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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR

WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 354

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE 

UNITED STATES

1913

PART IV. ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN

N. C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

W. G. HOYT, A. H. HORTON, and C. C. COVERT. District Engineers

Prepared In cooperation with the Statea of Minneiota, 

New York, and Vermont

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1915
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

GEORGE OTI8 SMITH, DIEECTOE

WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 354

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE 

UNITED STATES

1913

PAKT IV. ST. LAWRENCE RIYER BASIN

N. C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

W. G. HOTT, A. H. HORTON, and C. C. COVERT, District Engineers

Prepared in cooperation

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CONTENTS.

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

Publications...................................................

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

Convenient equivalents.........................................

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

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

Cooperation...................................................

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

Gaging station records...........................................

Streams tributary to Lake Superior........................

Poplar River at Lutsen, Minn..........................

Beaver Bay River at Beaver Bay, Minn..................

St. Louis River near Thompson, Minn...................

Whiteface River below Meadowlands, Minn............

Cloquet River at Independence, Minn..................

Streams tributary to Lake Michigan........................

Escanaba River near Escanaba, Mich...................

Menominee River near Iron Mountain, Mich.............

Wolf River at Keshena, Wis.............................

West Branch of Wolf River at Neopit, Wis...............

Grand River at Grand Rapids, Mich....................

Manistee River near Sherman, Mich...................

Streams tributary to Lake Huron...........................

Au Sable River near Lovells, Mich.....................

Au Sable River at Bamfield, Mich......................

Tittabawassee River at Freeland, Mich.................

Streams tributary to Lake Erie.............................

Huron River at Dexter, Mich...........................

Huron River at Geddes, Mich..........................

Huron River at Flat Rock, Mich........................

Cattaraugus Creek at Versailles, N. Y...................

Little Tonawanda Creek at Linden, N. Y................

Streams tributary to La s;e Ontario..........................

Genesee River at S ;. Helena, N. Y.....................

Genesee River at Jones Bridge, near Mount Morris, N. Y.

Genesee River at Rochester, N. Y......................

Canadice Lake out] et near Hemlock, N. Y..............

Owasco outlet near Auburn, N. Y.......................

Oneida River at Caughdenoy, !S

Salmon River at Stillwater Briige, near Re'dfield, N. Y 

Salmon River near Pulaski, N. 

Orwell Brook near Altmar, N. Y 

Black River near Boonville, N

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Streams tributary to Lake Ontario Continued. Page.

Black River at Felts Mills, N. Y................................... 81

Moose River at Moose River, N. Y................................. 82

Middle Branch of Moose River at Old Forge, N. Y.................. 84

Streams tributary to St. Lawrence River................................ 87

East Branch of Oswegatchie River at Newton Falls, N. Y............ 87

Oswegatchie River near Ogdensburg, N. Y.......................... 89

Raquette River at Piercefield, N. Y............................... 91

Raquette River at Massena Springs, N. Y........................... 94

St. Regis River at Brasher Center, N. Y............................ 97

Deer River at Brasher Iron Works, N. Y........................... 98

Lake Champlain and its tributaries................................ 101

Richelieu River at Fort Montgomery, Rouses Point, N. Y....... 101

Saranac River near Plattsburg, N. Y........................... 102

Ausable River at Ausable Forks, N. Y.......................... 102

Lake George.................................................. 104

East Creek near Rutland, Vt................................... 107

Lake Champlain at Burlington, Vt.............................. 110

Winooski River above Stevens Branch, near Montpelier, Vt..... Ill

Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt.............................. 114

Worcester Branch of Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt.......... 117

Dog River at Northfield, Vt................................... 119

Lamoille River at Cadys Falls, Vt............................. 122

Lamoille River at Johnson, Vt................................. 123

Missisquoi River near Richford, Vt............................ 126

St. Francis River................................................. 129

Clyde River at West Derby, Vt................................. 129

Miscellaneous measurements................................................ 133

Index.................................................................... 135

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page. 

PLATE I. Typical gaging stations.......................................... 14

II. Price current meters............................................. 15
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF ST. LAWRENCE RIVER

BASIN, 1913.

'AUTHORIZATION AND SCOPE OP WORK.

This volume is one of a series of 12 reports presenting results of 

measurements of flow made en streams in the United States during 

1913. Six of the reports for 1913 contain data for the year ending September 30, and the other six for the calendar year, as indicated in the table on page 6.

The data presented in these reports were collected by the United 

States Geological Survey under authority implied in the organic law 

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

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

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

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

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

1895, successive sundry civil bills passed by Congress have carried 

the following item and appropriations:

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

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

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

Annual appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 80, 1895-1914.

1895......................................................... $12,500

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the execution of the work many private and State organizations have cooperated, either by furnishing data or by assisting financially in collecting the data. Acknowledgments for cooperation of 

the first kind are made in connection with the description of each 

station affected and of the second kind on page 15.

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

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

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

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6 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

the Hawaiian Islands. On July 1, 1913, 1,388 gaging stations were 

being maintained by the Survey and the cooperating organizations 

in the United States, and during the year many miscellaneous discharge measurements were made at other points. In connection with 

this work, data were also collected in regard to precipitation, evaporation, storage reservoirs, river profiles, and water power in many 

sections of the country, and will be made available in the regular 

water-supply papers from time to time.

PUBLICATIONS.

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

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

complete lists of the gaging stations maintained by the Survey to 

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

country.

Prior to 1901 gage heights and discharge measurements were published in water-supply papers or bulletins, and estimates of monthly 

discharge in annual reports; since 1901 both classes of data have 

been published in water-supply papers, and they are now being published in 12 parts, as shown in the following table:

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

Part.

1

II

m

IV

V 

VI 

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

No.

351

352 

353

354

355 

356 

357

358

359

360

361

362

Title.

South. Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico 

basins.

Upper Mississippi River and Hudson Bay basins. 

Missouri River basin. ............................

Year used.

Do.

Year ending Sept. 30. 

Calendar year. 

Do.

Year ending Sept. 30.

Do.

Do.

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

following table':
PUBLICATIONS.

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

[A=Annual Report; B=Bulletin; WS=Water-Supply Paper.]

Report.

10th A, pt. ^. .........

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

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

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

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

B131 ...............

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

B 140...... ............

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

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

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

WS16.................

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

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

WS28.................

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

WS35 to 39. ..........

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

WS 47 to 52...........

22dA,pt. 4...........

WS 65, 66. ............

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

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

WS 97 to 100..........

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

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

WS201 to 214. ........

WS241 to 252. ........

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

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

WS301to312. ........

WS321to332o.......

WS351 to 362o. ......

Character of data.

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

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, ratings, and monthly 

discharge (also many data covering earlier years).

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge 

(also similar data for some earlier years). 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights, eastern United 

States, eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River above 

junction with Kansas. 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights, western Mississippi River below junction of Missouri and Platte, and western 

United States. 

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge 

(also some long-time records). 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, eastern United States, 

eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River. 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, Arkansas River and 

western United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year.

1884 to Sept., 

1890. 

1884 to June 30, 

1891. 

1884 to Dec. 31,. 

1892. 

1888 to Dec. 31, 

1893. 

1893 and 1894.

1895.

1896. 

1895 and 1896.

1897. 

1897.

1897. 

1898. 

1898.

1898. 

1899. 

1899. 

1900. 

1900. 

1901. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907-8. 

1909. 

1910. 

1911. 

1912. 

1913.

a In preparation. 

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

The following table gives, by years and drainage basins, the numbers of the papers on surface water supply published from 1899 to 

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

reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. 

For example, data for Machias River at Whitneyville, Me., 1903 to 

1913, are published in Water-Supply Papers 97, 124, 165, 201, 241, 

261, 281, 301, 321, and 351, which contain records for the New 

England streams from 1903 to 1913. Results of miscellaneous 

measurements are published by drainage basins.
Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream m

South Atlantic coast and 

eastern Gulf of Mexico. .... 

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

St. Lawrence River and

Hudson Bay and Upper MisMissouri River. .............

Lower Mississippi River.... . 

Western Gulf of Mexico .....

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

1899o

35

(735,36 

36

36

36

*36,37

37 

37 

037,38

38, g 39

38,»39

38

19006

47, «48

48 

48, A 49

49

49

49,w50

50 

50 

50

51

51

51

1901

65,75

65,75 

65,75

65,75

,/ 65,66, 75

66,75

,/ 65,66, 75 

66,75 

66,75

66,75

66,75

66,75

1902

82

982,83 

83

*82,83

^83,85

84

/83,84 

84 

85

85

85

85

1903

97

(797,98 

98

97

,/ 98, 99,* 100

99

/98,99 

99 

100

100

100

100

1904

/ d 124, « 125

1 /1M

/ 126, 127 

128

129

,/ 128, 130

130, n 131

} 128, 131 

132 

133

133, r 134

134

135

1905

<*165,«1

/1

/ 167, 

,/ 169, 

175, P 

176, r 

1 177, 

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

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

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

c Wissahickon and Schuylkill rivers to James River. 

<* New England rivers only. 

« Hudson River to Delaware River, inclusive. 

/ Susquehana River to Yadkin River, inclusive. 

g James River only, 

ft Scioto River.

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

i Tributaries of Mississippi from east. 

* Hudson Bay only.

i Gallatin River.

m Loup and Pla

with Platte.

n Platte and Kan

o Green and Gun

P Below junction 

? Mohave River 

r Great Basin in 

* Kings and Ker

* Rogue, Uinpqu

«In three parts

River; B, Snake R

Siletz rivers.
DEFINITION OF TEEMS. »

Water-supply papers and other publications of the United States 

Geological Survey containing data in regard to the water resources 

of the United States may be obtained or consulted as indicated 

below.

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

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

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

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

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

3. Sets of the reports may be consulted in the libraries of the principal cities in the United States.

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

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

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

Atlanta, Ga., Post Office Building.

St. Paul, Minn., Old Capitol Building.

Helena, Mont., Montana National Bank Building.

Denver, Colo., 302 Chamber of Commerce Building.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Federal Building.

Boise, Idaho, 615 Idaho Building.

Portland, Oreg., 416 Couch Building.

Tacoma, Wash., Federal Building.

San Francisco, Cal., 505 Custom House.

Los Angeles, Cal., Federal Building.

Santa Fe, N. Mex., Capitol Building.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Kapiolani Building.

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

Washington, D. C.

DEFINITION OF TERMS.

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

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

into two groups: (1) Those which represent a rate of flow, as s<^condfeet, gallons per minute, miner's inches, and discharge in s^condfeet per square mile; and (2) those which represent the b-ctual 

quantity of water, as run-off in depth in inches, acre-feet, and 

millions of cubic-feet. The units used in this series of reports are 

second-foot, second-feet per square mile, run-off in inches, acrefoot, and millions of cubic-feet. They may be defined as follows:

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

and is a unit for the rate of discharge of water flowing in a spream. 

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

of rectangular cross section, 1 foot wide and 1 foot deep, jit an 

average velocity of 1 foot per second. It is generally used as a
10 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

fundamental unit from which others are computed by the use of 

the factors given in the tables of convenient equivalents (p. 11).

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

feet of water flowing per second from each square mile of area drained, 

on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as 

regards time and area.

"Run-off (depth in inches)" is the depth to which the drainage 

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

period were conserved and uniformly distributed on the surface. 

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

An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet and is the 

quantity required to cover an acre to the depth of 1 foot. The 

term is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation work.

"Millions of cubic-feet" is a unit used to express quantities of 

water stored in reservoirs and is most frequently used in studies of 

flood control.

The following terms used in these reports are not in very common 

use and may be defined as follows:

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

used to designate that cross section of the stream below the gage 

which controls or regulates the height of the water surface at the gage. 

It should be noted that the control may not be the same cross section 

at all stages.

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

gage height to discharge."

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

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

would fall if there were no flow.

CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS.

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

computations:

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

over the area.

Discharge 

in secondfeet per 

square mile.

1.........

2. ........

3.........

4.........

5.........

6.........

7.........

8. ........

Run-off in depth in Inches.

Iday.

0.03719 

.07438 

. 11157 

. 14876 

.18595 

.22314 

.26033 

.29752 

. 33471

28 days.

1.041 

2.083 

3.124 

4.165 

5.207 

6.248 

- 7.289 

8.331 

9.372

29 days.

1.079 

2.157 

3.236 

4.314 

5.393 

6.471 

7.550 

8.628 

9.707

30 days.

1.116 

2.231

3.347 

4.463 

5.579 

6.694 

7.810 

8.926 

10. 041

31 days.

1.153 

2.306 

3.459 

4.612 

5.764 

6.917

a 070

9.223 

10. 376

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

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

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

1.........

2.........

3.........

4. ........

5.........

6.........

7.........

8.........

9.........

Run-off in acre-feet.

Iday.

1.983 

3.967 

5.950 

7.934 

9.917 

11.90 

13.88 

15.87 

17.85

28 days.

55.54 

111.1 

166.6 

222.1 

277.7 

333.2 

388.8 

444.3 

499.8

29 days.

57.52 

115.0 

172.6 

230.1 

287.6 

345.1 

402.6 

460.2 

517.7

30 days.

59.50 

119.0 

178.5 

238.0 

297.5 

357.0 

416.5 

476.0 

535.5

31 days.

61.49 

123.0 

184.5 

246.0 

307.4 

368. 9 

430.4 

491.9 

553.4

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

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

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

1.. .......

2.........

3.........

4.........

5. ........

6.........

7.........

8.........

9. ........

Run-off in millions of cubic feet.

Iday.

0.0864 

.1728 

.2592 

.3456 

.4320 

.5184 

.6048 

.6912 

.7776

28 days.

2.419 

4.838 

7.257 

9.676 

12.095 

14. 514 

16. 933 

19.352 

21. 771

29 days.

2.506 

5.012 

7.518 

10. 024 

12. 530 

15.036 

17. 542 

20.048 

22. 554

30 days.

2.592 

5.184 

7.776 

10. 368 

12.960 

15. 552 

18. 144 

20.736 

23. 328

31 days.

2.678 

5.356 

8.034 

10. 712 

13.390 

16.068 

18. 746 

21. 424 

24. 102

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

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

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

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

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

minute; equals 646,317 gallons for one day.

1 second-foot for one year covers 1 square mile 1.131 feet or 13.572 inches d<

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

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

1 second-foot for one day covers 1 square mile 0.03719 inch deep.

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

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

day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1,000,000 United States gallons equal 3.07 acre-feet.

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'et.

ons per

for one
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1,000,000 cubic feet equal 22.95 acre-feet.

1 acre-foot equals 325,850 gallons.

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

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

1 foot equals 0.3048 meter.

1 mile equals 1.60935 kilometers.

1 mile equals 5,280 feet.

1 acre equals 0.4047 hectare.

1 acre equals 43,560 square feet.

1 acre equals 209 feet square, nearly.

1 square mile equals 2.59 square kilometers.

1 cubic foot equals 0.0283 cubic meter.

1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds.

1 cubic meter per minute equals 0.5886 second-foot.

1 horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds per second.

1 horsepower equals 76.0 kilogram-meters per second.

1 horsepower equals 746 watts.

1 horsepower equals 1 second-foot falling 8.80 feet.

1J horsepower equals about 1 kilowatt.

mil* 4. -n Sec.-ft.Xfallinfeet ,, To calculate water power quickly: =net horsepower on water

wheel realizing 80 per cent of theoretical power.

EXPLANATION OF DATA.

For each regular current-meter gaging station the following data 

are given: Description of the station, list of discharge measurements, 

table of daily gage height, table of daily discharge, table of monthly 

and yearly discharge and run-off. For stations located at weirs or 

dams the gage-height table is usually omitted.

In addition to statements regarding the location and installation of current-meter stations, the descriptions give information in 

regard to any conditions which may affect the constancy of the 

relation of gage height to discharge, covering such points as ice, 

logging, shifting channels, and backwater; also information regarding diversions which decrease the total flow at the measuring section. 

Statements are also made regarding the accuracy of the data.

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

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

taken each day, usually in the morning and in the evening, though 

at many stations only one reading is made each day. At a comparatively few stations automatic gages are used, some of which 

give a continuous record of river stage in the form of an hydrograph, and others a record printed at regular intervals, from which 

the mean daily gage height can be computed. The gage height 

given in the table represents the elevation of the surface of the 

water above the zero of the gage. All gage heights affected by the 

presence of ice in the streams or by backwater from obstructions 

are published as recorded, with suitable footnotes. The rating
EXPLANATION OF DATA. 13

table is not applicable for such periods unless the proper corrections 

to the gage heights are known and applied. Attention is called to 

the fact that the zero of the gage is placed at an arbitrary datum 

and has no relation to zero flow or the bottom of the river. In general the zero is located somewhat below the lowest known flow, so 

that negative readings shall not occur.

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

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

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

to tenths or half-tenths once a day or to tenths twice a day no zeros 

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

half-tenths twice a day or to quarter-tenths or hundredths, regardless 

of the number of readings a day, the gage heights are published to 

hundredths, and zeros appear in the hundredths place, below a certain 

limiting stage. This limiting stage is so selected that the average 

error in the mean daily discharge, resulting from not using the mean 

daily gage height to hundredths above that stage, shall not be greater 

than 2 per cent. For automatic gages the allowable average error of 

the daily discharge has been taken as 1 percent. The selection of the 

percentage is arbitrary, but it should be noted that the maximum error 

will in all cases be twice the average error. In like manner half 

tenths are used from the hundredths limit to another higher limit, 

above which only tenths are used. It is the ami to have the gageheight observations at each gaging station recorded to the degree of 

refinement required by the above-described method of use, but in 

practice it is found necessary, in order to avoid confusion in the gage 

observer's record, to have the observations for all stages recorded to 

the degree of refinement required for low stages, which usually 

necessitates readings to hundredths of a foot.

The discharge measurements and gage heights are the base data 

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

The rating table gives, either directly or by interpolation, the discharge in second-feet corresponding to every stage of the river 

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

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

ordinates and discharge hi second-feet as abscissas.

The table of daily discharge determined from the rating table gives 

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

readings observed each day.

The base data for the tables of monthly discharge presented in this 

report, unless otherwise stated in the description of the station, have 

been collected by the methods commonly used at current-meter 

gaging stations and described in standard textbooks.
14 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

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

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

when the mean gage height was highest. As the gage height is the 

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

water surface was at crest height, and the corresponding discharge 

was consequently larger than given in the maximum column. Likewise, in the column of "Mmimum" the quantity given is the mean 

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

headed "Mean" is the average flow in cubic feet for each second-foot 

during the month. On this the computations for the remaining columns, which are defined on pages 9 and 10, are based.

Plate I shows typical gaging stations. Plate II shows current 

meters used in the work.

ACCURACY OP FIELD DATA ANB COMPUTED RESULTS.

The accuracy of stream-flow data depends on the permanence of the 

relation between discharge and stage and on the accuracy of observation of stage, measurements of discharge, and interpretation of data.

In order to give engineers and others information regarding the 

probable accuracy of the computed results, footnotes are added to 

the daily discharge tables, stating the probable accuracy of the rating 

curves used, and an accuracy column is inserted in the monthly discharge table. For the rating curves "well defined" indicates, in 

general, that the rating is probably accurate within 5 per cent; 

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

and are based on the plotting of the individual measurements with 

reference to the mean rating curve.

The accuracy column in the monthly discharge table does not apply 

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

monthly mean. It is based on the accuracy of the rating, the probable reliability of the observer, the number of gage readings per day, 

the range of the fluctuation in stage, and knowledge of local conditions. In this column A indicates that the mean monthly flow is 

probably accurate within 5 per cent; B, within 10 per cent; C, 

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

covered by footnotes.

Even though the monthly means for any station may represent 

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

gage, the figures showing discharge per square mile and depth of runoff in inches may be subject to gross errors which result from including 

in the measured drainage area large noncontributing districts or 

omitting estimates of water diverted for irrigation or other use. On 

this account the computations of "second-feet per square mile" and 

"run-off, depth in inches" have not been made for stations draining 

areas having an annual rainfall of less than 20 inches, nor for those
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 354 PLATE i

TYPICAL GAGING STATIONS.
U. 8. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 354 PLATE II

PRICE CURRENT METERS.
COOPEEATION. ' 15

stations draining areas of over 20 inches of rainfall for which it is 

believed that the computations would be uncertain and misleading 

because of the presence of large noncontributing districts in the 

measured drainage area, of omitting estimates of Water diverted for 

irrigation .or other use, or of artificial control or unusual natural control of the flow of the river above the gaging station. All values of 

"second-feet per square mile" and "run-off, depth in inches" previously published by the Survey should be used with extreme caution, 

and such values in this report should be used with care because of 

possible inherent sources of error not known to the Survey.

In general the base data collected each year by the Survey engineers 

are published, not only to comply with the law, but also to afford any 

engineer the means of examining and adjusting to his own needs the 

results of the computations. The table of monthly discharge is so 

arranged as to give only a general idea of the flow at the station and 

should not be used for other than preliminary estimates. The determinations of daily discharge allow more detailed studies of the variation in flow by which the period of deficiency may be determined.

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

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

and published, and the engineer who makes use of the figures presented in these papers should verify all ratings and make such 

adjustments for earlier years as may seem necessary.

COOPERATION.

The work in Minnesota during 1913 has been carried on in cooperation with the State drainage commission, George A. Ralph, chief 

engineer, under the terms of an act of the legislature of 1909 as 

embodied in joint resolution 19, which reads as follows:

Whereas the water supplies, water powers, navigation, of our rivers, drainage of our 

lands, and the sanitary condition of our streams and their watersheds generally form 

one great asset and present one great problem: Therefore be it

Resolved by the house of representatives, the senate concurring, That the State drainage 

commission be, and is hereby, directed to investigate progress in other States toward 

the solution of said problem in such States, to investigate and determine the nature 

of soil problem in this State.

Assistance has been rendered by the Oliver Iron Mining Co., which 

paid the salary of the observer on Menominee River near Iron 

Mountain.

The gaging stations on Wolf River in the Menominee Indian 

Reservation were maintained in cooperation with the Office of 

Indian Affairs, under an allotment made available January 1, 1913.

The gaging station on Escanaba River near Escanaba, Mich., 

has been maintained in cooperation with the Geological Survey 

of the State of Michigan.
16 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Work in the State of New York has been conducted under cooperative agreements with John A. Bensel, State engineer and surveyor, 

and since July 1, 1911, with the division of inland waters of the 

State conservation commission.

The work in Vermont during 1913 has been done in cooperation 

with the State of Vermont, Alien M. Fletcher, governor.

DIVISION OF WOEK.

The field data in the Lake Superior and part of Lake Michigan 

drainage basins were collected under the direction of W. G. Hoyt, 

district engineer, by S. B. Soul6 and B. J. Peterson.

The field data in the Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie 

drainage basins were collected under the direction of A. H. Horton.

The field data in the St. Lawrence drainage basin in New York and 

Vermont were collected under the direction of C. C. Covert, by 

O. W. Hartwell, G. H. Canfield, C. S. De Golyer, Frank Weber, 

J. G. Mathers, R. S. Barnes, G. J. Lyon, and W. S. Easterly.

The ratings, special estimates, and studies of the completed data 

for stations outside of New York and Vermont were made by B. J. 

Peterson under the .direction of H. J. Jackson, and by W. G. Hoyt.

The computations were made under the direction of B. J. Peterson 

by M. I. Walters, J. H. Morgan, and E. D. Burchard.

The ratings, special estimates, and studies of the completed data 

for stations in New York and Vermont were made by C. C. Covert 

and O. W. Hartwell. The computations were made under the 

direction of O. W. Hartwell, by C. S. De Golyer, Frank Weber, R. S. 

Barnes, and W. S. Easterly.

The report was edited by Mrs. B. D. Wood.

GAGING-STATION RECORDS.

STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE SUPERIOR. 

POPLAR RIVER AT LUTSEN, MINN.

Location. In sec. 34, T. 60 N., R. 3 W., about 800 feet above mouth of river.

Records available. May 6 to November 4,1911; August 22,1912, to December 31, 

1913.

Drainage area. 144 square miles.

Gage. Staff gage bolted to rock wall on right bank, in a pool between two distinct 

falls; installed August 26, 1912. Gage used May 6 to November 4,1911, was a 

staff about 400 feet above mouth of river.

Control. Crest of falls below gage. Channel solid rock.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading.

Point of zero now. Approximately at gage height 0.35 foot.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected slightly by ice. Measurements and frequent gage observations to determine the winter flow.
STEEAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE SUPERIOR. 17

Regulation. Flow controlled to some extent by two dams above the station, the 

nearest being that of National Paper & Pulp Co., 2J miles above, mouth of river.

Accuracy. Gage so situated that, except for periods during which ice exists at 

control and temporary drift is lodged on rapids below, records should be reliable.

Discharge measurements of Poplar River at Lutsen, Minn., in 1913.

Date.

Jan. 11

12

June 12o

Hydrographer.

S. B. Soule ................. . ..........

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

.....do.......................................... - ....................

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

Gage

Feet. 

0.84

.78

1.97

1.94

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

12.0

10.5

148

136

o Measurement made by wading.

Daily gage Jieight, in feet, of Poplar River at Lutsen, Minn., for 1913. 

[C. A. A. Nelson, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

is

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

21.... __ .....

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

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

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

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

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

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

OQ

^.. ............

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

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

.Tan.

.......

0.8

.85

.78

OR

.92

.......

Feb.

0.85

.8

.8

.82

.......

Mar.

0.85

.88

.88

.88

.85

Apr.

0.85

.85

.85

QC

.85

QC

.85

.86

86

.86

Q1

.92

00

1.10

1.38

1.88

2.40

2.55

2.5

2.4

2.35

2.4

2.6

2

n

3.0

2.8

2.55

2.3

2.2

2.15

May.

2.1

2

n

2.0

2.05

2.0

1

QK

1

OO

1 70

1.70

1 R9

1.56

1.62

1.68

1.69

1 84

2 9

2.25

2 9

2.1

1.96

2 9

2.6

2.55

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.05

2

n

2.0

2.0 

1.99

June.

1.94

1 QQ

2.0

2

n

2.0

2

APL

2.5

2.35

2.25

2.2

2 (\

1 OR

1.92

1 04

i on

1.86

1.85

1 81

i on

2.0

1 Q9

1 84

1.78

1.69

1.62

1.56

1.75

2.05

1 OS

1.84

July.

1.70

1.58

1.49

1.44

1.90

2.15

2.0

1.96

1 Q1

1.84

1.70

2.1

2.25

2.1

1.94

1.82

1.75

1.65

1.56

1.56

1.51

1.45

1.39

1.34

1.32

1.32

1.32

1 9Q

1.25

1.21 

1.34

Aug.

1.48 

1.38

1.32

1 9O

1.22

1.16

1.12

1.19

1.24

1.16

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1 19

1.11

1.09

1 ftft

1.05

1.06

1 19

1 54

1.40

1.35

1.22

1.14

1.09

1 19

1.26

1.21 

1.16

Sept.

1.15 

1.12

1.10

1 19

1 9Q

1.26

1 1Q

1.14

1.11

1.11

1.22

1.21

1.15

1.06

1.02

1.02

1.00

no

.95

1.04

1 08

1.06

1.06

1.11

1.36

1.51

1.42

1 ^tl

1 1Q

Oct.

1.14 

1.15

1.12

1.21

2.55

2

0

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.65

2.55

2.3

2 1

2.0

1.92

1 81

1.74

1.69

1.69

1.59

1.56

1.54

1.50

1.54

1.71

1.78

1.69

1.62

1.58 

1.56

Nov.

1.54 

1.51

1.49

1.46

1.45

1 48

1.48

1.45

1.45

1.45

1.42

1 4n

1.40

1.38

1.36

1.32

1.30

1.30

1.31

1.36

1.41

1.49

1.56

1.32

1.49

1.42

1.36

1.31

1.50

1.62

Dec.

1.69

1.68

1 64

1

CA

1 46

i 41

1.42

1.40

1.40

1.38

1.38

1.35

1.32

1 V>

1.31

1.30

1.29

1

00

1.24

1.22

1 91

1.51

1.18

1.12

1.05

1.11

1.15

1.15

1 10

1.19 

1.16

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice about Jan. 1 to Mar. 31. 

high. 56525° wsp 354 15 2

Gage height Dec. 22 apparently too
18 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Poplar River at Lutsen, Minn.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9........................... 10...........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

19

19

lo

19

19

19

10

19

10

19

20

21

«M

30

58

129 94f>

280

265

9 dO

228

240

295

395

430

<w?n

280

215

190

179

May.

168

150

150

159

150

HI

113

100

89

80

89

97

QQ

122

190

202

190

168

143

190

9Q5

280

odfk

190

168 ltd

150

150

150

148

June.

1OQ

148

150

150

150

252

265

228

202

190

150

141

136

139

132

126

124

118

132

150

136

122

113

QQ

89

80

108

159

146

122

July.

100

83

71

65

132

179

150

143

134

122

100

168

202

168

139

119

108

93

80

80

73

66

59

53

50

50

50

47

43

39

53

Aug.

70

58

50

47

40

35

32

37

42

35

34

34

34

34

32

31

9Q

29

27

28

75

78

60

54

40

33

29

32

44

39

35

Sept.

34

32

30

32

47

44

37

33

31

31

40

39

34

28

25

25

24

23

22

26

29

28

28

31

55

73

62

49

37

o35

Oct.

OO

34

32

39

280

360

325

295

265

240

310

280

91 5

168

150

136

118

106

99

QQ

85

80

78

72

78

102

113

99

89

83

80

Nov.

78

73

71

67

66

7r>

70

66

66

66

62

60

60

58

55

50

48

48

4Q

55

61

71

80

50

71

62

55

49

72

89

Dec.

QQ

97

Q9

72

67

66

62

60

60

58

58

54

50

4Q

48

47

46

42

40

39

3fi

32

97

31

34

34

37

37

?5

« Interpolated.

NOTE. Discharge computed from a fairly well defined rating curve.

Discharge estimated, because of ice, from gage heights, two discharge measurements, observer's notes, 

and climatologic records, as follows: 

Jan. 1 to 31,10 second-feet; Feb. 1 to 28, 9 second-feet; Mar. 1 to 31, 8 second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Poplar River at Lutsen, Minn.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 144 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

430 

295 

265 

202 

78 

73 

360 

89 

99

430

Minimum.

19 

80 

80 

39 

27 

22 

32 

48 

27

Mean.

10 

9 

8 

144 

156 

147 

97.4 

41.2 

35.5 

147 

63.3 

51.5

76.0

Per

square 

mile.

0.069 

.062 

.056 

1.00 1.08- 

1.02 

.676 

.286 

.247 

1.02 

.440 

.358

.528

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.08 

.06 

.06 

1.12 

1.24 

1.14 

.78 

.33 

.28 

1.18 

.49 

.41

7.17

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B.

.NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.

BEAVER BAT RIVER AT BEAVER BAY, MINN.

Location. At bridge at Beaver Bay, a few hundred yards above mouth of river. 

Records available. July 26, 1911, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 120 square miles.
STEEAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE SUPERIOR. 19

Gage. Chain gage on steel highway bridge, April 22,1912, at same section and datum 

as staff gage used July 26,1911, to April 9,1912. Gage read once daily to quartertenths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 2.0, half-tenths from 2.0 to 3.0, and 

tenths above 3.0 feet.

Control. Permanent; solid rock.

Winter flow. Affected by ice. Measurements made to determine winter discharge.

Regulation. None.

Accuracy. At times of exceptionally high sea on Lake Superior a bar ia formed 

which causes backwater at the gage, lasting as long aa the high sea ia running. 

When the lake becomes normal the water washes through the bar and the regular 

rating curve applies. The discharge rating curve used for 1913 differs above 87 

second-feet (gage height 2.0 feet) from that used for 1912. The rating curve for 

1913 applies to 1912, and estimates of discharge for that year as published in WaterSupply Paper 324 should be revised to new rating curve, which gives the smaller 

discharge. The maximum difference between the two curves is about 10 per 

cent and occurs at gage height 2.6 feet.

Discharge measurements of Beaver Bay River at Beaver Bay, Minn., in 1913.

Date.

June 116

lie

Hydrographer.

S. B. Boote........................ .......................................

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.47

2.66

2 65

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2.1

189

1OO

o Complete ice cover at gage bridged across the stream, not touching the water surface. 

& Measurement made from a boat at a section about 700 feet below gage. 

c Measurement made from a boat at a section about 200 feet below gage..

Daily gage height, in feet, of Beaver Bay River at Beaver Bay, Minn., for 1913. 

[Louis Lorntson, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q

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

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

19

iq

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

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

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

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

is

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

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

91

99

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

94

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

2.0

.68

.47

.58

.10

.......

.02

Feb.

-0.30

.......

-.50

-.10

_ «n

.......

Mar.

-0.18

.......

.15

.15

.38

.......

Apr.

2.8

2.9

3.1

2.3

2.5

1.92

1.50

1.15 

2.0

3.0

3.5

4.1 

5.5

6.7

7.0

7.0

5.9

5.2

5.0

4.9

4.9

5.2

5.0

3.8

3.5

3.2

2.95

2.8

May.

2.8

2.9

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2 

2.0

2.2

2.25

2.25 

3.2

3.5

3.3

2.9

2.65

2.7

4.6

4.7

4.2

3.5

3.2

2.8

2.6

2.55 

2.4

2.5 

3.0

June.

2.95

3.0

2

0

4.0

4.7

4.8

4.0

3.7

2.9 

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.2 

2.2

1.98

1.90

1.70

2.3

2.6

2

0

2.2

1.90

1.82

1.65

1.80

2.05

2.4 

2.25

1.98

July.

1.75

1.50

1.35

1.50

2.65

2.8

.2.4

2.5

2.6

"2." 65 "

2.8

2.9

2.7

2,3

2.2

1 QR

2.1

1 65

1.48

1.48

1 48

1.73

1.38

1.28 

2.15

Aug.

1.98

1.73

1 43

1.33

1.03

1.01

1.03

1.03

OR

1.08 

1.13

1

OQ

1 43

1.33 

1.23

1.13

.98

1.13

1.13

1.53

1.55

2.2

2.35

1.73

1.33

1.08

1 03

1.13 

1.05

1.05 

1.03

Sept.

0.92

.82

90

1.50

1 77

1.72

1.97

1.77

1.42

2.25

2.7

2.45

2.1

2.1

1.72

1.52

1.30

1.12

.92

1.12

1.72

1.62

1.32

1.42

1.97

2.25

2.1

2.05 

1.95

1.62

Oct.

1.42

1.44

1.47

3.2

4.6

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.7

5.4 

4.9

4.3

3.9

3.5 

3.3

2.9

2.5

2.2

1.95

2.0

2.05

1.95

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.5

2.3

1.95 

2.15

2.0 

1.75

Nov.

1 07

1.Z7

1 79

1.67.

1 87

1.77

1.72

1.92

1.72

1.92 

2.25

1.7

1.57

1.42 

1.32

1.32

1.37

1.42

1.47

1.62

1.82

1.92

2.05

1.97

2.0

1.92

1.87

1.77

1.82

1.97

Dec.

2

OC

2.3

2 9

2.0

1 Q

1.87

1.82

2.7

2.45

1.67 

1.62

1.52

1.37

1.32 

1.27

1.22

1.17

1.12

1.17

1.42

1.92

1.82

1.42

1.22

.97

1.67

1.57 ""i.'ef

""i.'if

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 1 to about Apr. 5, and about Dec. 26-31.
20 SUEPACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Beaver Bay River at Beaver Bay, Minn.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

5.....-.-...-..-.-.-...---..

6......--.----.--.----......

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

8......-.-.-.------.-.......

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

10......-.-..-.-......-.....-

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

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

13.......-..-...---.--.......

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

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

16......-..-....--.--........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

124

160

70

44

27

fff

OQC

465

720

1,350

1,890

2,020

2,020

1,530

1,220

1,120 i flsft

1,080

1,220

1,120

585

465

350

97fl

o«m

May.

230

, 255

285

255

230

205

160

140

124

110

a7

110

117

117

350

465

385

255

192

205

945

oon

765

4fifi

OKA

oon

ion

170

140

160

285

June.

270

285

230

ISO

675

990

1 '675 040

545

255

isn

140

110

110

110

85

77

59

124

180

124

110

77

69

55

67

92

140

117

85

July.

63

44

36

44

192

230

14ft

160

180

180

IDA

ion

ion

190

192

230

255

205

124

110

85

98

75

55

43

43

43

61

37

32

104

Aug.

85

61

40

34

22

21

22

22

20

24

26

37

40

34

30

26

20

26

26

46

48

110

132

61

34

24

22

26

23

23

22

Sept.

19

16

18

44

65

61

84

65

39

117

205

150

98

98

61

45

33

26

19

26

61

53

34

39

84

117

98

92

82

53

Oct.

39

40

42

350

945

765

675

630

545

1,300

1,080

810

630

465

385

255

160

110

82

87

92

82

77

77

77

160

124

82

104

87

63

Nov.

84

65

61

57

74

65

61

79

61

79

117

59

49

39

34

34

36

39

42

53

69

79

92

84

87

79

74

65

69

84

Dec.

132

124

110

87

77

74

69

205

150

75

53

45

36

34

32

30

28

26

28

39

79

69

39

30

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

NOTE. Discharge comp'uted from a rating curve well defined below 285 second-feet (gage height 3.0 feet) 

and poorly denned above that point. Discharge July 10-14 estimated. Discharge estimated, because of 

ice, from gage heights, one discharge measurement, observer's notes, climatologic records, and discharge 

of adjacent areas, as follows: Jan. 1-31,3 second-feet; Feb. 1-28,1 second-foot; Mar. 1-31,2 second-feet, varying from about 1 to 4 second-feet; Apr. 1-5,50 second-feet; Dec. 26-31,20 second-feet. See "Accuracy" in 

station description.

Monthly discharge of Beaver Bay River at Beaver Bay, Minn.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 120 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2,020 

990 

1,040 

255 

132 

205 

1,300 

117 

205

2,020

Minimum.

27 

87 

55 

32 

20 

16 

39 

34

Mean.

03 

ol 

02 

660 

289 

242 

123 

38.3 

66.7 

336 

65.7 

57.8

157

Per 

square 

mile.

0.025 

.0083 

.017 

5.50 

2.41 

2.02 

1.02 

.319 

.556 

2.80 

.548 

.482

1.31

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.03 

.009 

.02 

6.14 

2.78 

2.25 

1.18 

.37 

.62 

3.23 

.61 

.56

17.80

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

B.

a. Estimated. 

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.

ST. LOUIS RIVER NEAR THOMSON, MINN.

Location. In sec. 11, T. 48 N., R. 16 W., just below tailrace of the Great Northern

power house, 3 miles east of Thomson.

Records available. October 5, 1909, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 3,420 square miles.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE SUPERIOR.

Gage. Chain gage read four times each day (except Sunday), at 8 and 11 a. m., 2 

and 5 p. m.; average of four readings taken as the mean for the day. Limits of 

use: Hundredths below 0.0, half-tenths from 0.0 to 1.5, and tenths above 1.5 feet.

Control. Practically permanent at low stages; at high stages may shift slightly.

Discharge measurements. Made from cable 1,500 feet below gage.

Winter flow. During January, February, and March ice renders the gage heights 

useless as indication of discharge. Flow for these months estimated from amount 

of water passing through turbines of Great Northern Power Co.

Regulation. The flow at the station is to a certain extent regulated by reservoirs 

above. The dam at Thomson is designed to hold 24 hours' supply of water for 

the power plant, and logging dams control the discharge from a large part of the 

entire area above the station. Gage heights show considerable fluctuations 

caused by operation of turbine gates at power plant, which is operated on a 24-hour 

schedule though with varying load.

Accuracy. Open-water estimates subject to errors due to fluctuation in stage caused 

by operation of power plant. Daily range in stage is not great, however, and it 

is believed that errors will compensate for a month, so that the monthly averages 

should be accurate within 10 per cent. Accuracy of records furnished by the 

power company not known.

Cooperation. Gage heights throughout the year and records of flow when ice affects 

discharge relation furnished through courtesy of Great Northern Power Co., 

Duluth.

Discharge measurements of St. Louis River near Thomson, Minn., in 1913.

Date.

Apr. 16

Hydrographer.

S. B. Baal.6.................. .............................................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.32

2.18

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

4.130

2,350

Daily gage height, in feet, of St. Louis River near Thomson, Minn., for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9..................:........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

0.4

.55

.7

.75

1.2

1.5

1.8

2.0

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.9

3.9

5.5

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.8

5.2

May.

4.7

4.3

4.1

4.6

3.9

3.9

3.3

3.2

3.6

3.5

2.8

2.5

2.7

3.3

3.1

4.1

5.3

4.5

4.5

5.4

5.7

5.9

5.1

5.5

4.6

4.7

3.9

5.2

3.8

4.1

June.

4.2

3.4

3.5

4.0

3.7

4.4

5.5

5.0

5.5

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.1

3.8

3.8

3.3

2.9

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.9

2.8

3.3

2.5

2

0

2

0

2 Q

3.8

3 7

3 1

July.

3.5

3.0

3.1

2.9

3.6

4.2

4.4

3.5

3.3

3.0

2.8

3.2

3.8

4.7

A O

4.0

5.1

5.9

5.9

5.6

5.0

4.7

4.2

3.8

3.5

3.1

Q ^

3 A

3 A

Q 1

9 7

Aug.

2.6

2.7

2.3

2.3

2.0

2.0

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.68

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1 ^

1.5

Sept.

9 S

2.6

2.5

2.7

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.2

1 9

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.7

1 ft

Oct.

1.7

1.5

1.6

1.5

2.7

4.0

4.2

4.7

4.7

4.9

4.7

4.4

4.5

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.4

3.2

2.8

2.7

2.4

2 9

2.4

2.3

2.4

2 A

2.4

2

0

2

0

1 Q

Nov.

1.8

1.9

2.1

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

9 A

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.45

1 S

1.5

1.5

1.35

1.6

1.4

1.45

1.4

i a

1.8

1 S

1.6

1 ft

1.6

1.7

1.7

Dec.

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.1

1.1

1.35

1.25

1 25

1.15 1.1

1.1

.95

.8

.75

.6

.4

.6

.65

.6

.4

OK

.6
22 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of St. Louis River near Thomson, Minn.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

335

323

367

373

356

344

324

328

290

310

315

218

327

326

328

336

332

348

345

336

362

332

304

315

304

324

335

347

338

347

338

Feb.

 350

IA&

317

325

318

311

340

323

360

330

346

358

354

366

388

403

402

411

425

449

488

461

449

439

d/IQ

371

342

378

Mar.

370

366

354

366

337

373

375

377

374

345

353

317

351

332

355

392

321

339

338

340

338

301

351

342

303

332

313

316

327

393

389

Apr.

530

635

740

780

1

1QA

1,500

1,830

2,070

2,340

0 tAfl

2,200

2,340

2,620

3,220

3,540

3,880

4 fi4fl

4,440

4,440

4,,250

4,250

4 440

5' 260

5,260

9,150

9,410

8,890

9,930

8,370

May.

7,080

6,140

5,690

6,840

5,260

5,260

4

nnn

o3,970

3,880

4,640

4 440

3,220

2 7fifl

3,060

4,060

3,710

5,690

8,630

6,600

6,600

8 son

9,670

10,200

8,110

9,150

6,840 7 nan

5,260

8,370

5,050

5,690

June.

5,910

4,250

4,440

5,470

4 840

6,370

9,150

7,850

9,150

6 840

6,840

6,370

5,690

5,050

5,050

4,060

3,380

2,910

2,910

3,220

3,380

3,220

4,060

2 7fifl

3,220

3,220

3,380

5,050

4,840

3,710

July.

4,440

3,540

3,710

3,380

4 640

5,910

6,370

4,440

4,060

3,540

3,220

3,880

5,050

7,080

6,140

5,470

8,110

10,200

10,200

9,410

7,850

7,080

5,910

5,050

4 440

3,710

4,060

4,250

3,540

3,710

3,060

Aug.

2,910

3,060

2,480

2,480

2,070

2,070

1,610

1,720

1,830

1,720

1,720

1,830

1,500

1,500

1,390

ol,490

ol,600

1,700

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,280

1,500

Sept.

2,480

2,910

2,760

3,060

2,760

2,910

2,760

2,760

2,200

1,950

1,830

1,830

1,500

1,390

1,280

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,610

1,610

1,720

1 720

1,830

Oct.

1,720

1,500

1,610

1,500

3,060

14 260

5,470

5,910

7,080

7,080

7,590

7,080

6,370

6,600

5,690

5,260

5,260

4,250

3,880

3,220

3,060

2,620

2,340

2,620

2,480

2,620

2,620

2,620

2,480

2,480

1 83rt

Nov.

1,830

1 QKn

2

tV)f\

2,340

2,200

2,070

1,950

2,070

1,830

1,720

1,830

1,610

1,500

1,440

1,830

1,500

1,500

1,340

1,610

1,390

1,440

1,390

1,830

1,830

1,830

1,610

1,830

1,610

1,720

1 720

Dec.

1,720

1 720

1 830

1,720

1,830

1,610

1,610

1,090

ol,090

1,090

1,340

1,230

1,230

1,140

1,090

1,090

955

820

780

670

530

670

705

670

530

530

500

o550

600

670

670

a Discharge interpolated.

NOTE. Daily discharge computed from a rating curve well defined between 530 and 10,400 second-feet 

(gage heights 0.4 and 6.0 feet). Discharge Jan. 1 to Mar. 31, furnished by the Great Northern Power Co. 

Discharge Aug. 27 to Sept. 7, estimated by comparison with rainfall records as follows: Aug. 27-31,1,500 

second-feet; Sept. 1-7,1,800 seeond-feet.

Monthly discharge of St. Louis River near Thomson, Minn.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 3,420 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

373 

488 

393 

9,930 

10,200 

9,150 

10,200 

3,060 

3,060 

7,590 

2,340 

1,830

10,200

Minimum.

218 

311 

301 

530 

2,760 

2,760 

3,060 

1 180 

1,180 

1 500 

1,340 

500

218

Mean.

329 

377 

348 

4,050 

6,000 

4.890 

5,340 

1,690 

1,970 

3,940 

1,750 

1,040

2,660

Per 

square 

mile.

0.096 

.110 

.102 

1.18 

1.75 

1.43 

1.56 

.494 

.576 

1.15 

.512 

.304

.778

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.11 

.11 

.12 

1.32 

2.02 

1.60 

1.80 

.57 

.64 

1.33 

.57 

.35

10.54

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B.

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.
STBEAMS TfctBUTABY 5X> LAKE SUPEB10B.

WHITEFACE EIVEE BELOW MEADOWLANDS, MINN.

Location. About 2J miles below gaging station on Whiteface River at Meadowlands. 

half a mile below the beginning of decided rapids, and about 10 miles above confluence of Whiteface and St. Louis rivers.

Records available. April 28, 1912, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 446 square miles.

Gage. Chain gage attached to two trees on left bank read daily, morning and evening, 

to quarter-tenths. Limits of use: Half-tenths below 3.5 and tenths above 3.5 feet.

Control. Heavy gravel and rocks; probably permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading or from the highway bridge in sec. 

14, T. 53 N., R. 19 W., near the gage of the abandoned station on Whiteface River 

at Meadowlands.

Winter flow. Affected by ice; observations discontinued.

Regulation. The flow is controlled to a large extent by logging dams above. The 

operation of gates at these dams causes fluctuations in gage heights amounting to 

several feet at the gage section. Few logs lodge below the station, so that backwater from logs is seldom present.

Accuracy. Estimates good except as affected by ice.

Discharge measurements of Whiteface River below Meadowlands^ Minn., in 1913.

Date.

June 4

Sept. 11

Hydrographer.

W. G.Hoyt.. ............................................................

height.

Feet. 

4.42

4.19

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

825

694

Daily gage height, in feet, of Whiteface River below Meadowlands, Minn., for 1918.

[A. A. Jochim, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q1

Apr.

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.7

3.2

3.7

4.0

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.8

4.0

4.5

4.5

4.8

5.2

4.4

4.0

May.

3.7

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.3

3.8

3.9

4.0

2.45

2.4

3.1

3.6

3.0

2.7

4.1

4.9

4.8

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.7

5.2

5.2

4.8

4.8

4.6

3.3

3.3

3.5

4.0

June.

4.2

4.0

4.4

4.2

4.2

5.9

6.2

6.1

6.1

6.5

6.1

5.9

4.9

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.35

3.3

3.3

3.7

3.8

3.8

3.8

July.

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.35

4.0

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.4

4.2

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.9

5.3

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.35

Aug.

3.3

3.25

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.85

2.85

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.75

2.8

2.8

2.75

2.75

2.8

2.8

2.75

2.75

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.75

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.55

2.6

Sept.

2.4

2.45

2.35

3.8

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.35

3.25

3.15

3.1

3.05

2.9

2.85

2.9

3.0

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.2

3.15

Oct.

3.15

3.15

3.15

4.4

4.9

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.0

4.8

4.5

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.35

3.45

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.45

3.6

Nov.

3.7

3.35

3.3

3.2

3.15

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.0

3.2

3.5

3.3

3.15

3.1

3.05

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.9

3.2

2.95

3.1

2.95

2.8

2.95

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.95

3.0

Dec.

3.0

3.0

3.05

3.05

3.0

2.95

2.9

3.2
24 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of White/ace River below Meadowlands, Minn.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9S

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

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

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

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

28

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

sn

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

Apr.

110

110

97

145

282

474

613

flfio

662

565

*1O

613

872

872

1,050

1,320

816

613

May.

474

613

613

613

613

316

519

565

613

104

97

250

431

220

145

662

1,120

1,050

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,680

1,320

1,320

1,050

1,050

QQO

316

316

390

613

June.

712

613

816

712

712

1,820

2,050

1,980

1,980

2,280

1,980

1,820

1,120

816

816

712

613

519

474

519

431

390

334

316

316

474

519

C1Q

519

July.

519

431

352

334

613

932

992

992

816

712

662

763

872

872

816

1,120

1,390

1,320

1,180

1,050

932

816

712

613

519

519

474

431

390

352

334

Aug.

316

299

282

250

220

192

180

180

167

167

167

156

167

167

156

156

167

167

156

156

145

145

167

167

167

156

145

126

126

118

126

Sept.

97

104

92

519

932

872

816

712

613

519

712

613

565

519

431

390

334

299

266

250

235

192

180

192

220

299

299

299

282

266

Oct.

266

266

266

431

816

1,120

1,250

1,320

1,250

1,320

1,530

1,390

1,250

1,180

1,050

872

763

662

565

519

431

390

390

352

334

371

431

390

352

371

431

Nov.

474

334

316

282

266

282

282

266

220

282

390

316

266

250

235

167

167

167

192

282

206

250

206

167

206

250

220

192

206

, 220

Dec.

220

220

236

235

220

206

192

NOTE. Discharge computed from a well-defined rating curve. Discharge Dec. 8 to 31 estimated, because 

of ice, from gage heights, observer's notes, climatologic records and discharge of adjacent drainage areas, as 

200 second-feet, varying from about 150 to 250 second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Whitefaee River below Meadowlands, Minn.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 446 square miles.]

Month.

April ( 13-30) . . ........................

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,320 

1,680 

2,280 

1,390 

316 

932 

1,530 

474

Minimum.

97 

97 

316 

334 

118 

92 

266 

167

Mean.

578 

695 

912 

736 

176 

404 

720 

252 

204

Per 

square 

mile.

1.30 

1.56 

2.04 

1.65 

.395 

.906 

1.61 

.565 

.457

Run-off 

(depth in 

niches on 

drainage 

area).

0.87 

1.80 

2.28 

1.90 

.46 

1.01 

1.86 

.63 

.53

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

D.

CLOQUET RIVER AT INDEPENDENCE, MINN.

Location. In sec. 26, T. 52 N., R. 17 W., at highway bridge at Independence post

office, just below a small tributary entering from the north. 

Records available. June 28, 1909, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 698 square miles. 

Gage. Vertical staff, read daily, morning, noon, and evening to quarter-tenths.

Limits of use: Hundredths below 4.0, half-tenths from 4.0 to 6.0, and tenths

above 6.0 feet. 

Control. Practically permanent except when obstructed by log jams.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE SUPERIOR. 25

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge.

Winter flow. Affected by ice. From January 1 to April 19 the monthly mean has 

been based on the discharge at the outlet of Fish Lake reservoir on Cloquet Eiver, 

in sec. 15, T. 52 N., E. 15 W., and from Island Lake reservoir on Beaver Eiver, in 

sec. 29, T. 52 N., E. 15 W., plus 10 second-feet.

Regulation. Cloquet Eiver is used extensively for log driving, and the run-off 

from by far the greater part of the drainage area above Independence is controlled 

by logging dams. This control causes violent fluctuations in the gage height 

during the day, amounting at times to several feet, and consequently the mean 

daily gage height, which is the mean of the three readings per day, can only be 

considered approximate. The chief purpose of the records is to show the approximate mean monthly discharge and total discharge.

Accuracy. Discharge relation at the gage section affected by backwater from a log 

jam just below the highway bridge, April 20 to June 30, 1913. Winter records 

good. For open-water accuracy see note under "Eegulation."

Cooperation. Eecords of flow from logging reservoirs January 1 to March 31, 1913, 

furnished by Great Northern Power Co., of Duluth.

Discharge measurements of Cloquet River at Independence, Minn., in 1913.

Date. Hydrographer.

W. G. Hoyt..............................................................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

6.58

6.00

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

849

896

Daily gage height, in feet, of Cloquet River at Independence, Minn., for 1913. 

[Herbert Haakensen, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

4.1

4.3

5.05

5.05

6.8

7.2

6.8

6.2

8.3

8.4

7 Q

May.

7.3

5.45

7.7

6.1

7.9

5.9

7.3

5.85

7.5

7.7

5.7

5.35

6.2

7.7

5.25

5.2

7.8

6.5

5.6

6.6

7.9

8.2

7.8

6.2

6.1

7.5

6.4

7.3

6.3

6.5

8.3

June.

5.2

5.0

7.6

6.6

7.6

7.4

7.1

6.9

6.4

7.6

7.4

6.6

7.5

7.5

7.8

6.9

5.6

4.8

6.3

7.7

7.3

7.6

6.4

7.3

8.4

7.9

8.0

7.8

5.0

7.5

July.

7.5

6.6

6.6

7.0

6.2

5.65

5.45

5.3

4.8

4.6

5.1

5.1

5.5

6.6

6.0

5.6

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.2

5.9

6.1

5.8

5.35

6.2

6.6

6.3

6.1

5.1

5.35

Aug.

6.5

5.35

5.3

5.0

5.0

5.25

5.5

5.65

5.55

5.3

5.25

5.3

5.05

5.3

6.6

6.2

5.6

4.9

4.85

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.35

4.8

5.3

5.1

5.4

5.5

4.55

4.5

Sept.

4.6

4.6

4.55

4.5

4.75

4.9

4.6

4.6

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.8

5.95

6.0

5.9

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.75

5.7

5.65

5.4

5.0

4.8

4.75

4.6

4.55

4.5

4.5

4.5

Oct.

4.5

4.55

4.6

4.75

5.0

5.4

6.7

6.0

7.3

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.1

6.8

6.9

6.8

6.9

5.8

5.75

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.85

5.9

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.2

Nov.

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.3

5.2

5.05

5.35

6.2

6.5

5.15

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.65

4.7

4.9

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.7

4.7

4 Q

d Q

Dec.

4.95

4.65

4.4

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.85

5.15

5.4

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.0

5.0

4.95

5.1

5.35

5.45

5.45

5.6

5.7

5.8

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by backwater from log jam about Apr. 20 to June 30. and by ice about 

Dec. 21-31.
26 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Cloquet River at Independence, Minn.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29........................... in

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

Apr.

64

82

248

221

1,000

1,300

1,000

630

2,160

2,240

1,840

May.

337

1,680

580

1,840

495

1,380

475

1,520

1,680

307

630

1,680

277

262

1,760

800

385

865

1,840

2,080

1,760

630

580

1,520 740

1,380

685

800

2,160

June.

262

208

1,600

865

1,600

1,450

1,220

1,080

740

1,600

1,450

865

1,520

1,520

1,760

1,080

385

162

685

1,680

1,380

1,600

740

1,380

2,240

1,840

1,920

1,760

208

1,520

July.

2,670

1,480

1,480

1,080

652

532

455

257

193

370

370

560

1,480

900

620

1,170

1,080

1,080

1,170

1,080

825

985

755

480

1,080

1,480

1,170

985

370

480

Aug.

1,370

480

455

aOA

330

400

560

652

^Qfi

455

455

350

455

1,480

1,080

620

292

274

224

165

140

19Q

257

455

370

505

560

274

179

165

Sept.

inq

165

OQO

193

193

ooe

825

825

755

862

900

825

825

755

755

720

685

652

505

330

257

240

193

179

165

165

165

Oct.

165

179

193

240

330

505

1 Ann

900

2,390

2,390

2,250

2,250

2,250

2,110

1,720

1,850

1,720

1,850

755

720

620

620

620

685

755

790

825

685

560

410

410

Nov.

410

505

560

560

410

350

1,080

1,370

^QA

165

165

165

165

1<«

lew

193

224

OQO

292

qon

330

330

257

994

224

292

292

Dec.

311

208

140

O7A

330

OQO

292

274

OQA

505

505

620

505

505

455

410

qqn

330

311

NOTE. Discharge Dec. 21-31 estimated, because of ice, from gage heights, observer's notes, climatologic 

records and discharge of adjacent drainage areas, at 300 second-feet. See " Winter flow" and "Accuracy" 

in station description.

Monthly discharge of Cloquet River at Independence, Minn.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 698 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2,240 

2,160 

2,240 

2,670 

1,480 

900 

2,390 

1,370

2,670

Minimum.

262 

162 

193 

129 

165 

165 

165 

140

Mean.

o!56 

o205 

o!19 

398 

1,060 

1,210 

944 

468 

469 

1,080 

370 

348

571

Per 

square 

mile.

0.223 

.294 

.170 

.570 

1.52 

1.73 

1.35 

.670 

.672 

1.55 

.530 

.499

.818

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.26 

.31 

.20 

.64 

1.75 

1.93 

1.56 

.77 

.75 

1.79 

.59 

.58

11.13

Accuracy.

D. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B.

o Estimated. 

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.
SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV. '27 

STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE MICHIGAN. 

ESCANABA EIVEE NEAR ESCANABA, MICH.

Location. At highway bridge between Escanaba and Gladstone, Mich., about 9

milea north of Escanaba and 4 miles above mouth of River, T. 40 N., R. 23 W.,

at quarter-section comer between sees. 24 and 25. 

Records available. August 25,1903, to March 31,1909; June 1, 1909, to December

31, 1913. Discharge measurements only April, May, and July, 1903. 

Drainage area. 800 square miles. 

Gage. Standard chain attached to bridge; new gage installed November 15, 1910.

Gage read once daily in the morning to tenths. 

Control. Probably permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice, which exists some years for nearly four months. 

Accuracy. Discharge relation during the logging season affected by backwater

from log jams. All gage readings for 1913 are correct if the new chain (installed

Nov. 15,1910) has not stretched and if the structure to which the gage is attached

has not changed since July 16, 1908.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during 1913.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Escanaba River near Escanaba, Mich., for 1913. 

[Olive Beauchamp, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

4.1

3.7

3". 7

3.8

3.8

Feb.

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

Mar.

3.6

3.6

4.4

4.4

Apr.

4.8

4.9

5.0

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.6

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.2

5.8

6.4

6.8

6.6

6.4

6.2

5.8

5.6

May.

5.2

4.8

4.3

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.1

3.9

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.9

3 Q

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

June.

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.1

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.7

3.3

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.3

2.9

2.9

3.1

3.5

3.5

3.4

July.

3.3

2.9

2.8

2.8

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.5

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

Aug.

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

Sept.

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.5

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.0

Oct.

2.8

2.7

2.9

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.6

3.3

3.3

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.9

3.0

3.3

3.2

3.0

Nov.

3.0

2.9

2.9

2

Q

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.4

3.1

3.0

3.0

Dec.

3.0

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.9

2.9

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.5

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice about Jan. 1 to Mar. 31.
28 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

MENOMINEE RIVER NEAR IRON MOUNTAIN, MICH.

Location. At the homestead highway bridge, 3J miles south of Iron Mountain, Mich.

Records available. September 4,1902, to March 31, 1909; June 5,1909, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 2,420 square miles.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to the bridge; read once daily to tenths. 

From September 4, 1902, to May 18, 1904, a staff gage was read.

Control. Permanent.

Winter flow. Prior to 1914 few discharge measurements had been made at Iron 

Mountain when ice was present. Information obtained from persons familiar 

with conditions in the vicinity of the gage led to the assumption that discharge 

relation was not affected by ice, but measurements made during 1914 show that 

this assumption was unwarranted.

Regulation. Practically no reservoirs above gaging station. Fluctuations at the 

gage are, however, caused by operation of Peninsular Power Co.'s plant above 

station. Plant is run continuously, but load varies somewhat throughout the 

day, causing slight fluctuations in stage at the gage.

Accuracy. As discharge relation may be affected by ice and possibly also by backwater from logs during certain periods, winter records previous to December 1, 

1913, should be used with caution.

Cooperation. Gage readings furnished by courtesy of Oliver Iron Mining Co.

Discharge measurements of Menominee River near Iron Mountain, Mich., in 1913. .

Date.

Oct. 2

3

Hydrographer. ,

S. B. Soul<5. ..............................................................

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.17

2.76

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2,200

1 Qfift

Daily gage height, in feet, of Menominee River near Iron Mountain, Mich., for 1913. 

[A. J. St. Arnauld, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

g

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.7

2.5

1.7

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2 

2.1 

2.1

2.1

2.1

2 A

2.0

2.0

2.0

1 9

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.9

Feb.

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

2.0

2.2

2.2

2 A

2 A

9 fi

2.0

1 9

1.2

1.6

1.9

1 9

1.9 

1.9 

1 9

1 9

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.6

1 Q

1.9

2 1

.......

Mar.

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.5 

1.7 

2.0

2 A

2.3

2 A

2 A

1.8

1.8

1.8

2 A

2.0

2.6

3.0

Apr.

3.1

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.1

3.1

3.4

4.1

5.5

f; o

4.8

5.1

5.5

6.1

7.3

Q 9

10.6 

12.0 

11.0

10.6

10.6

12.3

10.8

11 9

11.6

U O

10.6

9 0

May.

8.8

8.0

7.8

7.6

7.5

9.5

5

K

6.1

K K

5.6

5.0

4.4

4.0

4.2

5.1

4.2

6.5

9.0 

7.9 

9.3

9.3

6.7

6.0

6.0

6.2

5.3

6.0

3.6

4.0

4.3

June.

4.3

6.7

3.2

4.8

4.8

5.0

7.6

7.6

7.4

5.5

5.5

5.4

5 A

5.0

5.0

3.6

3.6

3.3 

4.0 

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.8

3.7

3 9

1.1

1.9

2.9

July.

2.0

1.0

1.8

2.8

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.2

4.0

3.4

3.7

3 Q

3 9

3.4

3.2

4.0

3.8 

3.6 

3.4

3.0

3.0

2

0

2.8

2

0

2

O

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

Aug.

2.4

2.4

2.6

9 fl

2.4

0.9

2.0

9 7

2

0

2

0

2

0

2

0

2 a

2

CL

2.4

2.4

2

0

2.2 

2.2 

9 n

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1 ft

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

2.0

Sept.

2.2

2.2

2.0

9 n

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

2 1

2 A

2.1

2.0

2 A

2

0

2.8

2.8

2

0

2.8 

3.0 

3.0

4.4

4.6

4.8

4

O

4.8

5.0

5.1

3 A

2.4

2.4

Oct.

2.4

2.8

3.0

2

O

3.5

3.5

i 9

1.6

1 9

3.6

3.6

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.8

2

0

2.4 

2.4

2

0

2

0

2 ft

2.6

2

O

9 S

4.8

4

Q

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

Nov.

4.0

4.0

3.4

2

O

1.6

1.9

2 A

2 A

2 0

2 A

1 fi

2.0

2.3

2.5

2.5

2.5

2 a

2.6 

2.9

2 Q

2 9

2 Q

3 A

3 A

4.8

4.8

4

0

4 6

4.6

4.6

Dec.

3.6

3

Q

3.2

3 A

9 Q

2.4

3.0

9 d

1 9

3.0

3.0

3.0

3 A

2.8

9 K

3.0

3.0

3.0 

3.0 

3.0

3

(\

2 A

2 A

2.4

2 A

2 4

2 A

2 4

2.4

2.4

2.4

NOTE. Apparently no backwater from ice during 1913.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE MICHIGAN. 29

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Menominee River near Iron Mountain, Mich.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

g

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

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

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

10

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

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

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

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

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

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

2ft.. ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,440

1,560

1,620

1,620

1,680

1,880

1,880

2,010

2,010

1,880

1,390

1,750

1,750

1,750

1,680

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,500

1,620

1,560 

1,500

1,500

Feb.

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,560

1,680

1,680

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,500

1,120

1,340

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,340

1,500

1,500

1,620

.......

Mar.

1,620

1,620

1,560

1,500

1,500

1,390

1,390

1 son

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,340

1,340

1,220

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,280

1,390

1,560

1,560

1,750

1,560

1,560

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,560

1,560 

1,940

2,220

Apr.

2,290

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,290

2,290

2,510

4 200

3,750

3,580

3,840

4 200

4,780

5,970

8,120

9,800

11,500

10,300

9,800

9 snn

9,800

11,900

10, 100

11,400

11,000

10 500

9,800 

7,890

May.

7,560

6,740

6,520

6,300

6,180

8,470

4,200

4,780

4,200

3,750

9 Qfin

3,110

3,840

3,110

5,160

7^890

6,640

8,240

8,240

5,360

4,680

4,680

4,870

4,680

4,020

4,680

2,660 

2,960

3,180

June.

3,180

5,360

2,360

3,580

3,580

3,750

6,300

6,300

6,080

4,200

4,110

4,110

3,750

3,750

2,660

2,440

2,960

4,200

3,750

3,750

3,750

3,580

2,740

2,360

1 080

1^500 

2,150

July.

1,560

1,030

2,080

3,580

3,420

3,420

3,110

2,960

2,510

2,740

2,880

2,880

2,510

2,960

2,810

2,660

2,510

2,220,

2,220

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,080

1,940

1,880

1,820 

1,820

1,820

Aug.

1,820

1,820 1 Q4n

1 <un

1,820

985

1,560

2,010

2,080

2,080

2 080

1,940

1,940

1,820

1,820

1,680

1,680

1,680

1,560

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,440

1,390

1,390

1,390 

1,390

1,560

Sept.

1,680

1,680

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,560

1.620

1,560

1,560

2,080

2,080

2.080

2,080

2,080

2,220

2,220

3,260

3,420

3,580

3,580

3,580

3,750

3,840

2,220

1,820 

1,820

Oct.

1,820

2,080

2,220

2,080

2,580

2,580

3,110

1,340

1,500

2,660

2,660

2,960

2,960

2,960

2,960

2,810

1,680

1,820

1,820

2,080

2,080

1,940

1,940

2,080

2,080

3,580

3,580

3,420

3,420 

3,420

3,420

Nov.

2,960

2,960

2,510

2,080

1,340

1,500

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,440

1,560

1,750

1,880

1,880

1,880

1,940

1,940

2,150

2,150

2,150

2,150

2,220

2,220

3,580

3,580

3,580

3,420

3,420

3,420

Dec.

2,660

2,810

2,360

2,220

2,150

1,820

2,220

1,820

1,500

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,080

2,080

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,220

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820 

1,820

1,820

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve.

Monthly^discharge of Menominee River near Iron Mountain, Mich.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 2,420 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2,010 

1,680 

2,220 

11,900 

8,470 

6,300 

3,580 

2,080 

3,840 

3,580 

3,580 

2,810

11,900

Minimum.

1,390 

1,120 

1,180 

2,0180 

2,660 

1,080 

1,030 

985 

1,560 

1,340 

1,340 

1,500

985

Mean.

1,640 

1,460 

1,480 

6,430 

5,070 

3,610 

2,420 

1,670 

2,220 

2,500 

2,260 

2,070

2,740

Per

square 

mile.

0.678 

.603 

. .612 

2.66 

2.10 

1.49 

1.00 

.690 

.917 

1.03 

.934 

.855

1.13

Run-ofl 

(depth in 

mches on 

drainage 

area).

0.78 

.63 

.71 

2.97 

2.42 

1.66 

1.15 

.80 

1.02 

1.19 

1.04 

.99

15.36

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

C.

c.

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

WOLF KIVEK AT KESHENA, WIS.

Location. At highway bridge at Keshena, 3 miles below outlet of West Branch of 

Wolf River (coming in from the right).

Records available. May 9, 1907, to March 31, 1909; February 10, 1911, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 797 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff, read twice daily up to October 1, 1911; since that date read 

morning, noon, and evening; mean of three readings taken as mean for day. 

Limits of use: Hundredths below 0.5, half tenths from 0.5 to 1.5, and tenths 

above 1.5 feet.
30 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Control. Gravel; smooth and permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Winter flow. Solid ice cover forms in the vicinity of gage and causes 1 to 3 feet of

backwater. ' At times during the winter slush ice and frazil collect under this

ice cover, making discharge measurements impossible. The ice forms at the

falls above Keshena and floats in the river as backwater from the dam at Shawano. 

Regulation. River and main tributaries above Keshena controlled to some extent

by logging dams. 

Accuracy. Conditions favorable; open-water rating curve excellent between gage

heights 1 and 4 feet. Accuracy of open-water records depends on accuracy with

which mean gage height is determined. 

Cooperation. Station maiatained in cooperation with United States Indian Office

and Wisconsin Railroad Commission.

Discharge measurements of Wolf River at Keshena, Wis., in 1913.

Date.

Jan. 28

Mar. 11

June 18

Sept. 29

Hydrographer.

W. G. Hoyt..............................................................

S. B. 8ov\.&................. ..............................................

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

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

Gage

height.

Feet. 

4.4

3.70

2.72

2.20

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

o537

6537

1,120

837

o Measurement made under complete ice cover about 4 miles below gage. 

& Complete ice cover at gage.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Wolf River at Keshena, Wis., for 1913. 

[Ray Gauthier, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15

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

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

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

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

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

01

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

4.8

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.3

5.4

5.2

5.3

5.2

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.5

4.5

Feb.

4.4

4.2

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

Mar.

3.9

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.7

4.4

4.3

4.0

4.0

"'3.' 9'

.......

Apr.

4 0

4.0

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.6 A n

4.2

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.6 

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.S

3.9

4.1

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.3

4

O

3.9 

3.7

3.7

May.

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.5

3.8

4.0

4.4

1 O

3.6

3.2 

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.6

2 a

2.7

2.8

2.7

2

c

2.6

2 7

2.8 

3.2

3.6

3.6

June.

3.5

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.1

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.7

2 A

2.6

2.6 

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.9

3.1

3 A

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.7 

2.6

2.7

July.

9 A

2.6

2.5

2

c

2 7

2 fi

2.7

2.7

2.8

9 Q

2.8

2.9 

3.0

3.0

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.5

2 a

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.3

2

O

2.3 

2.9

3.0

3.0

Aug.

2.8

2.6

2.5

2 4

2.2

2.2

2 9

2.3

2.4

9 d

2.3

2.2 

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.0

9 n

2.0 9 n

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

.......

Sept.

1.8

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

1 Q

1.8

1.8 

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.9

1.9

2.2

3.1

3.0

2.8

2,6

2 Q

2.9

2.8

2.6 

2.4

2.3

Oct.

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2

0

2.5

2.7

9 O

3.3

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2

0

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.3

9 fi

2.7 

2.6

2.4

2.3

Nov.

2.2

2.3

2.4

2

0

2.1

9 9

2.2

2.2

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.7 

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

1 O

2 A

2.0

1.8

1.9

2 A

1.7

1.6

1.4 

1.4

1.2

Dec.

1 8

2.1

2 A

1.7

1.5

1.5

1 o

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.5

1.8

1.7

1.6

L7

1.4

1.6

1.8

1

C

1 Q

2.0

2.1

2.6

2 7

2

0

2 9

2.9 

3.0

3.2

3.4

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice about Jan. 1 to Mar. 31, Nov. 9-18, and Dec. 18-31.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE MICHIGAN. 31 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Wolf River at Keshena, Wis.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. ............. .............J

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

94

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

1,920

1,920

2,190

2,260

2

QQfl

2,330

2,260

1,850

1,720

1,720

1 660

1,660

1,660

i fifin

1,790

1,850

1 QQrt

2,190

2,190

2,260

1,990

1,990

1 QQfl

i oon

2,120

2,060

1,850

1,720

1 79(1

May.

1,530

1,530

1,530

1,530

1,460

1,590

1,790

1,920

2,190

1,850

1,660

1,400

1,400

1,400

1

*Mfl

1,280

1,220

1,170

1,110

1,060

1,060

1,110

1,170

1,110

1 (Wt

1,060

1,110

1,170

1,400

1,660

1,660

June.

i non

1,660

1,590

1,530

1,340

1,280

1,280

1,220

1,110

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,170

1,220

1 34n

1 9Sfl

1,220

1,170

1,110

1,170

1,220

1,170

1, 110

1,060

1,110

July.

1,060

1,060

1,010

1 060

1^110

1,060

1,110

1,110

1,170

1,220

1,170

1,220

i 9c.n

1,110

1,060

1,110

1,110

1,010

1,010

1,060

QIC

915

Ql*

869

Ql*

QAQ

915

1,220

1,280

1,280

Aug.

1,170

1,060

1,010

962

QAQ

869

869

Q1 ^

QfiO

011;

869

869

824

780

780

780

824

824

780

780

780

780

fiCK

654

654

614

630

<un

660

670

Sept.

680

695

1,010

1,010 01*

780

780

824

737

695

695

654

654

RKA

654

695 '737

737

869

1,340

1,280

1,170

1,060

1,220

1,220

1,170

1,060

962

915

Oct.

Q1*

915

869

QAQ

824

869

1,010

1,110

1,220

1,460

1,280

1,170

1,060

1,010

962

QAQ

SfiQ

869

869

915

962

869

824

869

Die

1,060

1,110

1,060

962

915

Nov.

915

962

869

Qf)A

869

869

869

824

737

780

7sn

fiat

737

780

654

614

536

536

459

Dec.

695

QOA

780

654

575

575

497

497

536

4Q7

459

575

695

654

614

654

536

NOTE. Discharge computed from a rating curve well defined between 383 and 1,920 second-feet (gage 

heights, 1.0 and 4.0 feet). Discharge estimated, because of ice, from gage heights, two discharge measurements, observer's notes, climatologic records, and flow of West Branch of Wolf River at Neopit, as follows: 

Jan. 1-31,630 second-feet; Feb. 1-28,560 second-feet; Mar. 1-31,720 second-feet; Nov. 9-18,850 second-feet; 

and Dec. 18-31,480 second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Wolf River at Keshena, Wis.,for 19 IS. 

[Drainage area, 797 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2,380 

2,190 

1,660 

1,280 

1,170 

1,340 

1,460

2,330

Mim'miim.

1,660 

1,060 

1,060 

869 

614 

654 

824 

459

Mean.

630 

560 

720 

1,960 

1,400 

1,220 

1,080 

821 

890 

979 

789 

550

968

Per 

square 

mile.

0.790, 

.703 

.903 

2.46 

1.76 

1.53 

1.36 

1.03 

1.12 

1.23 

.990 

.690

1.21

Run-off 

(depth in 

niches on 

drainage

' area).

0.91 

.73 

1.04 

2.74 

2.03 

1.71 

1.57 

1.19 

1.25 

1.42 

1.10 

.80

16.49

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

C.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

C.

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.
32 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY; 1913, PART IV.

WEST BRANCH OF WOLF RIVER AT NEOPIT, WIS.

Location. At the dam and power plant at Neopit, a station of the Wisconsin & 

Northern Railroad, 20 miles north of Shawano.

Records available. January 25, 1911, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 108 square miles.

Gages. Vertical staff gages on headrace and tailrace.

Determination of flow. An attempt in 1911 to measure the flow by current meter 

. a short distance below the dam proved unsatisfactory, and it was decided to rate 

the turbine and spillway. The power is developed by means of a timber dam 

about 14 feet high, which backs the water upstream for a considerable distance 

and forms a service reservoir. The spillway is a rectangular opening about 13 

feet wide, which is closed by means of stop planks. Little water leaks through 

the dam, but considerable passes between the planks when all are in place. The 

power house is at the dam and is equipped with a 35-inch Leffel-Samson turbine, 

belted to a 60-kilowatt generator, which is used chiefly for lighting. The turbine 

takes water from the service reservoir through a rectangular flume, which is 9 feet 

wide by 6 feet deep and is lined with smooth planks. The turbine was rated by 

means of current-meter measurements in the flume. The spillway and leakage 

through the boards were rated by measurements in the sluiceway. Gages were 

placed in the pond and below the dam to show the head on the turbine. Readings 

of both gages, voltage, amperage, and number of planks removed from fhe spillway 

were recorded seven times each day, at 6, 7, and 10 a. m., 12 m., 3, 6, and 10 p. m. 

These readings were then weighted in accordance with the elapsed interval.

Accuracy. Seven current-meter measurements made during 1913 indicate careful 

observations and results well within 10 per cent. When the station was visited 

September 30 and October 1, 1913, it was found that an obstruction under the 

fourth stop plank of spillway caused a leakage of about 41 second-feet. This 

obstruction occurred either July 27 or September 3, 1913; 41 second-feet have 

been added to the computed discharge from September 3 to October 1, but as it 

is possible that the obstruction may have occurred on July 27, estimates of daily 

discharge may be 41 second-feet too low from that date to September 2.

Cooperation. Station established at request of United States Indian Office, as 

Neopit is on Menominee Indian Reservation.
STREAMS TRIBTJTABY TO LAKE MICHIGAN. 33 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Branch of Wolf River at Neopit, Wis.,for 1913.

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

Jan.

159

113

136

125

96

120

117

109

109

139

129

128

113

112

128

120

130

114

143

119

112

139

108

M20

1120

126

104

104

114

115

115

Feb.

Ill

120

106

107

106

103

89

109

107

108

107

108

107

116

116

106

107

104

1 AO

95

101

110

107

114

132

Mar.

107

112

105

117

108

116

114

133

109

129

115

128

207

184

195

136

160

148

i ^fi

141

177

149

135

137

136

142

193

184

Apr.

228

209

217

245

229

191

155

172

188

151

176

158

190

179

205

197

204

235

199

150

121

165

140

154

149

209

64

256

78

85

May.

163

151

81

246

189

224

113

252

229

146

210

117

194

141

260

298

259

160

200

145

165

220

142

170

166

101

o«n

191

242

211

June.

178

179

161

221

144

116

167

201

124

125

303

349

378

180

156

275

255

173

127

165

107

202

165

178

170

July.

170

139

" 187

171

180

177

184

153

191

128

126

259

201

135

139

141

172

163

154

127

135

137

137

134

132

134

223

267

191

147

117

Aug.

147

138

117

133

136

131

130

142

147

103

85

136

135

209

159

174

145

159

139

138

134

127

137

122

111

117

120

123

135

110

Sept.

127

199

286

130

115

120

168

178

119

107

106

112

158

159

163

159

157

157

155

158

228

138

178

Oct.

83

136

102

133

98

70

180

208

171

186

143

199

87

121

137

134

127

140

139

136

130

135

136

188

199

138

188

140

168

Nov.

179

63

82

135

148

265

120

141

39

74

164

99

142

111

149

81

105

177

125

209

188

73

248

80

109

142

128

133

101

Dec.

131

205

152

86

79

66

52

64

78

78

186

110

110

117

119

130

171

83

62

69

72

77

81

106

132

130

130

109

102

70

72

Monthly discharge of West Branch of Wolf River at Neopit, Wis.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 108 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

159 

132 

207 

256 

298 

378 

267 

209 

286 

216 

265 

205

378

Minimum.

96 

89 

105 

64 

81 

104 

117 

85 

106 

79 

39 

52

39

Mean.

121 

108 

142 

177 

190 

193 

163 

. 134 

152 

146 

132 

104

147

Per 

square 

mile.

1.12 

1.00 

1.31 

1.64 

1.76 

1.79 

1.51 

1.24 

1.41 

1.35 

1.22 

.963

1.36

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.29 

1.04 

. 1.51 

1.83 

2.03 

2.00 

1.74 

1.43 

1,57 

1.56 

1.36 

1.11

18.47

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

C.

<?> 

B. 

B. 

B.

56525° WSP 354 15 3

6 See "Accuracy."
34 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

GRAND RIVER AT GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH.

Location. At Fulton Street Bridge, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Records available. March 12, 1901, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 4,900 square miles.

Gage. Staff, attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to hundredths.

Limits of use: Hundredths below 0.5 and tenths above 0.5 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

Winter flow. Somewhat affected by ice.

Regulation. Operation of power plants above station may modify low-water flow. 

Accuracy. The two or three measurements made at this station since 1905 indicate

that the 1905 discharge curve is not applicable after that year.

Cooperation. Records furnished by city engineer of Grand Rapids.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during 1913.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Grand River at Grand Rapids, Mich., for 1913. 

[A. J. Seys and Charles Darling, observers.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

.70

-.75

-.4

.4

.8

.6

.6

1.0 

2.0

5.6

5.8

5.5

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.7

5.4

4.9 "s.'e"

Feb.

0 0

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.1

7.8

6.5

6.0

6.0

5.6

4.6

""i'o"

3.8

3.5

4.0

3 Q

3.7

3.7

3 7

Mar.

2

0

3 n

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.2

3.6

5.3

7.0

9 7

9.8

10.6

"ii.~2~

9.7

8.7

8.2

8.0

9.3

10.0

10.6

10.8

10.4 ""9.T

Apr.

8.7

8.4

8.6

9 2

9 6

11.7

11.7

in ft

10.0

9 0

7.2

6.7

5.7

5.1

4.5

0 Q

2.8

2.4

2

0

1.6

1.5

1.7

1.6

1.8 

1.7

May.

1.4

1.2

1.0

.6

,._ 0

- .5

- .80

_ 60

- .60

- .5 

.2

.6

.7

g

.6

- .2

O

0

.0 -"."i"

June.

-0.3

- .3

- .4

- .55

- .80

- .80

- .90

- .95

-1.05

-1.20

-1.30

-1.35

-1.50 

-1.50

-1.60

-1.55

-1.50

 1 60

-1.70

-1.55

-1.50

-1.60 -i.'es'

July.

-1.70

-1.70

-1.80

-1.80

-1.80

-1.80

-1.80

-1.80

-1.90

-1.90

-i.90

-1.90

-1.90 

-1.50

- .90

 1 00

-1.20

i nn

-1.20

-1.70

-1.70

 1 90

-1.90 

-1.80

i on

Aug.

-1.80

-1.80

-1.80

-1.80

-1.85

-1.90

-2.00

-2.00

-1.95

-1.65

-1.40

-1.45

-1.55

-1.40

_ 1 QO

- .2

- .2

- .55

- .9

-1.15

-1.45

-1.80

i on

-1.85

-1.95 

-1.80

Sept.

-1.45

-1.80

-1.95

-2.00

-2.00

-2.00

-2.20

-2.20

-2.20

-2.20

 2.10

-2.20 

-2.20

-1.90

-1.80

-1.70

-1.70

-1.70

-1.70

-1.70

-1.68

-1.68 

-1.65

Oct.

-1.68

-1.30

-1.25

-1.28

-1.42

-1.30

-1.40

 1 45

-1.45

-1.48

 1 48

-1.55

-1.52

1 AS.

-1.50

-1.32

1 v.

 1 48

-1.60

_ 1 £2

i ^R

-1.45 

-1.35 

1 40

Nov.

-1.45

-1.48

 1 45

-1.55

-1.62

-1.50

-1.52

-1.55

-1.48

_ 1 40

-1.45

 1 4A

 i 45"

on

- .58

.3

.0

.0

- .2

- .5

- .4

Dec.

-0.3

.0

 3

- .2

0

- .3

.0

O

_ (50

- .70

00

-1.15

-1.05 

-1.05

., , OQ

1.10

-1.05

-1.15

-1.00

 1 08

-1.15

 i nn

-1.00 

-1.10

1 IP,

NOTE. Observer made no notes concerning ice. 

during 1913,

Discharge relation not materially affected by ice
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE MICHIGAN. 35

MANISTEE RIVER NEAR SHERMAN, MICH.

Location. At north bridge, 1 mile from Sherman, Mich., immediately above mouth 

of Wheeler Creek.

Records available. July 10, 1903, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 900 square miles.

Gage. Standard chain gage, read daily, morning and evening, to hundredths. 

Limits of use: Tenths throughout the entire range in stage during 1913.

Control. Probably permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Winter flow. Special studies are necessary to determine the winter flow, as the 

stream freezes over. The constancy of flow is remarkable and is due to the fact 

that the supply is derived from springs and ground water. The maximum 

recorded mean flow for any month from 1903 to 1908 is only two and one-half times 

the minimum recorded flow. Consequently a fairly close estimate of the discharge 

for the periods during which ice is present can be made by using climatological 

data and the observer's notes.

Accuracy. Rating curve for 1913 well defined by numerous discharge measurements 

made by the Fargo Engineering Co., of Jackson, Mich. The new rating curve, 

which differs from that used prior to 1913 mainly above gage height 3.0 feet, 

gives the larger discharge, the percentage difference increasing with the stage 

from about 2J per cent at gage height 3.0 feet to about 7J per cent at gsige height 

6.0 feet. Discharge measurements made by the Fargo Engineering Co. during 

November and December, 1912, but not available before the publication of 

Water-Supply Paper No. 324, indicate that the new rating curve is applicable for 

1912, and estimates of discharge as published for that year should be revised by 

those using them. At times the discharge relation may be affected by backwater from log jams.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with William G. Fargo.

Discharge measurements of Manistee River near Sherman, Mich., in 1912-13.

Date.

1912. 

Nov. 19 

Dec. 3 

7 

9

10

11

14

1913. 

Jan. 18 

19

20

Mar. 17

17

24

Hy drographer .

Teflt o and Aronson a. . 

Aronson « and Snyder « 

Aronson a and Martin « 

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

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

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

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

Kephart « and Smits «. .

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

Kephart," Bahr,o and

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

Kepharto and Smits «. .

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.36 

3.74 

3.54 

3.20

3.05

S on

2.64

3.39 

3.18

3.02

4.50

4.40

5.88

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1.500 

1,790 

1,600 

1.470

1,470

1 ^Oft

1,430

1.540 

1,410

1,310

61.550

61,450

2,400

Date.

1913. 

Mar. 25 

26 

Apr. 2 

3

4

9 

15 

17 

23 

May 13

31

June 25

Tnlv 9^

Aug. 28

Hydrographer.

Kephart « and Smits ». . 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kephart a and Calkins a 

Kephart « and Smits a. 

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

.....do.. .............. : 

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

6.99 

6.26 

4.91 

5.12

5.34

5.50

4.53 

4.24 

3.95 

3.54 

3.00

2.90

2.45 

2.29

2.08

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

c2,740 

c2,640 

2,230 

2,360

2,490

2,590

2,030 

1,860 

1,690 

1,450 

1,280

1,250

1,070

982

903

a Engineer of the Fargo Engineering Co., Jackson, Mich. 

6 Velocity determined by use of floats.

Doubtful; meter out of order.
36 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Manistee River near Sherman, Mich.,for 1913. 

[Margaret Munn, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.3

2.4

2.7

2.8

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.7

3.1

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.7

Feb.

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.3

1.9

1.7

2.6

S Q

3.2

3.2

3.4

2.9

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.8

2 9

3.0

2.9

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.6

2

0

O Q

Mar.

2 7

2.6

2

C

2.5

2.3

2

C

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.8

3.0

4 O

6.2

5.5

4.4

4 0

4.2

4.7

4.9

5.1

4.9

6.1

7.0

6.3

5.5

5.0

4.6

4.4

4.7

Apr.

4.8

5.0

5.1

5

0

5.5

5.5

5.2

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.5

4 4

4.3

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.5

May.

3.3

3.3

3.2

Q 1

3.0

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

2.9

2 9

3.3

3.5

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.9

June.

2

0

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

July.

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

Aug.

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

Sept.

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

Oct.

2.2

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.1

3.0

2 9

2

0

2

0

2

0

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

Nov.

9 fi

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.9

3.7

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.9

Dec.

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.5

2.4

2.4

NOTE. River partly frozen over at gage Feb. 6 and 9; control open. Discharge relation probably affected 

by ice about Feb. 7 to Mar. 6.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Manistee River near Sherman, Mich.,for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

g

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ofl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

1,160 

1,110 

1,110

1,110

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,110

993

1,030

1,160 

1,200

1,030 

1,030

1,070

1,160

1,330

1,460 

1,370

1,280

1,200

1,110

1,160

1,200 

1,110

1,160

1,160 

1,070 

1,030

1,070 

1,160

Feb.

1,110 

1,030 

1,030

993

852

789

.......

.......

.......

.......

Mar.

.......

QQO

1,070

1,110

1,110

1,160 

1,200

1,280

3,010

2

CQ/1

1 QC/1

1,750 

1,850

2 ion

2,230

2,340

2,950 

3,500

3,070

2,580 

2,290 

2,060

1,950 

2,120

Apr.

2,170 

2,290 

2,340

2,460

2,580

2,580

2 4fM")

2,170

2

AAA

1 QCA

1,950 

2,010

2,010

1 QEfl

1 Qflfl

1 800

1^750

1,700 

1,650

1 600

1,560

1-,560

1,510

1,510 

1,510

1,560

1,600 

1,600 

1,560

1,510

May.

1,420 

1,420 

1,370

1,330

1,280

1,370

1,420

1,370

1,330

1,280 

1,280

1,280 

1,280

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,330

1,240

1,420

1,510

1,560

1,560

1 49f>

1,370 

1,330 

1,280

1,240 

1,240

June.

1,200 

1,200 

1,200

1,160

1,160

1.110

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,110 

1,110

1,070 

1,070

1,070

1,030

1 AOA

1,030

1 fl°.fl

1,110

1,200

1,160

1,070 

1,070

1,110

1,110 

1,110 

1,110

1,110

July.

1,070 

1,070 

1,070

1,070

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,070

1,030

1,030

993

QQO

1,030

QQQ

QQS

993

QQ«3

1,070 

1,070

1,030

993

QQQ

993

993 

955

QCC

1,070 

1,110 

1,030

1,030 

1,030

Aug.

1,030 

1,030 

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,030

993

1,030

-1,030

1,030

QOS

955

QCC

1,030

1,030

OQS

993

QQO

QKe

955

955

QCK

955 

919

Q1Q

919 

919 

919

919 

919

Sept.

955 

919 

919

919

919

955

919

919

919

919 

919

919 

919

919

QKe

1,030

1,110 

1,110

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,030 

993

993

993 

955 

955

955

Oct.

955 

1,070 

1,110

1,110

1,070

1,030

1,030

1.030 i;oso

1,030

1,110 

1,160

1,110 

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,200

1,280

1,240

1 Oflfl

i oftfi

1,200 

1,200

1,160

1,160 

1,160 

1,160

1,160 

1,160

Nov.

1,110 

1,110 

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,070

1,070

1,110

1,070

1,070

1,070 

1,070

1,070 

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110 

1 240

1,600

1,650

1,600

1,600

1,560 

1 4fifl

1 q7fi

1,280 

1,280 

1,240

1,240

Dec.

1,240 

1,240 

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160 

1,160

1,160 

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,110

1,110 

1,110

1,110

1,070

1,070

1,030

1,030 

1,030

955

919 

955 

1,070

1,030 

1,030

1 NOTE. See "Accuracy" in station description. Discharge Feb. 7 to Mar. 6 estimated, because of ice, 

from gage heights, observer's notes, and cllmatologic records, 900 second-feet.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON. 37

Monthly discharge of Manistee River near Sherman, Midi., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 900 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,460

3,500 

2,580 

1,560 

1,200 

1,110 

1,030 

1,110 

1,330 

1,650 

1,240

3,500

Minimum.

993 

789

1,510 

1,240 

1,030 

955 

919 

919 

955 

1,070 

919

789

Mean.

1,140 

914 

1,810 

1,890 

1,360 

1,120 

1.030 

981 

974 

1,140 

1,230 

1,110

1,230

Per

square 

mile.

1.27 

1.02 

2.01 

2.10 

1.51 

1.24 

1.14 

1.09 

1.08 

1.27 

1.37 

1.23

1.37

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.46 

1.06 

2.32 

2.34 

1.74 

1.38 

1.31 

1.26 

1.20 

1.46 

1.53 

1.42

18.48

Accuracy.

B.

C. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B.

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.

STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON. 

AU SABLE BITER NEAR LOVELLS, MIOH.

Location. In the SE. J sec. 1, T. 26 N., R. 1 W., about 900 feet below mouth of 

North Branch of Au Sable River, about 11 miles southeast of Lovells, and about 

8 miles southwest oi Red Oak post office, Mich.

Records available. September 11, 1908, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 1,000 square miles (determined by Fargo Engineering Co.).

Gage. Vertical staff gage attached to overhanging tree on left bank used September 

11, 1908, to March 23, 1913, when new vertical staff, bolted to a 1^-inch pipe 

driven 8 feet into the bed of the river, was installed about 7 feet upstream from 

old gage. Duplicate of new gage was later installed on right bank a short distance 

upstream. Sea-level elevation of zeros of the gages, 1,004.69 feet. Gage is read 

morning and evening to tenths. Limits of use: Tenths throughout the entire 

range in stage during 1908-1913.

Control. Sand and gravel; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from boat at section about 500 feet upstream

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice.

Accuracy. Estimates for periods during which discharge relation was probably 

affected by ice are based on insufficient data and should be used with due caution. 

The ratios of the monthly and yearly discharges at Lovells to those at Bamfield 

for 1909-1913 is shown in the following table of monthly discharge. The close 

agreement between these ratios indicates that the estimates of discharge are

Cooperation. Daily gage heights and numerous discharge measurements furnished 

by William G. Fargo, of Jackson, Mich., who established and maintains the 

stations.
38 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Discharge measurements of Au Sable River near Lovells, Mich., in 1908-1913.

Date.

1908. 

Sept. 11 

Oct. 9 

10 

Nov. 27

1909. 

Jan. 5 

27 

Apr. 4 

4 

16 

16

1912. 

Sept. 20

1913. 

Apr. 12 

12

Hydrographer.

::::$:::::::::::::::::

. ... o ... .

1

1

« . . .

a

o

P. S. Monk.. ..........

Gray and Angell. ......

£&

Feet. 

0.60 

.38 

.39 

.95

0.50 

1.14 

1.38 

1.38 

3.00 

3.00

1.12

3.05 

3.05

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

647 

590 

625 

959

760 

1,050 

1.080 

1,090 

1,800 

1,760

1,030

2.050 

2,010

Date.

1913. 

Apr. 13 

14 

14 

15 

21 

23 

24 

26 

May 6 

8 

26 

28 

June 9 

13 

24 

July 14 

28 

Sept. 2

Hydrographer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gray and Bedhead. ....

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.05 

2.85 

2.85 

2.65 

1.90 

2.10 

2.25 

2.37 

1.88 

1.70 

1.50 

1.25 

.99 

.81 

.71 

.55 

1.55 

.40

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

1,990 

1,860 

1,940 

1,720 

1,400 

1,490 

1,570 

1,590 

1,380 

1,300 

1,180 

1,080 

929 

872 

836 

733 

753 

682

* Hydrographer's name not available.

NOTE. Measurement on Sept, 20,1912, made by U. S. Geological Survey; all other measurements furnished by Wm. G. Fargo.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Au Sable River near Lovells, Mich, far 1908-1913.

Day.

1908. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10..!............

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

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

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

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

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

Sept.

0.5

.2

.2

.7

Oct.

0.6

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

Nov.

0.4

.4

.4

.5

.4

.4

.4

Dec.

0.6

.7

1.0

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.5

.5

Day.

1908. 

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

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

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

IS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q1

Sept.

0.5

.4

.4

.6

.6

.4

.4

.2

.2

.4

.6

.4

Oct.

0.4

.3

.4

.2

.3

.3

.4

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

Nov.

0.4

.4

.4

,4

.4

.4

.6

.8

1.1

.9

.8

.7

1.0

Dec.

0.6

.5

.5

.5

.6

.4

.6

.5

.6

.5

.4

.4

.2

.4

.4
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON. 39 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Au Sable River near Lovells, Midi., for 1908-1913 Contd.

Day.

1909.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1Q

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26..........!...

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

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

90

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

31

1910. 

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

o

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

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

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

g

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

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

19

10

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

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

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

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

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

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

on

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

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

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

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

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

26

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

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

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

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

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

Tan.

0.4

.7

.4

.4

.5

.4

.4

.7

1.2

.4

.4

.6

.8

1.2

.4

.6

.8

.6

.4

.3

.4

.8

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.2

.9

.8

.6

.8

.7

.5

1.1

1 2

1.4

1 a

1

0

.6

.6

.7

.6

.8

.8

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

Feb.

1.2

1.1

.6

.6

.6

.8

.8

.7

.8

.8

.6

.6

.6

.5

.6

.9

.8

.8

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.8

.5

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.6

.4

.6

.6

.6

.4

.6

.6

.5

.6

.6

.5

.5

.4

.5

.5

.6

.7

.6

Mar.

0.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.6

.6

.6

.4

.5

.6

.6

.5

.6

.6

.5

.5

.6

.6

.5

.5

.6

.7

.6

.8

.8

.8

.7

.6

.4

.5

1.0

.7

.7

.7

.8

.6

2

f\

2.2

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.3

2.0

2.0

1.8

Apr.

0.8

1.1

1.4

2.2

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.4

2.3

2.8

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1 9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1 1

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

May.

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.2

2.1

1.9

2.0

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.6

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

9

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.8

.8

.7

.8

.8

1.1

1.1

.8

.8

.7

.8

.8

1.0

June.

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.0

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.4

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.1

.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

.8

.9

.9

.8

.8

1.0

1.0

1.0

.8

g

.7

.7

.6

.5

.6

.6

K

.6

.6

.6

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

July.

0.8

.8

.8

.8

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.4

.6

.6

2.4

2.0

1.8

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

.3-

.3

.2

.2

.4

.4

.4

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.4

.4

Aug.

1.0

.8

.7

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

:5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.6

.5

.6

3

.3

.4

.4

.3

- .4

3

.4

.4

.5

.4

.3

.3

.3

.5

.4

.7

1.0

.8

.8

.7

.6

.5

Sept.

0.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.7

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.4

.4

.4

.4

.6

.8

.8

.6

.7

.6

.6

1.0

1.0

.8

.8

.6

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.6

Oct.

0.6

.6

.6

.7

.6

.6

.4

.4

.5

.6

.6

.4

.6

.6

.6

.7

.9

.8

.6

.7

.8

1.0

1.1

1.0

.8

.6

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.6

.7

.8

.7

.8

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.6

.7

.8

.7

.7

.6

.8

1.2

1.0

1.0

.8

Nov.

0.6

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

.8

.9

.8

.8

.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.3

.8

.8

.9

.8

.8

.6

.6

.8

.7

.8

.7

.7

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

.8

.7

.7

.8

.7

.7

Dec.

1.2

1.0

1.0

.9

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

1.0

.8

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.8

.9

.8

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

.8

.7

.8

1.2

1.3

.7

.6

.7

.7

.7

.6

.8

.8

.8

.9

.8

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.4

.6

1.2

.6

.5

.6

.7

.6

.5

.5

.4

.7
40 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Au Sable River near Lovells, Mick., for 1908-1913 Contd.

Day.

1911. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26

27..............

28..............

29..............

sfl

31..............

1912. 

1..............

2.. ............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8.... ........ ..

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

99

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

0.6

.6

.6

.7

.7

1.0

1 9

.6

.4

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.6

.8

.6

.4

.4

.4

.6

.3

.4

.4

.5

.5

.5

.4

1.4

1.2

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.9

2.2

3.8

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.3

4 9

4.0

S Q

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

3

0

3.3

3.4

3.0

Feb.

0.4

.5

.5

,5

.4

.6

.6

.5

.4

.4

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.6

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.6

.5

.6

.6

.6

3.2

2.9

2.9

3.5

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.1

2.7

2.9

3.0

s n

s n

3 (\

2

0

1 9

1.0

1.0

1.0

2.8

3.4

3.0

1.0

.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

.......

Mar.

0.4

.5

.5

.5

.4

.5

.4

.4

.5

.6

.6

.7

.8

1.0

.8

.8

.6

.8

.8

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.6

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.0

.9

1.0

1.1

2.0

3.2

1.1

1.0

.7

.7

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

g

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.2

1.4

Apr.

01.5

1.4

1.2

1.4

1.6

1

0

1

0

1.8

1.7

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.8

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.3

2.9

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.0

2.0

1 9.

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.4

2.0

3.0

3.5

3.4

3.1

2 Q

2

0

9 Q

2

0

2

Q

2 7

2 A

2.4

2 9

2.1

2.0

2 f|

2.2

2.0

2 f|

2.0

1 9

1 0

1.8 

1.8

May.

02.0

2.2

2.1

2.0

1 9,

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.3

1.6

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.6

3.0

3.0

9 Q

2.6

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.6

1 8

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.4

1.5

1.8

2

1

1 Q

1.8

2.0

2 f|

1.8

2.6

2.8

3 9

3.6

3 A

3.0

2.8

4.0

4.7 

4.2

3.8

June.

01.9

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.8

1 fi

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5 i P;

1.5

1.4

1 4

1.4

1.4

1

O

1.3 

1.2

July.

0.8

.8

.8

.8

.6

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.6

.6

.5

.6

.8

.7

.6

.6

.5

.6

.6

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1 9

1 9

1 9

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1 9

1.2 

1.2

1.2

Aug.

0.6

.8

.8

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

.6

.6

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.8

.7

.6

.7

.6

.6

.4

.6

.5

.6

.5

.5

.5

.6

.6

.6

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.6

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.6

1-6 

1.6

1.6

Sept.

0.6

.6

..6

.6

.5

.6

.8

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.8

.8

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

1.0

.8

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.4

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.8 

.8

Oct.

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.5

1.5

1.8

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.7

.8

.8

.8

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

.9

1.0

1.0

.9

.8

1.0

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

1.0

g

.9 

.8

.8

Nov.

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.6

.9

.9

.9

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

2.0

2.3

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3 

1.3

Dec.

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.7

2.2

3.2

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.8

- 1.8

1.6

1.6

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.3

2.0

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1 9

1.1

1.2

1 9

1.1 1.1

1 9

1.1 1.1 1.1
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON. 41 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Au Sable River near Lovells, Mick., for 1908-1913 Contd.

Day.

1913. 

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14.........:....

15..............

16..............

17..............

18. .............

19. ...........:.

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

01

Jan.

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

.8

1.1

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.2

9

1.0

9

1.2 1 °.

1.2

. 1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.0

9

Feb.

n Q

.8

1.2

1.0

1.1

2.8 °. 1

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.6

2

0

3 A

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.2

1.0

.8

.8

.8

.6

.6

.7

1.0

.8

.7

.6

Mar.

0 7

.6

.6

.7

.7

.5

.8

.7

.6

.8

.8

.7

1.5

2.9

2.1

1.9

1.7

2.0

3.0

3

1

2.8

2.6

3.8

3.6

3.2

3.0

2.6

2.2

2.3

2.8

Apr.

' 2.8

2.6

3.0

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.0

2.7

2.8

3.2

3.1

3 A

2.9

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.1

1.9

2.0

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.0

2.0

May.

2.0

1 Q

1.6

1.6

1.6

1 a

1 a

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1 i

1.4

1 Q

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1 9

June.

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.0

g

1 9

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.8

g

.7

.7

.6

1.0

1.4

1.2

1.0

1.0

July.

0

0

.8

.6

.6

.7

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

E

E

.6

.6

.5

.5

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

E

.5

.5

.6

.5

.6

.5

Aug.

0.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.6

.5

.4

.4

.6

.6

.6

E

.5

.4.

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

Sept.

0.4

.4

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.4

.3

.3

.9

.8

.8

.7

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.4

.3

Oct.

0.4

.5

.5

E

.5

.5

.6

.6

.6

1.0

1.0

g

.7

.7

.6

1.1

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.0

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

Nov.

0.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.7

.7

.6

.6

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.7

.7

1.0

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Dec.

1.0

1,2

1.1

1.0

g

9

.8

.9

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice about Feb. 1-2 and Dec. 29-31,1909; Jan. 1-12,1910; 

Jan. 4-8 and 17-19,1911; Jan. 3 to Mar. 8, 1912; and Jan. 8-15 Feb. 3-27, and Mar. 7-3, 1913.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Au Sable River near Lovelle, Mich., for 1908-1913.

Day.

1908. 

1. ..............

2...............

3...............

4...............

5...............

6...............

7...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11...............

12...............

13...............

14...............

15...............

Sept.

680

633

540

540

774

Oct.

727

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

Nov.

633

586

633

586

633

633

680

633

633

633

CQfi

633

586

633

633

Dec.

727

774

915

821

727

727

680

680

680

633

680

680

633

680

680

Day.

1908 Con. 

16...............

17...............

18...............

19...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

23...............

24...............

25...............

26...............

27...............

28...............

29...............

30...............

31...............

Sept.

680

633

633

727

727

727

586

633

633

586

540

540

727

633

Oct.

633

586

633

540

540

586

586

586

633

727

680

633

633

633

633

633

Nov.

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

727

821

962

868

821

774

915

Dec.

727

680

680

680

727

633

633

727

680

727

680

633

633

540

633

633
42 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofAu Sable River near Lovells, Mich., for 1908-1913 Con.

Day.

1909. 

1...... ........

2... ...........

3..............

5..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

9..............

10. .............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15. .............

16. .............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22. .............

23. .............

24. .............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28. .............

29..............

30..............

31..............

1910. 

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12. .............

13..............

14. .............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24. .............

25..............

.26..............

27..............

28. .............

29. .............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

633

774

633

633

680

633

633

774

1,010

633

633

727

821

1,010

633

727

891

633

727

633

586

633

1,010

1,060

1,010

1,010

868

821

727

821

727

727

821

821

821

727

727

727

774

797

821

821

797

727

797

727

727

727

680

Feb.

727

727

727

821

821

774

821

821

727

727

727

680

727

868

821

821

774

727

727'

727

727

821

680

727

727

680

680

680

680

727

633

727

727

727

727

680

727

727

680

633

797

680

727

727

727

680

680

633

680

680

727

774

797

Mar.

727

727

727

727

680

680

680

727

727

727

633

680

727

727

680

727

797

680

680

727

727

680

680

727

774

727

821

821

821

774

797

680

680

633

680

727

821

915

821

821

774

821

821

774

774

821

821

821

727

1,390

1,480

1,680

1,680

1,770

1,770

1,680

1,680

1,530

1,390

1

OQA

1,290

Apr.

821

962

1,100

1,150

1,480

1,870

1,870

1,870

1,770

1,580

1,530

1,770

1,960

1,870

1,820

1 79A

1,680

1,770

1,720

1,770

1,770

1,680

1,530

1,480

1 440

l'480

l.'iSO

1 480

1*480 '

1 240

1,'200

1,150

1,100

1,100

1,200

1,200

1,150

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,010

QT;

915 QII;

Qfi9

1,010

1,010

Qfi9

Qfi9

Q1 X

1,010

QAO

962

1,010

1,100

1 nfin

1 060

1,010

May.

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,630

1,680

1,680

1,630

1,580

1,480

1,580

1,480

1,440

1 340

1*390

1,480

1,580

1,680

1,680

1 390

1^390

1,290

1,240

1 9nn

1,200

1,150

1,100

1,100

1 240

1 240

1 9nn

1 200

QAO

QA9

915

Q1 %

868

868

Q0 1

868

821

821

821

774

774

774

774

774

797

821

821

5291

774

(391

821

962

962

Qo-l

774

821

09 -I

915

June.

1,150

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,010

1,010

1,100

1,100

1,010

1,010

962

1,010

915

1,100

1,100

1,010

1,100

1,150

1,060

1,010

962

868

915

915

915

821

868

868

821

821

915

915

821

868

868

821

821

774

774

797

680

727

727

680

797

797

727

774

797

727

797

680

633

633

633

633

July.

821

821

821

821

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

774

727

727

727

680

 680

680

633

727

727

1,580

1,390

1,290

1,150

1,010

962

Qfi9

962

Q1 %

586

586

586

586

586

586

586

Ul\

540

633

633

797

680

680

633

633

633

586

586

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

633

586

633

633

Aug.

915

821

774

821

821

821

774

774

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

680

680

680

633

633

633

680

727

680

797

586

586

586

633

586

586

633

586

586

633

Koa

586

586

633

680

633

586

586

586

586

680

633

774

011

001

QO-I

774

727

680

Sept.

727

727

727

727

727

633

633

633

633

680

680

727

680

680

680

680

680

633

633

633

633

774

821

774

774

727

727

727

727

727

633

633

633

633

727

821

821

727

774

727

727

915 Q-1C

868

5291

091

797

774

727

727

797

680

680

797

727

797

797

727

680

797

Oct.

727

727

727

774

727

727

633

633

680

727

727

633

727

727

727

774

868

821

727

774

821

915

962

915

821

727

774

774

727

727

727

680

680

727

774

821

774

821

774

727

727

797

797

680

680

680

680

680

680

680

680

797

774

091

774

774

797

091

1,010

01 5

915

821

Nov.

727

774

774

774

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

774

821

868

821

821

868

915

915

915

915

962

915

868

821

915

915

1,010

1 nfin

1 nfin

821

821

868

821

821

727

727

821

774

821

774

774

821

774

774

797

797

727

727

797

727

727

797

774

5291

774

774

091

774

Dec.

1,010

915

915

868

915

962

915

915

915

915

868

915

821

915

915

915

915

915

821

868

821

868

868

821

821

821

821

774

774

727

774

774

774

727

821

821

821

868

821

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

680

633

727

1,010

727

680

727

774

727

fiSft

680

633

774
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON. 43 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Au Sable River near Lovells, Midi., for 1908-1918 Con.

Day.

1911. 

1..............

3.. . ....-.--. --

5..............

6..............

7..............

 8..............

10. .............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

91

22..............

23..............

94

95;

26..............

27..............

28..............

90

30..............

01

1912. 

1..............

2..............

3..............

6..............

7.. ........... .

8..............

9

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20... ...........

21 ..............

22..............

23..............

24.............

25.............

26..............

27..............

28.............

29..............

30... ....... ...

31.............

Jan.

727

727

727

633

727

680

680

680

680

680

633

633

633

633

727

633

633

680

680

680

633

821

1,100

1,010

Feb.

633

680

680

fisn

633

727

727

680

633

633

586

633

633

633

633

680

727

774

727

727

727

680

680

727

680

727

727

797

Mar.

633

680

680

680

633

680

633

633

633

680

727

727

774

821

915

821

821

727

821

821

915

1,010

1,010

1,010

962

1,200

1,390

1,390

1,340

1,290

1,200

774

774

821

821

821

821

821

821

821

821

915

915

915

915

868

915

915

01 <;

915

Qfi9

1,010

1,010

1,100

Apr.

1,150

1,100

1,010

1,100

1,200

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,240

1,390

1,390

1,480

1,770

2,250

2,250

2,160

2,010

1,820

1,680

1,580

1,580

1,480

1,390

1,390

1,290

1,290

1,240

1 200

1^200

1,200

1,060

1,010

1,010

1,100

1,390

1,870

2,110

2,060

1,920

1,820

1,770

1,820

1,770

1,770

1,720

1,680

1,680

1,580

1,480

1,440

1,390

1,390

1,480

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,340

1 9Qf>

1,290

1 9on

May.

1,390

1,480

1,440

1,390

1,290

1,200

1,150

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,010

1,060

1,200

1,480

1,580

1,580

1,530

1,480

1,680

1,870

1,870

1,820

1,680

1,480

1,390

1,290

1,200

I OQft

1,290

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,150

1,150

1,200

1,100

1,150

1,290

1,440

1,340

1,290

I OQft

1,390

1,390

1,290

1,680

1,770

1,960

2,160

2,160

2,060

1,870

1,770

2,850

2 CCA

2.370

June.

1,340

1,340

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,150

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

915

915

915

915

868

962

962

962

915

915

868

868

2,060

1,950

1,840

1,740

1,640

1,640

1,580

1,530

1,480

1,430

1,340

1,380

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,240

1,240

1,240

1 ion

1 1Qf>

1,190

1,140

1,140

1 140

l'l40

1,100

1,100

1,050

July.

821

821

821

821

727

774

774

774

774

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

680

727

727

680

727

821

774

727

727

680

727

727

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,100

1,240

1,240

1,190

1,190

1,100

1,140

1,140

1,100

1,140

1,140

1,100

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,000

1 nv\

1,050

1,050

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

Aug.

727

821

821

727

727

727

727

774

727

727

774

727

727

727

727

821

774

727

774

727

727

633

727

680

727

680

680

680

727

727

727

1,050

1,050

1,000

1 000

1^000

955

1,050

1,100

1,050

1,190

1,140

1,140

1,100

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,240

1,190

1 IQft

1,140

1,100

1,100

1,240

1,340

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1 94n

1.240

Sept.

727

727

727

727

680

727

821

821

774

774

727

727

727

727

821

821

774

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

727

915

821

1,530

1,640

1,740

1,640

1,530

1,430

1,340

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,340

1,240

1,240

1,190

1,240

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,140

O^f,

1,000

1,000

955

909

QftQ

863

863

Oct.

915

962

1,010

1,150

1,150

1,290

1,480

1,390

1,290

1,240

1,240

1,150

1,100

1,100

1,010

1,010

1,200

1,200

1,150

1,100

1,100

1,200

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,150

1,200

1 060

1^060

1,010

863

863

863

863

863

863

863

817

863

863

863

1,050

1,050

1,050

955

909

955

QKK

909

863

1,050

1 nnn

955

QftQ

QftQ.

909

863

863

Nov.

1,100

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,680

1,680

1,630

1,530

1,480

1,440

1,480

1,440

1,390

1,390

1,340

1,340

1,290

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,290

1,200

1,200

909

909

909

955

955

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

955

1,430

1,580

1,430

1,340

1,340

1,290

1,240

 1,240

1,240

1,240

1,190

1,240

1,190

1 1Qft

1 10ft

1,140

1,100

1,100

Dec.

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,240

1,480

1,960

1,960

1,870

1,770

1,580

1,480

1,440

1,390

1,340

1,290

1,290

1,240

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,200

1,200

1,060

1,100

1,150

1,150

1,100

1,430

1,530

1,480

1,480

1,530

1,430

1,380

1,430

1,290

1,190

1,140

1,290

1,140

1,140

1,140'

1,190

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,050

1,050

1,000

1,050

1,050

1 000

I'nftfl

1,050

1,000

1,000

1.000
44 SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Au 8able River near Lovells, Mich.,for 1908-1913 Con.

Day.

1913. 

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

Itf.. .......... .-.

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

955

1 000

955

1,000

863

909

1,050

1,100

1,050

1,050

1,000

1,050

955

955

955

955

QKC

955

1,050

955

909

Feb.

QAQ

Q£0

Mar.

817

771

771

817

817

725

771

863

863

817

1,190

1,900

1,480

i ^ftn

1,200

1,430

1 Qfift

2,000

1,840

1 740

2

q7«

2 97(1

2,060

1 950

l'?40

1,530

1,580

1,840

Apr.

1 840

1,740

1 Q^ft

2

q7rt

9 Q7rt

2,270

2,160

1 Q^ft

1 7Qft

1,840

2,000

i Q^ft

1,900

1 74n

1 640

1,530

1,530

1,480

1,430

1,430

1,480

i ^8n

1 430

1 640

1,530

1,430

1 ' 430

May.

1 430

1^380

1 240

1 240

1 240

1,340

1,340

1,340

1 240

1 240

1,190

1,190

1 140

l'l40

1,190

i 94n

i ion

1 140

1 I4n

1,100

1 14ft

1 ^Sftft

1,340

1 200

1 94n

1 ion

1 140

1,100

1,100

1,050

1,050

June.

1,000

QKC

1,000

1 000

1^240

909

1,050

1 J QKK 000

OOQ

OOQ

863

QftO

863

863

Q17

017

863

QftO

909

QftQ

Q17

0-17

771

955

1 140

1^050

955

QKK

July.

863

771

771 o^t;

771

771

79K

725

79 c

725

725

771

771

725

7O(f

771

771

771 791;

725

680

79 e

79*

725

680

725

771

725

771

725

Aug.

817

771

771

771

017

725

725

680 791?

771

725

680

680

680

680

771

771

771

725

725

680

725

680

680

680

680

ftSft

680

680

680

680

Sept.

680

680

fton

79 R

771

680

680

680

680

680

680

635

680

680

635

635

QAQ

863

863

817

863

817

817

771

771

725

79 K

725

680

635

Oct.

680

79S

725

79 e

725

680

79t!

771

771

771

Q^t;

955

909

817

817

771

1 COO

1,100

1,050

QKE

955

955

1,050

1,100

1,050

955

863

863

863

863

883

Nov.

SI 7

817

0-17

SI 7

81 7

017

771

017

ft! 7

771

771

817

817

817

817

771

817

817

955

1 240

1,190

1,190

i ion

1 140

1,000

955

QKK

955

955 a^i

Dec.

QKK

1,050

1,000

QCC

909

909

909

863

ono

863

863

863

863

863

817

817

817

817

817

817

817

771

771

771

711

771

771

771

771

791

725

NOTE. Discharge Sept. 11,1908, to May 28,1912, computed by engineers of the Geological Survey from 

a fairly well-defined rating curve based on 10 measurements made during 1908-9 by the Fargo Engineering 

Co. Discharge May 29, 1912, to Dec. 31, 1913, computed from a well-defined rating curve based on one 

measurement made by the engineers of the Survey Sept. 20, 1912, and 20 measurements made in 1913 by 

engineers of the Fargo Engineering Co.

Discharge estimated, because of ice, from gage heights, observer's notes, climatologic records, and discharge of adjacent drainage areas, as follows: Feb. 1-2, 1909, 770 second-feet; Dec. 29-31, 1909, 800 secondfeet; Jan. 1-12, 1910, 700 second-feet; Jan. 4-8, 1911, 700 second-feet; Jan. 17-19, 1911, 630 second-feet; Jan. 

3-31, 1912, 1,000 second-feet; Feb. 1-29, 1912, 1,000 second-feet; Feb. 1-29, 1912, 900 second-feet; Mar. 1-8, 

1912, 800 second-feet; Jan. 8-15, 1913, 850 second-feet; Feb. 3-27, 1913, 800 second-feet; Mar. 7-9, 1913, 750 

second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Au Sable River near Lovells, Mich.,for 1908-1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,000 square miles.]

Month.

1908.

1909.

April.......................

July........................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

774 

727 

962 

915

1,060 

868 

821 

2,060 

1,680 

1,150 

1,580 

915 

821 

962 

1,060 

1,010

2,060

Minimum.

540 

540 

586 

540

586 

680 

633 

821 

1,100 

821 

633 

633 

633 

633 

727 

774

586

Mean.

640 

629 

677 

689

767 

757 

722 

1,600 

1,420 

996 

852 

727 

699 

757 

843 

875

918

Per 

square 

mile.

0.640 

.629 

.677 

.689

.767 

.757 

.722 

1.60 

1.42 

.996 

.852 

.727 

.699 

.757 

.843 

.875

.918

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.48 

.73 

.76 

.79

.88 

.79 

.83 

1.78 

1.64 

1.11 

.98 

.84 

.78 

.87 

.94 

1.01

12.45

Ratio of 

Lovells to 

Bamfleld.a

0.66 

.67 

.61 

.65 

.68 

.68 

.63 

.63 

.61 

.64 

.65 

.66

.65

Accuracy.

a The ratio of the drainage area of Au Sable River near Lovells to the drainage area at Bamfield is 0.70. 

See "Accuracy" in station description.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON. 45

Monthly discharge of Au Sable River near Lovells, Midi., for 1908-1913 Continued.

Month.

1910.

April.......................

July.. ..................... -

" 1911.

April.......................

May

July... .....................

1912.

March ......................

April.......................

May........................

July........................

The year .............

1913.

July........................

Discharge in second-feet.

'M'q.TrJTniTm

774 

1,770 

1,240 

962 

915 

727 

915 

915 

1,010 

868 

1,010

1,770

774 

1,390 

2,250 

1,870 

1,340 

821 

821 

915 

1,480 

1,680 

1,960

2,250

2,110 

2,850 

2,060 

1,240 

1,340 1,740- 

1,050 

1,580 

1,530

2,850

1,100

2,370 

2,370 

1,430 

1,140 

863 

817 

909 

1,100 

1,240 

1,050

2,370

Minimum.

633 

633 

915 

727 

633 

540 

586 

633 

680 

727 

633

540

586 

586 

633 

1,010 

1,010 

868 

680 

633 

680 

915 

1,010 

1,060

586

1,010 

1,100 

1,050 

1,000 

955 

863 

817 

909 

1,000

863

725 

1,380 

1,050 

771 

680 

680 

635 

680 

771 

.725

Mean.

732 

702 

1,080 

1,050 

839 

749 

618 

650 

743 

757 

776 

750

787

675 

683 

879 

1,460 

1,370 

1,060 

745 

733 

752 

1,160 

1,290 

1,340

1,010

1,000 

900 

864 

1,520 

1,593 

1,380 

1,090 

1,130 

1,220 

921 

1,150 

1,190

1,160

S46 

805 

1,350 

1,750 

1,220 

918 

750 

718 

727 

871 

907 

842

984

Per 

square 

mile.

0.732 

.702 

1.08 

1.05 

.839 

.749 

.618 

.650 

.743 

.757 

.776 

.750

.787

.675 

.683 

.879 

1.46 

1.37 

1.06 

.745 

.733 

.752 

1.16 

1.29 

1.34

1.01

1.00 

.900 

.864 

1.52 

1.59 

1.38 

1.09 

1.13 

1.22 

.921 

1.15 

1.19

1.16

.946 

.805 

1.35 

1.75 

1.22 

.918 

.750 

.718 

.727 

.871 

.907 

.842

.984

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.84 

.73 

1.24 

1.17 .97' 

.84 .71'

.75 

.83

.87 

.87 

.86

10.68

.78 

.71 

1.01 

1.63 

1.58 

1.18 

.86 

.85 

.84 

1.34 

' 1.44 

1.54

13.76

1.15 

.97 

1.00 

1.70 

1.83 

1.54 

1.26 

1.30 

1.36 

1.66 

1.28 

1.37

15.82

1.09 

.84 

1.56 

1.95 

1.41 

1.02 

.86 

.83 

.81 

1.00 

1.01 

.97

13.35

Ratio of 

Lovells to 

Bamfleld.

o0.64 

o.65 

6.59 

.67 

.64 

.61 

.55 

.60 

.61 

.63 

.63 

.64

.63

o.65 

6.63 

.60 

.68 

.68 

.67 

.61 

.62 

.62 

.68 

.67 

.66

.65

o.67 

o.64 

6.65 

.65 

.67 

.69 

.67 

.69 

.71 

.70 

.68 

.70

.67

6.71 

o.67 

6.63 

.67 

.69 

.66 

.65 

.65 

.66 

.71 

.64 

.65

.66

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

C.

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

B. 

C. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B.

o Discharge at Bamfield obtained by comparison with Lovells.

6 Part of monthly discharge at Bamfield estimated by comparison with Lovells.

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.
46 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV.

AU SABLE RIVEE AT BAMFIELD, MICH.

Location. At remains of old wooden highway bridge at Bamfield, near Glennie 

post office, Mich., in the NW. \ sec. 14, T. 25 N., R. 5 E., about 600 feet above 

mouth of Bamfields Creek.

Records available. August 27, 1902, to December 31, 1913, when station was 

discontinued.

Drainage area. 1,420 square miles.

Gage. Staff. Prior to 1913 gage was fastened to wooden crib pier of old bridge, about 

600 feet above the steel bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to hundredths. 

Limits of use: Tenths throughout the range of stage for 1909-1913. On May 13, 

1913, new gage was established at steel highway bridge 600 feet below old gage 

and set to read same as old gage at gage height 2.9 feet. Readings on the two 

gages probably agree for gage heights within ordinary range of stage. Elevation 

of zero of gage above sea level, 787.35 feet.

Control. Shifts during extreme floods.

Discharge measurements. Made from the steel bridge about 600 feet below 

wooden bridge at which measurements were formerly made. Bamfields Creek, 

which enters immediately above steel bridge, carries only a few second-feet of 

water.

Winter flow. River frozen over two or three months each year, but open places, 

probably caused by inflow from springs, may be found throughout the winter.

Accuracy. Discharge measurements made in 1913 by the Fargo Engineering Co. 

indicate a decided change in the discharge relation expressed by the rating curve 

used prior to 1909. Comparison of gage readings at Lovells and Bamfield show 

no material change in conditions at these stations during 1909-1911, and currentmeter measurements at Lovells from 1909-1913 show no large changes in the discharge relation at that station within the period. The comparison further shows 

that a decided change in discharge relation at Bamfield the result of scour occurred during the high water of May, 1912, and another change during September, 

1912, when there was a decided fill. Conditions remained practically permanent 

subsequent to this last change. The ratios of monthly and yearly discharges at 

Lovells to those at Bamfield, given in the table of monthly discharges, agree 

closely and indicate that the estimates of discharge published in the following 

tables are good.
STEEAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HUEON. 47 

Discharge measurements of Au Sable River at Bamfield, Mich., in 1909, 1912, and 1913.

Date.

1909.

14

Feb. 16

17

Mar. 13

13

1912.

Sept. 18

1913.

Apr. 8

9

Hydrographer.

Win. M. O'Neill . ......

.....do.................

C.C. Covert... .........

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

P. S. Monk.. ..........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1 19

1.22

3.73

3 79

1.25

1 91

2.30

4.27

3

QE

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

0856

ol,010

0984

1 ISO

1 

' 140

1 dv\

2,990

2,630

Date.

1913. 

Apr. 16

is

19

on

May 3

14

22

5

16

18

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gray and Banner 6. ....

Gage, 

height.

Feet. 

3.58

3.29

3.26

3.00

2.80

2.41

2.75

2.15

2.00

1.80 

1.70

1.55

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2,390

2,100

2,160 i osn

1,830

1,630

1,890

1,490

1,380

1,270 

1 190

l'l30

o Discharge relation affected by backwater from ice.

6 Engineers of the Fargo Engineering Co., Jackson, Mieh.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Au Sable River at Bamfield, Mich., for 1909-1913. 

[Mrs. W. H. Bamfield, observer.]

Day.

1913. 

1. ............. 

2.............. 

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17.............. 

18..............

19..............

20..............

21.............. 

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27.............. 

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2.0 

2.0

1 0

2.0

9 n

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

2.5

9 1

2.0 

2.2

2.2 

2.3

2.3 

2.3

2.0 

1.9

2.2

2.0

2.0 

2.0

2.2

2.4

2.8

Feb.

3.1 

3.5 

4.1

4.5

3.8

.......

"~3."9~

.......

.......

3.8

.......

Mar.

.......

3.7

3.9

3.9

5.6

4.5

4.0 

3.3

3.4 

4.3

4.9 

4.5

4.1 

5.4

5.7

5.0

4.3 

3.8 

3.6

3.5

3.8

Apr.

4.2 

4.0 

4.3

5.5

5.4

4.9

4.6

4 4

4.0

3.8

4.6

4.5

4.2

4.0

3.8 

3.6

3.4 

3.3

3.2 

3.1

3.0 

3.1

3.2 

3.2

3.2

3.5

3.5 

3.4 

3.2

3

f\

May.

3.0

2.9 

2.8

2.7

9 7

3.1

3 A

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

9 7

2.6 

2.5

2.4 

2.4

2.4 

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5 

2.4 

2.3

9 Q

2.2

June.

2.2 

2.1 

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1 0

1 9

1.9

1.8

f Q

1.7 

1.8

1.8

2.0

2.0 

2.0

1.9 

1.8

1.8

1.9

2.6 

2.6 

2.3

2.2

July.

2.0 

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.6 

1.5

1.6 

1.7

1.6 

1.5

1-6 

1.5

1.4 

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5 

1.7 

1.6

1.5

1.5

Aug.

1.6 

1.7 

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4 

1.4

1.7 

1.6

1.5 

1.5

1.5 

1.6

1.6 

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.4 

1.4

1 i

1.3

Sept.

1.2 

1.3 

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1 Q

1.3

1.3

1.3 

1.2

1.6 

2.0

2.0 

1.7

1.9

1.8

1.8 

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5 

1.4 

1.4

1 Q

Oct.

1.3 

1.4 

1.5

1.4

1 i

1.4

1 i

1.4

1.6

1.8

1.5

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.7 

1.6

1.8 

1.9

2.3

2.2

2.0 

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.8 

1.8 

1.8

1.7

1.7

Nov.

1.7

1.8 

1.8

1.9

1.9

2.0

1 0

1.8

1.8

1 0

2.0

2.1

2.0

2.2

2.3 

1.7

1.7 

1.7

1.8 

1.9

2.0 

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.5

2.6

2.7 

2.6

2.4

Dec.

2.5 

2.5 

2.3

2.1

O 1

2.1

9 1

2.1

1.9

1 9

1.8

i a

1.8

1.8

1.8 

1.7

1.7 

1.6

1.6 

1.6

1.7 

1.8

1.8 

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.9 

1.8 

1.6

1.5

1.5

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice about Jan. 10-16 and Jan. 29-Mar. 17.
48 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET TV.

, in second-feet, of Au Sable River at Bamfield, Mich.,for 1909-1913.

Day.

1909. 

1... ...........

2..............

3... ...........

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27.............. 

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1910. 

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27

28..............

29..............

30

31..............

Jan

1,ae

1 Oc

1,0?

1,14

1 K

1,0f

Qf

i,or i,ir

1,3f

1,20

1 0£ 'w

8?

9C

i,or i,or

1,0(1 1,10 i,ir

1,14

1 ?A

1)34

1,63

1,7(1

1,57

1,52

1 Aft

1,34

1 9d

1,0(1

.

0

n

0

0

0

K)

in

10

n

n

0

0

0

6

10

10

10

10

0

0

0

0

n

0

0

0

0

n

0

n

0

1

Feb.

1,000

1,100

1,200

1,200

1 400

1,500

1,200

1 flftft

1 flflft

1,200

1 9O.O.

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,010

984

950

1,100

1,200

1,100

1,100

1,140

1 9O.O.

1,240

1,200

1,200 

1,200

tfar.

L,400

L,460

L,460

L,460

1,340

1,570

1,700

L,760

1,900

2,040

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,570

2,650

2,730

2,650

2,570

2,340

> ion

2,110

Qfin

L 

' 960

Mar.

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,200

1,240

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,200

1 1 4ft

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,240

1,240

1,300 

1 300

1,300

i Qnn

1 

' 300

Apr.

1,830

1,830

1,630

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,630

1,630

1,570

1,570

1,520

1,460

1,460

1,400

1,400

1,460

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,570

1,570

1,520

1,570

1 ARfl

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,460

1,570

Apr.

1,340

1,570

1 760

1^830

2 040

3

onn

3

1 on

2 son

2,570

1,630

2,410

2

oin

3,050

2

oin

2 730

2

K>7f\

2,570

2

7on

2,650

2

?on

2

7on

2 (ten

2,260

2 190

2,110 

2 190

2 1 on

2 9An

May.

1,520

1,460

1,460

1,400

1 ^4ft

i ^ftft

1,300

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1 9dn

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,240

i ^nn

1,240

1 QftA

1,340

1,460

1 460

1 4ftn

1,340

I

OftA

1,240

1,240

1 Qflft

May.

2

040

2,410

2

q4n

2,570

2,570

2,570

2 490

2

o*n

2,260

2 1 on

2,110

2 040

1 960

1^900

2,110

2 490

2^410

2

OA()

1 960

1,900

1,830

i c^ft

1,700

1,630

1,570

1 7ftft

1,700

1,700

1,630

June.

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,340

1,300

1,340

1,340

1,300

1,300

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,140

1^140

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,240

1,200

1,200

1.140

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,050

1,000

June.

1,700

1,630

1,570

1,570

1,520

1,520

1,570

1,460

1,460

1,400

1,460

1,520

1,570

1,570

1,760

1,520

1,520

1,400

1 34ft

1,340

1,300

1,240

1,140 

1,100

1,140

i ^ftft

July

1,05

1,00

1,00

96

1,00

1,05

1,05

1,30

1,24

1,24

1,46

1,20

1,10

1,10

1 14

1,20

1,14

1,05

1,05

1,05

1,05

1,05

1,05

1,24

1,10

1,34

1,24

1,05

1,24

1,05

1,05

J

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

.0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

ift

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

uly.

300

OAft

9dn

300

?,40

200

140

140

onn

?oo

9ftft

?oo

200

Ofin

Onn

100

100

onn

340

onn

190

960

760

520

Af)f\

460

520

460

Au

1.0

1 0 I'o

1,0 i,n

i,n

1,0 1,0

1,0

1,0

1,0

1.0 1,1

1,0 1,1

1 9

1.1 1,1

1,0

1,0

1,1 1,1

1,0

1,0 1,1

1,1 1,1 1,1 1 ?

1,1 1,1

Ai

1, 1, 1, 1,

1

1,

1, 1, 1,

1, 1, 1,

1, 1,

1, 1, 1,

1,

1, 1, 1, 1, 1,

1

1,

1

1

1

g.

0000

00

50

00

00

50

50

50

00

.50

.50

00

.50

00

00

40

00

50

00

00

00

50

50

00

40

dn

40

00

40

00

ig-

^40

3AA

240 "40

?40

?00

200

14ft

200

140

140

140

100

inn

140

100

350

350

140

140

100

200

Inn

Se

1.

1.

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1.

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

Sep

1,1

1,1

1,1

1,?

1,1

1,1

1,1

1 0

1,1

1,1

1,3

1,1

1,1

1,1

1,0

1,1

1,1

1,1

1,0,

1,0,

1,1 1,1

1 3

1,?

1 3

1,?

1,2 

1,?<

1,1

1,1

pt.

240

050

000

100

140

240

240

300

200

140

200

240

400

340

240

240

240

240

9/tn

240

200

140

?!00

200

I4n

200

240

140

t.

40

4(\

40

40

m

no

flO

50

f)0

flO

TO

in

40

TO

50

10

10

in

iO

iO

40

40

f)0

40

30

ftn

40

40

(

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Oct

1,10

1,14

1,20

1,20

1,10

1,10

1,05

1,05

1 IfW

1,201

1,14

1,05

1,14

1,20

1 24 l'24

1,24

1,30

1,34

1,301

1,14

1,14

1,14

)ct.

,100

,100

,140

,200

,240

300

',300

,240

,200

,140

,140

,140

100 )ioo

,100

,050

,050

,050

,050

,100

,200

,300

,240

,200

,200

,300

'400 400

,460

P

04A

,300

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

3 

3

3

3

3

Nov.

1,140

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,240

1,140

1,240

1,300

1 QrtA

1 ^flft

1,300

1,340

1,300

i dnn

1,460

1,400

1,340

1,340

i ^nn

1,400 

1,570

1,570

1,520

STov.

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,240

1,240

1 qfift

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,200

1,240

1,200

Dec.

1,570

1,460

1,340

1,340

i ^nn

1,400

1 400 lUoo

1,300

i vin

1,340

i ^nn

1,340

1,400

1,400

1,460

1,400

1 

' 340

.......

Dec.

1,200

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,240

1,240

1,300

1,240

1,200

1 200

1^240

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,100

1,140

1,100

1,100
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE HURON. 49 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofAu Sable River at Bamfield, Mich. ,for 1909-1913 Contd.

Day.

1911. 

1...........

2...........

3...........

4...........

5...........

6...........

7...........

8...........

9...........

10...........

11...........

12...........

13...........

14...........

15...........

16...........

17...........

18...........

19...........

20...........

21...........

22...........

23...........

24...........

25...........

26...........

27...........

28...........

29...........

30...........

31...........

Day

1912 

1...........

2. ..........

3...........

4...........

5...........

6...........

7...........

8...........

9...........

10...........

11...........

12...........

13...........

14...........

15...........

16...........

17...........

18...........

19...........

20...........

21...........

22...........

23...........

24. ..........

25. ..........

26...........

27...........

28...........

29...........

30...........

31...........

Feb.

1 3Oft

1,240

1,240

1,240

1.240

1,200

1,140

1 140

1,200

1 200

1 

' 200

Mar.

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,200

1,300

1,340

.1,300

1,460

1,520

1,460

1,340

1,300

1,300

1,240

1,340

1,520

1,570

1,520

1,520

1,760

2,110

2,260

2,570

1,960

I

QOrt

Mar.

1,400

1,400

1,460

1,520

1,630

1,760

Apr.

1,760

1,900

1,520

1,570

1,760

2,110

2,110

1,900

1,900

2,040

2,260

2,490

2,570

3,390

3,390

2,890

2,730

2 650

2^650

2,410

2,260

2,110

1,900

1,900

1,830

1,830

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,760

Apr.

1,630

1,570

1,570

1,700

2,410

3,210

3,560

3,480

3,060

2,810

2,650

2.650

2,570

2,730

2,650

2,490

2,340

2,190

2,190

2,040

2,110

2,040

2,110

1,360

1,900

1,830

1,830

1,760

May.

1,960

2.260

2,110

2,110

1 Qflfi

1,830

1,700

1,630

1,630

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,700

1,900

2,340

2,340

2,260

2,190

2,340

2,570

2,810

2,730

2,570

2,260

2,040

1,900

1,760

1,830

May.

1,760

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,520

1,830

1,960

2,110

1,830

1,760

1 Qflfl

1,900 1 R^n

2,890

2,970

3,300

3,840

3,300

3,130

3,050

3,210

4,020

4,420

3,740

June.

1,960

1,900

1,830

1,760

1,830

1,830

1,760

1,760

1,700

1,700

1,700

i 7nn

1,760

1,760

1,570

1,520

1,570

1,520

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,340

1,340

1,300

1,300

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,340

June.

3,300

2,890

2,730

2,650

2.490

2,340

2,340

2,190

2,110

2,040

J2y040

2,040

2,040

1,960

1,900

1,900

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,700

1|,700

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,520

1,520

July.

1,520

1,520

1,460

1,400

1,340

1,340

1,300

1,300

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,000

1,050

1,100

1,100

i I4fi

1,140

1,140

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,140

1 

' 140

July.

1,520

1,570

1,570

1,630

1,760

1,700

1,760

1,830

1,760

1,700

1,700

1,630

1,570

1,700

1,900

2,040

1,760

1,700

1,630

1,570

1,520

1,460

1,460

1,520

1,630

1,570

1,570

1.460

1,460

1,460

1,460

Aug.

1,140

1,200

1,200

1,200

1 200

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,200

1,200

1 140

l'l40

1,140

1 140

1,240

1,300

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,140

1 140

I'lan

1,100

1,140

1,140

1,200

1,200

1,240

Aug.

1,460

1,460

1,520

1,520

1,570

1,520

1,520

1,570

1,630

1,630

1,760

1,76B

1,700

1,570

1,520

1,460

1 460

1,630

1,760

1,760

1,700

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,700

1,700

1,630

1,630

1,760

1,760

1,760

Sept.

1,240

1,200

1,240

1,240

1,140

1,200

1,240

1,300

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,240

1,300

1,240

1,240

1 200

1^140

1,140

1,200

1,140

1,140

1,200

1,200

1,240

1,200

1,300

1,340

Sept.

1,830

2., 190

2,340

2,260

2,110

1,930

1,830

1,760

1,830

1,830

1,760

1,760

1,700

1,830

1,900

2,040

1,620

1 c&h

1,560

1,500

1,440

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,260

1,210

Oct.

1,460

1 460

1,700

1 630

1,900

2,110

2,190

1,960

1 960

1,830

1,760

1,830

1,630

1,520

'1,460

1,630

1,760

1,830

1,700

1,570

1,570

1,760

1,830

1,760

1,700

1,630

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,520

Oct.

1,210

2,210

1,210

1,260

1,260

1,210

1,210

1,160

1,160

1,210

1,260

1,440

1,620

1,560

1,440

1,380

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,260

1,320

1,320

1,320

Nov.

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,520

1,520

1,460

1,520

1,700

1,760

1,700

1,700

2,340

3,130

2,890

2,810

2,650

2,570

2,490

2,410

1,570

1,570

1,630

1,700

1,700

1,760

1,830

1,760

1,760

1,700

1,830

Nov.

1,320

1,320

1,380

1,320

1,320

1,380

1,500

1,620

1,560

1,500

11,440

1,380

1,740

2,410

2,200

2,270

2,270

1,500

1 860

1,680

1,620

1,680

1,740

1,800

1,800

1 74(1

1,740

1,680

1,740

1,740

Dec. 

2,260

2,260

1,570

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,630

i 7f>n

2,110

2,650

3,050

2,730

2,570

2,410

2,340

2,260

2,340

2,260

2,260

1,960

1,900

1,830

1,830

i 7fm

1,760

1 700

1,700

1,630

1,630

1,630

Dec.

1,930

2,340

2,410

2,270

 2,130

2,060

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,060

1,930

1,740

1,930

1,740

1,560

1,500

1,560

1,560

1,440

, 1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440-

1,440

1 44fl

1,440

1,380

1,380

1,,380

i'380

1,380

56525° WSP 354 15 i
50 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofAu Sable River at Bamfield, Mick. ,for 1909-1913 Contd.

. Day.

1913. 

1. .........

3..........

4..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10.. .........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

21..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

27..........

28..........

29..........

30..........

31..........

Jan.

1,380

1,380

1,320

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,320

1,320

1,380

1,500

i ^nn

1 ^fiO

1,560

1,560

1,380

1,320

1,500

1,380

1,380

1,380

Mar.

2,200

2 97H

2 Gfift

3,450

3 -10ft

2

enn

3

QQA

4 140

3,540

2 Qfifi

2,560

2,410

2 340

2,560

Apr.

2,880

2,960

3,960

3,880

3,450

3,200

3,040

2,720

2,560

3,200

2,880

2,720

2,560

2,410

2,270

2 9nn

2 1 if\

2

f\Cf\

2 (\f\f\

2 1 ^ft

2,130

2

-IOfl

2 04/1

2 340

2 270

2

J i**ft

2 (Yin

May.

2,000

1,930

1 860

l'800

1,800

2,000

1,930

1,860

1,800

1,740

1,680

1,680

1,620

1,680

1,800

1,740

1,680

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,930

1,860

1,800

1,740

1,680

1,560

1,560

1,500

June.

1,500

i /i -<f>

1,440

1,440.

1,380

1,380

1,500

1,440

1,440

1,380

1,380

1,320

1,320

1,260

1,260

1,210

1,260

1,260

1 ^sn

1,380

1 ^Sft

1,320

1,260

1 9fin

1,320

1,740

1 ^fifl

1,500

July.

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,210

1,260

1,160

1,100

1,000

1,050

1,050

1,160

1,100

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,100

1,160

1,210

1,160

1,100

1,160

1,100

1,050

1,160

1,160

1,100

1,100

1,210

1,160

1,100

1,100

Aug.

1,160

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,160

1,160

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,210

1,160

1,100

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,210

1,160

1,100

1,100

1,160

1,160

1,100

1,100

 1,050

1,000

1,050

1,050

1,000

1,000

Sept.

950

1,000

1,050

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,050

1,100

1,050

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

950

1,160

1,380

1,210

1 ^9H

1,260

1,260

1,210

1,160

1,100

1,100

1,050

1,050

1,000

Oct.

1,000

1,050

1,100

1,050

1,000

1,050

1,000

1,050

1,160

1,260

1,100

1,380

1,380

1,320

1,210

1,160

1,260

1,320

1,560

1,500

1,380

1,380

1,380

1.260

1,260

1,210

1,260

1,210

1,210

Nov.

1,210

1,260

1,260

1,320

1,320

1,380

1,320

1,260

1,260

1,320

1,380

1,440

1,380

1,500

1,560

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,320

1,380

1,380

1,500

1,560

1,680

1,740

1,800

1,620

Dec.

1,680

1,680

1/560

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,320

1,320

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,210

1,210

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,210

1,260

1 260

1,260

1 9Aft

1,320

1,100

1,100

NOTE. Discharge Jan. 1,1909, to May 11,1912, computed from rating curve based on discharge measurements made during March, 1909, and the form-of the previous rating curve; discharge from May 12 to 

Sept. 17,1912, also computed from the above rating curve by making proper allowance for scour which 

occurred during May, 1912 (see "Accuracy " in station desrription); discharge Sept. 18,1912, to Dec. 31, 

1913, computed from a rating curve based on numerous measurements made by the Fargo Engineering Co. 

during 1913, well denned between 1,100 and 3,540 second-feet (gage heights 1.5 and 5.0 feet), and fairly 

well defined beyond those points.

Discharge Jan. 6-20 .and Jan. 31 to Feb. 22,1909, estimated, because of ice, from gage heights, four discharge measurements, observer's notes, and climatologic records.

Discharge estimated, because of ice, from gage heights, observer's notes, climatologic records and discharge of Au Sable River at Lovells, as follows: Dec. 19-31,1909, 1,230 second-feet: Jan. 1-31,1910, 1,140 

second-feet; Feb. 1-28. 1910, 1,080 second-feet; Mar. 1-6, 1910, 1,080 second-feet; Dec. 23-31, 1910, 1,100 

second-feet; Jan. 1-31,1911,1,040second-feet; Feb. 1-17,1911,1,000second-feet; Jan. 1-31,1912,1,500secondfeet; Feb. 1-29,1912,1,400 second-feet; Mar. 1-25,1912,1,280 second-feet; Jan. 10-16,1913,1,350 second-feet; 

Jan. 29-31,1913,1,380 second feet; Feb. 1-28,1913,1,200 second-feet; Mar. 1-17,1913,1,470 second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Au Sable River at Bamfield, Mich.,for 1909-1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,420 square miles.]

Month.

1909. 

January . .

April.......................

July........................

December. .................

 

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,760 

1,500 

1,300 

3,390 

2,570 

1,760 

2,190 

1,340 

1,300 1,340" 

1,570 

1,570

3,390

Minimum.

850 

950 

1,140 

1,340 

1,570 

1,100 

1,100 

1,050 

1,050 

1,050 

1,140

850

Mean.

1,160 

1,130 

1,180 

2,470 

2,090 

1,460 

1,350 

1,160 

1,150 

1,180 

1,290 

1,320

1,410

Per 

square mile.

0.817 

.7% 

.831 

1.74 

1.47 

1.03 

.951 

.817 

.810 

.831 

.908 

.930

.993

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.94 

.83 

'.96 

1.94 

1.70 

1.15 

1.10 

.94 

.90 

.96 

1.01 

1.07

13.50

a Ratio of 

Lovells to 

Bamfield.

0.66 

.67 

.61 

.65 

.68 

.68 

.63 

.63 

.61 

.64 

.65 

.66

.65

Accuracy.

a The ratio of the drainage area of Au Sable River near Lovells 'to the drainage area at Bamfield is 

0.70. See " Accuracy " in station description.
STREAMS TRIBUTABY TO LAKE HURON. 51

Monthly discharge of Au Sable River at Bamfield, Midi., for 1909-191S-:-Gontiau.ed.

Month.

1910.

May........................

July........................

The year............. 

1911.

April..... ..................

Alav

July........................

The year.............

1912.

May........................

July........................

1913.

April......................

May.......................

July.......................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2,730

1.830 

1,520 

1,400 

1,460 

1,300 

1,400 

1,460 

1,300 

1,300

2,730

2,570 

3,390 

2,810 

1,960 

1,520 

1,300 

1,340 

2,190 

3,130 

3,050

3,390

1,760

3,560 

4,420 

3,300 

2,040 

1,760 

2,490 

1,620 

2,410 

2,410

4,420

4,140 

3,960 

2,060 

1,740 

1,380 

1,210 

1,380 

1,560 

1,800 

1,680

4,140

Minimum.

1,400 

1,200 

. 1,000 

963 

1,000 

1,000 

1,060 

1,140

1,140 

1,520 

1,520 

1,300 

1,000 

1,100 

1,140 

1,460 

1,460 

1,570

1,570 

1,520 

1,520 

1,460 

1,460 

1,210 

1,160 

1,320 

1,380

1,160

1,320

2,000 

1,500 

1,210 

1,000 

1,000 

950 

1,000 

1,210 

1,100

950

Mean.

1,140 

1,080 

1,830 

1,560 

1,310 

1,220 

1,120 

1,080 

1,210 

1,200 

1,240 

1,170

1,260

1,040 

1,080 

1,460 

2,160 

2,000 

1,580 

1,220 

1,180 

1,220 

1,700 

1,920 

2,030

1,550

1,500 

1,400 

1,330 

2,340 

2,360 

2,000 

1,630 

1,640 

1,720 

1,310 

1,680 

1,710

1,720

1,390 

1,200 

2,130 

2,620 

1,760 

1,390 

1,150 

1,110 

1,100 

1,230 

1,410 

1,300

1,480

Per 

square 

mile.

0.803 

.761 

1.29 

1.10 

.923 

.859 

.789 

.761 

.852 

.845 

.873 

.824

.887

.732 

.761 

1.03 

1.52 

1.41 

1.11 

.859 

.831 

.859 

1.20 

1.35 

1.43

1.09

1.06 

.986 

.937 

1.65 

1.66 

1.41 

1.15 

1.15 

1.21 

.923 

1.18 

1.20

1.21

.979 

.845 

1.50 

1.85 

1.24 

.979 

.810 

.782 

.775 

.866 

.993 

.915

1.04

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).-

0.93 

.79 

1.49 

1.23 

1.06 

.96 

.91 

.88 

.95 

.97 

.97 

.95

12.09

.84 

.79 

1.19 

1.70 

1.63 

1.24 

.99 

.96 

.96 

1.38 

1.51 

1.65

14.84

1.22 

1.06 

1.08 

1.84 

1.91 

1.57 

1.33 

1.33 

1.35 

1.06 

1.32 

1.38

16.45

1.13

.88 

1.73 

2.06 

1.43 

1.09 

.93 

.90 

.86 

1.00 

1.11 

1.05

14.17

Ratio of 

Lovells to 

Bamfleld.

oQ.64 

a.65 

6.59 

.67 

.64 

.61 

.55 

.60 

.61 

.63 

.63 

.64

.63

a. 65 

6.63 

.60 

.68 

.68 

.67 

.61 

.62 

.62 

.68 

.67 

.66

.65

a.67 

a.64 

6.65 

.65 

.67 

.69 

.67 

.69 

.71 

.70 

.68 

.70

.67

6.71 

o.67 

6.63 

.67 

.69 

.66 

.65 

.65 

.66 

.71 

.64 

.65

.66

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B.

a Discharge at Bamfleld obtained by comparison with Lovells.

6 Part of discharge at Bamfleld obtained by comparison with Lovells.

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.
52 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

TITTABAWASSEE RIVER AT FREELAND, MICH.

Location. At highway bridge at Freeland, Mich.

Records available. August 22, 1903, to August 3, 1906; October 28, 1906, to

December 31, 1909; January 1, 1912, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 2,530 square miles. 1 

Cooperation. Estimates of daily discharge were made and furnished by G. S.

Williams, consulting engineer, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tittabawassee River at Freeland, Mich., for 1913.

Day.

1.. ............

2. .............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..... ..........

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18. .............

19. .............

20. .............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

39.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,710

1,625

1,570

1,525

1,485

1,400

1,390

1,395

1,415

1,430

1,430

1,420

1,405

1,395

1 390

1,830

2,405

3,400

4,025

3,775

3,400

3,080

2,630

2,220

2,020

1,950

1,860

1,760

1 760 

1,710

1,655

Feb.

1,620

1,585

1,480

1,490

1 4H<»

1 HOI

1,360

1,300

1,355

1,395

1,500

1,620

1,625

1,600

1,520

1,530

1,560

1,760

1,950

2,150

2,300

2,050

2,005

1,870

1,860

1 830

1,'820

Mar.

1,805

1,815

1,815

1,760

1,720

1,725

1,905

2,180

2,430

2,730

2 950

3*870

4,910

5,400

6,950

8,280

7,000

4,225

4,350

4,650

4,925

5,400

6,850

6,350

5,780

5 OKA

4,575 

4,275

3,900

A-pr.

3,575

3,700

3,400

4,850

5,910

5,400

4,650

4,425

4,275

4 050

3,325

3,575

3,350

3,075

2 QKA

2,850

2,740

2 Ann

2,510

2 49fi

2,320

2,150

2,570

3

1 OK

S oftft

3 490

3

' 49K

3,300

2 Q4fl

May.

2,510

2,190

1,920

1,600

1,530

1 490

l'460

1,380

1,350

1,320

1 °>ftft

1,300

1,470

1,680

1,850

2,000

2,230

2,200

1,920

1,760

1,600

1,490

1,450

1,400

1,380

1,330

1,300

1,180 

1,150

1,060

June.

1,080

1,050

1,050

1,025

1,000

QftC

0%

930

900

884

872

832

815

70S

785

765

718

702

690

680

675

675

827

930

832

712

930

930

930

908

July.

908

872

930

900

872

803

758

722

712

690

675

645

645

625

567

567

570

592

620

658

685

712

787

758

74fi

758

770

774

746 

730

722

Aug.

746

770

758

758

746

730

740

930

1,825

2,930

3,860

3,280

2,320

2,150

2,000

1,900

1,825

1,750

1,510

1,600

1,390

1,238

1,058

1,025

OOrt

965

930

930

882 

850

813

Sept.

790

812

813

730

702

712

690

675

698

712

702

685

680

675

675

608

625

620

653

667

690

712

735

712

702

675

690

702

712 

702

Oct.

685

675

645

663

685

702

718

758

832

900

930

1,005

1,030

1,058

1,070

1,100

1,065

1,035

990

960

990

990

1,080

1,110

1,085

1,050

1,035

1,020

1,035 

1 070

1,100

Nov.

1,110

1,140

1,170

1,190

1,170

1,170

1,200

1,220

1,240

1,270

1,310

1,360

1,350

1,300

1,270

1,230

1,200

1,215

1,230

1,285

1,350

1,535

1,825

1,600

1,480

1,390

1,350

1,300 

1,300

Dec.

1,300

1,600

1,920

2,070

2,065

2 030

2 flfin

2,060

1,990

1,750

1,600-

1,390

1,300 i ^on

1,300

1,240

1,200

1,170

1,140

1,080

1,040

1,000

930

870

800

755

680

685

690

Monthly discharge of Tittabawassee River at Freeland, Mich., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 2,530 square miles.]

Month.

April ..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Discharge In second-feet.

Maximum.

4,025 

2,300 

8,280 

5,910 

2,510 

1,080 

930 

3,860 

813 

1,110 

1,825 

2,070

8,280

Minimum.

1,390 

1,300 

1,720 

2,150 

1,060 

675 

567 

730 

608 

645 

1,110 

680

567

Mean.

1,980 

1,680 

4,230 

3,410 

1,610 

861 

726 

1,430 

699 

938 

1,300 

1,320

1,680

Per 

square 

mile.

0.783 

.664 

1.67 

1.35 

.636 

.340 

.287 

.565 

.276 

.371 

.514 

.522

.664

Run-off 

(deoth, in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.90 

.69 

1.92 

1.51 

.73 

.38 

.33 

.65 

.31 

.43 

.57 

.60

9.02

i Revised since last report.
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV. 53

STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ERIE. 

HURON RIVER AT DEXTER, MICH.

Location. At the highway bridge at Dexter, Mich., one-fourth mile below mouth 

of Mill" Creek.

Becords available. September 1, 1904, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Standard chain, attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to 

half-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 0.5, half-tenths from 0.5 to 1.5, 

and tenths above 1.5 feet.

Control. The high water that carried out the gage on March 12, 1908, produced permanent change in the bed of the river; a small headrace runs to an abandoned 

mill on the left bank, but at ordinary stages little or no water flows into this canal; 

at high stages a small amount of water may pass around the gage through this race.

Discharge measurements. Made from a boat several hundred feet below gage or 

from bridge to which gage is attached.

Winter flow. Little ice forms at this section; current is swift.

Accuracy. Discharge relation that existed prior to March 12, 1908, was altered as 

the result of the change in the river bed produced at that time; gage heights 

only slightly affected by ice. The station was inspected September 23, 1912, 

when the chain was found to be 0.13 too long. It was correct on October 17,1908. 

Gage readings published for 1909, 1910, and 1911 should be corrected on account* 

of this elongation of the chain.

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with Eastern Michigan Edison 

Co., Washtenaw division, Ann Arbor, Mich.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year 1913.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Huron River at Dexter, Mich., for 1913. 

[D, M. Litchfleld, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10.............. 

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18. .............

10

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24....:.........

25..............

26..............

27....:........-

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

0.00

.00

- .02

- .05

.25

.42

.5

.5

.6

.6 

.32

.40

.38

.28

.20

1.0

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.8

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.2

1.7

1.6

Feb.

1.7

1.4

1.0

1.0

.8

.7

.7

.6

.48

.40 

.30

.38

.48

.48

.18

.20

.15

- .02

- .05

.25

30

30

.30

30

.20

.25

.20

Mar.

0.18

.15

.25

.10

.10

- .02

.20

.20

.40

.8 

1.05

1.2

1.3

1.8

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.5

2.8

3.2

3.4

2.8

2.7

2,9

3.0

3.0

Apr.

2.9

2.8

3.4

3.8

3.5

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.05

1.0

.9

.8

.9

1.0

1.1

1.0

.9

May.

0.9

.8

.65

.6

.5

.48

.38

.28

.20 

.22

.20

.22

,28

.48

1.25

1.4

1.15

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.7

.6

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.0

.8

June.

0.7

.6

.5

.5

.42

.32

.28

.22

.18

.18 

.12

.10

.12

.02

.00

- .08

- .08

- .10

- .12

- .20

- .20

- .15

- .15

- .12

- .15

- .15

- .20

- .20

- .20

- .20

July.

-0:20

- .28

- .30

- .30

- .22

- .28

- .30

- .32

- .35

- .35 

- .35

- .40

- .40

- .48

- .48

- .42

- .38

- .40

- .48

- .40

OC

- .35

- .35

- .40

_ An

_ Af\

- .38

 30

OA

- .30

- .30

Aug.

-0.35

- .38

- .35

- .35

- .38

- .40

- .40

- .38

- .28

- .28 

- .25

- .25

- .28

_ 30

- .30

 30

- .30

- .28

- .25

 25

- .22

- .20

99

- .22

_ IQ

- .20

- .22

99

- .22

- .25

- .20

Sept.

-0.20

- .20

- .25

- .25

- .30

- .25

- .25

- .28

- .28

- .25 

 30

_ . oft

- .30

_ Oft

- .32

__ OK

 30

- .38

__ OA

- .30

 30

- .30

__ Oft

_ 30

 - 30

- .30

 28

 28

- .28

- .28

Oct.

-0.25

- .20

- .20

- .22

- .25

- .20

- .18

- .22

- .22

- .22 

- .18

- .20

- .20

- .18

- .20

- .20

- .20

- .15

- .12

- .12

- .12

- .08

- .02

.05

00

.00

.05

.20

.22

.20

.12

Nv.

0.15

.15

.10

.10

.05

.02

.02

.00

.02

-.02 

.02

.08

.18

.25

.28

.25

.20

.22

.32

.45

.42

.35

.30

.28

.22

.22

.28

.32

.38

Dec.

0.52

.55

.52

.48

.45

.48

.5

.42

.38

.35 

.32

.30

.28

.25

.22

.20

.20

.20

.18

.10

.10

.10

.10

.05

00

.00

.05

.05

NOTE. Observer made complete notes concerning ice. Discharge relation probably affected by ice 

about Jan. 5-13, and Jan. 28 to Feb. 17.
54 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

HURON RIVER AT GEDDES, MICH.

Location. At dam and power plant of the Eastern Michigan Edison Co., at Geddes,

Mich., half a mile above mouth of Fleming Creek. 

Records available. February 1, 1904, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 757 square miles. 

Determination of discharge. The flow of the river at this point is computed from

records of the operation of the power plant and records of depth of flow over dam. 

Cooperation. Estimates of daily discharge were made and furnished by G. S.

Williams, consulting engineer, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Huron River at Geddes, Mich., for 1913.

Day.

1. ...... .......

2..............

3..............

I..... .........

&..............

6.... ..........

7.. ............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

11

Jan.

270

286

326

312

229

498

744

727

645

427

720

776

631

603

518

789

2,110

2,120

1,875

2,175

2,155

2,181

2,140

2,255

2,045

2,065

1 Qfirt

1,913

1,745

1,655

1,652

Feb.

1,825

1,410

1,222

1,019

QfkK

872

622

1,184

873

777

534

395

448

580

664

QiQ

352

395

476

560

565

527

548

567

538

533

541

Mar.

535

378

476

418

284

448

336

439

846

1 OAC

1,163

1,261

1,415

1,912

1,825

1,685

1,420

1,495

1,519

1 401

1,478

1,428

1 QQO

2,497

2,790

2,763

2,289

2,014

2,300

2,330

2,407

Apr.

2,368

2,370

2,605

3,352

2,886

2,708

2,348

2,234

2,124

2,164

2,465

2,014

1,925

1,921

1,673

1,424

1,516

1,421

1,196

1,125

1,147

1,073

1,299

1,053

1,076

1,226

1,198

1,231

May.

1 1<M

1,064

1,030

903

875

815

804

664

638

650

645

608

566

630

887

2,027

1 465

1^540

1,232

1,221

1,200

1,255

1,208

1,129

1,058

1,095

1 232

1,364

1,211

1,227

June.

1,142

997

848

664

862

764

830

7Of)

850

520

478

487

538

454

472

428

389

431

391

369

316

376

355

334

365

327

324

350

July.

382

297

288

313

321

334

311

311

328

943

144

179

179

233

280

319

332

353

333

205

95

180

84

131

112

110

154

153

213

93

157

Aug.

124

135

122

57

61

133

127

124

111

195

107

156

294

140

65

112

203

104

194

190

219

229

177

242

125

230

154

193

193

217

211

Sept.

302

182

201

182

167

162

236

422

155

167

250

188

202

179

103

163

148

145

153

148

167

343

164

319

163

165

141

152

149

156

Oct.

172

198

203

197

183

174

207

203

193

199

215

200

173

183

210

215

223

231

236

236

257

252

294

307

288

303

305

340

369

406

387

Nov.

380

301

360

419

360

319

308

292

274

ill

304

330

308

414

406

420

404

415

396

435

451

439

440

437

436

456

399

453

408

449

Dec.

591

623

572

542

509

655

586

422

510

473

480

480

496

473

. 285

476

459

439

430

590

460

404

500

321

335

358

269

339

342

Monthly discharge of Huron River at Geddes, Mich., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 757 square miles.]

Month.

March. . .......................................

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2,255 

1,825 

2,790 

3,352 

2,027 

1,142 

382 

294 

422 

406 

456 

655

3,352

Minimum,

229 

349 

284 

1,053 

566 

316 

84 

57 

103 

172 

274 

269

57

Mean.

1,240 

722 

1,430 

1,830 

1,050 

546 

231 

159 

192 

244 

384 

470

708

Per

square 

mile.

1.64 

.954 

1.89 

2.42 

1.39 

.721 

.305 

.210 

.254 

.322 

.507 

.621

.935

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.89 

.99 

2.18 

2.70 

1.60 

.80 

.35 

.24 

.28 

.37 

.57 

.72

12.69
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ERIE.

HURON RIVER AT FLAT BOCK, MICH.

Location. At the highway bridge at Flat Rock, Mich., 2,000 feet below the crossing

of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway. 

Records available. August 6, 1904, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 1,000 square miles. 

Gage. Staff; gage read daily, morning and evening, to tenths. Limits of use:

Half-tenths below 1.5 and tenths above 1.5 feet. 

Control. Probably permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

Regulation. At ordinary stages flow of the river is controlled by a dam and power

plant immediately above station, but operation of this plant is assumed to liave

little effect on diurnal fluctuations of stage. 

Winter flow. Ice jams form below the station and cause backwater at the gage;

in general the section above the station is kept open by the power plant. 

Accuracy. Station last inspected September 25, 1912; a measurement on this date

indicates marked change in discharge relation since October 16, 1908. 

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with Eastern Michigan Edison

Co., Washtenaw division, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Huron River at Flat Rock, Mich., for 1913. 

[C. L. Metier, observer.]

Day.

2..............

3..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24... ...........

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 91

Jan.

2.1

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.8

2.2

s ft

3.1

2.8

2.8

2.9

3.0

3.3

3.0

2.9

A. A.

6.8

8.2

7.7

7.3

8.2

7.8

7.8

7.9

7.2

6.9

6.7

6.7

6.0

5.0

Feb.

4.8

7.1

7.4

7.6

6.8

6.0

6.0

5.4

5.2

5.7

5.8

5.2

4.6

n a

3.8

4.4

3.8

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.2

3 Q

3.7

3.2

3.4

3.4

3 A

3.2

Mar.

3

0

3.2

2.6

9 O

3.0

3.0

2.4

2 a

2.8

4.6

7.2

6.6

6.6

6.4

6.2

6.0

5.2

48

4.7

4.8

5.1

5.6

5.6

6.6

8.2

8.5

8.4

7.8

7.3

7.4

7.7

Apr.

7.7

7.6

7.5

7 ft

ft 9

8.0

7.7

7.4

7.0

7.0

7.4

7.6

7.3

7.0

6.6

6.2

6.0

5.4

5.2

5.0

48

A. R

43

41

4.0

3.6

3 Q

42

45

44

May.

40

3.8

3.6

3.6

2.8

3.2

3.0

2

Q

2.8

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.4

9 9

2.2

3.6

5.2

5.0

4.8

44

40

44

4.2

3.8

3.8

46

49

5.0

44

40

June.

1 8

3.4

3.4

^ n

2.6

3.0

2.9

9 fi

2.7

3.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.05

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.1

July.

0.85

1.05

1.2

1.0

.8

.8

.8

1.1

1.05

.7

.8

.6

.35

.40

.5

.5

.6

.6

.5

.55

.30

.5

.40

.55

.40

40

.7

.8

.8

1.0

Aug.

0.6

.6

.6

.6

.30

.6

.7

.9

.6

.8

.7

.9

1.25

1.15

.9

.5

.5

.75

.95

.95

1.0

.8

1.0

.95

1.05

1.1

.85

.95

.95

Sept.

1.05

.95

.9

.95

1.0

.95

1.1

.9

.9

.9

.95

.95

.9

.8

.85

1.0

.8

1.05

.9

.85

1.05

1.05

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.7

.7

Oct.

i.i

1.2

1.1

1.35

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.05

1.0

1.1

1.05

1.45

1.8

1.25

1.1

1.6

1.15

1.3

1.3

1.15

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.4

2.1

2.0

2.2

9 9

Nov.

2.1

2.1

.85

1.9

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.4

1.9

1.8

2.0

2.0

2.2

2..2

2.2

2.1

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.3

2.3

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.2

2.4

Dec.

2.7

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.8

2.2

2.2

2.0

1.8

2.0

2.2

2.0

2.2

2.0

NOTE. Observer made no notes concerning ice. Discharge relation probably not materially affected 

by ice during 1913.

CATTARATJGTJS CREEK AT VERSAILLES, N. T.

Location. On a three-span highway bridge in the village of Versailles, about 6 miles 

below Gowanda, 2\ miles above mouth.of Clear Creek (coming in from the right), 

and about 8 miles above mouth of stream.
56 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Records available. September 23, 1910, to December 31, 1913. Data published 

also in annual reports of the State of New York Conservation Commission and the 

New York State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 467 square miles.

Gage. Chain, fastened to the upstream side of the first span from the right-hand end 

of the bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to half-tenths. Limits of use: 

Hundredths below 6.0, half-tenths from 6.0 to 7.5, and tenths above 7.5 feet.

Control. Rock and gravel. Shifted by flood in March, 1913.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice.

Floods. The flood of March, 1913, reached gage height 11.6 feet at 5.40 p. m. March 

25, as recorded by the gage observer. Later determinations, made by engineers of 

the Geological Survey and based upon high-water marks, indicate that flood 

crest may have exceeded height noted by observer. The corresponding discharge 

was approximately 30,000 second-feet, or 64 second-feet per square mile of drainAccuracy. Discharge curve fairly well defined. Estimates as published fairly good. 

Discharge measurements of Cattaraugus Creek at Versailles, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 30

31

Anr 90

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

6.35

6.22

7.06

Discharge.

See. ft. 

1,870

1,510

3,580

Date.

Apr. 30

Aug. 14

Oct. 31

Hydrographer.

C. S. De Golyer . j.. .....

G.H.Canfield. ........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

6.37

4.87

5.19

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

1,850

122

287

Daily gage height, in feet, of Cattaraugus Creek at Versailles, N. Y.,for 19 IS. 

[James Palmer, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2.. ............

3. .............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12

13..............

14..............

15..............

16.............. 

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..:...........

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30

31..............

Jan.

6.15

5.9

6.55

6.25

6.0

7.25

8.2

8.5

6.85

6.45

6.4

8.5

6.75

6.35

6.25

6.85 

9.0

9.8

7.45

7.1

8.0

8.0

7.7

7.15

6.65

6.4

6.35

6.25

6.25

6.15

6.0

Feb.

5.80

5.60

5.63

5.70

5.50

5.47

5.53

5.73

5.67

5.67

5.77

.......

8.6

6.75

7.25

6.35

6.05

5.73

5.37

5.83

<; Q7

Mar.

5.80

5.57

5.40

5.53

5.57

6.6

7.3

7.25

7.6

8.4

7.25

6.85

7.05

7.5

7.15

6.65 

6.15

1 Q7

6.15

5.97

5.87

5.83

5.97

6.55

11.4

8.2

9 A

8.3

7.1

6.35

6.25

Apr.

6.2

6.0

5.95

6.1

5.98

5.82

5.82

5.72

5.75

<; 79

6.4

6.05

5.80

5.68

5.58

5.52 

5.52

5.52

5.58

6.0

5.42

5.52

6 9

5.70

5.52

9 f|

8.4

7 1

6 q

May.

5.95

5.75

5.62

5.58

5.52

5.42

5.42

5.38

5.32

5

0ft

5.30

<; tn

5.28

5.22

5.22

5.30

5

0O

5.38

5 Oft

5

00

5.22

5

70

*i *lft

5.42

 <; ^9

5.30

5 40

7.4

6.15

5.65

5.48

June.

5.45

5.62

5.42

5.30

5.25

5.20

6.6

5.78

5.52

5.35

5.30

5.20

5.15

5.10

5.12

5.12 

5.10

5.08

5.08

5.10

5

00

5.18

5.10

5

ftQ

5.18

5.68

5

OO

5.10

5.08

5.10

July.

5.02

4.98

4.98

5.08

5.20

5.18

5.02

5.12

4.98

5.10

5.05

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

4.95

4

QC

4.95

4.90

4 95

4

QK

4 90

4 90

5.00

4.87

4.87

4 07

4 on

4.87

4.87

Aug.

4.90

4.93

4.87

4.85

4.87

4.85

4.85

4.85

4.90

5.03

a os

4.93

4.93

4.87

4.77

4.77

4

7C

4.75

4.13

4.67

4.65

4.83

4 07

4.95

4 95

4 no

4'. 87

4 90

4.85

4.83

Sept.

4.75

4.77

4.77

4.75

4.70

4.65

4.65

4.67

4.73

4.67

4.67

4.67

4.67

4.75

4.67

4.70 

4.70

4.78

4.75

4.75

4 79

4.75

4.80

4.80

4.75

4.80

4.80

4 OK

4.75

4.75

Oct.

4.85

4.90

5.08

5.00

4.95

4.95

4.82

4.85

4.85

4.82

4.85

5.00

5.05

4.95

4.95

4.90

4.85

4.95

5.15

5.25

5.35

5.42

5.52

5.60

5.48

5

00

5.20

5.18

5.20

5.18

Nov.

5.20

5.22

5.22

5.25

5.20

5.12

5.05

5.00

5.35

5.65

5.52

6.1

6.1

5.78

5.50 

5 40

5.35

5.38

6.1

6.1

5.50

<; Q9

5.25

5.20

5.18

5 1C

5.20

5.15

6 19

Dec.

5.12

5.12

5.12

5.12

5.12

5.12

5.12

5.20

5.12

5.15

5.12

5.08

5.18

5.25

5.25

5.28

5.18

5.18

5 IS

5 IS

*1 9R

5.52

5.48

5.35

5.25

5 1R

*1 9*1

5 1C

5.18

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice from about Feb. 3 to Mar. 10.
. STREAMS TRIBUTABY TO LAKE EEIE. 57 

'Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Cattaraugus Creek at Versailles, N. Y., for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

u... ...........

12..............

13.............. 

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18.............. 

19..............

20..............

21.............. 

22.............. 

23.............. 

24..............

26..............

27..............

28.............. 

29.. ........... -

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,230

907

1,920

1,380

1,030

3,630

6,820

7,900

2,570 

1,720

1,630

7,900

2,340 

1,540

1,380

2,570

9,700

12,500 

4,240

3,200

6,100 

6,100 

5,060 

3,340 2 ion

1,630

1^380 

1,380

1,230

1,030

Feb.

704

586

.......

.......

------

Mar.

3,630

2,570

3,070 

4,400

3,340

2,120

1,230

993 

1,230

QQ3

873 

828 

993 

1,920 

18,300

7 640

ll'lOO

8,040 

3,670

1 800 ijeoo

Apr.

1,510

1,180

1,120

1,340

1,150

927

097

800

875 

800

i onn

1,260

900

752

639

576

576

576 

639

1,180

479 

576 

1,900 

1,510 

775

576

10,800

8,840 

4,300

1,700

May.

1,120

838

683

639

576

479

470

443

392 

375

375

360 

315

315

375

443 

375

315 

875 

555 

479

Q7K

460

4,630 

1,420

718

536

June.

508

683

479

375

338

300

2,330

875

576 

418

07 e

300

268 

235

248

248

235

224

OOK

392 

287 

235 

224 

287

7KO

QQO

, 4 235 

224

235

July.

191

171

171

224

300

287

101

248

171 

235

208

180

180 

180

180

158

158

158 

135

158

158 

135 

135 

180 

144

124

124

164 

135

124

124

Aug.

135

148

124

118

124

118

118

118

135 

196

148

148 

124

91

91

85

85 

79

61

55 

110 

164 

158 

158

148

135 

135

118

110

Sept.

85

91

91

85

70

55

55

61

79 

61

61

61

85

61

70

70

94

85

85

76 

85 

100 

100 

85

100

100

118 

85

85

Oct.

118

135

224

180

158

158

107

118

118 

107

118

180

208 

158

158

135

118

135

158

268

338 

418 

479 

576 

660

KOA

392

300

287

300

287

Nov.

300

315

315

338

300

248

208

180

418 

1,700

718

576

1,340 

1,340

875

555

460

418 

443

1,340 

555 

392 

338 

300

287

287

300 

268

248

Dec.

248

248

248

248

248

248

248

300

248 

268

248

224

287 

338

338

360

315

287 

287

287

287 

287 

360 

576

418

338

287 

338

287

287

NOTE. Channel shifted by floods; new rating curve used beginning Mar. 26,1913.

Monthly discharge of Cattaraugus Creek at Versailles, N. Y., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 467 square miles.]

Month.

April....................................

May....................................

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

12,500

18,300

10,800 

4,630 

2,330 

300 

196 

118 

660 

1,700 

576

18,300

Minimum.

907

479 

315 

224 

124 

55 

55 

107 

180 

224

55

Mean.

3,450 

750 

3,060 

1,700 

659 

425 

175 

123 

80 

246 

557 

307

966

Per 

square 

mile.

7.39 

1.61 

6.55 

3.64 

1.41 

.910 

.375 

.263 

.170 

.53 

1.19 

.66

2.07

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

8.52 

1.68 

7.55 

4.06 

1.63 

1.02 

.43 

.30 

.19 

.61 

1.33 

.76

28.08

Accuracy.

D. 

D. 

D. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

NOTE. Discharge Feb. 3 to Mar. 10, inclusive, estimated by comparison with records on Genesee River, 

Allegheny River, and Little Tonawanda Creek.
58 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1&13, PART IV.

LITTLE TONAWANDA CREEK AT LINDEN, N. Y.

Location. At the stone arch highway bridge in the village of Linden, 600 feet 

northeast of Erie Railroad station, and 3 miles above junction with Tonawanda 

Creek.

Records available. July 8, 1912, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 22.0 square miles (measured on topographic sheets of United 

States Geological Survey).

Gage. Vertical staff on right-hand upstream abutment of bridge; lower 2 feet of 

enameled iron graduated to hundredths of a foot; upper 4 feet of bronze graduated 

to half-tenths. An auxiliary gage fastened to the right-hand downstream abutment of the bridge is used to check upper gage. Gage read daily, morning and 

evening, to half-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 1.5, half-tenths from 

1.5 to 2.5, and tenths above 2.5 feet.

Control. A standard Francis weir has been constructed under the upstream side of 

the bridge, having a length of 2.01 feet and a height of &inches. When the water 

overtops this weir it flows over a 2-inch plank about 13 feet long, including the 2 

feet of weir. The weir was carried away by a floating tree on March 25, 1913, and 

was duplicated June 20, 1913.

Discharge measurements. High-water measurements made from a cable and car 

1,000 feet above weir; low-water measurements made by wading above weir.

Floods. Flood of March, 1913, reached maximum stage at noon March 25, with a 

discharge of 1,300 second-feet, or 59 second-feet per square mile of drainage area. 

These figures are based on hourly gage heights recorded by the gage observer.

Accuracy. At gage height 0.69, or below, flow is confined to weir. During such 

stages the accuracy of the data will be the accuracy of a properly constructed 

Francis weir. For stages above gage height 0.69 weir has b een rated with a current 

meter, and data for such stages should also be excellent. Good rating curve of weir 

in its damaged condition obtained by current-meter measurements.

Discharge measurements of Little Tonawanda Creek at Linden, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

Jan. 18

18

18

19

19

20

20

20

22

22

Hydrographer.

C. S. De Golyer. .......

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

5.90

6.28

5.80

2.67

2.43

2.31

2.76

2.85

cl.89

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

601

672

572

143

119

107

156

76.9

72.4

Date.

Jan. 22

Mar. 27

27

Apr. 1

May 6

216

216

Hydrographer.

C. S. De Golyer. .......

.....do..................

.... .do.. ............... .

.....do..................

C.C. Covert... .........

.....do..................

G. H.Canfield. ........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.90

a 13. 24

o9.94

o9.93

09.25

o8.74

.70

.70

.24

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

74.4

581

377

41.0

41.5

14.4

2.38

3.73

3.55

0.55

« Gage height referred to datum 10 feet below that used for weir in its undamaged condition. 

6 Measurement made by wading.

c Gage height variable during this measurement. Give more weight to other measurements of same 

date.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ERIE.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Little Tonawanda Creek at Linden, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[C. L. Schenck, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

OQ

30..............

31.............'.

Jan.

1.28

1.22

1.5

1.08

1.30

1.75

3.2

2.4

1.6

1.6

2.2

3.7

2.0

1.8

1.5

2.8

6.5

5.7

2.6

2.5

3.4

1.85

2.0

2.4

1.6

1.5

1.7

1.36

1.27

1.29

1.5

Feb.

1.14

1.22

1.18

1.18

.94

.93

.92

.98

.94

.92

.94

1.6

1.9

2.4

1.55

1.47

1.30

1.16

1.16

1.12

Mar.

1.10

1.03

1.06

1.08

1.08

1.03

1.02

1.02

1.09

2.5

2.7

2.4

2.8

4.4

3.2

1.95

1.5

1.55

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.36

1.22

2.3

ol3.1

14.6

10.9

10.8

10.45

10.3

Apr.

9.95

9.74

9.82

10.15

9.91

9.76

9.72

9.68

9.57

9.54

10.7

9.89

9.71

9.58

9.48

9.42

9.32

9.26

9.35

9.20

9.12

9 13

10.0

9.80

9.49

9.34

9.84

13.7

10.3

10.1

May.

9.80

9.62

9.48

9.38

9.29

9.23

9.14

9.12

9.09

9.04

9.02

9.00

8.98

8.96

8.94

8.98

8.96

9.00

8.94

8.90

8.88

9.10

8.99

8.95

8.92

8.88

8.90

10.05

9.39

9.11

9.00

June.

8.94

9.36

9.06

8.96

8.90

8.89

8.93

8.94

8.88

8 R4

8.84

8.82

8.80

8.78

8.76

8.76

8.73

8.73

"8.72

.70

.65

.56

.52

.52

.50

.80

.73

.61

.56

July.

0.51

.48

.48

.46

.71

.56

.50

.45

.44

.42

.42

.42

.40

.37

.37

.36

.36

.38

.36

.54

.42

.34

.33

.36

.39

.34

.33

.34

.32

.30

.24

Aug.

0.27

.24

.24

.30

.26

.27

.28

.24

.24

.39

.32

.26

.25

.24

.23

.22

.22

.21

.20

.18

.18

.22

.26

.24

.26

.24

.22

.22

.42

.28

124

Sept.

0.23

.22

.23

.26

.24

.23

.22

.22

.21

.20

.19

.19

.19

.18

.18

.18

.20

.27

.22

.21

.26

.28

.22

.21

.21

.22

.20

.20

.20

.19

Oct.

0.22

.22

.21

.21

.20

.20

.20

.18

' .18

.20

.23

.24

.21

.20

.20

.21

.21

.22

.22

.32

.27

.23

.22

.27

.33

.32

.30

.28

.26

.29

.28

Nov.

0.27

.26

.27

.28

.26

.26

.26

.26

.56

.90

.72

.60

.64

.73

.72

.66 .'64

.62

.70

1.16

.94

.89

.86

.84

.85

.82

.80

.76

.74

.74

Dec.

0.73

.71

.72

.72

.71

.69

.72

.80

.72

.73

.69

.72

.80

.87

.84

.79

.79

.78

.74

.72

.71

.70

.74

.82

.86

.79

.74

.79

.75

.79

.80

a All gage heights from Mar. 26 to June 19, while weir was damaged, referred to a datum 10.00 feet 

lower than datum of regular gage. Limits of use during this period: hundredths below 10.0, half-tenths 

from 10.0 to 11.0 and tenths above 11.0 feet.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Little Tonawanda Creek at Linden, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1.... .........

2.............

3.............

4.............

5.............

6.............

7.............

8.............

9.............

10.............

11.............

12.............

13.............

14.............

15.............

16.............

17.............

18.............

19.............

20.............

21.............

22.............

23.............

24.............

25.............

26............".

27.............

28.............

29.............

30.............

31.............

Jan.

26.2

22.5

43.0

15.2

27.5

63

199

117

51

51

99

261

83

67

43

154

711

567

135

126

223

71

83

117

51

43

59

32

25.6

26.9

43

Feb.

18.1

22.5

20.2

20.2

17.0

15.0

13.5

12.5

11.5

10.5

10.0

9.8

9.8

9.5

9.1

11.2

9.8

9.1

9.8

51

75

117

47

40.6

27.5

19.1

19.1

17.0

Mar.

16

13.2

14.4

15.2

15.2

13.2

12.8

12.8

15.6

126

144

117

154

360

199

79

43

47

55

55

55

32

22.5

108

1,070

357

606

104

96

71

62

Apr.

42

33

36

53

40

33

32

30

26

25

88

40

31

26

22

20

17

15

18

13

11

11

45

35

23

17

37

450

62

50

May.

35

28

22

18

16

14

11

11

9.7

8.5

8

7.5

7

6.6

6.1

7

6.6

7.5

6.1

5.2

4.8

10

7.3

6.4

5.7

4.8

5.2

48

19

10

7.5

June.

6.1

18

9.0

6.6

5.2

5.0

5.9

6.1

4.8

4.1

4.1

3.7

3.3

3.0

2.7

2.7

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.8

3.6

3.14

2.51

2.25

2.25

2.12

5.6

4.1

2 Rfi

2

K1

July.

2.18

1.99

1.99

1.87

3.7

2.51

2.12

1.81

1.74

1.62

1.62

1.62

1.51

1.34

1.54

1.28

1.28

1.39

1.28

2.38

1.62

1.17

1.12

1.28

1.45

1.17

L12

1.17

1.07

O Qfi

0.82

Aug.

0.82

.68

.68

.96

.77

.82

.87

.68

.68

1.45

1.07

.77

.72

.68

.63

.59

.59

.55

.51

.43

.43

.59

.77

.68

.77

.68

.59

KG

1.62

Q7

.68

Sept.

0.63

.59

.63

.77

.68

.63

.59

.59

.55

.51

.47

.47

.47

.43

.43

.43

.51

.82

.59

.55

.77

.87

*SQ

.55

.55

KG

.51

.51

.51

.47

Oct.

0.59

.59

.55

.55

.51

.51

.51

.43

.43

.51

.63

.68

.55

.51

.51

.55

.55

.59

.59

1 07

.82

.63

KG

.82

1.12

1.07

.96

07

.77

9107

Nov.

0.82

.77

.82

.87

.77

.77

.77

.77

2.51

8.4

3.9

2.79

3.07

4.1

3.9

3.21

3.07

2.93

3.60

19.1

9.7

8.1

7 9

6.6

6.9

6.1

5.6

4.6

A O

4.2

Dec.

4.1

3.7

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.48

3.9

5.6

<* Q

4.1

3.48

3.9 *; R

7.5

6. 6

5.3

5.3

5.1

4.2

3 Q

3.7

3.6

4.2

6.1

7 9

K «>

i 9

K 5

4.4 *; i

*; fi

NOTE. Discharge Feb. 5-12 estimated by interpolation and comparison with records of Genesee River 

at St. Helena. Discharge Mar. 25 to June 20, while the weir was damaged, computed from a rating curve 

well defined by 6 discharge measurements.
60 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART TV.

Monthly discharge of Little Tonawanda Creek at Linden, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 22.0 squareoniles.]

Month.

April... . ................................

July.....................................

December. .......................... .

«

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

711 

117 

1.070 

-450 

48 

18 

3.7 

1.62 

.87 

1.12 

19.1 

7.5

1,070

Minimum.

15.2 

9.1 

12.8 

11.0 

4.8 

2.0 

.82 

.43 

.43 

.43 

.77 

3.48

.43

Mean.

117 

23.7 

132 

46.0 

11.9 

4.33 

1.60 

.749 

.575 

.672 

4.34 

4.71

29.2

Per 

square 

mile.

5.32 

1.08 

6.00 

2.09 

.541 

.197 

.073 

.034 

.026 

.031 

.197 

.214

1.33

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

6.13 

1.12 

6.92 

2.33 

.62 

.22 

.08 

.04 

.03 

.04 

.22 

.25

18.00

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 

GENESEE RIVER AT ST. HELENA, N. Y.

Location. At steel highway bridge, about 6 miles above mouth of Silver Lake 

outlet, 9£ miles above Canaseraga Creek, and 5J miles below village of Portageville and site of proposed storage dam of State of New York Conservation Commission.

Records available. August 14, 1908, to December 31, 1913. Published also in 

annual reports of the New York State engineer and surveyor and State of New 

York Conservation Commission.

Drainage area. 1,030 square miles.

Gages. Chain gage, fastened to upstream side of middle span of bridge; read twice 

daily to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 2.5 until March 10, 

and below 3.0 after that date^ half-tenths from these limits to 4.0, and tenths 

above 4.0. Since August 24,^1911, a Gurley self-recording gage with intake pipe 

to the well a few feet downstream from the chain gage; datum of recording 

gage same as that of chain gage, but slope of water surface makes readings different. Gage heights from self-recording gage used to hundredthe.

Control. Gravel and rocks; shifting.

Discharge measurements. At high stages made from the bridge; at low and 

medium stages either by wading or from bridge.

Winter flow. Discharge relation usually but slightly affected by ice; determination 

of winter discharge considered good.

Floods. Highest stage during flood of March 25-30,1913, 12.0 feet, read by chain 

gage at 8 a. m. March 26. Automatic gage was not recording correctly during 

this period because intake pipe was clogged by gravel, but the records indicate 

crest of flood from 3 to 5 a. m. March 26, with a somewhat higher stage than that 

recorded at 8 a. m. on same date. The discharge corresponding to a gage height 

of 12.0 feet was 37,800 second-feet, or 36.7 second-feet per square mile of drainage 

area.

Accuracy. Discharge rating curve well defined; data as published considered 

excellent.
STEEAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 61 

Discharge measurements ofGenesee River at St. Helena, N. Y., in 1913.

Bate.

Feb. 136

216

Mar. 12

28

28

Apr. 2

Hydrographer.

C.C. Covert............

C. S. De Golyer. .......

.....do..................

Gage 

heights

Feet. 

4.61

4.81

4.96

"8.41

c7.73

C4.59

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

617

1.220

3,315

13,400

10,300

2,270

Date.

24<Z

Aug.l4<*

14<Z

Oct. 30

Hydrographer.

.....do..................

Gage 

height.o

Feet. 

2.62

f> CO

1.82

2 93

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

300

256

33.2

33.0

487

a From automatic gage except as noted.

6 Measurement made under complete ice cover.

c From chain gage on bridge, 

d Measurement made by wading.

Daily gage height, in feet, ofGenesee River at St. Helena, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Herman Piper, observer.]

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15........ .....

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

OQ

9Q

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.75

3.41

3.84

4.92

4.25

4.23

6.40

7.71

6.96

5.14

5.06

7.22

5.81

4.69

4.29

4.64

A QQ

8.07

6.62

5.34

6.48

5.01

4.60

6.17

4.85

4.36

4.24

3.89

3.68

3.47

3.50

Feb.

3.54

2.85

2.84

2.95

2.76

2.74

2.7

2.6

2.6

4.2

4.4

4.7

4.48

4 4A

4.49

4.61

4.38

 4.40

4 til

4.81

4.44

4.27

3.1

3.0

2.85

2.7

Mar.

3.7

3.25

3.15

2.85

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.85

6.0

6.0

5.4

5.38

5.82

5.88

4.93

3.95

3.58

3.67

3.52

3.51

3.47

3.22

3.75

11.2

11.2

10.8

8.1

6.2

5.5

5.4

Apr.

5.2

4.5

4.4

4.7

5.8

4.7

4.5

4.3

4.2

4.0

4.4

4.5

4.1

3.85

3.8

3.65

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.1

2.95

3.3

4.2

3.65

3.4

3.4

9

C

8.0

6.0

May.

4.9

4.5

4.2

3.9

3.75

3.55

3.4

3.3

3.15

3.1

3.05

3.1

3.0

2.88

2.94

2.78

2.84

2.76

2.68

2 79

2.68

3.2

3.15

3.1

3.1

2.98

3.05

5.4

4.5

3.8

3.5

June.

3.25

3.6 -3.3

3.1

2.97

2,86

3,6

3.6

3.1

2.88

2.86

2.77

2.62

2.54

2.52

2.56

2.24

2.22

3.2

2.92

2.72

2.47

2.61

2.58

2.56

2.40

2.42

July.

2.32

2.27

2.25

2.11

2.27

2.28

2.37

2.24

2.21

2.16

2.16

2.19

2.17

2.23

2.19

2.15

2.12

2.14

2.06

2.23

2.13

2.12

2.06

2.09

2.19

2.03

2.17

2.06

2.14

2.07

Aug.

2.01

2.08

1.90

2.12

2.00

2.01

2.01

2.00

2.00

1.89

2.13

2.08

1.99

1.99

1.92

1.87

1.96

1.98

1.94

1.95

1.87

1.99

1.88

2.10

2.01

2.01

1.89

2.08

2.07

1.89

Sept.

2.06

2.00

1.97

1.94

1.93

1.93

1.83

1.97

1.92

1.90

1.88

1.89

1.87

1.87

Oct.

2.02

2.00

2.20

2.18

1.72

2.19

2.16

2.05

1.85

2.12

1.96

2.26

2.40

2.11

2.02

2.09

1.96

2.15

1.81

2.35

2.46

2.61

2.62

2.40

2.59

2.70

3.64

3.18

2.89

2.82

2.82

Nov.

2.75

2.67

2.62

2.68

2.56

2.51

2.48

2.45

2.72

5.45

4.20

3.65

3.46

3.77

3.93

3.63

3.47

3.39

3.29

3.53

3.52

3.36

3.19

3.12

3.06

2.99

2.93

2.87

2.82

2.80

Dec.

2.81

2.76

2.73

2.72

2.70

2.66

2.66

2.73

2.75

2.71

2.77

2.77

2.75

2.78

2.91

2.90

2.79

2.74

2.70

2.56

2.62

2.62

2.65

2.73

3.06

2.91

2.73

2.74

2.78

2.82

2.87

NOTE. Gage heights affected by ice Feb. 10-23, inclusive. Gage heights Feb. 7-12, Feb. 24 to Mar. 12, 

Mar. 25 to June 23, Oct. 1-23, and Dec. 28-31 (all inclusive) are means of two readings per day on chain 

gage. From Mar. 25 to June 23 intake pipe of automatic gage well was covered with gravel, rendering the 

automatic gage record useless. Remainder of gage heights computed as means of 24 hourly gage heights 

from automatic gage record.
62 SUBFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1913, PABT IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, o/Genesee River at St. Helena, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

2.... ..........

3..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

g

10..............

11..............

12..............

14... ...........

15..............

16..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

99

oq

24..............

25. .............

26..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,580

1,140

1,710

3,590

2,330

2,300

7,690

12,800

9,610

4 100

3

Q1 A

1 n fiftn

5,850

3

1 on

2

qQA

3,030

9 680

14 600

8*430

4,580

7,950

3

7QA

2 OCA

3 440

2,510

2 qifl

1,780

1,480

1,210

1,250

Feb.

1,300

612

gl05

fiSQ

>U&

474

424

424

400

400

617

con

460

340

qnA

^Afl

qAA

1,220

1,050

Oftft

740

fifift

^fin

EflO

474

Mar.

1,340

875

785

560

590

530

424

560

5,990

5,170

4,210

5,240

3,260

3

qnA

1,100

1,200

1 030

1,020

Q77

1,300

31 100

97 Qftft

11,970

5,680

4,000

3,790

Apr.

2,130

1,980

4,680

2 ion

1,840

1,710

1 460

i osn

2

iqn

1,580

1,280

1,220

1 060

900

son

708

708

548

449

70S

1,710

1,060

QAA

OflA

i o AAn

11,600

5,170

May.

2,800

2,130

1,710

1,340

1,160

950

800

708

586

548

514

548

480

406

443

°^IQ

383

338

2%

qi7

296

624

586

548

468

3,790

2,130

1,220

900

June.

666

1,000

708

395

1,000

1,000

548

one

344

268

233

ooj.

241

164

126

120

917

624

430

 317

260

231

OQ7

273

200

209

July.

169

150

144

98

150

154

188

140

130

114

114

123

117

136

123

123

110

101

107

84

136

101

84

92

76

117

84

107

87

Aug.

71

90

46

101

68

71

71

68

68

44

104

90

66

66

64

50

41

59

64

55

57

41

66

43

95

71

71

44

90

87

44

Sept.

84

68

61

55

53

53

35

61

50

46

4?

44

41

41

Oct.

69

64

114

109

20

111

103

76

36

92

56

132

178

90

69

85

56

100

29

161

201

263

268

200

287

344

1,170

692

460

415

415

Nov.

372

327

302

333

273

249

235

222

355

4,360

1,950

1,180

966

1,330

1,550

1,160

Q77

890

791

1,030

860

701

638

588

532

488

447

Dec.

408

378

360

355

344

322

322

360

372

349

384

384

372

390

474

467

3%

366

344

273

302

302

317

360

588

474

360

328

349

372

401

NOTE. Discharge Feb. 10-23 estimated from measurements made Feb. 13 and Feb. 21 and hydrograph 

comparison with records of Genesee River at Rochester. New rating curve used beginning Mar. 13 1913, 

probably a backwater curve up to some time during the flood, when it became the open-water curve.

Monthly discharge of Genesee River at St. Helena, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,030 square miles.]

Month.

July....................................

December. ..............................

The year...................... .

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

14,600 

1,300 

31,100 

19,000 

3,790 

1,000 

188 

104

1,170 

4,360 

588

31,100

Minimum.

1,140 

a300 

424 

449 

296 

120 

76 

41

20 

222 

273

20

Mean.

4,800 

577 

5,330 

2,610 

917 

406 

119 

66.6 

50 

208 

832 

373

1,370

Per 

square 

mile.

4.66 

.560 

5.17 

2.53 

.890 

.394 

.116 

.065 

.049 

.202 

.808 

.362

1.33

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

5.37 

.58 

5.96 

2.82 

1.03 

.44 

.13 

.07 

.05 

.23 

.90 

.42

18.00

Accuracy.

A. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

B. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A.

a Estimated.

NOTE. Discharge Sept. 15-30, inclusive, estimated by comparison with records of (Jenesee River at 

Jones Bridge and Rochester.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 63

G-ENESEE RIVER AT JONES BRIDGE, NEAR MOUNT MORRIS, N. Y.

Location. At highway bridge known as Jones Bridge, about 5 miles below the 

village of Mount Morris, 6 miles by river above the village of Geneseo, If miles 

below the inflow of Canaseraga Creek, and about If miles above the mouth of 

Beads Creek.

Records available. May 22, 1903, to April 30,1906; August 12, 1908, to December 

31,1913. Data also in annual reports of the State engineer and surveyor and the 

State of New York Conservation Commission.

Drainage area. 1,410 square miles.

Gage. Chain, fastened to upstream side of highway bridge; read daily morning and 

evening to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3.5, half-tenths from 

3.5 to 5.0, and tenths above 5.0 feet.

Control. Sandy clay; likely to shift, but, as shown by measurements, fairly permanent in recent years.

Discharge measurements. Made at all stages from footbridge erected on the 

outriggers of the bridge.

Winter flow. Discharge relation for the winter months considerably affected by 

ice. Volume of flow during the winter months determined chiefly by comparison 

with the flow of the Genesee at Rochester and at St. Helena.

Moods. The crest of the flood of March 25-30,1913, reached gage height 27.6 feet, as 

shown by the observer's gage readings and later verified by engineers of the 

Geological Survey from high-water marks. The corresponding discharge of 

19,300 second-feet, or 13.7 second-feet per square mile of drainage area, was much 

less than the maximum rate of run-off of Genesee River at St. Helena. This 

apparent discrepancy is explained by the large amount of river storage between 

the two stations, which also accounts for the much longer duration of the high 

stage at Jones Bridge, the mean discharge at the latter station for the two days, 

March 26 and 27, being 19,200 second-feet, or 13.6 second-feet per square mile.

Accuracy. Discharge curve well developed; data as published for open-water 

periods probably good.

Discharge measurements of Genesee River at Jones Bridge, near Mount Morris, N. Y., in

1913.

Date.

Feb. 20o

Apr. 28

June 25

Hydrographer.

C. S. De Golyer . .........................................................

.....do....................................................................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

6.96

22.62

4.44

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

672

14.400

467

» Measurement made under complete ice cover.
64 SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV.

Daily gage height, in feet, ofGenesee River at Jones Bridge, near Mount Morris, N. Y.,

for 1913.

[J. W. Trewer, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

16..............

17..............

i ft

19

20..............

21..............

99

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 01

Jan.

7.7

6.4

6.8

10.8

8.8

8.6

16.2

18.9

20.6

13.8

10.8

17.3

16.6

11.1

9.4

9.2

17.4

23.5

22.5

15.8

18.4

13.2

10.3

16.0

11.2

9.5

9.0

8.0

7.1

6.7

6.7

Feb.

6.5

6.2

6.2

6.0

6.2

6.7

7.0

Mar.

17.6

19.6

18.0

12.4

13.8

14.6

12.6

8.6

7 ^

7.3

fi Q

6.8

6.7

6.3

6.4

22.2

27.5

27.5

26.6

23.6

17.4

12.7

Apr.

11.8

9 4

8.6

9.1

11.7

9

K

8.8

8.3

7 Q

7.5

7.7

8.8

' 7.6

7.0

6

0

6.6

6.3

^ Q

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.7

7.6

6.6

6.0

5.9

22.5

25.6

21.4

May.

14.0

10.1

8.6

7.7

7.0

6.6

6.1

5.9

5.8

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.1

4.95

4 9

4 9

4 Q

4,8

5.1

5.5

5.3

5.4

5.1

4.8

10.0

9.6

7.3

6.5

June.

5.9

fi ft

6.0

5.7

5

0

5.1

5.1

6.2

5.6

5.1

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.45

4 OK

4.3

4.35

4.25

4.55

4.6

4.75

4.4

4.15

July.

4.2

4.1

4.25

3.85

3.8

0 Q

4.0

3.85

0 Q

3.85

o 7

0 OK

q 7

3.8

0 ft

3.8

3.65

3.6

3.7

^ 71;

3.65

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.55

3.6

3.55

3.48

3.55

Aug.

3.7

0 4K

3.20

3.55

3

K

3.30

3.38

q q«

3.37

3.34

^ 49

3.47

3.40

3.26

3.36

3.18

0 f\A

3.14

3.18

3.14

3.20

3.17

3.22

3.11

3.45

3.6

4.0

3.7

3.7

3.30

Sept.

3.41

3.55

3.5

3.48

q An

3.47

3.36

3.30

3.31

3.32

3.34

3.36

3.36

3.31

0 OR

3.30

3.30

0 OA

3.34

3.34

3.18

3.28

3.22

3.54

3.31

3.44

3.36

3.40

3.25

3.48

Oct.

3.28

3.32

3.30

3.45

3.46

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.9

3.5

3.40

0 Af\

3.95

3.9

3.8

3.75

3.44

3.5

3.48

3.7

4.15

4.25

4.35

4.35

4.2

4.5

5.0

5.3 5.'2

4.9

4.7

Nov.

4.7

4.7

. 4.5

4.40

4 OK

4.3

4.35

4.55

5 A

11.6

8.0

7 9

6.4

6.7

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.2

5.2

5.2

4.95

4.95

4 Q

4.8

4 7>;

Dec.

4.7

4 7

4 fi

4.5

4

K

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.65

4.85

4.95

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.35

4.35

4 0

4

0

5.8

6.3

.

NOTK. Discharge relation affected by ice about Feb. 5 to Mar. 9, and Dec. 27-31.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Genesee River at Jones Bridge, near Mount Morris,

N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

19

13..............

14..............

15..............

16.............. 

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26.............. 

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2,210

1,450

1,670

4,310

2,920

2,790

8,630

11,000

12.500

6,600

4,310

9,570

8,970

4,520

3,330

3,190 

9,660

15,200 

14,200

8,290

10,600

6,120

3,960

8,460

4,590

3,400 

3,050

2,400

1,850

1,620

1,620

Feb.

1,500

1,340

1,340

1,230

.......

672

.......

Mar.

9,840

11,600

10,200

5,480

6,600

7,270

5,640 

2,790

1,970 

1,970

1,730

1,670

1,620

1,400

1,450

14,000

19,200 

19,200

18,300

15,300

9,660

5,720

Apr.

5,020

3,330

2,790

3,120

4,940

3,470

2,920

2,600

2,340

2,090

2,210

2,920

2,150

1,790

1,670

1,560 

1,400

1,180 

1,120

1,060

1,010

960

1,060

2,150

1,560

1,230

1 1 ftft

14,200

17,300

13,300

May.

6,760

3,820

2,790

2,210

1 790

1,560

1,280

1,180

1,120

960

910

860

810

760

710

710

687

664 

664

664

618

760

960

860

910

760 

618

3,750

3,470

1,970

1,500

June.

1,180

1,670

1,230

1.060

860

760

760

1,340

1,010

760

618

572

528

463

422

402 

422

346 

383

383

402

402

422

442

463

506 

528

595

442

346

July.

364

328

383

244

228

228

294

244

260

244

198

244

198

228

228

228 

172

185 

172

172

198

213

185

148

148

172 

160

172

160

143

160

Aug.

198

136

82

160

148

148

102

120

115

117

111

129

141

124

94

115

79

58 

72

79

72

82

77

86

68

136

172

294

198

198

102

Sept.

126

160

148

143

124

141

115

102

104

104

111

115

115

104

94

102 

102

102 

111

111

79

98

86

158

104

134 

115

124

92

143

Oct.

98

106

102

136

138

148

198

198

260

148

124

124

277

260

228

213 

134

148 

143

198

346

383

422

422

364

484 

710

860

810

664

572

Nov.

572

572

484

442

422

402

422

506

910

4,870

2,400

1,910

1,670

1,450

1,620

1,230 

1,120

1,120 

1,060

1,010

1,010

1,060

810

810

810

687 

687

664

618

595

Dec.

572

572

528

484

AQA

484

484

484

528

484

528

550

572

550

641

687 

575

528 

484

484

484

484

422

422

664

618

NOTE. Discharge June 20-25 interpolated.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 65

Monthly discharge o/Genesee River at Jones Bridge, near Mount Morris, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,410 square miles.]

Month.

March ..................................

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

15,200

19,200

17,300 

6,760 

1,670 

383 

287 

162 

860 

4,870 

687

19,200

Minimum.

1,450

960 

618 

346 

143 

58 

79 

98 

402 

422

58

Mean.

5,900 

881 

5,840 

3,450 

1,520 

657 

216 

123 

116 

304 

1,060 

529

1,730

Per 

square 

mile.

4.18 

.625 

4.14 

2.45 

1.08 

.466 

.153 

.087 

.082 

.216 

.752 

.375

1.23

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

4.82 

.65 

4.77 

2.73 

1.24 

.52 

.18 

.10 

.09 

.25 

.84 

.43

16.62

Accuracy.

B. 

D. 

D. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.

of

NOTE. Discharge Feb. 5 to Mar. 9 estimated from one discharge measurement and comparison with 

records at St. Helena and Rochester. Discharge Dec. 27-31 estimated by comparison with St. Helena 

and Rochester.

GENESEE RIVER AT ROCHESTER, N. Y.

Location. At highway bridge known locally as Elmwood Avenue Bridge, at north 

end of South Park, 3J miles above center of city of Rochester, 3J miles below 

mouth of Black Creek, and 7J miles above mouth of river.

Records available. February 9, 1904, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports of the State engineer and surveyor and State of New York Conservajjjj 

Commission. Elevation of water surface, measurements, and records 

Genesee River at Rochester during flood stages and low water previou 

published in annual reports of the State engineer and surveyor, 1902, 1903," 

1904, and in Water-Supply Papers 24, 65, and 97.

Drainage area. 2,360 square miles. - 

*<Jage. Gurley automatic water-stage register in pump house immediately below 

bridge on right bank installed in December, 1910. Prior to 1910 a staff gage 

bolted to the downstream end of first pier from right-hand abutment; read once 

daily. Elevation of zero of gage, 506.848 feet, Barge canal datum, and 245.591 

feet, Rochester city datum. 

'Control. Gravel, smooth; considered permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge at which staff gage is attached. 

Prior to 1904,- measurements and elevations of water surface taken in conjunction 

with measurements of water flowing over and around Johnson-Seymour dam in 

the city of Rochester.

Winter flow. Affected by ice for short periods, though as a rule channel is open.

Floods. Crest of flood of March 25-30, 1913, reached gage height 15.02 feet on the 

afternoon of March 28, the high-water mark being referenced by gage observer 

and later referred to gage datum by engineers of the Geological Survey. Corresponding discharge, 42,000 second-feet, or 17.8 second-feet per square mile of 

drainage area.

Accuracy. Discharge rating curve well developed for all stages; published data 

considered good for periods of open water.

Cooperation. Gage heights furnished by Rochester Light & Railway Co. 

56525° WSP 354 15 5
66 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1&13, PART IV.

Discharge measurements ofGenesee River at Rochester, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

Jan. 23

Feb. 19<J

Mar. 30

30

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

height.

Feet. 

5.28

1.72

11 98

11.31

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

963

Of OAA

27,500

Date.

6

Nov. 1

Hydrographer.

.....do.. ...............

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.03

2.51

1.32

Discharge.

Ses.ft. 

5,620

2,480

589

a Measurement made by wading.

Daily gage height, in feet, ofGenesee River at Rochester, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[G. A. Bailey, observer.]

Day.

1..............

3..............

4... ...........

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17.............. 

18..............

10

20.............. 

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2.02

2.47

2.34

2.70

3.58

3.22

4.07

5.78

7.02

7.29

5.11

5.38

6.84

5.80

4.54

3.86

5.20 

7.92

8.84

8.82 

7.76

6 no

5.32

5.06

5.70

4.52

3

QQ

6.66

3.09 

2.80

2.69

Feb.

2.70

2.90

2.47

2.25

2.13

2.50

2.91

9 77

2.52

2.33

2.41

2.31

2.22

2.31

1.76

1.71

1.70 

1.70 

1.65

1.65 

1 90

2.32

2.66

3.06

2.52

2.06

1 RA

1 7*.

.......

Mar.

1.74

1.87

2.18

1.99

1.89

1.80

1.83

1.98

1.63

3.14

5.60

6.36

6.32

6.07

6.46

6.14

3 1Q

3.14 

3.02

2

QA

2.68

2 17

5.05

9.00

11 94

14.74

14.22 

11.79

9.54

Apr.

6.69

4.96

5.07

4.11

4.45

4.66

4.02

3.68

3.42

3.20

3.33

3.98

3.77

3.27

2.96

2.75

2.59

2.42 

2.34

2 19

2 AC

2.11

2.75

2.80

2.52

2.26

3.62

7.35 

8.21

May.

8.02

5.96

4.12

3.37

2.98

2.71

2.49

2.32

2.18

2.07

1.97

1.89

1.85

1.80

1.73

1.69

1.67 

1.66 

1.61

1.57 

i «a

1.51

1.65

1.85

1.80

1.75

1.68

1 91

3.94 

3.45

2.69

June.

2.28

2.15

2.38

2.16

1.96

1.78

1.62

1.83

2.08

1.84

1.67

1.56

1 4.Q

1.43

1.38

1.32

1.30 

1.30 

1.25

1.22 

1.24

1.35

1.53

1.43

1.38

1.50

1.58

1.73

1.63 

1.42

July.

1.29

1.23

1.18

1.13

1.14

1.13

1.08

1.05

1.08

1.08

1.08

1.06

1

f\A

.97

.96

1.02

1.02 

1.00 

.97

.97 

.98

.97

.98

.97

.95

.93

.92

.94

.94 

.93

.94

Aug.

0.93

.90

.87

.85

.88

.88

.86

.85

.87

.88

.87

. .87

.85

.87

.86

.84

.83 

.77 

.84

.81 

.80

.83

.83

.81

.81

.82

.81

.90

1.06 

.97

.91

Sept.

0.91

.90

.88

.85

.85

.86

.80

.80

.83

.81

.80

.80

7Q

.73

.79

.78 

.76

.78 

.79

.79

.80

.81

.83

.86

.83

.83

.79

.77

Oct.

0.80

.81

.82

.80

.79

.79

.75

84

.85

Q1

.92

.90

.86

.82

.90

.90

.90 

.91

.89

.87 

.84

.94

.96

1.10

1.12

1.12

1.21

1.61

1.67 

1.44

1.30

Nov.

1.28

1.25

1.18

1.20

1.19

1.15

1.13

1 AC

1.08

1.37

3.40

2.71

2.09

1.83

1.93

2.12

1.95 

1.81

1.76

1.70 

1.81

1.90

1.79

1.64

1.59

1.52

1 48

1.39

1.41 

1.34

Dec.

1

0Q

1

OK

1 9Q

1 97

1 9A

1.23-

1.24

1 18

1 99

1 99

1.21

1 9<;

1.26

1.31

1.38

1.34 

1.27 

1.22

1.19 

1.13

1.17

1.19

1.22

1.42

1.59

1.30

1.24

1.25 

1.27

1.29

NOTE. Gage heights affected by ice Feb. 6-20, inclusive. Mean daily gage height computed as mean of 

24 hourly gage heights for each day. Gage heights Mar. 28-29 computed from hourly gage heights observed 

by an employee of the Rochester Railway and Light Co.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 67 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, o/Genesee River at Rochester, N. TT.,for 1913.

Day.

1..... ...........

2................

3................

4................

5................

6................

7................

8................

10................

11................

12................

13.... ....... .....

14................

15................

16. ...............

17................

18................

19................

20................

21................

22................

23................

24................

25................

26................

27................

28................

29................ 

30................ 

31................

Jan.

1,630

2.410

2,170

2,820

4,570

3,810

5,720

10,300

14,100

14,900

8,430

9,180

13,500

10 400

6^900

5,210

8,680

16,900

20,000

10 Qf¥1

16,400

1 ** QflA

9,020

8,290

10,100

6,850

5,290

13,000

3,550 

3,000 

2,800

Feb.

2,820

3,190

2,410

2,020

1,810

1,700

1 TOT)

1,470

1,380 i *$AA

1

OOA

1,170

1,130

1 Qfifi

1,100

1 040

1,010

osn

963

950

i 4in

2

1^A

2,750

3 ion

2

EAA

1,700

1,380

1,210

Mar.

1,200

1,400 1 onn

1,580

1,420

i oQfl

1,340

1,570

1 040

3

CEA

9

oon

12 100

12^000

n

oAA

12 400

11 400

7, 800

5,600

3,750

3

RCA

3,420

3,110

2,780

2,590

Q OCA

20,500

30 900

41*000

39,100 

30,300 

22,300

Apr.

13,100

8,020

8,320

5,820

6,670

7,220

5,600

4 7Qf)

4 9° ft

3,770

4,030

5,500

5,000

3,910

3,300

2,910

2 620

2,320

2,170

1 980

1 7Qft

1,680

1,780

2,910

3,000

2,500

2,030

4 fifin

15,100 

17,900

May.

17 300

10,900

5,840

4,120

3,340

9 RdA

2,440

2,140

1 QAA

1,710

i ecn

1,430

1,360

1 9OA

1,180

1,130

1,100

1,080

1,010

Q^fi

onn

874

1,070

1,360

1 9on

1,210

1,110

1 460

5*410 

4,280 

2,800

June.

2,070

1,840

2

OAA

1,860

1,530

1,260

1,030

1,340

1 7^fi

1 Qf*A

1,100

QJ.9

S4A

768 7ft P;

633

610

610

554

cni

542

668 Qflft

768

705

860

970

1,180

1,040

755

July.

598

532

480

432

442

432

387

362

QQ7

QQ7

387

370

353

299

292

OOft

336

320

9QQ

9OO

306

299

306

9QQ

OCK

271

264

. 278

278 

271 

278

Aug.

271

250

232

220

238

238

226

220

232

238

232

232

220

232

226

214

208

178

214

ion

HAD

OAJJ

196

196

202

1OA

250

370 

299

257

Sept.

257

250

238

220

220

190

190 9ns

1%

ion

186

170

162

186

182

174

189

186

186

ion

196

208

226

208

208

186 

178

Oct.

ion

196

OA9

ion

186

186

170

214

oon

nc;7

OfiA

OCA

226

9O9

OKA

250

250

257

244

009

214

97S

9Q9

405

423

423

510

1,010

1,100 

780 

610

Nov.

587

554

480

W)

iQfl

451

432

387

387

692

4,180

2,840

1,740

1,340

i ion

1 70ft

1,520

1,300

1,230

i I4n

1,300

1 440

l',270

1 *984 060

887

833

718

742 

656

Dec.

587

554

CQQ

576

"wl9

K^O

"wl9

480

521

CQO

p;9i

510

554

564

705

656

576

521 /ton

432

470

4CW1

521

755

984

610

542

554 

576 

598

Monthly discharge of Genesee River at Rochester, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 2,360 square miles.]

Month.

May.....................................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

20,000 

3,490 

41,000 

17,900 

17,300 

2,240 

598 

370 

257 

1,100 

4,180 

984

41,000

Minimum.

1,630 

o950 

1,040

1,680 

874 

521 

264 

178 

162 

170 

387 

432

162

Mean.

8,830 

1,680 

10,000 

5,150 

2,790 

1,060 

350 

229 

199 

338 

1,110 

571

2,710

Per 

square 

mile.

3.74 

.712 

4.24 

2.18 

1.18 

.449 

.148 

.097 

.084 

.143 

.470 

.242

1.15

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area). -

4.31

.74 

4.89 

2.43 

1.36 

.50 

.17 

.11 

.09 

.16 

.52 

.28

15.56

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. .

a Estimated. 

NOTE. Discharge interpolated Mar. 17, 18, Apr. 20, and Sept. 14 and 15.
68 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

CANADICE LAKE OUTLET NEAR HEMLOCK, N. Y.

Location. In outlet at foot of lake, which discharges to Genesee River through 

Hemlock Lake outlet and Honeoye Creek.

Records available. April, 1903, to December, 1913. Data also in annual reports 

of the New York State engineer and surveyor and the reports of the city engineer 

of Rochester, N. Y.

Drainage area. 12.6 square miles, of which 0.7 square mile is lake surface.

Gage. Hook gage, in channel above gate.

Computation of discharge. Outflow is measured over a standard thin-edged weir 

with a 5-foot crest and two end contractions, so arranged with needle timbers at 

the ends that the length may be increased to 14.96 feet with no end contractions 

during high water. The weir crest stands 3 feet above the stream channel and is 

never submerged by backwater. Two additional rectangular gates, each 1 foot 

square, with three complete contractions and a fourth partial contraction at the 

bottom, afford by-passes during high water. Depth of water on weir is read each 

morning to hundredths of a foot by means of the hook gage. Each change of the 

gates is also noted. Corrections are made for velocity of approach for the higher 

stages. All computations are made by the Francis formula.

Diversions. No water is diverted from Canadice Lake above the station.

Regulation. Outflow of lake at dam above weir controlled by the gates.

Winter flow. Pool above weir is free from ice throughout winter.

Accuracy. Observations and computations made with care; results should be very 

good.

Cooperation. Data collected and furnished for publication by E. A. Fisher, city 

engineer, Rochester, N. Y.

Monthly discharge of Canadice Lake outlet near Hemlock, N. T.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 12.6 square miles.]

Month.

March........ ................... . ........................

May.......................................................

July.......................................................

Discharge in 

second-feet.

Mean.

47.094 

17.637 

33. 161 

29.264 

19. 122 

6.859 

6.500 

4.529 

4.451 

3.737 

3.964 

4,016

15.028

Per 

square 

mile.

3.74 

1.40 

2.63 

2.32 

1.52 

.544 

.516 

.359 

.353 

.296 

.315 

.319

1.20

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.31 

1.46 

3.03 

2.59 

1.75 

.61 

.59 

.41 

.39 

.34 

.35 

.37

16.20

Mean elevation of 

lake above lowwater 

mark.

2.687 

1.275 

1.897 

2.912 

2.657 

2.517 

2.276 

1.500 

.818 

.341 

.427 

.389

1.641

NOTE. Terminal water surface for 1913 was 0.90 foot lower than for the previous year, corresponding to 

a draft on storage of 26,948,500 cubic feet or a discharge of 0.855 second-foot for the year.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 69

OWASOO OUTLET NEAR AUBURN, N. Y.

Location. On farm of George Bidley, 3| miles below State dam at outlet of Owasco 

Lake, 2 miles below center of city of Auburn.

Records available. November 17,1912, to December 31,1913.

Drainage area. 206 square miles (measured on United States Geological Survey 

topographic sheets).

Gage. Gurley automatic water-stage register installed over concrete well 3J feet 

square and 6 feet deep (inside dimensions). Gage well connected with river by 

4-inch cast-iron pipe.

Control. Gage heights registered by this gage controlled by low concrete weir 

situated a short distance below the gage. Crest of weir 1 foot wide; slopes of 

Tx)th upstream and downstream faces, J: 1. A small horizontal apron built on 

a level with bed of stream extends downstream 2J feet from toe of dam. Lefthand end of dam for a distance of 50 feet has mean elevation of gage height 1.28 

feet; remaining 50 feet of crest of dam is at gage height 2.12 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made during low water by wading at a section directly 

opposite the gage, and from a cable and car at the same section in high water.

Winter flow. Ice does not form to a sufficient extent to obstruct the control.

Diversions. An average flow of about 10 second-feet is pumped from Owasco Lake 

for the municipal -water supply of the city of Auburn; proportion returning to 

stream above gaging station- not known.

Moods. High water of March 25-30,1913, reached gage height 4.6 feet, as determined 

from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological Survey. Corresponding 

discharge, 2,750 second-feet, or 13.3 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Discharge measurements consistent; estimates excellent. The mean 

daily discharge as obtained from a gage height representing the mean of 24 hourly 

gage heights is subject to considerable error. The mean daily gage height is 

therefore not published and the mean daily discharge in the following table is the 

mean of 24 hourly discharges. ^

Discharge measurements of Owasco outlet near Auburn, N. T"., in 191S.

Date.*

Tan 14.

15

15

Feb. 18

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.44

3.28

3.28

2.52

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,010

878

879

335

Date.

Apr. 1

Aug. 16o

Hydrographer.

G.H.Canfield.. .......

«J.

Feet.

3

QQ

3.57

1.61

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

1,180

28.5

<J Measurement made by wading.
70 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Owasco outlet near Auburn, N. T".,for 1913.

Day.

1. ...........

3............

4............

5............

6............

7............

8............

9............

10............

11............

12............

13............

14............

15............

16............

17............

18............

19............

20............

21............

22............

23............

24............

25............

26............

27............

28............

29............

30............

31............

Jan.

207

218

320

367

0888

471

569

606

675

741

754

o830

905

915

844

799

853

,931

0955

1,010

961

932

948

881

858

o821

765

708

681

654

643

Feb.

608

o534

469

424

391

- 386

306

231

o207

200

207

247

289

244

213

ol66

200

189

183

187

178

180

o!69

204

183

196

194

1Q7

Mar.

»196

230

203

210

197

214

234

0216

227

234

249

243

278

377

o464

502

472

452

440

430

425

o410

410

410

1,000

2,000

2 700

2,750

02,300

1,800

Apr.

1,600

1,470

1,300

1,220

1,170

ol, 110

1,030

Q9d

820

810

803

813

o763

716

648

598

545

522

504

oM60

41 1

351

332

265

O7fi

326

o!87

OKC

207

205

May.

203

204

234

oil?

209

198

154

169

172

176

ol51

175

165

160

161

150

155

o!47

156

158

157

170

156

153

ol07

170

164

13Q

156

113

175

June.

o!68

174

171

175

171

181

165

ol52

171

163

174

161

154

177

059.8

135

128

119

129

126

109

ol8.7

112

126

132

133

130

94.2

ol9.6

132

July.

149

129

132

98

133

o69.4

127

135

131

134

124

97.7

062.1

128

124

136

123

139

143

o94.5

147

135

148

131 124'

125

069.1

132

123

137

114

Aug.

132

119

o36.6

130

115

121

114

112

87.1

026.5

108

95.8

104

114

103

81.1

028.4

103

103

91.3

97.6

96.9

81.8

o34.0

101

94.7

90.4

90.1

128

79.7

078.8

Sept.

109

117

91.5

92.8

87.4

71.1

o86.3

106

91.9

87.7

91.7

84.1

86

86

86

85

85

84

83

83

83

82

8282 '

81

81

80

80

80

79

79

Oct.

78.6

56.6

o56.0

90.1

79.6

71.6

73.3

67.7

64.7

o47.3

99.1

74.4

74.4

70.6

67.3

56.7

o53.3

113

83.5

70

70

69.4

60.2

o90.2

99.5

77.3

72.6

74.2

70.9

Nov.

52.9

056.2

80.8

63.8

76.7

66.8

70.2

46.8

o99.9

89.5

67.1

66.3

77.3

76.0

56.0

«70.0

122

80.9

94.9

93.4

90.7

71.2

o76.2

103

83.8

89.8

67.4

105

78.5

078.0

Dec.

106

83.4

95.2

83.9

90.8

78.2

o83.3

84.6

92

95

98

100

102

106

110

115

117

109

90.2

74.8

oll7

144

112

110

110

117

130

133

134

134

135

o Sunday.

NOTE. Discharge Mar. 20-31. Sept. 13 to Oct. 2, Dec. 9-14, and 25-31, inclusive, estimated from Owasco 

Lake records. See " Accuracy" in station description.

Monthly discharge of Owasco outlet near Auburn, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 206 square miles.]

Month.

April....................................

May.......:............................

July....................................

The year ..........................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,010 

608 

2,750 

1,600 

234 

181 

149 

132 

117 

113 

122 

144

2,750

Minimum.

207 

ol66 

194 

o!87 

o!07 

olS.7 

o62.1 

o26.5 

71.1 

o47.3 

46.8 

74.8

olS.7

Mean.

716 

264 

660 

688 

164 

135 

122 

93.5 

89.5 

73.8 

78.4 

106

266

Per 

square 

mile.

3.48 

1.28 

3.20 

3.34 

.796 

.655 

.592 

.454 

.434 

.358 

.381 

.515

1.29

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.01 

1.33 

3.69 

3.73 

.92 

.74 

.68 

.52 

.48 

.41 

.43 

.59

17.53

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

B.

o Sunday.

NOTE. Figures indicate the flow as controlled by dam at outlet of Owasco Lake. See footnote to table 

of daily discharge.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 71

ONEIDA RIVER AT CAUGHDENOY, N. Y.

Location. At Caughdenoy, about 6 miles above the old Euclid station at Oak 

Orchard State dam, half a mile below the mouth of Caughdenoy Creek, and 5 

miles below Lake Oneida.

Records available. August 30,1902, to December 31, 1909 (at Euclid); January 1, 

1910, to December 31, 1913 (at Caughdenoy station). Data published also in 

annual reports of New York State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 1,377 square miles.

Gage. Staff on right-hand side of stream, about 150 feet upstream from dam.

Discharge measurements. Discharge measured over a masonry dam 415 feet 

long, completed at Caughdenoy during the summer of 1909. Crest of dam practically level at elevation 369.4 feet; ogee in cross section; upstream part of crest 

with slope or batter of 1 foot rise in 2 feet horizontal width; downstream part of 

crest rounded, with radius of 3.24 feet. Discharge over the dam computed from 

formulas derived from experiments made by engineers of the United States Geological Survey on a dam of ogee cross section similar in form; correction made 

for velocity of approach.

Diversions. In the summer and to some extent in the winter water is diverted past 

left-hand end of dam through Caughdenoy lock. Estimate of amount so diverted 

is included in calculated discharge of the river.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, of Oneida River at Caughdenoy, N. Y'.,for 1913.

Day.

1. .........

3..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

91

22..........

23..........

24..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29..........

30..........

31..........

Jan.

2,737

3,106

3,258

2,600

3,258

3,570

4,222

4,584

5,322

5,322

5,696

5,322

5,696

5,696

5,322

4,958

5,696

6,082

. 6,496

6,738

6,738

7,064

7,400

7,064

6,738

6,496

6,082

6,738

7,064

6,738

6,082

Feb.

5,696

5,322

4,958

4,584

4,584

4,222

4,222

3,891

3,891

3,570

3,570

3,891

3,570

3,258

3,258

3,570

3,258

3,258

2,922

2 717

2,922

3,106

2 099

3,106

2,922

2

7O7

Mar.

2,922

3,106

2,922

2,737

2,600

2,330

2,072

2,198

2,330

2,330

2,600

3,106

3,258

3,891

4,958

5,322

6,082

5,322

5,322

5,696

6,082

5,696

6,082

6,496

6,738

7,979

8,836

9,640

10,721

9,923

Apr.

7,979

8,583

B,836

8,583

7 Q7Q

8,281

7,979

7,979

7,979

8,281

S,583

7,700

7,400

7,064

7,638

6,496

6 4QA

6,082

4,958

5,322-

4

QKQ

5

qoO

4,958

4,958

4

KQ^

4 584

4*389

4

090

3,891

3,570

May.

3,891

3,891

3,570

3,411

3,411

3,258

2,600

2,463

2,198

2,147

2,198

2 079

2,072

2,021

1,945

2,021

1,824

1,324

1 ^fifi

i *a\fi

1,566

1

004

1,703

1,703

1,824

<v fvyo

2,198

2,072

June.

2,072

2

1OO

2,122

2,072

2,021

2,021

1,703

1,703

1,648

1,648

1,512

1,566

1,703

1 430

1^367

1,430

1 O1 Q

1

004

1,430

1

O1Q

1,261

1 11Q

1 11Q

1,119

1 91 Q

1 119

1^079

1,019

1,159

1,019

July.

1,019

926

926

1,019

Q9fi

283

412

746

832

1,703

659

659

832

412

385

385

385

344

344

385

QGK

344

&f>

344

344

385

307

999

179

222

344

Aug.

172

151

259

172

222

172

172

151

172

151

151

172

121

43

43

30

22

fiO

oo

82

22

oo

82

22

22

Oct.

82

172

22

Nov.

82

82

172

172

283

172

283

283

419

412

283

570

419

412

570

926

412

570

Dec.

419

OOQ

172

172

CO

82

172

570

74fi

746

570

570

570

412

412

412

283

412

412

412

283

926

283

d19

Wffi

1,324

QOfi

746

412

283
72 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Monthly discharge ofOneida River at Caughdenoy, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,377 square miles.]

Month.

April. .........................................

July..........................................

August ........................................

October 27-29 ..................................

November. ....................................

December. ....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

7,400 

5,696 

10,721 

8,836 

3,891 

2,072 

1,703 

259

172

926

1,324

Minimum.

2,600 

2,737 

2,072 

3,570 

1,324 

1,019 

172 

22

22

82 

82

Mean.

5,480 

3,721 

4,910 

6,491 

2,310 

1,485 

550 

110

362

467

Per 

square 

mile.

3.98 

2.70 

3.57 

4.71 

1.68 

1.08 

.399 

.080

.263 

.339

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

4.59 

2.81 

4.12 

5.26 

1.94 

1.21 

.46 

.09

.303 

.391

SALMON RIVER AT STILLWATER BRIDGE, NEAR REDFIELD, N. Y.

Location. On Stillwater highway bridge, 6J miles by road east of Altmar, onefourth mile above proposed dam of Ontario Power Co., seven-eighths of a mile 

below Pennock Brook, and 7 miles below mouth of North Branch.

Records available. June 24, 1911, to December 16, 1913.

Drainage area. 191 square miles.

Gage. Chain, attached to upstream side of bridge; read daily morning and evening 

to hundred ths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 2.0, half-tenths from 2.0 to 

3.5, and tenths above 3.5 feet.

Control. Small stone and gravel.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading.

Floods. Crest of flood of March 25-30, 1913, reached gage height 10.5 feet on the 

afternoon of March 27, as recorded by the gage observer and later verified from 

high-water marks by engineers of the Geological Survey. Corresponding discharge approximately 10,000 second-feet, or 52.4 second-feet per square mile 

of drainage area.

Accuracy. Conditions good; open-water records considered excellent.

Cooperation. Gage read by an employee of the Salmon River Power Co., of Niagara 

Falls, N. Y.

Discharge measurements of Salmon River at Stillwater Bridge, near Redfield, N. Y., in

1913.

Date.

Feb. 24o

Mar. llf>

29

Apr. 14

14

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4 54

3.06

5.49

4.85

4.85

Discharge.

Sec.-fl. 

763

421

2,320

1,630

1,660

Date.

May 9

29

30

4

Hydrographer.

G. H. Canfield. ........

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.10

4.65

3.58

2.57

2.70

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

180

1,490

785

326

400

Open water at gage; ice cover at control. 6 Very slight ice effect.
STEEAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 73

Daily gage height, in feet, of Salmon River at Stillwater Bridge, near Redfield, N. Y'., for

1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

1Q

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.8

3.6

3.9

5.3

5.6

5.4

7.0

7.0

6 4

5.8

5.2

6.2

5.9

5.1

4.5

4.4

5.6

8.9 

8 9

6.8

8.0

7.0

5.6

6.2

5.3

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.3

s o

3.8

Feb.

3.8

3.4

3.5

3.6

Q A

^ 0

4.2

4.2

4 1

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.1

Q A

3.0

2 Qfi

3 1

3.5

4.5

4.6

4.4

4.0

.......

Mar.

3.0

3.0

2.95

9 O

2.85

2.8

2.75

2.7

2.9

3.2

3.5

3.7

5.1

7.4

7.5

5.9

5.0 

4 7

5.7

7.4

8.4

5.8

5.5

8.8

9.2

9.7

8.4

5.8

4.8

5.3

Apr.

6.6

5.4

A K

6.2

7.4

6.0

5.0

A. fi

3 7

3 ^

4

0

5.9

5.2

4.8

4. 7

4.6

A Q

3.9

3 7

3.4

3

O

3 1

0 f\

3 A

9 Q

2.8

2.75

9 7

3.1

2

QE

May.

2.7

2.6

2.45

2.35

9 1

2.25

2.2

2.15

2.1

2.1

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.0

2.05

2.15

2 OK

2.1

2.05

2.95

4.4

3.6

3.1

2.75

2.7

4.1

4.6

3.6

3.0

June.

2.7

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.45

2.3

2 7

3.2

2.75

2.45

2.3

2.2

2.1

o ft

1.96

1.93

i on

1.83 

1.80

1 SUJ

1 09

1.86

 x g4

1.77

1.70

1.68

1.79

1.86

1.76

1.71

July.

1.67

1.66

1.65

1.62

1.61

1.60

1 60

1 60

1.62

9 US

2.55

2.15

2.9

2.4

2.05

1.90

1 84

1.74 

1.71

1 66

1.66

1.61

1.62

1.74

1.65

1.60

1 60

1.60

1 60

1.56

Aug.

1.52

1.54

1.52

1.54

1 ^9

1 48

1.47

1 50

1.60

1.57

1 VI

1.47

1 48

1 44

1.44 

1.42

1 40

1

00

1.54

1

QO

1.81

1.70

1.60

1.64

1.60

1.64

1 64

1.58

Sept.

1.54

1 50

1.48

1 48

1 48

1.46

1.46

1 45

1 44

1 43

1.43

1.45

1 48

1.47

1.46

1 48

1.53 

1 64

1.60

1.88

3.00

O CA

2.11

1 84

1.75

1.58

1.64

1.61

1.58

Oct.

1.58

1.69

2.3

2.2

1.92

1.82

1.74

1.70

1.68

1.66

1 64

1.84

2.05

2.01

1.91

1.91

1.87

1.85 

2.2

3

0

5.5

4.5

3 7

3.4

5.3

4.8

3.9

3.35

3.2

3.25

3.05

Nov.

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.7

2.95

2.75

2.55

2.4

2.95

4.7

3.7

3.3

3.0

3.7

3.6

3.15

3.0

2.8 

2.85

6.3

5.4

4.2

3.8

3.8

3.5

3.35

3.25

3.1

3.05

3.05

Dec.

2.95

2.85

3.0

3.15

3.6

3.35

3.45

5.4

4.2

3.9

3.35

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.05

3.1

3.5

.......

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice Feb. 6 to Mar. 1. Old dam which formed control at high water 

washed out by flood Mar. 26, 1913. Gage readings discontinued Dec. 17 on account of backwater which 

was caused by construction of new dam and which may slightly affect all gage heights for December.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Salmon River at Stillwater Bridge, near Redfield, N. Y.,

for 1913.

Day.

 1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10.............. 

11..............

12.............. 

13..............

14.............. 

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

672

598

712

1,515

1,780

1,600

3,260

3,260

2,560

1,960 

1,440

2,350 

2.050

1,360 

985

935

1,780

5,840

5 840

3,020

4,580

3,260

1,780

2 350

1^520

1 040

1 '(KK040

885

719

672

Feb.

672

532

564

598

532

.......

.......

763

Mar.

430

410

410

396

381

367

353

340

326

381

N 469

564 

634

1,360 

3,780

3,910

2,050

1,290

1,100

1,870

3,780

5,140

1,960

1,690

5,700

7,100

7 800

5,980

2,560

1,620

2.050

Apr.

3,520

2,150

1,380

3,020

4,580

2,780

1,780

1,460

862

750 

1,620

2,670 

1,960

1,620

1 Ufi

1 460

1 '980 240

QCO

696

KQ.4

. g^g

CftA

500

456

414

QQ4.

374

546

478

May.

374

336

283

250

235

220

206

193

180

180 

168

168 

168

168 

168

156

168

1QO

220

180

168

ITS

1,310

JJftfi

546

394

^7A

1,100

1,460

806

500

June.

374

594

456

336

283

235

374

594

394

283 

235

206 

180

156 

147

141

134

120

114

130

138

126

122

108

Qfi

Q1

112

126

106

97

July.

90

88

86

81

79

. 77

77

77

81

355 

318

193

456

266 

168

134

122

103

07

88

88

81

79

81

103

86

77

77

77

77

70

Aug.

.63

67

63

67

63

60

57

56

60

77 

81

72 

63

60

56

57

51

El

48

45

42

67

118

116

OP;

77

84

77

84

84

74

Sept.

67

63

60

57

57

57

54

54

52

51

50

50 

52

57 

56

54

57

. 65

84

77

130

505

439

183

122

104

74

84

79

74

Oct.

74

93

235

206

138

118

103

95

91

88

84

122 

168

158 

136

136

128

124

206

980

1,750

1,385

862

696

1,600

1,400

980

670

594

619

523

Nov.

414

336

300

374

478

394

318

266

478

1,200 

862

644

500

862 

806

570

500

414

435

2,000

1,750

1,170

920

920

750

670

619

546

523

523

Dec.

478

435

500

570

806

670

723

1,400

1,000

900 

670

594 

594

594 

523

546

NOTE. New discharge rating curve used beginning Mar. 26,1913, 6n account of old dam being washed 

out. Discharge for December may be too large on account of backwater from new dam under construction 

below the station.
74 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Monthly discharge of Salmon River at Stillwater Bridge, near Redfield, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 101 square miles.]

Month.

February. . .............................

March... . ...............................

April....................................

May....................................

July....................................

September. .............................

December 1-16. .........................

Discharge m second-feet.

Maximum.

5,840

7,800 

4,580 

1,460 

594 

456 

118 

505 

1,750 

2,000 

1,400

7,800

Minimum.

598

326 

374 

156 

91 

70 

42 

50 

74 

266

42

Mean.

2,010 

466 

2,140 

1,390 

392 

220 

127 

68.9 

98.9 

470 

685 

514

718

Per 

square 

mile.

10.5 

2.44 

11.2 

7.28 

2.05 

1.15 

.665 

.361 

.518 

2.46 

3.59 

2.69

3.76

Run-off 

(depth in. 

inches on 

drainage

area).

12.11 

2.54 

12.91 

8.12 

2.36 

1.28 

.77 

.42 

.58 

2.84 

4.00 

3.10

51.03

Accuracy.

B. 

D. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

C.

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.

SALMON RIVER NEAR PULASKI, N. Y.

Location. At highway bridge known locally as Fox's bridge, about 2J miles above 

the village of Pulaski, 2J miles above Trout Brook, and 6J miles above mouth of 

river.

Records available. September 5,1900, to June 30,1907; August 16 to December 6, 

1908; July 14,1910, to December 31,1913. Data published also in reports of New 

York State engineer and surveyor, New York State Water Supply Commission, 

and State of New York Conservation Commission.

Drainage area. 260 square miles.

Gage. Chain gage installed July 23, 1902; vertical staff attached to upstream end of 

center pier of bridge, read September 5,1900, to the winter of 1901-1902, when it 

was destroyed by ice; zero of chain gage 1.20 feet below that of original staff gage. 

Gage read daily, morning and evening, to half-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredths 

below 3.0, half-tenths from 3.0 to 4.5, and tenths above 4.5.

Control. Gravel; fairly permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made either by wading or from bridge.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice.

Floods. Crest of flood of March 25-30, 1913, reached gage height 8.2 feet during the 

night of March 27-28, as indicated by records of the gage observer and by determinations from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological Survey. Corresponding discharge approximately 13,300 second-feet, or 51 second-feet per square 

mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Open-water curve well developed. Published data considered good.

Discharge measurements of Salmon River near Pulaski, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

May 29

Nov. 3o

Hydrographer.

C. S. De Golyer... . .......................................................

O. H.Omfleld. ...........................................................

height.

Feet. 

4.38

3.10

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,700

392

*o Measurement made by wading.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 75

Daily gage height, in feet, of Salmon River near Pulaski, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Seymour J. Fox, observer.)

Day.

1...... ........

2.............. 

3..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10.. ........... -

11.. ..... .......

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.9

3.6 

3.9

4.5

4.6

4.7

5.7

5.6

5.0

4.6

4.7

5.0

4.8

4.5

4.2

4.15

4.8

6.6

6.5

5.6

6.2

5.6

5.4

5.2

4.7

4.4

4.3

4.0

3.7

3.8

3.8

Feb.

3.7

3.45 

3.5

3.6

3.35

3.3

Mar.

.......

5.8

6.5

6.5

5.3

4.8

4 Q

5.0

6.3

7.0

5.4

5.5

6.8

7.3

7.4

7.0

5.5

4.8

5.0

Apr.

5.9

4.8 

4.6

5.3

5.4

4.6

4.1

4.0

3.85

4.5

5.3

4.9

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.25

4.0

3.9

3.85

3.65

3.5

3.5

i d

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.25

3.45

3.4

May.

3.25

3.15 

3.1

3.0

3.0

2.92

2.90

2.85

2.82

2.80

2.82

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.95

2.85

2.80

3.3

4.4

3.85

3.65

3.3

3.2

3.9

4.5

3.8

3.5

June.

3.2

3.5 

3.35

3.2

3.0

2.95

3.0

3.65

3.3

3.1

2.98

2.88

2.80

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.68

2.60

2.60

2.62

2.65

2.65

2.58

2.50

2.55

2.48

2.62

2.62

2.60

2.52

July.

2.50

2.50

2.48

2.48

2.45

2.45

2.42

2.40

2.48

2.85

3.15

3.0

3.2

3.0

2.95

2.62

2.58

2.52

2.50

2.45

2.48

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.50

2.48

2.40

2.40

2.38

2.38

2.35

Aug.

2.35

2.32 

2.30

2.32

2.35

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.38

2.42

2.38

2.35

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.30

2.50

2.52

2.48

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.42

2.40

Sept.

2.35

2.30 

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.28

2.25

2.30

2.23

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.28

2.32

2.42

2.38

2.48

3.25

3.0

2.75

2.68

2.50

2.50

2.35

2.38

Oct.

2.35

2.48 

2.70

2.75

2.65

2.52

2.48

2.45

2.40.

2.40

2.38

2.45

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.60

, 2.60

2.58

2.60

3.7

4.9

4.6

3.9

3 9

4.8

4.6

4.2

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.45

Nov.

3.3

3.2 

3.1

3.1

3.4

3.25

3.15

3.0

3.1

4.3

4.0

3.6

3.4

3.8

3.9

3.55

3.35

3.3

3.25

5.0

5.0

4.2

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.3

Dec.

3.25

3.2 

3.3

3.4

3.7

3.5

3.45

4.^

3.9

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.5

3 45

3.45

3.45

1 4

3.4

3.2

3.2

.3.25

3.2

3.1

Q Q

3.25

3.25

2.95

2.92

3.0

3.05

3.0

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice Feb. 7 to Mar. 13.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Salmon River near Pulaski, N. ¥*.,for 1913.

Day.

1... ...........

2... ...........

3..............

4..............

5....- .........

6..............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16.............. 

17.............. 

18..............

19.............. 

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24.............. 

25..............

26.............. 

27.............. 

28.............. 

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,020

760

1,020

1,680

1,800

1,940

3,770

3,550

2,400 

1,800

1,940

2,400

2,090

1,680

1,330

1,280 

2,090 

6,330

6,000 

3,550

5,080

3,550

3,140

2,750 

1,940

1,560 

1,440 

1,120

845

930

930

Feb.

845

642

680

760

570

535

.......

.......

.......

.......

Mar.

.......

4,000

6,000

6,000 

2,940 

2,090

2,240 

2,400

5,370

7,750

3,140

3,340 

7,020

8,880 

9,270 

7,750 

3,340

2,090

2 Ann

Apr.

4,250

2,090

1 800

*> tun

5,080

3

\Af\

1 800

1,'220

1,120

978

1,680

9 tun

2,240

1,800

1,800

1,560 

1,380 

1,120

1,020 

978

802

680

680

605 

605

535 

535 

500 

642

605

May.

500

432

400

340

340

2%

285

260

245 

235

245

235

235

235

235

235 

235

235

312

260

235

535

1,560

978 

802

535 

465 

1,020 

1,680

930

680

June.

465

680

570

465

340

312

802

535 

400

329

235

235

191

191 

183 

152

152

^ 160

172

172

145

118 

135

112 

160 

160 

152

125

July.

118

118

112

112

104

104

96

90

112 

260

J.OO

340

465

340

312

160 

145 

125

118 

104

112

90

90

90 

118

112 

90 

90

86

86

79

Aug.

797<>

68

72

79

68

68

68

68 

86

Qfi

86

79

68

68

68 

68 

68

60 

60

60

68

118

125 

112

90 

90 

90 

90

96

on

Sept.

79

68

68

68

68

65

60

68

60 

60

60

60

60

60

60

60 

65 

72

% 

86

112

500

340

213 

183

118 

118 

98 

79

86

Oct.

70

112

191

213

172

IOK

119

IfU

90 

90

86

1IM

191

152

152

152 

152

145

152

845

2,240

1,800

1,020

1,020 

2,090

1,800 

1,330

845 

760

760

642

Nov.

535

4fifi

400

400

605

e/Vt

432

340

400 

1,440

1,120

760

605

930

1,020

720 

570 

535

500 

2,400

2,400

1,330

930

930

845

680 

680 

605 

535

535

Dec.

cnn

465

coc

605

845

680

OAt)

1

£GA

1,020 

1,020

760

605

680

642

642

642 

605 

. 605

465 

465

, 500

465

400

535 

500

500 

312 

296 

340

370

340

NOTE. Discharge computed from a well-defined rating curve.
76 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Monthly discharge of Salmon River near Pulaski, N. Y., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 260 square miles.]

Month.

May....................................

July...........:........................

October. ................................

The year. .........................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

6,330

9,270

5,080 

1,680 

802 

465 

125 

500 

2,240 

2,400 

1,680

9,270

Minimum.

760

500 

235 

112 

79 

60 

60 

79 

340 

296

60

Mean.

2,310 

530 

2,980 

1,570 

491 

282 

155 

80 

106 

572 

805 

602

879

Per 

square 

mile.

8.88 

2.04 

11.5 

6.04 

1.89 

1.08 

.596 

.308 

.408 

2.20 

3.10 

2.32

3.38

Run-Off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

10.24 

2.12 

13.26 

6.74 

2.18 

1.30 

.68 

.36 

.46 

2.54 

3.46 

2.68

45.93

Accuracy.

B. 

D. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

NOTE. Discharge Feb. 7 to Mar. 13, inclusive, estimated by comparison with records of Black River near 

Booqville.

ORWELL BROOK NEAR ALTMAR, N. Y.

Location. At highway bridge 1J miles by road northwest of Altmar and one-eighth 

mile above confluence of Orwell Brook with Salmon River.

Records available. June 23, 1911, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 22.1 square miles.

Gage. Standard chain attached to downstream side of bridge; read daily, morning 

and evening, to quarter-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredth!? below 3.0, half-tenths 

from 3.0 to 4.0, and tenths above 4.0 feet.

Control. Composed of small stone and gravel.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading at low stages; from bridge at high 

stages.

Winter flow. Discharge relation probably affected by ice.

Floods. Maximum gage height recorded by observer during high water of March 

25-30, 1913, 4.8 feet on morning of March 27. Corresponding discharge, about 

460 second-feet, or 21 second-feet per square mile of drainage area. Determinations made later from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological Survey 

indicate that crest of flood may have exceeded stage recorded by observer.

Accuracy. Discharge rating curve well defined; estimates good.

The following discharge measurement was made by C. S. De Golyer by wading at 

a section 300 feet above the gage: 

May 30, 1913: Gage height, 2.42 feet; discharge, 47.3 second-feet.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 77

Daily gage height, in feet, of Orwell Brook near Altmar, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Mrs. A. G. White, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10.............. 

11..............

12..............

13..............

14.............. 

15..............

16..............

17..............

la

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

2.60

2.35

3.2

3.35

3.05

3.15

3.75 

3.7

3

C

3.35 

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.05

2.81

2.85

4 0

4.3

4.0

3.5

3 9

3.4

3 AC

3 A

3.1

2.88

2.98

2.78

2.62

2.50 

2.60

Feb.

2.65

2.75

2

7(2

2 79

2.62

3.0

.......

3.8

3

7C

3 7

3.7

3.7

3.2

2.80

2 7ft

2.80

3.1

3.0

2.70

2 41

.......

Mar.

2.40

2.25

2

7(2

2 CO

9 AR

2 4*

2.52 

2,62

2.85

2.92 

2.82

2.78

2

00

4.7 

4.8

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.15

3.4

4.0

3.6

3 1

3

OC

A 9

4.6

4.8

3.8

3.2

3.0 

3.1

Apr.

3.0

2.92

2

7(2

3

0

3.05

2 no

2.78 

2.68

2 £9

2.50 

3.05

2 95

2 79

2.60 

2.48

2 4/1

2

00

2.40

2 40

2

oc

2.35

2

flQ

3 A.

3.0

2.25

2.30

2 CO

3.5

2.25

May.

2 on

2 1 P;

2 1 1

2

1 c

2 19

2.10 

2.05

2.05

2.05 

2 ftp;

2

ftC

2 ftO

2.02 

2.02

2 no

2 no

9 11

2 in

2.05

2 05

2 79

2.55

2.40

2.40

 2.75

2 7ft

2 CO

2.36 

2.22

June.

2 1 i

2.36

2 oc

2 9ft

2 19

2 no

2.50

2

OC

2

10

2.08 

2.05

9 ft9

2

nn

1.98 

1.95

1.95

1 94

i on

i on

1 01

1 95

1 94

1 on

1

0ft

1.85

1 Q*.

1 QQ

1 94

i fifi

1.85

July.

1 0.1

1.85

i ft4

1 0.9

1 on

1.80

1.79

1 7Q

i on

1.98

I QQ

1.88

2

nc

1.91

1.85

1 84

1 89

1 fil

1 Rft

1 70.

1 7O

1.75

1.75

1.80

1.80

1 7Q

1.76

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

Aug.

i 7C

1 71

i 7C

1.75

1.75

1.72 

1.75

1.75

1.80 

1.76

1.75

1 79

1.71 

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.78

1 80

i 71

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.75 

1.70

Sept.

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70 

1 69

1.68 

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70 

1.70

1.70

1 71

1.75

1.70

1.70

1

7Q

2.16

1 ftfi

1.80

i on

1.80

1.78

1 78

1.78

1.75

Oct.

1 Sift

1 00

1 ftl

1 7Q

1 7fi

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

1 01

1.95

1.90 

1.85

1 ftl

1 90

2 ftft

3.0

3.1

2 71

2.55

2.95

2 Oft

2.92

2.64

2 11

2.40 

2.40

Nov.

2

OC

2

OC

2 9ft

2

9*.

2.25

2 on

2.15

9 1ft

2

<>Q

2.58

2 4.9

2

OE

2 qo

2.45 

2.35

2

O,f

2

Oe

2 99

2 30

2 95

2 CO

2.55

2 en

2.45

2

Af\

2.35

2.30

2.25

2.25

2:25

Dec.

2

9C

2

0Q

o on

2 On.

2.40 

2 82

2 79

2.48 

2.42

2.58

2.38

2.35 

2.35

2.35

2.44

2 4.9

9 4.1

2.35

2.35

2.32

2

jn

2.40

2.40

2.35

2.70

2.52

2.45

2.45 

2.40

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice about Feb. 6-28.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Orwell Brook near Altmar, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

66

42

149

173

126

142

241

232

173

165

14.O

134

126

92

98

288

347

288

1Q8

269

181

126

181

134

102

116

88

68

56

66

Feb.

72

84

88

81

CO

Mar.

47

34

88

68

52

52

58

68

98

108

94

88

102

431

453

288

288

288

142

181

288

215

134

157

327

410

453

250

149

119

134

Apr.

110

108

 88

149

126

108

88

76

- 68

Cfi

126

112

81

66

54

47

45

47

47

42

42

76

119

34

34

38

68

198

34

May.

30

30

26

26

26

24

23

20

20

20

20

20

18

18

18

18

18

24

23

20

20

81

61

47

47

47

84

78

64

43

32

June.

26

43

36

30

24

22

56

42

29

22

20

18

17

16

15

15

15

13

13

15

15

15

13

11

11

15

17

15

11

11

July.

11

11

11

10

9

9

16

12

12

20

13

11

11

10

9

9

8

8

8

8

9

9

9

8

8

8

8

8

Aug.

8

8

8

8

8

7

7

8

8

9

8

8

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

8

9

8

6

6

6

6

9

8

6

Sept.

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

8

8

6

6

8

27

12

9

9

9

8

8

8

8

Oct.

10

11

9

8

8

8

8

8

8

'8

15

15

13

11

11

11

13

17

119

134

84

61

112

105

108

71

61

47

47

47

Nov.

42

34

30

34

34

30

26

23

45

64

49

42

40

52

42

42

34

32

38

112

76

61

56

52

47

42

38

34

34

34

Dec.

34

36

38

42

42

38

47

94

81

54

49

. 64

45

42

42

42

51

49

48

42

42

40

47

47

47

42

78

58

52

52

47
78 SUEPACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Monthly discharge of Orwell JBroo/b near Altmar, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 22.1 square miles.]

Month.

May.....................................

July.....................................

December

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

347

453 

198 

84 

56 

20 

9 

27 

134 

112 

94

453

Minimuin.

42

34 

34 

18 

11 

8 

6 

6 

8 

23 

34

6

Mean.

155 

40.0 

183 

80.5 

33.7 

20.7 

10.0 

7.16 

7.67 

38.6 

44.0 

49.4

56.1

Per 

square 

mile.

7.01 

1.81 

8.28 

3.64 

1.52 

.937 

.452 

.324 

.347 

1.75 

1.99 

2.24

2.54

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

8.08 

1.88 

9.55 

4.06 

1.75 

1.05 

.52 

.37 

.39 

2.02 

2.22 

2.58

34.47

Accuracy.

A. 

D. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B, 

C. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

A. 

A.

NOTE. Discharge Feb. 6-28, inclusive, estimated by comparison with records of Salmon River near 

Pulaski.

BLACK EIVEE NEAR BOONVILLE, N. Y.

Location. At highway bridge about 2 or 3 miles northeast of Boonville, an equal 

distance by river downstream from Hawkinsville, and about 1 mile above the 

mouth of Sugar River, a small tributary from the left.

Records available. February 16,1911, to December 31,1913. Data also published 

in annual reports of State of New York Conservation Commission and New York 

State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 303 square miles (measured on United States Geological Survey 

topographic sheets).

Gage. Standard chain fastened to the downstream side of the bridge; read daily, 

morning and evening, to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 4.0, 

half-tenths from 4.0 to 5.5, and tenths above 5.5 feet. A staff gage, reading from 

6 to 13 feet, fastened to the downstream right-hand abutment, is used for highwater readings.

Control. Rough and bowldery; permanent.

Discharge measurements. At high stages made from cable stretched across 

stream about half a mile above gage; at low stages made by wading at a section 

near cable.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice.

Diversions. Part of the flow of Black River is diverted past the gaging station 

through a feeder taking water at the State dam at Forestport and delivering it to 

the summit level of Black River canal at Boonville. Part of flow passes northward, supplying Black River canal from Boonville to head of slack-water navigation at foot of Lyon Falls; remainder is diverted from drainage basin and flows 

into Erie canal at Rome. To determine the amount diverted past the station 

and out of the drainage basin measurements are made in the Forestport feeder at 

a farm bridge near Speny Hill, 1 mile northeast of Boonville. Measurements of 

northward flow in the Black River canal are made at a farm bridge half a mile 

north of Boonville; measurements of the southward flow at a farm bridge about 

three-fourths mile southeast of Boonville. The results of these measurements 

are published in tables that follow. The Forestport feeder was opened for service 

on May 13, 1913, for the purpose of feeding Erie canal, but the Black River canal 

did not open until later. When navigation is closed on Erie canal the feeder 

gates are closed also and the surplus water runs over the dam into Black River. 

Some water leaks through feeder gates and flows through the feeder into Lansing 

Kill and Mohawk River, Feeder gates were closed November 30, 1913,
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 79

Storage. A reservoir built by the State at Forest Brook, about 8 miles upstream, 

stores about 2,000,000,000 cubic feet. About a mile above the station is a site at 

which a dam 110 feet high would impound 3,300,000,000 cubic feet of water.

Floods. Crest of flood of March 25-30, 1913, reached gage height about 12.5 feet 

during the night of March 27-28, as indicated by records of the gage observer arid 

elevation of high-water mark determined by engineers of the Geological Survey. 

Corresponding discharge, approximately 10,000 second-feet, or 33 second-feet per 

square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Discharge rating curve well defined. Records do not represent total 

run-off from drainage area. See "Diversions."

Discharge measurements of Black River near Boonville, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 12

13

Apr. 15

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

.....do.................

height.

Feet. 

5.44

5.65

6.10

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

636

622

QQQ

Date.

19o

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.47

3.21

3.11

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

70.5

40.6

33.0

» Measurement made by wading. 

Discharge measurements of Forestport feeder at Boonville, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

July 24

25

26

28

29 

30

31 

Aug. 1

2

4

5

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.o

Feet. 

0.60

.95

1.18

1.16

.98

1.06 

1.04

1.05 

1.04

1.02

1.02

.98

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

OOQ

259

223

252

266

246 

255

242 

251

244

245

246

Date.

8

9

10

17

18

19

Oct. 2

28

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.................

W.S. Easterly.........

Gage 

heights

Feet.

O QO

94

.97

1.03

96

1.14 

1.05

.95 

1.06

.88

1.05

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

244

OKQ

241

234

244

247 

232

239 

222

262

262

a Distance from reference point down to water surface. 

Discharge measurements of Black River canal (flowing south) at Boonville, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

July 24

25 

26 

28

29

30

4

5

Hydrographer.

.....do................. 

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

height.

Feet. 

1.09

1.26

1.17 

1.43 

1.21

1.22

1.22

1.24

1.26

1.26

1.20

Discharge.

'Sec.-ft. 

204

194

182 

187 

185

194

193

198

192

188

187

Date.

A 110* fi

8 

9 

10

17

18

19

Sept. 1

Oct. 2

28

Hydrographer.

.....do................. 

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

G.H.CanfieW. ........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.16

1.26

1.28 

1.35 

1 30

1.60

1.35

1.25

1 40

1.20

1.17

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

194

198

187 

191

1Q9

159

168

177

160

222

Discharge measurements of Black River canal (flowing north) at Boonville, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

July 24

25 

26

28

30

Aug. 1

2

4

6

Hydrographer.

W. S. Easterly. ........

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.23

4.75

4.70

4.77

4.62

4.58

4.90

4.82

4.75

4.82

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

59

42.1

38.4 

33.8

39.8

38.6

29.9

27.6

25.9

25.1

Date.

Aug. 7

9 

10

17

18

Sept. 1

Oct. 2

28

Hydrographer.

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

C.S.DeGolyer. .......

G.H.Canfield. ........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

6.00

4.75

4.84 

4.86

4.44

4.65

4.60

4.25

1.94

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

n

o

29.6

25.0 

24.8

46.8

39.0

39.5

50.6

14.8
80 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily gage Jieight, in feet, of Black River near Boonville, N. Y.,for 1913 

[W. D. Charboneau, observer.]'

Day.

I..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5.7

5.45

6.4

7.0

7.2

7.3

7.8

7.9

7.6

7.1

7.0

7.0

6.6

6.2

6.1

6.3

6.6

7.8

8.4

8.4

8.8

8.4

7.8

7.5

7.1

6.8

6.4

6.1

5.9

5.9

6.0

Feb.

5.9

5.7

5.8

5.9

5.6

S.5

5.45

5.6

5.3

5.15

5.25

5.5

5.35

5.45

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.3

5.35

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.3

5.25

5.3

5.6

5.6

5.4

Mar.

5.6

5.5

5.35

5.2

5.15

5.3

5.25

5.15

5.0

5.15

5.35

5.6

5.6

7.4

8.2

8.4

A Q

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.7

7.4

7.6

7.7

8 4

10.6

10.6

10.8

9.1

7.8

7.6

Apr.

7.6

7.4

7.4

7 9

7.6

8.0

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.4

6.6

6.6

6.7

6.4

6.3

6.2

6.6

6.7

6.1

6

0

6.1

6.0

6.0

5.8

6.0

6.0

5.7

5.7

5.4

5.4

May.

5.1

5.3

5.3

5.6

5.3

5.4

5.35

5.1

5.0

4 9

4.7

4.75

4.7

4 4

4.45

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.75

4 9

fi 9

5.8

C Q

5.6

5.7

fi 4

7.3

7.7

7.6

June.

7.6

7.6

7.3

5.7

4.95

4.4

4.05

4 05

3.80

3 fin

3 fin

3.50

3.55

3.60

3.48

3.36

3.60

3.70

3

QK

4 05

4.7

4.9

4.85

4.7

4.6

4.65

4.6

4.5

4.4

July.

4.1

3.80

3.40

3.25

3.05

3.10

3.08

3.22

3.22

3.06

3.30

3.55

1 45

3.50

3.60

3.38

3.18

3.30

 * no

3.14

3.25

3.38

3.32

3 99

3.20

3.15

3.20

3.44

3.28

3.18

Aug.

3.16

3.22

3.22

3.22

3.19

3.23

3.16

3.29

3.18

3.28

3 94

3.18

3.15

3.16

3.26

3.16

3 99

 * 14

3 19

3.08

3

1 1

3.15

3.28

3.18

 * 14

3.22

3.22

3.22

3.16

3.18

Sept.

3.18

3.02

3.10

3.20

3.24

3.24

3.28

3.25

3.08

3.02

3.12

3.10

3.18

3.12

3.18

3.10

3.19

3.12

3.24

3.38

3.55

3.90

3.75

3.40

3.60

3.60

3.29

3.02

3.12

Oct.

3.18

3.34

3.45

4.05

4.2

3.95

3.38

3.26

3.08

8.12

3.38

3.28

3.22

3.22

3.20

3.13

3.12

4.15

5.6

6.3

5.35

5.25

5.1

4.85

4.8

4.75

4.9

4.7

Nov.

3.95

3.80

4.3

3.38

3.50

3.32

3.10

3.50

5.2

8.2

8.0

7.6

7.3

5.9

5.4

5.4

5.05

4.95

4 Q

5.8

6.4

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.7

5.3

5.05

4.8

5.0

4.8

Dec.

4.9

5.15

5.3

5.5

5.6

5.3

5.3

5.4

5.15

5.1

5.25

5.4

5.3

5.1

5.05

4.85

5.0

5.0

4.6

4.75

4.6

4.65

4 4

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.55

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.8

NOTE. Discharge relation probably not materially affected by ice during the early part of the year, but 

affected by ice about Dec. 27-31.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Black River near Boonville, N. Y:,for 1913.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..'...........

6..............

7. .............

8..............

9..............

10..............

ii.........:....

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31:.............

Jan.

735

605

1,210

1,740

1,940

2,050

2,620

2,740

2,380

1,840

1,740

1,740

1,370

1,060

990

1,140

1,370

2,620

3,360

3,360

3,880

3,360

2,620

2,270

1,840

1.540

1,210

990

855

855

920

Feb.

855

735

795

855

680

630

605

680

535

470

512

630

558

605

630

580

680

558

490

535

580

535

512

535

680

680

580

Mar.

680

630

558

490

470

535

512

470

410

470

558

680

680

2,160

3,110

3,360

1,640

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,460

2,160

2,380

2,500

3,360

6,390

6,390

6,680

4 280

2,620

2,380

Apr.

2,380

2,160

2.160

1 Q4O

2,380

2,860

1,740

1,540

1,370

1,210

1,370

1,370

1,460

1,210

1,140

1,060

1,370

1 460 '990

1,060

990

QOA

Q9ft

795

QOA

735

735

580

580

May.

450

535

535

680

535

580

558

450

410

370

305

320

305

227

238

335

335

262

335

305

320

370

1,060

795

70S

680

735

1,210

2

AKA

2,500

2,380

June.

2,380

2,380

2,050

735

390 227'

154

154

111

84

84

72

78

84

70

57

84

97

119

154

305

370

352

305

227

275

290

275

250

227

July.

164

111

61

46

30

34

33

44

44

31

51

78

66

72

84

59

70

40

51

33

37

46

59

53

44

42

38

42

65

49

40

Aug.

39

44

44

44

41

45

39

50

40

49

46

40

38

39

47

39

44

37

36

33

35

38

49

42

40

37

44

44

44

39

40

Sept.

40

28

34

42

46

46

36

49

46

33

28

36

34

40

36 >

40

34

41

36

46

59

78

127

104

61

84

84

50

28

36

Oct.

40

 55

66

154

184

136

59

47

33

36

45

59

46

49

44

44

42

Oft

36

174

-680

i i/in

580

558

450

352

335

320

370

305

Nov.

136

111

205

59

72

53

34

72

490

3,110

2,860

2,380

2,050

855

580

580

430 «>QA

370

795

1,210

920

795

795

735

535

430

335

410

335

Dec.

370

470

535

630

680

535

535

580

470

450

512

580

535

1 450

430

352

410

275

320

275

90n

275

305

335

NOTE. Open-water rating curve used Jan, 1 to Dec, 26, Discharge from about Feb. 8 to Mar. 8 may be 

slightly large for this reason.
STREAMS TEIBUTAEY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 81

Monthly discharge of Black River near Boonmlle, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 303 square miles.]

Month,

May...........................................................

July...........................................................

December. .....................................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,880 

855 

6,680 

2,860 

2,500 

2,380 

164 

50 

127 

1,140 

3,110 

680

6,680

Minimum.

605 

470 

410 

580 

227 

57 

30 

33 

28 

33 

34 

227

28

Mean.

1,840 

616 

2,000 

1,340 

676 

415 

55.4 

41.5 

49.4 

225 

738 

403

702

Accuracy.

A 

C 

B 

A 

A 

A 

B 

B 

B 

B 

A 

A

NOTE. Estimates do not indicate natural flow, as stream is regulated at Forestport reservoir and certain 

amounts of water are diverted out of the drainage area and around the station. See "Diversions" and 

"Storage" in station description.

BLACK RIVER AT FELTS MILLS, N. Y.

Location. At dam of Lefevre Paper Co., formerly owned by Black River Traction 

Co., about 1J miles above village of Felts Mills. Dam is 9 miles upstream from 

Watertown and 7 miles upstream from the old gaging station at Huntingtonville.

Records available. February, 1897, to December, 1901, at Huntingtonville dam; 

August 29,1902, to December 31,1913, at Felts Mills. Data also in annual reports 

of the State of New York engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 1,851 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff attached to crib at left-hand side of stream above mill; gage 

readings corrected for velocity of approach during high water.

Determination of discharge. Previous to August 16, 1910, records were kept of 

the flow over a dam about 100 feet upstream from the paper mill; dam was of 

sawed timber resting on a limestone foundation and its main crest was 380.6 feet 

long. New concrete dam was constructed in summer of 1910 about 100 feet 

downstream. Main crest of dam for low and medium stages, 300.45 feet long, 

3.75 feet wide, and about 6 feet high; upstream face vertical; downstream, semiogee section. On right-hand side is an additional section of greater elevation, 

48.2 feet long; on left-hand side, angling upstream, is a section 139.7 feet long, 

making total length of dam for high-water discharge approximately 488.4 feet. 

A wood-pulp mill constructed at the left-hand end of the dam has been in operation 

since 1907. The mill contains one 45-inch and four 72-inch Smith-McCormick 

turbines. Discharge over spillways is calculated by means of weir formula, 

using coefficients derived from experiments by the United States Geological 

Survey on a dam of similar cross section. Record is kept of hours run and of 

gate opening of each wheel as well as head under which turbines operate.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice.

Regulation. Power plants and storage above station.

 Accuracy. Results believed to be good for a station of this type.

Cooperation. Data as published furnished by New York State engineer and surveyor.

56525° WSP 354 15 6
82 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Mean daily discharge, in second-feet, of Black River at Felts Mills, N. "ST., for 1913.

Day.

1.... ...............

3...................

4...................

5...................

6...................

7...................

8...................

9................... 10...................

11...................

19

13...................

14...................

15...................

16...................

17...................

18...................

19...................

20...................

21...................

99

23...................

24...................

25...................

26...................

27...................

28...................

29...................

30...................

31...................

Mar.

3,308

"1,996

2,795

2,657

2,840

2,528

2,528

2.528

02,243

2,952

3,868

4,140

4,828

8,042

14,346

018,590

17, 362

15,989

13,482

11,166

10,454

10,641

014,640

14,346

14,786

17,362

27,260

32,166

31, 176

024,373

16,933

Apr.

15,234

13,907

13,695

14,346

13,907

013,925

13,695

12,635

10,719

9,445

8.446

8,120

<»7,303

7,802

7,646

6,779

5,967

5,143

4,504

o4,335

4,605

3,914

3,830

3,514

3,348

3,107

02,831

3,107

3,107

3,267

May.

3,267

3,187

2,762

o2,243

2,476

1,329

1,962

1,836

1,836

1,776

ol,666

1,898

1,613

1,367

1,474

1,435

1,517

ol,240

1,776

1,836

1,962

1,776

1,776

2,975

02,634

3,157

2,714

2,631

4,193

4,857

4,857

June.

02,634

3,290

3,197

2,754

2,589

2,431

2,137

ol,577

2,208

1,898

1,665

1,665

1,474

1,474

ol,082

1,341

1,435

1,320

1,399

1,341

1,435

ol,160

1,517

1,563

1,435

1,517

1,309

1,341

0788

July.

1,399

1,309

1,309

254

1,381

o720

1,320

1,309

1,320

1,399

1,399

1,341

ol,322

1,816

1,816

1,506

955

923

923

o720

923

923

923

934

1,204

923

0254

1,013

923

923

923

Aug.

923

923

o527

955

955

955

923

923

923

o527

641

923

923

923

923

923

0653

923

923

923

923

923

923

o467

955

923

923

923

923

923

o527

Sept.

467

923

923

923

521

923

o208

537

537

730

730

730

665

o467

730

537

665

730

730

537

o467

537

553

896

1,116

923

923

o720

923

923

Oct.

537

1,115

537

1,399

ol,491

1,719

1,329

1,303

923

1,320

923

(0)

1,341

1,049

1,399

1,116

923

955

0859

955

5,444

5,811

6,061

5,244

4,969

o4,095

4,301

4,231

4,231

3/422

3,197

Nov.

2,840

ol,666

2,431

1,776

2,509

2,509

2,509

2,509

o5,488

5,687

6,315

6,575

6,188

5,647

5,048

o3,060

3,578

3,290

2,926

4,369

5,048

5,166

o4,839

4,932

4,261

3,538

3,065

3,105

2,886

ol,848

Dec.

2,671

2,671

2,589

2,509

2,671

2,754

o 3, 170

3,480

3,578

3,578

3,290

2,431

2,671

02,429

2,840

2,754

2,509

2,509

2,589

1,836

ol,666

2,208

2,137

1,719

1,322

2,280

1,653

ol,666

1,876

1,563

1,816

o Sunday.

Monthly discharge of Black River at Felts Mills, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,851 square miles.)

Month.

March.........................................

April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

32,166 

15,234 

4,857 

3,290 

1,816 

955 

1,116 

6,061 

6,575 

3,578

Minimum.

1,996 

2,831 

1,240 

788 

254 

467 

208 

537 

1,666 

1,322

Mean.

11,365 

7,739 

2,323 

1,743 

1, 107 . 

856 

706 

2,329 

3,854 

2,433

Per 

square 

mile.

6.J4 

4.18 

1.25 

0.942 

0.598 

0.462 

0.381 

1.25 

2.08 

1.31

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

7.08 

4.66 

1.44 

1.05 

0.689 

0.533 

0.425 

1.44 

2.32 

1.51

MOOSE RIVER AT MOOSE RIVER, N. Y.

Location. In the village of Moose River, about 3 miles downstream from McKeever

station on Adirondack division of New York Central & Hudson River Railroad^.

5 miles below mouth of South Branch of Moose River, and nearly 20 miles above

junction of Black and Moose rivers at Lyons Falls. 

Records available. June 5,1900, to December 31,1913. Data also in annual reports

of the New York State engineer and surveyor and State of New York Conservation

Commission. 

Drainage area. 370 square miles (measured on United States Geological Survey

topographic sheets).
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ONTARIO. 83

Gage. Staff, in two sections, fastened to left bank a short distance above cable; 

read daily, morning and evening, to half-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredths 

below 5.5, half-tenths from 5.5 to 6.5, and tenths above 6.5 feet. Gage datum 

was lowered 0.17 foot February 28, 1903, and again 5.00 feet January 1, 1913.

Control. Composed of cobble and bowlders; fairly permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable a short distance below gage.

Regulation. Flow regulated for power and log driving by a timber dam at McKeever. 

During parts of year, therefore, two gage readings a day may not give a representative mean.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice.

Floods. Crest of flood of March 25-30,1913, reached gage height 16.3 feet on afternoon 

of March 27, as indicated by gage-height hydrograph and verified by engineers of 

the Geological Survey. Corresponding discharge, approximately 15,500 secondfeet, or 42 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Open-channel rating curve fairly accurate. Discharge data for periods 

of open water considered good.

Discharge measurements of Moose River at Moose River, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

Aug. 15

15

Oct. 27

27

Hydrographer.

.....do...................................................................

Gage

Feet. 

o5.54

o5.46

8.37

8.34

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

153

145

1,380

1,360

o Measurement made by wading.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Moose River at Moose River, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Chris Haunan, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2.. ............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

19..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

7.6

7.8

8.1

8.4

8.2

o q

as

Q 8

9 6

Q 9

c 7

8.6

o A

8.6

8.1

7 8

8.6

9 6

10.4

& Q

10.8

10.4

9 9

9 7

9

0

0 Q

Q A

7

ft

7.2 

7.1

6.8

Feb.

6.7

6 9

7.0

7 9

7.6

7.5

7 9

fi Q

6 9

6.8

6.8

6.7

6.8

6 9

fi Q

7.0

7.0

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.6

6 9

7 9

7.6

7 S

7.3

7.0

Mar.

6.8

6.7

6.8

6.6

6.8

6.6

6.8

6 9

7.0

7 1

7 S

8.1

Q ft

9

1

10.4

10.7

in o

10.0

9 8

Q fi

9 8

10.0

IA o

11.3

19 9

 \A O

15.5

 10 Q

12.8 

11.8

in o

Apr.

9.9

9 7

9.8

9 8

10 4

10 4

10.1

9.5

Q 7

ao

7 9

7 9

Q O

Q O

8.3

7.8

7.7

7.7

7 9

7.7

7.5

7 9

7 9

7.1

7 9

7 O

7.1

ft o

6.6 

6.5

May.

6.6

6.7

6.6

6.5

6.45

6.35

6.4

6.35

6.4

6.4

A 9

6.25

S o

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.9

6.5

6.7

6 9

7.0

7.0

7.1

Q A

9.3

8.8

C A

June.

8.0

&2

8.3

7.8

7.5

7.0

6.7

6.5

6.5

6.45

6.5

6.25

6.25

6.35

6.25

6.2

6.2

6.15

6.1

6.15

6.05

5 AC

6.0

5.9

5.7

5.5

6.4

6.4 

6.3

July.

6.1 6.0'

6.15

6.1

6.2

5.9

5.6

5.55

5.45

5.55

5.85

6.1

6.0

6.1

5.95

5.8

5.95

5.55

5.44

4.94

5 1O

4 ai

5.44

4 94

4.94

d (U

5 An

5,55 

5.65

5.55

Aug.

5.55

5.44

5.55

5.55

5.65

5.8

5.09

5.9

5.6

5.6

5

KK

5.55

5.42

5.6

5.12

5.6

5 41

5.11

5.30

5 AC

5.44

5.06

5.21

5.34

5.6

5.44

5.31 

5.19

5 Id

Sept.

5.18

5.34

5.46

5.41

5.5

5.41

5.12

5.20

5.11

5.20

5.25

5.31

5.29

5.21

5.28

5.30

5.36

5.39

5.65

5.55

5.39

5.55

5.42

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.6

5.8

5.6

Oct.

5.8

5.95

6.5

6.8

6.3

6.1

6.1

6.0

5.85

5.6

5.5

5.18

5.44

5.8

6.0

6.2

6.1

6.3

5.8

6.6

8.8

8.8 ai

7.8

7.4

7.7

8.4

8.1

7.8 

7.5

7.0

Nov.

6.8

6.0

6.7

6.7

7.1

7.0

6.8

6.7

7.2

11.2

9 4

8.4

8.4

8.1

8.2

8.1

7.7

7.5

7.6

8.2

9.2

8.6

8.9

8.3

8.0

7.8

7.8

ao

7.7 

7.6

Dec.

7.2

7.0

6.8

6.4

6.5

6.4

5.9

6.8

7.8

7.2

6.8

7.0

6.8

6.8

6.5

6.6

6.8

6.6

6.6

5.7

6.1

5.85

5.25

5.29

5.6

6.25

6.05

6.3

6.6

6.35

NOTE. Discharge relation not materially affected by ice during winter of 1912-13.
84 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Moose River at Moose River, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1...... ........

2..............

3..............

4.. ............

5..............

6..............

7... ...........

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12. .............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16. .............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21............

22..........

23............

24..........

25. .........

26...........

27:...........

28.........

29..........

30.............

31...........

Jan.

910

1,020

1,220

1,430

1,290

1,290

1,760

2,660

2,480

2,120

1,670

1,590

1,590

1,590

1,220

1,020

1,590

2,480

3,280

2,660

3,740

3,280

2,760

2,570

2,120

1,760

t "I CA

Qtft

710

665

545

Feb.

510

585

625

710

910

855

710

585

585

545

545

510

545

585

585

625

625

545

545

545

545

476

585

710

Qtft

1,020

755

625

Mar.

545

510

545

476

545

476

545

585

625

755

1,020

1,220

1,590

2,030

3,280

3,620

3,060

2,860

2,660

2,480

S fififi

2 s fin

3,060

4,360

5,630

9 J/V>

19 onn

8

CTJA

6,680

5,030

S nfiff

Apr.

2,760

2,570

2,660

2,660

3,280

3,280

2,960

2,390

1,670

1,150

1,090

1,090

1,290

1,290

1,360

1,020

965

Q£C

1,080

QfiS

855

710

710

665

710

710

665

545

476

442

May.

476

510

476

442

426

393

409

393

409

409

346

362

316

257

202

176

151

126

257

377

442

476

510

585

625

625

665

1,150

2,210

1,760

1 1 430

June.

1,150

1,290

1,360

1,020

855

625

510

442

442

426

442

362

362

393

362

346

346

331

316

331

vii

272

286

257

202

151

409

442

Ana

377

July.

316

286

331

316

346

257

176

164

138

164

243

316

286

316

272

229

272

189

164

136

42

81

42

136

42

42

42

148

164

189

164

Aug.

164

136

164

136

164

189

229

64

331

257

176

176

164

164

131

176

69

176

128

67

103

146

136

59

85

112

176

136

105

81

72

Sept.

79

112

141

128

151

128

69

83

67

83

93

105

101

85

99

103

117

124

189

164

124

164

131

151

176

202

229

176

229

176

Oct.

229

272

442

545

377

316

316

286

243

176

151

79

136

229

286

346

316

377

229

476

1,760

1,760

1,220

1,020

805

965

1,430

1,220

1,020

855

625

Nov.

545

286

510

510

665

625

545

510

710

4,230

2,300

1,430

1,430

1,220

1,290

1,220

965

855

910

1,290

2,120

1,590

1,850

1,360

1,150

1,020

1,020

1,150

965

910

Dec.

710

625

545

409

442

409

257

545

1,020

710

545

545

625

545

545

442

476

545

476

476

202

316

243

93

101

176

362

301

377

476

393

NOTE. Discharge throughout year may be determined from open-water rating curve; values somewhat excessive for short period in February.

Monthly discharge of Moose River at Moose River, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 370 square miles.]

Month.

February. ..............................

March.

April....................................

May...

June. ...................................

July....................................

September. . ............................

October. ................................

November. .............................

December. ..............................

The year..........................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,740 

1,020 

12,900 

3,280 

2,210 

1,360 

331 

331 

229 

1,760 

4,230 

1,020

12,900

Minimum.

545

476 

476 

442 

126 

151 

42 

59 

67 

79 

286 

93

42

Mean.

1,780 

639 

3,030 

1,430 

561 

494 

194 

144 

134 

597 

1.170 

449

888

Per 

square 

mile.

4.81 

1.73 

8.19 

3.86 

1.51 

1.32 

.524 

.390 

.362 

1.61 

3.16 

1.21

2.40

Run-off 

{depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

5.54 

1.80 

9.44 

4.31 

1.74 

1.47 

.60 

.45 

.40 

1.86 

3.53 

1.40

32.54

Accuracy.

B. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.

MIDDLE BRANCH OF MOOSE RIVER AT OLD FORGE, N. Y.

Location. About 300 feet below the highway bridge in Old Forge and about 400 feet

below the dam. 

Records available. November 9, 1911, to December 31, 1913; published also in

annual reports of New York State engineer and surveyor and State of New York

Conservation Commission. 

Drainage area. 51.5 square miles. 

Gage. Vertical staff, graduated to feet and tenths, reading from 1 foot to 7 feet,

spiked to birch tree on left bank of stream 300 feet below highway bridge; read

daily, morning and evening, to quarter-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredths

below 2.0, until April 17, and below 1.5 after that date, half-tenths from these

limits to 3.0, and tenths above 3.0 feet.
STREAMS TBIBUTABY TO LAKE ONTABIO. 85

Control. Rock reef about 200 feet below the gage. Channel fairly straight and 

uniform from dam to reef. Right bank high and wooded; left bank from highway 

bridge to within about 50 feet of gage defined by stone wall about 3 feet above 

ordinary low water.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading at low and medium stages and from 

highway bridge at high stages. -

Regulation. Flow controlled at the dam.

Winter flow. Discharge relation is not affected by ice.

Flood. Maximum stage of flood of March 25-30, 1913, reached on March 28; computations of discharge through the gates and over the dam at Old Forge indicate 

mean discharge of 760 second-feet, or 14.8 second-feet per square mile of drainage 

area.

Accuracy. Discharge rating curve well defined; estimates good.

Discharge measurements of Middle Branch of Moose River at Old Forge, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

Aug. 15

16

Sept. 23

O4

24

24

24

Hydrographer.

C.S.DeGolyer. .......

W.S. Easterly.........

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.15

1.56

2.32

2.72

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

60.3

63.0

61.7

17.6

38.5

116

187

Date.

25

25

26

26

26

26

Hydrographer.

W.S. Easterly.........

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.70

1.48

.99

1.70

2.12

1.86

2.54

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

A1 Q

56.0

21.6

75.5

130

QQ K

1QQ

NOTE. All measurements made by wading. Measurements on Sept. 25 and 26 were made after the control 

bad been cleared of logs and brush.

Daily gage height, infect, of Middle Branch of Moose River at Old Forge, N. Y., for 1913.

[Vernon S. Ervin, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3... ...........

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26...'...........

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31. .............

Jan.

2.4

1.86

1.35

1.35

1.35

1.35

1.35

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1 00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.20

1.40

1.59

1.71

1.78

1.85

1.88

1.91

1.95

1.95

1.95 

1.95

1.95

Feb.

1.99

1.98

1.98

1.98

1.98

1.98

1.95

1.92

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.88

1.89

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

Mar.

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.98

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.90

1.98

2.2

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.5

3.6

4.0

4.8

5.5

6.3

6.2 

5.5

5.0

Apr.

4.8

4.6

4.3

4.1

4.1

4.61

4.0

3.4

2.9

2.85

2.95

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.75

2.6

2.35

2.0

1.85

1.85

2.0

2.2

2.3

2.45

2.45

2.3

2.0

1.85

2.0 

2.0

May.

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.58

1.3

1.3

1 ^

1.3

1.3

1 ^

1.3

1.48

1.65

1.75

1.85

1.85

2.2

2.55

2.4

2.15

1.92

1.85

2.3

- 2.75 

2.45

2.0

June.

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

2.0

2.15

2.0

1.75

1.38

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.48

1.48

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.75

1.78 

1.15

July.

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1 i*

1.15

1.55

1.95

1.95 

1.95

1.92

Aug.

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.92

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.85

1.85

1.85 

1.85

1.82

Sept.

1.84

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.88

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.92

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55 

1.55

Oct.

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.90

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.2

2.25

2.2

2.2 

2.2

2.2

Nov.

2.22

2.22

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.32

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.65

2.85

2.8

2.75

2.7

2.7

2.65

2.72

2.7

2.65

2.65

2.61

2.6

2.6

2.1

2.9 

2.1

Dec.

2.05

2.05

1.40

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.75

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70 

.70

.70

NOTE. Gage heights affected by back water from North Branch of Moose River Mar. 26 to Apr. 7. Gage 

heights affected by brush lodged on control from Apr. 18 to Sept. 25. Control cleared of all brush and logs 

Sept. 25.
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Middle Branch of Moose River at Old Forge, N. T.,for

1913.

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19...... ..:......

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

143

68

24

24

24

24

24

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

17

27

41

52

59

66

70

73

78

78

78

78

78

Feb.

83

82

82

82

82

82

78

74

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

70

70

70

70

71

74

74

74

74

74

74

Mar.

74

74

74

74

74

82

74

74

74

74

74

74

72

82

112

251

251

289

308

289

289

328

348

368

451

517

600

760

746

707

665

Apr.

641

617

583

562

549

539

529

328

232

223

242

251

251

939

184

177

135

72

58fyi

79

98

113

138

138

113

72

58

72

72

May.

58

58

CO

58

58

58

58

58

40

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

<14

44<*n

fyi

58

OR

155

190

91

64

58

113

194

138

72

June.

58

58

58

58

58

58

72

91

72

50

29

16

16

16

16

34

34

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

50

53

18

July.

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

38

67

67

67

64

Aug.

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

67

58

58

58

58

56

Sept.

57

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

60

64

64

64

64

64

64

64

64

64

62

60

60

60

60

60

Oct.

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

99

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

150

142

150

142

142

142

142

Nov.

142

142

142

142

142

142

158

184

184

184

184

184

184

220

262

251

240

230

230

220

230

230

220

220

210

210

210

127

274

127

Dec.

120

120

48

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

. 9.0

NOTE. Discharge determined as follows: Mar. 26 to .Apr. 7, inclusive, computed from gate openings 

and lake elevations at Old Forge dam; Apr. 18 to Sept. 25. from a rating curve well defined by six measurements made with the brusfi lodged on the control. New curve applicable for remainder of the year 

defined by six measurements made after control was cleared. Final rating curve does not coincide with 

curve used before Apr. 17.

Monthly discharge of Middle Branch of Moose River at Old Forge, N. Y'., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 51.5 square miles.]

Month.

February ...............................

April....................................

J&y......... ............................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

143 

83 

760 

641 

194 

91 

67 

67 

64 

150 

279 

120

760

Minimum.

10

70 

72 

58 

25 

16 

18 

56 

57 

60 

127 

9.0

9.0

Mean.

39.9 

74.6 

269 

247 

65.6 

35.8 

24.9 

65.5 

60.3 

118 

194 

17.9

101

Per 

square 

mile.

0.775 

1.45 

5.22 

4.80 

1.27 

.695 

.483 

1.27 

1.17 

2.29 

3.77 

.348

1.96

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.89 

1.51 

6; 02 

5.36 

1.46 

.78 

.56 

1.46 

1.30 

2.64 

4.21 

.40

26.59

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B.

NOTE. Estimates indicate flow as regulated by Old Forge dam at the outlet of Fulton Chain lakes.
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV. 8*7 

STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 

EAST BEANCH OF OSWEGATCHIE RIYER AT NEWTON FALLS, N. Y.

Location. 600 feet below lower dam of the Newton Falls Paper Co., in village of 

Newton Falls, 4 miles above the mouth of Little River, and 10 miles below the 

outlet of Cranberry Lake.

Records available. October 6,1912, to December 31,1913.

Drainage area. 166 square miles. 1

Gage. Vertical staff, read daily, morning and evening, to half-tenths. Limits of 

use: Hundredths below 0.5, half-tenths from 0.5 to 2.5, and tenths above 2.5 feet.

Control. River bed consists of small bowlders and gravel covered with waste from 

pulp mill.

Discharge measurements. At low stages made by wading; high-water measurements made from cable 30 feet above gage.

Winter flow. Effect of ice on discharge relation is diminished by operation of the 

paper mill.

Regulation. Some daily fluctuation probably not enough to affect accuracy of 

records caused by dams of the paper mill. Seasonal flow largely controlled by 

dam at Cranberry Lake. Range of gage heights probably not more than 5 feet.

Floods. Crest of flood of March, 1913, as recorded by gage observer and later verified 

from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological Survey, occurred on afternoon of March 28; crest gage height, 6.1 feet; corresponding discharge approximately 2,000 second-feet, or 12 second-feet per square mile of drainage area. 

Mean discharge for the five days, March 27-31,1,820 second-feet, or 10 second-feet 

per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Discharge curve well defined for ordinary stages. No high-water measurements yet made. Estimates good.

Cooperation. Gage readings furnished by Newton Falls Paper Co.

Discharge measurements of East Branch of Oswegatchie River at Newton Falls, N. T"., in

1913.

Date.

Mar. 14

Apr. 16

Hydrographer.

.....do....................................................................

height.

Feet. 

1.99

2.90

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

342

565

i Computed by engineers of the State of New York Conservation Commission from forestry, highway, 

and county maps. Probably more accurate than estimate previously published.
88 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily gage height, in feet, of East Branch of Oswegatchie River at Newton Falls, N. T.,

for 1913.

[Chas. H. Corp, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2.............. 3..:...........

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

1Q

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2.4

2.1

I QK

2.4

2.2

3.1

2.9

9 8

2.8

2.8

3.0

Q 9

3 A

3 1

q 1

3.1

q A

q 7

3

0

3.8

4.4

A 4

4 4

4.4

4.3

4 i

4.0

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.4

Feb.

3.3

^ i

^ n

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.6

2

0

2

0

2.4

2.6

1 Q

2.3

2.3

9 3

2.3

2.2

Mar.

2.0

AQ

2.35

2.3

2.05

1.95

1.95

1 7>i

.7

2.1

2.15

9 3

2.1

2.1

2.45

3.0

3 A

3.4

3

0

3 A

3.6

4.0

40

4.2

4.6

5

0

K A

6.0

6.0

5.8

6.0

Apr.

5.6

5 9

f\ n

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

A Q

4.6

4.5

42

3.8

3 4

3.0

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2

AK

1.8

2.4

2.35

2.4

2.35

9 8

1.0

2.4

2.35

2.15

May.

1.95

1

QK

1.95

.8

2.0

1.95

1.95

1 Qf»

2.1

1.95

.28

1.7

1.75

1.75

1.65

1.65

1.65

.22

1.7

1.65

1.65

1.7

1.7

1.9

.12

1 S

1 Q*

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

June.

1.5

2.4

2.35

2.35

2.3

1.95

2.1

1.75

2.45

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.75

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.5

2.35

1.9

.6

1 65

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.7

.30

1.65

July.

1.6

1.75

1.5

.10

2.3

2.15

2.15

2.15

1.5

2.0

2.15

1.85

1.85

1.9

9 1

.55

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.05

1.85

i s>;

.20

1.5

1.95

1.95

2.00

Aug.

2.0

2.0

.6

1.70

2.15

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

.45

1.5

1.85

1.85

1.9

1.9

1.9

.42

1.6

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

.8

.7

1 Q

1.95

1.9

1 Q

1.9

.40

Sept.

1.6

1 Q

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.1

.85

1.9

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.0

.48

1.5

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

.8

1.8

2.1

2.15

2.25

2.1

1.9

.45

1.55

2.0

Oct.

1.9

1 Q

1 Q

1.9

.45

2.0

1.9

1.95

1.9

1.9

1.85

.42

1.6

2.1

1.95

1.9

1.85

1.85

30

1.9

2.05

2.25

2.4

2.6

2.8

2.8 3 n

2 Q

9 8

2.8

2.3

Nov.

2.3

1.15

2.2

2.2

2.15

2.0

1.9

1.9

.7

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.35

2.35

1.1

2.25

2.2

2.3

2.6

2.7

2.3

2.1

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

Dec.

2.3

- 2.26

2.15

1.9

2.05

2.25

.95

2.3

2.3

2.05

2.05

2.3

2.3

.8

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.05

.10

1.8

2.05

1.9

.8

1.45

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.85

NOTE. Observations suspended because of ice Feb. 9-18, inclusive, and because of brush lodged on 

control July 5-8, Inclusive. Gage height determined from two observations per day weighted from records 

of time of changing wheels and gates at paper mill.

Daily'discharge, in second-feet, of East Branch of Oswegatchie River at Newton Falls,

N. Y., for 1913.

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..............

2G..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30. .............

31..............

Jan.

394

314

278

394

340

610

544

512

512

512

. 576

644

714

610

610

610

714

824

862

862

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,060

980

QAC\

862

786

750

714

Feb.

678

610

K7A

544

512

512

482

440

493

410

400

qnfl

385

380

377

373

370

366

394

452

1 AQ

366

366

366

ocn

340

Mar.

290

55

380

366

302

278

278

233

74

314

327

366

314

314

408

576

714

714

678

714

786

940

940

1,020

1,200

1,530

1,680

1,890

1,890

1,780

1,890

Apr.

1,680

1,480

1,380

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,330

1,200

1,150

1,020

862

714

576

452

452

422

422

408

244

394

380

3Q4

380

452

512

107

°.Qd

380

327

May.

278

278

278

84

290

278

278

278

314

41

222

233

233

212

212

212

37

222

212

212

222

266

31

244

O7O

422

tod

366

366

June.

183

394

380

380

366

278

314

233

408

314

314

290

290

266

233

340

290

290

422

380

266

65

212

202

202

202

222

222

42

212

July.

202

233

183

30

180

80

220

300

366

327

327

327

183

290

327

255

255

266

314

61

394

422

366

302

255

255

36

.278

278

290

Aug.

290

290

65

222

327

314

314

314

314

53

183

255

255

266

266

266

51

202

278

278

278

278

278

84

74

266

278

266

266

266

49

Sept.

202

266

266

266

266

314

90

266

340

340

340

340

290

55

183

266

266

266

266

266

84

244

314

327

353

314

266

53

192

290

Oct.

266

266

266

266

53

290

266

278

266

266

255

51

202

314

278

266

255

255

42

266

302

353

394

452

512

512

K7A

544

512

512

366

Nov.

366

127

340

340

327

290

266

266

74

422

366

366

366

380

380

120

353

340

366

452

482

366

314

366

340

340

314

9on

290

290

Dec.

366

353

327

266

302

353

101

366

366

302

302

366

366

84

366

3IU5

366

366

366

302

30

944

302

266

84

174

999

222

222

222

255

NOTE. Discharge Feb. 9-18, inclusive, estimated by interpolation, due consideration being given to 

temperature and precipitation. Discharge July 5-8 estimated.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 89

Monthly discharge of East Branch of Oswegatchie River at Newton Falls, N. Y., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 166 square miles.]

Month.

January .................................

May........ .............................

July.....................................

November. .............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1.100 

678 

1,890 

1,680 

422 

422 

422 

327 

353 

576 

482 

366

1,890

Minimum.

278 

149 

55 

107 

31 

42 

30 

49 

53 

42 

74 

30

30

Mean.

707 

423 

750 

781 

242 

274 

251 

232 

253 

313 

323 

277

402

Per 

square 

mile.

4.26 

2.55 

4.52 

4.70 

1.46 

1.65 

1.51 

1.40 

1.52 

1.89 

1.95 

1.67

2.42

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.91 

2.66 

5.21 

5.24 

1.68 

1.84 

1.74 

1.61 

1.70 

2.18 

2.18 

1.92

32.87

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

NOTE. Estimates indicate flow as regulated by Cranberry Lake Dam and paper mills above station. 

OSWEGATCHIE RIVER NEAR OGDENSBURG, N. Y.

Location. At steel highway bridge known locally as Eel Weir Bridge, about 1 mile 

below mouth of outlet of Black Lake* and 5J miles above city of Ogdensburg and 

mouth of river.

Records available. April 22,1903, to December 31,1913. Data published also in 

annual reports of the State of New York Conservation Commission and New York 

State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 1,580 square miles.

Gage. Chain, fastened to upstream side of the bridge; read daily, morning and 

evening, to tenths. Limits of use: Half-tenths below 6.0 and tenths above 6.0 

feet.

Control. Practically permanent. Channel rocky and partly artificial, the rock 

having been removed underneath the bridge by blasting to increase the bridge 

opening.

Discharge measurements. Usually made from the bridge.

Regulation. Two dams in vicinity of gage; one at Heuvelton, about 5 miles above, 

and one at Rensselaer Fall, 10 miles above. Seasonal distribution of flow somewhat affected by operation of dam at Cranberry Lake.

Winter flow. Discharge relation not affected by ice.

Floods. Highest recorded stage of flood of March, 1913, occurred on afternoon of 

March 31, the gage height being 9.9 feet, and the corresponding discharge approximately 18,000 second-feet, or 11.4 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Rating curve fairly well defined; open-water curve used throughout 

year.

Discharge measurements of Oswegatchie River near Ogdensburg, N. Y'., in 1913.

Date.

23o

Hydrographer. Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.66

4.63

6.52

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

454

411

3,760

Date.

Oct. 31

Hydrographer. Cage 

height.

Feet. 

6.46

5.89

5.89

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

3,530

2,380

2,320

"Measurement made by wading.
90 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily gage height, infect, of Oswegatchie River new Ogdensburg, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Joseph H. La Rue, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

a.. ............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

VI

Jan.

6.1

6.2

6.2

6.6

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.1

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.5

8.2

8.7

9.2

9.4

9.4

9.4

9.2

9.1

8.7

8.5

8.2

7.9

7.6

Feb.

7.5

7.4

7.2

7.1

7.0

6.7

6.5

6.2

6.2

6.1

6.0

6.0

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.4

5 A

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.5

Mar.

5.5

5

C

*; f;

5.5

5.4

5 A

5 A

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.4

5.4

6.5

7.7

8.3

8.7

8.8

8.8

8

0

8.5

8.4

8.2

8.2

7 9

8.0

8.4

8.8

9.2

9 4

9.8

Apr.

Q 7

9.4

9.2

9.2

9.4

9.2

9.2

9.2

9 0

8.8

8.5

8.2

8.0

7 Q

7.6

7.4

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.4

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.5

May.

5.5

5.5

5.4

4.4

5.35

5.3

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0 f; n

5.0 f; n

4 Q

4.9

4.9

A Q

4 9

4 9

4.9

4 9

4.9

4 9

4 Q

4 n

4 9

5.05

5.25

5.5

5.65

June.

5.85

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.65

5.5

5.5

5.45

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.3

5-3

5.3

5.25

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

A. Q

4.85

4.9

4.9

July.

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.85

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.75

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

Aug.

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.75

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.65

4.6

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

Sept.

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.55

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.65

Oct.

4.6

4.75

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.0

5.3

5.4

5.9

6.0

6.1

6.1

6.4

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.5

Nov.

6.6

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.0

5.9

5.9

5.6

6.0

6.2

6.2

6.4

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.2

6.1

6.2

6.2

6.5

6.6

6.6

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.2

Dec.

6.1

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.0

5.9

5.95

6.0 5.t)

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.8

5.9

5.9

5.9

6.0

5.95

5.8

5.9

6.0

5.95

5.85

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.75

5.65

5.6

5.55

5.5

NOTE. Discharge relation not affected by ice.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Oswegatchie River near Ogdensburg, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1....... .......

2..............

3..............

4... ...........

B....... .......

6..............

7....- .........

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

3,730

4,020

4,020

5,180

6,360

6,360

6,360

6,660

6,360

6,360

6,360

6,360

6,360

6,960

6,960

6 Qftn

6

nRf\

7,850

9

QftA

11,500

13,000

13,600

13,600

13,600

13,000

12,700

11,500

10,900

9,960

9,060 

8,150

Feb.

7,850

7,550

6,960

6,660

6,360

5,480

4,890

4,020

4,020

3,730

3,440

3 440

3,160

2,890

2 640

2 400

2,400

2 400

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,970

2,180

2,400

2,180

2,180

2,180

Mar.

2,18,0

2,180

2,180

2,180

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,770

1,770

1,770

1,770

1,970

1,970

4,890

8,450

10,300

H KAA

11,800

11,800

11,800

10,900

10,600

9

QCA

9,960

A AKA

Q 3ftf)

10,600

11,800

13,000

13,600

-\A Qflfi

Apr.

16,500

14,800

1O QAA

13,800

14 800

13,800

13,800

10 QAA

12,800

11,800

10,500

9 91ft

8,020

6 Qdfl

6,250

5,010

4,460

3

QOA

3 440

3 440

2^990

2 990

2,560

2,160

1,970

1,970

1 790

1 70fl

1,620

May.

1,620

1,620

1,450

1,450

1,370

1 90(1

990

- 850

sf;fi

850

850

850

850

OKA

99ft

720

720

720

720

720

720

720

720

720

720

720

QOA

1,220

1,620 

1,880

June.

2,260

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,880

1,620

1,620

1,540

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,620

i 9on

i 9on

1,290

1,220

1 14H

1 140

oofl

850

850

OCA

850

OKA

fcfyi

720

660

720

720

July.

850

720

720

720

720

660

600

600

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

400

4QA

Ann

AQ(\

AQfl

545

600

600

600

firtA

firtA

600

firtA

600

600 

600

Aug.

600

490

490

545

490

490

490

4on

490

390

390

4on

490

440

390

490

OQA

Qon

OQA

OQA

3on

390

son

390

OQA

3Qft

390

OQA

390

390 

3Qn

Sept.

300

300

390

390

390

390

390

390

300

345

390

son

390 Qon

OQA

390

OQA

QQfl

OQA

3QO

OQA

490

AQfi

490

4.QA.

490

490

4.QA

AQA

440

Oct.

390

545

600

600

600

600

600

600

720

720

720

720

600

fifiA

600

600

600

600

600

850

i 9on

1,450

2,360

2,560

2,770

2,770

3 440

3

QOA

3,930

3,930

o ftQA

Nov.

3,930

2,770

2,770

2,770

2,770

2,560

2,360

9 sfln

1,790

2,560

2,990

2,990

3,440

3,680

Q fisn

3,680

3

0Qt\

2 990

2^770

2 oofl

S oon

3,680

3,930

3 930

3 440

3 440

3 440

3 440

2^990

Dec.

2,770

2,560

9 "iflfl

2,770

2,560

2,360

2,460

2,560

2,360

2,360

2,360

2 OCA

2,160

2 OCA

2

OJSA

2,360

2,560

2,460

2 tfifi

2,360

2,560

2,460

2

OAA

2,160

2 -tan

1 790

2,060 1 ftSft

1 790

1,700 

1,620

NOTE. Discharge measurements made during 1913 indicate a change in rating curve; new curve is used 

beginning Apr. 1, 1913.
STBEAMS TBIBUTABY TO ST. LAWBENCE BIVEB. 91

Monthly discharge of Oswegatchie River near Ogdensburg, N, *T.,forr 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,580 square miles.]

Month.

February..... . ..........................

April....................................

May....

July.....................................

September. .............................

December. ..............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

13,600 

7,850 

14,900 

16,500 

1,880 

2,260 

850 

600 

490 

3,930 

3,930 

2,770

16,500

Minimum.

3,730 

1,970 

1,770 

1,620 

720 

660 

490 

390 

300 

390 

1,790 

1,620

300

Mean.

8,410 

3,630 

7,090 

7,640 

992 

1,310 

581 

436 

408 

1,440 

3,140 

2,300

3,110

Per 

square 

mile.

5.32 

2.30 

4.49 

4.84 

.628 

.829 

.368 

.276 

.258 

.911 

1.99 

1.46

1.97

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

6.13 

2.40 

5.18 

5.40 

.72 

.92 

.42 

.32 

.29 

1.05 

2.22 

1.68

26.73

Accuracy.

B. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

RAQUETTE RIVER AT PIERCEPIELD, N. T.

Location. About three-fourths of a mile above head of Black Rapids and half a 

mile below dam of International Paper Co. at Piercefield.

Records available. August 20, 1908, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports of the State of New York Conservation Commission and the New York 

State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 723 square miles. *

Gage. Stevens automatic gage installed in 1912. Limits of use: Hundredths below 

3.5, half-tenths from 3.5 to 7.5, and tenths above 7.5 feet. August 20, 1908, to 

September 3, 1910, vertical staff fastened to a large pine stump; September 4 to 

December 31, 1912, chain gage fastened to same stump. Datum of chain gage 

lowered 2 feet January 1, 1911. Automatic gage is in galvanized sheet-iron 

house, 4 feet by 6 feet (inside dimensions), and is set over a concrete well 3J feet 

square (inside dimensions) and 15 feet deep. Well connected with river by a 

4-inch cast-iron pipe 60 feet long. A shear gate valve is set at inner end of pipe 

for use in cleaning well. Outer end of pipe terminates in a concrete box 1 foot 

square (inside dimensions), connected with river by three small intake pipes 2 

inches in diameter, with outer ends screened. The special construction was 

considered necessary to keep wood pulp out of intake pipe.

Control. Head of Black Rapids. Channel opposite gage is a deep pond in which 

velocity is imperceptible.

Discharge measurements. Made from cable Just above Black Rapids at section 

formerly used for boat measurements.

Winter flow. Rapids controlling stream at gage rarely freeze; measurements 

indicate that discharge relation is little, if any, affected by ice. Open-water 

rating curve usually applicable throughout year.

Regulation. Low-water flow controlled by dam of International Paper Co., but 

mill is usually run for 24 hours each day, except Sundays. Numerous lakes in 

upper part of drainage basin afford considerable storage, most of which is controlled.

Floods. Spring flood of 1913 rached maximum stage of 11.68 feet at 3 a. m. April 1, 

as indicated by the recording gage; corresponding discharge, 7,100 second-feet, or 

9.8 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

i All but 16 square miles measured on United States Geological Survey topographic atlas sheets.
92 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Accuracy. Rating curve well denned. With fluctuations due to regulation recorded

by automatic gage, estimates are good. 

Cooperation. Recording gage is attended by an employee of the International

Paper Co.

Discharge measurements ofRaquette River at Piercefield, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

Feb. 27»

12

Oct. 1

Hydrographer.

O. W. Hartwell........

W. 8. Easterly.........

height.

Feet. 

5.50

11.07

10.10

3.34

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

1,110

6,380

5,300

252

Date.

T)n/> 1A

11

30

Hydrographer. £K

Feet. 

6.23

6.38

5.36

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

1,460

1,560

989

a Complete ice cover at gage; control open.

Daily gage height, in feet, ofRaquette River at Piercefield, N. T.,for 1913. 

[W. B. Graves, observer.]

Day.

1.............. 

2..............

3..............

4.............. 

5..............

6.............. 

7..............

8.............. 

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

iq

14.............. 

15..............

16..............

17.............. 

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5.9

5.85

5.9

5.8 

5.15

5.7 

5.7

6.1 

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.2

6.7

6.7 

6.8

6.8

6.95 

7.2

7.1

7.6

7 a

8.0

8.0

8.1

8.1

8.0

8.1

8.0

7.9

7.8

7.7

Feb.

7.7 

7.4

7.45

7.15 

6.95

6.6 

6.75

6.5 

6.5

6.4

6.4

6.0

"- -

.......

5.2

5.05

.......

Mar.

5.35

4.1

5.35

5.55 

5.05

5.0 

5.05

5.05 

4.15

4.2

5.25

5.0

5.05

5.0 

5.1

6.75

6 Q

7 15

7.45

7.5

8 A

8.5

9.0

9.4

9 Q

10.4

10.8

11.2

Apr.

11.6 

11.6

11.5

11.0 

10.8

10.5

10.3

10.1

9

n

9.3 

9.2

9 9

9.0 

8 9

8 7

8

0

8.4

8.2

8

-1

8 A

8.0

7 S

7.6

7.6

7.5

7.5

May.

7.4 

7.3

7.15

6.95 

6.85

6.75 

6.6

6.6 

6.5

6.25

6.0

6.05

4.8 

4.8

5.2

5.15

3

0

4.55

5.15

5.15

5 9

K A

5

Q

4.2

4 9

5.85

5

7K

5.65

5.55

5.8

June.

6.0 

5.95

5.8

5.9 

6.05

5.85 

6.2

6.15 

6.15

6 95

5.65

6.20

6

1

5.85 

6.10

6.0

6.0

5

Q

5.8

5

O£

5.6

5.55

5.55

5.55

5.6

5.25

4 9

5.2

5.4

July.

4.95 

4.95

5.0

5.0 

4.9

4.9 

3.37

4.75 

5.0

4.75

A 9

4.15

2

K7

3.7 

3.85

3.65

4.15

A 9

4.2

A 9

4 15

3.75

4.0

4.0

2

KQ

9 no

2.70

3 04

4.1

4.1

3.9

Aug.

3.6 

2 95

2.64

3.55 

2.36

4.1 

4.1

3.7 

2.75

3.85

4.05

2.82

4 -1C

3.18 

2.34

9 on

1.93

3

QK

3 Q

3 1 9

3

97

9 CQ

1 91

3 no

3.12

2 7Q

2.62

2 91

2 4.Q

2.40

1.82

Sept.

1.00

.88

on

.94 

1.08

1.28

1.76

2.79 

2.91

2.37

1.83

1 79

1.83

1.88

2 06

1.98 

1.98

2.17

9 OQ

2

OQ

2 17

9 90

2

OQ

3.02

3

AK

3.5

3 46

2 93

3.07

Oct.

.......

.'.'.'.'...

.......

.......

.......

4.5

.......

Nov.

.......

"*5."5'

.:::.:.

.......

7.0

.......

Dec.

.......

 - "-

.......

a 9

6

9

6.3

ft OK

5.9 

6.05

6.2

A 9

6

1

5.75

4.55

5.45

E a

3 OK

t i

5.95

4.4

5 45

5.45

5.35

NOTE. Discharge relation not affected by ice. Gage height computed from mean of 24 hourly gage 

heights for each day.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 93 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Raquette River at Piercefield, N. Y'.,for 1918.

Day.

1..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8... ...........

9..............

10..............

11..............

12 .

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,350

1,320

1,350

1

QQA

Gift

i 9$n

1 220

1,490

1,560

1 %ft£\

1,630

1 Wfl

1 940

i 04n

2,020

2,020

2 1 fin

2,380

9 9QO

2 7JO

9 Q4A

3 1drt

3,140

3,240

3

OAA

3,140

3,140

3 nan

9 CUft

2,840

Feb.

2

QAf\

2,560

2,600

2,340

2 IRA

1,860

1,980

1,780

1 7ftA

1,700

1,700

1,420

Qdn

872

Mar.

1,020

515

1,130

STO

850

872

872

530

fiAK

965

850

872

850

QQK

1 nan

1 4Ot\

1,650

1 QSfl

2,110

2 ^4ft

2 fiftft

2,650

3,140

3

(\,t(\

4,140

4 540

5,080

5,630

6,070

6,510

Apr.

6,970

6,970

6,910

6,810

6,700

6,460

6,310

6,080

5 740

5,500

5,280

5 040

4', 380

4,270

4,270

4,050

3,940

3,730

3,310

3,420

3,210

3,110

3,010

3,010

2,810

2,610

2,510

2,510

May.

2 Ann

2,320

2,180

2,010

1 (Mft

1,850

1 740

1 740

1,660

1,480

1,320

1,350

1 230

710

710

880

858

367

610

QCQ

858

880

Ton

930

AQZ

485

1,230

1,170

1,110

1,060

1,200

June.

1,320

1,290

1,200

1,260

1,350

1,230

1,450

1,420-

1,420

1 J.ftft

1,110

1,450

I

QQrt

1,230

1

QQA

1,320

1,320

1,200

1,200

QEK

1,200

1,080

1 flfifl

1,060

1,060

1,080

QftS

485

880

980

July.

770

770

7Q(1

790

750

750

o eo

ftQft

790

690

485

470

124

339 OQ-1

326

470

485

485

AQ K

470

353

425

425

126

172

139

191

455

455

395

Aug.

11^1

176

132

QAft

101

455

455

339

146

381

440

155

470

218

99

86

64

395

206

237

126

63

200

206

149

129

87

115

105

56

Sept.

15

11

12

13

18

27

53

169

1O9

81

57

54

57

61

74

68

68

83

89

89

83

94

98

188

276

288

279

172

197

Oct.

,

590

Nov.

1,030

2,060

Dec.

1,450

1,450

1,520

1,480

1,260

1,350

1,380

1,450

1,450

1,380

1,170

610

1,000

1,170

1,080

232

980

1,290

555

1,000

1,000

955

NOTE. Discharge Mar. 16-18 and Apr. 4-7, estimated. Discharge Feb. 13-26 and Oct. 1 to Dec. 9, esttmated by comparison with records of flow at Massena Springs.

Monthly discharge of Raquette River at Piercefield, N. P.,/or 1913. 

[Diainarge area, 723 square miles.]

Month.

March..................................

April.. .................................

Mftv

July....................................

November. .............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,240 

2,840 

6,510 

6,970 

2,420 

1,480 

790 

470 

288

6,970

Minimum.

918 

872 

515 

2,510 

485 

485 

124 

56 

- 11

11

Mean.

2,190 

1,540 

2,170 

4,600 

1,240 

1,190 

474 

220 

101 

411 

1,260 

1,220

1,380

Per 

square 

mile.

3.03 

2.13 

3.00 

6.36 

1.72 

1.65 

.656 

.304 

.140 

.569 

1.74 

1.69

1.91

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

3.49 

2.22 

3.46 

7.10 

1.98 

1.84 

.76 

.35 

.16 

.66 

1.94 

1.95

25.99

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

D. 

B.

NOTE. Estimates indicate flow as regulated by paper-mill dam and numerous lakes immediately 

above the station. See footnote to table of daily discharge.
94 SUEFAOE WATER SUPPLY, 1&13, PAET IV.

RAQTJETTE RIVER AT MASSENA SPRINGS, N. Y.

Location. At highway bridge at Massena Springs, N. Y., 1,000 feet above New York 

Central & Hudson River Railroad bridge used for freight transfer from railroad 

station to Massena power plant, 8 miles below Raymondville, and 10 miles above 

mouth of stream.

Records available. September 21, 1903, to October 17, 1903; April 9, 1904, to 

December 31, 1913. Data also in annual reports of the State of New York Conservation Commission and the New York State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 1,170 square miles.

Gage. Chain gage on concrete bridge. Original gage, a vertical staff on stone wall 

on left bank about 50 feet upstream from present bridge, was replaced by standard 

chain gage August 16,1906, fastened to an old highway bridge just above present 

bridge. Chain gage was set at datum 1.00 lower than that of the staff gage to 

avoid negative readings. Chain gage reset in present position February 2, 1912, 

at such a datum that readings should be comparable with those at the old highway 

bridge. Gage read daily, morning and evening, to half-tenths. Limits of use: 

Hundredths below 1.5, half-tenths from 1.5 to 2.5, and tenths above 2.5 feet.

Control. Fairly permanent. Bed of river of coarse gravel and small bowlders.

Discharge measurements. Made from new bridge to which gage is attached; 

formerly made from old highway bridge.

Regulation. Operation of a number of power plants usually run for 24-hour power 

but closed on Sundays above station has marked effect on low-water discharge. 

Effect of Sunday closing is apparent in the stream for several days.

Winter flow. Discharge relation not seriously affected by ice during the very mild 

winter of 1912-13.

Floods. Maximum stage of spring flood of 1913, as determined from high-water 

marks by engineers of the Geological Survey, was at gage height 14.2 feet and noted 

by the gage observer between 9 and 11 a. m. March 31. Corresponding discharge, 

approximately 16,500 second-feet, or 14.1 second-feet per square mile of drainage 

area.

Accuracy. Conditions are fair at the new bridge, but the rating curve has changed 

somewhat. Determinations of monthly discharge for low-water periods considered 

erroneous because of artificial regulation of flow.
STEEAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 95 

Discharge measurements of Raquette River at Massena Springs, N. Y'., in 1913.

Date.

17

Aug. 22o

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

13.30

13.26

7.38

1.64

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

14,900

14,900

5,740

294

Date.

9

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.66

3.85

4.39

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

306

1,910

2,270

o Measurement made by wading.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Raquette River at Massena Springs, N. Y., for 1913.

[F. L. Babcock, observer.]

Day.

j

2..............

3..............

4..............

5.............. 

6..............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 

10..............

11..............

12. .............

13..............

14.............. 

15..............

16.............. 

17..............

18.............. 

19. ............. 

20..............

21..............

22.............. 

23.............. 

24.............. 

25..............

26..............

27.............. 

28.............. 

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

6.2

6.2

6.8

7.0

7.0

1 6.8

6.8

6.7

6.6 

6.8

fi a

7.0

7.3

7.7 

7.4

7.6 

7.9

8.0 

8.3

9.8

10.2

10.3 

10.2 

10.1 

9.8

Q fi

9.0

8.8 

8.7 

8.4 

8.2

Feb.

8.0

8.0

7.8

7.8

7.6 

7.4

7.4

7.2

7.0 

6.8

fi ft

6.5

6.2

6.2 

6.0

6.0

5.8

6.0 

6.0 

5.9

5.8

5.8 

5.7 

5.6 

5.3

5.4

6.4 

5.4

Mar.

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.6 

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.8 

6.2

7.2

8.6

9.0 

9.0 

9.2

9.6

9.8 

9.9 

10.0 

10.0

9 Q

10.0 

10.0 

10.1 

10.8 

12.8

Apr.

11.1

11.3

11.6

12.6

13.5 

12.8

11.7

10.6

9.6 

9.2

9 1

8.8

8.2

7.8 

7.1

7.0

6.8

6.6 

6.7 

6.6

6.4

6.2 

6.2 

6.1 

6.0

5.7

5.6 

5.4 

5.4 

5.2

May.

5.0

4.9

4.6

4.6

4.4 

4.2

4.2

4.0

4.0 

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.4 

3.4

3.3 

3.3

3.2 

3.1 

3.0

2.8

2.8 

2.6 

2.6 

2.8

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0

June.

.......

.......

July.

1.85

1.85 

1.85

1.95 

2.05

2.15 

2.0 

2.1

2.2

2.1 

2.2 

2.05 

2.0

2 AC

1.8 

1.7

Aug.

.......

.......

.......

1.75 

1.55 

1.05 

1.05

1.55

1.7 

1.55 

1.65 

1.85 

1.6

Sept.

1.40

1.30

1.45

1.25

1.20 

1.15

1.00

1.05

1.10 

1.20

1.30

1 60

1.45 

1 40

"i 46

1.35 

1.50 

1.20

90

1.15 

1.45 

1.55 

1.55

1.55 

1.25 

1.15 

1.35

Oct.

1.65

1.65

1.70

1.65

1.45 

1.50

1.60

L10

1.10

1.10

OK

1.80 

1.60

.85 

1.05

1.00 

2.00 

.80

1.45

2.00 

3.5 

2.9 

3.4

A O

4.0

3.8 

3.8 

3.8

4.7

Nov.

3 0

3.2

3.5

3.7

3.6 

3.4

3.6

3.6

3.2 

3.6

4.0

3

0

3

0

3.6 

3.4

4.2

A 0

4.3 

4.2 

4.3

4.6

4.7 

4.5 

4.9 

4.8

5.0 

4.7 

4.8 

5.0

Dec.

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.2

4.4 

4.4

4.6

4.0

3.6 

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.6

4.7 

4.5

4.5 

5.5

4.6 

6.0 

5.8

5.6

6.4 

5.7 

6.8 

5.8

6.0

6.4 

5.4 

5.9 

5.8

NOTE. This discharge relation probably affected by ice Dec. 17-31. Gage heights June 1 to July 12 

and July 28 to Aug. 21, inclusive, omitted because of errors of observation discovered by comparison with 

records from automatic gage at Piercefleld. New gage reader employed beginning Sept. 17,1913. Records 

prior to Julyl, 1913, compare well with records from automatic gage at Piercefleld and are probably reliable. 

See accuracy column in table of monthly discharge.
96 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Raquette River at Massena Springs, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

I..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12.............. 

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30. .............

31..............

Jan.

4,290

4,290

5,020

5,270

5,270

5,020

5,020

4,900

4,770

5,020

5,020

5,270 

5,640

6,180

5,780

6,040

6,450

6,590

7,020

9,270

9,910

10,100

9

Q1 A

9,750

9,270

8,960

8,050

7,750

7 600

7' 160

6,870

Feb.

6,590

6,590

6,310

6,310 fi run

5,780

5,780

5,520

5,270

5,020

5,020

4,630 

4,290

4,290

4,070

4,070

3,850

4,070

4,070

3,960

3,850

3,850

3,740

3,630

3,310

3,410

3,410

3,410

Mar.

3,520

3,410

3,410

3,410

3,630

3,410

3,410

3,210

3,410

3,410

3,520

3,630 

3,630

3,850

4,290

5,520

7 450

8,050

8,050

8,350

8,960

9,270

9 430 o' "ion

9,590

9,430

9

KQA

9,590

Q 7<tfl

in onn

14,100

Apr.

11,400

11,700

12,200

13,800

15,300

14,100

10,600

8,960

8,350

8,200

7,750 

6,870

6,310

5,370

5,240

4,980

4,720

4,850

4,720

4,470

4,230

4,230

4,110

3,990

3,650

3,540

3,320

3,320

3,100

May.

2,890

2,790

2,490

2,490

2,290

2,110

2,110

1,930

1,980

1,750

1,580

1,580 

1,580

1,420

1,420

1,340

1 ^4(1

1 9fift

1,180

1,110

970

970

830

830

970

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

June. July.

" "395"

395

395

445

495

550

470

520

580

520

495

470

495

370

320

Aug.

345

260

98

98

260

320

260

300

395

280

Sept.

200

170

220

155

140

125

85

98

100

140

170

240 

280

220

200

200

200

185

240

14(1

63

125

220

260

260

240

260

155

125

185

Oct.

300

300

320

300

220

240

280

185

185

110

110

110 

52

370

280

52

98

85

470

45

220

470

1,500

1,040

1,420

2,110

1,930

1,750

1,750

1,750

2,590

Nov.

1,840

1,260

1,500

1,660

1,580

1,420

1,580

1,580

1,260

1,580

1,930

1,750 

1,750

1,580

1,420

2,110

2,200

2,200

2,110

2,200

2,490

2,590

2,390

2,790

2,690

2,690

2,890

2,590

2,690

2,890

Dec.

2,690

2,690

2,790

2,110

2,290

2,290

2,490

1,930

1,580

2,290

2,390

2,290 

2,490

2,590

2,390

2,390

NOTE. Discharge curve slightly changed by flood of March, 1913. New rating table used beginning 

Apr. 1,1913. Discharge during February may be slightly large on account of ice. Discharge Dec. 17-31 

estimated at 1,660 second-feet by comparison with records of Raquette River at Piercefield. See footnote to table of daily gage heights.

Monthly discharge of Raquette River at Massena Springs, N. Y'.,for 1913, 

[Drainage area, 1,170 square miles.]

Month.

April...................................

May....................................

July....................................

October. ................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

10,100 

6,590 

14,100 

15,300 

2,890

260 

2,590 

2,890

15,300

TtftnftTmTTi,

4,290 

3,310 

3,210 

3,100 

830

63 

52 

1,260

52

Mean.

6,690 

4,650 

6,480 

7,190 

1,540 

1,480 

659 

359 

180 

666 

2,040 

2,020

2,820

Per

square 

mile.

5.72 

3.97 

5.54 

6.15 

1.32 

1.26 

.563 

.307 

.154 

.569 

1.74 

1.73

2.41

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

6.60 

4.13 

6.39 

6.86 

1.52 

1.41 

.65 

.35 

.17 

.66 

1.94 

1.99

32.67

Accuracy.

B

C 

B 

A 

B 

C 

C 

C 

B 

B 

B 

C

NOTE. Discharge for periods for which estimates of daily discharge are not published estimated from 

records of flow at Piercefield, N. Y.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWBENCE RIVEB.

ST. BEGIS BIVEB AT BBASHEB CENTEB, N. Y.

97

Location. At steel highway bridge in village of Brasher Center, 5 miles downstream 

from Brasher Falls, 6J miles below junction of East and West branches of St. Regie 

Eiver, and about 12 miles above moitth.

Records available. August 22,1910, t4> December 31,1913.

Drainage area. 621 square miles (measured on post-route map).

Gage. Chain, fastened to downstream side of bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to quarter-tenths. Limits of use: Hundred ths below 4.5, half-tenths from 

4.5 to 6.0, and tenths above 6.0 feet.

Control. Probably permanent. Channel very rough; composed of gravel and 

large bowlders.

Discharge measurements. At low stages made by wading at section about 500 

feet above bridge; at high stages made from bridge.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice.

Floods. Spring flood of 1913 reached gage height 7.3 feet March 27, as recorded by 

the morning and afternoon readings of observer. Corresponding discharge, approximately 9,000 second-feet, or 14.5 seCond-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Rating curve well denned, j Estimates good.

Discharge measurements of St. Regis River at Brasher Center, N, Y., in 1913.

Date.

Feb. 2S«

Mar. 17

Apr. 4

Hydrographer.

.....do..................

height.

Feet. 

7.24

9.60

6.89

Dischargel

Sec.fti 

90$

3,900

6,440

Date.

Apr. 18

Aug. 216

216

Hydrographer. Gage 

height.

Feet. 

5.20

3.86

3.86

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

1,550

170

171

o Measurement made under complete ice cpver. 6 Measurement made by wading.

Daily gage height, in feet, of St. Regis\River at Brasher Center, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Joseph Vapier, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16. .............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5.7

5

QC

5 Q

5.6

5.65

6.1

6.6

7.0

7.5

8.0

7.3

7 ft

8.3

8.0

' 7.6

8.1

Q °.

8.6

8.4

8.6

8 A.

7.5

7.3

6.6

6.3

5.95

f, Q

6.0 

6.0

5.95

Feb.

5.65

5.75

5.9

5

QC

6.0

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.8

7.0

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.3

 7 o

7.3

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.8

7 9

7.2

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.1

6.8

.......

Mar.

6.8

6.6

6.7

7.0

7 9

6 Q

6.8

6.9

ft Q

7.1

7.2

7.6

8.4

10.0

11.1

W O

9

0.

g i

9

* A

8.6

8.4

7 2

6

0

6.1

6.3

6.6

7 <*

7.2

7.1 

7.1

7.0

Apr.

6.5

6.3

5

0

6.8

7.1

6.8

6.4

S o

5.75

5.55

5.65

5.65

5.55

5 A

5.25

5

0

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.15

S

O

5.15

S

o

5.2

5.1

5.05

4 95

4 9

4.9 

5.0

May.

5.6

A OK

4 55

4 40

4 42

4 Ue

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

A R

4.55

A AO

4.140

4.55

4.6

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.7

4.8

4

0

4.7

4.7

A Q

5.15

5.25

June.

4.95

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.65

4.65

4 O

4 0

4.8

A Ifi

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.42

4 40

d 9Q

4 19

A V>

432

4 on

4.31

4 94

4.22

4.22

4.24

4.26

4.26

4.30 

4.30

July.

4.26

4.20

4 1Q

4.10

4.12

4.14

4.18

4.15

4.18

4.10

4.15

4 IS

4.12

4.12

4.15

4.10

4.12

4.08

4.08

4.10

4.02

4.02

4.08

4.08

4 08

4.10 

4.18

4.15

Aug.

4.12

4.08

3

QQ

4.10

4 08

4.20

4 99

4.20

4.12

4.05

4.08

4.08

4.02

4.02

4.01

4.01 i OK

3.95

3.92

3 on

3

QA

3.86

3.86

3.81

3.89

3

QC

4.04

4.04 

4.01

3.99

Sept.

3.82

3.84

3 on

3 90

3.82

3.84

3.81

3.81

3.84

3.85

3.84

3.82

S on

3.90

3.89

3.86

3.82

<l Q9

3.92

3.96

4.00

4.15

4.3

4.32

4.22

4.12

4.06

4.05 

4.02

Oct.

4.05

4.12

4.50

4.8

4.85

4.7

4.5

4.38

4.31

4.22

4.18

4.20

4.28

4.28

4.32

4.38

4.30

4.25

4.30

4.33

5.15

5.3

5.3

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.3

5.25

5.2 

5.1

4.9

Nov.

4 Q

4.75

4.65

4.55

4.42

4.42

4.5

4.55

4.6

4.8

5.1

5.05

4.9

4.85

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.5

5.1

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.2

4.95

4.9

4.85 

4.75

Dec.

4.65

4 45

4.75

4 9

4.85

4.7

4.8

4 O

4.85

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.55

4.7

4.95

5.15

4.75

4.8

5.25

4.9

4.7

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.5

5.15

6.0

5.7 

5.3

5.35

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice during a large part of January and February, Mar. 1-22, and 

Dec. 27-31, inclusive.

56525° WSP 354 15 7
98 SUBEACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of St. Regis River at Brasher Center, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1...........

2...........

3...........

4...........

5...........

6...........

7...........

8...........

10...........

11...........

12...........

13...........

14...........

15...........

16...........

17...........

18...........

19...........

20...........

21...........

22...........

23...........

24...........

25...........

26...........

97

28...........

9O

30...........

11

Feb.

o906

Mar.

03,900

3,740

3,460

4,040

5,060 7 sari

7,450

7,030

7,030

6,620

Apr.

4,700

4,040

2,740

5,830

7,030

5,830

4,360

2,960

2,640

2,230

2,430

2,430

2,230

1,940

1,680

1,760

1,590

1,590

1,590

1,510

1,590

1,510

1,590

1,590

1,430

1,350

1 9fift

1,130

1,130

1,270

May.

1,270

1,060

690

542

561

590

638

638

638

638

638

590

690

561

542

590

690

690

742

638

742

860

990

non

860

860

990

1,510

1,850

1,680

June.

1,200

990

860

860

860

801

801

1,130

1,130

990

925

990

860

742

561

542

446

369

472

472

454

463

407

392

392

407

423

423

454

July.

423

376

362

335

308

322

335

362

342

362

308

342

362

322

322

342

342

308

322

296

296

308

258

258

OQfl

296

OKQ

9Qfl

one

362

342

Aug.

322

296

235

308

296

376

392

376

322

277

296

296

258

258

252

258

252

218

218

202

191

162

172

167

148

186

218

271

271

252

Sept.

153

162

191

191

153

162

148

148

162

167

162

153

191

191

186

172

153

202

202

224

246

342

454

472

472

392

000

283

977

258

Oct.

277

322

638

990

1,060

860

638

524

463

392

362

376

438

438

472

524

454

415

454

524

1,510

1,760

1,760

1,590

1,430

1,430

1,760

1,680

1,590

1,430

1,130

Nov.

1,130

925

801

690

561

561

638

690

742

990

1,430

1,350

1,130

1,060

990

860

860

742

638

1,430

1,940

1,760

1,590

1,430

1,430

1,590

1,200

1,130

1 '925 060

Dec.

801

590

925

1,130

1,060

860

990

1,130

1,060

860

860

742

690

860

1,200

1,510

925

990

1,680

1,130

860

742

860

860

742

638

« Current-meter measurement.

Monthly discharge of St. Regis River at Brasher Center, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 621 square miles.]

Month.

Sfey.. ..................................

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

7,030 

1,850 

1,200 

423 

392 

472 

1,760 

1,940 

1,680

7,880

Minimum.

1,130

542 

369 

258 

148 

148 

277 

561 

590

'148

Mean.

3,550 

2,460 

3,430 

2,500 

829 

676 

325 

258 

233 

893 

1,080 

919

1,420

Per 

square 

mile.

5.72 

3.96 

5.52 

4.03 

1.34 

1.09 

.523 

.415 

.375 

1.44 

1.74 

1.48

2.29

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

6.60 

4.12 

6.36 

4.50 

1.54 

1.22 

.60 

.48 

.42 

1.66 

,1.94 h.n

31.15

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

C.

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.

NOTE. Discharge, Jan. 1 to Mar. 22, estimated from two discharge measurements by comparison with 

records of flow of near-by streams. Discharge Dec. 27-31, estimated at 760 second-feet.

DEER RIVER AT BRASHER IRON WORKS, N. Y.

Location. About 1,000 feet below steel highway bridge in village of Brasher Iron 

Works (railroad station is Ironton) and 2 miles above confluence of Deer River with 

St. Regis River in Helena, N. Y. No important tributaries between gage and 

mouth of river. A small creek enters from left about 1 mile above station.

Records available.-^July 25, 1912, to December 31, 1913. (Records from July 25 

to December 31, 1912, published in Water-Supply Paper 324 under "Deer 

River at Ironton, N. Y.")
STEEAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 99

Drainage area. 206 square miles (measured on post-route map).

Gage. Wooden sloping gage, 32 feet long, reading from 6.5 foot to 11.0 feet, about 1,000 

feet b elow bridge and 500 feet b elow remains of an old wooden dam. An auxiliary 

vertical staff gage, fastened on upstream side of right abutment, is to be used as a 

reference in making measurements and to determine effect of removal of the dam 

below. Gage read daily, morning and evening, to half-tenths. Limits of use: 

Hundredths below 2.0, half-tenths from 2.0 to 3.0, and tenths above 3.0 feet.

Control. Gravel about 300 feet below gage;, probably permanent. The stream bed 

at the bridge is solid rock and is smooth.

Discharge measurements. At medium and high stages made from bridge; at 

low stages by wading a short distance above bridge.

Winter now. Discharge relation affected by ice.

Floods. Spring flood of 1913 reached gage height 7.1 feet, as recorded by observer 

on morning of April 5. Corresponding discharge, approximately 4,500 secondfeet, or 21.8 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Rating curve fairly well defined.

Discharge measurements of Deer River at Brasher Iron Works, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

Feb. 26o

Mar. 18

Apr. 4

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.78

2.90

5.60

5.65

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

134

537

2,530

2,640

Date.

Am. 18

206

Hydrographer.

C. S. De Golyer. . ......

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet.

2

Af\

0.86

0.88

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

2Q7

91 Q

24.0

o Measurement made under complete ice cover. & Measurement made by wading.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Deer River at Brasher Iron Works, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Alex. Barlow, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21...........:..

221.............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.4

2.9

3.5

4.7

3.6

6.8

6.0

4.0

2.45

Feb.

3.6

3.5

4.0

2.8

Mar.

2.5

8.0

6.2

4.5

3.3

2.9

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.2

3.2

4.6

4.6

5.4

5.1

4.2

5.2

5.1

Apr.

4.2

3.8

3.4

5.2

6.6

4.2

3.6

3.2

9 O

2.7

2.85

3.2

3.1

2.75

2.55

2.4

2.3

2 25

2.4

2.5

2.35

2.15

2.3

2.35

2.2

2.15

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.92

May.

1.86

1.78

1.76

1.67

1.66

1.70

1.52

1.48

1.51

1.50

1.48

1.49

1.48

1.46

1.50

1.52

1.56

1.64

1.70

1.72

1.68

1.78

1.82

1.74

1.75

1.68

1.68

1.90

2.4

2.25

2.1

June.

1.20

1.96

1.85

1.72

1.68

1.65

1.66

1.72

1.74

1.73

1.64

1.54

1.52

1.42

1.32

1.36

1 41

1.32

1 ^i

1.29

1.40

1.31

1.15

1.20

1.28

1.27

1 20

1.24

1.26

1.24

July.

1.18

1.01

OS

.91

1.05

1.00

1.05

1.06

1.24

1.12

1.09

1.16

1.12

1.18

1.20

1.19

1.12

1.08

1.10

1.04

1.10

1.12

1.08

1.06

1.14

1.21

1.19

1.18

1.25

1.22

1.16

Aug.

1.15

1.14

1.08

1.15

1.14

1.25

1.16

1.10

1.10

1.09

1.06

.95

1.11

1.08

1.08

1.08

1.04

.94

80

.85

.96

.96

.95

1.10

1.12

1.02

1.15

1.16

1.15

1.16

1.08

Sept.

1.06

.89

1.06

1.06

1.08

1.05

1.04

1.04

Q9

QO

1.02

.90

.85

.85

.98

1.02

1.01

1.09

1.14

1.12

1.12

1 25

1 30

1 28

1.25

1.15

1.11

1.10

1.04

.98

Oct.

0.95

1.14

1.86

2.0

1.75

1.58

1.52

1.40

1.35

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.34

1.41

1.30

1.30

1.35

1.29

1.30

1.48

2.65

2.4

2.1

1.92

2.15

2.05

2.3

2.1

2.0

1.92

1.90

Nov.

1 71

1.65

1.64

1.61

1.64

1 60

1.58

1.50

1 70

2.4

2.2

2.0

1.91

1.85

1.79

1.70

1 60

1.59

1.58

2.5

2.3

2.65

2.35

2.2

2.0

1.90

1.85

1.72

1.79

Dec.

i sa

1 Q9

2.0

2.3

2.3

2.15

1 QO

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.95

2.1

1.95

2.25

2.6

2.4

1 98

2 1

2.05

2.1

1.80

1.78 i on

2.1

1.95

1.75

1.95

2.00

2 2

2.3

2.05

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 5 to Mar. 16 and Dec. 29-31, inclusive.
100 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Deer River at Brasher Iron Works, N. T".,for 1913.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28.... ......

29..............

30

31:.............

Jan.

704

484

754

1,590

808

4.220

3,070

1,050

OOF:

Feb.

134

Mar.

656

ifti

610

610

704

808

610

610

1,500

1.500

2,310

1/980

1 190

2' 090

1^980

Apr.

i ion

920

7fU

2

AQA

3,920

1,190

808

610

484

410

465

610

566

428

358

309

279

265

309

341

294

238

279

294

251

238

251

225

1QQ

Iflfi

May.

166

149

145

198

126

133

IftO

96

101

99

96

QQ

96

93

99

102

109

122

133

137

129

149

157

141

143

129

129

175 ino

ooc

June.

58

IfiQ

164

137

129

124

126

137

141

139

122

105

102

88

74

79

86

74

78

70

85

72

52

58

68

67

58

63

66

63

July.

56

36

33

26

40

35

40

42

63

48

45

53

48

56

58

57

48

44

46

39

46

48

44

42

51

59

57

56

64

61

53

Aug.

52

51

44

52

51

64

53

46

46

45

42

30

47

44

44

44

39

29

17

21

31

31

30

46

48

37

52

53

52

53

44

Sept.

42

24

49

42

44

40

59

39

27

34

37

25

21

21

33

37

36

45

51

48

48

64

71

68

64

52

47

46

39

33

Oct.

30

51

166

143

112

102

85

78

64

64

64

77

86

71

71

78

70

71

96

392

309

225

180

239

212

279

225

199

180

175

Nov.

1451

124

122

117

122

115

112

99

133

309

251

199

177

164

151

133

115

113

112

375

341

279

392

294

251

199

175

164

137

151

Deo.

171

180

279

279

238

197

199

199

199

187

225

187

265

375

309

194

225

212

225

153

149

175

225

187

143

187

199

Monthly discharge of Deer River at Brasher Iron Works, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 206 square miles.]

Month.

April...................................

May....................................

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,920 

309 

189 

64 

64 

68 

392 

392 

375

3,920

Minimum.

180 

93 

52 

26 

17 

21 

30 

99 

143

17

Mean.

1,000 

693 

955 

624 

138 

95.8 

48.2 

43.2 

42.0 

142 

186 

210

347

Per 

square 

mile.

4.85 

3.36 

4.64 

3.03 

.670 

.465 

.234 

.210 

.204 

.689 

.903 

1.02

1.68

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

5.59 

3.50 

5.35 

3.38 

.77 

.52 

.27 

.24 

.23 

.79 

1.01 

1.18

22.83

Accuracy.

D. 

D. 

D. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.

NOTE. Discharge Jan. 1 to Mar. 16 estimated from one discharge measurement by comparison with 

records of flow of near-by streams. Discharge Dec. 29-31 estimated.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 101

LAKE OHAMPLAIN AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 

RICHELIEU RIVER AT FORT MONTGOMERY, ROUSES POINT, N. Y.

Location. Inside the fort, 1 mile northeast of village of Rouses Point, three-eighths 

mile south of the international boundary, and about half a mile from head of 

Richelieu River, the outlet of Lake Champlain.

Records available. 1875 to 1913. Data published also in the reports of the Deep 

Waterways Survey and annual reports of New York State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 7,870 square miles, including 436 square miles of water surface 

(from annual report of New York State engineer and surveyor).

Gage. Staff, read once daily in the morning to half-tenths. Elevation of gage zero 

at Fort Montgomery, 92.50 feet above mean sea level; high-water level is at elevation 101.6 feet; probably lowest elevation recorded at Fort Montgomery is 91.9 

feet, November 13, 1908.

Cooperation. Gage heights observed under direction of Corps of Engineers, United 

States Army, and reported weekly to United States Geological Survey.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Richelieu River at Fort Montgomery, Rouses Point, N. Y.,

for 1913.

Day.

1. .........

2. .........

3..........

4..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

21..........

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29..........

30..........

31..........

Jan.

2.80

2.70

Mar.

2.90

2.90

2.80

2.70

2.75

2.70

2.65

2.70

2.65

2.60

2.65

2.60

2.75

2.85

3.25

3.60

4 op

4.20

4 20

4.15

4.30

4.50

4 70

5.30

d Qfi

5.80

6.10

6 on

7.70

 7 Qrt

7.60

Apr.

7.80

7.50

7.70

7.80

7.80

7.95

7.90

7.85

7.80

7.75

7.90

7.50

7.45

7.40

7.30

7.20

7.00

7.50

6.70

6.50

6.70

6.80

6.50

6.40

6.30

6.15

6.00

5.90

5.75

5.60

May.

5.60

5.50

5.40

5.35

5.30

5.10

4.90

4.80

4.70

4.50

4.40

4.30

4.40

4.10

4.05

4.10

4.00

3.90

3.80

3.75

3.70

3.80

3.60

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.45

3.50

3.35

3 ?n

3.80

June.

3.80

3.70

3.80

3.60

3.70

3.80

3.40

3.45

3.40

3.40

3.50

3.30

3.50

3.20

3.15

3.05

3.00

2.90

2.95

2.90

2.80

2.75

2.70

2.70

2 fin

2.80

2.55

2.45

2.50

2.45

July.

2.40

2.30

2.25

2.30

2.15

2.10

2.00

1.95

2.20

1 90

1.80

1.90

1.95

1.75

1.65

1.65

1.70

1.65 i fin

1.55

1.50

1.60

1.70

1.50

1 40

1.30 i dn

1.35

1.40

i 3*;

1.30

Aug.

1.50

1.40

1.10

1.20

1.30

1.40

1.10

1.30

1.20

1.20

1.05

1.10

1.00

1.10

1.10

1.05

.95

.80

.80

.75

.80

.85

.80

.75

.70

1.00

.70

.65

.80

.65

.70

Sept.

0.60

.60

.65

.50

.50

.55

.65

.45

.35

.40

.30

.40

.35

.30

.30

.30

.55

.20

.25

.30

.40

.30

.40

.35

.50

.55

.30

>;n

.30

.25

Oct.

0.20

.25

.30

.30

.35

.45

.45

.40

.35

.30

.60

.35

.30

.10

.25

.10

.20

.50

.20

. .40

.50

.40

1.10

.40

.30

.35

.50

.60

.60

.50

.55

Nov.

0.75

.55

.75

.60

.50

.70

.75

.80

.60

1.20

.70

.60

.85

.60

.60

.65

.75

.75

.65

.70

.70

.80

.75

.80

.70

.65

.70

1.00

.75

.80

Dec.

0.90

.80

.60

.80

.85

.75

1.00

.95

1.00

1.20

.70

1.20

1.10

1.00

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.10

1.10

1.30

1.10

1.05

1.00

1.10

1.10

1.15

1.10

1.05

1.15

1.05
102 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

SARANAC RIVER NEAR PLATTSBURG, N. T.

Location. At the Indian Rapids (Lozier) power plant of the Plattsburg Gas & Electric Co., near Plattsburg, N. Y., and about 6 miles above mouth of river.

Records available. March 27, 1903, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 607 square milea (measured on United States Geological Survey 

topographic sheets revised since last report).

Gages. Crest gage a vertical staff at angle in wing wall at right-hand end of the racks; 

tailrace gage a vertical staff spiked to crib dike between tailrace and river, about 

50 feet below power house.

Determination of discharge. Discharge computed from flow over a spillway 

crest 171.25 feet long, through two 5-foot waste gates (when open), and from 

ratings of two 300 kilowatt alternating current generators. Coefficients for 

calculation of discharge over dam derived from experiments made at Cornell 

University hydraulic laboratory on model ogee section of dam. Ratings of waste 

gates and turbines not available. In 1913 a cable was erected a short distance 

below the plant and a number of discharge measurements were made with a view 

to rating the wheels, but it was impossible to operate the plant under all the conditions of load necessary for complete rating. Estimates withheld pending an 

opportunity to obtain the remainder of the measurements.

Cooperation. Records furnished by Plattsburg Gas & Electric Co., Herbert A. 

Stutchbury, superintendent.

Discharge measurements of Saranac River near Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

July 266

276

276

276

276 

286

296 

29c

31 c

Hydrographer,

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height."

Feet.

1.66

1.58

1 fi9

1.85

2.91

2 7ft

2.78

2.17

*9 ft"!

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

QJ.7

187

168

199

255 

353

556

KA7

523

562

Ai s

Date.

Sept. 2/

2/

3/

3/ 

22e

246 

286

286

286

286

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do................. 

G. H. Canfleld .........

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.*

Feet.

2

QQ

1 08

1 79

1.66 2 on

2.22

64

1 4*

Q7

1.82

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

961

325

9fl<l

174 

311

341 

14.0

1QC

df{ Q

999

Tailrace gage readings.

Measurement made at lower tailrace section.

Measurement made at upper tailrace section.

d Measurement made from cable. 

« Measurement made by wading. 

/ Measurement made from boat.

AUSABLE RIVER AT ATJSABLE FORES, N. 7.

Location. In village of Ausable Forks, immediately below junction of East and West

branches and about 15 miles above mouth of river. 

Records available. August 17, 1910, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual

reports of the New York State Conservation Commission. 

Drainage area. 444 square miles 1 (measured on United States Geological Survey

topographic sheets). 

Gage. Chain, on the left bank about 100 feet below junction of East and West

branches of Ausable River; read daily, morning and evening, to hundredths.

Limits of use: Hundredths below 4.5, half-tenths from 4.5 to 5.5, and tenths above

5.5 feet. 

Control. Sand and gravel; likely to shift. Channel divided by an island.

1 Computed entirely from the topographic sheets, using two which have been newly published; supersedes value previously published.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 10B

Discharge measurements. Made from cable about 1£ miles below gage. At this

place the river flows in one channel. 

Winter flow. Ice may form on riffles below gage and either divert water or cause

backwater. 

Floods. Crest of flood of March 25-30 reached gage height 10.2 feet in evening of

March 27, as indicated by reading of the gage observer and later verified from

high-water marks by engineers of the Geological Survey. Corresponding discharge

approximately 25,000 second-feet, or 51 second-feet per squre mile of drainage

area. 

Accuracy. Conditions at measuring section good. Rating curve well defined;

estimates good.

Discharge measurements of Ausable River at A sable Forks, N. Y., in 1913.

Date.

Feb. 28o

Apr. 21

Sept. 1S>

Hydrographer.

G.H.Canfield... ..........................................................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3,67

4.27

3.59

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

226

950

185

a Measurement made under complete ice cover. 6 Measurement made by wading.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Ausable River at Ausable Forks, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[A. S. Baker, observer.]

Day.

1..............

3.............. 

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17.............. 

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

 22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

.......

.......

4.35

4.19

4.37

4.15

3.98

Feb.

4.12

4.19

.......

3.67

Mar.

3.70

3.62

4.00 

3.76

3.62

3.68

3.92

4.09

3.64

4.24

4.18

3.99

4.24

5.5

6.4

5.5

4.45 

4.42

4.32

4.20

5.25

5.9

4.5

4.7

7.1

6.8

8.6

6.9

5.15

4.6

4.6

Apr.

5.05

4.46

4.55 

6.0

6.6

5.2

4.8

4.5

4.35

4.27

4.26

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.65

4.5

4.35 

4.35

4.5

4.40

4.29

4.22

4.75

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.65

4.6

4.6

4.55

May.

4.30

4.22

4.20 

4.16

4.10

4.09

4.10

4.05

3.90

3.85

3.65

3.70

3 90

3.90

3.86

3.84

3.92 

3.90

3.86

3.82

3.88

4.65

4.40

3.98

3.96

4.00

4.01

5.0

5.2

4.9

4.5

June.

4.25

4.22

4.10 

3.97

3.94

3.94

3.35

3.97

4 00

3.98

3.96

3.92

3.80

3.71

3.68

3.83

3.82 

3.82

3.80

3.80

3.75

3.69

3.66

3.66

3.66

3.64

3.65

3.86

3.78

3.74

July.

3.65

3.69

3.62

3.58

3.54

3.69

3.78

3.70

3.64

3.58

3.52

3.51

3.55

3.68

3.65

3.61

3.56

3.62

3.71

3.68

3.64

3.62

3.60

3.58

3.78

4.05

3.95

3.80

Aug.

3.64

3.54

3.50 

3.85

3.68

3.62

3.62

3.61

3.62

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.41

3.44

3.44

3.48

3.50

3.57

3.56

3.54

3.78

3.76

3.73

3.65

3.58

3.55

3.55

Sept.

" "3." 55"

3.54

3.54

3.46

3.60

3.55

3.58

3.52

3.55

3.51

3.58

3.64

3.56

3.58 

3.58

3.56

3.58

3.49

4.15

4.22

3.92

3.82

3.70

3.62

3.66

3.56

Oct.

3.55

3.89

4.25 

4.08

3.86

3.80

3.80

3.72

3.64

3.62

3.56

3.58

3.72

3.67

3.72

3.71

3.64 

3.64

3.62

3.92

4.7

4.50

4.45

4.00

4.25

4.35

4.28

4.15

4.50

4.05

4.50

Nov.

3.88

3.78

3.78 

3.76

3.74

3.71

3.68

3.63

3.82

5.45

4.55

4.34

4.33

4.45

3.94

3.88 

3.86

3.82

4.35

4.62

4.45

4.18

4.10

4.65

4.5

4.30

3.88

3.81

3.74

Dec.

3.76

3.82

3.86 

3.94

4.15

4.24

4.27

4.35

4.15

4.10

4.25

4.08

3.93

3.86

3,82

3.77

3.75 

3.72

3.66

3.66

3.68

3.68

3.75

3.68

3.74

3.68

3.72

3.82

3.72

3.88

3.82

NOTE. Observations suspended Jan. 1-26. inclusive .and Feb. 3-27. Discharge relation affected by ice 

Dec. 27-31.
104 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofAusable River at Ausable Forks, N. Y'.,for 1913.

Day.

1..... .........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,080

846

1,120

790

567

Feb.

748

846

226

Mar.

273

210

590

329

210

257

496

707

226

918

832

578

918

3,640

6,560

3,640

1,250

1,200

1,040

860

2 Q4fl

4,880

1,330

1,700

9,130

8,000

15,000

8,370

2 fiQO

1,510

1,510

Apr.

2 Af.fi

1,260

1,420

5 9fin

7,270

2,820

1,900

1,330

1,080

Qfi9

Q47

1,510

1,510

1,330

1 finn

1,330

1,080

1,080

1,330

1,160

oort

889

1,800

1,900

1,700

1,700

1,600

1,510

1,510

1,420

May.

1,000

889

860

Q(\A

720

707

720

655

473

420

234

273

473

473

431

409

496

473

431

388

4S9

1,600

1,160

567

543

590

603

2,340

2,820

2,110

1,330

June.

Q39

889

720

555

520

520

532

555

590

1K7

C,IQ

496

367

282

257

399

388

388

367

367

320

265

241

241

241

226

234

431

348

311

July.

234

265

210

181

154

265

348

273

226

181

140

134

160

257

234

230

210

202

167

210

282

257

226

210

194

181

348

655

532

367

Aug.

OOft

154

127

257

91 fl

202

210

127

197

127

127

127

89

97

97

117

174

167

154

348

329

301

234

181

160

160

Sept.

160

160

160

160

154

I'M

107

194

160

181

140

160

134

181

226

167

181

181

167

181

199

7Qft

889

496

388

273

210

160

241

167

Oct.

160

462

932

694

431

Ofi7

367

292

226

210

167

181

292

249

9Q9

282

99fi

' 226

210

496

1,700 i v*n

1,250

590

<K9

1,080

Q7fi

790

1,330

655

1,330

Nov.

452

348

348

331

311

 >R9

257

218

388

3,500

1,420

1,070

1,050

1,250

a«n

520

452

431

388

1,080

1,550

1,250

832

720

i flfift

1,330

1 (Wl

452

378

311

Dec.

329

388

431

520

790

918

962

1,080

790

720

932

694

508

431

388

339

320

292

241

241

OK?

257

320

257

257

249

339

249

399

OQQ

NOTE. Discharge July 16, 18, and Sept. 1-3 interpolated. Discharge Dec. 27-31 estimated from discharge measurement made Jan. 1, 1914.

Monthly discharge ofAusable River at Ausdble Forks, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 444 square miles.]

Month.

May.....................................

July.....................................

August.......... .......................

December. ..............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

15,000 

7,270 

2,820 

932 

655 

420 

889 

1,700 

3,500 

1,080

Minimum.

210 

88» 

234 

226 

134 

82 

107 

160 

218 

241

Mean.

2,640 

1,790 

821 

406 

250 

182 

229 

604 

813 

469

Per 

square 

mile.

5.95 

4.03 

1.85 

.914 

.563 

.410 

.516 

1.36 

1.83 

1.06

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

6.86 

4.50 

2.13 

1.02 

.65 

.47 

.58 

1.57 

2.04 

1.22

Accuracy,

B. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B.

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.

LAKE GEORGE.

For the purpose of determining the rate of change and the range in elevation of the 

water surface of the lake, gages were established on Lake George in July, 1913, at 

three points Lake George, Sagamore (Bolton Landing), and Rogers Rock.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 105

The gage at Lake George waa faatened to the concrete wall underneath the eaat 

side of the pagoda at Fort William Henry Hotel, near the landing uaed for motor boats. 

The observer ia G. L. Martin.

At Sagamore the gage waa fastened to the south side of the coal dock for Sagamore 

Hotel, on the weat aide of Green laland, about 200 feet north of the eastern end of the 

highway bridge that joina the ialand and the mainland. The observer ia S. G. Finkle.

At Rogera Rock the gage ia fastened to a pile in the back end of a covered boat houae. 

The boat house ia in a bay on the north side of the ateamboat landing. The obaerver 

ia George O. Cook.

All gages are of the vertical-staff type, made up of standard bronze section graduated 

to feet, tenths, and half-tenths. The sections are securely fastened to bed planks 

which in turn are faatened to the piles or concrete aupport. They wejre not set to any 

particular datum, but each gage was referred to a substantial bench mark by the use 

of an engineer's level. The gages are read once each day to the nearest half-tenth, 

and the force and direction of the wind are recorded. The results of [the observations 

are presented in the following tables:

Daily gage height, in feet, of Lake George, N. Y., 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.......

July.

Lake George.

.9 

L<E <D s.2

<C

SP

o

4.45 

4.5

445

4.45 

4.45

4.45

4.5 

4.45

Wind.

Io

.§ft

N

"if

8

£

...

...

w

Sagamore.

.9 

 v

J=t J>

0 

§f

O

4.9 

4.9

4.8 

4.8 

4.8 

4.75 

4.75

4.75 

4.7

4.7 

4.7 

4.65

4.65 

4.65 

4.65 

4.65 

4.6

.4.6 

4.6 

4.6 

4.6 

4.55 

4.5

"Wind.

|

ft

S 

W

N 

S 

Cain 

Cain 

Cain

NE 

Cain 

N 

Cain 

Cain

Cain 

Cain 

S 

Cain

N

S 

S 

Cain 

Cain 

Cain 

Cain

£

H 

L

L 

L 

1. 

1.

H 

1. 

L 

1. 

1.

1. 

1. 

H 

1.

L

L 

L 

1. 

1. 

1. 

1.

Rogers Rock.

& 

5®

1

O

3.4

3.4 

3.35 

3.3 

3.35 

3.3

3.25 

3.25 

3.2 

3.2 

3.2

3.2 

3.18 

3.2 

3.18 

3.1

3.1 

3.08 

3.1 

3.08 

3.08 

3.0

Wind.

1

ft

SW

sw

S 

S

sw

N

N 

SW 

S 

N 

Cain

Cain

S 

S 

S

N

S 

S 

S 

S

N 

N

0

I

M

M 

M 

H

L

M 

M

M 

L 

l.

I. 

H 

H 

M

L

M 

M 

M 

M

L 

L

August^

Lake George.

.9

4J

&I 

o> « ,d ®

1

O

4.3

A. 1

4.35

4.4 

4.35

4.35

4.3

4.25

4.25

4.2

4.2 

4.2 

4.1 

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1 

4.1 

4.1 

4.1

3.9 

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

3.8

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

3.75 

3.75 

3.7

Wind.

I

ft

S

N

N 

N

S 

S

S

«

£

H

...

H 

H

H 

H

...

Sagamor^.

.9

!«A ®

o

4.5 

4.5 

4.45 

4.45 

4.45

4.45 

4.45 

4.4 

4.35 

4.35

4.35 

4.3 

4.25 

4.2 

4.15

4.15 

4.1

4.1 

4.1 

4.05

4.05 

4.0 

4.0 

3.9 

3.9

3.9 

3.85 

3.85 

3.85 

3.8 

3.8

Wii

ft

S 

W

w

N 

S

Cal 

Cal

S 

Cal NE

NEJ 

Cal] 

Cat

S

Call

CalJ

Cab

NE 

NI 

NI

S 

S 

SW 

S\M 

CaiJ

S 

N 

Cab 

Cab 

Call 

Call

ML

a 

aJ

1 

PR

H

L 

L 

L 

L

m. 

m. 

H 

m. 

H

H 

m. 

m. 

L 

m.

m. 

m.

H 

H 

L 

L

] L.

L 

L 

n. 

u. 

n. 

n.

Rogers Rock.

.9

+9 i>*5 £> £> ,d.g

0

»

O

3.05 

3.0 

3.0 

2.95 

2.92

2.95 

2.8 

2.85 

2.8 

2.85

2.8 

2.75 

2.72 

2.72 

2.7

2.7 

2.65 

2.62 

2.5 

2.55

2.58 

2.55 

2.5 

2.5 

2.48

2.5 

2.48 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.38

Wind.

ft

S 

S 

S

N 

N

S 

N 

S 

S 

S

N 

Cain

S 

S 

S

S 

"N Cain

N 

N

S 

S 

S 

S

N.

S 

S 

N 

S 

S 

S

a.

£

H 

L 

M 

M

L

H 

H 

L 

M 

M

H 

i. 

M 

L 

L

L 

1. 

H 

H 

L

M

H 

H 

M 

L

H 

M 

L 

M 

H 

L

a L, light; M, medium; H, heavy.
106 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1&13, PART IV.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Lake George, N. Y., in 1913 Continued.

Day.

1.......

4....... 

5.......

6.......

7.......

8....... 

9....... 

10.......

11....... 

12....... 

13....... 

14.......

15.......

16....... 

17....... 

18....... 

19....... 

20.......

21.......

22.......

23.......

24.......

25.......

26.......

27.......

28.......

29.......

30.......

31.......

September.

Lake George.

5

-»j

i*3 o>

0>s?

o

3.75 

3.7

3,7

3.65 

3.65

3.6

3.6

3.55 

3.55 

3.5

3.5 

3.45 

3.45 

3.4

3.35

3.3 

3.3 

3.3 

3.25 

3.25

3.25 

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.35

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.35

Wind.

ft

S 

S 

N 

N 

W

S

N 

N 

N 

S

8

O

fe

...

H~

Sagamore.

.a 

Lo> o>

A&

<D

8P 

o

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

3.75 

3.75

3. 75 

3.7 

3.7 

3.7 

3.65

3.6 

3.6 

3.55 

3.55 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.45 

3.45 

3.45

3.4 

3.55 

3.55 

3.55 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.45

Wind.

1 

Q

Cain 

S 

NE

NE 

NE

NE 

Cain

NE

NE 

NE

Cain 

W 

W

NE 

NE

S 

S

NE 

S 

S

S 

S 

S 

Cain 

S

Cain 

W 

W

S

NE

8

O

l=t

1.

L 

H 

L 

L

L 

1. 

H 

H 

H

.. 

H 

H 

H 

H

L 

L

"L

L

H 

L 

L

*

H 

H 

L 

L

Rogers Rock.

.a

3L» <B ,d«* 

<D , »

O

2.35 

2.35 

2.35 

2.3 

2.2

2.2 

2.25 

2.25 

2.0 

2.1

2.1 

2.1

2.08 

2.05 

2.0

2.02 

2.0 

2.0 

1.98 

1.95

1.92 

2.1 

2.1

2.08 

2.08

2.05 

2.0 

2.02 

2.0 

1.9

Wind.

I 

Q

Cain

S 

S 

N

N

N 

S

N 

N 

N

Cain

N 

S

N 

N

S 

S 

S 

N 

Cain

S 

S 

N 

Cain 

S

S

sw

SE 

S

N

8

1

..

M 

H 

H 

M

L 

M 

L 

H 

M

1.

L 

L 

H 

M

M

M

L" 

1.

L 

M

L

. 

H

M

M 

H 

H 

H

October.

Lake George.

.g

Lo> a> fig

o> I

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.3

3.3 

3.25 

3.25 

3.25 

3.25

3.25 

3.25 

3.25 

3.25 

3.25

3.25 

3.25 

3.25 

3.2 

3.15

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15 

3.15

3.2 

3.2 

3.2 

3.2 

3.2 

3.2

Wind.

ii

*i 

ft

N 

N 

N 

N 

S

S 

S

N

N 

N

N 

S 

S 

NE

NE

NE 

NE 

NE 

S 

S

S 

N 

SE 

S 

S

N 

N 

N 

N

N 

N

8 

0>

1

fn

:::

Sagamore.

.g 

Lo> o> ^»

«

3.45 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5

3.45 

3.45 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4

3.4 

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.3

3.3 

3.3 

3.3 

3.3 

3.35

3.4 

3.4 

3.4 

3.45 

3.5

3.55 

3.6 

3.6 

3.6 

3.55 

3.55

Wind.

j

V»

Q

Cain 

Cain

NE

NE 

NE

Cain 

S 

Cain 

Cain 

Cain

S

N 

NE

NE 

NE

NE

NE 

NE 

NE 

S

S 

S 

S 

S 

S

NE 

S 

S 

S 

Cain 

N

8_

O

fe

1. 

1.

L 

H 

L

.. 

L 

1. 

1. 

i.

H 

L 

H 

H 

H

H 

H 

H 

H 

H

H 

H 

H 

H 

H

H 

L 

L 

L 

i. 

L

Rogers Rock.

5

L

3|

<£>

1

1.9 

1.9 

2.0 

1.9 

1.95

1.98 

1.95 

1.92 

1.92 

1.92

1.9 

1.9 

1.9 

1.85 

1.9

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.7 

1.9

2.1

1.88 

1.98 

1.88 

1.9

1.95 

2.05 

2.1 

2.1 

2.05 

2.1

Wind.

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N 

N 

N 

Cain

SW 

S

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S

SW 

SW

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N 

N

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STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVIJR. 107 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Lake George, N. Y'., in 1913 Continued.

Day.

1.....

2.....

3.....

4.....

5....-

6.....

7.....

8.....

9.....

10.....

11.....

12.....

13.....

14.....

15.....

16.....

17.....

18.....

19

20i!!'.!

21.....

22.....

23.....

24.....

25.....

26....-

27.....

28.....

29.....

30.....

31 .

November.

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3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.15

3.15

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8

N

8

NW

N

SB

8

8

8

NE

N

W

N

N

N

8

8

8

S

W

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W

N

N

N

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3.5

3.5

3.5

3.45

3.45

3.45

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

 3.4

3.4

3.4

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

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NW

8

N

N

Cain

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

W

S

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S

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M

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L

L

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L

L

H

H

H

H

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L

L

H

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Calm.

Calm.

8

SW

N

S

NE

N

H

H

L

L

H

L

Calm.

N |L

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2.08

2.0

2.0

2.05

2.0

1.98

1.95

1.92

1.9

2.1

2.02

2.0

2.0

1.98

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.88

1.9

1.85

1.8

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.78

1.8

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SW

N

S

SW

SE

S

S

S

NE

S

S

S

S

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NW

N

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S

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3.15

3.15

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3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

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8

N

N

NE

W

8

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SE

S

N

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3.25

3.25

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.25

3.25

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

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EAST CREEK NEAR RUTLAND, VT.

Location. At Lester Bridge, on road from Rutland to Brandon, Vt., about 3 miles 

north of Rutland, 2J miles below the union of the two branches that drain Blue 

Ridge Mountain, and 3J miles above confluence with Otter River.

Records available. August 9,1911, to December 31,1913.

Drainage area. 47 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff fastened to the left-hand downstream side of the bridge; read 

daily, morning and evening, to quarter-tenths. All gage heights used to quartertenths.

Control. Probably permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading.

Regulation. Flow regulated by two dams near headwaters and one dam about a 

mile below station. The upper dams store considerable water. Discharge relation is not affected by backwater from dam below.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice.
108 SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1913, PABT IV.

Floods. Flood of March, 1913, reached gage height about 8.3, as determined from 

high-water marks by an engineer of the Geological Survey. Observer's records 

indicate that this extreme stage occurred about midnight on March 26.

Accuracy. Discharge rating curve not complete. Artificial regulation of this stream 

makes mean daily gage height computed from semidaily observations doubtful.

Discharge measurements of East Creek near Rutland, Vt., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 24

May 2

Hydrographer.

.....do....................................................................

height.

Feet. 

4.24

4.09

4.16

4.18

Discharge.

8ec.Jt. 

144

115

118

118

<* Measurement made by wading.

Gage height, in feet, of East Creek near Rutland, Vt.,for 1913. 

[M. Lester, observer.]

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20.............. 

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28

29..............

30..............

31..............

January.

A.M.

Time.

6.20 

6.15 

6.10 

6.15 

6.15

6.20 

6.20 

6.30 

6.20 

6.15

6.20 

6.20 

6.20 

6.15 

6.20

6.15 

6.20 

6.20 

6.15 

6.20

6.15 

6.15 

6.10 

6.20 

6.30

6.20 

6.15 

6.20 

6.20 

6.15 

6.20

height.

3.8 

3.5 

3.7 

4.0 

3.7

3.65 

4.5 

415 

3.9 

3.85

4.0 

415 

3.88 

3.7

3.85

3.95 

4.3 

45 

44 

4.1

468 

445 

43 

46 

415

3.15 

40 

4.1 

3.92 

3.8 

3.8

P.M.

Time.

5.40 

5.50 

5.45 

5.40 

5.40

5.50 

5.40 

5.45 

5.40 

5.50

5.30 

6.15 

5.40 

5.50 

5.40

5.45 

5.40 

5.30 

5.30 

5.40

5.50 

5.45 

5.40 

5.45 

5.35

5.30 

5.40 

5.45 

5.50 

5.45 

5.40

height.

3.5 

3.98 

45 

3.95 

3.5

4.05 

43 

425 

3.9 

415

4.T 

4.0 

3.85 

41

40

41

4.5 

472 

425 

4.3

46 

445 

44 

4.3

422

408 

415 

40 

3.95 

3.9 

3.85

February.

A.M.

Time.

6.20 

6.15 

6.20 

6.30

6.25

6.20 

6.20 

6.30 

6.30

6.20 

6.30 

6.30 

6.20 

6.30

6.20 

6.30 

6.30

height.

3.95 

3.7 

3.92 

3.7 

3.7

3.68 

3.95 

3.6 

3.45

3.92 

3.75 

43 

3.7 

3.65

3.6 

3.45 

3.4

P.M.

Time.

6.00 

5.30 

5.40 

5.50 

5.45

5.40 

5.40 

5.30 

5.30

5.40

5.45 

5.40 

5.40 

5.50 

5.45

5.50 

5.50

5.45

height.

3.72 

3.9 

3.85 

3.72 

3.7

3.82 

5.65 

3.6 

3.4

3.8

3.9 

46 

3.62 

3.6 

3.65

3.7 

3.75 

3. 68

March.

A.M.

Time.

6.30 

6.30 

6.30 

6.30 

6.30

6.20 

6.20 

6.30 

6.30 

6.20

6.15 

6.30 

6.20 

6.20 

6.20

6.30 

6.30 

6.20 

6.35 

6.15

6.20 

6.15 

6.30 

6.15 

6.20

6.20 

6.30 

6.20 

6.30 

6.25 

6.30

height.

3.45 

3.4 

3.8 

3.4 

3.45

3.4 

3.8 

3.8 

3.5 

3.72

3.7 

3.5 

3.65 

42 

465

44 

3.75 

3.7 

3.65 

3.7

44 

462 

3.78 

425 

4.45

5.92 

6.2 

6.25 

5.2 

5.2 

478

P.M.

Time.

5.40 

5.40 

5.50 

5.45 

6.00

5.50 

5.45 

5.40 

5.30 

6.00

6.10 

6.15 

6.15 

5.45 

6.00

6.15 

6.00 

6.10 

6.00 

6.20

6.00 

5.40 

5.40 

5.40 

5.45

5.50 

7.00 

6.00 

5.35 

5.55 

6.00

Gage 

height.

3.8 

3.4 

3.82 

3.7 

3.55

3.6 

3.6 

3.72 

3.4 

42

3.85 

4.1 

3.75 

49 

475

40 

3.92 

3.9 

3.95 

44

455 

41 

40 

42 

6.38

6.42 

6.6 

5.35 

5.2 

495 

495
STREAMS TEIBUTABY TO ST. LAWBENCE BIVEB. 

Gage height, infect, of East Creek near Rutland, Vt.,for 1913 Continued.

109

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10....... .......

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21_...... .......

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1..............

2.... ..........

3..............

5..............

6..............

7.. ............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24... ...........

25..............

26..............

27..............

28.............. 

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

April.

A.M.

Time.

5.40 

5.30 

5.40 

6.00 

6.00

5.50 

6.00 

5.50 

6.00 

5.50

6.00 

6.10 

6.00 

5.50 

6.00

6.00 

6.10 

5.50 

5.50 

6.00

6.00 

5.45 

5.50 

5.45 

5.50

5.50 

5.50 

5.50 

5.50 

6.00

Gage 

height.

4.6 

4.4 

4.3 

4.35 

4.38

4.25 

4.2 

4.02 

3.95 

3.55

3.5 

3.75 

3.82 

3.85 

3.8

3.7 

3.62 

3.6 

3.6 

3.6

3.5 

3.52 

3.6 

3.62 

3.6

3.65 

3.65 

3.5 

3.92 

3.62

P.M.

Time.

6.10 

6.00 

6.00 

6.10 

5.50

5.45 

6.00 

6.00 

6.10 

6.00

6.10 

5.40 

5.35 

5.50 

6.20

5.40 

5.50 

6.10 

6.20 

5.40

6.00 

6.10 

6.15 

6.20 

5.50

5.45 

5.40 

5.40 

6.00 

5.50

height.

4.65 

4.6 

4.4 

4.4 

4.45

4.2 

4.38 

4.15 

4.2 

3.95

3.8 

3.9 

3.8 

3.78 

3.8

3.75 

4.02 

3.95 

3.88 

3.72

3.9 

3.7 

3.7 

3.88 

3.8

3.6 

3.52 

3.6 

4.0 

4.02

July.

A.M.

Time.

5.50 

6.00 

6.00 

6.00 

5.30

6.00 

5.40 

5.35 

5.30 

5.40

5.50

K, VI

5.30 

5.45 

5.30

5.30 

5.35 

5.30 

5.40 

5.40

5.45 

5.30 

5.40 

5.45 

5.40

5.30 

5.40 

5.30 

5.40 

5.40 

5.30

Gage 

height.

3.4 

. 3.45 

3.4 

3.55 

3.5

3.55 

3.48 

3.98 

3.55 

4.12

4.15 

3.6 

3.9 

3.65 

4.0

4.08 

4.0 

3.6 

3.7 

3.5 

4.05 

4.08 

4.05 

4.1 

4.1

3.6

3.6 

3.98 

3.75 

3.7 

3.5

P.M.

Time.

5.40 

6.00 

5.50 

5.40 

5.40

5.40 

6.00 

6.00 

5.30 

6.00

6.00 

6.00 

5.40 

6.10 

6.00

6.15 

6.00 

6.00 

6.10 

5.40

6.00 

6.00 

6.30 

4.50 

6.00

5.50 

5.40 

6.00 

6.00 

5.50 

6.00

Gage 

height.

3.95 

3.98 

3.9 

3.8

3.88

3.7 

4.18 

4.2 

4.0 

4.1

3.98 

3.9 

3.6 

4:0 

4.0

3.85 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

3.68

4.0 

3.98 

4.0 

4.2 

4.1

3.95 

3.8 

4.2 

3.9 

4.2 

4.18

May.

A.M.

Time.

6.00 

5.50 

5.45 

6.10 

6.00

5.50 

6.00 

6.00 

6.10 

6.00

6.15 

6.00 

6.00 

6.10 

6.15

6.10 

6.10 

6.00 

6.00 

5.45

5.50 

6.00 

6.00 

6.00 

6.15

6.10 

6.00 

6.00 

5.50 

5.50 

5.50

Gage

3.9 

3.6 

3.7 

3.6 

3.4

3.6 

3.42 

3.4 

3.42 

3.4

3.45 

3.4 

3.35 

3.4 

3.35 

3.42 

3.42 

3.3 

3.55 

3.52

3.3

3.45 

4.4 

4.48 

4.08

3.9 

3.9 

3.78 

4.5 

4.2 

4.0

P.M.

Time.

6.00 

6.10 

6.20 

5.40 

5.45

6.00 

6.10 

5.45 

5.50 

6.00

5.40 

6.00 

5.50 

6.15 

5.50

6.00 

6.00 

5.45 

5.30 

5.45

6.00 

6.10 

5.45 

5.40 

5.40

6.00 

6.10 

6.00 

5.50 

5..45 

5.50

Gage 

height

3.98 

3.9 

3.92 

3.32 

3.6

3.5 

3.62 

3.6 

3.72 

3.7 

3.62 

3.88 

3.6 

3.92 

3.9

3.65 

3.65 

3.9 

3.85 

3.75

3.7

4,2 

4.45 

4.4 

4.0

3.88 

3.8 

4.3 

4.42 

4.1 

3.8

August.

A.M.

Time.

5.30 

5.35 

5.40 

5.35 

5.30

5.35 

5.30 

5.35 

5.30 

5.45

5.40 

5.35 

5.30 

5.45 

5.40

5.45 

5.50 

5.40 

5.40 

5.50

5.50 

5.30 

7.30 

5.40 

7.20

7.30 

7.20 

7.40 

7.35 

7.40 

5.40

height.

3.9 

3.5 

3.52 

4.15 

3.98

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

3.5 

3.4

4.1 

4.15 

4.1

4.0 

3.98

3.5 

3.38 

3.40 

4.12 

4.1

4.05 

3.6 

3.85 

3.42 

3.8

3.9 

4.0 

4.2 

4.2 

4.0 

3.32

P.M.

Time.

5.50 

6.00 

5.40 

6.00 

6.00

6.10 

5.50 

6.00 

5.40 

5.40

5.50 

5.45 

5.50 

5.40 

5.50

5.45 

5.45 

5.50 

6.00 

6.00

5.50 

5.00 

5.00 

5.40 

4.50

4.55 

4.50 

4.35 

5.50 

5.50 

5.40

height.

4.1 

3.9 

3.9 

4.1 

3.9

3.88 

4.1 

4.0 

3.8 

3.8

4.0 

4.0 

4.18 

4.1 

4.0

4.0 3.75- 

4.0 

4.15 

4.2

3.85 

3.98 

3.9 

3.75 

4.0

4.0 

4.4 

4.2 

3.92 

3.8 

3.82

June.

A.M.

Time.

5.45 

5.50 

5.45 

5.40 

5.45

5.50 

5.40 

6.00 

5.40 

5.40

5.45 

5.30 

5.30 

5.40 

5.40

5.35 

5.10 

5.15 

5.30 

5.30

5.30 

5.40 

5.40 

5.30 

5.20

5.30 

5.30 

5.35 

5.40 

5.35

Gage 

height.

3.7 

3.98 

3.9 

3.9

3.88

3.6 

3.5 

3.58 

3.42 

3.4

3.45 

3.38 

3.3 

3.3 

3.5

4.0 

3.55 

3.5

3.28 

3.25

3.3 

3.45 

3.5 

3.5 

3.4

3.5 

3.5 

3.55 

3.9 

3.42

P.M.

Time.

5.40 

5.40 

5.30 

5.00 

5.50 

6.00 

5.40 

5.45 

5.50 

6.00

6.00 

5.40 

6.00 

6.00 

6.00

3.00 

6.00 

5.45 

5.50 

6.00

5.45 

7.10 

6.00 

5.50 

5.50

5.45 

7.30 

5.40 

5.50 

5.50

Gag©

3.75 

3.9 

3.8 

3.92 

3.9

3.78 

3.85 

3.5 

3.7 

3.68

4.0 

3.9 

3.85 

3.85 

3.5

3.98 

4.0 

3.85 

3.8 

3.98

3.85 

3.6 

3.88 

3.9 

3.95

3.S8 

3.6 

3.82 

3.65 

3.4

September.

A.M.

Time.

5.30 

5.40 

5.40 

5.50 

5.40

6.00 

5.50 

5.45 

5.40 

5.50

5.40 

5.30 

5.40 

5.50 

5.35

5.30 

5.40 

5.50 

5.45 

5.40

5.50 

5.50 

5.45 

5.50 

5.50

5.45 

5.50 

6.00 

5.50 

2.45

Gage 

height.

4.12 

3.72 

3.5 

3.5 

3.98

3.55 

3.52 

3.6 

4.1 

4.15

3.6 

4.15 

3.55 

3.45 

3.6

3.6 

3.6 

3.65 

3.5 

3.5

3.48 

3.78 

4.2 

3.6 

3.65

3.62 

3.58 

3.4 

3.5 

3.55

P.M.

Time.

5.50 

6.00 

7.30 

6.15 

6.00

6.10 

6.00 

5.50 

6.00 

6.00

6.15 

6.20 

6.15 

5.50 

6.15

6.20 

6.10 

6.20 

6.10 

6.00

5.40 

5.50 

6.00 

5.00 

6.00

6.10 

5.40 

5.40 

6.10 

6.00

height.

4.15 

3.85 

4.1 

4.08 

4.1

4.1 

3.8 

4.15 

4.2 

4.15

4.15 

4.1 

4.15 

3.8 

4.0

4.1 

4.12 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0

3.78 

4.5 

4.15 

4.1 

4.15

4.2 

4.1 

3.8 

3.9 

4.18
110 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Gage height, in feet, of East Creek near Rutland, Vt.,for 1913 Continued.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23.. ............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27.............. 

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

October.

A.M.

Time.

5.40 

5.45 

5.50 

5.45 

5.50

5.45 

5.50 

5.45 

6.00 

5.50

6.00 

6.10 

6.00 

6.10 

6.20

6.15 

6.00 

6.10 

6.00 

6.15

6.10 

6.00 

6.15 

5.50 

5.50

6.00 

6.00 

5.50 

5.45 

5.50 

5.50

Gage

3.5 

3.5

3.8 

3.8 

3.6

3.6 

3.7 

3.6 

3.7 

3.65

3.62 

3.4 

3.65 

3.8 

3.8

3.78 

3.7 

3.7 

3.7 

3.7

4.1 

3.9

3.S5 

3.8 

3.78

4.2 

4.15 

4.0 

3.8 

3.7 

3.7

P.M.

Time.

6.00 

5.45 

5.50 6.00' 

5.40

6.00 

6.10 

5.50 

5.40 

6.00

6.00 

6.00 

6.00 

5.50 

6.00

6.00 

6.00 

5.40 

5.45 

5.50

6.00 

6.00 

5.50 

6.00

«.oo

5.45 

6.00 

5.50 

6.00 

5.45 

5.45

height.

3.95 

4.2 

4.2 

4.0

3.88

4.2 

4.15 

4.1 

4.15 

4.2

4.2 

3.9 

4.3 

4.2 

4.18

4.25 

4.3 

4.3 

3.98 

4.4

4.25 

4.32 

4.3 

4.3 

4.7

4.3 

4.3 

4.2 

4.15 

4.1 

4.1

November.

A.M.

Time.

5.50 

6.00 

5.50 

6.00 

6.10

6.00 

6.10 

5.50 

6.10 

6.00

5.50 

6.00 

5.50 

5.50 

6.00

6.00 

5.50 

5.45 

6.00 

5.50

6.00 

6.00 

6.00 

6.00 

5.45

6.00 

6.15 

6.30 

6.25 

6.30

Gage 

height.

3.62 

3.65 

3.4 

3.6 

3.4

3.5 

3.6 

3.65 

3.5

4.2

3.9 

3.78 

3.72 

3.65 

3.6

3.58 

3.5 

3.55 

3.5 

3.8

3.68 

3.65 

3.5 

3.55 

3.62

3.58 

3.4 

3.4 

3.6

3.48

P.M.

Time.

5.50 

5.40 

6.00 

6.00

5.45

6.00 

6.00 

5.50 

5.40 

6.00

6.00 

5.50 

6.00 

6.00 

5.40

5.40 

5.50 

6.00

5.50 

5.45

5.50 

5.40 

5.40 

5.50 

6.00

6.00 

5.45 

6.00 

6.00 

5.40

&,

4.0 

3.8 

4.0 

4.15 

4.0

4.2 

4.25 

4.0 

4.4 

4.3

4.2 

4.0 

4.0 

4.1 

3.92

4.0 

4.25 

4.3 

4.28 

4.3

4.25 

4.3 

3.98 

4.3

4.2

4.3 

4.0

3.95 

4.2 

3.92

December.

A.M.

Time.

6.20 

6.30 

6.25 

6.30 

6.35

6.30 

6.35 

6.40 

6.30 

6.35

6.30 

6.35 

6.30 

6.30 

6.20

6.40 

6.40 

6.45 

6.40 

6.50

6.40 

6.40 

6.50 

6.40 

6.30

6.35

.......

Gage 

height.

3.7 

3.45 

3.6 

3.68 

3.55

3.4 

3.48 

3.7 

3.75 

3.7

3.72 

3.8 

3.7 

3.4 

3.6

3.48 

3.4 

3.6 

3.5 

3.55

3.55 

3.5 

3.5 

3.45 

3.6

3.9

.......

P.M.

Time.

5.50

5.45 

5.40 

5.50 

6.00

5.45 

5.40 

5.50 

5.45 

5.40

5.50 

5.45 

5.40 

5.00 

6.30

5.50 

5.50 

6.00 

6.00 

5.50

5.40 

6.00 

5.45 

5.40 

5.40

5.45

.......

height.

4.2 

4.25 

' 4.3 

4.2 

4.2

4.18 

4.0 

4.15 

4.2

4.25

4.2 

4.2 

4.12 

3.82 

3.7

3.72 

4.2 

4.18 

4.2 

4.15

3.98 

4.15 

 4.2 

4.2 

3.95

4.1

.......

LAKE CHAMPLAIN AT BURLINGTON, VT.

Location. On south side of roadway leading to dock of Champlain Transportation

Co., at foot of King Street, Burlington, Vt. 

Records available. May, 1907, to December 31, 1913. 

Gage. Staff; read once daily. Comparisons of gage readings indicate that zero of

gage at Burlington is at practically the same elevation as that of gage jat Fort

Montgomery 92.50 feet above mean sea level. 

Cooperation. -Gage heights furnished through the courtesy of Mr. D. A. Loomis,

general manager of the Champlain Transportation Co.
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. Ill 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Lake Champlain at Burlington, Ft., for 1918.

Day.

I.............. 

1.. ............ 

3.... ..........

5..............

6.............. 

7.. ............ 

8.............. 

9..............

10..............

11.............. 

12.............. 

13.............. 

14.............. 

15..............

16.............. 

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21.............. 

22.............. 

23.............. 

24......... .... 

25..............

26.............. 

27.............. 

28. ............. 

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

"i" 66'

3.10

3.12

3.25 

3.25 

3.20 

3.20

3.20 

3.20

"§." 33" 

3.40 

3.40

3.42 

3.50

3.60

4.10

4.25 

4.35 

4.40 

4.60

i.'eo

4.50 

4.40

Feb.

4.35

"i." 28"

4.20

4." 66"

3.95

3.90

.......

..:::::

.......

Mar.

..:..::

3."5o"

"4." 16"

4.15

A. 95

4.40

4.45 

4.63

"i." 85" 

5.15

5.65 

6.48 

7.20 

7.56

"7." 64"

Apr.

7.80 

7.85 

7.90

8.00

8.10

"8."20" 

8.10 

8.05

7.90

7.70 

7.65

"7." 52" 

7 40

7.20

7.13

7.00

6.80 

6.70 

6.52 

6.48 

6.38

6.28

6." 05" 

5.95

5.78

May.

5.62 

5.59 

5.55

5.35

5.25 

5.08 

4.98 

4.85

4.72

"i." 54" 

4.48 

4.43 

4.38

4.26 

4.20

4 00

3.88

3.88 

3.83 

3.78 

3.75

3.72 

3.72 

3.75 

3.85

3.96"

June.

"3." 87" 

3.82

3.82

3.80

3.80 

3.80

"i" 78"

3.65

3.58 

3.54 

3.52 

3.47

3.39

3.18

3.10

3 fY>

2.95 

2.90

2." 86 

2.75

9 75

2.75 

2.75 

2.68

"2.56

July.

2.52 

2.43 

2.40

2.38

2.38

"2." 35" 

2.32 

2.32

2.28

2.25 

2.22

"2." 26" 

2.10

2.07

O Q4.

1.98

i on

1.82 

1.80 

1.70 

1.70 

1.65

1.62 "i.'eo"

1.54 

1.54 

1.52

Aug.

1.48 

1.48

1.43

1 4fl

1.38

1.28 

1.28 

1.23

1.23 

1.20 

1.20 

1.18 

1.15

1.11

1.09

1 9SJ

1.23

1.22 

1.18 

1.10 "i.'os"

1.05 

1.00 

1.00 

.98 

.90

Sept.

0.83

.72 

.70

.70

.68

.65

""."65" 

.60

.60

.58 

.55 

.50 ""."so"

.50 

.50

.50

.50

.50

""."56" 

.50 

.50 

.50

.50 

.50 ""so"

.50

Oct.

0.50 

.50 

.55

.60

.63

.65 

.65 

.65

.63 

.62

"".60 

.60 

..60

.62 

.62

.63

.65

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65

""."76" 

.75 

.80 

.80 

.80

Nov.

0.80 ""."so"

.80

.78

.78 

.80 

.80

.80

.82 

.82 

.85 

.85 

.85

""s?"

.87

on

.90

.92

.92

""."92"

.95 

.95 

.98 

1.00

Dec.

1.05 

1.05 

1.08

1.10

1.10

1.15

"i.is

1.18

1.20

1.20 

1.20 

1.20

1.20 

1.22

1.22

1 95

1.25

L28 

1.30

1.30 

1.30

L32 

1.32

NOTE. The lake was frozen during portions of February and March. The thickest ice recorded was 15i 

Inches, on March 10.

wraroosKi RIVER ABOVE STEVEBTS BRANCH, NEAR MONTPELIER, VT.

Location. At plant of Corry-Deavitt & Frost Co., 3 miles above Montpelier, Vt., and 

above the several large tributaries that enter in the vicinity of Montpelier.

Records available. May 18, 1909, to November 15, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Staff, bolted to a bowlder on right bank about 100 feet below the power plant.

Control. Shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made from lower railroad bridge, about half a mile 

below gage.

Regulation. As power plant is operated on 24-hour schedule, daily fluctuations in 

stage of river are usually not great.

Winter flow. Discharge relation considerably affected by anchor ice.

Accuracy. Owing to shifts of channel, a complete discharge rating curve has not been 

developed. Mean daily gage height, computed from semidaily observations, 

should be used with caution because of artificial control during low water.

The following discharge measurement was made by G. H. Canfield: 

September 16,1913: Gage height, 2.56; discharge, 88 second-feet.
112 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Gage height, in feet, of Winooski River above Stevens Branch, near Montpelier, Vt., for

1913. 

[P. J. Burke, observer.]

Day.

1.. ............ 

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

10

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1.. ............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7... ...........

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19.............. 

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

25.............. 

26..............

27.............. 

28.............. 

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

January.

A.M.

Time.

8.35

7.00

10.00

7 00

10.00

10.00

9.00

o nn

8.00

10.00

7.00

8.00

9.00

8.00 

9.00

7.00

8.00 

8.00

7.30

11.00

i8&

3.55

4.4

3.5

3 7

3.5

3.3

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.4

4.5

4.8

4.0

4.2 

3.7

3.6

3.4 

3.7

3.2

3.35

P.M.

Time.

"3." 66"

5.00

1.00 

5.00

4.00

5.00

4.00

2.00 

2.30

4.00 

1.00 

12.00 

3.30

Gage 

height.

"3." 2*" 

3.0

3.5 

3.4

3.7

4.4

5.0

4.5 

4.0

3.35 

3.7 

3.0

2.8

April.

A.M.

Time.

7.00

9.00

7.00

8.00 

7.00 

10.00 

8.00 

11.00

7.00 

8.00

9.00 

7.00

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

9.00 

8.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

10.00 

11.00 

7.00 

8.00 

11.00

hSl

2.5

1.9

2.6 

2.4 

2.3 

1.9 

1.8 

1.7

1.6 

1.9

1.8 

1.8

1.75

1.7 

1.65 

1.6 

1.8 

1.8

1.6 

1.5 

1.45 

1.4 

1.4

1.35 

1.3 

1.3 

1.3 

1.3

P.M.

Time.

6.00

5.00

5.00 

1.00 

2.00 

4.00 

5.00

6.00

4.00

4.00

2.00 

4.00 

4.00 

5.00 

4.00

4.00 

3.00 

1.00 

2.00 

6.00

2.00

"5." 66"

1%

2.5

3.0 

2.4 

2.3 

1.8 

1.8 

1.6

1.6

1.8

1.75

1.7 

1.6

1.6 

1.75 

1.8

1.55 

1.45 

1.45 

1.4 

1.4 

1.35

"i.'s"

February.

A.M.

Time.

7.00 

8.00 

10.00

-------

Gage 

height.

3.9 

3.7 

3.0

P.M.

Time.

1.00

&t.

3.9

.......

May.

A.M.

Time.

7.00 

7.00

8.00

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.30

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

6.30 

7.00 

9.00

8." 66 

7.00 

7.00 "7." 66"

8.00

7.00 

8.00 

7.00 

7.00 

8.00 

8.00

Gage 

height.

1.25 

1.25

1.0

.9

.95 

.9 

1.0

.8

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

.9 "i.'o"

1.0 

1.0 "i's"

1.8

1.6 

1.3 

1.4 

2.7 

2.3 

1.7

P.M.

Time.

4.00

12.10 

"2."66"

5.00 

4.00 

4.00 

6.00 

6.00

6.00 

6.00 

4.00 

3.00 

4.00

4.00 

4.00 "4." 66

3.00 

2.00

1.00 

4.00

height.

1.2

.8 

-----

.8 

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

.9

.8 

1.0 

.9 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0

"2.2

1.5 

1.3

2.0 

1.6

March.

A.M.

Time.

-------

11.00

7.00 

7.00 

10.00

9.00

7.00 

8.00 

8.00 

10.30 

5.00 

8.00

height.

-------

2.4

3.2 

4.3 

2.1

2.6 

4.0 

3.9 

4.0 

2.6 

2.5 

2.2

P.M.

Time.

2.00

3.00 

5.00

3.00 

2.00

2.00 

2.30 

4.00

4.00 

2.00

Gage 

height.

2.5

2.9 

3.1

1.9 

3.8

4.2 

4.5 

3.3

2.3 

2.2

June.

A.M.

Time.

10.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00

8.00 

8.00 

9.00 

8.00

6.30 

7.00 

7.00 

8.00

8.00 

11.00 

11.00 

7.00 

6.30

7.00 

9.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

Gage 

height.

1.4 

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2 

1.3 

1.0 

1.2

.8 

.9

.8 

.8

.8 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.5

.5 

.5

.8 

.8 

.8

.8 

.8 

.8 

.7 

.8

P.M.

Time.

4.66 

4.00 

4.00

4.00 

3.00 

1.00

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

6.00

5.00 

4.00

"5." 66"

5.00

2.00 

5.00 

1.00 

5.00 

5.00

height.

1.3 

1.3 

1.2

1.2 

.95 

1.0

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

.95

.8 

1.0

.......

.0

.8 

.0 

.8 

.8 

.0
STREAMS TBIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVEK. 113

Gage height, in feet, of Winooski River above Stevens Branch, near Montpelier, Vt., for

1913 Continued.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..........:...

29..............

30..............

31..............

July.

A.M.

Time.

6.30 

7.00 

8.00 

8.00 

11.00

8.00 

10.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

7.00 

8.00 

9.00 

7.00 

7.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

10.00 

8.00 

8.00

Gage 

height.

0.0

.7 

.7 

.7 

.0

.6 

.9 

.9 

.9 

-.9

.9

.7 

.7 

.7

.7 

.7 

.9 

.7 

.7 

.9 

.9 

1.0 

.7

.7 

.9 

.7 

1.8 

1.8 

1.4

P.M.

Time.

4.00

3.00

6.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00

Gage 

height.

0.5

0.5

.7 

.0 

.0 

.0 

.0

.0 

.0 

.0

.0 

.0

.7 

.7

.0 

.0

.7 

.7 

.0

.7 

.8

Day.

1............................................

2.........................=..................

3............................................

4............................................

6............................................

7............................................

8............................................

9............................................ 10............................................

11............................................

12............................................

13............................................

14............................................

15............................................

16............................................

17............................................

18............................................

19............................................

20............................................

21............................................

99

23............................................

24............................................

25............................................

26............................................

27............................................

9ft

29............................................

OA

31............................................

August.

A.M.

Time.

10.00

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

9.00 

9.00

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

9.00

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

Gage 

height.

1.0

.9

.7

.7 

.7 

.7 

.7 

.0

.7 

.7 

.7 

.7 

.7

.7 

.0 

.4

.7

.7

.7 

.7 

.6

.7

.7 

.7 

.7 

.8

P,M.

Time.

5.00 

4.00

4.00 

4.00

4.66

6.00 

4.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

6-30 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

8.00 

2.00 

4.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

height.

0.0 

.0

.0 

.0

.3 

.0

.0

.0 

.0 

.0

.0 

.0 

.0 

.0 

.0

.0 

.0 

.3 

.0 

.0

.0 

.0 

.0 

.0

October.

A.M.

Time.

9.00 

9.00 

9.00 

9.00

9.00 

9.00 

9.00 

9.00 

9.00

9.00

9.00 

7.00 

7.00

9.00 

9.00

9.00

9.00 

9.00

7.00

8.00

9.00 

9.00 

10.00

Gage 

height.

0.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

.5

1-0 

.9 

.6

.5 

.5

.5

.6 

.5

1.6

.9

1.4 

1.1 

1.0

P.M.

Time.

5.00

5.00

5.30 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

4.00

4.00

5.00

5.66

5.00

5.00

Gage 

height.

0.0

.3

.1 

.0 

.0 

.0 

.0

.0 

.4

.2

.3

.75

.55

.6

September.

A.M.

Time.

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00

10.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

9.00 

8.00 

8.00

Gage 

height.

0.9 

.9 

.9

.9

.0 

.5

.5 

.9

.5 

.5 

.5 

.6 

.6

P.M.

Time.

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

4.00

5.00

1.00 

5.00 

2.30 

5.00 

2.00

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

5.00

Gage 

height.

0.0 

.0 

.0 

.0

.0

.0

.0 

.0 

1.1 

.0 

.5

.5 

.0 

.3 

.0 

.0

November.

A.M.'

Time.

9.00

11.00

9.00

7.00

Gage 

height.

0.9

1.0

.9

1.0

P.M.

Time.

4.00

Gage 

height.

1.0

56525° WSP 354 
114 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

WINOOSKI RIVER AT HONTFELIER, VT.

Location. At covered wooden highway bridge near Central Vermont Railway station 

in Montpelier, just above mouth of Dog River and just below mouth of Worcester 

Branch of Winooeki River.

Records available. May 19, 1909, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Chain, attached to the highway bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to 

half-tenths. Limits of use: Half-tenths below and tenths above 5.5 feet.

Control. Probably permanent.

Discharge measurements. Formerly made from a footbridge about half a mile 

below the highway bridge at high stages and by wading at low stages. Recent 

high-water measurements made from the highway bridge.

Regulation. The operation of the plant of the Colton Manufacturing Co. causes 

decided diurnal fluctuation in discharge at low stages. Fluctuations in the discharge of Worcester Branch are also apparent at this station.

Winter flow. Discharge relation sometimes affected by ice.

Floods. Flood of March, 1913, reached a maximum stage of 14.6 as determined with 

a level by an engineer of the Survey. Corresponding discharge approximately 

15,500 second-feet.

Accuracy. Rating curve well defined. Accuracy of estimates depends on the 

accuracy of mean daily gage heights.

Discharge measurements of Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 8a

25

26

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.33

8.41

9.54

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

203

4 140

5,850

Date.

Sept. 156

166

Hydrographer.

G.H.Canfleld.. .......

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

5.40

3.87

3.97

Discharge.

Sec. ft. 

895

93

105

a. Measurement made under complete ice cover. 6 Measurement made by wading.
STEEAMS TEIBTJTAEY TO ST. LAWEENCE EIVEB. 115

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt. t

for 1913.

[Raymond Colton, observer.]

Day.

1..... .........

2..............

3..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

January.

- A.M.

Gage 

height.

4.85 

4.85 

4.75 

4.85 

6.2

5.8 

5.6 

5.45 

5.25 

4.85

4.85 

5.35 

5.15 

4.85 

4.85

4.85 

4.85 

5.15 

7.8 

6.0

7.8 

6.8 

5.6 

5.6 

5.25

5.15 

5.6 

5.35 

5.35

5.25 

5.25

Discharge.

563 

563 

508 

563 

1,560

1,210 

1,060 

945 

808 

563

563 

875 

742 

563 

563

563 

563 

742 

3,400 

1,380

3,400 

2,190 

1,060 

1,060 

808

742 

1,060 

875 

875 

808 

808

P.M.

Gage 

height.

4.8 

4.85 

4.75 

5.25 

6.2

5.8 

5.5 

5.35 

4.85 

4.85

5.15

5.45 

5.2 

4.85 

4.95

4.85 

4.85 

5.6 

7.6 

5.8

8.4 

5.45 

5.45 

5.6 

5.35

5.15 

5.6 

5.45 

5.35 

5.35 

5.15

Discharge.

535 

563 

508 

808 

1,560

1,210 

980 

875 

563 

563

742 

945 

775 

563 

620

563 

563 

1,060 

3,140 

1,210

4,180 

945 

945 

1,060

875

742 

1,060 

945

875 

875 

742

April.

A.M.

height.

6.0

5.6 

5.5 

5.4 

5.6

6.0 

6.0 

6.1 

6.4 

6.4

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0

6.0

5.8 

5.45 

5.45 

5.35

5.35 

5.35 

5.2 

5.15 

4.95

4.95 

4.95 

4.95 

5.0 

4.95

Discharge.

1,300 

960 

890 

820 

960

1,300 

1,300 

1,390 

1,660 

1,660

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300

1,300 

1,120 

855 

855 

788

788 

788 

690 

658 

535

535 

535 

535 

565 

535

P.M.

Gage 

height.

6.1 

5.5

5.35 

5.5 

5.5

6.3 

6.0 

6.4 

6.8 

6.1

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0

6.0

5.8 

5.45 

5.5 

5.45

5.35 

5.35 

5.25

5.15 

5.05

4.95 

5.0 

4.95 

4.95

-4.85

Discharge.

1,390 

890 

788 

890 

890

1,570 

1,300 

1,660 

2,060 

1,390

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300

1,300 

1,120 

855 

890 

855

788 

788 

722 

658 

595

535 

565 

535 

535 

480

February.

A.M.

' Gage 

height.

5.45 

4.75 

4.85 

4.85 

4.8

4.5 

4.5 

4.4 

4.3 

4.5

Discharge.

945 

508 

563 

563 

535

381 

381 

334

289 

381

P.M.

Gage 

height.

5.5 

4.55 

4.95 

4.9

4.7

4.5 

4.55 

4.3 

4.5 

4.5

Discharge.

980 

406 

620 

590 

480

381

406 

289 

381 

381

May.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

4.55 

4.45 

4.45 

4.35 

4.45

4.45 

4.4 

4.35 

4.45 

4.35

4.3

4.35 

4.45 

4.45 

4.35

4.4 

4.45 

4.4 

4.35 

4.35

4.45 

4.85 

5.8 

6.7 

6.9

7.3 

6.8 

6.9 

6.9 

6.3 

5.7

Discharge.

348

309 

309 

272 

309

309 

290 

272 

309

272

254 

272 

309 

309 

272

290 

309 

290 

272 

272

309 

480 

1,120 

1,960 

2,160

2,580 

2,060 

'2,160 

2,160 

1,570 

1,040

P.M.

Gage 

height.

4.55 

4.45 

4.45 

4.4 

4.45

4.45 

4.35 

4.45 

4.45 

4.35

4.3

4.45 

4.45 

4.45 

4.4

4.4 

4.45 

4.35 

4.35 

4.45

4.75 

5.05 

6.4 

6.8 

7.3

7.2 

6.9 

7.0 

6.6 

6.2 

5.5

Discharge.

348 

309 

309 

290 

309

309

272 

309 

309

272

254 

309 

309 

309 

290

290 

309 

272 

272 

309

309 

595 

1,660 

2,060 

2,580

2,470 

2,160 

2,260 

1,860 

1,480 

890

March.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

4.3 

4.3 

4.4 

4.3

4.4 

4.3 

4.3

4.45 

5.7

5.2 

5.1 

5.1 

10.0

10.7

9.1 

8.3 

5.6 

5.5 

5.4

8.6 

10.0 

6.4 

6.5 

8.5

9.7 

10.5 

8.1 

6.6 

6.4 

6.5

Discharge.

289 

289 

334

289

334 

289 

289 

358 

1,130

775 

710 

710

6,540

4,620 

3,680 

960 

890 

820

4,020 

5,700 

1,660 

1,760 

3,900

5,340 

6,300 

3,460 

1,860 

1,660 

1,760

P.M.

Gage 

height.

4.2 

4.3 

4.4 

4.3

4.5 

4.3 

4.4 

4.9

5.8

5.2 

5.15 

5.1 

11.2

10.0

9.0 

8.3 

5.5 

5.3

5.4

8.8 

10.0 

6.5 

6.5 

12.0

12.2 

13.0 

6.9 

6.5

6.5 

6.5

Discharge.

246 

289 

334 

289

381 

289 

334 

590 

1210

775 

742 

710

5700

4500 

3680 

890 

755 

820

4260 

5700 

1760 

1760 

8100

8340 

9300 

2160 

1760 

1760 

1760

June.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

5.3 

5.4 

4.9 

4.95

4.8

4.6 

4.9 

4.6 

4.4 

4.5

4.5

4.4 

4.4 

4.5 

4.4

4.4 

4.0 

4.5 

4.5 

4.3

4.2 

4.1 

3.9 

3.9 

4.0

4.1 

4.2 

3.7 

3.7 

3.8

Discharge.

755 

820 

505 

535 

455

368 

505 

368 

290 

328

328 

290 

290 

328 

290

290 

160 

328 

328 

254

220 

189 

133 

133 

160

189 

220 

87 

87 

109

P. M.

Gage 

height.

4.9 

5.2 

4.9 

4.9

4.75

4.6 

5.0 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5

4.5 

4.3

4.4 

4.45 

4.4

4.4 

4.5 

4.45 

4.5 

4.3

4.3 

4.1 

3.95 

3.9 

3.9

4.15 

4.3 

3.7

3.7 

3.85

Discharge.

505 

690 

505 

505 

432

368 

565 

328 

328 

328

328 

254 

290 

309 

290

290 

328 

309

328 

254

254 

189 

146 

133 

133

204 

254 

87 

87 

121
116 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PABT IV.

, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt., 

for 1913 Continued.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

9........:.....

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

July.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

3.9 

3.9 

3.8 

3.9 

3.8

3.65 

3.7 

3.65 

3.7 

3.85

4.05 

4.1 

3.95 

3.9 

4.05

3.85 

3.85 

3.85 

4.05 

3.75

3.85 

3.95 

3.85 

3.85 

3.75

3.85 

3.85 

4.05 

4.25 

4.15 

3.65

Discharge.

133 

133 

109 

133 

109

78 

87 

78 

87 

121

174 

189 

146 

133 

174

121 

121 

121 

174 

98

121 

146 

121 

121 

98

121

121 

174 

237

204

78

P.M.

Gage 

height.

3.9 

3.9 

3.85 

3.8 

3.75

3.65 

3.65 

3.65 

3.65 

4.15

4.1 

4.1 

3.95 

3.95 

4.05

3.95 

3.85 

3.95 

3.85 

3.65

3.95 

3.85 

3.65 

3.85 

3.85

3.9 

3.85 

4.65 

4.0 

3.85 

3.85

Discharge.

133 

133 

121 

109 

98

78 

78 

78 

78 

204

189 

189 

146 

146 

174

146 

121 

146 

121

78

146 

121 

78 

121 

121

133 

121 

389 

160 

121 

121

October.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

3.8 

3.9 

3.4 

4.1 

4.0

3.6 

3.7 

3.7 

3.8 

3.85

4.0 

3.95 

4.0 

4.3 

4.3

4.2 

4.1 

3.8 

3.5 

4.3

5.0 

4.75 

4.8 

4.9 

5.0

5.1 

5.0 

4.8 

4.6 

4.6 

4.4

Discharge.

109 

133 

37 

189 

160

68 

87 

87 

109 

121

160 

146 

160 

254 

254

220 

189 

109 

51 

254

565 

432 

455 

505 

565

625 

565 

455 

368 

368 

290

P.M.

Gage 

height.

3.85 

4.0 

3.3 

4.2 

3.9

3.7 

3.65 

3.8 

3.9 

4.0

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4.4 

4.3

4.3 

4.0 

3.9 

3.6 

4.4

5.2 

4.7 

4.9 

5.0 

5.05

5.1 

5.1 

4.7 

4.65 

4.55 

4.5

Discharge.

121 

160 

25 

220 

133

87 

78 

109 

133 

160

160 

160 

160 

290 

254

254 

160 

133 

68 

290

690 

410 

505 

565 

595

625 

625 

410 

389 

348 

328

August.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

3.85 

4.35 

4.15 

4.15 

4.15

4.15 

4.05 

3.85 

3.95 

4.15

3.95 

4.05 

4.05 

3.95 

4.0

4.05 

3.95 

4.05 

4.1 

4.05

4.0 

3.75 

4.2 

4.8 

5.3

4.7 

5.1 

4.3 

4.0 

4.1 

4.0

Discharge.

121 

272 

204 

204 

204

204 

174 

121 

146 

204

146 

174 

174 

146 

160

174 

146 

174 

189 

174

160 

98 

220 

455

755

410 

625 

254 

160 

189 

160

P.M.

Gage 

height.

3.95 

4.15 

4.25 

4.15 

4.2

4.15 

4.05 

3.95 

4.0 

4.0

4.0 

4.05 

4.05 

4.0 

4.05

4.05 

4.0 

4.15 

4.1 

4.1

3.8 

4.4 

4.95 

5.2

4.9 

4.8 

4.1 

4.1 

4.1 

4.1

Discharge.

146 

204 

237 

204 

220

204 

174 

146 

160 

160

160 

174 

174 

160 

174

174 

160 

204 

189 

189

109 

290 

535 

690

505 

455 

189 

189 

189 

189

November.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

4.4 

4.1 

4.3 

4 2 

4.3

4.3 

4.3 

4.15 

4.2 

4.3

4.15 

4.05 

4.15 

4.25 

4.75

4.15 

4.15 

4.25 

4.35 

5.05

5.15 

4.55 

4.15 

4.35 

4.35

4.25 

4.1 

4.05 

4.25 

4.15

Discharge.

290 

189 

254 

220 

254

254 

254 

204 

220 

254

204 

174 

204 

237 

432

204 

204 

237 

272 

595

688 

348 

204 

272 

272

237 

189 

174 

237 

204

P.M.

Gage 

height.

4.3 

4.0 

4.4 

4.3 

4.35

4.3 

4.2 

4.3 

4.3 

4.3

4.05 

4.1 

4.15 

4.45 

4.35

4.05 

4.25 

4.25 

4.55 

5.6

4.75 

4.45 

4.25 

4.45 

4.4

4.25 

4.05 

4.25 

4.35 

4.05

Discharge.

254 

160 

290 

254

272

254 

220 

254 

254 

254

174 

189 

174 

309

272

174 

237 

237

348 

960

432 

309 

237 

309 

290

237 

174 

237 

272 

174

September.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

4.0 

4.0 

3.8 

3.6 

3.7

3.9 

3.8 

4.0 

3.9 

3.85

3.8 

3.85 

3.9 

3.8 

3.7

3.45 

3.65 

3.9 

3.8 

3.95

3.95 

3.9 

4.6 

4.4 

4.1

3.9 

3.95 

3.8 

3.3 

3.6

Discharge.

160 

160 

109 

68

87

133 

109 

160 

133 

121

109 

121 

133 

109

87

44 

78 

133 

109 

146

146 

133 

368 

290 

189

133 

146 

109 

25 

68

P.M.

Gage 

height.

4.05 

3.9 

3.75 

3.7 

4.0

3.8 

3.85 

3.8 

3.8 

3.9

3.9 

3.9 

3.9 

3.85 

3.5

3.25 

3.75 

4.05 

3.75 

4.0

3.95 

4.1 

4.5 

4.2 

3.95

4.05 

3.9 

3.5 

3.4 

3.7

Discharge.

174 

133 

98 

87 

160

109 

121 

109 

109 

133

133 

133 

133 

121 

51

20 

98 

174 

98 

160

146 

189 

328 

220 

146

174 

133 

51 

37

87

December.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

4.35 

4.35 

4.35 

4.45 

4.5

4.35 

" 4.15 

4.65

4.75 

4.45

4.4 

4.45 

4.45 

4.4

4.45

4.35 

4.25 

4.25 

4.35 

4.35

4.15 

4.45 

4.35 

4.25 

4.25

4.25 

4.45 

4.55 

4.45 

4.55

Discharge.

272 

272 

272 

309 

328

272 

204 

389 

432 

309

290 

309 

309 

290 

309

272 

237 

237

272 

272

204 

309 

272 

237 

237

237 

309 

348 

309

348

P.M.

Gage 

height.

4.45 

4.35 

4.4 

4.55 

4.45

4.25 

4.25 

5.05 

4.6 

4.45

4.45 

4.45 

4.45 

4.45 

4.4

4.35 

4.3 

4.4 

4.45 

4.35

4.0 

4.55 

4.3 

4.35 

4.25

4.3 

4.55 

4.6 

4.45 

4.55

Discharge.

309 

272 

290 

348 

309

237 

237 

595 

368 

309

309 

309 

309 

309 

290

272 

254 

290 

309

272

160 

348 

254 

272 

237

254 

348 

368 

309 

348
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWREKCE RIVER. 117

WORCESTER BRANCH OF WINOOSKI RIVER AT MONTPELIER, VT.

Location. A short distance below plant of Lane Manufacturing Co., at Montpelier, 

near junction of Worcester Branch with main stream.

Records available. May 15, 1909, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Vertical staff, fastened to a stone wall and tree about 100 feet below power 

plant; read daily, morning and evening, to half-tenths. Limits of use: Halftenths below and tenths above 3.0 feet.

Control. Fairly permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from steel highway bridge about 300 feet below 

gage.

Regulation. Flow affected by operation of power plant just above station.

Winter flow. Discharge relation materially affected by ice.

Floods. Flood of March, 1913, reached a maximum stage of 9.8 feet at 4.30 p. m. 

March 25, and a second peak stage of 9.7 feet at 4.30 p. m. March 27. Records of 

maximum stage verified by engineer of Geological Survey from high-water marks. 

Maximum discharge approximately 3,420 second-feet.

Accuracy. Rating curve fairly well defined. Accuracy of estimates depends on 

the accuracy of mean daily gage heights.

Discharge measurements of Worcester Branch of Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt.,in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 26

26

Apr. 28

Hydrographer.

.....do....................................................................

.....do....................................................................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

7.20

6.50

1.87

Discharge.

Sec.ft. 

2,030

1 'l26 700

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Worcester Branch of Winooski River 

at Montpelier, Vt., for 1913.

[S. A. Luke, observer.]

Day..

1..............

3..............

c

6..-W-. .........

7..............

8..............

g

10..............

11..............

19

10

14..............

11

16..............

17..............

18..............

1Q

20..............

21..............

22..............

23 .

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31-. ........

January.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

1.4 

1.35 

1.3 

3.0

1.7 

2.1

1.8 

2.0 

1.7

1.7

2.3 

2.2 

1.9

1.6 

1.6 

2.9 

o5.0 

3.0

4.7 

3.0 

2.2 

2.3 

1.9

2.0 

1.7 

1.7 

1.6 

1.5

Discharge.

54 

48 

43 

390

94

165 

110 

145 

94

94

210 

187 

127

79 

79 

362 

1,070 

390

954 

390 

187 

210 

127

145 

94 

94 

79 

66

P.M.

Gage 

height.

1.35 

1.3 

1.8 

2.5 

o2.1

1.8 

2.0 

1.9 

1.6 

1.6

1.6 

o 2.6 

2.4

2.1

1.8

1.7 

2.05 

3.1 

o3.9 

2.6

4.1 

2.7 

2.2 

2.2 

2.0 

ol.9 

2.0 

1.7 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5

Discharge,

48 

43 

110 

258 

165

110 

145 

127 

79 

79

79 

283 

234 

165 

110

94 

155 

418 

666 

283

734 

309

187 

187 

145

127

145 

94 

66 

66 

66

February.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

2.0

1.5

1.4 

1.5

1.6 

1.66 

1.4

1.6

1.6 

1.7 

1.7 

1.8 

2.2

Discharge.

145

66 

54 

66

79 

72

54

P.M.

Gage 

height.

1.8 

ol.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

ol.5

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.9

2.3 

o2.4

Discharge.

110 

66 

66 

66 

66

66 

66 

54

March.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

2.9 

2.3 

2.9 

3.6

4.4 

6.3

2.8 

5.1

5.2 

5.4 

5.2 

3.6

2.7

Discharge.

362 

210 

362 

568

842 

1,620

335 

1,110

1,150 

1,230 

1,150 

568

309

P.M.

Gage 

height.

2.7 

2.4 

3.3 

4.1

5.8 

4.2 

o3.0 

3.3 

9.8

6.6 

9.7 

3.8 

3.0 

o2.6 

4.6

Discharge.

309 

234 

476 

734

1,400 

770 

390 

476 

3,420

1,760 

3,360 

632 

390 

283 

916

a on Sunday usually one gage reading-between 2 and 5 p. m.
118 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Worcester Branch of Winooski River 

at Montpelier, Vt., for 1913 Continued.

Day.

1... ...........

2.... ..........

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7.. ............

8..............

9..............

10..............

U... ...........

12..............

10

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

1 e

1Q

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..........----

26..............

97

28..............

29..............

3H

q-i

Day.

1..............

2..............

4..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10............'..

U... ...........

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

April.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

3.9 

2.7

2.4 

3.0

4.8

2.5 

2.2 

2.2 

2.0

2.4 

2.5

2.6 

2.7

2.6 

2.4 

1.9 

2.2

2.1 

2.0 

1.9 

2.0 

1.9

1.8

1.6 

1.6 

1.4

Discharge.

666 

309 

234 

390 

992

258 

187 

187 

145

234 

258

283 

309

283 

234 

127

187

165 

145 

127 

145 

127

110

79 

79 

54

P.M.

Gage 

height.

3.3

2.7 

2.4 

3.7

4.5

o2.9 

2.6 

2.5 

2.3 

2.2

2.7 

2.7 

«2.7 

2.4 

2.35

2.4 

2.2 

2.0 

3.1

o2.4

2.2 

1.9 

2.0 

1.9 

1.9

1.8 

01.65 

1.7 

1.6 

1.6

Discharge.

476 

309 

234 

600 

878

362

283 

258 

210 

187

309 

309 

309 

234 

222

234 

187 

145 

418 

234

187 

127 

145 

127 

127

110 

86 

94 

79 

79

July.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

1.0 

1.0

.8

.8

.9 

.9

.8 

.8

1.05 

.9

1.05 

1.1

.9 

.9 

.8 

1.4

.8 

.9 

.9 

.8 

.8

1.05

1.0 

1.3 

1.15 

1.0

Discharge.

14 

14 

2.5

2.5

7.5 

7.5 

2.5 

2.5

18

7.5

18

22

7.5 

7.5 

2.5 

54

2.5 

7.5 

7.5 

2.5 

2.5

18

14 

43 

27 

14

P.M.

Gage 

height.

1.1 

1.05

.8 

.8 

.8

o.9 

1.1 

.8 

.8 

1.1

1.1 

1.1 

o.9 

1.1 

1.1

1.05 

1.1 

1.0 

1.1

o.9

.9 

.9 

.9

.8 

.8

1.3 

a 1.0 

1.3 

1.5 

1.4 

.9

Discharge.

22 

18 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

7.5 

22 

2.5 

2.5 

22

22 

22 

7.5 

22 

22

18

22 

14 

22

7.5

7.5 

7.5 

7.5 

2.5 

2.5

43 

14 

43 

66 

54 

7.5

May.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

1.4 

1.4 

1.3

1.25

1.1 

1.2 

1.1 

1.2 

1.2

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.15

1.2 

1.2

i.25 

1.15

1.1 

1.2

2.4 

3.0

1.8 

1.6 

1.9

4.6 

2.6 

2.2

Discharge.

54 

54 

43

38 

22 

32 

22 

32 

32

22 

22 

22 

27

32 

32

38 

27 

22 

32 

234 

390

110 

79 

127 

916

283 187'

P.M.

Gage 

height.

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

ol.2 

1.3

1.4 

1.05 

1.05 

1.4 

1.4

ol.O 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.3

1.3 

1.3 

ol.2 

1.3 

1.4

1.4 

1.9 

2.6 

2.8 

o2.4

1.8 

1.6 

2.2

4.4 

2.4 

2.1

Discharge.

66 

66 

54 

32 

43

54 

18 

18 

54 

54

14 

54

54 

54 

43

43 

43 

32 

43 

54

54 

127

283 

335 

234

110 

79 

187 

842 

234 

165

August.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

0.9 

.9

.8 

.8

.8 

.8 

.7 

.7

.8 

.7 

.7 

.6

.7

.7

.7 

.8 

.9

.8 

.8 

.9

.8

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8 

.9

Discharge.

7.5 

7.5

2.5 

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

.5 

.5

2.5 

.5 

.5 

.0 

.5

.5

.5 

2.5

7.5

2.5 

2.5

7.5

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

7.5

P.M.

Gage 

height.

1.1

.8 

o.9 

.7 

1.2

.9

.8 

.8 

.8 

0.8

.8 

.8 

.7 

.8 

.8

.8 

o.7 

.8 

1.0 

.9

.8 

.8 

.8 

0.8 

1.0

.9 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

0.8

Discharge.

22 

2.5 

7.5 

.5 

32

7.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.5 

.5 

2.5 

14 

7.5

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

14

7.5 

14 

14 

14 

14 

2.5

June.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

1.9 

1.6 

1.5

1.4

1.3 

L3

1.3 

1.2

1.2 

1.15 

1.2 

1.15

1.1 

1.25 

1.2 

1.1 

1.1

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

.8 

1.0 

1.0

.9

Discharge.

127

79 

66 

54

43

43

43 

32

32

27 

32

27

22 

38 

32 

22 

22

14

14 

14 

14 '

2.5 

14 

14

7.5

P.M.

Gage 

height.

«1.8 

1.7 

1.6 

1.6 

1.5

1.45 

1.5

ol.4 

1.5 

1.3

1.4 

1.3 

1.4 

1.4 

ol.l

1.4 

1.5 

1.3 

1.2 

1.2

1.15 

ol.O 

1.1 

1.1 

1.2

1.3 

1.1 

1.1 

«.9 

1.0

Discharge.

110 

94 

79 

79 

66

60 

66 

54 

66 

43

54 

43 

54 

54 

22

54 

66 

43 

32 

32

27 

14 

22 

22 

32

43 

22 

22 

7.5 

14

September.

A.M.

Gage 

height

0.8 

.9 

.9 

.8 

.8

.8

.8 

.8 

.8

.8 

.8 

.8

.9

.9

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8

.8 

.9 

.9 

.9

.8 

.9

.8 

.85

Discharge.

2.5 

7.5 

7.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

7.5

7.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.5 

7.5 

7.5 

7.5

2.5

7.5

2.5 

5.0

P.M.

Gage 

height.

0.8 

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

.9

.9 

o.9 

.9

.8 

.8

.8 

.8 

1.0 

o.9 

.9

.85 

.85 

.8 

.8 

.8

0.8 

1.1 

1.5 

1.35 

1.2

.95 

.9 

0.8 

1.0 

1.0

Discharge.

2.5 

14 

14 

7.5 

7.5

7.5 

 7.5 

7.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

14 

7.5

7.5

5.0 

5.0 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.5 

22 

66 

48 

32

11

7.5 

2.5 

14 

14

a On Sunday one gage reading between 2 and 5 p. m.
STREAMS TEIBUTAEY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 119

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Worcester Branch of WinoosH River 

at Montpelier, Vt., for 1913 Continued.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12.1............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

October.

A.M.

height.

0.8 

.8 

.8 

.8

1.0

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8

.8

-1.1 

1.1 

1.15

1.0 

1.0 

1 .9

1.4

2.0 

1.6 

1.4 

1.2 

1.2

2.1 

2.5 

1.7 

1.3 

1.3 

1.2

Discharge.

2.5 

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

14 

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

2.5

2.5

22 

22 

27

14 

14

7.5

54

145 

79 

54 

32 

32

165 

258 

94 

43 

43 

32

P.M.

height.

1.1 

.8 

.9 

.9 

o.9

1.1 

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

.9 

o.9 

1.2 

1.4 

1.25

1.1 

1.2 

1.0 

0.8 

1.45

1.5 

1.8 

1.8 

1.4 

2.6

2.3 

2.2 

1.6 

1.5 

1.5 

1.45

Discharge.

22 

2.5 

7.5 

7.5 

7.5

22 

22 

14 

14 

14

7.5 

7.5 

32 

54 

38

22 

32 

14 

2.5 

60

66 

110 

110 

54

283

210

187 

79 

66 

66 

60

November.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

1.2

1.2 

1.1 

1.1

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.8

1.3 

1.3 

1.2 

1.15 

1.1

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

3.1

2.3 

1.7 

1.55 

1.4 

1.3

1.3 

1.0 

1.0 

1.05

Discharge.

32

32

22 

22

22 

22 

22 

22 

110

43 

43

32 

27 

22

22 

22 

22 

22 

418

210 

94 

72 

54 

43

43

14 

14 

18

P.M.

Gage 

height.

1.4 

ol. 1 

L2 

1.4 

1.3

1.25 

1.2 

1.25 

1.3 

1.9

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.4

1.1 

1.3 

1.2 

' 1.25 

2.8

2.0 

1.7 

1.5 

1.6 

1.5

1.4 

1.0 

1.4 

1.4 

ol.O

Discharge.

54 

22 

32 

54 

43

38 

32 

38 

43 

127

66 

66 

66

54 

54

22 

43 

32 

38 

335

145 

94 

66

79 

66

54 

14 

54 

54 

14

December.

A.M.

height.

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

1.6

1.4

2.2 

1.7 

1.4

1.35 

1.3 

1.3

1.4

1.3 

1.2 

1.2 

1.3 

1.2

1.2 

1.3 

1.1 

1.15

1.2 

1.1

1.2 

1.2 

1.3

Discharge.

22 

43 

66 

94 

79

54

187 

94 

54

48 

43 

43

54

43 

32 

32 

43 

32

32 

43

22 

27

32 

22

32 

32 

43

P.M.

height.

1.5 

1.6 

1.9 

1.7 

1.6

1.5 

ol.3 

2.3 

L75 

1.7

1.6 

1.5 

1.55 

ol.4 

1.5

1.5 

1.3 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5

ol.2 

1.35 

1.4 

1.35 

1.2

1.3 

1.3 

ol.2 

1.5 

1.4 

1.5

Discharge.

66 

79 

127 

94 

79

66 

43 

210 

102 

94

79 

66 

72 

54 

66

66 

43 

66 

66 

66

32

48 

54 

48 

32

43 

43 

32 

66 

54 

66

a On Sunday usually one gage reading between 2 and 5 p. m. 

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice about Feb. 9 to Mar. 16.

DOG RIVER AT NORTHFEELD, VT.

Location. At highway bridge in Northfield, Vt., near Norwich University grounds.

Union Brook flows into Dog River a short distance below station. 

Records available. May 14, 1909, to December 31, 1913. August 23, 1910, station

at lower bridge; August 23, 1910, to December 31, 1913, present station. 

Drainage area. 57 square miles. 

Gage. Vertical staff attached to highway bridge; read daily, morning and evening,

to quarter-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 2.0, half-tenths from 2.0 to

3.0, and tenths above 3.0. 

Control. Probably permanent. 

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge during high water and by

wading during low water. 

Regulation. Diurnal fluctuation caused by operations of power plant probably not

sufficient to affect materially computations based on semidaily observations of

gage height. 

Floods. Flood of March, 1913, reached a maximum stage 8.5 feet at approximately

10 p. m. March 25. A second maximum of 7.7 feet was reached at noon March 27

Maximum discharge was about 3,400 second-feet, or 60 second-feet per square

mile of drainage area.
120 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Discharge measurements of Dog River at Northfield, Vt., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 27

27

Apr. 28

Sept. 14a

Hydrographer.

R. S. Barnes....................... ......................................

.....do....................................................................

.....do....................................................................

G. H. Canfleld....... ....................................................

Gage, 

height.

Feet. 

7.50

7.00

1.93

0.70

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2,520

1,960

on

3.68

» Measurement made by wading.

Daily gage height, infect, of Dog River at Northfield, Vt.,for 1913. 

[Florence C. Doyle, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7... ..........

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

19

13..............

14..............

15..............

16.............. 

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

91

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1.62

1.55

2.25

2.25

1.80

1.28

2.2

1.20

1.30

1.35

1.45

3.4

1.95

1.80

1.80

1.75 

2.65

3.1

2.9

2.4

4.0

2.45

2.1

2.45

2.0

1.92

2.1

1.75

1.45 

1.70

1.62

Feb.

2.0

1.35

1.40

1.48

1.48

1.32

1.35

1.30

.......

1.65

2.1

1.68

1.30

1.22

1.05

1.10

1.08

Mar.

1.10

1.20

1.05

1.10

1.10

1.02

1.05

3.6

1.80

2.15

1.68

6.2

4.7

3.1 

1.60

1.90

3.1

3.9

3.4

2.4

2.6

3.8

5.2

4.4

7.1

3.7

3.1 

2.95

4.0

Apr.

2.85

2.6

2.4

3.4

4.0

3.3

2.85

2.6

2.35

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.45

2.5

2.5

2-25 

2.3

2.25

2.55

2.30

2.2

2.2

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.15

2.1

2.1

2.0 

1.94

May.

1.90

1.84

1.80

1.71

1.76

1.65

1.55

1.55

1.60

1.52

1.51

1.48

1.44

1.51

1.42

1.60 

1.55

1.5

1.49

1.41

1.39

1.85

2.3

2.6

2.1

2.0

1.89

2.1

3.2 

2.45

2.2

June.

2.0

1.90

1.85

1.95

1.82

1.73

1.70

1.64

1.60

1.50

1.35

1.20

1.35

1.34

1.20

1.32 

1.35

1.42

1.35

1.28

1.22

1.19

1.22

1.18

1.08

1.02

1.12

1.02

1.00 

1.00

July.

0.96

.92

.96

.90

.95

.90

.90

1.05

1.18

1.25

1.12

.96

1.05

1.00

.95

.90

.88

.84

.88

.85

.86

.82

.82

.88

.92

1.00

.79

1.29

1.20 

1.00

.92

Aug.

0.85

.85

.81

.89

.90

.92

.82

.80

.79

.78

.78

.75

.75

.82

.78

.78 

.75

.85

.80

.70

.70

.80

.85

.72

.70

.69

.90

.80

.80 

.78

.74

Sept.

0.70

.68

.72

.80

.72

.69

.69

.70

.68

.62

.62

.72

.70

.70

.70

.70 

.72

.72

.70

.75

.70

1.50

1.25

.86

.80

.74

.78

.78

.69 

.68

Oct.

0.80

1.25

1.22

1.05

.94

.80

.74

.75

.85

.90

.80

1.15

1.25

1.25

1.18

1.05 

1.00

.88

.99

1.98

2.0

1.78

1.35

1.29

1.82

2.4

2.45

1.88

1.85 

1.81

1.68

Nov.

1.55

1.50

1.41

1.35

1.48

1.40

1.40

1.45

2.15

2.6

2.05

1.78

1.80

1.72

1.68

1.65 

1.65

1.59

1.70

2.4

1.95

1.82

1.81

1.78

1.68

1.61

1.55

1.65

1.60 

1.55

Dec.

1.60

1.70

1.95

1.85

1.75

1.65

1.68

2.15

2.3

1.90

1.78

1.78

1.72

1.76

1.75

1.65 

1.68

1.65

1.55

1.56

1.58

1.52 irso

1.42

1.50

1.52

1.60

1.52

1.50 

1.40

1.40

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice about Feb. 9-20.
STEBAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. . 121 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Dog River at Northfield, Vt.,for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

59

52

130

130

77

30

123

24

31

35

44

312

94

77

77

72

184

256

223

149

443

156

111

156

99

90

111

72

44

67

59

Feb.

99

35

39

46

46

33

35

31

62

111

65

31

25

15

18

17

Mar.

18

24

15

18

18

13

15

15

50

239

77

117

65

1,390

647

256

57

88

256

419

312

149

177

396

838

553

2,100

374

256

231

443

Apr.

215

177

149

312

443

293

215

177

142

177

177

163

156

163

163

130

136

130

170

136

123

123

136

136

123

117

111

111

99

92

May.

88

81

77

68

73

62

52

52

57

50

49

46

43

49

41

57

52

48

47

40

38

82

136

177

111

99

87

111

274

156

123

June.

99

88

82

94

79

70

67

61

57

48

35

24

35

34

24

33

35

41

35

30

25

23

25

23

17

13

19

13

12

12

July.

10

9

10

8

10

8

8

15

23

28

19

10

15

12

10

8

8

6

8

7

7

6

6

8

9

12

5

30

24

12

 9

Aug.

7

7

6

8

8

9

6

5

5

5

5

4

4

6

5

5

4

7

5

4.

4

5

7

4

4

4

8

5

5

5

4

Sept.

4

4

4

5

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

48

28

7

5

4

5

5

4

4

Oct.

5

28

25

15

10

5

4

4

7

8

5

21

28

28

23

15

12

8

12

97

99'

75

35

30

79

149

156

76

82

78

65

Nov.

52

48

40

35

46

39

39

44

117

177

105

75

77

69

65

62

62

56

67

149

94

79

78

75

65

58

52

62

57

52

Dee.

57

67

94

82

72

62

65

117

136

88

75

75

69

73

72

62

65

62

52

53

55

50

31

41

48

50

57

50

48

39

39

Monthly discharge of Dog River at Northfield, Vt.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 57 square miles.]

Month.

April...................................

May....................................

July....................................

August. ................................

October .................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

443 

111 

2,100 

443 

274 

99 

30 

9 

48 

156 

177 

136

2,100

Minimum.

24

13 

92 

38 

12 

5 

4 

3 

4 

35 

31

3

Mean.

116 

33.4 

311 

166 

81.5 

41.8 

11.6 

5.48 

6.43 

41.4 

69.9 

64.7

79.5

Per 

square 

mile.

2.04 

.586 

5.46 

2.91 

1.43 

.733 

.204 

.0961 

.113 

.726 

1.23 

1.14

1.39

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.35 

.61 

6.30 

3.25 

1.65 

.82 

.24 

.11 

.13 

.84 

1.37 

1.31

18.98

Accuracy.

A. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

C. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

A. 

A.

NOTE. Discharge Feb. 9 to 20, inclusive, interpolated by comparison with records of nearby streams and 

a study of the climatologic records at Northfield.
122 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

LAMOILLE RIVER AT CADYS FALLS, VT.

Location. About 1,000 feet below power plant of Morrisville Electric Light & Power 

Co., 1,000 feet below the highway bridge at what was formerly known as Cadys 

Falls, and about 2 miles downstream from village of Morrisville; Hyde Park is 

1 mile north. Both Hyde Park and Morrisville are on the St. Johnsbury & Lake 

Champlain Railroad.

Records available. September 4 to December 31, 1913. A station was maintained 

in the village of Morrisville July 28, 1909, to July 13, 1910, and was replaced by a 

station at Johnson July 14, 1910. See Water-Supply Paper 324, page 126.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Gurley electric water-stage register in standard timber shelter over timberlined well.

Control. Gravel 500 feet below gage well denned; bed of stream smooth gravel.

Discharge measurements. At low stages made by wading 500 feet below gage; 

at medium and high stages from a cable.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice during extremely cold weather.

Accuracy. Conditions for making discharge measurements are excellent. Rating 

curve fairly well denned. Diurnal fluctuation determined by recording gage.

Discharge measurements of Lamoille River at Cadys Falls, Vt., in 1913.

Date.

6«

6«

Oct. 316

Hydrographer.

G.H.Canfleld....... ....................................................

.....do........................:...........................................

.....do....................................................................

C.S.-Dt>GiO\j«.. .............................. ..........................

Gage 

heignt.

Feet. 

2.06

2.05

1.95

2.54

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

107

102

73.4

251

« Measurement made by wading. 6 Measurement made from cable. 

NOTE. Additional measurements made early in 1914 were used in determining the rating curve.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Lamoille River at Cadys Falls, Vt.,for 1913.

Day.

1.. .............

2...............

3...............

4...............

5...............

6...............

7...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11...............

12...............

13...............

14...............

in

Sept.

2.06

2.05

2.01

1.93

1.98

1.98

2.03

1.98

2.01

1.94

1.89

1 93

Oct.

2.04

1.96

1.98

2.09

2.01

1.99

1 97

2.00

1.96

1 97

2.00

2.04

2.13

2.21

Nov.

2.27

2.48

2.45

2.33

2.28

2.35

2.22

9 >;l

2.49

2.37

2.26

2.28

2 99

Dec.

2.42

2.68

2.89

2.69

2.57

3.08

2.85

2 fifi

2.52

2.31

2.45

2.37

2.37

Day.

16...............

17...............

18...............

19...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

23...............

24...............

9>S

26...............

27...............

28...............

29...............

30...............

31...............

Sept.

1.95

1.95

1.96

1.95

1.95

1.87

1.99

2.32

2.19

2.16

2.08

2.07

2.00

2.00

2.05

Oct.

2.02

1.99

1.95

1.87

2.27

2.80

2.44

2.36

2.85

262

Nov.

2.16

2.08

2.17

2.19

3.34

2.94

2.67

2.44

2.52

2.53

2.50

2.35

2.26

2.31

2.20

Dec.

2.42

2.39

2.41

2.26

2.28

2.25

2.26

2.19

2.14

2.22

2.23

2.13

2.04

NOTE. Gage heights computed from records obtained by a Gurley electric 

records obtained Oct. 24-29 and Dec. 29-31.

. No
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 123 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Lamoille River at Cadys Falls, Vt.,for 1913.

Day.

\.. .............

2. ..............

3...............

4...............

5...............

6...............

7...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11...............

12...............

13...............

14...............

15...............

Sept.

105

102

92

o73

84

84

Q7

84

92

75

" <*64

73

Oct.

99

80

84

112

o92

87

82

89

80

82

89

123

146

115

Nov.

237

a 164

230

237

220

182

167

188

a 149

240

234

195

161

167

149

Dec.

211

302

383

428

305

262

a 185

462

367

9(M

244

176

220

a 195

195

Day.

16...............

17...............

18...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

23 ...............

24...............

25...............

26...............

27. ..............

28...............

29...............

30...............

ql

Sept.

78

78

80

78

78

o60

87

179

140

132

110

107

a 89

89

102

Oct.

94

87

78

<*60

164

347

217

192

367

279

Nov.-

a 132

110

135

140

578

403

298

a 217

244

248

237

188

161

176

a 143

Dec.

211

201

207

161

167

a 158

161

140

126

149

152

123

«99

a Sunday. 

NOTE. Discharge computed from a fairly well-defined rating curve.

Monthly discharge of Lamoille River at Cadys Falls, Vt.,for 1913.

Month.

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

179

578 

462

Minimum.

60 

60 

110 

. 99

Mean.

93 

188 

211 

213

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

A. 

A.

NOTE. Discharge for period Oct. 24-29 estimated by comparison with records at Johnson, Vt. "Discharge for Dec. 29, 30, and 31 estimated at 110 second-feet.

LAMOILLE RIVER AT JOHNSON, VT.

Location. At highway bridge on main road from railroad station to post office in town 

of Johnson, Vt., and about 400 feet above the mouth of Ginon River.

Records available. July 14, 1910, to December 31, 1913. From July 28, 1909, to 

July 13,1910, a station was maintained on Lamoille River at Morrisville, Vt.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Chain gage fastened to the handrail of the bridge; read daily, morning and 

evening, to tenths.

Control. Channel fairly permanent; bed composed of gravel; ledge rock projects 

from the left bank; a small gravel riffle about 350 feet below the bridge indicates 

no backwater from Ginon River at ordinary stages.

Discharge measurements. At high stages made from highway bridge; at low stages 

made by wading about 500 feet above the bridge.

Regulation. Operation of mills and power plants above the station cause considerable daily fluctuations in flow.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice.

Floods. Flood of March, 1913, reached a peak stage of 12.4 feet at 6 p. m. March 

25 and a maximum stage of 13 feet at 6 p. m. March 27, as indicated by the 

observer's records and later verified by an engineer of the Survey from high-water 

marks. Maximum discharge, approximately 8,500 second-feet.
124 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV.

.Accuracy. Rating curve fairly well defined for ordinary stages. Two gage-height 

readings a day and corresponding discharge values are published, as it is not 

known how closely the semidaily readings indicate the mean gage height for the 

day.

Discharge -measurements of Lamoille River at Johnson, Vt'., in 1913.

Date.

Mar. 7<»

29

Apr. 25

Hydrographer.

R. S.Barnes. ..........

.....do.................

AT,

Feet. 

5.49

6.12

3.35

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

235

2,190

555

Date.

Aug. 206

206

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

height.

Feet. 

2.18

2.37

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

no

136

a Measurement made under complete ice cover. & Measurement made by wading.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Lamoille River at Johnson, Vt,,for

1913.

[F. M. Ward, observer.]

Day.

1..... .........

2..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

January.

A.M.

height.

3.0 

3.0 

3.1 

4.6 

4.3

4.0 

3.7 

3.6 

4.0 

3.7

4.5

4.2

8.6 

9.2

8.0 

7.5

7.2

6.8

6.3 

6.7 

6.0

Discharge.

345 

345 

385 

1,140 

365

800 

650 

600 

800 

650

P.M.

height.

3.3 

3.2 

3.0 

4.7 

4.0

3.8 

3.8 

3.8 

3.9 

3.6

4.8

4.0

8.4 

9.4

8.3 

7.3

7.3

6.9

6.1 

6.8

Discharge.

465 

425 

345 

1,200 

800

700 

700 

700 

750 

600

February.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

Discharge.

P.M.

height.

Discharge.

March.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

11.0

6.0

5.6

5.0 

6.0

as

12.6

7.0

5.2 

8.0

10.6 

8.8 

9.8 

6.3 

5.9 

5.0

Discharge.

.......

1,530 

3,650

5,980 

4,310 

5,220 

2,300 

2,020 

1,400

P.M.

Gage 

height.

9.3

5.9 

5.4 

5.9 

7.3

9.0

9.3

5.9 

5.7 

12.4

11.0 

13.0 

8.3 

6.2 

4.7 

7.6

Discharge.

.......

1,880 

7,840

6,360 

8,500 

3,890 

2,230 

1,200 

3,330
STEEAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 125

Gage hei* , in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Lamoille River at Johnson, Vt.,for 

1913 Continued.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

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..............

April.

A.M.

height.

7.3 

5.5

4.8 

5.0 

8.4

6.0 

5.4 

4.5 

4.4 

4.3

4.1 

4.5 

4.5 

4.5 

4.3

4.45 

4.1 

4.0 

4.1 

5.4

4.0 

3.9 

3.8 

3.6 

3.7

3.4 

3.6 

3.3 

3.3 

3.2

Discharge.

3.090 

1,740 

1.260 

1.400 

3,970

2,090 

1.670 

1,080 

1,020 

965

855 

1,080 

1,080 

1,080 

965

1,050 

855 

800 

855 

1,670

800 

750 

700 

600 

650

510 

600 

465 

465 

425

P.M.

Gage 

height.

6.4 

5.2 

4.6 

6.4

8.4

5.8 

5.0 

4.3 

4.25 

4.1

4.4 

4.7 

4.4 

4.45 

4.4

4.4 

4.0 

3.8 

5.65 

5.0

3.9 

3.8 

3.7 

3.5 

3.4

3.5 

3.4 

3.3 

3.2 

3.1

Discharge.

2,370 

1,530 

1,140 

2,370 

3,970

1,950 

1,400 

965 

938 

855

1,020 

1,200 

1,020 

1,050 

1,020

1,020 

800 

700 

1,840 

1,400

750 

700 

650 

555 

510

555 

510 

465 

425

385

July.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

2.3 

2.2 

2.3 

2.2 

2.1

2.4 

2.4 

2.25 

2.2 

2.4

2.8 

2.5 

2.4 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.4 

2.9 

2.4

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.4

2.5 

2.3 

2.4 

3.8 

3.0 

2.8

Discharge.

140 

119 

140 

119 

99

162 

162 

130 

119 

162

275 

186 

162 

140 

140

140 

140 

162 

310 

162

140 

140 

140 

140 

162

186 

140 

162 

425 

345 

275

P.M.

Gage

2.4 

2.3 

2.4 

2.3 

2.2

2.3 

2.3 

2.4 

2.3

2.8

2.9 

2.5 

2.3 

2.4 

2.4

2.2 

2.2 

2.3 

3.0 

2.5

2.2 

2.2 

2.1 

2.4 

2.6

2.4 

2.3 

3.0 

3.1 

2.9 

2.7

Discharge.

162 

140 

162 

140 

119

140 

140 

162 

140 

275

310 

186 

140 

162 

162

119 

119 

140 

345

186

119 

119 

99 

162 

212

162 

140 

345 

385 

310 

242

May.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

3.1 

3.0 

3.0

2.8 

2.8

2.8 

2.9 

2.75 

2.8 

2.7

2.7 

2.6 

2.5 

2.6 

2.5

2.5 

2.5 

2.6

2.8 

2.8

2.6 

2.7 

2.9 

3.0 

3.4

3.8 

3.0 

3.2 

6.0 

6.2 

4.6

Discharge.

385 

345 

345 

275 

275

275 

310 

258 

275 

242

242 

212 

186 

212 

186

186 

186 

212 

275 

275

212 

242 

310 

345 

510

700 

345 

425 

2,090 

2,230 

1,140

P.M.

Gage 

height.

3.0 

2.8 

2.9 

2.7

2.8

2.9

2.8 

2.8 

2.9 

2.8

2.6 

2.55 

2.6 

2.5 

2.6

2.45 

2.6 

2.5 

2.85 

2.75

2.7 

2.8 

3.2 

2.9 

3.2

3.6 

2.9 

3.6 

6.3 

5.0 

4.0

Discharge.

345 

275 

310 

242 

275

310 

275 

275 

310 

275

212 

199 

212 

186 

212 

174 

212 

186 

292 

258

242 

275 

425 

310 

425

600 

310 

600 

2,300 

1,400 

800

August.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

2.5 

2.4 

2.5 

2.3 

2.4

2.3 

2.3 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.2 

2.3 

2.2 

2.3

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.3 

2.1

2.2 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.2

Discharge.

186 

162 

186 

140 

162

140 

140 

119 

119 

119

140 

140 

140 

140 

140

140 

119 

140 

119 

140

119 

119 

119 

140 

99

119 

140 

140 

140 

140 

119

P.M.

hSt.

2.6 

2.5 

2.4 

2.4 

2.3

2.35 

2.4 

2.4 

2.2 2.3

2.4 

2.35 

2J4 

2.4 

2.3

2.2 

2.3 

2.1 

2.3 

2.25

2.3 

2.25 

2.4 

2.2 

2.3

2.3 

2.4 

2.4 

2.35 

2.4 

2.3

Discharge.

212 

186 

162 

162 

140

151 

162 

162 

119 

140

162 

151 

162 

162 

140

119 

140 

99 

140 

130

140 

130 

162 

119 

140

140 

162 

162 

151 

162 

140

June.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

3.9 

3.4 

3.2 

3.0 

2.9

2.8 

2.6 

2.9 

3.0 

3.0

2.2 

2.2 

2.4 

2.2 

2.1

2.3 

3.6 

2.9 

2.6 

2.7

2.4 

2.2 

2.2 

2.3 

2.4

2.4 

2.8 

2.4 

2.3 

2.3

Discharge.

750 

510 

425 

345 

310

275 

212 

310 

345 

345

119 

119 

162 

119 

99

140 

600 

310 

212 

242

162 

119 

119 

140 

162

162 

275 

162 

140 

140

P.M.

Gage 

height.

3.6 

3.2 

3.4

2.8 

3.0

2.9 

3.0 

3.0 

3.1

2.8

Z-3 

.2.3 

2.6 

2.1 

2.3

2.6 

3.4 

3.0 

2.7 

2.5

2.3 

2.1 

2.45 

2.5 

2.5

2.5 

2.6 

2.2 

2.4 

2.35

Discharge.

600 

425 

510 

275 

345

310 

345 

345 

385 

275

140 

140 

212 

99 

140

212 

510 

345 

242 

186

140 

99 

174 

186 

186

186 

212 

119 

162 

151

September.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

2.2 

2.1 

2.2 

2.2 

2.1

2.1 

2.2 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1

2.1 

2.0 

2.1 

2.0 

2.0

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0

2.0 

2.8 

2.8 

2.4 

2.4

2.4 

2.3 

2.4 

2.3 

2.1

Discharge.

119 

99 

119 

119 

99

99 

119 

99 

99 

99

99 

81 

99 

81 

81

81 

81 

81 

81 

81

81 

275 

275 

162 

162

162

140 

162 

140 

99

P.M.

Gage 

height.

2.2 

2.2 

2.3 

2.3 

2.2

2.1 

2.3 

2.2 

2.3 

2.2

2.25 

2.3 

3.0 

2.1 

2.2

2.1 

2.2 

2.3 

2.2 

2.1

2.3 

3.6 

2.6 

2.6 

2.3

2.25 

2.25 

2.3 

2.0 

2.2

Discharge.

119 

119 

140 

140 

119

99 

140 

119 

140 

119

130 

140 

345 

99 

119

99 

119 

140 

119 

99

140 

600 

212 

212 

140

130 

130 

140 

81 

119
126 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Lamoille River at Johnson, Vt.,for

1913 Continued.

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..............

October.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

2.2 

2.1 

2.3 

2.3 

2.2

2.1 

2.1 

2.0 

2.2 

2.1

2.1 

2.2 

2.6 

2.6 

2.4

2.4 

2.3 

2.9 

2.1 

2.3

2.9 

2.6 

2.4 

2.6 

2.7

3.0 

3.9 

3.6 

3.3 

3.0 

3.1

Discharge.

119 

99 

140 

140 

119

99 

99 

81 

119 

99

99 

119 

212 

212 

162

162 

140 

310 

99 

140

310 

212 

162 

212 

242

345 

750 

600 

465 

345 

385

P.M.

Gage 

height.

2.3 

2.0 

2.6

2.4 

2.1

2.0 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1

2.1

2.4 

2.7 

2.6 

2.7

2.3

2.2 

2.1 

2.3 

2.4

3.6 

2.5 

2.6 

2.6 

2.8

3.4 

4.1 

3.5 

3.2 

2.9 

3.2

Discharge.

140 

81 

212 

162 

99

81 

99 

99 

99 

99

99

162 

242 

212 

242

140 

119 

99 

140 

162

600 

186 

212 

212 

275

510 

855 

555 

425 

310 

425

November.

A.M.

&L

3.1 

2.9 

2.6 

2.5

2.7

2.6 

2.5 

2.9 

2.8 

3.0

3.0 

2.8 

2.7 

2.6 

2.5

2.4 

2.3 

2.5 

2.5

4.1

3.6 

3.4 

3.1 

3.0 

3.0

2.9 

2.6 

2.5 

2.8 

2.9

Discharge.

385 

310 

212 

186 

242

212

186 

310 

275 

345

345 

275 

242 

212 

186

162 

140 

186 

186 

855

600 

510 

385 

345 

345

310 

212

186 

275 

310

P.M.

Gage 

height.

3.0

2.8 

2.7 

2.5 

2.8

2.7 

2.6 

' 2.8 

2.7 

3.1

2.9 

2.6 

2.6 

2.5 

2.5

2.5

2.4 

2.6 

2.4 

4.8

3.4 

3.2 

3.0 

2.9 

2.9

2.9

2.7 

2.5 

2.7 

3.0

Discharge.

345 

275 

242 

186 

275

242 

212 

275 

242 

385

310 

212 

212 

186 

186

186 

162 

212 

162 

1,260

510 

425 

345 

310 

310

310 

242 

186 

242 

345

December.

A.M.

Gage 

height.

2.6 

2.8 

3.4 

3.6 

3.5

3.2 

3.4 

3.7 

3.2 

3.4

3.2 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.2

3.0 

3.0 

2.9 

2.9

2.8

3.1 

3.1 

3.4 

3.2 

3.1

3.1 

3.0 

3.0 

2.9 

3.0 

3.4

Discharge.

212

275 

510 

600 

555

425 

510 

650 

425 

510

425 

345 

345

345 

425

345 

345 

310 

310

275

385 

385 

510 

' 425 

385

385 

345 

345 

310

P.M.

Gage 

height.

2.7 

3.0 

3.6 

3.5 

3.4

3.1 

3.6 

3.7 

3.0 

3.3

3.1 

3.0 

3.3 

3.1 

3.0

2.9 

2.9 

3.0 

2.8 

2.9

3.2 

3.0 

3.05 

3.1 

3.2

3.0 

3.1 

3.2 

3.0 

3.4 

3.6

Discharge.

242 

345 

600 

555 

510

385 

600 

650 

345 

465

385 

345 

465 

385 

345

310 

310

345 

275 

310

425 

345 

365 

385 

425

345 

385 

425 

345

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice from about Jan. 11 to Mar. 23 and about Dec. 30-31. 

MISSISQUOI RIVER NEAR RICHFORD, VT.

Location. At highway bridge 200 feet below Central Vermont Railway bridge, 3 

miles downstream from Richford, about 8 miles below mouth of North Branch, 

and 2 miles above mouth of Trout River.

Records available. May 29, 1909, to June 28, 1913; September 9 to December 13, 

1913.

Drainage area. 300 square miles.

Gage. Chain, fastened to the downstream side of the bridge; installed June 26,1911. 

From May 29, 1909, to December 31, 1910, the gage was just below the plant of 

the Sweat, Comings Co., but this site was found unsatisfactory because of the 

great daily fluctuations caused by the operation of the turbines. Gage read daily, 

morning and evening, to half-tenths. Limits of use: Half-tenths below and tenths 

above 6.5 feet.

Control. A well-defined riffle about half a mile downstream protects gage from 

backwater from mills. Channel deep; banks not liable to be overflowed; bed 

composed of gravel, bowlders, and rock ledge; current sluggish at low stages.

Discharge measurements. At high stages made from downstream side of bridge; 

at low stages by wading.
STBEAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 127

Regulation. Considerable daily fluctuation at low water caused by operation of

power plants above station.

Winter flow. Discharge relation seriously affected by ice. 

Floods. Flood of March, 1913, reached maximum stage of 16.7 feet at 8.30 a. m.

March 26, as indicated by the observer's records. Discharge approximately

11,700 second-feet, or 39 second-feet per square mile of area drained. 

Accuracy. Rating curve well defined. It is not known how closely semidaily

observations indicate the true mean gage height for day.

Discharge measurements of Missisquoi Riv^g near Richford, Vt., in 1913.

Date.

22

Sept. 9»

Hydrographer.

C. S. DeGolyer..................... ......................................

.....do...................................................................

G. H. Csta&eAA.. ..........................................................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

7.34

10.24

7.10

4.63

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

281

3,860

1,170

50.5

o Measurement made under complete ice cover. 6 Measurement made by wading.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Missisquoi River near Richford, Vt.,

for 1913.

[P. Sloan, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9

10..............

11..............

12.............. l<?

14.............. 

15..............

16..............

17.............. 

18..............

19

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

March.

A.M.

Time.

.......

:::..::

7.00 

8.30

7.45

8.30 

7.30 

8.15 

7.45

height.

.......

14.0 

15.4

11.8

16.7 

13.9 

14.6 

12.9

Discharge.

.......

7,940 

9,810

5,3oO

11,700 

7,820 

8,730 

6,580

P.M.

Time.

.......

-------

3.30

3.00

Gage 

height.

-------

.......

15.2

15.3

Discharge.

".".".'.

.......

9,530

9,670

. April.

A.M.

Time.

7.30 

8.30 

8.15

8.00 

7.45 

7.30 

7.30

8.15

7.30

7.15 

7.45

8.15 

7.45 

8.00 

8.45

7.00 

7.00 

6.45

7.15 

7.30

6.45

7.30 

7.30 

7.15

height.

8.7 

8.0 

9.7

9.0

8.3 

7.9

7.4

7 9

7.4

7.2

7.4

7.6 

7.4 

7.3 

7.2

7.4 

7.1 

7.0

6.8 

6.7

6.7

6.3 

6.15 

6.0

,

Discharge.

2,460 

1,860 

3,360

2,730 

2,120 

1,780 

1,380

1,240

1,380

1,240 

1,380

1,540 

1,380 

1,310 

1,240

1,380 

1,160 

1,090

950 

880

880

620 

530 

445

P.M.

Time. Gage 

height.

.......

.......

.......

Discharge.

.......

 - "

.......

.......
128 STJEPACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Missisquoi River near Richford, Vt.,

for 1913 Continued.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

May.

A.M.

Time.

7.15 

9.00 

7.00

7.00

6.45 

6.00 

6.00 

5.45 

6.15

5.45 

5.45 

7.45 

5.45

5.45 

5.45

5.45 

5.30

7.15 

5.30 

5.45 

5.30

5.30 

7.15 

6.00

6.00 

5.45

Gage 

height.

5.9 

5.85 

5.8

5.65

5.55 

5.5 

5.45 

5.45 

5.45

5.3 

5.35 

5.3 

5.3

5.3 

5.35

5.65 

6.25

6.0 

5.7 

6.1 

6.45

6.1 

6.15 

9.0

9.8

8.2

Discharge.

'395 

372 

350

292

258 

240 

225 

225

225

182 

196 

182 

182

182 

196

292 

' 590

445 

310 

500 

718

500 

530 

2,730

3,450 

2,030

P.M.

Time. Gage 

height.

Discharge.

September.

A.M.

Time.

7.45 

6.25

6.55 

6.30 

6.45 

7.15 

7.05

7.45 

7.15 

6.55 

7.50 

7.25

7.20 

6.50 

6.45 

6.45 

6.25

6.45 

6.30 

7.00 

6.30 

6.25

Gage 

height.

4.62 

4.4

4.65 

4.6 

4.6 

4.8 

4.5

4.82 

4.55 

4.9 

4.7

4.8

4.85 

4.75 

6.5 

5.95 

5.35

5.35 

4.9 

5.0 

5.0

4.8

Discharge.

50 

24

54 

47 

47 

77 

35

81 

41 

95 

61

77

86 

69 

750 

420 

196

196 

95 

114 

114

77

P.M.

Time.

4.55 

5.35

4.45 

5.20

5.15 

4.45

5.10

4.45 

5.30

5.00 

5.30 

4.45 

4.50 

5.45

5.30

4.45 

5.45 

5.40

Gage 

height.

4.6 

4.5

4.7 

4.55

4.65 

4.7

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.6 

5.5 

6.4 

5.75 

5.3

5.1

5.2 

4.9 

4.65

Discharge.

47 

35

61 

41

, 54 

61

47

61 

61

47 

240 

685 

330 

182

135

157 

95 

54

June.

A.M.

Time.

6.00 

5.30 

6.00 

5.30

5.30 

5.45

5.30 

5.30

5.30 

5.30 

5.45 

5.30

5.30 

5.15 

6.45 

5.30 

5.30

5.45

5.30 

6.45 

6.30

5.30 

6.15 

5.30

Gage 

height.

6.9 

6.8 

6.6 

6.4

6.1 

6.0

6.7 

6.25

5.95 

5.85 

5.6 

5.55

5.4 

6.4 

6.4 

5.85 

5.55

5.45

5.2 

5.1 

5.0

5.0 

5.3

5.7

Discharge.

1,020 

950

815 

685

500 

445

880 

590

420 

372 

275 

258

210

685 

685 

372 

258

225

157 

135 

114

114 

182 

310

P.M.

Time. Gage 

height.

Discharge.

October.

A.M.

Time.

6.40 

6.45 

7.00 

6.45

7.15

6.45 

6.40 

6.45 

6.35 

6.45

7.00 

7.30 

6.30 

6.35 

7.10

6.35 

7.50 

6.40

7.15 

7.10

6.30 

6.35 

6.30 

6.50 

6.25

6.50 

6.50 

6.35 

6.30 

6.50 

6.40

h».

4.85 

4.65 

5.7 

5.85 

5.5

5.2 

5.0 

5.0 

4.95 

5.0

4.9 

5.0 

5.0 

5.15 

5.1

5.0 

4.95 

4.95 

5.0 

5.05

6.0 

6.2 

5.8 

5.4 

5.4

6.25 

7.0 

7.0 

6.6 

6.25 

6.1

Discharge.

86 

54 

310 

372 

240

157 

114 

114 

104 

114

^95 

114 

114 

146 

135

114 

104 

104 

114 

124

445 

560 

350 

210 

210

590 

1,090 

1,090 

815 

590 

500

P.M.

Time.

5.45 

5.30 

4.50

5.15

5.10 

4.50 

5.10 

4.45 

5.15

5.10 

4.50 

4.50 

4.45

4.50 

4.45

4.45 

4.50

5.10 

4.50 

5.10 

4.40

4.30 

4.45 

5.00 

4.45 

4.40 

4.10

height.

4.7 

4.85 

5.7

5.3

5.3

5.0 

4.75 

5.1 

5.1

5.2 

4.85 

5.05 

5.2

5.1

4.85

4.95 

5.0

6.25 

6.0 

5.5 

5.45

6.8 

7.1 

6.6 

6.4 

6.2 

6.1

Discharge.

61 

86 

310

182

182 

114 

69 

135 

135

157 

86 

124 

157

135 

86

104 

114

590 

445 

240 

225

950 

1,160 

815 

685 

560 

500
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 129

Gage height, in feet, and discharge > in second-feet, of Missisquoi River near Richford, Vt.t

for 1913 Continued.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3... ...........

4..............

5...............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

U....... .......

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17.............. is

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

OK

26..............

97

28..............

29..............

sn

31

November.

A.M.

Time.

6.50 

7.30 

6.55 

7.05 

6.25

6.30 

6.50 

6.45 

7.30 

7.10

7.15 

7.35 

7.00 

7.10 

7.35

7.40 

7.20 

7.35 

7.15 

7.10

7.20 

7i35 

7.15 

8.05 

7.50

7.10 

7.15 

8.15 

7.15 

8.10

Gage 

height.

5.9 

5.75 

5.6 

5.55 

6.05

5.85 

5.65 

5.55 

5.5 

5.15

5.1 

5.6 

5.5 

5.45 

5.5

5.35 

5.25 

5.4 

5.4 

7.55

8.1 

6.8 

6.45 

7.1 

6.7

6.4 

6.15 

5.9

5.8 

5.8

Discharge.

395 

330 

275

258 

472

372 

292 

258 

240 

146

135 

275 

240 

225 

240

196 

170 

210 

210

1,500

1,940 

950 

718 

1,160 

880

685 

530 

395 

350 

350

P.M.

Time.

4.20 

4.30 

4.50 

4.45

440

4.45

4.45 

4.30

4.20 

4.35 

4.15 

420

4.10 

4.40 

435 

420 

4.30

410

4.20 

4.30 

415

420 

4.30 

410

4.15

Gage 

height.

5.7 

5.6 

5.85 

6.0

5.7 

5.5

5.3 

5.2

5.4

5.45 

5.55 

5.55

5.4 

5.1 

5.35 

5.6

8.4

7.6

7.2 

7.0 

6.6

6.4 

6.2 

5.6

5.75

"Discharge.

310 

275 

372 

445

310 

240

iS2 

157

210

225 

258 

258

210 

135 

196 

275 

2,200

1,540

1,240 

1,090 

815

685 

560 

275

330

December.

A.M.

Time.

7.25 

7.15 7.45^ 

7.20 

7.50

7.10 

7.55 

7.30 

8.10 

7.40

8.10 

7.45 

7.35

Gage 

height.

5.8 

5.95 

6.2 

6.8 

6.6

6.3 

6.0 

7.1 

6.6 

7.0

7.1 

7.9

8.5

Discharge.

350 

420 

560 

950

815

620 

445 

1,160 

815 

1,090

1,160 

1,780 

2,280

P.M.

Time.

4.10 

4.20 

3.50 

4.10 

415

3.50 

410 

4.15 

3.45

4.00 

3.30

height.

6.0 

5.8 

7.0 

6.8 

6.6

6.25 

7.2 

6.8 

7.4

7.5

8.4

Discharge.

445 

350 

1,090 

950 

815

590 

1,240 

950 

1,380

1,460 

2,200

ST. FRANCIS KIVEK. 

CLYDE RIVER AT WEST DERBY, VT.

Location. Just below the plant of the Newport Electric Light Co., at West Derby, Vt.

Records available. May 25,1909, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Staff, in two sections; low section about 75 feet below the plant; high-water 

section nailed to a tree on right bank 10 feet farther downstream; datum unchanged. On August 10,1910, a chain gage was attached to the same tree at the 

same datum. All records from chain gage since this date. Gage read daily, 

morning and evening, to quarter-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3.0, 

half-tenths from 3.0 to 4.0, and tenths above 4.0 feet.

Control. Bed rough; fall of river rapid near and below the station.

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge about half a mile below

Regulation. At West Derby are two dams. Part of water at upper dam is used by 

paper mill; remainder is delivered to water wheels at electric plant through steel 

penstock; total operating head for this dam about 108 feet. All flow from second 

dam diverted to wheels in the power house, giving a head of about 30 feet. Practically no water is stored at the upper dam,but a pond of considerable size may 

be made by building a dam above this point. 

56525° WSP 354 15 9
130 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice during periods of extremely cold

weather. 

Floods. High water of March 25-30, 1913, reached maximum stage of 5.8 feet gage

height, as determined by engineers of Geological Survey from high-water marks.

Corresponding discharge approximately 6,300 second-feet. 

Accuracy. Discharge rating curve fairly well defined. Mean gage heights computed

from semidaily observations are uncertain.

Discharge measurements of Clyde River at West Derby, Vt., in 1913.

Date.

Apr. 1

23

Hydrographer.

R. S. Barnes.. .........

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.21

3.85

2.98

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

130

1,380

481

Date.

Sept. 96

96

Hydrographer.

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.83

1.87

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

47.4

52.4

a Measurement made under complete ice cover at a section about one-half mile below gage, but very little 

ice at control. 

& Measurement made by wading.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Clyde River at West Derby, Vt.,for

1913.

[E. C. Rogers, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2. .............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24.............. 

25..............

26.............. 

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

January.

A.M.

Time.

7.45 

7.55 

7.50 

7.45 

8.00

7.45 

8.00 

7.30 

7.35

7.30

10.30

10.30

.......

Gage 

height.

2.38 

2.38 

2.42 

2.52 

2.60

2.60 

2.70 

2.62 

2.62

2.62

2.68

2.98

Discharge.

184 

184 

198 

237 

272

272 

322 

282

282

282

.......

.......

P.M.

Time.

4.20 

4.10 

4.15 

4.00 

4.10

3.45 

3.40 

4.50 

4.00 

4.10

4.00

2.30

12.50

.......

2.00

Gage 

height.

2.40 

2.38 

2.50 

2.60 

2.60

2.62 

2.65 

2.72 

2.72 

2.60

2.58

2.90

3.1

.......

2.85

2.58

Discharge.

190 

184 

228 

272 

272

282 

297 

333 

333 

272

263

.......

February.

A.M.

Time.

10.40 

9.00

7.30 

7.50 

7.10 

7.20 

7.30

7.10 

7.00 

7.10 

7.20 

7.20

7.30

7.25 

7.30

Gage 

height.

2.45 

2.25

2.22 

2.25 

2.20 

2.18 

2.20

2.30

2.28 

2.25 

2.25 

2.22

2.25 

2.20 

2.20

Discharge.

209 

145

137 

145 

132 

128 

132

158 

153 

145 

145 

137

145 

132 

132

P.M.

Time.

3.00

4.45 

5.00

5.10 

4.30 

5.00 

6.40 

5.00

5.10 

5.00 

5.20 

5.10 

5.35

5.00 

4.45 

4.30

Gage 

height.

2.42 

2.30

2. 28 

2.28 

2.30 

2.22 

2.20

2.28 

2.32 

2.28 

2.25 

2.25

2.30 

2.28 

2.20

Discharge.

198 

158

153 

153 

158 

137 

132

153 

164 

153

145 

145

158 

153 

132
STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 131

Qage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Clyde River at West Derby, Vt., for

1913 Continued.

Day.

1..............

2..............

Z.. ...... ......

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8....... ......

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

Of

March.

A. M.

Time.

7.30 

7.45 

8.00 

7.45 

7.45

7.40 

7.30 

7.40 

7.55 

8.00

8.30 

7.30 

7.50 

7.40 

7.00

7.30 

7.30 

7.35 

7.40 

7.45

7.45 

6.40 

9.30 

7.45 

7.30

7.50 

7.30 

7.30 

7.45 

7.45 

8.00

Gage 

height.

2.20 

2.22 

2.15 

2.11 

2.17

2.11 

2.14 

2.11 

2.17 

2.14

2.14 

2.19 

2.14 

2.34 

2.89 

3.35 

3.5 

3.4 

3.4 

3.35

3.3 

3.55 

3 65 

3! 75 

3.75

3.9 

4.2 

4.6 

4.6 

4.4 

3.95

Discharge.

132 

137 

121 

112 

125

112 

119 

112 

125 

119

119 

130 

119 

171 

436

840 

990 

890 

890 

840

790 

1,040 

1,160 

1.260 

1,260

1,430 

1,760 

2,660 

2,660 

2,260 

1,530

P.M.

Time.

4.20 

5.40 

5.15 

5.15 

5.30

4.50 

4.55 

4.50 

5.10 

5.15

5.50 

4.45 

4.00 

4.10 

5.45

5.00 

5.45 

6.00 

5.30 

6.35

5.20 

6.00 

6.35 

5.30 

4.45

4.00 

5.20 

4.40 

5.30 

4.30 

5.30

Gage 

height.

2.25 

2.18 

2.20 

2.14 

2 14

2.17 

2.11 

2.19 

2.11 

2.19

2.21 

2.19 

2.21 

2.94 

3.1 

3.4 

3.6 

3.35 

3.3 

3.3

3.35 

3.6 

3.7 

3.7 

3.9

4.0 

4.6 

4.6 

4.5 

4.4 

3.95

Discharge.

145 

128 

132 

119 

119

125 

112 

130 

112 

130

135 

130 

135 

472 

600

890 

1,100 

840 

790 

790

840 

1,100 

1,210 

1,210 

1,430

1,540 

2,660 

2,660 

2,450 

2,260 

1,530

May.

A.M.

Time.

6.30 

6.55 

6.00 

5.25 

6.30

5.00 

5.50 

6.15 

6.20 

6.50

7.00 

5.55 

7.20 

7.10 

6.10 

7.15 

7.00 

7.25 

7.15 

7.00

6.40 

7.00 

6.10 

6.40 

7.00

6.30 

6.55 

6.40 

7.00 

7.30 

6.30

Gage 

height.

2.68 

2.70 

2.62 

2.60 

2.50

2.50 

2.32 

2.42 

2.48 

2.45

2.45 

2.40 

2.35 

2.32 

2.32

2.30 

2.30 

2.25 

2.30 

2.32

2.35 

2.40 

2.40 

2.42 

2.48

2.52 

2.52 

2.55 

2.70 

2.72 

2.75

Discharge.

303 

313 

275 

265 

223

223 

160 

193 

216 

204

204 

186 

170 

160 

160

154 

154 

140 

154 

160

170 

186 

186 

193 

216

231 

231 

244 

313 

324 

340

P.M.

Time.

6.00 

6.20 

5.00 

7.50 

5.50

6.30 

6.00 

6.20 

6.50 

5.30

6.00 

6.40 

6.20 

5.45 

5.50

6.30 

6.00 

6.10 

7.10 

6.00

5.40 

6.30 

6.00 

6.00 

5.55

6.15 

6.00 

5.45 

6.10 

6.30 

7.15

h&l

2.68 

2.60 

2.55 

2.52 

2.45

2.30 

2.40 

2.45 

2.50 

2.40

2.45 

2.35 

2.30 

2.30 

2.25

2.30 

2.30 

2.25 

2.32 

2.30

2.35 

2.38 

2.38 

2.45 

2.50

2.52 

2.52 

2.60 

2.72

2.78 

2.78

Discharge.

303 

265 

244 

231 

204

154 

186 

204 

223

186

204 

170 

154 

154 

140

154 

154 

140 

160 

154

170 

180 

180 

204 

223

231 

231 

265 

324

357 

357

April.

A.M.

Time.

8.00 

7.35 

5.30 

9.15 

7.50

8.00 

8.00 

5.40 

7.20 

7.40

6.25 

6.00 

6.15 

7.10 

6.45

8.00 

6.35 

7.00 

7.00 

9.50

7.45 

7.00 

6.00 

6.35 

5.50

6.40 

4.30

5.30 

6.00

Gage 

height.

3.8 

3.7 

3.65 

3.6 

3.65

3.55 

3.55 

3.5 

3.35 

3.25

3.15 

3.1 

3.05 

3.05 

3.05

3.05 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0 

3.0

2.98 

2.98 

3.0 

2.95 

2.90

2.85 

2.82

2.80 

2.75

Discharge.

1,330 

1,200 

1,140 

1,080 

1,140

1,020 

1,020 

970 

810 

715

625 

580 

540 

540 

540

540 

500 

500 

500 

500

486 

486 

500 

465 

430

399 

380

368 

340

P.M.

Time.

5.45 

6.10 

5.50 

4.40 

5.30

6.00 

6.15 

5.10 

6.15 

5.25

6.15 

5.00 

6.30 

6.10 

5.30

6.15 

6.30 

6.40 

5.10 

6.30

6.20 

6.00 

6.20 

5.30 

6.00

5.30 

6.20 

6.00 

6.40 

6.10

Gage

height.

3.8 

3.65 

3.6 

3.65 

3.6

3.6 

3.5 

3.45 

3.3 

3.2

3.15 

3.1 

3.05 

3.05 

3.0

2.98 

2.98 

2.98 

3.0 

3.0

2.98 

2.98 

3.0 

2.90

2.88

2.85 

2.82 

2.80 

2.75 

2.70

Discharge.

1,330 

1,140 

1,080 

1,140 

1,080

1,080 

970 

915 

760 

670

625 

580 

540 

540 

500

486 

486 

486 

500 

500

486 

486 

500 

430 

418

399 

380 

368 

340 

313

June.

A.M.

Time.

6.00 

6.30 

6.20 

6.30 

6.00

5.30

7.25

7.05

5.00 

5.30

6.25 

6.30

7.40 

6.50 

6.15 

6.05 

6.10

6.10 

6.10 

6.05 

6.05 

6.00 

7.10

7.30 

7.10 

6.55

Gage

2.80 

2.80 

2.78 

2.72 

2.70

2.60 

2.65

2.65

2.48 

2.50

2.40 

2.40

2.38 

2.32 

2.30 

2.30 

2.30

2.30 

2.25 

2.20 

2.20 

2.15

2.15

2.12 

2.10 

2.12

Discharge.

368 

368 

357 

324 

313 

265 

289

289

216 

223

186 

186

180 

160 

154 

154 

154

154 

140 

126 

126 

113

113

i05 

100 

105

P.M.

Time.

6.05 

5.15 

6.15 

5.50 

6.00

5.00 

6.30 

7.00 

6.30 

6.20

6.30 

6.00 

5.50 

6.45 

7.00

6.00 

6.20 

5.50 

6.50 

6.30

6.00 

7.00 

6.45 

6.30 

6.15

7.00 

6.20 

5.45 

6.10 

5.20

Gage 

height.

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.70 

2.62

2.62 

2.68 

2.52 

2.50 

2.48

2.50 

2.45 

2.42 

2.32 

2.30

2.28 

2.30 

2.28 

2.30 

2.25

2.20 

2.18 

2.15 

2.12 

2.15

2.10 

2.12 

2.05 

2.10 

2.12

Discharge.

368 

368 

368 

313 

275

275 

303 

231 

223 

216

223 

204 

193 

160 

154

148 

154 

148 

154 

140

126 

121 

113 

105 

113

100 

105 

89 

100 

105
132 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET IV.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Clyde River at West Derby, Vt.,far

1913 Continued.

Day.

1...........:..

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

i Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

July.

A.M.

Time.

7.20 

7.00 

6.55 

7.30 

6.10

6.00 

7.40 

7.25 

5.25

7.35

6.30 

8.15 

6.30 

5.30 

7.00

7.30 

5.45 

7.05

6.30

6.25 

5.50 

6.20 

6.45

7.05

7.00 

8.00 

7.20 

6.25 

6.45 

6.50

£8L

2.10 

2.10 

2.08 

2.08 

2.05

2.08 

2.05 

1.98 

1.95 

2.00

2.05 

2.05 

2.15 

2.20 

2.22

2.20 

2.20 

2.15

2.15

2.20 

2.12 

2.08 

2.10 

2.10

2.08 

2.02 

2.02 

2.02 

2.10 

2.12

Discharge.

100 

100 

96 

96 

89

96

89 

74 

68

78

89 

89 

113 

126 

132

126 

126 

113

113

126 

105 

96 

100 

100

96 

82 

82 

82 

100 

105

P.M.

Time.

6.10 

5.05 

6.35 

6.00 

6.20

6.30 

6.25 

6.10 

7.00 

6.05

5.10 

6.00 

6.10 

6.30 

6.15

6.30 

5.30 

6.50 

6.15 

6.00

6.50 

6.10 

5.35 

6.25 

7.20

6.15 

6.10 

6.00 

5.50 

6.25 

5.20

Gage 

height.

2.05 

2.02 

2.00 

2.02 

2.02

2.00 

2.00 

1.88 

1.98 

1.92

2.02 

2.10 

2.20 

2.20 

2.18

2.12 

2.20 

2.18 

2.12 

2.12

2.10 

2.10 

2.05 

2.00 

1.95

2.00 

1.98 

2.00 

2.10 

2.10 

2.15

Discharge.

89 

82 

78 

82 

82

78 

78 

56 

74 

63

82 

100 

126 

126 

121

105 

126 

121 

105 

105

100 

100 

89 

78 

68

78 

74 

78 

100 

100 

113

September.

A.M.

Time.

6.30 

6.35 

7.50 

6.20 

7.30

6.10 

6.15 

7.10

7.45 

8.00

7.00 

7.15 

7.00 

7.25

7.50 

7.25 

8.00 

7.20 

6.10

7.35 

7.20 

7.40 

7.00 

7.20

7.00 

7.20 

7.35 

7.00 

6.55

Gage 

height.

1.85 

1.85 

1.85 

1.88 

1.82

1.85 

1.82 

1.85 

1.82 

1.82

1.82 

1.80 

1.80 

1.82

1.82 

1.82 

1.80 

1.88 

1.82

1.82 

1.90 

1.95 

1.90 

1.90

1.90 

1.98 

1.95 

1.95 

1.92

Discharge.

60 

50 

50 

56 

45

50 

45 

50 

45 

45

45 

42 

42

45

45 

45 

42 

56 

45

45 

59 

68 

59 

59

59

74 

68 

68 

63

P.M.

Time.

5.30 

5.45 

5.30 

5.40 

6.00

4.30 

6.30 

5.30

4.05 

5.15 

6.55 

6.00

5.10 

6.15 

5.00 

5.10 

4.05

4.10 

4.40 

5.10

4.30

4.30 

6.25 

4.50 

4.00 

4.30

Gage 

height.

1.82

1.88 

1.85 

1.82 

1.85

1.85 

1.88 

1.85

1.78 

1.80 

1.82 

1.85

1.80 

1.82 

1.85 

1.90

1.78

1.85 

2.00 

1.95

1.90

2.05 

1.95 

1.92 

1.88 

1.92

Discharge.

45 

56 

50 

46 

50

50 

56 

50

39 

42 

45 

50

42 

45 

50 

59 

39

50

78 

68

59

89 

68 

63 

56 

63

August.

A.M.

Time.

6.45 

8.00 

7.00

7.00

6.00 

7.30 

5.55 

7.05 

7.20

7.30 

6.45 

6.15 

7.00 

6.55

6.15 

7.15 

6.10 

7.15 

7.05

7.00 

6.35 

7.15 

8.00 

7.00

7.10 

7.30 

6.50 

6.50 

6.45 

8.05

height.

2.15 

2.15 

2.10

2.12

2.08 

2.08 

2.00 

2.00 

2.02

2.10 

1.98 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00

1.98 

1.90 

1.92 

1.90 

1.90

1.90 

1.85 

1.88 

1.85 

' 1.85

1.82

1.85 

1.85 

1.92 

1.90 

1.85

Discharge.

113 

113 

100

105

96 

96

78 

78 

82

100 

74

78 

78 

78

74 

59 

63 

59 

59

59 

50 

56 

50 

50

45 

50 

50 

63 

59 

50

P.M.

Time.

7.00 

5.50 

6.20 

6.30 

6.10

4.50 

5.40 

6.10

5.45 

5.40

5.00 

6.20 

5.20 

7.10 

5.30

7.15 

6.15 

6.10 

5.30 

6.30

6.50 

5.30 

5.20 

5.40 

5.45

5.15 

6.00 

6.10 

5.30 

6.10 

6.40

Gage 

height.

2.18 

2.10 

2.08 

2.22 

2.05

2.00 

2.02 

1.95 

1.98 

2.08

2.00 

1.95 

1.92 

1.88 

1.95

1.85 

1.92 

1.90 

1.88 

1.85

1.70 

1.85 

1.90 

1.85 

1.60 

1.82 

1.90 

1.92 

1.95 

1.90 

1.85

Discharge.

121 

100 

96 

132 

89

78 

82 

68 

74 

96

78 

(58 

63 

56 

68

50 

63 

59 

56 

50

28 

50 

59 

50 

17

45 

59 

63 

68 

59 

50

October.

A.M.

Time.

8.00 

6.30 

7.10 

7.15 

7.30

6.30 

6.40 

7.50 

6.10

7.35

6.40 

7.45 

6.50 

7.50 

6.05

7.30 

7.30 

7.00 

9.00 

6.10

7.00 

6.45 

6.50 

7.45 

6.30

7.55 

6.30 

6.35 

8.40 

7.15 

7.05

height.

1.90T 

1.90 

1.92 

1.90 

1.90

1.90 

1.95

1.88 

1.85 

1.85

1.88 

1.92 

1.90 

1.90 

1.98

2.02

2.08 

2.08 

2.08 

2.05

2.22 

2.32 

2.42 

2.52 

2.55

2.52 

2.55 

2.55 

2.55

2.58 

2.60

Discharge.

59 

59 

63 

59 

59,

59 

68 

56 

50 

50

56 

63 

59 

59

74

82 

96 

96 

96 

89

132 

160 

193 

231 

244 

231 

244 

244 

244 

257 

265

P.M.

Time.

5.20 

5.00 

5.30 

5.30 

5.00

5.20 

5.40 

5.15 

3.60 

5.30

5.20 

3.45 

5.10 

5.10 

5.00

5.05 

5.15 

4.50 

5.00 

5.00

5.05 

4.55 

4.50 

4.15 

4.30

4.50

4.45 

4.30 

4.25 

4.50 

5.00

height.

1.92 

2.00 

1.92 

1.95

1.88

1.90 

1.88 

1.90 

1.68 

1.98

1.90 

1.92 

1.95 

1.90 

1.92

2.02 

2.05 

2.05 

2.05 

2.22

2.22 

2.45 

2.50 

2.60 

2.58

2.55 

2.55 

2.60 

2.58 

2.62 

2.58

Discharge.

63 

78 

63 

68 

56

59 

56 

59 

26

74

59 

63 

68 

59 

63

82 

89 

89 

89 

132

132 

204 

223 

265 

257

244 

244 

265 

257

275

257
MISCELLANEOUS MEASUBEMENTS. 133

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Clyde River at West Derby, Vt., for

1913 Continued.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7.... ..........

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

November.

A.M.

Time.

7.35 

7.50 

8.15 

8.00 

6.45

6.50 

6.20

7.50 

7.50

6.35 

7.35 

6.30

7.35

7.20 

7.30 

7.35

6.45 

6.55

7.00 

6.50 

8.55 

8.10 

6.50

7.20 

6.50 

7.15 

8.00 

8.05

height.

2.52 

2.48 

2.45 

2.40 

2.35

2.32 

2.32

2.25 

2.25

2.22 

2.20 

2.22

2.20

2.12 

2.20 

2.18 

2.15 

2.25

2.25 

2.30

2.38 

2.38 

2.40

2.35 

2.30 

2.30 

2.25 

2.20

Discharge.

231 

216 

204 

186 

170

160 

160

140

140

132

126 

132

126

105 

126 

121 

113 

140

140 

154 

180 

180 

186

170 

154 

154 

140 

126

P.M.

Time.

4.10 

4.30 

4.40 

4.25 

4.45

4.40 

4.25 

4.15 

4.30 

4.40

4.25 

4.30 

4.10 

4.20 

4.15

4.30 

4.40 

3.20 

4.00 

4.15

4.00 

4.00 

3.00 

4.10 

3.55

4.25 

4.30 

7.30 

4.00 

4.20

leight.

2.50 

2.48 

2.40 

2.38 

2.32

2.30 

2.30 

2.28 

2.25 

2.25

2.20 

2.25 

2.25 

2.22 

2.15

2.15 

2.15 

2.00 

2.15 

2.20

2.28 

2.30 

2-. 38 

2.38 

2.38

2.35

2.28 

2.18 

2.20 

2.18

Discharge.

223

116 

186 

180 

160

154 

154 

148 

140 

140

126 

140 

140 

132 

113

113 

113 

78 

113 

126

148 

154 

180 

180 

180

170 

148 

121 

126 

121

December.

A.M.

Time.

7.25 

7.45 

7.45 

7.00 

8.00

7.50 

7.35 

8.40 

7.25 

7.15

7.15 

7.20 

7.25 

7.40 

7.15

8.15 

8.00 

7.45 

7.15 

7.30

7.30

8.15 

7.15 

7.35 

8.15

8.10 

7.45 

7.50 

7.50 

7.40 

7.25

Gage 

height.

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.22 

2.20

2.25 

2.25 

2.28 

2.30 

2.30

2.30 

2.32 

2.30 

2.30 

2.30

2.22 

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.20

2.20 

2.12 

2.12 

2.15 

2.15

2.15 

2.12 

2.22 

2.42 

2.48 

2.30

Discharge.

126 

126 

126 

132 

126

140 

140 

148 

154 

154

154 

160 

154 

154 

154

132 

126 

126 

126 

126

126 

105 

105 

113 

113

113 

105 

132 

193 

216 

154

P.M.

Time.

4.00 

7.30 

4.00 

4.05 

4.25

4.20 

4.00 

4.15 

4.10 

4.00

4.10 

3.30 

4.15 

3.40 

4.00

3.25 

4.10 

4.15 

4.05 

4.00

4.35 

4.15 

4.00 

3.40 

4.20

3.30 

4.10 

4.35 

4.20 

4.00 

4.00

Gage

height.

2.18 

2.15 

2.20 

2.20 

2.25

2.22 

2.25 

2.32 

2.28 

2.%

2.32 

2.48 

2.30 

2.22 

2.20

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.18 

2.15

2.15 

2.10 

2.08 

2.15 

2.10

2.12 

2.20 

2.18 

2.50 

2.30 

2.28

Discharge.

121 

113 

126 

126 

140

132 

140 

160

148 

154

160 

216 

154 

132 

126

126 

126 

126 

121 

113

113 

100 

96 

113 

100

105 

126 

121 

223

154 

148

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice about Jan. 12 to Feb. 13.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASUREMENTS.

Discharge measurements at points other than regular .gaging stations were made during 1913 as shown by the following table:

Miscellaneous measurements in St. Lawrence River drainage basin in 1913.

Date.

July 31

Nov. 6

6

July 29

4

Mar. 16

Aug. 27

Nov. 1

Stream.

.....do.................

.....do.................

Forestport feeder. .....

.....do.................

South Branch, Oswegatchie River.

.....do.................

Tributary to 

.....do................

.....do................

.....do................

.....do................

Oswegatchie River. . . .

.....do................

.....do................

Locality.

N. Y. 

.....do......................

HawkinsviUe, N. Y .........

Boonville.N.Y.. ...........

Talcvffle, N. Y... ...........

.....do......................

.....do......................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

al5.0

«14.5

60.80

6.82

54

02.50

d3.65

d5.70

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

166

20.1

72.5

128

262

247la 7

2,520

113

 748

a Reference point on highway bridge. 

6 Reference point near highway bridge.

« On Black River Canal, 

d Tall race gage.
134 SUKPACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART IV.

Miscellaneous measurements of Beaver River at State Dam, N. Y., in 1912-13.

Tlatf*

1912. 

Oct. 17

18

18

1913.

30

Oct. 22

22

23

23

23

24

24

24

24

91

Frank Weber. .........................................

.....do.................................................

.....do.................................................

O.WHartwell.. ......................................

.....do.................................................

G.H.Canfleld ........................................

.....do.................................................

.....do.................................................

.....do.................................................

.....do.................................................

.....do.................................................

.....do.................................................

.....do.................................................

.....do.................................................

.....do.................................................

No.

1

M

4

4

4

4

1

1

3

3

4

4

1

1

Gate

Opening.

Full............

Half............

.....do..........

Full............

Half............

Half............

Half............

.....do..........

.... .do ..........

Full............

Lake

tlon.

Feet. 

4.70

4.70

4.70

3.00

3.00

9.42

9.45

9.92

9.96

10.04

10.28

10.30

10.30

10.30

10.51

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

184

139

263

62.0

62.2

65.4

128

70.6

136

128

178

178

204

183

212
INDEX.

Accuracy of discharge measurements, degree

of............................... 14-15

Acknowledgments to those aiding........... 15-16

Acre-foot, definition of....................... 10

Altmar, N. J., Orwell Brook near........... 76-78

Appropriations, amount of.................. 5

Auburn, N. Y., Owasco outlet near......... 69-70

Ausable River at Ausable Forks, N. Y.... 102-104

Au Sable River at Bamfield, Mich........... 46-51

' near Lovells, Mich...................... 37-45

Authority for investigations................. 5

Bamfield, Mich., Au Sable River at......... 46-51

Barnes, R. S., work of....................... 16

Beaver Bay at Beaver Bay, Minn........... 18-20

Beaver River at State dam, N. Y........... 134

Black River at Davis Bridge, Port Leyden,

N.Y............................ 133

at Felts Mills, N. Y..................... 81-82

at Port Leyden, N.Y................... 133

near Boonville, N. Y.................... 78-81

Black Ifiver canal (Lake Ontario basin),

above Delta dam, N.Y......... 133

Black River spillway at Boonville, N. Y.... 133

Bolton Landing, N. Y., Lake George at. .1 104-107 

Boonville, N. Y., Black River near.......... 78-81

Black River spillway at................. 133

Brasher Center, N. Y., St. Regis River at... 97-98 

Brasher Iron Works, N. Y., Deer River at/. 98-100 

Burchard, E. F., work of.................... 16

Burlington, Vt., Lake Champlain at....... 110-111

Cadys Falls, Vt., Lamoille River at....... 122-123

Canadice Lake outlet near Hemlock, N.Y... 68 

Canfield, G. H., work of..................... 16

Cattaraugus Creek at Versailles, N. Y....... 55-57

Caughdenoy, N. Y., Oneida River at........ 71-72

Champlain, Lake. See Lake Champlain.

Cloquet River at Independence, Minn....... 24-26

Clyde River at West Derby, Vt........... 129-133

Cooperation, credit for....................... 15-16

Current meters, views of..................... 14

Current-meter stations, views of............ 15

Data, explanation of........................ 12-14

Davis Bridge, Port Leyden, N. Y., Black

River at......................... 133

Deer River at Brasher Iron Works, N. Y... 98-100 

Definition of terms.......................... 9-10

De Golyer, C. S., work of.................... 16

Delta dam, N. Y., Black River canal above.. 133

Derby, Vt. See West Derby.

Dexter, Mich., Huron River at.............. 53

Discharge, definition of....................... 9

Discharge measurements, accuracy of........ 14-15

tables of, explanation of................. 12-14

Dog River at Northfield, Vt............... 119-121

Drainage basins, list of...................... 8

East Creekfcear Rutland, Vt.............. 107-110

Easterly, W. S., work of..................... 16

Equivalents, list of.......................... 10-12

Erie, Lake. See Lake Erie.

Escanaba River near Escanaba, Mich........ 27

Felts Mills, N. Y., Black River at........... 81-82

Field data, accuracy and reliability of....... 14-15

Flat Rock, Mich., Huron River at........... 55

Forestport feeder (Black River canal) at

Hawkinsville.N. Y............. 133

Fort Montgomery, near Rouses Point, N. Y.,

Richelieu River at............... 101

Freeland, Mich., Tittabawassee River at..... 52

Gage heights, table of, explanation of........ 12-13

Gaging stations, views of.................... 15

Geddes, Mich., Huron River at.............. 54

Genesee River at Jones Bridge, near Mount

Morris,N.Y.................... 63-65

at Rochester, N.Y...................... 65-67

at St. Helena, N.Y...................... 60-62

near Mount Morris, N. Y................ 63-65

George, Lake. See Lake George.

Grand River at Grand Rapids, Mich........ 34

Hartwell, O. W., work of.................... 16

Hawkinsville, N. Y., Forestport feeder (Black

River canal) at.................. 133

Hemlock, N. Y., Canadice Lake outlet near.. 68 

Horton, A. H., work of...................... 16

Huron, Lake. See Lake Huron.

Huron River at Dexter, Mich. _............ 53

at Flat Rock, Mich...................... 55

at Geddes, Mich......................... 54

Independence, Minn., Cloquet River at...... 24-26

Investigations, authority for................. 6

scope of.................................. 6-7

Iron Mountain, Mich., Menominee River

near............................. 28-29

Jackson, H. J., work of...................... 16

Johnson, Vt., Lamoille River at........... 123-126

Jones Bridge, near Mount Morris, N. Y.,

Genesee River at................ 63-65

Keshena, Wis., Wolf River at............... 29-31

Lake Champlain and tributaries, gagingstation records on.............. 101-129

Lake Champlain at Burlington, Vt........ 110-111

Lake Erie, streams tributary to, gaging-station records on.................. 53-60

Lake George, N. Y., Lake George at....... 104*-107

Lake George at Bolton Landing, N. Y..... 104-107

at Lake George, N.Y.................. 104-107

atRogersRock, N. Y................. 104-107

at Sagamore (Bolton Landing), N. Y.. 104-107 

Lake Huron, streams tributary to, gaging--

station records on................ 37-52

Lake Michigan, streams tributary to, gagingstation records on................ 27-37

Lake Ontario, streams tributary to, gagingstation records on............... 60-86

135
136 INDEX.

Lake Superior, streams tributary tp, gagingstation records on............... 16-26

Lamoille River at Cadys Falls, Vt......... 122-123

at Johnson, Vt........................ 123-126

Linden, N. Y., Little Tonawanda Creek at.. 58-60 

Little Tonawanda Creek at Linden, N. Y.... 58-60

Lovells, Mich., Au Sable River near......... 37-45

Lutsen, Minn., Poplar River at............. 16-18

Lyon, G. J., work of......................... 16

Manistee River near Shennan, Mich......... 35-37

Massena Springs, N. Y., Raquette River at.. 94-56 

Mathers, J. G., work of...................... 16

Meadowlands, Minn., Whiteface River below. 23-24 

Menominee River near Iron Mountain, Mich- 28-29 

Michigan, Lake. See Lake Michigan. 

Miscellaneous measurements 

in St. Lawrence River basin........... 133-134

of Beaver River at State dam, N. Y..... 134

Missisquoi River near Richford, Vt........ 126-129

Montpelier, Vt., Winooski River at........ 114-116

Winooski River near.................. 111-113

Winooski River (Worcester Branch) at. 117-119 

Moose River at Moose River, N. Y.......... 82-84

Moose River (Middle Branch) at Old Forge,

N. Y............................ 84-86

Morgan,!. H., work of...................... 16

Mount Morris, N. Y., Genesee River near.... 63-65

Neopit, Wis., Wolf River (West Branch) at.. 32-33 

Newton Falls, N. Y., Oswegatchie River

(EastBranch)at................ 87-89

Northfleld, Vt., Dog River at.............. 119-121

Ogdensburg, N. Y., Oswegatchie River near.. 89-91 

Old Forge, N. Y., Moose River (Middle

Branch) at...................... 84-86

Ontario, Lake. See Lake Ontario.

Oneida River at Caughdenoy, N. Y......... 71-72

Orwell Brook near Altmar, N. J............. 76-78

Oswegatchie River near Ogdensburg, N. Y.. 89-91 

Oswegatchie River (East Branch) at Newton

Falls,N. Y...................... 87-89

Oswegatchie River (South Branch) at Talcville,N. Y...................... 133

Owasco outlet near Auburn, N. Y........... 69-70

Peterson, B. J., work of..................... 16

Piercefleld, N. Y., Raquette River at........ 91-93

Plattsburg, N. Y., Saranac River near....... 102

Poplar River at Lutsen, Minn............... 16-18

Port Leyden, N. Y., Black River at......... 133

Price meters, views of....................... 14

Publications of United States Geological Survey on stream measurement..... 6-9

how to obtain........................... 9

libraries and offices containing........... 9

Pulaski, N. Y., Salmon River near.......... 74-76

Raquette River at Massena Springs, N. Y... 94-96 

at Piercefleld, N. Y..................... 91-93

Redfleld, N. Y., Salmon River near......... 72-74

Richelieu River at Fort Montgomery, near

Rouses Point, N. Y............. 101

near Rouses Point, N. Y................ 101

Page. 

Richford, Vt., Missisquoi River near...... 126-129

Rochester, N. Y., Genesee River at.......... 65-67

Rogers Rock, N. Y., Lake George at....... 104-107

Rouses Point, N. Y., Richelieu River near.. 101 

Run-off, depth in inches, definition of....... 10

terms usedin expressing................ 9

Rutland, Vt., East Creek near............. 107-110

Sagamore, N. Y., Lake George at.......... 104-107

St. Francis River basin, gaging-station records

in............................. 129-133

St. Helena, N. Y., Genesee River at......... 60-62

St. Lawrence River, streams tributary to,

gaging-station records on....... 87-133

St. Louis River near Thompson, Minn...... 20-22

St. Regis River at Brasher Center, N. Y..... 97-98

Salmon River at Stillwater Bridge, near

Redfleld, N.Y.................. 72-74

near Pulaski, N.Y...................... 74-76

near Redfleld, N.Y..................... 72-74

Saranac River near Plattsburg, N. Y........ 102

Scope of investigations...................... 5-6

Second-foot, definition of.................... 9-10

Second-feet per square mile, definition of.... 10

Shennan, Mich., Manistee River near........ 35-37

Soulg, S. B., work of........................ 16

State dam, N. Y., Beaver River at.......... 134

Stevens Branch, near Montpelier, Vt.,

Winooski River above......... 111-113

Stillwater Bridge, near Redfleld, N. Y.,

Salmon River at................ 72-74

Stream measurements, accuracy of....... ^. 14-15

publications on, by United States Geological Survey................... 6-9

how to obtain....................... 9

libraries and offices containing....... 9

Superior, Lake. See Lake Superior.

Tables, explanation of....................... 12-14

Talcville, N. Y., Oswegatchie River (South

Branch) at...................... 133

Terms, definitions of........................ 9-10

Thompson, Minn., St. Louis River near..... 20-22

Tittabawassee River at Freeland, Mich...... 52

Tona'wanda Creek. See Little Tonawanda

Creek. 

Versailles, N. Y., Cattaraugus Creek at...... 55-57

Walters,M. I., work of...................... 16

Weber, Frank, work of...................... 16

West Derby, Vt., Clyde River at.......... 129-133

Winooski River above Stevens Branch, near

Montpelier, Vt................ 111-113

at Montpelier, Vt...................... 114-116

Whiteface River below Meadowlands, Minn. 23-24 

Wolf River at Keshena, Wis................. 29-31

Wolf River (West Branch) at Neopit, Wis... 32-33 

Wood, B.D., work of....................... 16

Worcester Branch of Winooski River at

Montpelier, Vt................ 117-119

Work, subdivision of........................ 16

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