of Greensboro diverted from Lake Brandt an average of 16.8 cfs for municipal supply 

and Cone Mills diverted from Richland Lake an average of 5.5 cfs during the water year 

1956.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1383: 1929, 1930, 1933(M), 1934, 1937(M), 1939-42(M), 1948.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.6 

.7

1.2

2.7

5.6

10

32

1.6 

2.0 

4.0 

6.0

81

157

710

1,330

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

£2

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

128

109

271

148

67

53

41

38

37

37

35

31

*27

29

27

23

24

25

23

22

20

20

16

17

14

15

15

17

9.6

17

20

1,375.6

44.4

-

"

Nov.

17

18

12

11

TT

13

14

15

*16

27

41

44

4839-

33

29

29

32

37

40

44

43

40

36

36

43

43

41

34

29

917

30.6

-

"

Dec.

27

30

2F

29

28

29

28

24

22

19

18

18

20

12

17

16

18

23

25

24

23

20

24

27

29

28

25

21

19

19

20

710

22.9

-

-

Jan.

19

18

17

16

15

14

15

14

14

16

21

20

*13

17

18

17

17

20

28

38

3"6~ 39

35

38

39

39

36

32

29

27

28

745

24.0

-

-

Feb.

27

25

58

366

307

"Szo 650

*515

328

242

196

171

157

153

124

94

88

94

96

131

122

*109

93

80

88

122

118

131

109

------

5,424

187

-

-

Mar.

88

77

73

74

74

71

64

74

81

71

71

68

64

60

81

393

323

401

3To

198

131

100

86

74

62

57

52

48

47

46

M

3,462

112

-

-

Apr.

38

40

*47

48

48

70

116

105

92

70

143

211

181

167

127

271

259

263

211

122

84

67

60

54

46

46

44

42

46

49

3,137

105

-

-

May

48

52

173

567

768

306

124

122

100

78

64

54

46

38

34

28

24

19

20

18

17

17

20

20

7.4

11

12

12

14

*13

12

2,838.4

91.6

-

-

June

14

36

41

43

53_

36

27

19

15

14

13

12

8.2

4.7

9.6

5.6

6.9

9.1

6.9

4.4

10

5.0

9.6

6.5

6.0

6.5

7.4

9.6

3.9

5.6

- - --- -

446.5

14.9

-

-

July

3.9

4.7

4.7

3.9

4.7

2.7

4.2

5.6

20

IS

12

11

8.2

5.3

5.6

6.9

*5.0

5.3

7.1

3.9

5.3

5.3

7.7

3.3

5.2

3.0

4.1

2.1

3To

15

15

211.7

6.83

-

-

Aug.

10

13

20

9.6

7.4

6.0

5.3

5.3

4.7

4.7

3.6

3.3

2.7

277

2.7

3.6

3.6

4.7

13

12

42

23

15

12

5.0

5.3

8.0

5.4

2.7

4.2

8.2

268.7

8.67

-

-

Sept.

6.5

5.6

10

13

7.2

4.2

7.2

3.3

3.9

7.8

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.5

1.2

T75

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.7

4.2

205

298

1,040

556

250

2,450.1

81.7

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,580 

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,040

Min 

Min

0.7 

1.2

Mean 74.1 

Mean 60.1

Peak discharge (base, 1.600 efs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

South Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°03'37", long 79°43'33", on left bank 5 ft downstream from bridge on 

McConnel-Road, 3.8 miles east of post office in Greensboro, Guilford County, and 

6 miles upstream from North Buffalo Creek.

Drainage area.--33.6 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1928 to September 1956. Prior to October 1952, published as 

Buffalo Creek near Greensboro.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 696.2 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--28 years, 37.8 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,760 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 8.25 ft); minimum, 5.0 cfs Sept. 10.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 10,000 cfs July 15, 1949 (gage height, 11.54 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determinations at 

gage heights 8.69, 10.64 and 11.54 ft; minimum, 0.2 cfs Oct. 2, 1930.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Sewage from Greensboro enters above station affecting low-water flow. Records of 

chemical analyses for the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1928-30, 1932-33, 1934(M), 1935-37, 1939, 1940(M). 

WSP 1383:Drainage area, 1931, 1941(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 3 to Nov. 10, Sept. 27)

4.5 70

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

7.9

103 

152 

Z35 

393 

632 

1,250

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

189

212

50

19

13

12

11

11

11

9.5

8.9

8.4

*8.9

13

11

8.2

8.2

8.7

8.4

8.4

8.2

7!s

6.9

BT2

9.5

8.9

8.4 

8.7

10 

9.1

9.1

724.4

23.4

-

-

Nov.

9.5

9.5

9.3

10

9.1

7.6

S7T

10

no

22

70

2T

13

13

14

13

12

12

34

35

17

15

14

14

14

30

18 

16

15

14

509.7

17.0

-

-

Dec.

14

14

14

14

li

14

13

*13

13

12

10

11

12

12

13

12

10

12~9.8

12

12

11

12

10

11

10

10 

10

10

11

10

367.8

11.9

-

-

Jan.

9.3

9.5

11

12

11

10

10

8.7

9TT

11

*13

12

12

11

9.3

10

12

12

14

17

a!4

a 11

a!6

a36

a25

a!8

a!4 

a!2

alO 

a 11

a!4

404.9

13.1

-

-

Feb.

a!5 a25~

a40

a60

a320

a510

*a390"

*110

*47

38

66

84

41

32

27

25

37

97

66

77

70

*34

27

24

49

136

50 

49

33

2,579

88.9

-

-

Mar.

25

25

25

27

23

21

21

22

22

17

16

17

18

21

35

281

409 ~89

42

30

25

23

21

20

17

17

18 

17

20

20

17

1,401

45.2

-

-

Apr.

14

14

18

18

*15

44

160

51

26

22

63

157

54

31

31

248

24T

50

35

*C8

24

22

21

20

20

19

19 

18

16 

20

1,522

50.7

-

-

May

32

25

88

137

128

30

23

68

29

20

17

14

12

12

12

14

12

11

9.5

8.9

9.3

10

no11

9.5

9.1

7.8

15 

11

10

816.1

26.3

-

-

June

10

86

41

14

12

11

11

9.5

9.3

7.4

7.8

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.0

6.6

6^

7.8

7.8

8.4

8.4

8.2

6.6

6.9

9.2

16 

18

9.1 

7.4

387.3

12.9

-

-

July

6.0

6.4

7.1

6.7

6.9

20

62

14

44

40

16

*11

10

9.8

7.8

7.8

9.3

9.1

8.9

8.4

8.7

6.9

7.1

15

23

19

11 

8.9

7.8 

34

12

464.6

15.0

-

-

Aug.

10

9.5

24

13

9.5

9.1

9.3

8.9

8.9

8.9

9.5

7.2

7.2

9.3

11

9.1

8.7

9.3

8.0

9.3

39

19

no

10

8.9

6.9

is'

T5" 59 

la 

12

402.9

13.0

-

-

Sept.

8.4

6.9

7.6

7.8

8.7

8.4

9.8

9.3

6.0

5.9

*6.7

7.2

6.9

8.2

8.0

6.7

6.7

8.4

8.4

12

8.7

8.7

6.9

15

24

283

1,250 

*369

60 

23

2,206.3

73.5

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 988 Min 5.0 Mean 32.9 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,250 Min 5.9 Mean 3Z.2 Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base, 650 cfs).--Mar. 17 (2 a.m.) 674 cfs (7.08 ft); Sept. 27 (7 a.m.) 1,760 cfs 

(8.25 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and recorded range in

stage.
144 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°07'13", long 79°42'30", on left bank 5 ft downstream from highway bridge, 

4.2 miles upstream from mouth, and 5.8 miles northeast of post office in Greensboro, 

Guilford County.

Drainage area. 37.0 sq mi.

Records available. August 1928 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 679 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge.--28 years, 46.0 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,650 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 10.24 ft); minimum, 7.0 cfs July 23 (gage height, 1.83 ft).

1928-S6: Maximum discharge, 6,000 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 15.96 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,900 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determinations 

at gage heights 14.15 and"15.96 ft; minimum, 1.6 cfs Aug. 28, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station. 

Diversion into basin from Greensboro and Proximity Mills enters above station. Records 

of chemical analyses for the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1383: Drainage area, 1928(M), 1929, 1933-34(M), 1936(M), 

1941(M), 1943(Ml, 1945(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 9, 10)

1.9

2.0

2.2 29

2.5 

3.0 

6.0

133

760

in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

585 ^79

45

35

32

31

29

31

23

22

31

33

*29

40

25

20

22

25

23

23

23

20

14

Zo

31

25

22

22

27

16

16

1,419

45.8

-

-

Nov.

£1

25

27

28

27

1722"

24

*21

90

60

26

19

21

25

25

24

23

69

26

23

27

25

19

21

50

19

20

24

31

879

29.3

-

-

Dec.

26

24

22

19

21

25

23

*2Y

2T

22

16

18

22

22

21

20

18

16

17

21

20

20

16

14

15

12

17

20

20

21

19

619

20.0

-

-

Jan.

15

IS

20

22

21

20

19

15

16

20

*24

21

19

18

15

17

23

21

32

26

19

16

26

46

3U

30

23

20

17

19

23

669

21.6

-

-

Feb.

25

4T

14Y

556

T5T

401

180

66

46

41

110

58

41

36

36

34

78

83

38

91

50

*40

34

38

114

74

40

54

35

2,747

94.7

-

-

Mar.

32

37

29

33

27

31

31

46

32

26

23

2T

29

35

91

566

T2T

55

42

41

36

35

33

27

23

25

30

29

37

33

25

1,687

54.4

-

-

Apr.

19

19

28

31

*27

135

69

29

28

30

161

107

47

34

35

~BT 347

45

39

35

29

23

25

31

29

27

27

23

17

43

1,606

53.5

-

-

May

52

44

157

~75 647

42

55

121

43

36

33

28

22

26

31

29

27

26

22

17

18

24

25

24

23

20

15

37

27

*23

24

1,792

57.8

-

-

June

23

161 ~30

23

24

23

23

23

20

12

17

21

22

21

21

19

13

18

22

20

21

21

19

11

15

54

48

26

20

15

809

27.0

-

-

July

11

15

19

14

20

90

43

15

~38 145

25

*23

21

20

13

16

21

20

19

20

15

11

11

46

32

15

14

14

22

101

24

913

29.5

-

-

Aug.

23

23

33

22

16

18

21

21

21

21

21

15

16

£0

27

21

21

37

32

42

88

29

*24

21

19

14

16

49

67

26

25

849

27.4

-

-

Sept.

17

49

60

17

21

21

26

19

13

T5

20

*20

21

20

19

14

18

21

21

47

21

19

15

46

29

728

708

94

39

25

2,203

73.4

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,430 Min 9.5 Mean 44.8 Cfsm - In. -

Water fctbei ycaJ. year 1955-56: j.3*Jj-vjo : Max L'ictA 728 f£O Min nui 11 11 Mean nectii 44.2 tt.£ Cfsm 010111 - - In. j_ii. --

Peak discharge (base, 920 cfs).--Oct. 1 (9 a.m.) 1,010 cfs (7.26 ft); Feb. 4 (6:30 p.m.) 955 of 

7.07 ft); Mar 7 16 (3 p.m.) 1,020 cfs (7.44 ft); May 4 (9:30 a.m.) 1,130 efs (7.99 ft); Sept. 26 

(9:30 9:30 n.ra.l p.m') 1 1,650 . K5O r-fH efs ? (io',24, T O - ?A ft). ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 145

Stony Creek near Burlington, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°11', long 79°25 I , on right bank a quarter of a mile upstream from highway bridge, half a mile upstream from Buttermilk Creek, 4| miles upstream from mouth, 

and 6 miles north of Burlington, Alamanoe County.

Drainage area.--44.2 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1952 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 536.3 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,870 cfs May 4 (gage height, 9.70 ft); minimum, 0.26 cfs Aug. 2 (gage height, 0.56 ft); minimum daily, 0.28 cfs Aug. 1.

1952-56: Maximum gage height, 15.26 ft Oct. 16, 1954 (discharge not determined); 

no flow at times in most years.

Remarks. Records good. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water 

year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 26 to Nov. 5, Aug. 23, 24)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6 Feb. 7 to Sept. 30

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.5

1.8

3.0

4.6

13

1.8 

2.3 

2.9

26

62

132

Note. Same as following table above 2.9 ft.

0.5 

.6 

.7 

.8 

.9

1.0

1.1

0.15 

.34 

.68

1.2

2.0

3.0

4.4

1.4 

1.7 

2.3 

2.9 

3.7 

6.5

132

265

1,010

Discharge ubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

~J7 810

24

15

11

9.0

7.6

6.5

7.0

6.0

4.4

3.6

3.3

*3.6

3.6

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.8

275

3.0

3.3

1,043.5

33.7

0.762

0.88

Nov.

2.8

2.4

2.2

275

2.5

2.6

3.3

3.0

3.0

4.6

26

IT

7.6

*6.5

6.3

6.0

5.3

4.4

9.5

20

11

8.7

7.8

7.6

7.0

13

15

11

9.0

7.6

229.2

7.64

0.173

0.19

Dec.

6.5

6.8

7.3

7.6

8.1

7.6

7.0

6.5

*6.8

6.3

5.8

5.3

4.6

478

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.6

5.6

5.1

5.1

5.3

6.0

6.3

6.3

5.6

4.6

4.6

r J

5\8

181.4

5.85

0.132

0.15

Jan.

5.6

5.1

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.1

5.1

4.6

4.4 4TB6.3

7.0

*6.3

5.6

5.1

5.3

5.6

5.3

5.3

8.1

8.4

6.8

6.8

9.2

9.5

9.2

9.0

8.1

8.4

8.4

7.8

202.1

6.52

0.148

0.17

Feb.

T7B- 7.0

22

403

434

510

*488

81

*49

38

93

87

45

32

26

23

22

38

43

116

79

40

*29

25

40

74

38

35

25

______

2,949.8

102

2.31

2.48

Mar .

20

20

20

23

20

18

17

21

34

21

17

17

15

16

38

728 3"34~

72

48

35

28

24

21

19

17

16

15

13

13

15

12.

1,727

55.7

1.26

1.45

Apr.

11

11

*24

19

13

51

146

45

27

21

233

~S5 502

47

40

281

85

45

33

27

21

19

17

14

14

13

12

12

11

10

1,889

63.0

1.43

1.59

May

14

31

154

1,010

104

45

34

30

22

18

15

13

10

9.0

7.8

7.2

6.3

5.5

5.2

4.8

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.1

3.4

3.0

3.0

*3.0

3.0

2.8

2.7

1,584.0

51.1

1.16

1.33

June

2.7

7.1

~6.1 16

4.3

3.3

2.9

2.5

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.0

.78

1.7

.94

.94

.99

1.3

1.2

.94

.89

.89

.65

.48

.41

71.01

2.37

0.054

0.06

July

0.44

*.41

.34

.30

730

60

9.6

32

40

34

6.5

3.4

*2.3

1.8

1.5

1.5

3.0

1.7

1.6

2.6

2.2

1.8

1.2

1.1

1.1

.84

.68

.61

.58

.58

44

214.42

6.92

0.157

0.18

Aug.

0.28

.45

~26 486

9.8

5.7

3.8

2.8

2.1

1.7

1.4

1.1

.99

1.0

.94

.84

.61

.61

13

51

35

11

*4.6

2.7

1.7

1.3

1.0

.84

.73

.65

.78

670.42

21.6

0.489

0.56

Sept.

0.84

.68

1.2

1.1

.78

.84

.99

1.0

.61

.54

*.54

.54

.51

75T

.54

.51

.51

.54

.54

.68

.65

.64

.54

.68

1.0

78

513

90

31

16

745.41

24.8

0.561

0.63

Calendar year 1955: Max 851 Min 0.06 Mean 27.5 Cfsm 0.622 In. 8.45

Water yetr^ 1955-56: 1955-56: Max 1,010,010____Min Min0.28 Mean 31.4 5Cfsm 0.710 In. 9.67.67________

Peak discharge (base. 900 cfs). Oct. 1 (9:30 a.m.) 1,310 cfs (7.64 ft); Feb. 6 (ll p.m.) 1,440 

cfs (8.14 ft),-Mar. 16 (9:30 p.m.) 1,470 cfs (8.24 ft); Apr. 12 (4 a.m.) 929 cfs (6.15 ft); May 4 

(11 a.m.) 1,870 cfs (9.70 ft); Aug. 3 (12:30 p.m.) 983 cfs (6.42 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
146 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 

Haw River at Haw River, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°05', long 79°22', on left bank at town of Haw River, Alamance County, 

650 ft downstream from Southern Railway bridge and 3 miles downstream from Stony Creek.

Drainage area.--599 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1956.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 471.69 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--88 years, 575 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,490 cfs Feb. 7, Mar. 16; maximum gage height, 

14.67 ft Feb. 7; minimum discharge, 14 cfs Sept. 21 (gage height, 1.13 ft); minimum 

daily, 16 cfs Aug. 16.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 37,000 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 31.10 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 26,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

determination of peak flow; minimum, 3 cfs Sept. 5, 1930 (gage height, 0.92 ft); minimum daily, 5 cfs Sept. 6, 1930.

Remarks.--Records good. Large diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short periods 

at low flow caused by powerplants above station. City of Burlington diverted from 

Stony Creek an average of 6.9 cfs for minicipal supply, about 4.5 cfs of which is returned above station as sewage, and 2.4 cfs is returned to Haw River below station.

Revisions (water yearsJ.--WSP 757: 1929(M). WSP 782: 1934. WSP 822: Drainage area. 

WSP 1383: 1930, 1932-33(M), 1936, 1943, 1944(M). The figures of supplemental peak 

discharges for the water year 1954-55 were omitted from WSP 1383 and are given herewith:

Peak discharge (base. 6,000 cfs) --Oct. 16 (l a.m.) 20,900 cfs (22.50 ft); Feb. 6, 

(time and discharge unknown); Apr. 14 (8:30 p.m.) 10,200 cfs (18.87 ft); Aug. 18 

(3:30 a.m.) 9,030 cfs (17.72 ft).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.1

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.5

77

258

3.5

6.5

9.5

12.5

540

1,670

3,100

4,950

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5,640

1,420

985

667

346

313

266

187

243

199

202

199

190

174

180

195

162

197

171

144

142

127

118- 91

125

140

144

140

136

149

151

11,543

372

0.621

0.72

Nov.

176

125

140

133

129

136

118

OT

129

171

363

374

30T>

*238

221

190

167

155

190

370

298

204

190

211

202

216

333

253

228

204

6,288

210

0.351

0.39

Dec.

202

178

216

228

167

180

216

256

199

162

162

149

153

147

136

131

142

138

164

151

162

158

138

158

197

180

197

155

155

158

140

5,275

170

0.284

0.33

Jan.

144

144

142

151

169

202

144

140

127

114

136

162

167

149

138

110

1ST

216

155

187

192

183

174

226

510

278

211

192

174

174

174

5,356

172

0.287

0.33

Feb.

260

178

316

2,500

4,300

3,830

4,480

2,240

1,500

1,020

1,O60

1,140

828

678

573

474

442

606

672

915

915

678

540

427

569

1,O60

758

672

606

34,237

1,181

1.97

2.13

Mar.

412

384

427

442

398

358

384

358

458

384

384

384

320

283

405

5,990

3,400

l,8bO

1,420

985

705

540

427

427

412

346

286

346

298

263

256

21,762

702

1.17

1.35

Apr.

248

288

*320

346

298

412

1,240

828

606

427

992

2,750

1,340

985

792

2,070

1,560

1,300

985

740

556

427

346

398

328

258

288

288

238

275

21,907

730

1.22

1.36

May

358

398

993

4.450

2,260

1,340

722

828

656

507

384

310

32O

283

192

202

190

151

162

151

125

131

144

153

114

122

129

118

116

140

127

16,276

525

0.876

1.01

June

118

252

548 3T5"

233

192

155

127

127

116

108

91

99

89

108

63

62

68

75

129

54

36

77

87

60

81

75

105

89

99

3,869

129

0.215

0.24

July

65

57

29

3T

156

375

368

276

244

490

275

112

*130

99

63

74

108

40

79

154

98

86

62

99

32

56

85

56

40

110

160

4,109

133

0.222

0.26

Aug.

85

83

1,110

301

160

146

103

45

33

46

50

41

47

85

38

16

3?

42

93

223

406

394

209

155

131

67

60

74

84

162

103

4,624

149

0.249

0.29

Sept.

83

72

138

112

77

68

118

72

72

62

54

92

38

36

29

42

59

77

24

2T

25

39

31

29

36

717

4,240

3,580

2,100

1,100

13,247

442

0.738

0.82

Calendar year 1955: Max 9,000 Min 45 Mean 471 Cfsm O.786 In. 10.69

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,480 Min 16 Mean 406 Cfsm 0.678 In. 9.23

Peak discharge (bas

cfs (14.66 ft); May 4

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

m.) 6,490 cfs (14.67 ft); Mar. 16 (6 p.m.) 6,490 

TT~6,070 cfs (14.08 ft).

6.OOO efs). Feb. 7 

2730
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 147

Haw River near Pittsboro, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°42' , long 79°05' , on left bank 100 ft upstream from Robeson Creek, 

!2 miles downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 64, and 5 miles east of Pittsboro 

Chatham County.

Drainage area.--1.310 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1928 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 180.06 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 15, 1929, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 28 years, 1,222 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 21,700 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 15.69 ft}- minimum, 13 cfs June 24 (gage height, 1.42 ft); minimum daily, 27 cfs Sept. 16.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 79,000 cfs during night of Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 

28.58 ft, from floodmark in gage shelter); minimum, 3.1 cfs Sept. 13, 1954; minimum 

daily, 5.3 cfs Sept. 20, 1953.

Flood in August 1908 reached a stage of 32.1 ft, from floodmarks 1,000 ft upstream 

(discharge, 98,000 cfs). Flood in 1865 reached a stage about 1 ft lower than flood in 

1908, from information by local residents. Flood in September 1928 reached a stage 

of 20.3 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 39,200 cfs).

Remarks.--Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short 

periods at low flow caused by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1383- 19S9(M) 1931 1933-34 

1936(m), 1937, 1941-44(m) , 1946-47(m) , 1948.

Rating tab year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Mar 27 to Sept. 30

2.1 

2.3

108

169

318

1,030

5.0

7.0

10.0

12.0

2,260

4,560

9,320

13,100

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

169

318

3.6 

5.0 

8.0 

12.0

1,040

2,360

6,130

13,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3 , 520

4,920

2,160

1 , 440

950

619

559

514

258

428

439

310

343

314

250

224

310

325

277

261

256

150

166

202

224

210

192

190

174

307 

240

20,732

669

0.511

0.59

Nov.

216

301

180

172

110

141

244

355

214

*223

433

692

557

495

482

346

298

268

290

442

760

571

541

415

442

226

172

635

605

402

11,228

374

0.285

0.32

Dee.

221

214

260

242

416

516

306

220

402

496

222

210

196

228

233

240

167

204

279

258

264

231

231

174

216

258

265

391

277

235

172

8,244

266

0.203

0.23

Jan.

253

267

238

249

231

211

237

265

298

241

217

201

204

150

221

259

228

217

261

303

211

334

334

381

394

494

738

JTO

227

299

559

9,092

293

0.224

0.26

Feb.

355

227

268

3,920

7,630

6,220

11,700

4,300

2,660

1,920

1,790

2,660

1,840

1,360

1,150

1,010

1,070

1,970

1,880

1,740

2 , 460

1,560

1,230

1,010

920

1,750

1,660

1,360

1,230

------

68,850

2,374

1.81

1.95

Mar.

998

800

792

748

875

838

748

710

740

672

471

710

770

800

770

9,110

13,000

4 ]_20

2i660

1,970

1,480

1,190

998

807

762

794

808

650

710

725

587

51,813

1,671

1.28

1.47

Apr.

273

431

672

672

672

848

1,720

1,720

1,200

960

1,370

5,960

3,190

1,900

1,460

2,690

*3,660

2,150

1,700

1,320

1 , 000

800

762

672

650

636

622

573

318

422

41,023

1,367

1.04

1.16

May

672

650

*1,490

5,680

4,780

2,480

1,500

1,500

1,320

1,000

824

695

355

566

629

580

352

296

238

212

208

195

275

267

252

202

232

227

194

257

195

28,323

914

0.698

0.80

June

186

309

1,190

858

565

462

325

312

179

222

201

186

192

191

186

106

135

112

130

124

111

100

55

77

173

108

102

127

174

92

7,292

243

0.185

0.21

July

113

113

108

104

97

54

207

523

385

560

657

538

411

104

85

123

66

69

838

458

172

135

125

134

206

191

178

109

79

130

60

7,13E

230

0.176

0.20

Aug.

80

105

544

1,600

392

321

260

258

219

235

93

92

130

86

100

90

97

68

38

133

201

220

581

320

162

132

129

65

95

125

159

7,130

230

0.176

0.20

Sept.

112

175

159

165

194

198

152

165

71

217

147

148

140

106

66

27

117

63

40

119

100

54

30

118

63

199

8_,250

6 , 100

3,600

1,900

22,995

766

0.585

0.65

Calendar year 1955: Max 20,800 Min 16 Mean 897 Cfsm 0.685 In. 9.30

Water year 1955-56: Max 13,030 Min 27 Mean 776 Cfsm 0.592 In. 8.04

Peak discharge (base, 17.000 cfs). Mar. 16 (11 p.m.) 21,700 cfs (15.69 ft).

Discharge rement made on this day.
148 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 

New Hope River near Pittsboro, N. C.

Location.. --Lat 35°44', long 79°02', on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U. S. 

Highway 64, a quarter of a mile downstream from Whiteoak Creek and 8f- miles east of 

Pittsboro, Chatham County.

Drainage area.--285 sq mi.

Records available. January 1949 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 176.42 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

of Engineers benchmark). Prior to Mar. 18, 1950, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--7 years, 222 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,920 cfs Mar. 18 (gage height, 17.23 ft); minimum, 5.2 cfs July 19.

1949-56: Maximum discharge, 7,900 cfs Mar. 5, 1952 (gage height, 19.74 ft); minimum, 2.0 cfs Sept. 4, 1953.

Flood in September 1945 reached a stage of 27.65 ft; 1929 flood, 25.3 ft; 1908 

flood, 23.85 ft; from information by State Highway and Public Works Commission.

Remarks. Records fair. City of Durham discharged an average of 4.1 cfs sewage effluent 

into basin above station, diverted from Neuse River during water year 1956. Records 

of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1956 are given in 

WSP 1450.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

5.0

7.0

9.0

13.0

16.0

16.6

230

504

885

1,760

3,050

3,450

82

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

50

336

441

270

144

79

62

52

46

45

41

37

34

94

288

282

140

66

*48

38

34

29

26

24

20

19

19

19

20 

21

2,849

91.9

0.322

0.37

Nov.

28

28

26

21

20

19

20

20

19

*19

48

154

154

87

SI

47

38

36

77

322

369 276"

159

97

74

82

131

154

117 

84

2,787

92.9

0.326

0.36

Dec.

*67

60

55

55

54

53

*51

46

43

43

45

40

38

36

34

34

34

33

31

30

*30

29

29

30

29

29

30

29

28 

26

30

1,201

38.7

0.136

0.16

Jan.

34

34

34

33

31

31

30

29

28

29

30

30

30

29

28

28

£8

£5

26

31

35

38

40

67

139

164

136

106

82 

*71

67

1,543

49.8

0.175

0.20

Feb.

*63

*55

59

348

924

1,160

1,600

*2,020

2,060

1,630

1,180

925

765

629

441

300

250

560

705

725

745

611

498

340 "46

258

288

313

326

20,024

690

2.42

£.61

Mar.

288

236

195

180

174

164

144

127

122

130

127

104

92

139

215

858

2,120

5,420

3 , 130

2.020

1,130

436

£70

205

174

149

135

*120

110 

117

115

16,946

547

1.92

2.21

Apr.

101

88

8£

82

84

128

609

659

*448

*282

373

1,170

1,340

1,500

1,440

1,140

*1,020

765

516

309

202

154

131

112

92

84

76

73

69 

§5.

13,194

440

1.54

1.72

May

88

154

*118

167

288

282

282

200

185

174

113

74

64

54

46

38

*35

29

25

24

21

21

36

67

84

52

33

26

22

21

19

2,842

91.7

0.322

0.37

June

21

490

1,070

815

429

129

62

43

36

31

28

E2

20

17

15

15

13

*13

11

11

11

16

17

12

12

11

9.4

8.8

878 

8 . 8

3,405.8

114

0.400

0.44

July

9.4

8.2

7.6

7.0

6.1

5.7

776

8.8

10

15

18

21

15

10

8.2

7.0

7.0

6.1

27

108

51

38

21

21

*14

11

9.4

9.4

10 

10

64

571.5

18.4

0.065

0.07

Aug.

76

38

19

13

43

37

18

12

11

S.B

8.8

30

43

35

45

29

31

28

17

13

26

140

154

84

33

21

17

13

11

11

10

1,080.6

34.9

0.122

0.14

Sept.

10

10

8.8

8.2

10

*48

76

41

25

17

13

11

10

10

8.8

8.2

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.6

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

12

46

227

246

1,103.6

36.8

0.129

0.14

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,810 Min 4.8 Mean 190 Cfsm 0.667 In. 9.08

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,420 Min 5.7 Mean 185 Cfsm 0.649 In. 8.79

Peak discharge (base. 2,500 cfs). Mar. 18 (6 p.m.)3,920 cfs (17.23 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 149

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

Location. Lat 36°00'15", long 79"58"42", on left bank 2,300 ft upstream from highway 

bridge and High Point Lake, 2.3 miles west of Jamestown, and 2.5 miles northeast of 

High Point College, High Point, Guilford County.

Drainage area.--32.1 sq mi.

Records available. --June 1923 to September 1926, July 1928 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and Parshall flume. Altitude of gage is 758 ft (from topographic map). June 14, 1923, to Sept. 30, 1926, staff gage at site 2,300 ft downstream 

at different datum.

Average discharge.--31 years, 31.6 efs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,220 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 10.81 ft); minimum, 2.9 cfs Aug. 18 (gage height, 2.46 ft).

1923-26, 1928-56: Maximum discharge, 8,450 cfs Sept. 24, 1947 (gage height, 19.92 

ft, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 2,000 cfs on basis of contractedopening determination of peak flow; minimum, 0.3 c-fs Sept. 1, 1932.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSF 852: Drainage area. WSF 922: 1928-29(M) , 1933(M) , 1936(M). 

WSP 1383: 1924-25, 1930-31, 1947.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

4.0 

4.5

5.0 

6.0 

8.0 

9.0 

10.0

193

318

518

692

950

bic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

e

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

293

41

22

15

13

11

10

16

12

10

*9.4

8.6

8.0

11

9.4

8.6

8.3

8.0

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

6.9

6.9

6.6

10

11

8 .0

615.2

19.8

0.617

0.71

Nov.

.5

.5

.5

.5

.2

.5

* .5

.7

.5

23

28

12

11

10

9.9

9.4

8.8

8.6

22

14

11

10

11

11

11

18

12

12

*11

10

341.1

11.4

0.355

0.40

Dec.

9.9

11

11

12

12

11

10

10

11

10

9.9

9.4

9.4

9.4

10

8.8

9 .1

9.9

11

9.9

9.6

9.4

9.6

9.9

11

9.6

9.6

8.8

9.1

9.6

9.6

310.5

10.0

0.312

0.36

Jan.

9.1

9.1

9.4

9.6

9.1

8.8

9.1

8.8

8.8

*9.1

9.9

9.6

9.4

8.8

8.8

9.4

9.6

8.8

11

12

9.9

9.6

12

17

14

14

12

11

12

12

11

322.7

10.4

0.324

0.37

Feb.

10

22

124

532

199

313

145

46

34

29

93

54

32

25

23

21

113

84

39

89

40

27

23

22

91

63

32

34

23

2,382

82.1

2.56

2.76

Mar.

21

23

21

22

19

18

18

22

18

17

17

16

15

17

34

48

117

42

30

25

21

19

18

17

16

16

15

14isis

14

740

23.9

0.745

0.86

Apr.

14

14

15

14

12

*106

50

22

17

16

124

85

3E

23

23

~5T 401

32

25

22

19

18

17

16

15

16

15

14

14

16

1,258

41.9

1.31

1.46

May

22

23

240

280

42

28

24

22

18

17

15

14

14

12

12

12

11

10

9.9

9.6

9.4

9.6

9.9

9.9

8.8

8.6

8.6

9.9

10

9.6

*8 . 8

938.6

30.3

0.944

1.09

June

8.3

277

34

17

13

12

11

9.4

9.1

8.8

8.6

7.7

7.5

7.2

6.6

9.1

6.9

6.4

6 .2

6 .6

7.2

6.9

5.7

5.3

4.9

5.7

8.8

7.5

5.3

4.9

534.6

17.8

0.555

0.62

July

4.7

4.7

4.1

36

11

56

28

9.9

80

*21

9.6

8.0

7.2

8.0

7.2

6.9

8.8

7.7

6.4

7.5

6.6

5.5

5.1

12

18

11

6.4

6.4

6.0

24

8.3

442.0

14.3

0.445

0.51

Aug.

6.9

6.6

8.0

6.4

5.5

5.1

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.5

3.5

3.5

sTs- 3.4

ia

9_6

82

15

9.4

7.2

6.2

6.0

5.5

6.0

10

5.5

5.3

357.0

11.5

0.358

0.41

Sept.

4.7

4.7

6.6

11

6 .2

9.2

8.2

5.7

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.2

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.2

3.2

3.4

8.1

3.5

3.5

3.5

16

8.0

467

747

82

30

20

1,487.0

49.6

1.55

1.72

Calendar year 1955: Max 679 Min 4.1 Mean 26.9 cfsm 0.838 In. 11.37

Water year 1955-56: Max 747 Min 3.2 Mean 26.6 Cfsm 0.829 In. 11.27

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs).--Feb. 4 (5 . 

(9.73 ft); Sept. 26 (1° P.m.) 1,220 cfs (10.81 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

950 cfs (9.95 ft); Mar. 16 (3 p.m.) 868 cfs
150 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 

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

Location.--Lat 36°02'15", long 79°56'46", on left bank 5 ft upstream from highway bridge, 

3.3 miles upstream from High Point Dam, and 5.2 miles northeast of High Point College, 

High Point, Guilford County.

Drainage area.--14.7 sq mi.

Records available. July 1928 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 764.02 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Intake pipe extended to downstream side of bridge since Mar. 1, 1934.

Average discharge.--28 years, 14.6 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,980 cfs May 4 (gage height, 4.58 ft); minimum 

daily, 1.9 cfs Sept. 18.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 6,300 cfs Sept. 24, 1947 (gage height, 10.87 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 1,600 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

determination of peak flow using floodmarks at gage height 14.11 ft on upstream side of 

bridge and 10.87 ft on downstream side of bridge; minimum, 0.7 cfs Sept. 22, 1941 

(result of temporary regulation); minimum unregulated, 1.1 cfs Oct. 7, 1954.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Occasional temporary regulation of unknown origin during low flow in some water years.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1383: Drainage area, 1941.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.6 

5.0 

5.0 

7.6

11

.9

1.1 

1.4 

2.1

102

314

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

112

11

8.3

7.3

6.6

6.0

6.6

6.0

5.3

5.0

4.8

4.6

5.5

5.3

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.2 576"

4.8

4.6

286.7

9.25

0.629

0.73

Nov.

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.6

4.6

*4.8

4.8

4.4

13_

8.3

5.8

5.3

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.6

10

6.3

5.5

5.3

5.0

5.0

5.8

9.4

6.6

6.3

*5.5

5.0

175.5

5.85

0.398

0.44

Dec.

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.3

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.8

5.0

4.8

4 6

4^8

4.8

4.8

5.0

4.8

4.8

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.4

148.1

4.78

0.325

0.37

Calendar year 1955: Max 578

Jan.

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.8

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.8

6.8

575

5.5

5.0

4.8

4.8

5.0

4 .8

146.0

4.71

0.320

0.37

Feb.

4.8

F73

56

217

44

125

38

19

14

11

34

19

12

9.6

9.3

8.6

22

25

14

30

15

11

9.3

9.6

37

18

12

12

9.3

------

853.8

29.4

2.00

2.16

Min 2 . 7

Mar.

8.3

8.6

9.0

9.3

7.6

7.6

7.3

9.0

7.6

7.1

6.8

6.6

6.3

6.8

16

188

29

17

13

11

9.0

8.3

7.6

7.3

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.3

6.8

6.6

6.3

460.5

14.9

1.01

1.17

Me;

Apr.

6.3

6.3

6.6

6.3

6.0

25

15

9.0

7.3

6.8

46

26

13

10

14

118

19

13

10

9.0

7.9

7.6

7.3

7.1

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.3

6.3

6.8

441.7

14.7

1.00

1.12

May

7.6

8.3

163

314

20

15

13

11

8.3

7.6

7.1

6.6

6.3

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.3

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.4

5.0

4.8

*4.6

4.6

677.7

21.9

1.49

1.71

June

4.6

28

7.6

6.0

5.3

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.6

3.8

3.6

3.2

3.2

3.0

5.6

8.0

4.4

3.8

3.8

153.3

5.11

O.348

0.39

July

3.8

3.6

3.4

6.1

4.0

17

5.0

3.8

23

4.8

4.0

3.8

3.6

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.4

3.4

4.2

3.4

2.7

2.7

19

4.8

3.8

3.4

3.0

3.3

9.9

3.2

170.7

5.51

0.375

0.43

Aug.

3.2

9.0

13

4.2

3.6

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.4

2^3

2.4

2.3

2.3

3.7

4.7

*47.

32

6.3

5.0

4.8

3.8

3.6

3.6

4.8

8.3

4.8

3 . 8

200.0

6.45

0.439

0.51

Sept.

3.9

4.0

4.8

5.4

4.4

4.8

3.8

3.3

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.0

1.9

2.1

5.3

2.2

2.1

2.1

8.5

5.0

195

250

27

14

9.6

580.4

19.3

1.31

1.47

in 11.9 Cfsm 0.810 In. 10.98

Water year 1955-56: Max 314 Min 1.9 Mean 11.7 Cfsm 0.796 In. 10.87

Peak discharge (base, 800 cfs). --Feb. 4 (12 m.) 920 cfs (3.13 ft); May 4 (2 a.m.) 1,980 cfs (4.58

ft); Sept. 26 (time unknown) 1,6OO cfs (4.01 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note .--No gage-height record Aug. 23 to Sept. 27; discharge estimated on basis of weather records,

recorded range in stage, and records for nearby stations.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 151

Deep River near Randleman, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°54'10", long 79°51'15", on left bank 500 ft downstream from highway

bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream from Coltrane's mill, half a mile south of Gullford County line, 4f miles upstream from Muddy Creek, and 7 miles north of Randleman, 

Randolph County.

Drainage area.--124 sq ml.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 638.11 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--28 years, 118 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year 2,840 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 13.55 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum, 4.3 cfs Jan. 15 (gage height, 1.62 ft); minimum daily, 7.8 cfs 

June 25, 26.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 20,000 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 32.2 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 7,100 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

determination of peak flow at bridge l| miles upstream; minimum, 0.5 cfs Nov. 28, 1931 

(gage height, 1.41 ft); minimum daily, 1.2 cfs Nov. 12, 1933.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Large diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by Coltrane's mill. Plow slightly regulated 

by High Point Lake (capacity, 220,588,000 cu ft). City of High Point diverts about 3 cfs 

for municipal supply and discharges sewage effluent into Rich Fork in Pee Dee River 

basin.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 782: 1929-30. WSP 1383: 1934-35, 1941.

Rating table

1.7 

1.9 

2.1 

2.5

water yea 

eharge, i

66

1955-56 (gage height, 3 

cubic feet per second)

139

785

2,360

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,130

295

173

72

75

63

44

74

54

62

30

27

49

40

30

32

48

26

22

20

19

19

19

25

34

19

17

18

20

22 

IB

2,596

83.7

0.675

0.78

Nov.

22

26

36

20

21

21

*1B

19

20

59

102

52

39

55

26

22

47

22

59

58

63

28

49

28

26

53

46

60

30

48

1,175

39.2

0.316

0.35

Dec.

26

26

27

29

64

31

*26

47

28

25

23

49

24

23

24

22

23" 20

27

33

32

28

26

26

27

26

50

21

20

21 

20

894

28.8

0.232

0.27

Jan.

20

21

48

23

20

19

20

19

46

*24

20

20

19

16

IB

19

20

20

25

36

39

38

23

69

58

35

59

46

30

33 

47

950

30.6

0.247

0.28

Feb.

46

46

243

1,440

893

946

662

306

239

125

185

204

168

113

99

110

209

379

219

*33B

236

173

99

110

150

294

169

156

118

------

8,475

292

2.35

2.54

Mar.

96

72

94

77

110

60

86

60

SB

15

61

90

52

67

91

795

590

255

200

126

132

89

99

58

72

86

70

70

55

69 

56

3,949

127

1.02

1.18

Apr.

35

42

78

42

36

*175

321

126

110

52

270

368

184

90

101

1,090

313

190

135

92

71

73

99

59

44

76

47

64

36

65

4,484

149

1.20

1.34

May

69

55

359

816

213

126

121

120

76

57

54

55

38

61

30

56

40

27

10

29

50

26

29

48

22

21

22

24

42

20 

*20

2,736

88.3

0.712

0.82

June

23

243

216

76

51

30

22

36

15

25

14

21

12

20

20

12

21

12

13

11

14

12

17

20

7.8

7.8

32

25

19

16

1,063.6

35.5

0.286

0.32

July

24

18

19

19

19

32

48

30

118

*99

40

42

26

13

24

30

19

22

32

26

14

25

24

24

24

"31 126

15

26

22

1,064

34.3

0.277

0.32

Aug.

23

14

53

22

25

20

19

22

27

IB

26

22

IB

11

44

22

16

23

23

19

14

24

36

a!4

653

21.1

0.170

0.20

Sept.

a!4

a50

a25

alB

a!6

1

1

> alO

J

a 12

a!2

a!6

a!6

alB

al.OOO

a2,500

aBOO

a!30

a70

4,717

157

1.27

1.41

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,240 Mln 8.5 Mean 110 Cfsm O.8B7 In. 12.03

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,300 Mln 7.8 Mean 89.5 Cfsm 0.722 In. 9.81

Peak discharge (base, 2,600 cfs).--Sept. 27 (time unknown) 2,840 cfs (13.55 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and floodmark an 

for nearby stations.
152 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 

Deep River at Ramseur, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°44' , long 79°39', on right bank 1,600 ft downstream from railroad station at Ramseur, Randolph County, and ij miles downstream from Sandy Creek.

Drainage area.--346 sq ml.

Records available. November 1922 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 419.50 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--33 years (1923-56), 340 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,300 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 14.93 ft); minimum, 10 cfs July 2, Aug. 11, 23 (gage height, 0.44 ft); minimum dally, 11 cfs Aug. 24. 

1922-56: Maxumum discharge, 43,000 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 34.04 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 18,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, 0.4 cfs May 27, Nov. 28, 29, 1941; minimum dally, 

0.7 cfs Nov. 29, 1941.

Flood In August 1901 reached a stage of 28.75 ft, from floodmarks, about a quarter 

of a mile upstream (discharge, 30,000 cfs).

Remarks.--Records good. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above station. 

Plow regulated by High Point Lake and small powerplant reservoirs. Town of Asheboro 

diverted an average of 1.0 cfs from Pee Dee River basin Into this basin above station.

Revisions water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1032: 1923-24 1925(M) , 1926,

T927-28" M), 1929, 1930(M) , 1932-33, 1934(M) , 1935, 1936-37(M) , 1944(M) . WSp'l383: 

1923(m), 1925, 1927, 1930, 1936.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.4 

.5 

.6

1.0 

1.3

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

6.0 

10.0

930

2,880

5,490

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

I

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

3

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,050

1,490

614

325

229

152

124

112

138

168

114

95

59

129

33

38

125

106

92

30

85

28

28

28

111

31

32

116

72 

44

63

7,841

253

0.731

0.84

Nov.

121

31

32

32

51

46

111

104

32

46

312

154

102

159

153

93

79

78

93

248

192

130

93

70

134

84

154

164

121 

91

3,290

110

C.318

0.35

Dec.

80

118

42

95

117

148

*206 ~93

79

44

69

114

67

80

78

60

33

52

114

60

67

73

66

46

73

71

112

86

90 

88

27.

2,548

82.2

0.238

0.27

Jan.

28

95

109

48

67

103

26

30

99

114

50

108

68

22

23

96

65

69

96

43

69

56

162

119

173

164

119

S7

115 

155

105

2,693

86.9

0.251

0.29

Feb.

87

110

381

5,140

2,520

2,850

2,580

782

550

404

491

680

427

386

239

238

297

960

638

*735

678

410

331

263

264

536

378

376

319

22,050

760

2.20

2.37

Mar.

304

209

170

232

229

212

181

199

198

145

114

201

186

217

216

4,840

2,960

755

540

402

298

278

234

236

166

229

217

204

156 

173

149

14,850

479

1.38

1.60

Apr.

131

183

156

201

154

74

686

336

248

205

349

1,020

461

325

243

1,860

922

427

326

275

193

170

214

191

182

128

167

95

126

184

10,232

341

0.985

1.10

May

126

1C6

1,720

1,920

698

327

274

282

208

179

151

107

128

165

123

123

106

86

31

38

130

94

106

48

94

32

32

106

85

58 

35

7,778

251

0.725

0.84

June

32

158

533 229"

141

44

138

31

32

36

60

90

34

33

60

33

33

33

32

102

32

32

32

32

32

31

104

88

84

34

2,390

79.7

0.230

0.26

July

34

23

12

67

92

24

23

38

*68

171

172

34

40

41

38

37

36

80

36

36

33

16

25

91

63

57

189

38

42

111 

65

1,832

59.1

0.171

0.20

Aug.

36

33

74

37

37

82

36

33

34

33

18

12

15

18

20

24

25

25

28

*33

~35 158

27

11

13

14

16

18

19

19 

20

1,003

32.4

0.094

0.11

Sept.

21

20

21

23

22

22

52

259

46

51

33

33

21

16

17

21

22

24

24

28

26

27

26

28

28

1,810

4.740

1 '372 200

162

9,195

306

0.884

0.99

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,950 Min 7.7 Mean 280 cfsm 0.809 in. 10.98

Water year 1955-55: Max 4,840 Min 11 Mean 234 cfsm 0.676 In. 9.22

Peak discharge (base. 6,000 cfs).--Mar. 16 (5:15 p.m.) 9,300 cfs (14.93 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 153

Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°26', long 79°36', on right bank 300 ft downstream from Cabin Creek and 

half a mile west of Robbins, Moore County.

Drainage area. 134 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 323.23 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by North Carolina Highway and Public 

Works Commission).

Average discharge. 17 years, 146 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 43,600 cfs July 20 (gage height, 34.57 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 7,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determinations of peak flow at gage heights 27.52 and 34.57 ft; minimum, 2.8 cfs July 16.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, that of July 20, 1956; no flow Oct. 2, 22-27, 1941 

(result of storage of flow in gage pool after construction of new station control); 

minimum unregulated flow, 0.1 cfs Oct. 21, 22, 1941, Oct. 12-14, 1954.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede those published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

1002 

1032 

1172

1233

1383

Water 

year

1944 

1945 

1950

1952

1955

Date

July 15, 

Sept. 18, 

Oct. 8,

Aug. 31,

Oct. 15,

1944 

1945 

1949

1952

1954

Discharge 

(cfs)

13,400 

38,800 

9,900

19,500

a29,500

Gage height 

(feet)

20.54 

t32.0C 

t!8.25

23.46

27.52

t From floodmark.

a Not previously published.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record and those above 

TUTTTOO cfs, which are poor. Diversion of about 300,000 gal daily, from the gage pool, 

for municipal water supply of town of Robbins is included in these records. Records 

of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1956 are given in 

WSP 1450.

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1944-45, and 1952, superseding those published in WSP 1002, 1032, and 1233, are given 

herewith:

1944 

July 15........ 6,910

1945 

Sept.17........ 12,200

Sept.18........ 16,800

Month

July 1944............. ...............

Calendar year 1944. ................

September 1945. ......................

Calendar year 1945. ................

Water year 1951-52 .................

Calendar y3ar 1952 .................

Cfs-days

70,944

38,723

85,725.7

73,371.6

Maximum

6,910

16,800

16,800

8,440

Minimum

9

2.4

2.5

4.7

Mean

194

1,291

235

193

200

Per square 

mile

3.05

1.45

9.63

1.54

1.75

1.54

1.44

1.49

Runoff in 

inches

3.52

19.70

10.75

23.73

19.63

20.37

yised peak diseharKe.--1951-52: Mar. 4 (9 a.m.) 

cfs (23.46 ft).

16,500 cfs (El. 95 ft)i Aug. 51 (11 p.m.) 19,500

459558 O - 58 - 11
154 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C.--Continued

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 6-10, July 14-18)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 16

40

131

360

Mar. 17 to Sept. 30

3.0 

5.0

10.0

1,920

3,480

3.7

4.7

6.0

15.0

19.0

24.0

120

272

740

1,440

6,450

11,000

20,700

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Z7

28

Z9 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

687

1,120

Z27

98

74

62

51

48

66

53

43

37

34

47

64

41

35

33

*32

30

28

28

28

29

34

33

31

30

35

62

43

3,263

105

0.784

0.91

32

29

30

30

31

30

30

*29

30

41

152

60

41

39

39

40

41

39

295

196

76

56

47

47

47

88

71

56

*48 

41

1,831

61.0

0.455

0.51

38

37

40

41

4_4

44

38

37

38

40

36

33

32

30

32

34

30

32

32

32

30

30

32

32

32

32

28

27

27

29

44

1,063

34.3

0.256

0.29

37

32

30

30

29

28

27

27

27

28

31

32

29

28

28

29

31

30

32

57

46

35

35

144

96

66

47

38

37

40

38

1,244

40.1

0.299

0.35

34

a35

a35

a863

a600

al,250

*600

*191

118

96

116

108

78

64

62

62

64

118

84

754

254

131

96

86

114

188

112

898

203

7,394

255

1.90

2.05

124

116

167

209

118

96

86

90

100

79

78

76

83

128

108

*5,420

891

276

205

158

132

118

110

106

100

95

93

88

95

102

85

7,732

249

1.86

2.15

76

74

83

76

73

244

382

142

104

93

425

390

152

114

108

862

235

150

118

106

95

92

86

80

74

71

71

68

66

6J5

4,775

159

1.19

1.33

May

*307

155

250

1.160

246

147

139

301

120

98

86

78

68

62

56

52

45

41

36

36

34

34

33

29

27

25

25

25

25 

26

25

3,791

122

0.910

1.05

June

24

87

66

36

29

22

20

16

15

14

13

12

*12

12

12

12

11

TT

13

12

14

14

14

13

13

13

18

30

19 

14

611

20.4

0. 152

0.17

July

18

12

8.9

8.0

14

15

14

16

22

*42

33

13

7.1

5.3

4.2

3.2

*4.0

11

899

*18ffOO

273

145

140

415

78

352

102

68

55

51

21,696.7

700

5.22

6.02

Aug.

38

72

161

102

63

39

39

33

26

23

20

2Z

348

50

33

29

22

47

186

93

13-7

152

58

40

32

28

25

23

22 

*24

20

2,007

64.7

0.483

0.56

Sept.

18

17

90

121

77

177

52

36

30

27

25

21

20

20

18

17

15

14

14

14

17

18

17

17

29

2.090

*1,270

268

130 

95

4,774

159

].19

1.32

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,190 Min 12 Mean 124 cfsm 0.925 In. 12.58

Water year 1955-56: Max 18,800 Min 3.2 Mean 164 Cfsm 1.22 In. 16.71
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 155 

Deep River at Moncure, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°36', long 79°05', on right bank l| miles northwest of Moncure, Chatham 

County, 2-j miles downstream from Rocky River, and 4-j miles upstream from confluence 

with Haw River.

Drainage area.--1,410 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--July 1930 to September 1956. Records for May 1898 to December 1899 

published in Bulletin 34 and 39 of North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development have been found to be unreliable and should not be used.

Gage. --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 165.88 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--26 years, 1,393 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,200 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 8.97 ft); minimum, 72 cfs Oct. 27, Sept. 18 [gage height, 0.97 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 80,300 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 17.20 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 66,000 cfs; minimum, 5.5 cfs Oct. 10, 1954 (gage height, 

0.35 ft).

Remarks.--Records good exept those below 250 cfs, which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation 

and some regulation at low flow caused by small powerplants above station. Records of 

chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1956 are given in W3P 1450.

Revisions (water years). W3F 822: Drainage area. WSP 1082: 1930-46 (1943-46 not previously published). See also Records available.

Rating table, wate 

dischar

year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

in cubic second)

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,770

9,530

9.700

2,980

1,190

860

681

565

489

405

405

511

446

305

£71

353

340

288

282

293

245

£60

334

219

126

79

72

158

234

260 

196

54,847

1,124

0.797

0.9E

Nov.

2 SO

234

271

276

170

162

119

178

*183

234

405

557

726

432

328

347

340

305

398

1,180

1.190

781

541

426

419

398

504

519

504

511

12,898

430

0.305

0.34

Dec.

398

579

360

334

334

334

385

240

379

379

366

255

240

234

317

299

282

293

255

219

183

245

366

245

215

187

206

276

255 

299

299

9,058

292

0.207

U.24

Jan.

210

201

271

219

255

260

224

234

266

250

215

178

229

234

201

224

187

201

234

266

260

288

317

334

398

655

638

526

392

37 9 

405

9,151

295

0.209

0.24

Feb.

340

328

347

2,100

7,700

6,220

11,200

8,730

3 , 000

1,770

1,680

2,170

1,930

1,330

1,100

920

880

1,780

2,080

2,930

4,660

2,600

1,540

1,190

1,100

1,940

1,900

3,740

3,410

80,615

2 ,780

1.97

2.13

Mar.

1,710

1,280

1,210

1,460

1,400

1,110

940

890

820

850

754

681

673

781

990

10,600

16.500

15,600

7,640

2,270

1,640

1,320

1,130

1,020

930

870

781

800

772 

830

772

79,024

2,549

1.81

2.08

Apr.

726

673

589

655

681

820

3,200

2,500

1,420

990

1,300

3,960

3,300

1,860

1,320

3,550

5.500

2,900

1,600

1,220

1,020

900

781

763

681

655

638

605

565

565

45,937

1,531

1.09

1.21

May

921

1,760

1,190

4,850

5,840

2,800

1,400

1,120

1,240

970

781

647

565

565

489

467

439

453

276

322

322

360

271

£55

276

229

288

224

170

S06

29,883

964

O.S84

0.79

June

219

1,920

1,670

1,010

791

497

398

353

282

271

174

129

106

113

113

116

113

101

Toe

116

113

101

101

116

101

101

139

229

187

1,120

10,906

364

0.258

0.29

July

497

276

192

469

267

474

340

276

240

170

216

398

328

240

183

98

84

79

711

7,550

12,800

6,260

774

432

638

68£

1,230

605

446

489

482

37,926

1,223

0.867

1.00

Aug.

446

328

293

317

489

419

*317

196

143

132

178

182

229

424

353

229

143

143

139

98

854

1.150

707

432

334

183

95

132

139

119 

95

9,438

304

0.216

0.25

Sept.

92

95

79

92

419

432

366

372

271

360

276

215

106

92

136

106

79

79

84

95

122

84

77

84

92

1,660

12 , 400

11,200

4,340

1,400

35,305

1,177

0 . 835

0.93

Calendar year 1955: Max 16,500 Min 51 Mean 1,216 Cfsm 0.862 In. 11.69

Water year 1955-56: Max 16,500 Min 72 Mean 1,079 Cfsm 0.765 In. 10.42

_______________;, 15,000 efs).--Mar. 16 (11:30 p.m.) 22,200 cfs 

Discharge measurement made on this day.

Peak discharge 9.97 ft).
156 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°24', long 78°49', near right bank In downstream end of pier of bridge 

on U. S. Highway 401 (renumbered), 1,800 ft downstream from Norfolk Southern Railway 

bridge, 0.5 mile north of Lillington, Harnett County, and 1 mile downstream from 

Neill Creek.

Drainage area. 3,440 sq.mi, approximately.

Records available. December 1923 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 105.71 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 8, 1927, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 32 year (1924-56), 3,263 cfs .

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 46,500 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 17.84 ft); minimum, 70 cfs Sept. 16 (gage height, 0.41 ft).

1923-56: Maximum discharge uncertain, occurred Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 33.19 

ft, from floodmark); minimum, 11 cfs Oct. 14, 15, 1954 (gage height, -0.17 ft).

Remarks. Records good, except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Large diurnal fluctuation and considerable regulation at low flow caused by powerplants 

above station.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1002: 1930(M) . WSP 1032: 1942(m), 

WSP 1333:1945(M). WSP 1383: 1924-29, 1935.

Rating table, waber year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

132

240

503

870

3.0 

5.0

13.0

17.0

1,900

4,910

10,900

26,200

42,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

6,400

15,500

13,000

5,000

3,140

2,030

1,550

1,290

1,050

1,010

906

897

897

1,140

1,020

751

897

897

751

667

637

637

352

616

616

340

302

280

609

397 

712

64,091

2,067

0.601

0.69

Nov.

382

566

712

417

720

246

280

471

712

407

1,120

1,090

1,600

1,240

1,120

834

724

790

915

1,800

2,580

2,160

1,600

1,300

814

1,290

854

907

1,440

1,440

30,531

1,018

0.296

0.33

Dec.

987

854

674

667

697

1,140

854

880

514

854

942

854

616

304

667

667

720

623

516

548

674

503

699

490

480

490

520

710

580

570 

520

20,814

671

0.195

0.23

Jan.

520

520

560

520

530

520

510

540

610

540

480

420

480

430

460

530

*650

454

582

548

661

508

782

1,070

1,000

1,240

1,440

1,390

1,140

830 

870

21,335

688

0.200

0.23

Feb.

888

960

888

3,230

16,600

14,600

27.000

19, 900

9,690

*6,530

5,630

6,890

5,630

4,080

3,290

2,790

2,440

4,800

5,450

5,630

9,010

6,350

4,240

3,220

2,720

3,940

4,910

6,260

6,890

 ---

194,456

6,705

1.95

2 .10

Mar.

3,920

3,000

2,650

2,650

2,790

2,580

2,300

2,030

1,840

1,660

1,720

*1,600

1,600

2,030

2,230

13,400

42,800

27 ,000

18,100

8,170

5,630

3,840

3,140

2,650

2,30O

2,230

4,900

4,570

2,440

1,720 

1,900

179,390

5,787

1.68

1.94

Apr.

1,600

*1,050

1,640

1,840

1,550

1,840

3,750

6,170

3,840

2,860

2,970

11,000

10,200

6,170

4,910

6,730

12.200

7 ,430

4,740

3,520

2,790

2,300

2,100

2,030

1,900

1,550

1,440

806

1,240

1,070

113,236

3,775

1.10

1.22

May

2,530

3,440

2,860

8,720

15,500

7,070

4,240

3,220

3,290

2,650

2,160

1,720

1,340

1,040

1,240

1,140

1,110

854

682

568

667

562

606

830

704

523

321

637

630

548 

536

70,038

2,259

0.657

0.76

June

411

5,510

7 .800

3,68O

2,580

1,660

1,100

616

682

575

548

542

294

331

322

366

300

192

797

538

422

253

209

198

203

364

429

418

398

622

32,360

1,079

0.314

0.35

July

1,360

536

260

1,200

887

270

721

790

996

1,140

960

888

960

572

326

365

268

238

2,430

14,000

14.500

10,000

2,440

1,000

801

969

1,070

1,630

398

895 

1,O20

63,690

2,055

0.597

0.69

Aug.

682

531

720

1,560

1,420

846

728

434

447

331

336

336

340

523

574

547

359

300

354

372

1,370

1.780

1,550

1,390

862

312

387

374

294

288 '296

20,643

666

0.194

0.22

Sept.

163

146

384

451

393

960

884

857

831

242

657

226

582

309

86

86

278

568

250

203

170

181

132

82

86

606

16,200

19.900

10,800

4,560

61,273

2,042

0.594

0.66

Calendar year 1955: Max 39,400 Mln 80 Mean 2,624 cfsm 0.763 In. 10.36

Water year 1955-56: Max 4E.80O Mln 82 Mean 2,382 cfsm 0.692 in. 9.42

Peak discharge (base. 50,000 cfs).--Mar. 17 (12 m.) 46,500 cfs (17.84 ft) 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 1-4, Dec. 25 to Jan. 17, Apr. 1, 2; discharge estimat 

ecords for Haw River near Pittsboro, Deep River at Moncure, and New Hope River near Pitt

ed from 

sboro.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 15? 

Little River at Linden, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°16', long 78°47', on left bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. 

Highway 401 (renumbered), 1.6 miles west of Linden, Cumberland County, 2 miles upstream 

from Stewart Creek, and 4-| miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 460 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1928 to September 1956. Prior to October 1950, published 

as Lower Little River at Linden.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 73.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Aug. 27, 1934, chain gage at same 

site and datum. Since June 18, 1948, auxiliary wire-weight gage 2-j miles downstream 

read twice daily during periods of backwater.

Average discharge. 27 years (1923-56), 532 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,590 cfs Mar. 19 (gage height, 9.52 ft); minimum, 39 cfs July 6, 7 (gage height, 1.80 ft).

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 13,500 cfs Sept. 13, 1945, occurred during period of 

backwater from Cape Fear River; maximum gage height, 41.47 ft Sept. 19 or 20, 1945 

(from floodmark); minimum discharge, 26 cfs Oct. 14, 1940.

Flood of Sept. 21, 1928, reached a stage of 37.3 ft, from floodmark; maximum discharge, 13,000 cfs Sept. 20 or 21, 1928.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record or backwater 

from Cape Fear River, which are poor.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1383: 1930-33, 1937, 1945.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 5 to Sept. 30)

2.0 

2.4

3.0 207

4.0 

6.0 

9.0

505

1,270

2,440

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

375

487

788

959

978

693 *542

434

418

434

398

335

307

324

359

345

324

294

283

*265

257

257

250

217

210

205

185

T94

200

250

250

11,755

379

0.824

0.95

Nov.

254

237

220

*224

214

212

212

212

210

224

398

487

469

591

524

291

267

262

288

452

542

*542

452

566

524

560

401

418

569

527

9,949

552

0.722

0.80

Dec.

299

288

278

278

502

296

278

265

262

270

278

260

240

250

242

*240

257

237

234

252

232

230

234

232

234

232

224

214

210

214

262

7,784

251

0.546

0.63

Jan.

291

302

275

254

244

254

224

224

214

210

214

217

217

212

212

205

*20;

a210

a220

a560

a370

a310

a300

a440

a540

a590

a500

a570

a510

aSOO

a290

9,062

292

0.655

0.73

Feb.

a290

a280

a340

a470

a710

al,OOO

*al,200

1.550

1,350

*1,120

883

826

807

750

617

560

542

617

598

807

1,080

*1,150

1,080

826

693

655

655

1,190

1,040

23,486

810

1.76

1.90

Mar.

978

845

769

750

674

598

542

505

487

452

452

452

469

636

693

1,080

cl,760

c2,270

2.440

T,700

1,190

959

864

788

731

674

656

598

598

674

712

26,976

870

1.89

2.18

Apr.

655

56O

524

487

*469

469

560

656

731

598

712

1,270

1.550

1,270

959

940

1,080

1,190

1,120

845

693

598

542

505

487

452

434

434

418

454

21,422

714

1.55

1.73

May

505

712

959

1,580

1,620

2,150

1,820

1,470

1,270

1,150

921

731

617

524

452

582

*533

294

265

254

262

254

260

232

205

183

171

163

156

212

169

20,256

653

1.42

1.64

June

225

518

978

1.860

1,310

636

418

551

280

240

200

175

161

144

128

108

117

111

*115

128

150

154

146

158

126

96

78

140

114

150

9,475

516

0.687

0.77

July

128

103

78

66

68

54

157

252

220

232

*339

305

220

181

150

126

81

115

166

339

916

1.510

740

401

288

262

286

516

294

270

524

8,787

233

0.615

0.71

Aug.

296

230

220

234

286

240

185

154

135

117

128

122

157

175

205

230

192

167

212

161

562

712

655

487

363

296

230

183

*165

154

159

7,770

251

0.546

0.65

Sept.

125

156

557

222

194

267

346

418

296

212

157

125

102

115

91

86

86

72

77

78

72

76

77

84

78

226

560

807

902

750

7,194

240

0.522

0.58

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,090 Mln 65 Mean 517 Cfsm 1.12 In. 15.24

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,440 Min 54 Mean 448 Cfsm 0.974 In. 13.25

Peak discharse (base. 2,100 cfs). --Mar. 19 (4 a.m.) 2.59O cfs (9.52 ft); May 6 (6 p.m.) 2,210 cfs

(8.52 1C ft). J. o/ .

Discharge measurement made on this day.

No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for Drowning

>k near Hoffman.

a No gage-helgh. 

Creek near Hoffman.

c Backwater from Cape Pear River.
158 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

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

Location. Lat 34°50', long 78°48', on right bank 100 ft upstream from lock 3, 1 mile 

downstream from county line, 7 miles north of Tarheel, Bladen County, 9 miles upstream 

from Philips Creek, and at mile 95.

Drainage area. 4,810 sq mi. approximately. 

Records available. October 1937 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete lock and dam control. Datum of gage is 28.935 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Jan. 8, 

1939, staff gage on upper lock wall 100 ft downstream at same datum. Auxiliary waterstage recorder 1.8 miles downstream; prior to Jan. 14, 1943, auxiliary staff gage 

400 ft downstream on lower end of lock wall. Jan. 14, 1943, to Sept. 30, 1953, auxiliary water-stage recorder at site 600 ft downstream.

Average discharge. 19 years, 4,705 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 36,800 cfs Mar. 18 (gage height, 21.87 ft); minimum, 352 cfs Sept. 17 [gage height, 0.64 ft); minimum daily, 392 cfs Sept. 17.

1937-56: Maximum gage height, 43.44 ft Sept. 22, 1945 (discharge not determined); 

minimum discharge, 170 cfs Sept. 20, 1954; minimum daily, 208 cfs Sept. 13, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those computed using submergence as a factor, which are fair. 

Slight diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short periods at low flow caused by 

powerplants above station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Submergence used as a factor Oct. 3-5, Feb. 5-11, Mar. 17-22, Apr. 13, 

14, 17, 18, May 5-7, July 20-23, Sept. 29, 30}

0.6 

1.0 

£.0 

3.0

320

670

1,830

3,460

4.0 

8.0 

13.0

5,690

18,000

35,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

22

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Ocb.

2,270

7,430

15,700

14 ,200

8,740

4,960

3,560

3,080

2,340

2,270

2,270

2,120

2,040

2,270

2,500

2,120

1,970

2,120

1,900

1,760

1,660

1,650

1,320

1,120

1,420

1,420

1,200

1.090

1,180 

1,380

1 , 400

100,460

3,241

0.674

0.78

Nov.

1,760

1,480

1,500

1,620

1,440

1,340

1,110

1,200

1,320

1,570

1,760

2,200

2,420

2,740

2,420

2,120

1,900

1,670

1,830

2,120

3,360

4,060

3,460

2,900

2,420

2,340

2,340

2,120

2,420 

2,580

63,520

2,117

0.440

0.49

Dec.

2,420

2,040

1,830

1,570

1,560

1,830

1,970

1,970

1,760

1,560

1,600

1,760

1,760

1,500

1,360

1,570

1,560

1,340

1,300

1,420

1,400

1,520

1,340

1,380

1,240

1.070

1,430

1,300

1,420 

1,540

1,490

48,810

1,575

0.327

0.38

Jan.

1,520

1,470

1,530

1,500

1,530

1,420

1,400

1,130

1,170

1,400

1,430

1,440

1,380

1,400

1,050

991

1,300

1,340

1,380

1,690

1,670

1,560

1,540

2,200

2,340

2,500

2.740

2,740

2,270 

2,040

1,970

51,041

1,646

0.342

0.39

Feb.

1.850

1,900

1,900

1,970

8,540

17,200

20,200

27,100

21,700

14,600

10,000

8,950

8,950

7,540

5,940

5 , 080

4,390

4,720

6,860

7,540

9,850

12,200

8,370

6,460

5,200

4,840

6,460

8,090

10,800

______

259,180

8,937

1.86

2.00

Mar.

8,660

6,330

5,440

4 , 960

4,720

4,720

4.280

3,850

3,460

3,270

2 , 820

3,080

3,080

3,360

3,750

5,180

18,700

34,700

33,400

24,000

16,300

10,400

6 , 860

5,560

4,720

4,170

3,960

3,850

3,460 

3,650

3,750

248,440

8,014

1.67

1.92

Apr.

3,270

2.990

2,740

3,360

3,080

3,080

3,460

6,620

7,000

5,320

4,720

8,300

14,800

12,200

8,660

7,810

12,100

14,000

9,550

6,860

5,320

4,280

3,850

3,650

3,360

3,080

2,740

2,580

1.850 

2,200

172,810

5,760

1.20

1.34

May

2 , 500

4,500

5,200

6,820

13,400

15,200

10,900

7,810

6,730

5,940

4,720

4,060

2,990

2,270

2,270

2,270

1,970

1,760

1,540

1,260

1,170

1,320

1,370

1,320

1,440

1,320

1,050

870

1,200 

1,220

1,060

117,450

3,789

0.788

0.91

June

1,190

1,780

8,940

8,370

6,070

4,280

2,900

1.970

1,370

1,200

1,180

1,210

1,140

903

810

780

660

740

1,430

1,670

1,130

1,000

830

850

770

850

810

1,010

936

1,000

-------

57,779

1,926

0.400

0.45

July

1,100

1,620

1,180

914

1,240

1,250

1,070

1,330

1,760

2,040

2,420

1,900

1,760

1,560

1,060

830

936

690

700

6,640

15,100

15,500

10,800

4,610

2,820

2,340

1,970

2,200

2,200 

1,530

1,970

92,840

2,995

0.623

0.72

Aug.

1,970

1.700

1,900

1,830

2,500

2,270

1,970

1,420

1,090

958

770

760

770

1,020

1,060

1,370

1,210

1,130

860

1,020

2,120

3,270

5.560

3,180

1,900

1,760

1,420

1,420

1,260 

1,020

800

49,288

1,590

0.331

0.38

Sept.

840

600

670

1,160

1,380

1,420

1,830

2,420

1,970

1,480

1,200

1,250

870

914

820

480

392

610

840

690

590

489

440

448

660

850

4,600

* 18, 400

18,800 

12,300

79,413

2,647

0.550

0.61

Calendar year 1955: Max 47,500 Min 516 Mean 4,247 Cfsm 0.883 In. 12.00

Water year 1955-56: Max 34,700 Min 392 Mean 3,664 Cfsm 0.762 In. 10.37

Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Little Coharie Creek near Roseboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 34°57' , long 78 G 29' , on downstream end of center pier of bridge on State 

Highway 24, l£ miles east of Roseboro, Sampson County, and 1-j miles upstream from Bearskin Swamp.

Drainage area. 96.4 sq mi.

Records available. January 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 81 ft (estimated from description of 

previously destroyed benchmark at site). Prior to Jan. 12, 1951, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 6 years, 80.6 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 271 cfs May 8 (gage height, 6.67 ft); minimum, 

7.4 cfs June 18 (gage height, 1.95 ft).

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 1,860 cfs Sept. 6, 1955 (gage height, 9.00 ft); minimum, 0.1 cfs Sept. 13, 14, 27, Oct. 1-11, 1954.

Flood in 1924 reached a stage of 11.6 ft, from information furnished by North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-31, Nov. 8 to Dec. 3)

Oct. 1-31, May 8 to Sept. 30 

8.0

Nov. 1 to May 7

5.0 

6.0 

6.5 

6.7

95

160

230

280

4.4 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.4 

6.6

50

71

96

134

190

236

Discharge, in 2ubic feet par second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

189

176

165

150

*146

138

132

128

121

118

115

110

105

98

92

90

86

82

78

74

72

68

64

60

56

52

51

48

51

58 

62

3,035

97 .9

1.02

1.17

Nov.

*63

71

80

88

99

99

96

90

82

75

75

75

73

71

71

73

75

71

73

82

*89

93

88

88

90

106

109

113

109

109

2,576

85.9

0.891

0.99

Dec .

109

113

109

109

106

102

99

93

90

90

88

85

82

*79

78

78

73

71

69

67

65

63

63

62

60

60

58

56

54

56 

62

2,449

79.0

0.820

0.94

Jan.

62

63

65

67

69

67

63

60

56

54

54

54

53

53

±>1

52

56

54

60

*78

82

85

90

102

115

115

109

106

106

102 

99

2,299

74.2

0.770

0.89

Feb.

93

90

85

90

102

125

175

*192

194

204

214

211

198

183

172

164

158

160

166

190

236

221

203

*200

200

196

190

203

198

------

5,011

173

1.79

1.93

Mar.

185

183

221

236

221

203

187

173

158

145

135

125

121

113

109

121

158

178

187

224

231

216

194

175

158

143

134

121

117

113 

109

5,094

164

1.70

1.97

Apr.

102

96

*96

93

88

85

85

85

82

82

104

136

135

125

135

196

216

192

167

153

143

134

125

113

102

93

80

69

60

54

3,426

114

1.18

1.32

May

56

71

85

102

145

187

200

259

238

207

217

223

196

170

*146

128

108

72

51

44

40

37

34

32

30

29

28

26

24

23

22_

3,230

104

1.08

1.25

June

20

32

50

48

52

52

40

28

25

19

17

15

13

11

10

9.0

8.3

45~8.2

51

*36

40

46

86

.9_0_

68

64

80

60

56

1,177.5

39.2

0.407

0.45

July

68

66

40

26

23

18

20

34

55

74

120

230

240

256

225

182

160

135

102

77

90

66

50

44

40

40

37

36

46

56

62

2,718

87 .7

0.910

1.05

Aug.

62

72

100

121

118

108

95

70

40

28

31

45

46

37

27

26

26

29

26

20_

62

86

84

90

98

100

82

52

50

45

*39

1,915

61.8

0.641

0.74

Sept.

29

23

23

21

27

33

52

60

62

66

74

72

50

33

25

20

17

15

13

12

10

10

9.7

10

13

34

86

92

98

110

1,199.7

40.0

0.415

0.46

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,800 Min 6.6 Mean 135 Cfsm 1.40 In. 18.97

Water year 1955-56: Max 259 Min 8.2 Mean 93.3 Cfsm 0.968 In. 13.16

Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Black River near Tomahawk, N. C.

Location.--Lat 34°45', long 78°17', near center of span on downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 411, a quarter of a mile downstream from Clear Run Swamp and 3f miles 

northeast of Tomahawk, Sampson County.

Drainage area.--680 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 0.39 ft below mean sea level, 

Saturn of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--5 years, 513 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,810 cfs May 12 (gage height, 38.27ft); 

minimum, 100 cfs Sept. 25 (gage height, 26.63 ft).

1951-56: Maximum discharge observed, 6,550 cfs Sept. 9, 1955 (gage height, 44.16 ft); 

minimum, 8.5 cfs Oct. 13, 1954 (gage height, 25.59 ft).

Flood in 1923 reached a stage of 47.0 ft (discharge, 9,000 cfs). Floods in 1945 and 

1948 reached a stage of 42.6 ft, from information furnished by North Carolina Highway 

and Public Works Commission.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 15, June 21 to Sept. 30)

Nov. 1 to Sept. 30

28.6 320

31.0 730

36.0 1,950

104

123

360

33.0 1,060

37.0 2,270

39.0 3,150

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21"2

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

,800

,690

,570

,390

* ,290

1,150

1,010

920

810

770

690

650

612

576

541

508

492

476

444

428

412

380

380

365

350

335

335

320

3^0

335

?50

21,699

700

1.03

1.19

Nov.

*360

334

334

334

347

347

360

376

392

424

456

488

472

440

424

392

376

376

408

552

*584

552

520

504

504

584

726

762

726

672

14,126

471

0.693

0.77

Dec.

618

552

568

568

568

600

584

552

536

536

520

488

472

*456

440

440

424

408

408

392

392

376

376

376

360

360

347

347

334

347

392

14,137

456

0.671

0.77

Jan.

408

392

392

376

376

360

360

360

347

347

347

347

360

347

534

334

360

392

*408

504

600

584

568

654

708

708

672

552

636

584

552

14,269

460

0.676

0.78

Feb.

520

488

504

520

611

816

1,100

1,300

1,450

1,540

1,600

1,570

1,450

1,270

1,140

1,120

1,020

960

924

924

1,020

1,140

1,210

1,330

1,390

1,390

1,300

1,270

1,270

32,147

1,109

1.63

1.76

Mar.

1,550

1,330

1,330

1,300

1,210

1,140

1,080

1,060

1,020

960

906

870

834

780

762

816

980

1,060

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,060

1,020

1,000

980

942

906

834

798

780

762

31,090

1,003

1.48

1.70

Apr.

690

654

*600

552

536

520

536

520

488

472

584

963

1,140

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,180

1,120

1,040

980

960

906

852

744

672

600

552

504

472

472

23,029

768

1.13

1.26

May

456

456

655

825

1,080

1,100

1,300

1,720

1,990

2,310

2,630

2,770

2,510

2,110

*1,630

1,020

906

690

536

424

376

321

283

376

334

295

259

247

235

2 23

211

30,278

977

1.44

1.66

June

200

344

654

672

618

568

472

360

283

247

223

200

178

167

156

145

145

134

T78

247

*259

223

200

200

235

247

259

308

376

520

9,018

301

0.443

0.49

July

472

334

271

235

189

167

156

145

156

189

223

247

271

334

376

440

600

780

942

1,060

1,240

1,350

1,210

1,000

798

618

472

392

321

308

321

15,597

503

0.740

0.85

Aug.

308

283

408

584

552

488

456

392

334

283

360

584

584

584

618

504

392

295

259

235

271

408

504

438

472

456

440

408

347

295

*259

12,851

415

0.610

0.70

Sept.

223

189

178

200

235

308

347

424

440

424

376

347

321

283

247

223

211

189

167

140

123

113

104

104

104

178

456

600

618

656

8,508

284

0.418

0.47

Calendar year 1955 : Max 6,440 Min 44 Mean 820 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.38

Water year 1955-56 : Max 2,770 Min 104 Mean 620 Cfsm 0.912 In. 12.40

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 161

South River near Parkersburg, N. C.

Location.--Lat 34°48', long 78°27', on downstream side of highway bridge near center of 

span, at Bladen-Sampson County line, 1.9 miles southwest of Parkersburg, Sampson County.

Drainage area.--382 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 0.38 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--5 years, 299 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 914 cfs Feb. Sage height, 59.96 ft); minimum,

49 cfs June 1 (gage height, 54.00 ft).

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 5,000 cfs Aug. 24, 1955 (gage height, 64.20 ft); minimum, 0.1 cfs Oct. 3-6, 11-14, 1954.

Flood in 1918 or 1328 reached d. stage of 65.38 ft. from high-water mark witnessed 

by local resident.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1-31

57.4 Z71

58.0 345

59.0 545

59.6 745

Nov. 1 to Apr. 20 Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

56.3

57.0

58.0

59.0

60.0

16 Z 

211

546

914

54.0

55.0

56.0

57.0

58.0

59.5

49

102

174

265

402

760

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

745

745

708

638

*605

546

494

450

430

393

360

331

304

292

281

271

271

271

271

281

292

292

304

304

317

317

317

304

292

292

292

12,010

387

1.01

1.17

Nov.

*249

239

239

239

239

239

229

220

211

203

195

195

195

195

195

195

195

195

195

220

*229

229

229

229

239

271

298

312

327 J27

6,972

232

0.607

0.68

Dec.

344

344

327

327

344

344

327

298

293

284

271

260

260

*249

249

239

229

229

229

220

211

211

203

203

135

188

188

181

174

174

181

7,781

251

0.657

0.76

Jan.

181

181

181

174

174

168

168

168

168

168

168

174

168

168

168

162

168

168

*174

203

220

223

239

260

271

298

298

293

312

312

312

6,501

210

0.550

0.63

Feb.

312

298

298

298

327

402

519

575

672

708

745

784

745

745

708

672

672

672

672

708

745

784

824

367

867

867

824

824

784

-____.

----

18,918

652

1.71

1.84

Mar.

745

745

745

784

824

824

784

745

708

672

638

575

546

493

468

468

493

493

546

606

672

745

784

784

745

745

708

672

638

606

575

20,576

664

1.74

2.00

Apr.

519

493

*444

422

382

344

327

312

298

271

312

382

422

422

444

468

493

546

606

638

732

732

704

676

620

568

522

460

420

370

14,349

478

1.25

1.40

May

340

312

326

370

386

370

440

544

592

648

648

648

648

648

*620

568

500

440

370

312

265

207

166

136

108

96

84

78

67

62

53

11,052

357

0.935

1.08

June

49

108

143

122

102

90

90

90

90

84

90

90

96

108

102

90

78

67

67

96

*102

315

129

143

182

207

207

216

244

299

----- -

3,69fi

123

0.322

0.36

July

355

370

355

312

254

198

143

108

90

84

108

150

234

402

6ZO

704

760

754

648

544

420

3Z6

Z54

182

158

136

129

1ZZ

115

150

18Z

9,317

301

0.788

0.91

Aug.

Z07

ZZ5

Z54

Z65

Z54

254

Z87

31Z

287

244

207

166

136

122

136

150

150

115

84

6_7

78

158

198

207

207

Z07

234

225

207

207 *Z07

6,057

195

0.510

0.59

Sept.

216

ZZ5

Z34

Z76

299

Z99

312

340

326

265

216

198

190

174

158

129

115

108

122

143

158

166

150

1Z9

108

136

Z07

244

Z54

244

6,141

Z05

0.537

0.60

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,820 Min 9.9 Mean 480 cfsm 1.26 In. 17.06

Water year 1955-56: Max 867 Min 49 Mean 3*7 Cfsm 0.882 In. 12.02

Discharge measurement made on this day.
162 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Colly Creek near Kelly, N. C.

Location. Lat 34°27'50" (revised), long 78°15'28" (revised), on right bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 53, 4 miles east of Kelly, Bladen County, and 

6f miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--108 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--January 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 15.4 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Prior to Dec. 13, 1950, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 6 years, 74.6 cfs.

Extremes..--Maximum discharge during year, 528 cfs at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage height, 6.47 

ft), stage falling from peak of Sept. 22; maximum peak discharge during year, 236 cfs 

Mar. 19 (gage height, 5.41 ft); minimum discharge, 1.1 cfs Aug. 10, 11 (gage height, 

0.92 ft).

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 910 cfs Sept. 22, 1955 (gage height, 7.20 ft); no flow 

at times during several years.

Flood in 1908 reached a stage of 11.1 ft; September 1945, 10.2 ft, from information 

by local resident. Flood in 1928 reached a stage of 7.7 ft, from information by North 

Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 2-6)

Oct. 1 to May 19 May 20 to Sept. 3O

3.8 

4.0

4.5 

5.0

59

70

109

166

5.5 

6.0 

6.5

255

377

539

0.9

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0

0.9

1.8

8.9

18

39

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

53

74

109

166

Discharge, in 2t per second, water ye October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

507

450

407

357

317

*290

264

238

£21

206

202

206

217

223

224

210

197

186

166

*152

140

130

120

110

101

93

86

78

73

12

"

6,338

204

1.89

2.18

Nov.

86

*91

92

94

94

93

88

85

80

78

78

76

72

71

71

71

71

69

75

83

*84

85

86

88

90

105

109

115

120

125

2,623

87.4

0.809

0.90

Dec.

125

126

125

125

131

134

141

148

159

162

158

155

151

148

*146

142

138

132

130

126

122

118

113

110

106

104

99

95

92

90

89

3,940

127

1.18

1.36

Jan.

86

83

80

79

77

76

74

71

69

67

66

64

62

61

60

60

62

62

65

73

74

74

80

89

91

92 -92

92

92

92 

92

2,357

76.0

0.704

0.81

Feb.

91

90

90

91

94

162

213

208

204

208

208

208

208

208

208

206

206

202

197

210

223

228

211

206

197

195

191

206

206

5,375

185

1.71

1.85

Mar.

2O2

199

202

195

191

186

181

174

162

153

150

147

141

136

136

148

181

211

232 23"2

221

208

195

183

172

158

148

141

136

134 

129

5,384

174

1.61

1.85

Apr.

125

124

120

*117

111

105

102

96

91

85

111

128

131

134

134

144

147

144

140

139

134

132

131

126

122

115

109

104

97

91

3,589

120

1.11

1.24

May

35

37'32

102

113

116

125

151

159

174

187

199

T97

194

187

*181

178

17E

159

146

138

123

110

95

84

74

65

59

55

50 

46

3,923

127

1.18

1.35

June

42

65

76

74

72

72

72

73

72

69

64

59

55

51

46

42

37

33

33

33

*32

34

35

33

28

29

23

23

32

44

1,453

48.4

0.448

0.50

July

56

49

38

31

25

21

18

15

13

12

14

19

19

16

14

12

17

23

*23

27

32

28

28

27

25

23

18

13

9.7

7.2

5 4

678.3

21.9

0.203

0.24

Aug.

3.8

3.4

5.0

5.8

4.4

3.0

2.9

2.2

1.6

1.2

2.1

4.2

3.6

2.7

9.6

48

60

58

46

38

41

46

48

51

52

49

44

41

38

*34 

31

780.5

25.2

0.233

0.27

Sept.

27

23

19

18

21

21

25

34

44

53

57

54

45

36

30

24

20

17

14

11

9.5

8.3

7.1

13~ 6.4

30

39

44

49

52

851.3

28.4

0.263

0.29

Calendar year 1955: Max 904 Min O.O5 Mean 126 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.81

Water year 1955-56: Max 507 Min 1.2 Mean 1O2 Cfsm 0.944 In. 12.84

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 163

Northeast Cape Pear River near Chinquapin, N. C.

Location. Lat 34°49', long 77°50', on right bank 540 ft downstream from bridge on State 

Highway 41, half a mile downstream from Muddy Creek, and 1-j miles west of Chinquapin, 

Duplin County.

Drainage area.--600 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1940 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 17.28 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

ETorps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--16 years, 608 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,350 cfs May 10 (gage height, 12.85 ft); minimum, 24 cfs Sept. 24.

1940-56; Maximum discharge, 15,200 cfs Sept. 22, 1955 (gage height, 17.97 ft); minimum, 5.3 cfs Oct. 10, 11, 1954.

Flood in 1908 reached a stage of 22.6 ft at old bridge site 1,000 ft upstream from 

gage. Flood in 1928 reached a stage 0.8 ft lower than that of 1908, from information 

by North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-31, Dec. 6 to Jan. 18, 

May 22 to June 1, July 2-18, Sept. 27-30)

Oct. 1-31 Nov. 1 to Sept.

2.4 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

182

438

803

1,300

1.2 

1.4 

2.0 

4.0 

6.0

36

104

390

750

10.0

12.0

13.0

1,270

1,960

3,140

4,070

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,300

1,140

963

848

*763

683

646

610

556

520

486

*454

438

414

398

374 

358

342

326

310

302

278

262

246

230

222

*206

195

'?Ta 187

£{Q

342

14,677

473

0.788

0.91

Nov.

358

*350

310

288

280

273

259

259

252

252

266

273

273

273

280

280 

273

266

280

358

390

*422

422

422

422

550

630

710

730

71(3

11,111

370

0.617

0.69

Dec .

710 '650

590

550

518

502

470

454

470

518

518

502

486

454

*454

438 

422

398

390

374

366

350

342

334

326

318

310

310

302

3152"

326

13,454

434

0.723

0.83

Jan.

342

350

358

366

366

366

366

350

342

334

334

342

342

342

334

342 

382

398

406

502

550

570

610

750

838

886

*886

838

772

710

630

15,304

494

0.823

0.95

Feb.

550

502

470

454

454

704

1,360

1,770

*1,960

2,050

2,050

1,920

1,700

1,480

1,300

1,130 

990

860

794

794

938

1,050

1,180

1,270

1,330

1,360

1,300

1,300

1,270

34,290

1,182

1.97

2.13

Mar.

1,E70

1,240

1,210

1,180

1,130

1,070

990

*912

794

690

630

590

570

550

550

690 

990

1,150

1,270

1,240

1,210

1,100

990

886

794

690

610

534

486

486

470

26,972

870

1.45

1.67

Apr.

454

422

422

406

382

382

382

358

334

318

406

794

1,020

1,210

1,300

1,330 

1,300

*1,210

1,100

938

750

610

502

438

382

342

318

295

273

259

18,637

621

1.04

1.16

May

259

310

438

838

1,150

1,510

1,880

2,520

3,460

3,850

3,650

3,140

2,460

1,850

1,360

964 

650

470

382

318

280

252

238

238

238

245

238

210

203

196

*182

53,979

1,096

1.83

2.11

June

169

302

470

570

630

518

422

334

266

231

210

182

156

135

120

105 

96

94

203

295

310

203

146

129

117

217

280

334

374

295

7,913

264

0.440

0.49

July

238

210

182

144

114

88

73

65

66

72

*87

92

92

98

110

124 

169

210

238

266

454

486

454

326

252

245

231

203

157

133

124

5,803

187

0.312

0.36

Aug.

110

96

*86

87

90

78

65

56

49

43

40

42

49

49

*56

50 

48

68

88

92

118

176

*203

203

182

182

182

176

155

139

124

3,182

103

0.172

0.20

Sept.

99

80

65

57

70

73

157

302

326

266

165

130

*104

91

80

67 

55

43

37

34

30

28

27

25

29

90

*196

252

266

259

3,503

117

0.195

0.22

Calendar year 1955; Max 14,600 Min 11 Mean 846 Cfsm 1.41 In. 19.12

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,850 Min 25 Mean 516 Cfsm 0.860 In. 11.72

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
164 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

Rockfish Creek near Wallace, N. C.

Location. --Lat 34°43'44", long 78°02'43", on downstream side of highway bridge, 0.2 mile

upstream from Doctor Creek and 2| miles west of Wallace, Duplln County. 

Drainage area.--65.3 sq ml.

Records available.--July 1955 to September 1956. 

Gage.--Wire-weight gage read once dally. Sept. 28, 1955, to Jan. 19, 1956, staff gage at

same site and datum. 

Extremes.--1955: Maximum discharge during period July to September, 2,800 cfs Sept. 20

(gage height, 15.5 ft, from graph based on gage readings): minimum dally, 0.4 cfs

July 27-30.

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 920 cfs May 8 (gage height, 12.45 ft,

from graph based on gage readings); minimum dally, 0.9 cfs Sept. 23.

Flood in 1948 reached about the same stage as that of Sept. 20, 1955. These two

floods were the highest in 20 years (from information by local resident). 

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, July 15, 1955, to Sept. 30, 1956 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used July 15 to Aug. 11, Aug. 25-28, 1955, 

Sept. 26-30, 1956)

.5

1.1

2.0

5.0

10

3.0

4.0 

5.0

150

260

10.0 350

11.0 510

12.0 770

13.0 1,180

15.2 2,570

Discharge, in cubic feet per

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6

7

8

Tota

July

_

_

-

-

-

-

Aug.

8.3

8.0

6.5

4.2 

3.0

1.4

3.3

.8

Sept.

43

110

130

188 

264

*723

 1,050

*634

Day

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

July

_

_

_

-

-

*9.2

8.0

Aug.

0.5

.5

1.8

32

54

69

58

54

Sept.

*349

224

212

190 

165

138

110

*79

Day

17

18

19

20 

21

22

23

24

July

4.7

3.0

2.0

4.3 

3.5

4.2

2.9

1.9

Aug.

144

426

468

337 

232

161

110

102

Sept.

56

45

448

*2,540 

 1,880

902

454

a360

Day

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

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

Mean

Runoff In inches .............................................................

July

1.4

.9

.4

.4 

.4

.4

6.8

_

_

_

-

Aug.

238

*455

378

242 

150

96

60

3,904.3

126

1.93

2.23

Sept.

a280

a220

a!60

a!20 

96

79

-

12,249

408

6.26

6.99

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis

stations.

of weather records and records for nearby

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sra

In.

Oct.

63

110

236

224

175

130

96

69

56

43

34

32

a30

a28

a27

a25

a24

*23

22

21

20

19

18

17

15

*15

14

13

12 

31

40

1,682

54.3

0.833

0.96

Nov.

31

28

26

30

34

30

24

20

18

i7

21

23

23

24

23

21

19

17

20

45

49

49

49

47

43

66

82

92

92

82

1,145

38.2

0.586

0.65

Dec.

63

54

47

43

56

63

60

56

60

76

72

54

49

54

49

47

43

40

37

34

31

a30

a30

a29

a29

a28

a27

*26

a2& 

a27

28

1,368

44.1

0.676

0.78

Jan.

a27

a26

a25

a24

a23

a25

a26

a25

a23

a21

a22

24

24

24

23

22

43

40

37

*56

58

56

58

89

106

118

118

103

82

69 

58

1,478

47.6

0.730

0.84

Feb.

51

45

43

40

45

130

424

456

350

*260

224

190

142

126

103

85

72

69

69

79

122

146

146

134

110

99

99

118

138

4,115

142

2.18

2.35

Mar.

142

134

122

110

99

92

826'9

56

49

45

43

43

43

43

79

138

160

175

T55

122

92

69

54

47

43

40

36

li

36 

37

2,486

80.2

1.23

1.42

Apr.

36

36

*31

30

28

30

31

30

28

25

51

103

122

138

134

106

92

*76

63

54

45

36

30

26

23

21

20

19

17

n

1,498

49.9

0.765

0.85

May

16

20

24

40

56

104

170

721

880

650

474

236

175

122

72

*49

31

24

19

16

15

43

125

180

138

96

49

40

28

*23

19

4,655

150

2.30

2.66

June

28

109

261

284

236

175

118

69

45

30

24

18

15

12

9.4

8.0

6.8

5.7

37

22

12

9.4

7.2

5.7

4.7

4.2

4.0

4.8

6.5

7.8

1,579.2

52.6

0.807

0.90

July

15

9.7

5.4

4.3

3.6

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.9

*2.8

4.3

3.8

3.3

2.5

1.9

1.6

11

12

13

30

76

134

185

160

82

58

49

36

49

16

12

991.9

32.0

0.491

0.57

Aug.

10

7.8

37

43

40

36

21

13

8.6

6^8

29

E8

114

126

*103

103

99

96

60

60

138

*146 106"

58

32

19

15

1211

8.6

*7.0

1,633.8

52.7

0.808

0.93

Calendar year 1955: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Sept.

6.3

5.4

4.5

4.2

5.7

7.5

8.0

7.8

7.2

6.5

6.1

5.4

*4.2

3.6

3.3

3.0

3.3

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.5

.9

772

5.7

9.2

*37

47

54

58

323.3

10.8

0.166

0.18

Water year 1955-56: Max 880 Min 0.9 Mean 62.7 Cfsm 0.962 In. 13.09

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, 1 discharge measurement, 

and records for nearby stations.
WACCAMAW RIVER BASIN 165 

Waccamaw River at Freeland, N. C.

Location.--Lat 34°05'43", long 78°32'56", on left bank 150 ft downstream from New Britton 

Bridge on State Highway 130, 1 mile southwest of Freeland, Brunswick County, and 

7 miles downstream from Juniper Creek.

Drainage area.--626 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1939 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 15.52 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 15, 1943, staff gage at site 

150 ft upstream at same datum. Since July 15, 1952, auxiliary water-stage recorder 

at site 3.3 miles downstream; Oct. 7, 1949, to July 14, 1952, auxiliary staff gage at 

same site.

Average discharge.--17 years, 606 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,900 cfs at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage height,

15.43 ft. stage falling, peak occurred Sept. 25, 1955); maximum peak discharge, 1,780 cfs 

Feb. 16 (gage height, 13.35 ft); minimum, 34 cfs Sept. 24, £5.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 10,200 cfs Sept. 25, 1955; maximum gage height, 16.6,3 ft 

Sept. 26, 1955; minimum discharge, 0.1 cfs Aug. 30, Sept. 9, 10, 28, Oct. 4-14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions.--WSP 1172: Drainage area.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4,640

3,900

3,310

2,920

2,610

*2,150

1,940

1,800

1,770

1,790

1,710

1,670 

1,600

1,440

1,300

1,160

1,060

954

846

772

685

625

552

497

439

411

353

334

331

308 

 291

44,168

1,425

2.28

2.62

Nov.

281

*239

236

222

213

209

202

190

191

188

194

195 

195

195

195

194

191

184

184

184

195

190

*195

190

190

196

222

224

246

262

6,192

206

0.329

0.37

Dec .

262

262

262

262

275

283

299

308

324

341

364

364 

368

368

*358

330

334

341

341

341

341

341

341

331

324

317

303

288

281

277 

270

9,801

316

0.505

O.E8

Jan.

262

246

232

239

225

218

211

209

210

202

19O

195 

194

188 Hi

178

181

*181

188

213

222

213

220

236

257

273

275

275

275

272 

277

6,935

224

0.358

0.41

Feb.

279

300

308

330

358

404

692

820

970

1,040

,110

,310 

,480

,630

,740

,730

,730

,650

,590

,490

,390

,260

,200

,130

,050

1,000

996

1,020

1,090

------

31,097

1,072

1.71

1.85

Mar.

,150

,180

,170

,180

,190

,180

,180

,150

,100

,060

,030

,020 

958

930

911

911

930

930

958

958

930

911

921

960

1,030

1,090

1,100

1,080

1,070

1,050 

996

32,214

1,039

1.66

1.91

Apr.

930

884

819

*762

677

625

566

522

465

424

414

439 

470

486

496

508

509

520

*542

542

548

573

575

575

575

569

531

514

492

449

17 , 001

567

0 .906

1.01

May

407

378

360

395

430

493

602

738

798

951

1,070

1,140 

1,120

1,100

1,040

*1,020

960

941

902

854

801

766

751

684

586

501

435

366

315

291 

255

21,450

692

1.11

1.27

June

223

253

277

272

259

236

213

196

170

159

146

141 

128

137

147

153

181

167

181

*184

192

183

159

146

139

130

131

156

180

172

5,411

180

0.288

0.32

July

176

159

138

144

237

308

307

285

277

222

223

220 

217

205

186

162

148

167

*128

348

449

464

463

421

362

299

245

195

138

130 

100

7,523

243

0.388

0.45

Aug.

85

75

65

60

50

50

50

55

50

50

45

45 

45

60

75

110

120

140

150

160

170

210

320

430

450

470

410

350

290

*275 

246

5,161

166

0.265

0.31

Sept.

228

189

182

152

133

139

173

324

160" 380

310

253 

199

170

150

114

100

92

71

54

44

38

36

34

39

82

153

181

176

179

4,735

158

0.252

0.28

Calendar year 1955: Max 9,910 Min 6.7 Mean 693 Cfsm 1.11 In. 15.01

Waber year 1955-56: Max 4,640 Min 34 Mean 524 Cfsm 0.837 In. 11.38

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--Ho gage-height record July 30 to Aug. 29; discharge estimated on basis of weather records 

nd records for auxiliary gage.
166 WACCAMAW RIVER BASIN

Waccamaw River near Longs, S. C.

Location.--Lat 33°54'45", long 78°42'55", near right bank on upstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 9, 500 ft downstream from Buck Creek and 2.1 miles southeast of Longs, 

Horry County.

Drainage area.--1,030 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--March 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--WIre-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 5.28 ft above mean sea level, 

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

Average discharge.--6 years, 728 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,710 cfs at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage height, 

13.70 ft), computed from graph based on gage readings, stage falling from peak of 

Sept. 28-30; maximum peak discharge during year, 2,230 cfs Feb. 19 (gage height, 

9.89 ft); minimum discharge, 68 cfs Aug. 14.

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 10,300 cfs Sept. 28-30, 1955; maximum gage height, 

13.82 ft Sept. 29, 1955; minimum discharge, 1 cfs Oct. 14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 27, Jan. 6 

to Feb. 10, Aug. 28 to Sept. 30)

1.5

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

101

177

279

562

940

9.0

10.0

11.0

13.0

13.5

1,350

2,350

3,850

8,150

9,450

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

9,450 

8,930

8,410

7,430

6,950

6,270

5,390

4,790

4,390

3,670

3,350

*3,030

2,750

2,610

2,350

2,230

1,990

*1,890

1,790

1,690

1,510

1,350

1,230

1,130

1,050

990

919

857

797

740

666

100,599

3,245

3.15

3.63

Nov.

596

530

483

423

381

341

303

279

256

245

256

245

245

245

245

245

234

234

224

224

224

224

224

224

234

256

279

315

*341

367

8,922

297

0.288

0.32

Dec.

381 

395

409

423

223

438

438

438

468

468

483

498

514

514

550

530

530

530

530

514

514

514

498

498

498

483

483

468

453

453

438

14,754

476

0.462

0.53

Jan.

409 

395

381

367

354

341

328

303

303

291

279

256

245

234

234

224

*224

214

224

234

245

256

279

315

341

367

395

409

438

"453" 453

9,791

316

0.307

0.35

Feb.

453 

468

468

483

514

579

721

817

919

1,020

1,180

1,350

1,590

1,790

1,990

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,250

2,230

2,250

2,110

2,110

2,110

1,990

1,890

1,890

1,890

1,890

----___

45,242

1,491

1.45

1.56

Mar.

1,890 

1,900

1,990

2,110

2,110

*2,110

2,110

2,110

1,990

1,990

1,890

1,790

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,590

1,590

1,510

1,510

1,510

1,510

1,430

1,450

1.350

1,550

1,550

53,730

1,735

1.68

1.94

Apr.

1.550 

1,350

1,290

1,290

1,230

1,180

1,130

1,090

1,020

965

965

940

898

877

857

837

857

837

837

837

857

857

817

817

817

*797

797

778

778

759

28,651

955

0.927

1.05

May

740 

740

740

778

797

817

919

1,290

1,690

2,110

2,110

2,110

1,990

1,990

1,890

1,790

1,690

1,590

1,510

1,450

1,550

1,250

1,150

1,090

1,020

965

919

877

857

778

702

39,619

1,278

1.24

1.43

June

630 

579

514

453

595

354

328

505

279

256

234

*214

204

186

168

160

152

152

177

186

177

177

177

168

168

160

160

186

256

315

7,868

262

0.254

0.28

July

381 

395

355

395

595

595

395

395

381

367

567

541

303

267

245

224

214

195

177

168

177

214

256

505

341

354

367

354

528

291

*245

9,625

310

0.301

0.35

Aug.

204

177

160

136

115

108

94

90

87

80

77

74

71

68

71

77

87

101

108

122

129

136

144

177

214

279

315

367

381

58T

367

4,997

161

0.156

0.18

Sept.

341 3"G3

267

234

204

186

168

152

160

204

245

291

328

328

303

256

224

186

160

*136

122

108

101

 §0 90

90

90

101

115

129

5,712

190

0.184

0.21

Calendar year 1955 : Max 10,300 Mln 24 Mean 1,174 Cfsm 1.14 In. 15.47

Water year 1955-56 : Max 9,450 Mln 68 Mean 895 Cfsm 0.869 In. 11.81

Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 167

Yadkin River at Patterson, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°59'30", long 81°33'30", on left bank 200 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 268, half a mile south of Patterson, Caldwell County, three-quarters of a mile 

upstream from Warrior Creek, and 2 miles downstream from Walnut Branch.

Drainage area. 28.8 sq mi.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,212.47 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. Prior to Feb. 9, 1940, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--17 years, 43.1 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 538 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 2.60 ft); minimum, 5.3 cfs Sept. 17 (gage height, 0.02 ft), but may have been less during periods of 

ice effect.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 16,200 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 12.70 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,300 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam 

1 mile upstream at gage heights 4.58, 7.70, and 12.70 ft; minimum observed (corrected), 

3.0 cfs May 15, 1940.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

4.5

8.3

14

105

213

344

Discharge, in cubic feet pe ?ond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

19

14

12

12

11

11

11

31

17

12

11

*10

10

11

10

10

10

10

9.9

*9.9

9.3

9.3

9.3

9.9

9.9

9.9

9.9

10

15

15 

12

371.3

12.0

0.417

0.48

Nov.

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

13

12

*14

19

15

14

13

15

14

14

14

14

17

14

13

12

12

12

17

15

14

11

9^3

394.3

13.1

0.455

0.51

Dec.

11

12

13

14

IS

14

13

13

*12

13

12

9.9

9.9

11

11

10

10

11

12

11

11

11

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

11

11

364.8

11.8

0.410

0.47

Jan.

9.9

11

11

11

11

11

11

b9.0

b6.5

11

11

11

11

9.9

9.3

blO

b9.5

10

12

*12

12

11

12

16

13

12

12

12

13

15

1S

354.1

11.4

0.396

0.46

Feb.

11

17

31

30

29

93

62

38

30

27

42

46

36

30

28

25

47

65

50

42

35

31

29

28

29

30

27

27

24

------

1,042

35.9

1.25

1.35

Mar.

23

23

23

28

*25

23

33

34

32

29

28

27

28

35

46

129

98

68

54

46

39

36

34

32

29

28

28

26

26

26

24

1,160

37.4

1.30

1.50

Apr.

23

26

35

27

25

54

60

44

37

33

71

78

57

48

84

296

114

*82

65

55

48

45

40

37

35

34

33

31

30

31

1,678

55.9

1.94

2.17

May

32

32

50

47

38

38

46

36

32

30

28

*27

26

24

28

28

24

23

22

21

23

23

21

20

19

19

19

19

19

18

18

850

27.4

0.951

1.10

June

17

18

17

16

16

16

15

14

14

14

14

14

12

12

13

14

12

12

12

13

13

14

12

11

10

9.3

10

9.3

8.8

8.8

391.2

13.0

0.451

0.51

July

9.3

16

*23

42

33

34

29

20

24

25

15

14

14

14

14

15

16

14

49

31

23

20

18

23

19

16

15

14

12

12

12

635.3

20.5

0.712

0.82

Aug.

12

11

11

11

11

9.9

8.3

7.9

7.9

7.5

7.2

7.2

7.2

6.8

6.8

7.2

7.5

5.6

5.6

6.4

23

14

9.9

8.3

7.5

7.2

7.2

7.5

8.8

12

17

287.4

9.27

0.322

0.37

Sept.

14

9.3

9.3

8.8

8.8

9.3

12

9.9

7.9

7.5

7.2

7.2

7.2

6.4

5.6

5.6

*5.3

6.0

6.0

7.9

7.9

7.2

6.8

7.2

11

34

62

28

17

14

356.3

11.9

0.413

0.46

Calendar year 1955 : Max 394 Min 9.3 Mean 25.9 Cfsra 0.899 In. 12.23

Water year 1955-56 : Max 296 Min 5.3 Mean 21.5 Cfsra O.747 In. 10.20

Peak discharge (base, 1,OOO cfs_l. No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
168 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Reddles River at North Wllkesboro, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°10', long 81°10', on left bank 400 ft upstream from highway bridge, 

ITJ miles northwest of North Wilkesboro , Wilkes County, 1-jj miles upstream from North 

Wilkesboro municipal dam, and 2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--93.9 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1939 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 978.62 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--17 years, 131 ofs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,150 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.32 ft); minimum, 23 cfs Jan. 8 (result of freezeup), Aug. 17, 18, 19, Sept. 18 (gage height, 

0.58 ft) .

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 27,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 22.02 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,100 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam; 

minimum, 2C cfs Aug. 17, 1954 (gage height, 0.63 ft).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are poor.

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water year 

1944, superseding those published in WSP 1002, are given herewith:

July 1, 1944.......... 127

Month

Water year 1943-44.. . 

Calendar year 1944...

Cfs-days

45,787 

51,062

Maximum

1,930 

1,930

Minimum

58

53 

53

Mean

125 

140

Per square

mile

1.05

1.33 

1.49

Runoff In 

Inches

1.21

18.14 

20.23

Rating table, water year 1955-56, ex 

height, in feet, and discharge,

ept periods of Ice effect (gage 

in cubic feet per second)

1.0

1.5

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 1,410

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

o

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

In.

02t .

*91

65

61

56

56

55

56

127

78

65

60

58

56

60

56

55

54

54

53

52

52

51

51

51

-50

50

50

50

67

58 

52

1,850

59.7

0.636

0.73

Nov .

*51

50

50

48

48

48

52

55

51

56

76

58

54

54

54

55

54

51

60

58

53

52

52

53

52

66

55

53

50

50

1,619

54.0

0.575

0.64

Den.

*b50

53

54

58

19

53

52

52

55

52

51

b48

47

47

47

46

45

45

45 

b45

1,533

49.5

0.527

0.61

Jan.

b45

Feb.

50

b45! 60

b45

44

44

43

43

b40

b3f

*b52

45

43

43

b40

b38

b43

b42

b43

43

44

41

39

45

51

46

44

43

45

45

56 

_64

1,380

44.5

0.474

0.55

98

128

108

247

188

112

91

79

136

137

103

88

80

76

192

*237

a!50

a!30

allO

a95

a90

a85

a90

a95

a85

a75

a70

------

3,285

113

1.20

1.30

Mar.

70

69

70

78

66

64

£4

108

90

78

76

72

76

98

120

370

236

160

130

112

102

96

91

88

84

80

79

76

76

75 

70

3,124

101

1.08

1.24

Apr.

69

72

80

*71

69

128

135

98

88

84

125

144

114

102

178

938

255

184

147

130

115

109

103

97

94

92

91

88

86

90

4,176

139

1.48

1.65

May

91

90

122

117

97

90

86

79

76

75

72

70

67

64

70

82

65

*64

60

59

59

58

55

58

53

53

54

56

53

56 

60

2,211

71.3

0.759

0.88

June

53

77

59

52

50

47

46

45

48

69

56

48

43

41

43

43

68

61

47

47

48

45

42

39

36

36

35

34

32

38

1,428

47.6

0.507

0.57

July

35

35

*48

43

42

91

82

75

74

72

45

39

38

69

52

48

43

38

108

102

76

67

55

53

45

46

42

43

39

37 

36

1,718

55.4

0.590

0.68

Aug.

38

36

36

38

37

34

31

30

29

28

27

30

27

26

*25

25

24

23

27

25

41

38

28

27

27

27

26

29

54

34

35

962

31.0

0.330

0.38

Sept.

40

34

44

48

39

60

48

39

35

33

33

33

31

30

29

27

27

25

26

27

25

25

26

26

36

101

141

106

62

52

1,408

43.9

0.500

0.56

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,490 Mln 42 Mean 90.3 Cfsm 0.962 In. 13.05

Water year 1955-56: Max 938 Mln 23 Mean 67.5 Cfsm 0.719 In. 9.79

Peak discharge (base. 2,000 cfs). Apr. 16 (3:30 a.m.) 2,150 cfs (6.32 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range In stage, 

and records for nearby stations.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 169

Yadkin River at Wllkesboro, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°09', long 81°09' , on right tank 150 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 421 between North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro, 150 ft downstream from Reddles River, 

and half a mile northeast of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County.

Drainage area.--493 sq mi. Area at site used 1903-9 and 1920-28, 513 sq_mi (revised).

Records available.--April 1903 to June 1909, October 1920 to September 1956. Prior to 

October 1928, published as "at North Wilkesboro."

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 942.35 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Apr. 10, 1903 to June 30, 1909, and Oct. 17, 

1920, to Apr. 10, 1929, staff or chain gages at site 1-5- miles downstream at different 

datum. Apr. 11, 1989, to Jan. 9, 1930, chain gage at present site and datum. Datum 

used 1920-28 was about 1.2 ft lower than that used 1903-9.

Average discharge.--41 years (1903-8, 1920-56), 791 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum and minimum discharges for the water years 1303-9, 1925-26, 1930, 1946- 

48, 1956 some of which have been revised, are contained in the following table. They 

supersede those published in the water-supply papers indicated.

WSF

98

126

167

203

242

242

262

602

622

697

1052

1082

1112

-

Water 

year

1903tt

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909**

1925

1926

1930

1946

1947

1948

1956

Maximum

Date

June C, 1903

May 18, 1904

July 13, 1905

Aug. 29, 1906

Nov. 19, 1906

Feb. 15, 1908

May 21, 1909

Dec. 8, 1924

Jan. 18, 1926

Oct. 2, 1929

Jan. 8, 1946

June 14, 1947

Oct. 9, 1947

Apr. 16, 1956

Discharge 

(cfs)

7,550

9,250

16,000

26,800

24,200

14,700

22 ,600

*12 ,300

*12,000

*29,000

*9,350

*14,200

*9,250

7,650

Gage height 

(feet)

*8.40

*9.8

t!4.5

t20.8

t!9.5

t!4.0

1-18.7

t!4.2

t!4.0

t24.0

13.42

17.55

13.26

11.76

Minimum

Dfte

Sept .29,30 ,1903

Jan. 20, 1904

Jan. 26, 1905

Mov. 23,24,1905

Sept .21,22 ,1907

(a)

Oct. 2-8, 18-21,

1908

Aug. 22 , 1925

July 25, 1926

July 26,27,1930

Sept. 17, 1946

Oct. 4, 1946

Oct. 5, 1947

Sept .18,19,1956

Discharge 

(cfs)"

510

309

134

436

610

570

*745

169

161

183

172

203

226

107

Gage height 

(feet)

*0.40 t-.2 *-.e

* .1

*.5

* .45

-

.48

.34

1.48

1.74

1.81

1.86

1.45

* Revised.

t From graph based on gage readings.

* Observed.

tt Period April to September.

t* Period October to June.

a Occurred Oct. 21, 22, 30, 31, Nov.

1903-9, 1920-56: Maximum discharge, 160,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 37.6 ft, 

from floodmarks) , from rating curve extended above 20,000 cfs on basis of slope-area 

determination of peak flow; minimum, 99 cfs Sept. 28-30, 1954; minimum daily, 110 cfs 

Sept. 18, 19, 1956.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage of 34.5 ft (present site and datum), from floodmark (discharge, 116,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 20,000 cfs as explained 

above) .

Remarks. Records good except those above 3,000 cfs and those for periods of ice effect, 

which are fair. The amount of diurnal fluctuation or regulation during the period 

1903-9 is not known, but it appears that there were waterpower developments in the 

upper Yadkin River basin. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplant 

on Reddles River 1 mile above station.

Revisions.--WSP 822: Drainage area. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per

second, for the water years 1903-9, 1922, 1930, 1932, 1934, superseding those published 

in WSP 98, 126, 167, 203, 242, 262, 542, 697, 727, and 757 are given herein. Complete 

tables of daily discharge are given for water years 1903-9,'but only revised figures 

are given for other water years.

Date

1921

Oct. 31

1929

Oct. Z

1932

July 29

1934

Aug. 3

Discharge

7,290

16,700

332

350

Date

1934-Con.

Aug. 4

5

7

8

9

18

19

30

31

Sept. 7

Discharge

360

380

500

600

500

1,000

650

900

500

320

Date

1934-Con.

Sept. 8

9

16

26

27

28

29

30

Discharge

4SO

380

3,000

350

350

400

2,000

1,300

Month

Water year 1921-22. ........

Water year 1929-30. ........

Calendar year 1932. ........

Calendar year 1934. ........

Maximum

7,290

16,700

15,300

7,130

Minimum

358

215

185

233

Mean

1,020

756

766

653

Per square 

mils

1.99

1.53

1.55

1.07

1.32

Runoff in 

inches

26.94

28.31

20.80

21.16

17.99

459558 O - 58 - 12
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Yadkiti River at Wilkesboro, N. C .--Continued

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, April to September 1905

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

ly

19

0

1

2

3

4

5

R

7

ti

9

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.

-_ ...

Mar. Apr.

.a3,400

J 3,110

2,780

2,620

3,290

2,940

2 , 940

2,620

2,460

2,300

2,300

2,140

2,140

2,060

1,990

1,920

1,990

1,990

1,850

1,850

1,780

1,780

79,450

a2,650

5.17

5.76

May

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,780

1,710

1,640

1,640

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,500

1,500

1,710

1,500

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,240

1,570

1,300

1,300

1,360

1,360

1,570

1,430

46,310

1,490

2.90

3.36

June

1,430

1,430

1,710

1,360

1,850

5,790

2,880

1,850

1,490

1,990

1,490

1,370

1,250

1,140

1,140

1,040

940

940

940

940

940

890

890

940

1,140

1,040

1,140

1,250

1,250

940

43,390

1,450

2.83

3.15

July

940

845

940

845

1,990

1,370

1,370

1,040

940

890

845

990

1,250

1,040

890

845

940

845

755

755

755

755

710

668

668

668

668

668

800

710

845

28,240

911

1.78

2.05

Aug.

1,570

845

940

1,190

990

845

755

668

668

668

940

710

668

755

1,140

845

1,140

1,040

845

845

755

710

668

668

668

628

588

588

588

800

668

25,196

813

1.58

1.83

Sept.

1,140

668

668

628

628

588

588

588

588

710

588

588

548

548

510

588

1,490

755

668

588

588

588

588

588

548

548

548

548

510

5lO

19,229

641

1.25

1.39

Calendar year : Max Win Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

ated on basis of records for Yadkin River 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, wate

?ar Salisbury.

October 1903 to September 1904

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

510

510

510

491

491

491

628

5,400

940

668

588

588

548

548

510

588

1,040

845

668

588

588

548

588

548

510

510

510

491

510

510 

510

22,973

741

1.44

1.67

Nov.

510

510

510

548

1,140

668

588

548

548

548

510

510

510

510

491

510

710

845

588

548

548

510

510

510

510

510

472

454

510

510

16,894

563

1.10

1.22

Dec.

472

510

510

510

510

472

491

491

472

491

472

472

510

491

472

419

454

419

386

710

755

588

510

510

510

588

402

588

491

472 

472

15,620

504

0.982

1.13

Jan.

472

472

472

354

354

402

510

436

436

454

454

472

472

472

370

436

454

386

354

509

472

491

436

710

588

548

491

491

454

402 

402

14,026

452

0.881

1.02

Feb.

510

309

510

436

436

548

548

1,250

668

588

588

510

472

510

491

472

402

472

472

510

472

1,490

1,190

845

668

628

668

710

710

18,083

624

1.22

1.31

Mar.

668

668

628

588

548

510

5.750

2,860

1,640

1,240

1,060

880

825

825

770

716

664

664

664

639

716

825

716

1,300

1,060

940

1,000

825

770

716

716

32,371

1,040

2.03

2.35

Apr.

716

664

639

614

589

564

664

664

940

716

664

614

589

564

540

516

540

540

540

516

516

516

516

516

516

716

716

614

564

540

18,123

604

1.18

1.31

May

516

516

1,120

1,710

1,000

880

880

1,000

2,220

1,710

1,300

1,060

940

825

880

716

664

9,250

2 620

1^570

1,180

1,000

880

825

880

880

716

664

614

825

1,360

41,201

1,330

2.59

2.99

June

3,650

2,060

1,430

1,180

1,000

1,710

1,180

1,240

940

940

1,240

1,000

825

770

716

716

1,570

880

880

940

825

770

664

639

614

664

716

5.850

1,920

1,300

36,809

1,230

2.40

2.67

July

1,920

1,060

880

825

940

1,060

825

1,180

770

1,060

770

825

716

614

614

614

716

589

540

516

516

516

516

564

1,300

1,060

639

940

5,680

1,180

825

30,770

993

1.94

2.23

Aug.

1,060

1,060

1,180

770

940

1,240

825

1,710

1,060

1,710

1,300

1,060

940

880

1,360

1,300

825

664

614

940

1,060

1,060

825

5,560

1,180

940

825

716

716

664

639

33,623

1,080

2.11

2.44

Sept.

664

770

639

614

1,850

825

716

664

639

614

614

639

614

716

564

516

516

468

468

468

468

468

422

422

422

468

468

445

445

422

18,028

601

1.17

1.31

Calendar year 1903: Max

Water year 1903-4: Max 9,250

Min - 

Min S09

Cfsm - 

Cfsm 1.59

In. - 

In. 21.65
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C,--Continued 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1904 to September 1905

Day

1

2 

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

422

452 

422

400 

400

422

422

422

400

378

378

378 

378

378 

378

378

378

378

378 

378

378

378

357

357

357

357

400

400 

400

400

400

12,074

389

0.758

0.88

Nov.

400

400 

400

540 

1,120

540

422

422

422

422

400

400

716

825

516

468

422

422

422 

422

422

422

422

422

578

378

378

378 

378

400

14,079

469

0.914

1.02

Dec.

400

400 

516

468 

468

1,120

614

516

468

468

468

445 

422

378 

422

422

468

468

378 

378

468

400

400

422

468

445

564

1,560

716

492

540

15,962

515

1.00

1.16

Jan.

540

516 

540

445 

357

564

1,570

716

492

664

589

3.290 

2,460

1,360 

880

614

614

664

639 

564

564

540

516

468

357

184

516

639 

564

540

516

23,482

757

1.48

1.70

Feb.

516

516 

468

357 

422

336

516

564

468

516

564

614 

1,640

825 

716

516

716

492

564 

716

2.860

2,620

2,620

1,920

1,570

1,430

1,300

1,180

----

27,542

984

1.92

2.00

Mar.

1,120

1,120 

1,060

940 

940

940

825

825

825

1.180

1,060

940 

1,000

825 

825

716

716

716

716 

664

716

716

639

664

770

664

716

614 

614

664

664

25,394

819

i.eo

1.84

Apr.

589

589 

564

564 

614

1,000

716

664

614

664

639

2.940 

1,710

1,430 

1,120

1,060

825

770

716 

716

664

664

614

614

589

614

825

664 

614

614

24,980

833

1.62

1.81

May

564

540 

564

825 

614

825

1,990

1,060

825

716

1,180

716 

1,120

2,780 

1,500

5.200

2,300

1,500

1,180 

1,000

825

825

880

825

716

770

940

716 

716

716

614

33,542

1,080

2.11

2.43

June

564

1

540 

540

516 

516

492

468

492

445

422

422

422 

422

422 

422

540

614

614

1.850 

1,300

825

664

664

1,000

716

614

564

492 

468

664

- -'-- -

18,694

623

1.21

1.36

July

825

880 

2,380

825 

716

1,300

770

614

639

564

664

7,770 

12,900

4,800 

2,200

2,200

1,190

940

940 

755

668

710

668

588

588

548

510

548 

845

755

588

50,888

1,640

3.20

3.69

Aug.

510

472 

49T

800 

940

628

588

1,730

2,560

1,850

1,490

2.800 

1,730

1,610 

1,140

1,370

990

890

845 

845

800

845

710

755

755

1,040

710

668 

588

588

588

32,326

1,040

2.03

2.34

Sept.

588

628 

668

5.100 

1,090

800

710

668

588

588

588

588 

588

548 

548

548

588

548

548 

548

510

510

472

472

454

436

436

436 

436

436

21,666

722

1.41

1.57

Calendar year 1904: Max 9,250 Min 309 Mean 779 Cfsm 1.52 in. 20.69

Water year 1904-5: Max 12,900 Min 184 Mean 824 Cfsm 1.61 In. 21.80

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1905 to September 1906

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

g

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

o24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total 

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

436

436

436

510

454

436

436

436

436

436

2,410

840

610

570

530

510

510

510

510

510

510

490

490

490

510

655

570

530

510

510

510

17,737

572

1.12

1.29

Nov.

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

510

510

490

450

450

470

470

470

470

470

470

14,540 

485

0.945

1.05

Dec .

470

470

3,770

1,040

700

610

610

570

2,520

1,870

1,040

840

745

700

840

1,200

940

840

790

745

6,860

1,940

1,380

1,200

1,040

890

840

790

890

745

700

38,585 

1,240

2.42

2.80

Jan.

655

655

3,320

4,400

1,940

1,380

1,090

1,040

940

840

840

2,150

1,520

2,150

1,800

1,520

1,260

1,140

1,040

990

940

1,040

12,200

3,680

2,290

1,940

2,290

2,840

2,520

2 ,010

1,800

64,220 

2,070

4.04

4.66

Feb.

i.eeo

1,450

1,260

1,090

1,140

1,140

1,040

1,040

1,040

940

940

940

940

940

940

890

840

840

840

840

840

1,260

940

890

890

890

890

940

_

. _ ___

-- --

28,290 

1,010

1.97

2.05

Mar.

890

840

940

3,080

1,730

1,320

1,140

1,140

1,040

990

940

940

890

890

1,870

1,940

1,380

1,140

1,140

2,010

1,520

1,320

1,140

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,040

5.520

3,080

43,120 

1,390

2.71

5.13

Apr.

2,080

1,660

1,380

1,260

1,140

1,140

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,140

990

940

940

940

5.000

1,660

1,320

1,140

1,140

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

940

940

940

940

940

840

1,140

35,830 

1,190

2.32

2.60

May

940

940

940

1,090

1,260

940

5,500

1,320

1,090

990

940

890

840

840

790

745

745

745

790

745

745

700

700

700

655

745

1,380

990

790

745

700

29,950 

965

1.88

2.17

June

655

940

745

655

1,040

2,150

1,040

840

990

1,040

1,730

940

1,450

4,900

6,090

4,150

5,410

2,680

2,560

1,800

1,580

1,870

1,200

1,140

1,800

1,200

1,040

940

940

94O

52,055 

1,750

5.57

3.77

July

890

840

890

1,380

940

2,080

1,140

940

1,660

1,040

940

840

840

840

1,590

5,680

1,520

1,750

1,520

1,140

1,580

2,080

1,520

1,800

5,160

1,450

1,800

1,590

1,260

2,080

1,660

46,020 

1,480

2.88

5.54

Aug.

2,600

3,080

2,220

1,800

1,520

1,320

1,520

1,200

1,090

1,040

1,090

940

1,260

1,520

4,800

2,840

2,600

2,600

2,080

1,660

2,440

2,290

2,290

1,660

1,450

1,520

1,660

2,560

21,200

8,070

5,870

89,590 

2,880

5.61

6.48

Sept.

5,520

2,520

2,150

2,010

2,010

1,800

1,800

1,660

1,520

1,450

1,380

1,580

1,660

1,520

1,320

1,320

1,260

1,260

2,680

2,010

1,800

1,800

2,010

2,220

1,660

1,520

1,940

2,080

5.210

5,160

59,450 

1,980

5.86

4.51

Calendar year 19Q5: Max 12,900 Min 184 Mean 902 Cfsm 1.76 in. 23.88

Water year 1905-6: Max 21,200 Min 436 Mean 1,420 Cfsm 2.77 In. 37.65
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C.--Continued 

Discharge, in 3ubie feet per second, water year October 1906 to September 1907

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

CO

21

23

£4

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

In.

Oct.

2,680

2,600

5,650

5,650

3,770

3,080

2,600

2,290

2,080

2,080

1,940

1,800

1,800

1,730

1,660

1,660

1,800

2,010

21,000 

6,640

3,590

2,920

2,5EO

2,290

2,220

2,080

2,010

1,940

1,800

1,800

1,800

99,490

3.21C

6.26

7.21

Nov .

1,660

1,660

1,B60

1,660

1,590

1,590

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,450

1,450

1,520

1 , 450

1,580

1,520

1,450

1,380

1,940

18,000 

5,650

3,320

2,680

2,290

2,080

1,940

1,940

1,800

1,800

1,660

1,660

72,740

2,420

4.72

5.27

Dec.

1,660

1,660

1,590

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,870

1,520

1,450

1,450

1,380

1,380

1,450

1,660

1,450 

1,730

1,660

1,520

1,520

1,380

1,090

1,200

1,320

1,320

1,450

1,380

6 , 510

50,830

1,640

3.20

5.68

Jan.

3.320

2,290

2,010

1,870

1,730

1,660

1,590

1,520

1,520

1,450

,450

,450

,380

,580

,380

,380

,380

,320

,320 

,260

,260

,260

,200

,200

,200

,260 -^40

\'l40

,140

1,140

1,140

45,740

1,480

2.88

3.32

Feb.

lj!40

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040 

1,040

1,040

990

990

990

1,140

1,450

1,260

1,260

_

__ ___ _

- -- -

31,150

1,110

2.16

2.26

Mar.

1,380

2,150

1,800

1,380

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,320

1,260

1,320

1,660

1,450

1,320

1,260

1,450

1,260

1,140

1,140

1,140 

1,140

1,090

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

990

990

990

990

"940 940

38,260

1,230

2.40

2.77

Apr.

1,320

1,040

990

940

940

1,260

2,080

1,450

1,450

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,090

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,140 

1,040

990

990

2,440

1,660

1,380

1,260

3,160

1,870

1,590

1,380

40,360

1,350

2.63

2.93

 r

May

1,260

1,260

1,260

,260

,200

,140

,140

,140

,040

,040

,040

,040

990

990

990

990

990

940

940 

940

940

940

890

890

940

940

1,090

940

840

840

940

31,780

1,030

2.01

2.30

June

7,740

7,520

3,080

2,080

1,660

1,380

1,260

1,320

1,200

1,140

2,840

1,590

1,450

2,010

1,520

1,260

1,140

1,090

1.040 

1,320

1,090

1,090

1,140

1,450

1,140

1,260

1,040

1,520

2,520

1,520

- - -

57,410

1,910

3.72

4.16

July

1,140

1,140

,090

,800

,380

,200

,090

990

990

990

940

940

1,140

1,040

1,040

990

990

1,590

1,590 

1,040

940

890

840

840

990

840

840

840

890

1,040

840

32,900

1,060

2.07

2.39

Aug.

940

840

790

790

745

790

840

840

840

940

790

940

840

890

745

745

840

1,140

890 

790

745

790

890

940

790

790

745

745

745

745

700

25,590

825

1.61

1.86

Sept.

655

655

655

790

745

700

655

790

745

700

940

790

700

655

655

655

655

745

655 

655

610

655

8,g90

2,220

1,260

990

890

940

1,140

890

32,080

1,070

2.09

2.33

Calendar year 1906: Max 21,200 Min 655 Mean 1,840 Cfsm 3.58 In. 48.67

Water year 1906-7: Max 21,000 Min 610 Mean 1,530 cfsm 2.98 In. 40.48

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1907 to September 1908

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

790

745

745

745

790

700

655

700

655

655

610

610

610

610

610

610

610

610

610

610

570

610

610

610

610

610

655

745

610

570

570

20,050

847

1.26

1.45

Nov.

570

840

840

700

655

 55

655

610

655

745

745

655

700

655

655

655

610

655

745

655

1,090

1,040

1,260

2,840

1,380

1,090

940

890

840

790

25,815

860

1.68

1.87

Dec .

790

745

745

745

700

655

655

655

840

2,360

1,520

1,140

990

3,590

2,360

1,660

1,320

1,140

1,140

990

940

890

7,410

2,600

1,800

1,450

1,260

1,140

1,090

2,920

2,290

48,530

1,570

3.06

3.52

Jan.

1,660

1,380

1,260

i,2eo

1,380

1,200

1,940

1,800

1,450

1,260

1,260

8,070

3,160

2 ,220

1,730

1,520

1,380

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,090

1,090

1,040

990

940

990

1,090

940

990

940

890

48,520

1,570

3.06

3.52

Feb.

990

840

745

940

990

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

990

1,140

3,500

6,090

5,540

15,000

4,040

3,000

2,080

2,080

1,940

1,660

1,660

1,520

1,380

1,380

1,940

1,870

1,590

1,520

______

-------

66,585

2,300

4.48

4.83

Calendar year 1907: Max 8,290 Min 570

Mar.

1,800

1,730

1,730

1,660

1,660

1,730

1,660

1,520

1,450

1,380

1,380

1,520

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,260

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,320

1,450

1,380

1,590

1,940

1,660

1,450

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,200

1,200

45,130

1,460

2.85

3.27

Mea

Apr.

,260

,080

,520

,380

,260

,260

,200

,200

,140

,140

,140

,090

,040

,040

,380

,360

,800

,520

,380

,320

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

2,080

2,220

itsoo

1,660

1,450

1,800

--------

43,140

1,440

2.81

3.13

May

1,590

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,260

1,200

2,680

1,870

1,590

1,450

1,320

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,090

1,090

1,520

1,320

1,320

1,140

1,260

1,140

1,090

1,090

1.040

1,040

1,200

1,140

1,040

40,320

1,300

2.53

2.92

June

940

940

940

2,080

1,260

1,140

1,090

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,200

1,260

1,200

1,090

2,220

1,590

1,200

1,140

1,090

1,660

1,520

1,140

2,010

1,320

1,090

990

940

890

890

890

--- - -

36,840

1,230

2.40

2.67

n 1,180 Cfsm 2.30

July

1,040

330

1,660

2,360

5,770

2,680

2,360

2,080

1,730

1,450

1,260

1,140

1,450

1,200

1,090

1,040

990

990

990

940

990

1,200

1,090

1,200

990

940

990

1,090

1,590

2,010

1,260

44,560

1,440

2.81

3.23

Aug.

1,090

990

940

890

990

1,940

1,940

1,090

1,040

990

940

890

840

840

840

890

940

1,260

990

940

940

1,040

1,090

1,450

4,500

6,420

2,360

1,800

1,520

1,320

1,200

44,910

1,450

2.83

3.26

Sept.

1,140

1,040

990

940

990

1,380

1,520

1,260

990

940

940

890

840

840

840

840

840

790

790

790

790

790

790

745

745

745

790

1,140

940

840

27,905

930

1.81

2.02

In. 31.16

Water year 1907-8: Max 13,000 Min 570 Mean 1,350 Cfsm 2.63 In. 35.69
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C. Continued 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, October 1908 to June 1909

173

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

790

745

745

745

745

745

745

745

940

1,940

1,090

940

840

840

840

840

790

745

745

745

745

790

3,860

7,410

2,520

1,800

1,520

1,660

2,840

2,520

1,870

44,835

1,450

2.83

3.25

Nov.

1,520

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,140

1,140

1,090

1,040

1,040

940

990

1,040

990

1,140

1,140

1,040

1,040

1,040

990

990

990

940

940

940

940

940

940

940

890

890

31,620

1,050

2.05

2.29

Dec.

940

940

840

840

940

840

2,560

1,730

1,260

1,140

1,040

1,200

1,040

990

990

940

940

940

940

890

890

2,010

2,080

1,660

1,520

1,380

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,260

37,280

1,200

2.34

2.70

Jan.

1,140

1,090

1,040

1,090

5,520

2,440

1,800

1,520

1,580

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,090

1,090

1,520

2,150

1,660

1,520

1,320

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,090

1,090

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

790

41,780

1,350

2.63

3.05

Feb.

840

1,040

940

940

940

1,040

990

990

990

2,220

1,520

1,260

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,660

1,520

1,320

1,520

1,800

1,520

1,520

1,520

2,760

2,680

1,940

1,660

1,450

_

-------

40,000

1,430

2.79

2.90

Mar.

1,380

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,140

1,380

1,450

1,320

1,320

1,800

1,520

1,380

1,520

1,450

1,320

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,320

1,140

1.040

4,600

2,220

1,730

2,520

1,940

1,660

1,520

47,650

1,540

3.00

3.45

Apr.

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,200

1,090

1,040

1,040

1,660

2,560

1,660

1,450

1,380

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,040

1,040

1,090

1,090

1,040

1,450

37,630

1,250

2.44

3.73

Hay

3,320

1,870

1,520

1,320

1,260

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,090

2,760

1,940

1,520

1,380

1,260

1,140

1,140

1,090

1.040

1,040

2,840

18.600

5,100

5,160

2,520

2,150

1,940

1,940

1,660

1,520

1,380

1,380

72,360

2,330

4.54

5.25

June

1,320

1,260

1,520

10.800

3,590

2,290

1,940

1,730

2,600

1,940

2,220

2,220

4,600

2,840

2,840

2,150

3,320

2,840

2,010

1,800

1,730

1,660

1,660

1,800

1,660

2,440

1,730

1,800

2,080

2,360

- -- -

74,750

2,490

4.85

5.42

July Aug.

Calendar year 1908: Max 13,000 Min 745 Mean 1,400 cfsm 2.73 In. 37.09

Sept.

Water year 1908-9: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

i;

14

15

ie

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

*321

272

232

215

206

202

206

454

382

254

£23

211

211

249

223

211

206

206

206

202

202

198

198

190

190

190

190

190

240

249

211

7,140

230

0.467

0.54

Nov.

*206

202

206

198

202

202

215

232

215

223

326

254

227

223

236

232

223

219

240

258

232

223

223

227

227

296

263

240

219

202

6,891

230

0.467

0.52

Dee.

*b200

236

232

245

265

236

227

219

227

232

223

b200

b!80

1

I b210

)

b210

b200

b!80

b210

211

206

202

194

190

194

198

194

6,569

212

0.430

0.50

Jan.

183

198

*198

194

190

187

190

b!70

b!50

211

198

190

187

183

171

b!80

175

183

194

206

194

179

202

249

232

215

206

206

206

227

281

6,135

198

0.402

0.46

Feb.

240

272

462

650

573

1,280

1,230

638

486

406

596

755

567

468

411

378

662

*968

686

585

491

445

428

400

423

439

384

378

362

- - _ _ _

--- -

16,063

554

1.12

1.21

Mar.

*336

326

336

400

352

326

326

480

555

451

428

406

406

509

662

2,040

1,780

1,000

761

620

538

491

457

434

417

395

384

373

373

378

347

17,087

551

1.12

1.29

Upr.

331

*347

503

400

357

578

1,000

656

532

474

842

1,320

824

662

848

5,220

1,840

1,160

902

761

662

602

573

532

509

491

486

468

457

480

24,817

827

1.68

1.87

May

 549

520

748

824

662

573

549

509

462

445

439

428

400

389

411

561

389

368

341

336

326

326

321

321

311

296

301

301

296

296

*316

13,314

429

0.870

1.00

June

301

400

321

277

268

258

254

245

232

254

254

232

223

206

211

206

263

249

245

232

232

223

206

190

179

168

157

153

150

157

6,946

232

0.471

0.52

July

171

*198

198

215

459

352

434

286

258

352

223

187

171

236

227

198

211

187

1,000

608

367

386

320

320

297

288

237

233

209

201

193

9,222

297

0.602

0.70

Aug.

*201

209

237

201

197

179

*159

149

146

143

140

140

137

129

*123

120

117

120

120

120

260

254

169

146

140

132

129

120

182

137

159

4,915

159

0.323

0.37

Sept.

224

172

175

175

190

280

245

190

156

143

140

157

152

126

117

112

*112

110

110

126

123

120

120

117

140

552

1,420

638

352

275

7,029

234

0.475

0.53

calendar year 1955: Max 7,260 Min 157 Mean 434 cfsm 0.880 In. 11.96

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,220 Min 110 Mean 345 cfsm 0.700 In. 9.51

Peak discharge (bas fs). No peak above base, 

Discharge measurement ma this day.

Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
174 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 

Fisher River near Copeland, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°20' , long 80°40' , on left bank 500 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 268, 1 mile upstream from Cody Creek, and 2 miles northwest of Copeland, 

Surry County.

Drainage area.--121 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1931 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 913 ft (by barometer). Prior to 

sept. 5, 1936, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 25 years, 175 efs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,070 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 8.50 ft); 

minimum, 14 cfs Aug. 22 (gage height, 1.65 ft).

1931-56: Maximum discharge, 27,300 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.4 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 5,800 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, that of Aug. 28, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. 

Revisions. WSP 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of lee effect (gage 

height, in feet, arid discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.6

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0

178

328

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

1,350

2,020

2,780

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

48

53

49

47

46

46

46

75

70

52

48

45

45

63

52

47

45

45

45

44

44

45

44

44

44

*44

44 

44

54

61

52

1,531

49.4

0.408

0.47

Nov.

49

49

49

49

4_8

49

51

56

53

56

82

64

58

58

58

58

57

56

60

66

58

57

57

58

58

73

64 

*60

58

58

1,727

57.6

0.476

0.53

Dec.

b58

60

58

61

66

61

58

58

63

63

58

b58

58

57

56

54 

54

b54

54

b54

1,801

58.1

0.480

0.55

Jan.

b54

b54

b54

b53

52

52

52

b46

b42

b62

56

52

52

51

51

52

b52

b52

52

56

53

54

54

61

60

56

56

56

57

61

IP1,685

54.4

0.450

0.52

Feb.

58

66

103

160

140

336

266

145

116

103

137

178

126

107

98

94

112

178

154

134

114

103

*96

94

103

105

94 

S2

84

3,696

127

1.05

1.14

Mar.

82

80

80

92

82

80

78

iM

110

90

92

88

90

134

148

588

316

194

163

137

121

114

110

105

98

94

94

92

92

90

84

3,918

126

1.04

1.20

Apr.

82

82

*B6

82

Ii

124

184

121

103

96

110

126

107

98

277

1.500

328

221

178

157

137

129

121

114

110

105

105 

100

98

5,255

175

1.45

1.62

May

110

98

121

121

100

105

~98 j.48

88

84

82

76

73

70

73

*90

68

66

64

63

61

60

60

58

57

56

57 

57

58

61

58

2,441

78.7

0.650

0.75

June

54

82

75

58

56

52

51

49

60

56

52

46

42

40

39

45

51

46

54

52

51

51

44

39

35

33

31 

29

Zi

26

1,425

47.5

0.393

0.44

July

26

2F

27

46

*33

86

164

164

126

144

61

51

46

52

53

150

75

56

85

170

328

103

73

73

60

56

60 

56

46

45

44

2,587

83.5

0.690

0.80

Aug.

42

56

51

44

42

39

33

29

26

25

24

52

32

25

22

21

20

18

30

21

61

*37

28

24

22

19

18 

15

58

33

35

1,002

32.3

0.267

0.31

Sept.

27

54

61

53

42

53

63

42

34

30

29

29

27

24

22

19

17

16

*16

18

17

16

16

39

33

911

2.420 

525

194

140

4,987

166

1.37

1.53

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,690 Min 31 Mean 114 Cfsm 0.942 In. 12.79

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,420 Min 15 Mean 87.6 Cfsm 0.724 In. 9.86

_________

Peak discharge (base. 2,200 cfs).--Apr. 16 (2 a.m.) 3,350 cfs (7.68 ft); Sept. 27 (6 a.m.) 4,070 

's (8.50 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 175

Forbush Creek near Yadkinville, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°08', long 80°33', on left bank 900 ft upstream from highway bridge 

three-quarters of a mile north of Forbush Church, 2? miles upstream from Logan Creek 

3 ? miles upstream from mouth, and 6 miles east of Yadkinville, Yadkin County.

Drainage area. 21.7 sq mi.

Records available. April 1940 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 728 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge.--16 years, 20.7 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,170 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 8 82 ft)- 

minimum not determined; minimum daily, 0.6 cfs Aug 16, 17, Sept 14-18 '

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 2,450 cfs Sept. 30, 1944 (gage height, 11.02 ft), fron 

thatnofC AuVe 16 ed ab ° ve 7°° cfs on basls of velocity-area study; minimum daily,

Remarks..--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair and those 

for periods of indefinite stage-discharge relation, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect and Indefinite 

stage-discharge relation (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic 

feet per second)

1.0 

1.5

Discharge, In cubic feet per

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

106

216

336

466

596

736

water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

48

9.6

7.6

6.9

6.2

5.9

5.6

10

7.6

6.6

5.9

5.6

5.3

6.2

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

*5.3

5.3

5.3

6.9

6.2

5.6

231.4

7.46

0.344

0.40

Nov.

~57S 5.6

5.6

5.9

5.9

5.9

6.2

6.6

6.2

8.5

10

6.9

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.2

5.9

5.9

7.6

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.6

6.9

6.9

11

7.9

*7.6

6.9

b6.9

205.7

6.86

0.316

0.35

Dec.

b7.2

7.2

7.2

8.2

8.2

7.6

7.2

7.2

7.6

7.2

6.9

b7.0

b7.0

b7.0

b7.0

b7.0

6.9

7.2

6.9

6.9

6.9

b6.9

b6.9

6.9

6.9

6.6

676

b6.6

b6.6

6.6

b6.6

218.7

7.05

0.325

0.37

Jan .

b6.6

b6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

b6.6

*b6.6

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

b7.6

7.9

bS.O

b8.0

8.2

8.5

7.6

b7.6

8.2

9.6

875

8.5

8.2

b8.2

8.2

8.2

8 . 2

234.6

7.57

0.349

0.40

Feb.

ii 7.6

16

28

24

83

40

20

15

13

15

16

13

12

11

11

13

17

15

17

15

13

*11

12

14

14

12

12

11

_____

511.6

17.6

0.811

0.88

Mar.

10

10

11

13

11

10

10

12

11

10

11

10

10

12

16

140

48

25

18

15

14

13

12

12

11

11

11

10

10

10

9.6

536.6

17.3

0.797

0.92

Apr.

q y -<-? 

9.6

no

9.6

9.2

58

41

21

16

15

29

30

19

16

30

376

48

29

21

19

17

15

15

14

13

13

13

12

11

12

950.6

31.7

1.46

1.63

May

13

13

55

24

16

14

16

15

12

11

11

10

9.2

8.9

10

*9.6

8.2

8.2

7.9

7.6

7.2

7.2

9.6

11

7.6

7.2

7.2

7.2

6.9

6.9

16

373.6

12.1

0.558

0.64

June

14

54

14

10

8.9

7.9

7.6

6.9

42

17

10

8.2

7.6

6.6

6.2

5.9

5.9

5.6

5.9

6.2

6.6

5.9

5.1

4.8

4.2

3.9

3.7

3.1

2.8

2.5

293.0

9.77

0.450

0.50

July

2.8

2.5

2.5

2,2

*3,1

4,5

3.7

3.4

4.5

4.5

3.1

2.5

2.5

3.7

3.9

3.9

3.4

2.5

2.5

4.2

7.4

3.1

2.5

2.2

2.8

2.8

1.9

1.9

1.2

1.2

/7

93.6

3.02

0.139

0.16

Aug.

0.9

.7

4.2

2.2

el. 7

el. 2

el.O

e.9

e.8

e.8

e.8

el. 5

el.O

e.8

e.7

e.6

e.6

el. 5

39

6.6

30

*6.6

3.9

3.7

3.1

2.5

2.5

2.2

3.4

1.9

1.7

129.0

4.16

0.192

0.22

Sept.

1.4

1.2

1.0

1.2

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.2

.7

.7

.7

e.7

e.7

e.6

e.6

e.6

e.6

*.6

.7

.9

.7

.7

.7

1.4

5.3

318

679

58

24

15

1,122.4

37.4

1.72

1.92

Calendar year 1955: Max 434 Win 1.3 Mean 13.2 Cfsm O.608 In. 8.25

Water year 1955-56: Max 679 Mln 0.6 Mean 13.4 Cfsm 0.618 In. 8.39

Peak discharge (base. 57O cfs).--Apr. 16 (4 a.m.) 826 cfs (7.53 ft); Sept. 27 (7 a.m.) 1,170 cfs 

(8.82 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

e Stage-discharge relation indefinite; discharge estimated on basis of gage-height record, weather 

records, and records for nearby streams.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Yadkin River at Yadkin College,

Location. Lat 3S°51'24'', long 80°23'09" J on left bank 80 ft downstream from bridge on 

D. 3 . Highway 64, 1-| miles south of Yadkin College, Davidson County, and 6-j miles downstream from Reedy Creek.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 638.65 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 30,500 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 20.25 ft); minimum observed, 284 cfs Aug. 18 (gage height, -0.18 ft); minimum daily, 330 cfs, Sept.23.

lt'2&-56: Maximum discharge, 80,200 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 33.75 ft); minimum observed, 177 cfs Oct. 12, 1954 (gage height, -0.42 fc); minimum daily, 330 cfs 

Oct. x, 1954, Sept. 23, 1956.

Maximum stage known, 36.3 ft (revised) during July 1916, from floodmarks (discharge, 

94,300 cfs, revised).

Remarks.--Records good except those above 10,000 cfs, those computed from wire-weight-gage 

readings, and those for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by small powerplant with little storage 

capacity 10 miles upstream from station. Records of chemical analyses, water temperatures, and sediment loads for the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water yeara ).--WSF 822: Drainage area. WSP 852: 1935-37(m).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

4.0 3,750 

Discharge, in cubic feet per cecond, water year October 1355 to September 1956

II; Ja May July Sept.

331

817

638 

B95 

918

736

910

754

P31

" 1,010

1.030

,070

,150

,070

3,450 

f6.140 

4,580 

2,750 

2,060

615 

585 

525 

490 

f475

1,610

1,520

1,480

1,430

1,790

f4,630

1,070

1,070

992

970

940

955

985

*2,550 

2,100 

1,790 

1,660 

1,660

1,350

1,700

1,430

1,270

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,110

1,110

1,150

1,070

1,020

1,010

1,030

1,010

1,030

620

626

535

550

505

f445

f420 

f380 

f565 

f455 

801

962

510

f470

*f460

460

475

530

495

470

540

761

662

535 

500 

435 

470 

f435

f420 

g390 

6370 

g355 

f405

S375 

g345 

E550 

g360 

f400

21,200 

27.600 

g7,490 

g3,050

Total 

Me in 

Of sm

910

0.399

0.46

67,880

2,341

1.03

1.11

.01,630

3,389

1.49

1.66

49,480

1,596

0.700

0.31

27,802

927

0.407

32,449

1,047

0.459

0.53

18,094

584

0.256

0.30

75,291

2,510

1.10

Calendar year 1955: Max 

Water year 1955-56: Max

Min 

Mln

Cfs 0.814 In. 

0.665 In.

11.05

9.06
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 177 

Rocky River at Turnersburg, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°54', long 80°48', on right bank 1,000 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. 

Highway 21 at Turnersburg, Iredell County, 1 mile downstream from Mud Creek, and 

lj miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--85.5 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1940 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 724.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 19, 1950, at site 170 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge .--16 years, 104 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,480 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 10.95 ft); minimum, 8.3 cfs Aug. 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 (gage height, 1.10 ft); minimum 

daily, 8.8 cfs Aug. 17-18.

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 6,080 cfs Jan. 2", 1954 (gage height, 13.70 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 3,400 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam; 

minimum, 1 cfs Oct. 18, 1940, Oct. 26, 1941; minimum daily, that of Aug. 17, 18, 1956.

A stage of about 18 ft was reached by flood sometime during the years 1936 to 1938, 

from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation during extreme low flow caused by mills above station.

Revisions (water years).--W3P 1333: 1945(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of lee effect (gage 

height, In feet, and dlschaige, In cubic feet per second)

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.1

1.2 

1.4 

1.6

102

203

348

6.0 1,770

8.0 2,810

10.0 3,910

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

45

47

49

40

35

34

32

39

47

37

33

31

30

40

39

33

31

31

31

29

29

28

28

27

27

28

28

28

30

*29

1,048

33.8

0.395

0.46

11 ov .

29

29

29

29

29

30

52

33

33

34

56

43

39

38

*3S

36

34

33

37

40

40

38

39

41

40

50

46

44

41

39

1,119

37.3

0.436

0.49

Dec.

37

42

42

43

IS

44

42

41

42

42

41

39

b40

*b40

b40

b40

b40

44

41

40

39

38

40

40

40

39

38

37

37

38

38

1 , 249

40.3

0.471

0.54

Jan. .

37

36

39

39

38

37

37

35

b3E

40

40

37

37

36

33

38

38

37

40

*42

40

39

40

47

46

44

42

41

41

42

42

1,212

39.1

0.457

0.53

Feb.

42

53

76

143

135

245

231

130

98

84

98

116

93

78

71

65

70

120

113

107

97

82

73

70

73

97

76

74

65

2,875

99.1

1.16

1.25

Mar.

63

62

60

73

*64

59

59

60

59

55

58

58

55

59

76

263

TTe

152

116

97

84

76

71

67

63

60

59

58

58

55

2,474

79.8

0.933

1.08

Apr.

53

54

71

64

58

113

223

133

102

86

166

279

176

131

124

1,090

348

198

*152

128

111

102

93

86

BI

78

74

73

70

68

4,585

153

1.79

1.99

 [ 

May

70

71

122

115

93

81

81

120

84

76

70

64

62

58

53

58

55

51

48

47

46

45

44

44

43

42

42

42

41

41

44

1,953

63.0

0.737

0.85

 

June

*60

64

51

44

42

40

40

38

38

44

48

37

58

46

37

33

33

33

33

33

35

35

31

29

26

E5

25

25

21

21

1,125

37.5

0.439

0.49

July

23

22

23

24

29

31

33

30

29

44

*29

21

22

25

24

21

21

21

60

40

35

49

29

25

24

25

3L

26

27

i; 2

SI

886

28.6

0.335

0.39

Aug.

22

21

19

21

20

17

16

12

14

14

12

i:

11

11

11

9.7

e.e

8.8

28

27

L03

44

28

22

19

18

*18

17

17

17

17

635.3

20.5

0.240

0.28

Sept.

21

26

25

21

19

52

48

35

24

20

ie

18

17

16

14

13

12

12

12

13

1£

13

13

38

92

819

5.510

600

194

135

5,862

195

2.28

2.55

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,100 Mln 19 Mean 64.2 Cfsm 0.751 In. 10.19

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,510 Mln 8.8 Mean 68.4 Cfsm 0.800 In. 10.90

Peak discha (base. 2,000 efs).--Sept. 27 (10 a.m.) 4,480 cfs (10.95 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice
178 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

South Yadkin River near Mocksville, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°51', long 80°40', on right bank at downstream side of bridge, 1 mile upstream from Little Creek, 4 miles downstream from Fifth Creek, 4| miles upstream from 

Hunting Creek, and 6| miles southwest of Mocksville, Davie County.

Drainage area. 313 sq mi.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 660 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge.--18 years, 300 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,760 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 13.53 ft); 

minimum, 30 cfs Aug. 14, 16 (gage height, 1.25 ft).

1938-56: Maximum discharge, 9,240 cfs Jan. 23, 1954 (gage height, 16.73 ft); minimum, that of Aug. 14, 16, 1956.

Maximum stage known, 22.6 ft Oct. 3, 1929, from floodmark established by local 

resident.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Rating table, 

height,

water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

Z.O 

2.5 

3.0

148

274

420

4.0

5.0

7.0

9.0

11.0

13.0

735

1,060

1,740

2,570

3,720

5,310

Discharge ubIc feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

ie

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

198

T55

165

124

99

94

90

109

133

118

96

83

84

86

116

96

84

81

81

79

78

76

76

76

76

74

76

*76

81

92

90

3,047

98.3

0.314

0.36

Nov.

84

83

83

83

83

83

84

90

90

92

124

130

103

97

*101

107

99

94

99

107

107

101

101

107

107

113

122

113

105

99

2,991

99.7

0.319

0.36

Dee.

94

99

*107

107

111

113

107

103

105

107

105

blOO

blOO

*blOO

blOO

blOO

blOO

b!20

TIT

103

97

96

99

101

99

99

96

92

92

96

94

3,153

102

0.326

0.37

Jan.

b90

b95

96

96

92

90

90

90

b85

92

96

90

90

88

86

88

94

90

92

*105

103

97

96

118

124

118

111

107

105

107

107

3,028

97.7

0.312

0.36

Feb.

103

141

280

540

480

858

965

510

331

271

263

328

282

242

218

206

208

274

302

291

288

247

221

211

214

234

231

216

204

9,159

316

1.01

1.09

Mar.

186

182

179

191

*189

174

170

179

179

167

162

170

165

165

204

734

965

540

366

299

260

237

221

208

196

189

184

177

174

182

174

7,768

251

0.802

0.92

Apr.

165

162

191

194

174

349

688

465

316

266

391

882

688

435

368

*1,820

2.010

1,170

*540

420

354

316

291

269

252

237

226

221

214

208

14,282

476

1.52

1.70

May

211

214

405

435

305

258

239

331

280

231

214

198

186

174

165

158

160

150

144

139

137

137

133

128

126

124

122

122

120

T20

*133

5,999

194

0.620

0.71

June

141

194

T7o

133

120

113

109

105

101

113

141

144

109

130

99

94

97

99

90

90

94

96

92

86

81

72

69

69

63

59

2,173

106

0.339

0.38

July

59

62

59

69

66

69

84

84

96

92

*99

74

65

78

81

71

69

63

238

548

144

130

116

86

76

74

76

83

99

72

62

2,944

95.0

0.304

0.35

Aug.

63

63

61

61

61

58

50

46

41

41

41

40

45

35

35

34

32

32

43

154

136

193

92

66

59

54

*53

55

56

51

47

1,898

61.2

0.196

0.23

Sept.

46

51

56

62

62

58

124

137

78

58

53

52

48

46

42

40

38

37

37

37

38

39

38

41

248

1,180

3,420

*5. 220

2,140

480

14,006

467

1.49

1.66

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,700 Mln 45 Mean 185 Cfsm 0.591 In. 8.00

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,220 Mln 32 Mean 195 Cfsm 0.623 In. 8.49

Peak discharge (base. 2.700 cf ah Sept. 28 (9 a.m.) 5,760 cfs (13.53 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 179

Hunting Creek near Harmony, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°00', long 80°44', on right bank at downstream side of highway bridge, 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from Kennedy Creek, 1 mile east of Houstonville, 

Iredell County, 2 miles downstream from U. S. Highway 21, and 3-j miles northeast of 

Harmony.

Drainage area.--153 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 731 ft (by barometer). Prior to Apr. 5, 

1951, wire-weight gage on upstream side of bridge at same datum.

Average discharge.--5 years, 139 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,810 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 15.85 ft); minimum, 20 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 0.52 ft).

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 6,110 cfs Jan. 22, 1954 (gage height, 18.30 ft); minimum, 18 cfs Oct. 8, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Large 

diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station.

height, in feet, and discharge, in cutic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 18 to Apr. 15, Apr. 18 tc

May 3, Sept. £8-30)

495

712

1,250

1,900

2,650

3,470

ge, in cubi: feet per second, water yea ctober 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

lu

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

3u

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

Oct.

80

77

83

65

63

60

62

84

96

70

64

59

57

82

74

64

64

63

63

62

61

61

5b

60

56

55

56

56

62

65

*60

2,043

65.9

0.431

0.50

Nov.

56

56

55

56

52

54

57

59

56

59

84

64

59

58

*56

53

51

55

53

56

54

54

51

54

63

61

56

54

SO

1,708

56.9

0.372

0 . 42

Dec.

51

58

52

54

53

51

50

50

51

51

50

50

1-

59

56

55

56

62

54

54

53

53

52

56

55

54

1,646

53.1

0.347

0.40

Jan.

52

56

57

54

54

54

54

51

b52

t52

54

52

51

51

51

56

56

54

57

*61

57

54

61

67

M

61

61

58

59

63

61

1,747

56.4

0.369

0 . 42

Feb.

59

70

105

202

191

315

316

172

128

111

144

185

134

112

104

98

136

212

1BO

166

143

119

107

102

125

134

111

110

98

4,192

145

0.946

1.02

Mar.

92

90

90

115

*95

88

85

66

82

76

ai

82

74

88

118

529

425

246

180

142

121

107

98

90

83

80

75

73

73

75

IZ

3,806

123

0.804

0.93

Apr.

64

69

102

82

71

19P

376

212

151

125

180

305

226

177

223

2.050

472

288

*22S

196

172

156

148

137

131

126

125

118

115

111

7,116

237

1.55

1.73

May

158

143

264

246

175

138

125

142

110

101

95

90

S3

81

78

103

83

76

72

71

71

70

68

69

b7

65

17

67

68

67

78

3,191

103

0.673

0.78

June

*128

102

89

72

67

65

63

60

61

71

78

60

91

71

59

54

56

54

55

55

59

57

52

49

50

46

44

44

44

42

1,898

63.3

0.414

0.46

July

42

45

45

46

99

65

71

56

56

68

*50

43

41

42

44

43

55

44

42

46

56

48

42

40

42

42

46

42

54

41

36

1,532

49.4

0.323

0.37

Aug.

36

36

48

38

36

34

32

30

30

29

28

28

28

27

26

25

26

26

26

513

184

67

42

37

33

32

*31

29

29

29

33

1,348

43.5

0.284

0.33

Sept.

31

31

31

47

63

49

59

39

32

30

29

29

27 -*25

25

22

24

*23

22

29

24

23

22

27

40

1,530

5.450

558

254

167

6,742

225

1.47

1.64

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,410 Min 27 Mean 106 Gfsm 0.693 In. 9.42

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,430 Min 22 Mean 101 Cfsm 0.660 In. 9.00

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 efs).--Apr. 16 

4,blO cfs (15.85 ft).

* Lischarge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge ielation affected by ice.

.) 3,340 cfs (12.67 ft); Sept. 27 (8 a.m.)
180 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

South Yadkin River at Cooleemee, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°48', long 80°34', on left bank 150 ft downstream from tailrace of Erwin

 Cotton Mills at Cooleemee, Davie County, 550 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 

801, L~ miles downstream from Bear Creek, and 2| miles upstream from Third Creek.

Drainage area.--569 sq mi.

Records available.--June 1923 to September 1956. Figures of discharge above 2,000 cfs are 

subject to error owing to absence of sufficient information to make corrections for backwater from tributary inflow and High Rock Reservoir.

Gage .--Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 624.57 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

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

Average discharge.--26 years (1930-56), 597 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,1UU cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 21.37 ft); minimum, 56 cfs Sept. 22-24 (gage height, 1.18 ft); minimum daily, 56 cfs Sept. 23.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 24,800 cfs Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 32.25 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,500 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam half 

a mile upstream; minimum, 10 cfs Nov. 25, 1931 (gage height, 0.40 ft); minimum daily, 

23 cfs Oct. 12, 19, 1941.

Flood of July 16, 1916, reached a stage of 27.2 ft, from floodmark in Erwin Cotton 

Mill.

Remarks.--Records fair except those above 1,500 cfs and those for period of no gage-height 

record, which are poor. Large diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation during low and 

medium flow caused by Erwin Cotton Mill above station. Records of chemical analyses and 

water temperatures for the water year 1956 are given in W3P 1450.

Revisions.--WSP 822: Drainage area. See Records available. Revised figures of discharge,

 in cubic feet per second, for the water year 1331, superseding those published in WSP 

712 are given herewith:

2,790

242

440

165

443

4,250

309

470

10.51

.33

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, Ir 

feet per second)

;t, and discharge, in

Sept. 27-29

1.1

1.2

1.3

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, wate October 1955 to September 19b6

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

360

268

268

220

180

157

177

184

200 

240

187

128

147

144

187

177

157

151

151

154

134

144

154

138

141

134

134

*141

174

157 

151

5,419.

175

0.308

0.35

Nov.

161

151

151

151

170

174

154

124

164 

177

213

247

207

187

197

177

177

174

207

184

180

170

180

187

194

200

217

210

194

180

5,459

182

0.320

0.36

Dec.

164

177

+ 20 7

197

197

207

197

190

187 

187

180

180

180

180

180

180

180

200

200

180

180

180

180

180

180

180

170

170

170

170 

170

5,680

183

0.322

0.37

Jan.

170

170

170

170

170

170

170

164

154

192

174

167

164

161

*164

207

177

154

197

197

190

187

197

_223

213

207

200

197

197 

197

5,614

181

0.31B

0.37

Feb.

194

244

646

1,570

1,190

1,800

2.31Q

3R2

563

454

563

488

407

371

346

349

525

563

544

506

4C5

378

353

356

410

403

371

342

------

18,087

624

1.10

1.13

Mar.

317

314

314

317

*338

314

300

282

314

275

286

289

282

331

1,590

3,510

1,460

696

544

454

410

378

356

328

317

314

310

292

296 

296

14,910

481

0.845

0.97

Apr.

275

272

317

349

310

463

1,540

962

582

620

1,400

1,220

734

601

3,100

4,250

2,960

+1,080

772

620

525

488

450

421

403

389

374

364

349

26,639

888

1.56

1.74

May

353

396

932

1,260

677

506

436

488

488

353

342

320

310

296

296

264

272

289

213

220

258

261

227

230

207

187

200

210

210

11,321

365

0.641

0.74

June

254

353

349

264

251

187

204

213

197

194

258

197

210

207

197

134

157

177

144

151

154

164

151

147

154

134

121

95

99

5,691

190

0.334

0.37

July

95

95

99

102

118

187

177

177

223

151

+ 154

121

134

102

128

144

141

526

541

2BE

187

194

187

ISO

124

102

151

180

197 

157

5,526

178

0.313

0.36

Aug.

99

111

217

147

39

108

124

89

89

72

61

69

78

78

75

75

64

61

140

346

421

223

151

105

99

*83

89

105

111 

95

3,773

122

0.214

0.25

Sept.

102

108

95

86

95

161

227

213

ISO

102

99

99

99

83

61

64

69

69

69

69

69

56

72

240

1,860

5,690

+8.550

6,160

1,240

26,201

873

1.53

1.71

Calendar year 1955 : Max 5,290 Mln 72 Mean 343 Cfsm 0.603 In. 8.19

Water year 1955-56 : Max 8,530 Mln 56 Mean 367 Cfsm 0.645 In. 8.77

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note.--No gage-height record Dec. 11 to J. 

'ecorded range in stage, and records for nearby station

this day.

. 11 to Jan. 4; discharge estimated on basis of weather recc
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 181

Third Creek at Cleveland, N. C.

Location. Lat 35"45", long 80°41', on left bank 200 ft downstream from highway bridge, 

three-quarters of a mile north of Cleveland, Rowan County, and 7 miles upstream from 

Fourth Creek.

Drainage area. 87.4 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1940 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 684.47 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to May 22, 1950, on right bank at site 

200 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 84.1 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,460 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 9.37 ft); minimum, 10 cfs Sept. 18, 19, 21, 22 (gage height, 0.20 ft).

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 3,080 cfs about Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 15.76 ft, 

from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 900 cfs by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum. 10 cfs Sept. 19, 20, Oct. 7, 1954, Sept. 18, 19, 21, 22, 1956 (gage height, 

0.20 ft).

Maximum stage known, 22.5 ft sometime in July 1916, from floodmark witnessed by 

local resident. Creek channel improved considerably by dredging since 1916.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Town of 

Statesville diverts about 1 cfs sewage effluent into basin above station.

Revisions (water years ). WSP 1112: 1944-46.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except period of ice effect (gage

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 16, 17, Apr. 16, Sept. 29)

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

50

93

143

Discharge, in cubic feet per

3.0 262

4.0 4O5

5.0 565

7.0 940

9.0 1,370

10.0 1,600

ond, water year October 1955 tc

Day

1

2

3

4

5

e

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

296

150

86

47

38

34

30

59

4O

31

29

28

27

30

28

26

26

26

26

26

25

25

25

24

24

24

24

*25

28

28

26

1,341

45.3

0.495

0.57

Nov.

25

£5

26

26

26

26

26

28

26

31

42

31

28

29

34

30

28

26

33

32

29

29

30

32

32

41

35

34

32

31

903

30.1

0.344

0.38

Dec.

31

33

*34

54

34

32

31

31

32

30

28

b27

b26 b2~6

b27

b27

b28

28

28

27

27

28

28

28

28

28

27

26

28

28

28

898

29.0

0.352

0.38

Jan.

27

28

28

28

27

27

27

26

27

28

27

26

26

26

26

*26

26

26

30

32

28

28

£9

58

34

33

32

31

31

31

30

889

28.7

0.328

0.38

Feb.

29

49

146

405

220

*607

418

154

112

91

98

99

81

71

67

63

68

36

81

88

79

69

63

61

64

64

60

61

54

-----

3,618

125

1.43

1.54

Mar.

52

52

52

56

51

50

49

5 1

*49

53

60

50

46

49

60

*523

*246

128

95

79

70

64

61

58

54

52

52

50

51

51

48

2,462

79.4

0.91

1.05

Apr.

46

46

52

48

44

76

138

77

64

58

156

237

114

88

86

*980

262

154

112

93

80

73

68

64

60

60

58

56

55

56

3,561

119

1.36

1.52

May

59

60

175

518

111

84

75

88

68

61

57

54

51

48

45

44

41

42

41

40

40

40

38

37

36

35

36

4O

40

38

*50

1,990

64.2

0.735

0.85

June

52

68

48

40

37

35

34

52

32

36

70

42

35

31

30

31

34

28

27

28

30

29

26

26

24

23

32

24

20

II

----- -

1,025

34.1

0.390

0.44

July

21

20

19

32

26

24

36

30

65

40

6

* 3

o

4

3

8

9

1

*297

185

62

56

141

45

57

44

32

35

51

30

27

1,549

50.0

0.572

0.66

Aug.

27

£5

26

28

25

23

21

20

18

18

17

16

16

15

L4

14

14

14

19

29

35

34

23

2O

18

16

*16

16

22

16

15

630

20.3

0.232

0.27

Sept.

15

14

14

15

16

21

19

18

15

14

14

14

13

12

12

11

*11

10

11

12

11

11

11

11

591

*630

*1,590

500

*194

137

3,767

126

1.44

1.60

Calendar year 1955: Max 887 Min 11 Mean 50.0 Cfsm 0.572 In. 7.75

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,390 Min 10 Mean 61.8 Cfsm 0.707 In. 9.64

Peak discharge (base, 1,050 cfs). Apr. 16 (5 a.m.) 1.150 cfs (7.67 ft); Sept. 27 (2 p.m.) 1,460 

cfs (9.37 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Abbotts Creek at Lexlrigton, N. C.

Records ecords available.--March available.--March 1940 1940 to to September September 1956. 1956.

aage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 622.55 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 28, 1949, at site 600 ft upstream at present datum.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,970 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 11.87 ft); minimum not determined, occurred during period of indefinite stage-discharge relation; 

minimum daily, 2.4 cfs Sept. 19.

1349

Oct. 30..... 535

31..... 3,730

Nov. I..... 3,330

Month

Calendar year 1949.. 

water jear 1949-50. .

Cfs-days

72,164 

50,586

Maximum

3,730 

3,730

Minimum

17 

24

Mean

198 

139

Per square

1. 14 

.799

Runoff in 

inches

15.42 

10.82

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except period of indefinite stage-discharge

relation (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 17, Sept. 10-12, 19-26)

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.4

1.6 s.o

122

196

306

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0 

12.0

570

830

1,360

1,900

3,010

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

Gale

Oct.

518

518

196

102

67

El

44

50

86

53

39

35

31

48

53

39 

31

30

28

26

25

25

25

25

IS

25

25 

*26

32

48 

37

2,361

76.2

0.438

0.50

Nov.

26

28

26

29

28

30

30

32

32

48

134

78

45

37

37

35 

32

30

58

104

59

43

40

43

43

72

76 

53

44

*37

1,409

47.0

0.270

0.30

Dee.

35

37

41

43

.51

47

41

39

40

41

38

33

28

29

36

34

26

38

37

37

34

29

35

34

37

35

31 

29

27

32

35

1,109

35.8

0.206

0.24

Jan.

31

33

33

33

*31

30

32

33

23

34

33

37

34

31

31

32 

34

33

38

55

45

35

38

74

74

63

59 

53

51

55

51

1,269

40.9

0.235

0.27

Feb.

"59 43

279

1,350

1 , 900

1,130

1,390

540

249

202

280

395

232

170

148

136 

129

375

309

336

*350

204

155

134

150

279

199 

17E

145

------

11,433

394

2.26

2.44

Mar.

113

109

122

124

107

94

92

88

90

74

72

70

69

74

92

1,080 

1,680

470

249

191

152

131

115

109

98

88

*90 

82

78

86 

74

6,163

199

1.14

1.32

Apr.

69

To

131

98

80

156

492

246

140

113

213

440

255

165

156

1,140 

 1,120

266

183

150

124

111

102

90

82

78

74 

74

70

78

6,566

219

1.26

1.40

May

90

86

304

906

544

193

145

178

120

*96

84

74

67

58

50

47 

43

40

38

38

34

33

32

37

30

26

28

31

43

35 

31

3,561

115

0.661

0.76

June

27

270

726

214

80

58

48

43

37

33

30

27

25

23

21

20 

20

20

 18

19

19

19

17

16

14

13

73

32

18

14

1,994

66.5

0.382

0.43

July

13

15

14

19

42

32

29

38

92

155

48

23

19

18

19

19 

85

22

17

19

19

17

14

11

12

104

60 

23

19

*17

25

1,059

34.2

0.197

0.23

Aug.

16

19

18

15

13

11

8.2

7.1

6.6

7.1

7.1

8.4

9.8

6.6

5.5

5.5 

4.9

4.9

5.7

6.4

27

44

20

11

8.4

7.5

7.7 

6.0

6.6

10 

9.1

343.1

11.1

0.064

0.07

Sept.

7.5

12

48

13

17

30

34

44

16

9.3

6.2

*5.7

e5

e4

e3.5

e3 

e3

e2.5

*2.4

4.2

4.8

6.0

6.2

*9.7

14

974

*2.600 

* 1,1 50

*207

111

5,353.0

178

1.02

1.14

idar vear 195E- Max 3,250 Min 9.6 Mean 118 Cfsm 0.678 In . 9.22

Water year 1955-56; Max 2,600 Min 2.4 Mean 116 Cfsm 0.667 In. 9.10
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 183 

Yadkiu River at High Rock, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°35'46", long 80°13'59", on right bank 0.3 mile downstream from High

Rock Darn, 0.6 mile west of High Rock, Davidson County, l| miles upstream from Lick

Creek, and at mile 253.

Drainage area.--4.000 sq mi, approximately (revised).

Records available.--January 1919 to November 1927, November 1941 to September 1956. 

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 558.68 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, and 590.00 ft above Carolina Aluminum Co. datum. January 1919 to November 1927

at datum 590.00 ft lower. 

Average discharge. 31 years (1919-25, 1926-27, 1942-56), 4,551 cfs (adjusted for

storage). 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,100 cfs Sept. 29 (gage height 6 29 ft)-

minimum, 10 cfs Nov. 20, 21; minimum daily, 11 cfs Nov. 20.

1919-27, 1941-56: Maximum discharge, 76,600 cfs July 21, 1919 (gage height,

15.9 ft, present datum, from floodmarks determined by Tallassee Power Co ), from

rating curve extended above 53,000 cfs on basis of velocity-area study minimum

10 cfs Aug. 10, 1942, Nov. 20, 21, 1955 (gage height, 1.84'ft); minimum daily, that

ol Nov. 20, 1955.

Maximum stage known, 22.1 ft (present datum) in July 1916. from floodmarks from

records by Tallassee Power Co. 

Remarks.--Records good except those below 2,000 cfs, which are fair. Except for major

floods, flow completely regulated by High Rock Reservoir since 192? (usable capacity,

Revisions (water_.years)_. WSP 972: 1919(M) , drainage area. Previously published records 

for this station prior to November 1941 are occasionally subject to error, owing to 

faulty or no gage-height record and a rating curve extended above 26,0nn ,^f s which 

gave results considerably larger than present rating.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, I 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

feet,

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

390

940

1,710

2,730

4,130

7,780

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

44

31

29

25

2,140

3,210

3,260

810

29

5.280

2,580

3,230

3,210

1,420

2,210

43

2,050

3,030

3,220

2,470

2,160

1,970

45

3,000

2,560

3,040

2,380

3,020

2,O80

29

3,200

59,805

1,929

-314

Nov.

3,000

2,580

2,750

2,730

1,970

29

3,040

3,110

2,590

3,040

2,810

1,760

27

4,060

4,350

3,590

558

211

22

11

858

796

1,210

1,550

1,390

1,640

34

2,710

1,890

1,360

55,256

1,842

-565

Dec.

606

23

25

22

22

2,560

2,960

*4,380

2,190

1,700

38

2,860

1,740

1,660

1,620

2,040

1,480

38

2,650

1,780

1,830

2,140

2,450

1,480

40

1,260

2,980

1,570

1,870

1,960 

2,050

50,022

1,614

-357

Jan.

39

1,360

1,740

1,430

2,670

2.800

2,450

31

2,640

1,760

1,500

1,500

2,550

756

19

2,070

1,440

2,270

1,670

1,060

610

18

1,770

1,540

1,550

1,560

2,300

924

18

2,400 

1,370

45,815

1,478

-304

Feb.

1,190

1,580

2,530

1,410

25

4,850

4,680

4,520

4, 480

4,200

1,510

24

4,970

5, 980

5,880

6,200

6,330

6,060

40

*5,240

7,490

6,130

5,050

5,890

6,900

2,640

3,380

5,290

3,650

 

118,079

4,072

+1,137

Mar.

4,290

4,620

3,220

2,210

3,070

4,430

4,460

1,990

4,280

1,300

1,120

2,210

2,170

2,160

3,020

4,420

2,780

3,010

4,510

4,200

4,400

3,880

3,950

1,510

2,580

4,180

4,400

4.700

4,570

4,460 

3,020

105,120

3,391

+502

Apr.

2,790

3,190

4,770

4,800

4,390

4,280

3,740

41

3,880

3,350

3,150

3,360

4,250

2,160

54

3,230

3,570

4,160

5,370

4,260

3,850

2,980

4,160

4,490

5,150

5,380

5,540

5.850

49

5,960

110,164

3,672

+1,713

May

3,070

3,440

2,680

3,350

5.590

4,090

4,970

5,130

4,450

*4,790

5,150

4,850

53

3,500

3,540

3,480

3,520

3,560

2,070

57

3,160

3, 140

3,450

2,850

3 , 490

61

36

2,830

2 , 460

2,010 

2,970

97,777

3,154

-408

June

3,970

61

38

3,760

3,910

3,950

3,370

3,550

59

41

5,990

4,040

3,910

1,420

1,270

42

39

333

824

3,450

3,770

4,100

52

27

4,130

4,020

4.350

3,480

4,190

53

70,199

2,340

-954

July

26

3,620

5,650

58

5,52O

5,920

36

24

4,450

4,640

4,630

3,910

2,790

61

22

4,810

3,020

2,990

2,110

36

767

28

2,780

a2 , 400

2,510

1,580

4,330

48

22

*3,270 

2,300

68,338

2,204

-326

Aug.

1,760

2,020

1,440

33

22

3,000

3,200

3,030

2,550

3,600

31

20

970

5,020

5,450

3,200

5.680_

al,790

35

2,830

2,940

1,320

2,820

1,430

28

19

1,210

1,000

750

343 

2,590

54,109

1,745

-961

Sept.

a770

a3O

al,900

a5,480

a3,060

a3,020

2,940

a5, 580

55

4,010

4,000

2,900

940

a650

702

655

602

690

690

613

450

580

520

725

a92O

a3,700

a5,360

a5,860

7,680

2 , 800

61,820

2,061

+2,917

Adjusted for change in contents in High Rock Rese

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

1,615 

0.404 

0.47

1,277 

0.319

0.36

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

1,257 

0.314 

0.36

1,174 

0.294 

0.34

5,209 

1.30 

1.40

3,893 

0.973 

1.12

5,385 

1.35

1.50

2,746

0.686 

0.79

Observed

Max 3O,3OO Mln 11 Mean 2,963 

Max 7,680 Mln 11 Mean 2,449

1,386 

0.346 

0.39

1,878 

0.470 

0.54

784 

0.196 

0.23

4,978 

1.24

1.38

Adjusted

Mean 2,823 Cfsm 0.7O6 In. 9.59 

Mean 2,610 Cfsm O.65C In. 8.88

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in High Rock Reservoir; furnished by 

Carolina Aluminum Co.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated from powerplant records.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 

Uwharrle River near Eldorado, N. C.

Locrtion.--Lat 35°25'30", long 80°01'00", on right bank 300 ft downstream from State Highway 109, 1 mile upstream from McLeans Creek, and 3 miles south of Eldorado, Montgomery 

County.

Drainage area. 347 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1938 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 237 ft (by barometer) .

Average discharge.--18 years, 315 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,480 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 12.35 ft); minimum, 2.3 cfs Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.48 ft); minimum daily, 3.1 cfs Sept. 23.

1938-56: Maximum discharge, 23,300 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 26.22 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.5 cfs Sept. 21, Oct. 13, 14, 1941; minimum daily, 0.5 cfs Oct. 13, 1941.

Flood in August 1928 reached a stage of 22.2 ft, from floodmark established by local 

resident (discharge, 17,900 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Marked diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short periods 

at low flow caused by gristmill above station. Town of Asheboro diverted an average of 

1.0 cfs during the water year 1956 above station for water supply. Sewage is discharged 

into Deep River (Cape Fear River basin).

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1939.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.4

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

5.5 

5.0 

8.0 

10.4

111

187

343

810

1.72C

5,770

5,670

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

'5

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Ozt.

3,560

4,080

1,580

456

282

212

174

155

120

139

120

105

99

103

107

105

99

80

78

77

71

68

63

64

63

63

66 

68

71

77 

77

12,282

396

1.14

1.32

Nov.

68

63

63

61

63

59

63

*63

66

74

241

204

109

91

82

77

73

64

147

278

182

120

103

93

95

116

163 

142

111

95

3,229

108

0.311

0.35

Dec.

86

84

86

86

87

91

86

84

84

82

77

75

71

71

68

71

73

6817 3

71

70

68

68

68

70

71

68 

64

61

63 

71

2,316

74.7

0.215

0.25

Jan.

68

70

64

64

61

66

61

56

56

58

61

61

59

56

J54

54

54

54

56

75

82

73

73

113

171

144

125 

116

99

97 

97

2,396

77.3

0.223

0.26

Feb.

*B4

86

120

5,070

2.660

2,270

5,660

1,100

560

412

398

700

456

326

275

244

232

414

486

586

782

456

332

275

272

510

376 

354

340

.-.._.

21,836

753

2.17

2.34

Mar.

263

235

263

266

253

218

209

201

204

190

168

174

176

221

230

3,790

5,670

1,750

635

461

358

303

275

253

230

215

204

198

190

190 

184

18,182

587

1.69

1.95

Apr.

171

160

179

207

184

193

412

340

235

198

294

782

470

322

272

1 , 550

1,340

519

365

292

247

227

215

193

179

171

165 

160

152

155

10,329

344

0.991

1.11

May

*358

221

1,430

2,660

1,330

494

365

443

312

244

215

198

176

163

144

132

120

109

103

97

95

91

89

87

82

77

68 

JI

11

84

10,267

331

0.954

1.10

June

77

144

352

168

103

32

73

63

59

52

50

46

44

41

37

36

36

29

35

27

22

28

27

30

20

29

22 

18

118

132

2,000

66.7

0.192

0.21

July

39

28

29

19

11

31

27

25

20

46

50

44

33

28

22

18

27

35

37

702

95

47

34

31

39

349

148 

5S

39

71 

101

2,291

73.9

0.213

0.25

Aug.

44

29

33

44

44

35

28

28

18

17

18

24

26

24

26

17

22

16

20

77

143

82

41

34

25

24

16 

11

15

16 

13

1,010

32.6

0.094

0.11

Sept.

10

12

11

42

35

29

19

64

59

36

27

17

22

15

12

14.

11

5.9

13

10

7.7

5.0

3.1 14T~

87

2,020

4,280 

1,060

318

187

8,574.7

286

0.824

0.92

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,490 Min IB Mean 286 Cfsm 0.824 In. 11.20

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,670 Min 3.1 Mean 259 Cfsm 0.746 In. 10.17

Peak discharge

cfs (12.35 ft).

* Discharge measureme

e, 4,600 cfs).--Oct. 2 (10 a.m.) 5,580 cfs 

.e on this day.

(10.32 ft); Mar. 16 (4 p.m.) 7,480
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Big Bear Creek near Richfield, N.

Location. --La t 35°CO', long 80°20', 200 ft upstream from highway bridge, 300 ft downstream 

from Little Creek and 10 miles southwest of Richfield, Stanly County.

Drainage area. 56.3 sq mi.

Records available. May 1954 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 360 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 3,680 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 11.30 ft); miniirrim, 0.3 cfs July 3, Sept. 21-24.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 4,120 cfs Feb. 6, 1955 (gage height, 11.90 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,500 cfs by logarithmic plotting; no flow Oct. 1-14, 1954.

Remarks . --Records good except those below 3 cfs and above 1,000 cfs, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 

discharge, in

0.75 O.3

.8 .5

.9 1.4

1.0 3.0

1955-56 (gage 

cubic feet pe

height, in feet, and 

second)

36

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

75

ise

252

468

1,020

1,820

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956 

 i i i i i i I i i I 

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

LI

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*1,200

800

163

61

37

25

18

14

18

12

9.4

8.1

7.0

2P

16

10

6.5

7.7

6.4

5.8

5.3

5.0

4.4

4.1

5.0

3.4

3.6

3.2

3.4

3.4

3.6

2,496.3

80.5

1.43

1.65

Nov.

3.4

3.2

*3.2

3.0

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.2

3.0

26

38

15

9.8

8.1

7.7

7.0

5.5

5.5

81

49

24

18

15

15

13

24

19

16

13

9.8

447.4

14.9

0.265

0.30

Dec.

8.5

8.5

9.0

9.0

*9.0

8.1

7.7

7.0

7.3

7.7

7.3

6.4

6.1

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.3

5.3

5.5

5.5

5.3

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.7

*4.1

3.9

4.4

5.0

193.0

6.23

0.111

0.13

Jan.

5.0

4.7

4.4

4.4

4.1

4.1

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.6

3^9

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.2

4.1

7.7

6.4

5.3

5.5

3_6

29

19

13

10

9.0

8.5

7.7

229.6

7.41

0.132

0. 15

Feb.

6.4

9.0

196

618

294

1,000

307

132

82 *ei

118

83

56

42

38

34

52

85

60

420

164

84

59

55

74

87

62

158

71

4,507.4

155

2.75

2.98

Mar.

51

57

58

62

45

39

34

29

24

20

20

20

26

45

56

JL.750

338

151

88

62

48

40

34

32

25

24

21

19

27

*26

20

3,291

106

1.88

2.17

Apr.

17

16

16

15

14

55

70

33

22

19

76

96

47

32

27

432

113

59

40

32

24

21

18

16

14

13

12

11

12

16

1,388

46.3

0.822

0.92

May

76

27

118

637

118

58

48

39

25

20

17

14

12

9.8

8.5

7.7

6.7

6.1

5.5

5.3

4.7

4.4

4.1

3.6

5.4

3.0

2.8

375

4.7

*3.4

2.8

1,298.5

41.9

0.744

0.86

June

2.6

97

6.1

3.6

3.0

2.5

2.1

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.7

.6

.&

.7

.6

.9

1.7

.6

.5

1.1

2.0

1.0

. 6

140.5

4.68

0.083

0.09

July

0.5

.4

.5

15

2.3

2.8

23

2.6

8.0

79

8.0

3.2

1.7

1.2

.9

.9

11

3.4

2.8

*78

41

7.0

3.6

2.1

12

36

6.8

68

83

564

20

1,088.7

35.1

0.623

0.72

Aug.

9.4

6.4

9.4

6.7

4.7

3.0

2.1

1.7

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.5

16

49

79.

63

30

9.8

5.5

3.6

2.5

2.1

*62

45

8.5

436.2

14.1

0.250

0.29

Sept.

4.1

14

24

52

12

9.4

5.5

3.4

2.3

1.8

1.6

1.2

1.1

.9

.7

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

1.9

1.4

*511

669

158

58

36

1,572.5

52.4

0.931

1.04

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,940 Win 0.4 Mean 45.8 cfsm 0.813 In. 11.06

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,750 Min 0.3 Mean 46.7 Cfsm 0.829 in. 11.30

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 efs). Oct. 1

Discharge meas snt made on this day.

459558 O - 58 - 13
186 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Rocky River near Norwood , N. C.

Location. Lat 35°09'00" , long 80°10'30", on left bank 1,000 ft downstream from Lanes 

Creek, l| miles upstream from highway bridge, and 6 miles southwest of Norwood, Stanly 

County.

Drainage area.--1.370 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. October 1929 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 212.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 27 years, 1,240 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 37,100 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 23.65 ft); minimum, 44 cfs Sept. 19, 20 (gage height, 0.21 ft).

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 155,000 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 46.37 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 70,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow- minimum, 17 cfs Oct. 8, 1954 (gage height, 0.00 ft).

Flood in August 1908 reached a stage of 35 ft, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 852: 1937. WSP 1052: 1936(M). 

Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1956 are given 

in WSP 1450.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet,

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 18, 21, 22, 27)

158

261

500

2.0

3.0

5.0

10.0

19.0

810

1,820

4,100

10,800

27,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

6,460

9,580

5,320

1,700

764

528

395

330

303

308

257

223

203

189

345

250

192

170

161

158

148

142

135

130

117

112

114

117

124

132

132

29,039

937

0.684

0.79

Nov.

122

117

117

114

120

120

117

112

*112

137

475

506

312

209

174

170

161

148

291

920

595

367

286

261

257

348

415

372

308 

*261

8,024

267

0.195

0.22

Dec .

"206 231

213

216

220

213

220

209

199

199

199

186

167

167

164

167

170

161

161

167

153

155

150

148

150

145

142

137

135 

140

153

5,443

176

0.128

0.15

Jan.

161

158

145

142

148

148

145

142

132

122

127

140

142

140

135

127

122

124

137

164

209

213

186

375

764

573

415

330

282 

253

238

6,639

214

0.156

0.18

Feb.

223

*227

315

4,870

6,690

8,950

12,300

4,400

1,940

1,310

1,530

2,240

1,300

1,010

771

712

977

2,660

2,180

9,440

6,670

2,440

1,480

1,110

1,020

1,450

1,580

4,970

2,740

87,405

3,014

2.20

2.37

Mar.

1,410

1,150

1,460

1,350

1,110

882

784

726

641

555

516

489

759

1,240

954

19,400

25,900

8, 200

a5,000

a3,000

a2,200

al,570

al,110

a810

a630

a600

a570

*544

591 

712

654

85,517

2,759

2.01

2.32

Apr.

538

467

440

440

430

576

2,020

1,050

660

522

734

3,840

1,960

1,020

778

7,540

6,370

2,420

1,240

922

745

648

573

516

467

435

415

395

386 

557

38,904

1,297

0.947

1.06

May

683

1,060

1,950

14,800

5,880

1,820

1,390

4,070

1,940

997

771

641

533

445

390

344

303

261

238

220

199

186

180

180

170

161

153

142

145 

164

164

40,580

1,309

0.955

1.10

June

153

183

695

410

238

189

*170

150

142

132

124

120

*170

122

127

120

120

95

93

.S5

83

88

135

114

97

103

107

88

140 

118

4,709

157

0.115

0.13

July

155

110

74

78

189

130

132

199

130

868

1,120

344

177

130

112

95

93

*485

348

334

1,870

812

295

209

330

357

435

220

867 

2,060

760

13,518

436

0.318

0.37

Aug.

253

186

243

220

164

127

107

97

90

12

83

210

287

130

102

83

125

117

158

279

1,250

693

322

189

135

107

88

102

440 

266

*174

6,910

223

0.163

0.19

Sept.

114

249

545

571

456

438

558

223

278

184

120

93

83

81

74

72

65

55

46

44

49

51

51

51

51

4,390

11,100

6,770

2,200 

963

30,025

1,001

0.731

0.82

Calendar year 1955: Max 31,800 Min 49 Mean 989 Cfsm 0.722 In. 9.81

Water year 1955-56: Max 25,900 Min 44 Mean 975 Cfsm 0.712 In. 9.70

Peak discharge (base, 16,000 cfs).--Feb. 6 (10:30 p.m.) 17,300 cfs (14.03 ft); Mar. 16 (10:30 p.m.) 

37,100 cfs (23.65 ft); May 4 (8:30 a.m.) 18,800 cfs (14.80 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

nearby stations.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 187

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°02'10", long 80°08'40", on left bank 100 ft downstream from site of 

Medley's mill, 400 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 742, 3| miles downstream 

from Little Brown Creek, and 4 miles northeast of Polkton, Anson County.

Drainage area. 110 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1937 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir. Altitude of gage is 216 ft (by barometer) .

Average discharge. 19 years, 80.4 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,720 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 10.43 ft); no 

flow for several days in July, August, and September.

1937-56: Maximum discharge, 17,300 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 17.68 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 3,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; no flow 

for several days of most years.

Flood in August 1908 reached a stage of 16.4 ft, from floodmark witnessed by local 

resident (discharge, 12,500 cfs); July 1916, 15.7 ft (discharge, 10,400 cfs); September 

1928, about 15 ft.

Remarks.--Records good above 5 cfs and fair below.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.0

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.7

.42

1.14

2.0

4.2

7.2

14

2.0 

3.0 

6.0 

8.0 

9.0 

10.2

37

168

470

741

1,030

1,590

Discharge, in cubic feeb per October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

Oct.

121

302

134

47

22

13

8.6

6.3

5.4

5.2

4.4

3.2

2.5

6.6

9.4

5.4

4.2

3.2

2.5

1.83

1.47

1.06

.90

.69

.48

.42

.48

.42

.55

.55

.55

717.30

23.1

0.210

0.24

Nov.

0.76

.69

.62

.55

.48

.42

.36

.36

*.36

.98

7.5

.7

.2

.9

.2

.56

.38

.22

. 6

2_

1

.9

.7

.2

.0

26

24

17

14

11

208.64

6.95

0.063

0.07

Dec .

8.6

7.5

6.8

6.7

7.5

12

11

9.1

8.0

6.8

6.1

5.2

4.7

4.4

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.0

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.8

158.6

5.12

0.047

0.05

Jan.

3.0

3.2

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.92

1.74

1.65

1.56

1.56

1.38

1.56

2.2

3.1

3.5

3.8

17

3_4

26

22

17

13

12

9.9

205.87

6.64

0.060

0.07

Feb.

8.6

8.3

13

41

227

425

812

647

554

342

144

98

70

50

39

32

37

87

86

417

440

336

312

147

70

74

111

307

297

-------

6,231.9

215

1.95

2.11

Mar.

288

258

140

121

100

72

55

45

35

28

24

22

21

30

31

760

1.590

1,370

886

436

138

74

56

47

37

32

29

26

28

34

33

6,846

221

2.01

2.31

Apr.

28

23

21

19

18

20

27

30

26

19

56

213

193

203

96

392

426

426

426

181

59

42

34

28

24

20

18

17

17

15

3,117

104

0.945

1.05

May

14

20

107

277

208

243

374

525

686

669

514

146

53

32

24

17

13

11

8.6

7.0

6.3

5.6

5.0

4.2

3.6

3.0

2.7

2.3

2.0

1.8

2.0

3,987.1

129

1.17

1.35

June

3.0

100

70

88

36

14

8.8

6.3

4.6

3.3

2.5

2.0

1.56

1.30

4.9

5.1

2.7

1.74

1.14

.83

.62

.48

.42

.31

.26

^21

.26

.26

.21

.31

- -

361.11

12.0

0.109

0.12

July

.16

.16

.11

.04

.01

0

0

.01

.16

.26

.21

.16

.11

.07

.01

0

.01

*0

0

.11

.11

.07

.04

.01

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.82

0.059

0.00054

0.0006

Aug.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3.3

23

3.9

5.4

5.1

4.8

2.5

2.1

1.56

.98

1.33

2.3

1.47

.62

.26

.39

2.2

.21

.01

0

*0

61.43

1.98

0.018

0.02

Sept.

0

0

0

0

.39

.90

.42

.16

.07

.01

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

119

188

100

102

32

542.95

18.1

0.165

0.18

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,040 Min 0 Mean 56.7 Cfsm 0.515 in . 7.01

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,590 Min 0 Mean 61.3 cfsm 0.557 in- 7.57

Peak discharge (base, 810 cfs).--Feb. 7 (11 a.m.) 

(10.43 ft).

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

Cfs (8.50 ft); Mar. 17 (4 a.m.) 1,720 cfs
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Locatioi.--Lat 35°23' , long 79°50' , on left bank 12 ft downstream fron highway bridge, 

a quarter of a mile upstream from Norfolk Southern Railway bridge, 0.3 mile downstream 

from West Fork Little River, and 3 miles west of Star, Montgomery County.

Drainage area.--97.6 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 409.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,600 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 10.51 ft); minimum, 4.4 cfs Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.99 ft).

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 10,400 cfs Oct. 15, 1954 (gage height, 16.46 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,500 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.3 cfs 

Oct. 6, 9-14, 1954.

Flood in September 1945 reached a stage of about 20 ft, from information by local 

resident.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.0 

l.E 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8

cubic feet per 

2.0

340

1,070

2,460

Discharge, in

Day

1

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,740

1,380

326

113

76

64

56

55

55

47

44

41

40

52

54

44

40

39

38

35

35

34

34

34

35

34 

35

35

44

56

49

4,764

154

1.58

1.82

Nov .

39

36

36

37

36

36

36

*36

35

56

154

64

46

40

39

39

37

35

169

162

70

55

49

47

46

63 

70

54

*47

43

1,712

57.1

0.5d5

0.65

Dec.

40

41

43

43

44

44

43

40

41

41

39

39

39

39

39

39

43

39

39

*39

39

38

39

39

39

39 

38

36

35

38

43

1,237

39.9

0.409

0.47

Jan.

40

44

37

38

38

37

37

35

35

35

37

37

35

34

53

S3

54

*53

35

49

44

38

38

79

78

60 

50

43

40

40

39

1,285

41.5

0.425

0.49

Feb.

37

TT

43

712

548

858

*890

*201

128

104

102

130

93

78

73

73

74

134

109

321

211

115

93

82

94

196 

119

259

136

-_-_-

--_ -

6,050

209

2.14

2.31

Mar.

98

93

111

119

98

86

82

82

82

78

73

73

*73

115

109

2,410

1,100

230

164

128

109

100

93

89

84

79 

79

76

74

78

73

6,338

204

2.09

2.42

Apr.

70

68

73

74

70

107

220

106

81

73

167

274

128

98

91

562

228

128

104

93

91

79

76

73

70

70 

70

68

64

64

3,540

118

1.21

1.35

May

109

109

128

478

199

109

96

98

83

76

72

68

64

59

56

54

50

49

47

46

46

45

45

43

39

38 

 37 37

39

41

39

2,505

80.8

0.828

0.95

June

37

123

81

50

40

37

34

*31

28

27

25

23

22

21

20

19

IB

17

16

16

18

17

16

16

14

13

12

13

265

68

- --- -

1,137

37.9

0.388

0.43

July

24

16

13

11

12

15

15

10

11

20

24

17

12

10

8.6

8.5

14

163

919

65

32

46

45

25

150 

56

27

20

16

27

1,842.9

59.4

0.6O9

0.70

Aug.

21

19

22

21

20

16

19

13

11

10

9.0

10

75

26

16

13

10

14

41

27

280

55

29

20

16

14 

12

11

11

*11

10

882.0

28.5

0.292

0.34

Sept.

8.6

8.3

44

56

40

23

16

16

21

13

10

9.0

8.6

7.7

7.0

6.8

6.3

5.8

5.3

5.8

5.1

4.8

4.6

22

40

1,150 

890

187

82

50

2,733.7

91.1

0.933

1.04

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,590 Min 12 Mean 111 Cfsm 1.14 In. 15.47

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,410 Min 4.6 Mean 93.0 Cfsm 0.953 In. 12.97

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 cfs). --Oct. 1 (3 p.m.) 3,330 cfs (8.92 ft); Feb. 6 (11 p.m.) 2,210 cfs

(7.15 ft); Mar. 16 (6 p.m.) 4,600 cfs (10.51 ft); July 20 (3 a.m.) 2,990 cfs (8.36 ft); Sept. 26

(3:30 p.m.) 2,270 cfs (7.29 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Pee Dee River near Rockingham, N. C.

Location.--Lat 34°56'40", long 79°°52'10", on left bank at bridge on U. S. Highway 74, 

2.5 miles upstream from Palling Creek, 3.3 miles downstream from Blewett Palls hydroelectric plant, 6 miles west of Rockingham, Richmond County, and at mile 187.

Drainage area.--6,870 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1906 to January 1912 (gage heights and fragmentary discharge, 

published as "Yadkir. River near Peedee ) , September 1927 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 120.68 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). August 1906 to January 1912 staff gage at site 

4 miles upstream at different datum. September 1927 to Sept. 30, 1931, water-stage 

recorder at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

Average discharge.--29 years (1927-56), 7,611 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 59,000 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 11.32 ft); 

minimum, 139 cfs Sept. 16 (gage height, 0.54 ft); minimum daily, 142 cfs Sept. 16.

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 270,000 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 30.80 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 194,000 cfs; minimum, 50 cfs Dec. 2,3, 1951; minimum 

daily, 58 cfs Dec. 2, 1951, result of abnormally low shutdown at Blewett Falls hydroelectric plant to produce steady flow for current-meter measurements at this gaging 

station. Minimum discharge from normal regulation 96 cfs Oct. 25, 1943; minimum daily, 

that of Sept. 16, 1956.

Maximum stage known, 31.28 ft Aug. 27, 1908 (present datum) , from records of State 

Highway and Public Works Commission (discharge, 276,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Large diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above station. Flow largely regulated 

since 1928 by four reservoirs above station, which have'a combined usable capacity for 

normal operation of 24,259,016,000 cu ft.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1203: 1928-37.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

129

186

314

600

1,090

1,890

2.6

3.0

4.0

6.0

10.0

11.0

3,010

4,350

8,300

19,200

48,000

56,500

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t

Oct.

5,600

17,100

16,100

10,400

4,230

3,760

4,260

3,270

1,560

3,350

2,74,0

2,570

2,500

3,910

3,040

832

2,590

3,740

2,880

2,830

2,590

3,050

416

2,630

3,450

2,730

3 , 150

2,860

3,700

500

2 950

125,288

4,042

-156

Nov.

3,140

3, 100

2,870

3,370

3,240

668

2,260

2,410

2,510

4,460

3,280

3,600

1,110

2,820

2,720

3,060

3,870

3,930

5,580

2,570

2,810

4,420

4,140

2,350

4,310

3,310

1,630

3,360

3,570

3,940

94,808

3,160

-1,035

Ca endar year 1955:

Wa er year 1955-56:

Dec.

3,820

3,670

3,480

2,110

3,480

3,460

3,280

3,200

3,500

2,980

1,690

2,160

3,450

3,680

3,900

3,520

3,710

1,230

2,720

3,170

3,580

3,770

3,460

3,380

894

2,600

3 , 200

4,240

3,810

3,710

3,090

97,944

3,159

-1,182

Jan.

1,520

2,680

4,370

2 , 830

2,330

2,210

2,650

1,910

3,820

3,130

1,620

1,480

2,570

1,850

546

1,900

2,250

2,330

3,580

2,390

2,110

1,100

2,950

3 , 110

3,790

3,640

2,980

3,290

694

2,790

2,490

76,710

2,475

-525

Feb.

1,740

2,640

3,110

3,950

11,600

12,600

25,300

15,100

10 , 400

6,420

2,730

1,810

6,060

6,990

5,720

5,450

6,550

8,360

3 , 000

10,600

19 , 000

12 , 400

9,880

9,420

8,520

a6,50u

a6,900

a9,700

a9,800

242,250

8,353

+2,821

Mar.

9,880

9,420

8,080

5,87H

5,210

7,640

7,640

6,710

8,160

3,960

4,430

5,020

6,150

6,530

6,500

19,200

55,200

29,300

13,400

9,420

G,5£0

5,170

5,970

3,960

3,360

5,370

5,370

5,400

7,470

5,740

5, 180

287,230

9,265

+412

Apr.

3,710

5,130

5,740

5,580

5,740

6,120

7,630

5,550

5,020

4,270

6,110

8,530

6,640

7,110

5 , 440

8,070

17,400

11,100

9,420

6,170

7,370

3,860

5,250

6,700

6 , 440

6,880

7,620

5,410

3,660

5,160

_______

196,830

6,5bl

+1,753

May

5,420

5 , 400

6,480

25,800

25,800

12,600

10,600

10,400

10,800

10,400

9,200

5,230

2,890

6,130

5,320

3,680

3,460

3,690

3,980

1,190

3,900

3,600

3,600

3,440

2,970

2,630

950

3,800

3,410

2,940

3,460

206,170

6,651

-516

June

o,420

4,410

2, 100

3,120

3,52O

2,850

3,290

2,670

2,680

1,650

3,720

3,230

3,380

2,820

3,380

1,610

1,380

3,960

3, 730

2,580

3,500

3,190

2,580

1,120

2,750

2,350

3,040

2,870

2,830

2,550

_____ __

b6,280

2,876

-952

July

1,600

3,100

3,160

2,860

2,820

3,270

2,520

J.,770

2.680

2,480

3,530

3,010

3,050

2,950

2,710

2,280

2,840

2,500

4,200

9,200

8,980

1,370

3,300

2,700

2,860

3,300

3,400

3,410

1,060

3,240

4,040

100,190

3,232

-256

Aug.

3,060

3,000

2,540

1,S90

1,200

2-330

1,880

2,480

3,080

3,200

2,920

1,320

2,710

2,990

1,800

2,610

3,580

3,920

450

2,290

5,580

4,610

4,100

3,560

2,490

1,060

2,570

2,280

2,610

3,170

3,520

84,800

2,735

-1,319

Sept.

2,510

770

3,000

3,580

2,770

2,830

3,440

2,380

944

2,270

2,640

3,050

3,390

5,710

493

*142

2,060

1,420

1,710

2,770

1,870

2,050

259

1,940

2,320

7,040

15,400

18 , 100

4^760

______ _

112,518

3,751

+3,277

Observed Adjusted

viax 54,500 Win 374 Mean 5,325 Mean 5,079 Cfsm 0.739 In. 10.03

«Iax 55,200 Min 142 Mean 4,675 Mean 4,851 Cfsm 0.706 In. 9.61

Discharge measurement made on this day.

Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, In High Rock and Narrows Reservoirs,

fu nished by Carclina Aluminum Co., and Tillery and Blewett Reservoirs, furnished by Carolina Power

and Light Co .

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis cf powerplant records.
190 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Juniper Creek near Cheraw, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°39', long 79°54', at left end of Eureka Lake Dam, 1-|- miles upstream from 

mouth and 3-| miles south of Cheraw, Chesterfield County.

Drainage area.--64 sq ml, approximately. 

Records available . May 1940 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete spillway. Altitude of gage Is 90 ft (from Corps 

of Engineers map}.

Average discharge . 16 years, 70.7 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 360 cfs Sept. 15; maximum gage height, 1.05 ft 

May 5; minimum discharge, 2.2 cfs Mar. 13-16.

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 3,910 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 5.71 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 810 cfs by logarithmic plotting and computation of peak 

flow over dam; no flow May 30, 1945, and part of May 29, 1945, May 7, 1951, and Apr. 7, 

8, 1955 (water below spillway crest and gates closed).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of gate operation or no gage-height record, 

which are poor.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

39

47

49

48

39

29.5

23.8

21.6

20.2

20.2

18.8

16.8

15.6

18.2

18

18

16.8 

16.8

*16.2

16.2

15.6

14.9

14.9

15.6

13.7

13.7

13.1

13.7

18.2

21.6

23.1

686.8

22.2

-

~

Nov.

23.1

21.6

20.9

18.8

20

20

20

20

20

20

24

30

32

32

32

30

30 

30

32

34

38

42

46

44

37

34

44

50

51

44

940.4

31.3

-

"

Dec.

39

33

32

31

31

30

29.5

28.6

29.5

28.6

28.6

27.8

27.0

26.2

*25.4

24.6

25.4

25.4

25.4

25.4

25.4

25.4

25.4

25.4

25.4

24.6

24.6

23.8

"2378

25.4

28.6

851.2

27.5

-

-

Jan.

31

32

31

28.6

27.8

26.2

25.4

24.6

24.6

24.6

24.6

25.4

24.6

24.6

24.6

*24.6

23.8 

"2378

30

43

51

53

110

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

1,718.8

55.4

-

"

Feb.

120

80

55

55

55

75

140

180

220

220

220

150

85

50

50

50

50 

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

---__.

2,455

84.7

-

-

Mar.

50

50

50

50

*50

50

50

50

50

50

50

3.6

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

38 

100

112

110

90

70

eo

50

46

44

42

40

55

60

65

1,542.4

49.8

-

-

Apr.

65

60

55

46

42

46

50

48

46

44

65

85

80

70

65

70

60 

55

50

44

40

36

34

32

*32

32

30

32

38

42

1,494

49.8

-

"

May

50

65

110

180

240

190

140

120

100

95

90

75

60

50

38

30

26

22

20

19

19

20

19

16

15

15

15

15

13

15

15

1,897

61.2

-

"

June

14

22

26

30

26

22

17

15

13

12

*11

10

9.5

9.5

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.0

7.0

7.5

9.5

9.5

8.0

7.0

5 5

4.4

4.2

4.8

5.0

9.0

349.4

11.6

-

"

July

9.0

8.5

7.5

6.5

5.0

4.0

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.8

8.0

7.0

5.5

4.8

4.4

4.4

3.2

2.8

2.6

3.4

4.8

4.8

4.2

3.4

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.6

3.4

*3.4

3.4

143.4

4.63

-

"

Aug.

3.6

8.0

18

19

17

14

10

9.0

7.5

6.0

6.0

17

22

32

42

46

36

26

24

32

50

60

60

55

42

38

30

30"6

20

17

823.1

26.6

-

"

Sept.

17

16

15

19

20

19

22

40

44

40

32

24

170

240

520

300

70 

17

*17

17

16

16

15

15

30

150

200

220

220

200

2,541

84.7

-

"

Calendar year 1955: Max 205 Min 4.9 Mean 34.8 Cfsm 0.544 In. 7.40

Water year 1955-56: Max 320 Min 2.2 Mean 42.2 Cfsm 0.659 In. 8.97

Peak discharge (base, 250 cfs).--May 5 (11 a.m.) 253 cfs (1.05 ft); Sept. 15 (9 a.m.) 360 cfs.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--Ho gage-height record Oct. 15, 16, Nov. 5-22, Apr. 7-23; discharge estimated on basis of 

recorded range In stage and weather records. Gates In dam open making spillway partly Inoperative 

as control Jan. 23 to Apr. 6, Apr. 24 to Sept. 30; discharge computed from flow over spillway plus 

computed flow through gates.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Pee Dee River at Peedee, 3. C.

Location. Lat 34°12'15", long 79°32'55", in pier of bridge on U. S. Highway 76 at Peedee, 

Marion County, 0.2 mile downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 8| miles 

downstream from Black Creel:, and at mile 102.8 upstream from Winyah Bay.

Drainage area. 8,830 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . January 1939 to September 1956. Prior to October 1947, published as 

"near Mars Bluff. Gage-height records collected at practically same sites since 1923 

are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 24.73 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 1, 1947, at site 1.6 miles 

downstream at datum 1.27 ft lower.

Average discharge. 17 years, 8,414 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,000 cfs Mar. 22 (gage height, 20.46 ft); 

minimum, 1,160 cfs Sept. 18 (gage height, 1.60 ft).

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 220,000 cfs Sept. 22, 1945 (gage height, 33.30 ft, 

site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 48,000 cfs on basis of 

discharge measurement of 221,000 cfs at Cheraw; minimum, 700 cfs Sept. 29, 1954 (gage 

height, 0.60 ft, from graph based on gage readings).

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by powerplants above station. 

Revisions. WSP 1233: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.8 

2.5

12.0

1,260

1,640

4,640

8,460

16.0

18.0

20.0

21.0

12,300

15,200

19,900

24,300

Discharge cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,990

3,700

3,810

12,100

12.2OO

10, 300

7,340

5,760

5,160

4,290

3,060

3,800

3,520

3,380

3,450

4,080

*3,590

2,340

3,180

3,800

3,450

3,320

3,320

3,180

1,950

2,800

3,380 

3,320

3.3BO

3,520 

3,590

142,060

4,583

-

-

Nov.

2,210

2,990

3,450

3,450

3,320

3,660

3,450

2,080

2, 340

2,990

3,660

4,500

4,150

3,940

2,800

3,250

3,450

3,800

4,150

4,430

5,540

3, 940

3,730

4,640

4,570

3,940

4,860 

4,570

3,520

*3,940

111,320

3,711

-

-

Dec.

4,360

4, 500

4,430

4,360

4,080

3,320

3,940

4,150

4,080

4,010

4,010

3,660

2,860

2,920

3,800

4,220

4,150

4,080

3,800

2,600

3,120

3,730

4,010

4,030

4,010

5,660

2,540

2,860

3,730

4,430 

4,220

117,520

3,791

-

-

Jan.

3,940

3,590

2,730

3,450

4,220

3,520

2,990

2,920

3, 1£0

3,060

3,870

3,3BO

2,540

3,400

2,730

2,470

1.700

*2,140

2,800

3,180

3,800

3,380

3,060

2,600

3,870

4,220

4,570

4,500

4,150

3,800 

2,600

101,300

3, 268

-

-

Feb.

3,380

3,250

2,920

3,660

4,360

8,180

11,400

14,400

16.000

15,900

14,800

12,100

9,220

7,580

8,220

7,980

7,420

7,340

8,540

7,660

8,580

12,500

13,700

13,100

12,300

11 , 500

10,400

8,950

10,100

275,440

9,498

-

-

Mar.

11,500

11,900

11,600

11,200

10,100

8,460

*8,540

8,780

8,380

8,780

7,500

6,290

5,990

6,660

7,580

7,340

10,500

15,400

17,400

18,800

21,100

21.500

18,600

15,700

13,400

10,800

9,130

8,540

8,140

8 , 580 

8,540

346,530

11,180

_

-

Apr.

7,900

6,960

6.560

6,820

7,040

7,190

7,260

8,220

7,900

7,900

6,360

6,740

8,780

9,150

9,040

7,980

8,060

11,800

15.000

12,500

10,800

9,580

8,060

*6,590

7,120

7,420

7,500 

7,820

7,540

6,520

245,490

8,185

-

-

May

5,690

6,560

6,890

8,060

12,600

15,900

16.800

16,600

16,200

15,700

14,800

15,900

1 1 , 900

9,670

7,580

7,260

6,440

5,240

4,790

4,720

4,450

5,250

4,290

4,560

4,290

4,080

3,520 

3,180

2.470

3*800

248,570

8,018

-

-

June

3,590

3,940

4.790

4,430

5,660

3,870

4,080

3,590

3,590

3,250

3,120

2,730

*3,750

3,660

3,660

5,580

3,380

2,470

2,210

3,750

5,660

5,180

3,590

5,520

2,920

2,140

2,660 

2,860

5,250

5,250

101,690

5,590

-

-

July

3,250

3,250

2,920

3,520

3,250

3,060

3,180

3,450

3,060

2,540

2,860

2,990

3,520

3,250

5,180

5,120

2,800

2,600

3,120

3,800

6,140

7.660

6,290

3,120

3,250

3,120

3,060 

3,450

3,590

3,450 

2., 020

107,670

3,473

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 31,600 Win 1,700 Mean 6,249 Cfsm - In. -

Aug.

*2,990

3,660

3,580

5,250

2,860

2,400

1.880

2,280

2,280

2,600

2,990

3,380

3,590

2,540

3,120

3,320

2,600

2,990

4,010

3,590

2,600

3,480

5,590

4,860

4,290

5,800

2,990 

2,020

2,600

2,750 

2,990

97,460

5,144

-

-

Sept.

3,450

3,590

2,860

1,700

3,120

3,590

3,520

3,450

5,750

2,990

2,140

2,600

5,120

3,320

4,430

4,360

2,140

1,260

1,820

1,820

*2,020

2,660

2,340

2,140

1,360

2,040

4,320

8,880

12 , 300

12 , 600

109,470

3,649

-

-

Water year 1955-56: Max 21,500 Min 1,260 Mean 5,477 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
192 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Lynches River near Bishopville, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°15', long 80°13', near center of span on downstream side of bridge on 

D. S. Highway 15, 1 mile upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 2.9 miles 

northeast of Blshopville, Lee County, and 3.3 miles downstream from Bells Branch.

Drainage area. 675 sq mi.

Records available . May 1942 to September 1956.

gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 161 ft (by barometer). Prior to

June 11, 1948, wire-weight gage at site 100 ft upstream at same datum. June 11, 1948, 

to Dec. 15, 1954, wire-weight gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 14 years, cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,230 cfs Mar. 20 ge height, 14.40 ft);

minimum, 125 cfs Sept. 21.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 29,400 cfs Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 22.35 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 125 cfs Sept. 16, Oct. 8, 1954, Sept. 21, 1956.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, wate year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 9 Feb. 10 to Sept. 3O

5.3 193

6.0 269

7.0 411

9.0 779

11.0 1,270

12.0 1,870

4.6 121

5.0 166

6.0 290

8.0 618

11.0 1,350

12.0 1,870

13.0 2,970

15.0 6,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

zz

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

203

281

799

178

366

282

251

234

228

223

234

228

218

208

208

223

*228

a223

a218

a218

a213

a208

a203

198

195

193

193

193

198

213

263

8,019

259

0.334

0.44

Nov.

269

240

228

223

218

223

228

223

228

234

257

336

380

329

288

269

263

257

263

302

427

459

380

329

315

380

493

545

443

*380

9,409

314

0.465

0.52

Dec.

556

322

315

315

322

329

315

308

302

302

308

295

282

282

282

282

282

276

276

282

282

276

276

276

276

276

276

269

263

263

276

9,022

291

0.431

0.50

Jan.

302

322

302

288

282

282

276

276

269

257

263

263

269

263

263

257

257

*257

269

343

493

476

395

395

476

563

510

427

372

350

336

10,353

334

0.495

0.57

Feb.

329

322

343

476

679

361

1,090

1,230

1,400

1 , 980

2,070

1,350

846

676

582

529

512

546

894

1,060

1,020

1,170

1,380

1,550

955

636

636

780

1,020

______

---- --

26,922

928

1.37

1.48

Mar.

1,230

1,260

894

894

918

758

*656

600

546

512

478

478

495

495

546

639

966

1,230

3,000

4.690

3, 000

1,750

954

696

636

600

564

546

582

736

894

32,243

1,040

1.54

1.78

Apr.

846

636

564

529

512

564

600

656

656

529

564

846

1,060

1,260

1,290

918

918

1,170

1,480

2,100

1,510

740

582

546

512

478

*461

461

495

529

24,012

800

1.19

1.33

May

546

618

716

1,040

1,290

1,670

2,420

2,140

1,460

1,420

1,460

1,010

600

512

461

412

372

342

319

312

297

290

290

283

263

250

256

250

244

244

256

22,043

711

1.05

1.21

June

256

250

439

870

644

396

326

283

270

250

238

226

*220

214

220

214

196

190

184

184

190

196

196

184

166

154

148

148

166

178

-------

7,796

260

0.385

0.43

July

190

256

220

202

190

172

160

154

190

208

202

184

160

148

160

202

184

166

224

297

416

435

290

238

208

190

178

184

184

190

190

6,572

E12

0.314

0.36

Aug.

184

*172

166

172

202

184

160

148

141

136

135

T96

370

461

312

283

297

238

202

178

184

214

238

226

196

184

172

166

166

154

154

6,391

206

0.305

0.35

Sept.

148

148

143

148

172

190

202

278

428

356

256

208

184

166

154

148

143

138

131

129

*126

129

141

138

143

190

406

846

840

462

7,291

243

0.360

0.40

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,760 Min 163 Mean 451 Cfsm 0.668 In. 9.08

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,690 Min 126 Mean 465 Cfsm 0.689 In. 9.37

Peak discharge (base

* Discharge measurement made 

a No gage-heighb record; discharge 

stage.

5.000 efa). Mar. 20 (3:30 a.m.) 5,230 cfs (14.40 ft), 

this day.

stiroated on basis of weather records and recorded range in
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 193

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°03'05", long 79°45'15", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

UTsT Highway 52, 75 ft upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge and 1 mile 

south of Effingham, Florence County.

Drainage area. 1.030 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--August 1929 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1891 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 58.49 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 7, 1934, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--27 years, 910 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,840 cfs Mar. 25 (gage height 11.41 ft)- minimum, 129 cfs Sept. 24.

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 25,000 cfs Sept. 22, 1945 (gage height, 21.21 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 17,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 94 cfs Oct. 10, 

1954.

Remarks. Records good.

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

Revisions. WSP 952: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic

feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6, Nov. 26, 21, Mar. 26 to May 11, June 6, 7)

Oct. 1-6, Nov. 28 to June Oct. 7 to Nov. 27 June 8 to Sept. 30

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

235

305

461

654

7.0

9.0

11.0

12.0

1,180

1,840

2,610

3,260

2.0

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

190

340

505

685

1.4

2.0 

3.0 

5.0

124

205

358

715

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

284

372

*356

342

395

356

649

613

434

355

325

295

295 

295

280

265

250

242

250

250

235

228

220

220

212

205

205

198

198 

205

*212

9,241

298

0.289

0.33

Nov.

'228 212

265

280

265

250

235

235

235

242

250

258

272 

295

340

378

378

340

325

332

325

340

370

434

487

505

451

427

461 

*496

9,911

330

0.320

0.36

Dec.

552

552

478

444

427

403

395

395

395

395

379

372

364 

356

349

342

334

326

326

326

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

312

*312 

312

11,398

368

0.357

0.41

Jan.

305

305

319

334

349

334

326

319

319

312

305

305

298

298

298

298

298

291

£98

342

349

364

427

514

592

572

552

572

612

6 12 

*572

11,991

387

0.376

0.43

Feb.

496

444

427

T78

572

860

,300

,420

,520

,700

,740

.700

,700 

,700

,800

,940

,380

,660

,300

,040

,000

,040

,160

,240

,300

,400

,460

,800

* ,980

38,057

1,312

1.27

1.37

Mar.

,880

,630

,490

,490

,490

,560

,600

,560

,420

,280

1,100

921

817 

744

721

984

,240

,240

,240

,280

,300

,360

,460

,260

,840

,500

,080

,660

,280

* ,060 

921

44,408

1,433

1.39

1.60

Apr.

868

868

894

948

976

921

868

817

792

744

868

,040

,040 

,000

,000

,060

,160

,240

,300

,360

,340

,240

,180

,240

,400

1,460

*1,240

832

612 

553

30,841

1,028

0.998

1.11

May

496

496

514

572

633

698

928

1,240

1,280

1,300

1,520

1,880

1,940 

1,770

1,600

1,460

1,280

810

514

411

379

349

334

326

305

291

277

263

249 

242

*235

 

24,592

793

0.770

0.89

June

249

387

372

319

291

295

533

655

561

390

326

302

288 

265

250

235

228

228

220

205

198

191

191

191

198

191

184

*198

184

8,530

284

0.276

0.31

July

205

212

205

228

250

228

205

191

184

167

164

184

198 

191

177

163

153

160

191

191

184

280

342

406

459

350

280

250

242 

<U2

212

7,044

227

0.220

0.25

Aug.

*235

228

235

250

242

212

205

205

191

173

162

150

147

Tso

205

326

390

342

310

288

272

280

250

235

242

242

220

198

191

*198

191

7,165

231

0.224

0.26

Sept.

177

163

159

166

198

198

191

205

228

242

295

358

342 

280

235

205

184

167

156

150

142

138

133

130

147

184

205

235

280

-S£-

6,275

209

0.203

0.23

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,920 Mln 147 Mean 532 Cfsm 0.517 In. 7.00

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,840 Mln 130 Mean 572 Cfsm 0.555 In. 7.55

Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Little Pee Dee River near Dillon S. C.

Location. Lat 34°24', long 79°20', near center of span on downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 9, 1.1 miles east of Dillon , Dillon County, and 3 miles upstream from 

Maple Swamp.

Drainage area.--524 sq mi.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1956.

Gage_.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 75.14 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by South Carolina Highway 

Department).

Average discharge. 17 years, 477 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,820 cfs Feb. 9 (gage height, 9.22 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum, 88 cfs July 8 (gage height, 3.92 ft).

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 9,810 cfs Sept. 20, 1945 (gage height, 14.64 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,800 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 24 cfs Sept. 17, 23, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 8 Feb. 9 to Sept. 30

6.4 

7.0 

7.5

8.0 775

9.0 1,510

4.0 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0

94

232

276

378

7.5 575

8.0 850

9.0 1,630

10.0 2,710

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

688

900

1,040

1,100

1,100

965

835

745

a775

660

555

531

531

531

531

a507

463

*423

371

341

315

293

a283

274

274

274

258

244

232

a226

2"2l>

16,491

532

1.02

1.18

Nov.

258 283"

283

315

315

a303

303

293

274

274

274

266

a266

283

293

315

327

355

387

a405

405

423

443

443

463

485

a507

531

555 555-

10,882

363

0.693

0.77

Dec.

555

53T

507

a485

507

531

555

531

463

423

a423

405

405

371

355

341

341

a327

327

327

303

293

293

303

a303

303

293

293

293

274

11,944

385

0.735

0.85

Jan.

a274

283

283

293

303

303

£93

a293

293

293

283

274

274

a274

a283

274

*266 59"B"

303

315

355

a387

405

463

507

507

531

531

a531

507

485

10,959

354

0.676

0.78

Feb.

463

443

423

423

a531

775

1,100

1,510

1,820

1,630

1,540

al,360

1,280

1,200

al,060

985

915

850

a818

915

985

1,130

1,130

1,060

985

a915

850

915

985

-----

28,996

1,000

1.91

2.06

Mar.

1,060

1,130

1,130

al,130

1,130

*1,060

985

985

915

850

a785

755

698

645

598

620

698

785

985

1,060

1,130

1,130

1,060

915

a915

850

818

755

725

698

670

27,670

893

1.70

1.96

Apr.

a645

620

598

598

598

598

620

a620

645

670

670

725

725

755

a755

755

755

785

818

735

785

a755

645

575

*490

432

413

a396

a378

363

18,972

632

1.21

1.35

May

363

348

363

396

450

a552

645

725

818

850

785

698

a620

530

470

378

323

276

248

a232

217

203

189

168

168

175

a!68

161

154

140

155

11,946

585

0.755

0.85

June

147

175

a!75

175

182

168

154

161

175

a!75

175

*175

154

140

154

161

a!47

155

153

112

106

126

al40

al53

133

119

106

112

153

154

4,433

148

0.282

0.31

July

168

168

*140

112

100

106

100

a94

94

112

135

182

189

189

189

189

205

189

168

161

154

154

154

147

155

a!26

a!40

a!61

a!89

a217

*252

4,795

155

0.296

0.54

Aug.

248

266

26S

256

248

248

a248

240

217

a210

217

a!96

182

168

161

168

161

147

140

135,

154

168

182

196

203

203

196

203

203

210

217

6,255

202

0.385

0.44

Sept.

224

a252

248

266

505

548

523

288

266

266

256

256

248

256

266

256

248

252

203

*175

154

147

al40

140

140

175

240

276

305

548

7,225

241

0.460

0.51

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,100 Mln 96 Mean 491 Cfsm 0.937 In. 12.72

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,820 Mln 94 Mean 439 Cfsm 0.838 In. 11.40

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather 

at Gallvants Ferry.

cords and records for station
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 195

Drowning Creek near Hoffman, H. C.

Location.--Lat 35°03'38", long 79°29'39", on right bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on 

0. S. Highway 1, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Deep Creek, 1 mile upstream 

from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, and 4 miles northeast of Hoffman, Richmond County.

Drainage area.--178 sq mi.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 270 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge.--17 years, 252 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,000 cfs July 21 (gage height, 9.65 ft); minimum daily, 58 cfs July 4.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 10,900 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 10.29 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 5,600 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 28 cfs Aug. 4, 

1940 (gage height, 1.32 ft).

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1941(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used- Oct. 13-25, Aug. 26 to Sept. 3)

Oct. 1, 2, Mar. 19 to Sept. 3O Oct. 3 to Mar. IB

5.0 

5.5

187

230

302

460

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

B.O 

9.0

709

1,100

1,710

3,410

5,760

3.0

4.0 

4.5

5.0

112

175

216

290

5.5

6.0 

6.5

460

709

1,100

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

178

392

653

65?

500

314

199

172

183

187

161

142

133

142

164

172

148

139

*133

130

124

121

118

118

118

112

TT5

112

121

164 

191

6,306

203

1.14

1.32

Nov.

172

139

130

136

133

130

130

130

*130

139

191

238

280

226

172

158

148

139

154

212

269

300

236

195

179

207

238

252

212

*175

5,568

186

1.04

1.16

Dec.

164

158

161

164

187

183

168

154

158

164

161

151

148

145

145

145

142

145

145

145

*139

139

139

139

142

139

133

130

127

rsy

161

4,654

150

0.843

0.97

Jan.

179

158

145

139

136

133

130

127

124

127

133

133

130

124

121

121

121

121

127

172

187

158

151

195

238

260 2TS172

154

148 

145

4,725

152

0.854

0.99

Feb.

139

136 *1BT

203

269

370

*426

478

504 I8"2

383

320

280

260

221

203

212

260

350

381

417

486

504

409

309

269

269

320

385

9,409

324

1.82

1.97

Mar.

397

377

326

309

295

260

232

212

203

203

191

187

135

*221

245

323

550

876

899 616-

482

390

348

324

292

273

258

246

251

273 

282

10,536

340

1.91

2.20

 

Apr.

265

230

216

216

206

206

235

265

282

282

246

282

336

336

302

282

348

431

460

390

302

246

225

211

202

194

190

T95" 187

198

7,969

266

1.49

1.66

May

202

*246

313

443

1,080

1.150

727

616

560

504

414

348

302

258

225

194

176

161

158

202

184

161

149

131

122

116

113 113-

137

155 

137

9,777

315

1.77

2.04

June

122

235

336

431

*35B"

202

137

119

108

99

94

91

149

113

91

82

77

72

Tf

94

96

91

80

125

108

80

74

125

105

77

4,056

135

0.758

0.85

July

67

a 64

a60

a5B

a.120

alOO

a90

aB6

a90

*1B8

253

130

80

70

66

64

117

*190

158

375

5.290

1,400

684

515

422

360

273

235

220

176 

167

12,168

393

2.21

2.54

Aug.

180

158

167

202

211

225

161

125

113

105

108

122

143

158

268

316

164

116

146

161

245

360

418 3-66"

206

134

149

143

161

146 

*113

5,810

187

1.05

1.21

Sept.

96

94

131

198

246

230

198

167

140

113

102

99

96

91

88

82

80

77BO77

80

80

80

80

88

191

398

616

681

54T

5,320

177

0.994

1.11

Calendar year 1955; Max 845 Hin 56 Mean 198 Cfsm 1.11 In. 15.09

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,290 Hin 58 Mean 236 Cfsm 1.33 In. 18.02

Peak discharge (base. 650 efs).--Mar. 19 (l a.m.) 1,000 cfs (6.40 ft); May 5 (7 p.m.) 1,600 cfs 

(6.92 ft); July 21 (5 a.m.) 8,000 cfs (9.65 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range of stage, weather records 

and records for nearby stations.
196 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C.

Location. Lat 34°26', long 78"58', on right bank 15 ft downstream from 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.

Drainage area.--1,220 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. September 1929 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 72.05 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 30, 1936, staff gage at site 

100 ft downstream at same datum. Sept. 30, 1936, to June 8, 1943, wire-weight gage at 

present site and datum.

Average discharge.--27 years, 1,200 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,360 cfs Oct. 3; maximum gage height, 7.96 ft 

Oct. 3; minimum discharge, 231 cfs Sept. 24, 25 (gage height, 1.36 ft).

1929-56: Maximum discharge. 13,400 cfs Sept. 24, 1945 (gage height, 10.64 ft); 

minimum, 87 cfs Oct. 14, 1954 (gage height, -0.03 ft).

Maximum stage known, 11.8 ft in August 1928, from floodmark witnessed by local 

resident (discharge, 25,000 cfs).

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions.--WSP 892: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Rate of change in stage used as a factor Oct. 1, 2, 4-6, Nov. 19, 

Jan. 19, Feb. 6-8, May 1, 23-25, June 15, 16, 29, 30, July 7, 

27-30, Aug. 5, Sept. 16, 17, 26, 27)

1.4 

4.0 

5.0

1,450

2,500

4,080

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,690

4,060

3,890

2,990

2,460

*2,150

1,910

1,620

1,490

1,410

1,340

1,370

1,450

1,530

1,490

1,370

1,270

1,150

1,070

998

935

864

834

806

779

740

716

681

670

670

670

46,073

1,486

1.22

1.40

Nov.

a660

a650

a640

*630

630

640

650

650

650

640

640

640

630

621

621

621

621

630

702

728

766

*806

820

320

834

871

898

935

975

998

21,617

721

0.591

0.66

Dec.

1,020

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,040

1,070

1,100

1,100

1,120

1,100

1,100

1,070

1,040

1,020

975

955

935

898

381

849

834

806

792

779

766

753

740

728

704

692

698

28,659

924

0.757

0.87

Jan.

692

692

681

670

660

660

670

670

670

670

660

650

630

621

612

603

612

*603

640

670

692

723

766

834

881

935

975

998

1,020

1,040

1,020

22,925

740

0.607

0.70

 

Feb.

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,040

1,100

1,460

2,010

2 , 740

3,040

3,190

3,190

3,120

3 , 040

2 , 900

2,830

2,760

2.C30

2 , 500

2,380

2,440

2,440

2,380

2,380

2,380

2,320

2,260

2,200

2,260

2,320

----

66,370

2,289

1.88

2.02

Mar.

2 ,440

2,560

2 , 630

2,630

2,630

2,560

2,500

2 ,330

2 , 52u

2 , 200

2,080

2,020

1,860

1,760

1,710

1,810

1,810

1,910

1,960

1,960

1,360

1,960

1,960

1,960

1,960

2,020

2,080

2,080

2 , 020

2,020

1,860

65,610

2,116

1.73

2.00

Apr.

1,710

1,580

1,490

1,410

*1,370

al,370

al,370

a 1,3 70

a 1,300

al.24'.

al,240

al,370

al,370

a 1,450

al,450

al,450

al,530

al,620

*1,490

1,490

1,490

1,450

1,410

1,340

1,270

1,210

1,150

1,100

1,070

1,070

41,230

1,374

1.13

1.26

May

1,020

975

975

1,070

1,040

1,040

1 , 180

1 , 340

1,490

1,620

1,550

1,580

1,680

1,810

1,810

1,680

1,490

1,300

1,150

1,040

935

834

715

620

543

515

485

462

440

402

530

33,201

1,071

0.878

1.01

June

365

387

395

395

395

387

380

387

395

410

440

462

485

485

387

321

304

290

327

*357

372

342

304

274

260

252

245 2~60

287

349

- --- -

10,699

357

0.293

0.33

July

372

350

342

350

36E

357

304

267

245

24F

267

312

342

365

387

402

380

*380

410

417

395

365

357

365

372

417

432

644

985

1,310

1,540

13,891

448

0.367

0.42

Aug.

1,210

1,040

955

864

74U

704

650

603

570

538

530

522

507

485

507

554

500

470

470

507

492

485

485

500

507

570

562

546

*554

578

612

18,817

607

0.498

0.57

Sept.

640

660

650

612

554

522

515

522

522

530

546

562

578

570

538

462

392

357

320

290

274

260

245

238

238

420

542

570

621

660

14,410

480

0.393

0.44

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,170 Win 231 Mean 1,215 Cfsm 0.996 In. 13.51

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,060 Min 238 Mean 1,048 Cfsm 0.859 In. 11.68

* Discharge measurement made on this lay. 

a No gage-height record; discharge -stimated on basis 

umbertori Steam Plant.

ecorded range stage and
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 197

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

Location.--Lat 34 C 03'25", long 79°14'50", near left bank on downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 501, at Galivants Ferry, Horry County, 1.0 mile downstream from Lake 

Swamp.

Drainage area. 2,790 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1956.

Gage.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 23.95 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 14 years, 2,758 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,270 cfs Oct. 1, Feb. 13, 14; maximum gage 

height, 9.65 ft Oct. 1, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge, 486 cfs 

Sept. 24.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 26,800 cfs Sept. 23, 1945 (gage height, 13.23 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum, 155 cfs Oct. 12, 13, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 16.0 ft in September 1928, from floodmark set by local resident .

Remarks.--Records good.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water ye

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

ie

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

8,810

8,370

7,930

7,090

6,690

7,090

7,510

7,510

7,510

6,690

5,910

5,210

4,590

4,050

3,810

3,390

3,190

3,010

2,830

2,670

2,510

2,370

2 , 230

1,990

1,890

1,800

1,640

1,500

1,440

1,390

1,550

133,970

4,322

1.55

1.79

Nov.

,320

,280

,280

,280

,280

,280

,280

,280

,240

,240

,280

,280

,280

,240

,240

,240

,210

,210

,210

,240

,280

,320

,350

,390

,440

,570

,640

,800

* ,800

,890

4 ,670

,356

.486

0.54

Dec.

1,990

1,990

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,370

2,370

2,370

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,110

2,110

1,990

1,890

1,890

1,800

1,720

1,640

1,640

1,570

1,500

1,500

1,440

62,400

2,013

0.722

0.83

Jan.

1,440

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,320

1, 80

1, 80

1, 30

1, 40

1, 40

1, 40

*1, 40

1, 40

1,320

1,320

1,390

1,440

1,500

1,640

1,720

1,800

1,890

1,990

2,110

2,110

45,210

1,458

0.523

0.60

Feb.

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,230

2,230

3,010

3,590

4,590

5,550

5,910

6, £90

7,930

9,270

9,270

8,370

7,930

7,510

6,690

6,290

5,910

5,550

5,550

5,210

5,210

5,210

5,210

5,210

5,550

5,550

------

157,550

5 , 433

1.95

2.10

Mar.

5,550

5,550

5,550

5,550

5,550

5,550

5,910

5 , 910

5,550

5,210

5,210

4,890

4,890

4,590

4,590

4,590

4,590

4,590

4,890

4,890

4,890

4,890

4,890

4,890

4,890

4,590

4,590

4,310

4,050

4,050

5,810

153,450

4,950

1.77

2.04

Apr.

5,810

3,810

3,590

3,590

3,390

3,190

3,190

3,010

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,830

3,010

3,190

3,190

3,390

3,390

3,390

3,390

3,190

3,190

3,190

3,010

2,830

2,670

2,510

2,510

2,250

92,940

3,095

1.11

1.24

May

2,110

1,990

1,990

2,110

2,110

2,230

2,830

3,390

3,810

4,310

4,890

4,590

4,590

4,310

4,050

3,810

3,390

3,190

3,010

2,830

2,510

2,230

1,990

1,800

1,640

1,390

1,280

1,140

1,000

895

 

82,241

2,653

0.951

1.10

June

792

826

965

1,040

965

965

895

826

758

758

724

690

*724

724

724

724

690

656

622

588

588

588

588

588

588

554

554

656

622

588

21,570

719

0.258

0.29

July

792

965

1,100

1,180

1,140

1,000

895

792

690

622

588

554

554

520

554

588

588

588

622

622

622

656

622

622

826

860

792

724

758

860 

930

23,226

749

0.268

0.31

Aug.

*965

1,040

1,100

1,180

1,210

1,280

1,320

1,240

1,210

1,100

1,040

965

895

860

826

960

826

826

792

792

860

,000

,100

,100

,100

,040

,100

,140

1,140

U100 

1,040

32,047

1,034

0.371

0.43

Sept.

965

930

895

895

965

965

1,040

1,140

1,180

1.210

1,210

1,180

1,100

1,070

1,040

1,000

965

895

826

*758

656

588

554

520

554

622

724

860

965

1,070

27,342

911

0.327

0.36

Calendar year 1955: Max 13,400 Min 554 Mean 2,639 Cfsm 0.946 In. 12.84

Water year 1955-56: Max 9,270 Min 520 Mean 2,384 Cfsm 0.854 In. 11.63

Discharge measurement made on this day.
198 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Black River near Gable, S. C.

Location.--Lat 33°54'00", long 80°09'55", near left bank on downstream side of McBrlde 

Crossing on U. 3. Highway 378, 1 mile downstream from Church Branch and 6.3 miles 

northwest of Gable, Clarendon County.

Drainage area.--401 sq ml.

Records available.--June 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 95 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

Dec. 9, 1955, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--5 years, 256 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 835 cfs Feb. 9 (gage height, 3.58 ft); no flow 

 July 17, 18.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 4,150 cfs Sept. 3, 1952 (gage height, 5.22 ft, from

graph based on gage readings); no flow July 10-17, Aug. 2 to Oct. 17, 1954, July 17,

18, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record and those between 15 and 100 cfs, which are fair, and those below 15 cfs, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 18 to Jan. 27)

1.3 

1.5

1.8

1.9 

2.1 34

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

70

158

355

553

805

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

50

a47

54

58

60

66

87

103

106

106

108

106

106

106

103

103

*103

100

100

94

89

80

77

72

70

64

62

60

64

68 

80

2,552

82.3

0.205

0.24

Nov.

84

87

89

92

97

103

103

. HI

111

117

123

126

134

130

130

137

137

144

148

162

183

199

195

195

222

262

272

267

262

262

4,684

156

0.389

0.43

Dec.

262

262

256

251

282

288

277

277

282

282

277

272

267

262

256

251

246

241

237

232

227

227

227

227

227

227

227

227

218

*218 

222

7,734

249

0.621

0.72

Jan.

222

227

227

227

232

232

232

222

222

218

218

208

208

204

204

i95

199

195

218

237

246

256

267

293

509

309

304

293

277

262 

*256

7,419

239

0.596

0.69

Feb.

251

246

251

262

293

411

532

637

791

768

663

591

525

504

490

476

443

424

398

405

405

398

398

411

411

411

424

539

*525

------

13,288

458

1.14

1.23

Mar.

497

504

504

504

504

490

470

457

430

405

386

374

361

349

355

457

532

553

568

561

525

497

470

443

424

405

392

380

405

*424 

424

14,050

453

1.13

1.30

Apr.

430

450

457

443

450

463

437

424

437

430

463

470

a463

a457

a457

a470

a483

*476

463

463

443

424

398

374

355

338

315

298

282

272

12,585

420

1.05

1.17

May

262

262

272

282

277

277

288

298

298

288

298

309

304

282

267

246

218

195

178

166

151

144

130.

Ill

100

92

84

77

72

66 

*64

6,358

205

0.511

0.59

June

75

184

237

227

178

144

108

89

75

64

58

48

39

28

16

10

7

6

7

7

6

5

5

4

2

1

2

*12

15

57

1,716

57.2

0.143

0.16

July

66

66

52

39

34

30

28

22

14

10

8

7

5

4

3

2

0

0

3

26

36

45

34

26

28

32

49

70

92

114 

117

1,062

34.3

0.086

0.10

Aug.

120

*114

114

117

111

106

106

106

97

77

58

97

106

103

103

137

148

154

144

137

162

170

174

170

162

144

130

114

103

*100 

92

3,776

. 122

0.304

0.35

Sept.

82

IS.

174

262

298

405

374

309

262

232

298

298

272

251

222

191

166

151

137

117

103

94

84

80

110

168

218

241

241

246

6,165

206

0.514

0.57

Calendar year 1955 : Max 518 Mln 40 Mean 185 Cfsm 0.461 In. 6.27

Water year 1955-56 : Max 795 Mln o Mean 222 Cfsm 0.554 In. 7.55

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis 

and record for preceding and following days.

corded range In stage, weather records,
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 199

Black River at Klngstree, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°39'40", long 79"50'10", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

U. 3. Highway 52 at Kingstree, Williamsburg County, 1.0 mile downstream from Kingstree 

Swamp Canal.

Drainage area. 1,260 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1929 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1893 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 25.66 ft above mean sea level, datura of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 7, 1934, tape gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge. 27 years, 745 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,670 cfs Mar. 5 (gage height, 9.96 ft); minimum, 8 cfs June 27.

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 29,100 cfs Sept. 20, 1945 (gage height, 16.07 ft); 

minimum, 2 cfs Sept. 12-15, Oct. 7, 8, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 18.0 ft Sept. 21, 1928 (discharge, 41,600 cfs, from rating 

curve extended above 27,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

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

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1032: 1928(M), drainage area. WSP 1333: 1930(M), 1931, 

1936.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 22, July 1 to Aug. 26, 

Sept. 29, 30)

1.1 

1.4

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

Oct. 1 to May

33 6.0

48 7.0

87 8.0

175 9.0

288 10.0

May 9 to Sept. 30

618

850

1,170

1,720

2,670

1.0 

2.0

13

20

34

104

3.0 199

5.0 462

7.0 898

8.0 1,240

9.0 1,790

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

128

155

190

185

170

160

155

155

155

146

132

124

115

115

111

107

103

97

90

85

80

74

69

64

58

54

49

46

46

48

44

3,310

107

0.085

0.10

Nov.

42

40

38

38

37

36

36

34

34

36

39

42

44

48

50

*53

53

52

52

51

52

53

54

55

63

86

111

137

155

175

1,796

59.9

0.048

0.05

Dec.

190

206

217

228

234

239

251

257

269

282

288

288

282

275

275

269

257

245

234

222

228

222

212

206

200

195

190

175

170

165

160

7,131

230

0.183

0.21

Jan.

160

160

160

160

155

155

150

150

146

142

*142

137

137

132

132

132

137

142

155

180

206

234

251

280

314

342

356

356

356

364

364

6,387

206

0.163

0.19

Feb.

356

342

342

356

394

602

850

1,020

1,130

1,170

1,310

1,470

1,650

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,650

1,530

1,360

1,260

1,170

*1,130

1,060

1,020

960

960

932

1,080

1,420

_ _ _ _ -

31,684

1,093

0.867

0.94

Mar.

1,720

1,870

2,130

2,440

2,550

2,550

2,440

2,230

2,040

1,790

1,590

1,470

1,310

1,170

1,090

1,220

1,420

1,720

1,950

2,230

2,330

2,440

2,230

2,040

1,870

1,720

1,530

1,360

1,220

1,130

1,090

55,890

1,803

1.43

1.65

Apr.

1.020

990

960

932

904

876

824

774

726

682

*704

750

798

824

824

876

960

960

932

876

824

798

750

704

638

598

540

504

452

418

23,418

781

0.620

0.69

May

418

452

486

618

578

504

678

1,140

1.540

1,480

1,430

1,380

1,240

1,090

871

630

440

326

262

216

188

163

144

121

102

83

71

62

66

63

49_

16,891

545

0.433

0.50

June

42

48

94

153

130

*94

65

48

38

30

26

22

20

18

17

16

15

14

13

13

12

11

10

9

9

9

8

9

15

22

1,030

34.3

0.027

0.03

July

60

116

153

108

76

54

39

30

23

19

17

15

13

13

14

12

IS

16

19

21

39

30

29

31

32

27

24

26

29

29

26

1,155

37.3

0.030

0.03

Aug.

*22

202~9

76

112

102

72

56

49

45

38

30

24

24

30

59

35

81

148

173

187

280

387

401

345

268

199

158

126

98

84

3,758

121

0.096

0.11

Sept.

70

55

45

36

30

24

35

108

91

74

73

74

*82

92

97

93

79

75

168

83

60

51

42

36

64

232

226

210

199

188

2,792

93.1

0.074

0.08

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,730 Mln 34 Mean 429 Cfsm 0.340 In. 4.63

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,550 Min 8 Mean 424 Cfsm 0.337 In. 4.58

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Catawba River near Marion, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°42'20", long 32°02 I 10", on right bank 15 ft downstream from bridge on 

U. S. Highway 221, 0.2 mile downstream from Tom Creek, and 2.2 miles northwest of 

Marion, McDowell County. Records include flow of small tributary which enters above 

control.

Drainage area. 171 sq mi (including area of small tributary which enters above control). 

Records available. October 1941 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,208 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

19S9, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--15 years, 298 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,290 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 5.08 ft); minimum, 36 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 0.61 ft).

1941-56: Maximum discharge, 19,700 cfs Aug. 28, 1949 (gage height, 15.02 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 10,000 cfs on basis of logarithmic plotting and contractedopening determinations at gage heights 15.02 and 19.34 ft; minimum, 28 cfs Sept. 30, 

Oct. 1, 5, 1954 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

Maximum stage known, 19.34 ft Aug. 13, 1940 (discharge, 71,400 cfs, from rating 

curve extended above 10,000 cfs as explained above).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation for short periods at low flow caused by 

powerplant above station.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1032: 1942, 1943(P).

Rating table,

height,

water

in fee

0.6

.7

.9

1.2

1.5

year 1955-56, except

t, and discharge, in

35

45

73

129

205

perio

cubic

2.0

2.5

3.0

4.0

5.0

ds of ice effect

feet per second)

377

600

865

1,510

2,220

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

IE

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

172

194

134

129

145

103

100

197

180

134

100

111

134

111

119

134

94

101

129

*90

88

94

136

123

87.

87

94

129

147

134

125

3,855

124

0.725

0.84

Nov.

88

100

123

38

94

123

94

107

125

119

170

105

123

134

101

100

107

*127

127

107

96

113

147

103

103

157

105

100

107

136

3,429

114

0.667

0.75

Dec.

88

96

121

143

115

119

134

96

109

111

138

119

b87

b92

125

b85

b80

98

129

109

85

85

92

125

105

87

85

90

117

85

62

3,232

104

0.608

0.70

Jan.

82

103

117

82

*80

87

109

85

b75

85

83

94

113

78

78

83

117

78

87

119

83

82

96

145

100

98

125

90

92

111

14C

2,997

96.7

0.565

0.65

Feb.

94

157

252

340

333

1,220

858

447

355

297

479

447

*362

311

276

243

356

500

423

*423

362

311

280

269

280

3O4

283

276

246

------

- --- -

10,784

372

2.18

2.35

Mar.

202

230

262

217

199

214

205

194

174

197

197

202

227

297

355

953

69T

496

407

366

336

318

308

300

286

276

2^9

*249

249

233

214

9,323

301

1.76

2.03

Apr.

202

205

211

199

194

368

400

311

272

243

557

602

439

385

512

1,550

728

550

455

407

370

351

333

311

286

220

211

202

243

259

11,576

386

2.26

2.52

May

236

259

443

500

377

322

308

276

*249

233

233

230

214

199

191

177

147

162

185

167

136

145

160

154

131

147

177

150

117

152

194

6,771

218

1.27

1.47

June

131

119

123

136

101

1O3

111

143

94

96

136

134

83

82

96

125

90

76

15T

150

101

105

140

100

90

121

78

76

105

155

. _____ _

3,350

112

0.655

0.73

July

168

125

113

105

113

183

185

T7o

*134

1O9

90

119

153" 76

109

129

109

90

127

103

131

180

179

151

96

98

145

83

76

90

105

3,794

122

0.713

0.83

Aug.

90

96

123

83

80

92

57

55

75

52

49

55

62

64

43

45

46

70

50

45

*93

109

54

48

46

46

49

73

54

43

il

1,988

64.1

0.375

0.43

Sept.

53

76

55

58

61

186

152

68

61

62

68

50

48

43

45

68

40

39

62

133

74

49

48

45

98

568

423

*211

134

134

3,212

107

0.626

0.70

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,400 Min 72 Mean 223 cfsm 1.34 In. 18.16

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,550 Min 39 Mean 176 Cfsm 1.03 In. 14.00

discharge (base, 5,400 cfs).--No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 201

Linville River at Branch, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°47'50", long 81°53'20", on right bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 126 at Branch, Burke County, and 0.2 mile upstream from Lake James.

Drainage area.--65 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--May 1907 to December 1908 (fragmentary, published as "at Fonta Flora"), 

June 1922 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,205.87 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. May 1907 to December 1908 staff gage 1.2 miles 

downstream at different datum. June 7, 1922, to July 5, 1937, staff gage at present 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--34 years (1922-56), 137 efs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,690 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.18 ft); minimum, 2 cfs Jan. 9, result of freezeup; minimum daily, in cfs Jan. 9.

1907-8, 1922-56: Maximum discharge, 39,500 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 11.4 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 6,400 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak 

flow; minimum, that of Jan. 9, 1956; minimum daily, 8 cfs Sept. 7-9, 1925.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage about 0.4 ft lower than that of Aug. 13, 1940.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 892: 1928-29, 1935, 1937.

Ratiiig table, water

height, in feel 

1.3

1.5

1.7

1.9

year 1955-56,

13

24

45

76

except peri

2 . 2

£ .5

3.U

4.0

ods of ice

feet per £ 

147

261

550

1,490

effect (gage

iecond)

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

IE

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

46

45

45

41

39

37

37

84

84

52

43

39

38

39

37

35

35

33

33

*33

31

31

30

^0

29

28

28

28

46

61

41

1,258

4O. 6

0.625

0.72

Nov.

35

33

3E

31

31

31

31

35

33

35

52

55

48

44

51

51

51

*55

51

69.

55

49

45

48

44

59

62

52

b35

b50

1,333

44.4

0.683

0.76

Dec.

b40

49

48

51

59_

55

49

45

48

43

35

b30

b30

b35

b40

b£5

b30

40

45

41

37

31

40

39

43

45

41

38

34

37

37

1,260

40.6

0.625

0.72

Jan.

bEO

b30

40

37

*31

30

37

b20

blO

29

35

35

33

28

30

b30

bE5

31

34

35

3£

28

3 7

41

38

37

26

35

35

43

8i

1,036

33.4

0.514

0.59

Feb.

61

64

147

184

170

384

392

218

164

139

191

227

*170

139

123

113

162

375

284

*231

191

164

139

128

125

167

131

134

120

__-__-_

------

5,237

181

2.78

3.00

Mar.

110

106

103

134

113

103

98

142

147

125

115

108

106

118

167

561

448

£94

E44

195

170

154

139

134

134

120

113

*106

106

103

ii

4,910

158

2.43

E.81

Apr.

88

90

L60

120

103

136

£31

167

142

1E8

175

22.7

199

170

193

1,080

467

318

248

203

173

154

142

128

118

110

106

98

94

92

5,858

195

3.00

3.35

May

96

98

125

147

1E3

110

226

147

*125

110

103

92

86

82

78

76

71

68

62

59

59

56

53

56

56

52

52

52

51

58

56

2,685

86.6

1.33

1.54

June

51

49

45

44

43

41

4O

38

37

48

48

38

33

31

29

31

32

31

29

28

31

32

31

S8

26

24

23

23

21

21

1,026

34.2

0.526

O.59

July

58

88

59

51

125

106

119

76

*69

71

55

43

39

45

58

51

59

55

49

48

48

45

37

37

37

33

32

30

28

£5

25

1,701

54.9

0.845

0.97

Aug.

26

44

33

28

27

26

23

21

£0

19

19

18

18

17

17

16

16

16

16

16

*21

23

26

20

18

17

16

19

18

16

20

65O

21.0

0.323

0.37

Sept.

16

16

IB

35

28

44

104

45

29

23

22

2O

2O

18

17

16

16

16

15

15

20

19

17

19

32

152

369

*154

86

62

1,463

48.8

0.751

0.84

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,910 Min £5 Mean 108 Cfsm 1.66 In. 22.52

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,080 Min 10 Mean 77.6 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.26

Peak discharge (ba

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ic

1.600 cfs).--Apr. 16 (7 a.m.) 1,690 cfs (4.18 ft).

459558 O - 58 - 14
202 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Lower Little River near All Healing Springs, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°57', long 81°14', on left bank 0.3 mile downstream from Grassy Creek, 

0.4 mile upstream from Lambert Creek, 2.2 miles northeast of All Healing Springs, and 

4 miles northwest of Taylorsville, Alexander County.

Drainage area. 31.2 sq mi.

Records available. January 1953 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 1,070 ft (by barometer).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 706 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.78 ft); minimum, 

3.0 cfs Aug. 28, 31 (gage height, 0.55 ft).

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 1,040 cfs Jan. 22, 1954 (gage height, 11.80 ft); minimum, 2.9 cfs Sept. 20, 21, 1955.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, waber year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Dec. 12-14, 16-17, 22)

1.0 

1.2

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6

1.5 

1.8 

2.1 

2.5

Feb. 6 to Sept. 30

5.4 

7.5

0.5 

.6 

.7 

.8

1.0

2.3 

3.7 

5.4 

7.5

13

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

5.0

126

307

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

o

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

zo

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

7.5

8.0

6.9

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

11

7.5

6.4

6.0

5.8

6.4

9.5

6.7

6.2

6.0

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

6.2

6.2

*6.0

7.5

6.7

'

202.7

6.54

0.210

0.24

Nov.

6.0

6.2

6.0

5.8

6.0

6.0

6.4

6.7

6.0

*7.3

8.8

6.9

6.4

7.8

7.8

7.1

6.2

6.0

7.8

7.3

6.9

6.7

6.9

7.3

7.5

9.5

8.5

8.0

7.5 

7.5

210.8

7.03

0.225

0.25

Dec.

7.8

8.5

8.5

9.2

9.0

8.2

8.2

8.2

*8.5

8.5

8.2

8.2

8.5

8.0

7.8

8.2

7.5

8.0

8.2

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.2

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.8

8.0

8.0 

8 . 0

7 . 8

253.0

8.16

0.262

0.30

Jan.

8.2

8.0

8.5

8.5

8.2

8.5

8.5

8.0

*8.2

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.2

8.2

8.5

9.0

9.0

8.8

10

11

9.8

9.5

10

12

11

11

11

10

11 

11

11

290.1

9.36

0.300

0.35

Feb.

11

14

25

24

21

63

40

*25

20

17

27

25

20

17

16

15

24

35

28

27

22

19

17

17

20

17

16

15

14

651

22.4

0.718

0.78

Mar.

13

13

14

15

*13

12

12

13

12

12

13

12

12

16

23

101

66

40

30

25

22

20

19

18

17

16

16

15

15 

15

15

655

21.1

0.676

0.78

Apr.

14

15

18

15

14

44

48

31

25

21

98

118

58

*41

91

305

83

59

45

37

32

29

26

*25

23

22

21

20

20

19

1,417

47.2

1.51

1.69

May

19

20

36

34

27

24

23

20

18

18

17

*16

15

14

15

17

14

13

12

12

12

12

11

12

11

11

11

10

1011

14

509

16.4

0.526

0.61

June

14

39

18

14

12

11

11

9.5

9.2

11

10

9.0

9.2

8.2

8.0

10

9.5

8.5

8.5

9.0

9.0

8.0

7.1

6.7

6.2

*6.2

6.2

5.4

5.1 

5.4

303.9

10.1

0.324

0.36

July

6.0

5.6

6.9

7.3

8.8

7.5

8.0

7.1

19

11

7.8

6.4

7.5

8.0

6.9

6.9

6.9

5.8

63

16

15

12

10

*9.0

11

10

9.0

8.8

8.0 

7.3

7.3

329.8

10.6

0.340

0.39

Aug.

7.3

6.9

8.2

8.0

6.9

6.0

5.2

5.1

*4.7

4.4

4.2

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.7

3.9

8.4

5.8

4.9

4.4

4.0

3.9

*3.4

3.4

3.9 

3.3

5.6

150.6

4.86

0.156

0.18

Sept.

6.8

5.2

7.2

8.8

12

35

20

11

8.2

7.3

6.9

6.4

5.8

5.4

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.4

4.6

4.9

4.2

4.4

4.2

6.8

*6.0

65

124

43

25 

19

476.2

15.9

0.510

0.57

Calendar year 1955: Max 340 Min 3.1 Mean 17.4 Cfsm 0.558 In. 7.55

Water year 1955-56: Max 305 Min 3.3 Mean 14.9 Cfsm 0.478 In. 6.50

Peak discharge (base. 550 cfs).--Apr. 16 (2 a.m.) 706 cfs (8.78 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 203

Catawba River at Catawba, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°43', long 81°04', on right bank at downstream side of bridge on D. S. 

Highways 64 and 70, half a mile upstream from Lyle Creek, five-eighths of a mile upstream from Southern Railway bridge, and I mile northeast of Catawba, Catawba County. 

Records include flow of Lyle Creek.

Drainage area. 1,535 sq mi, includes that of Lyle Creek.

Records available --July 1896 to April 1902 (gage heights only, 1900, 1902), November 

1934 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 746.49 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 1596 to April 1902 wire-weight gage at 

bridge five-eighths of a mile_downstream at different datum.

Average discharge. 24 years (18a6-99, 1935-56), 2,226 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,020 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 7.09 ft); minimum, 96 cfs Aug. 5, 6 (gage height, 2.15 ft); minimum daily, 105 cfs Aug. 5.

1896-1902, 1934-56: Maximum discharge, 177,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 

36.8 ft, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 24,000 cfs on basis of 

computation by Duke Power Co. of peak flow over dam; minimum, 90 cfs Sept. 19, 1954 

(gage height, 2.10 ft); minimum daily, 101 cfs July 12, 1953.

Maximum stage known, 44.1 ft July 16, 1916, affected by failure of earth dike at 

Lookout Shoals Dam, 4 miles above station, from information furnished by State Highway 

and Public Works Commission.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Flow regulated by four reservoirs above station, which have a combined usable capacity 

of 14,975,000,000 cu ft.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1936-38. WSP 952: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Way 18

118

158

£60 

465

Way 19 to Sept. 3O

107

137

2.8 408

3.3 910

4.0 1,900

5.0 3,460

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Ttotal

Mean

(t)

Oct.

1,020

296

388

676

706

557

478

350

158

1,530

1,760

898

970

990

366

146

733

661

676

676

1,110

172

138

934

580

998

1,150

684

220

142

829

20,997

677

+ 60

Nov.

614

1,160

1,2OO

899

612

172

1,180

1,550

1,440

996

906

452

150

543

1,510

1,150

1,110

1,070

403

154

1,680

1,3OO

2,120

£98

768

324

167

1,320

2,120

1,500

28,868

96L

-293

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dee.

1,640

1,500

904

240

2,040

1,640

1,420

1,170

2E1

238

402

1,080

584

1,140

932

839

269

150

498

464

484

287

150

134

150

130

232

378

475

364

196

20,331

656

+44

Jan.

278

302

993

1,020

1,230

930

94E

286

1,680

1,580

1,160

1,050

814

150

167

1,360

1,160

496

736

588

163

186

1,200

840

1,160

760

766

196

134

942

 1,030

24,303

784

-169

Feb.

666

874

768

390

266

2,050

470

278

1,510

1 , 940

5,050

2,000

2,820

2,850

2,880

1,270

1,440

249

186

846

921

2,08O

E,3£0

2,290

598

267

2,730

2,720

2,240

 

43,951

1,516

+ 770

War.

1,990

1,820

1,860

236

1,980

1,600

1,100

1,810

1,360

880

191

1,100

96O

1,320

1,450

906

314

232

2,280

2,030

2 .SOU

2 ,500

1,730

252

248

2,100

1,510

1,570

1,080

1,170

293

40,372

1,302

+538

Apr.

265

1,530

1,810

1,030

1,780

2,720

410

196

2,570

2,720

3,300

1,720

1,440

777

691

5,180

4,070

2,840

3,820

4,800

3,090

906

3,250

*4,630

4,630

4,420

2,450

430

205

2,180

69,880

2,329

+378

Way

2,120

1,450

4.240

1,000

278

196

2,470

2,270

1,760

2,040

1,670

458

182

2,620

2,240

945

928

1,280

180

157

1,440

1,890

1 , 140

2 , 000

840

462

310

1,950

728

1,060

1,440

41,724

1,346

-56

June '<

1,010

171

137

714

1,270

1,020

1,180

993

180

137

1,610

1,170

1,380

1,440

813

131

116

1,150

904

734

980

540

364

164

1,410

1,590

2,080

1,410

1,220

326

26,344

878

-213

July

110

107

TTo

608

238

294

131

293

574

460

378

494

113

141

122

1 , 400

2,050

2,040

2,440

253

448

131

1,320

818

1,400

1,900

1,910

134

508

1,260

 1,120

23,305

752

+111

Aug.

538

660

252

116

105

*1,240

832

712

858

746

125

128

1,350

1,510

1,400

1,290

782

392

245

1,830

1,700

1,230

1,080

929

131

119

1,100

1,760

2,060

1,180

2 , 120

28,520

920

-476

Sept.

148

110

192

1,050

1,180

1,080

422

417

180

a!80

al,340

1,340

1,670

1,880

406

287

al,400

1,930

1,600

1,190

1,230

246

107

1,640

847

2,600

5.410

800

542

221

29,645

988

+88

Observed Adjusted

lax 5,140 Mln 126 Mean 1,221 Mean 1,371 Cfsm 0.893 In. 12.12

lax 5,180 Mln 105 Mean 1,088 Mean 1,150 cfsrn 0.749 In. 10.20

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

 t Change In contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, In Bridgewater, Rhodhiss, Oxford, and 

Lookout Shoals Reservoirs; furnished by Duke Power Co.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and powerplant 

records.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Henry Fork near Henry River, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°41', long 81°24' , on left bank 450 ft downstream from highway bridge at 

site of old Link Ford, l£ miles downstream from Burke-Catawba County line, and 2 miles 

southeast of village of Henry River, Burke County.

Drainage area. 80 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--July 1925 to November 1931, December 1941 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 890.99 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 30, 1931, at site 450 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--20 years (1925-31, 1942-56), 120 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,480 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.81 ft); minimum, 4.3 cfs Sept. 2; minimum daily, 4.9 cfs Sept. 2.

1925-31, 1941-56: Maximum discharge, 15,300 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 18.40 ft, 

site then in use), from rating curve extended above 2,300 cfs on basis of computation 

of peak flow over dam at Henry River, at gage height 29.2 ft; minimum, 3 cfs Dec. 20, 

1942; minimum daily, 4 cfs Nov. 15, Dec. 20, 1942.

Maximum stage known, 29.2 ft Aug. 13, 1940, at former site, from floodmarks (discharge, 31,300 ofs).

Remarks. Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by 

mill above station. An average of about 3 cfs was diverted for water supply by city of 

Morganton and Morganton State Hospital and discharged into Catawba River.

Revisions (water years). WSP 952: 1928, 1930.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Dec. 15-18)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 17

3.5 3.8 1.0

.6 6.8 1.2

.7 11 1.6

Discharge, In cubic feet pel

Dec. 18 to Sept. 30

0.5 

.6

1.0

1.2

3.8 

7.0

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

125

264

625

1,070

1,520

:cond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

25

129

114

66

45

40

44

34

64

62

50

*40

47

60

10

11

49

39

39

39

39

8.9

9.3

45

34

36

37

38

33

7.6

37

1,331.8

43.0

0.538

0.62

Nov.

39

39

40

40

33

6.5

37

39

40

*45

39

31

8.1

35

38

38

38

38

33

8.1

36

37

38

38

38

53

8.9

56

60

38

1,067.6

35.6

0.445

0.50

Dec.

39

58

36

7.2

35

37

36

37

*39

42

28

41

19

43

26

29

32

8.2

36

46

45

9.2

8.2

8.2

17

29

29

42

40

41

21

964.0

31.1

0.389

0.45

Jan.

9.2

44

42

42

43

44

35

8.2

41

43

9.2

41

46

9.0

7.8

40

43

45

25

*42

8.2

7.0

40

37

41

41

41

35

8.2

43

42

L,002.8

32.3

0.404

0.47

Feb.

41

47

117

226

161

835

380

166

111

91

192

223

134

98

84

75

100

153

141

132

115

100

87

80

78

82

73

77

67

------

------

4,266

147

1.84

1.98

Mar.

67

64

60

61

*62

68

54

50

47

58

52

60

51

61

76

377

308

161

119

96

84

78

73

67

64

67

62

61

72

66

52

2,678

86.4

1.08

1.24

Apr.

52

62

66

60

54

207

282

139

105

87

262

450

220

148

182

1,500

342

*214

164

136

119

111

107

98

94

89

85

82

82

118

-------

5,517

184

2.30

2.56

May

103

98

347

202

146

119

111

101

89

85

85

*77

75

77

69

66

62

60

55

58

62

56

55

55

54

46

54

61

52

64

84

2,728

88.0

1.10

1.27

June

82

84

67

61

46

60

49

46

36

44

46

47

43

54

55

78

8.2

65

30

27

42

43

10

7.4

36

*39

38

40

39

70

-- -- -

1,392.6

46.4

0.580

0.65

July

179

62

46

412

351

145

126

85

80

78

64

56

54

36

48

68

67

55

468

176

94

80

73

61

70

61

72

47

45

58

54

3,371

109

1.36

1.57

Aug.

55

54

58

35

8.7

42

54

55

*38

36

7.0

8.2

34

37

38

23

36

11

258

90

63

62

55

55

40

6.2

*22

40

58

47

38

1,464.1

47.2

0.590

0.68

Sept.

22

4.9

38

9.6

42

37

60

20

7.8

38

38

44

45

18

6.2

7.0

42

28

6.6

23

43

6.2

6.2

47

50

330

432

144

82

62

1,739.5

58.0

0.725

0.81

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,140 Min 5.6 Mean 63.5 Cfsm 0.794 In. 10.78

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,300 Min 4.9 Mean 75.2 Cfsm 0.940 In. 12.80

Peak discharge (base, 2.8OO efa).--No peak above base.

Discharge ement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 20 

Indian Creek near Laboratory, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°25'20", long 81 0 15'50", on left bank 250 ft upstream from remains of 

Rudisill Mill dam, half a mile upstream from highway bridge, 1-jjr miles upstream from 

mouth, l|- miles south of Laboratory, Lincoln County, and 3-=? miles south of Lincolnton.

Drainage area. 68.4 sq mi.

Records available. August 1951 fco September 1956.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 736 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 5 years, 66.7 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,450 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.91 ft); minimum, 6.0 cfs Sept. 18, 19. 21 (gage height, 0.62 ft).

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 5,030 cfs Mar. 4, 1952 (gage height, 8.74 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,300 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam at 

gage heights 6.27 and 8.74 ft; minimum, 4.6 cfs Oct. 8, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

30

49

101

156

231

362

444

564

750

1,090

1,540

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

619

354

95

54

43

36

30

45

40

30

*29

28

26

26

26

26

25

25

25

24

24

24

24

23

23

23

23

23

28

24

1,873

60.4

0.883

1.02

Nov.

24

24

*24

23

23

24

25

26

24

30

43

*28

26

26

26

25

24

24

36

30

28

26

26

30

29

38

30

29

28

26

825

27.5

0.402

0.45

Dec.

26

28

29

29

29

28

28

28

29

28

26

26

25

b26

26

24

*b24

a25

a26

26

25

25

25

25

25

25

24

24

24

24

24

806

26.0

0.380

0.44

Jan.

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

23

24

24

24

23

23

23

22.

24

23

23

26

*30

26

26

28

41

32

29

28

28

28

28

26

800

25.8

0.377

0.43

Feb.

26

54

165

430

234

550

532

148

107

90

192

134

95

84

73

68

98

156

109

223

129

98

84

79

84

95

76

84

68

4,365

151

2.21

2.37

Mar.

63

63

61

61

*54

54

54

51

47

47

49

47

47

51

66

*520

254

123

93

81

73

68

63

59

56

54

54

49

59

56

49

2,526

81.5

1.19

1.37

Apr.

47

47

51

49

45

84

93

61

54

51

250

228

115

87

114

*1.140

278

134

101

90

81

76

71

66

63

61

59

59

56

54

3,765

125

1.83

2.05

May

61

59

162

121

76

66

79

79

59

56

54

49

47

45

41

40

38

38

38

36

36

36

34

34

34

*32

32

32

40

36

34

1,624

52.4

0.766

0.88

June

32

85

45

34

32

30

29

28

26

26

32

26

34

29

23

24

25

22

22

24

24

43

34

22

20

19

18

17

16

16

857

28.6

0.418

0.47

July

20

24

16

a85

*a40

75

56

25

140

199

28

23

22

23

23

24

99

25

23

38

38

22

20

20

19

18

19

18

16

16

!§_

1,229

39.6

0.579

0.67

Aug.

16

16

23

16

15

14

12

11

11

11

12

11

12

10

9.7

10

*9.0

9.0

17

18

17

17

14

12

12

12

12

10

12

30 

14

424.7

13.7

0.200

0.23

Sept.

12

10

10

11

16

20

14

13

10

9.7

9.7

9.7

9.0

8.4

7.8

7.3

6.4

6.4

6.4

7.3

6.4

6.4

6.8

6.8

10

646

817

143

76

54

1,976.5

65.9

0.963

1.07

Calendar year 1955: Max 619 Mln 9.0 Mean 46.8 Cfsm 0.684 In. 9.29

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,140 Mln 6.4 Mean 57.6 Cfsm 0.842 In. 11.45

Peak discharge (base, 1.500 cfs). No peak above base 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage and streamflow 

ontlnuLty. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Long Creek near Bessemer City, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°18'20 

bridge, 2 miles north' 

from mouth.

", long 81°14'05", on right bank at upstream side of highway 

heast of Bessemer City limits, Gaston County, and 8-5- miles u|pstream

Drainage area.--31.4 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1952 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 706.1 ft above mean sea level, datum of

^1929.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,020 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 5.30 ft); minimum not determined, occurred during period of no gage-height record; minimum daily, 

1.2 cfs Sept. 24 .

1952-56: Maximum discharge, 1,040 cfs May 21, 1955 (gage height, 5.33 ft); minimum, 

0.4 cfs Oct. 7, 1954; minimum daily, 0.8 cfs Oct. 7, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Bessemer City diverts out of basin approximately 1.5 cfs for water supply, causing 

slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

2.0

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15

3.6 2.4

6.8 3.O

10 3.5

16 4.0

35 4.5

Apr. 16 to Sept. 30

76

175

296

462

658

0.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

Not( 

table

1.7 

2.0 

2.4

1.0

3.8

7.2 

11

.--Same as preceding 

above 2.4 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

 i \ i i - i i i i i i 

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

418 

182

32

18

13

12

11

13

12

9.1

9.5

8.4

8.6

9.0

8.2

8.2

8.2

7.7

6.6

6.3

6.1

6.1

6.1

*6.1

5.8

6.1

6.3

5.4

770

6.8 

6 . 3

868.9

28.0

0.892

1.03

Nov.

e6.3

6.1

6.3

6.6

6.8

6.8

6.5

8.6

10

*7.7

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.2

6.3

6.1

10

9.0

7.5

7.2

7.7

8.2

7.7

9.3

9.1

7.9

7.2

7.2

223.6

7.45

0.237

0.26

Dec.

7.2 

7. 7

7.9

8.1

9.9

8.2

7.7

8.2

8.2

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.3

7.2

*6.8

7.2

8.8

7.0

6.5

8.1

6.8

6.8

6.6

6.5

6.3

6.1

6.3

6.8

8.1

228.4

7.37

0.235

O.Z7

Jan.

6.8 

6.5

8.1

6.8

6.3

6.0

6.6

7.9

6.1

6.3

7.7

6.1

7.3

7.7

6.8

6.8

7.9

6.0

11

*11

7.5

8.6

9.5

17

TT

10

9.1

8.2

9.9

8.8 

8.1

253.4

8.17

0.260

0.30

Feb.

8.6 

16

97

276

106

293

82

41

32

26

57

35

27

23

21

19

30

46

34

138

51

33

28

28

30

29

24

31

23

-----

1,684.6

58.1

1.85

2.00

Mar.

21 

24

23

22

*19

18

19

17

16

15_

16

15

18

19

28

"92 586

47

34

29

26

24

22

22

20

19

19

17

25

21 

17

1,310

42.3

1.35

1.55

Apr.

17

18

19

16

17

25

25

17

17

17

140

*74

37

30

73

*612 ~66

44

34

31

28

26

26

23

22

21

21

21

20

19

1,556

51.9

1.65

1.84

May

21 

22

148

182

T4

34

5O

41

30

26

24

22

21

18

18

16

16

16

15

13

14

14

15

16

*14

13

14

12

13

13 

12

927

29.9

0.952

1.10

June

26 

38

17

14

12

12

12

12

11

11

10

9.8

9.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.2

8.0

8.2

8.8

9.2

7.6

7.4

6.5

770

6.8

30

12

7.0

54

400.9

13.4

0.427

0.47

July

41 

11

11

17

*10

9.8

11

9.0

33

94

11

8.8

9.2

9.6

9.4

7.7

22

8.8

20

12

9.4

10

9.2

9.6

7.2

7.2

31

17

9.4

6.7

6.5

488.5

15.8

0.503

0.58

Aug.

5.8 

6.3

5.2

7.2

4.9

4.8

4.3

4.3

3.2

3.6

4.1

4.0

3.0

3.2

2.9

2.8

2.4

6.1

18

4.4

6.5

*5.8

3.6

3.5

4.3

3.2

4.6

3.6

6.1

4.4 

4.3

150.4

4.85

0.154

0.18

Sept.

3.2 

3.8

3.6

5.4

5.1

9.9

5.6

5.8

4.1

3.6

3.0

2.4

3.2

2.4

2.0

2.4

2.4

2.0

- 1.9

1.9

1.8

al.6

al.4

al.2

276

449

219

38

23

16

827.3

27.6

0.879

0.98

Calendar year 1955: Max 588 Min O.9 Mean 18.5 Cfsm 0.589 In. 7.97

Water year 1955-56: 5-56: Max Max 612 612______Min Min 1.2 1.2_____Mean Mean 24.4 24.4 Cfsm Cfsm 0.777 0.777 In. In. 10.56 10.56__________

ge (base. 650 cfs). Oct. 1 (2 a.m.) 832 cfs (4.90 ft)j Feb. 6 (11 a.m.) 700 cfs

. 16 (11 a.m. ) 924 cfs (5.12 ft); Apr. 16 (3 a.m.) 1,02O cfs (5.30 ft); May 3 (11 pjn.)

- »..__ ft); Sept. 26 (5 p.m.) 700 cfs (4.62 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of streamflow continuity and records for
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

South Fork; Catawba River at Lowell, H. C.

Location. Lat 35°17 I 09", long 81°06'04", on right bank 50 ft north of private mill road, 

120 ft downstream from Housers Creek, 1 mile north of Lowell, Gaston County, and 

3 miles downstream from Long Creek.

Drainage area. 630 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 603.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--14 years, 753 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,750 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.68 ft); minimum, 28 cfs Sept. 22 (gage height, 0.79 ft); minimum daily, 43 cfs Sept. 19.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 22,000 cfs Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 16.98 ft); 

minimum, 25 cfs Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 1954 (gage height, 0.75 ft); minimum daily, 31 cfs 

Oct. 8, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 21.33 ft in August 1940, from floodmarks (discharge, 34,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good except those below 200 cfs and those for period of no gage-height 

record, which are poor. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation for 

short periods at low flow caused by powerplant above station. City of Gastonia 

diverted for water supply an average of 4.5 cfs from Long Creek and 2.9 cfs from South 

Fork Catawba River. A part of the diversion is returned to Long Creek as sewage. For 

diversion by town of Morganton see Henry Fork near Henry River, and by Bessemer City 

see Long Creek near Bessemer City.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1002: 1943(m).

Hating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge 

In cubic feet per second)

112

230

379

550

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0 

10.0

1 040

1 720

2 500

1 500

7 200

Discharge cubic feet per second, water year O.tober 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22 

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Iota]

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,880

2,580

850

587

392

353

290

308

386

333

316

271

246

248

283

241

260

213

190

225

216

243 

168 

*20T

187

192

206

225

182

208

257

13,743

443

0.703

0.81

Nov.

227

211

198

227

214

182

230

249

237

195

334

306

303

252

227

184

235

222

252

279

285

243 

223 

233

252

274

277

345

211

238

7,345

245

0.389

0.43

Dec.

277

201

258

264

285

232

214

263

227

260

244

249

249

227

226

205

252

180

26T

250

215

208 

220 

238

219

222

222

 225

216

211

249

7,270

235

0.373

0.43

Jan.

225

238

216

232

215

244

227

225

*222

225

182

233

235

206

203

222

211

211

244

300

277

222 

267 

270

509

297

277

254

249

300

249

7,487

242

0.384

0.44

Feb.

217

32S

674

2,780

2,480

3,150

4,000

2,500

1,250

810

920

1,280

1,070

785

668

587

606

1,010

950

1,470

*1,070

810 

691 

623

609

668

626

626

587

33,843

1,167

1.85

2.00

Mar.

515

515

515

498

498

480

452

463

446

427

339

422

436

446

463

5,560

3,140

1,520

980

785

647

606 

568 

550

498

552

465

475

480

498

480

22,497

726

1.15

1.33

Apr.

422

463

463

446

417

498

967

920

668

568

1,180

*2,290

1,680

1,040

838

5,800

4,100

2,900

1,280

950

810

714 

691 

647

580

594

574

550

532

514

34,096

1,137

1.80

2.01

May

587

606

1,330

2.670

1,250

838

737

785

647

568

550

515

480

498

463

422

409

386

389

550

404

346 

376 

379

*360

525

525

347

325

353

360

18,580

593

0.941

1.09

June

344

569

587

475

528

557

310

285

337

230

285

292

244

279

254

293

181

297

256

230

239

252 

295 

186

219

197

150 54"9~

179

188

8,567

286

0.454

0.51

July

241

446

325

252

435

658

567

432

487

2,720

463

521

277

271

267

221

a550

a400

\ a 300

-I

I a250

*a240

240

255

285

237

257

220

12,645

408

0.648

0.75

Aug.

194

184

225

194

158

190

205

106

147

174

545

180

116

158

105

91

159

89

242

171

397

2~6T 

257 

193

166

163

194

119

88

197

5,655

182

0.289

0.53

Sept.

147

166

100

155

97

165

197

192

194

163

102

144

85

155

81

121

100

124

156" 43

72

51

61

76

157

2,690

5,800

3,280

1,110

647

16,611

554

0.879

0.98

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,860 

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,800 43

458

514

Cfsm 0.695 

Cfsm 0.816

In. 

In.

9.45

11.11

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage, 

and records for nearby streams.
208 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Catawba River near Rock Hill, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°59' , long 80°58', on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U. 3. 

Highway 21, 3? miles downstream from Catawba Dam, 5 miles northeast of Rock Hill, York 

County, and 7f miles upstream from Sugar Creek.

Drainage area.--3,050 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. September 1895 to July 1903, April 1942 to September 1956. Revised 

records for period September 1895 to July 1903 published in North Carolina Department 

of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34 and South Carolina Research, Planning, and 

Development Board Bulletin 17.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 492 ft (by barometer). Sept. 23, 1895, 

to July 31, 1903, chain gage at Southern Railway bridge, 2 miles downstream at different datum.

Average discharge .--21 years (1895-1902, 1942-56), 4,418 cfs .

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 14,600 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.77 ft); minimum, 269 cfs July 27 (gage height, 2.74 ft); minimum daily, 528 cfs Sept. 7.

1895-1903, 1942-56: Maximum discharge, 151,000 cfs May 23, 1901 (gage height, 24.15 

ft, site and datum then in use); minimum, 143 cfs Apr. 25, 1943 (gage height, 2.59 ft); 

minimum daily, 490 cfs Oct. 21, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by Catawba Reservoir (usable capacity, 6,542,000,000 cu ft) and by other 

powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years) .--WSP 1333: 1942-43(m), 1953(m). See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

425

534

1,210

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

2,120

4,670

11,500

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

676

1,380

4.760

3,710

3,520

2,420

1,250

614

548

3,150

2,400

4,380

3,920

3,230

1,460

844

2,150

1,970

2,530

2,350

1,280

846

672

930

1,810

1,260

1,240

849

760

752

1,120

58,781

1,896

-

-

Nov.

552

1,350

638

974

1,200

600

1,100

65O

1,100

1,400

650

900

60O

850

1,400

2,200

1,200

1,900

700

750

2,400

2,400

£,400

700

1,000

1,100

600

2,200

2,200

1,900

37,614

1,254

-

-

Dec.

2,600

TT300

950

700

1,800

600

1,030

1,870

1,340

1,140

1,080

1,740

746

1,750

1,100

1,460

842

820

1,010

598

846

702

644

711

744

730

756

610

642

668

775

32 , 304

1,042

-

-

Jan.

689

766

1,310

1,550

1,560

1,500

1,480

1,080

1,910

1,930

1,720

1,520

994

708

852

1,730

1,720

1,470

1,640

1,170

720

908

1,290

1,470

2,190

2,130

1,690

734

713

2,610

2,100

43,854

1,415

-

-

Feb.

2,190

1,510

1,170

756

764

1,090

5,870

6,830

8,790

8,790

8,790

3,580

4,050

4,440

5,480

4,580

4,870

997

1,350

3,370

3,440

8,310

9,110

6,170

3,090

1,890

5,930

3,530

3,290

- - - __

------

124,027

4,277

-

-

Mar.

4,080

3,340

2,780

858

3,470

2,910

4,520

*3,960

4,760

738

684

1,880

1,910

2,140

1,260

2,870

2,970

4,440

8,460

9.650

9,040

9,380

5,880

827

812

2,980

2,160

2,780

3,970

2,750

978

109,217

3,523

-

-

Apr.

816

2,620

2,970

2,690

2,42O

4,460

1,230

848

3,920

3,510

2,800

5,400

5,360

2,160

1,410

9,370

9,590

11,100

10,800

10,800

6,940

2,600

6,930

10,400

9,110

5,040

4,48O

1,090

632

3,770

. .-. -

145,266

4,842

-

-

May

4,960

2,570

6,540

8,970

6,370

4,190

6,610

6,860

5,280

5,880

2,850

1,380

679

4,890

2,810

2,230

2,460

1,560

698

725

2,130

2,490

2,760

1,620

1,160

543

707

2,590

1,960

1,840

2,600

98,912

3,191

-

-

June

1,120

558

610

980

1,470

996

1,150

798

626

643

2,200

2,080

1,670

1,650

800

776

617

2,680

1,260'

935

1,250

1,000

1,010

654

1,800

1,920

1,640

1,770

1,260

549

36,472

1,216

-

-

July

610

590

533

1,550

658

546

587

612

918

554

1,270

1,500

569

589

586

1,580

2,770

2,740

2,830

575

1,160

792

2,880

*2,270

1,140

1,610

1,870

921

648

1,730

1,220

38,408

1,239

-

-

Aug.

1,050

1,900

752

565

656

1,540

1,050

918

1,410

1,210

794

723

1,830

1,110

936

1,510

774

642

828

2,120

1,110

1,790

1,550

1,010

541

592

2,2OO

2,750

2,580

1,900

1,690

40,011

1,291

-

-

Sept.

596

596

622

932

1,070

802

528

557

822

2,490

586

1,410

1,580

826

781

682

2,430

2,040

1,630

1,100

1,010

793

617

1,150

1,220

995

7,690

10.900

1,370

1,070

48,875

1,629

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 11,500 Min 512 Mean 2,141 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 11,100 Min 528 Mean 2,223 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 5 to Dec. 6; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and 

iowerplant records at Catawba Reservoir.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte, N. C.

809

Location. Lat 35°09'20", long 80°51'10", on right bank 50 ft downstream from tributary 

on right, 500 ft downstream from Briar Creek, 600 ft upstream from sewage-disposal 

plant of city of Charlotte, and 4.7 miles south of city hall in Charlotte, Mecklenburg 

County.

Drainage area.--41.4 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1924 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 571.6 ft above mean 

sea level (city of Charlotte datum). Prior to Apr. 21, 1927, staff gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge.--32 years, 44.0 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,160 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 10.34 ft); minimum, 2.7 cfs Aug. 18 (gage height, 1.52 ft).

1924-56: Maximum discharge, 8,370 cfs Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 16.2 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 2,600 cfs on basis of slope-area determinations of peak flow at gage heights 10.42, 11.47, and 12.00 ft; minimum 1.2 cfs 

Sept. 27, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years).--VSP 1052: 1939-44.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

in cubic feet per second)

nd discharge,

1.5

1.6

1.7

2.2 

4.6 

9.0

126

277

1,250

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IB

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

674

155

32

19

*14

12

11

37

16

12

10

9.7

9.7

16

9.0

8.1

10

9.0

9.0

8.6

8.6

7.7

7.2

8.1

8.1

7.7

7.7

7.7

19

7.7 

7.7

1,178.3

38.0

0.918

1.06

Nov.

8.6

8.1

*10

7.2

6.4

6.4

7.2

7.7

8.1

86

20

11

9.0

9.0

10

9.0

8.6

9.0

96

19

12

11

21

15

25

23

13

12

12

10

510.3

17.0

0.411

0.46

Dec.

10

12

10

14

*12

9.7

9.0

9.0

10

8.1

8.1

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.1

8.1

8.1

8.6

9.0

9.0

9.7

8.6

8.1

8.1

7.7

871

8.1

9.0

15 

11

290.6

9.37

0.226

0.26

Jan.

8.1

8.1

8.6

9.0

8.6

8.6

8.1

7.7

8.1

9.0

10

9.0

8.6

8.1

8.1

8.1

9.7

*9.0

57

18

12

9.7

46

48

20

15

12

12

11

12 

11

438.2

14. 1

0.341

0.39

Feb.

12

62

150

226

96

410

80

39

30

27

75

33

25

22

23

20

186

95

108

284

58

37

30

31

43

35

79

134

37

-----

2,487

85.8

2.07

2.23

Mar.

28

59

35

31

*25

4

4

7

2

1

1

1

57

31

95

1,150

103

48

36

32

28

26

24

24

21

21

21

20

86

32 

24

2,197

70.9

1.71

1.97

Apr.

21

21

21

20

19

265

64

29

24

23

251

*67

37

31

50

"52 428

36

30

27

24

23

22

22

20

19

19

19

TR' 18

its

1,720

57.3

1.38

1.55

May

53

22

347

473

50

32

409

76

33

27

23

21

19

18

16

15

15

15

14

13

13

13

19

16

11

*10

10

18

16

12

11

1,840

59.4

1.43

1.65

June

19

53

13

11

10

9.7

9.0

8.6

8.1

7.7

8.6

9.0

7.7

7.2

7.2

7.2

6.8

6.4

6.4

6.4

*6.8

6.4

6.8

5.5

5.0

5.0

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

275.9

 9.20

0.222

0.25

July

4.6

5.0

4.6

101

14

10

14

6.4

109

254

15

8.1

7.2

10

7.2

6.4

11

6.8

30

24

11

6.8

6.9

11

*5.9

6.4

5.5

16

113

11 

7.7

829.5

26.8

0.647

0.75

Aug.

6.4

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.0

5.0

4.4

3.9

4.1

9.0

9.1

4.6

3.6

3.9

3.9

3.9

47

97

73

92

16

9.0

7.2

6.8

11

6.8

16

9.7

5.9 

5.5

493.3

15.9

0.384

0.44

Sept.

5.0

22

28

9.3

6.8

6.4

*52

36

6.8

5.5

5.5

5.0

4.6

4.6

4.4

3.9

3.6

3.9

4.1

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.6

3.6

33

670

137

33

19

14

1,141.5

38.0

0.918

3 .03

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,980 Mln 5.9 Mean 38.5 Cfsm 0.930 In. 12.64

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,130 . Min 3.4 Mean 36.6 Cfsm 0.884 In. 12.04

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 cfs). --Oct. 1 (2 a.m.) 2,880 cfs (9.77 ft); Mar. 16 (11 a.m.) 3,160

cfs (10.34 ft); May 3 (11 p.m.) 2,930 cfs (9.88 ft); May 7 (6 p.m.) 2,570 cfs (9.20 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
210 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Rocky Creek at Great Falls, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°34', long 80°55', on left bank 350 ft downstream from Turkey Branch, 

1 mile west of Great Falls, Chester County, and 1.6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--194 sq mi.

Records available.--February 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 299 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge.--5 years, 142 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,080 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 7.56 ft); minimum, 0.10 cfs Sept. 24.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 8,880 cfs Mar. 4, 1952 (gage height, 9.77 ft); minimum, 

0.04 cfs Oct. 6-13, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

o.oe

.30

.80

1.8

5.6

6.5

11

1.4 

1.8 

2.3 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

51

109

224

477

1,080

1,880

4,210

Discharge cubic feet per second, year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

137

752 188"

68

47

37

32

32

44

34

27

25

23

28

23

20 

20

20

19

18

18

17

17

*17

16.

16

16

16

18 

20

1,783

57.5

0.296

0.34

Nov.

16

16

16

18

18

18

18

19

19

34

96

46

31

27

26

26 

24

22

46

91

50

37

34

34

39

99

84

56

44 

38

1,142

38.1

0.196

0.22

Dec.

35

35

36

36

36

*39

36

34

34

30

30

30

28

27

30

29 

23

3T

30

30

29

28

28

29

29

29

27

26

26 

29

32

951

30.7

0.158

0.18

Jan.

29

29

28

28

27

27

27

26

24

29

28

27

26

26

25

26 

*26

25

38

78

51

39

40

206 192"

98

73

61

57 

55

51

1,522

49.1

0.253

0.29

Feb.

48

82

249

427

761

1,470

2,070

419

239

180

457

409

190

141

122

111 

285

583

230

803

826

244

163

130

124

134

185

686

318

12,086

417

2.15

2.32

Mar.

172

197

326

248

182

*138

118

104

90

83

83

82

80

83

*85

*2,480 

5,540

418

249

177

141

122

109

100

89

85

80

73

1ST

120

10,039

524

1.67

1.92

Apr.

95

86

80

76

73

105

244

115

88

78

879

1,700

372

218

167

5,180 

1,330

298

198

154

124

111

100

89

82

*78

74

71

67

66

10,598

547

1.79

2.00

May

62

64

699

452

182

120

187

402

162

109

89

76

67

58

51

45 

40

37

56

35

31

31

50

26

26

26

26

26

25 

25

24

5,249

105

0.541

0.62

June

24

130

68

*37

28

25

22

20

19

18

22

16

15

14

15

12 

12

11

9.6

9.6

11

11

9.6

7.8

6.5

8.6

7.2

5.9

4.8

38

635.6

21.2

0.109

0.12

July

29

52

22

20

15

9.2

8.9

11

21

19

11

7.0

5.5

5.0

5.5

5.0 

5.6

5.6

5.0

18

61

75

*16

9.6

16

17

12

13

11

36

26

570.5

18.4

0.095

0.11

Aug.

13

8.8

12

11

8.8

6.2

4.2

2.3

1.3

.72

.68

49

20

14

58

22 

10

8.4

11

21

26

20

11

8.3

5.6

4.5

5.6

5.6

3.4

3 2

19

590.60

12.6

0.065

0.07

Sept.

18

8.8

19

8.3

6.2

14

14

42

18

8.5

*5.0

4.2

3.4

2.5

1.7

1.2 

.71

.40

.19

.48

.62

.45

.19

.12

2.3

128

~SZ 146

25

15

544.26

18.1

0.095

0.10

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,290 Mln 5.3 Mean 111 Cf3m 0.572 In. 7.79

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,340 Mln 0.12 Mean 118 Cf3m 0.608 In. 8.29

Peak discharge (base, 2,BOO cfs) .--Feb. 7 (9i45 a.m.) 2.760 cfs (5.85 ft),- Mar. 17 (6:15 a.m.) 

5,080 cfs (7.56 ft); Apr. 16 (10 p.m.) 4,070 cfs (6.88 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Wateree River near Camden, S. C.

211

Location. Lat 34°14'40", long 80°39'15", in pier of bridge on U. S. Highway 1, 1,500 ft 

downstream from Twentyfivemile Creek, 4,000 ft upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad 

bridge, 2.2 miles west of Camden, Kershaw County, and 7.4 miles downstream from Wateree 

Dam.

Drainage area.--5.070 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. January to December 1903 (gage heights only) , September 1904 to June 

1910, October 1929 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected at site if miles 

downstream 1891-1934, at site 830 ft (revised) upstream January 1935 to September 1942, 

and at present site since October 1942, are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 119.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. January 1903 to June 1910 staff or chain gage 

at site l| miles downstream at different datura. Oct. 1, 1929, to Sept. 1, 1942, waterstage recorder at site 830 ft (revised) upstream at present datum.

Average discharge. 27 years (1929-56), 5,664 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,800 cfs Mar. 18 (gage height, 15.93 ft); minimum daily, 302 cfs July 6.

1904-10, 1929-56: Maximum discharge, 366,000 cfs (revised) Aug. 26, 1908 (gage 

height, 39.7 ft, site and datum then in use, from records of U. S. Weather Bureau), 

from rating curve extended above 122,000 cfs as described in following paragraph; minimum daily, 170 cfs June 3, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 40.4 ft July 18, 1916, at site ij miles downstream, from records 

of U. S. Weather Bureau (discharge, 400,000 cfs, revised, from rating curve extended 

above 122,000 cfs on basis of computation, by Duke Power Co., of peak flow of 382,000 

cfs over dam at Rocky Creek Reservoir).

Remarks. Records fair. Plow regulated at Wateree Reservoir (capacity, 7,626,000,000 

cu ft) and by other powerplants above station.

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

Revisions (water years) . WSF 802: 1930. WSP 952: Drainage area. WSP 1082: 1934(m) . 

Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 1905-10, 

superseding those published in WSP 168, 204, 242, 262, and 282, are given herewith:

Date

1905

Feb. 14

22

23

July 14

15

16

Aug. 10

11

12

13

14

Dec. 21

22

23

1906

Jan. 4

5

6

24

25

26

27

Discharge

32,600

48,600

37,700

40,300

63,800

39,200

26,800

31,700

52,300

46,200

30,800

24,200

51,400

36,400

32,000

51,400

32,300

41,500

48,OOO

32,900

40,300

Date

1906-Con.

Jan. 28

29

June 16

17

18

Aug. 30

31

Sept. 1

2

Oct. 20

21

22

1907

June 2

3

4

Nov. 24

25

Dec. 15

16

24

25

Discharge

35,800

36,800

30,200

31,700

27,900

29,300

43,900

48 , 000

24,200

43,900

49,200

26,600

27,100

32,600

24,200

27,100

31,700

40,300

40,300

52,300

48,600

Da be

1907-Con.

Dec. 26

31

1908

Jan. 1

8

9

12

13

14

Feb. 2

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Mar. 24

25

26

Oct. 25

26

Discharge

24,200

41,500

31,700

46,200

44,400

43,300

62,800

52,300

25,800

29,900

36,800

40,300

43,900

54,100

55,000

32,000

35,800

50,600

30,500

30,200

30,800

Date

1908-Con.

Oct. 30

31

Dec. 23

24

25

1909

May 2

3

21

22

23

24

June 4

5

6

7

1910

Mar. 2

3

Discharge

32,600

24,500

39,700

59,8OO

30,800

44,400

33,800

39,2OO

59,800

63,800

29,600

50,600

101,000

63,800

33,800

34,500

32,000

Month

Calendar year 1905.......

Calendar year 1906.......

Calendar year 1907.......

Maximum

63,800

51,400

52,300

Minimum

930

930

2,620

1,430

690

Mean

6,543

11,100

8,839

13,000

9,740

6,450

5,940

14,600

6,240

Per square 

mile

1.29

2.19

1.74

2.56

1.92

1.89

1.27

1.17

2.88

1.23

Runoff In 

Inches

2.93

17.54

23.66

2.95

26.06

2.11

17.27

1.30

3.32

16.71
212 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Wateree River near Caraden, S. C. Continued 

Revised figures of monthly discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1905-10 Continued

Month

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

Calendar year 1909.......

March 1910.. ...............

Maximum

50,600

101,000

101,000

34,500

Minimum

6,520

2,320

1,560

1,980

Mean

17,900

12,200

8,980

9,060

7,940

6,860

Per square 

mile

3.53

2.41

1.71

1.77

2.94

3.83

1.79

1.57

1.35

Runoff in 

inches

4.07

4.13

2.78

1.97

2.04

3.39

4.27

24.26

21.25

1.56

Discharge, iber 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,020

1,100

5,500

*7.450

6,420

6,230

5,560

3,310

770

4,010

4,590

4,520

3,720

3,260

3,660

846

3,540

2,790

3,330

3,200

1,780

1,030

1/49E

2,300

1,910

1,870

1,680

1,390

530

994

91,243

2,943

-

-

Nov.

1,680

2,160

1,730

1,830

2,210

828

1,170

1,310

1,770

1,990

1,960

1,990

678

1,180

2,000

2,110

2,420

2,830

3,700

1,940

4,100

2,500

2,730

1,740

1,850

2,140

850

2,730

3,340

2,890

62,356

2,073

-

-

Dec.

2,910

2,050

2,370

884

1,160

1,650

1,540

2,220

2,140

1,420

*896

1,870

978

1,840

2,410

2,730

2,480

588

2,470

2,670

2,870

1,790

559

390

400

400

426

1,730

2,590

1,870

764

51,065

1,647

-

-

Jan.

502

988

2,170

1,840

2,370

1,500

2,970

*715

3,580

2,600

1,810

1,870

829

533

469

1,180

1,680

3,620

4,790

3,710

1,840

970

2,440

3,260

3,690

3,200

2,7bO

978

485

3,540

2,960

65,849

2,124

-

-

Feb.

3,670

3,140

2,010

758

721

7,010

16,000

16,400

14,600

13,200

12,700

3,720

2,560

4,850

6,390

7,940

8,470

8,590

4,990

6,750

12,700

13,000

12,800

8,730

7,990

5,250

6,970

9,140

8,440

------

229,489

7,913

-

-

Mar.

8,360

8,420

6,430

1,450

6,060

7,510

7,980

7,770

5,220

1,880

618

1,200

3,660

2,850

4,920

10,200

16,400

16,600

*15,900

12,900

12,400

12,300

11,300

6,800

2,640

4,700

4,910

5,550

6,480

6,770

4,220

224,398

7,239

-

-

Apr.

885

4,560

5,920

5,190

5,140

7,080

3,550

633

4,790

5,870

8,210

11,700

9,520

5,860

1,430

11,700

16,100

16,400

15,200

12,500

12,000

5,090

6,770

11,500

11,900

11,900

9,070

3,980

656

4,330

------

229,434

7,648

-

-

May

5,700

4,510

8,760

15,500

16,500

7,530

7,410

10,800

9,820

8,840

8,270

3,670

682

6,270

6,140

3,460

2,340

2,190

1,090

484

2,370

3,090

4,840

4,250

1,790

541

*395

3,260

2,450

2,770

3,040

158,762

5,121

-

-

June

1,910

538

428

1,090

1,320

1,900

1,600

1,710

1,420

430

2,980

1,600

1,610

2,580

2,260

2,010

452

1,770

1,350

1,100

2,090

4,550

3,330

507

5,650

6,990

5,430

3,320

710

490

-- " -

63,125

2,104

-

-

July

514

479

411

390

349

302

359

444

593

340

340

373

342

307

340

340

307

450

385

554

951

488

592

430

2,570

1,020

2,340

1,680

478

418

1,440

20,326

656

-

-

Aug.

2,860

3,270

1,130

802

430

2,360

1,380

558

1,160

1,770

886

396

3,750

2,740

1,490

1,300

810

1,340

458

3,950

4,390

2,510

1,430

2,230

579

344

2,820

2,350

2,290

3,520

4,040

59,343

1,914

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 29,300 Min 336 Mean 3,532 cfsm - In. -

Sept.

1,000

349

384

672

854

1,280

886

353

359

2,600

2,570

2,100

2,230

1,040

635

430

2,820

2,140

4,330

4,660

1,850

650

408

2,220

3,060

2,370

1,170

410

3,550

1,400

48,780

1,626

-

-

Water year 1955-56; Max 16,600 Min 302 Mean 3,563 cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 213

Broad River near Chimney Rock, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°25'S£", long 82°10'45", 1,000 ft downstream from Lake Lure Dam, 1.5 miles 

downstream from Buffalo Creek, and 3 miles east of Chimney Rock, Rutherford County.

Drainage area. 97 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--May 1907 to June 1909 (fragmentary, published as "at Uree"), March 

1927 to September 1956.

Gage. --Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 860 ft (from topographic map). May 17, 

1907, to June 30, 1909, staff gage at site 1 1/8 miles downstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--29 years (1927-56), 168 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 475 cfs Feb. 25 (gage height, 2.10 ft); minimum, 

3.2 cfs Nov. 17 (gage height, 0.51 ft); minimum daily, 3.8 cfs Nov. 20.

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 26,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1928 (gage height, 16.8 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,200 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over Lake 

Lure Dam at gage heights 12.2 and 16.8 ft: minimum, 0.7 cfs Sept. 13, 1928 (gage height, 

0.26 ft); minimum daily, 0.8 cfs Sept. 13, 14, 1928.

Remarks.--Records good. Large diurnal fluctuation and complete regulation at low flow 

caused by powerplant above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1927(M), 1929-30, 1933, 1935-39(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

5.9

10

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

115

183

420

750

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

78

10

151

151

149

153

154

87

11

88

88

88

86

83

84

4.7

149

83

82

84

84

43

5.3

154

84

84

31

18

83

6 . 8

86

2,542.8

82.0

0.845

0.97

Nov.

84

81

85

79

82

4.7

78

80

78

80

77

76

4.1

71

73

75

73

78

75

5.8

148

*149

83

83

80

83

5.0

78

80

78

2,204.6

73.5

0.758

0.85

Dec .

75 '

76

38

4.4

72

74

75

75

75

75

4.4

77

78

77

76

75

5.0

5.0

~80" 145

SO

80

82

5.9

5.9

84

83

83

85

82 

84

2,016.6

65.1

0.671

0.77

Jan.

5.9

84

85

*83

84

85

86

6 . 4

83

83

83

82

82

5.3

5.3

80

81

79

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

76

75

77

76

70

67

5.0

74 

76

1,800.1

58.1

0.599

0.69

Feb.

74

76

74

77

5.9

283

436

310

310

310

246

7.3

144

*148

152

139

227

270

7.3

217

223

219

224

217

226

6.8

158

347

236

5,370.3

185

1.91

2.06

Mar.

152

135

84

7.3

150

152

147

152

151

44

82 6.8

82

75

144

282

240

7.7

215

214

215

213

214

210

10

78

78

78

*146

150 

150

4,064.8

131

1.35

1.56

Apr.

6.8

147

150

149

148

146

144

6.8

215

214

281

307

215

215

5.9

458

436

453

453

396

132

4.1

211

152

149

146

146

147

5.6

147

5,786.2

193

1.99

2.22

May

146

148

324

424

237

5.6

214

219

148

149

147

82

8.2

81

80

85

88

85

86

10

152

150

141

146

147

80

8. 7

149

62

81

205

4,088.5

132

1.36

1.57

June

245

120

9.1

145

82

82

82

80

99

8.7

80

76

83

83

81

101

10

85

84

85

85

84

103

10

150

154

*84

88

88

103

2,669.8

89.0

0.918

1.02

July

13

85

110

105

86

83

87

13

Bf,

B7

86

87

85

13

13

94

99

87

84

87

13

13

86

88

87

87

88

7.7

4.7

81 

85

2,130.4

68.7

0.708

0.82

Aug.

83

82

5.0

5.0

5.0

82

83

*81

84

4.7

4.7

5.0

83

82

82

82

84

5.3

5.3

81

81

81

40

5.3

5.3

5.3

85

84

82

5.3

5.3

1,508.5

48.7

0.502

0.58

Sept.

5.6

579

83

8.4

81

85

82

83

6.4

83

84

82

5.9

6.4

6.4

6.8

80

85

84

6.8

7.3

6.8

6.8

80

118

172

172

132

79

7.3

1,751.8

58.4

0.602

0.67

Calendar year 1955: Max 535 Min 3.2 Mean 117 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.33

Water year 1955-56: Max 458 Min 3.8 Mean 98.2 Cfsm 1.01 In. 13.78

Discharge measurement made on this day.
314 SAHTEE RIVER BASIH

Cove Creek near Lake Lure, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°25'30", long 82°06'35", on left bank 40 ft upstream from bridge on

U. S. Highways 64 and 74, 1 mile upstream from mouth, and 5 miles east of town of Lake 

Lure, Rutherford County.

Drainage area.--77.0 sq mi.

Records available. January 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 850 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

Dec. 20, 1954, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--5 years, 84.2 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum and minimum discharges for the water years 1951-56 are contained in 

the following table:

year

1951t

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956 

Maximum

Date

Mar. 7, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Mar. 23, 1953

Jan. 22, 1954

Apr. 14, 1955

Apr. 16, 1956

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,030

4,400

1,770

3,180

2,510

1,060

Gage height 

(feet)

*5.8

M14.0

*8.0

ttll.5

10.28

6.26

Minimum

Date

Sept. 2, 3, 8, 12,

1951

July 29, 1952

Sept. 2, 1953

Sept. 8, 9, 28, 30,

1954

Oct. 1-3, 5-7, 11-13,

1954

Aug. 18, 1956

Discharge 

(cfs)

36

31

26

21

21

24

Gage height 

(feet)

tta.oo

2.03

ttl.89

-

-

1.80

t Period January to September.

t From graph based on gage readings.

tt Observed.

it From floodmark.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 4,400 cfs Mar. 11, 1952 (gage height, 14.0 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum, 21 cfs Sept. 8, 9, 28, 30, Oct. 1-3, 5-7, 11-13, 1954.

Remarks.--Records fair prior to 1955, good thereafter, except those for periods of ice 

effect, which are poor.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, January to September 1951

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

85

85

*86

86

89

82

86

84

81

82

82

77

79

86

144

96

88

86

86

84

86

79

79

79

77

76

77

79

79

79 

79

2,623

84.6

1.10

1.27

Feb.

110

100

103

107

105

100

T§6~ 585

155

134

124

116

*114

107

107

107

144

126

118

114

134

122

112

109

105

105

103

100

-

3,550

127

1.65

1.71

Mar.

98

96

94

112

166

144

565

252

176

155

130

144

229

197

166

155

144

134

144

134

130

122

122

114

114

110

1O9

130

510

625 

£76

5,797

187

2.43

2.80

Apr.

208

197

197

176

166

155

155

229

208

176

166

166

155

144

144

134

152

150

128

124

124

128

144

*124

122

120

122

144

130

126

4,574

152

1.97

2.21

May

126

122

120

116

112

107

105

103

105

101

100

96

96

95

95

91

89

89

89

88

86

82

84

84

82

82

82

79

79

77 

76

2,930

94.5

1.23

1.42

June

74

75

69

79

*88

82

77

82

82

74

75

69

*198

96

93

93

96

114

100

94

96

89

84

79

76

76

74

77

73

73

2,603

86.8

1.13

1.26

July

73

75

73

69

66

63

60

57

57

59

57

*56

56

57

105

69

69

62

76

76

63

60

60

96

91

98

76

73

69

69 

69

2,155

69.5

O.9O5

1.04

Aug.

63

60

77

60

54

56

54

51

51

54

54

51

51

51

60

57

63

56

51

50

47

48

51

44

44

42

46

*46

46

41 

41

1,620

52.3

0.679

0.78

Sept.

40

36

41

44

41

57

42

36

38

41

38

56

51

63

84_

54

48

51

50

48

*46

50

76

54

60

53

76

59

51

51

1,515

50.5

0.656

0.75

Calendar year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs). --Mar. 7 (6 a.m.) 1,030 cfs (5.8 ft); Mar. 29 (10 p.m.) 970 cfs

(5.6 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Cove Creek near Lake Lure, N. C. Continued 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1951 to September 1952

315

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

51

50

48

48

46

45

44

44

44

45

46

46

46

46

48

48

48

46

46

46

56

59

48

56

50

*47

45

50

47

50

50

1,489

48.0

0.623

0.72

Nov.

208

73

66

57

53

63

197

79

63

60

60

57

57

63

60

77

65

57

54

54

53

51

54

54

54

54

*51

54

57

53

2,058

ea. e

0.891

0.99

Dec.

53

54

54

508" 857

122

118

103

93

88

82

79

73

79

88

82

86

110

116

148

731

252

176

132

116

120

103

96

93

89

86

4,687

151

1.96

2.26

Jan.

82

79

79

74

76

74

73

73

69

276

144

118

107

96

89

82

82

76

73

73

66

*93

89

77

76

74

88

197

166

126

105

3,052

98.5

1.28

1.47

Feb.

98

93

1,650

580

370

218

186

155

134

130

122

112

110

116

103

110

109

100

96

*94

91

88

9T

109

98

96

110

107

100

------

5,576

192

2.49

2.69

Mar.

112

109

122

670

289

197

155

128

134

130

1,920

370

264

217

194

172

150

150

252

194

172

183

1,450

580

*400

276

240

217

194

183

172

9,996

322

4.18

4.83

Apr.

183

206

172

172

161

150

140

140

140

140

129

129

140

150

140

129

*125

121

121

119

117

115

115

115

264

240

228

240

161

150

4,652

155

2.01

2.25

May

140 12~9

121

109

105

105

105

101

100

103

105

98

94

94

94

90

88

86

86

103

94

86

86

86

98

*86

83

83

83

98

90

3,029

97.7

1.27

1.46

June

85

83

81

79

76

76

76

74

72

79

76

69

76

90

94

76

86

90

*79

72

72

74

67

65

62

62

58

62

55

58

2,224

74.1

0.962

1.07

July

64

60

58

55

52

52

52

58

58

57

52

49

46

49

55

52

49

*49

55

62

48

43

40

37

36

40

35

35

32

49

43

1,522

49.1

0.638

0.74

Aug.

46

101

55

49

57

74

90

94

67

60

57

52

50

49

49

48

48

44

50

*50

50

48

50

50

44

43

42

64

57

57

65

1,760

56.8

0.738

0.85

Calendar year 1951: Max 857 Min 36 Mean 97.5 Cfsm 1.39 In. 18.91

Sept.

58

58

57

46

46

46

42

43

46

43

4052-

58

49

49

49

43

*43

46

46

43

79

B7

46

43

43

42

40

42

40

1,430

47.7

0.619

0.69

Water year 1951-52: Max 1,920 Mln 32 Mean 113 Cfsm 1.47 In. 20.02

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs). --Dec. 4 (3 p.m.) 2,080 cfs (8.8 ft): Dec. 21 (5 a.m.) 1,100 cfs

(6.0 ft)j Feb. 3 (4 p.m.) 3,760 cfs (12.7 ft); Mar. 11 (5 a.m.) 4,400 cfs (14.0 ft); Mar. 23 (2 a.m.)

2,1.20 cfs (8.9 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

36

36

39

36

36

36

37

39

183

79

54

50

50

*48

46

62

49

48

44

42

43

43

44

42

42

40

40

42

43

43

44

1,516

48.9

0.635

0.73

Nov.

43

43

42

*42" 39

42

42

43

43

46

58

55

49

49

52

49

42

148

370

T03

77

67

60

57

55

67

57

57

54

54

2,005

66.8

0.868

0.97

Dec.

50

67

57

54

*65

58

57

54

54

77

101

67

60

62

79

57

74

54

52

54

54

52

54

50

50

49

49

48

48

58

211

1,982

63.9

0.830

0.96

Jan.

92

74

74

67

64

*60

60

65

100

289

150

111

94

85

74

70

70

161

103

90

109

123

113

206

183

140

111

113

94

85

85

3,315

107

1.39

1.60

Feb.

77

70

67

*72

67

70

150

103

92

88

88

92

83

79

194

172

140

117

103

279

1,090

381

217

172

161

161

123

107

-

4,615

165

2.14

2.23

Mar.

107

140

127

183

140

125

119

109

*101

96_

115

161

150

150

206

161

140

127

119

107

103

183

1,020

715

302

228

194

172

161

144

137

6,042

195

2.53

2.92

Apr.

131

125

119

115

111

111

115

107

100

101

96

100

100

92

92

*94

90

88

92

88

87

37

83

82

88

101

85

82

82

250

3,094

103

1.34

1.49

May

172

123

111

103

*206

150

183

146

123

105

101

94

88

85

83

82

80

80

80

83

76

73

68

64

64

60

58

55

58

55

53

2,962

95.5

1.24

1.43

June

53

50

*50

50

50

58

357

103

137

88

121

87

76

80

115

87

76

70

66

80

67

88

67

64

67

67

64

61

57

58

2,514

83.8

1.09

1.21

July

53

50

50

50

61

58

50

53

50

45

43

41

43

*41

40

61

48

90ei

48

44

48

50

34

4T

37

37

36

34

46

38

1,481

47.8

0.621

0.72

Aug.

35

34

35

34

41

35

96

217

90

50

41

39

41

37

37

35

35

*41

48

45

41

37

37

35

35

36

27

30

30

29

29

1,432

46.2

0.600

0.69

Sept.

29

26

33

37

185

98

55

43

43

41

41

39

41

38

*37

37

35

35

35

115

53

43

40

39

45

70

87

55

50

46

1,569

52.3

0.679

0.76

Calendar year 1952: Max 1,920 Min 32 Mean 106 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.71

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,090 Min 26 Mean 89.1 Cfsm 1.16 In. 15.71

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs). Nov. 19 (4 a.m.) 760 cfs (4.9 ft); Feb. 21 (6 a.m.) 1,290 cfs

(6.6 ft); Mar. 23 (2 p.m.) 1,770 cfs (8.0 ft); June 7 (2 a.m.) 730 cfs (4.8 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Cove Creek near Lake Lure, N. C.--Continued 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1953 to September 1954

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

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

45

46

43

43

42

*42

41

40

40

39

39

39

38

38

42

41

39

33

37

37

37

39

37

36

38

40

41

46

44

41 

40

1,250

40.3

0.523

0.60

Nov.

40

39

37

*37

38

37

38

38

38

39

37

38

38

37

33

37

37

37

38

38

133

~9Q 144

58

53

50

44

44

44

45

1,461

48. 7

0.632

0.71

Dec.

41

38

*43

172

73

76

109

80

113

100

80

94

140

276

133

101

83

73

b7u

b70

67

64

60

53

55

55

53

50

53

53

50

2,578

83.2

1.08

1.25

Jan.

50

50

50

48

' *48

48

44

45

45

48

50

43

40

b45

73

240

121

83

73

68

460

1,720

*700

276

194

150

133

115

105

92

90

5,347

172

2.23

2.58

Feb.

83

30

*80

83

87

82

73

68

70

68

67

67

66

66

66

66

98

73

68

146

1,070

264

172

146

129

117

101

172

-

3,728

133

1.73

1.80

Mar.

194

146

*133

121

101

98

98

96

92

88

85

83

136

473

206

161

131

117

125

129

115

105

105

217

264

490

172

150

137

129

161

4,658

157

2.04

2.35

Apr.

183

150

137

125

*117

117

121

109

121

113

109

105

100

103

113

123

113

105

98

90

90

88

90

94

111

101

105

94

87 

83

3,295

110

1.43

1.59

May

98

83

85

113

*94

87

83

80

76

76

73

70

83

206

161

123

103

96

96

88

88

80

76

76

73

72

72

70

73

76

67

2,797

90.2

1.17

1.35

June

66

67

62

64

61

58

58

58

61

72

64

61

55

54

*56

58

58

83

68

61

55

53

50

50

50

48

44

44

43

41

1,725

57.5

0.747

0.83

July

41

40

43

50

45

42

39

*60

68

50

48

44

43

40

39

37

37

37

36

35

40

40

37

33

31

33

37

33

30 

30

31

1,249

40.3

0.523

0.60

Aug.

35

36

30

28

30

*27

27

26

30

35

28

26

26

27

27

24

24

24

29

39

41

36

35

43

39

30

30

35

50 

33

29

979

31.6

0.410

0.47

Sept.

26

27

27

27

24

23

23

*21

5T

55

29

26

26

26

25

25

25

24

24

24

24

25

23

23

23

23

22

21

22

21

735

24.5

0.318

0.35

Calendar year 1953: Max 1,090 Min 26 Mean 88.5 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.61

Water year 1953-54: Max 1,720 Min 21 Mean 82.2 Cfsm 1.07 In. 14.48

Peak discharge (base. 700 cfs).--Jan. 22 (2 p.m.) 5,180 cfs (11.5 ft); Feb. 21 (7 a.m.) 1,730 cfs 

(7.9 ft); Mar. 14 (3 aim.) 790 cfs (5.0 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1954 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

°1

21

21

22

21

21

21

22

23

22

21

*21

21

23

25

26

26

28

26

27

28

28

27

27

25

26

27

27

75" 29 

£O

29

760

24.5

0.318

0.37

Nov.

30

32

33

33

38

33

33

29

29

*29

28

29

27

28

29

29

35

28

68

42

31

29

30

31

29

27

26

54

44

29

992

33.1

0.430

0.48

Dec.

25

24

24

24

72

111

75

58

45

43

42

40

53

46

41

42

42

53

43

*43

42

41

b40

40

38

40

38

43

270

290

96

1,924

62.1

0.806

0.93

Jan.

66

53

45

 43

40

38

36

35

34

35

44

37

36

35

36

35

33

34

44

44

41

45

46

44

43

43

48

48

45

44

b40

1,290

41.6

0.540

0.62

Feb.

b50

52

*53

48

45_

335

310

147

103

85

96

76

b70

fc65

b65

61

60

54

52

50

50

50

78

70

70

62

60

57

-

2,374

84.8

1.10

1.15

Calendar year 1954: Max 1,720 Min 21

Mar.

E5

52

50

50

48

48

46

44

44

44

44

52

50

78

*62

60

58

73

82

88

87

256

165

117

94

100

80

75

64

64

62

2,298

74.1

0.962

1.11

Mes

Apr.

60

57

73

58

57

68

72

61

57

5_4

198

216

552

1,170

328

224

175

145

122

109

100

94

85

90

87

80

*75

73

68

66

4,674

156

2.03

2.26

n 77.8

May

64

61

60

57

55

53

50

50

46

46

45

48

115

117

290

188

151

113

94

82

104

343

328

213

162

124

103

90

83

78

70

3,483

112

1.45

1.68

June

68

64

61

58

57

55

61

75

61

55

' 90

62

*54

50

50

50

48

46

190

138

90

72

87

68

60

58

53

52

50

48

2,031

67.7

0.879

0.98

Cfsm 1.01

July

45

42

42

42

57

50

45

50

127

75

113

111

174

128

90

73

66

58

64

100

68

58

52

53

93

134

83

60

54

61

73

2,341

75.5

0 . 981

1.13

Aug.

*109

80

62

61

53

50

48

50

334

140

94

78

66

152

166

151

103

83

72

68

62

61

75

62

57

55

54

52

50

48

46

2,642

85.2

1.11

1.28

Sept.

45

107 ~58

54

52

50

*48

44

44

44

43

43

42

41

40

39

38

37

37

37

35

35

34

35

53

44

40

40

41

44

1,344

44.8

0.582

0.65

In. 13.70

Water year 1954-55: Max 1,170 Min 21 Mean 71.6 Cfsm 0.930 In. 12.64

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs). --Feb. 6 (8 p.m.) 810 cfs (5.43 ft); Apr. 14 (2 a.m.) 2,510 cfs

(10.28 ft).

Discharge _....__ ........ ...__ ... _____

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Cove Creek: near Lake Lure, N. C .--Continued 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

100

"70 136

55

52

50

48

100

68

57

50

46

45

46

43

43

41

41

*41

40

40

39

39

40

41

42

43

42

64

46

43

1,651

53.3

0.692

0.80

Nov.

41

41

*41

41

42

42

43

43

43

57

66

50

46

45

45

43

43

42

48

46

44

*42

44

45

44

50

45

44

43

b43

1,352

45.1

0.586

0.65

Dec.

b43

44

45

52

53

48

46

45

50

46

45

b44

b44

b44

b44

*b42

b42

b46

42

41

40

39

39

40

40

39

39

39

39

39

1,338

43.2

0.561

0.65

Jan.

b39

b39

39

*39

39

39

39

b39

b39

b38

38

37

37

36

b36

36

b36

35

4T

43

38

37

42

5544"

42

40

40

40

42

41

1,225

39.5

0.513

0.59

Feb.

41

76

90

143

128

*424

24T

142

107

91

188

132

128

*104

91

83

140

205

168

161

134

113

100

94

104

98

92

92

83

3,843

133

1.73

1.86

Mar.

78

76

75

76

70

67

67

67

64

62.

64

62

65

91

100

299

216

146

117

100

91

85

80

76

72

70

68

67

*73

68

62

2,774

89.5

1.16

1.34

Apr.

61

64

65

61

5i

150

151

102

87

80

215

230

157

123

153

622

249

182

146

130

113

106

100

94

91

87

85

82

80

4,006

134

1.74

1.93

May

82

85

172

182 T28-

107

111

100

89

*85

82

76

75

70

67

65

62

59

58

57

57

56

62

58

56

57

54

53

HT bl

2,456

79.2

1.03

1.19

June

58

56

52

50

50

50

52

47

45

63

53

45

43

41

41

57

52

42

77

65

53

56

56

48

44

42

*41

39

38.

38

1,494

49.8

0.647

0.72

July

41

41

38

67

62

58

61

56

49

47

39

37

37

39

49

44

56

37

37

41

41

39

36

37

41

38

47

36

36

33" 32

1,352

43.6

0.566

0.65

Aug.

36

33

33

33

32

30

28

*27

27

26

27

44

29

28

28

28

25

25

26

26

72

46

33

31

29

29

28

29

33

28

27

976

31.5

0.409

0.47

Sept.

58

58

114

42

42

82

49

39

35

33

32

32

31

30

29

28

28

28

28

40

30

29

28

28

35

177

*111

62

49

44

1,451

48.4

0.629

0.70

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,170 Mln 33 Mean 73.5 Cfsm 0.955 In. 12.96

Water year 1955-56: Max 622 Min 25 Mean 65.3 Cfsm 0.848 In. 11.55

Peak discharge (base. 700 efs).--Apr. 16 (4 a.m.) 1,060 cfs (6.26 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

459558 O - 58 - 15
218 SAMTEE RIVER BASIN

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°14', long 81°46', on left bank a quarter of a mile downstream from dam 

at Cliffside Mills, at Cliffside, Rutherford County, and li miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 211 sq mi.

Records available. June 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 670 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge.--31 years, 283 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,380 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.50 ft); minimum, 10 cfs July 21 (gage height, 0.53 ft); minimum daily, 12 cfs Aug. 12.

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 15,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 17.93 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 9,100 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over Cliffside Mills dam; minimum, 4 cfs July 24, 1943; minimum daily, 6 cfs June 9, 1940.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.. 

Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by mills above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1928(M), drainage area.

Rating table, water year L955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.2 

1.5

107 

20b

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

1,110

1,330

2,830

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Diy

I

Q

3

4

5

7

8

9

10

11

12

12

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

a300

a!60

aCOO

al50

allO

91

81

99

107

116

91

88

85

71

88

66

99

82

*75

94

72

84

48

94

60

87

86

56

86

94

70

3,090

99.7

0.473

0.54

Nov .

97

69

70

99

54

55

110

97

91

82

113

134

81

158

96

65

57

76

128

59

*100

102

97

58

104

122

82

161

82

50

2,749

91.6

0.434

0.48

Dec.

94

34

102

72

89

113

TlO

71

102

77

86

113

72

99

79

104

81

79

94

94

89

94

89

77

77

77

97

107

97

81

86

2,796

90.2

0.427

0.49

Jan.

89

89

94

*62

102

97

77

68

81

94

99

84

56

102

77

89

68

102

75

116

107

91

102

104

107

~99 157

107

81

119

71

2,846

91.8

0.435

0.50

Feb.

116

129

251

489

380

604

1.320

478

330

250

305

420

330

*242

197

201

216

610

506

628

415

55E

259

242

243

237

250

259

193

--- -

10,475

361

1.71

1.85

Mar.

201

190

190

157

201

151

171

164

144

107

131

168

144

144

197

712

770

420

345

259

201

225

173

175

161

190

151

164

*161

157

164

6,893

222

1.05

1.21

Apr .

140

168

147

164

154

231

417

233

365

161

418

742

485

161

373

*2,160

1,270

572

430

355

232

190

2 72

212

190

197

197

175

128

197

11,136

371

1.76

1.96

May

186

161

429

327

290

175

272

225

195

171

*186

161

97

164

144

113

104

104

147

82

151

113

119

116

203

53

69

128

107

113

104

5,007

162

0.768

0.88

June

134

144

104

130

76

102

102

122

75

54

196

104

58

27

106

45

79

179

43

110

72

34

112

54

66

88

51

*64

69

145

2,745

91.5

0.434

0.48

July

102

112

31

69

144

117

131

131

157

128

136

107

50

94

80

70

242

110

117

200

16

58

114

91

91

150

126

34

38

78

66

3,190

103

0.488

0.56

Aug.

59

77

77

89

57

81

64

45

58

38

65

12

70

59

64

45

46

48

57

66

107

62

74

95

37

30

70

43

42

88

31

1,856

59.9

0.284

0.33

Sept.

15

35

35

45

46

91

120

70

27

L04

43

49

52

57

56

31

70

76

45

49

44

19

15

63

*73

*840

426

190

164

113

3,063

102

0.483

0.54

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,820 Min 36 Mean 151 Cfsm 0.716 In. 9.68

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,160 Min 12 Mean 153 Cfsm 0.725 In. 9.82

Peak discharge (base. 3.000 cfs). No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of eeords for nearby stations.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 219

Broad River near Boiling Springs, N. C.

Location. Lat 35"12'35", long 81 "41'50", on right bank half a mile upstream from Sandy 

Run Creek, 3 miles downstream from Second Broad River, and 3-| miles southwest of 

Boiling Springs, Cleveland County.

Drainage area. 864 sq mi.

Records available. June 1925 to September 1956.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 639.92 ft above mean sea level (Duke Power 

Co. benchmark). Prior to July 20, 1934, at site 500 ft upstream at datum 1 ft higher.

Average discharge.--31 years, 1,369 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,820 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.23 ft); minimum riot determined, occurred during period of no gage-height record.

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 73,300 cfs Aug. 16, 1928 (gage height, 24.3 ft, former 

site, present datum); minimum, 40 cfs Oct. 17, 1954 (gage height, 1.02 ft); minimum 

daily, 105 cfs Oct. 10, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of fragmentary or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1928, drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge 

in cubic feet per second)

95

146

203

271

346

508

5.0 

8.0

690

1,250

1,900

4,750

9,480

Discharge, in cubi: feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

t"

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.020

710

944

780

652

526

500

702

615

442

458

508

517

570

491

362

362

*491

543

508

458

458

301

331

401

475 

50 ti 

409

409

409

401

16,261

525

0.608

0.70

Ilov .

526

561

491

561

491

417

378

534

615

508

690

876

605

466

587

605

552

517

652

425

*378

570

634

570

458

578 

483 

475

466

403

16,073

536

0.620

0.69

Dec.

453

508

503

386

370

475

508

483

458

508

425

386

516

552

466

500

466

378

338

483

483

483

466

450

362

294 

331 

450

433

466

466

13,923

449

0.520

0.60

Jan.

401

354

*409

466

466

401

409

362

324

425

442

401

409

450

316

278

33T

417

466

500

433

331

331

517

570

561 

508 

534

425

401

433

13,071

422

0.4d8

0.56

Feb.

466

671

1,170

2,180

1,460

4,220

4,600

2,380

1,770

1,460

1,580

1,900

1,070

1,190

*1,090

1,110

1,240

2,310

2, 110

2,110

2,110

1,770

1,480

1,520

1,410

1,330 

833 

1,030

1,520

-----

--- -

49,090

1,693

1.96

2.11

Mar.

1,020

886

1,150

720

886

886

833

876

1,110

965

854

605

801

844

811

*5.150

2,940

1,770

1,050

1,250

1,210

1,170

1,080

1,060

822

634 

844 

865

908

a900

a900

33, 780

1,090

1.26

1.45

Apr.

aS50

al.100

a2 , 000

al , 300

al.100

al.100

aE.OOO

a4,000

a2 , 200

al,200

a2 , 000

a8 . 500

a4 , 000

2,720

2,180

1,900

1,780

1,190

1 , 030

1,200

1,170

1,130 

1,150 

1,050

1,110

720

53,080

1,769

2.05

2.28

May

1,110

1,210

1,630

a. no

1,770

1,020

987

1,770

1,440

*1,140

1,230

1,010

652

615

897

876

844

780

790

543

526

710

811

801

833

710 

433 

491

740

790

876

30,195

974

1.13

1.30

June

908

1.050

681

534

730

596

690

710

508

401

508

652

500

517

500

409

409

450

508

587

681

526

624

378

442

570

526 

*500

442

730

17,267

576

0.667

0.74

July

596

409

f340

760

654

615

710

526

740

750

671

596

466

643

417

f308

1.210

770

587

673

596

393

508

466

425

534 

570

346

f294

386

f27B

17,217

555

0.642

0.74

Aug.

f324

f370

425

386

a200

378

f308

f286

*f316

f294

f308

a!50

f316

346

331

324

301

V a200

308

386

442

417

362

a240

1 a!80

j

f324

a!70

9,132

295

0.341

0.59

Sept.

\ a!30

f480

596

370

450

662

466

a220

346

f286

f286

f286

a260

I a 140

J

a200

f271

f286

f264

\ a!40

a240

346

*4.100 

1,970 

1,260

833

552

15,990

533

0.617

0.69

Calendar year 1955': Max 6,320 MIn 271 Mean B25 Cfsm 0.955 In. 13.00

Water year 1955-56'= Max 8,500 Min - Mean 779 Cfsm 0.902 In. 12.25

Peak discharge (base, 9.000 efs).--Apr. 16 (time unk 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basi 

range in stage when available.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.

n) 9,820 cfs (8.23 ft).

f records for nearby stations and recorded
220 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C.

an Shoal Rock 

k miles southLocation. ~Lat 35"22"50", long 81°32'40", on left bank 0.2 mile upstream froi Creek, 0.4 mile downstream from highway bridge at Double Shoals, and 2-| m 

east of Lawndale, Cleveland County.

Drainage area.--198 sq mi.

Records available. February 1940 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 735.94 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

TT929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 16 years, 253 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,550 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.22 ft); minimum, 16 cfs Aug. 14; minimum daily, 17 cfs Aug. 11.

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 32,500 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 37.8 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs on basis of records for nearby streams; minimum, 

13 cfs Sept. 18, 1955; minimum daily, that of Aug. 11, 1956.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage of 37.8 ft, from floodmark established by local 

resident.

Remarks.--Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at low 

flow caused by powerplants and mills above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 352: Drainage area. WSF 11-12: 1945-46(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.2

1.4

1.5 

1.7

35

65

136

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, wate October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

£1

22

23

24

25

26

"1

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Ort.

237

114

171

94

178

77

75

56

68

92

94

83

77

75

71

58

65

*69

69

69

S9

65

62

67

65

63

65

63

69

75

71

2,604

34.0

0 . 424

0.49

Nov.

67

65

65

65

J32_

69

69

71

75

77

116

33

77

75

75

77

75

71

77

35

*77

75

79

79

92

33

92

33

79

73

2,308

76.9

0.338

0.43

Dec.

77

77

79

81

83

as

77

79

83

31

75

75

73

67

79

77

71

73

77

77

71

35

79

57

67

69

65

12

69

71

73

2,331

75.2

0.380

0.44

Jan.

65

69

*71

71

71

71

62

67

63

69

 9

67

65

67

69

65

69

£9

73

92

83

67

71

96

92

PI

75

75

75

73

77

2,249

72.5

0.366

0.42

Feb.

73 iSs

215

472

330

1,790

990

411

286

240

359

370

277

£:t 6 *IST

178

249

472

335

450

365

295

226

21;

200

236

213

213

193

--- -

10,196

352

1.78

1.92

Mar.

174

174

156

146

153

145

146

143

136

105

125

128

128

130

167

d83

662

330

263

231

204

165

135

159

150

146

143

143

146

*153

139

6,311

204

1.0;

1.19

Apr.

125

125

133

136

136

203

416

E26

197

174

673

1,210

504

520

406

2,810

846

477

355

310

236

C17

213

193

189

181

170

163

143

150

11,647

338

1.96

2.19

Hay

174

163

598

392

263

200

257

198

170

163

*156

146

146

136

133

133

130

116

103

103

116

116

116

119

114

99

92

111

136

122

122

5, 148

166

0 . 838

0.97

June

116

246

130

114

108

108

106

96

92

73

96

104

157

96

96

85

62

85

85

87

87

85

75

49

67

77

73

67

*65

65

2,853

95.1

0.480

0.54

July

42

58

75

90

137

146

83

63

99

119

94

81

73

75

51

78

245

92

111

85

85

67

66

U7

73

31

96

77

60

63

63

2,715

87.6

0.442

0.51

Aug.

62

63

71

48

38

53 63

62

*55

27

17

18

18

31

37

37

42

27

40

53

67

80

61

65

16

20

54

43

39

41

46

1,396

45.0

0.227

0.26

Sept.

19

20

47

33

42

179

86

33

36

47

39

42

35

33

34

30

33

52

32

32

30

30

26

58

*45

367

478

164

108

84

2,785

92.6

0.469

0.52

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,830 Min 31 Mean 144 Cfsm 0.727 In. 9.87

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,810 Min 17 Mean 144 Cfsm 0.727 In. 9.83

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Broad River near Gaffney, S. C.

221

Location. Lat 35°05'20", long 81°34'20", on right bank at downstream side of bridge on

U. S. Highway 29A, 0.3 mile upstream from Cherokee Creek, 4.4 miles downstream from

Gaston Shoals Dam, and 4.5 miles east of Gaffney, Cherokee County.

Drainage area.--1,490 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--July 1896 to December 1899 (gage heights and discharge measurements 

only), December 1938 to September 1956. Discharges for July 12, 1896, to Dec. 31, 

1899, published in the 18th, 19th, and 21st Annual Reports, Part 4, have been found to 

be unreliable and should not be used.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 539.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 12, 1896, to Dec. 31, 1899, chain or 

staff gages at sites 1.1 miles upstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--17 years (1939-56), 2,262 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,400 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 10.23 ft); minimum, 155 cfs July 3; minimum daily, 300 cfs Sept. 3.

1938-56: Maximum discharge, 119,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 19.78 ft), by 

computation of flow over Gaston Shoals Dam; minimum, 140 cfs Oct. 24, 1954; minimum 

daily, 224 cfs Oct. 24, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

Fair. Some regulation at medium and low flow by powerplants above station. Capacity 

of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions.--WSP 972: Drainage area. See also Records available.

Hating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

z.e

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

6,400

12,800

21,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 19E5 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

in

11

12

13

14

15

ie

17

18

19

2 U

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

6,020

3 , 850

2,070

1,430

1,160

1,100

814

1,010

1,110

1,080

698

762

851

640

854

840

642

700

821

806

746

768

724

*610

641

762

758

768

757

631

660

35,283

1,138

0.764

0.88

Nov.

678

798

854

794

831

632

713

760

888

848

1,120

1.510

846

806

866

930

801

795

964

863

774

82 d

904

see

842

846

9E2

762

776

788

25,407

847

0.568

0.63

Dec.

706

778

976

710

688

*673

947

769

796

827

654

832

673

879

802

852

777

808

641

618

876

805

735

816

682

632

636

696

788

776

779

23,627

762

0.511

0.59

Jan.

759

648

585

800

758

746

698

660

636

630

785

690

685

821

647

570

*5R5

650

819

928

602

688

687

851

968

862

875

829

853

708

672

22,875

738

0.495

0.57

Feb.

884

982

1,810

5,100

4,690

8,730

11.200

5,100

5,420

2,770

2,970

5,790

2,490

2 , 150

2,060

1,830

2,340

3, £90

4,180

5,420

4,500

3,400

3,000

2,510

2 , 580

2,480

1,930

1,980

2,620

100,606

3,476

2)51

Mar.

2,040

1,740

2,070

1,680

1,510

*1,600

1,560

1,510

1,810

1,740

1,500

1,550

1,370

1,520

1,620

8,500

8,150

4,0/0

2,550

2,220

2,260

2^060

1,830

1 , 940

1,460

,390

,380

,440

,650

,680

,480

68,460

2,20d

1.48

1.71

Apr.

1,330

1.250

1,260

1,430

1,410

1,650

2,870

2,550

1,680

1,690

3,700

6,440

4,380

3 , 180

3,100

19.500

*9,750

*5,230

3,880

3,290

3,110

2,100

1,890

1,970

1,850

1,850

1,820

1,690

1,700

1,410

98,320

3,297

2.21

2.47

May

1,600

1,880

2,800

5,620

3,290

2,130

2,040

2,940

2,390

1,850

1,890

1,530

1,270

1,170

1,520

1,340

1.E40

1,170

1,240

949

972

893

1,180

1,180

1,200

1,100

897

887

1 , 140

1,150

1,230

51,495

1,661

1.11

1.28

June

1,300

1.850

1,220

*1,120

916

1,030

972

988

905

684

776

843

1,060

802

774

799

594

723

734

778

1,030

789

822

682

694

704

798

706

688

740

26,521

884

0.593

0. 66

July

1,720

786

564

867

1,090

1,270

1,120

824

1,750

2,000

1,160

836

828

802

881

666

1,340

1,E60

1,120

1,320

1,020

704

*828

718

630

715

873

747

611

610

540

30,202

974

0.654

0.75

Aug.

556

632

540

656

484

554

513

494

428

536

460

380

380

400

380

360

420

420

400

400

600

500

700

550

460

420

400

400

460

440

360

14,683

474

0.318

0.57

Sept.

380

380

500

850

500

650

1,100

750

460

480

420

420

*440

480

460

400

380

*380

340

360

400

380

400

360

526

7.800

7,450

2,650

1,780

960

32,636

1,088

0.730

0.81

Calendar year 1955: Max 13,300 Min 444 Mean 1,489 Cfsm 0.999 In. 13.58

Water year 1955-56: Max 19,500 Min 300 Mean 1,451 Cfsm 0.974 In. 13.23

:fs (10.23 ft).
222 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

North Pacolet River at Fingerville, S. C.

Location. Lat 35°07', long 81°59', on right bank at McMillin Mill, about 400 ft downstream from Obed Creek and 1 mile south of Fingerville, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area.--116 sq mi.

Records available. November 1929 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 715.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 24, 1933, at site about 400 ft 

downstream at datum 5.60 ft higher.

Average discharge. 26 years (1930-56), 197 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,690 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.88 ft); minimum, 25 cfs Oct. 11; minimum daily, 29 cfs Sept. 21-24.

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 12,500 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 27.13 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,400 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam 

2 miles above station; minimum, 9 cfs Oct. 6, 1954; minimum daily, 28 cfs Oct. 6, 7, 

1954.

Remarks.--Records fair. Some diurnal fluctuation at low and medium flow caused by mill 

above station.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 6-1Z, Apr. 12, Sept. 26-28)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 1

2.7 

3.0 

3.3

Feb. 2 to Sept. 30

4.0

7.0

156

265

1,330

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

88

103

101

72

63

60

61

93

91

71

61

60

58

60

57

56

56

56

56

55

55

55

53

53

*53

52

53

52

62 

71

60

1,997

64.4

0.555

0.64

Nov.

58

57

56

55

55

55

56

60

58

67

90

76

70

66

66

66

62

58

73

77

66

64

65

70

70

76

76

70

65 

62

1,965

65.5

0.565

0.63

Dec.

61

64

66

68

11

63

*64

65

68

68

68

66

65

65

65

66

64

66

68

68

66

65

65

65

66

66

65

65

64 

66

66

2,038

65.7

0.566

0.65

Jan.

64

64

64

64

61

60

60

60

.57

58

60

60

60

58

58

58

58

*57

72

90

74

66

71

98

87

78

71

70

70

68 

70

2,066

66.6

0.574

0.66

Feb.

70

133

194

304

250

712

860

384

234

193

231

253

190

163

152

143

198

279

231

363

307

223

163

173

168

206

178

209

175

7,339

253

2.18

2.35

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,350 Mln 41

Mar.

156

154

145

143

136

130

*178

161

134

124

124

122

122

136

156

519

545

276

206

178

158

149

143

136

132

128

124

122

141

134 

11B

5,330

172

1.48

1.71

Apr.

114

114

114

110

107

205

318

183

147

138

416

685

332

226

287

*1.250

*1,090

*363

250

217

190

175

163

152

149

147

*143

138

136 

132

8,191

273

2.35

2.62

May

132

134

207

183

145

134

229

227

161

143

132

124

118

110

105

100

93

93

90

88

88

85

83

82

88

85

88

89

104 

90

3,718

120

1.03

1.19

June

83

94

82

77

*76

76

73

71

68

70

72

66

59

68

65

64

60

57

58

74

70

66

62

56

53

50

48

45

42

42

1,947

64.9

0.559

0.62

July

55

71

62

109

92

69

80

82

139

101

64

60

65

82

72

75

220

92

68

70

258

146

92

76

*67

99

78

64

56 

56

2,778

89.6

0.772

0.89

Aug.

61

58

52

52

51

48

42

39

38

43

66

59

46

41

38

48

46

39

38

39

51

58

48

43

37

37

35

34

37 

39

40

1,403

45.3

0.391

0.45

Sept.

35

33

84

63

51

94

68

55

48

43

42

*40

39

37

34

33

31

30

35

32

29

29

29

29

49

853

370

192

126

105

2,738

91.3

0.787

0.88

Mean 116 Cfsm 1.00 In. 13.52

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,250 Mln 29 Mean 113 Cfsm 0.974 In. 13.29

Peak discharge fbase, 1.60O cfs).--Apr. 16 (4 a.m.) 1,690 cfs 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 223

South Pacolet River Reservoir near Fingerville, S. C.

Location. Lat 35°07 I , long 81°59', on downstream side of right pier of highway bridge, 

1 mile upstream from dam and If miles south of Fingerville, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area. 92 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. March 1930 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 761.18 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929. supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. Maximum gage height during year, 16.88 ft Sept. 27; minimum, 8.06 ft Aug. 29. 

 1330-56: Maximum gage height, 17.68 ft Oct. 19, 1937; minimum, 2.76 ft Oct. 8,

1930.

Remarks. Reservoir is formed by concrete dam completed in 1926. Capacity, 1,104,000,000 

gal between gage heights 0.0 ft (limit of drawdown) and 17.0 ft (top of new gates completed in Aug. 1956). Dead storage is about 350,000,000 gal. Figures given herein 

represent usable contents. Spillway crest is at gage height 12.0 ft. City of Spartanburg diverted about 10,303,000 gal per day (15.9 cfs) from reservoir for municipal 

supply during water year 1956. Surplus water is used for generation of power.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1383: 1933, 1947-48.

Capacity table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

usable contents, In millions of gallons)

(Prepared by engineers for the Board of Water Commissioners, 

city of Spartanburg, In 1929, from contour survey)

8.0

10.0

340

465

15.0

17.0

879

1,104

Mean gage height, In feet, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

(t)

(*)

Oct.

9.89

11.26

12.60

12.94

12.97

12.92

12.83

12.88

13.29 

13.46

13.53

13.55

13.51

13.51

13.50

13.49

13.48

13.46

13.44

13.43

13.40

13.41

13.50

13.47 

13.42

13.35

13.28

13.22

13.21

13.27

13.29

715

+14.2

Nov.

13.26

13.22

13.20

13.18

13.14

13.12

13.11

13.11

13.09 

13.11

13.24

13.35

13.40

13.48

13.67

13.85

13.92

13.71

13.54

13.53

13.43

13.29

13.19

13.15 

13.13

13.14

13.14

13.10

12.99

12.89

677 -2.0

Dec.

12.78

12.69

12.63

12.59

12.58

12.53

12.45

12.37

12.30 

12.20

12.11

12.01

11.90

11.76

11.65

11.55

11.41

11.31

11.25

11.29

11.31

11.37

11.41

11.46 

11.56

11.66

11.71

11.73

11.74

11.77

11.80

597

-4.0

Jan.

11.83

11.88

11.91

11.93

11.95

11.96

11.97

11.96

11.89 

11.78

11.68

11.55

11.53

11.56

11.60

11.66

11.72

11.74

11.86

12.17

12.45

12.45

12.44

12 . 40 

12.42

12.30

12.11

11.96

11.92

11.91

11.88

599

+0.1

Feb.

11.82

12.01

12.43

13.18

14.57

15.31

15.48

15.29

14.84 

14.10

13.18

12.87

13.00

12.70

12.39

12.36

12.44

13.04

13.95

14.57

14.77

14.53

13.77

12.80 

12.42

12.41

12.43

12.41

12.72

687

+4.7

Calendar year 1955: (t ) -0.4

Mar.

13.14

13.43

13.67

13.95

14.23

14.40

14.45

14.34

14.33 

14.32

14.31

14.33

14.35

14.23

14.03

14. 6O

15.24

15.21

14.61

14.02

13.97

13.94

14.08

14.36 

14.45

14.45

14.35

14.46

14.47

14.38

14.25

810

+6.1

Apr.

14.40

14.50

14.55

14.63

14.60

14.72

15.01

15.16

14.95

14.58

14.53

15.18

15.29

14.89

14.78

15.70

15.87

15.25

14.91

14.51

14.61

14.66

14.63

14.43 

14.38

14.53

14.59

14.61

14.55

14.48

824

+0.7

May

14.47

14.48

14.55

14.73

14.59

14.50

14.48

14.77

14.83 

14.59

14.42

14.51

14.66

14.72

14.63

14.52

14.47

14.46

14.45

14.47

14.47

14.45

14.39

14.32 

14.32

14.40

14.50

14.59

14.64

14.70

14.76

855

 1-1.5

June

14.73

14.64

14.65

14.59

14.50

14.40

14.28

14.15

14.12 

14.10

14.11

14.08

13.98

13.96

13.94

13.93

13.91

13.89

13.82

13.79

13.82

13.83

13.85

13.82 

13.76

13.67

13.53

13.37

13.17

12.98

_

678 -9.3

July

12.79

12.73

12.69

12.67

13.24

13.65

13.79

13.94

14.18 

14.17

14.15

14.03

13.85

13.77

13.75

13.67

13.69

13.72

13.56

13.47

13.55

13.57

13.45

13.26 

13.14

13.01

12.91

12.74

12.57

12.42

12.28

626 -2.6

Aug.

12.18

12.10

11.94

11.81

11.69

11.57

11.38

11.16

10.93 

10.71

10.49

10.31

10.11

9.80

9.41

9.01

8.71

8.61

8.57

8.46

8.25

8.28

8.30

8.28 

8.27

8.26

8.24

8.17

8.08

8.07

87IT

346

-14.0

Sept.

8.10

8.09

8.42

8.91

9.12

9.44

10.12

10.74

11.00 

11.15

11.28

11.34

11.40

11.45

11.47

11.49

11.50

11.51

11.50

11.50

11.47

11.44

11.43

11.38 

11.46

13.65

16.10

16.77

16.16

15.39

889

+28.0

Water year 1955-56: (t ) +1.9

t Contents, in millions of gallons, at 12 p.m. on last day of 

* Change In contents, In equivalent cubic feet per second.
224 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Pacolet River near Fingerville, S. C.

Location.--Lat 35°07', long 81°58', on right bank 100 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 55, a quarter of a mile downstream from confluence of North Pacolet and South 

Pacolet Rivers, and 2j miles southeast of Fingerville, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area.--212 sq mi.

Records available.--Mo^ember 1929 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 706.33 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,160 cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 5.55 ft); minimum daily, 33 cfs Sept. 21.

1929-56: Maximum discharge 22,800 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 22.43 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 9,600 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum daily, 32 cfs 

Oct. 6, 7, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 46 ft in June 1903, from floodmark (discharge not determined).

Remarks.--Records good. Some regulation by South Pacolet River Reservoir (see preceding 

page). Some diurnal fluctuation caused'by mill on North Pacolet River. About 

10,303,000 gal per day (15.9 cfs) diverted above station for city of Spartanburg water 

supply during water year 1956.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

.5 

l.U

111

248

446

697

2,740

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

3

lu

11

1C

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfstn

In.

Oct.

100

113

136

120

111

107

109

144

142

109

95

99

90

92

90

90

90

88

86

86

86

72

84

88

*86

83

81

81

92

100

88

3,038

98.0

_

-

Nov.

86

86

86

85

85

86

86

88

88

98

122

107

100

81

11

76

105

120

136

142

132

118

118

125

125

132

132

125

120

113

3,179

106

_

-

Dec .

113

116

118

118

ISO

116

*113

116

113

113

113

113

111

113

109

111

111

113

100

96

94

94

94

96

94

94

92

92

96

9b

98

3,284

106

_

-

Jan.

94

92

94

92

3C

90

88

96

100

100

103

105

86

85

85

85

85

*85

100

120

118

116

120

162

154

152

144

127

118

116

118

3,332

107

_

-

Feb.

118

188

274

446

377

1,280

1,660

971

526

464

487

364

324

302

246

222

302

411

344

611

616

497

446

385

287

309

287

509

232

------

13,285

458

_

-

Mar.

198

210

195

186

178

178

*264

240

201

186

189

186

183

255

252

862

1,240

763

526

348

280

238

138

192

204

210

191

179

254

269

191

9,246

298

_

-

Apr.

162

181

170

175

173

313

557

385

309

280

660

1,140

852

521

526

2,260

2.520

828

530

386

313

280

305

272

226

216

*229

219

222

210

15,220

507

_

-

May

184

218

289

349

240

£35

338

360

309

272

218

175

167

176

172

159

144

144

136

134

. 134

132

]27

125

122

116

118

120

135

120

118

5,786

187

_

-

June

140

149

129

127

*122

126

122

109

96

98

103

104

95

100

94

88

86

83

85

98

94

90

88

85

81

76

74

72

69

80

2,963

98.8

_

-

July

83

105

96

143

126

96

108

116

200

195

110

107

116

130

120

119

286

146

116

121

304

191

144

127

*110

142

118

100

92

90

90

4,147

. 134

_

-

Aug.

86

83

79

79

84

72

67

64

62

71

94

88

76

70

72

72

63

49

48

65

63

67

56

50

46

46

46

46

46

48

48

2,006

64.7

_

-

Sept.

43

40

89

71

60

96

77

62

55

52

50

*49

48

45

43

41

40

40

43

41

38

40

41

40

74

1,040

c-z p

boo

476

335

242

4,099

137

_

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,330 Mln 50 Mean 197 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,320 Mln 38 Mean 190 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measi:
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 325

Paeolet River near Clifton, S. C.

Location.--Lab 34°58'10", long 81°48'05", on left bank 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 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 540 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge.--16 years (1940-56), 457 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,170 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.63 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,400 cfs as explained below; minimum daily, 42 cfs Aug. 26.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 26,800 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 21.19 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,400 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam at 

Clifton Mill 2; minimum daily, 17 cfs Oct. 19, 1941.

Remarks.--Records fair. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above sta- 

.Ton and South Paeolet River Reservoir (see p. 223). City of Spartanburg diverts water 

above station from South Paeolet River Reservoir for municipal supply.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.2

34

50

97

164

1.5 

2.0

4.0 

7.0

306

706

2,560

5,860

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

425

229

232

187

167

162

152

297

192

210

156

153

152

141

141

130

163

145

144

142

138

136

107

157

*139

140

138

139

180

106

165

5,265

170

_

-

Nov.

135

139

142

142

150

130

162

139

142

170

199

161

159

180

136

139

132

185

211

215

212

184

194

190

199

194

185

208

182

176

5,070

169

_

-

Dec.

180

180

190

170

190

180

*172

179

181

166

166

201

170

173

176

174

166

142

193

153

153

151

157

143

146

157

177

145

150

157

145

5,183

167

-

-

.Jan.

139

171

151

153

148

150

147

154

178

159

165

161

154

156

127

166

144

*147

175

191

171

158

£01

259

257

216

213

204

154

192

155

5,230

169

-

-

Feb.

179

264

397

1,020

828

2,970

1,980

1,410

768

627

662

656

504

410

392

541

565

647

757

1,640

988

776

644

618

432

409

483

519

386

______

22,232

767

-

-

Mar.

510

350

309

282

320

278

*312

393

309

289

253

509

292

338

413

2.850

1,460

1,110

759

574

375

357

311

278

266

314

305

252

408

588

350

15,072

486

-

-

Apr.

214

284

265

245

268

822

808

605

505

380

1,290

1,440

1,240

772

815

5,290

*2,980

*1,190

776

618

452

446

479

444

387

*350

363

345

336

333

24,720

824

-

-

May

302

312

681

1,180

459

382

508

565

425

399

344

269

238

290

257

248

226

224

216

178

258

201

190

202

195

188

156

206

199

196 

184

9,858

318

-

-

June

197

235

155

228

*204

205

202

195

170

148

196

169

185

166

171

160

133

174

146

157

170

150

155

126

167

130

132

125

119

112

4,982

166

-

-

July

168

141

159

461

276

226

261

158

274

300

220

180

150

150

140

200

400

280

200

240

360

280

240

*217

181

178

190

162

113

157 

128

6,790

219

-

-

Aug.

139

127

106

126

91

144

92

94

97

92

103

121

127

104

100

96

100

84

56

110

119

99

98

88

120

42

59

75

89

68 

56

3,022

97.5

-

-

Sept.

52

62

84

130

105

95

204

108

67

113

71

*78

78

75

48

56

98

64

62

58

58

44

52

89

172

4.060

1, 150

688

530

376

8,925

298

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,160 Min 69 Mean 301 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,290 Min 42 Mean 318 Cfsm - In.

-' Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Hote. No gage-height record Dec. 1-6, July 10-23; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range 

in stage, weather records, and records for station near Fingerville.
226 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Broad River near Carlisle, S. C.

Loeatlon. Lat 34°36', long 81°25', on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 72, 2 miles upstream from Sandy River, 2 miles downstream from Seaboard Air 

Line Railroad bridge, Z\ miles east of Carlisle, Union County, and 5 miles downstream 

from Neals Shoals Dam,

Drainage area.--2.790 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1938 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 290.70 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--17 years (1939-56), 3,561 ofs .

Extremes.--Maximum discharge daring year, 30,900 ofs Apr. 17 (gage height, 14.99 ft); minimum, 40 cfs Sept. 2; minimum daily, 44 cfs Sept. 2.

1938-5C: Maximum discharge, 103,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 29.41 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 52,000 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over Neals 

Shoals Dam; minimum, 37 cfs Aug. 29, 1955; minimum daily, that of Sept. 2, 1956.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1939(m), drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-28)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 17

206

479

1,090

1,770

5.0 

9.0 

12 .O 

14.0

5,640

14,900

22,600

28,100

1.0 

1.3

1.5 

1.9 

2.5

Mar. 18 to Sept. 30

35

112

189

444

1,010 15.0

1,630

5,220

14,800

25,300

30,900

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,420

6,500

4,650

3,650

2,110

1,680

1,400

838

966

1,720

1,710

937

1,390

1,060

1,580

377

1,120

1,130

1,020

1,180

* 1,030

1,400

249

460

1,490

880

629

852

1,860

367

479

47,934

1,546

0.554

0.64

Nov.

1,150

1,210

1,190

1,240

1,710

477

865

1,440

1,150

1,490

2,140

1,670

722

1,620

1,680

1,100

1,230

1,380

2,450

828

1,360

1,630

*1,310

1,450

1,520

2,450

498

1,650

1,300

1,310

41,220

1,374

0.492

0.55

Dec.

1,310

1,310

1,940

368

1,320

1,360

1,330

1,310

1,330

2,210

376

1,010

1,310

1,280

1,180

1,730

1,570

304

1,570

1,390

1,090

1,220

2,060

1,100

518

1,090

1,300

964

1,170

1,240

2,150

39,410

1,271

0.456

0.53

Jan.

410

809

1,060

1,150

1,160

1,310

1,920

352

817

1,4OO

1,160

1,020

1,260

1,830

408

682

1,490

1,120

1,020

1,410

2,470

373

1,300

2,200

1,330

1,750

1,430

2,050

357

1,590

1, 180

37,818

1,220

0.437

0.50

Feb.

1,330

1,920

2,940

4,200

10,900

11,600

20,800

14,700

7,520

5,200

4,980

3,850

5,040

4,140

2,750

3,640

3,830

6,520

6,080

11,100

12,800

7,620

4,870

4,240

3,940

3,400

3,680

5,310

4,140

-----

------

183,140

6,315

2.26

2.44

Mar.

3,940

3,240

3,240

2,600

3,200

2,670

2,260

2,480

2,580

2,760

1,980

2,350

2,360

2,320

2,580

13,800

27,000

13,800

6,800

4,140

3,740

3,000

3,000

2,910

1,790

2,590

2,400

2,180

3,270

3,360

2,480

136,830

4,414

1.58

1.82

Apr.

1,800

2,100

2,570

1,740

2,310

2,570

5 , 300

4,930

3,740

2,910

8,840

14,600

10,800

6,730

4,910

17,600

28,900

14,400

7,190

5,640

4,710

3,740

2,670

2,990

2,660

3,000

2,570

2,910

1,910

2,950

179,690

5,990

2.15

2.40

May

3,380

3,740

3,860

11,800

15,400

5,540

5,370

6,070

4,710

3,450

3 , 000

2,400

2,320

2,480

2,OOO

2,000

1,910

2,420

1,460

1,320

2,170

1,700

1,700

1,700

2,370

1,260

1,050

2,200

1,110

2,080

1,420

101,370

3,270

1.17

1.35

June

2,320

2,660

2,020

2,110

1,68O

1,350

1,930

1,580

1,480

740

652

1,750

1,040

1,500

1,790

1,550

289

660

1,540

1,300

1,180

1,890

1,360

485

870

1,260

1,230

1,140

1,590

947

----- -

41,893

1,396

0.500

0.56

July

922

2,3OO

1,230

1,160

1,190

2,240

1,670

1,27O

1,520

*5,080

2,74O

1,600

1,310

1,160

289

1,410

1,930

2,250

2,320

1,510

2,320

573

1,330

1,790

1,070

1,180

1,240

1,530

270

995

1,310

46,709

1,507

0.540

0.62

Aug..

1,140

999

837

1,030

258

462

1,750

688

590

442

63

554

760

824

770

794

970

336

460

*660

1,120

786

800

1,100

270

488

873

822

704

936

23,263

750

0.269

0.31

Sept.

411

44

eTT

692

822

931

1,730

2,300

320

611

850

1,090

951

1,030

345

80

552

684

606

690

750

311

73

515

884

8,900

*19,500

12,100

4,400

1,480

64,463

2,149

0.770

0.86

Calendar year 1955: Max 24,200 Mln 172 Mean 2,308 Cfsm 0.827 In. 11.23

Water year 1955-56: Max 28,900 Mln 44 Mean 2,579 Cfsm 0.924 In. 12.58

Peak discharge (base, 25,000 

30,900 cfs (14.99 ft).

* Discharge measurement made

:fs).--Mar. 17 (8:15 a.m.) 28,100 cfs (14.03 ft); Apr. 17 (8 a.m.)

this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

North Tyger River near Fairmont ,

Location.- -La t 34°55'45", long 82 G 02'40", on left bank 80 ft downstream from Prey Creek 

and 2 .2 miles north of Fairmont, Spartanburg County.

DrainaKe area. --44 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. --October 1950 to September 1956.

Gage . Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 680 ft (from topographic map) .

Average d is charge . --6 years, 51.2 cf s .

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 1,790 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.10 ft); minimum, 9.2 cfs Sept. 1; minimum daily, 9.8 cfs Sept. 2.

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 2,280 :fs Mar. 4, 1952 (gage height, 10.56 ft); minimum, 6.0 cfs Sept. 19, 20, 1954; minimum daily, 7.0 cfs Sept. 19, 1954.

Remarks . --Rt :ords good.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 7 to July 7)

.6

.9

1.2

1.5

8.5

10

18

54

2.0

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

172

418

619

829

1,380

Discharge, In cubic feet per serond, water year October 1955 to Septemb

Day

i

2

3

4

5

e

7

y 

y

10

ll

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

1.35

92

45

sr

24

18

14

97 

49

36

32

26

*24

24

24

24

24

23

23

22

22

22

22

22

21

21

22

25

24

22

1,053

34.0

0.773

0.89

Hnv.

2~2 22

23

24

22

22

22 

22

26

31

24

24

23

24

24

22

22

3 1

28

24

*24

26

34

29

34

29

27

26

24

757

25.2

0.573

0.64

Dec.

24

25

26

26

29_

26

25

26

26

25

24

24

24

24

24

23

23

24

24

23

23

23

23

23

23

22

22

22

22

22

745

24.0

0.545

0.63

Jan.

22

22

22

22

22

22

22 

21

21

*21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

30

30

26

24

25

40

31

28

26

26

25

25

24

746

24.1

0.548

0.63

Feb.

24

58

62

185

147

476

368

102 

75

62

77

63

54

49

*46

45

151

114

126

599

150

92

74

68

66

64

65

81

60

------

3,603

124

2.82

3.04

Mar.

54

55

53

52

48

46

45

43

40

39_

39

39

41

45

64

575

309

106

82

70

61

57

53

51

48

48

45

46

73

54

49

2.430

78.4

1.78

2.05

Apr.

46

45

*42

41

40

266

172

76 

62

58

327

194

97

80

135

1,210

178

109

89

79

70

66

62

 58

55

54

52

51

49

48

3,911

130

2.95

3.29

May

48

48

164

549 130"

88

104

69

62

57

53

52

48

45

44

40

40

38

38

38

37

*35

35

37

38

38

38

39

39

40

2.218

71.5

1.62

1.87

June

56

51

41

37

35

35

35

34 

32

30

29

28

26

27

27

28

24

23

24

26

29

26

24

23

21

20

20

18

17

25

871

29.0

0.659

0.74

July

52

28

24

25

32

44

87

35 

64

36

26

*24

23

36

26

24

44

26

24

28

77

32

26

30

36

26

22

21

19

20

19

1,036

33.4

0.759

0.88

Aug.

20

19

17

18

20

25

19

16

16

15

15

14

15

14

15

15

15

14

14

14

14

15

*15

14

13

12" 12

12

14

13

12

476

15.4

0.350

O.40

Sept.

10

28~9.8

18

20

22

25

23

17

16

16

16

15

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

12

30

817

246

73

52

42

1,636.8

54.6

1.24

1.38

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,110 Mln 9.4 

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,210 Mln 9.E

Mean 42.0 

Mean 53.2

Cfsm 0.955 In. 12.94 

Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.44

fs) . Feb. 6 (10:15 p.m.) 818 cfs (5.83 f t) j Feb. 20 (ll a.m.) 752 cfs
228 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°56'35", long 82°08'00", on left bank 200 ft upstream from bridge on

State Highway 292 at Lyman, Spartanburg County, 600 ft downstream from Southern Railway 

bridge, and 0.8 mile northeast of Duncan.

Drainage area.--68.3 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1938 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and masonry control. Datum of gage is 776.05 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--18 years, 92.8 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,160 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.67 ft); minimum, 1 cfs Aug. 30; minimum daily, 12 cfs Oct. 7, Dec. 17, 18, 25, 26, Jan. 1.

1938-56: Maximum discharge, 4,800 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 16.16 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,900 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam; 

minimum, 1 cfs Sept. 25, 1940, Oct. 3, 1954, Aug. 30, 1956; minimum daily, 5 cfs 

Sept. 24, 1955.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by reservoir 3 miles above station.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 10-14)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 16 Mar. 17 to Sept. 30

1.1

1.2 

1.5

102

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

192

300

594

990

,440

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

Discharge, in cubic feet per

Not

table ab 

jnd, water year Octobe

as preceding 

ve 2.0 ft. 

1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IS

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

48

70

37

20

15

13

13.

a60

a36

a20

alB

a!6

*19

21

21

21

21

20

20

19

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

27

30

24

792

25.5

-

"

Nov.

30

30

30

29

29

30

31

31

30

30

27

26

24

23

£1

21

21

24

33

35

*33

31

33

36

35

32

31

25

a26

a26

863

28.8

-

-

Dec.

a26

a24

a24

a24

a24

a24

a24

23

24

a26

a24

a22

a22

22

22

19

12

12

15

24

23

20

20

17

12

12

15

21

22

18

19

636

20.5

-

"

Jan.

11

15

21

21

21

21

20

14

18

26

*26

23

23

23

23

21

22

22

28

32

28

26

22

28

26

20

20

25

29

153" 34

723

23.3

-

-

Feb.

35

63

92

207

393

755

279

141

105

104

110

91

78

*72

69

123

218

207

480

387

177

120

100

96

100

92

115

99

------

5,130

177

-

-

Mar.

83

82

80

78

67

67

67

66

60

55

54

55

60

69

81

*372

574

231

138

105

90

83

79

78

69

65

65

65

102

102

77

3,319

107

-

Apr.

66

60

61

*60

61

149

200

128

87

78

216

447

242

141

167

1.260

1,020

271

177

131

113

107

96

74

66

68

79

78

78

77

5,858

195

« 

-

May

77

77

113

268

247

198

163

143

110

71

56

49

41

41

43

39

32

38

33

33

33

37

37

*38

40

42

43

44

49

54

54

2,349

75.8

-

"

June

57

56

54

49

43

42

38

32

25

29

26

29

28

29

28

30

29

27

27

28

28

26

29

28

27

25

25

24

22

22

962

32.1

-

"

July

24

21

14

14

24

23

34

30

54

80

*41

27

32

52

49

37

50

39

33

36

46

34

30

31

35

32

28

25

22

24

61

1,082

34.9

-

"

Aug.

100

113

83

51

26

22

18

19

26

24

22

21

20

20

18

18

18

18

18

15

19

19

*23

19

18

16

16

17

14

14

16

861

27 . 8

-

~

Sept.

18

18

25

17

14

22

23

20

18

18

18

16

16

15

16

16

15

15

15

15

14

14

15

13

27

377

305

78

32

26

1,251

41.7

-

'

Calendar year 1955: Max 947 Kin 5 Mean 59.1 Cfsm - In.

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,260 Mln 12 Mean 65.1 Cfsm - In.

Peak discharge (has

a No gage-height 

preceding and following day,

1.000 cfa).--Apr. 16 (10:45 p.m.) 2,160 cfs (7.67 ft), 

nb made on this day. 

eeord; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 329

North Tyger River near Moore, S. C.

Location. Lat 34 0 48'10", long 81°57'57", on right bank 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.

Drainage area.--162 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1934 to September 1956.

Sage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 564.79 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--22 years, 219 cfs.

Extreme^.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,750 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 3.81 ft); minimum, 29 cfs Sept. 24; minimum daily, 32 cfs Sept. 24.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 12,300 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 7.15 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,800 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 13 cfs Dec. 29, 

1935; minimum daily, 16 cfs Oct. 3, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low flow by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1333: 1936(m), 1940(m).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic: feet per second)

1.0 

1.2

1.5

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

443

604

1,580

3,120

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

133

167

96

71

65

63

82

177

144

76

69

65

*63

63

63

63

63

63

65

71

122

82

58

56

F8

58

58

60

65 

63

2,460

79.4

0.490

0.56

Nov.

58

58

107

58

56

52

54

60

111

60

76

65

60

58

121

60

58 

58

75

a95

a 100

*a!20

67

87

115

114

74

67

63 

132

2,339

78.0

0.481

0.54

Dee.

65

65

63

67

71

67

113

85

67

65

63

60

58

58

115

60

58 

56

55

58

a60

a60

a60

a60

58

56

56

58

58

60

63

2,021

65.2

0.402

0.46

Jan.

79

56

58

58

58

58

56

54

54

a60

*a95

58

58

56

56

56

58 

58

69

151

69

60

63

89

84

130

71

67

65 

63

2,132

68.8

0.425

0.49

Feb.

132

123

198

438

672

724

1,590

1,110

498

288

301

191

245

207

*125

224

290 

451

353

860

1,250

632

327

267

272

169

235

301

255

12,728

439

2.71

2.92

Mar.

216

168

222

133

196

168

150

125

190

149

97

145

157

110

203

943

1,720 

 919

419

278

242

235

136

174

170

167

214

114

235 

259

164

8,818

284

1.75

2.02

Apr.

126

174

167

107

TT¥

197

738

381

261

195

*619

993

759

423

297

1,860

2,200 

1,080

502

333

288

217

253

242

164

157

213

180

121

13,621

454

2.80

3.12

May

204

171

295

890

991

495

554

461

316

242

236

140

133

178

158

110

117 

157

100

92.

93

166

*94

92

111

168

97

92

160 

101

157

7,371

238

1.47

1.70

June

155

221 Tie

118

140

87

130

121

84

79

76

104

111

76

76

79

74 

98

145

89

81

74

71

67

65

67

65

112

78 

60

2,921

97.4

0.601

0.67

July

87

67

154

96

76

82

134

85

102

81

»71

76

76

89

84

79

149 

133

79

84

182

89

81

94

94

87

99

94

56 

54

56

2,870

92.6

0.572

0.66

Aug.

60

196

114

135

58

73

60

75

82

52

50

48

47

50

71

68

52 

54

72

55

54

*54

54

52

56

47

45

48

50 

56

158

2,146

69.2

0.427

0.49

Sept.

50

37

76

56

58

60

76

89

56

54

44

44

45

45

44

39

34 

34

36

37

34

34

33

32

54

697

1,550

609

261 

123

4,441

148

0.914

1.02

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,740 Mln 39 Mean 137 Cfsm 0.846 In. 11.49

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,200 Mln 32 Mean 175 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.65

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 cfs). Mar. 17 (5 a.m.) 1,880 cfs (3.26 ft); Apr. 16 (7:45 p.m.) 2,750 

cfs (3.81 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

South Tyger River near Woodruff and Ty~er River near Woodruff.
230 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

South Tyger River near Reidville, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°52'35", long 82°05'10", on lefb bank 0.4 mile upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 296, 1.2 miles downstream from Berry Shoals, 1.8 miles northeast of Reidville, Spartanburg County, and 4 miles upstream from Bens Creek,

Drainage area. 106 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1934 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 626.28 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 151 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,300 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.82 ft); minimum, 7.3 cfs Aug. SO (gage height, 0.69 ft); minimum daily, 8.5 cfs Aug. 22, 23.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 6,420 cfs Oct. 7, 1949 (gage height, 14.23 ft); mini-1 

mum, 4.6 cfs June 5, 6, 1941 (gage height, 0.60 ft); minimum daily, 5.5 cfs June 6, 

1941.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above 

station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.0

1.5 97

2.0 

3.0 

5.0 

5.2

202

497

1,350

1,450

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

30

84

154

241

182

46

45

36

53

88

61

252

47

*40

15_

15

45

43

15

31

111

18

20

58

45

48

77

47

15

15

42

2,024

65.3

0.616

0.71

Nov.

43

44

42

43

40

39

52

48

45

43

82

34

31

63

49

42

43

39

14

32

67

*49

183

165

51

19

48

93

48

54

1,645

54.8

0.517

0.58

Dec.

53

50

28

34

59

108

129

138

104

15

27

45

43

47

43

87

102

73

60

47

43

42

88

54

42

32

52

44

42

42

30

1,803

58.2

0.549

0.63

Jan.

34

54

46

45

44

41

20- 15

50

43

75

205

107

18

18

44

44

44

44

106

64

42

88

47

47

123

133

19

25

49

47

1,781

57.5

0.542

0.62

Feb.

46

66

352

259

235

583

868

597

357

286

68

68

191

171

256

*83

180

121

147

819

586

414

340

337

100

169~ 15

264

164

______

8,142

281

2.65

2.86

Mar.

78

229

117

29

180

76

87

261

208

15

14

73

42

168

194

568

531

360

356

323

257

50

161

84

74

198

75

44

167

230

123

5,372

173

1.63

1.88

Apr.

66

195

42

*31

209

289

260

87

292

295

346

*406

361

132

107

1,420

1,190

468

367

337

131

57

228

212

253

148

78

16

16

111

8,150

272

2.57

2.87

May

210

213

318

319

170

91

310

423

364

310

134

16

16

109

234

243

69

43

15

15

43

162

229

50

51

27

41

99

84

227

50

4,685

151

1.42

1.64

June

47

19

20

36

149

85

46

89

78

53

102

49

123

83

85

99

56

100

51

53

52

48

18

Tz

95

47

50

80

227

43

2,115

70.5

0.665

0.74

July

41

150

52 " 17

72

50

17

16

150

162

*235

TTT

60

16

17

97

72

89

140

71

17

16

83

65

84

190

96

21

20

55

44

2,332

75.2

0.709

0.82

Aug.

41

34

109

T8

18

70

42

37

38

36

15

15

43

39

34

35

29

12

12

10

9.0

*8.5

8.5

21

75

36

50

42

38

42

71

1,088.0

35.1

0.331

0.38

Sept.

16

17

53

42

42

39

41

49

37

88

40

40

38

31

16

15

14

13

13

13

12

12

11

TT

23

1,070

439

279

18

25

2,557

85.2

0.804

0.90

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,430 Min 6.5 Mean 93.9 Cfsm 0.886 In. 12.03

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,420 Min 8.5 Mean 114 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.63

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 efs).--Feb. 20 (8:15 a.m.) 1,400 cfs (5.07 ft); 

2,300 cfs (6.82 ft); Sept. 26 (11:45 a.m.) 1,800 cfs (5.92 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

16 (7:45 a.m.)
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 231

South Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°45'2l", long 81°56'19", on left bank at Chesnee Shoals, 0.5 mile upstream from confluence with North Tyger River and 5$ miles east of Woodruff, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area. 174 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1934 to September 1956.

Gage_. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 508.35 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 222 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,280 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 4.97 ft); minimum, 16 cfs Sept. 22 (gage height, 1.43 ft); minimum daily, 18 cfs Sept. 21, 22.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 9,510 cfs Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 9.78 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,700 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 11 cfs 

Sept. 23, 1955 (gage height, 1.37 ft); minimum daily, 12 cfs Sept. 23, 1955.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.1 

2.5

111

221

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

5.0

431

721

1,120

2,350

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

59

93

180

192

220

156

70

110

102

90

95

150

*185

74

65

38

38

60

60

30

75

100

46

53

79

65

80

80

76

46 

44

2,811

90.7

0.521

0.60

Nov.

65

65

70

75

70

65

63

72

72

77

88

106

59

59

78

66

60

60

71

52

63

*75

132

209

106

87

61

91

83

70

2,370

79.0

0.454

0.51

Dec.

77

75

70

56

70

96

132

150 T2~F

88

52" 44

66

66

66

76

95

122

77

68

65

63

73

93

67

58

51

64

60

61 

59

2,388

77.0

0.443

0.51

Jan.

53

52

62

61

60

58

57

37

47

61

*58

163

133

78

41

39

58

59

72

91

103

72

76

99

73

96

156

86

48

50

64

2,258

72.8

0.418

0.48

Feb.

66

122

248

489

597

761

1,210

910

562

350

290

162

180

214

*265

247

659

367

304

685

942

588

436

402

316

103

157

383

365

12,380

427

2.45

2.64

Mar.

154

204

321

103

151

177

137

199

322

151

75

72

122

98

332

1,460

1,330

598

396

412

352

197

135

229

97

151

191

122

264

286

321

9,159

295

1.70

1.96

Apr.

107

154

185

*99

133

299

451

173

209

365

851

828

493

3S6

157

1,650

1,740

1,180

503

431

335

129

187

255

294

265

159

129

75

76

12,278

409

2.35

2.62

May

207

244

383

611

371

190

370

652

467

412

252

153

80

88

200

275

194

109

81

61

60

100

*242

167

90

82

73

99

119

138

186

6,756

218

1.25

1.44

June

93

96

53

52

121

122

94

89

106

89

94

88

113

115

103

118

95

92

86

77

76

73

65

41

67

84

65

64

141

165

2,737

91.2

0.524

0.58

July

61

79

125

74

41

82

67

40

57

162

*197

184

112

78

38

49

95

98

142

107

76

37

50

98

81

164

125

80

se- 35

es

2,732

88.1

0.506

0.58

Aug.

57

52

55

~3T 101

33

66

48

44

42

43

22

27

46

67

87

51

42

46

57

29

*25

23

22

54

65

47

56

52

50

57

1,493

48.2

0.277

0.32

Sept.

68

26

32

61

53

56

61

67

62

48

90

52

52

50

42

28

24

23

22

21

18

T5

19

20

35

861

1,220

422

187

69

3,807

127

0.730

0.81

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,260 Min 12 Mean 135 Cfsm 0.776 In. 10.52

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,740 Min 18 Mean 167 Cfsm 0.960 In. 13.05

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 efs).--Mar. 16 (8:30 p.m.) 2,280 cfs (4.97 ft); Apr. 17 (4:15 a.m.) 

2,070 cfs (4.80 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--No gage-height record Oct. 10-12, 15-23, 26-28, Nov. 1-6; discharge estimated on basis of 

recorded range in stage and records for Tyger River near Woodruff and North Tyger River near Moore.
232 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°45'15", long 81 C 55'30", on left bank at upstream side of Nesbitts Bridge 

on State Highway 49, 0.5 mile downstream from confluence of North Tyger and South Tyger 

Rivers and 6i miles east of Woodruff, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area. 351 sq mi.

Records available. October 1929 to September 1956 (discontinued), Monthly discharge

only for some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 489.44 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--27 years, 465 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,800 cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 5.99 ft); minimum, 45 cfs Sept. 23; minimum daily, 46 cfs Sept. 22, 23.

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 28,000 cfs (estimated) Oct. 2, 1929; minimum, 29 cfs 

Oct. 3-5, 1954; minimum daily, 29 cfs Oct. 4, 1954.

Flood on June 6, 1903, reached a stage of 20.4 ft, from floodmark set by local 

resident, at site 0.3 mile below gage; that in August 1928, 20.0 ft (present site); 

that in September 1929, 14.65 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 19,600 cfs).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station.

Revisions. WSP 742: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 3-8, 17-22, Mar. 16,

Apr. 11-13, Sept. 26)

1.6

1.7 

1.9 

2.2

55

100

196

2.5

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

332

695

1,770

4,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1955

Day

1

n

3

4

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

168

286

279

256

283

219

128

288

291

167

168

214

266

*138

132

103

100

130

131

100

195

195

106

103

136

125

136

147

141 

103

95

5,329

172

0.490

0.56

Nov.

124

127

182

134

128

120

120

131

194

143

170

177

120

124

204

132

124

121

157

150

140

236

*212

351

212

256

141

156

168 

204

4,958

165

0.470

0.52

Dec.

145

145

140

122

141

166

229

280

209

168

108

114

125

128

184

137

161

189

141

132

130

129

132

164

125

114

108

123

122 

121

122

4,552

147

0.419

0.48

Jan.

132

111

124

125

118

118

116

93

93

121

156

231

202

146

98

95

117

115

140

233

197

138

142

196

163

217

234

168

114 

111

121

4,485

145

0.413

0.48

Feb.

186

257

480

1,000

1,380

1,560

2,850

2,080

1,110

648

591

376

429

439

403

*492

1,040

842

660

1,590

2,280

1,260

790

686

588

277

387

762

651

26,094

900

2.56

2.76

Mar.

394

353

558

264

320

378

266

332

502

333

171

194

298

204

537

2,620

5,160

1,550

847

704

599

442

282

415

281

320

421

266

499 

578

542

18,630

601

1.71

1.97

Apr.

245

324

398

218

*324

490

1,230

595

472

576

I,fi40

1,890

1,300

814

461

3,670

3.950

2,340

1,080

780

641

371

449

507

481

431

385

337

216 

267

26,882

896

2.55

2.84

May

405

422

641

1,370

1,440

725

1,000

1,240

818

677

505

322

212

240

366

393

323

276

187

154

150

267

*359

272

194

266

182

196

271 

263

14,486

467

1.33

1.53

June

260

T98~ 341

156

282

219

215

224

197

171

167

178

241

194

181

194

174

150

249

176

166

164

142

114

144

156

142

a!80

a240 

a240

5,855

195

0.556

0.62

July

a!60

a!50

a300

a!80

a!20

a!70

a220

a!30

a!60

a260

*270

262

195

163

125

130

229

258

225

201

258

142

127

206

178

251

216

199

98

88

120

5,791

187

0.533

0.61

Aug.

119

236

147

~95 281

109

133

108

144

94

90

68

68

98

120

180

100

96

108

140

81

*78

76

76

112

114

93

109

101 

102

216

3,692

119

0 . 339

0.39

Sept.

123

68

94

127

110

118

176

174

122

100

143

96

95

92

84

66

61

57

57

57

48

46

46

53

102

1,730

2.840

1,100

457 

204

8,646

288

0.821

0.92

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,000 

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,950

Mln 50 

Mln 46

Mean 281 

Mean 354

Cfsm 0.801 

Cfsm 1.01

10.85

13.68

Peak discharge (base. 3,000 cfsj.--Feb. 7 (12 m.) 3,080 cfs 

cfs (5.72 ft); Apr. 17 (2:15 a.m.) 4,800 cfs (5.99 ft); Sept.

* Discharge measurement made un this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of re 

and South Tyger River near Woodruff.

(5.14 ft); Mar. 16 (10:45 a.m.) 3 950 

27 (5:15 a.m.) 3,390 cfs (5.22 ft).

cords for North Tyger River near Moore
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Fairforest Creek near Union, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°41', long 81°41', on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 92, 0.3 mile downstream from Buffalo Creek and 4.3 miles southwest of Union, 

Union County.

L/rainage area. 183 sq mi.

Records available .--June 1940 to September 1956.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 393.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 16 years, 192 efs.

Extremes --Maximum discharge during year, 3,710 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 5.55 ft); minimum, 11 cfs Sept. 3 (gage height, 1.78 ft).

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 8,690 cfs Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 7.61 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,300 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; minimum, 4.5 cfs Oct. 8, 1954 (gage height, 1.65 ft).

Remarks. Records good. Discharge includes some water diverted from South Pacolet River 

Reservoir (see p. 223) which is discharged into this stream after use.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1383: 1947.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge , in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 16-18)

264

458

830

1,300

2,670

4,690

Discharge able feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cf sm

Oct.

104

86

80

61

46

42

3 J

56

92

80

55

*46

44

43

42

40

40

40

40

40

38

33

37

38

38

3B

40

40

42

46

44

1,560

50.3

0.275

0.32

Nov.

42

43

44

44

44

46

46

46

46

55

70

73

55

51

51

49

48

46

63

83

*71

55

53

62

78

78

73

66

57

53

1,696

56.5

0.309

0.34

Dec.

49

51

55

55

58

64

57

53

55

55

51

49

48

46

49

49

41

51

51

49

48

51

53

53

53

53

53

51

51

53

55

1,610

51.9

0.284

0.33

Jan.

53

53

51

53

53

51

51

51

48

*53

55

53

51

49

49

49

48

48

63

95

80

66

61

112

108

36

73

70

68

68

66

1,933

62.4

0.341

0.39

Feb.

66

224

220

452

720

1,940

1,790

1,260

457

264

282

270

242

*181

154

145

591

1,010

579

797

853

637

301

220

195

195

233

390

453

..__ -

15,174

525

2.86

3.08

Mar.

280

220

214

209

181

153

147

143

124

US

118

118

124

143

170

2,550

3,510

1,810

498

234

226

190

171

162

147

135

128

L24

205

264

206

12,687

409

2.23

2.57

Apr.

151

135

*132

128

124

143

171

344

206

147

1 , 520

2.280

1,240

450

312

1,160

*1,570

*850

351

248

200

176

158

151

139

132

128

124

121

121

13,112

437

2.39

2.67

May

127

190

325

377

916

808

472

578

390

242

190

154

139

128

115

103

99

96

90

88

86

*83

80

76

73

78

78

76

73

70

70

6,480

209

1.14

1.31

June

116

413

230

108

88

78

76

73

68

66

64

60

60

66

70

62

57

55

53

55

57

55

51

48

46

44

40

38

38

55

2,390

79.7

0.436

0.49

July

57

62

62

55

48

55

46

77

70

*76

55

43

40

47

68

46

48

53

42

38

40

43

37

36

37

33

30

28

30

26

25

1,451

46.8

0.256

0.30

Aug.

32

32

26

27

27

23

21

20

18

17

15

18

19

16

19

30

23

18

19

17

*24

38

27

22

18

17

16

15

15

17

!i

660

21.3

0.116

0.13

Sept.

13

16

12

12

17

20

64

83

48

28

24

23

21

21

19

18

17

15

16

17

16

14

14

17

56

988

1.540

1,280

356

147

4,732

158

0.863

0.96

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,430 Min 18 Mean 123 Cfsm 0.672 In. 9.16

Water year 1355-56: Max 3,310 Min 12 Mean 173 Cfsm 0.945 In. 12.89

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 cfs).--Feb. 6 (10:30 a.m.) 

cfs (5.55 ft); Apr. 11 (10:30 a.m.) 2,510 cfs (4.91 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

!,940 cfs (5.15 ft); Mar. 17 (2 a.m.) 3,710

459558 O -58 - 16
234 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C.

Location. Lat 34 0 36', long 81 0 54', on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 49 (revised) , three-quarters of a mile upstream from Warrior Creek and 4 miles 

southeast of Enoree, Spartanburg, County.

Drainage area. 307 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1929 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 448.07 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 20, 1929, staff gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge. 27 years, 400 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,670 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 4.86 ft); minimum, 16 cfs Sept. 16; minimum daily, 32 cfs Sept. 17.

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 30,000 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 10.5 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 17,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 8 cfs Oct. 5, 1941; minimum daily, 20 cfs Oct. 2-4, 7, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above 

station.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 802: 1930(M) . WSP 892: 1929-30. 1931(M) , 1932-33, 1935. 

WSP 1112:1934(M). WSP 1383: 1935-36(m), 1941(m), 1951-52(m).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 17, Sept. 27-30

1.8

1.9

2.0 

2.2

105

160

308

2.5 610

3.0 1,340

4.0 3,390

5.0 6,120

Mar. 18 to Sept. 26

22 2.2

33 2.6

47 3.0

66 3.5

97 4.5

275

655

1,200

2,120

4,660

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

307

353

288

175

132

106

108

194

354

252

138

131

128

107

102

114

109

114

96

114

92

101

92

108

102

98

99

104

104

7%

122

4,523

146

0.476

0.55

Nov.

131

115

106

110

99

89

102

132

121

125

177

148

141

153

129

133

118

120

153

255

128

211

83

176

233

184

244

173

175

161

4,423

147

0.479

0.53

Dec.

141

150

146

150

179

217

128

165

153

159

132

154

163

124

160

128

144

129

134

166

107

133

130

132

166

123

120

131

154

124

132

4,474

144

0.469

0.54

Jan.

134

129

131

117

133

131

131

119

110

*144

104

123

120

125

111

129

128

101

175

183

188

165

198

188

260

252

155

208

136

156

159

4,643

150

0.489

0.56

Feb.

164

327

438

862

1,580

1,950

3 , 280

2,090

765

520

478

478

398

*344

317

308

816

1,520

744

1,310

1,730

918

565

458

428

418

439

727

554

24,926

860

2.80

3.02

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,510 Mln 33

Mar.

438

408

408

380

353

344

300

292

284

276

268

268

268

268

296

2,930

4,500

1,750

650

465

400

373

347

323

307

283

275

275

551

515

373

19,168

618

2.01

2.32

Apr.

315

299

291

275

*275

291

637

578

364

323

1,600

1,900

802

535

455

*2,740

3,980

1,590

644

505

436

400

382

355

339

323

315

307

291

283

21,830

728

2.37

2.64

May

275

291

524

813

975

465

466

917

542

400

355

323

307

275

275

244

216

233

226

205

233

*226

219

157

204

233

240

240

186

226

212

10,703

345

1.12

1.29

June

255

426

268

254

172

228

168

210

144

172

196

153

163

163

194

235

145

134

156

140

168

174

105

134

188

74

123

116

91

113

5,262

175

0.570

0.64

July

86

154

179

151

217

192

156

137

182

*304

203

150

139

139

144

135

96

120

135

119

120

128

136

136

125

124

69

88

88

110

162

4,424

143

0.466

0.54

Mean 225 Cfsm O.733 In. 9

Aug.

121

97

91

94

87

82

62

73

56

64

58

60

61

57

80

264

96

75

66

78

*69

72

82

75

66

58

57

58

62

58

58

2,437

78.6

0.256

0.30

Sept.

55

55

43

117

78

72

82

94

102

79

66

60

58

60

71

36

32

54

41

44

44

41

41

47

106

1,640

*4.110

966

379

284

8,957

299

0.974

1.09

91

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,50O Mln 32 Mean 316 Cfsm 1.03 In. 14.02

Peak discharge (base. 5.50O cfs).--Feb. 7 (l:3O p.m.) 3,510 cfs (4.06 ft); Mar. 17 (5:45 a.m.) 

5,670 cfs (4.86 ft); Apr. 17 (9 a.m.) 4,660 cfs (4.48 ft); Sept. 27 (2:30 p.m.) 4,670 cfs (4.52 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 235

Broad River at Rlchtex, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°11'05", long 81°11'48", on right bank 0.8 mile west of Richtex, Fairfield County, 1.2 miles upstream from Little River, and 11 miles downstream from Parr 

Shoals Dam.

Drainage area. 4,850 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 184.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--28 years (1926-27, 1929-56), 5,671 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 42,000 cfs Mar. 18, Apr. 17; maximum gage height, 

11.24 ft Mar. 18; minimum daily discharge, 269 cfs Sept. 23, from rating curve extended 

below 320 cfs.

1925-26: Maximum discharge, 228,000 cfs Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 30.7 ft, from 

floodmarks), on basis of computation of flow over Parr Shoals Dam; minimum daily, 

149 cfs Oct. 13, 1935, from rating curve extended below 320 cfs.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station. Capacity of 

reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years). WSP 757: 1930(M). WSP 972: Drainage area. WSP 1383: 1929(M) , 

1933.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

0.3

.5 

1.0

1.5

267

450

1,040

1,870

2.0

3.0

6.0

11.0

2,940

5,650

16,000

40,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,720

6,810

6.960

5,800

3,430

2,710

2,120

2,640

756

2,270

2,500

1,910

1,910

1,570

2,530

817

1,120

1,680

1,500

1,400

1,550

1,850

821

1,450

1,170

1,710

1,200

1,000

1,910

1,440

1,110

68,364

2,205

0.455

0.52

Nov.

910

1,610

1,620

1,500

2,450

911

1,240

1,570

1,600

1,850

2,540

2,890

896

2,050

2,170

1,830

1,620

1,870

2,780

1,230

2,280

2,110

1,940

1,770

5.010

2,630

1,580

2,300

2,210

1,750

56,717

1,891

0.390

0.44

Dec.

*1,610

2,070

2,010

al,500

a2 , 000

al,700

al,800

al,900

a2,000

a2,200

a2,200

al,900

al,400

al,900

1,480

2,210

2,290

896

1,910

1,880

1,820

1,530

2,160

2,560

666

1,010

2,170

1,770

1,270

1,950 

2,270

56,032

1,807

0.373

0.43

Jan.

1,180

1,700

1,260

1,550

1,540

1,710

2,200

1,270

1,480

1,340

1,860

1,600

1,760

2,430

964

1,680

1,350

1,600

1,920

1,990

2,620

1,930

1,850

2,670

*3,120

2,400

2,610

2,890

1,050

2,250 

2,020

57,794

1,864

0.384

0.44

Feb.

1,860

2,590

3,800

5,800

10,700

18,000

27,600

50.100

21,000

13,000

8,340

8,020

6,960

6,810

5,650

4,630

5,320

7,530

11,100

12,200

18,900

16,400

11,100

7,700

6,520

6,080

5,700

7,400

8,680

-------

299,490

10,330

2.13

2.30

Mar.

7,100

6,520

5,510

5,650

5,360

4,860

4,350

3,610

3,780

3,980

5.000

4,140

3,360

*3,420

3,770

11,800

38,400

37,200

23,700

12,600

7,250

6,380

5,360

4,960

4,150

4,020

4,100

4,080

4,240

5,940 

5,940

248,530

8,017

1.65

1.90

Apr.

3,960

4,440

3,800

4,030

5.570

3,800

5,800

7,100

7,250

5,800

22,200

35,000

30,600

19,200

10,400

18,800

59.000

32,900

21,000

12,200

8,340

7,100

5,940

4,530

5,220

4,520

4,720

4,380

3,380

4,720

345,500

11,440

2.56

2.65

May

4,240

*5,360

6,580

11,200

18 , 500

12,600

8,680

10,000

9,700

7,400

5,490

5,210

2,990

4,850

3,880

2,740

3,040

3,060

3,680

742

3,690

2,910

2,200

2,650

3,060

5,270

758

3,160

2,290

2,200 

2 , 9&0

158,870

5,125

1.06

1.22

June

2,760

3,340

3,820

5.890

2,980

2,040

2,410

2,730

2,600

866

2,040

1,410

*2,220

1,900

2,300

2,940

766

1,240

1,630

1,660

2,120

1,880

3,390

627

970

1,210

1,540

1,640

2,080

2,560

63,559

2,119

0.437

0.49

July

719

2,000

2,620

1,520

2,040

2,570

2,690

917

2,930

2,940

5,850

2,530

2,270

784

1,360

1,940

2,520

2,410

2,980

2,780

2,880

1,120

1,980

2,120

1,980

1,480

1,650

2,270

756

1,570 

1,370

62,926

2,030

0.419

0.48

Aug.

*1,390

1,400

1.760

1,090

838

1,350

1,040

1,720

1,270

1,040

1,060

284

870

890

1,060

1,260

1,160

1,540

587

962

830

1,030

1,540

953

872

801

1,110

876

900

1,060 

1,070

33,413

1,078

0.222

0.26

Sept.

800

514

337

1,630

1,240

1,320

1,410

2,580

1,680

1,420

938

1,040

1,490

1,410

1,360

307

459

820

681

692

844

758

269

736

1,670

4,690

19,100

21,900

13,800

6,310

92,205

3,074

0.654

0.71

Calendar year 1955: Max 40,200 Mln 482 Mean 3,519 Cfsm 0.726 In. 9.85

Water year 1955-56: Max 39,000 Mln 269 Mean 4,211 Cfsm 0.868 In. 11.82

Peak discharge (base, 55,000 cfs).--Mar. 18 (12:30 a.m.) 42,000 cfs (11.24 ft); Apr. 11 (8:45 p.m.) 

37,200 cfs (10.43 ft); Apr! 17 (7:30 p.m.) 42,000 cfs (11.19 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage and tallraoe records at Parr Shoals powerplant.
236 3ANTEE RIVER BASIN

Saluda River near Greenville, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°50'30", long 82°28'50", on right bank 500 ft upstream from bridge 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 county courthouse in Greenville, 

Greenville County.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1956. Prior to October 1948, published as 

"near West Greenville."

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 810 ft (from topographic map). 

Average discharge.--14 years, 530 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximurn discharge during year, 3,460 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.38 ft); minimum, 23 cfs Feb. 1 (gage height, 1.65 ft); minimum daily, 97 cfs Sept. 23.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 11,000 cfs Oct. 7, 1949 (gage height, 19.38 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,500 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam at 

Saluda Lake; minimum, that of Feb. 1, 1956; minimum daily, 70 cfs Oct. 16, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good. Game regulation at low and medium flow by powerplant at Saluda 

Lake. Capacity of reservoir insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1383: 1944(m), 1946-49(m) , 1954.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 6 Feb. 7 to Sept. 30

2.2 105

2.5 172

3.0 382

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

 641

980

1,810

2.1 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

86

147

246

397

3.5 674

4.0 1,020

5.0 1,810

7.0 3,220

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

8 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IB

17 

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

129

326

354

254

160

160

160 

167 

216

224

207

170

170

170

170

170

167 

164

164

164

162

162

167

162

160

160

157

157

157

160

160

5,630

182

0.621

0.72

Nov.

160

160

157

154

154

154

154

154 

152

154

234

267

170

150

T52

*152

190 

182

182

182

185

185

296

244

178

312

£42

206

238

208

5,708

190

0.648

0.72

Dec.

204

198

172

172

204

216

250

278 

225

204

194

191

188

191

185

182

188 

190

178

185

182

182

178

170

170

165

175

175

172

164

164

5,852

189

0.645

0.74

Jan.

162

160

168

249

*T6"0

160

160 

152 

160

162

160

162

162

160

160

164

164 

162

147

154

157

*146

157

157

162

127

117

125

148

152

164

4,898

158

0.539

0.62

Feb.

*139

174

396

692

727

1,260

2,010 

1,310 

781

632

593

581

678

554

*450

421

571 

998

886

1,580

1,260

875

715

733

471

655

781

729

745

22,397

772

2.53

2.84

Mar.

524

553

551

503

478

402

389 

492

454

443

355

399

403

478

480

1,190

1,500 

1,060

729

563

534

517

448

462

457

449

452

447

625

708

450

17,495

564

1.92

2.21

Apr.

408

442

408

*397

408

571

998 

902

732

634

680

1,480

1,180

671

830

2,790

2,360 

1,500

1,130

976

902

600

812

524

548

599

544

594

544

539

25,703

857

2.92

3.26

May

531

491

612

873

458

453

840 

999 

622

653

783

508

466

496

472

447

355 

361

350

341

366

361

*366

371

340

319

361

361

355

387

361

15,059

486

1.66

1.91

June

355

324

284

279

288

284

284 

232

198

279

284

293

319

319

211

157

218 

314

255

160

247

309

236

162

244

254

236

237

147

155

7,559

252

0.860

0.96

July

154

157

157

170

289

329

371 

501 

488

392

*340

216

164

170

257

319

266 

175

259

247

175

277

314

220

172

230

182

178

178

175

172

7,694

248

0.846

0.98

Aug.

172

175

175

163

172

172

188 

188 

175

172

170

144

138

138

138

138

136 

136

134

134

134

*132

132

129

127

123

121

119

117

117

117

4,526

146

0.498

0.57

Sept.

117

117

115

115

113

115

136 

150 

150

139

117

115

115

113

113

113

111 

109

105

103

101

99

97

99

104

218

376

T/e

164

164

4,081

136

0.464

0.52

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,130 Min 117 Mean 365 Cfsm 1.25 In. 16.92

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,790 Min 97 Mean 346 Cfsm 1.18 In. 16.05

Peak discharge (base, 2,800 cfs).--Apr. 16 (10:15 a.m.) 3,460 cfs (7.38 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Saluda River near Pelzer, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34MO', long 82°28', on right bank half a mile downstream from Hurricane 

Creek and 2 miles north of Pelzer, Anderson County.

Drainage area.--405 sq mi.

Records available. September 1929 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 727.75 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Prior to Sept. 25, 1929, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--27 years, 758 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5.880 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 5.88 ft); minimum, 2 cfs Sept. 2 (gage height, 0.53 ft); minimum daily, 96 cfs Sept. 24.

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 13,600 cfs Oct. 7, 1949 (gage height, 10.53 ft); minimum, that of Sept. 2, 1956; minimum daily, 57 cfs Oct. 17, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above 

station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions.--WSP 872: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 24, 

July 9 to Sept. 30

1.0 71 2.0 565

1.2 134 2.5 994

1.5 265 3.0 1,550

Nov. 25 to July 8

1.3 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

162

250

546

960

3.0 1,480

4.0 2,860

6.0 6,040

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

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

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

271

319

504

373 

220

213

208

364

326

316

279

260

227

228

222

208

222

222

227

204

213

220

236

"SOT 178

202

199

192

215

241 

179

7,692

248

0.612

0.71

Nov.

202

213

209

194 

207

227

177

201

196

218

241

351

284

207

*217

208

239

245

284

296

242

256

288

474

280

331

407

254

302

£68

7,718

257

0.635

0.71

Dec.

264

275

260

241 

290

278

322

297

295

285

271

245

250

250

250

250

236

248

260

245

245

245

241

243

236

241

216

241

236

236 

212

7,904

255

0.630

0.73

Jan.

236

218

204

*279 

266

191

232

196

204

213

218

218

218

184

209

241

222

213

232

285

209

227

228

270

255

245

181

172

211

200 

213

6,890

222

0.548

0.63

Feb.

'293 227

460

918 

1,120

2,190

5,160

1,990

1,100

788

746

734

776

*634

624

518

1,180

1,450

1,220

2,050

1,960

1,220

882

790

778

748

840

986

896

31,278

1,079

2.66

2.87

Mar.

768

694

710

653 

612

568

501

574

526

532

464

481

498

551

600

2,370

2,710

1,440

1,060

816

744

659

582

566

557

568

548

560

910

741

7 22

24,285

783

1.93

2.22

Apr.

525

545

*527

512 

524

767

1,370

1,240

904

778

*1,370

1,660

1,540

1,120

1,060

5,020

3,880

2,260

1,480

1,210

1,120

1,010

834

904

666

769

704

746

675

687

36,407

1,214

3.00

3.35

May

678

626

980

1,380 

1,010

656

906

1,210

1,100

816

843

786

588

639

605

569

507

464

471

419

464

*458

458

451

458

389

439

464

439

477 

477

20,227

652

1.61

1. 86

June

439

454

367

358 

366

366

366

343

239

334

351

343

401

500

553

300

222

370

378

235

255

372

366

240

231

366

255

349

203 23~5

10,157

339

0.837

0.93

July

204

295

311

260 

222

365

468

578

864

*631

459

397

231

267

295

362

397

276

344

403

290

253

382

403

286

270

274

252

236

231 

23 5

10,741

346

0.854

0.98

Aug.

245

236

236

255 

236

234

208

236

230

218

206

243

146

204

153

195

173

194

132

150

*200

217

162

172

1S1

186

140

154

173

150 

157

6,032

195

0.481

0.55

Sept.

176

119

189

129 

161

157

218

258

236

173

154

164

157

157

125

169

104

133

150

134

124

117

160

96

229

1,420

730

495

290

282

7,206

240

0.593

0.66

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,040 Min 138 Mean 464 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.59

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,020 Min 96 Mean 482 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.20

icharge (base, 5,000 cfa). Feb. 7 (1:45 a.m.) 3,480 cfs (4.41 ft); Mar. 16 (10 p. 

(4.77 ft); Apr. 16 (2:45 p.m.) 5,880 cfs (5.88 ft).

Peak discha 

4,040 cf 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
238 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Saluda River near Ware Shoals, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°23', long 82°14', on right bank C miles southeast of Ware Shoals, Greenwood County, 2j miles downstream from Ware Shoals Dam, and 5 miles upstream from Turkey 

Creek.

Drainage area. 569 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1939 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 448 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge.--17 years, 932 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,080 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 14.61 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,300 cfs as explained below; minimum, 14 cfs July 6; minimum daily, 61 cfs July 7.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 20,600 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 20.48 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,300 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam; 

minimum, 3 cfs Sept. 18, 1939; minimum daily, 11 cfs Oct. 12, 19, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1939. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per 

second, for the water years 1940-41, 1943-45, superseding those published in WSP 892, 

922, 972, 1002, and 1032, are given herewith:

Date

1939

Oct. 1

8

9

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

29

30

31

Nov. 1

2

3

5

6

7

8

9

11

12

13

15

16

18

19

20

25

26

27

28

29

Discharge

273

152

339

360

186

221

332

341

239

300

332

390

225

376

301

326

304

337

E29

355

350

328

341

361

271

355

339

265

307

396

217

403

406

390

316

247

392

353

295

341

381

404

Date

1940

Apr. 6

7

14

21

28

June 2

3

5

6

7

9

15

16

22

2-3

24

26

30

July 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

14

21

24

25

28

31

Oet-. 2

3

4

6

9

10

11

13

14

Discharge

376

302

201

308

291

277

401

290

279

398

329

276

290

400

263

378

288

255

340

243

159

331

260

261

254

386

3bO

252

E82

219

221

276

236

247

158

203

211

231

257

319

288

395

Date

1940-Con.

Oct. 15

16

17

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

Nov. 7

10

11

12

17

18

22

24

25

1342

Nov . 2

5

7

8

9

15

16

18

19

20

22

23

25

29

30

1944

Aug. 6

Discharge

255

240

296

261

392

301

309

174

132

359

278

398

277

219

192

389

319

239

402

303

236

345

306

404

405

350

243

399

284

367

403

396

387

332

386

382

308

379

Date

1944-Con

Aug. 11

13

16

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

30

31

Sept . 5

6

7

8

9

12

13

19

20

26

27

28

29

Oct. 5

6

9

11

12

13

15

16

17

18

19

22

26

27

29

Discharge

373

389

390

404

376

357

330

351

312

192

369

388

274

258

311

358

364

296

393

302

280

317

342

387

377

400

390

340

362

276

332

324

372

392

363

379

404

404

398

380

359

402

Date

1944-Con.

Oct . 30

31

Nov. 1

2

3

5

6

7

8

9

10

12

13

14

15

16

17

20

24

26

27

1945

Aug . 12

15

19

20

26

30

31

Sept . 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

30

Discharge

337

353

318

330

294

402

335

307

312

362

388

399

338

332

336

340

353

389

389

346

369

282

181

395

379

309

391

316

353

300

300

357

308

171

380

389

301

303

286

210

£53

Month

Water year 1939-40 .............

Water year 1940-41 . ............

Water year 1942-43 .............

Water vear 1943-44 .............

Cfs -days

10,975

263,784

10,158

209,634

413,287

14,661

365,711

Maximum

590

485

14 , 400

534

3,690

655

10,600

1,070

10,200

Minimum

152

217

201

255

152

132

192

132

132

243

206

180

192

280

192

Mean

355

366

781

467

527

721

328

591

753

574

430

881

1,132

473

445

999

Per square 

mile

0.624

.643

1.37

.821

.926

1.27

.576

1.04

1.32

1.01

.756

1.55

1.99

.831

.782

1.76

Runoff in 

Inches

0.72

.72

1.53

.92

1.07

17.28

.66

1.16

18.03

13.69

.84

21.02

27.00

.96

.87

23.90
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Saluda River near Ware Shoals, S. C. Continued

Revised figures of monthly discharge, In cubic feet per second, 1940-41, 1943-45--Contlnued

Month

Calendar year 1944 .............

Calendar year 1945 .............

Cfs-days

15,378

14,766

361,453

315,163

Maximum

1,550

1,620

10,200

4,360

Minimum

276

294

192

168

Mean

496

492

988

863

Per square 

. mile

0.872

1.74

1.52

Runoff in 

inches

1.01

23.63

1.99

20.61

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

268

518

420

498

287

291

313

441

516

277

467

127

323

313

302

262

327

291

158

313

212

238

298

277

256

256

270

259

277

305

262

9,622

310

0.545

0.63

Nov.

a240

a260

a240

a280

a260

a260

a260

a260

a260

a280

a300

a300

a280

a340

*273

256

310

242

320

280

280

270

259

644

516

533

284

425

412

291

9,415

314

0.552

0.62

Dec.

291

328

434

301

416

259

757

291

644

344

266

309

313

309

323

313

309

316

313

291

302

284

298

313

316

309

280

323

309

313

313

10,017

323

0.568

0.65

Jan.

284

323

*287

302

322

305

270

266

341

284

280

295

295

295

273

323

298

295

309

316

309

316

327

364

295

309

548

331

242

302

298

9,604

310

0.545

0.63

Feb.

313

586

544

1,310

1,970

2,600

4,940

3,540

2,240

1,580

1,070

752

*90B

1,120

841

688

951

1,700

1,640

1,970

3,000

2,080

1,640

1,220

849

753

1,030

1,420

1,530

-_-__-

44,785

1,544

2.71

2.92

Mar.

814

1,070

776

582

984

680

624

495

603

624

455

295

682

667

624

4,460

5,580

2,820

2,080

1,640

1,020

819

753

806

733

687

646

721

975

1,390

688

35,793

1,155

2.03

2.34

Apr.

686

T62

*710

710

710

745

998

1,580

1,580

1,120

2 , 700

2,880

2,460

2,020

1,640

*5,390

6,230

3,780

2,580

2,020

1,800

1,400

1,530

1,120

993

775

957

1,100

732

797

52,505

1,750

3.08

3.44

May

797

998

1,040

1,530

1,640

1,160

1,150

1,420

1,640

1,300

1,020

1,220

908

836

710

710

732

557

603

436

364

*428

*467

463

624

646

507

390

653

561

499

26,009

839

1.47

1.70

June

487

540

566

365

287

392

667

495

425

254

315

262

626

667

767

601

285

273

253

335

637

305

286

250

540

340

281

281

288

303

12,373

412

0.724

0.81

July

455

335

441

297

266

431

61

620

1,200

 1,020

524

211

254

482

224

214

267

603

278

1,010

224

259

542

380

500

248

256

256

228

248

259

12,593

406

0.714

0.82

Aug.

248

252

238

248

158

242

262

238

248

259

238

169

252

228

278

344 238"

221

132

231

*250

228

153

164

224

147

224

228

211

221

211

6,985

225

0.395

0.46

Sept.

211

161

224

218

211

204

211

310

228

238

238

235

136

180

198

126

211

204

130

100

148

191

66

204

318

5,970

2,960

1,210

646

367

16,054

535

0.940

1.05

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,000 Min 82 Mean 591 cfsm 1.04 In. 14.08

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,230 Min 61 Mean 671 Cfsm 1.18 In. 16.07

Peak discharge (base 

7,450 cfs (13.24 ft);

4.000 cfs).--Feb. 7 (7:45 a.m.) 5,270 cfs (9.95 ft); Mar. 16 (8:15 p.m.) 

pr. 17 (3:15 a.m.) 7,360 cfs (13.11 ft); Sept. 26 (4 p.m.) 9,080 cfs (14.61

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated from recorded range in stage, records for stations 

near Pelser and at Chappells, and records of power-plant operation at Ware Shoals.
240 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Reedy River near Greenville, 3. C.

Location.--Lat 34°48'00", long 82°21<55", on right bank 200 ft upstream from State highway 

bridge, 0.5 mile upstream from Brushy Creek, 2.5 miles upstream from dam at Conestse, 

and 3.9 miles southeast of county courthouse in Greenville, Greenville County.

Drainage area.--48.6 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1941 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 800 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge.--14 years (1942-56), 77.9 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,460 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.19 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,000 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 12 cfs Sept. 1.

1941-56: Maximum discharge, 3,590 cfs Oct. 7, 1949 (gage height, 7.88 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,000 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 7 cfs Aug. 17, 

1953, Aug. 16, Oct. 4, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1935-56 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.6 

.7

1.2

22

61

142

1.5 

2.0

3.0 

5.0

242

426

845

1,780

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

98

92

34

19

18

18

18

220

58

29

24

21

19

19

31

22 

21

22

18

18

18

31

22

19

!§

16

16

16

48

26 

21

1,068

34.5

0.710

0.82

Nov.

16

T6

18

18

31

24

21

18

18

42

29

31

24

22

19

*19 

19

18

73

M

26

22

69

49

62

72

46

35

27

27

949

31.6

0.650

0.73

Dec.

26

33

41

48

36

27

27

33

50

48

35

29

27

27

26

24 

36

31

24

21

21

21

21

31

22

22

22

19 Ti

21 

35

905

29.2

0.601

0.69

Jan.

29

26

22

*19

18_

18

29

25

21

18

18

18

18

30

24

21 

18

18

71

?9

36

26

44

52

33

29

27

39

31

24

867

28.0

0.576

0.66

Feb.

39

ITT

128

212

182

813

467

191

118

85

117

88

68

*61

61

55 

439

194

200

590

281

145

104

87

101

82

126

129

96

5,376

185

3.81

4.11

Mar.

75

87

84

73

63

55

55

53

50

53

48

46

56

70

125

924 

446

197

116

84

73

68

66

66

59

55

55

64

210

112

75

3,663

118

2.43

2.80

Apr.

63

57

55

*5360"

486

240

133

86

71

*463

240

134

98

295

1,470 

410

191

150

100

85

80

73

71

66

63

61

66

61

55

5,536

185

3.81

4.25

May

62

62

291

395

To?

85

144

109

80

71

63

66

59

50

50

48 

46

46

50

42

36

35

*35

40

40

50

44

40

38

36

35

2,357

76.0

1.56

1.80

June

58

~&63

35

36

35

31

29

38

29

29

46

39

43

41

40 

29

27

27

24

24

22

26

36

27

26

21

19 -S3

38

1,006

33.5

0.689

0.77

July

24

al

32

110

36

32

103

68

287

T6

*40

31

35

36

35

33 

49

31

41

34

43

29

40

44

27

26

26

35

38

32

29

1,583

51.1

1.05

1.21

Aug.

26

24

35

29

24

22

19

19

19

28

21

18

18

19

19

19 

24

19

16

18

102 *2~2"

19

25

21

16

15

T6

19

18

16

725

23.4

0.481

0.55

Calendar year 1955: Max 598 Min 14 Mean 48.2 Cfsm 0.992 In. 13.45

Sept.

18

47

94

22

19

21

82

45

24

19

18

18

18

19

26

19 

16

16

15

T6

15

23

18

16

237

756

T2S

63

46

34

1,906

63.5

1.31

1.46

Water Water year year 1955-53= 1955-55: Max Max 1,470 1,470 Min Min 15 15 Mean Mean 70.9 70.9 Cfsm Cfsm 1.46 1.46 In. In. 19.85 19.85

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 efs). Feb. 6 (10:15 a.m.) 1,380 cfs (4.17 ft); Feb. 17 (7 a.m.) 

1,050 cfs (3.45 ft); Mar. 16 (12:30 p.m.) 1,780 cfs (5.04 ft); Apr. 6 (5:30 a.m.) 1,480 cfs (4.43 ft),- 

Apr. 16 (2:15 a.m.) 2,460 cfs (6.19 ft); May 4 (1:45 a.m.) 1,380 cfs (4.25 ft); July 9 (2 a.m.) 

1,090 cfs (3.54 ft); Sept. 26 (5:30 a.m.)! 1,780 cfs (4.97 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAMTEE RIVER BASIN 241

Reedy River near Ware Shoals, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°27', long 82°12', on left bank if miles downstream from dam at Boyd's 

mill, 4.5 miles northeast of Ware Shoals, Greenwood County, and 10.5 miles upstream 

from Redburn Creek.

Drainage area.--228 sq mi.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1956.

s.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 489 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 17 years, 283 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,970 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 6.29 ft); minimum, 7 cfs Aug. 22 (gage height, 0.58 ft); minimum daily, 9 cfs July 1, Aug. 23.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 7,750 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 13.32 ft), by 

computation of peak flow over dam at Boyd's mill; minimum, 6 cfs Nov. 11, 1948 (gage 

height, 0.54 ft); minimum daily, that of July 1, Aug. 23, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1939. WSP 922: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.6

1.9

2.2

2.5 

3.0 

5.0 

6.0

332

516

960

2,960

3,760

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

42

280

298

293

274

90

20

34

240

556

257

2O8

76

31

40

44

220

211

133

59

36

45

46

168

159

82

28

38

38 

211

4,247

137

0.601

0.69

Nov.

129

76

24

27

28

32

105

147

147

150

96

34

35

82

*243

302

188

105

33

123

163

174

270

126

92

207

202

182

130 

150

3,802

127

0.557

0.62

Dec.

95

130

110

95

110

220

160

130

95

32

26

£8

30

240

170

80

34

32

140

130

130

130

140

130

130

130

150

130

130

80

36

3,383

109

0.478

0.55

Jan.

30

110

130

*151

135

91

36

37

109

142

142

142

1-10

91

39

104

135

138

140

138

138

138

135

135

138

133

135

142

140

140

3,672

118

0.518

0.60

Feb.

134

138

380

531

1,150

1,350

2,150

1,830

734

455

393

376

348

*293

275

283

279

1,050

886

646

1,350

925

484

387

343

322

337

515

550

18,874

651

2.86

3.08

Mar.

393

354

365

376

317

274

274

270

266

266

147

150

206

236

270

1,710

5,510

1,840

724

462

576

548

279

285

274

270

E70

264

292 

524

593

15,783

509

2.25

2.57

Apr.

328

274

*270

266

266

215

358

697

399

358

1,060

*1,880

1,070

556

424

1,510

*5,250

1,530

648

489

1,290

354

358

293

293

293

283

279

283

283

19,797

660

2.89

5.22

May

283

276

283

468

657

432

369

435

376

319

266

266

262

257

253

180

214

249

80

100

217

*174

182

182

186

61

86

202

182 

182

179

8,038

259

1.14

1.31

June

179

192

68

159

186

186

186

176

104

ii

72

182

164

145

145

1S5

217

161

129

129

127

158

155

129

155

206

206

158

118 

32

4,368

146

0.640

0.71

July

9

11

12

129

253

253

89

94

189

*556

517

168

126

124

52

99

129

127

133

127

129

131

127

192

174

133

138

49

14 

98

129

4,111

155

0.583

0.67

Aug.

129

127

131

76

14

92

131

135

131

78

14

15

93

118

108

108

66

12

13

86

*127

47

9

12

17

20

139

133

129 

127

127

2,564

82.7

0.363

0.42

Sept.

52

12

16

14

92

127

127

72

17

102

127

127

127

122

51

14

15

88

129

46

11

15

16

98

143

585

5,230

1,070

587 

288

7,520

244

1.07

1.19

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,530 Mln 20 Mean 191 Cfsm 0.838 In. 11.36

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,310 Mln 9 Mean 262 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.63

Peak discharge (base, 2.200 cfs) . Feb. 7 (10 P.m.) 2.580 cfs (4.61 ft); Mar. 17 (5:15 p.m.) 

5,850 cfs (6.12 ft); Apr. 17 (9:15 a.m.) 5,550 cfs (5.74 ft); Sept. 27 (12:45 p.m.) 5,970 cfs 

(6.29 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 29 to Jan. 5; discharge estimated on basis of weather records 

and powerplant records at Boyd's mill.
242 3ANTEE RIVER BASIN

Lake Greenwood near Chappells, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°10', long 81°54', at left upstream end of dam on Saluda River, 0.7 mile 

upstream from Wilson Creek and 2.4 miles west of Chappells, Newberry County.

Drainage area.--1,150 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. May 1340 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

Ty£9 (levels by Dan T. Duncan Engineering Co.); gage readings have been reduced to 

elevations above mean sea level. Prior to June 11, 1940, staff gage at same site and 

datum.

Extremes.--Maximum elevation during year, 441.82 ft Apr. 17; minimum, 438.18 ft Sept. 24. 

T9"40-56: Maximum elevation, 442.02 ft Mar. 5, 1952; minimum elevation since normal 

reservoir level was first reached, 424.42 ft Oct. 16, 1947.

Remarks.--Lake is formed by earth dam; storage began in May 1940; dam completed in 1940. 

Usable capacity, about 8,330,000,000 cu ft between elevations 420.0 ft (limit of drawdown) and 441.5 ft (top of 1-J-foot flashboards on top of spillway gates) above mean 

sea level. Dead storage is about 3,500,000,000 cu ft. Figures given herein represent 

usable contents. Elevation of spillway crest is 415.0 ft above mean sea level. Water 

is used for generation of power.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 972: Drainage area. WSP 1383: 1942.

Capacity table, water year 1955-56 (elevation, In fe 

usable contents, In billions of cubic feet)

430.0 3.31

435.0 5.38

440.O 7.64

442.0 8.56

Mean elevation, In feet. year October 1955 to Septe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

(t)

(*)

Oct.

434.29

434.35

434.46

434.57

434.65

434.69

434.70

434.70

434.68

434.73

434.78

434.77

434.75

434.79

434.71

434.56

434.55

434.58

434.59

434.59

434.59

434.50

434.39

434.39

434.39

434.40

434.40

434.38

434.31

434.20

434.21

5.03

-7

Nov.

434.22

434.22

434.23

434.21

434.14

434.02

434.00

434.01

434.03

434.10

434.17

434.13

434.02

434.00

434.03

434.08

434.17

434.19

434.22

434.11

434.12

434.14

434.20

434.33

434.50

434.56

434.51

434.58

434.62

434 . 66

5.24

+81

Dec.

434.69

434.74

434.75

434.69

434.71

434.73

434.77

434.82

434.88

434.88

434.74

434.72

434.71

434.70

434.76

434.78

434.74

434.65

434.65

434.66

434.68

434.70

434.73

434.82

434.83

434.77

434.77

434.79

434.80

434.82

434.74

5.25

+11

Jan.

434.59

434.57

434.59

434.63

434.63

434.67

434.66

434.51

434.49

434.50

434.52

434.56

434.60

434.59

434.47

434.44

434.37

434.30

434.32

434.32

434.30

434.24

434.25

434.27

434.22

434.16

434.10

434.12

434.15

434.13

434.12

5.00

-93

Feb.

434.07

434.07

434.12

434.33

434.91

435.92

437.20

438.12

438.55

438.54

438.43

438.23

437.91

437.78

437 . 79

437.66

437.52

437.41

434.46

437.73

437.94

438.29

438.41

438.42

438.25

438.03

438.04

438.16

438.22

_______

_

6.84

+734

Mar.

438.28

438.34

438.28

438.12

438.11

438.14

438.13

438.13

437.96

437.85

437.72

437.63

437.55

437.55

437.56

438.31

439.94

440.89

440.86

440.61

44O.20

439.69

439.19

438.81

438.59

438.59

438.58

438.60

438.52

438.45

438.15

6.71

-49

Apr.

437.97

438.08

438.08

438.05

438.05

' 438.11

438.29

438.41

438.66

438.78

439.51

440.24

440.53

440.63

440.70

441.35

441. 73

441.53

441.43

441.26

440.95

440.83

440.90

440.52

440.07

439.70

439.51

439.51

439.58

439.72

7.52

+312

May

439.79

439.86

440. O2

440. O7

440.25

440.41

440.51

440.52

440.53

440.50

44O.44

440.41

440.55

440.63

440.58

440.56

440.51

440.50

440.50

440.55

440.57

440.53

440.51

440.46

440.41

440.42

440.36

44O.20

440.13

440.09

439.92

7.46

-22

June

439.47

439.46

439.45

439.28

439.09

439.08

439.16

439.17

439.18

438.99

438.87

438.74

438.64

438.59

438.49

438.47

438.52

438.44

438.21

438.12

438.11

438.05

437.91

437.91

437.87

437.75

437.60

437.46

437.35

437.36

6.46

-386

July

437.46

437.57

437.58

437.53

437.55

437.57

437.58

437.57

437.68

437.74

437.77

437.67

437.52

437.42

437.41

437.34

437.20

437.05

436.90

436.86

436.84

436.86

436.83

436.71

436.59

436.43

436.25

436.16

436.08

435.97

435.78

5.68

-291

Aug.

435.58

435.34

435.10

434.92

434.92

434.85

434.58

434.31

434.08

433.89

433.73

433.69

433.65

433.59

433.60

433.67

433.62

433.54

433.52

433.47

433.39

433.32

433.26

433.15

433.09

433.10

433.09

433.04

433.00

432.95

432.92

4.47

-452

Sept.

432.89

432.90

432.88

432.89

432.81

432.78

432.77

432.77

432.80

432.80

432.76

432.70

432.65

432.58

432.54

432.56

432.50

432.43

432.38

432.34

432.29

432.24

432.23

432.29

432.47

433.28

434.61

435.54

435.83

455.9J

5.83

+525

Calendar year 1955: (*) +133

Water year 1955-56: (*) +25

Contents, In billions of cubic feet, at 12 

Change In contents, equivalent In cubic fee

on last day of month, 

r second.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Saluda River at Chappells, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°11', long 81°52', on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 39 at Chappells, Newberry County, 7 miles downstream from dam at Lake Greenwood 

and 8-5- miles upstream from Little River.

Drainage area.--1,350 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. May 1927 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected at practically same site since 1905 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 363.89 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

"929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 1, 1939, at site 300 ft downstream at datum 0.10 ft lower.

Average discharge. 29 years, 1,904 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,400 cfs Apr. 18 (gage height, 18.79 ft); minimum, 22 cfs Sept. 16; minimum daily, 43 efs Sept. 16.

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 63,700 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 31.5 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 27,000 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies; minimum, 8 cfs 

Oct. 29, 1939; minimum daily, 8 cfs Oct. 29, 1939, caused by construction work above 

station.

Maximum stage known, 35.7 ft Aug. 26, 1908 (present datum), from reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Remarks.--Records good. Plow regulated by Lake Greenwood (see preceding page). 

Revisions.--WSP 972: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

-0.3 

0.0

156

268

542

4.0

6.0

9.0

14.0

18.0

1,260

2,120

3,640

6,620

10,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

£8

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

660

843

438

328

312

328

' 329

788

767

464

643

642

323

328

662

834

362

393

316

311

305

752

830

390

314

346

336

362

830

830

412

15,978

515

-

"

Nov.

376

356

346

346

774

808

414

338

348

342

348

776

853

386

310

*315

300

303

753

900

498

344

320

206

268

902

918

472

344

340

14,304

477

-

Dee.

334

330

770

884

598

374

356

397

412

777

924

519

510

434

378

344

724

896

543

468

464

474

162

69

720

882

522

414

494

500

941

16,614

536

-

"

Jan.

982

608

374

408

436

348

797

978

471

355

404

298

271

718

986

770

804

829

876

889

553

954

814

926

1,010

994

866

582

414

860

466

21,041

679

-

-

Feb.

1.240

1,260

1,280

1,420

1,400

2,490

4.500

3,580

2,960

3,060

3,010

3,280

2,980

2,280

*1,690

2,260

2,210

3,060

2,250

3,190

3,260

2,410

2,360

2,260

3,260

2,380

2,130

2,710

2,460

- - - __

72,430

2,498

-

-

Mar.

1,850

2,070

3,160

2,330

1,740

1,540

1,500

1,730

1,840

2,040

1,790

1,500

1,460

1,420

1,520

4,140

6,460

5,180

4,680

4,140

4,240

4,300

4,140

3,420

1,960

1,490

1,500

1,440

3,620

3,380

3,530

84,910

2,739

-

"

Apr.

1,540

*1,050

1,540

1,490

1,460

1,260

1,460

1,200

1,060

1,260

4,290

*6,180

4,740

2,670

1,920

5,420

9,340

10.200

5,140

3,920

4,080

2,020

2,200

4,140

4,140

3,360

2,120

1,370

1,040

1,050

92,660

3,089

-

"

May

1,140

1,180

1,780

2,010

1,460

1,510

1,520

2,020

2.560

1,920

1,800

1,500

317

1,190

1,300

1,220

1,100

1,020

764

242

*821

1,010

929

910

874

943

1,450

1,230

1 , 080

1,120

2,370

40,110

1,294

-

"

June

2,560

779

1,310

1,460

1,480

442

490

644

795

1,660

878

1,400

1,020

1.190

1,610

705

477

1,150

1,570

700

938

1,020

998

210

1,070

1,260

1,300

1,220

906

712

31,954

1,065

-

"

July

227

240

884

514

425

410

527

359

*868

1,020

1,060

1,220

1,130

950

448

851

1,250

1,410

1,440

1,030

886

520

972

1,240

1,360

1,410

1,170

1,020

588

1,060

1,230

27,519

888

-

"

Aug.

1,530

1,650

1,440

780

232

,120

.660

,430

,300

,260

966

262

605

460

551

405

701

532

206

*626

620

588

572

572

433

58

387

588

588

572

588

23,282

751

-

~

Sept.

321

148

395

454

588

588

572

362

82

274

557

557

557

557

386

43

490

513

487

312

E94

252

232

372

536

1,460

1,850

1,050

738

206

15,233

508

-

"

Calendar year 1955; Max 6,180 

Water year 1955-56: Max 10,200

Mean 1,067 

Mean 1,246

Cfsm - In. 

Cfsm - In.

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Saluda River near Silverstreet, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°11', long 81°44', on left bank 200 ft upstream from Higgins Ferry Bridge 

on State Highway 19, 1 mile downstream from Little River, and 2-| miles south of Silverstreet, Newberry County.

Drainage area. 1,620 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--January 1927 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 345.13 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Prior to Oct. 15, 1929, staff gage at same site and datum. Since Mar. 8, 1939, waterstage recorder for station on Lake Murray near Columbia has been used as an auxiliary 

gage for this station.

Average discharge.--39 years, 2,177 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13,200 cfs Apr." 18 (gage height, 18.62 ft); minimum daily, 122 cfs Sept. 16.

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 83,800 cfs Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 33.97 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 19,000 cfs on basis of discharge measurements made at 

Chappells and near Chapin; minimum daily, 49 cfs July 4, 1940.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater from Lake Murray, which are 

fair. Flow regulated by Lake Greenwood (see p. 242).

Revisions. WSP 972: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of backwater from Lake 

Murray (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

117

224

429

839

1,740

10.0

13.0

16.0

18.3

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

593

1,100

593

458

380

384

372

716

998

433

634

696

490

376

696

1,100

319

396

408

351

355

675

1,020

331

363

376

372

388

778

1,000 

358

17,509

565

-

-

Nov.

396

388

380

388

696

991

362

376

380

376

404

736

1,060

358

363

347

343

331

696

1,110

404

478

376

362

£27

857

1,190

445

421

380

15,621

521

-

-

Dec.

396

363

696

1,110

523

458

417

404

478

716

1.120

428

572

486

462

408

654

1,060

435

527

507

519

435

139

666

900

450

462

515

527 

880

17,713

571

_

-

Jan.

1.250

500

*490

437

503

425

696

1,200

392

421

437

388

335

614

1,170

573

860

839

900

982

798

1,110

634

962

1,08O

1,080

982

736

593

614

22,779

735

_

-

Feb.

1.150

1,380

1,620

1,680

1,680

3,090

5,440

6,260

3,640

3,400

3,400

5,460

*3,640

2,560

1,770

2,450

2,450

3,040

2,860

3,180

4,550

3,040

2,620

2,56O

3,160

3,110

2,090

3,280

2,980

- --

85,520

2,949

_

-

Mar.

2,280

2,170

3,520

3,130

1,840

1,840

1,680

1,650

2,330

1,920

2,240

1,540

1,580

1,580

1,620

*4,500

9,260

9,540

6,010

4,540

4,470

4,540

4,400

3 , 820

2,760

1,490

1,450

1,440

3,660

3,910 

4,000

100,690

3,248

-

-

Apr.

2,560

*955

1,620

*1,680

1,580

1,480

1,740

1,790

942

1,480

4,170

10,100

9,290

3,860

2,670

6,120

10,300

12.600

9,340

4,390

4,400

2,910

1,770

4,200

4,330

3,880

2,480

1,690

1,330

912

116,569

3,886

-

-

May

1,250

1,170

2,070

2,580

1,840

1,850

1,400

2,300

2,360

2,360

1,870

1,850

748

940

1,450

1,200

1,140

1,040

888

619

767

958

958

942

918

973

1,270

1,380

1,090

1,070 

1,870

43,121

1,391

_

-

June

3.170

1,150

972

1,720

1,700

685

432

790

648

1,590

,040

,320

,000

,080

,700

901

477

1,000

1,700

799

*897

927

1,050

436

836

1,130

1,320

1,150

1,020

33,493

1,116

_

-

July

524

363

732

891

512

500

582

398

*835

992

1,140

1,140

1,160

1,160

526

739

1,180

1,350

1,570

1,330

1,070

561

890

1,290

1,390

1,410

1,410

1,180

874

1,330

29,919

965

.

-

Aug.

1,440

1,740

1,570

1,200

438

958

1,720

1,470

1,270

1,170

1,040

447

526

498

594

510

581

676

341

*479

638

558

563

559

507

192

?61

585

571

559

576

24,237

782

-

-

Sept.

451

207

418

458

598

613

613

495

192

191

547

554

*567

580

516

122

294

590

513

395

299

303

202

412

501

1,490

2,250

1,700

805

441

17,297

577

_

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 9,680 Mln 139 Mean 1,185 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 12,600 Mln 122 Mean 1,433 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note.--Stage-discharge relation aff 

ept. 25, Sept. 29, 30.

i-y.

:d by backwater from Lake Murray Apr. 23, Apr. 27 to
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 245 

Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C.

Location. Lat 34"03'05", long 81"13'15", in intake tower 500 ft upstream from dam on 

Saluda River and 10 miles upstream from confluence of Saluda and Broad Rivers at 

Columbia, Richland County.

Drainage area.--2,420 sqmi, approximately. 

Records available.--August 1929 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.64 ft below mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 31, 1930, staff gage at same site and 

datum.

Extremes.--Maximum gage height during year, 351.92 ft July 9; minimum, 332.09 ft Feb 1 

T9~29-56: Maximum gage height, 361.51 ft Apr. 10, 1936; minimum gage height since 

generation of power was started, 320.96 ft Dec. 23, 1941.

Remarks.--Lake is formed by earth dam; storage began Aug. 31, 1929; dam completed in 1930. 

Usable capacity, 70,300,000,000 en ft between gage heights 300.0 ft (limit of drawdown) 

and 360.0 ft (maximum normal lake level). Dead storage, 21,800,000,000 cu ft. Figures 

given herein represent usable contents. Gage height of one spillway crest (completed 

in 1946), 330 ft with top of gates 362 ft; gage height of other spillway crest 340 ft 

with top of gates 365 ft. Water is used for generation of power.

Revisions . WSP 972: Drainage area.

Capacity tabl< 

(Prepared In

;, water year 1955-b6 (gage height, in feet, and usable contents,

in billions of cubic feet)

1941 by Lexlngton Water Tower Co. frcm topographic map, conbour 

and study of change in reservoir elevation due to Inflow)

33?.0 

335.0 

340.0

25.54

29.03

35.44

345.0

350.0

355.0

42.64 

50.77 

Ed. 34

Mean gage heighb, in feet, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

«]

Oct.

335.35 

335.45 

335.54 

335.54 

335.48

335.35 

335.16 

335.00 

334.97 

334.98

334.98 

334.94 

334.86 

334.83 

334.81

334.80 

334.82 

334.80 

334.80 

334.30

334.80 

334.79

334.80 

334.86 

334.86

334.85 

334.84 

334.84 

334.85 

334.89 

334.89

28.91 

-205

Nov.

334.90

334.89 

334.89 

334.89 

334.89

334.90 

334.84 

334.57 

334.29 

334.04

333.87 

333.76 

333.77 

333.77 

333.62

333.45 

333.25 

333.04 

332.97

332.98

333.02 

333.04 

333.06 

333.09 

333.13

333.17 

333.19 

333.26 

333.31 

333.31

27.04 

-721

Dec.

333.31 

333.31

233!32 

333.40

333.40 

333.42 

333.46 

333.50 

333.50

333.52 

333.56 

333.56 

333.57 

333.61

333.61 

333.61 

333. 6E 

333.66 

333.67

333.64 

333.60 

333.57 

333.56 

333.56

333.59 

333.62 

333.60 

333.52 

333.51 

333.51

27.27 

+86

Jan.

333.52

333.54 

333.50 

333.46 

333.38

333.35 

333.36

333.40 

333.36 

333.16

332.96 

332.80 

33C.69 

332.63 

332.62

332.61 

332.48 

332.35 

332.35 

33E.38

332.37 

332.39 

33E.41 

33E.37 

332 . 30

332.26 

332.20 

332.17 

332.18

332.17

25.71 

-582

Feb.

332.13

332.16 

332.26 

332.43 

332.57

332.87 

333.40 

333.83 

334.20 

334.40

334.60 

334.79 

334.97 

335.10 

335.23

335.33 

335.42 

335.54 

335.73 

336.01

336.33

336.55 

336.66 

336.76 

336.91

337.12 

337.31 

337.59 

337.73

.

3E.5O

+2,710

Mar.

337.85

337.99 

338.19 

338.46 

338.58

338.68 

338.77 

338.89 

338.90 

338.98

339.11 

339.19 

339.23 

339.29 

339.36

339.88 

340.50 

341.12 

341.53 

341.73

341.90 

342.06 

342.23 

342.46 

342.60

34E.69 

342.70 

342.70 

342.91 

343.22 

343.43

40.43 

+2,961

Apr.

343.6? 

343.72 

343.78 

343.86 

343.93

344.03 

344.15 

344.20 

344.23 

344.25

344.97 

345.93 

346.56 

346.96 

347.17

347.62 

348.15 

348.65 

349.15 

349.48

249.65 

349.84 

349.91 

349.97 

350.14

350.32 

350.44 

350.50 

350.58 

550.65

51.85 

+4,406

May

550.63 

350.68 

350. 9E 

351.08 

351.18

351.29 

351.40 

351.47 

351.56 

351.60

351.67 

351.75 

351.80

351.77 

351.68

351.57 

351.52 

351.48 

351.49 

351.51

351.52 

351.51 

351.49 

351.46 

351.42

351.43 

351.46 

351.51 

351.51 

351.53 

351.53

53.50 

+616

June

351.60

351.69 

351.70 

351.71 

351.75

351.78 

351.77 

351.74 

351.73 

351.74

351.76 

351.71 

351.68 

351.67 

351.68

351.72 

351.71 

351.70 

351.69 

351.71

351.70 

351.69 

351.69 

351.69 

351.65

351.63 

351.65 

351.70 

351.70 

351.79

53.96 

+177

July

351.81 

351.84 

351.84 

351.84 

351.84

351.82 

351.81 

351.83 

351.88

351.86

351.86 

351.86 

351.84 

351.85 

351.85

351.84 

351.79 

351.76 

351.77 

351.82

351.82 

351.86 

351.83 

351.75 

351.75

351.75 

351.77 

351.83 

351.85 

351.85 

351.86

54.18 

+82

Aug.

351.89

351.84 

351.82 

351.78 

351.79

351.74 

351.62 

351.53 

351.47 

351.36

351.29 

351.29 

351.25 

351.08 

350.92

350.83 

350.74 

350.65 

350.64 

350.58

350.45 

350.37 

350.31 

350.23 

350.19

350.19 

350.13 

350.00 

349.89 

349.77 

349.63

49.98 

-1,620

Sept.

343.53

349.52 

349.51 

349.49 

349.39

349.32

349. E9 

349.25 

349.23 

349.17

349.12 

349.07 

348.99 

348. BB 

348.77

348.72 

348.63 

348.46 

348.31 

348.21

348.06 

348.01 

347.98 

347.96 

347.99

348.35 

348.45 

348.49 

348.50 

348.53

48.30 

-648

Calendar year 1955: (*) +43 

Water year 1955-56: (*) +596

t Contents, in billions 

* Change in contents, ec 

Note.--Gage heights for

cubic feet, at 12 p.m.

valent in cubic feet pel

i. 21 to Dec. 8 compute,:

n last day of month.

second.

from 4 gage readings daily at powe
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Saluda River near Columbia, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°00'50", long 81°05'17", on left bank 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 State Capitol in Columtiia, Richland County.

Drainage area..--3,510 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--August 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 149.46 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929. supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 1, 1929, at datum 1.00 ft 

higher.

Average discharge.--31 years, 2,738 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,080 cfs Aug. 15 (gage height, 5.65 ft); minimum, 114 cfs Dec. 26; minimum daily, 116 cfs Dec. 26.

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 67,000 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 15.22 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 26,000 cfs on basis of discharge measurements made at Wise 

Ferry Bridge near Chapin; minimum, 11 cfs July 13, 1930; minimum daily, 12 cfs July 13,

1930. caused by construction work above station.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by Lake Murray (see preceding page) and Lake 

Greenwood (see p. 242).

Revisions.--WSP 972: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

2.0

110

155

220

320

521

2.5

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

975

1,620

3,440

6,050

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

563

266

444

542

*2,500

2,790

2.950

2,420

339

217

312

933

1,140

514

519

218

272

351

369

294

145

149

125

T84

200

153

201

133

131

145

129

19,248

621

-

~

Nov.

125

22F

156

127

401

281

3,790

4.180

3,950

3,940

2,450

670

262

2,170

2,640

2,950

2,910

2,620

524

234

214

125

133

302

146

129

164

140

152

160

56,270

1,209

-

-

Dec.

131

208

138

133

242

150

167

156

129

125

123

191

250

167

205

196

191

189

126

474

1.550

882

706

254

129

116

610

1,140

672

668

644

10,862

350

-

~

Jan.

214

1,280

1,280

1,370

790

451

264

158

2,480

5.410

2,600

2,310

1,670

614

286

2,550

2,730

1,790

1,450

1,300

404

206

1,560

2,050

1,580

1,710

1,670

580

265

1,140

1,140

41,302

1,332

-

-

Feb.

1,500

408

172

232

241

358

434

486

915

802

468

230

332

567

549

1,080

1,060

246

172

737

1,160

1,110

1,220

1,110

353

161

1.670

1,430

1,160

_--___

-------

20,363

702

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,540 Min 116

Mar.

596

447

303

161

516

446

538

898

738

324

178

1,010

1,390

941

968

1,050

402

282

1,260

1,450

1,680

1.720

1,190

310

264

1,250

1,220

1,490

1,470

1,020

366

25,878

835

-

-

Apr.

212

158

206

708

580

604

223

266

298

1,040

5.110

698

440

282

238

498

7 S3

682

480

549

324

250

1,110

813

703

758

1,250

380

194

852

------

18,669

622

-

~

May

702

629

1,520

1,010

304

216

377

584

625

539

348

184

207

2,270

5.950

2,030

1,810

362

268

164

410

1,240

1,530

1,170

452

226

155

1,060

1,010

342

1,260

26,934

869

-

~

June

640

175

150

512

593

748

744

672

182

150

2.280

1,620

951

1,080

882

616

164

1,700

649

304

619

1,510

862

174

1,580

598

679

576

266

545

21,421

714

-

~

July

167

351

526

175

716

622

196

155

735

737

628

880

1,140

452

163

1,260

1,550

1,110

1,160

1,210

380

240

1.890

1,690

857

1,370

1,260

744

331

282

316

23,273

751

-

~

Mean 1,248 cfsm - In.

Aug.

1,950

*2,540

1,980

421

164

5.490

2,900

2,420

2,590

3,440

1,630

358

3,460

3,410

2,910

2,280

2,620

878

210

2,970

2,960

1,690

1,680

2,070

517

176

2,460

2,440

2,710

2,620

3,080

65,024

2,098

-

~

Sept.

948

260

500

2,540

2,480

1,620

2,370

574

546

1,210

1,390

1,510

2,000

2,610

1,460

432

5.510

3,200

2,880

2,730

1,770

716

370

1,650

1,820

1,500

1,330

772

414

196

44,708

1,490

-

"

Water year 1955-56; Max 4,180 Min 116 Mean 967 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 247

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

Location. Lat 33°23'15", long 80°08'25", on right bank 0.6 mile upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 45 and 7.0 miles southwest of Pineville, Berkeley County.

Records available. February 1944 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 3.9 miles downstream from 

base gage. Datum of gage is 60.0 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1936 (levels by South Carolina Public Service Authority).

Average discharge. 12 years, 13,180 cfs.

Extremes. 1944-56: Maximum daily discharge, 40,200 cfs Mar. 10, 1952; maximum daily reverse flo.w, 12,100 cfs Feb. 9, 1947.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of very low fall between gages, which are 

poor. Canal diverts water from Lake Marion to Lake Moultrie for generation of power 

and for navigation. Water is discharged from powerplant and navigation lock into West 

Branch Cooper River.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

9,820

8,390

8,390

8,390

9,100

10,200

10,800

11.200

10,200 

10,200

9,960

10,400

10,200

11,200

11,000

9,750

8,670

9,390

9,980

9,030

8,850

7,780

7,780

8,160

9,620

8,710

9,000

8,700

8,500

8,130

6.810

288,310

9,300

-

-

Nov.

5,940

5,870

5,350

4,770

6,050

5,980

6,260

6,960

7,370 

9.000

9,000

8,500

8,000

7,000

*7,000

6,500

6,500

7,000

7,000

6,000

5,000

4,800

4,400

4,600

3,800

4,590

4,200

e2,640

el. 560

4,650

176,290

5,876

-

-

Dec.

,600

,000

.500

,600

,150

,210

,150

,600

,590 

,000

,000

,600

,500

,500

,500

,200

,000

,000

,800

,800

,200

,000

,500

,800

,800

,600

850

,"600

,200

,600

,800

135,250

4,363

-

-

Jan.

4,400

3,6OO

4,200

4,400

5,500

6,000

5,500

4,200

5,400 

3,600

4,200

4,200

4,000

5,000

5,000

4,400

4,000

4,400

4,800

5,000

6,000

6,000

5,500

5,500

6,000

6,000

6,000

6,000

6,000

5,500

4,600

152,900

4,932

-

-

Feb.

4,600

5,000

5,500

6,000

6,500

7,000

8,500

10,000

12,000 

13,000

13,000

13,500

14,300

15,300

*15,70Q

15,500

15,100

14,000

12,500

11,400

11,300

11,100

11,700

12,300

13,100

13,200'

12,700

14,300

13,300

______

331,400

11,430

-

-

Mar.

12,600

12,800

13,000

13,600

13,300

14,600

15,300

16,900

14,800 

14,200

13,300

11,100

10,300

10.200

10,800

13,200

13,500

14,800

16,200

18,000

19,600

21,900

23,700

24.600

23,200

21,900

20,300

18,400

16,900

16,200

14,700

493,900

15,930

-

-

Apr.

13,700

12,300

13,000

12,900

12 , 800

12 , 000

14,500

11,200

10,200 

11,000

14,700

15,700

15,200

16,200

16,800

20,800

22,200

22,900

* 23, 000

24,500

25 , 400

26,800

26,900

25,900

23,400

22,100

19,900

18,900

17,700

16,500

539,100

17,970

-

-

May

15,700

14,800

14,8OO

15,600

16,300

18,100

18,800

18,800

19,900 

19,900

19,900

19,600

19,000

18 , 300

16,900

17,400

16,000

13,700

11,700

9,810

10,200

10,100

11,400

11,200

11,900

10,900

8.820

9,240

9,640

10,600

10,500

449,510

14,500

-

-

June

11,200

10,300

7,960

9,180

9,990

10,700

11,200

11,000

10,100 

9,170

8,280

8,100

9,010

8,850

*8 , 700

8,620

5,890

6,960

65.270

5,970

6,370

7,520

7,450

7,450

6,780

7,090

8,030

8,030

7,190

7,190

249,550

8,318

-

-

July

6,550

e5,060

5,510

64.43O

6,080

6,760

5,920

e4,510

6,630 

7,400

7,550

7,880

8.540

7,730

5,280

5,230

6,990

6,850

6,850

7,420

6,850

5,530

5,880

*e4,590

6,000

5,930

6,500

5,870

5,580

64,440

4,880

190,600

6,148

-

-

Aug.

5,230

6,290

5,530

5,530

4,770

5,170

5,110

5,410

6,150 

6,080

6,010

6,010

6,010

6,740

5,810

5,880

5,240

5,240

4,400

62,180

62,750

e4,030

5,240

4,560

e2,85O

e2,880

63,220

e2,470

63,880

5,170

4,770

150,610

4,858

-

-

Sept.

5,170

5,170

5,230

e3,260

e2,500

63,220

e4,350

e2,530

e977 

e2,560

63,290

*e5,260

e3,930

64,590

e3,810

65,290

65,550

el,380

e2,970

e3,540

el,760

e2,640

6303

661

eBT

6,250

e3,730

64,630

6,070

7,550

100,992

3,366

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 20,400 Min 850 Mean 8,176 Cfstn - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 26,900 Min 61 Mean 8,903 Cfstn - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

e Very low fall between gages.

Note.--Fragmentary gage-height record Nov. 10-25, 27, Dec. 1-4, 8, Dec. 10 to Feb. 11; discharge 

computed on basis of fall between Lake Marion near Pineville and Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis.
248 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Lake Marion near Pineville, S. C.

Location. --Lab 33°27'00", long 80°09'50" , ab righb upsbream end of spillway, 2.8 miles upstream from old Sanbee Canal, 5.4 miles upsbream from Dead River, and 8 miles wesb of 

Pineville, Berkeley Counby.

Drainage area. 14.700 sq mi, approximabely.

Records available. January 1942 bo Sepbember 1956. Prior bo Ocbober 1942, published as 

Sanbee Reservoir near Pineville.

Gage. Waber-sbaee recorder. Dabum of gage is ab mean sea level, dabum of 1929, supplemenbary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Harza Engineering Co.). Prior bo May 6, 1942, 

sbaff gage ab same sibe and dabum.

Extremes.--Maximum elevabion during year, 74.61 fb Apr. 24; minimum, 62.71 fb Jan. 10.

1942-56: Maximum elevabion, 77.12 fb Mar. 11, 1952; minimum, 61.36 fb Ocb. 17, 1951.

Remarks.--Lake is formed by earbh dam. Sborage began in November 1941; dam complebed in 

1941. Usable capaciby, 39,640,000,000 cu fb bebween elevabions 60.0 fb (limit of drawdown) and 75.0 ft (maximum normal lake elevation). Dead storage, aboub 15,250,000,000 

cu fb. Figures given herein represenb usable conbents. Elevation of spillway crest, 

63.0 ft; bop of spillway gates, 76.8 ft. Some water used for generation of power. 

Major portion of water is diverted from Lake Marion through canal to Lake Moultris (see 

preceding page) for generation of power and for navigation.

Capacity table, water year 1955-56 (elevation, in feet, and usable contents, in

billions of cubic feet) 

(Prepared from volume curve drawn by Harsa Engineering Co.)

62.0

65.0

70.0

75.0

3.09

8.71

21.13

39.64

Elevation, in feet, at 12 p.m., water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

38

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

SI

(t)

(*)

Oct.

69.62

69.52

69.49

69.50

69.60

69.60

69.58

69.53

69.50

69.40

69.18

69.01

68.90

68.80

68.55

68.40

68.29

68.02

67.77

67.58

67.43

67.22

67.10

67.00

66.67

66.44

66.19

65.93

65.80 

65. 58

65.42

9.61

-3,984

Nov.

65.29

65.16

65.08

64.98

64.89

64.78

64.69

64.56

64.39

64.38

64.25

64.18

64.11

64.06

63.90

63.86

63.81

63.76

63.79

63.72

63.74

63.71

63.77

63.74

63.98

63.90

63.97

64.10

63.99 

63. 95

6.61

-1,157

Dec.

63.95

63.96

63.91

63.91

64.00

63.96

63.92

63.89

63.88

63.81

63.81

63.80

63.69

63.61

63.56

63.42

63.39

63.39

63.38

63.32

63.31

63.30

63.30

63.29

63.30

63.31

63.29

63.22

63.21 

63.19

63.17

5.15

-545

Jan.

63.13

63.18

63.12

63.10

63.01

62.95

62.90

62.81

62.79

62.74

62.81

62.90

62.98

62.97

62.92

62.99

62.85

6E.86

62.97

63.00

63.02

63.05

63.08

63.07

63.08

63.12

63.20

63.28

63.30 

63.35

63.23

5.27

+45

Feb.

63.29

63.35

63.39

63.49

63.61

64.01

64.12

64.47

64.86

65.21

65.78

66.30

66.98

67.46

67.77

67.89

67.98

68.06

68.18

68.41

68.62

68.84

69.07

69.40

69.83

70.11

70.63

70.69

70.80

23.67

+7,344

Mar.

70.98

71.20

71.38

71.44

71.50

71.43

71.39

71.32

71.22

71.14

71.10

71.00

70.93

70.87

70.80

70.98

70.89

71.03

71.12

71.35

71.69

72.19

72.50

72.67

72.64

72.59

72.47

72.31

72.34 

72 29

72i28

28.78

+1,908

Apr.

72.31

72.32

72.22

72.16

72.07

72.07

71.95

71.85

71.84

71.71

71.98

71.88

71.99

72.15

72.44

72.93

73.24

73.42

73.56

73.80

74.16

74.45

74.58

74.50

74.49

74.41

74.37

74.35

74.34 

74.26

36.51

+2,982

May

74.09

74.08

74.10

74.08

74.07

74.14

74.31

74.28

74.41

74.48

74.49

74.49

74.40

74.25

74.09

73.98

73.79

73.62

73.56

73.43

73.34

73.18

73.05

72.80

72.69

72.61

72.58

72.42

72.27 

72.1°

72.06

27.97

-3,188

June

71.91

71.81

71.53

71.63

71.48

71.29

71.08

70.88

70.67

70.55

70.43

70.30

70.20

70.07

69.93

69.81

69.80

69.72

69.60

69.53

69.43

69.35

69.27

69.29

69.20

69.10

69.04

69.00

68.90

68 , 84

17.78

-3,931

July

68.80

68.72

68.64

68.60

68.54

68.41

68.30

68.29

68.20

68.02

67.97

67.89

67.79

67.67

67.59

67.49

67.33

67.28

67.34

67.26

67.16

67.18

67.10

67.02

66.98

66.90

66.86

66.77

66.73 

66.67

66.60

12.21

-2,080

Aug.

66.51

66.47

66.44

66.50

66.50

66.41

66.28

66.30

66.28

66.20

66.18

66.10

66.00

65.90

65.98

65.93

65.94

65.93

65.94

65.95

66.10

66.20

66.29

66.30

66.34

66.41

66.40

66.38

66.43

66.42

66.43

11.82

-146

Sept.

66.49

66.54

66.50

66.47

66.45

66.47

66.54

66.51

66.52

66.59

66.56

66.57

66.60

66.60

66.67

66.70

66.70

66.69

66.81

66.81

66.90

66.99

67.02

67.00

67.27

67.39

67.37

67.54

67.84 

68 . 13

15.90

+1,574

Calendar year 1955: (*) -70 

Water year 1955-56: (*) -138

t Contents, in billions of cubic feet, at end of month. 

* Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 249

Santee River near Pineville, S. C.

Location.--Lat 33°27'15", long 80°09'25", on right bank 2.4 miles downstream from Lake 

Marion Dam, 3.0 miles upstream from Dead River, and 6.7 miles west of Pineville, 

Berkeley County.

Drainage area.--14,700 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--April 1942 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 23.00 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

South Carolina Public Service Authority). Prior to Feb. 25, 1943, staff gage at site 

2.2 miles upstream or temporary water-stage recorder operated by Corps of Engineers at 

site 200 ft upstream, at different datum.

Average discharge. 14 years, 2,019 ofs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 744 cfs Apr. 7 (gage height, 2.51 ft); minimum 

daily, 20-0 cfs Feb. 26.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 155,000 cfs Sept. 23, 1945 (gage height, 31.1 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 13,000 efs by computations of flow over 

spillway at Lake Marion and by logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 9 cfs Feb. 23, 1947 

(caused by repair work at spillway).

Remarks. Records good. Flow completely regulated by Lake Marion (see preceding page). 

Water is diverted above station from Lake Marion through canal (see p. 247) into Lake 

Moultrie (see p. 250) for generation of power and for navigation, then discharged 

into Cooper River basin.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

12

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

545 54"5"

528

510

528

545

545

545

545

545

545

528

*510

528

545

510

545

510

510

510

510

510

528

510

545

528

528

528

510

212 492"

16,023

517

-

-

Nov.

475

492

492

492

492

475

492

492

492

510

492

492

492

475

475

475

*475

492

492

492

510

510

475

458

510

510

492

475

397

55F

14,621

487

-

-

Dec .

492

492

492

475

475

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

492

510

510

492

492

492

510

510

510

492

492

492

492

510

510

510

492

426

15,440

498

-

-

Jan.

475

475

475

492

510

492

492

528

5TO

492

492

*492

510

510

510

492

510

397 4-5-6"

475

492

492

475

492

510

492

510

492

492

492

492

15,218

491

-

-

Feb.

510

492

510

510

528

581

563

528

528

510

528

510

458

545

528

528

475

492

492

492

528

528

*528

528

510

200

510

504

409

_____-.

-------

14,553

502

-

-

Mar.

510

492

492

475

492

492

510

563 4-5?

475

510

492

492

510

510

563

445

BTo

510

528

528

528

510

492

492

528

510

510

510

528

528

15,693

506

-

-

Apr.

528

528

528

528

528

581

526

441

492

528

440

528

528

528

599

617

635

635

617

492

563

581

545

510

545

528

528

528

528

16,211

540

-

-

May

528

545

545

545

492

545

545

528

545

528

528

528

528

528

528

528

528

563

528

528

528

528

510

528

545

485 5To~

528

528

528

528

16,407

529

-

-

June

528

545

S2F

528

510

510

*528

510

510

492

492

492

492

510

510

528

528

510

510

528

510

510

510

492

510

510

510

475

433

475

- -

15,224

507

-

-

July

475

492

492

475

475

475

475

475

492

429

510

49?

492

510

492

510

510

492

510

510

510

492

492

492

492

492

492

492

492

475

510

15,214

491

-

-

Aug.

492

*475

510

510

510

510

475

510

510

510

510

510

492

492

475

510

510

510

492

492

528 558"

458

475

475

475

492

458

475

475

475

15,319

494

-

-

Sept.

475

475

433

475

475

475

475

492

492

492

475

475

*458

458

458

458

458

380 458"

458

492

475

475

458

492

510 4-5-8-

458

492

492

14,097

470

-

"

Calendar year 1955; Max 563 Min 205 Mean 514 cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 635 Min 200 Mean 503 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this da

459558 O - 58 - 17
250 COOPER RIVER BASIN

Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°14'40", long 79°59'30", at powerplant 0.7 mile upstream from Atlantic 

Coast Line Railroad bridge and 2.8 miles northeast of Pinopolis, Berkeley County.

Records available. January 1942 to September 1956. Prior to October 1942, published as

Pinopolis Reservoir near Pinopolis.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Harza Engineering Co.). Prior to May 16, 1942, 

staff gage at same site and datum.

Extremes. Maximum elevation during year, 73.85 ft Apr. 30: minimum, 62.41 ft Jan. 21.

1942-56: Maximum elevation, 76.18 ft Feb. 24, 1946 (caused by high wind); minimum, 

58.52 ft Dec. 21, 1951.

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. 248) and discharged through tailrace canal into West 

Branch Cooper River. Usable capacity, 28,314,000,000 cu ft between elevations 60.0 ft 

(normal limit of drawdown) and 75.0 ft (maximum normal elevation). Dead storage, 

about 19,600,000,000 cu ft. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Water is 

used for generation of power and for navigation.

Capacity table, water year 1955-56 (elevation, In feet, and usable contents,

In billions of cubic feet) 

(Prepared from volume curve drawn by Harza Engineering Co.)

2.57

7.01

16.47

28.31

Elevation, In feet, at 12 p.m., water year October 1955 to September 1956

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

M(*)

Oct.

69.33

69.46

69.34 

69.30

69.19

69.03

69.05

69.06

69.22

68.99

68.76

68.60

68.34

68.15

67.93

68.19

67.84

67.55

67.24

67.17

67.02

66.83

66.90

66.63

66.19

65.79

65.53

65.20

65.10

65.29 

65.19

7.33

-3,043

Nov.

65.08

65.00

65.00 

64.94

64.68

64.91

64.31

63.97

63.62

63.27

63.28

63.26

63.66

63.53

63.44

63.35

63.30

63.17

63.37

63.50

63.53

63.59

63.62

63.69

63.90

63.77

63.94

64.09

63.98

63.90

5.30

-783

Deo.

63.80

63.78

63.71 

63.93

65.99

63.89

63.76

63.88

63.91

63.73

63.81

63.57

63.43

63.32

63.37

63.29

63.09

63.33

63.34

63.22

63.07

63.01

63.00

63.14

63.31

63.41

63.37

63.16

63.11

63.05 

62.91

3.84

-545

Jan.

63.11

63.09

63.00 

62.84

62.62

62.50

62.60

62.84

62.74

62.65

62.67

62.82

62.83

62.52

62.80

62.82

62.78

62.70

62.71

62.67

62.41

62.79

62.71

62.73

62.62

62.66

62.80

62.77

63.06

63.12 

63. OB

4.08

+90

Feb.

63.08

63.08

63.10 

62.97

63.18

62.99

62.97

62.83

62.81

63.01

63.54

64.20

64.67

65.10

65.56

65.97

66.43

66.90

67.46

67.86

67.96

68.19

68.33

68.56

69.06

69.54

69.91

70.09

70.25

17.01

+5,160

Mar.

70.48

70.61

70.78

71.01

70.90

70.73

70.59

70.60

70.54

70.45

70.79

70.74

70.67

70.51

70.49

70.50

70.25

70.20

70.00

69.91

69.84

69.91

70.10

70.50

70.83

71.02

71.25

71.45

71.59

71.73 

71.79

20.43

+1,277

Apr.

71.99

71.94

71.83 

71.76

71.69

71.60

71.71

71.82

71.57

71.40

71.39

71.21

71.28

71.31

71.34

71.60

71.72

71.90

71.91

72.00

72.10

72.46

72.65

73.00

73.27

73.43

73.53

73.61

73.81

73.75

25.12

+1,809

May

73.71

73.67

73.74 

73.60

73.48

73.47

73.57

73.56

73.53

73.59

73.65

73.68

73.75

73.66

73.50

73.37

73.32

73.34

73.38

73.48

73.19

72.95

72.87

72.59

72.46

72.46

72.49

72.26

72.14

71.97 

71.78

20.41

-1,759

June

71.64

71.72

71.75 

71.43

71.19

70.97

70.79

70.56

70.39

70.44

70.30

70.20

69.98

69.85

69.70

69.69

69.81

69.63

69.63

69.57

69.37

69.18

69.10

69.20

69.13

68.93

68,83

68.74

68.71

68.69

13.75

-2,569

July

68.76

68.75

68.61 

68.65

68.42

68.33

68.28

68.36

68.06

67.89

67.80

67.60

67.52

67.53

67.66

67.42

67.23

67.16

67.16

67.10

67.12

67.19

67.00

66.89

66.78

66.69

66.70

66.58

66.72

66.65 

66.51

9.58

-1,557

Aug.

66.39

66.33

66.28 

66.37

66.49

66.34

66.19

66.09

66.01

65.90

65.88

65.98

65.65

65.62

65.68

65.77

65.76

65.80

65.97

65.95

66.18

66.18

66.24

66.30

66.39

66.48

66.45

66.48

66.41

66.41 

66.39

9.36

-82

Sept.

66.38

66.54

66.52 

66.56

66.51

66.51

66.58

66.64

66.69

66.62

66.62

66.57

66.58

66.58

66.66

66.73

66.75

66.77

66.78

66.88

66.90

66.98

67.08

67.10

67.22

67.48

67.38

67.46

67.68

67.98

12.33

+1,146

Calendar year 1955: (*) -58

Water year 1955-56: (*) -100

t Contents, In billions of cubic feet, at end of month.

* Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second.

Note. Elevations for Dec. 16 to Jan. 1 obtained from powerplant log sheet.
EDISTO RIVER BASIN 251

South Fork Edisto River near Montmorenci, S. C.

Location.--Lab 33°34'35", long 81°30'50", near center of span on downstream side of bridge 

on~STate Highway 215, 0.4 mile upstream from Cedar Creek, 1 mile upstream from Shaw 

Creek, and 7.6 miles northeast of Montmorenci, Aiken County.

Drainage area.--198 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1940 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 250.18 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

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

Oct. 29, 1954, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 224 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 755 cfs Apr. 13 (gage height, 6.75 ft); minimum, 47 cfs Aug. 11 (gage height, 1.21 ft).

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 2,460 cfs Aug. 15, 1940, July 19, 1941 (gage height, 

8.81 ft, from graph based on gage readings); minimum, 37 cfs July 4, Sept. 26, 1954 

(gage height, 1.00 ft).

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 952: 1941. WSP 1032: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shirting-control method used Feb. 8, Sept. 29)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 8, Sept. 30 Feb. 9 to Sept. 29

2.3 85

3.0 113

4.0 153

5.0 204

5.5

6.0 

6.5

249

334

502

1,2 47

2.0 78

3.0 118

4.0 166

5,0 226

5.5 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0

281

372

580

935

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Toba]

Mean

Cfsin

In.

Oct.

Ill

127

151

181

198

145

117

107

105

105

101

97

93

91

89

89

87

87

87

89

89

87

87

85

FT

87

85

87

89 

99

111

3,250

105

0.530

0.61

Nov.

107

101

9999"

99

99

*101

101

103

105

115

129

137

127

123

125

123

117

113

115

121

123

121

119

137

171

184

204

2oT 

164

3,786

126

0.636

0.71

Dec.

139

IBT

129

131

13!

131

131

127

127

127

127

127

125

121

121

121

121

121

*121

125

127

125

123

123

123

123

123

119

117

115

TTT

3,871

125

0.631

0.73

Jan.

119

121

119

121

121

119

119

119

117

117

117

117

117

115

TTF

115

115

115

125

155

174

195

204

TST

178

186

184

164

147 

141

1^9

4,291

138

0.697

0.80

Feb.

137

T4T

151

171

204

284

436

456

495

353

292

245

245

*250

218

204

208

222

230

211

211

218

256

227

195

192

198

264

320

7,264

250

1.26

1.36

Mar.

339

320

268

250

268

240

21l

195

184

176

168

166

T58~ 164

192

275

408

615 5"72~

375

288

240

218

204

195

*186

184

184

222

302 

385

8,162

263

1.33

1.53

Apr.

385

300

240

211

198

195

201

226

230

195

239

321

562

635 396"

320

288

411

468

341

268

230

211

198

192

184

178

178

178

Hi

8,353

278

1.40

1.56

May

184

201

214

240

230

214

*198

186

186

195

174

151

138

128

120

112

106

100

98

96

94

92

92

88

86

86

92

94

92

94

106

4,287

138

0.697

0.80

June

~ST 100

92

90

86

86

82

80

76

72

72

76

76

74

74

74

74

*70

78

78

78

74

70

66

62

60

60

56

5S

78

2,264

75.5

0.381

0.43

July

108

~3? 110

86

98

92

80

72

76

96

102

86

74

68

62

58

56

56

54

3ff

58

60

60

58

58

68

68

72

70

76

88

2,320

74,8

0.378

0.44

Aug.

82

84

78

72

*68

60

56

50

48

48

80

88

74

88

96

88

76

68

64

68

86

112

TTo

88

76

72

76

88

82

72

2,370

76.5

0.386

0.44

Sept.

66

62

6064"

76

82

78

84

104

110

88

76

72

68

64

60

60

60

60

72

86

82

72

72

102

182

255

377 3~6~2"

256

3,312

110

0.556

0.62

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,560 Mln 61 Mean 144 Cfsin 0.727 In. 9.88

Water year 1955-56: Max 635 Mln 48 Mean 146 Cfsm 0.737 In. 10.03

Peak discharge (base, 90O cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
252 EDISTO RIVER BASIN

South Pork Edisto Klver near Denmark, 3. C.

Location. Lat 33°23'35", long 81°08'00", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on

U. S. Highway 321, 200 ft downstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 1.8 miles

downstream from Little River, and 4.8 miles north of Denmark, Bamberg County.

Drainage area.--720 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1931 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 155.68 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

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

Oct. £.7, 1931, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--25 years, 735 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,350 cfs Feb. 8 (gage height, 6.91 ft); minimum, 

146 cfs Aug. 12.

1931-56: Maximum discharge, 13,500 cfs Apr. 11, 1936 (gage height, 10.91 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,800 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies and logarithmic 

plotting; minimum, that of Aug. 12, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 7 to May 7)

Z.I 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

151 

182 

£92 

405

6.1 

6.6 

7.0

593

855

1,330

Discharge, In 3ublc feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

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

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

342

375

424

450

472

480

464

443

436

424

*393

364

347

336

330

320

314

308

298

292

298

303

303

298

£81

270

270

276

£86

303

303

10,803

348

0.483

0.56

Nov .

303

308

314

314

314

314

320

325

325

325

336

342

352

358

*364

369

369

369

369

369

369

369

364

364

419

521

579

593

627

627

11,591

386

0.536

0.60

Dec.

610

593

579

565

553

541

E12

480

472

464

457

450

443

436

a436

a430

a424

a424

a417

a417

a411

a411

a411

a405

a405

3405

a405

a399 '399

393

393

14,140

456

0.633

0.73

Jan.

393

393

393

393

393

393

393

393

393

*387

387

387

387

381

381

381

381

381

393

450

464

480

503

531

553

565

579

593

593

565

553

13,812

446

0.619

0.71

Feb.

541

521

512

521

565

806

1,210

1.520

1,290

1,230

1,200

1,160

1,090

1,020

936

882

825

774

744

720

*720

694

669

648

648

648

648

779

978

_--__-

-------

24,299

838

1.16

1.25

Mar.

1,030

1,090

1,160

1,120

1,060

1,010

945

864

788

738

694

669

648

610

610

774

1,030

1,170

,200

,150

,070

,060

,130

1,090

956

848

762

694

669

720

756

28,115

907

1.26

1.45

Apr.

768

788

762

756

7 SB

840

B40

768

694

*627

728

1,000

1.150

1,150

1,060

956

936

1,040

1,080

978

855

768

738

756

738

694

627

593

565

541

------

24,584

819

1.14

1.27

May

521

531

593

694

732

891

956

864

780

720

648

593

541

503

457

411

369

342

320

303

292

281

281

270

259

259

270

270

270

264

259

14,744

476

0.661

0.76

June

264

281

292

86

* 76

70

64

48

37

32

26

20

42

42

48

42

32

215

210

210

226

226

215

204

198

198

193

188

188

210

6,983

233

0.324

0.36

July

254

303

336

3l4

303

281

264

259

254

237

226

226

226

226

220

210

193

193

193

248

248

232

a232

a215

a210

a!98

198

a204

a232

a242

*237

7,414

239

0.332

0.38

Aug.

232

a220

a232

a237

a232

220

204

193

193

182

156

156

182

226

232

292

281

276

259

242

232

281

303

308

303

292

276

286

308

303

286

7,625

246

0.342

0.39

Sept.

270

254

237

232

242

270

276

286

286

270

*264

270

270

248

232

215

204

198

193

204

215

210

215

226

276

399

436

436

457

472

8,263

275

0.382

0.43

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,590 Mln 220 Mean 461 cfsm 0.640 In. 8.71

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,320 Mln 156 Mean 471 Cfsm 0.654 In. 8.89

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis 

range In stage, and weather records.

of 1 gage reading by observer, recorded
EDISTO RIVER BASIN 

North Fork Edisto River at Orangebur-g, S. C.

Location. -Lat 33°29'00" , long 80"52"25" , on left bank under bridge on U. S. Highway 301 

at Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, 0.5 mile upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 

bridge and ij miles downstream from Caw Caw Swamp.

Drainage area. 683 sq mi.

Records available. December 1938 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 149.02 ft above tnsan sea level, datum of 

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

Feb. 23, 1939, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 17 years (1939-56), 690 ofs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,160 cfs Feb. 8 (gage height, 7.44 ft); minimum, 208 cfs Aug. 12, 13.

1938-56: Maximum discharge, 9,500 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 14.28 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 3,900 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies and logarithmic 

plotting; minimum, 190 cfs Sept. 13, 14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions. WSP 1032: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-8)

Oct. 9 to Sept. 30

5.5

264

350

518

612

2.6 

3.0 

4.0

5.0 

6.0 

7.4

664

1,140

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

270

366

509

573

592

602

573

500

435

390

*362

340

330

3E5

320

310

300

300

295

290

290

290

290

285

285

285

285

280

295

305

310

11,180

361

0.529

0.61

Nov.

310

305

305

305

305

305

305

305

310

310

320

330

335

340

*340

346

346

340

340

346

351

351

346

346

411

520

579

590

548

520

11,010

367

0.537

0.60

Dec.

494

470

462

447

433

420

408

402

402

408

408

396

390

384

378

373

373

368

368

368

368

368

368

368

368

368

362

356

356

351

351

12,136

391

0.572

0.66

Jan.

351

351

351

351

351

351

351

346

346

*540

340

340

340

340

340

340

340

346

362

408

440

440

454

486

511

511

511

502

486

478

462

12,266

396

0.580

0.67

Feb.

447

443

420

426

521

891

1,090

1,140

1,070

1,010

974

921

870

822

791

776

746

690

638

626

*626

614

579

558

548

548

579

776

956

21,096

727

1.06

1.14

Mar.

1,070

1,050

974

938

904

870

806

746

690

651

614

602

579

568

602

791

938

1,030

992

921

838

791

776

776

761

718

677

626

614

651

24,254

782

1.14

1.31

Apr.

677

651

638

638

651

677

718

690

638

*579

651

761

887

938

921

870

870

904

921

887

806

718

664

614

614

602

568

529

511

486

21,279

709

1.04

1.16

May

470

470

494

529

558

626

761

870

838

776

718

638

568

494

440

402

362

335

320

310

295

285

280

275

270

265

255

250

255

255

250

13,914

449

0.657

0.76

June

255

270

265

260

*255

250

250

245

240

235

230

230

240

265

255

240

230

230

226

230

230

*230

226

221

226

240

230

221

216

226

7,167

239

0.350

0.39

July

260

280

285

290

290

295

290

280

260

245

240

235

230

239

265

260

240

226

226

230

235

240

250

255

250

245

245

240

235

235

*240

7,836

253

0.370

0.43

Aug.

240

250

255

265

270

275

265

250

235

226

216

212

208

212

234

255

280

280

280

275

274

285

305

300

295

290

285

285

280

290

295

8,167

263

0.385

0.44

Sept.

285

275

270

280

305

325

340

340

335

320

*320

325

320

315

300

285

270

260

260

255

250

250

245

250

304

384

433

470

478

478

9,527

318

0.466

0.52

Calendar year 1955 : Max 1,300 Hln £09 Mean 448 Cfsm 0.656 In. 8 -90

Water year 1955-56 : Max 1,140 Hln 208 Mean 437 Cfsm 0.640 In. 8-69

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
354 EDISTO RIVER BASIN 

Edisto River near Branchville, S. C.

Location.--Lat 33°10 I 35", long 80°48'05", on right tank 400 ft 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 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. November 1945 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 80.02 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to May 19, 1949, at datum 1.00 ft higher.

Average discharge. 10 years (1946-56), 1,674 cfs .

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,030 cfs Feb. 11, 12; maximum gage height, 

6.64 ft Mar. 20; minimum discharge, 323 cfs Aug. 14.

1945-56: Maximum discharge, 10,000 cfs Oct. 6, 1948 (gage height, 10.21 ft, present 

datum); minimum, that of Aug. 14, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except thoae for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water yeai

discharge, ir

(Shifting-control

1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

cubic feet per second) 

jiethod used Oct. 1 to Pet. 16)

-0.3 

0.0

334

403

526

658

2.0 

4.0 

6.0 

7.0

943

1,570

2,420

3,220

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

644

699

741

769

856

885

943

1,000

1,000

1,000

972

914

856

798 

741

713

699

672

658

644

631

631

618

618

618

618

604

591

591

631

644

22,999

742

0.431

0.50

Nov.

658

658

644

644

644

658

658

658

658

658

672

672

685

699 

*713

713

741

741

741

741

741

769

769

769

827

914

1,000

1,060

1,150

1,180

22,835

761

0.442

0.49

Dec.

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,270

1,270

1,240

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,090

1,060

1,030

1,000 

972

972

943

943

943

914

914

914

914

885

885

885

885

885

885

885

885

31,879

1,028

0.598

0.69

Jan.

856

856

856

856

856

856

856

856

827

*827

827

827

827

827 

827

827

827

827

856

885

914

943

,030

,090

,120

,180

,210

.240

,240

,240

,240

29,306

945

0.549

0.63

Feb.

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,210

1,300

1,500

1,640

1,830

2,240

2,770

5,050

5,050

2,850

2,690 

2,550

2,420

2,560

2,300

2,200

2,110

*2,030

1,950

1,910

1,830

1,750

1,680

1,600

1,640

1,790

57,930

1,998

1.16

1.25

Mar.

2,030

2,250

2,480

2,620

2,690

2,690

2,620

2,480

2,360

2,200

2,110

1,390

1,870

1.790 

1,790

1,950

2,110

2,480

2,770

2,850

2,850

2,690

2,550

2,420

2,300

2,200

2,150

2,110

2,070

1^950

71,410

2,304

1.34

1.54

Apr.

1,870

1,870

1,790

1,790

1,750

1,710

1,680

1,640

1,640

*1,640

1,750

1,790

1,850

1,950 

2,050

2,150

2,300

2,300

2,200

2,110

1,990

1,990

1,990

1,950

1,830

1,680

1,570

1,500

1,500

1.460

55,250

1,842

1.07

1.19

May

1,400

1,570

1,570

1,640

1,830

2,070

2,250

2,200

2,110

2,070

2,070

1,990

,870

,710 

,570

,400

,210

,060

914

798

741

699

658

618

591

578

565

552

552

539

539

39,934

1,288

0.749

0.86

June

539

539

565

565

*565

552

539

526

514

501

488

476

464

464 

476

488

488

476

464

451

439

459

459

459

a459

a415

a403

a380

a368

a368

14,269

476

0.277

0.31

July

a380

a415

476

539

578

591 sis'

565

539

526

514

488

464

451 

451

439

451

451

451

464

464

476

476

451

451

451

439

a427

a427

439

*g427

14,759

475

0.276

0.32

Aug.

a427

a427

a427

a439

a439

439

439

439

g415

g392

g368

g357

g346

K554 

g346

g368

g392

g427

464

476

488

559

514

501

514

514

514

526

514

501

501

13,787

445

0.259

0.30

Sept.

501

488

476

464

451

451

488

539

526

526

526

501

488

488 

488

476

451

g427

g415

g392

g392

g392

g592

g392

g415

514

604

672

713

741

14,789

495

0.287

0.32

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,690 Min 488 Mean 1,021 Cfsm 0.594 In. 8.07

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,030 Min 334 Mean 1,063 Cfsm 0.618 In. 8.40

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

other stations in same drainage basin.

g Computed from once-daily staff-gage readings.
EDISTO RIVER BASIN 

Edisto River near Givhans, S. C.

255

Location.--Lat 33°01'40", long 80°23'30", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 61, 2.3 miles downstream from Four Hole Swamp, and 2.8 miles west of 

Givhans, Dorchester County.

Drainage area. 2,730 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--January 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 20.46 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--17 years, 2,312 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,440 cfs Feb. 13-15; maximum gage height, 

9.54 ft Feb. 14; minimum discharge, 290 cfs Aug. 16 (gage height, 0.51 ft).

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 24,300 cfs Sept. 21, 1945 (gage height, 17.28 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 14,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, that of 

Aug. 16, 1956.

Remarks.--Records good. About 58,856,000 gal per day (91.1 cfs) diverted above station 

for Charleston water supply during year.

Revisions. WSP 103S: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 23 to Sept. 30)

0.5 

1.0 

2.0 

4.0

274

406

690

1,420

6.0 

8.0

9.5

2,380

3,700

5,440

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,880

1,730

1,730

2,030

2,2BO

2,280

2,080

1,930

1,780

1,680

1,550

*1,420

1,280

1,160

1,050

945

878

798

750

705

675

645

616

602

588

574

574

560

560

574

602

36,506

1,178

-

-

Nov.

630

630

630

630

616

616

616

616

616

616

630

645

645

645

645

*660

660

660

675

675

690

690

690

690

705

846

1,050

1,160

1,240

1.520

21,837

728

-

-

Dec.

1,420

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,830

2,650

5,000

2,940

2,650

2,540

2,380

2,230

1,980

1,830

1,680

1,550

1,460

1,420

1,320

1,280

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,160

1,120

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,020

1,020

1,020

50,770

1,638

-

-

Jan.

980

980

980

945

945

945

910

910

910

910

*878

878

878

878

878

878

878

878

910

980

1,020

1,050

1,120

1,280

1,460

1,550

1,600

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

53,969

1,096

-

-

Feb.

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,830

2,380

3,080

4,160

5,170

5,300

5,300

5,170

5.440

5,440

5,440

5,300

5,040

4,780

4,420

4,200

3,890

*3,700

5,520

3,280

3,140

3,000

2,880

2,820

2,700

___-_.

-----

107,780

3,717

-

-

Mar.

2,650

2,700

2,820

3,000

3,210

3,440

3,700

3,990

4,200

4,310

4,090

3,890

3,520

3,280

3,140

3,210

3,440

3,610

3,790

3,990

4,200

4,310

4,540

4,540

4,540

4,420

4,200

3,790

3,440

3,280

3,140

114,380

3,690

-

-

Apr.

3,070

2,940

2,820

2,700

2,600

2,480

2,380

2,280

2,180

2,130

2,130

2,230

2,330

2,380

2,380

2,430

2,540

2, £50

2,820

2,880

2,940

2,880

2,760

2,650

2,540

2,480

2,380

2,E50

2,050

1,88O

.... .-

75,120

2,504

-

-

May

1,730

1,68O

1,730

2,O30

2,380

2,700

3,070

5,700

4,420

4 , 6 60

4,420

4,090

5,700

5,360

3,070

2,820

2,480

2,130

1,680

1,370

1,080

945

846

735

675

630

588

574

546

546

532

64,917

2,094

-

-

June

518

532

546

546

532

*532

518

490

476

462

448

434

420

406

406

406

420

420

406

406

392

392

378

378

378

378

365

352

352

352

13,041

435

-

~

July

378

"352 352

392

434

490

504

504

490

476

476

448

434

406

392

392

392

420

434

448

448

448

448

448

420

420

420

420

4O6

392

392

13,276

428

-

-

Aug.

*578

378

378

378

365

378

365

365

365

352

539

326

318

308

303

292

305

326

365

392

420

490

574 '560

518

504

490

504

490

490

476

12,492

403

-

-

Sept.

462

462

462

448

448

434

434

448

462

490

476

 490

476

462

462

462

448

434

406

392

378

365

352

365

406

504

588

645

690

720

14,071

469

-

"

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,54O Hin 490 Mean 1,341 cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,440 Hin 292 Mean 1,525 cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
256 COMBAHEE RIVER BASIN

Salkehatchie River near Miley, S. C.

Location. Lat 32°59'20", long 81°03'10", near right bank at downstream side of bridge 

on U. S. Highway 601, 2.6 miles downstream from Savannah Creek, 3.1 miles upstream from 

Hampton and Branchville Railroad bridge, and 3.1 miles northwest of Miley, Hampton 

County.

Drainage area.--341 sq mi.

Records available.--February 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Staff gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 64.35 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 5 years, 224 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 774 cfs May 6 (gage height, 3.90 ft); maximum 

gage height, 3.99 ft Feb. 11; minimum discharge, 37 cfs Aug. 12.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 950 cfs Sept. 30, 1953, Apr. 15, 1955; maximum gage 

height, 4.04 ft Sept. 30, 1953, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge, 

17 cfs Sept. 13, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating bable, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 27 to May 4)

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

2.5

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

479

860

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 19E5 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

163

188

171

*163

163

163

163

163

156

141

121

109

104

98

93

63

83

83

83

83

83

78

78

78

78

74

*74

78

109

141

134

3,579

115

0.337

0.39

Nov.

121

115

115

109

109

109

109

109

109

115

121

128

134

134

141

141

141

141

141

141

134

134

134

141

171

214

262

*236

249

262

4,420

147

0.431

0.48

Dec.

278

293

293

311

614

578

511

450

372

311

262

236

214

205

205

205

196

196

188

188

188

179

179

179

179

179

171

*171

171

171

163

8,036

259

0.760

0.88

Jan.

163

163

163

163

163

163

163

156

156

156

156

156

156

156

156

163

163

163

171

179

188

196

214

249

262

262

262

249

249

*236

225

5,820

188

0.551

0.64

Feb.

214

196

188

196

282

528

614

614

543

614

732

691

614

543

479

422

350

311

293

293

278

278

262

24S

249

249

249

249

*236

11,016

380

1.11

1.20

Mar.

236

262

329

422

479

479

422

372

329

293

262

236

225

225

264

350

422

450

479

511

511

511

479

422

350

*293

249

225

225

262

311

10,885

351

1.03

1.19

Apr.

329

293

262

249

225

205

196

171

163

163

229

311

350

350

ZTi

397

422

422

397

350

311

227

179

163

*156

148

141

148

171

156

7,656

255

0.748

0.83

May

141

230

262

366

652

732

732

614

543

511

543

578

479

372

252

179

141

121

109

98

93

88

83

74

78

83

78

74

*78

104

98

8,586

277

0.812

0.94

June

115

163

205

236

262

278

236

179

128

109

93

88

104

163

128

93

83

74

69

65

61

58

54

54

83

*98

88

78

78

83

3,606

120

0.352

0.39

July

104

121

115

109

115

128

134

148

148

98

83

74

69

61

127

121

93

78

78

78

93

109

115

121

115

98

93

83

83

83

*88

3,163

102

0.299

0.34

Aug.

109

104

78

65

58

51

48

45

45

41

38

38

40

41

42

48

54

51

48

48

51

61

65

65

65

65

78

93

*83

83

83

1,884

60.8

0.178

0.21

Sept.

88

93

109

148

141

134

163

261

450

376

257

188

134

98

83

74

65

65

69

78

78

74

69

86

179

293

329

293

262

249

4,986

166

0.487

0.54

Calendar year 1955: Max 905 Mln 38 Mean 196 Cfsm 0.575 In. 7.79

Water year 1955-56: Max 732 Mln 38 Mean 201 Cfsm 0.589 In. 8.03

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
COMBAHEE RIVER BASIN 257

Combahee River near Yemassee, S. C.

Location.---Lat 32°42'25", long 80°49'35", near left bank on downstream side of pile bent 

of bridge on U. S. Highway 17A, 0.2 mile upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 

bridge, 1.8 miles northeast of Yemassee, Hampton County, and 5 miles downstream from 

Black Creek.

Drainage area. 1.100 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. June 1951 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 10.2 miles downstream from 

base gage.

Average discharge. 5 years, 483 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,680 cfs Feb. 10 (gage height, 7.96 ft); minimum daily, 14 cfs Aug. 16.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 5,330 cfs Apr. 18, 1955 (gage height, 8.18 ft); minimum daily, 9 cfs July 7, 1954.

Remarks. Records fair except those below 40 cfs, which are poor.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

551

454

418

389

*378

384

352

318

284

259

266

244

244

257

226

190

183

168

163

139

133

102

80

110

IS.

97

102

87

109 

153

142

7,061

228

0.207

0.24

Nov.

146

142

150

147

153

166

173

149

142

146

170

167

165

159

150

151

154

138

172

126

139

131

138

142

131

164

200

226

*208

214

4,759

159

0.145

0.16

Dec.

235

275

307

338

372

453

521

603

728

905

1,220

1,580

1,250

1,040

900

795

716

652

581

531

501

488

457

418

387

394

422

431

414

362

18,454

595

0.541

0.62

Jan.

369

363

341

335

328

327

339

311

308

320

320

326

329

318

306

302

276

280

316

321

328

340

384

465

508

515

537

559

594

614 

60^

11,885

383

0.348

0.40

Feb.

594

575

544

544

643

806

1,000

1,340

2,840

4,680

4,160

3,310

2,840

2,360

2,220

2,150

2,020

1,800

1,650

1,460

1,340

1,290

1,130

1,030

935

859

828

809

765

46,522

1,604

1.46

1.58

Mar.

762

765

780

780

780

780

812

885

1,020

1,110

1,140

1,050

943

874

842

957

1,080

1,180

1,340

1,700

2,030

2.090

1,970

1,800

1,700

1,550

1,380

1,170

1,030

986

915

36,201

1,168

1.06

1.22

Apr.

837

757

696

683

722

757

721

631

566

537

629

655

657

649

669

752

863

927

880

894

918

965

'940 970

844

744

636

508

418 

540

21,765

726

0.660

0.74

May

305

346

383

437

508

720

1,210

1,850

2,250

2,480

2,410

2,150

1,780

1,540

1,320

1,090

929

788

647

521

401

310

239

172

166

*148

128

107

99

119

116

25,649

827

0.752

0.87

June

92

84

83

91

90

108

105

121

162

192

215

185

148

117

88

75

79

83

72

67

97

95

97

V7

78

73

78

71

60 

49

3,033

101

0.092

0.10

July

44

47

55

66

74

78

83

85

101

102

99

87

78

78

86

f95

f65

61

*71

105

f75

f60

f65

f65

f55

f55

f60

f60

f45 f 45

50

2,173

70.1

0.064

0.07

Aug.

79

88

62

54

100

114

92

66

60

68

57

65

40

50

£8

14

55

47

49

54

43

50

64

56

48

55

76

100

81

65 

55

1,851

59.7

0.054

0.06

Sept.

47

46

42

f45

f50

f75

flOO

feo

feo

f90

105

107

108

147

195

201

188

149

131

114

87

95

102

90

81

301

210

177

182

219

3,642

121

0.110

0.12

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,070 Min 29 Mean 407 Cfsm 0.370 In. 5.01

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,680 Min 14 Mean 500 Cfsm 0.455 In. 6,18

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge 

mated gage-height record.

mputed on basis of weather records and partly estl-
258 BROAD RIVER BASIN

Coosawhatchie River near Hampton, S. C.

Location. Lat 32"50'10", long 81°07'55", near left bank on downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 601, 1.6 miles downstream from Black Creek and 2.5 miles southwest of 

Hampton, Hampton County.

Drainage area. 203 sq mi.

Records available. February 1951 to September 1956.

ove mean sea level, datum of 

Prior to Oct. 26, 1954, wire-weight gage at

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 50.30 ft 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 5 years, 124 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,390 cfs Feb. 7 (gage height, 4.98 ft); no 

flow Aug. 12-30.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 2,750 cfs Mar. 24, 1953 (gage height, 5.78 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 800 cfs by velocityarea studies; no flow Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 1951, for many days during summer and fall 

months of 1954, and Aug. 12-30, 1956.

Remarks. Records fair except those below 10 cfs, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 24 to Sept. 26)

1.5

1.6

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

1.5 

2.0

11

2.5

2.6 

2.8 

3.1 

3.4 

3.7 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

16

23

41

88

163

273

433

829

1,420

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

86

118

192

235

265

195

143 

109

88

*72

60

53

46

41

37

33

32

29

28

27

24

23

20

20

17

16

*14

T4

20

32

42

2,131

68.7

0.338

0.39

Nov.

45

44

38

32

29

27

26 26"

26

29

33

36

38

39

38

36

34

31

29

29

29

28

28

28

33

45

60

77

84

77

1,154

38.5

0.190

0.21

Dec.

64

54

50

46

54

89

264 

364

307

252

220

199

176

151

137

132

122

116

112

107

98

96

92

88

86

83

81

79

77

74

72

3,937

127

0.626

0.72

Jan.

70

68

67

68

67

65

64 

62

59

57

56

56

54

48

!§

48

50

56

68

77

79

81

96

122

151

160

140

119

101

92

86

2,432

78.5

0.387

0.45

Feb.

81

5T

86

98

145

901

1.280 

832

594

459

381

32S

287

252

227

220

239

260

25S

235

220

213

199

182

160

154

151

185

*224

8,928

308

1.52

1.64

Mar.

235

213

213

252

273

256

220

195

169

151

143

T43

151

166

265

610

735

666

534

416

337

273

235

213

192

*176

163

154

143

185

244

8,321

268

1.32

1.52

Apr.

278

248

206

169

151

132

116 

103

88

83

248

548

548

440

326

283

311

307

283

231

182

143

119

103

88

83

75

72

67

70

6,101

203

1.00

1.12

May

70

81

169

517

744

735

617 

548

446

353

269

213

169

134

112

90

74

56

40

29

25

20

17

13

li

24

25

16

*16

18

15

5,666

183

0.901

1.04

June

14

17

17

40

72

48

37

30

22

14

13

12

9.5

9.1

54

80

12

30

26

28

21

16

12

8.3

5.3

'4^3

4.8

14

19

12

731.3

24.4

0.120

0.13

July

9.9

12

8.7

8.7

9.1

11

12 

12

20

11

5.6

3.1

2.0

1.7

ZTT

2.6

4.8

11

6.8

4.1

3.9

5.8

9.5

17

26

27

13

8.1

5.6

5.0

'

288.6

9.31

0.046

0.05

Aug.

14

15

TT

6.7

4.2

2.4

1.6 

1.2

.7

.4

.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

*0

0

0 

« 3

58.2

1.88

0.0093

0.01

Sept.

1.0

.8

iTT

2.0

2.8

3.5

14 

28

29

29

24

13

6.7

3.6

2.3

1.8

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.8

3.8

3.8

2.2

6.6

aJO

a70

a55

a44

a34

26

483.9

16.1

0.079

0.09

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,340 Min 1.1 Mean 97.5 Cfsm 0.480 In. 6.51

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,280 Min 0 Mean 110 Cfsm 0.542 In. 7.37

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and weather 

records.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Chattooga River near Clayton, Ga.

259

Location. Lat 34°49', long 83°18', on left bank 150 ft downstream from new bridge 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.--207 sq mi.

Records available . May 1907 to June 1908, November 1939 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,165.6 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

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

May 1907 to June 1908 staff gage at site 400 ft upstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--17 years (1939-56), 584 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,820 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 5.3 ft); minimum, 

90 cfs Jan. 10, probably caused by temporary storage upstream.

1907-8, 1939-56: Maximum discharge, 29,000 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 13.8 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 4,700 cfs on basis of slope-area determinations at gage 

heights 9.9 and 13.8 ft; minimum, 88 cfs Oct. 8, 12, 13, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1383: 1940-41, drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.8 

1.0 

1.4 

2.0

102

160

338

760

2.5 

3.0 

4.1

1,260

1,900

3,580

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

276

243

*217

196

189

2OO

238

486

362

252

225

209

2O4

2O4

196

189

189

185

185

182

178

178

178

192

167

167

164

164 

213

213

*178

6,619

214

1.03

1.19

Nov.

174

174

171

167

167

167

171

171

167

189

238

192

182

182

192

185

178

167

192

209

185

178

225

296

243

262

225

20O 

182

*160

5,791

193

0.932

1.04

Dec.

167

192

196

217

290

234

2O9

200

196

189

182

171

160

160

178

160

167

213

209

182

171

167

167

167

167

164

157

m167

160

5,670

183

0.884

1.02

Jan.

154

150

150

150

147

144

144

138

125

131

138

134

134

134

131

131

131

128

178

217

171

154

160

209

200

178

167

164 

164

167

*192

4,815

155

0.749

0.86

Feb.

196

410

760

931

886

1.650

1,420

805

640

530

720

704

586

509

467

441

886

1,170

990

1,490

1,060

832

720

672

704

805

744

9O4 

752

23,364

806

3.89

4.20

Mar.

680

680

64O

640

579

*565

565

551

516

488

488

474

495

680

728

1.580

1,130

850

728

648

600

572

544

530

502

481

467

460 

558

502

454

19,175

619

2.99

3.45

Apr.

435

*423

417

417

423

1,150

1,230

787

680

624

1,180

1,060

823

728

996

5.540

1,500

1,160

990

904

832

805

744

696

672

656

632

608 

608

579

26,299

877

4.24

4.73

May

*579

593

720

632

565

565

778

688

608

579

544

523

509

495

481

460

448

441

423

417

410

417

398

386

429

404

429

392 

380

417

*441

15,551

502

2.43

2.80

June

386

356

338

327

327

322

317

306

301

312

301

327

296

327

386

350

327

290

333

356

327

495

356

333

327

301

271

252 

243

280

9,770

326

1.57

1.75

July

312

*312

356

338

488

429

572

502

586

460

380

327

327

327

296

301

344

296

276

296

417

398

404

356

296

306

296

262 

252

243

247

11,002

355

1.71

1.97

Aug.

*257

252

238

220

210

2OO

190

180

170

170

170

180

170

170

170

210

280

180

160

170

213

285

200

174

164

157

157

160 

171

171

*160

5,959

192

0.928

1.07

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,120 Min 154 Mean 467 Cfsm 2.26 m. 30.60

Sept.

150

144

147

144

157

192

285

213

171

154

144

144

138

131

125

120

118

118

118

115

112

110

112

115

167

696

312

221 

185

171

5,229

174

0.841

0.94

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,540 Min 110 Mean 38O Cfsm 1.84 In. 25.02

Peak discharge (base, 5.4OO cfs).--Apr. 16 (4 a.n 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note. No gage-height record Aug. 4-2O; discharge 

nd records for Panther Creek near Toccoa.

5,820 cfs (5.3 ft), 

stimated on basis of recorded range in stage
260 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Panther Creek near Toecoa, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°41' , long 83°21' , on left bank at Yonah Dam settlement, a quarter of 

a mile upstream from mouth and 7 miles north of Toceoa, Stevens County.

Drainage area.--32.5 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--January 1943 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 673.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

19C9 (levels by Georgia Power Co.).

Average discharge.--13 years, 69.0 cfs (adjusted for diversion).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,150 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 4.85 ft); minimum, 13 cfs Oct. 24, Jan. 7, 10, 18, 19.

1943-56: Maximum discharge, 15,100 cfs June 16, 1949 (gage height, 18.0 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 800 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, 10 cfs Sept. 30, 1954, Sept. 23, 24, 1955.

Remarks.--Records good. Diversion at point 2.0 miles above station for water supply by 

city of Toceoa as shown in monthly table.

Rating table, water ye 

and discharge,

45

1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

cubic feet per second)

2.0 

2.5 

3.1

192

385

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

27

22

20

19

20

20

21

28

22

20

17

17

17

17

16

16

16

15

15

14

14

14

14

14

14

15

14

14

21

20

19

552

17.8

3.1

Nov.

13

*18

19

19

19

19

19

15

15

21

20

17

17

22

21

20

20

19

29

23

21

17

30

32

32

34

27

*23

21

21

649

21.6

1.9

Dec.

18

19

18

20

20

17

17

16

16

.15

15

15

19

25

21

23

3825"

24

21

20

*20

20

20

20

20

20

18

15

16

15

606

19.5

2.6

Jan.

15

15

14

14

*14

14

15

17

20

18

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

14

29

26

22

21

22

29

24

23

21

17

17

17

17

574

18.5

2.1

Feb.

17

35

50

90

79

*271

U3

65

54

45

51

44

43

38

38

38

145

100

72

126

85

67

57

54

57

56

68

102

70

2,130

73.4

0.2

Mar.

60

65

62

57

54

54

*51

48

45

44

44

43

46

65

86

280

131

92

77

68

63

60

57

56

52

52

51

50

63

56

51

2,083

67.2

0

Apr.

50

48

46

IT

51

*155

111

77

68

65

173

124

92

81

188

155- 374

117

102

94

86

85

81

77

74

72

70

70

68

67

2,969

99.0

0

May

75

70

117

117

85

77

94

*81

75

72

68

65

63

60

57

56

54

54

52

51

50

50

48

48

48

51

52

51

51

45

44

1,981

63.9

0

June

43

43

41

41

*41

41

44

38

38

38

37

35

33

35

39

35

32

32

39

43

40

38

37

40

35

33

31

29

27

?9

1,107

36.9

2.0

July

32

32

31

30

30

29

30

39

40

33

30

29

29

30

51

52

37

*31

31

74

41

38

37

33

31

29

28

26

25 "25

31

1,064

34.3

0.6

Aug.

33

32

27

27

26

24

22

22

20

19

18

20

21

2O

21

23

20

18

17

20

28

20

17

17

16

15

15

17

25

31

*23

674

21.7

3.1

Sept.

21

26

20

21

29

32

49

29

22

20

20

20

20

19

18

17

17

17

17

16

15

16

16

22

80

94

38

32

28

26

817

27.2

3.8

Adjusted for diversion by city of Toceoa

Mean 

Cf sin

20.9 

0.643 

0.74

23.5 

0.722 

0.81

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

22.1 

0.680 

0.7S

20.6 

0.634 

0.73

73.6 

2.26 

2.44

67.2 

2.07 

2.39

99.0 

3.05 

3.40

63.9 

1.97 

2.27

Observed

Max 754 Mln 10 Mean 35.4 

Max 374 Mln 14 Mean 41.5

38.9

1.20 

1.34

34.9 

1.07 

1.23

24.8 

0.763 

0.88

31.0 

0.954 

1.06

Adjusted

Mean 36.6 Cfsm 1.13 In. 15.28 

Mean 43.1 Cfsm 1.33 In. 18.07

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Diversion by city of Toceoa, In cubic feet per se :ondj furnished by Toceoa Water Department.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Tugaloo River near Hartwell, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°29', long 82°55', on right bank three-quarters of a mile upstream from 

Beaverdam Creek, 5 miles upstream from confluence with Seneca River, and 10 miles 

north of Hartwell, Hart County.

Drainage area.--909 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1925 to September 1927, February 1940 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 570 ft (by barometer). April 1925 to 

September 1927 at datum about 1 ft higher.

Average discharge. 18 years (1925-27, 1940-56), 1,921 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,800 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.64 ft); minimum daily, 236 cfs Sept. 3.

1925-27, 1940-56: Maximum discharge, 28,600 cfs Aug. 31, 1940 (gage height, 

10.8 ft); minimum daily, 188 cfs Oct. 18, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by powerplants above station and by Burton and 

Mathis Reservoirs on Tallulah River. Burton Reservoir, completed in 1920, and Mathis 

Reservoir, completed in 1914, have combined usable capacity of 129,000 aore-ft and regulate the flow from 150 sq mi of Tallulah River basin.

Cooperation.--Records of monthly reservoir contents furnished by Georgia Power Co. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 1142: 1926. WSP 1383: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 8 to Dec. 31)

236

370

652

1,180

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

2,630

4,740

10,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

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

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

1,200

468

290

394

*545

1,440

1,650

1, 180

362

306

737

688

868

1,100

679

581

279

1,050

1,380

715

916

647

315

274

1,130

1,180

1,090

1,470

1,280

308

258

24,780

799

-213

Nov.

1,020

832

1,340

1,320

1,490

308

274

871

1,020

1,170

1,360

832

292

267

*1,230

1,190

1,930

1,250

700

394

314

1,000

970

2.150

484

1,790

402

372

1,110

1,270

28,952

965

-345

Dec.

1,050

1,130

1,260

341

344

839

1,190

1,180

956

1,200

586

323

918

857

*1,100

913

993

338

340

944

971

1,050

667

436

304

294

289

1,280

1,190

1.550

1,210

25,843

834

-161

Jan.

336

304

300

812

1,060

632

720

329

304

906

907

1,050

946

821

314

292

690

*823

984

1.440

938

E58

341

668

703

630

652

790

346

334

390

20,320

655

-85

Feb.

814

1,110

1,470

2,540

2,750

5,380

6,170

4,010

3 , 450

1,350

1,020

788

666

1,200

1,220

1,920

3,290

3,160

920

3,550

*2,260

2,040

2 , 000

2,500

2,290

627

1,130

2,560

1,700

63,685

2,196

+523

Mar.

1,870

2,250

2,110

656

892

1,950

1,480

1,410

1,360

1,440

488

548

1,270

1,260

2,060

9.640

5,040

2,520

1,040

1,480

1,550

1,820

2,000

1,740

597

596

1,350

1,300

1,990

2,130

1,510

57,347

1,850

+411

Apr.

542

514

915

1,160

1,030

2,850

4,660

2,660

*996

1,630

2,920

4,480

3,420

2,710

1,120

10.600

6,560

5,750

3,300

3,320

2,710

843

1,270

3,oeo

3,460

2,710

2,250

1,940

663

1,340

81,388

2,713

+392

May

2,320

2,860

2,650

5,570

2,820

987

1,400

3,080

2,430

2, 170

2,10u

2,030

608

895

1,830

1,460

1,480

*1,820

1,530

495

608

1,680

1,540

1,480

1,430

1.420

498

488

1,340

1,700

1,600

52,319

1,688

-47

June

1,270

1,430

420

398

1,250

1,230

1,140

1,280

1,380

391

436

1,190

1,110

1,060

1,310

1,520

408

362

1,080

1,170

1,070

1,160

1,330

415

980

1,300

1,230

982

805

638

29,745

992

+3

July

410

490

1,180

1,180

*650

1,620

1,340

600

1,960

2.580

1,630

1.O80

1,120

1,160

384

462

1,240

908

1,020

1,460

1,310

398

672

1,120

1,490

1,310

1,240

1,020

338

308

1,060

32,540

1,050

+3

Aug.

715

758

1,250

1,110

312

321

824

878

807

1,100

996

286

298

924

750

958

842

1,020

275

*266

776

568

722

1,010

882

288

242

461

428

1,220

920

22,207

716

-146

Sept.

685

276

£36

302

832

988

1,640

1,520

358

305

1,O40

1,180

932

978

1,170

330

309

1,520

722

666

889

338

258

292

1,770

4.580

1,380

1,060

1,100

410

28,066

936

-195

Adjusted for change in reservoir contents

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

586 

0.645 

0.74

62C 

0.682 

0.7t

Calendar year 1955; 

Water year 1955-56:

673 

0.740 

0.85

570 

0.627 

0.72

2,719 

2.99

3.22

2,261 

2.49 

2.87

3,105 

3.42

1,641 

1.81 

2.09

Observed

Max 14,400 M in 220 Mean 1,345 

Max 10,600 Min 236 Mean 1,276

995 

1.09

1.22

1,053 

1.16 

1.34

570 

0.627 

0.72

741

0.815 

0.91

Adjusted

Mean 1,319 cfsin 1.45 in. 19.70 

Mean 1,286 Cfsin 1.41 In. 19.26

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 efs).--Feb. 6 (11 p.m.) 10,600 cfs (7.10 ft); Mar. 16 (6 p.m.) 

12,400 cfs (7.51 ft); Apr. 16 (2 p.m.) 12,800 cfs (7.64 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Burton and Mathis Reservoirs, 

furnished by Georgia Power Co.
262 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Whitewater River at Jocassee, B.C.

Location. Lat 34°58', long 82 0 56', on right bank at highway bridge at Jooassee, Ooonee

County, 0.6 mile upstream from confluence with Toxaway River. 

Drainage area. 47.3 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1951 to September 1956. 

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 777.79 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Average discharge. 5 years, 151 cfs. 

Extremes. Maximum and minimum discharge for the water years 1951-56 are contained in the

following table:

Water 

year

1951t 

1952

1953 

1954 

1955 

1956

Maximum

Date

Mar. 29, 1951 

Mar. 11, 1952 

Feb. 21, 1953 

Jan. 22, 1954 

Feb. 6, 1955 

Apr. 15, 1956

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,550 

7,120 

3,200 

3,120 

2,440 

2,020

Gage height 

(feet)

4.56 

11.17 

6.53 

6.38 

5.58 

5.10

Minimum

Date

Sept. 22, 1951 

Oct. 20, 1951 

Nov. 7-9, 1952 

Sept. 30, 1954 

Oct. 12-14, 1954 

Dec. 17, 1955

Discharge 

(cfs)

41 

35 

44 

23 

24 

22

Gage height 

(feet)

1.47 

1.40 

1.44 

1.64 

1.65 

1.62

t Period January to September.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 7,120 cfs Mar. 11, 1952 (gage height, 11.17 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,600 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies; minimum, 

22 cfs Dec. 17, 1955 (gage height, 1.62 ft). 

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, Jan. 1, 1951, to Sept. 30, 1956 (gage height,

In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 11, 1952)

Jan. 1 to Dec.

1.4

1.6

2.0

2.3

2.6

3.0

3.5

4.0

20, 1951

35

54

100

155

242

415

710

1,080

Dec. 21, 

July 21

1.4

2.0

2.3

2.6

3.0

3.5

4.0

6.0

1951, to 

, 1954

40

112

173

278

472

780

1,130

2,780

July 22 

Sept.

1.6

1.8

2.0

2.3

2.6

3.0

3.5

4.0

5.0

, 1954, to 

30, 1956

20

37

64

128

221

405

710

1,080

1,930

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, January to September 1951

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

100

100

100

130

*106

102

106

100

96

94_

99

*94

100

113

221

135

122

120

133

120

114

108

106

108

102

97

97

97

96

97 

102

3,415

110

2.33

2.69

Feb.

228

151

128

117

110

112

267

T55

144

133

126

126

120

*117

114

131

154

128

122

126

217

151

137

129

124

120

117

117

.

3,931

140

2.96

3.08

Mar.

112

109

108

T45

185

144

246

186

158

144

158

158

189

168

151

142

140

135

180

168

*148

140

133

129

122

120

117

325

863

BTo

358

6,191

200

4.23

4.88

Apr.

279

332

317

253

229

212

257

319

239

216

203

233

197

189

178

172

165

162

158

155

151

240

183

165

158

151

148

197

333

235

6,426

214

4.52

5.04

May

248

285

235

203

186

172

162

155

151

146

146

135

129

126

124

*120

115

114

112

114

110

106

103

99

97

97

103

94

92

90

87

4,256

137

2.90

3.34

June

85

82

82

94

100

85

83

124

121

110

85

107

251

109

94

91

373

187

135

128

122

117

109

100

122

108

*96

107

117

112

3,636

121

2.56

2.86

July

97

95

96

131

loo

90

83

80

77

75

75

77

87

79

81

87

86

77

84

73

66

70

90

81

77

82

74

75

68

66

89

2,568

82.8

1.75

2.02

Aug.

92

8?

80

66

62

62

60

59

58

71

88

77

61

87

*76

62

56

63

60

54

52

52

52

49

48

47

46

45

60

52

48

1,927

62.2

1.32

1.52

Sept.

46

44

43

44

53

90

52

44

43

42_

44

45

68

96

62

53

48

47

45

44

42

96

9859"

55

84

92

65

55

52

1,751

58.4

1.23

1.37

Calendar year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm In.

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Whitewater River at Jocassee, S. C. Continued 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1951 to September 1952

263

Day

1

2

3 

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

50

49

*47 

45

43

42

42

40

40

40

40

40

40

39

39

38

38

37

36

3T

60

76

108

325 125-

88

77

82

71

68

83

1,984

64.0

1.35

1.56

Nov.

386

175

137

115

102

144

529

19T

146

126

115

106

102

115

108

179

131

114

106

97

95

92

91

90

87

86

85

*85

82

79

4,099

137

2.90

3.24

Dec.

77

76

77 

806

798

180

189

165

160

146

135

128

120

224

466

226

183

342

253

580

1,240

539

399

331

291

282

242

220

210

206

191

9,482

306

6.47

7.46

Jan.

182

173

166

164

221

173

160

156

*172

318

203

182

170

160

156

148

142

142

134

136

128

5BT

200

163

153

220

250

369

58Cf

220

197

5,889

190

4.02

4.64

Feb.

182

179

1.000 

594

426

341

296

266

246

228

217

200

194

200

185

210

188

173

168

163

156

150

150

163

153

158

153

*150

153

__-__.

7,042

243

5.14

5.54

Mar.

183

153

57T 

747

354

270

234

214

200

821

*2.140

610

489

404

360

322

300

321

500

331

376

624

1,470

800

618

506

446

404

364

341

331

15,604

503

10.63

12.26

Apr.

379

336

304 

287

274

254

242

231

*220

214

206

197

310

238

214

200

191

185

179

173

168

163

158

26T

716

706

501

364

309

274

8,457

282

5.96

6.65

May

254

535

224

214

200

194

185

182

173

202

191

166

158

153

146

142

138

134

148

179

*142

132

172- 126

184

156

136

126

143

163

140

5,241

169

3.57

4.12

June

130

123

125 

145

183

211

T5T

140

128

123

117

112

111

122

111

106

133

122

108

130

151

127

108

101

*96

94

96

90

90

87

3,701

123

2.60

2.90

July

94

90

84 

80

78

75

74

IB- 99

78

74

76

72

75

74

79

96

84

79

76

76

67

64

60

59

60

59

54

BT

55

62

2,302

74.3

1.57

1.81

Aug.

82

108

66 

W

140

*122

355

401 3-BT

243

158

123

109

116

115

102

107

92

125

136

301

230

150

126

114

104

96

110

101

102

156

4,740

153

3.23

3.72

Calendar year 1951: Max 1,240 Min 36 Mean 136 Cfsm 2.88 In. 39.06

Sept.

105

Tc^

92 

86

84

80

78

76

76

74

70

90

102

84

86

81

74

72

89

81

74

75

72

*67

64

63

62

60

60

58

2,337

77.9

1.65

1.84

Water year 1951-52: Max 2,140 Min 36 Mean 194 Cfsm 4.10 In. 55.74

Peak discharge (base. 2,000 cfs).--Mar. 11 (l a.m.) 7,120 cfs (11.17 ft); Mar. 23 (12:30 a.m.) 

2,860 cfs (6.13 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

58

55

53

52

53

52

53

62

133 "80

67

62

59

58

56

55

54

54

52

50

49 

49

50

50

50

49

49

48

47

47 

47

1,753

56.5

1.19

1.37

Nov.

48

48

47

46

46

*46

44

4T

44

54

60

52

48

48

51

48

47

46

469 455-

141 

109

96

87

82

177

131

108

97

92

2,911

97.0

2.05

2.29

Dee.

86

105

102

92

108

98

90

86

87

404

265

168

138

125

114

108

105

*101

97

98

97 

92

93

90

87

84

81

80

SO" 78

218

3,657

118

2.49

2.87

Jan.

128

120

117

104

98

94

98

303

510

736

386

266

220

191

173

160

153

301

203

183

310 

220

341

630

345

278

242

250

*224

197 

188

7,769

251

5.31

6.12

Feb.

179

166

160

153

144

159

238

217

176

163

269

359

258

225

327

246

228

206

191

1,110

*1,960 

747

522

461

399

355

318

291

_

-----

10,227

365

7.72

8.04

Mar.

270

363

300

413

327

282

258

242

224

217

304

*300

258

238

287

238

220

220

206

191

'S35' 188 

*1,540

731

500

414

369

331

304

282 

266

10,921

352

7.44

8.58

Apr.

254

238

228

217

203

228

228

197

188

182

170

191

173

160

158

160

148

148

144

138

136 

*134

130

126

132

130

122

118

117

38?

5,280

176

3.72

4.15

May

229

210

179

231

462

544

33T

313

254

220

200

185

173

163

158

150

148

144

166

148

134 

128

125

120

117

112

108

105

104

102 

98

6,021

194

4.10

4.73

June

96

92

91

*88

87

108

279 TT5-

106

111

114

97

97

114

112

99

96

88

87

94

97 

88

86

108" 82

160

154

156

128

128

3,358

112

2.37

2.64

July

117

163

127

105

97

94

110

104

88

81

79

76

73

72

*155"

324

123

216

383

284

184 

385 2-S3"

179

148

132

123

115

108

106 

114

4,673

151

3.19

3.68

Aug.

107

104

166

128

106

96

91

125

101

90

85

82

79

78

74

73

87

91

226

2755"

114

101

93

88

84

*79

75

72

70

67 

66

3,103

100

2.11

2.43

Sept.

64

64

74

81

276

150

104

88

81

78

74

72

68

66

66

63

61

60

62

83

67 

60

5858-

97

147

169

92

79

73

2,635

87.8

1.86

2.08

Calendar year 1952: Max 2,140 Min 44 Mean 174 Cfsm 3.68 In. 50.01

Water year 1952-53: Max 1,960 Min 44 Mean 171 Cfsm 3.62 In. 48.98

Peak discharge (base. 2,000 cfs). Feb. 21 (7 a.m.) 3,200 cfs (6.53 ft); Mar. 23 (5:45 a.m.) 2,270 

cfs 's(5.40 [ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
264 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Whitewater River at Jocassee, S. C. Continued 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1953 to September 1954

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22 

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

70

68

66

62

62

60

56

56

58

58

56

54

52

63

*64

59

55

53

52

51

51

51

50

48_

49

62

62

53

51

50

1,754

56.6

1.20

1.38

Nov.

50

49

48

48

48

48

47

47

47

46

46

46

46

46

46

46

44

4T

44

52

200

287

216

108

94

82

76

72

69

68

2,210

73. 7

1.56

1.74

Dec.

66

*63

63

405

185

414

302

179

430

429

242

482

335

435

282

228

194

173

170

153

195

188 

170

150

144

136

130

132

146

134

125

6,881

222

i.69

5.41

Jan.

120

115

117

112

111

108

105

104

102

105

123

111

99

102

170

1,060

347

242

210

197

*819

1,660 

926

551

430

369

331

291

266

246

228

9,877

319

6.74

7.77

Feb.

217

206

200

188

179

170

163

160

158

150

148

140

136

136

134

145

158

132

128

502

600

282 

224

210

188

179

166

269

_

5,668

202

4.27

4.45

Calendar year 1953: Max 1,960 Win 44

Mar.

279

214

220

194

179

173

166

*158

153

150

146

142

IBT

326

197

176

163

158

256

242

194

179 

170

277

228

254

282

270

231

214

243

6,418

207

4.38

5.05

Apr.

269

220

203

188

182

249

246

240

231

206

200

185

179

185

175

336

315

231

206

191

185

214 

215

217

261

321

270

228

206

194

6,746

225

4.76

5.31

Hay

203

185

208

191

170

163

158

153

146

142

138

134

145

220

168

153

142

138

132

126

122

118

117

114

111

108

106

106

123

112

104

4,456

144

3.04

3.50

June

122

140

122

111

101

97

94

91

90

90

109

94

86

*86

98

163

196

155

118

105

97

91 

88

85

82

79

76

74

69

69

3,078

103

2.18

2.43

July

67

67

70

92

94_

70

66

64

66

69

64

63

61

60

59

55

54

54

56

53

51

49

47

45

50

52

48

48

43

42

BT

1,830

59.0

1.25

1.44

Aug.

54

44

*39

37

35

45

43

37

56

45

36

34

37

35

32

30

28

28

38

42

47

T2"2 186

68

73

55

52

52

52

48

43

1,573

50.7

1.07

1.23

Sept.

39

38

37

35

34

32

32

31

33

50

47

35

32

32

32

44

33

31

29

*28

29

28 

26

26

26

26

26

252"5~

25

966

32.2

0.681

0.76

Mean 178 Cfsm 3.76 In. 50.98

Water year 1953-54: Max 1,660 Win 25 Mean 141 Cfsm 2.98 In. 40.47

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 cfs).--Jan. 22 (11 a.m.) 3,120 cfs (6.38 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1954 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

31

33

28

26

26

26

26

27

26

26

25

24

2T

24

217

50

41

38

37

36

36

35

34

34

34

34

34

34

38

36

35

1,175

37.9

0.801

0.92

Nov.

3535-

35

37

54

43

42

41

*39

39

38

38

38

38

38

~9T 172

64

73

100

66

56

68

64

55

50

55

82

138

78

1,803

60.1

1.27

1.42

Dec.

68

62

56

55

102

ieo

90

77

120

99

82

75

104

95

80

73

72

149

101

86

78

77

73

71

66

64

64

160

1,250

678

277

4,664

150

3.17

3.66

Jan.

214 184"

156

142

128

120

110

106

103

117

142

116

*103

97

97

92

88

90

103

90

90

106

95

90

84

82

82

82

78

75

72

3,334

108

2.28

2.63

Feb.

78

1L4

103

90

88

1.540

617

322

244

214

254

190

176

185

162

156

162

150

139

136

154

167

394

244

*218

194

181

168

.

6,600

256

4.99

5.20

Mar.

162

155

145

142

159

139

154

126

126

126

126

120

TF5

150

151

151

126

123

134

128

153

681 2~70"

214

194

215

181

168

162

155

150

5,211

168

3.55

4.09

Apr.

145

T54

221

162

155

277

*290

214

194

181

671

350

561

579

392

321

280

255

256

221

211

201

194

252

207

187

178

168

162

156

7,785

259

5.48

6.11

Hay

150

145

142

159

134

128

126

123

116

115

110

113

211

153

217

997

655

564

274

229

419

1.060

456

572

*512

276

251

252

214

201

9,161

296

6.26

7.22

June

187

178

168

162

156

150

150

148

148

142

212

148

154

128

120

116

115

108

154

218

159

131

177

151

110

115

106

101

97

95

4,220

141

2.98

5.52

July

88

86

84

84

92

94

117

105

90

89

131

246

469

*212

168

148

128

125

125

114

151

116

105

115

126

110

99

92

105

11 6 

108

4,012

129

2.73

3.15

Aug.

127

122

105

96

103

96

96

92

149

122

127

115

90

97

241

184

128

118

119

108

101

125

145

120

101

92

88

84

80

*78 

SrT DU

5,525

114

2.41

2.78

Calendar year 1954: Max 1,660 Win 24 Mean 132 Cfsm 2.79 In. 37 94

Sept.

77

77

75

69

68

66

64

60

82

64

60

62

60

58

55

54

49

48

48

45

44

45

4T

45

51

58

50

48

48

55

1,765

58.8

1.24

1.38

Water year 1954-55: Max 1,340 Win 24 Mean 146 Cfsm 3.09 In. 41.83

Peak discharge (base. 2,000 efs). Feb. 6 (4 p.m.) 2,440 cfs (5.58 ft); Hay 22 (5:45 p.m.) 2,020 

cfs(5.08ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Whitewater River at Jocassee, S. C.--Continued 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

265

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

Oct.

91

55

52

48

47

52

68

116 -55l

56

52

50

48

48

44

44

43

43

44

42

42

42

42

42

*39_

39

39

39

63

45

42

1,586

51.2

1.08

1.24

Nov.

41

41

41

35" 39

39

42

41

41

58

58

47

44

44

47

43

42

39

49

45

43

42

59

61

5T

61

52

48

43

43

1,386

46.2

0.977

1.09

Dee.

42

49

52

71

W

55

*50

49

50

47

47

45

45

45

47

38

4T

52

50

45

42

43

43

43

43

43

42

41

41

43

41

1,455

46.9

0.992

1.14

Jan.

39

39

41

39

38

38

38

SB- 35

38

38

38

37

36

35

38

35

37

*63

55

43

41

47

6852"

47

45

45

45

55

54

1,334

43.0

0.909

1.05

Feb.

54

209

255

266

211

677

346

204

168

145

290

204

165

145

131

123

326

327

278

379

251

207

181

175

222

207

214

229

187

6,776

234

4.95

5.34

Mar.

168

168

162

162

148

142

148

*139

128

123

123

120 136-

203

181

*442

277

218

181

172

162

150

145

139

131

131

126

138

177

139

126

5,105

165

3.49

4.02

Apr.

123

120

118

118

116

390

253

184

162

150

291

221

184

168

405

755

3^0

272

236

214

197

187

178

168

162

156

150

148

148

139

6,453

215

4.55

5.08

May

*136

148

189

153

139

160

225

IBS

150

139

134

126

120

113

110

103

99

99

97

92

90

88

86

102

99

32

95

97

103

88

142

3,782

122

2.58

2.97

June

37

86

80

78

77

75

73

71

69

69

73

68

68

74

88

75

62

61

68

*73

82

90

73

69

99

69

60

54

52

i5o

2,233

74.4

1.57

1.75

July

82

90

92

110

191

177

244

173

177

128

106

97

95

90

94

92

88

77

115

122

107

121

106

104

84

80

75

75

72

64 "ScT by

3,397

110

2.33

2.69

Aug.

74

84

79

69

68

62

55

50

*50

49

56

52

49

45

47

55

47

44

66

49

65

67

49

45

42

41

39

47

55

43

44

1,683

54.3

1.15

1.33

Sept.

49

39

52

56

65

T25- 331

82

68

58

55

50

48

44

43

41

38

37

37

37

34

35

35

37

71

*275

104

78

69

64

2,157

71.9

1.52

1.70

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,340 Mln 38 Mean 137 Cfsm 2.90 In. 39.35

Water year 1955-56: Max 755 Mln 34 Mean Io2 Cfsm 2.16 In. 29.40

Peak discharge (base, 2,OOP cfs).--Apr. 15 (ll p.m.) 2,02o cfs (5.10 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

459558 O - 58 - 18
266 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Keowee River near Jocassee , S. C.

.^^... _. , _ , _.D _ , on right bank 390 ft upstream from Chapmans Bridge on 

!tate_Highway 2£8, if miles southeast of Jocassee, Oconee County, and 2 5 miles upstream

Location. Lat 34°£7', long 82°55' State Highway 2£8, I 3 - - -- --

from Eastatoe Creek. 

Drainage area.--143 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1949 to September 1956. 

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 737.43 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Average discharge. 6 years (1950-56), 408 cfs. 

Extremes.--Maximum and minimum discharges for the water years 1950-56 are contained in the

following table:

year

1950t

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

Maximum

Date

Sept. 1, 1950

Dec. 7, 1950

Mar. 11, 1952

Feb. 21, 1953

Jan. 22, 1954

Feb. 6, 1955

Apr. 16, 1956

Discharge 

(cfs)

11,800

7 ,700

18,400

9,840

9,190

7,100

5,780

Gage height 

(feet?

11.46

8.29

16.23

10.03

9.49

7.77

6.74

Minimum

Date

July 10,11,1950

Sept. 22, 1951

Oct. 20,21,1951

Nov. 7, 1952

Sept. 29, 30, 1954

Oct. 7, 1954

Jan. 9, 1956

Discharge 

(cfs)

219

122

92

108

58

57

60

Gage height 

(feet)

1.48

1.22

1.14

1.17

.95

.94

92

1949-56: Maximum discharge, 18,400 cfs Mar. 11, 1952 (gage height, 16.23 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 8,500 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 57 cfs 0?t. 7, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Rating tables, Dec. 14, 1949, to Sept. 30, 1956 (gage height,

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

'.t, and discharge,

Dec. 14, 1949, to 

Sept. 30, 1955

50 2.5 980 

89 3.0 1,500 

5.0 3,900 

8.0 7,340

per id)

185

332

537

Oct. 1, 1955. to 

Sept. 50, 1956

2.5 980 

3.0 1,500 

4.0 2,810

166

362

565

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year December 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov.

1-660

1-642

t498

t475

Dec.

.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

.

-

_

561

507

455

428

734

876

618

545

553

1,080

741

618

2,660

2,050

1,190

952

822

741

_

_

-

-

Jan.

696

635

627

705

786

714

967

696

635

635

670

*610

602

618

578

578

705

750

1,200

1,010

813

732

679

635

618

586

714

732

662

662

618

21,768

702

4.74

5.46

Feb.

610

610

610

553

537

522

537

a550

a550

a600

a550

a550

a700

al.200

al.OOO

*a850

759

679

644

594

569

594

602

537

514

492

470

470

-

17,453

623

4.21

4.38

Calendar year : Max Mln

Mar.

627

507

470

455

448

442

514

537

484

448

442

528

2,550

1,420

952

840

732

670

610

741

732

644

586

561

537

507

523

*1,010

679

594

561

21,351

689

4.66

5.37

Apr.

545

522

500

630

*1,150

741

586

578

545

514

500

477

455

442

435

421

414

408

401

394

369

363

363

363

369

388

344

338

344

344

14,243

475

3.21

3.58

May

351

363

455

357

332

321

304

299

288

288

288

*277

277

288

294

262

262

262

248

245

243

243

248

252

276

262

257

442

310

291

568

9,451

305

2.06

2.38

June

366

288

535

1,200

614

421

351

2 . 400

1,530

1,050

786

594

*514

462

428

401

369

344

326

310

299

304

294

272

257

248

238

228

257

272

15,958

532

3.59

4.00

July

405

248

233

238

363

562

294

252

228

219

619

860

752

893

1,580

867

732

635

492

414

582

588

563

453

556

448

477

477

408

394

551

15,585

496

5.35

5.86

Aug.

526

299

*294

282

294

282

262

252

245

262

288

257

258

510

504

440

551

397

648

434

310

282

262

252

329

442

338

402

515

506

2 000

12,081

590

2.64

5.04

Sept.

4,860

2,020

1,200

942

961

752

1,360

2,600

1,950

1,340

1,040

925

*804

714

655

602

569

537

507

484

455

442

421

408

594

575

565

557

357

551

28,721

957

6.47

7.22

Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm in.

Peak discharge (base. 4,000 cfs).--Dec. 26 (5:15 p.m.) 5,190 cfs (6.24 ft); Mar. 15 (11:15 a.m.) 

4,750 cfs (5.76 ft); June 8 (4:50 p.m.) 5,190 cfs (6.25 ft); Sept. 1 (12:30 a.m.) 11,800 cfs 

(11.46 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Result of discharge measurement.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for station near Newry.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 267

Keowee River near Jocassee, S. C.--Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1950 to September 1951

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

344

332

338

321

299

£88

288

282

344

288

272

262

252

243

243

238

233

233

586

2,230

849

602

530

620

*470

421

388

369

351

338

321

13,175

425

2.87

3.31

Nov.

316

304

299

497

363

321

316

299

304

321

294

282

272

267

262

262

257

248

248

292

304

267

252

248

£38

208

219

215

224

228

8,427

281

1.90

2.12

Dec.

228

228

256

585

328

296

*4,540

1,300

831

653

553

492

448

428

408

388

375

357

338

338

321

316

316

310

304

299

294

288

374

316

£99

16,607

536

3.62

4.17

Jan.

282

277

£77

384

310

294

304

288

267

262

267

*257

267

307

692

414

363

344

382

344

321

299

294

299

282

267

262

267

262

267

272

9,674

312

2.11

2.43

Feb.

654

484

368

363

316

310

879

553

462

408

382

369

357

*344

332

358

488

382

363

363

680

477

414

388

363

351

338

332

_

------

-------

11,878

424

2.86

2.98

Calendar year 1950; Max 4,860 Min 208

Mar.

326

316

504

428

555

435

752

594

477

442

492

462

550

507

448

421

414

401

528

537

462

*4£1

394

382

363

351

338

870

2,640

2,020

1,180

18,788

606

4.09

4.72

Apr.

885

936

992

786

696

635

685

1,020

741

662

602

723

610

578

537

514

484

470

462

455

44£

724

578

500

470

448

442

585

1.010

752

_ ------

19,404

647

4.57

4.88

May

714

840

705

594

557

500

462

448

428

414

414

388

369

357

344

*338

332

321

516

341

356

310

299

288

277

277

294

267

262

252

248

12,292

397

2 .68

3.09

June

238

235

253

270

352

257

248

385

364

588

267

276

902

572

299

277

1,060

686

448

388

363

332

304

282

328

352

*299

300

404

510

------ -

11,417

381

2.57

2.87

July

351

304

304

378

319

267

252

£38

228

219

215

228

252

243

256

290

267

245

372

359

238

222

303

292

262

282

282

267

252

228

270

8,463

275

1.84

2.12

Aug.

282

262

256

206

189

189

185

174

178

194

254

248

185

215

*277

189

174

186

185

166

155

168

166

148

145

138

138

135

TTo

165

142

5,862

189

1.28

1.48

Sept.

135

132

132

132

155

300

168

135

126

126

129

132

200

288

207

159

145

142

135

129

126

203

336

163

148

173

252

163

142

132

5,045

168

1.14

1.27

Mean 535 Cfsm 5.60 In. 48.89

Water year 1950-51: Max 4,340 Min 126 Mean 386 Cfsm 2.61 In. 35.44

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 els). --Dec. 7 (9 a.m.) 7,700 cfs (8.29 ft); Mar. 29 (2:15 p.m.) 4,200

cfs (5.32 ft). * Discharge measurement made on this day

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1951 to September 1952

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

129

126

*122

113

111

111

111

105

100

100

102

100

100

97

100

97

97

94

94

92.

133

206

216

818

315

198

170

178

155 

148

173

4,811

155

1.05

1.21

Nov.

1,110

482

352

272

233

274

1,840

634

442

363

321

294

272

312

317

488

384

310

282

262

252

243

238

233

228

228

219

228

*219 

206

11,538

385

E.60

2.90

Dec.

202

198

202

2,630

971

602

602

530

484

462

408

375

344

490

1,530

724

561

1,020

864

1 , 450

5,840

1,570

1,080

885

768

750

653

586

561 

545

507

26,394

851

5.75

6.63

Jan.

477

448

428

414

586

462

414

408

432

*966

602

522

484

448

428

408

388

38C

357

369

Tie" 351

620

477

435

640

734

1,100

896 

679

586

16,657

537

3.63

4.18

Feb.

537

522

2,150

1,620

1,170

923

795

714

653

602

569

530

514

530

500

561

522

470

448

455

414

594

394

442

414

421

414

*408

401

-----

18,447

656

4.30

4.64

Mar.

525

428

868

2 , 360

1,060

795

670

602

561

1,570

*7,120

1,830

1,310

1,080

961

849

786

812

1,430

952

942

1,550

4,750

2,420

1,750

1,590

1,210

1,080

990 

914

904

44,247

1,427

9.64

11.11

Apr.

1,050

925

822

786

768

705

670

644

*610

594

578

553

876

688

602

561

530

514

500

477

46£

448

435

593

1,780

1,770

1,370

970

822

732

22,815

760

5.14

5.74

May

662

635

594

553

522

500

477

462

448

510

542

442

414

401

388

375

365

551

576

500

*401

351

352

470

510

414

557

332

354

428 

365

15,827

446

3.01

3.47

June

344

316

332

356

468

468

426

338

321

310

294

277

277

424

342

282

338

349

282

276

540

516

£62

*243

253

238

258

241

258

224

9,393

313

£.11

2.35

July

228

258

£19

206

198

202

194

290

282

202

185

185

185

185

194

189

264

195

189

208

£14

170

176

155

145

145

142

138

132

132 

156

5,941

192

1.50

1.50

Aug.

240

272

163

187

422

*443

888

999

1,450

752

464

538

288

294

300

252

26E

256

524

552

508

468

532

277

248

228

215

265

238

235

336

12,214

394

2.66

3.07

Sept.

243

228

215

194

185

185

178

174

174

174

163

200

252

198

202

198

174

166

220

215

181

178

174

159

*15E

148

148

142

142

142

5,504

183

1.24

1.58

Calendar year 1951: Max 3,840 Min 92 Mean 399 Cfsm 2.70 In. 36.58

Water year 1951-52: Max 7,120 Min 92 Mean 524 Cfsm 3.54 In. 48.18

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 cfs). --Dec. 4 (11 a.m.) 6.020 cfs (6.86 ft); Dec. 21 (6:30 a.m.) 5,660

cfs (6.58 ft); Mar. 11 (2:45 a.m.) 18,400 cfs (16.23 ft); Mar. 23 (l:45 a.m.) 7,580 cfs (8.18 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Keowee River near Jocassee, S. C.--Continued 

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

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

138

135

129

126

126

126

126 

140

288

198

159

148

142

135

132

132

129

129

126

119

116

116

116

116

142

122

119

116

113

113

111

4,183

135

"0.912

1.05

Nov.

113

113

113

111

111

*111

111 

111

111

126

148

138

122

119

126

122

116

116

1,030

1,580

456

321

267

233

223

515

432

321

282

262

8 , 070

269

1.82

2.03

Dec.

238

298

294

257

302

288

252 

243

238

1,150

944

553

428

375

332

316

*294

282

272

267

277

257

257

248

243

228

224

219

215

219

663

10,673

344

2.32

2.68

Jan.

408

351

351

299

277

267

272 

800

1,280

2,220

1,170

768

602

522

462

421

408

848

602

514

878

644

882

1,840

1,020

777

679

*705

618

545

507

21,937

708

4.78

5.51

Feb.

484

442

428

408

582

417

635 

618

484

435

672

935

714

600

934

714

644

569

530

3,070

*6,280

2,230

1,450

1,260

1,100

980

876

804

-

29,095

1,039

7.02

7.31

Mar.

741

1,000

840

1,120

932

804

732 

679

618

594

774

*777

679

627

782

653

594

594

561

514

500

1,460

3,870

*1, 960

1,300

1,070

952

867

795

741

696

28,826

930

6.28

7.24

Apr.

662

627

594

569

537

569

635 

522

500

484

484

522

477

428

414

388

382

383

388

369

365

*351

551

544

344

551

521

516

510

994

13,984

466

3.15

3.51

May

730

594

500

714

1,340

1,450

1,460 

904

732

627

569

522

500

462

435

414

401

394

454

414

375

351

332

321

310

299

282

267

267

262

 

16,934

546

3.69

4.25

June

243

233

*228

228

224

334

1,020 

375

344

328

449

304

202

332

390

304

288

257

248

243

257

252

243

243

277

440

532

556

401

421

10,276

343

2.32

2.59

July

351

387

338

294

262

248

294 

304

243

224

215

224

206

235" 194

*822

344

532

842

594

470

1,050

754

492

408

357

352

316

294

272

295

12,194

393

2.66

3.07

Aug.

299

267

396

374

299

257

248 

403

288

248

233

224

215

211

202

194

238

262

500

602

316

272

257

243

233

*219

206

202

194

189

185

8,476

273

1.84

2.12

Sept.

178

178

200

235

982

439

277 

228

206

194

185

178

174

159

159

155

148

152

148

231

170

148

145

142

222

414

501

244

202

185

7, 177

239

1.61

1.80

Calendar year 1952: Max 7,120 Min 111 Mean 470 Cfsm 3.18 In. 43.20

Water year 1952-53: Max 6,280 Min 111 Mean 471 Cfsm 3.18 In. 43.16

Peak discharge (base, 

5,190 cfs (6.20 ft).

Discharge

* Discharge measureme 

cubic feet per second, water year October 1953 to Septe 1954

day.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

181

174

166

159

155

152

145

145

142

142

142

138

135

153

*166

155

142

138

135

132

132

129

126

126

122

122

149

166

142

130

120

4,461

144

0.973

1.12

Nov.

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

116

116

116

116

116

113

113

126

546

710

788

312

257

224

206

194

185

5,972

199

1.34

1.50

Dec.

174

*166

166

1,160

604

1,170

1,050

569

1,150

1,450

768

1,400

1,020

1,320

894

696

569

500

507

435

545

537

500

428

408

375

357

363

401

375

344

20,381

657

4.44

5.12

Jan.

321

316

321

304

299

288

277

272

267

272

332

310

262

267

396

2,960

1,060

696

586

522

*2,490

5,150

2,900

1,570

1,190

999

894

795

723

679

6 18

28,336

914

6 .18

7.12

Feb.

586

561

537

514

492

462

448

428

421

408

394

375

363

351

380

390

453

369

344

1,240

2,020

862

705

635

578

537

492

734

_

16,079

574

3.88

4.04

Mar.

982

696

688

610

553

530

500

*484

480

460

460

440

550

1,000

700

600

500

460

600

900

750

600

550

700

705

796

836

840

714

662

746

20,092

648

4.38

5.05

Apr.

910

723

662

602

569

693

784

718

750

644

618

578

537

561

522

860

1,080

705

618

561

537

602

561

594

618

*706

653

561

514

492

19,533

651

4.40

4.91

May

507

477

558

514

448

421

408

401

382

369

357

351

369

578

477

408

375

357

351

332

321

310

304

294

288

282

272

288

319

299

267

11,684

377

2.55

2.94

June

282

380

309

288

257

248

238

233

228

224

262

253

224

*219

253

434

466

417

299

262

243

224

215

206

138

194

185

178

170

166

7,755

258

1.74

1.94

July

163

163

166

228

258

178

163

155

190

181

163

159

148

148

148

135

135

150

180

138

132

132

132

126

129

132

145

138

119

116

108

4,758

153

1.03

1.19

Aug.

138

116

*108

102

97

124

132

108

138

140

111

100

102

100

97

92

87

85

86

134

170

252

198

131

164

113

119

116

134

92

3,794

122

0.824

0.95

Sept.

87

85

82

78

74

71

69

67

67

98

124

80

74

74

76

85

76

69

65

*65

65

65

64

62

62

62

62

60

585~8~

2,184

72.8

0.492

0.55

Calendar year 1953: Max 

Water year 1953-54: Max

6,280

5,150

Min 

Min

113

58

Mean 

Mean

492

397

Cfsm 

Cfsm

3.32

2.68

45.14

36.45

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 efs).--Jan. 16 (10:15 a.m.) 4,100 cfs (5.14 ft); Jan. 22 (12 m.) 9,190 

cfs (9.49 ft).* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--No gage-height record Oct. 30 to Nov. 12, Mar. 9-24; discharge estimated on basis of records for station near Newry.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Keowee River near Jocassee, S. C.--Continued 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1954 to September

269

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21"2

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

67

80

65

62

60

58

5758"

60

60

58

58

58

58

296

104

76

71

67

67

67

67

65

65

64

64

64

64

71

69

64

2,264

73.0

0.493

0.57

Nov.

64

65

67

67

96

85

71

69

*69

69

69

69

69

67

69

306

220

122

129

196

132

105

132

132

108

94

97

138

316

162

3,454

115

0.777

0.87

De;.

129

116

105

100

170

380

186

148

230

218

163

145

136

208

163

145

140

320

222

E62

152

148

138

132

126

119

116

313

3,350

2 ,420

818

11,578

373

2 .52

2.90

Jan.

569

470

382

344

310

288

262

248

243

272

362

277

*252

233

228

224

211

211

252

224

211

257

233

215

202

198

198

198

185

178

174

8,111

262

1.77

2 .04

Feb.

178

264

272

228

215

3,460

2,140

972

705

586

633

503

450

442

408

382

408

363

344

332

321

368

1,070

688 *58e

500

455

428

-

. ___ .

--- -

17,701

632

4.27

4.45

Mar.

408

375

351

344

338

332

316

304

299

299

304

294

294

403

332

326

310

316

344

344

351

1.93U

798

586

507

586

470

435

408

382

363

13,449

434

2.33

3.38

Apr.

351

358

564

401

369

670

*872

586

492

44£

1,720

1,120

1,360

1,800

1,120

876

750

679

635

569

537

484

477

568

532

462

428

408

388

363

20,381

679

4.59

5.12

May

351

332

326

316

310

299

232

272

267

257

252

262

544

409

530

2,230

1,960

1,040

768

635

1,250

5,190

2,290

1,310

1,070

*885

768

644

610

561

514

24,734

798

5.39

6.21

June

477

448

428

408

332

369

382

369

375

351

589

375

338

316

299

288

277

267

358

596

401

344

429

332

326

294

272

262

252

243

10,847

362

2.45

2.73

July

228

215

215

211

265

308

325

276

238

228

390

841

1,240

*705

514

421

357

342

334

392

400

363

321

448

412

338

288

330

392

388

344

12,113

331

2 .64

3.04

Aug.

462

468

351

321

321

294

316

282

523

442

360

321

267

394

656

575

334

338

356

344

332

326

365

348

288

267

252

219

233

*228

238

10,867

351

2.37

2.73

Sept.

233

224

215

211

206

206

202

185

224

198

185

194

185

181

174

170

170

163

163

159

155

152

152

155

260

180

170

170

170

184

5,536

187

1.26

1.41

Calendar year 1954: Max 5,150 Mln 57 Mean 360 Cfsm 2.43 In. 33.03

Water year 1954-55: Max 3,460 Mln 57 Mean 387 Cfsm 2.61 In. 35.45

, 

for Whltewater Ri

cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Cale

Wate

Oct.

208

125

122

119

113

119

190 3"0 Tfu"

160

140

130

122

122

119

119

119

119

119

119

119

119

119

119

*119

116

US

113

182

152

131

4,314

139

0.939

1.08

idar yea

r year 1

Nov.

125

125

125

122

119

116

Tl9

122

119

152

176

142

131

131

134

131

128

119

133

145

128

125

148

186

152

174

148

138

125

122

4,066

136

0.919

1.03

r 1955:

955-56:

Dec.

119

134

148

176

198

159 *145

145

148

142

131

125

128

136

154

122

134

142

148

131

125

125

122

122

125

125

122

116

116

122

113

4,198

135

0.312

1.05

lax 3 , 4

*lax 2 , 7

Jan.

110

110

110

110

107

101

101

96

84

104

107

107

104

101

101

104

101

104

*152

154

125

116

120

175

142

131

125

119

122

133

156

3,632

117

0.791

0.31

30

30

Feb.

135

536

661

703

624

2,030

1,120

618

479

394

784

598

466

394

362

333

844

1,020

798

1,190

811

632

536

500

£10

632

588

656

529

_____

-- --

19,583

675

4.56

4.92

lin 113

lin 84

Mar.

466

466

439

452

400

387

406

*381

350

339

333

521

362

586

522

* 1,240

816

625

536

473

433

413

400

387

362

550

333

361

486

387

350

14,132

458

3.09

3.56

Mec

Me=

Apr.

333

321

316

316

310

1,010

782

529

459

425

822

687

558

433

866

2,790

1,080

828

703

632

572

53t

515

479

459

439

425

412

412

387

18,896

630

4.26

4.75

in 374

in 286

May

*387

419

558

452

334

600

520

480

450

420

390

370

350

330

320

310

300

290

290

280

280

280

280

320

320

300

300

280

273

252 339"

11,134

359

2 .43

2 . 80

Cfs

Cfs

June

247

234

224

220

220

215

220

202

202

198

224

206

211

215

280

220

134

182

250

*276

240

274

223

200

500

224

194

174

166

220

- -- -

6,661

222

1.50

1.67

n 2.55

71 1.93

July

216

207

47

74

18

ei

" 0671

74

27

62

38

24

24

26

38

47

02

83

62

72

86

62

238

206

194

190

180

132

159

T82

8,358

270

1.82

2.10

In. 5

In. 2

Aug.

190

190

207

182

174

174

148

142

*138

131

134

134

131

122

122

148

128

122

163

138

155

166

131

119

113

110

110

129

162

125

128

4,466

144

0.973

1.12

4.27

3.32

Sept.

122

110

140

148

140

564

266

190

156

142

131

128

122

119

110

104

104

101

98

38

94

91

94

104

162

*837

276

197

166

152

5,266

176

1.19

1.33

Peal- discharge (base, 4,C
270 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Keowee River near Newry, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°44'09", long 82°52'19", on left bank 800 ft downstream from Lawrence 

Bridge, 0.7 mile upstream from Sixmile Creek, arid 2-f miles east of Newry, Oconee 

County.

Drainage area. 445 sq mi.

Records available. December 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 625.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 16 years (1940-56), 1,130 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,900 cfs Apr. 16; maximum gage height, 17.32 

ft Apr. 16; minimum discharge, 167 cfs Sept. 22; minimum daily, 178 cfs Sept. 22.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 25,200 cfs Aug. 13, 1940; maximum gage height, 24.60 

ft Aug. 13, 1940; minimum discharge, 120 cfs Oct. 8, 1954; minimum daily, 152 cfs 

Oct. 8, 14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good. Some regulation at low flow by powerplant above station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 8 to July 8; rate of change in 

stage used as a factor Feb. 6, 7, 17, Mar. 16, 17, Apr. 6, 7, 

11, 15, 16, Sept. 26)

1.6 

2.1 

2.5

177

298

573

3.0 

8.0 

14.0

995

5,240

11,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

in.

Oct.

462" 960

358

321

290

294

332

598

608

393

344

327

315

298

324

246

299

270

278

274

274

238

241

278

*256

269

246

254

324

351

2 98

10,690

345

0.758

0.87

Nov.

270

267

266

268

288

240

274

276

252

293

448

356

310

315

310

310

304

288

332

393

321

304

350

628

473

542

458

402

346

333

10,217

341

0.749

0.84

Dec.

327

333

363

376

480

396

350

333

*333

327

298

298

283

278

298

286

256

322

344

321

298

293

293

293

298

293

293

288

288

304

298

9,841

317

0.697

0.80

Jan.

278

274

274

278

278

249

253

249

264

269

264

269

244

246

249

254

240

242

306

480

361

295

312

441

424

*363

344

334

322

344

364

9,364

302

0.664

0.77

Feb.

350

882

1,460

2,140

2,020

5.790

4,150

2,100

1,590

1,340

1,680

1,760

1,340

1,080

970

884

2,940

2,700

2,060

4,060

2,440

1,680

1,380

1,210

1,210

1,510

1,380

1,930

1,420

55,456

1,912

4.20

4.53

Mar.

1,210

1,160

1,080

1,080

944

876

*936

842

748

698

672

655

664

1,040

1,340

4.660

2,730

1,720

1,420

1,210

1,010

944

876

868

774

740

706

689

1,310

1,030

35,457

1,144

2.51

2.89

Apr.

748

706

680

664

672

2,690

2,930

1,590

1,290

1,160

3,240

2,520

1,720

1,420

1,960

10,200

3,380

2,360

1,930

1,630

1,460

1,380

1,340

1,210

1,120

1,080

1,050

1,020

1,010

970

55,130

1,838

4.04

4.51

May

*910

1,010

1,420

1,940

1,120

1,080

2.270

1,890

1,440

1,290

1,160

1,080

1,010

952

893

842

782

757

723

706

698

672

639

639

825

714

766

714

698

647

791

31,078

1,003

2.20

2.54

June

672

606

534

542

542

526

518

488

473

451

451

480

444

503

714

630

503

444

473

706

*557

698

698

408

689

740

488

422

389

569

16,158

539

1.18

1.32

July

451

437

542

698

978

868

1.800

1,250

1,720

961

647

557

480

534

488

622

606

495

504

723

723

639

672

757

606

511

598

466

409

409

437

21,588

696

1.53

1.76

Aug.

466

542

518

473

420

473

389

*356

321

321

315

315

352

321

288

333

323

251

301

565

495

495

342

283

278

254

264

269

380

318

11,319

365

0.802

0.92

Sept.

280

259

254

312

276

848

952

616

382

339

310

304

274

283

260

232

244

246

235

244

242

178

225

249

432

2.580

1,100

680

511

437

13,784

459

1.01

1.13

Calendar year 1955: Max 9,180 Min 192 Mean 708 Cfsm 1.56 In. 21.10

Water year 1955-56: Max 10,200 Min 178 Mean 765 Cfsm 1.68 In. 22.88

Peak discharge (base. 10.000 efsl.--Apr. 16 (8:30 a.m.) 14,900 cfs (17.32 ft at 9:15 a.m.). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 271

Twelvemile Creek near Liberty, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°48', long 82°45', on left bank 40 ft downstream from State highway 

bridge, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Rice Creek, and Sir miles west of 

Liberty, Plckens County.

Drainage area.--106 sq ml.

Records available.--July 1954 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder.. Datum of gage is 822.185 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

obil Conservation Service).

Extremes.--1954: Maximum discharge during period July to September. 206 cfs July 21 (gage 

height, 2.85 ft); minimum, 32 cfs Sept. 20 (gage height, 1.81 ft).

1954-55: Maximum discharge during water year, 2,880 cfs Feb. 7 (gage height, 

9.60 ft); minimum, 30 cfs Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.79 ft).

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 2,760 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 

9.37 ft); minimum, 34 cfs Sept. 21 (gage height, 1.84 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, July 15, 1954, to Sept. 30, 1956 (gage height,

in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 18, 1955, to Jan. 12,

1956, Sept. 26-29, 1956)

1.8 

2.0 

2.3

2.5 124

4.0 

6.0 

8.0 

9.0

493

1,140

2,020

2,540

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, July to September 1954

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsro

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July

_

-

-

-

-

.

-

t80

-

-

_

_

-

-

108

77

71

69

71

72

111

78

92

71

68

67

78

64

57

66

68

.

-

-

-

Aug.

65

*68

57

54

51

57

68

57

58

58

50

48

54

50

52

49

47

51

69

BT

49

58

50

50

48

47

48

56

68

50

4_5

1,683

54.3

0.512

0.59

Sept.

42

42

41

39

37

37

37

35

35

35

45

37

37

37

37

39

*39

37

34

33_

35

36

35

34

34

34

37

34

34

34

1,102

36.7

0.346

0.39

Calendar year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Result of discharge measurement.
Discharge

SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Twelvemile Creek near Liberty, 3. C.--Continued 

in cubic feet per second, water year October 1954 to September 1955

Day

1

5

4

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

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

35

35

33

34

33

37

36

37

37

37

37

36

35

36

37

37

39

37

38

41

42

42

42

41

40

41

41

45

43

43

1,179

38.0

0.358

0.41

Nov.

46

47

47

43

59

52

49

*49

49

49

51

51

51

51

52

70

88

65

64

120

71

61

67

74

69

61

65

97

202

98

2,023

67.4

0.636

0.71

Dec .

83

77

72

68

123

326

136

102

120

122

98

90

133

128

103

90

86

133

113

96

88

85

82

75

72

72

72

80

236

318 

180

3,659

118

1.11

1.2S

Jan.

166

183

145

126

116

107

100

95

93

102

176

124

111

*100

98

95

90

90

139

132

116

154

145

130

116

105

103

98

93

91 

88

3,627

117

1.10

1.27

Feb.

86

103

93

86

85

1,220

*2,040

*426

263

208

263

206

168

154

145

137

141

124

118

113

111

109

139

*137

150

130

124

122

-

7,201

257

2.42

2.52

Calendar year 1954: Max - Min

Mar.

120

114

111

114

113

111

114

100

96

102

103

100

116

132

118

114

109

103

109

113

109

175

L4T

124

114

118

105

103

98

96

95_

3,490

113

1.07

1.23

Apr.

91

100

298

156

132

208

*286

193

163

150

273

268

243

438

268

210

186

163

150

141

141

150

130

137

141

122

116

111

107

102

5,374

179

1.69

1.89

May

100

98

93

93

91

86

85

83

80

11

77

77

180

150

144

128

156

118

100

93

654

1,490

526

256

228

*168

147

139

126

118 

111

6,072

196

1.85

2.13

June

103

103

98

96

93

91

95

102

98

93

238

114

96

90

86

83

83

80

85

82

80

82

90

95

84

83

75

75

74 

68

2,815

93.8

0.885

0.99

July

65

64

62

5859"

61

75

64

108

160

120

104

*105

88

88

< 80

2,561

82.6

0.779

0.90

Aug.

55

60

7J3

58

54

73

60

48

47

47

45

44 

*45

*£.

1,689

54.5

0.514

0.59

Sept.

44

49

47

46

44

60

5?

43

45

44

42

42

42

42

39

38

36

34

35

34

34

33

32

35

49

43

39

39

41 

42

1,245

41.5

0.392

0.44

Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1954-55: Max 2,040 Min 32 Mean 112 Cfsm 1.06 In. 14.36

Peak discharge (base, 1,40J c p s),--Feb. 7 (5:45 a.m.) 2,880 cfs (9.60 ft); May 22 (5:30 a.m.)

2,490 cfs (8.92 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--No gage-height record, July 10, 11, July 16 to Aug. 18; discharge estimated on basis of 

. =0 t-v, =T, ~= cor(3 5 and records for Reedy River near Greenville and Saluda River near Pelzer.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

. 

weather

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

152

72

59

48

47

48

50

76

66

54

54

49

47

49

47

48 

48

48

50

48

48

47

46

46

46

*47

48

48

71

61

56

1,724

55.6

0.525

0.61

Nov.

56

57

56

56

55

56

55

54

54

64

80

59

57

58

57

56 

55

52

78

71

61

57

80

~BB 119

114

82

74

66

62

1,989

66.3

0.625

0.7O

Dec.

59

62

62

62

59

57

*58

57

58

56

56

56

56

55

56

55 

55

54

56

51

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

48

47

49

48

1,682

54.3

0.512

0.59

Jan.

48

48

48

47

47

48

48

48

51

47

45

45

44

4T

46

48 

47

46

74

76

59

55

61

83

72

*66

62

62

62

64

64

1,705

55.0

0.519

0.60

Feb.

64

192

258

440

356

1,250

906

316

218

168

216

180

152

128

120

118 

658

420

332

1,070

402

263

203

178

186

188

210

343

226

. . _ . _

9,761

337

3.18

3.43

Mar.

180

183

161

159

139

132

*139

124

113

113

109

109

114

137

185

*1,1BO 

*6OO

296

220

183

166

154

137

132

120

118

114

113

222

156

134

6,142

198

1.87

2.16

Apr.

120

118

114

113

111

462

432

233

183

161

*674

*392

256

206

484

*g,140 

592

368

258

218

190

180

168

156

150

145

141

141

139

132

9,177

306

2.89

3.22

May

134

*139

220

213

150

143

280

223

173

154

143

132

126

120

113

109 

105

105

102

100

98

96

95

96

107

102

107

loo

96

93

Mi

4,065

131

1.24

1.43

June

88

88

83

82

83

85

83

80

78

74

72

74

77

90

156

93

60

74

74

80

80

*74

71

69

125

87

75

66

61

68

2,450

81.7

0.771

0.86

July

75

68

72

105

110

102

241

257

230

128

91

80

75

75

72

72 

86

69

81

76

88

72

74

90

74

69

68

62

58

5659"

2,935

94.7

0.893

1.03

Aug.

68

61

58

56

66

93

55

*49

47

47

45

46

46

44

47

54

46

50

47

56

96

96

56

49

46

45

46

46

51

45

44

1,701

54.9

0.518

0.60

Sept.

43

41

52

49

44

64

117

84

56

49

47

46

45

42

41

39

39

38

37

37

3536~

37

37

72

*430

T4T

91

74

71

2,O40

68.0

0.642

0.72

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,040 Min 32 Mean 108 Cfsm 1.O2 In. 13.86

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,14O Min 35 Mean 124 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.95

Peak discharge (base, 1,4OO cfs). --Feb. 6 ( 10 p.m.) 1.88O cfs (7.73 ftl : Feb. ?o (8:15 a.m.} 1,4BO

cfs (6.79 ft); Mar. 16 (10 a.m.) 1,64O cfs (7.22 ft); Apr. 16 (12:15 p.m.) 2,760 cfs (9.37 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 273 

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C.

Location (revised).--Lat 34°29'10", long 82°49'45", on right bank 0.25 mile downstream from 

bridge on State Highway 80, 1.9 miles downstream from Deep Creek, 4.2 miles upstream 

from confluence with Tugaloo River, and 10 miles west of Anderson, Anderson County.

Drainage area.--1,026 sq mi.

Records available. October 1931 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. May 

1928 to September 1931 in House Document 64, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 520 ft (from Corps of Engineers profile). 

Prior to Oct. 13, 1933, water-stage recorder at site 15 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--25 years (1931-56), 1,976 cfs .

Extremes. Maxumum discharge during year, 18,000 cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 11.69 ft); minimum, 259 cfs Sept. 18; minimum daily, 342 cfs Sept. 23.

1931-56: Maximum discharge, 55,200 cfs Oct. 1, 1936 (gage height, 20.07 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 18,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum (revised), 

105 cfs Sept. 17, 1939; minimum daily, 215 cfs Sept. 27, 1954.

Flood of Aug. 17, 18, 1928, reached a stage of 25.73 ft (revised), from graph based 

on gage readings (discharge, 81,100 cfs, revised , from rating curve extended above 

18,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting).

Revisions.--The figures of minimum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

727 

742 

757 

782 

802

Water 

year

1932 

1933 

1934 

1935 

1936

Date

Nov. 15, 

Oct. 4, 

Nov. 26, 

Nov. 18, 

Sept. 20,

1931 

1932 

1933 

1934 

1936

Discharge 

(cfs)

117 

166 

170 

151 

170

Gage height 

(feet)

2.26 

2.37 

2.36

6 ,3u

2.36

Remarks.--Records good. Some regulation at low flow by powerplants above station.

Revisions. WSP 757: Drainage area, Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per

second, for the water years 1932, 1942, superseding those published in WSP 727 and 952, 

are given herewith:

Date

1931

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Discharge

405

495

570

286

404

516

406

527

553

763

308

495

507

442

Date

1931-Con.

Oct. 15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Discharge

445

500

502

278

338

404

450

427

430

524

238

373

480

492

Date

1931-Con.

Oct. 31

Nov. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Discharge

645

304

522

586

570

568

655

634

281

583

592

561

560

596

Date

1931-Con.

Nov. 14

15

16

17

18

25

26

27

28

29

30

1942

Jan. 3

Discharge

680

303

586

593

579

712

665

625

782

327

663

2,430

Month

Water year 1931-32 ................

Calendar year 1942 ................

Cfs-days

_

_

-

41,808

650,962

Maximum

1,180

15,500

3,060

20,200

Minimum

281

238

956

326

704

Mean

516

640

2,130

1,349

l,C49

1,783

Per square 

mile

0.503

.624

2.08

1.31

1.61

1.74

Runoff in 

inches

0.58

.70

28.21

1.51

21.82

23.60
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Seneca River near Anderson, 3. C.--Continued

Rating tables, wate year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1, Jan. 21 to Apr. 17 Oct. 2 to Jan. 20, 

Apr. 18 to Sept. 30

3.0 567

3.5 1,030

4.0 1,620

6.0 4,480

8.0 8,190

11.0 15,900

2.7 329

3.0 536

3.5 980

4.0 1,540

B.O 4,440

7.0 6,170

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

877

1,010

682

623

521

499

484

730

931

735

615

560

514

5L4

499

506

428

499

484

484

469

484

499

*407 TS4~

455

441

448

469

565

514

17,430

562

0.548

0.63

Nov.

529

492

477

484

492

506

414,

514

492

506

607

674

568

514

544

536

536

514

583

665

649

592

568

856

882

863

892

708

674

607

17,938

598

0.583

0.65

Dec.

599

615

615

674

752

835

726

*717

726

657

632

536

599

568

552

599

552

544

657

665

591

591

576

583

529

568

568

568

583

568

583

19,128

617

0.601

0.69

Jan.

560

506

568

568

560

536

529

529

492

5^3

544

560

521

560

499

514

560

521

640

854

787

680

640

788

*865

769

698

663

646

638

672

19,050

615

0.599

0.69

Feb.

715

976

1,820

2,920

3,500

6,060

10,600

4,860

2,850

2,150

2,020

2,710

2,080

1,710

1,520

1,470

3,380

5,990

3,870

5,510

5,600

3,340

2,500

2,020

1,950

2,220

2,150

3,060

2,990

-----

92,741

3,198

3.12

3.36

Mar.

2,360

2,150

2,080

1,950

1,750

1,650

*L,580

L.530

1,420

1,320

1,320

1,260

1,270

L,460

2,080

8,540

10,500

4, 290

2,990

2,360

2,150

1,950

1,820

1,750

1,670

1,540

1,520

1,500

2,020

2,290

1,820

73,890

2,384

2.32

2.68

Apr.

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,450

1,450

1,900

6,310

3,200

2,360

1,950

4,370

6,830

3,870

2,780

2,550

13,600

* 15, 000

4 1 780

3,560

3,020

2,650

2,440

2,300

2,170

2,040

1,910

1,910

L.850

L.850

*1,720

104,420

3,481

3.39

3.78

May

1,660

1,850

2,650

4,770

3,480

2,170

2,980

3,800

2,510

2,040

1,910

1,780

1,650

1,540

1,480

1,370

1,300

1,290

1,260

1,230

1,160

1,180

1,160

1,080

1,160

1,200

1,210

1,180

1,140

1,120

1,090

55,400

1,787

1.74

2.01

June

1,140

1,050

1,030

911

951

921

902

911

873

863

797

835

835

863

1,040

1,240

1,020

797

788

872

*921

873

951

863

716

1,100

835

726

674

1,020

- -- -

27,318

911

0.888

0.99

July

708

691

902

1,010

1,900

874

2,020

2,240

2,910

2,050

1,270

960

873

873

854

788

882

902

1,010

1,140

1,150

976

1,070

1,150

980

854

797

788

730

568

615

34,535

1,114

1.09

1.26

Aug.

699

699

726

699

682

657

674

576

*529

492

492

462

441

529

499

477

529

499

450

615

708

835 69~T

536

492

469

448

469

492

599

514

17,679

570

0.556

0.64

Sept.

492

455

400

492

492

579

1,700

1,410

752

560

560

560

552

552

536

421

414

405

400

415

374

355

342

380

906

5,160

3,620

1,530

1,060

844

26,718

891

0.868

0.97

Calendar year L955 ; Max 15,900 Min 372 Mean 1,217 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.08

Water year 1955-56; Max 15,000 Mln 342 Mean 1,383 Cfsm 1.35 In. 18.35

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 cfs). Mar. 16 (10 p.m.) 13,000 cfs (9.98 ft); Apr. 17 (12:30 a.m.) 

18,000 cfs (11.69 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Savannah River near Iva, S. C.

275

Location.--Lat 34"15', long 82°45', on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 184, half a mile upstream from Little Generostee Creek, 5.8 miles southwest of 

Iva, Anderson County, and at mile 281.5 upstream from Savannah, Ga.

Drainage area.--2,231 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 432.255 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge .--6 years, 3,656 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 31,200 cfs Mar. 16, Apr. 16; maximum gage 

height; 9.65 ft Apr. 16; minimum discharge, 681 cfs Oct. 25; minimum daily, 733 cfs 

Sept. 3.

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 54,400 cfs Mar. 12, 1952 (gage height, 12.74 ft); minimum, 477 cfs Oct. 12, 1954; minimum daily, 540 cfs Oct. 13, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good. Sume regulation by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p. 261 for 

monthly change in contents) and powerplants above station.

year 1955-56 (gage 

in cubic feet pe

1 to Apr

Discharge, in ;ubic feet per

height, 1 

 second)

2.5 1,140

3.0 1,910

3.5 2,970

ond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Feb. July

1.710

1,470

1.440

1,270

Total 

Me a 

Cfs:

47,601

1,536

64,810

2,160

47,933

1,546

Calendar year 195E: Max 

Water year la55-56: Max

Min 

Min

Cfsm 

Cf sin

1.25

1.34

In. 

In.

16.91

18.23

317200 'cfs O. 64 f t) ; Api 

* Discharge measuremen

.m.) 31,20 

this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Rocky River near Calhoun Falls, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°08', long 82°38', on right bank 2,000 ft upstream from Swanigan Mill 

bridge on county road, 3-q- miles northwest of Calhoun Falls, Abbeville County, and 

3f- miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 267 sq mi.

Records available. February 1950 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 403.04 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--G years, 220 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,110 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 6.22 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,700 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 6 cfs Aug. 27; minimum daily, 26 cfs Sept. 3.

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 9,450 cfs Mar. 25, 1952 (gage height, 9.44 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 3,300 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, that of Aug. 27, 1956; minimum daily, 9 cfs Sept. 21, 22, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Lake Secession (usable capacity, about 

T774"2,000,000 cu ft).

Rating tables, water yeai 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 19 Sept. 20-30

0.8

.9

1.0

1.3

1.6 183

2.0 354

3.0 925

4.O 1,7OO

5.0 2,760

1.0 

1.3

1.6 

2.0

112

186

321

3.0 840

4.0 1,590

5.0 2,590

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

130

86

75

122

120

117

121

132

96

104

122

123

121

122

114

75

73

115

112

125

120

113

76

76

130

135

IBT

131

131

83 

79

3,410

110

-

Nov.

140

144

140

138

127

74

75

118

123

*136

135

118

81

71

1W

151

130

131

142

105

80

136

140

93

90

137

90

71

122

132

3,478

116

-

-

Dec.

131

128

119

61

80

126

119

123

125

116

78

76

122

124

124

123

114

74

87

111

104

*110

108

105

86

49

75

108

104

111

101

3,242

105

-

-

Jan.

72

61

109

112

110

108

102

74

64

107

109

106

108

102

75

64

107

108

131

126

112

82

68

143 12"5

117

114

110

80

65

110

3,081

99.4

_

-

Feb.

116

199

160

245

523

848

599

227

*171

155

152

114

108

127

123

119

119

113

85

178

160

136

129

124

120

98

138

235

165

5,786

200

_

-

Mar.

147

182

168

118

107

175

197

196

193

178

130

145

188

195

204

1,980

1,600

2.180

1,030

630

520

498

484

402

319

386

455

466

680

*506

381

15,040

485

_

-

Apr.

130

242

446

433

436

612

412

141

241

451

1,750

712

514

371

173

1,020

734

1,130

603

570

532

198

271

526

510

504

498

364

175

223

14,922

497

_

-

May

292

245

260

245

232

136

189

240

242

*242

234

224

122

172

239

239

235

233

224

154

204

151

118

T97

228

225

119

164

232

140

133

6,310

204

_

-

June

130

-89 135

86

127

124

123

121

120

85

81

120

135

118

117

121

76

72

112

112

*112

112

117

83

6§

110

110

104

106

114

3,240

108

^

-

July

72

78

154

76

73

113

112

72

74

118

111

114

115

108

71

69

111

107

107

116

110

72

70

108

108

113

112

108

69

65

10T

3,013

97.2

-

Aug.

108

109

107

101

63

59

103

*103

100

101

105

63

62

105

128

144

131

132

84

71

140

138

143

140

136

70

55

194

148

146

145

3,434

111

-

Sept.

143

80

26

70

149

158

157

146

84

78

162

158

163

166

155

88

84

189

220

159

119

104

62

72

299

2,180

*2,340

2,320

760

407

11,298

377

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,840 Mln 25 Mean 159 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,340 Mln 26 Mean 208 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 277

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose, Gs..

Location. Lat 34°ll l , long 82°57', on left bank 50 ft upstream from highway bridge, 

1 mile northeast of Dewy Rose, Elbert County, and 3 miles upstream from 'jonfluence 

with North Beaverdam Creek.

Drainage area. 35.8 sq mi.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 581.07 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 20, 1952, staff gage at same 

site and datura.

Average discharge.--14 years, 48.6 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,100 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 8.1 ft); minimum, 4.0 cfs Aug. 10, 11.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 2,600 cfs Jan. 18, 1943 (gage height, 13.4 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum, 0.80 cfs Sept. 22, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good prior to Sept. 26, fair thereafter. 

Revisions.--WSP 1383: Drainage area.

Hating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 26-30)

0.9

1.0

1.1 

1.4

Discharge, in cubic feet per second,

1.9 

2.5

4.0

G.I

332

684

October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 ~1

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

33

14

12

3.2

8.3

8.3

8.3

21

16

12

11

10

9.2

9.7

9.2

8.8

8.3

8.8

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

11

11

9.2

330.1

10.6

0.296

0.34

Nov.

9.2 "9T2-

9.7

9.7

9.7

10

10

10

10

12

16

13

12

12

12

*12

12

12

27

23

16

14

14

16

16

23

18

16

16

14

413.5

13.8

0.385

0.43

Dec .

14

14

15

16

16

16

15

*14

16

16

15

14

14

14

14

14

14

15

18

16

16

15

15

14

14

14

14

14

13

14

14

457

14.7

0.411

0.47

Jan.

14

14

13

13

13

*13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

16

31

55

26

24

25

35

30

28

26

26

25

26

25

601

19.4

0.542

0.62

Feb.

25

53

43

64

115

186

274

78

57

48

49

43

37

35

35

32

32

33

30

49

*40

33

30

30

31

33

50

83

49

1,695

58.4

1.63

1.76

Mar.

42

53

53

45

40

38

37

35

32

31

31

30

31

35

41

481

668

1T3

75

58

50

45

41

37

35

33

32

33

69

46

37

2,427

78.3

2.19

2.52

Apr.

34

32

31

30

32

39

35

31

*30

30

190

248

80

58

60

374

162

72

57

50

45

42

41

38

37

35

34

33

32

31

2,043

68.1

1.90

2.12

May

30

33

57

IT

34

36

39

37

31

30

28

27

25

24

23

22

21

*21

21

19

18

18

18

16

16

17

19

18

16

16

16

787

25.4

0.709

0.82

June

15

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

18

14

' 13

15

13

11

10

11

10

9.7

9.2

8.3

7.3

7.3

7.0

6.7

6.4

6.4

9.2

336.5

11.2

0.313

0.35

July

12

15

21

14

*13

11

10

13

45

52

21

17

16

14

14

13

13

12

11

12

12

11

10

9.7

9,2

11

9.2

8.0

7.7

7.0

7.0

450.8

14.5

0.405

0.47

Aug.

8.3

7.7

6.4

6.1

5.7

5.7

5.1

4.7

4.3

4.0

18

12

8.0

27

19

23

12

9.2

8.3

*38

16

13

11

10

8.8

8.0

7.7

9.7

9.2

8.3

7.7

341.9

11.0

0.307

0.35

Sept.

7.0

6.1

6.1

6.7

8.0

15

21

18

11

8.8

8.3

8.n

7.3

6.7

6.1

5.7

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.9

6.4

91

595

138

66

52

43

1,176.1

39.2

1.09

1.22

Calendar year 1955: Max 682 win 4.7 Mean 25.3 Cfsm 0.707 In. 9.59

Water year 1955-56: Max 668 Hin 4.0 Mean 30.2 Cfsm 0.844 In. 11.47

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs).--Mar. 17 (5 a.m.) 1,100 cfs (8.1 ft); Sept. 26 (12 

(6.4 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
£78 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Savannah River near Calhoun Falls, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°04', long 82°38', on left bank 150 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 72, 1 mile downstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, l| miles downstream from Rocky River, 3 miles southwest of Calhoun Falls, Abbeville County, and at 

mile 264.7 upstream from Savannah, Ga.

Drainage area. 2,876 sq mi.

Records available . August 1896 to December 1900 (fragmentary), January to December 1903, 

March 1930 to July 1932, April 1338 to September 1956. Records for January 1901 to 

December 1902, published in WSP 65, 75, and 83, have been found unreliable and should 

not be used. Gage-height records collected at original site 1 mile upstream during 

1699-1928 and at present site since 1928 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 363.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to March 1930, chain gage at railroad 

bridge 1 mile upstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--2Q years (1896-97, 1930-31, 1938-56), 4,810 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 40,200 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 7.02 ft); 

minimum, 792 cfs Sept. 4; minimum daily, 842 cfs Sept. 4.

1896-1900, 1903, 1930-32, 1938-56: Maximum discharge, 96,500 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 

(gage height, 11.52 ft), from rating curve extended above 50,000 cfs by velocity-area 

studies and logarithmic plotting; minimum, 492 cfs Sept. 21, 1954; minimum daily, 

636 efs Oct. 12, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 28.2 ft Aug. 25, 1908, original site and datum, from records 

of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Revisions.--The figures of minimum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following :able. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP Water 

year

1932

1940

1942

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Gage height 

(feet)

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p. 261 for 

monthly change in contents) and powerplants above station.

Revisions. See Records available. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per

second, in the water years 1899, 1900, 1932, and 1946, superseding those published in 

WSP 36, 197, 727, and 1052, are given herewith:

1.931-Con.

Oct. 7. ......... 1,260

12.......... 1,300

13.......... 1,220

19.......... 1,240

20.......... 1,030

24.......... 1,340

25.......... 1,070

1931-Con.

Oct. 26.......... 1,100

27.......... 846

1946 

Mar. 8........

Month

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

Calendar year 1931. ........

Water year 1945-46. ........

Calendar year 1946. ........

Cfs-days

_

-

-

2,212,650

Maximum

12,140

29,900

59,100

Minimum

2,190

804

1,540

Mean

4,496

3,840

6,062

Per square 

mile

1.66

_

1.34

2.21

2.11

Runoff in 

Inches

1.91

_

18.11

28.63
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Savannah River near Calhoun Falls, S. C. Continued

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

279

Oct. 1 to Feb. 7 Feb. 8 to Sept. 30

0.8 996

1.0 1,260

1.5 2,100

2.0 3,490

3.0 

4.0

6.0

7,550

13,000

29,900

0.6 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

742

1,310

2,340

3,890

3.0 7,940

4.0 13,400

5.0 20,700

7.0 40,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

Oct.

2,110

2,660

1,710

1,380

1,390

1,700

2,260

2.690 

2,220

1,640

1,430

1,680

1,620

1,830

1,790

1,560

1,390

1,120

2,070

2,010

1,600

1,630

1,520

1,120

1.100

2,030

1,860

1,980

2,390

1,810

1,250

54, 550

1,760

-

-

Nov.

1,340

1,950

1,860

2,370

2,310

1,920

1,220

1,220 

1,950

*2,040

2,560

2,460

1,780

1,320

1,560

2,300

2,640

2,660

2,120

2,020

1,580

1,630

2,130

5.100

2,720

2,800

2,650

1,780

1,750

2,560

62,300

2,077

-

-

Dec.

2,310

2,290

2,390

2,150

1,550

1,790

2,370

2.610 

2,290

2,420

2,180

1,680

1,590

2,130

1,990

2,230

1,990

2,030

1,460

1,740

2,130

*2,150

2,160

1,720

1,570

1.560

1,380

1,650

2,530

2,440

2,440

62,720

2,023

-

-

Jan.

2,110

1,450

1,390

1,480

1,990

2,050

1,770

1,820 

1,400

1,360

2,060

2,080

2,060

2,060

1,880

1.540

1,350

1,840

2,140

2.840

2,750

2,090

1,790

1,810

2,310

2,140

2,050

2,090

1,900

1,570

1,600

58,570

1,889

-

-

Feb.

1.860

2,730

3,630

6,080

9,420

11,300

24.100

13,200

*7,860

5,730

4,140

4,380

4,030

3,820

3,750

4,180

4,510

11,400

6,420

7,130

11,300

6,980

5,740

5,460

5,710

3,970

4,030

6,700

6,580

______

------

196,140

6,763

-

-

Mar.

5,030

5,690

6,090

4,100

3,450

4,460

4,510

4,130 

3,870

4,040

3,080

2.630

3,220

3,540

4,580

24,600

28.000

13,000

6,650

5,350

5,160

4,900

4,990

4,760

3,600

3,090

3,450

4,000

*5,060

5,940

4,920

189,910

6,126

-

-

Apr.

3,330

2.780

3,120

3,450

3,550

4,640

10,500

8,500 

4,460

4,670

13,300

*16,700

10,400

7,430

4,900

24,300

26.500

13,400

9,420

7,600

7,090

4,690

3,960

5,920

6,630

5,960

5,270

5,330

3,740

3,190

234,730

7,824

-

-

May

4,690

5,500

5,820

7,540

8,690

4,790

4,000

7,380 

*5,860

4,030

5,000

4,990

3,420

2,810

4,040

3,760

3,450

3,640

3,900

2,880

2,340

3,010

3,470

3,430

3,350

3,440

2,810

2.290

2,660

3,350

3,450

129,790

4,187

-

-

June

3,280

3,170

2,410

1,820

2,030

2,900

2,520

2,620 

2,810

2,350

1.620

1,890

2,460

2,430

2,680

5.570

2,540

1,710

1,640

2,440

*2,350

2,600

2,740

2,350

1,800

2,350

2,760

2,310

2,130

1,810

71,890

2,396

-

-

July

2,090

1,730

5,090

2,750

2,680

5,500

2,660

5,890 

4,250

6.140

4,070

3,030

2,580

2,400

2,270

1,540

2,090

2,250

2,470

3,710

3,030

2,520

1,760

3,040

2,950

3,050

2,640

2,600

1, 970

1.290

1,380

85,420

2,755

-

-

Aug.

2,070

1,810

2,030

2.540

1,910

1,360

1,360

1,840 

*1,780

1,740

1,920

1,780

1,210

1,240

1,840

1,990

1,730

2,040

1,680

1,010

1,240

1,980

1,850

1,870

1,750

1,650

973

1,180

1,290

1,520

2,070

52,233

1,685

-

-

Sept.

1,580

1,410

894

842

1,070

1,820

2,590

4,420 

2,580

1,540

1,220

2,040

2,000

1,730

1,910

1,670

920

1,590

1,760

1,330

1,390

1,460

940

981

2,930

50.600

12, 800

6,460

4,020

2,860

98,557

3,285

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 38,100 Mln 895 Mean 3,260 Cfsm 1.13 In. 15.40

Water teryear 1955-56: 1955-56; Max 30,600 5Mln 842 Mean 3,5435 Cfsm 1.235 In. 16.786.78_______

Peak discharge (base. 25.000 cfs).--Feb. 7 (6 a.m.) 26,000 cfs (5.64 ft); Mar. 17 (12:30 a.m.) 

1,100 cfs (6.83 ft); Apr. 16 (8 p.m.) 33,900 cfs (6.45 ft); Sept. 26 (aboub 5:30 a.m.) 40,200 of: 

'.02 ft).

,_._ .._ 

(7.02 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
280 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

North Fork Broad River near Toccoa, Ga.

Location.--Lat 34°31 I , long 83°19', on right bank 150 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 106, 1 mile downstream from Carnes Creek, and 5 miles south of Toccoa, Stephens 

County.

Drainage area.--19.3 sq mi.

Records available. May 1954 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 750.41 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

U. S. Soil Conservation Service).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 830 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.50 ft), minimum, 

4.6 cfs Sept. 2 , 3, 21.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 1,060 cfs Feb. 6, 1955 (gage height, 8.33 ft); minimum, 

that of Sept. 2, 3, 21, 1956.

Remarks.--Records good. Storm runoff at gage affected during short periods by two flooddetention reservoirs (combined capacity, 470 acre-ft).

Rating table 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to July 4 July 5 to Sept. 30

1.1 

1.5 

2.0 

2.2

2.5 92

3.0 190

4.1 372

57

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

16

7 .4

6.6

5.9

^3

7.4

7.7

9.6

7.4

6.6

6.3

5.9

*5.9

5.9

5.9

5.9

6.3

6.3

6 5

5!9

6.5

5.9

6.3

6.3

5.9

6.3

5.9

5.9

8.4

6 . 6

6.6

211.9

6.84

0.354

0.41

Nov.

6.6

*7 .0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7 .0

7.0

7.0

*7.0

11

8.8

7.4

7.4

7.7

7.4

7.4

7.0

7 .0

17

10

8.8

8.1

17

14

15

15

11

*10

8.B

8.8

277 .2

9.24

0.479

0.53

Dec.

8.4

9.6

8.8

12

TT

9.6

8.8

9.6

*9 .2

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.1

8.1

11

10

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.4

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.8

9.6

10

9.2

283.4

9.14

0.474

0.55

Jan.

9.2

9.2

9.2

8.8

*8.8

8.8

8.8

8.4

8.4

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.8

3.8

8.8

8.8

8.8

8,8

47

TT

9.6

9.2

12

14

*11

10

10

10

9.2

10

8.1

299.9

9.67

0.501

0.58

Feb.

8.4

21

25

44

35

*52;

60

34

31

*25

34

27

25

21

»21

24

100

40

31

56

33

29

26

23

23

22

36

36

27

_ _ _ __ _

1,240.4

42.8

2 . 22

2 .39

Mar.

24

28

25

23

21

21

*21

20

19

19

19

19

20

27

49

*365

63

40

*32

28

25

24

23

21

20

20

19

18

23

19

1,113

35.9

1.86

2.14

Apr.

17

17

*17

17

17

43

30

23

21

19

194

49

34

28

142

273

*54

40

34

29

27

26

23

22

21

*19

19

18

17

17

1,307

43.6

2.26

2.52

May

18

18

*28

44

25

28

30

24

*22

21

20

19

19

18

18

17

17

16

16

15

*15

15

15

15

15

15

16

15

*14

13

13

594

19.2

0.995

1.15

June

12

12

12

12

11

11

11

10

10

10

*9.6

9.6

11

13

ii

13

11

11

11

12

11

*10

9.6

9.2

8.4

8.1

7.4

6 .6

676

6.6

309.7

10.3

0.534

0.60

July

11

11

*8.4

105

37

23

23

29

45

*19

16

15

14

13

22

21

16

14

13

13

13

18

16

13

12

12

*11

10

10

9.2

9.2

601.8

19.4

1.01

1.16

Aug.

9.6

10

10

9.2

16

14

9.6

8.8

8.5

8.2

.8

.8

* .5

.2

.2

.8

.2

.2

25TB~

13

13

8.2

*7.2

6.2

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.2

6.2

290.0

9.35

0.484

0.56

Sept.

5.9

5.6

5 .3

5.6

9.6

*14

17

13

10

9.2

9.2

B.2

7.5

*6.2

5.9

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

*5.1

5.3

5.3

5.9

11

48

18

14

12

10

375.1

12.5

0.648

0.72

Calendar year 1955: Max 552 Min 5.2 Mean 15.8 Cfsm 0.819 In. 11.09

Water year 1955-56: Max 365 Min 5.1 Mean 18.9 Cfsm 0.979 In. 13.31

Discharge
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 281

North Fork Broad River near Lavonla, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°27', long 83°14', on right bank at bridge on county road 2.1 miles upstream from Toms Creek and 7.8 miles west of Lavonla, Franklin County.

Drainage area. 42.0 sq ml.

Records available. May 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 680.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by U. S. Soil Conservation Service).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,060 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 11.00 ft); minimum, 8.8 cfs Sept. 21, 22.

1954-56: Maxlmlm discharge, 1,500 cfs Feb. 7, 1955 (gage height, 11.80 ft); minimum, 7.2 cfs Sept. 22-24, 1955.

Flood in 1933 reached a stage of 17.5 ft, and flood of 1950 reached a stage of 

15.5 ft, from information by local residents.

Remarks.--Records good. Storm runoff at gage affected by three flood-detention reservoirs 

(combined capacity of reservoirs, 840 acre-ft).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (sage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

150

290

450

750

Discharge, in cubic feet pe cond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sro

In.

Oct.

23

15

14

12

]4

16

17

20

17

14

14

14

*14

14

14

14

14

12

13

13

13

12

12

14

14

14

13

14

19

15 

14

452

14.6

U.Zi48

0.40

Nov.

14

*14

14

14

15

17

18

17

*17

21

22

17

17

19

18

18

17

17

31

23

20

19

27

33

30

32

24

*21

19

19

b04

20.1

0.479

0 . E 5

Dec.

18

20

20

22

25_

21

18

19

 21

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

23

23

20

19

19

19

19

19

19

18

18

la

a 18

a

598

19.3

0.460

0.5J

Jan.

a 18

a 18

a 18

a!8

*18

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

39

3n

25

23

27

36

29

*27

26

26

25

26

25

675

21.9

0.519

0.60

Feb.

^

ii

49

98

98

461

*227

101

80

*63

86

64

50

44

*44

46

138

100

73

135

85

63

54

52

51

49

76

9E

63

------

2,616

90.2

2.15

2.52

Mar.

52

71

59

51

47

46

45

*42

38

37

56

36

41

55

91

693

331

108

*79

65

54

50

46

43

40

39

36

37

50

45

38

2 , 504

80.8

1.92

2.21

Apr.

38

37

36

*39

39

35

71

50

43

42

276

144

89

70

154

731

*159

ino

79

66

59

54

49

46

46

45

*42

42

41

37

2,809

93.6

2 .25

2.49

May

40

41

79

84

50

64

84

55

49

*45

43

41

39

35

35

34

32

31

31

29

28

29

*2B

26

26

28

30

28

+ 26

27 

27

1,244

40.1

0 . 955

1.10

June

26

24

23

21

21

20

20

20

20

19

18

*18

23

28

55

33

23

21

23

22

22

+ 21

20

18

18

17

16

15

14

14

633

21.1

0.502

0.56

July

15

20

*15

121

92

88

38

83

157

»48

34

30

27

2b

50

50

31

26

23

24

24

26

49

31

26

23

21

2u

20

19

18

1,275

41.1

0.979

1.13

Aug.

21

20

18

17

19

31

17

16

14

JL2

12

13

*14

14

17

18

17

15

15

4_5

22

23

16

*15

14

14

15

15

15

15 

15

544

17.5

0.417

0.48

Sept.

14

13

12

14

*14

23

80

28

21

18

17

15

*14

12

12

11

11

11

11

11

*9.3 10~~

11

14

126

191

58

42

32

28

883.3

29.4

0.700

0.78

Calendar year 1955: Max 3; 1 Min 7 .t Mean 35.0 Cfsro 0.833 In. 11.31

Water year 1955-5C- Max 7C1 Min 9.3 Mean 40.5 Cfsm 0.964 In. 13.13

(base. 500 cfs).--Feb. 6 (9 p.m.) 585 cfs (9.60 ft); Mar. 16 (9 a.m.) 992 cfs

(10.85 ft); Apr. 16 (5 p.m.) 1,060 cfs (11.00 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a NJ gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records 

for station near Toccoa.

459558 O -58 - 19
282 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Toms Creek near Martin, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°28', long 83°13', on left bank 40 ft downstream from highway bridge on 

county road, 1.2 miles upstream from mouth, and 3 miles southwest of Martin, Stephens 

County.

Drainage area. 10.3 sq mi.

Records available. June 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 681.66 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

U.S. Soil Conservation Service).

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 726 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 8.41 ft); minimum, 

1.2 cfs Aug. 14, Sept. 2, caused by storage in flood-detention reservoir upstream.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 16, 1956; minimum, that of Aug. 14, 

Sept. 2, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of indefinite stage-discharge relation, 

which are fair. Natural flow of stream affected by storage, approximately H5acre-ft, 

in flood-detention reservoir upstream during period Aug. 1 to Sept. 7. Storm runoff at 

gage affected by two flood-detention reservoirs (combined capacity, 400 acre-ft) , 

Oct. 1 to July 31 and by three reservoirs (combined capacity, 1,150 acre-ft), Aug. 1 to 

Sept. 30.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except period of indefinite stage-discharge

relation (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 29 to Apr. 10, Apr. 18 to May 23)

Oct. 1 to May 23 July 4 to Sept. 30

4.5 

4.7 

5.0 

6.0

1.6

5.5

13

39

7.0 67

110

305

4.49

4.5

4.6 

4.8

1.5

1.6

3.5

10

5.0 

6.0 

6.6

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

9.2

4.7

3.8

3.1

3.6

4.5

5.1

8.0

5.1

3.8

3.3

3.1

*3.1

3.1

3.1

2.9 

2.9

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.5

^79

3.1

2.7

2.9

2.9

3.1

6.9

4.4

4.2

119.8

3.86

0.375

0.43

Nov.

4.0

4.2

*4.2

3^8

4.0

4.0

4.2

3.8

*4.0

7.6

6.2

4.5

4.7

5.1

5.1

4.7 

4.5

4.2

13

14

14

5.1

9.5

10

11

11

6.9

6.4

*5.7

6.0

195.4

6.51

0.632

0.71

Dec.

6.0

7.8

8.0

9.6

9.0

6.6

6.0

7.8

11

*6.6

6.0

5.7

5.7

5.5

5.7

5.3

5.5

9.8

8.6

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.0

6.0

5.7

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.3

6.0

5.1

205.0

6.61

0.642

0.74

Jan.

4.7

4.7

4.9

4.7

4.7

*4.7

4.7

4.9

4.9

5.1

4.9

4.9

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.9 

A^

4.5

~8.6 18

6.0

5.5

9.3

12

*7.8

6.4

6,0

6,0

5.7

6,2

5.1

188.4

6.08

0.590

0.68

Feb.

JL1

18

*16

27

24

160

*62

20

17

 14

21

14

12

10

*11

12 

28

19

14

32

17

13

11

12

12

11

20

20

13

667.3

23.0

2.23

2.40

Mar.

11

18

14

12

10

10

9.8

*9.0

8.0

tt

8.6

8.8

11

16

26

*280 

60

20

*15

14

14

14

13

12

12

11

11

11

15

11

9.3

702.5

22.7

2.20

2.54

Apr.

8.6

8.3

I*! *7.8

9.3

19

12

9.0

8.3

9.3

86

34

18

15

51

*220 

T?30

15

11

11

11

11

11

10

9.8

9.3

*8.8

9.0

8.8

8.3

687.4

22.9

2.22

2.48

May

9.6

11

22

16

9.6

12

17

12

8.6

4.9

±*A

5.1

6.0

*6.2

7.1

5.7 

5.7

7.3

6.2

6.2

6.0

5.7

*5.3

5.0

*4.8

5.0

5.2

5.0

*5.0

4.8

4.8

239.2

7.72

0.750

0.86

June

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.5

*4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

*4.4

6.2

14

ii

8.0 

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.8

*4.8

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.2

168.5

5.62

0.546

0.61

July

5.8

4.9

*4.4 28~~

35

49

11

33

*64

*22

21

*9.4

9.0

9.0

8.7

9.0

*8.1

7.4

7.4

6.B

5.6

21

19

8.7

8.4

*6.8

5.6

5.2

11

12 

12

468.2

15.1

1.47

1.70

Aug.

2.8

278

2.8

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

*2.1

1.8

1.8

2.1 

1.6

1.8

1.6

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.9

*1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.6

65.0

2.10

0.204

0.24

Sept.

1.6

1^5

1.6

1.8

*2.8

3.5

69

12

6.8

4.9

4.3

4.6

*4.0

3.5

3.2

3.0 

2.8

3.0

2.8

2.8

*2.8

3.2

3.2

6.8

*85

*95

22

12

9.4

3.1

387.0

12.9

1.25

1.40

Calendar year 1955: Max 260 Min 2.0 Mean 9.07 cfsm 0.881 In. 11.96

Water year 1955-56: Max 280 Min 1.5 Mean 11.2 Cfsm 1.09 In. 14.79

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--stage-discharge relation indefinite May 24 to July 3; discharge estimated on basis of 

6 discharge measurements, weather records, and records for stations on nearby streams.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

North Fork Broad River near Carnesville, Ga.

283

Location.--Lat 34°19', long 83°11' , at bridge on State Highway 51, 1 mile downstream from 

Unawatti Creek, 3 miles upstream from confluence with Middle Fork Broad River, and 

4£ miles southeast of Carnesville, Franklin County.

Drainage area. 119 sq mi.

Records available. October 1942 to December 1944, April 1954 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 600.33 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Oct. 1, 1942, to Dec. 31, 1944, wire-weight 

gage at same site and datum.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,320 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 6.90 ft); minimum, 18 cfs Sept. 22.

1942-44, 1954-56: Maximum discharge, 4,700 cfs Jan. 18, 1943 (gage height, 7.6 ft, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum, 16 cfs Oct. 5, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1383; 1943-44.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.9

2.0

2.1 

2.3 

2.5 91

205

370

575

1,170

1,900

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

59

47

37

31

30

32

38

56

49

38

35

32

32

31

29

31

31

31

35

32

32

31

31

31

30

*31

31

31

50

42

37

1,108

35.7

0.300

0.35

Nov.

37

37

37

37

38

39

41

41

41

56

68

50

47

49

49

47

46

43

73

80

67

54

56

89

82

107

70

63

*56

54

1,654

55.1

0.463

0.52

Dec.

51

5T

57

59

73

62

59

57

73

62

59

57

56

56

*54

54

57

65

80

63

60

59

57

57

57

56

54

53

53

56

54

1,827

58.9

0.495

0.57

Jan.

53

51

53

51

51

50

50

50

50

50

47

46

46

46

47

46

44

44

103

99

65

56

62

99

78

65

*63

60

60

60

60

1,805

58.2

0.489

0.56

Feb.

59 153"

137

259

304

841

*965 529-

225

162

175

168

137

122

*115

119

162

216

158

205

211

155

130

122

119

119

185

233

162

6,647

229

1.92

2.07

Mar.

134

160

155

132

119

113

109

*105

97

95

93

91

97

115

161

«1,880

1,590

625

*236

172

148

134

124

117

109

105

99

103

128

115

97

7,558

244

2.05

2.36

Apr.

91

89

87

89

*93

139

148

111

99

95

539

566

328

178

200

1,460

1,170

382

208

170

150

141

134

128

124

*122

115

113

109

105

7,483

249

2.09

2.33

May

107

119

255

TB5

1S4

122

182

172

122

109

101

95

87

82

*78

75

78

70

67

67

65

63

60

59

60

68

73

62

*59

59

57

2,987

96.4

0.810

0.93

June

53

51

49

49

49

47

46

44

42

41

39

38

43

*53

J73_

67

54

47

44

47

47

41

38

37

*38

41

32

29

29

29

1,337

44.6

0.375

0.42

July

30

39

38

59

168

178

130

174

482

300

126

87

82

70

65

103

73

60

57

57

56

53

122

91

63

60

51

47

43

49

50

3,063

98.8

0.830

0.96

Aug.

44

39

36

35

36

49

32

29

29

27

26

25

24

25

29

37

30

27

32

*43

43

46

33

28

26

25

25

25

24

24

24

977

31.5

0.265

0.31

Sept.

22

21

20

*1938"

71

107

111

53

39

35

32

29

27

25

22

22

22

22

22

19

19

20

49

300

786

490

155

95

77

2,769

92.3

0.776

0.87

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,500 Hln 19 Mean 87.5 Cfsm O.735 In. 10.00

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,880 Hln 19 Mean 107 Cfsm 0.899 In. 12.25

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 

1,850 cfs (5.75 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

. Mar. 16 (3 p.m.) 3,320 cfs (6.90 ft); Apr. 16 (7 a.m.)
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Broad River near Bell, Ga.

Location.--Lat 33°58 I , long 82°46', at downstream side of main channel pier of bridge on

 State Highway 17, half a mile downstream from Long Creek, 1 mile south of Bell's Crossroads, and 12 miles southeast of Elberton, Elbert County.

Drainage area.--1,430 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1926 to July 1932, August 1937 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 357.16 ft above mean sea level, datum of

 T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to October 1928, staff gage at railroad 

bridge about 1 mile downstream at datum 1.12 ft lower. October 1928 to July 1932 staff 

gage and August 1937 to January 1939, wire-weight gage, at present site and datum.

Average discharge.--22 years (1928-31, 1937-56), 1,654 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 17,400 cfs Mar. 18 (gage height, 19.7 ft); minimum, 123 cfs Sept. 24.

1926-32, 1937-56: Maximum discharge, 79,400 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 34.8 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 27,000 cfs on basis of slope-conveyance studies; minimum, 108 cfs Oct. 8, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1172: 1928-30. W£P 1383: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.Z 113

3.0 337

4.0 720

6.0 1,820

10.0

16.0

19.1

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

e

i

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

332

540

378

307

271

252

249

283

385

364

310

277

269

255

252

249

249

252

*255

263

266

263

255

252

249

246

249

249

271

307

328

8,927

288

O.201

0.23

Nov.

304

283

283

289

295

298

301

307

307

328

402

436

408

378

371

371

368

361

361

516

560

472

422

464

520

640

680

600

516

472

12,313

410

0.287

0.32

Dec.

*433

436

460

476

476

484

484

456

446

472

472

452

440

43 U

430

433

422

430

500

560

516

480

464

448

444

440

436

430

419

416

426

14,113

455

0.318

0.37

Jan.

433

426

416

419

416

412

412

408

408

408

*405

408

408

405

405

405

405

405

476

720

770

620

560

700

795

720

640

580

560

560

580

15,685

506

0.354

" 0.41

Feb.

560 8"9"5

1,220

2,060

3,390

5 , 180

8.970

7 , 150

3,020

1,980

1,320

1,820

1,580

1,280

*1,170

1,120

1,120

1,280

1,460

2,2EO

2,780

1,980

1,400

1,220

1,120

1,140

1,250

2,460

2,220

65,365

2,254

1.58

1.70

Mar.

1,580

1,580

2,140

1,760

1,430

1,220

1,120

1,070

995

945

895

87 U

07U

870

995

7,060

15 , 000

16,500

7,250

2,620

* 1,900

1,640

1,520

1,400

1,280

1,220

1,170

1,120

1,520

2 ,620

1,820

83,980

2,709

1.89

2.18

Apr.

1,340

1,170

1,120

1,070

1,070

1,310

2,300

1,700

1,280

1,170

7,230

12,400

7,350

3,100

2,220

9,320

13 , 100

8 ,O80

3,020

2,220

1,820

1.640

1,490

1,400

1,280

1,220

1,200

1,170

1,140

1,140

95,070

3,169

2.22

2.48

May

1,120

*1,170

1,400

2,060

1,520

1,220

1,170

1,340

1,170

1,020

945

870

820

770

720

700

660

640

62O

600

580

580

560

520

520

520

560

560

560

580

508

26,583

858

0.600

0.69

June

504

488

452

433

422

419

416

408

402

381

374

371

*371

433

520

560

520

448

395

361

357

368

347

334

322

304

307

304

274

1T92"

11,887

396

0.277

0.31

July

351

430

770

540

405

600

560

520

1,110

2,700

1,980

945

620

520

476

436

560

492

408

371

388

278

351

408

444

*391

378

426

334

286

285

18,861

608

0.425

0.49

Aug.

292

313

298

263

257

249

232

229

207

193

187

292

263

232

448

440

405

263

229

260

340

334

277

246

221

201

193

193

*201

2 18

215

8,191

264

0.185

0.21

Sept.

199

190

171

162

165

187

292

374

448

310

241

213

201

187

176

160

146

138

136

136

133

133

128

T33

275

 7,880

9,420

2,400

1,140

820

26,694

890

0.622

0.69

Calendar year 1955: Max 14,600 Mln 143 Mean 828 Cfsm 0.579 In. 7.87

Water year 1955-66: Max 16,500 Mln 128 Mean 1,059 Cfsm 0.741 In. 10.08

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 ofa).--Mar. 18 (4 a.m.) 17,400 cfs (19.7 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 285

Little River near Mount Carmel, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°04', long 82°30" , on right bank 480 ft downstream from Island Ford 

Bridge, 2.8 miles upstream from Calhoun Creek, and 4.5 miles north of Mount Carmel, 

McCormlck County.

Drainage area. 217 sq mi.

Records available. December 1939 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 353.97 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--16 years (1940-56), 200 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,450 cfs Mar. 17 (gage height, 14.34 ft); minimum, 1.6 cfs Sept. 23.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 20,800 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 29.60 ft, from 

high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 0.7 cfs Oct. 9, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water year 

1948, superseding those published in WSP 1112, are given herewith:

Month

July 1948 ........................

Calendar year 1948 .............

Cfs -days

119,797

Maximum

8,340

Minimum

53

Mean

327

Per square 

mil*?

1.40

1.51

Runoff in 

inches

20.53

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

22

50

40

31

24

20 

19

21

45

40

28

24 

23

22

21

20

20

20

20

20

22

21

21

20

19

19

19

20

22

24

25

762

24.6

0.113

0.13

Nov.

23

22

22

22

22

23

24

24

*24

27

46

53 

35

32

31

31

30

30

30

68

59

42

40

45

53

75

70

53

45

41

1,142

38.1

0.176

0.20

Dec.

38

38

40

41

41

41

40

39

39

41

40

38 

37

36

37

38

37

41

44

44

*42

42

42

42

42

42

42

41

40

41

42

1,248

40.3

0.186

0.21

Jan.

42

42

42

42

42

42 

42

41

39

40

43

42 

42

41

41

42

42

41

60

111

82

61

57

111

120

81

66

61

58

57

57

1,730

55.8

0.257

0.30

Feb.

59

199

258

656

780

1,640

1,560

*635

256

158

186

178 

119

94

79

77

74

77

71

392

330

170

115

97

94

114

214

512

350

9,544

329

1.52

1.64

Mar.

212

266

350

240

176

146 

134

121

105

98

97

96 

94

9T

117

2,180

*5,170

1,700

424

298

226

198

170

158

148

134

134

*138

598

382

194

12,601

406

1.87

2.16

Apr.

134

112

100

96

94

207 

663

206

121

98

*2,120

2,520 

945

308

233

2,150

1,180

424

238

226

136

170

154

142

136

128

119

115

121

123

13,639

455

2.10

2.34

May

112

112

200

204

TSS

117 

144

130

*114

103

98

92 

88

81

75

70

64

62

61

59

56

54

52

48

46

47

51

52

48

45

42.

2,665

86.0

0.336

0.46

June

42

44

54

40

39

38

37

34

33

31

32

33 

40

33

50

59

40

34

30

*30

31

32

31

47

30

30

27

24

26

67

1,118

37.3

0.172

0.19

July

29

27

74

58

31

26 

24

24

27

32

30

24 

22

20

19

17

17

17

15

27

38

24

22

24

23

31

17

26

IS

16

12.

802

25.9

0.119

0.14

Aug.

12

12

35

19

14

12 

12

9.6

*7.8

7.3

6.8

6.4

5.5

5.1

16

40

4920"

14

13

12

13

12

10

8.2

7.3

7.3

27

22

14

12

461.3

14.9

0.069

0.08

Sept.

14

12

10

9.6

25

29 

37

19

27

17

14

12 

12

11

9.6

7.3

6.8

5.5

4.3

3.9

3.2

3.2

2.8

2TF

302

933

1,830

731

182

112

4,388.0

146

0.673

0.75

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,080 Win 9.6 Mean 114 Cfsm 0.525 In. 7.12

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,170 Min 2.8 Mean 137 Cfsm 0.631 In. 8.60

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 cfs).--Mar. 17 (7:30 p.m.) 3,450 ofs (14.34 ft); Apr. 11 

(13.68 ft); Apr. 16 (B a.m.) 2,780 cfs (12.53 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.

p.m.) 3,090
286 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Little River near Washington, Ga.

Location.--Lat 33°36'40", long 82°44'40", near left bank on downstream side of highway 

bridge pier, 700 ft downstream from Reedy Creek, 4 miles downstream from Georgia Railroad bridge, 6 miles upstream from Williams Creek, and 9 miles south of Washington, 

Wilkes County.

Drainage area.--291 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1949 to September 1956.

Average discharge.--? years, 184 cfs.

Gage . Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 360 ft (by barometer).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,680 cfs Apr. 12 (gage height, 20.3 ft); minimum, 3.7 cfs Sept. 23, 24.

1949-56: Maximum discharge, 13,100 cfs Mar. 4, 1952 (gage height, 27.6 ft); minimum, 0.32 cfs Oct. 12-16, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions. WSP 1383: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, 1

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 10 to Mar 

Apr. 1-5, 6-10)

1.9

2.0 

2.2 

2.4

3.0

4.0 1

Discharge, In cubic feet pe

3.5 6.0

8.0

12.0

17.0

19.7

feet, and discharge, 

15, Mar. 20-29,

460

850

1,760

3,480

5,200

j, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

16

42

28

23

20

19

18

17

22

22

21

19

17

16

15

14

13

13

*14

14

16

14

13

12

12

11

11

11

14

16

17

530

17.1

0.059

0.07

Nov.

18

18

16

15

15

15

17

18

20

23

34

40

37

36

39

37

34

30

28

28

29

28

30

37

57

109

89

60

46

40

1,043

34.8

0.120

0.13

Dec.

*37

37

39

40

42

40

38

37

37

36

35

34

33

33

33

33

32

34

39

41

40

37

37

36

36

37

36

34

33

33

33

1,122

36.2

0.124

0.14

Jan.

33

33

33

34

34

33

34

33

33

33

*33

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

45

72

68

53

54

118

113

83

63

56

53

51

57

1,483

47.8

0.164

0.19

Feb.

56

104

176

1,020

1,530

2,350

5,480

2,200

725

314

424

415

267

204

*176

232

211

190

183

340

610

354

204

169

156

169

169

253

211

16,892

582

2.00

2.16

Mar.

156

277

550

298

197

169

156

149

138

129

124

120

123

131

180

2,030

5.240

2^070

647

282

*225

190

169

156

141

131

125

119

372

950

478

14,222

459

1.58

1.82

Apr.

225

176

156

143

200

1_,060

1,060

362

218

176

2 , 300

5,200

2,830

770

346

1,740

2,830

1,770

424

267

218

190

176

156

148

140

131

126

120

118

23,776

793

2.73

3.05

May

*116

176

298

306

330

169

140

127

112

103

95

88

82

76

70

63

59

55

53

50

48

48

46

43

40

42

45

45

43

42

39

3,049

98.4

0.338

0.39

June

39

48

47

40

34

35

40

31

28

25

25

24

*28

57

76

52

40

31

26

23

2

1

3

1

5

_9

0

2

_6

3

1,031

34.4

0.118

0.13

July

28

21

38

33

61

24

17

17

36

92

55

34

24

17

15

31

31

20

14

12

31

37

25

16

*16

19

13

24

66

28

35

930

30.0

0.103

0.12

Aug.

21

31

22

13

12

10

8.5

7.2

6.4

5.5

6.8

14

7.2

10

9.8

30

18

9.3

7.2

7.0

8.0

5.7

5.3

5.3

4.6

4.1

4.1

11

*15

12

9.3

340.3

11.0

0.038

0.04

Sept.

11

7.0

5.5

39

34

22

54

109

37

18

13

11

10

9.0

8.2

7.2

6.4

5.7

5.3

4.9

4.5

3.8

3 . 7

4.5

395

1.460

1,280

212

102

71

3,953.7

132

0.454

0.51

Calendar year 1955 : Max 1,960 Min 11 Mean 124 Cfsm 0.426 In. 5.76

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,200 Min 3.7 Mean 187 Cfsm 0.643 In. 8.75

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 cfs). 

cfs (16.9 ft); Apr. 12 (8 a.m.) 5,680

Feb. 7 (2 a.m.) 3,680 cfs (17.4 ft); Mar. 17 (10 a.m.) 3,440 

cfs (20.3 ft); Apr. 17 (1 a.m.) 3,100 cfs (16.1 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Clark Hill Reservoir near Clarks Hill, S. C.

287

Location.--Lat 33°39'40", long 82=12"00", in left spillway elevator tower of dam on 

Savannah River, 1.6 miles west of Clarks Hill, McCormick County, 3.7 miles upstream 

from Kiokee Creek, and at mile 222.3 upstream from Savannah, Ga,

Drainage area.--6.150 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1951 to September 1952 (elevations and contents at end of 

month), October 1952 and September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 1, 1952, staff 

gage at same site and datum.

Extremes. Maximum elevation during year, 329.98 ft May 7; minimum, 296.48 ft Feb. 1.

T552-56: Maximum elevation, 333.20 ft May 7, 1953; minimum, that of Feb. 1, 1956.

Remarks.--Lake is formed by concrete dam with earth dam at each end; dam completed in 1952. 

Storage began in December 1951. Usable capacity, 75,360,000,000 cu ft between elevations 305.0 ft (normal limit of drawdown) and 335.0 ft (top of spillway gates). Dead 

storage below 305.0 ft, 50,960,000,000 cu ft. Figures given herein represent usable 

contents. Elevation of spillway crest, 300.0 ft. Water is used for flood control, 

generation of power, and navigation.

Capacity table (elevation, In feet, and usable contents,

in billions of cubic feet) 

(Computed from table prepared by Corps of Engineers)

305

310

315

0

8.93

18.73

320

325

330

30.06

43.12

58.37

Elevation, in feet, at 12 p.m., water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

(t)

(*5

Oct.

311.75

311. 95,

311.78

311.59

311.40

311.22

311.07

311.11

311.13

310.97

310.80

310.63

310.46

310.28

310.22

310.18

310.00

309.81

309.63

309.47

309.30

309.21

309.21

309.05

308.79

308.62

508.45

308.20

308.25 

g308.25

gsoa.oo

5.36

-2,614

Nov.

g307.79

g307.61

g307.46

g307.27

g307.19

g307.21

g307.00

g306.74

306.50

306.38

306.22

306.21

306.27

306.07

305.85

305.74

305.52

305.36

305.38

305.37

305.18

304.97

304 . 80

304.75

304.78

304.75

304.85

304.71

304.47 

304.27

-1.08

-2,485

Calendar year 1955:

Dec.

304.08

303 .91

303.89

303.97

303.78

303.57

303.41

303.27

303.09

303.04

303.09

302.87

302.63

302.42

302. 25

302.01

301.95

302.00

301.78

301.50

301.31

301.11

300.95

300.93

300.96

300.87

300.61

300.29

300.10 

299.87

299.79

-7.67

-2,460

Jan.

299.83

299.64

299.47

299.24

299.08

298.91

298.86

298.85

298.63

298.40

298.21

298.05

297.88

297.82

297.81

297.63

297.42

297.25

297.22

297.14

297.23

297.31

297.20

297.11

297.04

296.93

296.82

296.84

296.88 

296.79

296.60

-11.70

-1,505

Feb.

296.49

296 .53

296.65

297.37

298.47

300.27

302.64

304.02

304.58

304.87

305.26

305.59

305.72

305.80

305.82

305.93

306.01

306.59

306.96

307.36

307.95

308.21

308.32

308.42

308.75

308.92

309.12

309.39

309.60

_______

8.22

+7,950

Mar.

309.67

309 .91

310.32

310.56

310.60

310.64

310.67

310.76

310.76

310.78

310.93

310.90

310.93

310.94

311.13

313.09

315.34

316.85

317.37

317.52

317.64

317.77

317.88

318.05

318.18

318.18

318.18

318.34

318.73 

319.03

319.26

28.38

+7,527

Apr.

319 .37

319.36

319.33

319.31

319.37

319.44

319.87

320.23

320.24

320.38

321.91

323.21

323.97

324.34

324.65

326.00

327.33

327.99

328.30

328.45

328.66

328.81

328.83

328.91

329.02

329.07

329.08

329.17

329.29 

329 .29

_ ___ _

56.20

+10,733

May

329.31

329.45

329.52

329.65

329.84

329.95

329 .92

329.94

329.94

329.93

329.90

329.90

329.91

329.81

329.75

329.71

329.65

329.57

329.54

329.49

329.33

329.19

329.06

328.91

328.82

328.78

328.85

328.70

328.54 

328.43

328.29

53.16

-1,135

June

328.28

328.23

328.22

328.09

327.98

327.88

327.77

327.68

327.62

327.64

327.50

327.38

327.29

327.24

327.17

327.15

327.18

327.05

326.90

326.80

326.67

326.58

326.55

326.57

326.44

326.32

326.21

326.06

326.01

_______

46.02

-2,755

July

325.95

325.87

325.83

325.80

325.70

325.61

325.58

325.63

325.65

325.70

325.68

325.58

325.50

325.46

325.47

325.33

325.17

325.07

324.93

324.86

324.84

324.86

324.70

324.62

324.53

324.42

324.33

324.30

324.31 

324.14

323.97

40.43

-2,087

Aug.

323,83

323.67

323.52

323.46

323.46

323.30

323 . 10

322.90

322.72

322.61

322.49

322.46

322.30

322.15

322.07

321.92

321.74

321.67

321.72

321.52

321.42

321.28

321.15

321.00

320.90

320.91

320.77

320.62

320.45 

320 . 28

320.15

30.45

-3,726

Sept.

320.08

320.02

319.89

319.68

319.50

319.35

319.36

319.36

319.40

319.19

318.98

318.78

318.59

318.40

318.26

318.29

318.07

317.84

317.66

317.43

317.18

317.06

317.05

316.88

317.20

318.44

319.29

319.41

319.42 

319.49

28.90

-598

(*) -294

Water year 1955-56: (*) +523

in billions of cubic feet, at end of month. 

* Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, 

g Elevation obtained from powerplant log.
288 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Stevens Creek near Modoc, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°43'45", long 82°10'55", on left bank at bridge on State Highway 23, 

1.4 miles east of Modoc , MoCormlck County, and 3.2 miles downstream from Turkey Creek.

Drainage area. --545 sq ml.

Records available. February 1940 to September 1956 In reports of Geological Survey. October 1929 to September 1931 In House Document 64, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 197.34 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Southeastern Power Administration).

Average discharge. --16 years, 342 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 9,430 cfs Apr. 12; maximum gage height, 22.74 ft 

Apr. 12; minimum discharge, 0.4 cfs Nov. 1-3.

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 35,100 cfs Aug. 14, 1940; maximum gage height, 41.08 ft 

Aug. 14, 1940; no flow Sept. 14, 15, Sept. 24 to Nov. 16, Nov. 22, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Slight diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by small mills above station.

RevJsion.--WSP 1032: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Rate of change in stage used as a factor Feb. 6, 7, Mar. 16-18, 

29, Apr. 11-13, 16j 17, Sept. 7, 8, 24-27)

0.2 1.2

1.5

2.0

8.0

16.0

19.0

76

144

275

1,900

4,600

6,210

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

21

33

68

45

35

23

21

18

16

14

19

21

15

13

12

7.2

9.6

11

5.3

4.6

3.9

3.2

2.5

2.1

1.7

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

.9

^5

431.7

13.9

0.026

0.03

Nov.

0.4

.4

.4

.9

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.5

*1.4

3.3

7.2

10

12

21

22

21

16

9.6

12

8.0

6.4

5.6

5.6

7.7

23

41

48

53

41

29

412.1

13.7

0.025

0.03

Dec.

21

20

16

17

19

23

18

14

18

16

15

16

14

15

13

12

T5

12

*16

16

12

15

17

16

16

15

18

18

17

14 

al3

497

16.0

0.029

0.03

Jan.

a 11

aT2

a!6

a!6

a 16

a 16

12

11

11

a!6

a!6

a!6

a!6

a!6

a!4

14

13

16

17

31

48

51

43

41

53

55

±6

38

32

34 

25

772

24.9

0.046

0.05

Feb.

Sa- 27

ns

188

278

1,320

*2,240 9-23-

283

188

199

256

212

144

119

110

117

122

122

342

815

383

199

144

124

134

194

1,670

640

-----

11,646

402

0.738

0.80

Mar.

280

300

734

410

245

188

162

147

122

110

103

96

98

206

223

4,770

4,570

1,280

450

288

235

199

178

160

157

*136

119

110

893

2,050 

842

19,861

641

1.18

1.36

Apr.

329

230

196

167

160

370

383

267

188

154

5,030

6,060

1,370

518

348

3,290

2,560

788

383

278

230

199

180

162

147

134

124

117

112 139"

24,613

820

1.50

1.67

May

112

98

249

310

206

165

*139

162

129

98

82

74

74

59

55

49

40

37

32

31

33

24

31

19

25

18

2?

20

25

23 

19

2,460

79.4

0.146

0.17

June

20

19

19

26

18

24

15

15

10

9.2

8.0

12

15

14

28

4523-

*18

16

16

9.5

18

8.4

16

5.6

12

13

12

7.5

8.5

480.7

16.0

0.029

0.03

July

5.6

4.6

162

147

94

51

27

26

21

20

22

18

15

12

11

13

16

16

13

6.8

4.2

TT

4.2

5.6

6.0

6.8

10

11

8.4

11 

17

789.4

25.5

0.047

0.05

Aug.

7.6

6.8

6.4

5.6

7.2

*5.3

3.2 6T2-

5.6

3.9

11

5.0

3.2

45

24

56

"57 174

30

22

19

20

19

14

10

7.6

11

13

17

16 

6 .8

638.4

20.6

0.038

0.04

Sept.

3.6

2.8

14

3.6

25

18

370

1,090

126

63

33

26

18

13

13

10

9.2

12

9.6

6.8

5.0

3.2

2.3

603

584

5,820

1,200

313

126

76

8,599.1

287

0.527

0.59

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,920 Mln 0.4 Mean 194 Cfsm 0.356 In. 4.83

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,060 Mln 0.4 Mean 195 Cfsm 0.358 In. 4.85

Peak discharge (base. 6.000 cfs).--Mar. 20 (10:15 p.m.) 7,860 cfs (20.92 ft at 12 p.m.); Apr. 12 

(2:30 a.m.) 9,430 cfs (22.74 ft at 3:30 a.m.).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and weather records .
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Augusta Canal near Augusta, Ga.

289

Location.--Lat 33°30'50", long 82°00'15", on left bank 2.7 miles northwest of Thirteenth 

Street Bridge In Augusta, Richmond County, and 4.6 miles downstream from Stevens Creek 

power dam.

Records available. November 1930 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 46.58 ft above city of Augusta datum or 

148.92 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Auxiliary water-stage recorder 3.4 miles upstream from base gage.

Average discharge. 25 years (1931-56), 2,737 cfs.

Extremes.--1930-56: 

to Maj 10, 1936.

Maximum dally discharge, 4,380 cfs Jan. 2, 28, 1948; no flow Apr. 8

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which 

are fair, and those below 800 cfs, which are poor. Canal diverts water from Savannah 

River for power and municipal supply at dam 1 mile downstream from Stevens Creek Dam. 

Waste water from powerhouses is returned to river below station by three channels 

above Thirteenth Street Bridge, and a small amount entering Beaverdam ditch is 

discharged into river about 13 miles below Augusta. Water diverted from canal for 

municipal supply of Augusta and for operation of pumps is Included in record since 

Oct. 1, 1933.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1 

2 

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

2,520 

1,630 

2,890

3,230

3,240

3,480

5,600

f 1,700

f850

3,230

3,510

3,210

3,270

3,380

2,610

1,680

3,190

3,440

3,330 

3,260

3,230

2,350

1,860

3,340

3,310

3,380

3,410

3,260

2,510

3,060

3,340

90,300

2,913

-

-

Nov.

5,540 

3*270

3,290

2,670

1,690

3,210

*3,250

3,250

3,440

3,420

2,620

1,660

3,150

3,270

3,120

3,350

3,450

2,370 

1,580

3,270

3,380

3,240

3,180

3,240

2,620

1,700

3,170

3,450

3,440

89,790

2,993

-

-

Dec.

3,450 

3,310 

2,650

1,750

3,180

3,380

3,350

3,380

5,490

2,690

1,710

3,100

3,350

5,580

5,420

5,290

2,950

1,890

2,880 

*5,210l

3,210

3,580

2,400

1,640

1,410

1,820

2,740

5,510

3,190

3,240

2,710

88,840

2,866

-

"

Jan.

1,670 

5,040 

3,350

3,290

5,550

5,560

2,850

1,670

3,150

5.410

5,390

5,350

3,410

2,560

1,690

3,080

3,380

5,530

3,250 

3,260

2,710

1,840

3,050

3,280

3,360

3,350

5,550

2,770

1,690

3,120

5,410

91,750

2,960

-

-

Feb.

5,240 

5,320 

3,210

2,390

1,710

2,990

3,580

*3,140

3,100

3,270

2,660

1,700

2,890

3,000

3,310

3,320

3,120

2,590

1,600 

3,100

3,380

5,400

3,210

3,200

2,510

1,660

2,940

2,940

5,250

______

------

85,550

2,880

-

-

Mar.

5,320 

3,350 

2 , 400

1,510

2,970

3,580

5,440

3,170

3,080

2,560

1,730

3,120

3,270

3,230

5,290

5,090

2,660

1,640

3,050 

3,210

5,200

5,180

5,200

2,560

1,650

2,800

*5,090

5,190

5,290

5,140

2,400

89,150

2,876

-

-

Apr.

1,560 

5,056

3,200

3,570

3,500

5,210

2,420

1,620

5,050

5,350

3,210

3,120

5,150

2,580

1,660

5,050

5,260

5,220

5,510 

3,280

2,670

1,840

3,180

3,500

5,510

5,300

5,420

2,740

1,860

3,150

86,760

2,892

-

-

May

*3,370 

3,230 

3,200

5,270

2,580

1,590

5,120

5,250

3,240

5,140

5,240

2,620

1,600

5,210

5,320

5,430

5,460

5,230

f700 

f200

2,820

2,840

2,770

2,710

2,910

2,490

1,860

2,510

2,580

2,750

2,680

85,900

2,706

-

-

June

2,430 

1,960 

1,520

2,420

2,620

2,680

2,750

2,660

2,310

1,640

2,590

2,480

2,650

2,770

2,690

2,150

1,560

2,450

*2,750 

2,770

2,940

2,740

f220

f3oo

5,050

5,610

5,650

3, .00

3,430

2,050

-- ----

75,400

2,447

-

-

July

1,640 

1,520 

1,560

1,660

1,770

1,640

1,640

1,740

5,090

5,090

3,180

5,230

5,270

2,440

1,730

2,710

3,070

3,050

5,050 

5,140

2,250

1,700

2,690

5,070

5,100

5,080

2,890

1,870

1,700

2,690

3,050

76,310

2,462

-

-

Aug.

3,000 

2,900 

2,990

2,120

1,690

2,560

*3,120

3,310

3,220

5,540

2,260

1,730

2,820

3,190

5,260

5,080

3,020

2,300

1,750 

2,790

2,840

2,820

2,940

5,120

2,100

1,640

2,650

2,970

2,970

5,070

5,050

84,620

2,730

-

-

Sept.

1,890 

1,460 

1,530

2,690

3,050

5,070

3,o2o

2,150

1,540

2,600

2,830

2,890

2,940

3,050

2,000

1,710

2,750

3,020

2,920 

3,050

2,970

2,210

1,540

2,510

2,780

2,810

2,870

2,850

1,880

1,500

74,080

2,469

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,600 Min 300 Mean 2,744 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,650 Min 200 Mean 2,766 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.
290 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°22'25", long 81°56'3S", at New Savannah Bluff lock and dam, 0.2 mile upstream from Butler Creek, 12 miles downstream from Augusta, Richmond County, and at 

mile 188.2 upstream from Savannah.

Drainage area. 7,508 sq mi, including that of Butler Creek.

Records available. January 1884 to December 1891, January 1896 (revised) to December

1906, June 1927 to July 1932, and October 1938 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. January 1925 to June 1933 in House Document 64, 74th Congress, 1st session. January 1884 to December 1891, January 1898 to December 1906, and January 1925 

to September 1946 in report of South Carolina Research, Planning, and Development 

Board. Gage-height records collected at site of Fifth Street gage since 1875 and at 

New Savannah Bluff look and dam sites since 1937 are contained in reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 97.00 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark). January 1884 to December 1891, January 1896 to December 1906, 

and June 1927 to July 1932, staff gage or water-stage recorder at Fifth Street Bridge 

at datum 102.06 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936 (levels by Southeastern Engineering Co.). Oct. 1, 1938, to Nov. 10, 1948, waterstage recorder at site 0.2 mile downstream from present site and at present datum.

Average discharge . 39 years (1884-91, 1896-1906, 1927-31, 1938-56), 10,360 cfs.

Extremes.--1896-97: Maximum discharge during water year, 93,300 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 

29.3 ft, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 1,990 cfs Oct. 23.

1897-98: Maximum discharge during water year, 117,000 cfs Sept. 2 (gage height, 

31.3 ft, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 2,080 cfs July 6.

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 18,600 cfs Apr. 12 (gage height, 

14.70 ft); minimum, 3,500 cfs Feb. 5; minimum daily, 3,580 cfs Feb. 13.

1884-91, 1896-1906, 1925-56: Maximum discharge, 350,000 cfs Oct. 3, 1929; maximum 

gage height, 46.3 ft Sept. 27, 1929 (at site and datum then in use); minimum discharge, 

648 cfs Sept. 24, 1939, from rating curve extended below 1,400 cfs; minimum daily, 

1,040 cfs Oct. 2, 1927.

Maximum flood known occurred in 1796, discharge 360,000 cfs (gage height, 40 ft, 

marked by local residents, at site and datum of Fifth Street gage) by conveyance-slope 

study.

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the water year 1932 has been revised to 

93 ,800 cfs Jan. 9, 1932 (gage height, 30.4 ft), superseding figure published in WSP 

727.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Clark Hill Reservoir (see p.287 for monthly 

change in contents), Stevens Creek powerplant, and New Savannah Bluff lock and dam 

above station.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for some periods in 

the water years 1888, 1896-99, 1902-3, 1906-7, and 1932, are given herein. Complete 

tables of daily discharges are given for the water years 1897-98, but only revised 

figures are given for other years. They supersede figures published in 14th Annual 

Report, Part 2, 20th Annual Report, Part 4, and WSP 83, 98, 204, 242 and 727.

Date

1896

Jan. 25

Feb. 7

8

9

10

July 8

9

10

11

12

1898

Oct. 6

7

1902

July 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Discharge

45,000

47,500

38,000

55,200

55,800

46,000

92,300

103,400

64., 800

36,400

54,000

51,000

4,860

4,740

4,630

4,520

4,410

4,300

4,410

4,520

4,980

5,740

5,740

6,220

5,220

4,630

4,410

4,410

4,410

4,520

5,100

Date

1902-Con.

July 26

27

28

29

30

31

1903

June 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

July 1

2

3

4

5

Discharge

5,220

5,220

4,520

4,520

5,470

5,740

25,710

20,030

21,310

21,310

18,550

12,150

10,420

9,330

8,470

7,970

7,810

7,640

7,970

8,980

7,970

7,320

7,320

7,170

7,810

9,510

13,790

10,050

7,810

7,320

6,700

7,480

7,640

Date

1903-Con.

July 6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Aug. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Discharge

9,330

8,300

8,470

7,480

7,010

7,010

8,140

8,300

14,430

14,860

10,050

7,480

6,560

6,270

5,840

5,570

5,570

5,440

5,440

5,300

4,800

5,180

5,300

4,930

5,300

6,270

6,700

6,560

11,950

15,300

11,370

9,330

7,480

6,120

5,440

Date

1903-Con.

Aug. 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

1906

Jan. 4

5

6

23

24

25

26

27

28

Oct. 4

5

Discharge

5,440

5,440

8,300

6,860

5,710

7,480

7,970

8,810

8,140

25,710

18,070

10, 610

8,140

6,270

5,840

5,710

5,300

5,050

4,800

4,800

4,680

4,680

66,700

93,300

53,500

36,000

88,300

60,600

47,000

55,200

45,500

50,000

46,500

Date

1932

Jan. 8

9

10

July 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Discharge

76,100

93,800

70,400

6,200

5,660

6,560

6,280

4,580

5,020

4,580

6,340

4,640

4,380

4,260

4,830

2,890

3,090

3,640

3,540

3,040

4,190

4,060

4,450

3,640

3,140

3,900

3,440

2,890

3,640

2,140

2,140

3,900

3,440

4,380
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 291

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga. Continued

Revised figures of monthly discharge, In cubic feet per second, 1888, 1896, 1899, 

1902-3, 1906-7, 1932

Month

Calendar year 1888 ...........

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

Water year 1898-99. ..........

Calendar year 1902 ...........

Calendar year 1903. ..........

Water year 1905-6. ...........

Calendar year 1906 ...........

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

Maximum

297,000

297,000

103,400

112,800

137,440

130,400

93,300

93,300

6,560

Minimum

11,600

3,300

3,500

2,530

2,350

3,920

3,400

2,650

5,100

2,140

Mean

47,853

14,578

16,782

11,260

16,820

16,810

9,896

12,747

5,525

12,288

13,531

15,000

15,800

4,160

Per square 

mile

6.61

2.01

2.32

1.56

2.32

2.32

2.01

1.37

1.76

.763

1.70

2.39

2.00

1.87

2.07

2.18

-

Runoff in 

inches

7.38

27.42

31.57

1.80

2.50

2.68

18.56

23.92

.88

23.04

2.67

25.39

28.18

29.67

-

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1896 to September 1897

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

in

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

7.920 

4,240

*3,250

3,000

2,790

2,660

2,530

2,410

2,290

2,230

2,350

2,230

2,230

2.290

2 , 350

2,790

2,410

2,470

2,290

2,290

2,230

2,170

1.990 

2,050

2,860

3,880

3,440

3,000

2,860 

2,695

2,350

86,545

2,792

0.586

0.44

Nov.

5.000 

3,760

3,440

3,160

20,560

59.600

25,550

11,900

6,960

5,300

4,750

4,000

9,420

16,640

11,180

7,280

5,600

5,020

4,240

4,000

4,000

3,880

3,650 

3,540

3,340

3,250

3,440

3,250

4,360 

9,080

237,150

7,905

1.09

1.22

Dec.

19,000 

22,400

24,320

19,000

15,800

12,280

10,280

10,460

9,760

8,740

8,240

7,440

6,650

5,750

7,280

26.500

21,020

13,420

9,950

7,280

6,800

5,600

5,750 

5,160

5,160

4,750

4,120

4,620

4,000 

3,880

5.760

318,950

10,290

1.42

1.64

Jan.

4,000

4,120

4,000

4,240

4,620

4,490

5,020

4,620

4,240

4,000

4,240

3,880

5.760

5,020

14,600

13,230

10,280

8,740

16,640

13,420

10,460

39,200

16|640

11,360

8,740

8,080

7,280

6,800 

6,200

5,300

284,270

9,170

1.27

1.46

Feb.

5,600 

10,640

21,250

18,340

13,040

50,500

75.800

61,200

28,140

18,780

14,000

37,200

48,000

32,980

21,480

15,800

18,120

15,600

12,090

10,460

11,900

14,«00

13,420 

16,450

20,100

37,200

27,300

17,060

"

--- -

685,230

24,470

3.38

3.52

Mar.

12,090 

10,100

9,250

8,910

9,250

8,740

19,220

36,400

21,480

14,800

12,090

12,280

28,980

53,500

61.200

53, 000

31,060

24,800

18,780

17,480

24,080

20,790

17,060 

19,000

17,270

14,000

11,720

11,000

9,760 

8,910

9,080

626,080

20,200

2.79

3.22

Apr.

11,900 

30 , 740

27,300

26,550

31,380

85.500

73,000

30 , 340

20,790

21,020

19,000

15,000

13,040

11,900

11,180

11,000

11,180

10,100

9,760

8,910

8,740

8,400

8,080 

8,240

8,240

7,760

7,760

7,760

7,280 

7,280

559,130

18,640

2.57

2.87

May

7,920 

24.080

20,330

11,540

9,080

7,920

7,440

7,280

6,800

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,650

9,080

8,910

7,760

6,500

6,200

5,900

5,750

5,750

5,300

5,600 

5,160

5,020

4,750

4,750

4.490

4,490 

4,620

4,490

233,060

7,518

1.04

1.20

June

4,490 

4,490

4,120

6,650

5,450

6,960

7,280

6,800

8,570

12.470

8,080

6,050

4,750

4,490

4,360

5,300

6,800

6,960

4,750

4,490

4,490

4,620

4,000 

3,540

3,440

3,540

4,120

3,650

5.540 

8.080

166,130

5,538

0.765

0.85

July

7,440 

4,240

3,540

3,440

3,250

6,550

8,740

6,550

5,020

4,750

5,750

5,020

6,050

7,280

*4,620

3,440

5.160

6,350

8,400

25.120

20,560

17,690

11,900 

7,600

5,600

4,620

4,880

10,820

7,440 

5,450

3,650

226,320

7,301

1.01

1.16

Aug.

3,440 

3,440

5,250

5,080

3,250

3,160

10,280

10,460

7,280

4,620

3,760

3,540

3,440

3,160

3,340

5.000

10,820

8,740

11,000

23,120

13,230

57.200

24,520 

14,200

11,180

8,080

4,880

5,880

5,650 

5,440

5,250

255,490

8,177

1.13

1.30

Sept.

3,000 

4,120

4,360

5,020

5,020

3,340

2,930

2,860

*2,860

2,860

2,860

2,860

2,950

2,725

2,530

2.470

2,695

2,470

2,530

2,860

2,790

2,660

14,200 

14 . 80O

8,240

4,750

3, 25U

3,080

3,000 

2,930

123,000

4,100

0.566

0.63

Calendar year 1896: Max 103,400 Min 1,990 Mean 7,803 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.68

Water year 1896-97: Max 85,500 Min 1,990 Mean 10,410 Cfsm 1.44 In. 19.51

Discharge measurement made on this day.
292 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga. Continued

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1897 to September 1898

Day

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

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,790

2,860

2,860

2,790

2,530

2,470

2,470

2,530

2,410

2,350

2.290

4,750

6,500

7.600

5,160

4,000

3,540

3,250

3,160

3,880

6,350

7,440

5,160

4.120

3,760

3, 540

3,250

3,160

3,000

3,000 

3,000

115,970

3,741

0.517

0.60

Nov.

3,000

2,930

5,160

6,800

5,020

*4,000

4,240

2,930

3,340

3,000

3,000

3,160

3,000

3,000

3,000

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,930

2,930

2.860

2,930

3,000

3,000

7,760

9,080

8,08

115,730

3,858

0.533

0.59

Dec.

6,650

5,900

5,020

4,490

5,160

5,750

5,300

5,750

5,160

4,750

4,490

4,000

5.880

4,000

4,000

4,750

6,050

4,750

4,620

4,240

4,360

5,020

5,300

6,200

5,900

5,300

6,050

7.760

7,120

6,350 

5,160

163,230

5,265

0.727

0.84

Jan.

4,620

4,360

4,240

4,000

3.880

4,000

4,240

4,360

3.880

4,120

4,000

4,000

4,240

4,360

4,360

4,120

4,120

4,000

4,000

4,000

4,000

7,120

8,080

5,600

6,050

14,600

25.050

19,220

12,660

9, 080

7,760

202,120

6,520

0.901

1.04

Feb.

7.120

6,650

6,050

5,600

5,450

5,160

5,020

5,160

4,880

4,880

4,620

4,750

4,620

4,490

4,490

4,360

4,360

4,360

4,750

4,750

5,160

5,160

4,490

4,360

4,360

4,360

4.240

4,360

-

138,010

4,929

0.681

0.71

Mar.

4,490

4,360

4,360

4,750

10,820

9,250

6,800

5,600

5,160

4,490

4,490

4,490

4,490

4,490

8,570

14,200

9,080

7,440

6,800

6, 650

5,750

5,160

5,160

5,020

4,490

4,360

4,360

4,240

4,490

5.760

'i°90

195,260

6,299

0.870

1.00

Apr.

23,720

16,320

10,910

8,825

9,675

28,560

29.400

19,550

13,140

9,675

8,825

9,505

8,655

8,000

8,825

8,320

7,840

6,725

6,425

6,275

6,425

6,725

6.125

10,020

14,900

13,230

9,420

*12,660

12,560

10,190

351,425

11,710

1.62

1.81

May

7,680

6,575

6,125

5,675

5,375

4,950

4,950

5,375

4,300

4,425

4,180

4,180

4,180

4,180

5,230

4,300

3,820

3,705

3,940

3,820

4,060

3,820

3,595

3,390

3,490

4,180

3,940

3,820

3,705

2.895

3,040

136,300

4,416

0.610

0.70

June

2,825

2,965

2,965

2,825

2,760

2,630

2,895

2,825

2,760

2,760

2.500

3,040

2,760

2,630

2,630

*2,760

2,825

3,490

4,425

7,200

10.020

7,840

5,675

3,940

3,205

3,490

2,325

2,690

2,630

2,500

107,285

3,576

0.494

0.55

July

2,500

2,380

2,500

2,630

2,320

2,080

7,840

11,630

15,100

10,370

14,900

8,000

9,845

18,450

23,960

27,300

18,780

9,930

7,280

5,900

5,160

4,490

4,240

10,640

28.840

23,240

*18,010

*11,900

12,850

13,610

9,420

346,095

11,160

1.54

1.78

Aug.

7,600

*7,280

*5,900

5.300

8,240

22,400

15,600

12,280

11,720

9,590

8,080

11,000

13,040

19,880

13,900

17,380

12,000

9,845

13,900

56 . 600

20,100

13,420

9,930

7,920

6,650

7,440

11,000

19,660

15,000

22,170

21,710

416,535

13,440

1.86

2.14

Sept.

20,790

34 , 600

*84, 600

79,400

73,000

47,000

27,860

22,170

27,050

17,270

12,850

9,930

8,400

7,920

7,600

*7,120

*6,800

6,650

5.450

6,200

5, 900

5,750

6,650

15,800

13,420

9,080

7,280

6,650

5, 900 

5 750

644,840

21,490

2.97

3.31

Calendar year 1897: Max 85,500 Min 2,290 Mean 9,731 Cfsm 1.34 In. 18.24

Water year 1897-93: Max 84,600 Mln 2,080 Mean 8,037 Cfsm 1.11 In. 15.07

Discharge measurement made this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5,460

4,980

4,980

5,030

4,980

4,980

5,080

5.640

4,900

4,900

4,900

4,980

4,980

4,980

5,080

4.720

4,900

4,980

4,900

4,900

4,900

4,900

4,900

4,900

4,980

4,980

4,900

4,900

4,900

4,800

4,900

154,260

4,976

-

~

Nov.

4,930

4, 980

4.900

4, 900

4,980

4,900

4,900

*4,900

4,980

5,260

5.840

5,360

4,900

4,980

4,380

4,980

4,980

5,550

5,260

4,900

4,980

5,080

5,080

4,980

4,980

5,080

4,980

5,080

5,360

5,260

152,270

5,076

-

~

Dec.

5,550

6.050

5,460

4,980

4,980

4.900

4,900

4,900

5,360

5,550

4,9RO

5,980

5,030

5,080

4,980

5,030

5,640

4,980

4,980

*4,980

5,080

5,840

5,640

4,980

4,900

4,980

4,900

4,980

4,900

4,900

5,170

159,640

5,150

-

"

Jan.

,440

,360

,440

,440

,540

,900

,720

,440

,440

,440

,440

,720

.080

,540

,260

,100

,260

,260

,440

,800

,540

,100

,100

,100

,180

,800

,620

,440

.010

,010

,010

136,970

4,418

-

~

Feb.

3.340

4,360

4,720

4,800

3,670

3,920

*6,780

7.710

5,620

5,080

4,260

3,760

5.580

3,840

4,100

4,620

5,640

4,930

4,540

4,540

4,620

4,720

5,550

5,260

4,980

4,540

4,620

5,260

7,060

------

140,970

4,861

-

"

Mar.

6,060

6,130

5,170

4,620

4,720

4,720

5,740

6 , 540

5,390

4,620

4,540

4,540

4,620

4,720

4,900

10,400

15.500

10,000

5,080

4,980

4,800

4,540

4,540

4,540

4, 540

4.440

*4,440

4,440

4,620

8,020

6,010

175,720

5,668

-

~

Apr.

4.720

4,980

5,640

6,730

6,430

7,040

5,840

5,170

5,260

5,170

7,940

14.600

14,300

5,740

4,980

5,260

8,450

8,040

5,460

4,900

4,980

4,800

4,800

4,900

4,900

4,800

4,300

4,300

4,900

4,800

--------

185,150

6,171

-

~

May

4,900

4,900

4 . 800

4,300

4,980

4,980

5,910

*7,100

7,260

6,650

5,950

5,340

5,170

6,420

6,790

5,930

5,260

5,080

5,840

5,560

6,260

7,590

8.030

7,590

7,150

5,740

5,640

5,460

5,560

6,360

7,810

186,970

6,031

-

June

6.990

5,560

5, £60

5,260

5,3EO

5,360

5,360

6,210

5.170

5,360

5,260

5,260

5,260

5,360

5,640

5,550

5,260

5,260

*5,260

5,260

5,360

5,740

5,360

5,260

5,260

5,260

5,260

5,360

5,460

5,360

- -

162,740

5,425

-

July

5,560

5,260

5,260

5,260

5.170

5,170

5,170

5,170

5,170

5,170

5,260

5,260

5,460

5,260

5,170

5.170

5,170

5,260

5,460

5,560

5,360

5,260

5,260

5,170

5,170

5,260

5.640

5,360

5,260

5.P60

5,260

163,250

5,266

-

~

Aug. 

5,260

5,740

6.650

5,740

5,360

5,360

*5,360

5,460

6,450

6,330

5,550

5,460

5,360

5,360

5,550

6,050

6,030

5,840

5,560

5,460

5,460

5,360

5,560

5,560

5,360

5,360

5.170

5,080

5,260

5,260

5,260

171,960

5,547

-

~

Sept.

5,260

5,260

5.170

5,260

5,260

5,930

6,440

6,430

5,460

5,260

5,360

6,160

7,110

7,040

6,050

5,560

5,260

5,560

5,640

6,930

7,040

5,740

5,260

5,360

7,170

9,750

11.400

6,210

6,290

5,460

185,680

6,189

-

~

Calendar year 1955: Max 22,400 Min 4,180 Mean 5,367 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 14,600 Min 3,580 Mean 5,398 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

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

293

Location. Lat 32°56'20", long 81°30'10", on downstream side of left pier of drawspan of 

bridge on U. S. Highway 301, 2 miles downstream from Rocky Creek, 9 miles east of 

Millhaven, Screven County, and at mile 114.5 upstream from Savannah.

Drainage area. 8,650 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--October 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 52.42 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

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

Average discharge. 17 years, 9,880 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,700 efs Mar. 19; maximum gage height, 11.95 

ft Apr. 14; minimum daily discharge, 4,590 cfs Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.

1939-56; Maximum discharge, 141,000 cfs Aug. 18, 1940 (gage height, 27.0 ft); minimum daily, 2,120 cfs Sept. 9, 1951.

Flood in October 1929 reached a stage of 30.8 ft, from information by Corps of 

Engineers.

Remarks.--Records good. Considerable regulation by Clark Hill Reservoir (see p. 287) 

for monthly change in contents), Stevens Creek powerplant, and New Savannah Bluff lock 

and dam above station.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3 

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5,040 

5,590

5,590 

*5,500 

5,400

5,400

5,310

5,220

5.680

5,310

5,130

5,150

5,130

5,150

5,040

5,150

5,040

5,150

5,310 

5,510

5,310

5,130

5,040

5,130

5,130

*5,130

5,220

5,150 

5,220

5,130

5,130

1 62.22O

5,233

-

-

Nov.

5,220 

5,510

5,220 

5,150 

5,150

5,130

5,220

5,220

5,220

5,220

5,400

6,060

5,970

5,590

5,500

5,500

5,500

5,500

5,780 

5,880

5,400

5,530

5,400

5,500

5,590

5,970

6,440

*6,440 

6,350

6-260

157,360

5,579

-

-

Dec.

6,160

6,060

6,440 

6,350 

6,160

6,160

6,060

5,780

5,630

5,780

6,260

5,880

5,680

5,680

5,780

5,680

5,590

5,970

5,880 

5,780

5,680

5,680

5,970

6,350

5,970

5,590

5,590

*5,500 

5,500

5,500

5,500

181,640

5,859

-

-

Jan.

5,780 

5,400

4,950 

4,950 

4,950

4,950

5,220

5,310

4,950

4,860

4,860

4,860

5,040

5,400

5,220

4,860

4,770

4,770

4,950

4,950

5,500

5,400

5,040

4,950

5,040

5,040

5,310

5,310 

5,130

*4,770

4,590

157,080

5,067

-

-

Feb.

4,590 

4,59O

4,770 

5,220 

5,590

5,590

6,440

7,940

9,920

8,930

7,540

6,440

5,590

5,220

5,130

5,220

5,780

6,440

6,740 

6,160

5,970

5,970

5,970

6,260

6,540

6,350

5,970

*6,060 

6,840

-----

179,570

6,192

-

-

Mar.

8,160 

8,710

8,050 

7,740 

6,940

6,440

6,350

6,540

7,240

7,540

6,260

5,880

5,780

5,780

6,060

6,940

9,920

12,800

15,600

8,600

7,240

6,440

6,060

5,880

5,680

*5,590

5,500 

5,590

5,780

7,440

227,630

7,345

-

-

Apr.

8,160 

6,740

6,260 

6,540 

7,140

7,840

7,840

7,740

6,640

6,260

6,540

8,380

11,600

15,200

12,600

10,000

8,380

8,950

10,000 

8,600

7,040

6,640

6,350

6,260

*6,160

6,260

6,160

5,970

6,060

6,060

232,350

7,745

-

-

May

6,060 

6,160

6,540 

6,640 

6,940

8,270

8,490

8,160

8,820

8,950

8,490

7,740

7,240

6,740

6,740

6,740

7,140

6,350

5.880 

6,160

6,260

6,540

7,640

8,160

8,160

7,940

6,940

*6,160 

5,970

5,880

6,160

220,040

7,098

-

-

June

7,440 

7,740

6,740 

5,970 

5,780

5,880

5,880

5,780

6,550

5,880

5,680

5,680

5,680

5,780

5,780

5,880

6,060

5,780

5,590

5,590

5,590

5,680

5,880

5,780

*5,680

5,680

5,680

5,780 

5,780

5,800

_ -_- _

178,270

5,942

-

-

July

5,800 

5,900

6,100 

5,900 

5,600

5,500

5,500

5,500

5,500

5,600

5,600

5,500

5,500

5,500

5,600

5,800

5,600

5,400

5,220 

5,220

5,590

5,780

5,400

5,510

5,220

5,220

5,510

5,500 

5,590

*5,400

5,310

171,470

5,531

-

-

Aug.

5,400 

5,400

5,590 

6,440

6,440

5,680

5,400

5,400

5,500

5,880

6,350

6,160

5,880

5,780

5,680

5,590

5,780

6,060

6,060 

6, 060

5,880

5,880

5,970

5,970

5,970

5,970

5,970

*6,060 

6,160

6,160

6,060

182,580

5,890

-

-

Sept .

6,160 

5,970

5,970 

5,970 

5,970

5,970

5,970

6,550

7,140

6,550

5,970

5,970

5,970

5.860

6,550

6,640

6,160

5,970

5,970 

5,970

6,160

6,940

6,740

5,970

5,970

7,140

9,700

11.100

7)740

199,940

6,565

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 14,800 Min 4,860 Mean 5,974 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 13, BOO Min 4,590 Mean 6,175 Cfsm - In. -
294 3AVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga.

Location.--Lat 32°56'00", long 81°39'05", near right bank on downstream side of pier of 

highway bridge at Millhaven, Screven County, a| miles upstream from Beaver Dam Creek.

Drainage area.--646 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1937 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 95.88 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 7, 1950, staff gage at site 

200 ft downstream at same datum. June 7, 1950, to Apr. 30, 1951, wire-weight gage at 

present site and datum.

Average discharge.--19 years, 613 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,900 cfs Mar. 22 (gage height, 9.6 ft); minimum, 107 cfs Aug. 14-16.

1937-56: Maximum discharge, 25,400 cfs Aug. 16, 1940 (gage height, 17.4 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 64 cfs Sept. 5-11, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 25.1 ft in September or October 1929, from information by 

Georgia State Highway Department.

Remarks. Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by gristmills 

above station.

Revisions.--WSP 1383: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 30 to Feb. 12)

107

342

491

6.0 

8.0 

9.4

997

1,870

2,760

Discharge, in cubic feet per ond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

239

239

256

306

318

294

300

318

330

306

*283

256

239

228 

223

213

208

203

203

203

203

198

198

193

193

193

193

188

193

203 

203

7,323

236

0.365

0.42

Nov.

203

208

208

213

218

218

213

*213

213

234

244

250

250

250 

250

261

272

278

283

283

283

278

278

272

294

342

381

409

424

424

8,147

272

0.421

0.47

Dec.

424

473

528

569

756

637

*491

424

395

381

368

355

355

342 

342

342

330

330

318

318

318

318

318

318

330

330

330

330

330

318 

318

12,016

388

0.601

0.69

Jan.

306

300

300

300

*294

288

288

288

283

283

283

283

283

278 

278

283

294

294

300

318

318

330

355

395

409

440

456

456

473

473 

456

10,385

335

0.519

0.60

Feb.

456

440

424

409

440

591

965

*1,060

997

965

933

997

1,250

1.540 

1,140

997

903

817

789

762

736

710

736

789

762

736

710

736

762

------

23,352

805

1.25

1.35

Mar.

789

903

997

,140

,290

,380

,250

,030

933

933

873

789

710

685 

*736

997

1,030

997

1,180

1,600

2,410

2,760

2,100

1,460

1,180

997

873

789

762

817 

789

35,179

1,135

1.76

2.03

Apr.

710

710

710

685

491

456

548

661

710

710

933

1,100

1,030

1,060 

1,100

1,380

2,160

1,870

1,380

1,100

965

873

845

903

817

710

637

591

569

528

26,942

898

1.39

1.55

May

509

509

*528

548

591

710

637

661

817

845

789

685

591

528 

473

424

355

318

288

266

244

*234

223

208

198

193

193

193

208

266 

228

13,460

434

0.672

0.77

June

203

218

213

218

234

250

239

228

213

193

178

168

159

154

154

154

159

164

*164

178

188

183

168

154

203

218

203

178

159

168

5,663

189

0.293

0.33

July

223

228

208

173

159

150

146

136

136

136

128

128

128

132

141

146

141

123

119

132

159

159

141

128

123

146

183

203

218

223 

213

4,909

158

0.245

0.28

Aug.

218

198

173

173

193

208

213

203

164

136

128

119

111

107 

107

107

123

128

115

111

*115

146

150

141

141

136

136

159

213

261 

506

4,939

159

0.246

0.28

Sept.

318

278

223

178

183

213

213

203

183

173

164

164

183

193 

183

168

154

146

136

132

132

128

123

123

168

283

*342

381

424

456

6,348

212

0.328

0.37

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,060 Min 159 Mean 462 Cfsm 0.715 In. 9.68

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,760 Min 107 Mean 434 Cfsm 0.672 In. 9.14

Peak discharge (bas

3.6 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

;,000 cfs).--Mar. 22 (5 a.m.) 2,900 cfs (9.6 ft); Apr. 17 (3 p.m.) 2,220 cfs
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 295

Savannah River near Clyo, Ga.

Location. Lat 32 0 31'30", long 81°15'45", on downstream side of center pier of drawspan 

of bridge on Seaboard Air Line Railroad, 3 miles north of Clyo, Effingham County, and 

at mile 50.1 upstream from Savannah.

Drainage area. 9,850 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1937 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. April 

1930 to June 1933 (below 12,000 cfs 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).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 13.41 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 12, 1945, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 19 years, 10,830 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,100 cfs Mar. 22; maximum gage height, 10.47 

ft Apr. 17; minimum daily discharge, 5,400 cfs Feb. 3.

1937-56: Maximum discharge observed, 128,000 cfs Aug. 21, 22, 1940 (gage height, 

23.6 ft); minimum daily, 2,830 cfs Oct. 19, 25-28, 1941.

1921-56: Maximum gage height, 29.7 ft Oct. 6, 1929; minimum, 1.21 ft Sept. 11, 

1951.

Remarks. Records good. Considerable regulation by Clark Hill Reservoir (see p.287 for 

monthly change in contents), Stevens Creek powerplant, and New Savannah Bluff lock and 

dam above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1112: 1940.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3 

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sra

In.

Oct.

5,580

5,580

5,860 

6,160 

6,160

*6,060

5,960

5,860

5,760 

6,060

5,960

5,760

5,760

5,760

5,670

5,670

5,760

5,670

5,670

5,860

5,860

5,860

5,860

5, 760

5,760

*5,760

5,760

5,760

5,860

5,860

5,860

180,540

5,824

-

-

Nov.

5,860

5,860

5,960

5,960 

5,860

5,860

5,860

5,860

5,960 

5,960

5,960

6,060

6,460

6,660

6,460

B.260

6,160

6,160

6,160

6,260

6,460

6,260

6,060

6,060

6,160

6,360

6,560

6,860

7,060

*7,060

186,500

6,217

-

-

Dec.

6,960

6,960

6,960 

7,060 

7,160

7,060

7,060

7,160

7,160 

6,960

6,860

7,160

6,960

6,760

6,660

6,660

6,560

6,560

6,660

6,760

6,560

6,560

6,460

6,660

6,960

6,860

6,560

6,360

*6,360

6,360

6,260

210,060

6,776

-

-

Jan.

6,260

6,360

6,260 

5,960 

5,760

5,760

5,760

5,860

6,060 

5,860

5,670

5,580

5,580

5,670

5,860

5,960

5,670

5,490

5,490

5,580

5,580

5,960

6,160

5,960

5,760

5 , 760

5,860

5,960

6,160

6,060

*5,760

181,430

5,853

-

-

Feb.

5,490

5,490

5,400 

5,580 

6,160

6,760

7,060

7,600

8,500 

9,900

10,900

10 , 500

9,220

8,040

7,160

6,960

6,960

7,270

7,600

8,040

7,820

7', 490

7,270

7,160

7,270

7,490

7,490

*7,270

7,160

.-- -

217,010

7,483

-

-

Mar.

7,600

8,500

9,340 

9,480 

9,340

8,980

8,380

8,150

8,150 

8,500

8,740

8,260

7,490

7,160

7,160

7,710

8,500

10,200

11,900

13 , 100

13,900

14,100

12,700

11,400

10,000

8,980

*7,820

7,270

6,860

6,860

6,860

283,390

9,142

-

-

Apr.

7,600

8,740

8,380 

7,600 

7,380

7,710

8,150

8,500

8,620 

8,150

7,820

7,820

8,620

10,200

11,500

12,500

12,900

12,700

12 , 000

11,900

11,700

10,700

9,220

8,260

*7,600

7,270

7,160

6,960

6,760

6,760

271,180

9,039

-

-

May

6,760

6,760

6,760 

7,160 

7,600

8,040

9,340

10,500

10*300

10,200

10,000

9,480

8,740

8,040

7,600

7,820

7,820

7,160

6,560

6,560

6,460

6,560

7,160

7,710

8,150

8,040

*7,600

6,960

6,560

6,360

244,660

7,892

-

-

June

6,360

7,160

7,820 

7,600 

6,860

6,460

6,360

6,260

6,260 

6,460

6,360

6,160

6,060

5,960

5,960

5,960

6,060

6,160

6,160

6,060

5,860

5,860

5,860

6,060

*6,160

6,060

6,060

6,060

6,060

6,060

188,600

6,287

_

-

July

6,060

6,160

6,260 

6,260 

6,160

6,160

5,960

5,860

5,760 

5,760

5,860

5,860

5,860

5,860

5,860

5,960

6,160

6,060

5,960

5,960

5,960

6,060

6,260

6,160

5,960

5,860

5,860

5,960

6,060

*6,260

6,260

186,460

6,015

-

-

Aug.

6,160

6,160

6,160 

6,260 

6,660

6,960

6,660

6,260

6,060 

6,160

6,360

6,660

6,560

6,360

6,260

6,160

6,060

6,160

6,460

6,560

6,360

6,260

6,160

6,260

6,260

6,260

6,160

6,160

*6,260

6,360

6,460

196,060

6,325

-

-

Sept.

6,560

6,460

6,360 

6,360 

6,260

6,160

6,360

6,560

6,660

7,060

6,960

6,460

6,260

6,360

6,960

7,380

7,380

6,760

6,360

6,160

6,260

6,660

7,160

7,160

6,860

6,560

7,060

7,380

9,760

10,200

206,900

6,897

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 15,200 Min 5,490 Mean 6,812 Cfsro - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 14,100 Min 5,400 Mean 6,975 Cfsro - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
296 REVISIONS OP RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Dan River at Pine Hall, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°19'00", long 80°03'05", on downstream handrail of highway bridge at Pine 

Hall, Stokes County, lj miles (revised) upstream from Belew Creek and 2? miles downstream from Town Fork Creek.

Drainage area.--481 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1923 to March 1926 (discontinued). Records for May to September 1926 published in WSP 622 have been found to be unreliable and should not be 

used.

Gage.--Chain gage. Altitude of gage is 565 ft (from river-profile map).

Extremes.--1923-26: Maximum gage height, 22.08 ft Sept. 30, 1924 (discharge not determined); minimum discharge observed, 64 cfs Aug. 21, Sept. 9, 1925 (gage height, 

0.58 ft).

Revisions.--The minimum discharge for the water year 1924 has been revised to 

208 cfs Sept. 13 (gage height, 1.24 ft), superseding figure published in WSP 602.

Remarks.--Considerable diurnal fluctuation subsequent to June 20, 1925, caused by powerplants above station. Records below 200 cfs and above 2,000 cfs are subject to error 

and should be used with caution.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for low-water period 

in the water year 1924, superseding those published in WSP 602, are given herewith:

Month

September 1924. ...........

Maximum

15,800

Minimum

220

Mean

953

Per square 

mile

1.98

Runoff In 

Inches

£.21

Dan River at Leaksville, N. C.

Location.--Lat 38°29>05" , long 79°45'30 M , on left bank at Leaksville, Rockingham County,

 half a mile downstream from bridge on State Highway 87 and half a mile upstream from

Smith River.

Drainage area. 1,150 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--July 1929 to September 1949 (discontinued). 

Gage. --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 490.33 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929. Prior to Oct. 25, 1929, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--SO years, 1,303 cfs (revised). ,,,_, 

Extremes.--1929-49: Maximum discharge, 54,200 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 28.27 ft),

 from rating curve extended above 28,000 cfs on basis of runoff comparisons in the

basin; minimum, 84 cfs Sept. 12, 1932 (gage height, 0.25 ft); minimum daily, 114 cfs

Sept. 12, 1932.

Revisions.--The yearly maximum discharges previously published for water years

1932-34, 1936, and 1937 in WSP 727, 742, 757, 802 and 822 have been found unreliable

due to backwater from Smith River and should not be used. 

Remarks.--Slight diurnal fluctuations and regulation at low flow caused by powerplants

above station. 

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for high-water periods

 in the water years 1936-38, superseding those published in WSP 802, 822, and 852, are 

given herewith:

1936 

Jan. 19.......... 19,000

20.......... 32.000

1937-Con. 

Jan. 18..........

lS>37-Con. 

7,000 Aug. 26.......... 13,000

9,000 Oct. 4.......... 5,000

20 ......... 10,000 5.......... 15,500

25.......... 4,000 6.......... 14,000

26.......... 6,000

25.......... 12,000

Month

Water year 1935-36.. 

Calendar year 1936..

Water year 1936-37..

Calendar year 1937.. 

Water year 1937-38..

Cfs-days

568,816 

606,073

F0e,227

752,515 

592,170

Maximum

32,000 

32,000

16 , 000

30,000 

30,000

Minimum

633

308 

308

905

496

722

585 

441

Mean

4,844

1,554 

1,656

1,458

1,661

4,861

2,062 

1,622

Per square 

mile

4.21

1.35 

1.44

1.27

1.44

4.23

1.79 

1.41

Runoff In 

Inches

4.86

18.40 

19.61

4.60

1.41

2.41

19.60

4.87

24.32 

19.14
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Cape Fear River at Fayetteville, N. C.

LocatjLon.~Lat 35°02'50", long 73°51'35", at highway bridge at Fayetteville, Cumberland 

County, just downstream from Cross Creek.

Drainage area. 4.370 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--January 18E9 to September 1903 (monthly discharge only), September 1928 

to September 1940 (discontinued); June to September 1903 published in WSP 1303. Gageheight record collected at same site since Nov. 7, 1902, is published in reports of 

0. S. Weather Bureau,

aage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 20.52 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Mar. 11, 1929, chain, staff, or wireweight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--26 years (1889-1903, 1928-40), 4,815 cfs .

Extremes. 1889-1903. 1928-40: Maximum discharge, 110,000 cfs Oct. 4, 1929 (gage height, 

03.43 ft); minimum indeterminate, probably occurred Oct. 6, 1930; minimum daily discharge (revised), 126 cfs Oct. 16, 1933.

Maximum gage height known, 68.8 ft Sept. 21, 1945; discharge with stage rising prior 

to the peak, 122,000 cfs (result of discharge measurement). The flood of Aug. 29, 

1908, reached a stage of 68.0 ft, from levels run to floodmark as witnessed by local 

residents, estimated discharge, 115,000 cfs (revised).

Revisions.--Instantaneous minimum discharges below 400 cfs as previously published 

for period subsequent to Sept. 1, 1928, are unreliable and should not be used.

Remarks.--Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation during low flow caused by 

powerplants above station. Stage-discharge relation for medium and low stages affected 

by lock C completed in 1917, lock 3 completed in 1935, and since 1917, by diurnal fluctuation on Rockfish Creek which enters Cape Pear River below Fayetteville.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1930-32, 1934, superseding those published in WSP 697, 712, 727, and 757, are given 

herewith:

Date

1930

Aug. E5

27

29

30

31

Sept. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

10

11

13

15

16

17

19

20

21

£3

E4

26

28

29

Discharge

398

381

315

270

318

375

340

281

238

266

396

E99

273

367

340

393

401

312

291

326

286

283

353

353

396

329

384

Date

1930-Con.

Sept. 30

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

13

20

21

22

23

24

25

E6

27

28

29

Discharge

302

253

222

210

207

177

300

2OO

170

160

350

300

210

198

214

373

356

364

296

256

334

307

266

222

246

256

396

Date

1932

Aug. 24

25

26

27

29

30

31

Sept. 1

2

3

4

12

15

14

15

16

18

19

20

21

23

25

E6

1933

Oct. 1

2

Discharge

293

£22

198

224

210

184

173

159

241

219

204

191

134

260

231

224

234

1F£

151

147

278

241

177

226

186

Date

1933-Con.

Oct. 3

4

5

7

8

9

10

11

13

14

15

16

17

18

20

21

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Discharge

200

198

283

268

193

153

151

256

248

184

136

1E6

151

256

273

266

229

214

229

248

253

226

198

1E6

207

Month

Water year 1929-30.

Calendar year 1930. 

Water year 1930-31.

Water /ear 1931-32. 

Calendar year 1932.

Calendar year 1933. 

Water year 1333-34.

Maximum

107,000

24,100 

54,700

44,400 

44,400

13,600 

26,900

Minimum

238

160

160

134 

134

126 

126

Mean

5,080

2,600 

3,570

3,230 

4,550

2,590 

2,840

Per square 

mile

L.16

.595 

.817

.739 

1.04

.593 

.650

Runoff in 

inches

.09

15.76

8.06 

11.07

.10

10.05 

14.16

8.04 

8.82

459558 O -58 - ^0
REVISIONS OP RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 

Fisher River near Dobson, N. C.

Location ati(revised).--Lat (r 36°23'05", long 80°40'20", at Turkey Ford bridge on Dobson-Ararat

road, lif miles upstream from Chapman Creek and 3 miles east of Dobson, Surry County. 

Drainage area.--109 sq ml.

Records available.--October 1921 to December 1932 (discontinued). Records for September 

1920 to September 1921 published in WSP 522 have been found to be unreliable and should 

not be used.

Gage. Chain gage. Altitude of gage 1,020 ft (from topographic map). 

Average discharge.--11 years, 157 cfs (revised).

Extremes. 1921-32: Maximum discharge, 8,300 efs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height 12.1 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 600 cfs on basis of 

records for Ararat River; minimum, 16 cfs Aug. 30, 1925 (gage height, 0.03 ft).

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

582

602

622

662

682

712

-

727

Water 

year

1924

1925

1926

1928

1929

1931

1932*

1933

Date

Jan. ie,

Dec. 8,

Jan. 18,

Sept. 6,

Feb . 28 ,

Apr . 1 ,

Jan . 1 ,

Oct. 17,

1924

1924

1926

1928

1929

1931

1932

1932

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,540

4,320

3,200

6,700

3,720

4,100

1,640

7,580

Gage height 

(feet)t

9 .9

7.1

5.6

10.1

6.3

6.8

3.4

11.2

Revisions.- 

second, 

with:

t From graph based on gage readings. 

t Not previously published.

-See also Records available. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per 

for the water year 1928, superseding those published in WSP 662, are given here1928 

Jan. 3 145

140

130

130

140

110

Month

January 1928 ........................

Water year 1927-28 ................

Calendar year 1928 ................

Maximum

5,550

Minimum

33

66

Mean

134

207

Per square 

mile

1.23

1.90

Runoff In 

Inches

25.87
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 299

Ysdkin River near Salisbury, N. C.

Location (revised) . Lat 35°43'30", long 80°23'50", at old highway bridge known as Piedmont toll bridge, 1,600 ft upstream from Southern Railway bridge, 4 miles downstream 

from South Yadkin River, 6 miles northeast of Salisbury, Rowan County, and at mile 267.

Drainage area.--3 .470 sq mi (revised), approximately.

Records available. October 1895 to December 1927 (monthly discharge only, January 1910 to 

August 1911, published in WSP 1303), discontinued.

Gage. Staff gage read twice daily. Prior to July 10, 1925, chain gages at Piedmont toll 

bridge or Southern Railway bridge at different datums.

Average discharge.--32 years, 4,925 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum and minimum discharges for the water years 1896-1910, 1914-15, 1918, 

1920-22 , 1924-27, some of which have been revised, superseding figures published in 

water-supply papers indicated, are given in the following table.

WSP

-

-

-

-

48

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

382

402

472

502

522

542

582

602

6C2

642

Water 

year

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909 1910**

1914

1915

1918

1920

1921

1922

1924

1925

1926

1927

Maximum

Date

July 10, 1896

Feb. 7, 1897

Sept. 24, 1898

Mar. 20, 1899

Apr. 19, 1900

Apr. 21, 1901

Dec. 30, 1901

Mar. 24, 1903

May 19, 1904

July 14, 1905

Aug. 31, 1906

Oct. 20, 1906

Aug. 27, 1908

May 22, 1909

Dec. 14, 15,

1909

Jan. 4, 1914

Jan. 8, 1915

Apr. 22, 1918

Apr. 3, 1920

Feb. 11, 1921

May 19, 1922

Sept. 30, 1924

Oct. 1, 1924

Jan. 19, 1926

Feb. 21, 1927

Discharge 

(cfs)

tso.ooo

tso.ooo

79,300

115,000

54,900

82,600

95,200

76,600

20,800

38,800

50,000

38,500

70,000

53,000

t8,820

a25,300

a56,000

a25,700

a42 ,200

a45,200

a27,200

tta57,600

a66,600

338,400

328,800

Gsge height 

(feet)

-

-

*15.2

*18.8

*11.8

*17.6

*19.7

*16.6

6.6

*10.0

*12.0

*10.0

*15.5

*12.5

-

*7.8

*13.0 *7.8

*10.6

*11.2 *8.1

*13.2

*14.7

*10.0 *8.4

Minimum dsily

Date

Aug. 31 to Sept. 4,

1896

Sept. 17-21, 28-30,

1897

Oct. 5, Nov. 22, 26 ,

1897

Aug. 24-26, Sept. 19,

30, 1899

Sept. 13-15, 1900

Oct. 3, 4, 21 , 1900

Aug. 31, 1902

Oct. 23, 24, 1902

Jan. 6, 1904

Oct. 16, 1904

Oct. 8, 10, 1905

Sept. 22, 1907

Oct. 27, 1907

Sept. 4, 1909

Dec. 31, 1909

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dischsrge 

(cfs)

1,050

1,160

940

1,500

3670

1,320

1,220

1,060

1,110

740

1,450

1,260

1,400

1,950

1,260

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

* From graph Las;-d on gage resdings. 

t Maximum daily discharge.

** Period October to December.

tt Maximum discharge occurred at midnight, stage rising; maximum peak discharge, 41,400 

cfs Jan. 17, 1924 (gage height, 10.5 ft, from graph based on gage readings). 

a Revised.

1895-1927: Maximum discharge, 121,000 cfs July 18, 1916 (gage height, 23.8 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 92,000 cfs on basis of logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 

670 cfs (revised) Sept. 13, 14, 15, 1900.

A minimum discharge of about 400 cfs occurred Sept. 20, 1956, based on discharge 

measurements, during period when High Rock Reservoir pool was drawn down.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 1896 

to 1910, 1912 and 1924, superseding those published in Bulletin 140, 18th to 22nd Annual 

Reports, Part 4 and WSP 15, 27, 36, 48, 65, 83, 98, 126, 167, 203, 242, 262, 282, 322, 

and 582, are given herein. Complete tables of daily discharge are given for water years 

but only revised figures are given for 1912 and 1924.

Month

Calendar year 1912 .........

Calendar year 1924. ........

Maximum

91,000

62,400

Minimum

,440

,560

1,560

Mean

5,320

4,900

5,610

4,730

Per square 

mile

1.53

1.41

1.62

1.23

1.36

Runoff in 

inches

4.42

20.85

19.21

1.81

16.72

18.56
300 REVISIONS OP RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C. Continued 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1895 to September 1896

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,650

1,650

1,400

1,400

 1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400 

1,400

1,650

45,400

1,465

0.422

0.49

Nov.

1,900

2,440

2,440

1,900

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

2,720

3,600

3,600

2,720

2,440

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

2,440

5,900

2,720 

2,170

66,040

2,201

0.634

0.71

Dec.

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,170

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

2,170

2,170

2,170

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

5,300

3,900

2,720

5,300

5,860

3,600

2,720

3,300

4,220

3,900 

10,400

87,580

2,819

0.812

0.94

Jan.

8,390

6,200

4,220

3,600

2,440

1,900

1,900

2,720

8,780

8,390

7,640

4,860

3,300

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,720

3,600

3,300

3,000

2,720

2,440

4,540

11,200

8,780

6,920

4,860

4,220

3,600

3,300 

3,000

139,050

4,485

1.29

1.49

Feb.

3,000

3,000

17,300

22,200

13,700

15,400

25,800

14,100

14,100

12,800

8,390

6,200

5,180

7,280

6,560

5,520

4,540

3,900

3,600

3,300

3,000

2, 440

3,300

3,600

3,500

5,500

5,000

5,600

3,900

225,510

7,700

2.22

2.39

Mar.

4,540

3,600

5.180

g,440

3,000

3,000

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

3,000

3,600

4,220

3,300

3,000

2,440

3,000

3,000

2,720

3,600

4,860

3,600

5 , 300

3,300

4,540

4,220

5,600

3,300

3,000

3,300 

4,860

106,400

3,452

0.989

1.14

Apr.

4,540

29,800

25,600

9,950

6,560

4,860

4,540

4,220

3,600

3,600

3,600

3,500

5,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

5,500

3,000

3,000

3,000

5,000

2,720

2,720

5,000

3,000

2,720

2,720 

2,7EO

157,070

5,236

1.51

1.68

May

2,440

2,440

5.600

5,380

3,900

3,600

5,000

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,440

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,170

1,900

1,900

1,650

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,170

5,000

5,000

2,440

2,170 

2,170

1,900

82,870

2,675

0.770

0.89

June

1,650

1,650

2,440

9,560

8,780

4,540

3,600

5,000

5,000

2,720

3,600

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,170

1,900

1,900

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,170

2,170

1,900

2,440

3,300

5,520

4,860

3,600

3,500

2,720

97,150

5,258

0.955

1.04

July

2,440

1,900

1,900

4,860

5,180

5,520

12,000

15,700

65,200

80,000

42,500

40,900

29,200

13,700

9,950

8,780

5,520

4,220

4,220

3,600

3,600

3,900

4,540

3,900

3,600

3,000

2,720

2,720

3,600 

2,720

2,720

390,110

12,580

3.65

4.18

Aug.

3,000

2,720

2,720

2,170

2,170

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,650

3,000

3,000

2,720

2,440

1,900

1,900

4,540

3,600

5,860

4,860

4,060

2,300

2,300

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,520

1,520

1,280

1,280 

1,280

1,050

74,380

2,399

0.691

0.80

Sept.

1.050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,280

12,000

5,180

3,600

2,720

1,900

1,650

1,650

3,000

2,300

1,900

1,650

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,650

1,650

1,650

2,170

1,900

1,650

1,650

1,550

1,520

1,650 

55,400

99,170

5,506

0.953

1.06

Calendar year 1895: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1895-96: Max 80,000 Min 1,050 Mean 4,285 Cfsm 1-23 in. 16.81

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1896 to September 1897

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

52,200

8,780

3,600

4,540

2,440

2,170

2,170

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

2,040

2,040

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,040

1.650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,900

2,300

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,170

102,850

5,518

0.956

1.10

Nov.

2,170

2,170

2,170

4,000

17,700

22,700

8,590

8,000

4,540

5,900

3,600

3,300

3,450

3,000

3,000

3,000

3 , 000

2,860

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

5,180

20,200

153,550

5,118

1.47

1.65

Dec.

22,200

10,400

8,780

5,520

4,540

4,860

4,540

4,540

3,900

3,750

3,750

3,750

3,750

3,750

3,900

14,100

8,390

7,640

6,200

9,560

8,780

7,280

3,900

3,600

3,450

3,300

3,500

5,000

3,000

3,300

3,150

183,880

5,932

1.71

1.97

Jan.

3,150

3,150

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

5,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

5,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

5,500

5,500

5,500

4,540

4,540

4,860

7,640

12,400

8,390

5,520

4,860

4,220

5,900

5,600

2,720

2,720

5,450

125,560

4,050

1.17

1.55

Feb.

4,540

5,860

17,700

11,200

6,200

8,000

50,000

27,400

15,000

9,170

6,200

8,780

10,800

8,780

6,920

5,520

5,860

4,860

4,860

8,840

12,000

16,800

14,100

58,800

22,200

12,800

8,000

6,200

---._-

------

557,390

12,760

5.68

5.85

Mar.

5,860

5,520

5,180

5,180

4,860

4,540

51,600

26,800

16,800

18,200

19,200

14,500

14,500

14,500

20,700

15,400

15,000

11,600

9,950

11,600

11,200

9,560

7,640

6,200

6,200

5,860

5,520

6,200

5,520

5,180

5,520

546,090

11,160

3.22

3.71

Apr.

5,520

5,180

5,520

6,200

16,500

45,700

21,200

10,800

11,200

9,950

9,950

6,920

6,200

6,200

6,560

6,920

5,520

5,520

5,860

5,520

5,180

4,860

4,860

4,220

5,900

4,220

4,220

4,220

4,220

4,540

--------

245,180

8,175

2.56

2.63

May

8,000

12,000

9,950

6,920

5,180

4,540

4,220

4,220

4,220

3,900

4,220

4,220

6,200

15,000

9,560

6,560

4,540

4,540

4,540

4,220

4,220

3,600

5.500

3,600

8,390

6,200

5,180

3,900

4,220

4,220

3,900

177,480

5,725

1.65

1.90

June

5,520

5,180

3,600

3,600

4,860

4,220

4,540

22,700

14,100

15,400

14,100

10,400

5,520

5,520

4,860

4,220

3,600

3,600

5,600

5,180

3,900

3,300

3,500

2,720

2,720

2,440

2,720

2,720

5,000

3,000

-- -

174,140

5,805

1.67

1.87

July

3,000

3,000

2,720

3,000

3,000

5,500

5,000

4,860

5,860

4,220

4,220

5,000

12,000

6,200

4,220

5,500

2,720

4,220

7,640

8,780

6,200

6,920

5,500

5,900

6,200

3,300

7,640

7,280

4,540

3,500

2,720

147,560

4,760

1.57

1.58

Aug.

2,720

2,170

2,720

3,300

3,000

2,720

4,540

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,170

2,170

3,000

5,520

3,900

2,720

1,900

2,440

3,900

3,600

3,300

3,300

3,000

2,720

d2,300

d2,000

dl,900

89,210

2,878

0.829

0.96

Sept.

d2,000

d2,500

d2,100

dl,900

dl,800

dl,700

dl,600

dl,600

dl,600

dl,500

dl,500

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,400

1,400

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,400

1,650

2,440

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,160

1,160

1,160

47,270

1,576

0.454

0.51

Calendar year 1896: Max 80,000 Min 1,050 Mean 4,945 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.39

Water year 1896-97: Max 50,000 Min 1,160 Mean 5,891 Cfsm 1.70 In. 23.06

d Doubtful gage height record; discharge
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year Octobpr 1897 to September 1898

301

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

1,160

1,400

1,160

1,160

940

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

3,000

32,800

10,400

3,900

3,900

2,720

2,440

2,440

3,300

10,400

6,200

3,300

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,440

2,440

2,170

2,720

119,670

3,860

1.11

1.28

Nov.

3,300

3,600

3,300

3,900

3,300

3,300

3,300

3,000

2,440

2,440

2,170

2,170

2,170

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,400

1,400

940

1,400

1,400

1,400

940

6,560

6,200

5,520

4,220

80,420

2,681

0.773

0.86

Dec.

2,300

2,300

2,580

2,300

4,060

4.860

4,220

1.780

2,040

1,780

1,780

1,780

1,780

1,780

2,860

3,750

2,860

2,580

1,780

1,780

2,300

2,580

2,300

2,300

2,300

2 , 040

2,300

2,300

2,300

2,040

2,040

75,750

2,444

0.704

0.81

Jan.

2,300

2,300

2,300

2,300

2,300

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,300

2,300

2,300

2,860

2,300

2,300

5,520

4,060

4,060

5,520

9,560

9,950

6,920

5,520

4,860

4,860

4,220

109,270

3,525

1.02

1.17

Feb.

3,000

3,000

3,000

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,440

2,440

2,170

2,170

1,900

1,900

1,900

1.650

1,650

1,650

2,440

3,000

3,300

5,600

3 , 000

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,170

1,900

1,900

-

68,380

2,442

0.704

0.73

Mar.

2,170

2,170

2,440

3,600

3,300

3,000

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,440

2,440

3,000

4,860

5,860

5,520

4,860

4,540

5,520

3,000

2,720

L,720

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,720

3,000

3,300

8,780

19,200

121,800

3,929

1.13

1.31

Apr.

12,800

6,200

5,520

3,900

3,900

5,180

5,180

4,220

3,000

3,000

3,000

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,440

2,440

2,170

2,170

2,440

2,720

2,720

2,720

3,000

3,900

6,560

3,600

3,600

2,720

2,440

2,440

112,140

3,738

1.08

1.20

 May

2,440

2,720

2,720

2,440

2,440

2,500

6,200

4,000

3,000

a2,170

a2,170

a2,440

a3,000

a4 , 000

2,440

2,170

1,900

2,440

2,170

2,170

2,440

2,440

 ,200

15,900

a5,010

a4,460

a2,490

a2,490

a2,280

al,B60

al,860

102,960

3,321

0.957

1.10

June

a2,070

a2,070

al,860

al,860

2,070

1,860

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,450

1,450

2,490

2,710

2,070

2,070

1,860

2,940

2,940

2,490

2,490

2,280

2,070

2,070

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,650

1,650

2,070

2,070

61,050

2,035

0.586

0.65

July

1,860

1,860

1,450

1,080

1,080

1,080

2,070

4,460

2,070

1,860

1,650

4,190

2,070

2,070

1,450

3,420

2,490

2,070

2,070

2,490

2,070

2,710

3,200

4,000

5,010

10.300

5,010

4,190

4,190

5,010

2,490

91,020

2,936

0.846

0.98

Aug.

2,070

1,860

2,490

5,010

5,600

5,010

5,010

2,070

3,180

3,670

5,010

9,960

13,100

9,230

7,490

4,460

2,940

2,490

2,070

6,510

a!4,700

a8,510

a4,190

a3,930

al,860

a2,280

a2,940

2,490

2,070

11,900

8,160

162,260

5,234

1.51

1.74

Sept.

3,180

2,490

2,070

2,490

9,960

6,160

7,490

5,010

2,710

2,070

1,860

1,650

1,650

1,450

1,450

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,450

1,450

1,450

14,300

64,200

60,600

12,800

2,940

2,070

2,070

2,280

225,900

7,530

2.17

2 . 42

Calendar year 1897; Max 50,000 Mln 940 Mean 5,440 Cfsm 1.57 In. 21.29

Water year 1897-98: Max 64,200 Min 940 Mean 3,646 Cfsm 1.05 In. 14.25

a No gage height record; discharge estimated.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, wate October 1898 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,070

2,070

2,070

2,940

6,830

21,500

11,900

5,600

2,940

2,280

2,070

2,070

2,280

2,280

2,070

2,070

1,860

1,860

2,280

3,180

3,180

11,900

14,700

7,490

7,490

3,930

2,490

2,280

2,280

2,070

2,490

142,520

4,597

1.32

1.53

Nov.

3,42u

2,490

2 , 070

2,070

2,940

2,070

2,070

1.860

2,280

2,070

1,860

2,070

2,070

2,490

4,460

1,860

2,070

2,280

2,280

1,860

2,070

2,490

3,180

2,490

2,710

2,280

2,280

2,070

2,070

2,070

70,350

2,345

0.676

0.75

Dec.

1,860

1,860

1,860

3,180

11,100

14,500

8,870

5,300

2,490

2,070

2,070

2,070

1,860

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

2,070

2,490

4,460

2,490

3,420

2,710

2,070

2,490

2,490

2,280

2,070

2,490

4,460

4,460

105,940

3,417

0.985

1.14

Jan.

a3,600

a2,490

a2,710

a2,490

a5,300

a8,160

a40,200

a!5,500

all, 100

a8,160

a5,010

aa,590

a8,160

a9,960

9,590

8,510

7,160

6,510

5,600

5,300

4,460

4,730

4,460

4,730

4,460

4,460

4,460

4,730

4,460

4,190

5,900

226,140

7,295

2.10

2.42

Feb.

5,600

5,010

4,730

4,730

23,600

31,400

39,500

33,800

17,000

8,160

6,510

6,200

4,730

4,730

2,940

5,010

12,300

16,000

11,900

10,300

8,160

7,820

6,830

5,600

5,300

5,010

13,500

25,400

-

-.___.

331,770

11,850

3.41

3.56

Mar.

10,720

8,160

16,500

26,600

26,600

22,000

15,500

8,510

7,820

7,160

6,510

6,200

5 , 900

12,700

29,600

56,200

29,200

22,200

45,200

105,000

70,400

26,400

15,400

13,300

11,600

11,200

15,900

15,900

20,200

15,400

12 , 000

695,980

22,450

6.47

7.46

Apr.

11,200

9,560

9,170

10,400

10,800

12,800

13,300

28,600

18,200

12,800

10,800

9,170

9,170

9,170

8,780

8,780

8,390

8,000

7,640

7,640

7,640

7,280

6,920

6,920

7,280

10,400

10,400

9,170

7,640

7,280

305,300

10,180

2.93

3.27

May

6,560

6,560

6,560

6,560

6,200

5,860

6,920

11,600

9,950

8,000

7,640

7,280

10,400

10,400

8,390

6,560

6,200

6,200

5,860

5,520

5,180

5,180

5,860

6,200

5,520

5,180

5,180

4,860

4,860

4,860

4,540

206,640

6,666

1.92

2.21

June

4,220

5,860

4,860

4,860

4,540

4,220

4,220

4,220

4,220

6,b60

7,280

9,170

15,300

8,670

6,230

4,320

4,020

3,720

3,730

3,450

3,450

3,450

3,450

5.180

3,180

4,950

5,570

4,020

5,750

5,180

149,820

4,994

1.44

1.61

July

3,180

2,910

2,910

4,020

6,230

4,020

3,450

3,450

3,180

3,180

2,910

2,910

2,650

2,650

2,400

2,400

2,400

3,450

3,180

2,910

2,400

2,400

2,400

2,400

2,650

4,620

10,200

6,230

5,570

4,930

7,250

115,440

3,724

1.07

1.24

Aug.

4,950

3,450

3,180

2,650

2,650

2,160

2,160

3,450

2,910

2,650

2,650

2,400

2,910

2,650

2,400

2,400

2,160

1,930

1,950

2,160

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,710

2,650

5,180

5,180

2,400

76,550

2,469

0.712

0.82

Sept.

2,650

2,910

5,180

2,910

2,910

2,400

2,160

1,950

1,950

3,180

2,650

2,400

2,400

1,930

1,930

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,500

9,800

5,250

3,180

2,400

1,930

1,950

1,930

1,930

1,710

1,710

1,500

77,370

2,579

0.743

0.83

Calendar year 1898: Max 64,200 Min 1,080 Mean 3,763 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.72

Water year 1898-99: Max 105,000 Min 1,500 Mean 6,860 Cfsm 1.98 In. 26.84

a No gage height record; discharge estimated.
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1899 to September 1900

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Zl

22

Z3

24

25

26

27

Z8

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Of sm

Oct.

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,930

2,160

a5,250

a5,570

a3,730

aZ,910

aZ,400

aZ,400

aZ,650

2,400

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,160

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

Z,400

72,910

Z,35Z

0.678

0.78

Nov.

Z.650

3,180

3,180

5,750

5,180

2,650

Z.400

2,400

2,160

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1 , 930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

2,160

2,160

E.400

2,400

67,460

2,249

0.648

0.72

Dec .

2,400

2,400

2,400

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,160

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

2,650

8,310

6,910

5,250

2,910

2,650

2,400

2,400

2,400

1,930

1,930

1,930

2,650

3,730

3,730

2,910

2,400

2,160

2,160 

1,930

86,900

2,803

0.808

0.93

Jan.

1,500

1,500

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

2,650

2,910

3,180

3,450

4,020

10,200

16,500

8,670

5,570

4,020

3,450

3,450

3,450

12,600

15,300

12,600

5,570

4,320

3,730

3,450

3,450

3,180

3,180

2,650 

2,400

153,590

4,954

1.43

1.65

Feb.

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,930

4,930

4,620

4,020

3,450

3,450

5,250

8,670

9,420

17,800

56,000

17,800

9,420

6,230

4,930

3,730

3,450

3,730

15,800

19,300

10,200

8,310

7,250

5,250

5,250

-

-----

224,690

8,025

2.31

2.41

Mar.

11,400

38.800

22,300

10,600

7,250

5,570

5,250

5,250

10,200

10,600

9,800

7,250

6,570

5,570

4,620

11,000

18,300

11,400

11,400

7,950

11,400

8,310

6,230

5,570

4,930

8,670

8,310

6,910

5,570

5,250 

4,930

297,160

9,586

£.76

3.18

Apr.

4,320

4,320

4,020

4,320

4,020

3,730

3,450

3,450

3,450

3,180

3,180

4,020

4,620

4,320

3,730

3,730

3,450

3,450

42,300

37,400

17,800

22,800

21,300

11,000

8,670

7,250

6,570

5,900

5,250

4,620

259,620

8,654

2.49

2.78

Hay

4,620

4,320

4,020

4,020

3,730

3,730

3,730

3,450

3,730

3,730

3,450

3,450

3,450

3,450

2,910

2,910

2,910

3,730

4,020

2,730

3,450

2,910

2,910

2,910

9,040

6,230

4,620

3,450

3,450

2,910 

2,910

117,880

3,803

1.10

1 . 26

June

2,730

2,890

2,570

3,210

3,210

2,890

3,050

2,730

3,380

3,380

2,890

2,570

2,570

3,870

4,200

3,700

11,500

10,300

10,300

6,600

4,880

3,700

6,950

21,700

11,100

9,910

9,910

6,250

6,950

6,600

176,490

5,883

1.70

1.89

July

4,540

4,040

3,380

3,210

3,050

3,210

2,570

2,890

2,730

2,730

2,410

2,410

2,410

3,210

2,890

2,250

2,100

1,630

1,320

1,630

1,630

3,050

2,570

3,700

3,700

3,380

5,900

4,880

3,380

2,570 

2,250

91,620

2,955

0.852

0.98

Aug.

2,730

2,250

1,940

1,940

2,250

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,320

1,180

1,180

1,050

1,630

1,180

1,320

1,630

1,320

1,180

1,180

1,320

3,540

4,880

2,410

2,570

1,940

1,630

1,320 

1,320

1,780

55,370

1,786

0.515

0.59

Sept.

,940

,320

,320

,320

,320

,180

,030

905

905

780

1,180

780

670

670

670

8,770

12,300

4,200

2,250

1,630

1,630

1,630

2,410

1,940

1,630

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,320 

905

60,565

2,019

0.582

0.65

Calendar year 1899: Max 105,000 Min 1,500 Mean 6,609 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.85

Water year!899-1900: Max 42,300 Min 670 Mean 4,560 Cfsm 1.31 In. 17.82

a No gage height record; discharge estimated. 

Discharge, in

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,540

1,940

1,520

1 ,320

1,630

2,250

1,940

1,940

2,570

3,540

2,250

1,780

1,780

1,940

1,780

2,250

1,940

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,320

1,630

1,630

10,700

20,700

5,900

4,040

3,050

2,730

2,100

2,250

96,650

3,118

0.899

1.04

Nov.

2,100

2,100

2,100

3,380

4,540

3,540

2,410

2,100

2,100

1,780

1,940

2,100

1,780

1,780

1,650

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,780

2,250

2,100

1,940

1,780

1,780

8,030

25,800

8,030

5,560

4,200

105,150

3,505

1.01

1. 13

Dec.

3,870

3,540

3,210

6,950

19,700

11,500

6,950

5,220

4,200

3,700

3,210

3,210

3,210

3,210

3,050

3,050

2,890

2 , 750

2,890

2,890

3,870

5,900

5,900

5,900

5,560

4,540

3,870

3,540

3,380

3,380

5,560

150,580

4,857

1.40

1.61

Jan.

6,250

4,880

4,200

3,700

3,210

3,210

3,210

3,210

3,210

3,050

5,220

22,600

28,200

11,500

7,670

6,250

4,880

4,880

4,200

3,870

3,870

3,540

3,540

3,540

3,540

3,380

3,210

3,210

3,050

3,050

3,210

174,540

5,630

1.62

1.87

Feb.

3,210

3,210

3,050

5,560

6,250

4,880

3,870

3,210

3,700

4,880

4,200

4,040

3,870

3,540

3,210

3,380

3,380

3,380

3,210

3,210

3,050

2,890

2,890

2,890

2,890

2,570

3,050

2,890

.

------

100,360

3,584

1.03

1.08

Mar.

2,730

2,730

2,730

3,050

2,890

2,730

2,730

2,730

2,730

2,890

3,540

8,400

5,220

3,870

3,540

3,050

3,050

3,050

2,890

2,890

2,890

3,050

3,210

2,890

2,890

19,700

57,900

24,700

10,700

6,950

6,950

189,270

6,105

1.76

2.03

Apr.

7,310

5,560

38,500

42,800

20,200

9,910

7,670

6,600

5,560

4,880

4,880

4,200

4,200

5,900

10,700

6,950

5,560

4,880

4,880

36,500

78,200

46,200

13,100

10,300

8,770

7,670

6,950

6,600

6,250

5,560

427,240

14,240

4.10

4.58

May

5,560

5,560

5,220

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,540

4,880

6,250

6,950

8,400

6,950

5,560

4,880

4,200

4,040

4,880

6,950

4,540

5,900

6,250

35,500

66,300

41,000

13,100

9,150

11,500

18,200

13,500

9,910

8,030

342,340

11,040

3.18

3.67

June

6,950

6,600

6,250

5,560

5,900

5,220

6,950

7,670

6,250

5,560

5,220

4,880

4,540

4,880

15,700

31,500

32,500

24,700

9,910

11,500

10,300

9,910

17,700

19,700

13,100

11,100

10,700

9,150

6,950

12,300

329,150

10,970

3.16

3.53

July

13,100

11,500

6,950

6,250

5,560

5,560

6,250

9,910

10,700

9,150

6,250

5,560

4,880

6,250

27,600

21,700

13,100

9,910

13,500

12,300

7,670

6,950

5,560

4,880

4,540

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,540

3,870

4,040

260,630

8,407

2.42

2.79

Aug.

4,880

4,200

4,040

3,700

3,870

15,700

46,400

37,900

11,500

7,670

6,600

8,400

13,500

34,300

40,500

37,300

25,800

25,200

17,700

13,900

11,500

9,150

10,700

19,700

16,200

17,700

17,700

14,300

16,200

17,200

11,100

524,510

16,920

4.88

5.62

Sept.

10,700

11,100

8,400

7,310

6,600

6,250

5,560

5,560

5,560

5,560

5,560

5,900

5,220

5,220

4,880

4,880

6,250

7,670

10,700

6,950

5,560

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,540

4,200

4,200

4,540

10,300

15,700

199,510

6,650

1.92

2.14

Calendar year 1900: Max 42,300 Min 670 Mean 4,902 Cfsm 1.41 In. 19.17

Water year 1900-1901:' Max 78,200 Min 1,320 Mean 7,945 Cfsm 2.29 In. 31.09
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 303

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1901 to September 1902

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

15.100 

8,400

7,670

6,250

5,560

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,540

4,200

4,200

4,540

8,400 

5,900

4,880

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,040

4,040

3,870

3,870

3,870

3,870

3,870

3.700 

3,870

3,870

157,030

5,065

1.46

1.68

Nov.

3,870 

3,870

3,700

3,870

3,870

3,870

3,700

3,540

3,540

3,700

3,540

3,540

3,540

3,700 

3,540

3,540

3,540

3,540

5.210

3,380

3,210

3,380

3,380

4,880

6,250

4,200

3,700

3,540

3,540

3,540

112,220

3,741

1.08

1.20

Dec.

3,540 

3,540

3,380

4,880

5,220

4,040

3,540

3,540

3,700

3,540

4,540

4,200

4,040

4,040 

17,700

30,500

12,700

8,030

6,250

5,220

4,540

4,040

5,210

4,540

5,560

5,560

6,250

9,150

28,200

72,600 

76,000

357,790

11,540

5.55

5.85

Jan.

26,400 

11,900

9,150

7,670

6,950

6,250

5,900

5,560

5,560

5,560

5,560

5,560

4,880

4,540 

4,200

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,540

4,200

4,200

8,050

7,670

5,900

5,560

5,220

4,880

6,250

6,250

6,250 

6,950

206,180

6,651

1.92

2.21

Feb.

8,400 

15,700

17,700

12,500

8,030

6,250

5,560

5,560

5,220

4,880

4,880

4,540

4,540

4.200 

4,200

4,540

4,540

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,540

6,250

9,150

7,670

17,700

29,400

18,700

12,500

-

"/.::::.

259,550

8,548

2.46

2.57

Mar.

54,900 

21,700

13,900

10,700

8,770

8,400

7,670

6,600

6,600

6,950

6,250

5,900

5,560

5,560 

5,560

5,560

14,700

12,300

8,400

6,600

5,900

5,900

5,900

5,560

5,560

5,220

4,880

4,880

14,700

25,800 

13,600

300,480

9,693

2.79

3.22

Apr.

9.150 

7,310

6,250

6,250

6,250

6,250

5,560

6,250

7,670

6,250

5,560

5,560

5,560

5,220 

5,220

5,220

5,220

5,900

6,250

5,560

5,560

5,220

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,540

4,880

4,540

4,880

171,600

5,720

1.65

1.84

May

4,540 

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,040

3,380

4,040

3,700

3,870 

3,870

5,560

4,540

4,540

4,880

4,540

4,880

4,200

4,200

3,700

5,700

4,200

4,200

5,870

3,540

3,210 

5,050

127,850

4,124

1.19

1.37

June

3,210 

3,210

3,210

2,730

2,730

2,100

2,410

2,890

3,870

2,890

2,730

4,540

3,540

3,210 

3,700

17,700

53,000

36,900

13,800

7,070

5,550

5,170

,410

,030

,050

,410

,410

3,020

11,000 

6,690

234,160

7,805

2.25

2.51

July

5,170 

5,170

3,460

3,270

3,270

3,270

3,650

2,890

3,650

3,650

5,950

4,410

5,650

3,650 

3,080

2,320

2,700

2,320

1.940

2,510

2,890

3,650

4,030

2,510

2,130

2,150

1,940

2,890

2,700

2,150 

2,150

99,090

5,196

0.921

1.06

Aug.

2,130 

5,170

4,790

4,030

2,320

2,130

2,130

2,510

2,320

2,130

2,510

2,510

2,510

7,460 

10,600

7,460

6,690

4,030

2,700

2,130

2,130

2,510

4,220

2,890

2,510

1,750

1,570

1,940

1,750 1 , 680

1,220

102,450

5,304

0.952

1.10

Sept.

1,940 

1,570

1.590

2,320

3,840

2,890

1,750

1,570

2,510

11,600

7,070

4,030

2,700

2,130 

2,130

2,150

2,020

1,570

1,750

1,570

1,570

2,150

1,570

1,590

1,940

1,750

9,020

5,950

5,650 

2,150

89,760

2,992

0.862

0.96

Calendar year 1901: Max 78,200 Min 2,570 Mean 8,698 Cfsm 2.51 In. 34.02

Water year 1901-2: Max 78,000 Min 1,220 Mean 6,022 Cfsm 1.74 In. 23.55

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1902 to September 1903

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8 

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,520

2,320

2,700

2,510

2,890

29.800

12,200

5,550 

4,030

3,270

3,270

5,950

7,850

5,170

3,840

3,080

2,510

2,510

3,080

3,700

3,080

2,320

1,060

1,060

1,750

2,510

2,320

5,930

5,930

4,410

2,890

140,790

4,542

1.31

1.51

Nov.

2,510

2,700

2,890

2,510

3,080

2,510

5,170

4,220 

3,270

5,270

2,430

2,520

2,430

2,430

2.150

2,510

2,700

10,600

15,400

9,020

5,170

5,840

3,650

5,460

2,890

5,930

7,070

5,550

4,030

4,030

127,720

4,257

1.25

1.37

Dec.

12,300

10,300

16,700

15,700

10,700

15,500

8,400

5,900 

4,880

5,870

5,700

3,540

4,880

5,560

4,200

5,870

6,250

10,500

6,600

4,880

4,540

8,400

10,500

6,950

5,560

4,540

4,040

5,540

5,540

5,700

4,040

215,180

6,941

2.00

2.31

Jan.

3,580

2.690

40,500

38,500

17,200

10,300

7,670

6,250 

5,560

4,540

4,200

6,250

6,250

4,540

4,200

4,200

4,040

4,200

5,540

3,580

3,540

7,310

6,600

5,220

4,880

4,540

4,040

6,950

8,770

6,250

5,220

244,910

7,900

2.28

2.62

Feb.

4,880

4.200

4,200

9,910

31,000

19,700

8,400

14,300 

19,200

12,300

9,910

18,700

14,700

9,150

7,510

6,600

38,500

41,000

14,700

8,770

7,670

6,950

6,250

5,560

5,560

5,560

4,880

9,150

-

-.___-

549,010

12,460

3.59

3.74

Mar.

24,700

16,200

9,530

7,310

6,600

6,250

6,250

6,600 

15,200

11,100

13,100

14,700

13,100

9,910

8,400

7,310

6,600

6,250

6,950

5,560

12,700

28,800

40,000

69,500

47,600

16,700

10,500

9,150

8,400

14,500

51,500

490,570

15,820

4.56

5.26

Apr.

18,700

11,100

9,150

8,770

12,500

8,770

7,670

22,700 

41,600

24 , 200

12,700

9,910

10,700

21,700

24,000

15,500

10,600

9,040

7,950

7,600

8,510

8,670

7,600

7,600

6,910

7,250

7,600

7,600

6,570

6,250

368,800

12,290

3.54

3.95

May

6,230

6,250

5,570

6,230

6,230

5,900

5,570

5,570 

5,570

4,620

5,570

4,930

4,930

5,250

5,250

5,250

4,930

4,620

4,620

4,520

4,520

4,320

4,520

4,520

4,320

4,320

4,620

4,320

10.600

5,900

6,230

164,980

5,322

1.53

1.77

June

6,570

5,250

4,950

4,950

4,930

8,310

50,600

56,100 

11,400

7,250

8,310

8,310

6,250

5,250

4,950

4,320

4,320

4,950

4,950

4,320

4,320

4,520

4,950

5,750

4,930

4,950

7,600

7,950

6,570

6,230

233,630

7,788

2.24

2.50

July

4,620

3,750

5,750

5,750

4,020

4,520

7,600

5,250 

4,020

4,020

5,180

3,730

4,320

7.950

4,950

4,020

5,180

5,040

2,910

6,570

5,520

2,780

2,520

3,180

2,280

2,400

2,520

2,040

2,280

4,320

4,320

120,830

5,898

1.12

1.30

Aug.

4,320

15,000

5,900

5,750

6,910

5,570

5,250

5,450 

2,910

2,780

2,280

5,750

6,250

4,950

4,930

9,800

6,230

7,950

9,040

5,570

4,930

3,750

5,180

2,910

2,400

2,650

2,040

2,160

2,160

2,280

4,930

147,880

4,770

1.37

1.58

Sept.

4,620

2,280

3,180

2,910

2,520

2,400

3,180

2,910 

8,310

8,310

5,180

2,520

2,400

2,400

2,160

2,160

18,800

22,800

9,040

4,950

3,520

2,650

2,160

2,280

2,280

2,280

2,520

2,520

2.040

2,280

155,340

4,511

1.30

1.45

Calendar year 1902: Max 55,000 Min 1,060 Mean 5,629 Cfsm 1.62 In. 22.05

Water year 1902-5: Max 69,500 Min 1,060 Mean 7,506 Cfsm 2.16 In. 29.56
REVISIONS OP RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1903 to September 1904

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

o-t.

2,160

2,160

2,400

2,280

2,520

2,160

2,280

2,280

8,310

5,570

3,180

2,910

2,280

1,820

2,280

2,160

2,400

2,780

4,020

2,650

2,400

2,520

2,280

2,280

2,280

2,520

2,040

2,040

1,820

1,930 

1,930

82,640

2,666

0.768

0.89

Nov.

2,160

2,400

2,040

2,040

3,730

4,930

3,450

2,520

2,650

2,160

2,160

2,040

1,950

2,040

2,280

2,400

2,160

4,930

5,250

3,450

2,400

2,650

2,780

1,930

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,040

2,160

2,400

79,560

2,652

0.764

0.85

Dec .

2,160

2,040

2,160

2,040

2,040

2,400

2,400

2,040

1,820

1,930

2,160

1,710

2,400

2,650

2,400

2,160

1,930

1,930

1,930

2,040

3,730

4,520

3,180

2,780

2,780

3,040

3,040

2,650

2,040

2,400 

2,160

74,460

2,402

0.692

0.80

Jan.

2,040

2,280

2,400

2,400

1,820

1.110

1,400

2,280

2,280

2,400

2,650

2,280

2,160

2,280

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,400

1,820

1,930

1,930

1 , 930

2,520

4,520

3,730

2,520

2,280

2,400

3,040

1,710 

2,160

69,950

2,256

0.650

0.75

Feb.

2,520

2,040

2,160

2,400

2,400

2,280

2,780

6,910

6,910

4,930

3,320

3,040

2,910

2,780

2,910

2,650

2,520

£,160

2,040

5,570

4,930

9,040

15,400

9,800

5,900

4,320

4,020

4,620

4,620

.._._.

125,880

4,341

1.25

1.35

Mar.

4,020

3,730

3,320

3,180

3,040

2,650

3,180

15,800

11,400

6,230

4,930

4,020

3,730

3,730

3,730

3,320

2,780

2,520

2,520

2,910

2,910

2,520

2,780

3,450

10,600

6 , 230

4,020

4,320

3,180

2,520 

2,400

133,670

4,312

1.24

1.43

Apr.

2,280

2,400

2,160

2,400

2,040

1,930

1,930

2,160

2,040

5.160

2,780

2,040

1,930

1,820

1,820

1,820

2,040

2,160

1,710

1,710

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,600

2,040

1,710

2,280

3,040

2,280

2,040

62,140

2,071

0.597

0.67

May

1,930

2,160

1,710

1,820

2,400

2,520

2,040

2,780

3,180

4,320

2,910

2,910

2,280

1,930

3,180

3,180

2,160

2,280

20,800

9,800

4,930

3,730

3,450

2,650

2,520

2,280

2,400

2,280

2,040

2 , 280 

1,930

106,780

3,445

0.993

1.14

June

3,450

11,400

13,400

5,900

4,320

3,450

2,910

5,570

3,730

2,780

3,320

9,800

6,230

3,450

2,650

2,400

2,280

4,320

4,020

4,020

3,730

2,910

3,320

2,400

2,160

1,820

2,040

2,780

9,040

'__ _ _

149,400

4,980

1.44

1.60

July

9,800

5,570

4,320

3,320

2,780

2,280

2,910

2,400

2,160

2,780

3,730

2,520

2,280

2,160

1,820

2,280

2,280

2,280

1,820

1,600

1,600

1,930

3,040

7,600

4,930

3,320

3,450

4,320

6,230

15 , 000 

5,570

116,080

3,745

1.08

1.24

«ug.

3,730

3,320

5,570

4,320

2,780

3,730

4,320

12,200

7,950

7,250

7,600

8,310

5,570

3,730

3,040

4,930

8,310

5,250

3,320

2,650

4,020

4,930

3,730

3,450

3,730

4,020

2,400

2,520

2,400

1^820

142,720

4,604

1.33

1.53

Sept.

1,820

5,900

5,570

3,730

4,930

6.250

4,020

3,040

2,160

1,930

2,780

2,160

1,710

1,820

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,300

1,400

1,400

1,300

1,500 

1 , 200

71,530

2,384

0.687

0.77

Calendar year 1903: Max 69,500 Min 1,710 Mean 6,829 cfsm 1.97 In. 26.71

Water year 1903-4: Max 20,800 Min 1,110 Mean 3,319 Cfsm 0.956 In. 13.02

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1904 to September 190

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Ort.

1,200

1,020

1,020

1,110

1,020

1,110

1,110

1,200

1,200

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,020

1,110

920

740

1,020

920

920

1,110

1,020

1,110

920

920

920

1,110

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,110

1,110

32,900

1,061

0.306

0.35

Nov.

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,500

2,040

2,910

2,780

1,710

1,500

1,400

1,500

1,500

1,400

4,620

4,320

2,780

1,930

1,710

1,710

1,500

1,820

1,500

1,600

1,710

1,710

1,600

1,400

1,600

1,500

1,400

56,250

1,875

0.540

0.60

Dec.

1,400

1,500

2,520

3,450

3,040

5.570

5,570

3,930

2,490

2,280

2,070

2,180

1,860

1,860

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,860

2,180

1,860

1,760

1,650

1,650

1,760

2,180

2,380

2,600

3,930

4,460

3,670

2,600

79,540

2,566

0.739

0.85

Jan.

2,280

2,490

2,180

2,280

2,070

1,760

6,830

9,590

5,900

3,420

3,180

3,420

16,000

13,100

6,830

4,730

3,420

2,710

2,940

2,710

2,490

2,710

2,490

2,180

2,280

1,860

1,080

995

2,180

2,380

2,280

120,765

3,896

1.12

1,29

Feb.

2,180

2,280

2,070

1,860

1,960

1,860

1,860

2,820

2,070

2,180

3,420

3,670

6,830

11,100

7,490

5,010

3,670

3,930

3,670

3,670

27,200

29,000

21,000

15,100

9,960

8,870

7,490

6,200

_

198,420

7,086

2.04

2.13

Mar.

5,010

4,460

4,190

3,930

3,930

3,670

3,060

2,940

3,180

3,180

4,190

4,460

5,010

4,190

3,670

3,180

2,940

2,710

2,940

2,940

2,710

2,710

2,710

2,490

2,490

2,940

3,060

2,710

2,600

2,490

2j3_8C>

103,070

3,325

0.958

1.10

Apr.

2,490

2,490

2,490

2.070

2,180

5,010

7,820

5,010

3,670

3,420

2,820

2,820

12.700

6,510

11,100

6,830

5,010

3,670

3,180

2,940

2,600

2,600

2,820

2,820

2,380

2,280

2,490

3,060

2,710

2,710

120,700

4,023

1.16

1.29

May

2,710

2,180

2,180

2,490

2,820

6,830

13,500

14,500

9,590

5,010

9,960

7,490

9,230

8,870

9,590

9,230

11,900

8,160

5,300

3,930

3,670

3,420

2,820

2,940

2,710

2,490

3,060

4,460

2,600

2,820

3,930

180,190

5,813

1.68

1.93

June

5,950

2,820

2,180

2,490

2,490

1,960

1,860

1,860

1,650

1,760

1,760

1,960

1,760

1,650

1,860

1,550

1,760

2,940

3,180

3,420

2,940

2,600

2,070

2,070

2,940

2,710

1,960

1,760

1,550

1,760

67,200

2,240

0.646

0.72

July

1,650

2,280

3,060

2,600

3,930

11,900

11,900

5,600

3,420

3,670

4,460

5,300

27,800

55,600

29,000

20,500

9,590

6,200

4,460

4,460

3,670

3,420

5,010

4,460

3,420

3,670

2,710

2,490

5,600

6,200

5,010

243,040

7,840

2.26

2.60

Aug.

3,420

2,490

2.280

2,280

2,710

4,460

3,930

3,060

9,590

7,160

19,500

20,000

25,600

15,500

8,870

8,160

5,600

5,600

4,190

3,930

3,930

5,010

4,460

4,460

5,010

5,900

7,490

3,420

2,710

2,600

2,490

203,810

6,575

1.89

2.18

Sept.

2,380

2,280

2,940

3,420

2,710

4,750

2,710

2,490

2,280

2,380

2,490

2,070

2,600

2,070

1,960

1,860

1,860

2,280

2,180

2,070

2,070

2,490

2,070

1,960

2,070

1,760

1,760

1,6_5Q

1,650

1,650

68,890

2,296

0.662

0.74

Calendar year 1904: Max 20,800 Min 740 Mean 3,133 Cfsm 0.903 In. 12.28

Water year 1904-5: Max 35,600 Min 740 Mean 4,040 Cfsm 1.16 In. 15.78
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C.--Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1905 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,550

1,860

1,650

1,650

1,860

1,760

1,650

1,450

1,650

1,450

1,650

6,830

4,730

2,490

2,070

2,280

1,860

1,960

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,760

1,860

1,760

1,860

1,760

2,070

2,280

2,180

2,070

1,860

65,440

2,111

0.608

0.70

Nov.

1,860

1,760

1,760

1,650

1,650

1,960

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,650

1,650

1,550

1,860

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,960

1,650

1,760

1,760

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

1,650

51,210

1,707

0.492

0.55

Dec.

1,650

1,650

2,070

8,510

5,600

3,060

2,280

2,070

2,280

13,100

11,500

5,900

3,930

3,060

2,940

4,460

5,300

4,460

3,670

3,420

14,700

33,300

15,100

8,160

6,200

5,010

4,190

3,670

6,200

e,200

5,010

198,550

6,405

1.85

2 13

Jan.

3,810

3,330

2.540

29,400

35,500

12,400

6,900

5,130

4,460

3,970

3,490

4,460

8,040

7,270

6,900

6,170

5,130

4,460

3,970

3,650

3,650

3,650

11,200

33,000

14,100

9,210

10,800

22,600

18,600

11,200

8,040

305,030

9,840

2.84

3.27

Feb.

6,530

5,820

5,130

4,460

4,460

4,460

4,130

3,810

3,810

3,970

3,810

3,450

3,170

3,170

3,330

3,010

2,850

3,170

3 , 330

2,850

2,700

4,130

4,460

4,130

3,490

3,490

2,850

3,010

-

- - --

--- -

107,020

3,822

1.10

1.15

Mar.

3,170

3 , 010

2,850

3,490

8,040

5,130

4,130

3,810

3,810

3,810

3,490

3,490

2,850

2,850

3,170

13,600

10,400

6,530

5,130

14,100

12,000

7,270

5,470

4,460

4,790

4,790

4,460

4,300

4,460

5,820

9,600

174,280

5,622

1.62

1.87

Apr.

11,200

7,650

5,820

5,130

4,460

4,300

4,130

4,130

3,970

4,130

4,460

3,810

3,330

3,330

3,970

6,530

6,170

4,460

3,970

3,490

3,330

3,650

3,650

2,390

2,240

2,100

2,100

2,850

3,170

3,330

127,250

4,242

1.22

1.36

May

3,650

3,810

3,970

3,970

4,300

4,460

3,970

6,550

4,460

3,330

2,850

2,540

3,010

3,010

2,390

2,240

2,390

2,100

2,100

2,390

2,540

1,950

1,950

1,950

1,950

1,810

2,390

3,810

3,490

2,540

2,100

93,950

3,031

0.873

1.01

June

1 , 950

1,610

2,240

2,390

3,650

4,460

3,650

2,700

2,390

3,490

10,400

7,270

4,460

7 , 650

12,000

16,100

15,600

10,000

8,040

5,820

5,820

4,300

5,470

3,490

4,790

5,820

7,270

4,460

3,490

3,490

_ __--

174,470

5,816

1.68

1.87

July

2,850

3,010

2,240

3,490

8,820

4,130

2,850

3,810

6,530

9,600

5,470

3,490

2,700

2,390

2,540

3,810

10,400

5,820

5,130

4,460

7,650

21,100

18,600

12,' 000

7,270

15,100

8,820

16,100

6,530

5,820

8,820

221,350

7,140

2.06

2.37

Aug.

8,040

13,200

15,100

8,430

5,820

5,130

4,130

3,810

3,650

3,330

3.010

3,010

3,010

3,330

6,530

13,600

28,200

14,600

11,200

7,270

8,040

8,040

7,270

6,530

5,130

5,130

5,130

6,530

14,300

43,400

46,800

320,700

10,350

2.98

3.44

Calendar year 1905: Max 35,600 Min 995 Mean 4,442 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.36

Sept.

32 , 900

17,600

8,820

12 , 000

8,820

6,530

5,820

5,130

5,130

4,790

4,300

4,300

5,130

8,820

5,820

4,790

5,810

3,810

4,300

5,820

5,130

4,460

6,170

6,170

6,170

4,460

3,810

3,970

5,130

5,130

209,040

6,968

2.01

2.24

Water year 1905-6: Max 46,800 Min 1,450 Mean 5,612 Cfsm 1.62 In. £1.96

Discharge, in :ubic feet per second, water year October 1906 to September 1907

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

6,530

5,130

5,470

8,040

11,200

8,040

6,900

6,170

5,130

4,460

4,790

4,300

3,810

4,460

3,810

3,650

3 , 650

3,810

10,500

32,800

19,300

11,200

8,430

6,900

6,170

5,820

5,130

5,130

5,130

4,460

4,460

224,780

7,251

2.09

2.41

Nov.

4,130

4,130

3,970

4,300

4,130

3,810

3,810

3,810

5,650

3,650

4,130

3,970

3,650

3,650

3,650

3,970

3,970

3,970

4,460

50 , OOP

22,600

8,430

6,530

5,820

5,130

5,130

4,460

4,460

4,460

4,130

175,960

5,865

1.69

1.89

Dec.

3,970

4,300

4,150

3,810

3,810

3,810

3,650

3,810

3,810

3,810

4,790

5,820

4,790

4,130

3,810

3,970

3,970

4,790

5,820

5,130

6.170

5,820

5,130

4,460

3,810

3,010

2,850

4,130

4,300

4,460

5,130

135,200

4,361

1.26

1.45

Jan.

22,600

14 , 100

8,430

6,530

5,820

5,130

4,790

4,460

4,460

4,300

4,130

3,810

4,130

4,130

3,810

3,650

3,490

3,490

3,810

3,810

3,650

3,4SO

3,490

3,170

3,170

3,170

3,650

3,490

3,170

5,010

3,170

155,510

5,016

1.45

1.67

Feb.

3,170

3,170

3,650

3,650

3,170

3,810

3,810

3,170

3,170

3,650

3,650

3,650

3,170

3,170

3,170

5,010

3,170

3,330

3,170

3,170

3,810

3,330

3,010

3,170

3,650

5,820

6.550

5,130

-

..__ _

101,530

3,626

1.04

1.09

Mar.

5,130

5,820

7,650

6,530

5,130

4,460

4,130

3,810

4,300

7,650

6,530

5,820

5,130

4,460

5,820

5,820

5,470

4,460

4,130

3,970

3,810

3,810

3,490

3,490

3,490

3,170

3,170

3,330

3,170

2,850

3,170

143,170

4,618

1.33

1.53

Apr.

3,810

4,790

3,810

3,330

3,170

3,170

12,800

9 600

6,530

5,130

4,790

4,130

3,970

3,810

3,810

3,330

3,170

3,330

3,170

3,490

3,650

3,490

6,530

10,400

8,430

5,820

4,790

8,820

6,900

5,130

157,100

5,237

1.51

1.68

May

4,460

4,300

4,130

4,460

4,790

4,130

3,490

3,490

3,810

4,130

3,810

3,490

3,330

2,850

2,700

2,850

3,010

3,010

3,010

2,850

2,390

2,390

2,390

2,390

2,390

2,850

3,010

3,010

2,540

2,240

2,240

99,940

3,224

0.929

1.07

June

2,850

16,600

18,600

9,210

5,820

4,460

3,970

3,330

3,650

4,130

8,820

21,100

9,210

6,530

8,820

6,530

4,790

3,650

3,330

3,170

3,490

4,300

3,490

7,650

5,820

4,460

3,490

5,130

4,300

12,000

202,700

6,757

1.95

2.17

July

6,040

4,790

5,470

5,130

4,130

4,130

3,970

3,810

3,170

3,010

2,850

3,010

3,810

4,460

4,460

3,650

3,490

5,130

4,460

4,460

3,810

3,170

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,240

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,540

5,170

115,600

3,729

1.07

1.24

Aug.

2,700

2,700

2,540

2,540

3,010

2,240

2,540

3,170

3,010

3,490

5,150

3,170

2,540

3,170

3,170

2,540

2,100

4,130

5,130

3,330

2,540

2,240

5,820

2,240

2,390

2,240

1,950

1,950

1,670

1,670

1,670

88,730

2,862

0.825

0.95

Sept.

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,670

1,810

4,130

2,540

1,540

1,670

1,670

1,950

5,130

3,490

2,100

1,670

1,950

1,670

1,540

1,670

1,540

1,400

1.260

2,540

24,500

 10,000

4,790

3,490

3,170

3,790

4,460

101,340

3,378

0.973

1.09

Calendar year 1906: Max 46,800 Min 1,810 Mean 6,217 Cfsm 1.79 In. 24.33

Water year 1906-7: Max 32,800 Min 1,260 Mean 4,66E Cfsm 1.34 In. 18.24
306 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C.--Continued

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 19O7 to September 1908

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

5,490

2,850

2,540

2,540

2,240

2,240

2,540

2,240

2,540

2,240

1,950

1,950

1,810

2,100

l,9bO

1,950

1,950

1,950

1,670

1,670

1,810

1,670

1,670

1,950

1,670

1,670

1,400

2,100

2,240

1,950 

1,950

64,490

2,080

0.599

0.69

Nov.

1.950

2,100

2,540

3,490

2,540

2,240

1,950

2,100

2,100

2,390

2,850

2,700

2,540

2,100

2,540

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,850

2,700

3,490

9,210

21,600

20,100

9,600

5,820

4,300

3,650

3,810

132,220

4,407

1.27

1.42

Dec.

3,170

2,850

2,850

2,700

2,540

2,700

2,590

2,700

2,850

4,790

9,600

6,530

4,790

10,400

25,200

15,100

8,820

6,170

5,130

4,460

5,810

3,810

17,100

57.500

18,100

8,820

6,550

5,470

4,790

6,170 

15,600

253,240

8,169

2.35

2.71

Jan.

10,000

6,530

5,470

4,790

7,650

7,270

12,400

28,800

17,600

8,820

6,170

23,600

55.500

15,100

9,210

6,550

5,820

5,150

4,790

4,460

4,460

4,300

4,130

4,150

5,490

3,650

4,300

4,460

4,130

5,810 

3,810

268,310

8,655

2.49

2.88

Feb.

4,130

5,470

4,460

5,490

4,130

4,460

5,820

5,130

4,460

4,460

4,460

8,040

18 , 100

28,200

31,200

45.800

24,100

11,200

10,000

12,000

10,400

8,040

6,550

6,170

5,820

5,820

7,650

7,270

6,550

------

505,340

10,460

3.01

3.25

Mar.

5,470

5,820

5,820

5,470

5,150

7,270

7,650

5,820

5,470

5,470

5,130

5,820

6,530

5,820

5,150

5,130

4,790

4,790

5,130

4,790

5,820

7,270

7,270

22.100

19,100

10,800

7,270

6,550

5,470

5,150 

5,150

214,340

6,914

1.99

2.30

Apr.

5,130

8,040

10.400

7,270

5,820

5,150

5,150

5,150

4,790

4,460

4,460

4,300

4,150

4,130

4,130

7,270

8,430

6,530

5,820

5,130

4,790

4,460

4,130

4,130

4,460

4,790

6,170

5,130

5,130

4,460

163,280

5,443

1.57

1.75

May

9,210

6,530

5,130

4,460

4,460

4,150

5,130

8,430

7,270

5,470

5,130

4,300

4,460

3,810

3,810

3,650

5.550

3,810

5,470

5,820

6,530

5,130

5,820

5,130

4,460

5,810

3,490

3,490

3,490

3,810 

3,810

152,780

4,928

1.42

1.64

June

3,550

5,170

2,850

5,470

17.600

7,270

5,150

4,500

5,550

5,490

3,970

3,970

5,820

4,130

4,130

7,270

5,470

3,970

5,650

5,650

4,460

5,820

4,150

4,460

3,810

3,490

3,010

5,490

2,850

2,540

140,030

4,668

1.35

1.50

July

2,540

2,850

8,040

10,400

14,600

13,600

10,000

7,270

7,650

7,650

5,820

4,460

5,810

5,650

4,130

5,550

5,010

2,850

2,700

3,330

2,850

5,470

6,900

6,170

4,460

4,130

3,010

3,330

5,470

3,810 

5,130

172,420

5,562

1.60

1.85

Aug.

5,490

2,850

2,850

2,540

2,590

4,460

5,820

4,460

4,150

4,130

3,170

5,490

2,700

2,850

1,950

2,100

2,540

2,100

2,390

3,810

3,810

3,650

4,300

11,200

20,600

58,000

62,100

25,100

8,820

6,170 

5,150

271,100

8,745

2.52

2.91

Sept.

4,150

5,970

5,490

3,350

3,810

15.100

12,400

12,400

10,000

5,820

4,460

3,330

3,170

3,170

2,850

2,850

2,700

2,540

2,390

2,540

2,850

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,240

2,240

3,490

4,460

4,130

154,020

4,467

1.29

1.44

Calendar year 1907: Max 37,300 Min 1,260 Mean 4,426 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.31

Water year 1907-8: Max 62,100 Min 1,400 Mean 6,201 Cfsm 1.79 In. 24.34

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1908 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,850

2,240

2,240

2,390

2,540

2,240

2,590

2,390

2,540

8,040

21,100

8,820

5,130

3,810

5,810

3,490

2,850

2,850

2,850

2,540

2,850

2,850

5,490

12,800

22,100

10,800

6,900

5,820

10,400

17,600

12,800

195,520

6,507

1.82

2.10

Nov.

8,040

5,820

5,150

4,790

4,460

4,300

3,810

3,970

3,810

3,810

3,810

4,790

4,460

5,130

12,000

8,430

6,170

4,790

4,460

4,300

3,970

3,810

3,810

5.490

3,650

3,490

3,490

3,490

3,490

3,490

142,460

4,749

1.37

1.53

Dec.

3,490

3,650

3,810

3,490

5,170

3,490

4,460

11,200

7,650

5,130

4,790

5,820

6,170

5,130

4,460

4,300

4,130

4,130

5,810

5,810

5,810

8,040

28,800

22,600

11,200

7,650

6,550

5,470

5,130

4,790

6,170

206,280

6,654

1.92

2.21

Jan.

5,820

5,130

4,460

4,460

7,270

12.400

10,800

7,270

5,820

5,130

5,130

4,790

4,460

4,460

4,300

4,790

11,200

11,200

8,040

6,170

5,470

5,130

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,460

4,460

4,300

4,460

4,150

4,130

184,010

5,936

1.71

1.97

Feb.

5.490

3,490

4,150

5,970

5,970

3,810

4,130

4,300

4,130

6,530

8,430

7,270

5,130

4,790

4,790

4,790

5,130

5,130

4,790

5,130

5,820

5,820

6,170

7,650

12,800

10,800

7,270

6,170

-

______

-------

159,830

5,708

1.64

1.71

Mar.

5,820

5,130

5,470

5,820

5,130

4,460

7,270

6,530

5,820

5,470

5,820

5,470

5,130

5,820

5,820

5,130

4,790

4,460

4,460

4,150

4,460

5,130

5,130

4,460

7,270

17.600

12,000

8,040

10,000

8,040

6,550

196,610

6,542

1.83

2.11

Apr.

5,470

5,130

5,130

4,790

4,790

4,460

4,460

4,460

4,300

4,790

4,500

4,130

4,130

13,600

16,100

8,820

6,530

5,470

5,130

4,790

4,790

4,460

4,790

5,470

5,130

4,460

4,460

5,130

4,790

5,470

-------

169,750

5,658

1.63

1.82

May

19,600

19,600

10,400

6,900

5,470

5,130

4,790

4,300

4,460

4,790

6,900

7,650

5,470

4,460

5,810

5,810

5,810

3,490

3,490

4,150

30,000

51 . 200

35,000

12,400

9,210

8,040

7,650

8,820

7,270

5,820

5,130

313,000

10.100

2.91

3.35

June

7,270

5,820

5,150

21,100

42.800

21,600

10,800

8,040

15,600

24,600

18,100

11,600

7,650

9,600

10,400

10,400

10,400

33 , 500

19,600

8,820

6,530

5,820

5,130

5,470

5,130

5,470

5,470

5,470

10,800

7,270

--------

365,390

12,180

3.51

3.92

July

9,600

8,040

5,820

4,790

4,460

4,130

4,460

5,820

5,130

4,500

4,130

3,970

4,300

5,130

4,460

3,970

5,490

5,490

5,330

3,170

5,170

2,850

3,490

3,810

3,170

2,850

6,170

12,000

12,000

8,430

5,820

159,750

5,153

1.49

1.71

Aug.

6,530

18,100

28,200

17,600

10,400

7,270

6,900

5,820

4,460

4,460

4,130

3,810

5,650

5,810

3,810

4,460

6,900

5,470

5,820

3,490

5,170

3,170

3,010

2,850

2,850

2,700

2,700

2.540

2,540

2,700

5,010

186,550

6,011

1.75

2.00

Sept.

2,850

2,240

2,540

1,950

2,390

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,700

2,850

2,850

2,700

2,540

2,240

2,390

2,390

3,490

5,820

4,460

4,150

3,490

2,850

2,850

3,810

3,490

3,010

2,850

2,390

2,240

2,240

87,570

2,912

0.840

0.94

Calendar year 1908: Max 62,100 Min 1,950 Mean 6,459 Cfsm 1.86 in. 25.36

Water year 1908-9: Max 51,200 Min 1,950 Mean 6,483 Cfsm 1.87 In. 25.37
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 307

Yadkin River near Salisbury, N. C. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, October to December 1909

Day

L

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13 

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

2,390

2,240

2,100

2,240

2,100

2,240

2,390

2,240

1,950

2,240

2,240

3,170

5,150 

3,170 

3,170

3,170

3,010

3,010

2,390

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,850

3,330

2,700

2,540

2,390

2,390

2,240

2 ' 390

81,580

2,632

0.759

0.87

Nov.

2,540

2,240

2,390

2,390

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,390

2,100

2,540

5,490

3,170

2,700 

2,540 

2,540

2,390

2,540

2,540

2,390

2,240

2,240

2,540

2,240

2,540

2,540

2,240

2,100

2,240

2,240

2,540

73,310

2,444

0.704

0.79

Dec.

2,240

2,100

1,950

1,950

2,240

2,240

1,950

3,010

4,790

3,170

2,540

2,540

3,170 

8,820 

8,820

5,130

3,810

3,170

3,010

2,850

2,850

2,540

2,540

2,240

2,540

3,010

2,850

2,540

2,540

1,670

1,260

96,080

3,099

0.893

1.03

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

Calendar year 1909: Max 51,200 Hin 1,260 Mean 5,679 Cfsm 1.64 In. 22.22

Water year : Max Hin Mean Cfsm In.
308 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Uwharrie River near Trinity, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°52'00", long 79°59'20", 500 ft downstream from bridge on county highway 

and 2 miles south of Trinity, Randolph County.

Drainage area.--11.3 sq mi.

Records available. May 1934 to January 1942 (discontinued).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and Parshall flume. Altitude of gage is 670 ft (from topographic map). Prior to July 17, 1934, staff gage at site 100 ft downstream at same 

datum.

Average discharge.--7 years (1934-41), 10.9 cfs.

Extremes.--1934-51: Maximum discharge, 2,190 cfs July 17, 1941 (gage height, 7.0 ft, from 

floodmarks); no flow Oct. 9-15, 1941.

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the period May 15 to Sept. 30, 1934, has been 

revised to 1,150 cfs June 6, 1934 (gage height, 4.86 ft), superseding figure published

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for high-water periods 

from May 15 to Sept. 30, 1934, superseding those published in WSP 757, are given herewith:

June 6, 1934. 

July 1, 1934.

188

105

Month

June 1934.. ........ 

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

Maximum

188 

106

Minimum

1.16

1.12

Mean

22. 6 

9. 02

Per 

square

mile

2.00 

.801

Runoff In 

Inches

2.23

.92

Little Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C.

Location..--Lat 34°58'45", long 80°11>20", 1 mile southwest of State convict camp onU. S.

Highway 74, Ij miles upstream from mouth, and 2 miles southeast of Polkton, Anson (j ounty.

Drainage area_. 13.5 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1935 to February 1941 (discontinued) 

HM|^Water^stage recorder and modified Parshall flume. Altitude of gage is 320 ft (from

Average discharge. -5 years (1935-40), 13.5 cfs (revised).

Extremes. 1935-41; Maximum discharge, 2,200 cfs July 21, 1939 (gage height 7 04 ft)

from rating curve extended above 410 cfs; no flow for several days of most years

revisions ihe figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised,

paper syndicated g Th6y supersede flexes published in the water-supply

WSP

802 

802

822

Water 

year

1935 

1936 

1937

Date

June 3, 1935 

Mar. 26, 1936 

June 4, 1937

Discharge 

(cfs)

735 

1,500 

1,400

Gage height 

(feet)

4.00 

5.58 

5.43

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the 'water years 

1935-37, superseding those published in WSP 802 and 822, are given herewith:

Date

1935

Mar. 25

26

Hay 20

21

June 3

Nov. 13

1936

Jan . 3

6

Discharge

85

113

7£

101

140

223

645

294

Date

1936-Con.

Jan. 8

19

Feb. 3

4

13

14

Mar. 10

11

17

26

Discharge

309

482

84

399

259

240

214

132

293

494

Date

1936-Con.

Mar. 28

Apr. 2

5

6

7

10

Oct. 8

9

16

17

Discharge

238

550

. 74

450

522

155

87

203

326

83

Date

1936-Con.

Dec. 7

16

1937

June 4

5

15

18

Aug. 28

29

Discharge

179

241

288

126

82

46

90

86

Month

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

Water year 1935-36. .......

Calendar year 1936........

Water year 1936-37. ....... 

Calendar year 1937........

Cfs-days

218.71

440.07

8,760.05

9,988.91

6,494.21 

4,790.35

Maximum

140

£23

645

399

645

241

645

326

288

Minimum

0.14

.06

.53

5.1

0

.04

.35

0

.01

.01 

.01

Mean

7.73

7.29

14.7

77.0

56.5

23.9

26.3

31.2

27.3

£5.6

11.1

17.8 

13.1

Per 

square

mile

0.573

.540

1.09

5.70

4.19

4.41

5.29

1.77

1.95

2.31

2.02

1.90

.822

1.32 

.970

Runoff In 

inches

0.66

.60

1.21

6.57

4.52

5.08

5.90

24.14

2.25

2.67

27.53

2.12

.95

17.90 

13.20
REVISIONS OP RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 309

North Fork Jones Creek near Wadesboro, N. C.

Location (revised). Lat 34°55'10", long 80°04'29", on left bank 300 ft downstream from 

bridge on county highway, 3| miles south of Wadesboro, Anson County, 4 miles upstream 

from Bailey Creek, and 5f miles upstream from confluence with South Fork Jones Creek.

Drainage area. 10.0 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. March 1935 to September 1941 (discontinued).

Gage. Water-stage recorder and modified Parshall flume. Altitude of gage is 308 ft 

(from topographic map).

Average discharge.--6 years, 9.93 cfs (revised).

Extremes. 1935-41: Maximum discharge, 2,410 cfs June 4, 1937, July 20, 1939, from rating 

curve extended above 310 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over concrete control; 

maximum gage height, 6.39 ft June 4, 1937; minimum discharge, 0.1 cfs July 24, Aug. 2, 

1940.

Revisions. Figures of maximum discharge for period Mar. 22 to Sept. 30, 1935, and 

water year 1936 have been revised to 775 cfs Sept. 5, 1935 (gage height, 3.65 ft) and 

910 cfs Mar. 26, 1936 (gage height, 3.90 ft), superseding those published in WSP 802.

Remarks. Slight regulation by taadesboro Reservoir, with a capacity of 290,000,000 gal, 

put in operation Feb. 10, 1940. Town of Wadesboro has diverted an average of about 

0.3 cfs, beginning in February 1940, for water supply.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 872: 1937(M). Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet 

per second, for the water years 1935-37, superseding those published in WSP 802 and 

822, are given herewith:

Date

1935

May 20

June 3

Sept. 5

Nov. 7

13

1936

Jan. 3

6

7

8

Discharge

61

89

230

34

97

196

111

56

138

Date

1936-Con.

Jan. 19

Feb. 3

4

13

14

Mar. 10

17

23

27

28

51

Discharge

119

71

138

136

118

72

89

150

66

107

44

Date

1936-Con.

Apr. 2

5

6

7

10

June 9

12

23

July 16

21

Oct. 8

Discharge

227

71

182

262

89

40

52

27

23

27

38

Date

1936-Con.

Oct. 9

16

1937

Jan. 5

17

28

June 3

4

9

10

Discharge

57

90

29

46

216

24

207

182

41

Date

1937-Con.

June 15

16

17

July 10

27

Aug. 13

20

Zl

2B

C9

Sept . 6

8

Discharge

92

28

66

115

13

24

12

91

66

87

22

19

Month

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

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

Water year 1935-36. .......

Cfs-days

215 °

1,031.4

233 5

5,931.4

6,417.2

Maximum

230

262

262

Minimum

o 0

.8

.5

.5

12

Mean

34.4

38.1

16.2

11.6

17.5

35.6

9.02

Per square 

mile

3.44

.995

1.62

1.16

1.75

3.56

.902

.470

1.34

Runoff in 

inches

3.B4

1.11

4.11

5.25

.39

22. 04

1.33

23. B5

4.11

3.09

1.04

.52

18.25
310 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Four Hole Swamp near Ridgeville, S. C. 

(Formerly published as Four Hole Creek near Ridgeville)

Location. Lat 33°05'15", long 80°22'55", 200 ft downstream from Horse Ford Bridge, 

3.2 miles upstream from mouth, and 3.8 miles west of Ridgeville, Dorchester County.

Drainage area. 600 sq mi.

Records available. November 1914 to September 1917 (discontinued).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 20 ft (from topographic map). Nov. 16, 

17, 1914, staff gage at same site and datum. Jan. 9, 1915, to Sept. 30, 1917, auxiliary 

water-stage recorder 2.8 miles (revised) downstream.

Extremes. 1914-17: Maximum discharge, 13,400 cfs July 29, 1916 (gage height, 24.75 ft); 

minimum, 1 cfs May 16-23, May 25 to June 14, 1916 (revised).

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the water year 1915 has been revised to 6,080 

cfs Jan. 24, 1915 (gage height, 22.12 ft), superseding figure published in WSP 402.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1915-16, superseding those published in WSP 402 and 432, are given herewith:

Date

1915

Jan. 21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Aug. 10

11

12

13

14

Discharge

3,830

4,920

5,670

5,970

5,820

5,070

4,220

3,540

28

42

50

68

199

Date

1915-Con.

Aug. 16

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Sept. 1

2

Discharge

464

449

395

333

284

241

218

250

296

321

380

415

425

Date

1915-Con.

Sept. 5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Nov. 14

1916

July 21

Discharge

333

313

277

244

208

177

176

232

34

4,650

Month

Calendar year 1915......

Water year 1915-16...... 

Calendar year 1916......

Maximum

5,970

13,300 

13 , 000

Minimum

5.1

1

1

Mean

635

675 

667

Per square 

mile

1.06

1.12 

1.11

Runoff In 

Inches

14.39

15.31 

15.14
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 311

Chattooga River near Tallulah Falls, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°47', long 83°19', on right tank 300 ft upstream from Camp Creek, 5| miles

upstream from confluence with Tallulah River, and 8 miles east of Tallulah Falls, Rabun

County.

Drainage area. 256 sq mi. 

Records available. January 1917 to January 1918, September 1918 to September 1929, discontinued.Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303. 

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 960 ft (from Corps of Engineers river

profile). Prior to Aug. 18, 1917, staff gage at same site and datum. 

Average discharge.--13 years (1916-29), 840 cfs. 

Ext reme s . - -192 6^2"?: Maximum discharge during water year, 4,470 cfs Dec. 26 (gage height,

5.78 ft); minimum, 172 cfs (revised) Sept. 28.

1917-29: Maximum discharge, 22,400 cfs Aug. 15, 1928 (gage height, 16.4 ft, from

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 5,800 cfs on basis of computation of peak

flows pass ing station near Clayton; minimum, 94 cfs Sept. 21, 22, 1925.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water ^ears have been revised,

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in water-supply

papers indicated.

WSP

452 

472 

502

Water 

year

1917 

1918 

1919

Date

Mar. 

Jan.

Dec.

24, 1917 

28, 1918 

22, 1918

Discharge 

(cfs)

17,600 

7,410

19,600

Gage height 

(feet)

1-14.0 

8.0 

15.0

t From graph based on gage readings.

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1917 and 1927, superseding those published in WSP 452 and 642, are given herein. Complete table of daily discharge is given for the water year 1927, but only revised 

figures are given for 1917.

1917-Con. 

Mar. 26........ 2,550

27........ 4,110

28........ 2,450

Month

February 1917. ................

Calendar year 1917. .........

Maximum

4,560

11,200

Minimum

655

361

Mean

1,242 

2 413

885

Per square

mile

4.85

3.46

Runoff In 

Inches

5.05

46.91

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1926 to September 1927

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

300

315

300

300

300

365

315

285

270

270

300

300

480

400

348

*330

382

330

300

285

270

"255 255

285

382

315

300

285

270

270

300

9,662

312

1.22

1.41

Nov.

330

285

285

270

270

270

270

270

584

610

420

365

348

348

592

2,200

945

945

945

710

610

565

542

520

500

664

880

660

610

610

17,423

581

2.27

2.53

Dec.

542

480

480

460

440

440

420

420

440

440

420

440

1,430

1,010

820

765

660

610

565

565

542

710

660

765

2,350

5,400

1,710

2,450

2,550

1,710

1,390

30,084

970

3.79

4.37

Jan.

1,240

1,080

1,010

945

880

820

765

710

710

710

660

*610

610

765

710

610

660

610

610

610

610

565

565

542

542

565

610

610

660

610

565

21,769

702

2.74

3.16

Feb.

565

542

542

520

520

500

500

520

520

500

480

520

1,110

1,390

880

710

660

660

710

880

765

710

1,470

1,390

1,080

945

820

765

_ _

21,174

756

2.95

3.07

Mar.

820

820

710

765

765

765

820

1,240

1.980

1,710

1,240

1,080

1,080

1,160

1,080

945

945

880

880

820

820

820

820

820

820

765

765

710

710

710

29,085

938

3.66

4.22

Apr.

820

765

650

650

650

650

620

620

650

650

650

620

620

590

590

560

560

535

620

560

765

1,080

765

650

620

590

560

560

535

590

19,345

645

2.52

2.81

May

560

510

510

485

485

485

510

485

485

465

460

440

420

420

420

420

420

420

400

400

420

400

380

380

380

380

345

362

400

440

485

13,592

438

1.71

1.97

June

460

400

380

380

362

345

460

400

400

360

362

440

420

460

460

510

460

"560 590

460

420

485

460

440

460

400

362

345

345

528

12,734

424

1.66

1.85

July

310

310

310

510

528

510

295

528

545

380

400

460

560

380

485

765

710

485

460

400

510

535

a400

a400

a400

a 400

a 400

a 400

a400

310

310

12,796

413

1.61

1.86

Aug.

328

310

295

510

510

280

265

520

528

280

485

420

545

295

328

295

*265

280

265

250

250

250

250

250

220

220

250

280

265

280

380

9,149

295

1.15

1.35

Sept.

528

265

250

250

250

265

250

255

265

280

295

250

220

220

208

208

195

220

255

255

208

195

185

185

175

175

185

185

185

185

6,787

226

0.883

0.99

Calendar year 1926: Max 5,350 Mln 240 Mean 620 Cfsm 2.42 In. 32.88

Water year 1926-27: Max 3,400 Mln 175 Mean 558 Cfsm 2.18 In. 29.57

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Tugaloo River near Hartwell.
312 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Tugaloo River near Madison, S. C.

Location (revised). Lat 34°36'40", long 83°12'40", 900 ft downstream from bridge on U. S.

Highway 123 (site of old Southern Railway bridge), 1.2 miles south of Madison, Oconee

County, and 2.2 miles downstream from Toccoa Creek. 

Drainage area. 593 sq mi. 

Records available . July 1898 to December 1901, July 1903 to June 1910 (discontinued).

Published as "at Madison" prior to 1900. 

Gage. Staff gage. Datum of gage is 630.10 ft above mean sea level. July 19, 1898, to

Dec. 31, 1901, staff gage at site ij miles downstream at different datum. 

Average discharge. 9 years (1898-1901, 1903-9), 2,057 cfs. 

Extremes . 1898^1901. 1903-10: Maximum daily discharge, 21,860 cfs July 1, 1905; minimum

daily, 435 cfs Oct. 19, 20, 22-24, 1904. 

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years

1898-1900, superseding those published in WSP 27, 36, 48, and 197, are given herewith:

1898

Sept. 4.......... 11,130

5.......... 9,550

6.......... 5,758

7.......... 5,047

8.......... 4,257

9.......... 3,546

Month

Calendar year 1900. .........

Maximum

13,658

11,780

14,820

Minimum

1,807

512

705

Mean

4,037

1,860

1,808

Per square 

mile

6.81

3.14

3.05

Runoff in 

inches

7.60

42.56

38.65

41.37

Broad River near Carlton, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°04', long 83°00" , on upstream side of. Seaboard Air Line Railway bridge,

2 miles upstream from South Fork Broad River and 3 miles east of Carlton, Madison

County.

Drainage area. 762 sq mi. 

Records available. July 1897 to December 1912 (discontinued). Gage-height records collected in this vicinity since 1897 are contained in reports of 0. S. Weather Bureau. 

Gage. Chain gage. Datum of gage is 384.5 ft above mean sea level (levels by 0. S.

Weather Bureau).

Average discharge. 15 years, 1,416 ofs. 

Extremes. 1897-1912: Maximum discharge, 70,000 cfs Aug. 25, 1908 (gage height, 39.0 ft),

from rating curve extended above 8,300 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed,

270 cfs Sept. 24 to Oct. 1, 1905 (gage height, 1.4 ft). 

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years

1897-1900, and 1902, superseding those published in WSP 197, are given herewith:

Date

1897

July 18

19

20

21

22

23

1898

Sept. 1

2

3

Discharge

1,990

3,340

5,040

3,810

2,240

1,310

8,790

24,600

24,000

Date

18 98 -Con.

Sept. 4

5

Oct. 5

6

1900

Feb. 13

14

1901

Dec. 29

Discharge

15,400

7,120

11,800

10,200

30,700

21,300

16,700

Date

1901-Con.

Dec. 30

31

1902

Feb. 2

3

28

Mar. 1

29

30

Discharge

£6,400

13,700

32,600

21,700

35,200

32,600

18,100

13,000

Month

July 1897... ..................

Water year 1897-98. .........

Water year 1899-1900. .......

Calendar year 1900. .........

Calendar year 1901. .........

Water year 1901-2. ..........

Calendar year 1902. .........

Maximum

5,040

24,600

30,700

26,400

35,200

Minimum

443

300

540

730

420

Mean

1,090

1,270

3 722

1,659

2 959

2,008

1,674

Per square 

mile

1.43

1.67

2.18

2.64

2.20

Runoff in 

inches

1.65

22.63

29.55

35.77

29.81
REVISIONS OP RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 

Savannah River at Woodlawn, S. C.

313

Location. Lat 33°35'30", long 82°08'05", at Charleston & Western Carolina Railway bridge, 

at Woodlawn, Edgefield County, 5.7 miles (revised) upstream from Stevens Creek and 

4.2 miles southeast of Merlwether, McCormlck County.

Drainage area. 6,370 sq ml (revised).

Records available. October 1905 to June 1910 (discontinued).

Gage. Staff gage read twice dally. Altitude of gage is 165 ft (from topographic map). 

Prior to Aug. 27, 1908, chain gage at same site and datum.

Extremes. 1905-10: Maximum discharge, 304,000 cfs (revised) Aug. 26, 1908 (gage height, 

37.6 ft, from floodmark); minimum dally, 2,640 cfs Sept. 2, 3, 22, 1907.

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the water year 1908 has been revised to 

304,000 cfs Aug. 26, 1908 (gage height, 37.6 ft, from floodmark), superseding figure 

published in WSP 242.

Remarks. Slight regulation during low flow due to powerplant above station.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1906 and 1908, superseding those published In WSP 204 and 242, are given herewith:

Date

1906

Jan. 4

5

6

23

24

25

27

Discharge

71,000

87,OOO

43,000

55,400

92,200

51,200

41,800

Date

1906-Con.

Mar. 16

17

20

21

1908

Aug. 26

Dls charge

58,800

40, 700

72,400

65,000

272,000

Date

1908-Con.

Aug. 27

28

29

30

31

Discharge

190,000

6O, OOO

22,000

11,000

10,000

Month

Calendar year 1906. .........

Calendar year 19O8. .........

Maximum

92,200

272,000

Minimum

5,220

4,960

Mean

14,200

15,600

Per square 

mile

2.23

2.45

Runoff in 

Inches

28.19

30.21

33.31

459558 O -58 -21
314 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Measurements of streamflow in the South Atlantic slope basins, James River to Savannah 

River made at points other than regular gaging stations are given in the following table. 

Most of these measurements were made during periods of base flow when streamflow is primarily from ground-water storage. Measurements believed to have been made under baseflow conditions are Identified by an asterisk (*) to the left of the discharge figure. 

These measurements when correlated with the simultaneous discharge of a nearby stream 

where continuous records are available will give a picture of the low-flow potentiality 

of stream. The column headed, "Measured previously shows the water years in which measurements were made at the same, or practically the same, site.

Determinations of peak flow at points other than regular gaging stations are given in 

a separate table on page 334.

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956

James River basin, Va.

Stream

Falling

Springs

Creek.

Paint Bank

Branch.

Cowpasture

River.

Looney Mill

Creek.

Calf pasture

River.

Stony Creek. .

Do........

North Fork

Hardware

River.

South Branch

Hardware

River.

Little Wlllis

River.

Collins Run. .

Pagan River. .

Cypress Creek

Tributary to

Jackson River

Potts Creek. .

James River. .

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

Maury River. .

Rockfish

River.

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

Hardware

River.

North Fork

Hardware

River.

Wlllis River

Chickahomlny

River.

James River. .

Pagan River. .

Location

Lat 37°52'05", long 79°56'45", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 220,

2.1 miles southeast of town of

Falling Spring.

Lat 37° 33 '25", long 8O°14'30",

near Paint Bank.

Lat 38°19'30", long 79°2S'14", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 25O,

1.6 miles west of Head Waters

Post Office.

Lat 37°29'48", long 79°45'27", at

bridge on State Highway 636,

5 miles southwest of Buchanan.

Lat 38°17'24", long 79°18'O5", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 250,

1.5 miles east of West Augusta.

Lat 37°54'43", long 78°54'24",

near Wintergreen.

Lat 37°54'28", long 78°54'3l",

near Wintergreen.

Lat 37°58'03", long 78°37'O4", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 29, 0.5

mile west of Red HilJ

Lat 37°57'22", long 78"3S'40", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 29, 0.1

mile northwest of Crossroads.

Lat 37°25', long 78°28', at invert on U. S. Highway 15, 0.4

mile southwest of Curdsville.

Lat 37°23'55" J long 77°03'00", it

bridge on State Highway 155,

2^ miles south of Providence

Forge .

Lat 36°59'20", long 76°37'5l", at

State Highway 10, at Smithfield.

Lat 36°58'55", long 76°37'16", at

State Highway 10, at Smithfield.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

_

-

11

29.6

13

-

_

11

6.6

7.1

2.5

-

-

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1949-50,

1953,1955

1950,

,1952-55

1950,

1953-54

1950,

1952-54

1952-54

1952-54

1953-55

Date

Oct. 11

Nov. 7

Dec. 6

Jan. 10

Feb. 6

Mar. 21

Apr. 25

May 15

June 19

Aug. 27

Sept. 18

May 23

Mar. 26

Apr. 5

Mar. 26

Aug. 29

Aug. 29

Aug. 29

Apr. Z

Apr. 2

Mar. 29

Mar. 29

Aug. 28

Aug. 28

Discharge 

(cfs)

5.42

5.13

6.34

4.03

39.7

24.8

19.3

13.2

13.3

5.62

5.25

7.28

12.6

16.8

13.8

1.21

1.32

.981

5.34

2.86

3.87

1.93

tidal

tidal

Chowan River basin

Cypress Swamp

Meherrin

River.

Potecasi

Creek.

Cole Creek. . .

Duke Swamp . . .

Blackwater

River.

Chowan River.

Meherrin

River.

Sarem Creek. .

Bennetts

Creek.

Lat 36°44'28", long 76°56'18", at

bridge on State Highway 635,

3 miles southwest of Burdette,

Southhampton County, Va.

Lat 36°32'20", long 77°11'17", at

bridge on State Highway 35,

l£ miles above Tarrara Creek

and ij miles north of Severn,

Northhampton County, N. C.

Lat 36°22'15", long 77°O1'40", at

highway bridge 2f miles north

of Union, Hertford County,

N. C. and 3j miles upstream

from Bells Branch.

Lat 36°26'30", long 76°46'3o", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 158,

3 miles northwest of Gatesvllle,

Gates County, N . C .

Lat 36°28'10", long 76°38'10", at

highway bridge If miles below

Middle Swamp and 2i miles

northwest of Sunbury, Gates

County, N. C.

8.6

1,120

191

30.9

36.2

1950,

1952-53

1950-55

1953-55

1953,1955

1949,

1951-55

Apr. 5

Sept. 18

Sept. 19

S"ept . 19

Sept. 19

5.58

*99.3

*.94

*.12

*.12
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

315

Cashie River baaln, N. C.

Stream

Roquist Creek

Nininger

Creek.

Big Creek. . . .

North Double

Creek.

Snow Creek. . .

Mill Creek. . .

Belews Creek.

Big Beaver

Island

Creek.

Hogan Creek. .

Nlcklas Creek

Wolf Island

Creek.

Hogan Creek.

Moon Creek. . .

South

Countryline

Creek.

Countryline

Creek.

Hyco River. . .

South Hyco. . .

Maho Creek. . .

Tributary to

Cashie River.

Machine Creek

Dan River. . . .

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

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

Dan River. . . .

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

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

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

Smith River. .

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

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

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

Countryline

Creek.

Dan River. . . .

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

Hyco Creek. . .

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

Location

Lat 35°57', long 76°56' J s£ miles

above mouth and 3^ miles south

of Windsor, Bertie County.

Roanoke River basin

Lat 37°16'26", long 79°29'3l", at

bridge on State Highway 43,

4 milea south of Bedford, Bedford County, Va.

Lat 36°27'10'', long 80°17'10", at

highway bridge J mile above

mouth and 2j miles north of

Moores Springs, Stokes County,

N. C.

Lat 36°26'00", long 80°17 1 40", at

highway bridge J mile above

mouth and 1 mile north of

Moores Springs, Stokes County,

N. C.

Lat 36°27'40", long 80°09'00", at

highway bridge 1 mile below

Little Snow Creek and 3 miles

west of Prestonville, Stokes

County, N. C.

Lat 36°17'40", long 80°11'00", at

highway bridge ^ mile above

mouth at Walnut Cove, Stokes

County, N. C.

Lat 36° 19', long 80°02', at highway bridge, Ijf miles above

mouth and ij miles east of Pine

Hall, Stokes County, N. C.

Lat 36°23', long 79°59', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 311,

J mile above mouth and 1 mile

southwest of Madison, Rockingham County, N. C.

Lat 36°23', long 79°55', at highway bridge, ij miles above

mouth and 3^ miles east of

Madison, Rockingham County,

N. C.

Lat 36°52'10", long 80°03'10", at

bridge on State Highway 605,

5 miles southwest of Ferrum,

Franklin County, Va.

Lat 36°31'54", long 79°30'07", at

bridge on State Highway 700,

^ mile above mouth and 2j miles

northwest of Pelham, Caswell

County, N. C.

Lat 36°31', long 79°23', at bridge

on State Highway 86, 1 mile

northwest of Providence, 3j

miles above mouth and 8 miles

northwest of Yanceyville,

Caswell County, N. C.

Lat 36°29', long 79°02', at bridge

State Highway 86, 1 mile southeast of Providence, 2 miles below East Prong Moon Creek and

6 miles northwest of Yanceyville, Caswell County, N. C.

Lat 36°21', long 79°16', at bridge

on first road above State Highway 86, 4j miles above mouth and

4f milea southeast of Yanceyville, Caswell County, N. C.

Lat 36°30', long 79° 13', at highway bridge, at Yarbro, 4 miles

west of Semora, Caswell County,

N. C. 

Lat 36°28', long 79°07', at bridge

on State Highway 57, 1 mile

above south Hyco Creek, 2j miles

southeast of Semora, and 9 miles

northwest of Roxboro, Person

County, N. C.

Lat 36°28', long 79°06', at bridge

on State Highway 57, 1 mile

above mouth, 2.0 miles (revised)

northwest of Concord, and

5 miles south of Cunningham,

Person County, N. C.

Lat 36°31'50", long 78°52 I 50", at

highway bridge 1 mile above

Virginia State line, S% miles

below Mill Creek, and 5.2 miles

northeast of Woodsdale, Person

County, N . C .

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

62.2

4.8

46.4

12.8

22.6

10.0

79.3

23.7

23.0

14

68.7

96.1

37.8

34.8

123

78.0

76.6

51.2

Measured

previously 

(water 

years )

1949-51,

1953-55

1949-50,

1952-55

1955

1955

1955

1955

1954-55

1954-55

1954-55

1949,

1952-54

1954-55

1954-55

1954-55

1954-55

1949-55

1953-55

Date

Sept. 19

Apr. 3

Sept. 21

Sept. 21

Sept. 21

Sept. 21

Feb. 1

Feb. 1

Feb. 1

Sept. 18

Apr. 4

Feb. 1

Sept. 19

Jan. 31

Sept. 19

Jan. 31

May 18

Sept. 19

May 18

Jan. 31

May 18

Sept. 19

May 18

Jan. 31

May 17

Sept. 19

Nov. 18

Jan. 13

May 17

Sept. 19

Discharge 

(cfs)

0

2.80

*5.90

*.30

*1.49

*1.01

*23.5

*6.90

*7.72

*.24

6.60

*19.4

*5.92

*30. 5

*i'.za

*11.6

*10.2

*.96

*3.63

*22.2

*25.4

*.79

*14.7

*18.3

*18.9

*1.93

*10.9

*11.0

*12.7

*.28
316 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Roanoke River basin Continued

Stream

Aarons Creek.

Little Grass

Creek.

Smith Creek. .

Slxpound

Creek.

Stonehouse

Creek.

Tributary to

North Pork.. .

Grass Creek. .

Roanoke River

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

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

Location

Lat 36°32', long 7S°45', at highway bridge 1 mile above Virginia State line, 2.0 miles

east-southeast of Vlrglllna,

Va. and 6.4 miles northwest of

Oak Hill, Granvllle County,

N. C.

Lat 36°28'34", long 78°36'16", at

highway bridge -J mile below

Graham Branch and 2.5 miles

northwest of Stovall, Granvllle,

County, N. C.

Lat 36°31'30", long 78°14'30", at

highway bridge, 0.2 mile below

Elllngton Creek, 5 miles west

of Paschall, and 6 miles northwest of Norllna, Warren County,

N. C.

Lat 36°32', long 78°04', at highway bridge, 2% miles northeast

of Oakvllle, Warren County,

N. C.

Lat 35°29'09", long 77°57'03", at

highway bridge, 4£ miles northwest of Llttleton, Warren

County, N. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

27.6

22.9

30.7

11.6

15.8

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1954-55

1954-55

Date

Nov. 18

Jan. 13

May 17

Sept. 19

Jan. 13

May 17

Sept. 19

Jan. 1

May 18

Sept. 18

Nov. 17

Jan. 11

May 18

Sept. 18

Nov. 17

Jan. 12

Sept. 18

,

Discharge 

(of a)

*5.17

*4.43

*6.30

*0

*5.76

*7.22

*t.01

*26.1

*17.0

*8.16

*6.39

*11.3

*7.6

*3.53

*4.02

 11.7

*1.12

Pamllco River basin, N. C.

She 1 ton Creek

Tabbs Creek, ,

Cedar Creek. .

Crooked Creek

Cypress Creek

Sandy Creek. .

Pishing Creek

Shocco Creek.

Grlndle Creek

Durham Creek.

Tar River. . . .

do

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

do

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

Swift Creek. .

Tar River. . . .

Pishing Creek

Tar River. . . .

Pamllco River

Lat 36°18'50", long 78°43'25", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 158,

1 mile east of Berea and 7i

miles west of Oxford, Granvllle

County.

Lat 36°10'50", long 7S°27'20" ) at

bridge on first road above U. S.

Highway 1, l£ miles above mouth

and 2-J miles south of Kltrell,

Vance County.

Lat 36°04'30", long 78°27'20", at

highway bridge, li miles above

mouth and li miles south of

Franklin ton, Franklin County.

Lat 35°56'10", long 77°15'10", at

bridge on State Highway 39,

i mile above Norrls Creek and

li miles south of Bunn, Franklin County.

Lat 35°56', long 78°11', at highway bridge J- mile above mouth

and 4 miles southeast of Bunn,

Franklin County.

Lat 36°12'40", long 78°13'40", at

highway bridge, li miles south

of Alert and 9 miles north of

Loulsburg, Franklin County.

Lat 36°23', long 78°11', at bridge

on first road above State Highway 59, i mile below Phoebes

Creek and 2 miles southwest of

Warrenton, Warren County.

Lat 36°17'30", long 78°13'40", at

bridge on State Highway 59, li

miles southwest of Warrenton,

Warren County.

Lat 35°39'2l", long 77°16'55", at

highway bridge, 1.7 miles above 

Hunting Run and si miles northwest of Pactolus, Pltt County.

Lat 35°19', long 76°52', at bridge

on State Highway 33, at Edward,

Beaufort County.

22.6

69.8

11.7

30.6

30,2

53.7

44.7

15.7

54.7

21.2

1949-55

1949-55

1954-55

1954-55

1954-55

1954-55

1949-55

1954-55

1953-55

1950-55

May 17

Nov. 23

Jan. 11

Nov. 19

Jan. 12

May 17

Sept. 4

Nov. 19

Jan. 12

May 17

Sept. 20

Nov. 19

Jan. 12

May 17

Sept. 20

Nov. 23

Jan. 11

Sept. 20

Nov. 23

Nov. 22

Jan. 11

May 18

Sept. 20

Feb. 2

Sept. 19

Feb. 2

Sept. 19

*6.77

*28.8

*25.3

*19.9

*25.8

*26.0

*15.5

*13.5

*17.3

*15.7

*4.49

*12.2

*22.1

*10. 2

*1.71

*33.5

*36.0

*9.06

*29.3

*10.9

*16.8

*12.1

*3.88

*34.5

*6.26

*28.4

0

Neuse River basin, N. C.

Little River.

Newllght

Creek.

Eno River. . . .

Neuse River. .

Lat 36°08'20", long 7S°54'24", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 501,

1 mile above Mountain Creek and

li miles northeast of Orange

Factory, Durham County.

Lat 36°00'30", long 78"37'50", at

highway bridge, 1 mile above

mouth and 4i miles west of

Purnell, Wake County.

81.6

19.2

1930,

1954-55

1954-55

Jan. 13

May 17

Sept. 12

Jan. 13

May 16

Sept. 12

 12.6

*22.5

*8.54

*7.43

*8.81

*5.80

* Base flow.

t Estimated.
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

317

Neuse River basin, N. C. Continued

Stream

Upper Barton

Creek.

Peeples

Creek.

Crabtree

Creek.

Big Branch. . .

Poplar Creek.

Buck Swamp . . .

Little River.

Do........

Big ditch. . . .

Stony Creek. .

Walnut Creek.

Bear Creek. . .

Deep Run. ....

Southwest

Creek.

Black Creek. .

Unnamed tributary.

Black Creek. .

Contentnea

Creek.

Toisnot

Swamp.

Unnamed tributary.

Tributary to

Neuse River. .

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

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

Walnut Creek.

Neuse River. .

Tho roughf are

Swamp.

Neuse River. .

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

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

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

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

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

Southwest

Creek.

Neuse River. .

Contentnea

Creek.

Black Creek. .

Contentnea

Creek.

Neuse River. .

Contentnea

Creek.

Toisnot

Swamp.

Location

Lat 55° 58 '20", long 78° 59 '20", at

highway bridge, 1 mile above

mouth and 2 miles northwest of

Bayleaf, Wake County.

Lat 35°51'50", long 78°30'55", at

highway bridge, t mile above

Hodges Creek and 1-j miles south

Wake Crossroads, Wake County.

Lat 55°50'15", long 78°40'25", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 70 and

State Highway 50, ij miles

above Mine Creek and 4j miles

northwest of Raleigh, Wake

County.

Lat 35°44'28", long 78°34'06", at

highway bridge, 1 mile above

mouth and 3i miles northwest of

Auburn, Wake County.

Lat 55°44'00", long 78°28'50",

5 mile above mouth, 2 miles

west of Shotwell, and 4 miles

south of Knightdale, Wake

County.

Lat 35°16', long 78°05', at highway bridge, lj miles above

mouth and 2j miles west of

Dudley, Wayne County.

Lat 35°23'39T| , long 78°01'27",

0.3 mile above highway bridge,

1.5 miles above mouth and 1.8

miles northwest of Goldiboro,

Wayne County.

Lat 35°22'50", long 78°01'10", at

Southern Railway bridge, at

Well, 0.4 mile above mouth and

about 2 miles west of Goldsboro,

Wayne County.

Lat 35°22'10", long 78°01'10", at

culvert on U. S. Highway 17,

J mile above mouth and 1 mile

southwest of Goldsboro, Wayne

County.

Lat-35°20'50", long 77°58'48", at

highway bridge 1.2 miles above

mouth and 2.7 miles southeast

of Goldsboro, Wayne County.

Lat 35°18'54", long 77°52'5l", at

highway bridge, 2.7 miles southwest of Best, Wayne County and

4^ miles above mouth.

Lat 35°18'50", long 77°49'00", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 70, if

miles northwest of LaGrange,

Lenoir County.

Lat 35°08'00", long 77°42'00", at

highway bridge, i mile above

mouth and 0.7 mile east of

Deep Run, Lenoir County.

Lat 35°11'25", long 77°37'20", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 258,

^ mile north-northwest of Woodington, Lenoir County.

Lat 35°37'43", long 78°00'19", at

highway bridge 0.5 mile below

Lee Swamp and 1.1 miles south

of Lucama, Wilson County.

Lat 35°38'36", long 77°59'09",

1.0 mile above mouth and 1.3

miles east of Lucama, Wilson

County.

Lat 35°38'15", long 77°58'12", at

highway bridge Just below unnamed tributary, 2.3 miles west

of Black Creek, Wilson County

and 2.5 miles above Great

Swamp.

Lat 35°36'09", long 77°49'48", at

bridge on State Highway 222,

0.6 mile southwest of Stantonsburg, Wilson County and 3 miles

below Black Creek.

Lat 35°44'50", long 77°54'20", at

highway bridge, f mile above

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,

lj miles north of Wilson,

Wilson County.

Lat 35°43'45", long 77 0 53'25tl ,

0.4 mile above mouth and 1 mile

east-northeast of Wilson, Wilson

County.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

1Z.2

9.86

97.8

12.1

8.67

17.0

311

313

4.11

25.8

9.14

52.2

6.10

38.5

20.0

4.53

30.9

385

49.2

.67

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1952,

1954-55

1954-55

1941,1947,

1949-50,

1952-55

1953-55

1954-55

1949-55

1955

1955

1955

1955

1954-55

1949-55

1955

1955

1955

1941,1955

Date

May 16

Sept. 12

Jan. 13

May 16

Sept. 12

Sept. 12

Jan. 13

May 11

Sept. 13

Jan. 13

May 16

Sept. 13

Sept. 21

Oct. 21

June 22

June 22

Oct. 25

Oct. 12

Oct. 25

May 17

Sept. 21

May 17

Sept. 21

Sept. 20

May 17

Sept. 19

Oct. 21

Oct. 25

Oct. 6

May 17

Oct. 12

Oct. 26

Dec. 21

Dec. 30

Oct. 13

Oct. 26

discharge 

(cfs)

*4.51

*2.28

*5.78

*6.22

*2.87

*5.82

*5.70

*9.22

*2.33

*5.01

*5.10

*2.23

*.44

*125

*27.4

*29.8

*.63

*19.3

*10.4

*4.76

*2.92

*19.4

*13.3

*.86

*16.2

*.22

*4.93

*2.84

*2.61

*2.05

*221

*99.6

*25.7

*21.2

*.22

*t.06

* Base flow. 

t Estimated.
318 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Neuse River basin, N. C.--Continued

Stream

Toisnot Swamp

Rainbow Creek

Mussell Run. .

Wheat Swamp. .

Contentnea

Creek.

Little Contentnea

Creek.

Black Swamp. .

Little Contentnea

Creek.

Do. .......

Do.. ......

Contentnea

Creek.

Core Creek. .

Swift Creek

Do ........

Do.. ......

Palmetto

Swamp.

Do ........

Batchelder 

Creek.

Beaver Creek.

Tributary to

Contentnea

Creek.

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

do

do

Neuse River. .

Contentnea

Creek.

Little Contentnea

Creek.

Contentnea

Creek.

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

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

Neuse River. .

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

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

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

Swift Creek. .

do

Neuse River. .

Trent River. .

Location

Lat 35°36'05", long 77°47'55", at

bridge on State Highway 58, lj

miles east of Stantonsburg,

Wilson County.

Lat 35°24'55", long 77°36'03", at

highway bridge, 1-J miles above

mouth and 1 mile southwest of

Hookerton, Greene County.

Lat 35°26'25", long 77°34'05", at

highway bridge 1 mile above

mouth and 2 miles northeast of

Hookerton, Greene County.

Lat 35°24'40", long 77° 33 '30", at

highway bridge 2j miles above

mouth, 2 miles west of Hugo and

3 miles southeast of Hookerton,

Greene County.

Lat 35°24'45", long 77°29'50", at

highway bridge 1.9 miles above

Little Contentnea Creek, 2 miles

northeast of Hugo, Lenoir

County.

Lat 35°36'45", long 77°35'55", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 258,

lj miles northwest of Farmville,

4.8 miles southeast of Fountain,

Pitt County.

Lat 35°39'50r', long 77°38'05", at

East Carolina Railroad, f mile

south-southeast of Fountain,

Pitt County.

Lat 35°36'20", long 77°34'25", at

bridge on State 1 Highway 121,

1.8 miles above Oldwoman Branch

and 1 mile northeast of Farmville, Pitt County.

Lat 35°32'10", long 77°30'40", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 264, 1$

miles above Middle Swamp and

5j miles southeast of Farmville,

Pitt County.

Lat 35°27'25", long 77°29'10", at.

bridge on State Highway 102,

2.2 miles above mouth, at

Suffleton, Pitt County.

Lat 35°22'05", long 77°26'30", at

bridge on State Highway 11, 0.2

mile above Atlantic Coast Line

RR. and ^ mile southwest of

Grifton, Pitt County.

Lat 35°15'10", long 77°17'10", 3f

miles southeast of Fort Barnwell, Craven County, and

7 miles above mouth.

Lat 35°31'35", long 77°25'29", at

highway bridge, 1.2 miles above

Gum Swamp and 1-J miles west of

Winterville, Pitt County. 

Lat 35°2S'15", long 77°24'00", at

bridge on State Highway 102, 4^

miles above Fork Swamp and

1 mile east of lyden, Pitt

County. 

Lat 35°24'05", long 77°19'55", at

highway bridge, 2.7 miles below Fork Swamp and 5 mile s/buth

of Coxville, Pitt County. 

Lat 35°21'35", long 77°OS'45H , at

bridge on U. S. Highway 17, 3^

miles north of Vanceboro,

Craven County. 

Lat 35°20'10", long 77°10'30", at

bridge on State Highway 43, 2j

miles northwest of Vanceboro,

Craven County.

Lat 35°09'00", long 77°10'20", at 

bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 2.1

miles below Rollover Creek and

6.7 miles northwest of New Bern,

Craven County.

Lat 35°OS'16", long 77°27'2S", at

highway bridge, 0.2 mile above

Trace Branch and 8 miles northwest of Trenton, Jones County.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

112

14.3

11.2

27.3

790

35.9

4.58

55.1

93.3

172

984

J-Q ___

'

9.54

25.1

78 . 2

16.2

24.2

33.6

29.6

Measured 

previously 

(water 

year)

1954-55

1952-55

1949-55

Date

Oct. 12

Oct. 26

Oct. 7

Oct. 26

Nov. 21

Oct. 6

Oct. 13

Oct. 27

Oct. 13

Oct. 27

June 11

May 9

June 6

July 24

July 31

June 6

July 24

July 31

Sept. 12

May 15

June 6

July 6

July 24

July 31

Aug. 28

Feb. 1

May 9

May 15

May 24

June 6

July 24

Aug. 16

Aug. 28

May 15

June 6

June 11

AUK 15 

Sept. 11

May 24 

June 7

May 24 

June 7

Sept. 12

May 16 

June 7

Sept. 12

Aug. 16

Aug. 29

July 6 

July 25

Aug. 15

Aug. 15

Discharge 

(cfs)

*55.9

*26.9

*12.6

*7.66

*3.22

*15.7

*10.6

*4.85

*551

*306

*210

*57.3

*2.47

*.53

*.42

*.26

*t.02

*t.02

*t.!7

*10.4

*4.07

*.36

*1.41

*1.24

*S.37

*45.3

*100

*20.0

*7.87

*5.99

*3.97

^*3. 93

*18.6

*55.3

*16.5

*257

*1 . 81 

*3.86

* . 68 

*1.13

*2.48 

*2.36

*1.25

*15.5 

*5.9

*4.94

*t.05

*t.04

*.94 

*1.22

*.40

*1.60

* Base flow, 

t Estimated.
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 319

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Neuse River basin, N. C. Continued

Stream

Upper Broad 

Creek.

Tributary to

Neuse River. .

Location

Lat 35°10'35", long 76°57'55", at 

highway bridge, 1^ miles southeast of Springhope, 8.7 miles 

above mouth, and 3 miles north 

of Olympla, Pamllco County.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

22.0

Measured 

previously 

(water 

year)

1950-55

Date

Feb. 1 

Sept. 20

Discharge 

(cfs)

*15.6 

0

Mhlteoak River basin, N. C.

Whiteoak

River.

Atlantic

Ocean.

Lat 34°53'30". long 77°14'00", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 17, 0.8

mile north of Belgrade, Onslow

County.

55.3 1941,1947,

1950-54

Feb. 1 *82.6

New River basin, N. C.

Northeast

Creek.

Southwest

Creek.

New River. . . .

' ' ' Ho T ' ' '

Lat 34°46'25", long 77°21'40", at

highway bridge, 2.2 miles south

of Kellum, 2.5 miles below

U. S. Highway 17, 2.9 miles

above State Highway 24, and 4^

miles east of Jacksonville, Onslow County.

Lat 34°43'10Tl , long 77°31'20", at

highway bridge 1.2 miles below

Harris Creek, 2.5 miles northeast of Haw, and 5j miles west

of Jacksonville, Onslow County.

28.3

35.2

1941,

1953-54

1941,

1953-54

Sept. 20

Jan. 31

Sept. 20

*4.02

*43.2

*1.96

Kings Creek basin, N. C.

Kings Creek. .

Haw River. . . .

Buttermilk

Creek.

Jordan Creek.

Little Alamane e

Creek.

Alamance '

Creek.

South Prong

Stinking

Creek.

Cane Creek. . .

New Hope

River.

Richland

Creek.

* Base flow

t Estimated

Atlantic

Ocean.

Cape Fear

River.

Haw River. . .

Buttermilk

Creek.

Haw River. . . .

do

Stinking

Creek.

Haw River. . . .

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

Deep River. . .

Lat 34°29'50", long 77°32'20", at

highway bridge, 0.8 mile east

of intersection of U. S. Highway 17 and Thomas Landing Rd.

at Holly Ridge, Onslow County,

and 1.5 miles above Thomas

Landing Rd.

Cape Pear River basin, N.

Lat 36°13'40", long 79"54'55", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 220, Z$

miles north of Summerfield,

Quilford County.

Lat 36°11', long 79°26' J at highway bridge, 1.6 miles above

Stony Creek, 2 miles southwest

of Union Ridge, and 7j miles

northwest of Burlington,

Alamance County.

Lat 36°U', long 79°24', at highway bridge on first road above

mouth, 1 mile south of Union

Ridge, Alamance County, 2 miles

above mouth, and 7 miles north

of Burlington.

Lat 36°03'15", long 79°38'14", at

highway bridge, 4i miles west

of Whitsett, Guilford County,

and 8-j miles east of Greensboro.

Lat 36°02'25", long 79°29 ' 22", at

bridge on State Highway 62, at

Alamance, 0.7 mile below Little

Alamance Creek, and 4 miles

south of Burlington, Alamance

County.

Lat 35°59'20", long 76°29'45", at

highway bridge 3.3 miles above

mouth and 4 miles southwest of

Bellemont, Alamance County.

Lat 35°55'40", long 79°15'00", at

highway bridge, 1 mile above

mouth, 3 miles southwest of

Teer and 10 miles west of Carrboro, Orange County. 

Lat 35°57 r 34>r , long 78°58'55", at

bridge on U. S. Highways 15,

501, 2j miles southwest of

intersection of State Highway

751, and U. S. Highway 15, in

Durham, Durham County.

Lat 35°56'28", long 79°55'56", at

highway bridge, 2.3 miles

above mouth, 3 miles northeast

of Archdale, and 4 miles southeast of railroad station in

High Point, Guilford County.

0.42

C.

20.2

15.4

21.8

38.4

144

33.3

35.8

36.4

12.7

1951-55

1952-55

1941,

1949-55

1950-55

1949-55

1954-55

1954-55

1954-55

July 10

Feb. 1

May 22

Oct. 14

Dec. 9

Jan. 13

Feb. 23

May 28

July 13

Sept. 11

Oct. 14

Dec. 9

Jan. 13

Feb. 23

May 28

July 13

Sept. 11

May 21

May 21

Feb. 2

Sept . 18

Jan. 6

May 21

Sept. IB

Sept. 19

May 22

*0.24

*7.17

*6.23

*1.75

*2.07

*1.60

*8.16

*1.26

*1.48

*t.l

*2.93

*4.07

*3.15

*20.4

*1.32

*.59

*t.l

*6.83

*26.5

. *9.43

*t.01

*6.03

*10. 3

*.61

*.59

*3.S4
320 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAW CASING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Cape Pear River basin, N. C. Continued

Stream

Polecat Creek

Brush Creek. .

Fork Creek. . .

Tick Creek. . .

Bear Creek. . .

Neill Creek. .

Crane Creek. .

Turnbull

Creek.

Livingatone

Creek.

Hood Creek. . .

Great Coharie

Creek.

Do.... ....

Little Coharie

Creek.

Do........

Millers Creek

Ste warts

Creek.

Unnamed tributary.

Stewarts

Creek.

Six Runs

Creek.

Tributary to

Deep River. . .

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

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

Rocky River. .

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

Cape Pear

River.

Little River.

Cape Fear

River.

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

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

Black River. .

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

Qreat Coharie

Creek.

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

Stewarta

Creek.

Six Runs

Creek.

Millers Creek

Six Runs

Creek.

Black River. .

Location

Lat 35°53'long 79°46', at highway

bridge, 5- mile below unnamed

tributary, 2 miles east of

Level Cross and 4 miles southwest of Climax, Guilford

County.

Lat 35°36', long 79°35 T , at

bridge on State Highways 22,

902, at Cheeks, 3 miles aoutheast of Coleridge, Randolph

County.

Lat 35°32', long 79°39 T , at highway bridge, 3 miles above mouth,

7-f miles east of Seagrove, and

8 milea south of Coleridge,

Randolph County.

Lat 35°40'35", long 79°22'05", at

highway bridge, li miles above

mouth and 3j miles northeast of

Bonlee, Chatham County.

Lat 35°38', long 79°18', at highway bridge, 3 miles northeast of

Goldaton, Chatham County, 4^

miles below Atlantic and Yadkln

Ry. and 6^ miles from mouth.

Lat 35°25'40", long 78°49'20", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 401,

J mile above mouth and 2 miles

north of Lillington, Harnett

County.

Lat 35°17', long 79°16'. at bridge

on U. S. Highway 1, l| miles below Herds Creek and 2 miles

northeast of Vass, Moore County.

Lat 34°42', long 7a°54', at highway bridge, It miles above Jones

Lake Outlet, 4^ miles northeast

of Elizabethtown, Bladen County,

and 6 miles from mouth.

Lat 34°18'57", long 78°14'18", at

bridge on U. S. Highways 74 and

76, it miles southwest of Delco

and If miles weat of Acme, Columbus County.

Lat 34°17', long 78°08', at bridge

on U. S. Highways 74 and 76,

1 mile southeast of Maco and 4j

miles northeaat of Lei and,

Brunswick County.

Lat 34°59'38", long 78°22'42", at

bridge on State Highway 24, 3&

milea weat of Clinton, Sampaon

County.

Lat 34°50'11", long 78°22'02", at

highway bridge 0.2 mile above

Little Coharie Creek and 1.7

miles northwest of Ingold,

Sampson County.

Lat 35°00'54", long 78°32'15", at

highway bridge, 2 miles west of

Salemburg, Sampaon County.

Lat 34°50'06", long 7a°22'15", at

highway bridge, 0.2 mile above

mouth and 1.8 miles northwest

of Ingold, Sampaon County.

Lat 34°54'18", long 78°07'18", at

highway bridge i mile above

mouth and 4.5 miles northwest

of Magnolia, Duplin County.

Lat 34°57'30", long 78°04'30", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 117,

£ mile north of Carrol and 2.5

miles south of Warsaw, Duplin

County.

Lat 34°53'34", long 78°04'0l",

i mile above Millers Creek and

1 mile west of Magnolia, Duplin County.

Lat 34 0 53'30", long 78°08'30", at

highway bridge, 1-J- miles below

Millers Creek and 5j miles

west of Magnolia, Duplin County.

Lat 34°59', long 78°14', at bridge

on State Highway 24, 1/8 mile

above Atlantic Coast Line ER.,

i mile below Turkey Creek and

5 miles east of Clinton, Sampson County.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

28.1

67.0

36.5

19.3

43 . 2

37.6

32.4

65.2

113

22 9

158

207

73.6

158

12.2

4.44

1.53

49.0

110

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1954-55

1954-55

1954-55

1954

1949-55

1954-55

1949-55

1949-55

1950-54

1950-55

1955

1955

1955

1955

1955

1955

1950-54

Date

Jan. 6

May 22

Sept. 18

Peb. 2

May 23

Sept. 18

Feb. 2

May 23

Sept. 18

May 22

Sept . 18

May 22

Oct. 25

Sept. 19

Oct. 25

May 22

Sept. 21

Sept. 19

Sept. 20

Dec. 2

Oct. 28

Dec. 1

Oct. 28

Oct. 13

Oct. 26

Oct. 14

Dec. 8

Oct. 13

Oct. 13

Oct. 26

Sept. 19

Discharge 

(cfa)

*6.12

*4.39

*.03

*11.1

*7.92

*.81

*10.4

*8.35

*2.24

*1.78

*.07

*1.31

*12.7

*1.24

 7.66

*12.2

*2.85

*11.2

*1.44

*166

*96.1

*66.7

*89.3

*5.48

*3.02

*2.84

*2.69

*t.05

*25.7

*15.8

*5.91

* Base flow, 

t Estimated.
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 321

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956--Continued

Cape Fear River basin, N. C. Continued

Stream

Black River. .

South River. .

Do........

Moores Creek.

Northeast

Cape Fear

River.

Barlow Branch

Northeast

Cape Fear

River.

Do.. ......

Qoshen Swamp.

Reedy Branch.

Ooshen Swamp.

Unnamed tributary.

Do. .......

Island Creek.

Doctors Creek

Unnamed tributary.

Rockflsh

Creek.

Little Rockfish Creek.

Burgaw Creek.

Do. .......

Tributary to

Cape Fear

River.

Black River. .

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

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

Cape Fear

River.

Northeast

Cape Fear

River.

Cape FearRiver.

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

Northeast

Cape Fear

River.

Qoshen Swamp.

Northeast

Cape Fear

River.

Island Creek.

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

Northeast

Cape Pear

River.

Rockfish

Creek.

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

Northeast

Cape Fear

River.

Rockfish

Creek.

Northeast

Cape Fear

River.

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

Location

Lat 34"36'48", long 78°15'12", at

highway bridge, i mile west of

Ivanhoe, Sampson County, and

\ mile below Atlantic Coast

Line RR.

Lat 35°11'33", long 78°38'30", at

highway bridge, 0.7 mile southeast of Falcon, Cumberland

Courity, and 1.1 miles above

Little Beaverdam Swamp.

Lat 34°38'23", long 78°18'48", at

highway bridge, 2 miles southwest of Kerr, Sampson County,

and 5j miles above mouth.

Lat 34°33'15", long 78°07'30", at

highway bridge, 2-jt miles below

Tuckahoe Creek and 3 miles

northeast of Atkinson, Fender

County.

Lat 35°10'30", long 78°02'45", on

Wayne-Duplln county line,

1 mile above Barlow Branch and

1.4 miles southeast of Mount

Olive, Wayne County.

Lat 35°11'42", long 18°03'10", at

cemetery, i mile above mouth

and 2 miles east of Mount

Olive, Wayne County.

Lat 35°10'42", long 78°00'04", at

highway bridge, \ mile below

Barlow Branch and 3 miles east

of Mount Olive, Wayne County.

Lat 35°03'00", long 77°50'15",

\ mile above Burn Coal Branch

and £ mile southwest of Kornegay,

Duplin County.

Lat 35°07'15", long 78°O6'30", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 117,

0.4 mile above Reedy Branch and

ij? miles northeast of Falson,

Duplin County.

Lat 35°06'15", long 78°07'07", at

highway bridge at Falson, Duplin

County, l£ miles above mouth.

Lat 35°01'30", long 77°51'18", at

bridge on N. C. Highway 11, 2|

miles southwest of Kornegay,

Duplin County.

Lat 34°48'30", long 78°00'30",

1.2 miles southeast of Rose

Hill, Duplin County, 2.4 miles

above mouth.

Lat 34°48'45", long 77°59'00", at

highway bridge, 0.4 mile above

mouth and 2£ miles southeast of

Rosehill, Duplin County.

Lat 34°48'00", long 77°55'15", at

highway bridge, 2 miles above

mouth, 2.5 miles southeast of

Charity, 6-J miles southeast of

Rosehill, Duplin County.

Lat 34°43'30", long 78°03'15", at

highway bridge, J mile above

mouth and Z\ miles west of

Wallace, Duplin County.

Lat 34°44'15", long 78°00'45",

£ mile above mouth and 0.5 mile

west of Wallace, Duplin County.

Lat 34° 43 '07", long 77° 58 '30",

200 ft above Little Rockfish

Creek and ij miles south of Tin

City, Duplin County.

Lat 34°43'22", long 77° 58 '57",

200 ft above mouth, 1.3 miles

southeast of Wallace, Duplin

County, and 1.4 miles south of

Tin City.

Lat 34°33'15", long 77°55'15", at

highway bridge, J mile east of

Burgaw, Fender County.

Lat 34°33'53", long 77°55'22", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 117,

0.8 mile northeast of Burgaw,

Fender County, and 7 miles above

mouth.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

736

143

470

51.9

2.73

.70

10.5

115

59.2

3.26

180

.28

2.73

17.5

53.2

1.07

152

11.2

1.92

8 . 77

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1955

1955

1955

1949-52

1955

1955

1955

1949

1955

1949,1955

1955

1955

1955

Date

Oct. 12

Dec. 7

Oct. 19

Dec. 20

Sept. 19

Oct. 13

Oct. 13

Oct. 13

Oct. 14

Oct. 27

Dec. 9

Oct. 18

Oct. 26

Oct. 14

Oct. 26

Oct. 14

Oct. 27

Oct. 13

Oct. 13

Jan. 12

Oct. 12

Dec. 8

Oct. 19

Oct. 26

Oct. 12

Oct. 19

Oct. 26

Oct. 12

Oct. 19

Oct. 27

Oct. 19

Dec. 8

Oct. 19

Dec. 8

Discharge 

(cfs)

*851

*98.7

*337

*287

*5.42

*.74

*.90

*3.94

*128

*76.2

*97.9

*20.5

*13.5

*1.57 *.89

*108

*67.9

*.20

*.47

*.82

*3.72

*14.1

*12.2

*6.20

*.36

*t.2

*.12

*76.1

*42.8

*24.4

*.81

*.99

*.15

*1.74

* Base flow, 

t Estimated.
322 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Contlnued

Cape Pear River basin, N. C. Continued

Stream

Burgaw Creek.

Town Creek

(Rattlesnake

Branch) .

Lewis Swamp . .

Russels Creek

Bell Swamp. . .

Mill Creek. . .

Alien Creek. .

Bouncing Log

Spring.

Tributary to

Northeast

Cape Fear

River.

Cape Pear

River.

Town Creek. . .

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

Rices Creek. .

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

Cape Fear

River.

Alien Creek. .

Location

Lat 34°34'00", long 77°53'30", at

highway bridge, 1.0 mile below

State Highway 53, and 2-J- miles

northeast of Burgaw, Fender

County .

Lat 34° 10 ' 30", long 78 "08 '40", at

highway bridge, 0.1 mile above

Lewis Swamp and 8 miles northeast of Bolivia, Brunswick

County.

Lat 34°09'55", long 78°11'05", at

highway bridge, 0.8 mile above

Lewis Branch and 7j miles northnortheast of Bolivia, Brunswick

County.

Lat 34°08'50", long 78°06'54", at

highway bridge, 1.7 miles above

mouth and 6.4 miles northeast of

Bolivia, Brunswick County.

Lat 34°08'00", long 78°05'45", at

bridge on 0. S. Highway 17, 2.0

miles south of Wlnnabow and 6.1

miles northeast of Bolivia,

Brunswick County.

Lat 34°06'05", long 78°04'40", at

highway bridge, 0.5 mile below

Hlcman Branch and 5£ miles eastnortheast of Bolivia, Brunswick

County.

Lat 34°02'45", long 78°02'10",

above mouth of Bouncing Log

Spring, 3j miles below Wllmington, Brunswick and Southern

RR. and 8j miles northeast of

Southport, Brunswick County.

Lat 34"02'45", long 78 0 02'1011 ,

300 ft above mouth and 8f miles

northeast of Southport, Brunswick County.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

17.9

18.7

10.1

2.56

11.1

12.6

9.97

Indeterminate

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

Date

Oct. 19

Dec. 8

Sept. 21

Sept. 21

Sept. 21

Sept. 20

Sept. 20

Sept. 20

Sept . 20

Discharge 

(cfs)

*0.39

*3.41

*1.83

*.18

*t.02

*t.l

*0

*1.95

*.91

Lockwoods Folly River basin, N. C.

Pinch Gut 

Creek.

Middle Swamp.

Lockwoods 

Polly 

River.

River Swamp. .

Lat 34°02'50", long 78°10'45", at 

bridge on U. S. Highway 17, l£ 

miles above mouth and 2 miles 

southwest of Bolivia, Brunswick 

County.

highway bridge, 0.7 mile above 

Middle Swamp and 2 . 9 miles 

southwest of Bolivia, Brunswick 

County. 

Lat 34°03'10", long 78°09'10", at 

highway bridge, 0.6 mile southsouthwest of Bolivia, Brunswick 

County, and 2.3 miles above 

River Swamp.

20.3

9.33

1950-54 Sept. 21

Sept. 21

*0.96

0

Pee Dee River basin

Yadkln River.

Kings Creek. .

Elk Creek. . . .

Stony Creek. .

South Prong

Lewis Pork.

North Prong

Lewis Pork.

* Base flow

t Estimated

Pee Dee River

Yadkln River.

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

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

Lewis Pork. . .

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

Lat 36"00'30", long 81°30'30",

Just below mouth of Buffalo

Creek, % mile below bridge on

State Highway 268, and 4 miles

northeast of Patterson, Caldwell County, N. C.

Lat 36°02'20 , long 81°24'50", at

highway bridge 0.1 mile west of

Grandln, Caldwell County, N. C.

Lat 36°04'20", long 81°24'15", at

bridge on State Highway 268, at

Elkvllle, Wllkes County, N. C.,

0.4 mile above mouth.

Lat 36°06'50", long 81°21'00", at

highway bridge, 1 mile above

mouth and 1^ miles north of

Perguson, Wllkes County, N. C.

Lat 36°09'10", long 81° 18 '20", at

highway bridge, { mile above

North Prong and 0.6 mile east

of Champion, Wllkes County,

N. C.

Lat 36°09'20", long 81°18'10", at

highway bridge, J mile above

South Prong and 1.0 mile east

of Champion, Wilkes County,

N. C.

72.4

28.2

50

35.1

31.2

33.6

1954-55

1955

1941,

1949-55

1954-55

1954-55

1954-55

June 8

Aug. 25

Sept. 19

Jan. 13

Aug. 30

Sept. 19

June 7

Aug. 25

Sept. 19

June 7

Aug. 25

Sept. 19

June 7

Aug. 25

Sept. 19

*37.3

*17.5

*7.20

*17.0

*11.3

*6.03

*20.1

*11.1

*10.0

*21.7

*10.1

*12.0

*20.4

*15.0

*8.29
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 323

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Pee Dee River basin Continued

Stream

Fishtrap

Creek.

Moravian

Creek.

Middle Pork

Reddles

River.

Mulberry

Creek.

Pishing

Creek.

Roaring River

Bugaboo Creek

Yadkln River.

Mitchell

River.

Do........

Little Creek.

Snow Creek. . .

Fisher River.

Cody Creek. . .

Yadkln River.

Hagan Creek. .

Ararat River.

Paul's Creek.

Stewarts

Creek.

Rutledge

Creek.

Toms Creek. . .

Tributary to

Yadkln River.

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

Reddles River

Yadkin River.

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

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

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

Pee Dee River

Yadkln River.

do

Snow Creek. . .

Mitchell

River.

YadkLn River.

Plsher River.

Pee Dee River

Yadkin River.

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

Stewarts

Creek.

Ararat River.

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

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

Location

Lat 36°09'40", long 81°14'50", at

highway bridge, 1.4 miles west

of Buck, Wilkes County, N. C.

and 2 miles above mouth.

Lat 36°08'40", long 81°10'20", at

bridge on State Highway 268

west of Wllkesboro, Wilkes

County, N. C. , at city limits.

Lat 36°15'50", long 81°17'55", at

highway bridge, 1 mile east of

Wilbar, Wilkes County, N. C.

and 2j miles above mouth.

Lat 36°12', long 81°07', 300 ft

above bridge on State Highway

268 at North Wilkesboro city

limits, Wilkes County, N. C.,and

"L^ miles above mouth.

Lat 36°10'10", long 81°05'30", at

highway bridge, 2.9 miles east

of North Wilkesboro, Wilkes

County, N. C.

Lat 36°15'20", long 81°02'30", at

highway bridge, 3^ miles northwest of Roaring River, Wilkes

County, N. C., and 4 miles above

mouth.

Lat 36°13'25", long 80°57'15", at

highway bridge on State Highway

268, £ mile above mouth and

1 mile west of Rhohda, Wilkes

County, N. C.

Lat 36°14'40", long 80°50'40", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 21, at

Elkin, Hurry County, N. C.

Lat 36°26'10", long 80°52'00", at

highway bridge, lj miles below

North Pork and 3 miles north of

Mountain Park, Surry County,

N. C. 

Lat 36°19'00", long 80°48'40", at

highway bridge, 5? miles above

mouth and 4j miles northeast of

Elkin, Surry County, N. C.

Lat 36°21'50", long 80°48'20", at

highway bridge, 0.7 mile east

of Sephry, Surry County, N. C.

Lat 36°18'00", long 80°46'10", at

highway bridge, 1.9 mile north

of Burch, Surry County, N. C.

Lat 36°27'00", long 80°49'10", at

highway bridge, J mile northeast of Blevins Store, Surry

County, N. C.

Lat 36°20'20", long 80°41'10", at

bridge on State Highway 268,

3.8 miles west of Level Cross,

Surry County, N. C.

Lat 36°16'40", long 80°33'10", at

highway bridge at Siloam,

Surry County, N. C., 75 ft

above Hagan Creek and 1.2 miles

above Ararat River.

Lat 36°16'40", long 80°33'20", at

highway bridge, 0.5 mile north

of Siloam, Surry County, N. C.

Lat 36°30'00", long 80°35'40", at

bridge on State Highway 103 at

Mount Airy, Surry County, N. C.

and 2.3 miles above Lovells

Creek.

Lat 36°30'40", long 80°40'00", at

highway bridge 200 ft above

mouth and 3 miles west of Mount

Airy, Surry County, N. C.

Lat 36°27'45 , long 80°37'30", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 601,

2 miles above mouth and 3 miles

southwest of Mount Airy, Surry

County, N. C.

Lat 36°28'10", long 80 0 33'50", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 52,

4 miles southeast of Mount Airy,

Surry County, N. C.

Lat 36°23'50", long 80"29'20", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 52, 0.7

mile northwest of Pilot Mountain

Surry County, N. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

7.92

26.8

13.9

43.0

7.52

122

17.8

8.54

32.8

80.4

1.29

16.0

31.2

10.7

1,230

8.64

66.6

32.8

89.2

7.22

29.9

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1955

1955

1949-55

1952-55

1955

1947,

1949-55

1954-55

1948-49,

1952-53

1951-55

1952-55

1955

1925,

1955

1955

1955

1952-55

1955

1947,

1952-55

1955

1949-55

1955

1952 55

Date

Sept. 6

Sept . 18

Sept. 18

Aug. 30

Sept. 19

Dec. 20

June 7

Aug. 27

Sept. 6

Sept . 18

Aug. 30

Sept. 18

June 7

Aug. 25

Sept. 18

Sept. 19

Jan. 13

Sept. 19

Jan. 13

May 23

Aug. 24

Sept. 19

Sept. 19

Sept. 19

Sept. 19

Sept. 19

Sept. 20

Sept. 20

Dec. 31

May 23

Aug^ 24

Sept. 20

Sept. 19

Aug. 30

Sept. 20

Sept. 2

Dec. 31

May 23

Aug. 24

Sept. 20

Discharge 

(cfs)

*1.98

*.89

*7.09

*6.15

*5.82

*23.8

*25.3

*12.0

*2.05

*1.46

*30.7

*24.2

*9.62

*3.45

*4.47

*172

*16.2

*8.48

*35.3

*47.8

*18.0

*16.5

*.20

*2.30

*6.70

*1.56

*235

*.67

*22.3

*30.7

*12.1

*8.20

*5.01

*16.7

*15.9

*1.06

*9 .86

*10.8

*4.02

2.61

* Base flow.
324 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Pee Dee River basin Continued

Stream

Little Yadkin

River.

Logan Creek. .

Deep Creek. . .

Yadkin River.

North Deep

Creek.

Muddy Creek, .

Mill Creek. . .

Little Creek.

Muddy Creek. .

South Fork

Muddy Creek

Reedy Creek. .

Dutchmans

Creek.

Do........

South Yadkln

River.

Greasy Creek.

Fifth Creek

Bear Creek. . .

Fourth Creek.

Tributary to

Yadlcin River.

Porbush Creek

Yadkin River.

Pee Dee River

Yadkln River.

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

Muddy Creek. .

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

Yadkln River.

Muddy Creek. .

Yadkin River.

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

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

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

South Yadkln

River.

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

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

do

Third Creek. .

Location

Lat 36°15'25", long 80°27'10", at

highway bridge, 1.2 miles above

mouth and 1.3 miles northwest

of Donnaha, Forsyth County,

N. C.

Lat 36°07'20", long 80°29'30", at

highway bridge, 0.3 mile above

mouth and 2.2 miles southwest

of Enon, Yadlcin County , N. C.

Lat 36°06'20", long 80°34'40", at

highway bridge, f mile south of

Shaoktown, 1 mile above Harman

Creek, and 4.8 miles southeast

of Yadkinvllle, Yadkin County,

N. C.

Lat 36°05'30", long 80°30'20", at

highway bridge, 500 ft below

Deep Creek and 1.0 mile northeast of Huntsville, Yadkin

County, N. C.

Lat 36° 08 '00", long 80° 36 '50", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 421, l£

miles east of Yadkinvllle,

Yadkin County, N. C.

Lat 36°10', long 80°21', at

bridge on State Highway 67, ij

miles northeast of Pfafftown,

Forsyth County, N. C.

Lat 36*09 '02", long 80° 18 '43", at

highway bridge at intersection

of U. S. Highway 421 and State

Highway 67, at Winston-Salem,

Forsyth County, N. C.

Lat 36*02 '19", long 80°21'46", at

highway bridge 0.9 mile above

mouth and 1.9 miles northeast

of Clemmons, Forsyth County,

N. C.

Lat 36°01'28", long 80°21'16", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 158, ij

miles east of Clemmons, Forsyth

County, N. C. and 2 miles above

Salem Creek.

Lat 36°00'40", long 80°16'20", at

bridge on State Highway 150,

5 miles south of Winston-Salem,

Forsyth County, N. C.

Lat 35*54'30", long 80°21'50", at

highway bridge, 1^ miles above

mouth and 1.6 miles west of

town of Reedy Creek, Davidson

County, N. C.

Lat 35°58'45", long 80°33'55", at

highway bridge, 0.8 mile north

of Cana, Davle County, N. C.

and J mile southwest of Farming ton.

Lat 35° 55 '20", long 80° 30 '10", at

bridge Just below mouth of

Cedar Creek, 3.8 miles northeast of Mocksville, Davie

County, N. C.

Lat 35°53'10", long 80°56'50", at

bridge on State Highway 115,

7 miles north of Statesvllle,

Iredell County, N. C.

Lat 35°55'08", long 80°05'12", at

highway bridge, 1.3 miles north

of Hiddenlte, Alexander County,

N. C.

Lat 35°54'10", long 80°56'50", at

bridge on State Highway 115,

4.8 miles northeast of Scotts,

Iredell County, N. C.

Lat 35° 51', long 80°44', at highway bridge, 1.1 miles west of

Cool Springs, Iredell County,

N. C. and ij miles above mouth.

Lat 35° 52', long 80° 35', at highway bridge, 1 mile southwest of

Mocksville, Davie County, N. C.

Lat 35°50'40", long 80°55'20", at

bridge on State Highway 115, 3$

miles north of Statesville,

Iredell County, N. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

59.7

25.3

65.9

1,860

34.8

25.0

26.6

6.78

111

38.5

21.1

41.7

83.6

77.0

14.8

28.6

27.0

23 3

9.19

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1941-42,

1955

1952-55

1952

1954

1955

1955

1949-55

1955

1955

1955

1955

1953-55

3.952-55

1955

Date

June 14

Aug. 24

Sept. 18

Sept. 18

Dec. 31

May 23

July 18

Aug. 24

Sept. 18

Sept. 6

Sept. 20

Aug. 24

Sept. 18

Sept. 24

Sept. 24

Sept. 24

June 6

Aug. 26

Sept. 24

June 11

Aug. 26

Sept. 24

Sept. 24

Sept. 20

Sept. 20

June 7

Aug. 25

Sept. 20

Sept. 6

Sept. 20

Dec. 20

June 6

Aug. 24

Sept. 20

Dec. 20

June 6

Aug. 25

Sept. 20

Sept. 20

Discharge 

(cfs)

*15.1

*8.73

*5.18

*.44

*16.0

*18.8

*12.1

*9.19

*6.00

*858

*306

*3.50

*.74

*3.50

*2.90

*.64

*39.1

*20.0

*9.73

*15.5

*7.46

*4.89

*1.74

*.23

*.53

*29.1

*12.4

*9.96

*.ll

*5.02

 10.4

*9.51

*6.00

*2.92

*7.09

*4.90

*.29

*.12

*1.61
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 325

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Pee Dee River basin Continued

Stream

Morrlson

Creek.

Third Creek..

Back Creek. . .

Wlthrow Creek

Second Creek.

Grants Creek.

Yadkln River.

Swearing

Creek.

Second Creek.

Brush Fork

Creek.

Abbotts Creek

Rich Fork....

Lick Creek. . .

Mountain

Creek.

Little Mountain

Creek.

Clarke Creek.

Rocky River. .

Mallard Creek

Tributary to

Fourth Creek.

South Yadkln

River.

Second Creek.

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

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

South Yadkln

River.

Yadkln River.

Pee Dee River

Yadkin River.

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

Abbotts Creek

Yadkln River.

Abbotts Creek

Yadkin River.

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

Mountain

Creek.

Rocky River. .

Pee Dee River

Rocky River. .

Location

Lat 35°49'20", long 80" 55 "20", at

bridge on State Highway 115,

2 miles northwest of Statesvine, Iredell County, N. C.

Lat 35°53'42", long 81*05'40", at

highway bridge, 0.5 mile south

of Hiddenlte and 5 miles southeast of Taylorsville, Alexander

County, N. C.

Lat 35°40'23", long 80°34'06", at

highway bridge 0.6 mile above

mouth and 2.5 miles north of

Mllbridge, Rowan County, N. C.

Lat 35°39'53", long 80°33'59", at

highway bridge, 0.4 mile below

Sloans Creek and 1.8 miles

north of Milbridge, Rowan

County, N. C.

Lat 35°42'22" J long 80°38'38", at

bridge on State Highway 801,

1.3 miles south of Barber,

Rowan County, N. C.

Lat 35°43'00", long 80°35'45", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 2.7

miles east of Barber, Rowan

County, N. C.

Lat 35°40'00", long 80°30'30", at

bridge on State Highway 150,

2 miles west of Salisbury,

Rowan County, N. C.

Lat 35°43'30", long 80°23'50", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 29,

52, 4.1 miles northwest of

Salisbury, Rowan County, N. C.

Lat 35°45'19", long 80°18<22", at

highway bridge, 0.6 mile east

of Llnwood, Davldson County,

N. C. and 2 miles above mouth.

Lat 35°33'50", long 80°22'00", at

highway bridge, 2.1 miles southwest of Liberty, Rowan County,

N. C.

Lat 35°55'30", long 80°10'48", at

highway bridge, if miles above

mouth and 3.2 miles southeast

of Eller, Davidson County,

N. C.

Lat 35"54'05", long 80°11'20",

Just above Thomasville, N. C.

water-supply intake, 400 ft

below Brush Fork Creek and 5£

miles west of Thomasville,

Davidson County, N. C.

Lat 35° 51 '15", long 80°10'57", at

highway bridge, { mile south of

U. S. Highways 70 and 29,

3 miles east of Lexlngton,

Davidson County, N. C.

Lat 35°36'59", long 80°10'33", at

highway bridge, 0.1 mile east

of Healing Springs, Davidson

County, N. C. and 3 miles above

mouth.

Lat 35°21'40", long 80°06'57", at

highway bridge, 0.2 mile above

Little Mountain Creek and 2.8

miles south of Badin, Stanly

County, N. C.

Lat 35°22'10", long 80°06'30", at

highway bridge, J mile above

mouth and 5£ miles northeast of

center of Albemarle, Stanly

County, N. C.

Lat 35°24'50", long 80°45'08" J at

Wallace Cross Roads, at highway

bridge, 2^ miles above mouth

and 5 miles east of Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, N. C.

Lat 35°21'33", long 80°40'31", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 29,

2 miles upstream from Mallard

Creek and 6^ miles southwest of

Concord, Cabarrus County, N. C.

Lat 35°20'01", long 80°40'06", at

highway bridge, { mile above

mouth and 1.3 miles northwest

of Harrisburg, Cabarrus County,

N. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

5.87

1.45

39.3

16.6

45.0

119

38.8

3,470

(revised)

34.9

32.6

24.2

65.9

47.3

26.5

12.6

9.27

21.8

87.9

41.2

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1955

1949-55

1949-55

1948-55

1955

1950-55

1948,

1952-55

1955

1955

1952-55

1952-55

1955

Date

Sept. 6

Sept. 20

June 27

Aug. 3

Sept. 19

Sept. 18

Sept. 18

Sept. 19

June 6

Aug. 27

Sept. 19

June 6

Aug. 25

Sept. 18

Sept. 13

Sept. 18

June 6

Aug. 26

Sept. 19

June 7

Aug. 24

Sept. 18

Sept. 24

Sept. 19

June 11

Aug. 26

Sept. 19

June 7

Aug. 24

Sept. 19

Sept. 22

Sept. 22

June 11

Aug. 25

Sept. 21

June 14

Aug. 25

Sept. 21

June 7

Aug. 24

Sept. 21

Discharge 

(cfs)

*1.69

*1.03

*.07

*.09

*.14

*4.22

*2.65

*4.99

*40.2

*24.1

*12.6

*13.3

*5.61

*4.06

*598

*478

*10. 9

*4.54

*2.68

*7.26

*3.46

*2.41

*1.22

*2.19

*8.15

*2.52

*1.56

*1.76

*.10

0

*1.59

*1.56

*3.63

*1.37

*.84

*14.6

*9.20

*6.91

*5.48

*2.25

*.77
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River,during the water year 1956 Continued

Pee Dee River basin Continued

Stream

Coddle Creek.

Roclcy River. .

Dutch Buffalo

Creek.

Adams Creek. .

Long Creek. . .

Town Creek. . .

Little Bear

Creek.

Richardson

Creek.

Falling

Creek.

Marks Creek. .

T' . ^mpson

freek.

Pee Dee River

Big Black

Creek.

Lynches River

Little

Lynches

River.

Qum Swamp

Creek.

Tributary to

Rocky River. .

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

Pee Dee River

Rocky River. .

Dutch Buffalo

Creek.

Rocky River. .

Long Creek. . .

Big Bear

Creek.

Rocky River. .

Pee Dee River

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

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

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

Atlantic

Ocean.

Pee Dee River

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

Lynches River

Lumber River.

Location

Lat 35°24'29", long 80°40'29", at

highway bridge Just below Afton

Run, 5 miles west of Concord,

Cabarrus County, N. C.

Lat 35°18'10", long 81°35'40" J at

highway bridge, 0.3 mile southeast of Rocky River, Cabarrus

County, N. C. and 0.4 mile

above Caldwell Creek.

Lat 35°19'27", long 81°33'40", at

highway bridge, l£ miles above

Irish Buffalo Creek and 2j miles

northeast of town of Rocky

River, Cabarrus County, N. C.

Lat 35°23'00", long 80°25'43 ", at

highway bridge, 0.5 mile above

Adams Creek and 1.0 mile southeast of Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, N. C. 

Lat 35°23'13fl , long 80°26'25", at

highway bridge, 0.7 mile above

mouth and 0.8 mile south of

Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County,

N. C.

Lat 35°22'34", long 80°14'48", at

highway bridge 1.1 miles above

Long Lake and 3.2 miles northwest of Albemarle, Stanly

County, N. C.

Lat 35°22'00", long 80°12'00", at

bridge In Albemarle, Stanly

County, N. C., 2 miles above

mouth.

Lat 35°23'00", long 80°22'20", at

bridge on State Highway 73, 1.6

miles above mouth and 1.1 miles

west of Finger, Stanly County,

N. C.

Lat 35°02'00", long 80°28'20", at

highway bridge, J mile above

Stuarts Creek and 3i miles

north of Wlngate, Union County,

N. C.

Lat 34°57'40", long 79°42'15", at

highway bridge, 1 mile south of

U. S. Highway 1 and 4 miles

east of Rocklngham, Richmond

County, N. C.

Lat 34°49'40", long 79°48'00", at

bridge on county road, 3^ miles

northwest of Osborne, Richmond

County, N. C.

Lat 34°40', long 79°56', at

bridge on county road, f mile

below Seaboard Air Line RR.

bridge and 4 miles southwest of

Cheraw, S. C.

Lat 34°31' J long 79°51', at bridge

on U. S. Highway 52, at Society

Hill, S. C.

Lat 34 6 32', long 79°50' at bridge

on U. S. Highway 15, t mile below Cedar Creek and If miles

northeast of Society Hill, S. C.

Lat 34°31', long 80°11', at bridge

on U. S. Highway 1, J mile above

Little Alligator Creek and 5J

miles northeast of McBee, S. C.

Lat 34°26', long 80°19', at bridge

on U. S. Highway 1, 1.9 miles

northeast of Bethune, S. C., and

2^ miles downstream from Cedar

Creek.

Lat 34°24', long 80°23'. at bridge

on U. S. Highway 1, 2s miles

southwest of Bethune, S. C., and

3 miles above Bell Branch.

Lat 34 0 51'15", long 79°31'30", at

highway bridge, 2 miles northwest of Sneeds Grove, 3^ miles

north of Laurel Hill, Scotland

County, N. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

56.6

30.8

276

64.7

14.6

27.2

21.3

12.7

98.2

6.50

29.2

266

55

7,980

108

380

163

42.4

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1949-55

1955

1952-55

1955

1952-54

1930,

1950-54

1952-54

1948,

1950-55

1949-55

1950-55

1953-55

1951-55

1949-54

Date

June 14

Aug. 25

Sept. 21

June 7

Aug. 24

Sept. 22

Sept. 22

Sept. 22

Sept. 22

Sept. 22

Sept. 22

Sept. 22

Sept. 18

Sept. 19

Sept. 19

Nov. 2

Sept. 18

Nov. 3

Sept. 19

Nov. 3

June 12 

Sept. 19

Nov. 2

Sept. 18

Nov. 2

June 11

Sept. 18

Nov. 2

June 11

Sept. 18

Sept. 19

)ls charge 

(cfs)

 11.9

*7.29

*3.99

*5.57

*4.16

*3.51

*15.6

 1.25

*1.45

*.33

*.48

0

*.42

*2.55

*5.58

*15.0

*2.03

*36.7

*29.3

3,430

1,970 

1,210

*86.0

*19.9

*44.3

 27.6

*24.1

*36.5

*59.5

*30.2

*25.3

Santee River basin

Catawba River Wateree River Lat 35°37'30", long 82"10'30", at

highway bridge, J mile south of

Old Port, McDowell County, N. C.

and i mile upstream from Mill

Creek.

14.0 1949-54 Dec. 26

May 16

Aug. 15

*7.98

*15.7

*4.28
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 327

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Santee River basin Continued

Stream

Curtls Creek.

North Fork

Catawba

River.

Corpening

Creek.

North Fork

Muddy Creek

Muddy Creek. .

Mill Timber

Creek.

Unnamed tributary.

Silver Creek.

Do... .....

Warrior Pork.

Hunting Creek

Do........

New Year

Creek.

Johns River. .

Do........

Wilson Creek.

Do. .......

Lower Creek. .

Blary Creek. .

Tributary to

Catawba River

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

North Fork

Muddy Creek

Muddy Creek. .

Catawba River

Linvllle

River.

Mill Timber

Creek.

Catawba River

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

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

Catawba River

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

Johns River. .

Catawba River

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

Johns River. .

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

Catawba River

Spainhour

Creek.

Location

Lat 35°38'35", long 82°09'30", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 70,

i mile above mouth and 2 miles

northeast of Old Fork, McDowell

County, N. C.

Lat 35° 50 '00", long 82 "00 '05", at

highway bridge, at Pltts, McDowell County, N. C., 3^ miles

northeast of Woodlawn.

Lat 40°00'00", long 81°59'00",

500 ft above sewage treatment

plant, 2-J miles above mouth,

and 2.0 miles east of Marion,

McDowell County, N. C.

Lat 35°38'54", long 81°56'20",

0.3 mile below Corpening Creek

and 3^ miles northeast of Glenwood, McDowell County, N. C.

Lat 35°42'50", long 81°51'30", at

bridge on U. S. Highways 64 and

70, j mile above mouth and

 J mile south of Bridgewater,

Burke County, N. C.

Lat 36°01'28", long 81°55'18", at

culvert on U. S. Highway 221,

at Crossnore, Avery County,

N. C., 5- mile above mouth.

Lat 36°01'26", long 81°55'18", at

culvert on U. S. Highway 221,

at Crossnore, Avery County,

N. C., 0.1 mile above mouth.

Lat 35°42'00', long 81°45'50", at

highway bridge. Just above

Clear Creek, 2f miles southeast

of Glen Alpine, Burke County,

N. C.

Lat 35°43'4:0", long 81°43'22",

above Great Lakes Carbon Co.

industrial waste outfall, 1.0

mile above mouth and 2i miles

southwest of Morganton, Burke

County, N. C.

Lat 35°47'50", long 81°43'00", at

highway bridge, 2.7 miles northeast of Oak Hill and 4 miles

northwest of Morganton, Burke

County, N. C.

Lat 35°42'20", long 81°40'40", at

highway bridge, l£ miles northeast of Chambers, Burke County,

N. C. and 3.6 miles above Fiddlers Run.

Lat 35°45'10", long 81°39'30", at

bridge on U. S. Highways 64 and

70, 0.6 miles east of Morganton,

Burke County, N. C.

Lat 36"07'32", long 81°41'06",

£ mile west of Fairview, ^ mile

southwest of Blowing Rock,

Watauga County, N. C. and 1.6

miles above mouth.

Lat 36°02'0l", long 81°42'42", at

highway bridge, J mile below

Anthony Creek and ^ mile south

of Globe, Caldwell County,

N. C.

Lat 35° 55 '30", long 81°40'20", at

highway bridge at Collettsville,

Caldwell County, N. C., i mile

above Mulberry Creek.

Lat 35°55'10", long 81°44'00", at

old gaging station site 2.5

miles northwest of Adako, Caldwell County, N. C.

Lat 35°53'50'', long SI'42 1 50", at

highway bridge below Brown

Mountain Beach, j mile west of

Adako, Caldwell County, N. C.

Lat 35° 54 'SO", long 81° 31 '30", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 321, at

Lenoir, Caldwell County, N. C.,

0.2 mile above cane Creek.

Lat 35°56'00", long 81°32'40", at

highway bridge, J mile below

Caldwell and Northern RR. track

and 1 mile north of Lenoir,

Caldwell County, N. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

17.3

33.0

5.80

?3.8

99.1

(revised)

4.33

.39

25.9

57.7

8.19

(revised)

4.68

21.8

.70

37.5

69

66

69.7

13.8

6.30

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1930-31

1949-54

1954

1949-55

1955

1949-55

1954-55

1949-50

1949-55

1954-55

1949-55

Date

May 16

Aug. 15

Jan. 13

May 15

June 12

July 31

May 15

July 4

Aug. 1

Sept. 18

July 30

Jan. 13

May 14

May 24

June 15

July 4

July 30

Sept. 18

May 15

Aug. 15

Aug. 15

Sept. 13

Dec. 26

May 24

June 15

Aug. 22

May 16

Sept. 13

May 16

June 8

Sept. 18

May 16

July 30

Sept. 13

May 17

Aug. 2

May 21

Aug. 15

Sept. 21

May 21

Aug. 15

Dec. 26

May 22

Aug. 23

Sept. 21

June 8

May 22

Dec. 22

May 22

Aug. 23

Aug. L5

Sept. 13

Discharge 

(cfs)

*23.5

*6.05

*9.45

*26.7

*9.05

*7.26

*4.27

*2.62

*2.63

*1.45

*12.6

*44.2

*67.2

*56.2

*43.2

*32.6

*32.3

*21.6

*6.11

*1.74

*t.5

*.46

*12.4

*14.6

*9.56

*11.1

*36.1

*18.1

*62.9

*40.6

*11.6

*2.74

*2.51

*1.67

*14.5

*13.0

*,53

*.22

*.08

*26.3

*7.79

*28.0

*75.4

*16.9

*9.81

*44.7

*4.82

*4.11

*<t.82

*1.03

*1.58

*1.50

* Base flow. 

t Estimated.
328 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year- 1956 Continued

Santee River basin Continued

Stream

Spalnhour

Creek.

McQallllard

Creek.

Billy Branch.

Middle Little

River.

Lower Little

River.

Stlrewalt

Creek.

Do. ......

Do. ......

Qlade Creek.

Lyle Creek. .

Mountain

Creek.

Davldson

Creek.

Dutohmans

Creek.

Jacob Fork. . .

Clark Creek. .

Anthony Creek

Clark Creek. .

Maiden Creek.

Clark Creek. .

Lick Fork. . . .

Indian Creek.

Tributary to

Lower Creek. .

Catawba River

Gunpowder

Creek.

Catawba River

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

Lower Little

River.

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

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

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

Catawba River

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

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

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

South Fork

Catawba

River.

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

Clark Creek. .

South Fork

Catawba

River.

Clark Creek..

South Fork

Catawba

River.

Indian Creek.

South Fork

Catawba

River.

Location

Lat 35°59'00", long 81"33'30", at

bridge on State Highway 18, 0.2

mile above mouth and lj miles

southwest of Lenoir, Caldwell

County, N. C.

Lat 35°46'20", long 81°33'50", at

highway bridge, 1 mile above

mouth and 2 miles north of

Valdese, Burke County, N. C.

Lat 35°48'20", long S1S 25'10",

i mile above mouth and £ mile

northeast of Granite Falls,

Caldwell County, N. C.

Lat 35°50'10", long 81°17'00", at

highway bridge, 1-J miles above

mouth and 6.3 miles southwest

of Taylorsville, Alexander

County, N. C.

Lat 35° 55 '10", long 81 "13 '00", at

bridge on State Highway 90,

2 miles west of Taylorsvllle,

Alexander County, N. C.

Lat 35° 55 '00", long 81° 10 '10",

30 ft below outfall at old

sewage plant and i mile south

of Taylorsville, Alexander

County, N. C.

Lat 35°54'30", long 81°10'50",

50 ft below outfall at new

sewage plant and 1 mile south

of Taylorsville, Alexander

County, N. C.

Lat 35° 53 '50", long 81°11'00", at

highway bridge, 1 mile below

new sewage plant and 2 miles

south of Taylorsville, Alexander

County, N. C.

Lat 35°51'20", long 81°10'50",

0.1 mile above mouth and 4- mile

east of Mlllersville, Alexander

County, N. C.

Lat 35°42'40", long 81°04'50", at

bridge on State Highway 10 at

Catawba, Catawba County, N. C.,

1 mile above mouth.

Lat 35° 34 '00", long 80° 59 '45", 2j

miles above mouth and 1.8 miles

southwest of Terrell, Catawba

County, N. C.

Lat 35°29'22", long 80°56'04", at

bridge on State Highway 73.

0.7 mile above mouth and 4j

miles west of Cornelius,

Mecklenburg County, N. C.

Lat 35°22'00 , long Sl°02'00", at

highway bridge 1.2 miles below

Klllian and Leepers Creeks and

3 miles east of Stanley, Qaston

County, N. C.

Lat 35°38'20", long 81°19'30", at

highway bridge, 0.7 mile above

mouth and 3 miles west of

Startown, Catawba County, N. C.

Lat 35°43'50", long 81°18'50",

4 mile due south of Southern

Ry. tracks, 1.7 miles east of

Hickory, Catawba County, N. C.

Lat 35°39'10", long 81°14'10", at

mouth, 1.1 miles southwest of

Newton, Catawba County, N. C.

Lat 35°38'00", long Sl°13'30", at

highway bridge, 0.4 miles below

Town Creek and 2.1 miles south

of Newton, Catawba County, N. C.

Lat 35°35'20", long 81°12'20",

4 mile above Pinch Gut Creek

and 0.8 mile north of Maiden,

Catawba County, N. C.

Lat 35°28'30", long Sl°16'05", at

bridge on North Qrove St. in

Llncolnton, Lincoln County,

N. C., £ mile above mouth.

Lat 35°25'00", long 81°22'30", at

highway bridge, 0.5 mile above

mouth and 2.6 miles north of

Cherryville, Qaston County,

N. C.

Lat 35°25'50", long 81°17'30", 0.1

mile upstream from railroad

bridge and 1 mile northeast of

Grouse, Lincoln County, N. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

10.1

8.88

1.50

46.3

61.4

.52

1.16

1.57

12.6

70.7

42.4

37.6

112

100

.61

3.61

30.1

14.3

92.2

5.05

63.2

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1949

1955

1949-53

1948-55

1949-55

1949-55

1947,

1949-55

1947,

1949-55

1950

Date

Aug. 16

Sept. 14

May 20

Sept. 19

June 25

July 12

Aug. 3

June 8

Aug.. 23

June 15

Aug. 23

June 27

Aug. 17

Aug. 28

Sept. 19

June 27

Aug. 17

Aug. 28

Sept. 19

June 27

Aug. 17

June 27

Aug. 8

Dec. 22

May 17

June 28

Aug. 24

Aug. 30

Dec. 20

June 15

Aug. 27

Dec. 20

June 15

Aug. 28

Dec. 22

June 28

Aug. 7

Aug. 27

June 26

Aug. 7

Aug. 14

Aug. 29

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Dec. 22

Sept. 12

Sept. 12

Discharge 

(cfs)

*2.08

*2.23

*4.98

*3.42

*.33

*.27

*.26

*16.0

*13.6

*17.9

*10.6

*.04

*t.05

*t.02

*t.07

.34

.31

.22

.39

.52

.39

*4.53

*3.50

*27.0

*23.3

no.o

*7.31

*5.86

*9.81

*5.97

*2.75

*33.0

*54.8

*15.6

*43.2

*34.6

*32.5

*30.4

*.21

*.22

*.64

*.90

*6.84

*3.26

*32.6

*1.14

*9.95

*Base flow, 

t Estimated.
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

329

Santee River basin Continued

Stream

Be aver dam

Creek.

Do.. ......

Sulphur

Branch.

Crowders

Creek.

Beaverdam

Creek.

Allison Creek

Unnamed

tributary.

Irwln Creek.

Little Sugar

Creek.

Me Alpine

Creek.

Catawba River

Twelvemile

Creek.

Pishing Creek

Unnamed tributary.

Do. .......

Qlllles ditch

Unnamed tributary.

Qlllles ditch

Tributary to

South Fork

Catawba

River.

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

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

Catawba River

Crowders

Creek.

Catawba River

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

Sugar Creek. .

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

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

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

Wateree River

Catawba River

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

Qillles ditch

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

Qum Swamp ....

Gillies ditch

Qum Swamp ....

Location

Lat 35°22'40", long 81°Z1'ZO",

0.75 mile due west of Monroe

and Rutherford Branch railroad

track, and 1.4 miles east of

Cherryvllle, Qaston County,

N. C.

Lat 35°22'40", long 81"20'30", at

highway bridge, 2.15 miles east

of Cherryville, Qaston County,

N. C.

Lat 31°23'50", long 81° 12 '20",

0.1 mile above mouth and 0.4

mile southwest of High Shoals,

Qaston County, N. C.

Lat 35°10'10", long 81°11 1 40", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 321,

J mile below South Pork Crowders Creek and 6 miles south of

Qastonia, Qaston County, N. C.

Lat 35°06'50", long 81°07'45", at

bridge on State road, 0.4 mile

below Camp Run and 5.6 miles

east of Clover, S. C.

Lat 35"03'50", long 81°09'05", at

bridge on State road, 1.8 miles

below Qrlst Branch and 5.4 miles

southeast of Clover, S. C.

Lat 34°57'20", long 80°57'30", at

bridge on county road, 0.4 mile

above mouth (stream enters

Catawba River 0.5 mile below

Southern Ry. bridge) and 4 miles

northeast of Rock Hill, S. C.

Lat 35°15'35", long 80"50'25", at

highway bridge on Beatty Ford

Rd. below mouth of unnamed

tributary, 1.5 miles due south

of Charlotte city limits,

Mecklenburg County, N. C.

Lat 35"15'02 , long 80°48'26", at

highway bridge, 0.2 mile downstream from Charlotte city

limits and 3.0 miles due south

of Derlta, Mecklenburg County,

N. C.

Lat 35°03'43", long 80°52'40", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 521,

1 mile below McMullen Creek and

2 miles south of Plneville,

Mecklenburg County, N. C.

Lat 35°00', long 80°54', at bridge

on State Highway 160, 14 miles

below Steel Creek and 2j miles

east of Fort Mill, S. C.

Lat 34°51'20", long 80"52'20", at

Ash Ferry, at Van Wyck, S. C.,

0.2 mile above Twelvemile

Creek and 0.3 mile above Seaboard Air Line RR. bridge.

Lat 34°57'00", long 80°45'20", at

bridge on State Highway 16, 0.1

mile below West Fork Twelvemile

Creek and 23 miles north of

Waxhaw, Union County. N. C.

Lat 35°00'10", long 81 S 11'50", at

Southern Ry. trestle, 2.7 miles

east of York, S. C. and 4.2

miles above Langham Branch.

Lat 34°11'05", long 80°43'40",

0.8 mile above mouth which Is

2.1 miles above U. S. Highway

601 and 4.2 miles southwest of

Lugoff, S. C.

Lat 34°11'35", long 80°43'05",

2,000 ft above mouth which is

U. S. Highway 601 and 3.5 miles

southwest of Lugoff, S. C.

Lat 34° 11 '35", long 80° 43 '00",

1.2 miles below Seaboard Airline RR'. bridge, 2 miles above

culvert on U. S. Highway 601,

and 3.4 miles southwest of

Lugoff, S. C.

Lat 34°11'30", long 80°42'55",

75 ft above mouth, which is

1.8 miles above U. S. Highway 601, and 3.3 miles southwest of Lugoff, S. C.

Lat 34 8 ll'351t , long 80°41'10", at

culvert on U. S. Highway 601,

J mile above Jordon Mill and

2.2 miles south of Lugoff, S. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

1.32

3.32

4.12

70.6

-

37

_.

9.41

3.32

91.7

_

-

72.4

-

-

-

7.4

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1949-55

1955

1954

-

1949-55

1952,1954

1949-55

Date

Sept. 11

Sept. 11

Aug. 22

Sept. 11

Dec. 21

Aug. 30

Hov. 2

Nov. 2

June 26

Sept. 10

Sept. 10

Dec. 20

Aug. 30

June 19

June 27

June 26

June 26

Dec. 20

June 15

Aug. 30

July 5

July 19

May 16

May 16

May 16

May 16

Mar. 21

Discharge 

(cfs)

*0.55

*.54

*.49

».06

*20.5

*11.3

*4,.65

*6.03

2.47

*.62

*.16

*9.94

*1.86

*61.5

*56.8

772

3,440

*4.48

*2.04

*1.92

2.08

2.12

*.72

*1.23

*3.10

*.80

*7.98

459558 O -58 -22
330 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Santee River basin Continued

Stream

Wateree Creek

Mountain

Creek.

Whlteoak

Creek.

Floyds Creek.

Camp Creek. . .

Second Broad

River.

First Broad

River.

Buffalo Creek

Do........

Canoe Creek. .

Cherokee

Creek.

North Pacolet

Creek.

Kings Creek. .

Beaver Dam

Creek.

Thicket ty

Creek.

Bullock

Creek.

Standing

Sfcone

Branch.

Pollywood

Branch.

Laws on Fork

Creek.

Ross Branch. .

Sandy River. .

Tributary to

Santee River.

Broad River. .

Qreen River. .

Broad River. .

Second Broad

River.

Broad River. .

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

Broad River. ,

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

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

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

Pacolet River

Broad River. .

Thlcketty

Creek.

Broad River. .

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

Lawson Fork

Creek.

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

Pacolet River

Turkey Creek.

Broad River. .

Location

Lat 33°56'50", long 80°37'40", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 16, 400

ft below Colonels Creek and 6.1

miles northeast of Eastover,

S. C.

Lat 35°20'40", long 82°00'40", at

bridge on State Highway 108,

3 miles southwest of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County,

N. C.

Lat 35°16'10", long 82 "02 '50", at

highway "bridge, 0.8 mile southwest of Cox Store, Polk County,

N. C.

Lat 35°13'00", long 81°51'00", at

highway bridge, 2 miles southeast of Harris, Rutherford

County, N. C. and 1.3 miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°27'50", long 81°54'30", at

highway bridge, 1 mile above

Little Camp Creek and 1.1 miles

northwest of Westminster,

Rutherford County, N. C.

Lat 35°21'20", long 81°51'00", at

highway bridge, 1 mile southwest of Bostlc, Rutherford

County, N. C., and 2 miles

north of Forest City.

Lat 35°29'35", long 81°40'53", at

highway bridge, 2 miles above

Duncans and Wards Creeks and

3£ miles southwest of Casar,

Cleveland County, N. C.

Lat 35°20'55", long 81°28'45", at

highway bridge, 2j miles southwest of Waco, Cleveland County,

N, C. and 5 miles northeast of

Shelby.

Lat 35"08', long 81° 33', at

bridge on State Highway 5, lj

miles above mouth and 2 miles

west of Blacksburg, S. C.

Lat 35°06'55", long 81°32'20", at

bridge on State road at Bladesburg, S. C., 100 ft above unnamed tributary and 2.2 miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°06', long 81°37', 1,000 ft

above waterworks dam and 3.1

miles northeast of Oaffney,

S C

Lat'35°12'55", long 82°10'50", at

highway bridge, 1 mile below

Horse Creek and 3 miles east of

Tryon, Polk County, N. C. 

Lat 35°04', long 81*37', at bridge

on State Highway 5 at Kings

Creek, S. C., 3$ miles below

Jumping Branch.

Lat 35°03', long 81°42', at bridge

on county road, £ mile above

mouth and 3£ miles southwest of

Gaffney, S. C.

Lat 35"01', long 81°43', at bridge

on U. S. Highway 29, at Thlcketty, S. C., 2 miles above

Livings ton Creek.

Lat 34°57', long 81°23', at bridge

on State Highway 211, 0.7 mile

below Clarks Creek and 2j miles

west of Sharon, S. C.

Lat 34°59'50", long 82"00'05", at

culvert on U. S. Highway 176,

2$ miles above mouth and 6.1

miles southeast of Inman, S. C.

Lat 34°59'30", long 81°58'40", at

bridge on Burnette St., 1.6

miles above mouth and 3.9 miles

northwest of Spartanburg, S. C.

Lat S4°59'00", long 82"55'45", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 221 at

Spartanburg, S. C., 0.5 mile

below Betty Qreen Creek.

Lat 34°59', long 81°16', at culvert on State Highway 49 at

York, S. C., l£ miles above

mouth.

Lat 34°37', long 81°22', at bridge

on State Highway 72, 3/8 mile

above Little Sandy River and

2 miles southeast of Leeds, S. C

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

5,540

40.6

37.1

27.6

13.1

(revised)

170

63.2

43.5

176

-

15.9

45.6

47.6

-

39

-

_

-

-

104

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1951-55

1949-55

1955

1955

1955

1951-55

1949-55

1949-55

1947,

1949-55

1947,1950,

1950

1949-55

1947,

1949-52,

1954-55

1952

1949-52,

1954-55

1947-54

1950-54

Date

May 23

Dec. 22

June 15

June 15

Feb. 6

Dec. 22

Jan. 13

Dec. 21

Nov. 3

May 15

Aug. 2

Aug. 7

Nov. 3

Dec. 22

Nov. 2

Aug. 2

Aug. 7

Kov . 3

Nov. 2

July 24

Aug. 2

Sept. 12

July 25

Aug. 31

July 25

Aug. 2

Aug. 7

July 5

July 19

Nov. 8

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,280

*18.3

*18.0

*3.22

*1.67

*61.9

*20.6

*13.7

*59.5 *122

*.15

*.ll

*5.15

*24.3

*6.90

*3.62

*2.53

*14.2

*6.61

2.02 *.20

*.27

*.41

*.25

81.4

*27.1

*23.9

.70

.78

*7.68

* Base flow.
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 331

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Santee River basin Continued

Stream

South Tyger

River.

Maple Creek. ,

Fairforest

Creek.

Tyger River. .

Beards Fork

Creek.

Jacobs Creek,

Sand Creek. . .

Redburn Creek

Wilson Creek.

Little River.

Do..... ...

Do........

Do........

Unnamed tributary.

Bush River. . .

Congaree

Creek.

Little River.

Tributary to

Tyger River. .

South Tyger

River.

Tyger River. .

Broad River. .

Dunoan Creek.

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

Jacobs Creek.

Reedy River. .

Saluda River.

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

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

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

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

Bush Creek. . .

Saluda River,

Congaree

River.

Santee River.

Location

Lat 34°58'40", long 82°14'40", at

bridge on State Highway 14, 0.8

mile below Clear Creek and 2.8

miles north of Greer, S. C.

Lat 34°55'55", long 82°10'00", at

bridge on State road, 0.7 mile

above mouth and 1.3 miles west

of Duncan, S. C.

Lat 34°55'35", long 81°55'50", at

bridge on State road at Spartanburg, S. C., 0.1 mile below

Charleston & Western Carolina

Ry. bridge.

Lat 34°32 T , long 81°33', at bridge

on State Highway 72, 0.3 mile

below Padgets Creek and £ mile

southeast of Delta, S. C.

Lat 34°30', long 81°53', at bridge

on State Highway 308 at Clinton,

S. C., 3^ miles above mouth.

Lat 34°30', long 81°51', 3 miles

northeast of Clinton, S. C., and

3^- miles above mouth.

Lat 34°30', long 81°50' at bridge

on State Highway 72, J mile

above mouth and 3j miles northeast of Clinton, S. C.

Lat 34°Z8 r , long 82°09', at bridge

on State Highway 252, 2l miles

above Dirty Creek and 7f miles

west of Laurens, S. C.

Lat 34° 10', long 81° 57', at bridge

on State Highway 34, 3 miles

above mouth and 4 miles east of

Ninety Six, S. C.

Lat 34" 30', long 82°01 T , at bridge

on U. S. Highway 76, at Laurens,

S. C., i mile below Reedy Fork

Branch.

Lat 34°29 T , long 82°00", at end of

Green Street at Laurens, S. C.,

lij- miles below Reedy Fork Branch

Lat 34°28 r , long 81°59', at bridge

011 State road, 3 miles southeast

of Laurens, S. C. and 4-J miles

above Seaboard Air Line RR.

bridge.

Lat 34*13', long 81°46', at bridge

on State Highway 34, 1.25 miles

above Southern Ry. bridge and

3 miles west of Silverstreet,

S. C.

Lat 34°27', long 81"53', at bridge

on State Highway 72, 2 miles

south of Clinton, S. C., and 4£

miles above mouth.

Lat 34°16', long 81°40', at bridge

on State road, i mile above

Southern Ry. bridge and 3 miles

west of Newberry, S. C.

Lat 34°56'15", long 81"04'40", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 21, at

Cayce, S. C., 2 miles above

SLxrnile Creek.

Lat 33°29 T , long 80°11 T , Just below Lake Marion Dam and 9£

miles northwest of Pineville,

S. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

-

-

-

759

-

_

-

-

76

_

_

_

230

-

68

136

-

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1954-55

1951,1955

1903-4,

1950-55

1955

1950-54

1954

1953

1953-55

1953

1950,1955

1925,1944,

1949-55

1944-55

Date

Nov. 7

Aug. 31

Sept. 12

July 25

Aug. 2

Sept. 12

Nov. 8

May 24

Sept. 20

Apr. 25

May 15

June 14

Apr. 24

May 15

June 14

Apr. 25

May 15

June 14

Nov. 7

Sept. 20

Nov. 14

Sept. 13

Apr. 10

Apr. 23

May 3

Apr. 10

Apr. 23

May 3

May 15

Apr. 23

May 3

Nov. 14

June 21

Sept. 13

Apr. 24

May 16

Nov. 7

Sept. 20

Nov. 3

Oct. 13

Jan. 12

Apr. 12

Aug. 2

Discharge 

(cfs)

 28.5.

*6.87

 7.12

9.90

 8.44

*6.42

188

429

 89.4

 4.46

 2.25

 1.25

 1.21 *.83

».55

 3.26

*2.23

 1.13

 26.7

 7.04

*6.89

 3.11

 12.1

 17.5

55.6

*15.6

 19.9

54.2

 11.6

*30.4

80.6

 34.8

*26.8

 10.8

»1.46

 1.04

 6.10

 2.56

*113

24.5

18.3

27.0

21.7

Edlsto River basin, S. C.

Shaw Creek. . .

Black Creek. .

North Fork 

Edlsto 

River.

South Fork 

Edisto 

River.

North Fork 

Edisto 

River.

Edisto River.

Lat 33°42', long 81°46', at bridge 

on State Highway 191, at Eureka.

on county road, j- mile above 

Southern Railway bridge and 3.7 

miles southeast of Eureka.

on State Highway 215, li miles 

below Clearwater Branch and 3-J 

miles north of Montmorenci. 

Lat 33°45'15", long 81°19'10", at 

bridge on U. S. Highway 178, 

0.35 mile below Smith Branch 

and 4.3 miles west of Pelion. 

Lat 33°35'25", long 81°06'20", at 

bridge on U. S. Highway 321, 

0.9 mile below Big Beaver Creek 

and 1-J miles south of North.

38

396

1952,1954

1949-54

1950-55

Nov. 21

Sept. 5

Nov. 8 

Sept. 19

 17.8

*53.4

*241 *188
332 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN &A&ING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Savannah River basin

Stream

Chauga River.

Eastanollee

Creek.

Choestoea

Creek.

Do........

Cane Creek. . .

Do. .......

Little River.

Town Creek. . .

Twelvemile

Creek.

Rice Creek. . .

Do........

Do........

Qolden Creek.

Twelvemile

Creek.

Seneca River.

Do... .....

Martin Creek.

Do........

Conneross

Creek.

Unnamed tributary.

Tributary to

Tugaloo River

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

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

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

Little River.

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

Keowee River.

Twelvemile

Creek.

Seneca River.

Twelvemile

River.

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

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

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

Seneca River.

Savannah

River.

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

Seneca River.

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

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

Conneross

Creek.

Location

Lat 34°39'50", long 83°09'40", at

bridge on State road, 3.9 miles

above Toxaway Creek and 3$ miles

west of Westminster, S. C.

Lat 34°32', long 83°10', at

county road, 2i miles northeast

of Avalon, Qa.

Lat 34°36'15", long 83°05'50", at

bridge on State road, 4j miles

south of Westminster, S. C.,

and 5.2 miles above Little

Choestoea Creek.

Lat 34°33'15", long 83°05'50", at

bridge on State road, 1.1 miles

above Little Choestoea Creek

and 7 miles northwest of Fair

Play, S. C.

Lat 34*46', long 83°03', at

bridge on county road at West

Union, S. C., zj- miles above

Little Cane Creek.

Lat 34°45', long 83°00', at

bridge on Statr road , 2.6 miles

below Little Cane Creek and

3 miles southeast of West Union,

S. C.

Lat 34°43'20", long 82°54'15", at

Newry, S. C., 2 miles above

mouth .

Lat 34°53', long 82°42', at bridge

on State Highway 183, at

Plckens, S. C.

Lat 34°52', long 82°45', at bridge

on county road, 4 mile above

Wolf Creek and 2{ miles southwest of Pickens, S. C.

Lat 34°52', long 82°38', at Soil

Conservation Service Dam 12,

4i miles east of Piokens, S. C.

Lat 34°50', long 82°41', at Soil

Conservation Service Dam 16,

3 miles south of Plckens, S. C.

Lat 34°49', long 82°44', at bridge

on county road, 1.1 miles above 

mouth and 3 miles northwest of

Liberty, S. C.

Lat 34°48', long 82°44', at bridge

on State road, 2 miles northwest

of Liberty, S. C. and "i\ miles

above mouth.

Lat 34°42'50", long 82 "49 '55", at

bridge on State Highway 133, li

miles north of Calhoun, S. C.

and 2.2 miles above mouth.

Lat 34°41'05", long 82°51'10", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 123, at

Clemson, S. C. , 0.9 mile below

Twelvemile Creek. 

Lat 34°39'15", long 82°51'05", at

bridge on State road, 2.1 miles

south of Clemson, S. C. and 2.4

miles above Martin Creek.

Lat 34°40'10", long 82°56'00", at

bridge on county road, li miles

southeast of Seneca, S. C. and"

6.5 miles above mouth.

Lat 34°38'30", long 82°52'00", at

bridge on State road, 0.5 mile

above mouth and 3.3 miles southwest of Clemson, S. C.

Lat 34°41', long 83°02', at bridge

on U. S. Highway 76, at Richland,

S. C., ij miles above Richland

Creek.

Lat 34°38'55", long 82"58 I 45" J at

bridge on county road, 0.6 mile

above mouth which Is 3.2 miles

above Snow Creek, and 2$ miles

southwest of Seneca, S. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

85

_

_

_

-

35

-

12.4

-

.72

8.4

_

_

640

646

_

_

40.6

.

Measured 

previous ly 

(water 

years )

1955

1950,

1952-54

1953

1947-52,

1954

1955

1954-55

1953-55

1952-55

1953

1949-52,

1954

Date

Nov. 3

May 29

Sept. 19

Nov. 8

Nov. 8

Nov. 10

Dec. 8

Nov. 17

Nov. 3

Sept. 18

Nov. 10

Nov. 3

Sept. 20

Apr. 16

Dec. 27

Mar. 9

May 2

Dec. 27

Mar. 9

Apr. 11

Apr. 16

Sept. 20 

Dec. 27

Mar. 8 

June 22

Sept. 19

Dec. 27

Mar. 8

June 22

Sept. 19

Nov. 8

Nov. 18

Nov. 2

Sept. 18

Nov. 10

Nov. 18

Dec. 16

Aug. 10

Aug. 20

Aug. 22

Nov. 18

Nov. 8

Nov. 18

Nov. 27

Dec. 15

Nov. 3

Apr. 4

May 29

Sept. 19

Nov. 18

Discharge 

(cfs)

*52.4

*90.1

*39.7

*14.9

*7 . 34

*10.8

*13.3

*7.58

 17.1

*17.5

78.6

*5.74

*4.87

1,230

.23

.52

.90

3.70

9.66

113

154

1.61 

8.08

18.2 

9.61

4.65

5.26

11.2

7.61

2.38

81.7

39.2

338

310

391

323

361

367

684

603

*.89

*9.37

*9.24

9.69

 11.5

*20.9

*50.2

*42.6

*18.7

*2.14

* Base flow.
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 333

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Contlnued

Savannah River basin Continued

Stream

Conneross

Creek.

Elghteenmlle

Creek.

Do. .......

Flvemlle

Branch.

Elghteenmlle

Creek.

Do... .....

Do.. ......

Three and

Twenty

Creek.

Deep Creek. . .

Savannah

River.

Whltner Creek

Big Generostee

Creek.

Do........

Savannah

River.

Cedar Creek. .

Little Generostee

Creek.

Rocky River. .

Beaverdam

Creek.

North Fork

Broad

River.

Denmans

Creek.

North Fork

Broad

River.

Carnes Creek.

North Fork

Broad

River.

Do........

Toms Creek. . .

Tributary to

Seneca River.

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

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

Elghteenmlle

Creek.

Seneca River.

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

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

Deep Creek. . .

Seneca River.

Atlantic

Ocean.

Generostee

Creek.

Savannah

River.

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

Atlantic

Ocean.

Savannah

River.

do

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

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

Broad River. .

North Fork

Broad

River.

Broad River. .

North Fork

Broad

River.

Broad River. .

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

North Fork

Broad River

Location

Lat 34°35'35", long 82°52'25", at

bridge on State road, 1.5 miles

above mouth and 2^ miles northeast of Townvllle, S. C.

Lat 34°46', long 82°40', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 178, at

Liberty, S. C., 19j miles above

mouth.

Lat 34"45'20", long 82°41'00", at

bridge on State road, 2£ miles

south of Liberty, S. C.

Lat 34° 42 "30", long 82 "47 '05", at

Central, S. C., 2.1 miles above

mouth.

Lat 34° 39 '30", long 82 "47 '55", at

bridge on State road at Pendleton, S. C., 7.8 miles above

mouth.

Lat 34° 38 '55", long 82° 48 '05", at

bridge on Sbate road, 1.3 miles

west of Pendleton, S. C., and

7.0 miles above mouth.

Lat 34°34'25", long 82°49'55",

£ mile above mouth and 3^ miles

east of Townvllle, S. C.

Lat 34°36'00", long 82°46'20", at

bridge on State road, 0.8 mile

below Mlllwee Creek and 1 mile

southwest of La France, S. C.

Lat 34°31'10", long 82°47'45", at

bridge on State Highway 24, 2.1

miles above mouth and 8^ miles

west of Anderson, S. C.

Lat 34"23'00", long 82°50'15", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 29, 2.2

miles below Sadlers Creek and

13^ miles southwest of Anderson, S. C.

Lat 34°29', long 82°40', at bridge

on State road at Anderson, S. C.

0.6 mile above mouth.

Lat 34°22'25", long 82°46'25", at

bridge on State Highway 187,

2 miles above Weems Creek and

4j miles west of Starr, S. C.

Lat 34°20'30", long 82°47'40",

300 ft above mouth and 6^ miles

southwest of Starr, S. C.

Lat 34°19'30", long 82°47'30", at

bridge on State Highway 181,

1.2 miles below Big Generostee

Creek and 6% miles southwest of

Starr, S. C.

Lat 34°18', long 82°47', at

county road, 9 miles southeast

of Hartwell, Ga.

Lat 34°16', long 82°44', at bridge

on State road, £ mile below

Canoe Creek and 5 miles southwest of Iva, S. C.

Lat 34°28', long 82°37', at bridge

on State road, "i\ miles below

Cox Creek and 3 miles southeast

of Anderson, S. C.

Lat 34°06', long 82°45', at bridge

near northeast city limit In

Mlddleton, Ga.

Lat 34°34', long 83°22', at Soil

Conservation Service Dam No. 1,

ij miles southwest of Toccoa,

Ga. . Lat 34°33', long 83°22', at Soil

Conservation Service Dam No. 2,

3 miles southwest of Toccoa,

Ga.

Lat 34°31', long 83°22', at bridge

on State Highway 13, 3 miles

southwest of Toccoa, Ga.

Lat 34°33', long 83°20', at Soil

Conservation Service Dam No. 3,

2 miles southeast of Toccoa,

Ga.

Lat 34°30', long 83°18', at bridge

on county road, 5i miles south

of Toccoa, Ga.

Lat 34°28 1 , long 83°14', at bridge

on county road, 5£ miles west of

Martin, Ga.

Lat 34°29', long 83°15', at bridge

on county road, ^ mile upstream

from Soil Conservation Service

Dam No. 11, and 2 miles south of

Eastanollee, Ga.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

_

20.6

_

-

-

_

..

-

-

-

_

-

83

-

-

_

_

10.7

3.75

.96

7.71

1.33

24.7

34.7

3.79

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1946,

1953-54

1951-52,

1954

1951,1953,

1955

1955

1954-55

1953-54

1954

1954

1954

1954-55

Date

Nov. 8

Nov. 18

Oct. 2

Sept. 19

Nov. 18

Dec. 16

Aug. 20

Sept. 11

Nov. 18

Dec. 16

Nov. 18

Nov. 10

Nov. 16

Nov. 18

Dec. 9

Nov. 10

Nov. 18

Nov. 9

Nov. 17

Aug. 30

Sept. 11

Sept. 19

Dec. 8

Nov. 9

Nov. 17

Nov. 2

Sept. 18

Nov. 9

Nov. 17

Aug. 30

Sept. 11

Nov. 8

Nov. 9

Nov. 17

Nov. 17

Dec. 15

Nov. 8

Nov. 4

Oct. 20

Nov. 4

Nov. 9

Nov. 9

Nov. 9

Nov. 9

Nov. 4

Discharge 

(cfs)

*17.1

*17.3

4.84

2.54

*4.25

*5.98

».57

*.69

 17.1

*21.1

*19.3

25.6

*21.9

*27.8

52.6

55.5

*43.5

2,020

2,320

2,320

2,330

1,690

 2.20

*21.1

*30.9

*25.3

*15.6

2,000

3,410

3,320

2,320

*9.46

*9.08

*10.0

*10.9

*17.1

*16.4

*1.23

*.29

*.28

*3.21

*1.02

*9.30

 11.0

*1.43
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the South Atlantic slope 

basins, James River to Savannah River during the water year 1956 Continued

Savannah River basin Continued

Stream

Middle Fork

Broad

River.

Long Lane

Creek.

Cuffytown

Creek.

Holley Creek.

Tributary to

Broad River. .

Little River.

Hard Labor

Creek.

Savannah

River.

Location

Lat 34°32', long 83°26', at pumping plant on county road.

6 miles southwest of Toccoa,

Oa.

Lat 34°11'05", long 82°18'15", at

bridge on State Highway 72, 3.4

miles above McCord Creek and

4.3 miles east of Abbevllle,

S C

Lat'33°55', long 82°10', at bridge

on U. S. Highway 378, 3^ miles

above mouth and 7 miles east of

MoCormlok, S. C.

Lat 33°21'35", long 81°48'40", at

bridge on State Highway 125,

1 mile below Town Creek and 2.2

miles northeast of Kathwood,

S. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

8.2

68.6

-

87

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1949-55

1955

1952-54

Date

Mar. 27

Nov. 23

Nov. 22

Nov. 10

Discharge 

(cfs)

*6.12

*11.2

*.72

 81.7

The following table contains determinations of peak discharge made at crest stage by 

indirect methods or by current meter or computed from rating curve at points other than 

regular gaging stations.

Determinations of peak discharge during water year October 1955 to September 1956

Stream

Chinkapin

Swamp.

Beaverdam

Swamp.

Unnamed tributary.

Shelton Creek

Cedar Creek. .

Fishing Creek

Acre Swamp. . .

Lick Creek. . .

Swift Creek. .

Nahunta Swamp

Batohelders

Creek.

Bear Creek. . .

Do........

Tributary to

Wiccacon

Creek.

Beech Swamp . .

Smithwick

Creek.

Tar River. . , .

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

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

Pungo Swamp, .

Neuse River. .

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

Contentnea

Creek.

Neuse River. .

Rocky River. .

Deep River. .

Location

Lat 36°12', long 76°47 T , at culvert on State Highway 350, 1.0

mile west of Coleraln, Bertie

County, N. C.

Lat 36°17', long 77°42', at culvert on State Highway 561, 3,5

miles northeast of Heathvllle,

Halifax County, N. C.

Lat 35°43'40", long 77"04'50", at

culvert on U. S. Highway 17,

% mile upstream from mouth and

9.5 miles south of Willlamston,

Martin County, N. C.

Lat 36°18'50", long 78°43'25", at

culvert on U. S. Highway 158,

1 mile east of Berea, Qranville

County, N. C.

Lat 36°03'10", long 78°2O'2o", at

bridge on State Highway 59,

4 miles northwest of Loulsburg,

Franklin County, N. C.

Lat 36°23 T , long 78°11', at bridge

on secondary road, J mile below

Phoebes Creek and 2 miles southwest of Warrenton, Warren County,

N. C.

Lat 35°35'00", long 76°5O'30", at

bridge on State Highway 32, 0.9

mile downstream from Jacobs

Branch, 1.0 mile above mouth,

and Z\ miles southeast of Pinetown, Beaufort County, N. C.

Lat 35°58'20", long 78°44'40", at

culvert on State Highway 98,

1.8 miles west of Durham-Wake

County line, N. C.

Lat 35°43', long 78°45', at bridge

on secondary road, 2 miles southwest of Macedonia, Wake County,

N. C.

Lat 35°30'40", long 77°59'00", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 117,

1 mile north of Plkeville,

Wayne County, N. C.

Lat 35°09'00", long 77°10'30", on

U. S. Highway 70, 2.1 miles

downstream from Rollover Creek

and 6.7 miles northeast of New

Bern, Craven County, N. C.

Lat 35°38', long 79°18', at highway bridge, 3 miles northeast

of Qoldston, Chatham County,

N. C., 4j miles below Atlantic

and Yadkin Ry. and 6j miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°28 T , long 79°42", at highway bridge, 4.9 miles southwest

of Jug Town, Moore County, N. C.

and 7 miles upstream from

Robbins.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

8.89

9.44

.92

23

47.8

44.7

Indeterminate

13.6

19.5

18.6

33.5

43.2

23.9

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1955

1955

Date

July 10

Apr. 12

Aug. 21

Mar. 16

Mar. 17

Mar. 17

July 10

June 2

June 2

May 1

May 7

Mar. 16

July 19

July 20

Discharge 

(cfs)

102

112

48.6

772

970

585

219

443

1,740

148

475

2,580

8,340
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 335

Determinations of peak discharge during water year October 1955 to September 1956 Continued

Stream

Mill Creek. . .

Do... .....

Wet Creek. . . .

Persimmon

Creek.

Falls Creek. .

Hood Creek. . .

South Deep

Creek.

Unnamed tributary.

Deal Branch. .

Cabin Creek. .

Long Branch . .

Thlckety

Creek.

Do. .......

Cheek Creek,

East Prong

Drowning

Creek.

Drowning

Creek.

Naked Creek. .

Cold Spring

Creek.

Duck Creek. . .

Hogan Creek. .

Camp Creek. . .

Tributary to

Cabin Creek. .

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

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

do

Deep River. . .

Cape Fear

River.

Deep Creek. . .

Patterson

Creek.

South Yadkin

River.

Yadkin River.

Little River.

do

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

do

Drowning

Creek.

Lumber River.

Drowning

Creek.

Carrol Branch

Catawba River

Lyle Creek. . .

Second Broad

River.

Location

Lat 35°22', long 79°42', at culvert on secondary road, £ mile

above McDuffie Mill Pond and

unnamed tributary to right and

2 miles north of Samarcand,

Moore County, N. C.

Lat 35°20', long 79°41', at bridge

on State Highway 27, 3 miles

above mouth and 7.8 miles southwest of Robbins, Moore County,

N. C.

Lat 35C 23', long 79°38', at culvert on State Highway 27, l£

miles above mouth and 4^ miles

southwest of Robbins, Moore

County, N. C.

Lat 35°25', long 79°36', at highway culvert, 0.6 mile west of

State Highway 705, 1.15 miles

north of State Highway 27, and

1.0 mile southwest of center of

Robbins, Moore County, N. C.

Lat 35°33', long 79°30', at culvert on State Highway 902, 8.3

miles west of Bear Creek and

2.5 miles southwest of Bennett,

Chatham County, N. C.

Lat 34° 17', long 78°07', at bridge

on U. S. Highways 74 and 76,

1 mile east of Maco, Brunswick

County, N. C.

Lat 36°09', long 80°46', at highway bridge at Longtown Milling

Co. dam, 1.2 miles north and

0.3 mile east from junction of

U. S. Highways 421 and 21,

Yadkin County, N. C.

Lat 35°37', long 80°58', at culvert on State Highway 115, 13.3

miles north of Statesville,

Iredell County, N. C.

Lat 35°44', long 80°30', at culvert on State Highway 601, 3.7

miles north of Salisbury, Rowan

County, N. C.

Lat 35°35', long 80°09', at culvert on State Highway 8, 0.6

mile north of Jackson Hill,

Davidson County, N. C.

Lat 35°18', long 79°53', at culvert on secondary road, 1.5

miles southwest of Capelsie,

Montgomery County, N. C. 

Lat 35*16', long 79°51', at highway culvert, lj miles southeast

of Onvil, Montgomery County,

N. C.

Lat 35°14', long 79°54', at highway bridge, 2 miles above mouth

and 3^ miles southwest of Onvil,

Montgomery County, N. C,

Lat 35*13', long 79°51', at bridge

on State Highway 731, 1.4 miles

east of Pekin, Montgomery

County, N. C.

Lat 35°16', long 79°40', at bridge

ly miles above mouth and 2 miles

south of Eagle Springs, Moore

County, N. C.

Lat 35°11', long 79°39', at bridge

on secondary road, 2 miles south

of Jackson Springs, Moore County,

N. C .

Lat'sS0 !! 1 , long 76°42', at highway bridge at Moore-Richmond

County line, l£ miles east of

Norman, N. C.

Lat 35° 53', long 81°44' , at highway bridge, 5 miles southwest of

Collettsville and 0.6 mile west

of Burke-Caldwell County line,

N. C.

Lat 35°56', long 81°18', at bridge

on State Highway 127, 8 miles

west of Taylorsville, Alexander

County, N. C.

Lat 35°41', long 81°08', at culvert on State Highway 10, 4.5

miles southwest of Catawba,

Catawba County, N. C.

Lat 350 28', long 81°55', at bridge

on secondary road, 0.6 mile

north and 1.4 miles west of West

Minister, Rutherford County,

N. C.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

1.90

9.60

15.7

1.24

3.01

22.6

16

2

3.88

10.8

1.59

1.83

6.32

14.6

3.25

33.4

8.91

2.76

18.6

7.80

13

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1955

1955

1955

Date

July 19

July 20

July 19

July 20

July 19

July 20

July 19

July 20

Mar. 16

Aug. 24

Sept. 27

Sept. 26

Feb. 6

Mar. 16

July 19

July 19

July 19

July 19

July 19

July 19

July 20

July 19

July 20

Feb. 6

Sept. 27

July 19

Feb. 6

Discharge 

(°fs)

1,480

8,230

8,580

267

392

115

944

127

616

794

663

1,510

2,630

6,230

3,810

7,280

1,570

58.0

90.3

191

167
INDEX

Abbotts Creek at Lexlngton, N. C...... 182

Accuracy of field data and computed

results......................... 7-8

Acre-foot, definition of.............. 2

Agencies other than the Geological

Survey, Records collected by.... 11

Ahoskle Creek at Ahoskie, N. C........ 74

All Healing 'Springs, N. C., Lower

Little River near............... 202

Altavista, Va., Roanoke River at...... 85

Anderson, S. C., Seneca River near...273-274 

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va......... 64

Appomattox, Va., East Pork Palling

River near...................... 89

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

at Mattoax, Va...................... 54

near Petersburg, Va................. 56

Arvonia, Va., Slate River near........ 13,41

Augusta, Ga.,. Augusta Canal near...... 289

Savannah River at..................290-292

Augusta Canal near Augusta, Ga........ 289

Back Creek near Mountain Grove, Va..., 

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

Plat River at.......................

Plat River near.....................

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

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

Battle Ground, N. C., Horsepen Creek 

at.

15

126

125

127

109

102

141

Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C..........153-154

Bedford, Va., Otter River near

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

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

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

Bessemer City, N. C., Long Creek near 

Big Bear Creek near Richfield, N. C.. 

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

Big Springs at Elliston, Va..........

Bishopville, S. C., Lynches River

near...........................

Black River (Cape Pear River basin)

near Tomahawk, N. C............

Black River (Pee Dee River basin), at

Kingstree, S. C

86

284

139

34

206

185

27

74

192

160

199 

near Gable, S '. C.................... 198

Blackwater River (Chowan River basin),

at Zuni, Va..................... 67

near Dendron, Va.................... 66

neap Franklin, Va................... 68

Blackwater River (Roanoke River basin)

near Uni.on Hall, Va............. 81

Boardman, N. C., Lumber River at...... 196

Boiling Springs, N. C., Broad River

near............................ 219

Bolar Spring at Bolar, Va............. 14

Branch, N. C., Linville River at...... 201

Branohville, S. C., Edlsto River near. 254 

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga.......... 294

Brink, Va., Pontaine Creek near....... 73

Broad River (Santee River basin), at

Richtex, S. C................... 235

near Boiling Springs, N. C.......... 219

near Carlisle, S. C................. 226

near Chimney Rock, N. C............. 213

near Gaffney, S. C.................. 221

Broad River (Savannah River basin),

near Bell, Ga................... 284

near Carlton, Ga.................... 312

North Pork, near Carnesville, Ga.... 283

near Lavonia, Ga.................. 281

near Toccoa, Ga................... 280

Brookneal, Va., Roanoke River at...... 88

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C........ 187

Buchanan, Va., James River at......... 25

Karnes Spring near.................. 26

Buena Vista, Va., Maury River near.... 31

Buffalo Creek near Hampden Sydney, Va. 52 

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

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

Burkeville, Va., Nottoway River near.. 60

Burlington, N. C., Stony Creek near.... 145

Calfpasture River above Mill Creek,

at Goshen, Va.................... 26

Calhoun Palls, S. C., Rocky River near. 276 

Savannah River near.................278-279

Camden, S. C., Wateree River near...... 211

Cape Pear River, at Payetteville, N. C.. 297 

at Lillington, N, C.................. 156

at lock 3, near Tarheel, N. C........ 158

Cape Pear River basin, N. C., gaglngstation records in..............139-164

Carlisle, S. C., Broad River near...... 226

Carlton, Ga., Broad River near......... 312

Carnesville, Ga., North Fork Broad

River near....................... 283

Cartersville, Va., James River at...... 46

Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va......... 24

Catawba River, at Catawba, N. C........ 203

near Marion, N . C..................... 200

near Rock Hill, S. C................. 208

South Pork, at Lowell, N. C.......... 207

Cfs-day, definition of................. 2

Chappells, S. C., Lake Greenwood near.. 242 

Saluda River at...................... 243

Charlotte, N. C., Little Sugar Creek

near............................. 209

Chattooga River, near Clayton, Ga....... 259

near Tallulah Falls, Ga.............. 311

Cheraw, S. C., Juniper Creek near...... 190

Chesterfield, Va., Palling Creek near.. 50 

Chickahominy River near Providence

Forge, Va........................ 57

Chimney Rock, N. C., Broad River near.. 213 

Chinquapin, N. C., Northeast Cape Fear

River near....................... 163

Cho,wan River basin, N. C.-Va., gagingstation records in............... 60-74

Clark Hill Reservoir near Clarks Hill,

S. C. ............................ 287

Clayton, Ga., Chattooga River near..... 259

Clayton, N. C., Middle Creek near...... 130

Neuse River near.....................13,129

Cleveland, N. C., Third Creek at....... 181

Cliffside, N. C., Second Broad River

at............................... 218

Clifton, S. C., Pacolet River near..... 225

Clifton Forge, Va., Cowpasture River

near............................. 20

Smith Creek near..................... 19

Clyo, Ga., Savannah River near......... 295

Colly Creek near Kelly, N. C........... 162

Columbia, S. C., Lake Murray near...... 245

Saluda River near.................... 246

Combahee River near Yemassee, S. C..... 257

Combahee River basin, S. C., gagingstation records in..............256-257

Contentnea Creek, at Hookerton, N. C... 135 

Contents, definition of................ 3

Control, definition of................. 3

Cooleemee, N. C., South Yadkin River

at............................... 180

Cooperation, record of................. 1-2

Coosawhatchie River near Hampton, S. C. 258 

Copeland, N. C., Fisher River near..... 174

Cove Creek near Lake Lure, N. C.......214-217

Covington, Va., Dunlap Creek near...... 17

Potts Creek near..................... 18

Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge,

Va............................... 20

Craig Creek at Parr, Va................ 23

Cub Creek at Phenix, Va................ 92

Cubic feet per second per square mile,

definition of.................... 2

Cubic foot per second, definition of... 2 

Cypress Chapel, Va., Cypress Swamp at.. 59 

Cypress Swamp at Cypress Chapel, Va.... 59

Dan River, at Danville, Va. 

at Leaksville, N. C......

at Paces, Va.............

106

296

107

337
338 INDEX

Pas

Dan River, at Pine Hall, N. C......... 296

near Francisco, N. C................ 95-961

near Wentworth, N. C................ lOOi

Danville, Va., Dan River at........... 1061

Sandy River near.................... 105

Data, accuracy of..................... 7-8

explanation of...................... 3-7

Deep Creek near Mannboro, Va.......... 55

Deep River, at Moncure, N. C.......... 155

at Ramseur, N. C.................... 152

East Fork, near High Point, N. C.... 150

near Randleman, N. C. ............... 151

West Fork, near High Point, N. C.... 149

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

Denmark, S. C., South Fork Edisto

River near...................... 252

Denniston, Va., Hyco River near....... 110

Dewy Rose, Ga., South Beaverdam Creek

at.............................. 277

Dial Creek near Bahama, N. C.......... 126

Dillon, S. C., Little Pee Dee River

near............................ 194

Dinwiddie, Va., Stony Creek near...... 63

Discharge measurements:

Cape Fear River basin..............319-322

Cashie River basin.................. 315

Chowan River basin.................. 314

Edisto River basin.................. 331

James River basin................... 314

Kings Creek basin................... 319

Lockwoods Folly River basin......... 322

Neuse River basin..................316-319

New Ri'-er basin..................... 319

Pamlico River basin................. 316

Peak discharges....................334-335

Pee Dee River basin................322-326

Roanoke River basin................315-316

Santee River basin.................326-331

Savannah River basin...............332-334

Whiteoak River basin................ 319

Note.--Streams for which only discharge measurements are available are 

not entered by name in this index.

Dismal Swamp, Va., Lake Drummond in... 58

Dismal Swamp basin, gaging-station

records in...................... 58-59

Dobson, N. C., Fisher River near. 

Drainage area, definition of..........

Drewrys Bluff, Va., Falling Creek

near............................

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

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

298

3

51

195

17

Earlysville, Va., South Fork Rivanna

River near...................... 43

Edisto River, near Branchville, S. C.. 254 

near Givhans, S. C.................. 255

North Fork, at Orangeburg, S. C..... 253

South Fork, near Denmark, S. C...... 252

near Montmorenci, S. C ............ 251

Edisto River basin, S. C., gagingstation records in.............251-255

Efflngham, S. C., Lynches River at....13,193

Eldorado, N. C., Uwharrie River

near............................ 184

Elliston, Va., Big Springs at......... 74

Emporia, Va., Meherrin River at....... 72

Enfield, N. C., Fishing Creek near.... 121

Eno River at Hillsboro, N. C.......... 124

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C. 

Evington, Va., Otter River near.

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

Fairmont, S. C., North Tyger River

near............................

Falling Creek,near Chesterfield, Va-.. 

near Drewrys Bluff, Va...............

Falling River, East Fork, at Spring

Mills, Va.......................

East Fork, near Appomattox, Va......

near Naruna, Va.....................

Palling Spring, Va., Jackson River at. 

Farmville, Va., Appomattox River at... 

Fayetteville, N. C., Cape Fear River 

at..............................

Fine Creek at Fine Creek Mills, Va....

Fingerville, S. C., North Pacolet

River at........................

Pacolet River near..................

South Pacolet River Reservoir near..

234

87

233

227

50

51

90

89

91

16

53

297

47

222

224

223

Page

First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C.. 220

Fisher River,near Copeland, N. C....... 174

near Dobson, N. C.................... 298

Fishing Creek near Enfield, N. C....... 121

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

Flat River, at Bahama, N. C............ 125

at dam, near Bahama, N. C............ 127

Floods, special reports on............. 11

Fontaine Creek near Brink, Va.......... 73

Forbush Creek near Yadkinville, N. C... 175

Four Hole Swamp near Ridgeville, S. C.. 310

Francisco, N. C., Dan River near....... 95

Franklin, Va., Blackwater River near... 68

Freeland, N. C., Waccamaw River at..... 165

Gable, S. C., Black River near......... 198

Gaffney, S. C., Broad River near....... 221

Galivants Ferry, S. C., Little Pee

Dee River at..................... 197

Georges Creek near Gretna, Ca.......... 108

Gibsonville, N. C., Reedy Fork near.... 142

Givhans, S. C., Edisto River near...... 255

Goldsboro, N. C., Neuse River near..... 132

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

Goshen, Va., Calfpasture River at...... 26

Great Falls, S. C., Rocky Creek at..... 210

Greenfield, Va., Rockfish River near... 38 

Greensboro, N. C., North Buffalo Creek

near............................. 144

South Buffalo Creek near............. 143

Greenville, S. C., Reedy River near.... 240

Saluda River near.................... 236

Gretna, Va., Georges Creek near........ 108

Gum Branch, N. C., New River near...... 138

Halifax, Va., Banister River at... '..... 109

Hampden Sydney, Va., Buffalo Creek

near............................. 52

Hampton, S. C., Coosawhatchie River

near............................. 258

Hardware River below Briery Run, near

Scottsville, Va.................. 40

Harmony, N. C., Hunting Creek near..... 179

Hartwell, Ga., Tugaloo River near...... 261

Haw River, at Haw River, N. C.......... 146

near Benaja, N. C.................... 139

near Pittsboro, N. C................. 147

Henry Fork near Henry River, N. C...... 204

Herring Run near Washington, N. C...... 123

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

near............................. 150

West Fork Deep River near............ 149

High Rock, N. C., Yadkin River at...... 183

Hillsboro, N. C., "Eno River at......... 124

Hoffman, N. C., Drowning Creek near.... 195

Holcombs Rock, Va., James River at..... 33

Hookerton, N. C., Contentnea Creek at.. 135

Horsepen Creek at Battle Ground, N. C.. 141

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

Hunting Creek near Harmony, N. C....... 179

Hyco River near Denniston, Va.......... 110

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

diagram of........................... 13

Indian Creek near Laboratory, N. C..... 205 

Iva, S. C., Savannah River near........ 275

Jackson River at Falling Spring, Va.... 16

James River, at Bent Creek, Va......... 34

at Buchanan, Va...................... 25

at Cartersville, Va.................. 46

at Holcombs Rock, Va................. 33

at Lick Run, Va...................... 21

at Scottsville, Va................... 4, 39

near Richmond, Va.................... 49

James River & Kanawha Canal near

Richmond, Va..................... 48

James River basin, Va., gaging-station

records in....................... 14-57

Jocassee, S. C., Keowee River near....266-269 

Whitewater River at................. 262-265

Johns Creek at Newcastle, Va........... 22

Jones Creek, North Fork, near Wadesboro, N. C....................... 309

Juniper Creek near Cheraw, S. C........ 190

Karnes Spring near Buchanan, Va........ 26

Kelly, N. C., Colly Creek near......... 162

Keowee River, near Jocassee, S. C..... .266-269

near Newry, S. C..................... 270
INDEX 339

Page 

Kerrs Creek, Va., Big Spring at....... 27

Kerrs Creek near Lexington, Va........ 28

Keysville. Va., North Meherrin River

near............................ 69

Kingatree, 3. C., Black River at...... 199

Kinaton, N. C., Neuse River at........ 133

Laboratory, N. C., Indian Creek near.. 205 

Lafayette, Va., Roanoke River at...... 75

Lake Drummond in Dismal Swamp, Va..... 58

Lake Greenwood near Chappells, S. C... 242 

Lake Lure, N. C., Cove Creek near....214-217

248

250

245

247

281

220

71

296

182

28

29

Lake Marion near Pinevllle, S. C. 

Lake Moultrle near Pinopolis, S. C..., 

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

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion canal

near Pineville, S. C............

Lavonia, Ga., North Fork Broad River

near............................

Lawndale, N. C., First Broad River

near............................

Lawrenceville, Va., Meherrin River

near............................

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

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

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

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

Liberty, S. C., Twelvemile Creek

near..........................,271-272

Lick Run, Va., James River at......... 21

Lillington, N. C., Cape Fear River at, 156 

Linden, N. C., Little River at........ 157

Llnville, River at Branch, N. C....... 201

Little Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C. 308 

Little Coharle Creek near Roseboro,

N. C............................ 159

Little Pee Dee River, at Gallvants

Ferry, S. C..................... 197

near Dlllon, S. C................... 194

Little River (Cape Fear River basin)

at Linden, N. C ................. 157

Little River (Neuse River basin) near

Prinoeton, N. C................. 131

Little River (Pee Dee River basin)

near Star, N. C................. 188

Little River (Savannah River basin),

near Mount Carmel, S. C......... 285

near Washington, Ga................. 286

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte,

N. C..... ....................... 209

Long Creek near Bessemer City, N. C... 206 

Longs, S. C., Waccamaw River near..... 166

Lovlngston, Va., Tye River near....... 35

Lowell, N. C., South Fork Catawba

River at........................ 207

Lower Little River near All Healing

Springs , N. C................... 202

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C.,,,.... 196

Lunenburg, Va., North Meherrin River

near,........................... 70

Lyman, S. C., Middle Tyger River at... 228 

Lynches River, at Efflngham, S. C.....13,193

near Blshopvllle, S. C. ............. 192

McDowell, Va., Stuart Spring near..... 20

Madison, S. C., Tugaloo River near.... 312

Mannboro, Va., Deep Creek near........ 55

Map of the United States.............. 9

Marion, N. C., Catawba River near...., 200

Martin, Ga., Toms Creek near.......... 282

Martinsvilie, Va., Smith River at..... 103

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

Maury River, at Rookbrldge Baths, Va.. 27

near Euena Vista, Va................ 31

near Lexington, Va................... 29

Mayo River near Price, N. C........... 98-99

Meherrin River, at Emporia, Va........ 72

near Lawrenceville, Va.............. 71

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C....... 130

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C..... 228

Mlley, S. C., Salkehatchle River

near............................ 256

Millhaven, Ga., Brier Creek at........ 294

Savannah River near................. 293

Mocksville, N. C., South Yadkin River

near............................ 178

Modoc, S. C., Stevens Creek near...... 288

Moncure, N. C., Deep River at......... 155

Montmorencl, S. C., South Fork Edlsto

River near...................... 251

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

Moormans River, North Fork, near

Whitehall, Va....................

Mount Carmel, S. C., Little River

near.............................

Mountain Grove, Va,, Back Creek near... 

Muddy Run Spring near Warm Springs,

Va...............................

Page

42

285

15

14

Nahunta Swamp near Shine, N. C......... 134

Naruna, Va., Falling River near........ 91

Nashville, N. C., Sapony Creek near.... 120

Tar River near....................... 119

Neuse River, at Klnston, N. C. ......... 133

near Clayton, N. C. ..................13,129

near Goldsboro, N. C................. 132

near Northslde, N. C................. 128

Neuse River basin, N. C., gagingstatlon records in..............124-137

Newcastle, Va., Johns Creek at......... 22

New Hope River near Pittsboro, N. C.... 148

New River near Gum Branch, N. C........ 138

Newry, S. C., Keowee River near........ 270

Niagara, Va., Roanoke River at......... 4, 80

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro,

N. C............................. 144

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

North Meherrin River, neav Keysville,

Va............................... 69

near Lunenburg, Va................... 70

North Pacolet River at Fingerville,

S. C............................. 222

North Tyger River, near Falrmont, S. C. 227 

near Moore, S. C..................... 229

North Wilkesboro, N. C., Reddles River

at............................... 168

Northesfst Cape Fear River near

Chinquapin, N. C................. 163

Northslde, N. C., Neuse River near..... 128

Norwood, N. C., Rocky River near....... 186

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

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

near Rawllngs, Va.................... 61

near Sebrell, Va..................... 65

near Stony Creek, Va................. 62

Oak Ridge, N. C., Reedy Fork near....

Orangeburg, S. C., North Fork Edlsto 

River at.......................

Order, downstream, of listing gaging 

stations.......................

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

near Evington, Va..................

140

253

3

86

87

Paces, Va,, Dan River at............... 107

Pacolet River, near Clifton, S. C...... 225

near Fingerville, S. C............... 224

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

Pamlico River basin, N. C., gagingstation records in..............118-123

Panther Creek near Toccoa, Qa.......... 260

Parkersburg, N, C., South River near... 161 

Parr, Va., Craig Creek at.............. 23

Patterson, N. C., Yadkin River at...... 167

Pedlar Mills, Va., Pedlar River near... 32 

Pedlar River near Pedlar Mills, Va..... 32

Pee Dee River, at Peedee, S. C......... 191

near Rockingham, N. -C................ 189

Pee Dee River basin, N. C.-S; C. (

gaging-station records in.......167-199

Pelzer, S. C., Saluda River near....... 237

Petersburg, Va., Appomattox River near. 56 

Phenix, Va., Cub Creek at.............. 92

Philpott, Va., Smith River near........ 101

Pi g g River near Toshes, Va............ 83

Pine Hall, N. C., Dam River at......... 296

Pinevllle, S. C., Lake Marion near..... 248

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion

canal near....................... 247

Santee River near.................... 249

Piney River at Piney River, Va......... 36

Pinopolis, S. C., Lake Moultrle

near............................. 250

Pittsboro, N. C., Haw River near....... 147

New Hope River near.................. 148

Polkton, N. C., Brown Creek near....... 187

Little Brown Creek near.............. 308

Potts Creek near Covington, Va......... 18

Price, N. C., Mayo River near.......... 98-99

Prlnceton, N. C., Little River near.... 131
340 INDEX

Providence Forge, Va., Chlckahomlny

River near...................... 57

Publications, on streamflow by

Geological Survey............... 8-11

by State agencies................... 11

Ramseur, N. C., Deep River at......... 152

Randleraan, N. C., Deep River near..... 151

Randolph, Va., Roanoke River at....... 93

Rawllngs, Va., Nottoway River near.... 61

Reddles River at North Wllkesboro,

N. C............................ 168

Reedy Pork, near Glbsonvllle, N. C..... 142

near Oak Ridge, N. C................ 140

Reedy River, near Greenville, S. C.... 240

near Ware Shoals, S. C.............. 241

Reldvllle, S. C., South Tyger River

near............................ 230

Richfield, N. C., Big Bear Creek near. 185 

Richmond, Va., James River & Kanawha

Canal near...................... 48

James River near.................... 49

Rlchtex, S. C., Broad River at........ 235

Rldgevllle, S. C., Four Hole Swamp

near............................ 310

Rlvanna River, at Palmyra, Va......... 44

South Pork, near Earlysvllle, Va.... 43

Riverside, Va., South River near...... 30

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va............. 94

Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Roanoke River

at.............................122-116

Roanoke River, at Altavlsta, Va....... 85

at Brookneal, Va.................... 88

at Buggs Island, Va................. Ill

at Lafayette, Va.................... 75

at Niagara, Va...................... 4, 80

at Randolph, Va..................... 93

at Roanoke, Va...................... 76-79

at Roanoke Rapids, N. C............112-116

near Scotland Neck, N. C............ 117

near Toshes, Va..................... 82

Roanoke River basin, N. C.-Va.,

gaging-statlon records In.......74-117

Robblns, N. C., Bear Creek at........153-154

Rock Hill, S. C., Catawba River near. 208 

Rockbrldge Baths, Va., Maury River at. 27 

Rockflsh Creek near Wallace, N. C..... 164

Rockflsh River near Greenfleld, Va.,.. 38 

Rocklngham, N. C., Pee Dee River near. 189 

Rocky Creek at Great Palls, S. C...... 210

Rocky River (Pee Dee River basin), at

Turnersburg, N. C............... 177

near Norwood, N. C.................. 186

Rocky River (Savannah River basin)

near Calhoun Falls, S. C........ 276

Roseboro, N. C., Little Coharle Creek

near............................ 159

Runoff In Inches, definition of....... 2

Salisbury, N. C., Yadkln River near..299-307 

Salkehatchle River near Mlley, S. C... 256 

Saluda River, at Chappells, S, C...... 243

near Columbia, S. C................. 246

near Greenville, S, C............... 236

near Pelzer, S. C................... 237

near Sllverstreet, S. C............. 244

near Ware Shoals, S. C............. 238-239'

Sandy River near Danville, Va......... 105

Santee River near Plnevllle, S. C..... 249

Santee River basin, N. C.-S. C.,

gaglng-statlon records In......200-249

Sapony Creek near Nashville, N. C..... 120

Savannah River, at Augusta, Ga.......290-292

at Burtons Perry Bridge, near

Mlllhaven, Ga................... 293

at Woodlawn, S. C................... 313

near Calhoun Palls, S. C........... 278-279

near Clyo, Ga....................... 295

near Iva, S. C...................... 275

Savannah River basin, Ga.-S. C.,

gaglng-statlon records In......259-295

Saxe, Va., Roanoke Creek at........... 94

Scotland Neck, N. C., Roanoke River

near............................ 117

Scottsvllle, Va., Hardware River

near............................ 40

James River at...................... 4, 39

Sebrell, Va., Nottoway River near..... 65

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C. 218 

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C.....273-274

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Shine, N. C., Nahunta Swamp near....... 134

Sllverstreet, S. C., Saluda River

near............................. 244

Slate River near Arvonla, Va........... 13,41

Smith Creek, above old dam, near

Clifton Forge, Va................ 19

Smith River, at Bassett, Va............. 102

at Martlnsvllle, Va.................. 103

at Spray, N. C....................... 104

near Phllpott, Va.................... 101

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose,

Ga............................... 277

South Buffalo Creek near Greensboro,

N. C............................. 143

South Pacolet River Reservoir near

Flngervllle, S. C................ 223

South River (Cape Fear River basin)

near Parkersburg, N. C........... 161

South River (James River basin) near

Riverside, Va.................... 30

South Tyger River, near Reldvllle,

S. C.......... ................... 230

near Woodruff, S. C.................. 231

South Yadkln River, at Cooleemee,

N. C............................. 180

near Mocksvllle, N. C................ 178

Spencer, Va., North Mayo River near 97

Spray, N. C., Smith River at........... 104

Spring Mills, Va., East Pork Falling

River at......................... 90

Stage-discharge relation, definition

of...............................

Star, N. C., Little River near.........

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

Stony Creek, Va., Nottoway River near.. 

Stony Creek (Cape Pear River basin)

near Burlington, N. C............

Stony Creek (Chowan River basin) near

Dlnwlddle, Va...................

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

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

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

2

188

288

62

145

63

20

64

136

Tallulah Falls, Ga., Chatooga River

near............................. 311

Tar River, at Tarboro, N. C............ 122

near Nashville, N. C................. 119

near Tar River, N. C................. 118

Tarboro, N. C., Tar River at........... 122

Tarheel, N. C., Cape Pear River at

lock 3, near..................... 158

Terms and abbreviations, definition of. 2

Third Creek at Cleveland, N. C......... 181

Toccoa, Ga., North Fork Broad River

near............................. 280

Panther Creek near................... 260

Tomahawk, N. C., Black River near...... 160

Toms Creek near Martin, Ga............. 282

Toshes, Va., Plgg River near........... 83

Roanoke River near................... 82

Trent River near Trenton, N. C......... 137

Trenton, N. C., Trent River near....... 137

Trinity, N. C., Uwharrle River near.... 308

Tugaloo River, near Hartwell, Ga........ 261

near Madison, S. C................... 312

Turnersburg, N. C., Rocky River at..... 177

Twelvemlle Creek near Liberty, S. C...271-272

Tye River near Lovlngston, Va.......... 35

Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C........ 232

Union, S. C., Falrforest Creek near.... 233

Union Hall, Va., Blackwater River near. 81

Uwharrle River, near Eldorado, N. C..... 184

near Trinity, N. C................... 308

Vanceboro, N. C., Swift Creek near..... 136

WSP, definition of..................... 3

Waccamaw River, at Freeland, N. C...... 165

near Longs, S. C..................... 166

Waccamaw River basin, N. C.-S. C.,

gaglng-statlon records In.......165-166

Wadesboro, N. C., North Pork Jones

Creek near....................... 309

Wallace, N. C., Rockflsh Creek near.... 164

Ware Shoals, S. C., Reedy River near... 241 

Saluda River near...................238-239

Warm Springs, Va., Muddy Run Spring

near............................. 14

Washington, Ga., Little River near..... 286
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Washington, N. C., Herring Run near... 123 

Wateree River near Camden, S. C....... 211

Wentworth, N. C., Dan River near...... 100

Whitehall, Va., North Pork Moormans

River near...................... 42

Whitewater River at Jocassee, S. C...262-265 

Wilkesboro, N. C., Yadkin River at...169-173 

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

Woodlavm, S. C., Savannah River at.... 313

Woodruff, S. C., South Tyger River

near............................ 231

Tyger River near.................... 232

Work, division of..................... 2

Work, scope of.

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Yadkin College, N. C., Yadkin River at. 76 

Yadkin River, at High Rock, N. C....... 183

at Patterson, N. C................... 167

at Wilkesboro, N. C.................169-173

at Yadkin College, N . C.............. 176

near Salisbury, N. C................299-307

Yadkinville, N. C., Forbush Creek 

near. 175 

Yemassee, S. C., Combahee River near... 257

Zuni, Va., Blaokwater River at......... 67

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