Surface Water Supply 

of the United States 

1960

Part 2-A. South Atlantic Slope Basins, James 

River to Savannah River

Prepared under the direction of E. L. HENDRICKS, Chief, Surface Water Branch

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1703

Prepared in cooperation with the States 

of Georgia, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, and Virginia, and with other 

agencies

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Thomas B. Nolan, Director

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

Washington 25, D.C.
PREFACE

This report was prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation with the States of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

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

Resources Division, L. B. Leopold, chief, under the general direction of E. L. Hendricks, chief, Surface Water Branch, and 

F. J. Flynn, chief, Basic Records Section.

The data were collected and computed under supervision of district engineers, Surface Water Branch, as follows:

J. W. Gambreil........................................................ Charlottesville, Va.

A. E. Johns-Li ............................................................. Columbia, S. C.

E. B. Rice.................................................................... RaleigK N. C.

M. T. Thomson.................................................................. Atlanta, Ga.

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CONTENTS

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

Cooperation..................................;........................................ 1

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

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

Downstream order and station numbers................................................. 3

Explanation of data.................................................................. 4

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

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

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

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

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

James River basin

Jackson River (head of James River) at Palling Spring, Va.......................... 14

Dunlap Creek near Covington, Va.................................................. 15

Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge, Va.......................................... 16

James River:

Catawba Greek near Catawba, Va................................................... 17

James River at Buchanan, Va........................................................ 18

Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va....................................'.......... 19

Maury River near Beuna Vista, Va................................................. 20

James River at Bent Creek, Va.............................'......................... 21

James River at Scottsville, Va..................................................... 22

Slate River near Arvonia, Va..................................................... 23

Mechum River (head of Rivanna River):

North Fork Moormans River near Whitehall, Va................................... 24

South Fork Rivanna River (continuation of Mechum River)near Earlysville, Va...... 25

Rivanna River at Palmyra, Va..................................................... 26

James River at Cartersville, Va.................................................... 27

Falling Creek near Chesterfield, Va.............................................. 28

Falling Creek near Drewrys Bluff, Va............................................. 29

Appomattox River at Farmville, Va................................................ 30

Appomattox River near Petersburg, Va.............................................. 31

Chickahominy River near Providence Forge, Va..................................... 32

Dismal Swamp basin

Lake Drummond in Dismal Swamp, Va.................................................. 33

Chowan River basin

Nottoway River (head of Chowan River) near Stony Creek, Va......................... 34

Nottoway River near Sebrell, Va.................................................... 35

Blackwater River near Franklin, Va............................................... 36

Chowan River:

Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, Va............................................ 37

Potecasi Creek near Union, N. C................................................ 38

Wiccacon Creek:

Ahoskie Creek at Ahoskie, N. C................................................. 39

Roanoke River basin

Hoanoke River at Roanoke, Va....................................................... 40

Tinker Creek near Daleville, Va.................................................. 41

Roanoke River at Niagara, Va....................................................... 42

Blackwater River near Union Hall, Va............................................. 43

Roanoke (Staunton) River near Toshes, Va........................................... 44

Pigg River near Toshes, Va....................................................... 45

Roanoke (Staunton) River at Alfcavista, Va.......................................... 46

Otter River near Evington, Va.................................................... 47

Roanoke (Staunton) River at Brookneal, Va.......................................... 48

Falling River:

East Fork Falling River near Appomattox, Va.................................... 49

East Fork Falling River at Spring Mills, Va.................................... 50

Falling River near Naruna, Va.................................................... 51

Roanoke (Staunton) River at Randolph, Va........................................... 52

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va........................................................ 53

Dan River near Francisco, N. C................................................... 54

Mayo River near Price, N. C.................................................... 55

Dan River near Wentworth, N. C................................................... 56

Smith River near Philpott, Va.................................................. 57

Smith River at Bassett, Va..................................................... 58

Smith River at Spray, N. C..................................................... 59

Dan River at Danville, Va........................................................ 60

Dan River at Paces, Va........................................................... 61

Banister River at Halifax, Va.................................................. 62

Hyco River near Denniston, Va.................................................. 63

Roanoke River at Buggs Island, Va.................................................. 64

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C.............................................. 65

Pamlico River basin

Tar River (head of Pamlico River) near Tar River, N. C............................. 66

Cedar Creek near Louisburg, N. C................................................. 67

Tar River near Nashville, N. C..................................................... 68

Sapony Creek near Nashville, N. C................................................ 69

Fishing Creek:

Little Fishing Creek near White Oak, N. C. ..................................... 70

Fishing Creek near Enfield, N. C................................................. 71

Tar River at Tarboro, N. C......................................................... 72

Conetoe Creek near Bethel, N. C. ................................................. 73

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VI CONTENTS

Gaging-station records Continued 

Pamlico River basin Continued

Pamlico River: Page 

Runyon Creek:

Herring Run near Washington, N. C.............................................. 74

Neuse River basin

Eno River (head of Neuse River) at Hillsboro, N. C................................. 75

Flat River at Bahama, N. C....................................................... 76

Dial Creek near Bahama, N. C................................................... 7?

Neuse River near Northside, N. C................................................... 78

Neuse River near Clayton, N. C..................................................... 79

Swift Creek:

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C......................................... v...... 80

Little River near Princeton, N. C................................................ 81

Neuse River near Goldsboro, N. C................................................... 82

Neuse River at Kinston, N. C....................................................... 83

Contentnea Creek:

Nahunta Swamp near Shine, N. C................................................. 84

Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, N. C.............................................. 85

Little Contentnea Creek near Farmville, N. C........................ f .......... 86

Swift Creek near Vanceboro, N. C...................................... i.......... 87

Trent River near Trenton, N. C................................................... 88

New River basin

New River near Gum Branch, N. C................ ................................ 89

Cape Pear River basin

Haw River (head or Cape Fear River) near Benaja, N. C.............................. 90

Reedy Fork near Oak Ridge, N. C.................................................. 91

Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, N. C................................................ 92

Buffalo Creek:

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C.................................... 93

Haw River at Haw River, N. C....................................................... 94

Alamance Creek near Elon College, N. C........................................... 95

Cane Creek near Teer, N. C....................................................... 96

Haw River near Pittsboro, N. C..................................................... 97

New Hope River near Pittsboro, N. C.............................................. 98

West Fork Deep River;

East Fork Deep River near High Point, N. C..................................... 99

Deep River near Randleman', N. C.................................................. 100

Deep River at Ramseur , N. C...................................................... 101

Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C.................................................... 102

Rocky River:

Tick Creek near Mount Vernon Springs,« N. C................................... 103

Deep River at Moncure, N. C...................................................... 104

Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C................................................ 105

Little River at Linden, N. C. .................................................... 106

Cape Fear River at lock 3, near Tarheel, N. C...................................... 107

Hood Creek near Leland, N. C..................................................... 108

Black River; 

Coharie Creek:

Little Coharie Creek near Roseboro, N. C..................................... 109

Black River near Tomahawk, N. C.................................................. 110

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

Colly Creek near Kelly, N. C................................................... 112

Northeast Cape Fear River near Seven Springs, N. C............................... 113

Northeast Cape Fear River near Chinquapin, N. C.................................. 114

Rockfish Creek near Wallace, N. C.............................................. 115

Waccamaw Rj-ver basin

Waccamaw River at Freeland, N. C................................................... 116

Waccamaw River near Longs, 3. C.................................................... 117

Pee Dee River basin

Yadkin River (head of Pee Dee River) at Patterson, N. C............................ 118

Reddles River at North Wilkesboro, N. C.......................................... 119

Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C................................................... 120

Fisher River near Copeland, N. C................................................. 121

Forbush Creek near Yadkinville, N. C............................................. 122

Yadkin River at Yadkin College, N. C............................................... 123

South Yadkin River:

Rocky Creek at Turnersburg, N. C............................................... 124

South Yadkin River near Mocksville, N. C......................................... 125

Hunting Creek near Harmony, N. C ............................................... 126

South Yadkin River at Cooleemee, N. C............................................ 127

Third Creek subwatershed No. 7A (Third Creek) near Stony Point, N. C........... 128

Third Creek at Cleveland, N. C................................................. 129

Yadkin River at High Rock, N. C. ................................................... 130

Uwharrie River near Eldorado, N. C............................................... 131

Rocky River: 

Long Creek:

Big Bear Creek near Richfield, N. C.......................................... 132

Rocky River near Norwood, N. C................................................... 133

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C................................................... 134

Little River near Star, N. C.................................................... 135

Pee Dee River near Rockingham, N. C................................................ 136

Big Black Creek (head of Black Creek) near McBee, S. C........................... 137

Pee Dee River at Peedee, S. C...................................................... 138

Lynches River near Bishopville, S. C ............................................. 139

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C................................................. 140

Little Pee Dee River near Dillon, S. C. .......................................... 141

Drowning Creek (head of Lumber River) near Hoffman, N. C....................... 142

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C................................................. 143

Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry, S. C.................................... 144
CONTENTS . VII

Gaglng-statlon records Continued

Pee Dee River basin Continued Page 

Black River near Gable, s. C..................................................... 145

Black River at Klngstree, S. C................................................... 146

Santee River basin

catawba River (head of Santee River) near Marion, N. C............................. 147

Llnvllle River at Branch, N. C................................................... 148

Lower Little River near All Healing Springs, N. C................................ 149

Catawba River at Catawba, N. C..................................................... 150

Mountain Creek near Terrell, N. C................................................ 151

Henry Fork (head of South Fork Catawba River) near Henry River, N. C............. 152

Indian Creek near Laboratory, N. C............................................. 153

South Fork Catawba River:

Long Creek near Bessemer City, N. C............................................ 154

South Fork Catawba River at Lowell, N. C......................................... 155

Catawba River near Rock Hill, S. C................................................. 156

Sugar Creek:

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte, N. C........................................ 157

Rocky Creek at Great Falls, S. C................................................. 158

Wateree River (continuation of Catawba River) near Camden, S. C.................... 159

Broad River (head of Congaree River):

Cove Creek near Lake Lure, N. C................................................ 160

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C.......................................... 161

Broad River near Boiling Springs, N. C ........................................... 162

First Broad River near Casar, N. C............................................. 163

First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C........................................... 164

Broad River near Gaffney, S. C................................................... 165

North Pacolet River at Flngervllle, S. C....................................... 166

South Pacolet River Reservoir near Flngervllle, S. C......................... 167

Pacolet River near Flngervllle, S. C........................................... 168

Pacolet River near Clifton, S. C............................................... 169

Broad River near Carlisle, S. C.................................................. 170

North Tyger River (head of Tyger River) near Falrmont, S. C.................... 171

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C............................................ 172

North Tyger River near Moore, S. C............................................. 173

South Tyger River near Reldvllle, S. C....................................... 174

South Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C........................................ 175

Tyger River:

Falrforest Creek near Union, S. C............................................ 176

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C................................................. 177

Broad River at Rlchtex, S. C..................................................... 178

Saluda River near Greenville, S. C............................................. 179

Saluda River near Pelzer, S. C................................................. 180

Saluda River near Ware Shoals, S. C............................................ 181

Reedy River near Greenville, S. C............................................ 182

Reedy River near Ware Shoals , S . C............................................ 183

Lake Greenwood near Chappells, S. C............................................ 184

Saluda River at Chappells, S. C................................................ 185

Saluda River near Sllverstreet, S. C........................................... 186

Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C................................................ 187

Saluda River near Columbia, S. C............................................... 188

Congaree River (continuation of Broad River) at Columbia, S. C................... 189

Congaree Creek at Cayce, S. C.................................................. 190

Santee River:

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion canal near Pinevllle, S. C....................... 191

Lake Marion near Pineville, S. C................................................... 192

Santee River near Pineville, S. C................................................... 193

Cooper River basin 

Cooper River: 

West Branch Cooper River:

Lake Moultrie near Pinopolls, S. C............................................. 194

Edlsto River basin

South Fork Edisto River near Montmorencl, S. C..................................... 195

South Fork Edlsto River near Denmark, S. C......................................... 196

North Fork Edlsto River at Orangeburg, S. C...................................... 197

Edlsto River near Branchville, S. C................................................ 198

Edisto River near Givhans, S. C.................................................... 199

Combahee River basin

Sallcehatchie River (head of Combahee River) near Miley, S. C....................... 200

Broad River basin

Coosawhatchie River (head of Broad River) near Hampton, S. C....................... 201

Savannah River basin

Chattooga River (head of Savannah River) near Clayton, Ga. ......................... 202

Panther Creek near Toccoa, Ga.................................................... 203

Tugaloo River (continuation of Chattooga River) near Hartwell, Ga.................. 204

Toxaway River (head of Seneca River):

Whitewater River at Jocassee, S. C............................................. 206

Keowee River (continuation of Toxaway River) near Jocassee, S. C................. 207

Keowee River near Newry, S. C.................................................... 208

Twelvemile Creek near Liberty, S. C............................................ 209

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C................................................. 210

Savannah River near Iva, S. C...................................................... 211

Rocky River near Calhoun Falls , S . C............................................. 212

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose, Ga........................................... 213

Savannah River near Calhoun Falls, S. C ............................................ 214

Broad River:

North Fork Broad River subwatershed No. 1 (North Fork Broad River) above

Toccoa, Ga............................................................... 215

North Fork Broad River subwatershed No. 2 (Denmans Creek) near Toccoa, Ga.... 216

North Fork Broad River near Toccoa, Ga......................................... 217

North Fork Broad River subwatershed No. 6 (Bear Creek) near Mize, Ga......... 218
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Gaging-station records Continued 

Savannah River basin Continued

Broad River Continued page 

North Fork Broad River near Lavonia, Ga........................................ 219

North Fork Broad River subwatershed No. 11 (Toms Creek) near Eastanolle, Ga.. 220 

North Fork Broad River subwatershed No. 14 near Avalon, Ga................. 221

Toms Creek near Martin, Ga................................................... 222

North Fork Broad River near Carnesville, Ga.................................... 223

Hudson River at Homer, Ga...................................................... 224

Broad River near Bell, Ga ........................................................ 225

Little River near Mount Carmel, S. C............................................. 226

Little River near Washington, Ga................................................. 227

Clark Hill Reservoir near Clarks Hill, S. C........................................ 228

Stevens Creek near Modoo, S. C................................................... 229

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga...................................................... 230

Savannah River at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga......................... 231

Brier Creek;

Little Brier Creek near Thomson, Ga............................................ 232

Brushy Creek near Wrens, Ga.................................................... 233

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga..................................................... 234

Savannah River near Clyo, Ga....................................................... 235

Revisions of records for discontinued stations:

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va...................................................... 236

North Meherrin River near Keysville, Va............................................ 237

Georges Creek near Gretna, Va...................................................... 239

Discharge at partial-record stations and miscellaneous sites:

Low-flow partial-record stations ................................................... 240

Crest-stage partial-record stations ................................................ 250

Measurements at miscellaneous sites................................................ 258

Index................................................................................ 265

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1. Map of the conterminous United States showing areas covered by 18 of the

20 volumes on surface water supply...................................... 9

2. Comparison of discharge at three long-term representative gaging stations

during 1960 water year with median discharge for period 1931-60......... 13
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF SOUTH ATLANTIC SLOPE BASINS, JAMES RIVER 

TO SAVANNAH RIVER , 1960

SCOPE OF WORK

This volume is one of a series of 20 reports presenting records of stage, discharge, 

and content, of streams, lakes, and reservoirs in the United States during the 1960 water 

year. Since 1888, when the United States Geological Survey first studied streamflow in 

relation to problems of irrigation, similar records have been obtained at mo«e than 15,500 

gaging stations in the 50 States. On September 30, 1960, the Geological Survey and cooperating organizations were maintaining 7,300 gaging stations. Partial-record stations for 

low flow or for flood flow have been operated at many other points. In addition, discharge measurements are made at miscellaneous sites. The records for the 1960 water year 

at gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites in the South Atlantic 

slope basins, James River to Savannah River, are given in this report.

COOPERATION

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

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

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

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

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

and State Highway Department, J. L. Gillis, chairman.

North Carolina: State Department of Water Resources, H. E. Brown, director; 

State Highway Commission, W. F. Babcock, director; city of Burlington, J. D. 

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

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

Development Board, W. W. Harper, director; State Water Pollution Contrcl Authority, 

W. T. Linton, executive director; and city of Spartanburg, DeFaix Kirby, chairman 

of commissioners of public works.

Virginia: State Department of Highways, S. D. May, commissioner, succeeded by 

H. H. Harris; county of Chesterfield, M. W. Burnett, executive secretary; city of 

Norfolk, R. W. Fitzgerald, superintendent, Division of Water Supply; city of Newport 

News, W. B. Harman, director, Department of Public Utilities; city of Clrarlottesville, 

J. E. Bowen, Jr., city manager; and city of Roanoke, A. S. Owens, city manager. 

Assistance in the form of funds or services was given by the Corps of Engineers, Department of thte "Army, in collecting records published herein for 98 gaging stations, of which 

4 were in Georgia, 40 in North Carolina, 20 in South Carolina, and 34 in Virginia.

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

and the Weather Bureau of the United States Department of Commerce.
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The following organizations aided in collecting records:

North Carolina: City of Durham, Erwin Mills; Carolina Power & Light Co.; and Duke 

Power Co.

South Carolina: Greenwood County Electric Power Commission; South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.; and South Carolina Public Service Authority.

Virginia: Appalachian Electric Power Co.

DIVISION OF WORK

The stream-gaging work was done by the Water Resources Division of the Geological Survey under the direction of personnel shown in the preface. The data for strtions in the 

several States were collected and prepared for publication in the district offices listed

"below. x

State District office Address

Georgia a/............. Atlanta................... 805 Peachtree Street Building.

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

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

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

a/ Except Savannah River at Augusta, at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, and near Clyo. 

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

near Clyo, Ga.

Information of a more detailed nature than that published for most of the gaging stations given in this report is on file in the district offices listed above. All gagingstation records for Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia have been analyzed by electronic 

computer to give: (1) the number of days in each year that the daily discharge was between selected limits (duration tables); and (2) the lowest mean discharge for selected 

numbers of consecutive days in each year. In addition, the records for Georgia and North 

Carolina give the highest mean discharge for selected numbers of consecutive days in each 

year. The records for North Carolina have also been analyzed to give the lovest daily 

discharge not exceeded during selected numbers of consecutive days in each year. Provisional records of discharge, information on the availability of electronic computer results, and other unpublished data concerning the gaging-station records may generally be 

obtained from the district office.

DEFINITION OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

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

as follows:

Gaging station is a particular site on a stream, canal, lake, or reservoir where systematic observations of gage height or discharge are obtained. When used in connection with 

a discharge record, the term is applied herein only to those gaging stations where a continuous record of discharge is obtained.

Partial-record station is a particular site where limited streamflow data are collected 

systematically over a period of years for use in hydrologic analyses.

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

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

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

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

distributed uniformly in time and area.

moff in Inches (in.) shows the depth to which the drainage area would be covered if 

=> runoff for a given time period were uniformly distributed on it.
DOWNSTREAM ORDER AND STATION NUMBERS 3

Acre-foot (ac-ft) is the quantity of water required to cover an acre to tfe depth of 

1 foot and is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet.

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

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

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

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

flowing in a channel, expressed as volume per unit of time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

within the area unless otherwise noted.

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

published reports.

DOWNSTREAM ORDER AND STATION NUMBERS

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

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

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

is list' . . tween them. A similar order is followed in listing stations on first rank, 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As an added means of identification, each gaging station and partial-record station has 

been assigned a station number. The numbers have been assigned in the same downstream 

order used in this report. In assigning station numbers, no distinction is made between 

partial-record stations and regular gaging stations, so that the station numt^r for a 

partial-record station indicates downstream-order position in a list made up of both types 

of stations. Gaps are left in the numbers to allow for new stations that may be established; hence the numbers are not consecutive. The complete number for each station includes the part number, but the station number as shown in this report, just to tie left 

of the station name, consists of only the essential digits of the complete number. For 

example, for a station with the complete number 2A-0125.00, the station number shown in
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this report is 125. The notation to the left of the hyphen is the part number; it is 2A 

for all stations in this report and is therefore omitted.

EXPLANATION OP DATA

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

of discharge. In addition, observations of factors affecting the stage-discharge relation, 

weather records, and other information are used to supplement base data in determining the 

daily flow. The records of stage are obtained either from direct readings on a nonrecording gage or from a water-stage recorder that gives a continuous record of fluctuations. Measurements of discharge are made with a current meter by the general methods 

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

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

textbooks on the measurement of stream discharge.

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

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

measurements of peak discharge (such as slope-area or contracted-opening measurements, 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

At some gaging stations the stage-discharge relation is affected by backwater from reservoirs, tributary streams, or other sources. This necessitates the use of the slope 

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

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

used as a factor in the determination of discharge.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

daily records is not changed.

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

rating table, and a table showing the daily discharge and monthly and yearly discharge
EXPLANATION OP DATA 5

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

ends on September 30. A calendar for the water year 1960 is shown on page IV for the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

above mean sea level, and a condensed history of the types, locations, and datums of previous gages used during the period of records available. The references to "datum of 1929" 

and adjustments of other years are to the datum and adjustments of the U. S. Coast and 

Geodetic Survey. Under "Average discharge" is given the average discharge for the number 

of years indicated. It is not given for stations having fewer than five complete years 

of record or for stations where changes in water development during the period of record 

cause the figure to have little significance. Under "Extremes" are given the maximum discharge and gage height; the minimum discharge if there is little or no regulation; the 

minimum daily discharge if there is extensive regulation (also the minimum discharge if 

useful); and the minimum gage height (unless it is of no importance). In the first paragraph, the data given are for the complete current water year unless otherwise specified. 

In the second paragraph, the data given are for the periods of record within the calendar 

year dates in the heading (not necessarily those for the complete years indicated by the 

heading dates). Reliable information concerning major floods that have occurred outside 

the period of record is given in the third or last paragraph under "Extremes." Unless 

otherwise qualified, the maximum discharge corresponds to the crest stage obtained by use 

of a water-stage recorder, a crest-stage gage, or a nonrecording gage read at the time of 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

that only the instantaneous minimum w^as revised; and "(P)" that only peak discharges were 

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

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

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

drainage area necessitates corresponding revision of all figures based on the drainage
6 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1960, PART 2-A'

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

series of reports.

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

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

shift Ing-control method, the slope method, t>r other special methods involving an equivalent adjustment to the gage height of more than one-tenth foot. Skeleton rating tables 

are generally not published for stations on canals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^or stations equipped with nonrecording gages, the table of daily discharge gives the discharge corresponding to once-daily readings of the gage, or to the mean of twice-daily 

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

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

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

station description.

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

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

first day of its occurrence.

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

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

the average flow In cubic feet per second during the month. Discharge for the month may 

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

(line headed "In."), or in acre-feet (line headed "Ac-ft"). Figures for cu^ic feet per 

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

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

usually less than 20 inches.

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

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

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

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

peatts above the selected base are given. The base discharge, which is given in parenthe3tj, i 1; selected so that an average of about three peaks a year will be presented. Peak 

uleciiarges are not published for canals, ditches, drains, or for any stream for which the 

peaks are subject to substantial control by man.

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

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

eif-:-et, or by other effects that reduce the degree of accuracy of the records. Days on 

which discharge measurements were made are Indicated by asterisk and footnote unless they
ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS 7

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

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

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

a dally basis, but Is not published for reservoirs for which only monthly data are given.

At many gaging stations water samples are collected from the streams for the purpose of 

making chemical analyses, computing dissolved solids, suspended sediment loads, and 

particle-size distribution, or measuring water temperatures. For most of ttese samples 

the results are published in an annual series of water-supply papers entitled "Quality of 

Surface Waters of the United States" which is issued in four volumes. In ft is report 

under "Remarks" a reference Is made to quality-of-water records collected at gaging stations on a regular basis and published In the quality-of-water reports. At many other 

gaging stations quality-of-water data are obtained at irregular intervals and published as 

"miscellaneous analyses" in quality-of-water reports; such records are not referred to in 

"Remarks" paragraph in this report. At many gaging stations water temperatvre is obtained 

also at the time a discharge measurement is made; such temperature readings are not 

reported in the quality-of-water annual reports.

Data collected at partial-record stations and at miscellaneous sites are given at the 

end of each report. Partial-record stations are presented In two tables. The first is a 

table of discharge measurements at low-flow partial-record stations, and the second is a 

table of annual maximum stage and discharge at crest-stage stations. Discharge measurements at miscellaneous sites are given in a third table. Occasionally, a series of discharge measurements are made within a short time period to investigate the seepage gains 

or losses along a reach of a stream or to determine the low-flow characteristics of an 

area. Such measurements are given in special tables after the list of measurements at 

miscellaneous sites.

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS

The accuracy of streamflow data depends primarily on (1) the stability of the stagedischarge relation or, if the control is unstable, the frequency of discharge measurements, and (2) the accuracy of observations of stage, measurements of discharge, and Interpretation of records.

The station description states the degree of accuracy of the records. "Excellent 1 ' indicates that, in general, the error in the daily records is believed to be less than 

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

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

general, more nearly accurate than the daily records.

Discharge at some stations, as indicated by the monthly mean, may vary widely from natural runoff, owing to diversion, consumption, regulation by storage, increase or decrease 

in evaporation due to artificial causes, or to other factors. For sueh stations, figures 

of cubic feet per second per square mile and of runoff in inches are not pullished unless 

satisfactory adjustments can be made for diversions, for changes in contents of reservoirs, 

or for other changes incident to use and control. Evaporation from a reservoir is not 

included in the adjustments for changes in reservoir contents, unless it is so stated.
8 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1960, PART 2-A

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

occur when relatively large negative adjustments are made or when evaporation is large in 

comparison with the pbserved discharge.

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

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

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

because water must first be supplied to existing Irrigation systems.

PUBLICATIONS

Basic data for gaging stations are published in an annual series of reports consisting 

of 20 volumes, including one each for the States of Alaska and Hawaii. The area of the 

other 48 States is divided into 14 parts whose boundaries coincide with certain natural 

drainage lines. Formerly, the annual series of reports on surface-water sup^y consisted 

of 14 volumes, one for eac^ of the 14 parts. Beginning with the reports for 1951, the 

records for the 48 States were published in 18 volumes, there being 2 volumes each for 

Parts 1, 2, 3, and 6. The boundaries of the various parts are indicated by the following 

list and the map in figure 1.

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

A, North Atlantic slope basins, Maine to Connecticut. 

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

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

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

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

to Pearl River.

3. Ohio River basin, in two volumes:

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

B, Cumberland and Tennessee River basins.

4. St. Lawrence River basin.

5. Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River basins.

6. Missouri River basin, in two volumes:

A, Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa. 

B, Missouri River basin below Sioux City, Iowa.

7. Lower Mississippi River basin.

8. Western Gulf of Mexico basins.

9. Colorado River basin.

10. The Great Basin.

11. Pacific slope basins in California.

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

13. Snake River basin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

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

the United States.

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

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

given on page 2.

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

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

have been included for some streams.
PUBLICATIONS
10 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1960, PART 2-A

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

(A = Annual Report; B = Bulletin)

Report

10th A, pt. 2

16th A, pt. 2

18th A, pt. 4

WSP 16.......

19th A, pt. 4 

WSP 27 .......

WSP 28.......

WSP 35 to 39.

WSP 47 to 52. 

Z2d A, pt. 4.

WSP 65, 66.... 

WSP 75... .....

Character of data

Descriptive information only.

Descriptive information only.

monthly discharge.

Descriptions, measurements ratings, and monthly discharge..

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

Descriptions, measurements and gage heights of streams west 

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

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge..

the Mississippi River, and Missouri River and tributaries.

the Mississippi River, except Missouri River and tributaries.

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

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

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

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

Year

1884 to September 1890.

1884 to June 30, 1891.

1895-96.

1897.

1897. 

1898.

1899.

19OO.

1901. 

1901.

Reports on surface-water supply containing records from 1899 to date for drainage 

basins in this report are listed below. The data for any particular gaging station will, 

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

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

basins.

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

Atlantic slope basins, James River to Savannah River, 1899-1960

Year

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1S06

1907-8

1909

1910

1911

WSP

a35, 36

48

65, 75

a82, 83

a97, 98

b!26, 127

b!67, 168

b203. 204

242

262

282

302

Year

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919-20

1921

1922

1923

1924

WSP

322

352

382

402

432

452

472

502

522

542

562

582

Year

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

WSP

602

622

642

662

682

697

712

727

742

757

782

802

Year

1937

1938

1939.

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

WSP

822

852 '872

892

922

952

972

1002

1032

1052

1082

1112

Year .

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

WSP

1142

1172

1203

1233

1273

1333

1383

1433

1503

1553

1623

1703

a James River to Yadkln River.

b Susquehanna River to Yadkln River.

A compilation of records for the area covered by this report through September 1950 has 

been published as Water-Supply Paper 1303. That report contains a summary of monthly and 

annual discharges for all previously published records as well as some records not contained in the annual series of water-supply papers. All records were reexamined and 

revised where warranted. Estimates of discharge were made to fill short gaps whenever 

practical.

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

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

stage and discharge of many streams during major floods has been included in special reports on these floods published by the Geological Survey. The more recent of these special 

reports also contain other pertinent hydrologic information and analyses and compilations 

of data relating to earlier notable floods. The following list gives the numbers and 

titles of these reports:

Report

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

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

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

WSP 846: Maximum discharges at stream-measurement stations through September 1938.
RECORDS OP DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 11

Special reports on floods published by the Geological Survey and other agencies Continued

Report

WSP 1066: Floods of August 1940 in southeastern States.

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

WSP 1260-F: Summary of floods in the United States during 1952.

WSP 1370-C: Summary of floods in the United States during 1954.

WSP 1420: Floods of August-October 1955 New England to North Carolina.

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

RECORDS OF DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

The table below contains a list of gaging stations for the area covered by this report, 

at which records of discharge were collected during the 1960 water year by agencies other 

than the Geological Survey. Current records of these stations are not contained in publications of the Geological Survey. Prior to July 1, 1957, records now collected by the 

Virginia Department of Conservation and Development were collected through cooperative 

agreements with the Survey, or by agreements between other State agencies and the Survey.

Records of discharge collected "by agencies other than the Geological Survey

Stream

Back Creek. ................ 

Blaekwater River. .......... 

Do.. ....................

Buffalo Creek. ............. 

Buffalo River. .............

Cub Creek. .;..........,....

Pontalne Creek. ............ 

Georges Creek. ............. 

Goose Creek. ............... 

Great Creek. ...............

James River ................

Do ...................... 

Do ......................

James River & Kanawha ' Canal

Johns Creek ................

Kerrs Creek ................ 

Maury River ................

Meherrin River. ............ 

North Mayo River. .......... 

North Meherrin River. ...... 

Do. .... . r . .............. 

Nottoway River. ............ 

Do.... ............'...... 

Otter River. ............... 

Pedlar River. .............. 

Plney River. ...........'....

Roanoke River. .............

Rockf Ish River. ............ 

Sandy River ................ 

Smith River ................ 

South River ................

Stony Creek ...;............ 

Tye River .................. 

Wlllis River. ..............

Location

Near Mountain Grove, Va.... 

Near Dendron , Va ...........

Near Hampden Sydney, Va. . . . 

Near Norwood , Va ...........

Va.

Near Brink, Va ............. 

Near Gretna, Va. ........... 

Near Huddleston, Va. ....... 

Near Cochran, Va. ..........

Scottsvllle, Va. 

At Holcombs Rock, Va. ......

At Lick Run, Va. ........... 

Near Richmond , Va ..........

Near Lexlngton, Va .........

At Emporla, Va. ............ 

Near Spenc'er, Va. ..........

Near Keysvllle, Va. ........ 

Near Lunenburg, Va. ........ 

Near Burkevllle, Va. ....... 

Near Rawllngs, va. ......... 

Near Bedford , Va ........... 

At Pedlar Dam, Va. ......... 

At Plney River, Va. ........

Near Greenf leld, Va. ....... 

Near Danville , Va .......... 

At Martlnaville, Va. .......

Near Dlnwlddle, Va. ........ 

Near Lovlngston, Va. ....... 

At Planagan Mills, Va......

Period

1926-60 

1951-60 

1941-60

1946-60 

1340-60

1953-60 

1949-60 

1930-60 

1958-60

1900-15a/£ 

1926-60 

1925-60 

1934-60

1927-60

1951-60 

1928-60 

1948-60 

1946-60 

1946-60 

1950-60 

1943-60 

1921-60 

1949-60

1943-60 

1929-60 

1929-6U

1958-60 

1946-60 

1938-60 

1926-60

Collected by

Development. 

Do. 

Do.

Do. 

Do.

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do.

Do.

Do. 

Do.

Do.

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

City of Lynchburg, Va. 

Department of Conservation and 

Development .

Do. 

Do. 

DO.

Do. 

Do. 

Do.

a Gage heights or gage heights and discharge measurements only.

Note. The Agricultural Research Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture has collected records of runoff from three areas of 185 to 1,450 acres In Brunswick and Halifax Counties, Va., "beginning In 1958. These records are In the files of the Agricultural Research Service.
12 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1960, PART 2-A

HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS

Streamflow was excessive in all or most of the area covered by this report during each 

month except July. At several key gaging stations in North and South Carolina, having 

periods of record of 30 to 40 years, mean discharges were record-high for the month in 

October, February, and April. For more than half the long-term stations in N-^rth Carolina, 

the yearly mean discharge was the highest of record. Local flooding on small streams occurred frequently throughout the year. A flood having a recurrence interval greater than 

60 years occurred on small streams in Randolph County, N. C., on August 22. A tropical 

hurricane in September caused major flooding of coastal streams; record-high peak discharges were recorded at gaging stations having up to 20 years of record.

Figure 2, on page 13, for which records of three long-term representative gaging stations were used, shows a comparison of the monthly and yearly mean discharge for the 1960 

water year with the median discharge for the period 1931-60.
HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS 13

Rivanna River at Palmyra, Va. 

Drainage area, 675 sq mi.

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

year

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

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C. 

Drainage area, 1,030 sq mi.

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

year 

Explanation

Median of monthly and yearly mean discharge for period 1931-60. 

Monthly and yearly mean discharge for 1960 water year.

Figure 2. Comparison of discharge at three long-term representative gaging stations 

during I960 water year with median discharge for period 1931-60.
14 GAGING-STATION RECORDS

JAMES RIVER BASIN

125. Jackson River at Falling Spring, Va.

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

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

Falling Springs Creek, and 5.5 miles north of Covlngton.

Drainage area. 409 sq ml.

Records available. April 1925 to September 1960. Prior to October 1934, published as 

"at Barber."

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

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

Average discharge. 35 years, 482 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 12,100 cfs Mar. 30 (gage height, 11.63 ft); mln-

 Imum, 93 cfs Sept. 10 (gage height, 3.14 ft).

1925-60: Maximum discharge, 24,700 cfs Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 14.74 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs on basis of records for other stations In James 

River basin; minimum, 36 cfs Oct. 12, 1946; minimum dally, 58 cfs Sept. 28-30, Oct. 1, 

3, 5, J.y.30.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 952: 1927, 1928(M), 1929-30, 1932-40. WSP 1303:

1930-34(M).

Eating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1926(M),

Oct. 1 to Nov. 25 Nov. 26 to Sept. 3O

3.3

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

145

355

755

1,350

2,160

3.1 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.O

85

185

345

520

770

7.0

8.0

9.0

11.0

2,170

3,120

5,OOO

1O,OOO

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*1.670

637

397

292

234

195

175

165

240

243

201

172

155

298

481

390

310

261

225

198

180

168

162

395

925

642

507

456

400

352

320

11,446

369

0.902

1.04

Nov.

299

273

*252

243

237

270

334

338

327

296

273

249

231

216

207

195

192

188

175

168

162

160

180

1,370

2.070

1,220

800

800

1,090

862

13,677

456

1.11

1.24

Dec.

640

524

460

404

356

328

334

300

266

248

236

1,100

2.000

1,400

*i,ooo

740

592

625

1,090

960

740

610

506

450

415

390

380

370

720

895

694

19,773

638

1.56

1.80

Jan.

560

485

918

1.560

1,120

830

688

582

499

440

412

380

366

426

764

1,460

1,06O

83O

770

620

532

471

426

394

356

342

328

331

334

348

362

18,994

613

1.50

1.73

Feb.

362

348

324

*296

506

1,750

1,380

1,020

830

770

5.100

2,170

1,460

1,190

862

677

630

850

1,190

740

645

587

520

496

496

478

436

412

418

24,943

860

2.10

2.27

Mar.

394

362

376

373

338

320

275

260

248

275

260

269

230

239

269

331

352

502

520

520

474

440

412

*408

520

532

800

2,020

5,000

9.480

8,440

35,239

1,137

2.78

3.20

Apr.

3,920

2,620

2,130

6.200

5,360

2,970

2,090

1,560

1,220

992

800

682

592

528

488

460

436

408

380

348

331

328

310

289

*275

269

317

314

282

265

37,162

1,239

3.03

3.38

May

266

266

254

242

236

233

233

2,760

3,220

1,640

1,160

895

928

830

710

610

544

496

443

404

387

352

331

320

292

314

1,980

4.660

2,430

2,130

1,250

30,816

994

2.43

2.80

June

928

800

895

710

596

650

*528

454

401

352

317

3OO

3OO

292

331

282

245

224

203

191

182

182

185

182

185

173

152

142

152

164

10,698

357

0.873

0.97

July

203

236

215

176

155

*140

130

122

118

118

128

122

118

112

108

103

99

101

125

140

135

115

105

99

99

11

118

138

118

108

103

4,004

129

0.315

0.36

Aug.

122

128

108

101

103

110

110

122

125

110

118

105

328

306

289

*233

179

150

138

130

122

132

132

122

118

110

110

110

108

110

140

4,429

143

0.350

0.40

Sept.

152

135

125

120

110

105

103

*99

97

110

587

485

300

218

167

142

130

251

440

338

289

236

206

176

155

140

132

125

122

128

5,923

197

0.482

0.54

Calendar year 1959: Max 4,330 Mln 85 Mean 433 Cfsm 1.06 In. 14.38

Water year 1959-60: Max 9,480 Mln 97 Mean 593 Cfsm 1.45 In. 19.73

Peak discharge (base, 4,OOO cfs).--Feb. 11 (1:30 p.m.) 4,340 cfs (8.70 ft); Mar. 30 (6 p.m.) 12,100 

cfs (11.63 ft); Apr. 4 (1O a.m.) 7,40O cfs (1O.O4 ft); May 8 (10:3O a.m.) 5,72O cfs (9.32 ft); 

May 28 (1O:30 a.m.) 6,680 cfs (9.74 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN

130. Dunlap Creek near Covington, Va.

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

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

Alleghany County.

Drainage area.--166 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

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

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

Average discharge. 32 years, 159 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,320 cfs Mar. 30 (gage height, 6.60 ft); min-

 ImumT 14 cfs Aug. 29 (gage height, 0.92 ft).

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 8,370 cfs Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 10.52 ft, from 

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

studies and records for other stations in James River basin; minimum, 6.7 cfs Aug. 31, 

Sept. 2, 1957.

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

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: 1929-30, 1932-34, 1942. WSP 1303: 1923-35(M), 

1937-38(MJ, 1941-481M).

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice Mar. 1-4: shifting-control 

method used Oct. 1-14, Nov. 1-23)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 Apr. 1 to Sept. 30

1.0 25

1.2 43

1.5 87

2.0 187

2.5 325

Note. Same as ' 

following table 

above 2.5 ft. 

Discharge, in cutlc feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

0.9 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

12

41

82

185

325

3.0 550

1,130

1,840

3,720

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*154

73

51

40

34

30

28

29

34

33

31

29

28

113

194

127

92

77

65

58

53

49

46

47

47

50

49

47

44

41

40

1,833

59.1

0.356

0.41

Nov.

38

34

*33

33

32.

36

44

51

53

50

47

43

40

38

36

35

36

36

35

34

34

34

50

568

608

256

172

153

159

143

2,961

98.7

0.595

0.66

Dee.

123

105

94

82

74

71

73

65

60

56

53

514

740

318

*216

169

145

139

359

374

261

204

161

139

123

111

101

103

141

153

139

5,466

176

1.06

1.22

Jan.

121

109

153

243

216

180

161

143

131

125

129

133

135

133

151

192

183

167

155

131

115

103

92

87

82

79

74

76

77

79

79

4,034

130

0.783

0.90

Feb.

79

79

74

*70

157

950

460

284

228

230

1.160

611

388

297

218

180

187

419

535

290

248

223

201

201

199

185

165

167

189

8,674

299

1.80

1.94

Mar.

170

165

160

155

153

139

121

115

105

115

113

101

98

113

155

218

204

333

311

300

248

223

204

*240

401

337

633

1,530

2,560

5,120

1,930

14,770

476

2.87

3.31

Apr.

950

616

564

2.580

2,200

1,040

655

442

335

267

225

199

176

158

144

156

126

120

108

100

95

96

89

84

80

*79

89

86

77

T6_

11,790

595

2.37

2.64

May

79

77

72

69

68

65

65

1,250

950

442

287

250

227

217

199

176

158

158

124

106

122

108

100

95

86

90

666

1,160

46O

284

219

8,589

271

1.65

1.88

June

171

142

150

120

114

110

*86

74

68

61

56

54

61

68

65

56

49

46

42

59

58

40

41

39

37

55

33

31

36

54

1,976

65.9

0.597

0.44

July

45

56

45

59

55

*51

50

28

26

27

27

26

25

23

22

21

20

21

2R

29

2 '3

23

22

20

20

19

19

18

18

11

17

823

26.5

0.160

0.18

Aug.

18

16

15

16

16

16

19

20

18

17

19

20

58

51

36

*29

25

25

21

19

19

21

25

21

19

18

17

16

16

16

44

702

22.6

0.156

0.16

Sept.

35

24

. 21

18

17

17

16

*16

17

20

219

76

49

38

52

28

27

74

68

48

58

54

51

28

26

25

23

23

23

25

1,154

57.8

0.228

0.25

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,730 Min 15 Mean 122 cfsm O.735 In. 9.93

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,120 Mln 15 Mean 171 Cfsm 1.03 In. 13.99

Peak discharge (base, 2,OOO cfs). Mar. 3O (8 to 9 p.m.) 3,32o cfs (6.60 ft)j Apr. 4 (5 a.m.) 2,92O 

cfs (6.18 ft); May 8 (5 p.m.) 2,380 cfs (5.65 ft).

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

160. Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge, Va.

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

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

of Clifton Forge, Alleghany County.

Drainage area.--456 sq mi.

Records available. March 1925 to September 1960. Records for May 1907 to August 1908, 

published in WSP 242, have been found to be unreliable and should not be used.

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

 by Corps of Engineers). March 1925 to October 1934 chain gage at site 100 ft upstream 

at present datum.

Average discharge. 35 years, 517 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 11,100 cfs Mar. 31 (gage height, 10.79 ft); minimum, 79 cfs July 14 caused by temporary storage behind dam (gage height, 1.78 ft).

1925-60: Maximum discharge, 34,200 cfs Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 18.62 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs on basis of records for other stations in James 

River basin; minimum, 38 cfs Sept. 2, 1932 (gage height, 1.70 ft).

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

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

stations in James River basin.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 952: 1925-41. See also Records available.

ating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

130

300

530

4.0

5.0 

7.0

10.0

Discharge, in cutlc feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

IS

13

14

15

16

17

13

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*5.240

918

430

284

210

175

152

146

184

380

256

197

172

466

926

604

416

328

268

220

194

178

172

752

2,190

1,030

637

495

394

324

304

16,642

537

1.18

1.36

Nov.

284

264

*236

217

21O

210

217

236

228

224

213

200

194

184

178

172

172

163

160

149

146

141

149

1,780

2.590

1,310

825

818

1,190

918

13,778

459

1.01

1.12

Dec.

678

546

465

408

354

328

349

328

292

268

252

962

2.72O

1,560

*1,030

772

618

568

1,110

1,030

810

664

546

465

426

403

394

372

525

825

657

20,725

669

1.47

1.69

Jan.

540

465

879

1,870

1,230

902

742

630

540

465

435

403

376

403

460

862

818

678

637

568

475

408

376

372

372

344

308

308

304

304

266

17,762

573

1.26

1.45

Feb.

276

264

*252

236

496

2,500

1,780

1,110

848

788

5.500

2,720

1.6OO

1,270

950

735

671

1,150

1,780

1,070

848

720

657

598

580

565

546

520

520

29,528

1,018

2.25

2.41

Mar.

515

455

450

450

450

390

349

320

284

508

520

292

292

292

344

455

440

772

618

950

818

685

598

*580

780

765

990

2,100

4,520

7,600

6.700

36,862

1,189

2.61

5.01

Apr.

4,1OO

2,44O

1,820

4,370

5.700

3,480

2,140

1,560

1,190

950

780

671

585

520

475

445

416

394

562

552

520

320

308

288

272

*272

308

300

272

orp ±2±.

35,642

1,188

2.61

2.91

May

252

264

252

256

228

217

Z13

2,150

5,400

2,140

1,350

1,030

990

910

772

650

558

495

440

394

572

332

312

296

288

288

3,700

6.160

3,480

2,240

1,470

37,899

1,223

2.68

3.09

June

1,070

818

772

990

1.250

990

720

530

440

380

552

308

508

466

495

416

520

272

240

220

210

210

210

207

194

190

169

160

165

163

13,193

440

0.965

1.08

July

20C

21C

22C 17E~

157

*144

138

130

125

125

133

150

125

115

112

110

105

105

110

146

128

118

105

101

38

98

98

128

125

112

105

4,029

130

Aug.

105

110

110

101

103

98

108

110

122

118

108

105

187

421

358

*292

184

152

155

125

122

122

122

115

108

105

98

96

94

92.

94

4,316

159

0.285 0.305

0.33 0.35

Sept.

112

122

103

94

92

92

94

*81

87

87

616

558

276

187

. 149

128

118

187

540

416

362

260

207

178

160

144

135

125

122

122

5,960

199

0.436

0.49

Calendar year 1959 : Max 7,150 Kin 58 Mean 468 Cfsm 1.O3 In. 13.92

Water year 1959-60: Max 8,700 Kin 87 Mean 646 Cfsm 1.42 In. 19.29

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 cfs). Mar. 31 (3:3O a.m.) 11,100 cfs (1O.79 ft); Apr. 5 (2 p.i_., - 

cfa (8.20 ft); May 9 (7:50 a.m.) 7,600 cfs (9.O3 ft); May 27 (2:30 a.m.) 9,300 cfs (9.9O ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

,.) 6,320
JAMES RIVER BASIN 17

185. Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va.

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

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

8.2 miles northeast of Catawba, Roanoke County.

Drainage area. 34 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . September 1943 to September 1960.

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

1929. Prior to Aug. 1, 1953, staff gage at site 80 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--17 years, 36.9 cfs (adjusted for pumpage since October 1952).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,020 cfs Feb. 11 (gage height, 5.22 ft); mini- 

 mum, 3.2 cfs Sept. 17 (gage height, 1.43 ft).

1943-60: Maximum discharge, 5,670 cfs Mar. 1, 1954 (gage height, 6.58 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,100 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 1.8 cfs Dec. 21, 

1958 (gage height, 1.35 ft).

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

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

it above gage pool.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1303: 1944-45(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7 

2.0 

2.3

2.7

4.7

7.7

12

30

56

2.6 

3.0 

3.4 

3.7 

4.0 

5.0

98

175

305

455

695

1,760

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

*227 "74

46

36

29

£5

23

23

46

31

26

23

22

72

66

41

32

26

23

20

18

17

C.Z

126

55

40

32

27

23

21

22

1,314

42.4

-0.4

Nov.

20

17

16

*14

14

13

13

11

10

10

9.6

9.2

9.2

9.2

10

9.6

8.4

7V7.

8.0

8.0

7.7

8.0

8.0

257

138

68

49

46

39

33

880.6

29.4

-0.4

Dec.

29

28

26

24

22

23

25

22

20

19

18

50

69

51

*44

40

36

41

138

85

63

51

44

38

36

32

29

32

44

37

34

1,250

40.3

-0.4

Jan.

31

29

106

78

61

53

49

44

45

42

42

40

40

37

36

32

30

29

28

25

23

19

17

18

19

19

20

22

22

21

22

1,099

35.5

-0.4

Feb.

20

20

19

*19

272

251

109

75

62

262

796

162

112

92

72

63

71

104

106

78

68

63

60

60

69

74

67

69

78

3,373

116

-0.4

Mar.

84

71

72

58

55

49

44

42

40

39

37

37

36

34

*37

42

45

84

79

78

71

68

66

100

122

114

165

305

433

695

350

3,552

115

-0.4

Apr.

182

128

136

280

565

165

117

92

76

64

55

51

45

43

40

37

36

32

32

30

29

28

26

25

24

25

*28

24

23

22.

2,260

75.3

-0.4

May

23

20

19

19

18

17

17

112

92

63

51

46

44

40

36

33

30

28

26

25

24

22

21

20

20

19

174

152

71

53

43

1,378

44.5

-0.4

June

36

41

36

47.

36

31

*28

25

23

20

19

18

17

17

19

15

14

13

12

12

11

12

12

11

10

9.2

8.8

8.4

9.2

8,0

578.6

19.3

-0.4

July ' Aug.

8.8 6.1

10 5.0

8.4 4.4

8.0 4.7

*7.3 4.7

6.7 6.1

6.4 11

6.4 17

6.1 6.7

6.4 5.5

7.0 5.2

6.7 5.0

6.1 7.7

5.8 7.7

5.8 *5.8

5.5 5.2

5.2 4.7

6.1 5.0

6.7 4.4

6.7 4.7

5.8 4.7

5.8 5.5

4.7 6.1

4.0 5.2

4.2 4.4

5.0 4.4

5.5 4.2

5.5 4.2

5.5 4.2

5.2 4.0

5.E 101

192.8 274.5

6.22 8.85

-0.4 -0.4

Sept.

20

11

6.4

5.5

4.2

5.0

*4.4

3.8

4.0

3.8

6.7

5.5

4.4

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.6

18

14

8.8

7.0

6.1

5.8

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.5

195.7

6.52

-0.4

Adjusted for pumpage

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

42.0 

1.24 

1.43

29.0 

0.853 

0.95

Calendar year 1959: 

Water year 1959-60:

39.9 

1.17 

1.35

35.1 

1.03 

1.19

116 

3.41 

3.68

115 

3.38 

3.90

74.9 

2.20 

2.46

44.1 

1.30 

1.50

Observed

Max 968 Min 2.6 Mean 25.8 

Max 796 Min 3.4 Mean 44.7

18.9 

0.556 

0.62

5.82 

0.171 

0.2C

8.45 

0.249 

0.29

6.12 

0.180 

0.20

Adjusted

Mean 25.4 Cfsm 0.747 In. 10.17 

Mean 44.3 Cfsm 1.30 In. 17.77

Peak discharge (base, 600 cfs). Peb. 5 (6 p.m.) 1,050 cfs (4.37 ft); Peb. 11 (1:30 a.m.) 2,020 ofs 

(5.22 ft); Mar. 30 (8:30 a.m.) 866 cfs (4.18 ft)j May 27 (8 to 10 p.m.) 752 cfs (4.06 ft); Aug. 31 

(5 p.m.) 1,260 cfs (4.57 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

195. James River at Buchanan, Va.

Location. Lat 37 0 31'50", long 79°40'45", on left bank at Chesapeake & Ohio Railway station 

at Buchanan, Botetourt County, 300 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 11, 1,000 

ft upstream from Purgatory Creek, l*j- miles downstream from Looney Creek, and at mile 

301.2.

Drainage area. 2,084 sq mi.

Records available. February 1898 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some

periods, published In WSP 1303. Records for August 1895 to Feb. 11, 1896, published in 

WSP 11, 15, and 27 have been found to be in error and should not be used.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 802.90 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 21, 1903, wire-weight gage and 

Nov. 21, 1903, to July 1, 1927, chain gage, at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--62 years, 2,490 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 44,700 cfs Mar. 31 (gage height, 18.45 ft); minimum, 365 cfs Aug. 31 (gage height, 1.80 ft).

1898-1960: Maximum discharge, about 105,000 cfs Mar. 27, 1913 (gage height, 31 ft, 

from floodtnarks), from rating curve extended above 53,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting 

and study of records for other stations in James River basin; minimum, 2C8 cfs Jan. 9, 

1956 (gage height, 1.46ft), result of freezeup; minimum daily, 259 cfs Sept. 11, 12, 19, 

20, 1932.

Flood in November 1877 reached a stage of 34.9 ft, from floodmark (discharge, about 

125,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 602: 1917-24. WSP 757: Drainage area. WSP 952: 1913(M). 

 WSP 972: 1935-36. WSP 1303: 1898-1916, 1917-20(M), 1922(M), 1924(M). WSP 1383: 

1927. See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

365

470

1,190

2,300

6.0

11.0

15.0

18.0

5,400 

18,20O 

31,700 

43,100

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*16.500 

7,100

2,980

1,940

1,380

1,080

908

811

908

1,190

1,280 

1,050

884

1,300

3,620

3,480

2,430

1,880

1,490

1,240

1,060

948

892

3,480

4,680

3,850

2,770

2,180

1,880

1,600

1,440

78,231

2,524

1.21

1.40

Nov.

1,330 

1,240

*1,140

1,050

996

964

996

1,080

1,100

1,100

1,060 

996

948

908

868

825

804

776

762

734

706

699

692

3,080

14.500

8,560

4,860

3,780

4,160

4,000

64,714

2,157

1.04

1.15

Dec.

3,260 

2,770

2,430

2,120

1,880

1,710

1,760

1,760

1,600

1,440

1,550 

1,700

9,000

*8,800

5,220

3,920

3,190

2,910

4,500

7,430

5,220

4,160

3,330

2,840

2,500

2,240

2,120

2,000

2,120

2,910

2 910 '

101,080

3,261

1.56

1.80

Jan.

2,560 

2,240

2,560

5.600

5,400

4,160

3,550

3,190

2,840

2,560

2,360 

2,300

2,180

2,180

2,240

2,840

3,550

3,050

2,700

2,560

2,240

2,000

1,710

1,660

1,540

1,490

1,490

1 .440

1,490

1,440

1,440

78,560

2,534

1.22

1.40

Feb.

1,380 

1,380

*1,330

1,280

1,490

9,520

10,000

5,800

4,500

3,850

alS.QOO 

a!2,000

a9,000

a7,000

aS.OOO

3,920

3,550

4,160

9,520

6,220

4,500

4,000

3,620

3,330

3,330

3,550

3,400

3,190

3,190

151,010

5,207

2.50

2.69

Mar.

3,33p 

3,190

3,050

2,840

2,630

2,360

2,180

1,940

1,880

1,760

1,820 

2,240

1,760

1.710

1,940

2,430

2,630

3,550

4,500

4,500

4,160

3,700

*3,480

3,400

4,240

4,680

5,040

9,520

20,400

31,000

41.600

183,460

5,918

2.84

3.27

Apr.

22,600 

13,400

9,760

16,500

5O.600

20,400

12,3OO

8,800

6,440

5,220

4,240 

3,700

3,330

2,980

2,700

2,500

2,360

2,240

2,120

1,940

1,820

1,820

1,760

1,660

1,600

1,540

*1,710

1,660

1,600

1.490

190,790

6,360

3.05

3.40

May

1,440 

1,440

1,380

1,330

1,280

1,240

1.190

4,26O

18.200

10,000

6,000 

4,500

4,000

3,920

3,480

3,120

2,770

2,500

2,240

2,060

2,060

2,000

1,760

1,600

1,540

1,490

6,800

17,300

13,600

8,560

5,800

138,860

4,479

2.15

2.48

June

4.240 

3,400

3,260

3,050

3,480

3,050

*2,910

2,300

1,940

1,710

1,540 

1,380

1,330

1,490

2,300

1,820

1,440

1,190

1,070

1,000

916

884

876

868

853

811

776

713

720

727

52,044

1,735

0.833

0.93

July

804 

916 900"

876

748

*664

624

585

555

543

561 

579

555

531

503

481

470

492

481

543

598

537

503

464

448

432

437

432

476

486

454

17,678

570

0.274

0.32

Aug.

459 

442

448

432

426

437

555

543

481

481

470 

454

486

832

1 .140

*940

776

624

537

492

476

486

492

481

459

426

410

395

380

380

375

16,215

523

0.251

0.29

Sept.

470 

561

520

464

415

410

405

*375

TTO

525

448 

2.120

1,440

988

734

598

525

604

1,040

1,660

1,240

1,000

811

692

618

561

520

498

. 481

470

21,603

720

0.345

0.39

Calendar year 1959: Max 17,900 

Water year 1959-60: Max 41,600

Mln 272 

Mln 375

Mean 2,048 

Mean 2,990

Cfsm 0.983 In. 13.35 

Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.52

Peak discharge (base, 21,000 cfs).--Mar. 31 (11 a.m.) 44,700 cfs (18.45 ft); Apr. 5 (2:30 a.m.) 

32.100 cfs (15.12 ft); May 9 (1:30 p.m.) 22,000 cfs (12.25 ft); May 28 (5 p.m.) 23,000 cfs (12.54 

ft).__________________________________________________________________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

stations.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 19

215. Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va.

Location. Lat 370 54'26", long 79°25'20", on right bank at Rockbrldge Baths, Rockbridge 

County, 700 ft upstream from highway bridge and 1 mile upstream from Hays Creek.

Drainage area. 329 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published In WSP 1303. Prior to October 1945, published as North River at 

Rockbrldge Baths.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,100.33 ft above mean sea le-fel (levels 

by Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--32 years, 359 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,550 cfs Mar. 30 (gage height, 8.54 ft); minimum, 25 cfs Aug. 30-31 (gage height, 1.07 ft).

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 33,000 cfs Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 13.07 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 16,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 9 cfs Nov. 28, 

1930 (gage height, 0.76 ft), result of freezeup; minimum daily, 11 cfs Se*>t. 27, 30, 

1930.

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

which are fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: 1929-40, 1941(M). WSP 1002: 1930(m). WSP 1553: 

1931(m).

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

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

1.0

1.1 

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

3.0

18

28

55

120

250

770

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

1,480 

2,370 

3,650 

5,500 

8,OOO

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,83O

727

375

238

169

138

115

102

118

110

98

83

75

25T

606

415

294

222

*175

145

125

115

118

4.240 

2,170

1,040

710

501

375 

304

270

17,294

558

1.70

1.95

Nov.

254

218

186

169

157

154

157

142

138

132

130

125

120

115

115

112

110

102

95

93

91

89

92

1,040 

1.560

935

655

655

622 

*528

9,091

303

0.921

1.03

Dec.

457

385

340

a295

a260

a240

a26O

a230

a210

a!90

a!80

a600

al.800

al, 100

a700

a500

a400

a400

a700

a640

. a600

a500

a400

a350 

a330

a320

a310

a300

a400 

a400

a350

14, 147

456

1.39

1.60

Jan.

a330

a310

al,300

al,500

al,000

a760

a600

a500

a450

a400

*a360

322

312

308

345

410

435

415

420

350

299

250

b220

b200 

192

ZOO

192

210

210 

206

192

13,198

426

1.29

1.49

Feb.

182

175

169

160

3O1

2,240

1,330

900

722

710

5.520

1,920

1,280

1,040

728

594

556

722

1,110

740

65O

594

*525

484 

490

474

425

415

455

23,389

807

2.45

2.64

Mar.

420

385

360

b520

b280

b250

b220

b!90

b!80

b!80

blSO

blSO

blSO

blSO

blSO

242

290

550

666

672

606

550

484

496 

672

688

1,030

2,280

4,310

7.940

5,490

30,651

989

3.01

3.46

Apr.

2,540

1,640

1,400

*4. 260

4.940

2,640

1,640

1,180

900

716

600

518

446

390

350

317

290

266

238

218

206

210

196

178 

172

160

189

182

160 

145

27,287

910

2.77

3.08

May

163

160

145

140

132

132

128

3,390

4.650

1,760

1,110

830

770

682

600

*506

425

360

299

258

234

203

178

166 

151

160

1,410

4,480

1,910 

1,250

865

27,627

891

2.71

3.12

June

633

550

658

1.800

1,400

830

545

395

304

238

200

175

178

272

490

282

206

169

142

*125

112

110

110

102 

113

102

85

75

7F 

77

10,553

352

1.07

1.19

July

96

"89" 108

75

69

61

54

50

49

49

54

54

49

48

44

44

46

56

53

52

48

40

36

35

36

33

40

44

43 

36

36

1,627

52.5

0.160

0.18

Aug.

*33

33

32

29

33

41

48

54

35

34

35

34

63

"SB" 121

75

61

52

48

44

43

40

40

39 

34

30

29

28

28

26

36

1,371

44.2

0.134

0.15

Sept.

44

38

33

33

28

28

2727"

27

27

122

*143

83

61

52

46

43

81

154

189

157

118

95

81 

71

63

54

50

48 

48

2,071

69.0

0.210

0.23

Calendar year 1959 : Max 4,410 Min is Mean 335 Cfsm 1.02 In. 13.82

Water year 1959-60 : Max 7,940 Mln 26 Mean 487 Cfsm 1.48 In. 2C.12

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 cfs). Oct 24 (2 p.m.) 6,060 cfs (7.25 ft); Dec. 12 or 13 (time unknown)

6,170 cfs (7.32 ft); Mar. 30 (7 p.m.) 9,550 cfs (8.54 ft); Apr. 5 (5 a.m.) 5,720 cfs (7.08 ft)j

May 8 (10 p.m.) 8.600 cfs (8.22 ft); May 28 (9 a.m.) 5,610 cfs (7.05 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage ard records for 

station near Buena Vista.

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

240. Maury River near Buena Vista, Va.

Location. Lat 37°45'45", long 79°23'30", on right bank 0.5 mile downstream from South 

River and 2.8 miles northwest of Buena Vista, Rockbridge County.

Drainage area. 649 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1938 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303. Prior to October 1945, published as North River near 

Buena Vista.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 846.58 ft above mean sea Iev3l, datum of 

1929.

Average discharge. 22 years, 658 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,100 cfs Mar. SO or 31 (gage height, 12.SO 

ft); minimum, 97 cfs Sept. 9-10 (gage height, 1.81 ft).

1938-60; Maximum discharge, 22,400 cfs Sept. 10, 1950 (gage height, 16.2 ft); minimum, 20 cfs Oct. 10, 1941 (gage height, 1.23 ft), occurred during filling of a small 

reservoir 2 miles upstream; unqualified minimum, 50 cfs Oct. 6, 1941 (gage height, 

1.50 ft).

Flood of Mar. 18, 1936, reached a stage of about 22 ft, from information by local 

residents.

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

which are fair.

Revisions (water years ). WSF 95S: 1940-41.

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

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

1.8 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

95

164

289

472

4.0 

6.0 

9.0 

12.0

1,000

2,600

6,310

11,700

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*5, 190

1,560

810

558

436

362

316

296

369

369

340

296

263 493"

1,040

810

628

510

*452

383

344

323

326

7,200 

3,940

1,970

1,'360

1,000

782 

652

604

33,962

1,096

1.69

1.95

Nov.

558

497

448

417

394

376

372

351

337

323

313

306

296

289

286

279

276

263

250

243

240

237 240"

1,400 

2.600

1,620

1,140

1,100

1,140 

968

17,559

585

0.901

1.01

Dec.

840

728

652

581

536

 501

581

527

472

440

417

1,040"

5,070

1,900

1,400

1,100

935

968

1,510

1,360

1,210

1,040

870

782 

702

677

652

628

754 

782

754

28,409

916

1.41

1.63

Jan.

677

628

2,010

2.580

1,780

1,400

1,180

1,000

870

754

728

677

628

628

628

702

702

702

677

628

558

489

b435

b430

b405

440

432

464

460 

452

436

24,580

793

1.22

1.41

Feb.

417

405

394

376

657

3,3OO

2,290

1,580

1,280

1,230

5.550

3, 580

,350

,950

,510

,210

,140

,540

,290

,620

,400

,250

,100

,040 

,000

1,000

968

902

902

44,191

1,524

2.35

2.53

Mar.

902

840

b750

b680

b620

b580

b540

b500

b470

b460

b460

b460

b460

b460

b460

b500

628

968

1,210

1,280

1,180

1,070

1,000

1,000 

1,250

1,250

1,510

2,630

a4, 500

a9,000

a 10. OOP

47,618

1,536

2.37

2.73

Apr.

a5,ooO

a3,500

a3,5OO

a7,oOO

8.450

5,040

3,310

2,460

1,990

1,620

1,400

1,210

1,070

968

902

810

782

728

677

628

604

604

581

540 

518

497

536

527

480 

452

56,384

1,879

2.90

3.23

May

464

460

432

417

402

390

380

3, ISO"

6,780

2,990

1,950

1,510

1,400

1,250

1,100

*968

840

754

677

604

581

523

489

456 

432

421

1,370

6,020

3,050

2,030

1,510

44, 510

1,436

2.21

2.55

June

1,100

908

1,180

1,610

2.080

1,250

870

677

581

510

456

424

436

590

1,180

652

514

440

390

*358

526

523

515

303 

289

292

265

240

246 

240

19,041

655

0.978

1.09

July

276

296

265

237

218

205

193

184

176

170

178

181

170

161

151

146

141

138

176

178

164

148

138

136 

143

136

146

148

Aug.

*124

120

120

115

122

124

185

221

164

131

131

129

148

224

224

178

161

146

126

126

126

136

136

126 

122

113

111

111

146 107 

138 105

126 105

5,407 4,515

174 139

0.268 0.214

0.51 0.25

Sept.

124

117

111

105

105

101

101

99

97

9T

136

*282

187

151

131

124

115

176

246

282

289 230"

193

170 

151

145

156

126

126 

126

4,573

152

0.254

0.26

Calendar year 1959: Max 7,200 Min 76 Mean 612 Cfsm 0.943 In. 12.83

Water year 1959-60: Max 10,000 Min 97 Mean 903 Cfsm 1.39 In. 18.95

Peak discharge (base, 6,200 cfs). Oct. 24 (5 a.m.) 10,500 cfs (11.35 ft); Mar. 30 or 31 (time unknown) 12.100 cfs (12.20 ft); Apr. 5 (8 a.m.) 9,380 cfs (10.75 ft); May 9 (1 a.m.) 9,950 cfs 

(11.12 ft); May 28 (4 a.m.) 7,610 cfs (9.83 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

station at Rockbridge Baths.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 21

260. James River at Bent Creek, Va.

Location. La t 37°32', long 78°50', on left bank 100 ft downstream from highway bridge at 

town of Bent Creek, Appomattox County, 150 ft downstream from Bent Creek, 1 mile downstream from Gladstone, and at mile 222.9.

Drainage area. 3,671 sq mi.

Records available. October 1924 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some

periods , published in WSP 1303. Published as "at Bent Creek, near Gladstone" prior to 

1926.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 381.39 ft above mean sea level, datura of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 13, 1930, chain gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 36 years, 4,144 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 58,400 cfs Mar. -31 (gage height, 16.19 ft); minimum, 644 cfs Sept. 6, 9 (gage height, 2.72 ft); minimum daily, 765 cfs Aug. 7.

1924-60: Maximum discharge, 115,000 cfs Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 23.02 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 74,000 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies and records for 

other stations in James River basin; minimum, 222 cfs Oct. 13, 14, 1930 (gage height, 

2.21 ft); minimum daily, 222 cfs Oct. 13, 1930.

Remarks . Records good except those below 2,000 cfs and those for periods of no gage-height 

record, which are fair. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years ) . WSF 742: 1931 (m). WSP 757: 

WSP 1U66: 1940 . WS~P 1203: 1942.

Drainage area. WSP 972: 1935-36.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.8 

3.0 

4.0

740

1,010

3,020

6.0

10.0

16.0

8,850

24,500

57,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

28. 2OO

20, 2OO

9,550

5,340

4,210

2,800

2,520

2,180

3,100

2,880

2,800

2,960

2,480

2,50O

3,460

7,010

5,930

4,560

3,630

2,540

2,660

1,980

2,120

11,800

16,400

11, 600

7,980

6,340

4,860

3,520

3,840

191,950

6,192

1.69

1.94

Nov.

5,090

3,060

2,500

2,460

2,170

2,210

2,150

2,000

1,980

2,140

1,960

2,070

1,720

1,640

1,710

1,680

1,720

1,520

1,390

1,400

1,480

1.280

1,440

3,030

11,200

15.200

1O,6OO

8,270

7,220

7,260

107,550

3,585

0.977

1.09

Dec.

6,640

5,970

4,740

4,270

3,870

3,440

3,560

3,340

3,260

2,800

2,790

3,070

7,050

15.600

11,300

8,150

6,820

6,040

7,440

9,200

10, 600

8,150

7,140

5,970

4,980

4,500

3,930

3,970

4,O4O

4,120

4,860

181,610

5,858

1.60

1.84

Jan.

4,950

4,440

6,500

8,230

11, OOP

9,200

7,880

6,780

6,140

5,260

4,810

4,390

4,510

4,050

4,110

4,360

4,740

5,720

5,120

4,680

4,220

3,910

3,310

2,820

2,860

2,860

3,100

2,960

3,180

2.550

2 950 '

151,390

4,884

1.33

1.53

Feb.

3,270

2,8OO

2,440

2,680

2.560

9,570

16,800

12,700

9,9OO

8,500

17,800

29.500

19,600

14,400

11.6OO

9,200

8,150

8,82O

17,600

15,200

11,000

9,2OO

8,430

7,660

7,280

7,720

7,610

7,240

6,660

295,690

10,200

2.78

3.00

Mar.

6,620

6,700

6,640

6,520

5,840

5,420

5,020

4,180

4,300

4,120

4,080

5,770

4,010

3,770

3,980

4,300

5,200

6,590

8,040

9,2OO

9,200

8,440

7,850

7,240

7,530

8,500

8,680

11,000

21,600

37,OOO

 ' 

290,140

9,359

2.55

2.94

Apr.

44.50O

26, 3OO

18,8OO

20,900

41,600

59,6OO

24,500

17,600

15,800

11,600

9,900

8,450

7,880

6,820

6,46O

5,850

5,420

5,180

4,610

a4 , 500

a4,000

a4,000

a5,800

a3 , 500

a3,400

a5,300

a3,300

a5,400

a5,300

a5.100

558 , 950

11,970

3.26

3.64

May

a3,100

a3,000

a3,OOO

a2,800

a2,800

a2 , 700

a2 , 600

a6,000

325.000

a!9,000

315,000

310,000

39,000

38,OOO

37,400

36,600

36,000

a5,400

a4,600

34,000

a5,800

a5,5OO

a5,500

5,170

2,640

a5,OOO

a7,000

315,000

324,000

319,000

315, OOO

245,410

7,916

2.16

2.49

June

31O.OOO

37,500

37.OOO

37,000

36,000

a6,6OO

a6,OOO

35,OOO

34,000

35, 500

a3,000

a2,800

32,800

33,000

34, 000

5, 160

3,460

3,240

2,560

3,040

2,460

2,160

2,070

1,980

2,100

1,870

1,720

1,780

1.640

1,740

115,180

3,859

1.05

1.17

July

1,840

2,220

1,840"

1,720

1,760

1,710

1,540

1,500

1,160

1,100

1,540

1,460

1,260

1,160

1,060

965

980

970

1,040

1,100

1,140

1,070

1,210

965

1,060

960

1,640

*1,600

1,220

1,050

 

950

40, 390

1,305

0.355

0.41

Aug.

955

1,110

810

1,080

805

1,060

765

1,060

1,340

1,260

1,O8O

980

1,160

1,080

1,220

1,760

1,660

1,420

1,200

865

925

1,010

1,050

1,020

1,060

945

925

875

9OO

830

920

33,130

1,069

0.291

0.34

Sept.

1,110

965

860

915

935

795

785

850

810

945

2,360

2,800

2,100

2,O8O

1,620

1,430

955

2,740

5.900

5,590

2,940

2,370

1,780

1,590

1,270

1,190

1,130

1,060

995

1,080

47,730

1,591

0.433

0.48

Calendar year 1959 : Max 28,20O Min 60O Mean 3,9O3 Cfsm 1.O6 In. 14.43

Water year 1959-60 : Max 55,000 Min 765 Mean 5,626 Cfsm 1.53 In. 2O.87

Peak discharge (base, 26.5OO cfs). Oct. 1 (6 a.m.) 31,500 cfs (11.53 ft); Oct. 24 (6 p.m.) 5O,50O 

cfs (11.30 ft): Feb. 12 (10:30 a.m.) 31,000 cfs (11.43 ft): Mar. 31 (4 p.m.) 58,400 cfs (16.19 ft); 

Apr. 5 (5 p.m.) 49,9OO cfs (14.94 ft); May 9 (time unknown) 30,000 cfs (11.22 ft); Msy 29 (time 

unknown) 31.5OO cfs (11.SO ft).

* Dischsrge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on bssis of records for stations at Buchanan and at 

Scottsville.
22 JAMES RIVER BASIN

290. James River at Scottsville, Va.

Location Lat 37°47'50" , long 78°29 I 30", on left bank 50 ft downstream from highway bridge

 at Scottsville, Albemarle County, 6.8 miles upstream from Hardware River, and at mile

184.6.

Drainage area. 4,571 sq mi. 

Records available. October 1924 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 253.18 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~~^929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 28, 1928, chain gsge at same site

and datum.

Average discharge. 36 years, 5,100 cfs. ,_,_,_-, r, **. *. 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 64,200 cfs Apr. 1 (gage height, 19.10 ft, from

 nooStoark); minimum, 778 cfs Sept. 4, 8, 9 (gage height, 2.41 ft); minimum daily, 900 cfs

SeP1924-60: Maximum discharge, 133,000 cfs Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 26.0 ft); minimum, 302 cfs Oct. 1, 1930 (gage height, 1.46 ft); minimum daily, 307 cfs Oct. 15, 1930.

Data for some outstanding floods prior to the establishment of this station are given 

in the following table:

Date

March 1913 ..........

Discharge 

(cfs)

_

a!60,000

121,000

Gage height 

(feet )

30.7

27.9

25.16

Remarks

Gage height from irformation

by local resident. 

Do.

Prom f loodmarks .

a About.

Remarks. Records good except those below 2,000 cfs and those for periods of no gage-height 

 record, which are fair. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above station.

Records of water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given In WSP 1741. n , . . 

Revisions (water years). WSP 727: 1931(m). WSP 757: Drainage area. WSP 972: 1936(M),

19401MJ.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.5 

5.0 

5.0

850

1,400

4,630

8.0

12.0

18.0

11,500

25,900

57,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

50,000

27, 200

12,900

7,940

4,660

4,310

3,300

3,050

4,100

4,800

4,140

4,180

3,800

3,440

4,580

5,380

7,500

5,780

4,590

*3, 640

3,000

3,070

2.730 

7,540

24,700

15,000

10,600

8,400

6,430

5,160

3,980

239,900

7,739

1.69

1.95

Nov.

4,730

3,640

3,610

3,080

2,990

2,720

2,780

2,560

2,380

2,450

2,500

2,440

2,440

2,280

2,220

2,210

2,200

2,200

2,060

1,940

2,020

1,940

1,860 

*2,440

7,310

16.700

12,700

9,350

8,400

7,720

- 

123,870

4,129

0.903

1.01

Dec.

7,720

6,640

6,120

4,780

4,660

4,200

4,300

4,060

3,920

3,700

5.580

5,700

7,060

12,100

15.600

9,850

8,400

6,850

7,720

8,870

10,900

9,850

8,400 

7,280

5,850

5,400

4,680

4,660

4,460

4,520

4,530

202,160

6,521

1.45

1.65

Jan.

5,160

4,780

7,080

10,400

10 . 900

10,900

9,550

8,870

7,280

6,640

*5,420

5,460

4,820

4,890

4,400

4,460

4,550

5,570

5,600

5,110

4,570

4,100

5,760 

5,480

2,940

5,520

5,200

5,620

5,440

5,540

2.720

170,110

5,487

1.20

1.58

Feb.

5,260

5,160

5,030

2.760

2,980

6,540

14,300

15, 700

11,200

9,110

11,500

29.500

25,500

17,400

15,500

10,900

9,600

10,500

21,400

19,600

14,000

10,900

9,850

9,110

8,400

8,870

9,110

8,650

8,170

527,680

11,500

2.47

2.67

Mar.

a8,000

a8,000

a8,000

a7,500

a7,000

a6,000

a5,500

5,150

4,980

5,000

4,690

4,760

4.610

4,710

4,690

4,880

5,610

a7,000

a9,000

alO,000

alO,000

a9,500

a9,000 

a8,500

a8,500

alO,000

alO,000

a!2,000

a20,000

a40,000

a55,000

517,560

10,240

2.24

2.58

Apr.

a50,000

a50,000

a25,000

*a25, 000

42,800

52 . 100

55,000

22,500

17,100

15,600

11,500

9,850

8,870

8,170

a7,500

a7,200

6,850

5,880

5,590

5,270

4,820

4,740

4,660 

4,520

4,280

4,000

5.960

4,080

4,160

5,960

 ._._

450,560

14,550

5.14

3.50

May

5,720

5,800

5,520

5,540

5,250

5,280

2.880

6,840

25,400

50,300

18,000

12,700

10,400

9,350

8,870

*7,720

7,060

6,010

5,520

4,980

4,550

4,020

4,040 

5,990

5,640

5,560

5,870

14,800

50; 600

21,900

15,500

287,210

9,265

2.05

2.54

June

10 . 900

8, 870

9,600

7,720

6,850

7,500

7,280

6,060

5,040

4,540

5,860

5,550

3,520

4,030

4,020

4,740

5,000

5,680

5,440

5,060

5,650

2,920

2,630 

2,530

2,460

2,460

*2,240

2,220

2,120

1.920

 - 

138,210

4,607

1.01

1.13

July

2,240

2,420

2,620

2,180

2,080

2,040

1,960

1,750

1,480

1,360

1,550

1,710

1,640

1,560

1,260

1,120

1,010

1,020

1.000

1,050

1,100

1,160

1,140 

1,200

1,040

1,120

1,520

5.520

2,400

1,670

1,540

50,020

1,614

0.355

0.41

Aug.

1,610

1,580

1,280

1,120

1,440

1,230

1,280

1,130

1,480

1,620

1,460

1,180

1,530

1,700

1,440

1,620

1.990

1,820

1,640

1,220

1,020

1,120

1,300 

1,180

1,210

1,090

1,040

1,020

985

1,000

1,040

41,575

1,555

0.292

0.54

Sept.

*1,200

1,340

1,040

940

1,010

1,140

975

'940 900

950

1,790

*5,260

2,880

2,650

2,160

1,760

1,500

1,550

5,100

5.900

5,620

2,980

2,640 

2,180

1,970

1,620

1,550

1,480

1,540

1,480

61,625

2,054

0.449

0.50

Calendar year 1959 : Max 30,000 Min 665 Mean 4,404 Cfsm 0.963 In. 13.10

Water water year year 1959-60: j.»oa-bu: Max Max 55,000 ao,uuu Min Min 900 aoo Mean Mean 6,531 B,5S1 Cfsm ursm 1.43 1.45 In. in. 19.46 ia.4b

Peak discharge (base, 27,000 cfs). Oct. 1 (1 p.m.) 59,000 cfs (14.91 ft); Oct. 25 (5 a.m.) 31,400 

cfs (15.51 ft); Feb. 12 (8 p.m.) 31,800 cfs (13.45 ft); Apr. 1 (time unknown) 64,200 cfs (19.10 fti 

Apr. 6 (12:50 a.m.) 58,500 cfs (18.25 ft); May 10 (7 a.m.) 35,600 cfs (15.75 ft); May 29 (l:50 p.m.) 

53,600 cfs (15.80 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for stations at Bent Creek and 

Cartersville.
JAMES RIVER BASIN

305. Slate River near Arvonia, Va.

Location. Lat 37°42'10", long 78°22'40", on left bank 100 ft upstream from Bumpers Bridge, 

1.8 miles northwest of Arvonia, Buckingham County, 2.9 miles upstream from Flints Creek, 

and 3.8 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 235 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1926 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some periods 

published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 238.78 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 18, 1935, chain gage and Sept. 18, 1935, to Feb. 14, 

1936, staff gage, at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 34 years, 222 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,050 cfs Feb. 19 

floodmark); minimum, 36 cfs July 24 (gage height, 2.31 ft

1926-60: Maximum discharge, 13,600 cfs Sept. 6, 1935

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 5,500 cfs on basis of velocity-area 

studies; minimum, 2 cfs Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, 1930.

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

which are poor.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 972: 1928-29, 1932, 1933-34 (M), 1935.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O, except periods of ice effect (gage

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

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 29 to May 7)

gage height, 11.20 ft, from 

gage height, 22.18 ft, from

2.7 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

Oct. 

Apr.

100

172

280

to Feb. 19, 

to Sept. 30

5.0 

7.0 

9.0 

11.0

600

1,500

2,680

3,910

Feb. 20 to Apr. 5

3.3 158

4.0 300

5.0 600

Note. Same as 

preceding table 

above 5.0 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September1 1930

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*1.510

222

110

84

73

65

62

63

128

169

132

104

84

180

286

148

112

98

85

78

75

75

94

170

210

140

111

95

87

*84

84

5,018

162

0.689

0.79

Nov.

93

88

79

75

74

76

106

116

93

84

81

78

76

79

81

79

76

74

71

70

72

76

78

549

1.120

323

185

185

181

*140

4,559

152

0.647

0.72

Dec.

122

113

108

104

99

100

164

148

116

106

101

234

652

270

177

151

136

. 149

536

418

226

179

148

134

130

133

129

125

142

130

*116

5,596

181

0.770

0.89

Jan.

108

106

961

744

295

226

283

395

258

198

176

158

150

143

140

140

126

122

126

119

112

98

b95

bllO

bllO

bllO

112

156

*al60

a.150

a!40

6,327

204

0.868

1.00

Feb.

a!30

a!20

allO

alOO

a250

al,500

a900

a500

a350

a310

a900

a600

a450

a350

a310

a290

a290

al,000

a5.500

al,500

a600

a450

a350

a320

a320

a400

a440

a350

*a325

17,015

587

2.50

2.69

Mar.

276

243

192

b!90

b!90

blSO

blSO

b!60

b!60

b!60

b!60

b!60

b!60

216

260

325

388

770

870

978

790

635

635

548

582

425

365

340

315

406

*600

11,859

383

1.63

1.88

Apr.

395

308

662

1,270

2.980

2,000

582

410

326

275

248

232

218

206

200

194

190

190

196

179

174

196

198

172

162

156

156

194

*183

146

12,998

433

1.84

2.06

May

143

140

129

126

122

119

115

548

1.000

335

226

216

252

196

172

158

145

137

122

119

116

112

107

106

104

102

124

535

290

198

225

6,539

211

0.898

1.03

June

*167

145

204

129

127

112

105

99

96

93

89

87

92

920

236

126

106

105

101

93

107

106

98

93

342

126

95

86

81

*28

4,444

148

0.630

0.70

Calendar year 1959 : Max 2,320 Min 23 Mean 155 Cfsm 0.660

July

83

-90 115

79

71

65

63

61

60

59

66

82

77

63

57

53

50

48

47

47

45

41

39

42

57

49

51

59

53

57

74

1,903

61.4

0.261

0.30

In. 8

Aug.

*194

95

59

50

87

115

505

125

90

71

63

71

124

113

138

86

64

58

55

53

49

50

68

57

49

45

45

49

51

52

*55

2,786

89.9

0.383

0.44

Sept.

79

63

52

45

49

61

66

51

46

53

280

682

206

89

70

64

61

72

653

 740

186

115

95

84

79

73

71

70

73

83

4,411

147

0.626

0.70

.93

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,5OO Min 39 Mean 228 Cfsm 0.970 In. 13.20

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 cfs).--Feb. 19 (time unknown) 4,050 cfs (11.20 ft); Apr. 5 (12 m.) 3,64O 

cfs (10.62 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for nearby stations.

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

315. North Fork Moormans River near Whitehall, Va.

Location. Lat 38°08'25", long 78°45'05", on left bank 0.5 mile upstream from confluence 

with South Fork, 0.8 mile upstream from city of Charlottesville dam, and 5.1 miles west 

of Whitehall, Albemarle County.

Drainage area. 11.4 sq mi.

Records available. December 1951 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 999 ft (by barometer). Concrete control 

November 1952 to August 1955.

Average discharge. 8 years (1952-60), 15.2 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,050 cfs May 8 (gage height, 5.72 ft); minimum 

daily, 0.6 cfs July 21-25; minimum gage height, 1.20 ft about July 24.

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 2,400 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 7.94 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 500 cfs on basis of slope-area measurement at gage height 

11.7 ft; no flow Oct. 1-14, 1954.

Flood of Oct. 15, 1942, reached a stage of 11.7 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 

7,620 cfs, by slope-area measurement of peak flow).

Remarks. Records fair above 10 cfs and poor below. 

Revisions (water years ). WSP 1503: 1956 (M).

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except period of ice effect (gage 

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

(Shifting-control method used June 21 to July 4, Aug. 6-11)

1.3

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.2

0.4 

1.0 

3.4 

8.0

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

200

365

720

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

215

54

29

19

14

11

9.5

9.6

18

12

11

9.5

8.6

20

24

22

18

14

12

10

8.6

11

19

*443

138 .

64

43

30 

23

19

18

1,356.8

43.8

3.84

4.43

Nov.

16

14

12

11

10

9.8

8.9

8.0

7.7

7.2

6.9

6.6

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.2

5.2

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.8

16

22

18

16

24 

26

24

320.5

10.7

0.939

1.05

Dec.

22

18

17

*16

13

15

20

16

14

13

12

17

22

23

23

22

20

22

28

29

30

27

22

20

18

18

16

16 

18

17

16

600

19.4

1.70

1.96

Jan.

15

14

25

28

28

27

25

22

18

16

16

13

14

13

*13

12

11

10

11

9.8

8.9

7.6

7.7

7.2

6.8

6.9

7.2

7.7 

7.4

7.2

6.5

421.7

13.6

1.19

1.38

Feb.

6.0

5.8

5.0

4.5

13

58

47

35

28

24

33

33

33

30

23

19

20

35

57

35

28

24

20

18

18

20

22

22 

20

736.3

25.4

2.23

2.40

Mar.

*18

b!7

b!6

blS

b!3

b!2

bll

bll

blO

blO

10

10

10

9.8

10

12

15

19

21

22

20

19

17

18

22

22

30

96 

201

358

200

1,274.8

41.1

3.61

4.16

Apr.

102

68

58

80

150

103

73

*53

41

32

27

24

21

19

17

16

15

14

12

11

11

11

9.5

8.9

8.6

8.3

9.2

7.2 

6.3

5.8

1,001.8

33.4

2.93

3.27

May

6.3

5.2

.8

.7

.3

.1

.5

453

202

78

47

36

30

25

22

20

17

a!5

a!3

*a!3

12

10

9.5

8.6

8.0

7.4

127

458 

118

62

44

1,869.4

60.3

5.29

6.10

June

30

23

20

17

14

12

12

11

10

9.5

9.2

8.9

9.7

11

12

9.2

8.3

7.7

7.4

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.2

*6.6

5.8

4.1

3.8

3.1 

3.6

3.3

301.2

10.0

0.877

0.98

July

9^8.

6.6

4.3

3.4

a3.0

a2.0

>

> al.5

 I

a. 8

|...

a2.0

63.6

2.05

0.180

0.21

Aug.

1 alO

al.O

J (*)

2.5

4.3

3.9

5.2

6.5

3.0

a2.1

a5.5

a3.5

a2.5

a3.0

al.O

a. 8

66.6

2.15

0.189

0.22

Sept.

al.5

al.5

all

*a8.0

6.6

23

51

42

a27

*a!8

12

10

8.3

6.9

5.8

5.0 

5.2

4.7

303.5

10.1

0.886

0.99

Calendar year 1959: Max 443 Min 0.4 Mean 14.6 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.41

Water year 1959-60: Max 458 Min - Mean 22.7 Cfsm 1.99 In. 27.15

Peak discharge (base, 150 cfs). Oct. 24 (4:30 a.m.) 610 cfs (4.68 ft); Mar. 30 (10 a.m.) 376 cfs 

(4.03 ft); Apr. 5 (5 p.m.) 155 cfs (3.32 ft),- May 8 (10 a.m.) 1,050 cfs (5.72 ft); May 28 (1 a.m.) 

875 cfs (5.35 ft); Sept. 11 or 12 (time unknown) 522 cfs (4.47 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

station near Earlysville.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
JAMES RIVER BAS1M

325. South Fork Rivanna River near Earlysville, Va.

Location. Lat 38°07'30", long 78°31 I 05", on left bank 0.3 mile upstream from FishingCreek, 

3.0 miles southwest of Earlysville, Albemarle County, and 8.7 miles upstream from confluence with North Fork.

Drainage area. 216 sq mi.

Records available. December 1951 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 369 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 8 years (1952-60), 198 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,400 cfs at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage height, 

22. 22 ft, stage falling; peak occurred Sept. 30, 1959); maximum peak discharge, 6,010 

cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 11.97 ft); minimum, 25 cfs July 24 (gage height, 1.09 ft). 

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 30,200 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 26.1 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,600 cfs on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak 

flow, minimum observed, 2.2 cfs Sept. 18, 1954 (gage height, 0.71 ft).

Flood in October 1942 reached a stage of about 33 ft, from information b;' local 

resident.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Some diurnal 

fluctuation, mostly at medium flow, caused by city of Charlottesville reservoir on 

Moormans River. Records of discharge do riot include diversions for Charlottesville municipal water supply, which averages about 6 cfs.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O, except period of Ice effect (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to May 28 May 29 to Aug. 16 Aug. 17 to Sept. 30

1.8 71

2.0 100

2.5 198

3.0 340

4.0 700

7.0 2,120

12.0 6,010

1.1

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

2.0

84

132

2.5 240

3.0 370

4.0 700

5.0 1,120

1.1 

1.5 

2.0

64

137

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

380

700

1,120

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5.450

912

532

389

286

226

184

184

520

307

245

184

156

329

406

310

262

220

182

158

141

T50

250

*2,230

1,EOO

700

515

392

313

262

242

17,837

575

2.66

3.07

Nov.

220

184

160

152

143

137

128

117

112

108

103

103

98

100

102

94

92

88

86

85

84

84

82

EM

337

213

182

'396 465

313

4,806

160

0.741

0.83

Dec.

262

226

206

*182

160

158

3l6

228

191

173

160

*285

515

334

295

271

245

3EE

515

434

372

325

E80

286

223

218

E10

213

334

226

196

8,361

270

1.25

1.44

Jan.

180

184

581

498

403

361

340

322

277

253

242

220

223

210

*2EO

206

173

171

182

162

150

141

146

141

157

143

137

156

150

156

139

7,004

226

1.05

1.21

Feb.

131

128

121

115

T76

1,120

620

445

378

328

734

550

480

480

372

322

334

1,E30

2.900

860

640

532

445

386

386

480

498

431

386

16,008

552

 E.56

2.76

Mar.

*340

319

b290

b270

b250

b230

b220

b210

b200

b!90

b!90

b!90

b!90

b!90

250

304

347

462

550

602

532

498

480

480

532

445

445

606

1,120

1.570

1,520

14.0E2

452

2.09

E.41

Apr.

1,030

780

780

1,280

2.020

1,370

940

*720

585

498

428

382

334

310

283

268

253

250

218

210

203

208

189

177

171

164

236

186

167

152

14,792

493

E.28

E.55

May

160

144

135

131

126

124

121

1,620

1,520

780

568

480

438

368

316

280

250

231

200

*193

191

167

158

144

141

164

25E

2.580

940

630

490

13,842

447

2.07

2.38

June

400

339

324

306

285

240

214

188

168

154

146

141

199

206

285

179

143

125

111

109

101

104

103

*101

118

87

77

73

77

77

5,180

173

0.801

0.89

July

173

144

94

79

70

60

57

52

49

48

57

55

46

42

37

33

32

31

35

46

40

30

E7

E8

51

35 196'

94

58

53

44

1,896

61.2

O.E83

0.33

Aug.

82

49

39

33

*39

189

174

70

53

58

53

46

160

125

70

253

TlO

72

59

52

50

53

53

48

40

37

36

35

33

34

141

E,346

75.7

0.350

0.40

Sept.

106

59

49

40

60

112

54

45

40

40

245

395

188

109

79

*69

63

288

847

530

329

236

182

152

125

112

100

96

94

103

4,947

165

0.764

0.85

Calendar year 1959 : Max 5,450 Kin 15 Mean E18 Cfsm 1.01 In. 13.73

Water year 1959-60 : Max 5,450 Win E7 Mean 303 Cfsm 1.40 In. 19. IE

Peak discharge (base, E,000 cfs). Oct. 24 (9:30 a.m.) 3. EEC cfs (8.7E ft); Feb. 18 (IE p.m.) 6,010

cfs (11.97 ft); Apr. 5 (11:30 a.m.) E.660 cfs (7.88 ft); May 8 (6 p.m.) 4,2EO cfs (9.89 ft); May E£

(9.62 ft)

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

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

340. Rlvanna River at Palmyra, Va.

Location.. Lat 37°51'28", long 78 "15 '58", on left bank 10 ft upstream from highway bridge 

at Palmyra, Fluvanna County, 0.5 mile upstream from Cunnlngham Creek, and 15 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area . 675 sq mi.

Records available. October 1933 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published In WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 210.39 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

J7929, Culpeper supplementary adjustment of 1943. Prior to Oct. 24, 1942, water-stage 

recorder at site 200 ft downstream at same datum. Oct. 24, 1942, to D3c. 18, 1947, 

wire-weight gage on upstream side of highway bridge 10 ft downstream at same datum.

 Average discharge. 27 years, 697 cf s .

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 15,700 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 20.41 ft, In 

gage well); minimum, 109 cfs July 24 (gage height, 2.97 ft).

1933-60: Maximum discharge, 78,000 cfs Oct. 16, 1942 (gage height, 36.5 ft at site 

then In use, 37.4 ft at present site); minimum, 11 cfs Sept. 14, 15, 1954 (gage height, 

2.36 ft); minimum gage height, 1.53 ft Oct. 9, 1941, site then in use.

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

which are poor.

Revisions (water years). WSP 802: 

3: 1945-46(M).

1936(M). WSP 852 : 

WSP 1503: 1956.

1937. WSP 892: 1934-35.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except period of Ice effect (gage

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

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 20 to Apr. 3, Apr. 7 to May 28)

3.0 

3.3 

3.6 

4.0 

4.5

115

210

370

650

1,100

5.0 

6.0

12.0

14.0

17.0

1,800

2,600

6,500

8,200

11,200

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*10.700

5,010

al,300

al,OOO

a800

a 650

a 600

a 600

al,200

a800

a 640

a540

a520

a800

al , OOO

a860

a760

666

586

521

479

458

521

2,100

3,140

*1,740

1,220

883

730 

634

578

42,036

1,356

2.01

2.32

Nov.

563

507

458

418

406

400

40O

376

352

346

334

328

322

316

328

316

305

300

290

285

285

285

280

562

1,190

706

549

1,140

1.580

14,592

486

0.720

O.8O

Dec.

722

634

57 S

535

486

465

*722

730

594

549

507

710

2.020

1,160

910

802

714

818

1,560

1,360

1,030

892

766

698

666

642

610

594

838 

784

658

24,754

799

1.18

1.36

Jan.

586

556

2,040

2,020

1,230

1,030

973

1,020

856

757

714

658

626

618

602

610

542

*507

507

493

451

412

388

412

412

418

412

465

486 

493

458

21,752

702

1.04

1.20

Feb.

424

406

394

376

421

3,120

2,020

1,210

982

856

1,800

1,680

1,160

1,150

973

865

847

1,870

10.900

3,970

2,250

1,790

1,390

1,140

1,070

1,64O

1,860

1,380

*1,110

49,054

1,692

2.51

2.70

Mar.

910

811

b740

b680

b640

b600

b560

b540

b540

b540

b540

b540

556

578

658

784

856

1,360

1,920

2,250

2,020

,760

,740

,400

,730

,230

,070

1,100

1,770

2,640

3.140

36,203

1,168

1.73

1.99

Apr.

2,460

1,860

2,500

4,170

8.160

5,240

2,960

2,250

1,860

1,380

*1,160

1,040

937

874

811

766

730

722

698

634

610

610

586

549

528

507

602

658

542

46,904

1,563

2.32

2.58

May

493

486

437

424

406

400

388

1,240

4.410

2,180

1,420

1,120

1,100

919

784

690

626

570

514

479

472

444

*412

394

576

406

424

. 2 , 500

2,390

1,600

1,170

29,674

957

1.42

1.64

June

910

775

714

666

658

586

555

486

437

412

394

376

382

706

626

610

444

400

558

528

516

295

3OO

310

376

305

255

230

220 

220

13,630

454

0.673

0.75

July

508

578

358

280

240

210

190

182

167

161

*164

182

174

155

143

138

128

122

128

140

146

150

115

120

265

174

289

465

245 

194

174

6,665

215

. 0.319

0.37

Aug.

318

255

178

149

143

177

926

*376

250

202

215

198

669

766

465

334

430

260

210

182

164

158

174

170

152

135

132

130

128 

122

181

8,329

269

0.399

0.46

Sept.

295

250

186

149

155

402

250

167

145

160

574

2.260

714

582

275

220

194

280

*994

1,560

759

500

400

346

300

270

250

235

235 

255

13,120

457

0.647

0.72

Calendar year 1959: Max 1O,70O Mln 67 Mean 6O1 Cfsm 0.890 In. 12. 07

Water year 1959-60: Max 1O,90O Mln 115 Mean 838 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.89

Peak discharge (base, 6,OOO cfs).--Oct. 1 (9:50 p.m.) 15,700 cfs (20.41 ft); Feb. 19 (2 to 3 p.m.) 

12,700 cfs (18.27 ft); Apr. 5 (4:50 p.m.) 10,9OO cfs (16.66 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for South Pork Rlvanna River near 

Earlysvllle.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 27

350. James River at Cartersvllle, Va.

Location. Lat 37°40', long 78°05', on left bank 200 ft downstream from high-fay bridge 

between Pemberton and Cartersville, Cumberland County, 2 miles downstream from Willis 

River, and at mile 152.4.

Drainage area. 6,242 sq mi.

Records available. October 1898 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 161.57 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to June 4, 1927, wire-weight or chain gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge. 62 years, 7,097 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 70,800 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 20.13 ft); minimum, 1,120 cfs Sept. 5 (gage height, 0.81 ft); minimum daily, 1,280 cfs Aug. 31, 

Sept. 5, 9.

1898-1960: Maximum discharge, 180,000 cfs Sept. 20, 1944 (gage height, 29.6 ft, 

from floodmark in gage well); minimum, 320 cfs Sept. 22, 1932; minimum daily, 348 cfs 

Oct. 5, 1930; minimum gage height, 0.10 ft Oct. 2, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those below 2,000 cfs, which are fair, 

tuation caused by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 582: 

1901-2(M), 1924-2b(M), 1928(M).

Large diurnal flueDrainage area. WSP 972: 1936(M). WSP 1203:

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

0.9 

2.0 

5.0

1,260 

3,080 

 9,000

10.0

13.0

20.0

24,100

35,900

70,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

£0

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

28 , 800

41.900

20,000

10,800

7,000

5,400

4,560

3,760

4,560

7,000

5,800

5,010

4,820

4,450

5,600

6,200

8,290

7,410

6,000

*4,820

4,160

5,620

5,670

4,060

26,500

20,000

14,200

10,500

8,060

6,620

5,540

298,510

9,629

1.54

1.78

Nov.

5,340

4,870

4,360

4,140

3,780

3,610

3,600

3,610

5,550

5,180

3,500

3,160

3,190

3,060

2,920

3,020

2,740

2,760

2,600

2,480

2,600

2,580

2.420

*3,230

8,470

17,400

17.800

11,600

11,900

9 500 '

156,550

5,218

0.856

0.93

Dec.

9,000

8,140

7,400

6,040

5,590

5,120

5,340

5,8-80

5,120

4,820

4,460

4.360

9,500

13,300

18.100

12,700

9,750

8,520

10,300

12,700

12,700

12,400

10,000

8,760

7,600

6,710

6,500

5,620

5,910

6,270

5,870

254,280

8,203

1.51

1.52

Jan.

6,340

6,270

9,140

17.100

15,600

14,200

11,900

11,600

9,750

8,520

*7,570

7,170

6,510

6,440

5,990

5,940

5,960

6,200

7,060

6,420

5,920

5,460

4,950

4,570

4,260

4.120

4,380

4,490

4,810

4,730

4 340 '

225,510

7,275

1.17

1.34

Feb.

4,120

4,440

4,040

5.900

5,980

11,200

18,700

21 , 000

14,700

11,600

15,800

50,100

52,200

22,000

16,800

15,600

11,600

15,900

40.800

35,200

22,700

17,100

15,600

12,200

11,100

13,600

13,900

12,400

11,100

455,380

15,700

2.52

2.71

Mar.

9,750

9,250

9,500

9,500

9,000

8,120

7,580

7,100

6,420

6,630

6,540

6,240

5.960

6,200

6,520

7,100

8,060

11,600

14,200

17,100

17,400

15,600

14,400

15,000

12,700

12,200

12,700

12,700

16,800

51,700

51.200

382,570

12,530

1.98

2.28

Apr.

63,600

46,400

29,800

*51,800

48,800

68 . 600

49 , 500

51 , 000

22,400

18,100

15,000

15,000

11,600

10,800

9,250

8,760

8,210

7,740

7,680

7,000

6,420

6,480

6,360

6,070

5,690

5,440

5.220

5,660

5,760

5,550

567,490

18,920

3.05

5.58

May

5,170

5,080

4,820

4,600

4,450

4,400

4,220

5,510

51,700

55.100

25,100

16,500

15,900

11,600

10 , 500

*9 , 500

8,520

7,620

6,970

6,550

5,640

5,180

4,870

4,930

4,420

4.180

4,400

13,200

55,400

28 , 600

18,700

549,110

11,260

1.80

2.08

June

15.900

10,500

10,800

9,000

8,060

8,060

8,520

7,220

6,520

5,220

4,640

4,250

4,060

6,480

5,990

5,590

6,290

4,870

4,220

3,660

3,950

5,650

5,220

5,060

5,090

5,150

*2,620

2,620

2.410

2,440

167,660

5,589

0.895

1.00

July

2,320

3,160

3,250

2,790

2,520

2,360

2,280

2,180

1,980

1,760

1,670

2,010

2,060

1,920

1,710

1,660

1,440

1,440

1.400

1,460

1,500

1,560

1,420

1,500

2,040

1,640

*1 , 540

5,960

3,200

2,480

2,040

64,250

2,075

0.552

0.58

Aug.

2,760

2,590

1,980

1,540

1,680

1,820

5.450

2,490

1,900

1,960

2,540

1,920

1,940

5,010

2,920

2,170

2,480

2,450

2,050

1,970

1,470

1,420

1,510

1,720

1,550

1,550

1,400

1,550

1,520

1,520

1.280

61,030

1,969

0.515

0.56

Sept.

1,620

1,970

1,850

1,580

1.280

1,580

1,720

1,400

1,280

1,320

2,840

*10.000

7,700

3,620

3,160

2,540

2,180

1,920

3,910

9,500

6,780

4,720

3,700

3,000

2,620

2,400

2,120

2,020

1,980

1,890

93,980

3,135

0.502

0.56

Calendar year 1959: Max 41.90O Min 860 Mean 5,750 Cfsm 0.921 In. 12.51

Water year 1959-60: Max 68,600 Min 1,280 Mean 8,405 Cfsm 1.35 In. 18.52

Peak discharge (base, 40,000 cfs). --Oct. 2 (1 a.m.) 51,700 cfs (16.47 ft); Feb. 19 (6:50 p.m.)

47,800 cfs (15.68 ft); Apr. 1 (4 p.m.) 64,700 cfs (19.03 ft)j Apr. 6 (10:30 a.m.) 70,800 cfs

(20.15 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
28 JAMES RIVER BASIN

380. Falling Creek near Chesterfield, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°26'37", long 77°31'2l", on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 651, 0.8 mile downstream from Licking Creek, 2.8 miles upstreatr from Pocoshock 

Creek, and 4.7 miles northwest of Chesterfield, Chesterfield County.

Drainage area. 32.8 sq mi.

Records available. October 1955 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 130 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge. 5 years, 38.7 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,440 cfs Sept. 12 (gage height, 12.67 ft); minimum, 1.8 cfs July 27 (gage height, 1.87 ft).

1955-60: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 12, 1960; minimum, 1.3 cfs Aug. 11-15, 

1957; minimum gage height, 1.80 ft Aug. 14, 15, 1957.

Remarks. Records good except those below 10 cfs and those for period of ice effect, which 

are fair.

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except period of ice effect (gag

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

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 14-30)

2.3 

2.5 

3.0

4.O 

5.O 

7.0 

9.0 

12.0

81

158

358

660

1,260

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

60

18

8.7

6.5

5.2

4.5

4.2

4.0

4.2

4.3

6.1

5.6

4.2

18

20

11

8.0

6.7

6.1

5.2

4.5

5.0

6.1

11

11

*8.5

7.8

7.2

6.3

5 9

6.3

290.1

9.36

0.285

0.33

Nov.

7.8

7.6

7.2

6^

6.9

33

241

139

52

33

26

22

19

18

18

17

18

16

15

14

16

22

19

288

595

182

81

68

56

43

2,087.4

69.6

2.12

2.37

Dec.

36

32

30

28

26

26

*29

24

22

21

20

49

71

40

30

28

26

28

111

95

59

46

36

33

32

30

29

30

104

68

46

1,285

41.5

1.27

1.46

Jan.

36

32

72

81

53

53

67

68

5O

42

38

33

34

32

35

33

28

*27

28

24

22

21

19

19

19

20

22

38

32

26

26

1,132

36.5

1.11

1.28

Feb.

35

28

24

21

34

106

63

43

37

34

142

88

63

71

58

55

68

158

*322

170

98

81

65

55

96

162

98

71

*61

2,407

83. 0

2.53

2.73

Mar.

50

45

46

b45

b40

b40

b35

b35

b35

b35

b35

b35

35

38

45

59

134

174

200

186

146

110

84

73

63

55

51

48

44

63

126

2,210

71.3

2.17

2.51

Apr.

78

58

124

209

406

291

134

98

78

65

*57

52

46

43

40

37

35

38

37

31

29

65

50

35

29

25

22

26

28

22

2,288

76.3

2.33

2.59

May

29

24

19

18

17

16

16

66

150

71

42

49

62

40

30

24

19

17

15

14

12

11

11

10

9.4

12

23

36

26 -

19

*15

922.4

29.8

0.909

1.05

June

12

9.8

8.7

13

14

9.8

8.0

7.2

6.7

6.3

5.9

5.6

5.9

5.6

4.8

4.2

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.6

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.8

3.1

174.0

5.80

0.177

0.20

July

3.5

3.8

3.6

3.1

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

*3.2

5.7

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.4

2.2

2 i£

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

3.2

22

121

220.2

7.10

0.216

0.25

Aug.

43O

57

24

37

24

56

118

*53

33

30

49

30

46

33

20

16

13

11

9.8

8.7

8.0

7.6

7.8

7.4

6.9

6.9

7.6

7.4

6.7

8.3

24

1,197.1

38.6

1.18

1.36

Sept.

31

18

21

12

9.4

9.2

8.5

7.6

1*2

34

248

1.11O

417

110

56

40

32

30

*30

27

23

20

19

17

17

16

16

16

24

45

2,470.9

82.4

2.51

2.80

Calendar year 1959: Max 595 Mln 1.5 Mean 30.7 Cfsm 0.936 In. 12.74

Water year 1959-6O: Max 1,110 Mln 2.0 Mean 45.6 Cfam 1.39 In. 18.93

Peak discharge (base, 35O cfs).--Nov. 25 (2 a.m.) 750 cfs (9.47 ft); Feb. 19 (2 a.ir.) 370 cfs 

(7.10 ft); Apr. 5 (12:30 p.m.) 520 cfs (8.19 ft); Aug. 1 (l:3O a.m.) 822 cfs (9.SI ft); Sept. 

(7 a.m.) 1,440 cfs (12.67 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 29

385. Falling Creek near Drewrys Bluff, Va.

Location. Lat 37°27'40", long 77°28'00", on left bank 300 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 600 ft downstream from Chesterfield County Reservoir, 2.4 miles northeast of 

town of Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield County, 2.7 miles downstream from Pocoshock Creek, 

and 3.7 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--54 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . September 1942 to September 1956, July 1957 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 60 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

~(Jct. 1, 1952, at site 300 ft upstream at datum 5.39 ft higher.

Average discharge. 17 years, 55.5 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,010 cfs Sept. 12 (gage height, 10.40 ft); minimum, 0.4 cfs on a few days in July; minimum gage height, 1.76 ft July 21-23, 26.

1942-56, 1957-60: Maximum discharge, 7,270 cfs July 18, 1945 (gage height, 10.1 ft, 

site and datum then in use); minimum, 0.12 cfs Aug. 13, 1953, Sept. 6, 7, 1954; minimum 

gage height, 1.54 ft Sept. 7, 1954.

Remarks. Records fair except those for period of ice effect, which are poor. Chesterfield 

County diverts up to 1.5 cfs for water supply from reservoir 600 ft upstream from gage. 

Some regulation by water-supply reservoir.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1032: 1943-44(M). WSP 1553: 1955. WSP 1623: 1958.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except period of ice effect 

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

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 16-3O)

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

0.6 

1.0 

1.7 

2.7 

4.4 

7.1

2.4 

2.6 

2.8 

3.0 

3.4 

4.0

146

300

4.4 49O

5.0 910

6.0 1,560

8.0 2,940

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IS

17

18

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

151

28

13

9.0

6.5

5.3

4.2

4.2

5.0

6.3

9.0

6.3

4.0

34

32

18

13

10

8.2

7.1

6.1

8.2

11

20

18

*13

11

9.4

8.2

7.5

8.6

495.1

16.0

_

-

Nov.

8.6

8.2

7.9

6.8

7.1

69

672

284

104

52

35

29

24

22

21

19

20

18

17

16

18

24

21

721

1,170

298

144

116

95

68

4,115.6

137

_

-

Dec.

53

48

44

39

34

34

*39

34

29

28

21

73

119

59

38

35

32

37

185

165

97

70

52

44

40

39

37

46

178

108 

66

1,929

62.2

_

-

Jan.

48

42

121

132

82

82

108

112

75

60

50

44

44

44

47

44

36

*35

36

32

29

27

26

24

24

25

27

55

47

35 

35

1,628

52.5

_

-

Feb.

53

40

32

29

43

2O1

119

70

56

49

232

168

114

130

108

99

122

316

*587

271

172

139

110

88

164

252

165

112

*90

4,131

142

_

-

Mar.

73

63

b65

b60

b55

b55

b50

b50

b50

b5O

b45

b45

b45

52

68

99

254

308

332

297

240

185

,146

119

101

86

78

72

65

98 

225

3,531

114

_

-

Apr.

146

97

221

364

942

515

235

170

132

103

*88

80

68

63

62

53

48

53

53

44

39

102

86

50

38

32

28

32

35

28

4,007

134

_

-

May

35

32

25

23

22

20

19

103

220

119

60

72

99

59

43

31

25

21

19

18

17

16

15

15

14

16

33

62

42

28 

*22

1,345

43.4

_

-

June

18

15

13

15

20

14

10

8.6

8.6

7.1

6.5

6.1

6.3

5.5

4.4

3.4

3.0

3.0

2.5

2.2

1.9

1.8

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.1

1.5

lil

1.2

1.5

190.2

6.34

_

-

July

2.5

3.8

2.8

2.0

1.2

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

*.9

1.1

2.1

1.5

1.0

.6

.8

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

.7

.8

.7

.7

.7

 1.2

53 

220

305.2

9.85

-

-

Aug.

796

86

23

38

27

84

286

*101

48

34

84

37

66

48

24

18

15

12

11

6.8

7.9

6.8

7.5

6.5

JLsJL

6.3

7.9

7.1

5.5

5.8

17

1,928.6

62.2

_

-

Sept.

43

19

24

16

11

11

8.6

7.1

6.5

158

660

2.910

685

158

190

28

8.8

22

*42

40

34

27

26

22

20

21

20

19

31

7O

5,338.0

178

-

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,170 Hin O.6 Mean 48.3 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-6O: Max 2,910 Hin O.6 Mean 79.1 Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base, 50O cfs). --Nov 7 (l to 2 p.m.) 784 cfs (4.82 ft); Nov. 25 (12:3O a.m.) 1,59O

cfs (6.04 ft); Feb. 18 (11 p.m.) 840 cfs (4.92 ft); Apr. 5 (10:3O a. 1,170 cfs (5.40 ft);

Aug. 1 (3 to 4 a.m.) 1,330 cfs (5.67 ft); Sept. 12 (9 a.m.) 5,O1O cfs (1O.40 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

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

395. Appomattox River at Farmville, Va.

Location. Lat 37°18'25", long 78°23'20", on left bank 15 ft downstream from highway

bridge, 1,000 ft north of town limits of Farmville, Prince Edward County, and l£ miles 

downstream from Buffalo Creek.

Drainage area. 306 sq mi.

Records available. March 1926 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 281.93 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Nov. 29, 1928, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 34 years, 285 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,060 cfs about Feb. 20 (gage height, 16.15 ft, 

from f loodmark}; minimum daily, 54 cfs July 24, 25; minimum gage height, 4.12 ft Aug. 29. 

1926-60: Maximum discharge, 21,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 23.60 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 3.8 cfs Sept. 25, 

1941; minimum daily, 9 cfs Sept. 20, 1932.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record or indefinite 

stage-discharge relation, which are poor. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by 

mills above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: 1927-37, 1938(M). WSP 1303 : 1927(M).

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O, except periods of Indefinite stage-discharge

relation (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic fejst per secord)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by lee Jan. 24; 25)

Oct. 1 to May 28 May 29J to Sept. 30

4.5 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0

82 

168 

 500 

890

13.0 1,880

14.0 2,2OO

16.0 3,800

3.6 

4.0 

5.0

8.0 

13.0

700

1,880

Discharge, In cub I-- feet per second, water year October 1959 to September- I960

Day

f,

5

6

7

9

9

10

11

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

2

3

6

7

3

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

o.-t.

899

436

172

118

101

92

89

93

198

233

217

168

122

158

233

181

136

123

114

101

90

90

99

140

211

160

126

112

*102

5,308

171

0.559

0.65

Nov.

104

101

92

89

90

92

122

168

128

lit

106

102

99

99

102

99

96

95

92

90

92

107

112

*263

*1,110

554

286

224

220

5,227

174

0.569

0.64

Dec.

158

144

138

132

125

123

160

162

142

*132

123

158

374

277

193

168

156

181

727

745

389

260

206

174

164

164

158

156

191

6,704

216

0.706

0.81

Jan.

132

126

426

725

352

277

336

452

352

260

224

202

185

176

164

160

144

140

146

138

*128

112

106

110

110

134

132

164

185

152

6,594

213

0.696

0.80

Feb.

166

156

138

128

176

1,060

940

404

286

242

590

590

a35O

a310

a300

a300

a5OO

al.100

a2 , OOO

aSjOOO

a2,000

al,OOO

a700

a5OO

a500

al.100

al,000

a700

a620

20,856

719

2.35

2.53

Mar. %

a5OO

a400

a350

*a320

328

286

251

242

213

242

215

220

202

215

251

302

420

848

1,040

1.160

912

685

590

484

484

404

352

336

311

13,537

437

1.43

1.65

Apr.

436

323

574

1,620

2,600

3,180

1,100

484

374

320

277

260

242

224

220

213

208

206

211

196

191

220

. 233

198

187

178

178

a200

a350

15,608

520

1.70

1.90

May

a300

a230

a200

a!80

a!70

a!70

168

348

1,270

518

311

311

352

268

224

2OO

191

178

160

154

152

148

14O

136

154

200

718

2,100

1,620

552

12,355

399

1.30

1.50

June

335

e240

e205

e205

el 90

e!75

e!60

e!55

e!55

e!50

e!50

e!50

e!50

e!50

e!45

e!35

e!30

e!35

e!30

e!45

e230

a!35

a!25

a!20

e!30

e!30

e!20

ellO

elOO

4,690

156

0.510

0.57

July

ellCi

e!45

el25

ellO

elOO

elOO

e95

e85

e85

e85

e95

a!30

a!20

*a90

e80

elS

e75

e75

a70

a66

a66

a62

a58

a54

a54

a 70

a 90

a80

alOO

2,800

90.3

0.295

0.34

Aug.

a!50

a!30

a!20

allO

allO

allO

170

190

a!45

a!30

*a!30

145

295

246

138

118

111

106

114

112

107

162

151

122

112

106

104

106

105

4,295

139

0.454

0.52

Sept.

354

a!50

a!20

allO

allO

a!20

190

190

183

183

204

504

253

a!40

alSO

a!20

a!20

alSO

520

472

204

a!45

*a!50

154

130

124

123

123

129

5,747

192

0.627

0.70

Calendar year 1959 : Max 1,420 Mln 35 Mean 168 Cfsm 0.549 In. 7.44

Water year 1959-60: Max 3, ISO Mln 54 Mean 283 Cfsm 0.925 In. 12.61

Peak discharge (base, 3,5OO cfs).--About Feb. 20 (time unknown) 4,O6O cfs (16.15 ft); Apr. 6 (7 a.m.) 

3,930 cfs (16.10 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

stations near Petersburg and near Mattoax.

e Stage-discharge relation Indefinite; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement and 

records for nearby stations.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 31

415. Appomattox River near Petersburg, Va.

Location. Lat 37°13'33", long 77°32'20", on right bank 2.2 miles upstream from dam of 

Virginia Electric & Power Co., 4.2 miles downstream from Wipponock Creek, and 5.9 miles 

west of corporate limits of city of Petersburg, Dinwiddie County.

Drainage area. 1,335 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1926 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 118 ft (by barometer). Prior to 

Sept. 22, 1931, at site 0.8 mile downstream at different datum.

Average discharge. 34 years, 1,173 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,220 cfs about Apr. 6 (gage height, 9.27 ft, 

from floodmark); minimum, 125 cfs July 26 (gage height, 2.28 ft).

1926-60: Maximum discharge, 28,000 cfs Aug. 20, 1940 (gage height, 18.15 ft); minimum, 19 cfs Sept. 21-27, 1932.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years 1.--WSP 757: 1932-33, drainage area. WSP 802: 1936('T). WSP 972: 

1932, 1934-35.

Rating table wster yesr 1959-60 (gsge height, in feet, and discharge

in cubic feet per second) 

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

2.3 

2.7 

3.0 

3.b

130

256

385

685

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

1,100 

3,200 

5,500 

8,25O

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September i960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,100

1,750

1,580

751

420

305

252

232

218

367

760

1,070

715

576

808

908

745

544

420

357

322

305

?9F

335

395

462

*526

462

390

348

326

18,025

ss:

0.435

0.50

Nov.

318

318

318

313

505

326

2,040

Dec.

874

760

692

650

615

589

608

2,210] *636

1,630

1,010

685

556

502

468

446

435

440

435

415

400

395

425

457

1,930

6,800

6,670

4,660

1,990

1,280

1,020

39,197

1,307

615

589

550

643

1,280

1,430

1,280

950

BOO

752

1,680

5,420

3,420

2,520

1,380

1,060

934

874

840

824

1,480

1,630

1,480

35,655

1,150

0.979J 0.861

1.09 0.99

1

Jan.

1,040

857

1,100

2,380

2,700

2,100

1,780

2,160

2,160

1,780

1,380

1,140

1,050

968

925

925

848

784

*776

760

722

664

582

520

556

643

657

760

840

800

784

35,121

1,133

0.849

0.98

Feb.

934

976

968

808

760

1,910

2,980

3,510

2,600

1,430

2,430

3,550

3,420

2,600

1,940

1,780

1,780

2,760

5,760

6,670

6.800

6,020

5,500

5,500

3,860

4,080

4,420

4,190

3,310

__ _ _ _

93,026

3,208

2.40

2.59

Mar.

*1,880

1,530

al,550

al,300

al,400

al,300

al,200

al,100

al,050

al.OOO

al,000

al,000

al,000

al,000

al,000

al,500

a2,000

a5,500

a4,500

35,000

a5,600

a5,600

34,000

a5,000

32,500

32,100

al,900

al,700

al,600

al, 600

32,000

66,010

2,129

1.59

1.84

Apr.

32,500

a2,000

a2 , 500

35,500

36,000

37 , OOP

a7,000

36,000

a4,500

35 , 000

al,700

*3l,500

1,350

1,240

1,160

1,120

1,070

1,060

1,150

1,070

1,000

1,530

1,530

1,580

1,120

968

882

900

1,240

1,730

68,460

2,282

1.71

1.91

May

1,380

1.130

1,000

908

832

792

760

1,770

4,660

4,780

4,080

2,760

2,040

1,940

1,580

1,240

1,070

950

848

824

730

700

664

636

608

643

848

1,480

2,760

3,090

3,310

50,813

1,639

1.23

1.42

June

*2, 540

1,580

950

908

3900

a720

3650

3600

a600

a550

3550

a500

3500

a540

a500

3450

3400

3400

3400

3400

aSOO

a600

aSOO

3450

3450

3400

3400

a550

a550

3500

18,738

625

0.468

0.52

July

3300

3350

a400

3400

3300

3270

3250

3230

 3210

a210

3230

*a250

288

330

309

235

206

193

175

169

166

166

160

148

153

130

175

232

221

355

508

7,697

248

0.186

0.21

Aug.

570

784 596"

595

559

548

500

548

*344

435

715

700

722

645

645

589

580

296

249

224

209

199

206

242

518

272

255

218

209

215

305

12,248

395

0.296

0.34

Sept.

629

1,940

1,100

589

367

296

260

264

335

390

922

4,500

4,900

3,870

1,240

544

400

344

355

*1,020

1,880

1,100

596

440

376

362

359

505

318

462

30,241

1,008

0.755

0.84

Calendar year 1959: Max 7,950 Min 82 Mean 939 Cfsm 0.703 In. 9.54

Water year 1959-fO: Max 7,000 Mln 130 Mean 1,298 Cfsm 0.972 In. 13.23

* Dischsrge measurement msde on this day.

3 No gage-height record; diseh;^-" e^timsted on bssis of recorded rsnge in stsge 3rd rec 

stations at Fsrravllle snrt neir Mattaox.
32 JAMES RIVER BASIN

425. Chickahominy River near Providence Forge, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°26'10", long 77°03'40", on left bank 100 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 1.1 miles southwest of Providence Forge, New Kent County, and 1.7 miles downstream from Schiminoe Creek.

Drainage area.--249 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 6.07 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--18 years, 271 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,500 cfs Sept. 13 (gage height, 9.58 ft); minimum, 21 cfs July 24; minimum gage height, 2.31 ft July 24.

1942-60: Maximum discharge, 7,710 cfs Aug. 15, 1955 (gage height, 11.67 ft); minimum, 3.4 cfs Aug. 1, 1954; minimum gage height, 1.56 ft Aug. 25, 26, 1943.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years ) . WSP 1553: 1956.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 8)

Oct. 1 to Nov.

3.1 73

5.0 370

6.0 393

7.0 568

8.0 955

Nov. 9 to Sept. 30

2.3 

2.7 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

38

58

146

370

7.0 520

8.0 820

9.0 1,650

10.0 3,200

Discharge, in euVl; feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

^

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13 

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

104

188

270

270

198

177

152

94

78

77

82

86

82 

116

157

*177

188

172

152

124

95

85

92

16V

210

259

264

226

177

142

119

4,780

154

0.618

0.71

Nov.

108

100

96

90

85

82

188

570

1,530

1,130

870

780

705 

560

424

322

253

214

187

176

171

*209

214

275

561

1,130

1,420

1.650

1,630

1,220

16,850

562

2.26

2.52

Dec. | Jan.

920 I 322

740 334

560 370

452

383

334

310

286

270

242

226

231

280 

298

334

334

322

346

410

452

452

452

438

438

452

424

370

310

310

322

322

12,020

388

1.56

1.80

424

424

410

410

*468

540

560

484

438

424 

396

370

346

310

292

286

280

270

242

214

204

192

192

192

220

226

248

10,346

334

1.34

1.55

Feb.

275

292

286

253

256

286

310

358

370

383

506

585

585

560

540

610

640

640

*920

1,050

1,130

1,130

1,520

1,220

980

920

740

670

610

10,405

635

2.55

2.75

Mar.

610

640

610

560

480

420

400

383

383

383

410

383

358 

358

358

370

452

540

670

870

1,050

1,150

1,050

980

920

780

670

560

470

440

420

18,108

584

2.35

2.70

Apr.

*420

410

410

468

742

1,050

1,420

1,780

1,780

1,420

1,050

740

585 

468

396

346

310

286

270

264

248

253

264

280

275

248

236

226

209

187

17,041

568

2.28

2.55

May

171

166

156

151

141

127

118

141

248

270

298

275

*310 

358

585

322

253

220

187

141

114

106

105

TU5

108

122

151

220

214

192

166

6,039

195

0.783

0.90

June

151

146

136

122

109

96

87

76

67

60

54

51

48 

46

43

40

36

40

37

37

47

43

36

*31

33

31

36

31

29

130

1,929

64.3

0.258

0.29

July

161

214

226

204

187

151

71

48

40

35

55

80

64 

54

43

37

32

29

27

28

28

24

22

25

44

48

42

82

*104

417

535

3,207

103

0.414

0.48

Aug.

740

670

705

670

982

1,420

980

740

780

1,380

2.050

1,910

1,530 

1,050

705

520

396

322

270

209

156

127

114

103

94

87

89

96

94

86

82

19,157

618

2.48

2.86

Sept.

214

384

520

383

236

187

187

*171

132

109

136

1,420

*2.550 

1,780

1,050

820

980

980

780

560

410

270

204

176

171

156

136

127

127

156

15,312

510

2.05

2.29

Calendar year 1959 : Max 1,650 Min 18 Mean 319 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.38

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,350 Min 22 Mean 391 Cfsm 1.57 In. 21.40

Discharge measurement made on this day.
DISMAL SWAMP BASIN 33

430. Lake Drummond in Dismal Swamp, Va.

Location. Lat 36"35"40", long 76°26'20", on left bank in outlet canal, in Norfolk County, 

200 ft upstream from dam and gates, 0.5 mile downstream from Lake Drummond, 2.5 miles 

east of Nansemond County line, 3.1 miles north of North Carolina State line, and 

20 miles southwest of Norfolk.

Records available. May 1926 to September 1960.

Gage. Staff gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 12,16 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes.--Maximum gage height during year, 6.68 ft Sept. 17; minimum, 3.62 ft Oct. 8. 

1926-60: Maximum gage height, that of Sept. 17, 1960; minimum, -0.67 ft Nov. 3, 

1952.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1032: 1934-43.

Gage height, in feet, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3.87

3.83

3.78

3.75

3.71

3.6S

3.66

3.63

3.72

3.74

3.84

3.87

3.84

3.96

4.12

4.16

4.22

4.29

4.28

4.29

4.33

4.38

4.40

4.74

4.82

4.98

5.27

5.48

5.52

5TBT

5.47

Nov.

5.45

5737

5.21

5.11

5.10

5.13

5.18

5.23

5.26

5.26

5.24

5.26

5.28

5.29

5.33

5.28

5.28

5.29

5.24

5.24

5.24

5.26

5.26

5.27

5.29

5.29

5.28

5.29

5.32

5.32

Dec.

5.32

5.30

5.31

5.30

5.30

5.29

5.40

5.30

5.27

5.27

5.26

5.28

5.32

5.33

5.33

5.32

' 5.30

5.34

5.50

5.52

5.41

5.43

5.38

5.35

5.31

5.27

5.22

5725

5.31

5.25

5.24

Jan.

5.25

5.26

5.33

5.37

5.42

5.45

5.47

5.48

^741

5.41

5.39

5.36

5.39

5.36

5.30

5.26

5.24

5.20

5.24

5.25

5.20

5.22

5.19

5.15

5717

5.19

5.21

5.30

5.34

5.38

5.37

Feb.

5.39

5.35

5.36

5.34

5.32

5.41

5.40

5.34

5.24

5,26

5.31

5.24

5.24

5.43

5.35

5.36

5.40

5.43

5.60

5.53

5.48

5.43

5.38

5.30

5.23

5.26

5.18

5.14

~5720

Mar.

5.27

5.24

5.33

5.47

5.33

5.26

5.23

5.24

5.18

5.17

5.13

5.25

5.31

5.31

5.37

5.40

5.50

5.44

5.44

5.45

5.45

5.45

5.38

5.36

5.30

5.26

5.20

5.18

5.18

5.18

5.24

Apr.

5.23

5.21

5.18

5.21

5.30

5.36

5.37

5.41

5.45

5.43

5.40

5.39

5.36

5.35

5.33

5.30

5.25

5.24

5.19

5.13

5.14

5.12

5.11

5.17

5.17

5.19

5.19

5.27

5.27

5.28

May

5.28

5.36

5.38

5.37

5.38

5.40

5.41

5.41

5.52

5.47

5.45

5.46

5.46

5.42

5.34

5.29

5.25

5.23

5. 15

5.08

5.05

5.06

5.03

5.00

4.99

5.00

4.98

5.13

5.26

5.29

5.25

June

5.22

5.19

5.17

5.16

5.16

5.23

5.35

5.30

5.33

5.25

5.25

5.19

5.18

5.13

5.15

5.15

5.13

5.17

5.16

5.12

5.12

5.13

5.10

5.10

5.09

5.07

5.03

4.97

4.96

5.07

July

5.11

5.12

5.12

5704

5.04

5.01

4.99

4.97

4.94

4.88

4.89

4.90

4.99

4.94

4.96

4.94

4.89

4.84

4.84

4.81

4.82

4.79

4.73

4.68

4.69

4.63

4.66

4.66

4.70

4.99

5.01

Aug.

5.13

5.21

5.25

5.26

5.27

5.31

5.46

5.49

5.49

5.49

5.'53

5.62

5.69

5.75

5.74

5.69

5.57

5.44

5.36

5.29

5.30

5.28

5.38

5.47

5.50

5.55

5.56

5.56

5.53

5.50

5.47

Sept.

5.44

5.38

5.33

5.27

5.24

5.35

5.26

5.21

5.19

5.20

5.37

5.84

5.90

6.18

6.45

6.63

6.67

6.62

6.55

6.42

6.28

6.18

6.06

5.95

5.85

5.71

5.53

5.41

5.33

5.18
34 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

455. Nottoway River near Stony Creek, Va.

Location. Lat 36°54 1 00", long 77°24'00", on left bank 15 ft downstream from upstream 

bridge on U. S. Highway 301, 1.8 miles upstream from Island Swamp, 3.3 miles south of 

town of Stony Creek, Sussex County, and 4.4 miles upstream from Stony C-eek.

Drainage area. 586 sq mi.

Records available. October 1929 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 58.42 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 11, 1934, chain gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--31 years, 553 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,430 cfs Nov. 27 (gage height, 15.68 ft); mln-

 ImumT 65 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 2.37 ft).

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 25,200 cfs Aug. 17, 1940 (gage height, 23.66 ft), from

rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on basis of records for

stations on Appomattox River; minimum, 5 cfs Sept. 2, 5, 1932 (gage height, 0.62 ft).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 802: 1935(M). WSP 972: 1931(M), 1932, 1934-35, 1939.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 4 to Nov. 7}

2.4 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

163

601

1,140

11.0

15.0

16.0

2,450

4,660

5,790

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 tu September I960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

a

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

El

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Or-t.

374

930

481

218

136

106

92

84

85

131

320

445

280

237

825

650

376

250

188

150

128

120

120

188

422

433

*300

250

220

180

161

8,880

286

0.488

0.56

Nov.

167

186

174

156

155

136

1,190

3,630

2,830

1,010

601

481

410

376

353

331

320

353

342

310

290

376

422

552

3,310

4,660

5,210

2,110

900

a700

32,021

1,067

1.82

2.03

Dec.

a590

a540

a500

a470

a450

a430

*a410

a390

a380

a370

a360

a360

700

900

750

625

565

529

760

1,920

2,090

1,260

900

775

700

650

625

601

625

825

875

21,925

707

1.21

1.39

Jan.

700

625

625

1,050

1,260

960

1,260

1,650

1,470

1,110

a880

a750

a630

a560

a530

a505

a505

*a500

a510

a460

a430

a410

a39o

a3'30

a390

a400

a450

529

625

613

613

21,780

703

1.20

1.38

Feb.

1,050

1,020

850

725

675

1,690

2,200

1,660

960

775

1,460

2,300

1,920

1,350

1,290

1,110

1,050

1,540

3,880

4,370

4.560

3,090

1,380

1,260

1,320

2,300

2,340

1,590

1,110

50,825

1,753

2.99

3.23

Mar. Apr.

*a330 1 1,680

a820

a300

al,08a

a980

a850

a770

a730

a720

a700

a72G

a 7 00

a680

a690

a750

900

1 , 650

2,370

2.690

2,690

2,260

1,620

1,260

1,050

960

850

800

750

70O

825

1,620

35,015

1,130

1.93

2.22

1,260

1,080

2,120

2,650

3,300

5,520

3,100

1,260

960

*&"5

775

a720

a690

a650

a60O

a 580

a580

a580

a590

a540

a 580

a800

a700

a560

a490

a470

565

675

650

33,550

1,118

1.91

2.13

May

529

517

481

422

398

376

353

679

2,530

2,370

1,780

850

1,050

990

775

650

577

517

445

387

553

331

310

300

290

331

1,940

5.800

3,070

1,710

930

30,041

969

1.65

1.91

June

 675

541

433

625

825

577

445

376

364

310

280

260

250

254

232

210

195

184

182

176

169

159

158

163

193

280

226

182

165

171

9,238

308

0.526

0.59

July

159

250

203

174

150

151

128

121

115

115

130

*247

517

364

226

195

159

135

120

106

97

89

84

16.

84

84

88

117

218

1,160

802

6,645

214

0.365

0.42

Aug.

481

1,470

866

531

220

207

270

250

*250

270

415

1,200

750

601

433

320

260

203

171

150

136

128

161

270

214

165

140

156

155

128

1 1"^^

10,850

350

0.597

0.69

Sept.

382

453

240

180

150

138

126

118

108

114

120

878

1,440

825

398

260

214

192

188

*238

290

280

214

180

165

150

145

142

161

280

8,747

292

0.498

0.56

Calendar year 1959 : Max 5,210 Min 45 Mean 514 Cfsm O.877 In. 11.92

Water- year 1959-60 : Max 5,210 Min 76 Mean 736 Cfsm 1.26 In. 17.11

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 cfs).--Nov. 8 (8 p.m.) 3,860 cfs (13.99 ft); Nov. 27 (I p.m.) 5,430 cfs 

(15.68 ft); Feb. 21 (6 to 9 p.m.) 4,660 cfs (14.96 ft); Apr. 8 (3 to 5 a.m.) 3,680 cfs (13.73 ft); 

May 28 (l to 4 p.m.) 3,860 cfs (14.05 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 3 discharge measurements and records for 

stations near Sebrell and near Rawlings (State Division of Water Resources).
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 3! 

470. Nottoway River near Sebrell, Va.

Location. Lat 36°46'13", long 77°09'59", on right bank 1,000 ft upstream from highway 

bridge (relocated), 1 mile downstream from Three Creek, 2.5 miles southwest of Sebrell, 

Southampton County, and 5.3 miles (revised) upstream from Assamoosick Sramp.

Drainage area. 1,451 sq mi.

Records available. September 1941 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 5.94 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Aug. 23, 1950, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 19 years, 1,284 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,400 cfs Feb. 23 (gage height, 17.93 ft); minimum, 89 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 3.60 ft).

1941-60: Maximum discharge, 25,000 cfs July 22, 1945 (gage height, £4.5 ft); minimum observed, 12 cfs Oct. 23, 1941 (gage height, 3.30 ft).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 29.7 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 48,000 

cfs, from rating curve extended above 25,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting).

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1333: 1942, 1944, 1948-49.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and dischar

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 5-29, Aug. 6-11)

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

9.0

74

155

354

604

1,530

13.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

3,150

3,790

5,580

8,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

94

192

936

876

526

332

238

200

187

189

343

414

617

617

656

1,120

1.290

996

708

552

402

321

290 

390

487

708

936

*848

708

617

539

17,329

559

0.385

0.44

Nov.

450

414

390

378

354

332

426

1,020

2,170

2,650

3,100

3,790

3,790

2,650

1,490

1,030

848

764

764

764

736

708

736 

936

1,390

2,210

2,790

3,440

4,860

5.920

51,300

1,710

1.18

1.31

Dec.

5.560

3,930

2,610

1,710

1,320

1,150

1,090

1,060

*1,060

996

906

876

936

1,320

1,780

1,630

1,320

1,120

1,250

1,740

2,450

2,870

3,150 

3,260

2,790

2,050

1,670

1,460

1,390

1,420

1,630

57 , 304

1,849

1.27

1.47

Jan.

1,710

1,460

1,290

1,390

1,890

2,250

2,410

2,570

2,870

3,150

5.260

3,010

2,450

2,050

1,810

1,670

1,560

1,490

1,420

*1,560

1,560

1,250

1,120 

1,050

966

906

906

966

1,150

1,390

1,420

53, 534

1,727

1.19

1.37

Feb.

1.710

2,250

2,570

2,450

2,130

2,290

2,870

5,510

4,010

4,250

4,090

5,510

3,580

4,010

4,500

4,680

4,410

4,010

4,170

4,680

5,690

7,100

8.200 

8,000

6,800

5,580

4,680

4,410

4,680

__ _ _ _

124,820

4,304

2.97

3.20

Mar.

4,860

*4,410

3,790

3,320

3,200

3,260

3,200

2,960

2,700

2,530

2,410

2,370

2,290

2,170

2,170

2,290

2,570

3,010

3,510

4,170

4,860

5,260

5.560 

4,960

4,250

3,510

2,870

2,410

2,130

1.970

2,370

101,140

3,265

2.25

2.59

Apr.

2,920

5,580

a5,720

35,950

a4,090

a4 , 530

a4,960

5,580

5.920

5,920

5,260

4,090

*3,010

2,370

1,970

1,780

1,630

1,530

1,460

1,420

1,590

1,520

1,520

1,560

1,560

1,320

1.090

1,120

1,460

1,600

83,010

2,767

1.91

2.13

May

1,490

1,290

1,190

1,060

906

820

736

736

736

2,010

2,530

2,870

5,050

2,700

2,210

1,670

1,220

966

820

682

604

552

513 

474

450

450

513

1,400

2,330

2,870

5.790

43,638

1,408

0.970

1.12

June

4.250

*3,260

2,050

1,250

1,150

1,460

1,590

1,120

956

820

682

559

450

414

590

366

345

321

300

290

310

290

280 

270

280

280

321

343

290

692

25,157

858

0.578

0.64

July

708

764

630

414

354

300

260

250

258

228

270

' 300

*390

656

656

450

343

300

260

234

216

204

191 

182

173

171

182

252

317

1,970

3,860

15,723

507

0.343

0.40

Aug.

4.960

4,500

3,510

2,960

1,890

908

591

578

578

*565

764

1,850

3,100

3,580

3,440

2,790

2,010

1,390

996

764

630

539

645 

736

906

966

792

682

578

450

566

48,992

1,580

1.09

1.26

Sept.

590

556

1,120

906

682

438

345

300

280

284

al,400

a2,800

a5,700

37.200

a4,800

32,900

a2,400

31,900

al,600

al,200

*1 , 030

966

956 

792

656

591

526

450

450

539

44,135

1,471

1.01

1.13

Calendar year 1959: Max 8,100 Min 86 Mean 1,289 Cfsm 0.888 "In. 12.06

Water year 1959-60: Max 8,200 Min 34 Mean 1,820 Cfsm 1.25 In. 17.06

* Discharge messureraent made on this day.

a No gage-height record; dischsrge estimsted on basis of records for station near Stony Cr
36 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

495. Blackwater River near Franklin, Va.

Location. Lat 36°45'45", long 76°53'55", on right bank 0.4 mile south of town of Burdette, 

0.5 mile upstream from Black Creek, 3.3 miles downstream from Corrowaugl- Swamp, and 

6 miles north of Franklin, Southampton County.

Drainage area. 613 sq mi.

Records available. August 1944 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 16 years, 627 cfs (adjusted for diversion).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,420 ofs Sept. 14 (gage height, 17.14 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum daily, 10 cfs June 29; minimum gage height, 0.98 ft June 29.

1944-60: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 14, 1960; minimum, 0.4 cf& Sept. 10, 11, 

1944 (gage height, 0.36 ft).

flood in August 1940 reached a stage of about 22 ft (discharge, 21,000 cfs, from 

rating curve extended above 5,300 cfs by logarithmic plotting).

Remarks. Records fair except those below 200 cfs, which are poor, 

tion by city of Norfolk for municipal supply some years.

Diversion above staRating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Backwater from tide June 14-26)

1.0 

1.3 

1.6 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

35

126

6.0

Y.O

8.0

11.0

15.0

17.1

550

820

1,260

3,450

6,900

9,420

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe- 1960

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22 

23

24

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

54

76

158

168

126

77

49

36

46

54

180

238

208

287 

422

500

525

512

440

350

268

203 

178

1,220

2,180

2,180

2,180

*1,900

1,500

1,160

900

18,375

593

+3.2

Nov.

745

638

525

450

406

382

390

525

675

790

835

850

550

805 

730

650

600

575

562

550

538

538

512

512

550

588

600

650

715

775

18,511

617

0

Dec.

805

835

865

880

880

850

820

790

*730

675

638

588

600

600 

588

575

562

575

730

960

1,140

1,160 

1,160

1,080

1,010

900

820

775

760

760

745

24,856

802

0

Jan.

715

688

675

715

715

730

835

1,060

1,260

1,550

1,350

1,260

1,180

1,080 

985

920

865

820

790

*775

745

715 

662

625

600

588

575

575

588

600

625

25,666

828

0

Feb.

775

900

940

940

900

960

1,080

1,110

1,180

1,260

1,440

1,620

1,620

1,830 

2,180

2,250

2,180

2,180

2,410

2,730

2,970

5,150 

3,130

2,970

2,810

2,650

2,490

2,330

2,180

55,145

1,902

0

Mar.

1,970

*1,760

1,690

1,760

1,900

2,040

2,040

1,970

1,830

1,620

1,500

1,380

1,290

1,260 

1,210

1,140

1,180

1,290

1,440

1,560

1,620

1,690 

1,690

1,620

1,620

1,500

1,410

1,290

1,140

1,010

985

47,405

1,529

0

Apr.

985

1,010

1,110

1,350

1,560

1,760

1,900

1,970

2,040

1,970

1,830

1,620

*1,500

1,320

1,160

985

850

760

688

625

575

525 

488

440

414

382

343

336

345

366

31,205

1,040

0

May

430

512

550

550

512

450

374

336

450

588

700

850

880

805 

688

575

462

574

308

250

203

168

146

126

119

126

150

320

538

638

625

13,763

444

0

June

600

*562

512

422

329

250

262

308

226

134

91

70

55

45 

40

35

30

25

25

20

15

13 

12

12

15

13

12

11

10 156"

4,310

144

0

July

406

462

430

406

390

550

556

329

315

280

250

226

*214

193 

183

173

154

122

91

76

77

a76 

a55

a39

a30

a25

a20

a!7

20

a400

al,200

7,345

237

0

Aug.

a2,000

a2,800

a2 , 800

a2 , 700

a2,100

al,600

al,300

al,000

a860

*a720

662

715

1,080

1,500 

2,490

2,970

2,970

2,490

1,900

1,380

960

730 

625

588

575

512

414

322

256

193

154

41,566

1,534

0

Sept.

126

112

119

146

163

158

142

119

122

134

519

4,780

g8,820

*g9.420 

g9,060

g7,020

g6,100

g5,370

g4,650

g3,850

*g3,150

2,490 

1,970

1,500

1,180

920

775

662

575

562

74,694

2,490

0

Adjusted for diversion by city of Norfolk

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

596 

0.972

1.12

617 

1.01

1.12

Calendar year 1959: 

Water year 1959-60:

802

1.31 

1.51

828 

1.35 

1.56

1,902 

3.10 

3.35

1,529 

2.49 

2.88

1,040 

1.70 

1.89

444 

0.724 

0.83

Observed

Max 2,970 Min 4 Mean 591 

Max 9,420 Min 10 Mean 991

144 

0.235 

0.26

237 

0.387 

0.45

1,334 

2.18 

2.51

2,490 

4.06 

4.53

Adjusted

Mean 599 Cfsm 0.977 In. 13.25 

Mean 991 Cfsm 1.62 In. 22.01

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Diversion, in cubic feet per second, by city of Norfolk.

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

station at Zuni (State Division of Water Resources).

g Computed from once-daily outside staff-gage readings.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 37

515. Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, Va.

Location. Lat 36°43'00", long 77°49'55", on right bank 50 ft upstream from Gholson 

Bridge, 0.6 mile upstream from Alien Creek, and 3 miles southeast of Lawrwiceville, 

Brunswick County.

Drainage area. 553 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 136.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 17, 1931, chain gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 32 years, 502 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,030 cfs Nov. 26 (gage height, 21.90 ft); minimum, 64 cfs July 25 (gage height, 1.86 ft).

1928-60; Maximum discharge, 38,000 cfs Aug. 17, 1940 (gage height, 42.0 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs on basis of velocity-area 

studies and records for Nottoway River near Stony Creek; minimum, 4.2 cfs Oct. 7, 8, 

1954 (gage height, 0.92 ft).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1932(M), 1935.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Rate of change in stage used as a factor for most days above 65O ofs)

Oct. 1-2, June 6 to Sept. 3O 

1.8 57

2.1 91

2.5 143

3.0 225

4.0 432

8.0

12.0

17.0

22.0

1,490

3,000

5,250

8,100

Oct. 3 to June 5

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

132

212

4.0 

8.0

416

1,490

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 8.0 ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

a6,000

a4OO

a!30

alOO

a90

a90

a90

alOO

a!50

a!50

a200

also

a!50

al,000

al,300

a300

a!70

a!40

allO

alOO

alOO

allO

a!50

a50O

aSOO

a350

a250

*a200

161

149

145

13,535

437

0.790

0.91

Nov.

154

152

138

132

131

131

3,030

4,270

936

522

383

329

288

258

249

234

230

247

236

212

212

249

234

1,210

5,610

7,470

2,360

710

598

486

31,401

1,047

1.89

2.11

Dec.

405

372

340

329

308

298

308

*318

298

268

258

298

889

792

450

361

329

329

1,560

5,950

1,380

866

660

535

474

439

428

428

824

1,070

585

20,129

649

1.17

1.35

Jan.

462

405

552

2,060

380

762

1,300

2.560

1,250

840

660

572

510

486

450

439

405

372

*405

383

350

518

288

278

288

298

308

340

361

350

523

19,255

621

1.12

1.29

Feb.

1,630

1,010

622

486

481

3,340

3,020

992

710

622

2,400

2,930

1,060

1,000

947

866

866

2,140

5,360

7,150

3,620

1,180

1,080

920

1,190

3,350

1,690

1,020

840

52 , 522

1,811

3.27

3.53

Mar.

736

*635

660

736

710

610

572

572

548

560

560

548

560

585

685

974

2,390

5,600

3,400

2,820

1,760

1,270

1,030

893

788

710

635

598

572

740

2,440

33,897

1,093

1.98

2.28

Apr.

1,300

840

1,300

2,800

3,420

5,610

4,300

1,160

920

788

685

*660

610

572

548

522

498

498

535

535

462

510

572

560

462

416

383

53T

866

585

33,452

1,115

2.02

2.25

May

450

462

416

372

350

340

318

655

5.790

2,480

788

660

1,020

762

560

462

405

361

318

298

278

268

249

238

250

243

317

1,080

1,240

585

405

2O.4OO

658

1.19

1.37

June

308

*258

243

258

585

312

243

214

2OO

190

182

176

173

163

157

151

142

137

133

137

135

128

126

122

136

178

139

125

116

122

5,487

183

0.331

0.37

July

168

132

122

119

111

108

104

101

96

96

128

*147

175

140

117

110

97

92

89

81

77

70

68

67

75

74

79

180

145

576

300

4,038

130

0.235

0.27

Aug.

406

780

220

136

130

121

129

135

*122

635

724

769

644

420

243

167

139

122

112

1O6

101

TI2

481

359

170

129

121

119

112

110

129

8,203

265

0.479

0.55

Sept.

274

441

187

180

139

110

161

150

108

98_

124

1,830

2.100

443

243

182

157

144

195

375

*302

188

150

135

126

121

116

115

132

287

9,313

31O

0.561

0.63

Calendar year 1959 : Max 7,470 Mln 49 Mean 477 Cfsm 0.863 In. 11.68

Water year 1959-60: Max 7,470 Mln 67 Mean 688 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.91

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 cfs).--Oct. 1 (time unknown) 7,340 cfs (2O.30 ft); Nov. 8 (9 to 10 a.m.) 

5,050 cfs (16.64 ft); Nov. 26 (11:30 a.m.) 8,030 cfs (21.90 ft); Feb. 20 (4 to 5 p.m.) 7,540 cfs 

(21.15 ft); Apr. 7 (3 a.m.) 6,250 cfa (19.O4 ft); May 10 (1 a.m.) 4,570 cfs (15.58 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

North Meherrln River near Lunenburg (State Division of Water Resources).
38 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

532. Potecasi Creek near Union, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°22', long 77°02', on downstream side of county highway bridge, 2| miles 

north of Union, Hertford County, 3 miles downstream from Cutawhiskie Swamp, and 

3-J- miles upstream from Bells Branch.

Drainage area. 191 sq mi.

Records available. March 1958 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is about mean sea level (by larometer). 

n?ior to Dec. 1, 1958, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,000 cfs Sept. 14 (gage height, 18.80 ft); minimum, 1.0 cfs June 29-30 (gage height, 1.26 ft).

1958-60: Maximum discharge, 4,050 cfs May 10, 1958 (gage height, 19.12 ft); minimum, 0.2 cfs July 1, 1959.

Flood in 1929 reached a stage of 19.1 ft (discharge, 4,050 cfs), and flood In 

August 1940 reached a stage of 24.1 ft (discharge, 7,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs), from information furnished by North Carolina Stfte Highway 

Commission.

Remarks. Records good except those below 25 cfs, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in

cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 12-15, 29)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 15

1.28

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

1.2 

4.7

13

4.0 

6.0

14.0

19.0

ubie feet pe

111

309

800

2,170

4,250

3.3 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

Sept. 16-3O

45 10.0

78 13.0

141 18.0

332

772

1,410

3,140

cond, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

L2

L3

14

L5

16

L7

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4.4

4.7

5.2

5.1

4.9

4.4

4.6

8.2

25

95

1,040

2,140

2,740

2,740

2,55O

2,200

1,880

1,550

1,230

890

625

430

360

1,580

2,140

2,070

2,140

2,010

1,670

915

34, 351 . 5

1,108

5.80

6.69

Nov.

640

*430

309

234

183

142

134

183

256

297

385

415

400

358

321

279

234

198

169

151

138

134

130

130

160

188

188

183

198

7,370

246

1.29

1.44

Dec.

193

178

164

156

146

138

160

174

164

142

130

130

174

208

193

*169

160

191

532

940

1,080

1 , 150

1,130

965

760

590

445

358

297

11,697

377

1.97

2.28

Jan.

198

174

178

240

285

301

455

740

890

9.40

915

820

660

525

415

333

285

246

218

203

183

164

151

138

130

122

114

114

118

290

10,667

344

1.80

2.08

Feb.

1,160

* ,610

,880

,910

,700

,500

,340

* ,110

890

740

700

800

845

,240

,580

,670

,610

,440

,340

,260

1,130

1,040

965

800

640

575

525

475

445

32,920

1,135

5.94

6.41

Mar.

415

371

385

5iO

610

610

625

610

560

475

445

415

400

385

371

358

460

*575

610

680

760

720

640

560

460

358

297

251

213

14,560

470

2.46

2.84

Apr.

224

208

2E9

285

385

575

625

640

625

540

430

321

251

198

160

134

111

97

90

81

72

*67

67

61

54

46

54

90

56

6,819

227

1.19

1.33

May

36

*31

26

23

20

18

15

33

169

100

59

66

84

69

48

35

25

20

14

11

8.6

6.9

5.4

4.3

3.6

3.0

23

50

52

1,130.8

36.5

0.191

0.22

June

45

51

49

48

58.

52

26

17

11

7.6

5.6

4.1

3.3

*2.9

2.7

2.1

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.6

2.3

3.0

2.1

1.6

*1.8

2.5

1.9

1.5

1.2

425.6

14.2

0.074

0.08

July Aug .

32 2,700

61 2,370

40 1,870

14 1,340

12 830

21 470

19 309

15 246

15 178

9.3 142

8.8 156

15 169

14 160

9.8 138

16 2O4

38 306

30 *460

39 525

36 445

23 315

14 202

9.3 126

5.6 146

3.9 256

4.0 291

2.7 262

40 262

502 229

665 174

5,974.4 15,483

193 499

1.01 2.61

1.16 3.01

Sept.

56

40

51

44

29

22

17

43

142

79

60

1,700

*3,570

3,810

3,620

*2,980

2,380

1,790

1,290

*880

*604

368

217

127

89

68

55

49

45

24,276

809

4.24

4.73

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,740 Min 0.3 Mean 319 Cfsm 1.67 In. 22.70

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,810 Min 1.2 Mean 453 Cfsm 2.37 In. 32.27

Discharge measur this day.
CHOWAM RIVER BASIN 39

535. Ahoskie Creek at Ahoskie, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°16'50", long 77°00'00", on right bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 350, half a mile upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, and 

three-quarters of a mile southwest of Ahoskie, Hertford County.

Drainage area.--64.3 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1950 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 22 ft (by barometer). Prior to May 24, 

1951, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 10 years, 69.0 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,560 cfs Sept. 14 (gage height, 10.11 ft); min- 

 imum, 0.2 cfs July 27.

1950-60: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 14, 1960; no flow at times during most 

years.

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 11.1 ft, from floodmark witnessed by local 

resident (discharge not determined).

Remarks. Records good except those below 30 cfs and those for periods of no gage-height 

record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height,.In feet, and discharge, In

cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 3 to Dec. 19)

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.4 

4.6

Oct. 1 to Sept. 12

0.2

1.5

2.0

4.5

8

15

5.0 

5.2 

5.4 

5.8 

6.4 

7.0 

8.5

42

67

148

335

600

1,600

5.0 

5.3 

5.6 

6.0 

6.5

Sept. 13-30

7.0 

7.5 

8.0 

9.0 

10.0

67

128

240

£50 

1,480 

2,440

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19"0

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

29

2 3

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2

1.5

1.5

1.5

I

1

1

1

3.2

15

95

150

482

608

570

536

500

403

284

203

150

12E

116

827

1,080

1,110

844

548

359

245

184

9,447.7

305

4.74

5.46

Nov.

143

114

*87

67

53

43

44

52

49

57

72

76

74

74

72

61

56

49

42

35

31

29

 LI

27

32

33

35

42

46

49

1,671

55.7

0.866

0.97

Dec.

49

49

49

46

42

43

51

46

45

44

43

45

54

56

59

*61

61

107

246

383

478

456

351

257

203

166

139

121

112

98

91

4,051

131

2.04

2.34

Jan.

81

74

98

110

127

166

233

307

367

571

303

233

186

153

130

112

98

89

81

74

67

60

56

51

48

45

43

41

39

38

170

4,051

131

2.04

2.34

Feb.

411

*746

830

590

403

383

355

355

327

254

245

230

250

383

487

528

438

319

270

260

254

224

184

143

121

117

108

102

100

__

9,417

325

5.05

5.45

Mar.

98

87

108

121

153

184

189

181

153

136

119

llu

104

102

100

100

117

*125

143

178

178

166

148

130

112

94

80

67

59

52

50

3,744

121

1.88

2.16

Apr.

46

44

44

45

72

98

132

146

141

114

89

69

54

45

38

32

27

24

20

16

*13

12

10

8.5

d7.5

d6

dll

d22

d!7

dlE

1,418.0

47.3

0.736

0.82

May

d!6

*d!4

12

10

8

6

4.5

20

57

72

80

64

53

42

31

23

16

11

7

4.5

3

2

1.5

1

.7

.6

2

4.5

3

2

1.5

572.8

18.5

0.288

0.33

June

1

.7

.7

4

11

8.5

14

22

18

10

6

3.5

2

*1.5

1

.3

.8

.6

.6

.6

1

.7

.7

.7

1

.6

.7

.7

.8

1.5

115.8

3.86

0.060

0.07

July

3

3.5

l.E

.8

.7

.7

.6

2

2

i.e

5

4

3

5

13

8

8

8.5

7.f

5.5

3.5

2

1.5

.8

.6

.3

*3.5

18

54

*566

*L,460

2,194.2

70.8

1.10

1.27

Aug.

1,590

770

399

218

155

119

119

72

53

39

a24

a30

a 32

a21

a25

a30

*a40

28

24

25

28

30

42

45

41

36

38

48

46

37

31

4,033

130

2.02

2.53

Sept.

24

23

15

10

6.5

11

4

alO

a35

a20

a30

al,000

BZjOOO

*2.220

*I, 400

*795

421

245

160

*115

87

68

55

44

36

29

25

22

20

18

8,948.5

298

4.63

5.18

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,110 MIn 0.4 Mean 103 Cfsm 1.60 In. 21.65

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,220 Min 0.3 Mean 136 Cfsm 2.12 In. 28.72

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage, 

and records for Potecasl Creek near Union.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for 

Potecasi Creek near Union.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

550. Roanoke River at Roanoke, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°15'30", long 79°56'20", on left bank 50 ft downstream from Walnut Street 

Bridge In Roanoke, Roanoke County, 3.2 miles upstream from Tinker Creek, and at mile 

360.6.

Drainage area.--388 sq mi.

Records available. February 1899 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

 periods, published in WSP 1303. Records for July 1896 to January 1899 published in

WSP 11, 15, and 27, and 20th Annual Report, Part 4, have been found to te unreliable,

due to doubtful gage-height record, and should not be used.

Gage --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 906.84 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to June 7, 1937, wire or chain gage on downstream side of 

highway bridge 50 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 61 years, 383 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 14,900 cfs at 12.01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage height, 

13.a7 ft, stage falling; peak occurred Sept. 30, 1959); .maximum peak discharge during 

year, 5,180 cfs Feb. 11 (gage height, 6.92 ft); minimum, 66 cfs Aug. 30 (gage height, 

0.64 ft).

1899-1960: Maximum discharge, 26,400 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.25 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 15,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on tasis of slopearea measurement and records for other stations in Roanoke River basin; practically 

no flow Dec. 23, 1909, when flow was retarded by freezing (gage height, 0.0 ft); minimum daily, 27 cfs Feb. 20, 1934.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplants above 

station prior to 1949.

Revisions (water years). WSP 972; 1928,1930,1933. WSP 1433: 1899-190" , 1914-17(M), 

1918-24, 19S5-34(M), 1935, 1936-40(M). See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except period of lee effect (gage 

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

1.1 

1.5

155

285

2.0 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

560

1,260

3,070

5,300

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Z9 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*4.990

1,300

800

586

441

345

290

273

471

495

514

396

312

718

1,220

781

599

465

370

312

277

261

261

820

716

540

418

350

298

261

20,141

650

1.68

1.93

Nov.

253

228

*210

201

192

186

180

172

170

165

160

152

148

145

148

152

148

140

135

135

135

140

150

1,180

1.840

890

638

560

495 

413

9,861

329

0.848

0.95

Dec.

365

326

308

277

253

249

281

265

238

224

214

294

742

*566

453

396

345

335

1.500

1,300

925

710

5SO

477

418

386

350

340

396 

375

345

14,233

459

1.18

1.36

Jan.

316

294

586

710

606

554

521

514

502

477

471

453

441

413

386

360

326

312

303

273

245

224

201

207

a230

a220

a230

a240

a230 

a220

a230

11,295

364

0.938

1.08

Feb.

a240

a245

*253

242

811

2,780

1,480

1,030

820

855

5,980

2^150

1,560

1,300

995

890

890

1,300

1,790

1,220

1,060

995

925

890

1,100

1,220

1,100

1,030

1,060

34,211

1,180

3.04

3.28

Mar.

1,060

995

bSOO

b700

b660

b600

b580

b580

580

573

540

540

514

a510

*a500

606

638

1,100

1,060

1,030

925

855

800

925

1,260

1,030

1,300

2,200

3,270

5.870

3,470

34,071

1,099

2.83

3.27

Apr.

2,150

1,560

1,300

2,280

5.270

2,330

1,610

1,220

995

820

736

658

632

606

573

540

508

477

453

418

396

408

580

340

321

316

365

*555

3O8 

290

26,595

886

2.28

2.55

May

316

298

273

261

253

245

242

1.150

1,140

755

612

547

534

471

424

380

340

303

273

257

290

257

234

224

214

261

942

1,140

664 

547

413

14,260

46O

1.19

1.57

June

521

275

298

321

285

*245

220

201

195

186

175

168

168

175

180

170

150

142

135

135

132

132

145

145

155

135

122

114

114 

114

5,451

1S2

0.469

0.52

July

122

152

126

114

*108

lO't

98

94

92

96

102

96

92

87

84

82

82

85

94

96

92

82

za 118

106

120

10A

92

85 

80

3,064

98.8

0.255

0.29

Aug.

85

96

88

80

79

87

94

114

94

85

87

90

118

132

*130

118

94

87

80

80

104

114

118

98

82

77

75

71

70

154

2,947

95.1

0.245

0.28

Sept.

245

204

150

114

98

92

*84

79

79

76.

104

124

126

94

84

82

77

248

428

192

148

114

104

98

94

88

84

84

82 

84

3,760

125

0.322

0.56

Calendar year 1959: Max 6,390 Min 56 Mean 317 Cfsm 0.817 In. 11.09

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,990 Mln 68 Mean 492 Cfsm 1.27 In. 17.24

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 cfs}.--Feb. 11 (10 a.m.) 5,180 cfs (6.92 ft); Mar. 30 (10 to 11 p.m.) 

4,220 cfs (6.07 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for nearby stations.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 41

551. Tinker Creek near Daleville, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°25 1 03", long 79°56'08", on left bank 300 ft downstream from footbridge, 

1,100 ft downstream from Norfolk and Western Railway bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream from unnamed tributary, half a mile south of Glebe mills, and 1.3 miles northwest of Daleville, Botetourt County.

Drainage area. 11.5 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1956 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 1,220 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 515 cfs Sept. 1 (gage height, 5.52 ft); minimum, 

2.0 cfs Aug. 3 (gage height, 1.26 ft).

1956-60: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 1, 1960; minimum, 0.9 cfs July 7, 1959 

(gage height, 1.14 ft).

Flood in 1940 reached a stage of 9.0 ft, from information by local resident.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 5 cfs, which are fair. Some pumpage for irrigat ion occurred during low flow.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, and dlsohar 

In cubic feet per second)

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6 

2.0

3.0 

5.0 

7.4

Oct. 24 to Sept. 3O

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.3

2.5

4.5

7.0

11

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

32

72

122

260

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*24

11

8.4

6.3

5.4

4.8

5.2

5.8

8.4

6.3

5.6

5.2

5.0

18

14

9.8

8.1

7.2

6.6

6.3

5.8

6.6

8.8

33

15

11

9.5

8.1

7.7

7.0

8.4

292.3

9.43

0.820

0.95

Nov.

7.7

7.0

6.8

*6.8

7.0

7.0

6.5

6.5

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.2

6.5

6.0

6.0

5.5

BT5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.8

38

18

12

10

11

9.5

8.4

250.4

8.35

0.726

0.81

Dec.

7.7

7.7

7.4

7.0

6.5

7.7

7.7

6.8

6.5

6.2

6.2

15

12

11

*9.9

9.2

8.8

12

36

18

16

12

11

11

10

9.9

9.5

11

11

9 5

9 ' 2

329.4

10.6

0.922

1.07

Jan.

8.4

8.4

25

16

13

14

14

13

12

12

12

11

12

11

11

9.9

9.

9 .£

9.

8.

8.

7.

7.

7.

7j_

7.

8.

9.

8.

7.

7.

328.0

10.6

0.922

1.06

Feb.

7.4

7.0

6.5

*6.5

55

41

24

18

15

60

95

38

32

28

24

22

26

36

41

29

25

25

24

24

30

31

28

28

33

859.4

29.6

2.57

2.78

Mar.

30

27

28

24

23

21

20

20

19

18

17

18

18

18

*20

21

21

27

28

28

27

28

30

44

38

36

41

57

68

124

69

1,008

32.5

2.83

3.26

Apr.

48

39

52

97

95

57

45

38

33

29

27

24

22

21

20

19

18

18

16

16

16

16

15

14

*I3

19

18

15

14

14

888

29.6

2.57

2.87

May

14

12

12

12

12

12

12

52

25

18

16

16

16

14

12

12

11

11

9.9

8.8

8.4

8.4

8.1

7 ,7

§75

9.2

33

20

15

13

11

451.0

14.5

1.26

1.46

June

10

10

9.9

10

9.5

8.8

*8.1

7.7

7.4

7.0

6.5

6.8

6.5

7.4

6.2

5.5

5.0

4.8

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.9

lil

3.9

3.7

187.1

6.24

0.543

0.61

July

4.3

3.9

3.7

3.9

*3.5

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.3

3.5

3.3

3.1

2.9

lil

2.7

2.7

3.7

3.3

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.9

3.5

3.7

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.3

2.9

3.1

103;1

3.33

0.290

0.33

Aug.

2.9

2.7

2.4

2.5

3.3

4,3

4.3

4.1

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.9

2.7

*2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.9

3.3

2.9

2.9

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.9

2.9

33

121.5

3.92

0.341

0.39

Sept.

49.

14

5.8

4.3

3.9

&. 3

*3.7

3.5

8.1

4.8

4.5

4.1

3.7

3.3

HJJL!

3.1

3.1

12

9.5

5.8

4.5

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.7

192.2

6.41

0.557

0.62

Calendar year 1959: Max 110 Mln 1.6 Mean 7.81 Cfsm 0.679 In. 9.23

Water year 1959-60: Max 124 Mln 2.4 Mean 13.7 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.21

Peak discharge (base, 200 cfs).--Feb. 5 (6 p.m.) 29O cfs (4.21 ft): Feb. 11 (1 a.m.) 290 cfs 

(4.18 ft); Apr. 4 (7 p.m.) 384 cfs (4.78 ft)j Aug. 31 (4:30 p.m.) 282 cfs (4.16 ft); Sept. 1 

(6:30 p.m.) 515 cfs (5.52 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Location.--Lat 37°15'18", long 79°52'18'', on right lank 200 ft downstream from powerplant 

of Appalachian Electric Power Co. at Niagara, Roanoke County, 2 miles downstream from 

Tinker Creek, 2.1 miles southeast of Vinton, and at mile 355.3.

Drainage area.--511 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1936 to September 1950.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 820.15 ft above mean sea level (levels Dy 

Corps of Engineers ).

Average discharge.--34 years, 522 cfs .

Extremes.--Maximam discharge during year, 21,500 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 15.10 ft); minimum, 8.6 cfs several days in August (gage height, 0.32 ft); minimum daily, 106 cfs 

Aug. 29.

1926-60: Maximum discharge, 35,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 17.5 ft, from 

flcodmark), from rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of velocity-area study by Geological Survey, unit hydrograph and flood-routing 

studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for other stations in the Roanoke River basin; 

minimum, 1.0 cfs Oct. 16, 20, 1956; minimum daily, 8 cfs Oct. 9, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 200 cfs, which are fair. Flow regulated at dam 

and powerplant 200 ft above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1928(M), 1930(M), 1933(M), 1935-36(M), 1£35(M). 

 WSP 972: 1927(M), 1929(M), 1934(M), 1937(M). WSP 1303: 1928, 1930, 1933-38, 1940.

toting table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.4

2.0 

5.0

103

221

526

1,450

7.0

9.0

11.0

2,850

5,000

8,000

0 -t .

^g,75O

1,340

865

594

548

487

404

422

BIB

542

597

314

41S

828

1,370

955

767

542

466

452

*402

416

424

1,450

955

728

830

488

3?8

472

445

26,1ft

644

1.65

1.90

Nov.

318

362

310

340

316

313

300

240

£84

280

Dec.

464

470

494

432

404

406

438

400

331

369

23o| 338

308

265

253

216

314

195

306

208

212

259

226

213

1,180

2,010

1 , 040

793

655

618

550

13,114

437

0.855

0.95

532

842

*735

635

506

485

526

1,540

1,500

1,070

865

750

573

598

538

466

501

504

491

S00

18,730

604

1.18

1.36

Jan.

435

418

705

895

798

720

659

623

679

580

625

616

615

529

590

466

434

465

462

392

336

388

318

300

394

309

306

393

398

292

336

15,476

499

0.977

1.13

Feb.

390

318

*334

388

1,050

3,360

1,620

1 , 110

932

978

5.42O

2,370

1,680

1,370

1,110

978

1,000

1,680

2, 370

1 , 500

1,230

1,140

1,070

1,030

1,340

1,450

1,260

1,180

1,230

40,948

1,412

2.76

2.98

Mar. *

1,260

1,110

1,110

i , ooo

888

798

775

706

640

650

62C

698

605

£96

*733

863

955

1,500

1,420

1,400

1,280

1.180

1,110

1,230

1,560

1,370

1,560

2,450

3,800

4. 680

4,280

43,034

1,388

Z.72

3.13

Apr.

2,610

1,870

1,680

2,850

4.400

2,940

2,080

1,560

1,310

1,140

1 , o2t 1

932

865

820

798

652

724

642

623

537

531

588

597

480

540

486

604

*445

532

426

35,342

1,178

2.31

2.57

May

490

510

372

408

442

398

380

1,410

1,500

1,020

842

767

673

676

566

585

474

525

429

427

406

414

440

356

374

380

1,230

'1,500

888

712

586

20,180

651

1.Z7

1.47

r^nT^

486

425

494

459

462

*419

300

409

276

380

271

326

326

353

338

279

284

308

256

256

265

259

262

£72

235

241

224

248

262

231

9,606

320

0.626

0.7O

July

265

266

220

186

*202

212

204

200

162

158

214

226

216

148

189

194

206

122 256"

132

166

141

194

212

239

229

214

2£0

203

127

192

6,165

199

0.389

0.45

Aug.

188

220

202

114

206

132

202

200

211

216

108

180

230

272

*228

151

199

137

181

203

292

294

220

202

130

194

108

200

106

153

 552

6,037

195

0.382

0.44

Sept.

413

366

249

200

148

170

*202

131

212

114

242

272

254

144

202

162

143

444

811

316

186

239

188

198

194

196

110

194

196

158

7,054

235

0.460

0.51

ar year 1959: Max 9,1150 Win 79 Mean 452 Cfsm 0.885 In. 11.99

year 1353-60: Max 6,750 Mln 106 Mean 661 Cfsm 1.E9 In. 17.59

eak discharge (base, 7,000 cfs).--Oct. 1 (1 a.m.) 21,500 cfs (15.10 ft); Feb. 11 (10:30 a.m. 

cfs (10.60 ft).

* Elarharge measurement made on this day.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

570. Blaekwater River near Union Hall, Va.

Location. Lat 37°02'35", long 79°41'07", on left bank 100 ft upstream from highway bridge 

at Kemps Ford, 3 miles upstream from Gills Creek, and 3 miles north of Union Hall, 

Franklin County.

Drainage area. --"08 sq ml.

Records available. --October 1924 1-* 

periods, published In uloF 130?.

September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some

Gage . Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 693.13 ft above mean sea level. Prior to 

Nov. 22, 1939, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 36 years, 226 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,210 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 10.78 ft); minimum daily, 75 cfs Sept. 5, 6, 9, 10.

1924-60: Maximum discharge, 19,700 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 19.52 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,500 cfs by logarithmic plotting on basis of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for other stations 

in Roanoke River basin; minimum, 13 cfs Sept. 20, 1932 (gage height, 1.42 ft).

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

which are fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1930(M) , 1933(M) , 1938-39(M) . WSP 1303: 1926-29(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

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

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 18 to May 28)

1.8 

2.0 

2.5

153

360

3.5 

5.5 

7.0

910

2,060

3,150

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

IE

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,870

596

376

288

231

200

184

179

241

470

470

318

245

284

393

298

259

231

205

188

179

175

184

594

404

293

250

222

200

192

196

11,415

368

1.77

2.04

Nov.

200

175

*163

160

160

156

148

144

141

141

141

137

137

133

133

133

133

126

122

T22

122

126

126

365

490

264

218

318

303

222

5,459

182

0.875

0.98

Dec.

200

192

188

179

167

171

188

171

156

152

152

188

288

218

*192

179

179

205

828

432

308

269

231

213

209

205

192

188

205

188

175

7,008

226

1.09

1.25

Jan.

167

163

269

288

231

227

264

324

26T

236

227

213

205

200

196

192

179

179

179

163

156

b!30

bllS

b!35

b!40

*b!70

b!60

171

160

156

160

6,019

194

0.933

1.08

Feb.

160

152

144

141 435-

1,200

470

334

284

308

1,580

745

547

498

404

355

344

841

1,060

558

454

432

415

404

530

679

520

448

442

14,884

513

2.47

2.66

Mar.

404

376

329

b350

b320

b300

b280

b270

b260

b250

259

259

259

259

*298

360

371

596

552

547

503

437

426

420

503

415

426

514

684

1,020

1,210

13,457

434

2.09

2.41

Apr.

772

608

618

828

1,520

800

635

520

454

404

371

344

329

318

303

298

288

288

*279

264

259

279

264

254

245

245

254

234

254

241

12,800

427

2.05

2.29

May

264

250

231

227

218

218

218

632

459

98

69

64

74

54

36

22

13

05

192

188

188

184

175

*167

163

152

25T

1.150

520

426

344

9,055

291

1.40

1.62

June

298

27T

284

264

250

227

218

209

205

192

188

184

175

175

179

175

163

156

152

148

152

156

171

167

167

152

157

130

130

126

5,604

187

0.899

1.00

July

153

171

155

116

105

102

95

92

89

92

102

*103

93

92

86

79

82

82

838"

83

76

73

89

102

152

188

144

108

98

98

5,249

105

0.505

0.58

Aug.

112

119

92

79

127

156

256

141

108

89

86

105

192

213

192

*a!20

alOO

a90

a85

a80

a!20

a30C

a500

a200

alZO

allO

alOO

a90

a80

a60

alSO

4,392

142

0.683

0.79

Sept .

a!50

alOO

a90

a80

a7!5

a75

aBO

a80

a75

a75

a!6U

a!60

a!3<J

alOO

a90

a 85

a6<"'

a700

a600

alEO

a!20

alOO

a 100

alOO

E95

a95 *a30

a90

ai50

a!70

4. £55

112

0.683

0.76

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,040 

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,870

190

267

Cfsm 0.913 In. 12.41 

Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.46

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 cfs).--Oct. 1 (2 a.m.) 6,210 cfs (10.78 f t) j Feb. 11 (10 a.m.) 2,2CC ^i's 

(5.81 ft); May 28 (5:30 a.m.) 2,320 cfs (5.92 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis 

pigg River near Toshes.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

scords for Otter River near Evington and
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

575. Roanoke (Staunton) River near- Toshes, Va.

Location. Lat 37°02'03", long 79°31'18", on right bank if- miles downstream from Witeher-s 

Creek, 3 miles upstream from Pigg River, 5 miles northwest of Toshes, Pittsylvania 

County, and at mile 313.1.

Drainage area. 1,020 sq mi.

Records available. September 1925 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 588.99 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 14, 1929, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 35 years, 1,009 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 25.500 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 18.58 ft); minimum, 184 cfs Aug. 3 (gage height, 1.18 ft).

1925-60: Maximum discharge, 70,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 27.36 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 31,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records 

for other stations in Roanoke River basin; minimum, 55 cfs Sept. 14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Diurnal 

fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplant at Niagara.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1032: 1933(M), 1938-39(M), 1940, 1944(M). WSP 1303: 

1927-30(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except period of Ice effect (gage 

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

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 20-30)

1.3 

2.0 

4.0

252

685

2,570

7.0

12.0

15.0

5,850

13,000

18,200

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

17,400

3,520

1,970

1,380

1,010

841

730

709

757

1,540

1,520

1,220

890

988

2,070

1,870

1,380

1,050

903

790

710

666

72T

3,120

2,420

1,580

1,180

977

844

720

794

56,270

1,815

1.78

2.05

Nov.

754

661

*642

614

604

586

566

558

524

526

522

508

506

500

496

485

515

480

483

454

470

466

479

1,250

5,620

2,140

1,400

1,420

1,380

1,010

24,619

821

0.805

0.90

Dec.

906

872

816

783

725

700

789

776

698

698

740" 653

1,380

1,390

*1,080

961

891

883

3,050

5.500

2,100

1,660

1,370

1,120

1,0^0

966

908

850

949

950

873

34,867

1,125

1.10

1.27

Jan.

818

768

1,180

1,650

1,410

1,260

1,330

1,460

1,320

1,180

1,100

1,080

1,010

1,000

968

914

848

831

821

774

703

672

620

638

635

*640

687

726

712

680

688

29,123

939

0.921

1.06

Feb.

694

632

657

636

1,400

6,420

3,620

2,320

1,820

1,570

8,160

*5,360

3,300

2,780

2,270

1,970

1,870

3,570

5,970

3,410

2,570

2,370

2,220

2,120

2,470

3,410

2,800

2,410

2,370

81,169

2,799

2.74

2.96

Mar.

2,380

2,220

2,060

bl,700

bl,500

bl,400

bl,300

bl,300

1,300

1,340

1,280

1,290

1,270

1 240

*TJ~470

1,710

1,920

2,900

3,100

3,100

2,880

2,520

2,420

2,370

2,880

2,680

2,680

3,520

5,140

6,690

7 L700

77,260

2,492

2.44

2.82

Apr.

5,030

3,620

3,100

4,700

7,790

5,610

3,940

3,100

2,570

2,270

2,020

1,820

1,720

1,570

1,520

1,400

1,360

1,280

*1,260

1,160

1,130

1,160

1, 100

1,050

990

986

1,000

1,070

974

912

67,212

2,240

2.20

2.45

May

966

985

876

854

826

767

810

2,070

3,130

1,970

1,530

1,370

1,270

1,210

1,070

1,000

935

907

780

808

760

840

732

*692

690

668

1.T20"

5,800

2,120

1,620

1,210

38,386

1,238

1.21

1.40

June

988

906

894

934

898

801

728

670

685

654

608

599

592

580

693

624

545

555

504

487

478

527

522

538

537

523

477

457

454

452

18,910

630

0.618

0.69

July

466

525

498

442

390

386

374

367

352

357

390

*425

404

378

341

335

316

321

332

372

358

328

300

338

399

446

580

460

397

351

320

12,048

389

0.381

0.44

Aug.

390

383

350

298

290

366

544

438

375

314

300

310

514

558

507

*417

338

318

273

281

270

616

524

434

340

297

301

270

281

262

2 go

11,439

369

0.362

0.42

Sept.

669

622

549

391

330

298

318

303

260

Z96

301

472

506

386

303

304

278

1,040

1.400

1,120

612

429

402

352

341

314

*299

278

315

315

13, 803

460

0.451

0.50

Calendar year 1959: Max 17,400 Min 190 Mean 871 Cfsm 0.854 In. 11.58

Water year 1959-60: Max 17,400 Min 260 Mean 1,271 Cfsm 1.25 In. 16.96

Peak discharge (base. 7,500 efs). --Oct. 1 (5:30 a.m.) 25,500 cfs (18.58 ft); Feb. 6 (7:30 a.m.)

7,700 cfs (8.50 ft); Feb. 11 (2 p.m.) 11,100 efs (10.77 ft); Mar. 30 (7 p.m.) 8,700 efs (9.22 ft);

Apr, 5 (2 p.m.) 9,000 cfs (9.42 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

585. Pigg River near Toshes, Va.

Location. Lat 36°59'01", long 79°30'52", on right bank 0.5 mile downstream from Pryingpan 

Creek and 1.7 miles northwest of Toshes, Pittsylvania County.

Drainage area.--394 sq mi.

Records available. August 1930 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 602.55 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 30 years, 399 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,200 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 15.26 ft); minimum daily, 150 cfs July 18, 23.

1930-60: Maximum discharge, 34,300 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 32.5 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 11,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of slope-area measurement at gage height 25.8 ft, and records for other stations 

in Roanoke River basin; minimum, 22 cfs Aug. 31, 1932 (gage height, 2.32 ft).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are poor. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill above station.

Revisions (water yearsJ.--WSP 972: 1931-32(M), 1933, 1934-35(M), 1936, 1937(M), 1938-40.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 23-26, Mar. 4-7; 

shifting-control method used Apr. 7 to May 8, Sept. 19-30)

3.4 

4.0 

6.0 

9.0 

13.0

150

300

1, 150

2,680

5,260

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September i960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

"700 4,640

500

400

350

320

310

300

400

1,500

1,000

500

400

450

1,000

800

500

400

350

300

280

270

270

1,400

1,000

600

400

300

. 280

270

300

20,490

661

1.68

1.93

Nov.

270

260

*250

240

238

239

242

224

224

227

222

229

220

224

219

212

224

218

202

208

218

212

213

363

761

398

296

391

530

350

8,324

277

0.703

0.79

Dec.

314

282

278

268

254

258

310

286

244

255

590' 238

486

382

*310

286

272

285

2,290

1,390

671

502

402

370

338

330

315

306

366

328

13,204

426

1.08

1.25

Jan.

280

277

673

674

458

423

566

812

571

472

414

373

346

334

332

316

296

296

296

295

272

260

240

240

250

*230

296

316

292

277

294

11,451

369

0.937

1.08

Feb.

360

303

278

267

1,050

5.680

1,020

632

510

462

*2,610

1,160

768

722

590

550

570

1,860

3,340

1,200

858

790

768

700

1,090

1,430

970

768

722

30,028

1,035

2.63

2.83

Mar.

655

590

566

580

500

470

450

456

450

457

451

452

450

460

*510

632

655

1,100

1,100

1,080

1,060

880

858

835

902

745

768

880

1,020

1,850

2, 860

24,722

797

2.02

2.33

Apr.

1,240

902

925

2,030

5.510

I,fi30

1,030

812

700

632

590

550

530

510

510

490

478

482

*462

438

434

462

446

422

418

402

398

418

406

382

22,639

755

1.92

2.14

May

422

422

370

360

352

346

342

1,140

1,150

610

510

490

490

454

430

398

376

362

338

330

340

323

310

*294 302"

297

694

1,220

700

510

390

15,072

486

1.23

1.42

June

352

360

500

380

339

318

374

312

294

287

265

273

276

318

279

285

270

261

252

243

235

240

252

261

270

235

228

220

218

22?

8,619

287

0.728

0.81

July

246

321

249

215

213

20'3

203

192

183

190

221

*222

197

183

183

160

160

150

17 ) 170

IT)

160

150

160

200

300

34<5

304

204

194

177

6,419

207

0.525

0.61

Aug.

612

344

194

166

160

200

264

228

179

170

190

342

992

438

264

*220

197

188

185

181

194

432

812

416

232

215

228

213

197

194

347

9,194

297

0.754

0.87

Sept.

490

235

279

255

206

204

197

197

192

192

402

526

264

210

197

194

194

883

76^

363

258

210

206

204

194

190

*190

185

258

288

8,623

287

0.728

0.81

Calendar year 1959 : Max 4,640 Min 100 Mean 369 Cfsm 0.937 In. 12.71

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,640 Min 150 Mean 488 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.87

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 cfs).--Oct. 1 (3 a.m.) 7,200 cfs (15.26 ft): Feb. 6 (4 a.m.) 5,190 cfs 

(12.88 ft); Feb. 19 (3 a.m.) 5,190 cfs (12.87 ft); Apr. 5 (12:30 p.m.) 4,710 cfs (12.17 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Doubtful or no gage-height record Oct. 2 to Nov. 3, June 12 to July 6, July 16 to Aug. 15; 

discharge estimated on basis of recorder graph and records for nearby stations.
46 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

60S. Roanoke (Staunton) River at Altavista, Va.

Location. Lat 37°06'16", long 79°17'44", on right bank 12 ft upstream from highway bridge,

 a quarter of a mile south of Altavista, Campbell County, half a mile downstream from 

Sycamore Creek, 3^ miles upstream from Otter River, and at mile 286.5.

Drainage area.--1,802 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1930 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 503.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of

 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Feb. 22, 1951, at site 50 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--30 years, 1,941 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 35,600 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 26.15 ft); min-

' Imum; 494 cfs Aug. 5 (gage height, 3.23 ft).

1930-60: Maximum discharge, 105,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 40.08 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 52,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records 

for other stations in Roanoke River basin; minimum, 94 cfs Jan. 31, 1934 (gage height, 

1.66 ft) .

Remarks.--Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplait at Niagara, 

69 miles above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1938(M). WSP 972: 1931-33.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to May 28

3.7 

5.0 

9.O

 13.0

840

1,800

5,400

9,600

17.0

21.0

25.0

15,500

23,500

32,500

May E9 to Sept. 3O

3.3 525

4.0 890

6.0 2,540

8.0 4,4OO

Discharge, In :ublc feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

a

10

11

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

25

2:3

2 7

23

23

3J

51

Total

Mean

r f=>m

In^

Oct.

50,800

9,190

3,780

2,700

a2,100

al,800

al.500

al,400

al.500

a3,000

4,500

3,330

al,900

a2,000

3,510

3,600

2,700

a2,200

al,800

al,600

al,400

al,500

al,300

4,090

5,270

3,240

2,520

2,070

1,800

1,580

1,540

111,020

3,581

1.99

2.29

Nov.

1,620

 1,420

1,300

1,200

1,200

1,160

1,120

1,060

1,020

1,020

990

990

990

960

990

a930

a990

930

900

870

870

930

870

1,640

5._440

4,050

2,610

2,430

2,790

2,160

45,450

1,515

0.841

0.94

Dec.

1,800

1,620

1,540

1,500

1,380

1,340

1,460

1,500

1,340

1,260

1,250

1,300

2,430

 2,610

2,160

1,840

1,660

1,620

5,690

6,800

4,050

3,150

2,610

2,250

2,020

1,890

1,840

1,760

1,840

1,890

1,710

67,090

2,164

1.20

1.38

lan.

1,620

1,540

2,260

5,420

2,880

2,520

2,520

3,240

2,880

2,520

2,250

2,160

2,020

1,980

1,940

1,840

1,710

1,620

1,620

1,540

1,420

1 , 300

1,120

1,200

*1,200

1,230

1,380

1,460

1,460

1,380

1 , 340

58,570

1,889

1.05

1.21

Feb.

1,420

1,420

1,300

1,260

1,600

12 , 800

7,210

4,520

5,420

2,970

11,100

11,100

5,800

4,950

4,140

3,600

3,420

5,440

16,500

7,500

5,130

4,590

4,410

4,050

4,520

6,700

5,500

4,590

4,250

154,790

5,538

2.96

3.19

Mar.

4,140

5,960

5,690

5,690

5,550

5,060

2,880

2,790

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,52_0

2,520

*2,520

2,790

3,330

3,600

5,130

5,900

5 , 800

5,500

4,770

4,500

4,320

4,860

4,770

4,410

5,040

6,700

8,830

14,500

137,680

4,441

2.46

2.84

Apr.

9,080

6,300

5,310

8,540

14,700

11,800

7,200

5,700

4,770

4,250

5,870

5,600

5,530

3,150

2,970

2,880

2,790

*2,790

2,610

2,520

2,430

2,430

2,430

2,340

2,200

2,160

2,160

2,250

2,160

2,070

130,570

4,552

2.42

2.69

May

2,070

2,160

1,980

1,890

1,840

1,800

1,760

3,250

6,100

3,870

3,O60

2,700

2,610

2,520

2,250

2,160

1,980

1,940

1,760

1,660

1,660

1,710

*1,540

1,460

1,460

1,420

1,600

6,550

. 4,400

5,080

2,450

76,670

2,473

1.37

1.58

June

2,000

1,750

1,910

1,860

1,750

1,550

1,460

1,580

1,260

1,220

1,150

1,120

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,300

1,120

1,010

950

920

890

950

1,010

1,010

1,080

950

920

830

802

830

56,592

1,213

0.675

0.75

July

830

980

1,010

890

775

748

682

682

640

640

*682

802

775

682

665

615

592

570

640

640

640

592

548

570

615

748

980

1,180

830

720

640

22,605

729

0.405

0.47

Aug.

708

1,180

720

592

548

677

748

980

748

615

570

615

1,580

1,640

 1,010

890

748

665

615

592

570

802

1,780

1,260

860

720

720

665

64O

615

615

25,488

822

0.456

0.55

Sept.

1,100

1,260

1,010

950

720

640

640

640

592

592

748

1,220

1,120

850

640

615

570

1,270

5,220

2,720

1,650

1,150

980

890

830

*802

748

748

830

1,010

30,755

1,024

0.568

0.63

Calendar year 1959 : Max 30,800 Min 346 Mean 1,724 Cfsm 0.957 In. 12.99

Wat-er year 1959-60 : Max 30,800 Min 548 Mean 2,451 Cfsm 1.36 In. 18.50

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 cfs).--Oct. 1 (5 p.m.) 55,600 cfs (26.15 ft); Feb. 11 (10 p.m.) 18,7OO 

cfs (18.68 ft); Feb. 19 (10 a.m.) 20,100 cfs (19.36 ft); Apr. 5 (6:30 p.m.) 19,100 cfs (18.91 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for stations near Toshes and at 

Brookneal.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIM

615. Otter River near Evington, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°12'30", long 79°18'14", on right bank 10 ft upstream from highway bridge 

2 miles upstream from Flat Creek, and 2 miles .southwest of Evington, Campbell County.

Drainage area.--3S5 sq mi.

Records available . October 1936 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 544.02 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 24 years, 352 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,670 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 15.67 ft); mini-

 mum, 76 cfs Sept. 5, 6, 10 (gage height, 1.30 ft).

1936-60: Maximum discharge, 27,500 cfs Oct. 19, 1937, Aug. 19, 1939 (gage height, 

23.1 ft), from rating curve extended above 7,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting on basis 

of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for 

other stations in Roanoke River basin; minimum, 33 cfs Sept. 19, 1956 (gage height, 

1.02 ft).

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

which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 852: 193" 

WSP 1032:1940.

WSP 892: 1938-39(M). WSP 972: 1937-39.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60, except periods of Ice effect (gage height,

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

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 3-24)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 19, 

Sept. 19-30 Feb. 20 to Sept.

1.6 

2.0 

2.5

110

172

265

3.0

7.0

12.0

390 

1,640 

3,89O

1.3 

1.6

2.0

115

180

3.0 41E

7.0 1,640

10.0 2,960

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

4

7

P

3

10

11

I"

13

14

15

16

17

19

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,800

750

465

340

259

217

190

197

495

328

302

290

212

368

585

a350

a300

a260

a220

a200

a!90

a200

a600

a300

a630

a520

a400

a320

a280

a260 

a270

14,698

474

1.46

1.68

Nov.

a250

*a210

197

130

182

182

175

161

156

153

151

151

151

151

154

153

151

140

134

151

134

146

137

1,190

979

480

365

495

420

328

7,997

267

0.822

0.92

Dec.

290

265

257

238

225

227

315

244

225

216

208

459

780

*480

378

340

315

328

990

630

450

378

328

3O2

290

290

265

265

340

290 

263

10,871

351

1.08

1.24

Jan.

242

238

1,080

780

540

480

495

525

480

420

390

352

340

315

315

302

265

278

290

250

234

b!90

b!80

b!90

*b200

b210

234

328

290

259 

238

10,930

353

1.09

1.25

Feb.

229

225

214

206

626

1,650

720

525

435

420

2,120

990

750

720

570

540

555

1,500

2.300

1,050

810

735

660

600

690

960

735

615

570

23,320

804

2.47

2.67

Mar.

515

478

422

b450

b400

b380

b370

b370

378

402

373

379

378

*40E

478

585

600

1,020

1,020

1,020

960

780

720

675

720

585

570

585

615

930 

1,480

19,044

614

1.89

2.18

Apr.

99U

810

810

1,520

2,560

1,320

990

810

720

630

570

540

502

473

465

45H

423

*428

415

402

390

415

390

365

340

328

328

329

312

292

13,328

644

1.38

2.21

May

340

305

278

268

25B

265

262

1,220

750

490

428

415

402

365

340

315

298

278

258

252

245

238

*220

220

218

228

1,250

2,060

780

585 

478

14,309

462

1.42

1.64

June

402

352

365

352

308

280

315

272

252

236

228

220

248

268

325

242

212

200

186

281

192

186

190

182

170

156

156

146

148

160

7,230

241

0.742

0.83

July

164

224

166

146

134

12C

122

121

118

116

*132

160

133

lit

lOb

105

103

102

136

126

111

102

98

107

136

122

358

193

140

130 

185

4,340

140

n . 431

0.50

Ai: E . ! Ce 

_______ I

145

112

108

98

135

139

111

319

158

126

114

108

175

18?

*132

108

39

96

33

35

90

133

138

137

111

98

99

94

90

86 

89

3,817

123

0.378

0.44

5

0

:alendar year 1959 : Max 3,800 Min 43 Mean 269 Cfsm 0.828 In. 11.24

rfater year 1959-60: Max 3,800 Min 77 Mean 386 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.18

114 

10 C

"119 

114 

113 

148 

166

eak discharge ( 

cfs (13.11 ft)

4,000 cfs).--Oct. 1 (4:30 a.m.) 6,670 cfs (15.67 ft); Feb. 19 (2 a.m.) 4,610

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for nearby stati-jns.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

625. Roanoke (Staunton) River at Brookneal, Va.

Location.--Lat 37°02'28", long 78°57<02", on left bank 1,600 ft upstream from highway 

bridge at Brookneal, Campbell County, 3 miles upstream from Falling River, and at mile 

255.9.

Drainage area.--2,420 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--April 1923 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 351.96 ft above mean sea level, datum of

 JT929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Aug. 30, 1929, chain gage at site 

1,800 ft downstream at same datum. Aug. 30, 1929, to Aug. 15, 1940, water-stage recorder at site 1,800 ft downstream at same datum (destroyed by flood). Aug. 16 to 

Oct. 1, 1940, staff gage at site 1,800 ft downstream at same datum. Oct. 2, 1940, to 

Sept. 30, 1941, chain gage at site 1,600 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 37 years, 2,464 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 33,200 cfs Oct. 2 (gage height, 27.31 ft); mini-

 mum, 744 cfs Aug. 21, Sept. 10 (gage height, 6.33 ft).

1923-60: Maximum discharge, 130,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 46.5 ft, at 

present site, from gage-height relation curve), from rating curve extended above 54,000 

cfs by logarithmic plotting on basis of slope-area measurement by Geological Survey, 

unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for other 

stations in Roanoke River basin; minimum, 191 cfs Sept. 2, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good. Small diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplant at 

Niagara.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 622; Drainage area. WSP892: 1928(M). WSP 972 : 1928-34. 

WSP 1303: 1924-27(M) , 1929(M), 1941(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

7.0 

12.0

800

1,330

7,000

16.0

20.0

23.0

11,800

16,600

22,500

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 196

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

21,700

19,500

4,600

2,990

2,340

1,970

1,720

1,670

2,390

2,440

4,140

3,910

2,600

2,240

3,220

4,020

3,100

2,550

2,180

1,920

1,770

1,620

1,620

3,108 

7,240

4,260

2,990

2,440

2,130

1,920

1,820

122,110

3,939

1.63

1.88

Nov.

1,920

1,820

1,620

1,520

1,470

*1,470

1,420

1,380

1,330

1,330

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,200

1.150

1 200

l!200

1,550 

5,920

5,560

3,340

2,880

3,220

2,770

56,590

1,886

0.779

0.87

Dec.

2,240

2,020

1,920

1,820

1,770

1,720

1,770

1,920

1,770

1,620

1,570

1,620

2,770

3,220

2,660

2,290

*2,080

2,020

4,760

8,920

5,320

3,800

2,990

2,600 

2,340

2,240

2,130

2,020

2,080

2,180

2,080

SO, 260

2,589

1.07

1.23

Jan.

1,920

1,820

2,500

4,840

3,680

3,100

3,100

3,680

3,680

2,990

2,770

2,550

2,440

2,340

2,290

2,240

2,130

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,870

1,720

1,570

1.470 

1,570

1,620

1,770

1,920

*1,970

1,870

1,770

73,100

2,358

0.974

1.12

Feb.

1,820

1,820

1,720

1.670

2,130

10,800

10,400

5,440

3,910

3,340

7,12O

13,800

7,600

5,800

4,960

4,140

3,910

5,920

19,400

11,600

6,640

5,680

5,320

5,080 

5,440

8,080

7,360

5,800

5,200

181,900

6,272

2.59

2.80

Mar.

4,960

4, 720

4,370

4,260

4,260

3, 680

3,450

3,220

3, 100

3,100

3,100

2.990

2,990

3,100

3,220

3,910

4,600

6,160

7,840

7,720

7,480

6,280

5,680

5,320 

5,440

5,680

5,080

5,320

6,520

8,920

14,400

160,870

5,189

2.14

2.47

Apr.

11,700

7,720

6,520

9,04O

16.800

16,700

10,100

7,120

5,920

5,200

4,720

4,370

4,140

3,910

3,680

3,560

3,450

3,340

3,340

3,100

2,990

*2,880

2,880

2,660 

2,550

2,440

2,440

2,550

2,550

2.540

160,710

5,357

2.21

2.47

May

2,340

2,440

2,340

2,180

2,130

2.O8O

2,020

7,960

9.520

5,560

3,910

3,340

3,220

2,990

2,770

2,600

2,390

2,290

2,130

2,020

1,970

1,970

1,970

1.620 

1,820

*1,920

2,460

7,720

7,120

4,260

3,340

102,600

3,310

1.37

1.58

June

2.660

2,340

2,290

2,390

2,240

2,130

2,020

1,970

1,770

1,720

1,670

1,570

1,570

1,620

1,620

1,770

1,570

1,420

1,380

1,520

1,380

1,330

1,380

1,420 

1,520

1,380

1,280

1,240

1.150

1,150

50,470

1,682

0.695

0.78

July

1,240

1,330

1,420

1,280

1,150

1,070

997

970

943

925

970

1,330

1,150

*1,060

952

889

848

816

832

943

889

848

816

856 

848

916

1,200

1,620

1,330

1,040

934

32,412

1,046

0.432

0.50

Aug.

979

1,200

1,150

880

BOB

1,280

1,200

1,110

1,330

1,050

848

898

1,420

2,020

1,570

1,200

1,040

*934

848

608

990

1,020

1,570

1,820 

1,380

1,060

952

925

898

880

840

34,908

1,126

0.465

0.54

Sept.

1,060

1,520

1,380

1,200

1,060

898

856

864

832

600

1,030

1,920

1,67C

1,280

1,020

889

832

1,280

4.020

3,450

2,290

1,570

1,280

1,140 

1,090

1,020

979

961

1,020

*1,200

40,411

1,347

0.557

0.62

Calendar year 1959 : Max 21,700 Min 506 Mean 2,057 Cfsm 0.850 In. 11.54

Water year 1959-60: Max 21,700 Min 800 Mean 2,995 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.86

Peak discharge (base, 21.OOO cfs). Oct. 2 (2 a.m.) 33,200 cfs (27.31 ft); Feb. 19 (1 p.m.) 23.2OO 

cfs (23.27 ft); Apr. 5 (12 p.m.) 21,800 cfs (22.74 ft). ____

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 49

630. East Fork Falling River near Appomattox, Va.

LOGation.--Lat 37 0 19'40", long 78°51'20", on right bank 130 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 644 and 2.0 miles southwest of Appomattox, Appomattox County.

Drainage area. 5.1 sq mi, approximately, of which 3.S sq mi is above flood-detention 

structure.

Records available. June 1954 to September 1960 (discontinued).

jage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 740 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge. 6 years, 3.88 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 122 cfs Aug. 7 (gage height, 2.85 ft), from

rating curve extended above 52 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 1.5 cfs July 7, 8, 

20-22 (gage height, 1.11 ft).

1954-60: Maximum discharge, 338 cfs Aug. 17, 1955 (gage height, 5.24 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 60 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.1 cfs Sept. 16- 

20, 1956.

Flood in 1928 reached a stage of 8.0 ft, from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records fair. Since August 1956, flow from 3.5 sq mi above station has been 

partly controlled by Soil Conservation Service flood-detention reservoir a quarter of 

a mile upstream from station.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5

1.4 

2.4 

3.8

1.7 

2.0 

2.3

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

^

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

0

1

z

33

4

5

6

7

8

9

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

O^t.

30

3.0

2.3

2.1

1.9

1.9

1.9

3.6

14

4.5

3.7

2.7

2.3

4.9

3.7

2.7

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.4

4.9

3.1

2.4

2.3

2:1

2.1

*2.0 

2.2

121.4

3.92

-

-

Nov.

2.2

2.1

2.0

270

2.1

2.3

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

3.0

3.0

2.7

*26~9.3

3.5

2.8

4.7

3.5

2.7

107.0

3.57

-

-

Dec.

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.4

3.1

2.4

2.4

2.3

*2.2

5.8

4.9

3.1

2.7

2.5

2.4

3.5

10

3.1

2.8

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.7

2.5

2.7

2.8

2.5 

2.4

94.3

3.04

-

-

Jan.

2.4

2.4

17

4.7

3.2

3.2

4.7

4.9

3.4

3.1

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.7

2.7

2.4

2.3

*2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.5

4.2

2.8

2.5 

2.4

102.2

3.30

-

-

Feb.

2.3

2.3

2.2

272

12

13

4.9

3.5

3.4

3.5

9.0

4.5

4.5

4.7

4.0

4.0

5.4

25

55

14

6.8

6.6

5.8

5.3

8.8

10

6.8

5.3

4.9

239.7

8.27

-

-

Mar.

4.2

4.2

5.3

*4.7

4.2

4.0

.0

.0

.0

.2

.0

.0

.2

.5

.7

5.8

7.3

LI

12

11

10

8.0

6.8

6.0

5.6

4.9

4.7

4.5

4.5

8.8 

7.7

184.8

5.96

-

-

Apr.

5.1

4.7

14

12

*51

15

6.0

4.9

4.5

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.5

*3.4

3.4

3.2

377

3.5

3.4

3.4

4.2

3.5

3.4

3.2

3.2

4.8

6.3

4.5

3.8

196.8

6.56

-

-

May

3.8

3.5

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1

44

22

4.9

4.2

4.7

4.5

3.8

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

 370 3.0

4.3

6.4

15

28

6.3

4.9

*3. 8

211.8

6.83

-

-

June

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.7

2.4

2.3

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

3.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

74.9

2.50

-

-

July

2.8

2.4

2.0

1.9

1.8

?1. 7

lie

1.6

1.6

1.9

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.8

*1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

4.0

3.8

2.0

2.1

2.4 2.0'

2.0

2.1 

1.9

61.9

2.00

-

-

Aug.

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

26

45

31

3.4

8.0

6.7

3.5

6.6

3.8

3.0

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.2

3.0

4.5

3.1

f

.8

 4

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

195.6

6.31

-

-

Sept.

6.7

3.1

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.0

270

2.7

15

15

3.7

2.8

2.4

2.3

2.3

38

14

7.1

4.9

3.8

*3.5

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.7

3.5

165.4

5.51

-

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 64 Mln 0.6 Mean 3.22 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 55 Mln 1.5 Mean 4.80 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

635. East Fork Falling River at Spring Mills, Va.

Location. Lat 37°14'40", long 78°55'30", on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on

 State Highway 646 at Spring Mills, Appomattox County, 0.6 mile upstream from Burger 

Branch, and 5 miles upstream from confluence with North Fork.

Drainage area.--58.8 sq mi, of which 9.8 sq mi is above flood-detention structures. 

Records available.--June 1954 to September 1960 (discontinued). 

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 470 ft (from topographic map). 

Average discharge. 6 years, 39.8 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,290 cfs May 8 (gage height, 6.98 ft); minimum,

 12 cTs Aug. 3, 4; minimum gage height, 0.93 ft Oct. 6.

1954-60: Maximum discharge, 1,530 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 7.93 ft); minimum, 0.7 cfs July 8, 1956 (gage height, 0.58 ft).

Flood in 1940 reached a stage of 19.8 ft, from information by local resident.

Remarks.--Records fair except those above 400 cfs, which are poor. Prior to 1958, regula-

 tion caused by gristmill 400 ft above station. Flow from 9.8 sq mi above station 

slightly regulated by three Soil Conservation Service flood-detention reservoirs (two 

completed in 1956, one in 1958).

Rating tables, water year 1959-60, except periods of Ice effect (gage

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

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 15-27)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 27 Apr. 28 to Sept. 30

0.9 12

1.2 32

1.5 65

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

148

364

590

0.9 

1.2 

1.5

2.0 148

3.0 364

4.O 590

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

Z?

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

94

24

18

16

15

14

14

25

~56 136

44

29

23

42

40

28

24

21

19

18

17

2O

*4

51

31

24

22

20

19

*19

22

969

31.3

0.600

0.69

Nov.

22

2O

18

19

19

20

22

20

20

19

20

20

20

21

21

20

20

19

18

19

24

25

21

202

111

46

36

53

41

32

__

988

32.9

0.630

0.70

Dec.

28

27

26

24

24

26

36

27

25

24

*24

53

60

36

32

29

27

35

~58 143

44

36

32

29

31

30

28

29

29

27

25

1,104

35.6

0.682

0.79

Jan.

24

25

167

74

50

58

65

70

51

44

40

36

36

34

34

33

31

33

33

29

28

*27

b25

b25

b27

28

31

55

39

35

32

1,309

42.2

0.808

0.93

Feb.

32

31

29

29

99

194

74

51

45

42

126

64

56

b52

49

48

58

309

*445

142

93

85

80

72

114

150

110

82

72

2,833

97.7

1.87

2.02

Mar.

62

56

b45

*b57

b50

b45

b45

45

45

48

45

45

45

48

53

72

95

148

162

166

132

106

96

91

88

72

70

68

66

133

135

2,431

78.4

1.50

1.73

Apr.

82

70

163

180

*584

168

96

77

66

57

53

52

50

48

*46

44

43

50

43

41

40

53

42

39

37

35

69

90

60

49

2,527

84.2

1.61

1.80

May

50

43

41

39

38

37

38

550

148

72

56

57

53

47

43

40

38

34

33

32

31

30

29

29

29

49

60

134

54

44

*37

2,015

65.0

1.25

1.44

June

32

30

33

30

30

28

26

26

26

25

26

26

28

28

24

23

23

22

22

33

25

23

24

27

27

22

21

20

20

20

770

25.7

0.492

0.55

Calendar year 1959: Max 244 Min 7.1 Mean 32.5 Cfsm 0.623

July

28

26

20

19

18

17

17

16

16

18

20

19

16

16

*15

15

15

14

15

15

14

14

16

31

T7

16

20

18

17

18

15

551

17.8

0.341

0.39

Aug.

16

15

14

13

13

63

91

68

21

24

38

26

58

26

20

18

17

16

15

15

19

26

22

19

16

15

17

16

15

15

*67

834

26.9

0.515

0.59

Sept.

47

21

17

15

15

15

15

15

14

33

144

127

33

22

2O

18

18

166

139

53

32

26

*25

22

21

20

20

20

24

24

1,181

39.4

0.755

0.84

In. 8.47

Water year 1959-60: Max 584 Min 13 Mean 47.8 Cfsm O.916 In. 12.47

Peak discharge (base, 6OO cfs).--Feb. 18 (11:30 p.m.) 1,190 cfs (6.52 ft): 

cfs (5.92 ft); May 8 (3 p.m.) 1,29O cfs (6.92 ft); Sept. 18 (12:30 p.m.)

Apr. 5 (7:30 a.m.) 1.O50 

638 cfs (4.18 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 51

640. Falling River near Naruna, Va.

Location. Lat 37°OV, long V8°58', on left bank at upstream side of highway bridge, 

2 miles upstream from Little Falling River and 2-| miles northeast of Naruna, Campbell 

County.

Drainage area.--172 sq mi.

Records available . July 1929 to January 1935, September 1941 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 412.32 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 12, 1929, to Jan. 15, 1935, chain gage 

at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--24 years (1929-34, 1941-60), 146 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,840 cfs May 8 (gage height, 14.19 ft); minimum, 40 cfs Oct. 7, Aug. 4 (gage height, 2.74 ft).

1929-35, 1941-60: Maximum discharge, 15,800 cfs Sept. 18 or 19, 1944 (gage height, 

23.9 ft, from floodraarks), from rating curve extended above 6,100 cfs on basis of 

slope-area measurements at gage heights 23.9 and 26.5 ft; minimum, 3 cfs Oct. 9, 1932 

(gage height, 2.18 ft).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 26.5 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 22,000 

cfs, by slope-area measurement).

Remarks.--Records fair. Prior to 1958, diurnal fluctuation caused by gristmill at Spring

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1333: 1930, 1931-34(M), 1935.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Stage-discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 23-26, Mar. 4, 5)

2.7 

2.9 

3.2 

3.5

117

196

4.0

7.0

11.0

354

1,430

3,150

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

6

7

d

9

10

11

lH

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

394

80

56

49

44

42

43

127

626

239

196

138

89

152

168

104

85

76

66

63

61

66

78

217

130

96

83

73

70

66

71

3,848

124

0.721

0.83

Nov.

80

70

66

64

66

*68

71

68

66

64

64

64

63

64

66

63

61

60

58

58

64

92

73

492

516

188

132

245

176

124

3,406

114

0.663

0.74

Dec.

106

98

94

89

83

91

14?

100

89

85

82

142

248

137

113

104

98

*122

642

280

176

140

113

102

102

102

96

94

102

89

82

4,143

134

0.779

0.90

Jan.

76

76

550

271

165

153

245

296

19j

155

140

120

115

106

104

100

91

94

100

87

83

78

70

70

75

75

85

182

*122

106

96

4,284

138

0.802

0.93

Feb.

96

91

85

82

360

1,000

354

229

193

176

588

303

248

281

248

220

25B

1,050

*1,86O

503

360

348

316

284

469

588

418

303

264

11,578

399

2.32

2.50

Mar.

223

196

186

190

170

160

160

160

160

165

160

155

158

165

196

261

316

554 Cf"

675

554

402

367

328

332

268

258

255

248

537

8,971

289

1.68

1.94

Apr.

306

248

402

622

2,110

605

376

303

264

232

217

211

2 O2

196

190

188

163

196

185

185

188

*1S8

152

142

134

130

140

239

168

142

9,024

301

1.75

1.95

May

152

132

124

117

117

115

111

2 ,830

874

322

242

232

220

190

176

163

147

132

127

130

127

115

113

 111

111

142

*188

472

196

165

142

8,535

275

1.60

1.85

June

127

117

132

130

120

120

117

102

102

96

94

92

102

115

91

85

82

83

78

258

96

87

87

94

117

82

78

73

71

70

3,098

103

0.599

0.67

July

83

100

75

70

66

63

58

57

56

57

75

75

61

*58

56

5.5

53

51

5?

5?

47

44

47

82

57

53

73

64

57

61

52

1,908

61.5

0.358

0.41

Aug.

53

51

47

44

44

45

130

164

56

51

75

63

182

75

60

52

48

48

*45

M.

62

70

58

52

50

48

52

51

47

45

6O

1,971

63.6

0.370

0.43

Sept.

164

60

49

48

il

48

48

47

47

48

282

~9T 418

64

57

54

54

384

346

156

83

70

63

60

58

58

57

53

61

*71

3,147

105

0.610

0.68

Calendar year 1959 : Max 1,140 Min 24 Mean 111 Cfsm 0.645 In. 8.8O

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,830 Min 42 Mean 175 Cfsm 1.02 In. 13.83

Peak discharge (base, 2,300 cfs). Feb. 19 (1:30 a.m.) 2,61O cfs (9.85 ft); Apr. 5 (11:30 a. 

3,240 cfs (11.24 ft); May 8 (8:30 p.m.) 4,840 cfs (14.19 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
52 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

660. Roanoke (Staunton) River at Randolph, Va.

Location. Lat 36°54'54", long 78°44'28", on right bank 14 ft downstream from bridge on

 State Highway 746, 2.8 miles northwest of Randolph, Charlotte County, 3.6 miles upstream 

from Roanoke Creek, and at mile 227.3.

Drainage area. 3,000 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. August 1900 to September 1906, October 1927 to September 1930, October 

1950 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published In WSP 1303. 

Prior to October 1902, published as Staunton River at Randolph.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 307.59 ft (revised) above mear sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Aug. 27, 1900, to Oct. 13, 1902, 

wire-weight gage at site 3.2 miles downstream at datum about 5.9 ft lower. Oct. 14, 

1902, to Aug. 11, 1906, and Oct. 1, 1927, to Mar. 31, 1930, wire-weight or chain gage 

at site of original gage at datum 3.93 ft (revised) lower than present datum.

Average discharge. 19 years, 3,374 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 28,600 cfs Oct. 2 (gage height, 24.36 ft); mini-

 mum, 990 cfs July 24, Aug. 21, Sept. 10; minimum gage height, 5.53 ft July 24, Aug. 21.

1900-1906, 1927-30, 1950-60: Maximum diseharse, 97,000 cfs Dec. 31, 1E01 (gage 

height, 35.0 ft, from graph based on gage readings, site and datum then ir use); minimum, 256 cfs Sept. 16, 1954 (gage height, 3.88 ft).

Flood of Aug. 16, 1940, reached a stage of 41.6 ft, present site and datum (discharge, 

150,000 cfs), from information by Corps of Engineers.

Remarks. Records good. Records of suspended sediment loads for the water year 1960 are

 given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1203: 1928-30. WSP 1303: 1901-6.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge., In cubic feet per second)

5.6 

7.0 

9.0

1,020

1,960

4,050

13.0

18.0

24.0

7,500

12,800

27,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

11,700

24.600

15,000

4,550

3,280

2,510

2,120

1,890

3,610

3,720

4,250

5,450

4,050

3,060

3,500

5,000

4,450

3,390

2,730

2,300

2,O40

1,890

1.820

2,750

7,100

6,140

4,350

3,390

*2,730

2,300

2,120

147,790

4,767

1.59

1.83

Nov.

2,120

2,210

1,960

1,820

1,720

1,720

1,820

1,820

1,640

1,580

1,540

1,540

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,470

1,470

1,440

1.560

1,360

1,400

1,500

1,610

6,380

7.500

5,180

3,830

4,150

3,940

70,080

2,336

0.779

0.87

Dec.

3,060

2,510

2,300

2,210

2,120

1,960

2,120

2,300

2,120

*1,960

1.820

1,820

2,690

4,250

3,720

3,060

2,620

2,400

4,730

9.700

7,740

5,360

4,250

3,500

3,060

2,840

2,730

2,620

2,730

2,730

2,620

99,650

3,215

1.07

1.24

Jan.

2,300

2,120

2,770

5.900

5,360

4,350

4,250

5,OOO

5,000

4,350

3,720

3,390

3,170

2,950

2,840

2,730

2,510

2,400

2,300

2,300

*2,120

1,960

1,750

1.640

1,720

1,750

1,890

2,120

2,400

2,300

2,120

91,480

2,951

0.984

1.13

Feb.

2,400

2,210

2,120

1.960

2,390

10,100

16,300

8,460

5,720

4,730

5,9OO

*15,900

11,400

7,260

6,460

5,540

5,180

6,640

18,700

25.500

12,400

7,340

6,700

6,300

6,540

8,930

9,200

7,260

6,220

235,760

8,130

2.71

2.92

Mar.

5,810

5,540

*5,180

5,000

5,180

4,550

4,250

4,050

3,830

3,720

3,720

3,720

5.610

3,720

3,940

4,640

5,630

7,260

9,200

9,400

9,020

7,900

6,860

6,460

6,220

6,540

6,140

5,900

6,540

8,300

12.600

184,430

5,949

1.98

2.29

Apr.

15,500

9,400

8,300

9,500

18,300

26.7OO

19,100

9,110

7,100

6,300

5,720

5,270

4,910

*4,730

4,450

4,250

4,150

4,050

4,050

3,830

3,610

3,610

3,720

3,500

3,280

5.170

3,170

4,050

3,720

3,280

209,830

6,994

2.35

2.60

May

5,060

3,060

3,060

2,750

2,620

2,510

2,510

5,550

15.100

8,620

5,720

4,640

4,450

4,050

5,720

3,390

3,170

2,950

2,750

2,510

2,400

2,500

2,300

2.210

2,120

2.040

2,510

6,040

8,840

5,810

4,450

127,150

4,102

1.37

1.58

June

5.610

2,950

*2,750

2,840

2,750

2,510

2,510

2,300

2,120

1,960

1,960

1,890

1,820

1,890

1,890

1,820

1,960

1,750

1,610

1,720

1,960

1,610

1,580

1,640

1,750

1,750

1,580

1,500

1,400

1.560

60,700

2,023

0.674

0.75

July

1,400

1,500

1,680

1,610

1,440

1,350

1,250

1,170

1,170

1,140

1,170

1,330

1,540

* ,330

,200

,140

,080

.020

,020

,080

,110

,050

,020

,050

,140

,110

,200

,610

.820

,470

,260

39,420

1,272

0.424

0.49

Aug.

1,260

1,230

1,580

1,230

1,080

1,300

1,580

1,400

1,640

1,470

*1,200

1,080

1,470

2.210

2,210

1,580

1,400

1,250

1,110

1,050

1.020

2,190

1,610

2,120

1,890

1,400

1,250

1,170

1,140

1,110

1,080

44,270

1,428

0.476

0.55

Sept.

1,230

1,540

1,720

1,470

1,560

1,170

1,O8O

1,050

1,050

1.020

1,200

3,470

2,730

1,820

1,440

1,200

1,110

1,180

4,120

4.910

3,830

*2,210

1,720

1,500

1,360

1,300

1,230

1,200

1,250

1,400

52,850

1,762

0.587

0.66

Calendar year 1959: Max 24,600 Mln 640 Mean 2,566 Cfsm 0.855 In. 11.62

Water year 1959-60: Max 26,700 Mln 1,020 Mean 3,725 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.91

Peak discharge (base, 20,000 cfs).--Oct. 2 (9 p.m.) 28,600 cfs (24.36 ft); Feb. 20 (9:30 a.m.) 

27,400 cfs (24.07 ft); Apr. 6 (5 p.m.) 27,800 cfs (24.16 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIM 53

665. Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va.

Location. Lat 36°55'49", long 78 C 39'56", on right bank at downstream side of highway 

bridge, 500 ft northwest of Saxe, Charlotte County, and 4 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--162 sq ml.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 322.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

"JT929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 21, 1950, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 14 years, 117 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,880 cfs Feb. 19 (gage height, 10.18 ft); minimum, 16 cfs July 23-25; minimum gage height, 1.62 ft July 24.

1946-60: Maximum discharge, 4,710 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 13.58 ft); no flow 

for part of Sept. 18, 1954, from Information by local observer.

Flood of Aug. 16, 1940, reached a stage of 25.7 ft (backwater from R^anoke River), 

from floodmark.

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1333: 1949.

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except for periods of lee effect 

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

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 28 to Dec. 19, June 1-3, 

Sept. 11-30)

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

5.0 

6.0

15

202

281

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

400

680

1,110

1,740

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

48

158

~37 172

25

21

19

23

43

78

84

75

53

54

68

87

57

43

35

31

28

27

29

56

90

96

69

. 51

*43

36

36

1,772

57.2

0.353

0.41

Nov.

31

33

36

34

33

33

45

60

75

56

47

43

41

40

39

39

39

37

36

35

36

36

41

75

190

277

197

96

72

59

1,911

63.7

0.393

0.44

Dee.

53

48

47

45

44

43

48

53

54

*46

41

52

93

132

90

64

56

55

266

555

475

241

125

90

75

72

69

88

265

233

135

3,753

121

0.747

0.86

Jan.

90

64

168

281

271

164

195

273

273

175

114

93

84

75

72

69

64

62

62

60

*56

b50

b45

b42

b42

b45

48

60

69

66

71

3,303

107

0.660

0.76

Feb.

114

125

93

72

118

490

680

430

183

122

304

*400

332

188

170

164

178

371

1.570

1,360

557

288

233

202

258

500

525

318

188

10,333

356

2.20

2.37

Mar.

142

114

*b8o

b80

b80

b76

b76

b76

b76

b76

b9o

b90

b90

b90

136

181

312

500

"STs 680

475

325

249

202

170

153

128

114

105

146

265

5,992

193

1.19

1.38

Apr.

297

188

277

525

1,160

1.550

664

282

178

139

114

105

99

*93

87

84

81

84

87

87

75

81

102

93

78

66

89

383

585

325

8,038

268

1.65

1.85

May

176

122

102

84

75

69

64

202

474

525

297

167

160

170

118

93

78

69

62

57

54

51

48

46

45

45

73

441

500

382

135

4,984

161

0.994

1.14

June

72

56

*53

56

54

50

45

42

39

37

35

35

34

34

33

31

29

36

31

35

36

35

32

32

33

34

32

29

27

26

1,153

38.4

0.237

0.26

July

26

29

21

30

27

25

24

23

22

22

24

40

41

*3l

26

23

22

21

20

19

19

18

16

16

16

20

22

£3

25

30

31

762

24.6

0.152

0.17

Aug.

41

84

49

33

30

24

22

21

21

22

*21

23

27

36

35

33

28

24

22

20

19

26

31

28

26

23

22

21

21

20

26

879

28.4

0.175

0.20

Sept.

45

51

37

27

23

23

26

26

24

25

199

235

164

80

38

26

22

22

32

55

51

*36

29

25

23

22

21

21

26

37

1,471

49.0

0.302

0.34

Calendar year 1959 : Max 680 Mln 6.6 Mean 75.5 Cfsm 0.466 In. 6.33

Water year 1959-60 : Max 1,530 Mln 16 Mean 121 Cfsm 0.747 In. 10.18

Peak discharge (base. 1,OOO cfs).--Feb. 19 (11:30 p.m.) 1,880 

1,740 cfs (9.96 ft).

3fs (10.18 ft); Apr. 6 (7:30 a.m.)

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by lee
54 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

685. Dan River near Francisco, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°30'53" (revised), long 80°18'll" (revised), on left bank 200 ft upstream 

from bridge on State Highway 704, an eighth of a mile downstream from Georges Mill, 

3 miles east of Francisco, Stokes County, and 7.9 miles downstream from Little Dan River.

Drainage area. 184 sq mi.

Records available. August 1924 to September 1960. 

published in WSP 1303.

Monthly discharge only fop some periods,

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 830 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

Nov. 15, 1929, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 36 years, 188 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 4,240 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 6.73 ft), occurred on recession following peak of Sept. 30, 1959; maximum independent peak discharge, 2,850 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 5.45 ft); minimum, 85 cfs July 18 (gage height, 

1.34 ft); minimum daily, 120 cfs Sept. 26.

1924-60: Maximum discharge, 12,400 cfs Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 12.45 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 8,500 cfs; minimum, 7.1 cfs Sept. 8, 1932 (gage height, 

0.43 ft); minimum daily, 30 cfs Sept. 18, 20, 1932.

Flood in 1916 reached a stage of about 15 ft, from information by looal residents 

(discharge, 16,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Considerable diurnal fluctuation and regulation from mills and powerplants above station. Talbot and Townes reservoirs above Pinnacles Hydroelectric Plant in Virginia. 

28 miles above station and having a combined capacity of 410,000,000 cu ft (revised), 

were completed in 1938.

Revisions (water years 1.--WSP 892: Drainage area. WSP 1303: 1938-50 (monthly runoff) 

WSP 1433: 1925-26, 1928-29, 1931, 1942, 1948.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In 

, discharge, In cubic feet per second)

feet, and

2.0 

2.5

113

242

442

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

720

1,490

2,450

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

2

3

4

6

7

8

9

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

1.950

603

423

330

305

294

305

363

833

1,070

873

588

446

658

560

436

384

342

319

328

3OO

310

333

514

352

332

326

312

310

312

356

15,147

489

+10

Nov.

245

276

306

306

299

300

291

289

285

290

284

280

280

279

262

266

188

162

let;

166

162

158

161

354

278

188

198

280

226

218

7,443

248

-17

Calendar year 1959 : 1

Water year 1959-60 : t

Dec.

222

226

225

224

222

200

206

220

216

a215

*a210

270

250

214

234

224

228

272

815 363"

286

284

276

260

254

244

221

244

269

252

242

8,088

261

-1

Jan.

226

226

328' 461

290

281

342

327

290

302

290

292

287

281

276

264

248

264

262

*251

249

249

244

224

206

212

224

234

223

224

258

8,335

269

-10

Feb.

244

239

220

22T

804

774

371

317

302

334

1,290

490

432

400

356

363

325

758

1,200

510

430

414

390

374

385

408

378

358

330

13,420

463

+18

Mar.

337

a330

a33O

a340

a325

a310

a275

296

300

298

276

281

270

248

294

318

323

416

362

338

322

351

360

a340

a330

a315

a310

a305

a300

al,500

al,300

11,990

387

+15

Apr.

a640

a540

a580

a840

al, 500

a620

a540

a480

a450

a410

*a400

387

372

368

358

350

342

335

330

330

328

336

324

322

316

324

334

331

314

315

13,V 216

441

-15

May

337

304

310

304

295

298

308

676

384

346

326

330

a290

a280

a280

*a270

245

244

222

212

228

214

206

200

215

211

702

332

314

236

' 220

9,339

301

-16

June

208

258

286

2T2

258

240

228

226

222

216

218

215

206

194

200

185

184

182

170

vn

216

*227

219

202

182

176

170

173

197

182

6,284

209

-1

July

222

210

181

168

162

162

158

159

176

190

147

170

155

154

142

132

136

126

152

150

154

152

152

154

152

226

260

1S8

*165

153

160

5,178

167

-8

Aug.

180

164

164

173

180

162

146

140

156

163

176

402

355

192

242

419

202

178

170

168

160

243

249

186

172

164

171

164

135

165

181

6,122

197

0

Sept.

212

191

188

160

127

146

156

153

161

164

167

142

156

148

150

142

147

510

196

195

170

164

165

155

147

120

IS?

150

163

187

5,184

173

-3

Observed Adjusted

lax 2,750 Mln 44 Mean 208 Mean 209 Cfsm 1.

lax 1,930 Min 120 Mean 300 Mean 298 Cfsm 2.

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 cfs). Feb. 5 (9 p.m.) 2,75O cfs (5.31 ft); Feb. 11 (2:3

cfs (5.34 ft); Feb. 18 (12 p.m.) 2,850 cfs (5.45 ft); Mar. 30 (time unknown) 2,300

May 27 (4:30 p.m.) 2,400 cfs (4.97 ft).

69 In. 22.94

40 In. 32.67

3 a.m. ) 2,750

cfs (4.86 ft);

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, equivalenb In cubic feet per second, In Talbot and Townes Reservoirs, furnished by city of Danville, Va.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage, 

and records for nearby stations.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 55

705. Mayo River near Price, N. C.

Location. Lat 36 "32'10" (revised), long 79°59'30", on right bank 300 ft do-<mstream from 

Anglins Bridge, half a mile downstream from confluence of North and South Mayo Rivers, 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from Virginia-North Carolina State line, and 

4 miles west of Price, Rockingham County.

Drainage area. 260 sq mi.

Records available. July 1929 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 689.95 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~^T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 29, 1929, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 31 years, 323 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,500 cfs at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage height, 

9.00 ft, stage falling; peak occurred Sept. 30,1959); maximum peak discharge, 5,740 

cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 6.75 ft); minimum, 168 cfs Aug. 4.

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 30,000 cfs Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 14.00 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 8,000 cfs by logarithmic poltting; minimum, 32 cfs Oct. 8, 

1954 (gage height, 0.55 ft).

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are 

poor. Slight infrequent diurnal fluctuation at low .flow caused by small mills above 

station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1433: 1930-31(m), 1932, 1949(M).

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

SO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5,960

774

535

445

385

345

*345

360

1,390

2,640

1,470

786

564

1,010

846

586

490

45O

410

377

354

341

341

470

410

354

332

312

304

3O4

363

22,053

711

2.73

3.15

Nov.

354

320

300

296

292

292

284

276

276

276

268

268

268

264

268

260

260

248

248

*248

248

248

244

464

556

346

308

346

341

8,955

298

1.15

1.28

Dec.

296

288

288

276

268

272

296

268

260

260

256

335

490

354

316

304

296

333

1,680

792

531

445

391

363

354

346

328

332

391

341

*316

12,066

389

1.50

1.73

Jan.

304

304

933

586

445

44O

570

666

515

455

425

391

377

359

350

337

324

324

332

304

300

292

292

296

296

300

296

328

304

814

12,567

405

1.56

1.80

Feb.

767

450

382

350

1,850

2,620

750

553

*485

499

2,220

846

696

642

531

510

548

1,340

2,480

858

702

690

654

608

856

798

660

592

558

26,095

900

3.46

3.73

Mar.

526

510

536

548

475

450

440

435

435

455

420

425

420

430

455

505

542

810

708

636

720

678

702

690

696

592

*642

696

762

5.1OO

2,210

21,709

700

2.69

3.11

Apr.

975

762

779

1,210

2 . 290

1,010

798

696

642

592

575

558

542

536

515

505

500

490

475

465

465

465

445

435

435

425

420

445

4E5

406

19,281

643

2.47

2.76

May

485

420

396

*382

377

377

382

1.540

686

500

a460

a450

a450

a410

a400

a37O

a350

a 340

a 340

a330

a350

a320

a320

a300

a350

a450

al,100

a9OO

a60O

a45O

a400

14,985

483

1.86

2.14

June

a380

a350

a420

a770

a480

a520

a44O

a360

a360

a300

a310

a320

a310

a 300

a290

*268

272

264

260

276

288

341

316

288

288

260

256

252

264

26O

1O,O63

335

1.29

1.44

July

268

337

260

244

a24O

a220

a215

*210

210

301

284

304

240

221

207

193

201

193

193

189

183

173

180

183

233

*225

391

272

221

210

195

7,21O

233

0.896

1.03

Aug.

1S2

186

180

180

180

175

192

175

198

175

189

341

814

373

268

248

221

214

198

192

170

298

624

280

229

207

207

204

201

201

183

7,695

248

0.954

1.10

Sept.

192

132

263

210

195

186

186

*186

191

289

225

288

210

189

180

180

180

343

590

2,240

562

395

336

296

276

260

249

242

304

314

10,549

352

1.35

1.51

Calendar year 1359: Max 5.81O Min 103 Mean 350 Cfsm 1.35 In. 18.24

Water year 1959-6O: Max 3,960 Min 170 Mean 473 Cfsm 1.82 In. 24.78

Peak discharge (base, 3,5OO cfs).--Oct. 5 (11 p.m.) 5,11O cfs (6.37 ft); Feb. 6 (12:30 a.m.) 5,740 

cfs (6.75 ft); Feb. 18 (11:30 p.m.) 5,560 cfs (6.7O ft); Mar. 3O (8:30 p.m.) 5,20O cfs (6.54 ft); 

Sept. 20 (7 a.m.) 5,580 cfs (6.57 ft)._________________________________ _________ ___

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range In stage 

and records for nearby stations.
56 ROANOKE RIVER BASIJJI

710. Dan River near Wentvorth, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°25', long 79°50', on right bank 600 ft downstream from Settles Bridge, 

3^ miles northwest of Wentworth, Rocklngham County, and 1\ miles downstream from Mayo 

River.

Drainage area.--1,050 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for October 

1939, published In WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 518 ft (by barometer). Prior to Aug. 3, 

1949, at site 150 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--21 years, 1,190 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 22,500 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 21.72 ft); minimum, 492 cfs Aug. 8; minimum dally, 564 cfs July 23, Aug. 8, Sept. 17.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 56,800 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 27.78 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 16,500 cfs on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow 

at gage height 26.9 ft and runoff comparisons; minimum, 65 cfs Oct. 8, 1954 (gage 

height, 0.93 ft); minimum dally, 107 cfs Oct. 2, 1954.

Flood In 1908 reached a stage of 34.9 ft, from Information by North Carolina State 

Highway Commission, and flood In 1937 reached a stage of 29.8 ft, from Information by 

local resident.

Remarks. Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation and regulation at low flow caused by 

powerplants above station.

Rating tables, waber year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic

feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 25 to Aug. 13, Sept. 17-30)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 19, 

May 9 to Sept. 30 Dec. 20 to May 8

2.8 

3.5 

5.0

564,

836

1,580

8.0 

17.0

21.0

3,700

13,000

20,200

3.6

6.0

11.0

930

2,350

6,500

15.0

20.0

10,600

17,800

Discharge, In cut 1. feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

19,400

5,030

1,760

1,360

1,140

1,040

*987

1, 110

4,360

13,800

17,500

7,520

2,620

6,800

6,920

2,690

2,000

1,700

1,460 

1,310

1,310

1,240

1,2'40

1,610

1,880

1,360

1,180

1,180

1,110

1,140

1,210

113,967

3, -676

3.50

4.04

Nov.

1,360

1,140

1,080

1,080

1,040

1,040

1,010

964

987

964

942

942

920

920

920

920

899

857

796 

770

770

770

796

1,140

5,060

1,410

1,110

1,080

1,240

1,040

31,967

1,066

1.02

1.13

Dec.

964

964

964

964

920

899

987

920

899

878

857

920

,760

,310

,080

,040

,010

,260

,760 

,900

,420

,810

,510

,360

,300

,270

,220

,170

,300

,240

* ,170

51,026

1,646

1.57

1.81

Jan.

1,100

1,070

3,100

3,160

1,870

1,930

3,130

3,990

2,420

2,000

1,750

1,570

1,510

1,420

1,360

1 , 300

1,200

1,240

1,240 

1,140

1,120

1,070

952

998

998

1,070

1,100

1,270

1,200

1,460

3, 890

52,628

1,698

1.62

1.86

Feb.

8.070

2,660

1,810

1,510

3,730

15,800

4,700

2,420

*2,000

1,810

8^380

3,960

2,770

2,700

2,280

2,140

2,280

6,810

17,200

3,130

3,060

2,910

2,560

3,120

3,990

2,840

2,350

2,210

__ _ _ _ .

124,930

4,308

4.10

4,42

Mar.

2,000

1,870

1,690

2,070

1,810

1,690

1,690

1,570

1,630

1,510

1,810

1,690

1,630

1,630

1,870

2,210

2,420

4,560

3,910 

3,670

3,990

3,430

3,830

3,350

3,350

*2,700

2,910

2,980

2,980

7,350

 13 * 800

93,600

3,019

2.88

3.32

Apr.

4,490

3,130

3,720

7,630

12,400

8,070

3,510

2,910

2,560

2,350

2,210

2,070

2,000

1,930

1,810

1,810

1,810

1,750

1,690 

1,630

1,630

1,690

1,630

1,570

1,510

1,510

1,630

2,280

1,690

1,510

86,130

2,871

2.73

3.05

May

1,870

1,870

,510

* ,480

,420

,390

,360

,510

,480

,200

,700

,580

,580

,460

,410

,360

,310

,240

,180 

,160

,140

,140

,110

,040

,210

,260

,670

,210

,130

,640

,360

59,980

1,935

1.84

2.12

June

1,210

1,140

1,360

2.450

1,520

1,310

1,310

1,140

1,110

964

1,010

1,010

1,010

987

942

*878

878

836

810 

1,130

899

1,500

1,080

1,040

987

878

878

836

841

942

32,886

1,096

1.04

1.16

July

857

1,140

942

836

878

857

796

756

717

796

948

1,180

878

756

717

678

620

658

601 

639

601

582

564

620

620

*756

899

1,060

920

756

678

24,306

784

0.747

0.86

Aug.

756

756

639

678

678

620

620

564

582

601

756

770

2,800

1,550

942

962

964

756

678 

639

601

810

2,200

1,140

796

698

678

658

678

601

601

26,772

864

0.823

0.95

Sept.

954

770

756

810

639

601

601

601

*601

770

942

1,240

810

639

601

601

564

i,T5o

5.100 

3,060

1,360

899

770

736

639

658

582

620

969

1,280

28,363

945

0.900

1.00

Calendar year 1959: Max 19,400 Min 242 Mean 1,292 Cfsm 1.23 In. 16.72

Water year 1959-60: Max 19,400 Min 564 Mean 1,985 Cfsm 1.89 In. 25.72

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 cfs). Oct. 1 (2 p.m.) 22,500 cfs (21.72 ft); Oct. 11 (7:30 a.m.) 

18,700 cfs (20.42 ft); Dec. 20 (l2:30 a.m.) 13,100 cfs (l7.09 ft); Feb. 6 (3:30 p.m.) 17,400 cfs 

(19.84 ft); Feb. 19 (4 p.m.) 19,200 cfs (20.55 ft); Mar. 31 (11 a.m.) 15,400 cfs (18.65 ft); 

Apr. 5 (10 p.m.) 15,500 cfs (18.72 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 57 

720. Smith River near Philpott, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°47', long 80°02', on left bank 900 ft downstream from Philpott Dam, 

3.1 miles west of Philpott, Henry County, and 11.6 miles upstream from Reed Creek.

Drainage area. 212 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 804.27 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers bench mark). Prior to Oct. 8, 1952, at site 1.9 miles downstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--14 years, 294 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,56U cfs June 2 (gage height, 5.27 ft); minimum, 12 cfs Nov. 2, 3, 5, 6, 9-13, June 7, 9, 10; minimum gage height, 1.88 ft June 7, 

9, 10; minimum daily, 36 cfs Nov. 7, 8.'

1946-60: Maximum discharge, 17,000 cfs June 29, 1949 (gage height, 2C.3 ft, site 

and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 9,700 cfs on basis of slopearea measurements at gage heights 18.2 and 20.3 ft; minimum, 4 cfs Aug. 12, 1953 (gage 

height, 1.50 ft); minimum daily, 30 cfs Oct. 12, 1958.

Remarks. Records good. Since August 1950, flow regulated by Philpott Reservoir (usable 

capacity, 145,200 acre-ft).

Revisions (water years). WSP 1553: 1953(M), 1955-56(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

30

60

125

215

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

700

1,360

2,230

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

1,020

1.440

1,440

1,440

1,210

741

742

749

759

48

763

1,210

759

756

740

748

45

45

753

757

766

750

757

45

45

636

634

648

647

642

40

21,775

702 

-160

Nov.

40

632

642

*615

622

630

36

36

331

322

348

304

330

39

38

318

322

313

318

310

44

44

319

329

304

296

303

44

45

306

8,580

286 

-28

Dec.

460

459

462

454

50_

50

311

316

314

324

314

50

50

303

*326

328

324

320

54

51

809

984

992

950

51

50

50

624

624

634

643

11,731

378 

-26

Jan.

50

50

50

404

384

393

383

382

50

50

656

647

633

636

630

48

50

400

404

394

399

402

50

50

424

446

*446

a440

a440

52

52

9,895

319 

+4

Feb.

302

308

£94

303

322

52

51

642

634

658

a660

al.200

52

52

761

754

760

771

759

770

772

774

776

756

766

756

765

768

768

17,006

586 

+147

Mar.

775

782

771

752

762

52

772

780

784

778

780

52

52

772

764

757

776

782

61

56

782

777

774

778

770

54

54

780

766

762

1,040

19,197

619 

+38

Apr.

1.480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,270

776

780

772

778

784

780

786

782

781

228

55

607

790

*803

790

806

48

51

324

317

320

331

320

58

21,537

718 

-91

May

60

318

316

318

314

320

55

57

784

780

778

774

784

54

54

332

322

312

324

314

56

56

459

*452

452

442

446

52

54

671

777

11,287

364 

+40

June

778

778

772

52

52

410

410

414

410

418

57

57

334

308

331

324

328

57

58

324

324

323

325

322

58

58

330

325

317

386

9,440

315 

-49

July

322

57

57

314

330

314

319

317

57

57

314

302

*306

306

318

57

57

316

324

327

326

322

58

58

420

373

382

392

394

57

57

7.61C

245 

-58

Aug.

248

254

256

257

258

58

a58

a250

a250

a250

a240

a240

44

44

236

*254

a250

a250

a250

52

52

a250

250

238

234

80

52

52

232

244

248

5,931

191 

-3

Sept.

307

306

51

51

314

296

294

317

316

50

50

314

322

310

304

314

48

51

368

320

312

306

300

48

48

314

304

*307

311

277

7,230

241 

-63

Adjusted for change in contents In Philpott Reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

542 

2.56 

2.95

258 

1.22 

1.36

Calendar year 1959: 

Water year 1959-60:

352 

1.66 

1.91

323 

1.52 

1.75

733 

3.46 

3.73

657 

3.10 

3.57

627 

2.96 

3.30

404 

1.91 

2.20

Observed

Max 1,440 Win 32 Mean 262 

Max 1,480 Mln 36 Mean 413

266 

1.25 

1.40

187 

0.882 

1.02

188 

0.887 

1.02

178 

0.840 

0.94

Adjusted

Mean 273 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.45 

Mean 392 Cfam 1.85 In. 25.15

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second, in Philpott Reservoir; furnished by 

Corps of Engineers.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of powerhouse records.
58 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

725. Smith River at Bassett, Va.

Location. Lat 36°46'15", long 80°00'00", on left bank 5 ft upstream from highway bridge 

at north edge of North Bassett, 1.0 mile northwest of Bassett, Henry County, 3.0 miles 

downstream from Town Creek, and 5.6 miles upstream from Reed Creek.

Drainage area. 253 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1939 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 753.09 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 21 years, 343 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,850 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 5.53 ft); minimum, 56 cfs Aug. 10 (gage height, 1.52 ft); minimum daily, 67 cfs Nov. 8, 15, 22, 

Aug. 14, 20, 21, Sept. 17.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 26,600 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.28 ft); minimum, 19 cfs July 19, 1956 (gage height, 1.25 ft); minimum daily, 48 cfs Sept. 8, 9, 

1959.

Maximum stage known, about 22.9 ft Oct. 19, 1937, from information by local residents (discharge, 38,200 cfs, from rating curve extended above 24,000 cfs on basis of 

backwater studies and records for station at Martinsville).

Remarks. Records good. Since August 1950, flow regulated by Philpott Reservoir (usable 

capacity, 145,200 acre-ft).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1.5 

1.8 

2.2 

2.6

130

290

515

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

800

1,230

1,750

3,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

1,000

1.580

1,530

1,530

1,420

808

791

796

818

222

775

1,450

803

839

860

806

97

90

782

767

757

789

786

112

92

656

662

656

661

648 

87

23,670

764

-160

Nov.

 77

678

656

*644

682

645

70

67

306

309

303

288

300

74

67

316

316

312

317

308

72

67

300

359

332

319

320

125

95

322

9,046

302

-28

Dec.

463

468

468

481

90

90

308

316

314

312

298

106

109

318

325

*306

298

315

387

165

872

1,020

1,050

1,000

117

95

95

665

682

682 

649

12,864

415

-26

Jan.

95

90

154

410

415

406

434

444

121

109

689

668

640

650

635

90

90

368

370

372

362

360

84

84

402

440

*403

394

412

100 

100

10,391

335

+4

Feb.

315

318

312

308

724

272

134

672

666

781

1,200

1,460

162

223

766

772

818

1,240

949

826

800

796

791

778

877

849

805

780

784

20,178

696

+147

Mar.

800

803

782

761

756

106

768

748

756

757

772

109

763" 100

*736

799

812

853

169

154

816

810

812

809

824

134

140

838

844

1,080 

1.120

20,531

662

+38

Apr.

1,530

1,480

1,530

1,580

1,930

1,430

822

801

797

786

785

780

778

782

775

241

112

615

766

*765

776

769

103

96

311

322

300

302

298

95

22,457

749

-91

May

106

305

303

318

314

326

100

334

804

784

792

786

779

119

109

333

342

325

318

324

97

95

442

*440

455

456

542

144

130

687 

758

12,167

392

 +40

June

756

764

776

100

95

400

398

396

400

397

98

87

317

311

321

319

304

84

81

310

306

306

306

320

84

81

308

306

312

384

9,427

314

-49

July

318

90

81

310

306

307

313

313

79

79

311

*316

304

306

308

77

77

316

306

297

299

290

79

422" 74

384

398

388

381

77 

74

7,680

248

-58

Aug.

253

234

250

242

240

74

77

240

236

240

228

268

102

61

228

*230

224

232

234

67

67

310

257

238

228

106

70

70

229

230 

241

6,012

194

-3

Sept.

299

300

87

74

310

303

314

308

312

70

74

309

299

296

295

300

67

220

418

305

306

302

300

74

72

300

312

*306

307

310

7,549

252

-63

Adjusted for change in contents in Philpott Reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

604 

2.39 

2.76

274 

1.08 

1.20

389 

1.54 

1.78

339 

1.34 

1.54

843 

3.33 

3.59

700 

2.77 

3.19

658 

2.60 

2.90

432 

1.71 

1.97

Observed

Calendar year 1959: 

Water year 1959-60:

Max 1,650 Min 48 Mean 280 

Max 1,930 Min 67 Mean 443

265 

1.05 

1.17

190 

0.751 

0.87

191 

0.755 

0.87

189 

0.747 

0.83

Adjusted

Mean 291 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.59 

Mean 422 Cfsm 1.67 In. 22.67

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Philpott Reservoir; furnished by 

Corps of Engineers.
ROAKOKE RIVER BASIN 59

740. Smith River at Spray, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°31'50" (revised), long 79°46 I 10", on right bank 0.9 mile south of 

Virginia-North Carolina State line, 1 mile downstream from Stuart Creek, and 1 mile 

north of Spray, Rockingham County.

Drainage area. 538 sq mi.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 539.56 ft above mean sea le''el, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 21 years, 621 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,000 cfs at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage height, 

10.68 ft, stage falling; peak occurred Sept. 30, 1959); maximum peak discharge, 8.220 

cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 8.93 ft); minimum, 129 cfs Aug. 21 (gage height, 1.76 ft); minimum daily, 160 cfs Aug. 7.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 45,600 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 19.28 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam, 

li miles downstream; minimum, 60 cfs Oct. 12, 1953; minimum daily, 66 cfs Sept. 10, 1944.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Plow regulated since August 1950 by Philpott Reservoir (usable capacity, 145,200 

acre-ft). Some additional regulation by powerplant at Martinsville, Va.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1433: 1946.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.5

3.0

149

295

460

840

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

1,690

3,840

6,750

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13 

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

4. 270

1, 880

1,740

1,640

1,640

1,000

930

970

1,440

3,010

2,180

1,870

1,170 

1,800

1,610

1,240

906

352 448"

998

958

961

980

931

427

382

894

834

821

812

843

39,937

1,288

-160

Nov.

294

324

814

838

836

822

751

188

300

464

452

474

468 

460

184

272

473

448

460

*446

456

180

25?

782

1,060

642

590

440

300

350

14,820

494

-28

Dec.

650

650

650

666

623

180

250

516

507

539

540

450

360 

470

540

540

540

540

2,500

1,300

740

740

1,500

1,500

1,500

530

390

500

900

900

840

22,851

737

-26

Jan.

840 30C530

770

770

770

770

770

770

380

440

880 855" 

880

880

880

280

350

600

600

600

600

600

?26~ 190

650

650

650

650

650

450

19,250

621

+4

Feb.

540

540

540

540

2,000

4,000

740

790

900

1,000

3,040

2,170

1,280 

572

644

1,190

1,270

3,320

4,300

1,610

1,430

1,400

1,360

1,300

1,760

1,820

1,440

1,320

1,280

44,096

1,521

+147

Mar.

1,220

1,210

1,210

1,250

1,170

1,010

517

1,140

1,120

1,160

1,120

1,030

438 538"

1,250

1,360

1,430

2,010

1,620

989

1,060

1,480

1,480

1,410

1,450

1,280

*602

928

1,460

3,300

3,850

41,092

1,326

+38

Apr.

2,320

2,100

2,100

2,700

*5.400

2,660

1/440

1,340

1,270

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,190 

1,160

1,170

1,080

540

562

1,030

1,230

1,140

1,150

1,040

370

474

668

677

706

697

619

40,493

1,350

-91

May

466

493

676

*660

665

662

619

1.290

1,090

1,280

1,220

1,190

1,200 

1,100

346

530

670

655

651

650

617

350

405

788

885

905

974

1,230

804

764

1,130

24,965

805

+40

June

1,220

1,170

1,340

1.510

462

474

837

792

804

794

784

361

462

706

660

619

662

625

306

455

663

719

692

670

726

251

43T

616

632

643

21,089

703

-49

July

682

706

274

386

560

5132

5156

546

5!30

205

421

662

5136 

538

5156

504

186

316

516

490

489

480

452

188

*2i37

604

792

644

533

533

111

14,975

483

-58

Aug.

370

432

401

394

393

400

160

272

430

390

423

498

1,210 

652

328

432

394

402

386

390

164

518

658

566

434

392

286

174

290

406

479

13,124

423

-3

Sept.

414

473

507

184

252

433

458

461

458

484

194

436

511 

468

470

466

456

652

782

1,010

590

528

504

476

176

302

456

487

710

730

14,528

484

-63

Adjusted for change In contents In Philpotb Reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

1,128 

2.10 

2.42

466 

0.866 

0.97

Calendar year 1959 : 

Water year 1959-60 :

711 

1.32 

1.52

625 

1.16 

1.34

1,668 

3.10 

3.34

1,364 

2.54 

2.93

1,259 

2.34 

2.61

845 

1.57 

1.81

Observed

Max 5,650 Mln 120 Mean 591 

Max 5,400 Mln 16O Mean 850

654 

1.22 

1.36

4?5 

0.790 

0.91

420 

0.781 

0.90

421 

0.783 

0.87

Adjusted

Mean 602 Cfsm 1.12 In. 15.20 

Mean 829 Cfsm 1.54 In. 20.96

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second, In Philpotb Reservoir; furnished by 

Corps °f Engineers.

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 27-30, Dee. 1-3, 6, 7, Dec. 11 to Pet. 9, Apr. 2-5; discharge 

estimated on basis of weabher records, recorded range In stage when available, and records for station at Martinsville, Va.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

750. Dan River at Danville, Va.

Location. Lat 36°35'15", long 79°22'55", on left bank 50 ft downstream from Southern 

 Railway bridge in Danville, Pittsylvania County, 1,000 ft upstream from Fall Creek, and 

at mile 62.7.

Drainage area. 2,050 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. August 1934 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 379.29 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--26 years, 2,379 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 27,700 cfs Oct. 11 (gage height, 12.24 ft); minimum, 326 cfs July 18 (gage height, 2.18 ft); minimum daily, 780 cfs July 25.

1934-60: Maximum discharge, 75,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 20.96 ft); minimum, 40 cfs Dec. 8, 1946 (gage height, 1.19 ft); minimum daily, 245 cfs Sept. 14, 1954.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record or backwater

from debris, which are poor. Diurnal fluctuation caused by cotton mills above station. 

Since August 1950, flow regulated by Philpott Reservoir on Smith River (usable capacity, 

145,200 acre-ft).

Revisions (water years) . WSP 972: 1936.

Rating table.es, water year 1959-60, except period of backwater from debris (gage 

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

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 13 to Nov. 25)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 19 Dec. 20 to Sept. 30

3.0 1,300 

4.0 2,940 

6.0 7,700 

Discharge, in

10.0

12.0

20,000

27,000

ubic feet per

2.7 730 6.0 6,940

3.0 1,000 10.0 19,900

4.0 2,240 12.0 27,000

cond, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

22,400

21,300

5,500

4,020

3,520

2,940

2,320

2,500

4,540

17,300

26.500

21,600

7,490

4,900

6,400

6,500

3,980

2,740

2,120

2,340

2,270

2,220

2,180

2,460

2,900

a2 , 100

a2 , 000

al.900

al,900

al,900

al,900

194,440

6,272

-160

Nov.

al,600

al, 500

al.700

*a2,000

1,850

1,880

1,880

1,560

1,150

1,160

1,420

1,420

1,430

1,440

1,280

1,310

1,110

1,360

1,240

1,210

1,200

1,060

975

1,260

4,950

3,770

2,500

cl.800

cl,600

cl.500

50,095

1,670

-28

Dec.

cl,400

ol,500

01,600

ol,600

01,500

cl.400

cl.500

ol,400

cl.500

cl,300

cl,300

cl,400

cl,500

c2,000

cl,700

*cl,600

ol,600

ol,600

10,800

15.900

4,850

3,400

3,040

2,660

2,580

1,950

1,610

1,580

1,900

2,080

1,940

81,490

2,629

-26

Jan.

1,980

1,600

2,070

5,780

3,400

2,830

3,960

6.200

5,640

3,500

2,730

2,420

2,420

2,480

2,340

2,320

1,730

1,510

1,810

1,900

1,770

1,720

1,620

1,350

1.510

1,500

*1,740

1,860

2,020

1,910

4,150

79,570

2,567

+4

Feb.

12,600

6,890

3,500

2.650

2,710

20,300

18,900

4,790

3,720

3,260

9,080

13,100

6,640

4,590

3,840

3,840

4,330

8,570

24,100

23,800

7,800

6,340

6,340

5,370

6,060

9,690

7,090

5,370

4,850

240,120

8,280

+ 147

Mar.

4,200

3,840

3,720

3,840

3,960

3,300

2,740

2,920

3,200

3,100

3,300

3,400

2,830

2.650

3,500

4,980

5,640

*9,380

10,000

8,140

8,140

7,540

7,840

7,240

6,790

6,060

4,590

4,980

5,640

7,720

18.900

174,080

5,615

+38

Apr.

16,700

7,840

7,240

14, 500

19,900

25.400

10 000

6^200

5,110

4,330

3,960

3, 610

3,500

3,410

3,320

3,200

2,700

2,460

2,760

*2,830

2,970

3,060

3,070

2,370

2.160

2,340

2,350

3,120

2,980

2,740

174,130

5,804

-91

May

2,030

2,820

2,520

2,320

2,300

2,180

2,420

3,960

12.700

5,370

3,700

3,110

3,220

3,060

2,380

2,160

2,160

2,180

2,010

2,020

1,880

1,600

1,780

1,910

*1,980

2,520

5,140

7,540

5,010

3,480

3,020

100,480

3,241

+40

June

2,740

2,460

2,710

4.540

3,130

2,340

2,550

2,420

2,120

2,120

2,040

1,780

1,660

1,920

1,900

1,660

1,740

1,840

1,450

1,280

1,980

1,940

2,450

1,960

2,020

1,630

1,220

1,620

1,580

1,710

62,310

2,077

-49

July

1,820

1,960

1,920

1,160

1,560

1,690

1,560

1,560

1,650

1,280

1,360

2.280

*1,980

1,540

1,470

1,580

1,180

870

1,160

1,230

1,240

1,250

1,340

1,100

780

1,360

1,720

2,050

1,920

1,950

1,280

46,800

1,510

-58

Aug.

3,200

1,320

1,360

1,210

1,360

1,290

1,160

1,040

1,160

1,170

1,240

1,590

2,380

4.410

2,120

1,580

*1,840

1,420

1,380

1,380

1,210

1,390

2,220

3,590

1,830

1,660

1,460

1,300

830

1,350"

1,250

51,650

1,666

-3

Sept.

2,030

1,690

2,360

1,490

1,120

1,360

1,110

1,230

1,320

1,400

1,810

2,770

2,260

1,470

1,420

1,180

1,250

1,100

4,420

4,220

4.460

2,220

1,540

1,680

1,330

875

1,420

*1,170

1,580

2,790

56,075

1,869

-63

Adjusted for change in contents in Philpott Reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

6,112 

2.98 

3.44

1,642 

0.801 

0.8S

Calendar year 1959 : 

Water year 1959-60 :

2,603 

1.27 

1.46

2,571 

1.25 

1.44

8,427 

4.11 

4.43

5,653 

2.76 

3.18

5,713 

2.79 

3.11

Observed

3,281 

1.60 

1.84

Max 26,300 Min 580 Mean 2,325 

Max 26,300 Min 780 Mean 3,583

2,028 

0.989 

1.10

1,452 

0.708 

0.82

1,663 

0.811 

0.94

1,806 

0.881 

0.98

Adjusted

Mean 2,336 Cfsm 1.14 In. 15.47 

Mean 3,562 Cfsm 1.74 In. 23.63

Peak discharge (base, 22.00O cfs). Oct. 1 (6 p.m.) 24.50O cfs (11.34 ft); Oct. 11 (? a.m 

cfs (12.24 ft); Feb. 6 (8 p.m.) 24,500 cfs (11.28 ft); Feb. 19 (3 p.m.) 26,30O cfs (11. 

Apr. 5 (l2 p.m.) 24,800 cfs (11.42 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Philpott Reservoir; furnished by 

Corps of Engineers.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for station at Paces, 

c Backwater from debris.

,.m.) 27,700 

81 ft)j
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 61

755. Dan River at Paces , Va .

Location. Lat 36°38'32", long 79"05'23", on right bank 12 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 0.5 mile southeast of Paces, Halifax County, 0.5 mile upstream from Big Toby 

Creek, 2.7 miles upstream from Birch Creek, and at mile 36.0.

Drainage area. 2,550 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1950 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 317.37 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 9 years (1951-60), 2,607 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 30,900 cfs Oct. 12 (gage height, 24.48 ft); minimum, 384 cfs July 25 (gage height, 2.26 ft); minimum daily, 840 efs July 25.

1950-60: Maximum discharge, 34,000 cfs Oct. 17, 1954 (gage height, 25.40 ft); minimum, 193 cfs Sept. 4, 1956 (gage height, 1.71 ft); minimum daily, 244 cfs Sept. 4, 1956.

Flood of Aug. 16, 1940, reached a stage of 32.3 ft, from floodmark.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record or backwater 

from return of overbank flow, which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation caused by cotton 

mills at Danville. Since August 1950, flow regulated by Philpott Reservoir on Smith 

River (usable capacity, 145,200 acre-ft). Records of suspended sediment loads for the 

water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except periods of backwater from 

return of overbank flow (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in 

cubic feet per second)

3.1 8OO

5.0 1,790

12.0 7,400

17.0

24.0

14,300 

29,5OO

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(tT

Oct.

14,100

20,200

cll.SOO

c4,100

c3,6OO

3,400

2.460

2,600

4,200

12,000

25,200

c 29 , OOP

c!7,50O

C5.800

011,000

10,600

5,240

4,120

2,920

2,530

3,000

2,920

2,840

3,480

4,120

3,240

2,600

2,680

2,600

2,460

2,530

224,840

7,253

-160

Nov.

2,760

2,180

2,040

2,320

*2,320

2,320

2,460

2,600

1,730

1,670

1,670

1,850

1,790

1,790

2,040

1.550

1,550

1,670

1,730

1,610

1,610

1,550

1,400

1,550

3,860

5.560

3,080

2,530

2,390

2,180

65,160

2,172

-28

Dec.

1,970

2,040

2,180

2,180

2,110

2,040

1,790

1,910

2,040

1.750

1,850

1,910

2,110

2,840

2,390

*2,180

2,180

2,250

7,870

16.700

011,100

c4,500

c4,100

3,800

3,560

3,240

2,390

2,460

3,000

3,240

2,920

106,580

3,438

-26

Jan.

2,600

2,680

2,890

6,220

5,320

4.2OO

5,560

7.840

6,830

4.76O

5.8OO

3,320

3,560

3,320

3,160

3,000

2,840

2,110

2,250

2,460

2,320

2,250

2,110

2,040

1.670

1,790

2,110

*2,590

2,600

2,530

3,910

104,440

3,369

+4

Feb.

12,200

13,900

5,480

5.800

4,200

15,400

22,400

010,800

C4.400

C4.200

7,110

13,800

8,050

5,560

4,840

4,440

4,92O

8,650

20 , 000

25,500

C14.500

C6.500

6,290

5,720

5,800

8,740

7,620

5,560

4,920

265,080

9,141

+147

Mar.

4,600

4.2OO

4,120

4,120

4,280

5,880

5,640

5.160

3,640

5,560

5,560

3,800

3,720

3,160

3,560

5,000

6,290

*8,860

11,100

9,580

8,620

7 ,73O

7,100

7,010

6,470

6,120

5,160

5,000

5,240

6,580

15.400

176,060

5,679

+38

Apr.

c!8,000

c8,0£0

c6,6OO

11,800

19,200

25,400

c!7,500

e6,7OO

5,480

4,920

4,600

4,360

4,2OO

4,040

3,880

3,800

3,640

3,240

3,160

3,480

*3,320

3,560

3,560

3,480

2,590

2,6OO

2,760

3,480

3,800

3,320

192,290

6,410

-91

May

2,920

2,780

3,000

2,760

2,600

2,530

2,600

3,320

9,650

7,080

4,440

3,880

5,560

5,560

5,400

2,320

2,460

2,460

2,390

2,320

2,250

2,250

1,800

1,850

*2,250

2,460

4,060

10,200

7,370

4,440

3,400

112,360

3,625

+40

June

3,080

2,920

2,680

3,400

4.200

2,320

2,680

2,760

2,320

2,250

2,110

2,250

1,510

1,850

1,970

1,790

1,730

1,730

1,850

1,220

1,730

1,910

2,180

2,110

1,910

2, ISO

1,310

1,450

1,610

1,610

64,620

2,154

-49

July

1,790

1,850

2,180

1,380

1,400

1,610

1,670

1,55C

1.50C

1,67C

1,19C

5,75C

*2,52C

1,75C

1,50C

1,40C

1,61C

921

,OOC

,25C

,22C

,22C

,50C

,35C

840

,02C

,73C

,790

,040

,970

,910

48,641

1,56F

-58

Aug.

3,O9O

1,870

1,500

1,550

1,400

1,300

1,350

1,180

1,220

1,250

1,500

1,400

1,790

4,040

5,040

1,750

*1,610

1,790

1,450

a 1,400

al,500

al,500

a2 , 500

a5,5OO

a2,500

al,700

al,500

al,500

a900

al,500~

al , 500

54,560

1,754-2

Sept.

a2,000

al , 800

a2,200

al,700

al,OOO

al,100

al,OOO

al,100

al,150

al.500

a2,000

a5 , 100

2,460

2,110

1,500

1,450

1,250

al , 500

a4,000

a4,500

a4,500

a2,600

al,950

al,900

al,600

a950

al,500

al,400

*al,550

2,180

58,150

1,958

-65

Adjusted for change In contents in Philpott Reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

7,095 

2.78 

3.20

2,144 

0.841 

0.94

Calendar year 1959: 

Water year 1959-60:

3,412 

1.34 

1.54

3,373 

1.32

1.52

9,288 

3.64 

5.95

5,717 

2.24 

2.58

6,519 

2.48 

2.77

3,665 

1.44 

1.66

Observed

Max 29,000 Mln 600 Mean 2,671 

Max 29,000 Mln 840 Mean 4,023

2,105 

0.825 

0.92

1,511 

0.593 

0.68

1,751 

0.687 

0.79

1,875 

0.735 

0.82

Adjusted

Mean 2,682 Cfsm 1.05 In. 14.26 

Mean 4,002 Cfsm 1.57 In. 21.35

Peak discharge (base, 22,000 cfs). Oct. 12 (8 to 9 a.m.) 30.9OO cfs (24.48 ft); Feb. 7 (9 p.m.)

23,600 cfs (21.62 ft); Feb. 20 (6 to 8 p.m.) 26,200 cfs (22.7O ft); Apr. 6 (11 p.m.) 24,800 cfs

(22.06 ft)._________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, In Philpott Reservoir; furnished by 

Corps of Engineers.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for station at Drnvllle.

c Backwater from return of overbank flow.
62 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

770. Banister River at Halifax, Va.

Location. Lat 36°46'35", long 78°54'58", on left bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on

U. S. Highway 360, 1,700 ft downstream from Terrible Creek, 1'mile northeast of Halifax, 

Halifax County, and 10 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 552 sq ml.

Records available.--September 1904 to December 1905, October 1928 to September 1960. 

Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 318.54 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

(Torps of Engineers). Sept. 28, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1905, chain gage at site 400 ft upstream at different datum. Dec. 9, 1928, to Sept. 20, 1950, water-stage recorder at 

site 400 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 33 years (1904-5, 1928-60), 521 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,800 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 17.54 ft); minimum daily, 39 cfs Oct. 4.

1904-5, 1928-60: Maximum discharge, 50,000 cfs Sept. 20, 1944 (gage height, 40.8 ft, 

from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 11,000 cfs on basis of slope-area 

measurement of peak flow and velocity-area study minimum, 6 cfs on many days in August 

and September 1932; minimum daily, 6 cfs Aug. 30, 1932.

Remarks. Records good except those below 50 cfs and those for period of no gage-height 

record, which are poor. Low and medium flow regulated by powerplant half a mile above 

station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 

1943(M).

1929-30, 1932-35. WSP 972: 1938(M), 1940. WSP 1112:

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in

cubic feet per second) 

(Rate of change in stage used as a factor for most days above 1,100 cfs)

-0.2

0.0

.3

.5

1.0

2.0 

4.0 

9.0 

17.0

125

281

690

2,100

5,500

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.040

320

417

39

322

93

158

294

976

995

995

903

394

800

945

572

383

334

292 

262

286

250

314

1,020

970

945

489

228

324

348

399

16,107

520

0.942

1.09

Nov.

270

386

240

313

*258

281

566

119

266

254

254

262

260

268

230

242

284

236

246 

217

259

230

262

511

855

970

518

399

489

300

10,245

342

0.620

0.69

Dec.

400

282

378

286

362

390

354

405

338

308

327

404

610

437

362

348

*342

420

1,200 

2,650

1,620

1,020

608

478

316

452

332

542

716

414

394

17,495

564

1.02

1.18

Jan.

328

360

398

1.030

870

636

772

1,020

1,020

945

574

546

506

492

290

501

373

422

348 

358

367

332

264

255

275

334

432

*384

448

* t* 468

15,728

507

0.918

1.06

Feb.

661

897

500

434 672"

2,89O

3,670

1,690

970

788

1,040

1,380

1,070

970

918

920

781

1,410

5.150 

4,790

2,430

1,350

1,190

1,040

1,130

2,520

1,820

1,100

970

45,151

1,557

2.82

3.04

Mar.

945

743

686

714

810

522

567

670

550

583

534

575

481

590

654

792

970

1,380

2. 060 

2,030

1,960

1,600

1,260

1,100

949

970

873

814

694

368

1,200

29,144

940

1.70

1.96

Apr.

1,200

970

1,310

2,190

4,550

5.500

2,820

1,220

970

945

691

602

594

606

550

480

558

566

526 

470

*388

568

473

459

420

412

582

927

348

406

32,301

1,077

1.95

2.18

May

414

494

469

325

374

380

358

1,220

2.940

1,160

916

458

684

348

497

427

407

386

376 

298

366

276

315

288

320

*340

433

1,150

1,290

596

19,202

619

1.12

1.29

June

370

362

402

442

326

330

664

904

374

357

298

308

276

307

277

292

246

250

200 

204

213

254

240

234

256

278

228

230

191

212

9,525

318

0.576

0.64

July

268

321

313

138

304

111

262

142

213

120

339

400

158

*320

128

164

154

202

143 

114

172

86

198

47

189

156

307

286

192

232

180

6,359

205

0.371

0.43

Aug.

676

644

58

54

295

181

286

il

306

154

234

248

380

438

270

224

218

*122

158 

185

131

571

22~6 970

360

,

L 250

f

'

8,936

288

0.522

0.60

Sept.

200

i

I 100

J

1

> 250

>

 i

> 100

j

 i

} 90

J

 )

> 80

J

*405

4,425

148

0.268

0.30

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,650 Mln 28 Mean 398 Cfsm 0.721 In. 9.78

Water year 1959-60: Max 5,500 Mln 39 ' Mean 586 Cfsm 1.06 In. 14.46

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 cfs). Feb. 20 (3 a.m.) 5,740 cfs (17.40 ft); Apr. 6 (9:30 a.m.) 5,800

eta (17.54 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Aug. 26 to Sept. 29; discharge estimated on basis of records for 

nearby stations.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 63'

775. Hyco River near Denniston, Va.

Location. Lat 36°35'16", long 78°53'56", on left bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on

U. S. Highway 501, 0.8 mile upstream from Mayo Creek, 2 miles east of Denniston, Halifax 

County, and 8 miles south of South Boston.

Drainage area. 289 sq mi.

Rpoords available. October 1928 to September 1934, October 1950 to September 1960. 

Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 315.24 ft above mean sea level. July 10, 

1929, to Mar. 14, 1934, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 254 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,480 cfs Feb. 20 (gage height, 17.61 ft, from 

floodmark in well); minimum, 7.8 cfs July 25, 26 (gage height, 4.37 ft).

1928-34, 1950-60: Maximum discharge, 7,630 cfs Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 21.88 ft, 

from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 2,900 cfs; minimum, 0.004 cfs Sept. 14, 1932 (gage height, 3.58 ft), result of discharge measurement.

Floods in August 1928 and September 1945 reached stages of 26.4 and 25.6 ft, respectively, from floodmarks.

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

backwater from tributary, which are poor. Small diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused 

by mill above station in some years.

Revisions (water years) . WSF 1383: 1930, drainage area. WSP 1503: 1930(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except periods of Ice effect or backwater from 

tributary (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

4.5

4.4

4.5 

4.7 

5.0 

6.0

6.3

8.5

11

18

33

92

7.0

10.0

14.0

15.0

18.0

194

680

1,550

2,OOO

4,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year Octoter 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

701

130

66

39

27

23

20

17

24

c200

cl,200

1,580

*1.850

C700

c980

1,060

383

183

134

100

86

80

37

863

662

350

183

134

103 

92

91

12,108

391

1.35

1.56

Nov.

96

96

85

77

*73

72

217

483

505

172

128

107

97

90

85

81

84

90

84

76

73

74

74

c520

cl,5oO

C2.300

2.560

649

285

207

10,840

361

1.25

1.39

Dec.

166

150

134

128

112

105

134

144

112

99

95

102

161

156

117

103

*99

186

cl.OOO

cl,700

2,460

1,720

381

266

220

194

178

172

292 

292

200

11,378

367

1.27

1.46

Jan.

161

139

554

954

696

574

1,170

1.400

1,170

500

347

278

240

220

194

178

150

139

144

134

117

102

88

b85

b85

b95

105

*112

122 

122

522

10,897

352

1.22

1.40

Feb.

01,500

2,310

2,620

684

539

cl,600

02,200

2,460

794

572

0900

1,210

1,090

608

572

518

626

01,500

c2,7OO

a4,100

a3,500

1,300

699

554

c8OO

al,300

al,500

759

406

39,521

1,363

4.72

5.09

Mar.

315

252

266

b300

a280

a250

a230

a220

a210

a210

a200

a200

a200

a200

a250

a350

a500

a800

2,360

2,56Q

2,460

1,830

1,120

756

626

518

432

381

330 

595

al,000

20,201

652

2.26

2.60

Apr.

al,300

a980

al,200

a2, 500

a3,200

a5.600

al,200

al,200

a700

a700

a400

a300

a250

a250

a220

a200

a250

a250

a200

a!60

*a!40

194

226

166

139

122

122

776

656 

322

22,823

761

2.63

2.94

May

233

220

178

139

122

107

98

919

1.660

490

240

200

220

178

139

117

101

90

80

73

70

66

60

57

54

*55

376

1,060

451 

246

208

8,307

268

0.927

1.07

June

104

81

85

178

122

82

71

62

56

52

45

45

40

40

36

32

50

28

26

25

23

24

29

50

34

50

56

29

24 

22,

1,519

50.6

0.175

0.20

July

24

20

19

18

16

19

20

20

17

15

44

338

105

*52

36

27

21

17

15

14

12

11

10

9.5

8.5

8.0

9.8

24

26 

76

82

1,135.8

36.6

0.127

0.15

Aug.

72

28

22

19

30

27

19

16

34

67

55

35

50

45

152

61

32

*24

20

18

15

14

29

71

68

78

372

T78

71 

56

42

1,820

58.7

0.203

0.23

Sept.

44

52

232

294

93

70

45

36

30

28

68

338

242

88

55

39

34

30

30

34

34

31

26

24

22

20

18

18

*28 

63

2,164

72.1

0.249

0.28

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,560 Mln 5.7 Mean 246 Cfsm 0.851 In. 11.54

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,100 Mln 8.0 Mean 390 Cfsm 1.35 In. 18.37

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 cfs).--Nov. 27 (4 to 6 a.m.) 3,000 cfs (15.95 ft); Dec. 21 (6 to 8 p.m.) 

2,660 cfs (15.73 ft); Feb. 3 (3 to 5 a.m.) 3,100 cfs (16.06 ft); Feb. 8 (4 to 6 a.m.) 2,760 ofs 

(15.75 ft); Feb. 2O (time unknown) 4,48O cfs (17.61 ft); Mar. 2O (l p.m.) 2,660 cfs (l5.70 ft); 

about Apr. 6 (time unknown) 5,800 ofs (16.83 ft). _____ __________________________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for nearby stations.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

c Backwater from tributary.
ROAMOKE RIVER BASIM

795. Roanoke River at Buggs Island, Va.

Location. Lat 36°36 I 06", long 78°17'56", on left bank 1,200 ft downstream from John H. 

Kerr Dam, 2.4 miles upstream from Aliens Creek, 5.3 miles upstream from bridge on U. 3. 

Highway 1, 6.7 miles southeast of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, and at mile 178.4.

Drainage area.--7.780 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1921 to August 1923 (gage heights only), April 1947 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 196.72 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers bench mark). November 1921 to August 1923 at site 0.3 mile upstream at different datum. April 1947 to Sept. 30, 1952, at site 2,800 ft downstream at different 

datum.

Average discharge. 13 years (1947-60), 7,694 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 40,400 cfs Dec. 22 (gage height, 10.40 ft); minimum, 196 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 1.69 ft); minimum daily, 205 cfs Aug. 21.

1947-60: Maximum discharge, 76 000 cfs Dec. 7, 1948 (gage height, 14.97 ft); minimum, 99 cfs July 3, Oct. 84, 1953 (gage height, 1.53 ft); minimum daily, 140 cfs 

Oct. 7, 1956.

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 33.9 ft, from levels by Corps of Engineers.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair, 

and those below 1,000 cfs, which are poor. Since August 1950, flow regulated by Philpott Reservoir on Smith River (usable capacity, 145,200 acre-ft) and by John H. Kerr 

Reservoir (usable capacity, 2,324,300 acre-ft).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet pe

1.7

1.8

2.5 

3.0

200

250

385

970

1,820

3.5

ond)

2,870

4,350

30,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October- 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IS

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

10,800

5,240

1,470

315

12,200

8,980

7,160

8,120

7,160

820

230

20.600

18,000

10,000

17,100

16,700

720

11,500

17,100

17,200

19,200

17,300

15,900

2,260

775

15,200

13,800

16,300

17,600

14,600

515

324,865

10,480

+3 , 050

Nov.

215

5,680

6,660

6,070

9,300

7,390

910

250

8,600

9,000

4,310

6,880

6,900

4,280

1,780

8,050

7,320

7,420

6,380

7,420

2,970

1,350

7,320

7,920

5,710

3,030

7,040

3,960

1,780

alO,500

166,395

5,546

+1,037

Dec.

alO,500

a8 , 5OO

a7,500

6,800

3,440

1,340

9,510

8,850

8,320

9,740

7,210

2,750

670

6,440

7,360

7,580

7,680

7,250

750

540

17,600

19,900

22,600

14,900

5,450

9,690

4,520

15,200

14,400

13,900

15,000

275,890

8,900

-268

Jan.

11,400

9,460

1,860

15,800

15,900

15,800

15,800

15,300

6,100

4,620

15,500

16,700

15,000

15,200

14,300

6,200

6,240

14,200

13,200

13,300

14,700

11,800

a3,500

a2,000

a6,000

a5,500

7,330

3,650

7,200

3,170

825

307,555

9,921

-1,757

Feb.

7,170

13,200

14,000

15,900

15,000

4.970

5,800

16,200

15,600

14,800

15 , 900

16,900

15,400

19,100

19,400

15,100

15,500

17,900

16,500

20,300

21,600

23,700

22,200

22,900

17,800

22,800

22,000

22,700

25,900

496,240

17,110

+7,183

Mar.

*22,800

23,100

17,200

23,300

a24.000

a22,000

a24,000

24,000

23 , 900

17,900

18,600

4,760

4.650

13,800

15,500

15,300

15,700

17,700

12 , 800

16,800

16,100

17,100

16,900

18,100

18,600

18,100

17,100

17,300

17,100

16 , 900

15,900

546,990

17,640

-2,405

Apr.

17,600

19,300

13,200

17,500

17,900

25.100

17,200

17,200

21,500

2O.50O

19,600

19,000

14,800

22,300

18,800

23,000

18,800

19,800

19,300

2O,000

19,000

16,600

19,300

16,200

6,220

6,670

6,740

8,540

11,600

5,820

495,090

16,500

+632

May

4,020

10,100

9,910

10,200

9,460

10,300

3,740

2.780

16,400

15,200

15,400

12,200

a!4,000

a!4,000

a!4,000

a8,500

a7,800

a7,800

a7 , 800

a7,600

a4,200

a3 , 5OO

a8,000

9,120

8,880

8,640

9,OOO

10,200

10,400

15,800

16.50O

307,250

9,911

-409

June

16.500

12,700

14,500

8,150

3,250

6,140

4,540

5,100

5,040

4,880

440

518

8,860

8,360

8,690

8,620

9,080

795

518

9,600

a9,000

a9,000

9,700

9,450

525

318

6,010

6,070

6,010

6,280

197,844

6,595

-2,044

July Aug.

5,540 6,340

850 8,660

318 6,890

318 8,630

5,630 6,220

5,720 505

5,420 250

5,560 7,660

475 5,880

325 6,420

5,940 4,070

8,210 3,760

8.250 445

7,270 255

6,520 6,840

410 4,460

310 4,640

7,000 3,740

6,160 5,560

5,840 815

3,950 205

5,780 6,5"10

2,980 4,340

286 5,800

6,260 9,120

4,580 9.580

2,860 4,500

2,920 2,250

2,920 8,450

550 7,720

274 6,900

119,186 156,975

5,845 5,064

-655 -1,491

Sept.

7,680

6,940

215

210

2,850

7,120

5,480

6,120

9.860

5,710

215

6,170

9,100

5,700

7,620

8,600

2,580

460

6,650

5,760

4,200

5,700

5,250

515

210

5,900

5,920

8,920

7,660

7,540

152,215

5,074

-1,145

Adjusted for change In contents 'In Phllpott and John H. Kerr Reservoirs

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

13,550 

1.74 

2.01

6,585 

0.846 

0.94

Calendar year 1959: 

Water year 1959-60:

8,652 

1.11 

1.28

8,164 

1.05 

1.21

24,290 

5.12 

5.56

15,240 

1.96 

2.26

17,150 

2.20 

2.46

9,502 

1.22 

1.41

Observed

Max 20,600 Mln 21O Mean 6,245 

Max 25,900 Mln 2O5 Mean 9,690

4,551 

0.585 

0.65

5,190 3,573 

0.410 0.459 

0.47 0.53

3,929 

0.505 

0.56

Adjusted

Mean 6,455 Cfsm 0.827 In. 11.22 

Mean 9,802 Cfsm 1.26 In. 17.14

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second, In Phllpott and John H. Kerr Reseryolrs; furnished by Corps of Engineers.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of powerhouse records.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

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

Location.--Lat 36°28', long 77°38', on right bank l£ miles downstream from tridge on State 

Highway 48 at Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, 1\ miles upstream from Chocyott Creek, 

2% miles downstream from Roanoke Rapids Dam, and at mile 133.6.

Drainage area. 8,410 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--December 1911 to September 1960. Prior to January 1933, published as

 "at old Gaston." Records published for both sites February 1930 to December 1932. 

Gage-height records collected at site of auxiliary gage since November 1890 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder at present site and datum since February 1930. Datum of gage 

is 43.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Dec. 7, 1911, to Nov. 21, 1921, and Apr. 7 to Dec. 31, 1932, chain gage and Nov. 21, 

1921, to Apr. 7, 1932, water-stage recorder, both at site 9 miles upstream at different 

datum. Since Aug. 6, 1941, auxiliary water-stage recorder 3.6 miles downstream from 

base gage.

Average discharge.--48 years (1912-60), 8,270 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 32,400 cfs Feb. 20 (gage height, 10.92 ft); min-

 imum, 987 cfs Jan. 24 (gage height, 1.93 ft); minimum daily, 1,500 cfs Jan. 31.

1911-60: Maximum discharge, 261,000 cfs Aug. 18, 1940 (gage height, 39.0 ft, from 

floodmarks); minimum, about 250 cfs Dec. 16, 1955; minimum daily, 472 cfs Sept. 21, 1932.

Flood in November 1877 at Old Gaston reached a stage about 2 ft lower than flood in 

August 1940, which was 21.5 ft. 

Remarks. Records good except those for period July 29 to Sept. 30 and those for periods

 of~no gage height-record, which are fair. Flow regulated since August 1950 by Philpott 

Reservoir on Smith River (usable capacity, 145,200 acre-ft) and by John F. Kerr Reservoir (usable capacity, 2,324,300 acre-ft) and since June 1955 by Roanoke Rapids Lake

Revisions6 fwaLlr1 yfarlK--WSpC 712: 1930?6 WSP 822: 1936. WSP 1032: 1912, 1928(M) , 

1930(M). 1932-33(M)! WSP 1433: 1912-23, 1925-28, 1930, 1932-33, 1935, 1937-39.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height. In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used July 29, 30, Aug. 3-5, 8, 10-12, 

16, 19, 23-26, 29-31, Sept. 1, Z, 8-16, 19, 20, 28-30)

2.4

3.0

1,500

2,320

4.0 

6.0

4,100

9,500

8.0 

10.0

17,000 

27,OOO

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

3,540

6,830

2,590

2,280

8,060

9,170

8,990

9,280

10,200

2,010

9,530

14,500

18,500

16,600

16,400

16,700

11,500

5,450

13,300

14,200

18,500

19,000

18,400

12,500

2,200

9,810

15, 100

14,800

17,500

15,400

6,460

349,300

11,270

+3,424

Nov.

2,920

3,790

5,190

6,000

9,280

9,630

9,240

4,740

4,900

9,210

5,610

9,070

5,750

5,510

3,680

7,340

7,350

7,690

6,970

7,490

5,170

2,020

5,630

9,150

11,000

12,900

6, 890

4,580

3,500

7,600

199,800

6,660

+868

Calendar year 1959: I

Water year 1959-60: I

Dec.

10,700

8,550

9,560

8,790

5,890

3,790

7,670

7,740

8,640

8,650

9,500

5,800

1,600

5,990

6,820

8,900

8,040

7,890

7,950

3,710

14, 000

18,000

18,400

19,000

13, 800

7,160

5,920

12,300

15,400

14 500

15^200

299,860

9,673

-295

Jan.

13,300

12,200

8,400

12,300

14,100

15,100

16,900

19, OOP

14,200

4,870

13,500

14,100

16,700

16,500

16,100

11,500

4,550

13,200

14,000

14,300

14,400

13,800

 7,630

2,140

4,550

6,260

7,150

8,350

8,420

3,620

1,500

342,640

11,050

-1,590

Feb.

12,000

13,800

14,000

14,000

16,400

16,300

11,400

11,700

14,200

15,200

16,900

19,000

19 , 000

17,900

19 , 500

19,500

19,500

19,500

21,000

25,500

23,500

23,500

24, 500

24,500

24,500

*24 , 500

24,500

24,000

24,000

553,600

19,090

+7,117

Mar.

24,500

24,500

24,500

24,000

24,000

24,000

24,OOO

24,000

24,000

22,200

19,000

18,800

a5, 500

10,500

13,600

a!4,000

17,100

18,500

19,000

a!4,600

18,500

18,500

19,000

17,100

18,500

19,000

19,000

19,000

17,000

18,200

19,000

593,100

19,130

-2,412

Observed

Apr.

19,000

19,000

19,OOO

19,000

20,600

25,000

22,OOO

20, 500

20,500

20,500

21,000

21,000

20,500

20,500

20,500

20,500

20, 500

20, 500

20,500

20,500

20,000

19,000

19,000

19,000

11,300

7,530

7,840

9,920

13,000

a6,000

541,690

18,060

+618

May

a6,000

a7,400

alO,000

alO,000

311,000

all, 000

a6,600

a9,600

a!4,600

a!4,600

a 14, 600

a!4,600

a!4,600

a!4,600

a!4,600

a!2,500

a9,800

a8, 800

a9,200

a9,600

a6,000

a6,000

a7,400

a8,600

a9,200

all, 500

all, 000

all, 000

al5,000

815,000

a!5,000

339,400

10,950

-515

June

al5,000

a!5,000

15,000

14,500

a6,000

a4,000

a5,600

a4,600

a4,600

a5,000

a2,900

a2,100

a6,600

7,640

6,270

8,440

9,180

2,670

2,120

6,270

7,420

9,700

9,790

10,200

3,800

2,040

3,110

4,110

5,84,0

7,840

209,340

6,978

-1,928

July

6,G7C

2.27C

2.18C

3,540

3,79C

3,52C

3.30C

4,27C

2,240

2,18C

5,820

5, 65C

8.17C

8,24C

7,15C

2, 11C

2,040

4,26C

6,04C

5,79C

4,66C

5, SIC

2,76C

2.04C

5,39C

4,74C

3.95C

3,65C

6,30C

9,38C

2.18C

140, 09C

4,519

-706

Aug.

3,29O

5,600

7,460

8,780

8,180

2,110

2,110

5,650

5,300

6,740

6,280

9,380

3,820

2,040

3,740

5,800

4,900

5,050

6,020

2,200

2,180

3,620

6,420

5,750

9,470

9,880

5,350

3,620

8,870

8,600

8,390

176,600

5,697

-1,381

Sept.

7,670

7,430

3,820

2,200

3,040

4,460

5,400

7,310

9,880

7,220

*7,970

14,100

8,990

7,460

5,920

7,730

3,060

2,680

5,850

6,280

4,920

4,820

4,060

2,150

2,550

3,920

4,720

7,430

9,710

10, 100

182,850

6,095

-1,272

Adjusted

lax 19,500 Min 602 Mean 7,023 Mean 7,219 Cfsm 0.858 In. 11.65

lax 25,300 Min 1,500 Mean 10,730 Mean 10,860 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.56

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Philpott and John H. Kerr Reservoirs 

(furnished by Corps of Engineers) and Roanoke Rapids Lake (furnished by Virginia Electric and Power 

Co.).

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Roanoke Rapids hydroelectric 

plant and records for auxiliary gage.
66 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

815. Tar River near Tar River, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°ll'4l" (revised), long 78°35'00", on right bank 90 ft upstream from bridge 

on State Highway 96, l£ miles upstream from Fishing Creek, 2| miles east of town of Tar 

River, Granvllle County, and 8 miles south of Oxford.

Drainage area. 161 sq ml.

Records available.--October 1939 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published In WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control with a sharp-crested weir notch. Datum 

of gage is 287.25 ft (revised) above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Average discharge. 21 years, 159 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,560 cfs Feb. 19 (gage height, 11.30 ft); mlnl- 

. mum, 5.0 cfs July 24-25 (gage height, 1.38 ft).

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 13,100 cfs Aug. 18, 1955 (gage height, 18.07 ft); minimum, 0.07 cfs Oct. 14, 1954.

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

of Oxford diverts about 1 cfs for municipal water supply.

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: 1940-41. WSP 1112: 1941 (calendar year figures). 

WSP 1273:1941(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except periods of loe effect (gage 

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

2.6

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0 

11.0

175

458

1,200

2,240

4,320

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

y Oct.

526

114

51

52

24

20

17 

15

15

255

2,220

*578

150

1,380

1,380

276

148

116

90

*70

58

52

267

1,170

464

197

158

112

89

85

al 9,946

an 521

sm 1.99

2.50

Nov.

85

78

60

52

48.

98

2,160 

1,040

274

167

130

112

100

90

85

76

74

69

62

57

56

65

64

999

5.580

696

262

209

162

126

11,154

371

2.30

2.57

Dec.

*107

100

92

87

81

78

96 

90

75

68

64

84

238

140

96

85

78

179

2.410

1,640

396

253

178

146

150

121

116

118

527

262

159

8,292

267

1.66

1.92

Jan.

123

109

582

565

244

302

1,010 

928

366

258

192

156

*140

136

128

121

107

105

114

105

90

85

78

74

11

72

72

85

92

92

924

7,505

242

1.50

1.75

Feb.

2,890

694

353

220

379

2,210

734 

319

235

195

1,670

798

560

473

488

444

577

1,430

5,640

888

458

374

*308

226

737

1,150

424

279

220

23,153

798

4.96

5.55

Mar.

178

151

b!70

b!9p

b!70

b!50

b!45 

143

143

b!45

b!50

164

195

250

374

830

1,880

1,580

1,480

1,140

757

473

374

288

255

189

167

148

140

2,000

15,296

493

3.06

3.53

Apr.

484

302

1,200

1,200

2.550

*1,400

429 

297

218

175

151

158

128

118

112

107

100

98

107

94

87

94

105

87

75

66

63.

252

125

10,467

549

2.17

2.42

May

96

94

78

66

58

55

49 

641

787

205

118

128

192

116

89

72

*55

51

42

58

56

33

30

29

28.

30

58

1,770

444

146

109

5,719

184

1.14

1.32

June

59" 80

55

55

49

50

53 

36

51

28

26

25

23

22

20

18

17

17

16

15

56

28

19

 17

18

22

19

16

14

*15_

915

30.5

0.189

0.21

July

12

12

12

11

11

10

14 

13

11

11

83

84

35

21

16

14

11

9.9

8.8

7.7

7.0

6.0

5.5

5TT

5.6

6.5

8.1

55

52

84

696.0

22.5

0.140

0.16

Aug.

22

15

12

9.9

8.8

8.8

16 

13

*9.5

15

26

58

198

72

25

17

16

11

8.8

8.1

7.0

98

1,800

*287

64

2.110

1,160

184

80

45

56

6,440.9

208

1.29

1.49

Sept.

58

140

62

28

25

20

17 

15

14

2T

541

557

186

65

34

26

22

20

28

125

71

55

*24

20

17

16

15

14

50

207

2,205

75.5

0.457

0.51

lendar year 1S59: Max 3,580 Min 4.0 Mean 192 Cfsm 1.19 In. 16.17

ter year 1959-60: Max 5,640 Min 5.5 Mean 278 Cfsm 1.73 In. 23.51

Eik discharge (base 2,000 cfs). Oct. 11 (10 a.m.) 5,010 cfs (9.17 fb); Oct. 14 (12 p.m.) 2,450 cfs

8.30 ft); Nov. 7 (7 p.m.) 2,740 cfs (8.75 ft); Nov. 25 (9:30 a.m.) 4,480 cfs (11.17 ft); Dec. 19

8:30 p.m.) 5,550 cfs (9.97 ft); Feb. 1 (8 a.m.) 3,620 cfs (10.08 fb); Feb. 6 (l a.m.) 2.740 cfs

8.76 ft); Feb. 11 (5:30 p.m.) 2,240 cfs (8.00 ft); Feb. 19 (9 a.m.) 4,560 cfs (11.30 ft): Mar. 17

10 a.m.) 2,120 cfs (7.82 ft); Mar. 31 (4:50 a.m.) 2.810 cfs (8.94 ft): Apr. 5 (7:30 p.m.) 3,350

3fs (9.72 fb); May 28 (4:30 p.m.) 2,430 cfs (8.28 ft); Aug. 25 (2 p.m.) 2,450 cfs (8.32 ft);

Aug. 26 (5:30 p.m.) 4,160 cfs (10.77 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 67

818. Cedar Creek near Louisburg, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°03', long 78°SO', on dovmstream end of center pier of bridge on U. S. 

Highway 401, three-quarters of a mile dovmstream from Camping Creek, 3.7 miles southwest of Louisburg, Franklin County, and 5.5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 47.8 sq mi.

Records available. October 1953 to August 1956 (annual maximum only, published in 

WSP 1623) , September 1956 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 214.93 ft above mean sea level, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 1, 1956, crest-stage gage at upstream side 

of bridge at datum 6.39 ft higher.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 928 cfs Feb. 19 (gage height, 4.76 ft); minimum, 

12 cfs July 27 (gage height, 1.74 ft).

1953-60: Maximum discharge, 2,240 cfs May 6, 1958 (gage height, 6.96 ft).

1956-60: Minimum discharge, 4.2 cfs Aug. 13, 17, 18, 1957 (gage height, 1.45 ft).

Flood in 1935 reached a stage of about 14 ft, from Information by North Carolina 

State Highway Commission.

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

which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except period of ice effect (gage 

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

1.7

1.8 

2.O 

2.5

18

38

100

3.0 

4.O 

5.0

207

580

1,050

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe" 1960

Day

l

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf stn

In.

Oct.

69

41

32

29

28

27

26

29

60

59

172

92

53

~ ^ c

Nov.

55

50

46

45

45

51

157

186

89

68

61

59

55

54

: ' ~ | 53

96

66

57

48

*42

40

42

52

335

292

119

81

68

59

63

56

2,609

84.2

1.76

2.03

49

50

47

45

45

53

56

49

60

103

68

57

57

53

49

1,915

63.8

1.33

1.49

Dec.

*48

48

48

47

47

49

Jan.

49

48

86

94

67

77

54i 134

471 173

45

45

44

56

63

49

47

46

46

86

242

172

89

73

62

59

56

54

54

55

72

57

53

2,013

64.9

1.36

1.57

93

77

69

62

61

57

56

54

51

57

57

50

49

47

46

45

46

46

48

56

49

51

152

2,107

68.0

1.42

1.64

Feb.

540

232

100

80

98

6 9O

300

*105

85

76

239

156

HO

197

163

123

126

2OO

738

238

117

97

*83

78

127

167

100

83

80

5,528

191

4.00

4.30

Mar.

72

66

b80

b90

bSO

b72

b70

b68

b66

b66

b74

76

78

82

93

146

4O1 332"

244

2O4

159

119

97

87

81

77

72

71

68

115

314

3,740

121

2.53

2.91

Apr.

al25

a 100

a300

a350

a380

*402

140

107

92

82

77

76

73

71

69

68

67

69

67

63

61

66

61

57

55

53

10?

580

T§1

92

4,101

137

2.87

3.19

May

114

109

77

71

65

60

59

104

140

77

67

80

72

61

57

54

*50

47

45

45

44

40

40

42

39

42

45

87

53

46

41

1,973

63.6

1.33

1.54

June

38

68

253

194

68

59

57

47

41

37

36

33

33

31

30

31

28

28

27

33

48

35

32

28

29

24

28

26

23

*22

1,467

48.9

1.02

1.14

July

23

28

22

19

28

27

24

22

20

20

3<5

29

24

31

33

22

19

17

17

17

14

14

14

16

16

14

16

24

64

~50" 207

926

29.9

0.626

O.72

Aug.

36

28

24

21

22

72

44

27

*23

21

28

35

49

30

27

26

27

23

22

21

20

23

49

32

25

54

67

38

30

26

26

996

32.1

0.672

0.77

Sept .

23

22

21

21

20

20

19

17

17

19

26

92

39

24

21

21

19

19

20

25

19

19

*18

17

17

16

16

17

28

34

7O6

23.5

0.492

O.55

Calendar year 1959: Max 610 Min 16 Mean 65.8 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.69

Water year 1959-6O: Max 738 Min 14 Mean 76.7 Cfsm 1.60 In. 21.85

Peak discharge (base, 450 cfs). Feb. 1 (5 p.m.) 625 cfs (4.09 ft); Feb. 6 (4:3O p.m.) 882 cfs 

(4.67 ft); Feb. 19 (12:3O p.m.) 928 cfs (4.76 ft); Apr. 6 (1:30 a.m.) 648 cfs (4.17 ft); Apr. 28 

(6 a.m.) 670 cfs (4.21 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and reco"ds for nearby 

stations.

b Stage-dischrrge relation affected by ice.
68 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

820. Tar River near Nashville, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°51'00", long 77°55'50", on left bank 15 ft downstream from Cookrell

 Bridge on State Highway 58, 5 miles upstream from Sapony Creek, 10 miles south of Nashville, Nash County, and at mile 93.8.

Drainage area.--701 sq mi.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 110.96 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Feb. 28, 1935, chain end staff gages 

at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 32 years, 762 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,140 cfs Feb. 23 (gage height 12.56 ft); mini-

 mum, 31 cfs July 29 (gage height, 1.83 ft); minimum daily, 100 cfs July 25.

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 16,900 cfs Dec. 3, 1934 (gage height, 20.8 ft); minimum, 7.0 cfs Sept. 7, 1954 (gage height, 1.51 ft); minimum daily, 11 cfs Sept. 20, 1932.

Remarks. Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow 

caused by small mills above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1273: 1930.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 22 Feb. 23 to Sept. 30

2.7 208

3.0 300

4.0 700

6.0

9.0

13.0

1,650

3,400

6,500

2.2 

2.5 

3.0

154

310

5.0 1,180

9.0 3,400

12.0 5,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

30

SI

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

389

1,150

740

380

290

252

228

220

478

630

2,290

3,680

3,540

2,250

3,120

3,960

3,820

1,350

830

675

570

518

576

5,520

5,200

4,170

2,660

1,260

940

765

53,261

1,718

2.45

2.83

Nov.

720

650

610

*550

510

502

712

2,070

3,120

3,610

1,440

880

765

700

650

610

570

550

530

514

510

700

675

610

934

2,420

3,540

4.240

1,390

830

36,112

1,204

1.72

1.92

Dec.

700

610

590

570

550

518

526

550

550

498

466 466"

590

790

*720

550

506

823

1,780

2,930

5.890

2,170

900

765

700

650

650

849

1,170

790 

630

28,447

918

1.31

1.51

Jan.

675

1,160

2,020

1,440

1,550

2,360

2.810

2,400

1,220

985

880

810

765

720

675

630

650

700

650

590

550

518

494

494

498

498

514

570

570

610

2,060

31,066

1,002

1.43

1.65

Feb.

3,470

4,100

4,590

4,800

1,810

3,190

4,030

4,590

4,160

1,420

1,690

2,530

3,610

4,240

2,810

2,360

2,030

2,080

3,190

4,240

4,960

5,780

4,810

1,500

1.570

1,960

2,750

2,600

1,470

92,140

3,177

4.53

4.89

Mar.

1,200

1,060

1,110

1,420

1,470

1,200

1,090

1,040

1,000

928

1,130

1,160

1,130

1,180

1,270

1,670

3,050

3,820

4,450

4,880

4.960

4,030

2,200

1,570

1,320

1,160

1,060

1,000

928

1,020

1,840

56,346

1,818

2.59

2.99

Apr.

3,050

3,820

2,580

2,750

4,100

4,590

4,730

5.040

3,120

1,270

1,090

975

928

882

835

788

765

745

765

745

702

680

680

680

640

600

620

2,260

3,120

2,000

55,550

1,852

2.64

2.95

May

1,160

1,130

1,020

835

725

660

620

960

1,980

2.870

2,360

1,040

1,000

1,040

835

702

620

576

528

488

462

446

430

414

406

394

654

1,000

1,290

1,980 

795

29,420

949

1.35

1.56

June

542

462

470

765

905

660

520

466

422

374

342

314

*314

300

275

269

265

262

240

221

300

296

342

296

272

249

259

246

224

196

11,068

369

0.526

0.59

July

199

194

182

176

165

185

191

199

179

142

*152

292

*430

306

310

272

194

168

160

*160

281

134

109

120

100

127

147

121

794

2 450

1^240

9,879

319

0.455

0.52

Aug.

702

390

269

205

182

188

963

464

272

206

265

1,010

1,040

1,200

810

*554

418

370

303

253

214

211

312

1,550

2,580

1,140

1,090

2,740

5.840

2 , 280 

484

26,505

855

1.22

1.41

Sept.

414

342

446

502

342

265

253

230

221

196

214

2.920

2,030

1,410

620

446

426

334

322

310

310

378

314

265

240

230

224

211

227

278

14,920

497

0.709

0.79

Calendar year 1959: Max 5,520 Mln 125 Mean 968 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.76

Water year 1959-60: Max 5,780 Mln 100 Mean 1,215 Cfsm 1.73 In. 23.61

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 cfs). Oct. 17 (6 a. 

12.34 ft); Nov. 28 (3 p.m.) 4,450 cfs (10.52 

1 p.m.) 4,960 cfs (11.19 ft); Feb. 9 (2:30 a. 

10.71 ft); Feb. 23 (3 a.m.) 6,140 cfs (12.56 

9 p.m.) 5,120 cfs (11.41 ft); July 30

m. 4,100 cfs (10.05 ft); Oct. 24 (2 p.m.)

ft ; Dec. 21 (9 p.m.) 4.100 cfs (9.98 ft):

m. 4,730 cfs (10.94 ft); Feb. 14 (8 a.m.)

3 p.m.; o,i£u cia ^11.41 icjj July au \z a.m.} 4,1UO cis 

cfs (10.11 ft); Sept. 12 (9:30 a.m.) 4,100 cfs (9.95 ft).

, . 

-- , Mar. 21 (7 a.m.) 5, 

.) 4,100 cfs (9.96 ft); A

. .. 

040 cfs (11.33 ft 

Aug. 30 (12:30 a.m

Discharge measurement made on this day.
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 69

825. Sapony Creek near Nashville, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°53'10" (revised), long 77°54'40" (revised), on right bank 275 ft upstream from bridge on county road, 1 mile upstream from mouth, and 6-| miles southeast 

of Nashville, Nash County.

Drainage area. 64.8 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1950 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 100 ft (from topographic nap). Prior to 

July 14, 1953, staff gage and July 14, 1953, to Jan. 19, 1959, wire-weigl t gage, at 

bridge 275 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 10 years, 72.0 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,420 cfs Oct. 25 (gage height, 14.94 ft); minimum, 0.2 cfs July 27 (gage height, 2.22 ft).

1950-60: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 25, 1959; minimum, 0.02 cfs on several 

days in September 1954.

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

backwater from Tar River, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60, except periods of ice effect and backwater from Tar 

River (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.6

2.8

0

Z.

5.

.2

.5

.95

.4

.3

Oct.

2,

3,

3,

3,

4,

. 1

.9

,O

.2

.6

.0

to July 27

7

11

22

58

102

.6 6,

8

11

14

.0

.O

.0

.0

325

635

1,280

2,130

July 28 to Sept. 30

3.1 

3.3 

3.5 

4.0

6.0

8.0

11.0

319

635

1,280

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

16

27

39

21

12

9.3

7.6

7.4

54

106

188

213

188

198

208

252

301

235

13O

70

51

44

80

745

2,060

*923

429

246

166

134

106

7,266.3

234

3.61

4.17

Nov.

97

92

80

*70

59

53

70

82

106

166

144

91

68

62

58

53

50

47

44

44

46

57

63

92

100

82

c75

c70

64

60

2,245

74.8

1.15

1.29

Dec. Jan.

62

54

46

44

43

42

54

46

64

86

128

176

41 i 218

39i 301

39

38

34

35

40

44

*59

53

42

67

127

203

262

21JT

122

77

62

57

54

52

52

53

58

2,214

71.4

1.10

1.27

404

337

213

131

100

87

82

77

71

67

66

66

71

60

48

46

46

47

47

47

50

62

204

3,502

113

1.74

2.01

Feb.

390

*7O5

635

363

213

262

602

685

*376

198

176

230

363

463

512

546

418

301

279

279

C240

c!70

c!40

116

116

133

198

213

155

9,477

327

5.05

5.44

Mar.

107

88

blOo

b!40

b!30

b!20

bllS

bllO

bllO

blOS

b!25

b!55

166

171

176

224

337

495

512

363

268

208

160

124

96

83

77

71

68

80

126

5,210

168

2.59

2.99

Apr.

240

235

188

193

337

363

376

290

171

98

76

65

59

55

52

49

45

43

43

43

42

38

34

31

27

24

23

53

86

/

3,506

117

1.81

2.01

May

104

63

57

58

38

29

26

74

192

495

390

188

98

109

94

51

36

27

21

18

16

14

12

13

12

10

19

188

218

176

78

2,924

94.3

1.46

1.68

June

37

24

18

18

19

21

16

12

9.6

7.4

6.2

5.8

*5.0

4.3

3.2

4.0

4.7

5.1

4.5

4.2

4.0

7.1

7.6

7.4

9.3

7.6

6.7

aS.O

a3.0

288.7

9.62

0.148

0.17

July

a2.4

a3.0

a3.1

a2.5

a2.2

a2.2

a2.5

*2.0

1.4

1.3

2.8

8.3

7.4

5.0

4.3

11

14

6.4

*3.3

2.2

1.4

.8

.25

.25

.35

*.45

23

34

*233

703

1.100

2,183.80

70.4

1.09

1.25

Aug.

*620

232

77

38

27

34

108

160

224

94

48

89

339

650

385

*175

90

84

86

48

31

23

3?

68

95

100

108

148

152

86

47

4,496

145

2.24

2.58

Sept.

35

31

45

69

64

35

*24

18

*16

14

15

375

1,050

918

405

174

81

60

54

64

68

92

61

42

32

27

23

21

23

27

3,943

131

2.02

2.26

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,060 Min 0.5 Mean 1OO Cfsm 1.54 In. 21. O3

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,06O Min 0.25 Mean 129 Cfsm 1.99 In. 27.12

Peak discharge (base, 450 cfs).--Oct. 25 (6:30 a.m.) 2,420 cfs (14.94 ft); Feb. 2 (6 p.m.) 765 cfs 

(8.74 ft); Feb. 8 (2:30 a.m.) 785 cfs (8.84 ft); Feb. 16 (6 a.m.) 563 cfs (7.64 f-.}; Mar. 19 

(2:30 a.m.) 5S3 cfs (7.59 ft); May 10 (6 p.m.) 546 cfs (7.52 ft); July 31 (7 a.m.) 1,210 cfs 

(10.72 ft); Aug. 14 (7:30 a.m.) 685 cfs (8.26 ft); Sept. 13 (5:30 p.m.) 1,330 cfs (11.24 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage 

and records for nearby stations.

c Backwater from Tar River.
70 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

Location. Lat 36°11 

road, 1 

4 miles

829.5. Little Fishing Creek near White Oak, N. C.

 Lat 36°11', long 77°53', on right bank 8 ft downstream from bridge on paved 

mile west of White Oak, Halifax County, ij miles upstream from Po^ells Creek, 

upstream from mouth, and 12 miles west of Enfield.

Drainage area.--175 sq mi.

Records available. --October 1959 to September 1960.

Gage .--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 116.44 ft above mean sea level (unadjusted).

Extremes . - -Maximum discharge during year, 2,770 cfs July 31 (gage height, 16.00 ft); minimum, 17 cfs July 24-25 (gage height, 1.59 ft).

Flood in July 1959 reached a stage of 19.3 ft, from floodmarks (discharge not 

determined).

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

which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except period of ice effect (gage 

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

1.6 18

2.0 38

2.5 75

3.0 125

4.0

8.0

16.0

263

950

2,770

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

6

7

9

10

11

12

13 

14

Oct.

*160

133

77

56

49

*45

42

41

117

297

1,000

1.400

1,000 

700

15 i 1,200

j.5

17

18

19

10

21

23

24

25

IS

27

23

29

30

900

500

300

180

150

130

110

130

1,100

300

*500

286

218

177

1 S3

31 ! 146

i its! 12,097

fe^r. 390

Cfs.ii

I:

2.23

2.57

Nov.

152

143

*126

116

113

112

404

700

800

350

220

180

170 

161

156

*143

136

137

130

123

127

169

154

173

462

485

278

240

256

203

7,119

237

1.35

1.51

Dec.

*168

156

151

146

140

136

146

147

130

124

121

134

248 

218

153

136

133

218

871

1.090

950

426

263

218

196

188

180

177

226

263

188

3,0*1

259

1.48

1.71

Jan.

162

151

218

*388

286

233

488

655

52 fl

293

240

210

196 

188

177

171

157

156

187

166

144

136

128

126

127

123

132

181

188

177

647

7,364

233

1.36

1.56

Feb.

*1,570

*1,580

*806

332

389

1,630

1.800

*936

388

308

608

706

553 

809

772

587

502

618

995

1,180

881

388

324

286

369

689

682

396

308

21,392

738

4.22

4.55

Mar.

270

248

b300

b400

b360

b310

b300

b290

b280

278

316

316

316 

324

364

519

*943

1.050

803

587

452

348

293

256

240

226

210

203

196

275

849

12,122

391

2.23

2.58

Apr.

*945

408

630

910

1,240

1,180

832

420

316

263

233

226

210 

203

188

182

174

180

196

165

153

152

151

138

129

120

118 283"

332

*178

10,855

362

2.07

2.31

May

146

146

125

116

110

106

104

312

621

365

169

156

203

162

129

115

103

94

85

80

76

73

69

66

64

60

65

126

121

87

74

4,328

140

0.800

0.92

June

65

60

94

226

265

197

166

97

76

66

61

57

55

*51

48

46

44

44

51

46

96

65

50

46

46

49

44

38

34

32.

2,313

77.1

0.441

0.49

July

33

42

38

33

30

28

30

30

28

25

52

96

61

44

69

59

37

30

28

26

*23

21

20

18

46

136

44

135

247

*2,140

2.620

6,269

202

1.15

1.33

Aug.

*535

136

93

73

95

428

325

116

91

210

168

854

1.180 

662

236

141

188

174

111

91

80

73

161

278

137

166

146

121

90

75 *7_i

7,305

236

1.35

1.55

Sept.

63

60

56

55

51

48

46

44

42

42

99

1,370

1.620 

684

181

127

109

99

109

215

200

106

94

84

77

73

71

69

74

103

6,071

202

1.15

1.29

Calendar- year 1959: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In.

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,620 Min 18 Mean 288 Cfsm 1.65 In. 22.37

Feak discharge (base, 1,200 cfs). Oct. 11 (time and discharge unknown); Oct. 15 (time and discharge 

unknown); Oct. 24 (time and discharge unknown); Feb. 2 (8:30 a.m.) 1,670 cfs (11.54 ft); Feb. 7_
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 71

830. Pishing Creek near Enfield, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°09' , long 77°42' , on right bank 15 ft downstream from bridge on U. S.

 Highway 301, 2,000 ft downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 2 miles 

southwest of Enfield, Halifax County, 4f miles downstream from Rocky Creek, and at 

mile 27.7.

Drainage area. 521 sq mi.

Records available. October 1923 to September 1960. Figures of daily discharge below

 250 cfs 6ct. 1, 1923, to July 3, 1924, below 350 cfs May 30, 1925, to May 31, 1926, 

below 150 cfs June 1 to Nov. 16, 1926, and below 100 cfs Nov. 17, 1926, to Sept. 30, 

1928, published in WSP 622, 642, and 662 have been found subject to cons-iderable error 

and should not be used. Gage-height records collected at site 2,000 ft upstream at different datum July 1, 1910, to Apr. 30, 1914, and at present site and datum since May 1, 

1914, are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 76.26 ft above mean sea level, datum of

"1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 28, 1932, staff fage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge.--37 years, 511 cfs. , . , ., , .

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,430 cfs July 31 (gage height, 14.17 ft); minimum, 63 cfs July 24 (gage height, 0.86 ft).

1923-60- Maximum discharge, 12,600 cfs Dec. 2, 1934, Aug. 18, 1940; maximum gage 

height, 17 72 ft Aug. 18, 1940; minimum discharge, 10 cfs Oct. 19, 1933, Sept. 21, 1954.

The flood of Apr. 19, 1910, reached a stage of 20.1 ft, present datum (from floodmarks of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.) at site 2,000 ft upstream. Flood of July 24, 

1919, reached a stage of 19.6 ft (discharge, 20,300 cfs).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, vhich are poor.

 Slight diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow caused by mills above station.

Records of water temperatures for water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741. , noo /»i 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 872: 1935(M). WSP 1172:' Drainage area. WSP 1333: 1928(M),

1932-33, 1935. See also Records available.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge. In

cubic feet per second) 

(Rate of change In stage used as a factor Oct. 1, 9-11, 17-19, 23, 24, 27,

28; Nov. 7, 8, 10-12, 25; Dec. 18, 19, 22-24; Jan. 3, 4, 1, 8, 31;

Feb. 1, 4-6, 9-11, 18, 19, 22-26; Mar. 3, 4, 16, 17, 30, 31; Apr. 2,

8-10, 28, 29; May 8-11; June 19, 21; July 14, 28-30; Aug. 1-3, 6-8, 10,

12-16, 23, 24, 26; Sept. 11, 12, 15, 16)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 6 Apr. 7 to Sept. 20

1.7 

3.0 

6.0

142

276

727

10.0

12.0

14.0

1,670

2,290

4,100

0.8

3.0

6.0

10.0

58

280

785

1,670

12.0

14.0

15.0

2,290

4,100

6,000

Discharge uble feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

398 

448

365

243

192

167

157

147

37?

813

2,550

3,100

5.400

2,840

3,100

3,010

2,420

1,350

690

493

405

378

410

2,530

2,630

2,030

1,390

908

653

553

508

38,650

1,247

2.39

2.76

Nov.

508 

*493

433

391

378

365

570

1,590

1.850 

1,830

1,110

685

569

523

493

463

448

433

433

405

391

523

553

508

725

1,070

978

828

747

601

20,894

696

1.34

1.49

Dec.

508 

463

433

433

405

405

405

419

405 

378

352

365

478

601

508

*419

391

442

1,530

2,120

2.540

2,250

1,430

823

618

553

523

508

553

653

601

22,312

720

1.38

1.59

Jan.

508 

448

510

858

934

727

1,070

1.700

1,670 

1,300

891

671

601

569

553

523

493

463

523

523

478

433

405

391

578

378

391

433

523

508

977

20,830

672

1.29

1.49

Feb.

2,820 

5.520

3,520

2,350

1,340

2,510

5,400

5,520

2,630 

1,450

1,550

1,820

1,850

2,280

2,500

2,150

1,760

1,650

2,180

2,500

2,920

2,550

1,550

1,050

916

1,500

1,760

1,570

1,140

62,196

2,145

4.12

4.44

Mar.

849

727

778

1,200

1,300

1,070

912

849

828 

787

828

891

891

891

934

1,170

2,120

*2,390

2.500

2,250

1,940

1,510

1,140

891

767

708

671

635

618

647

1,380

35,072

1,131

2.17

2.50

Apr.

1,940 

1,820

1,670

2,000

2,440

3.010

2,920

2,550

1,490 

1,020

805

705

667

651

595

578

544

527

561

544

493

476

460

460

428

388

356

447

890

1,030

32,225

1,074

2.06

2.30

May

*685 

544

460

404

364

348

326

577

1,560 

1,390

810

561

578

578

476

404

348

312

286

262

250

244

232

222

212

202

207

306

372

a360

a260

14,140

456

0.875

1.01

June

a230 

a220

a200

a250

a650

a550

a 600

a 500

a280 

a250

a210

a!90

a!80

*a!70

157

147

147

142

198

157

186

238

182

162

152

147

147

137

126

116

7,001

233

0.447

0.50

July

113 

108

119

115

109

98

97

98

100 

91

115

177

258

228

256

217

152

118

101

*92

88

75

76

65

74

a210

177

144

445

5.C20

4.Z60

11,372

367

0.704

0.81

Aug.

5,760 

1,190

411

256

222

857

924

486

280 

265

428

852

2,520

2,130

1,140

563

*476

460

326

256

22?

207

273

£95

613

1,030

],050

745

578

412

293

25,578

761

1.46

1.68

Sept.

256 

244

238

263

268

217

197

187

182 

172

194

2,580

5.650

3,300

1,650

636

404

333

306

396

544

372

286

256

? 52

222

212

207

212

262

18,283

609

1,17

1.31

Calendar year 1959: Max 4,980 Mln 64 Mean 694 Cfsm 1.33 In. 19.10

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,260 Mln 65 Mean 833 Cfsm 1.61 In. 21.88

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis 

and records for stations on nearby streams.

of weather records, recorded range In stage,
72 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

835. Tar River at Tarboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°53'40", long 77°32'00", near right bank on downstream end of pier of 

bridge on U. S. Highway 64 in Tsrboro, Edgecombe bounty, 65 miles downstream from Pishing Creek and at mile 46.2.

Drainage area. 2,140 sq mi, approximately (revised).

Records available.--July 1896 to December 1900, October 1931 to September 1960. Gageheight records at various daturas collected at same site since 1905 are contained in report of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 10.37 ft above mean sea level, datura of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 1396 to December 1900 chain gage at Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge 600 ft downstream at different datum. Oct. 1 to 

Dec. 8, 1931, chain gage at site 100 ft upstream at present datum.

Average discharge.--33 years, 2,327 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,500 cfs Oct. 28 (gage height, 22.79 ft); minimum, 272 cfs July 27 (gage height, 1.89 ft).

1896-1900, 1931-60: Maximum discharge, 37,200 cfs Aug. 20, 1940 (gage height, 31.77 

ft); minimum, 36 cfs Oct. 17, 22, 1933 (gage height, 0.45 ft).

Maximum stage known, 34.0 ft July 27, 1919, from floodmarks (discharge, 52,800 cfs, 

from rating curve extended above 38,000 cfs).

Remarks.--Records excellent above 500 cfs and good below except those for periods of no 

gage-height record, which are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by 

mills above station. Town of Henderson diverted about 3 cfs out of the basin above station. Town of Tarboro diverted 1.4 cfs for municipal supply. Records of suspended 

sediment loads for the water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years). MSP 1273: 1899-1900, 1933. WSP 1503: 1932.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, ir 

cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1-28 Oct. 29 to Sept. 30

2.7 530

3.0 636

7.0 2,380

16.0 8,050

20.0 11,800

23.0 15,800

1.9 275

2.0 300

3.0 590

5.0 1,350

9.0 3,4fO

18.0 9,750

21.0 13,ICO

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

 

1

I

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

21 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

530

742

1,620

1,590

1,160

810

750

673

750

1,720

5,110

7,270 

8,130

9,300

10, 600

11,500

11,700

11,700

10, 900

8,370

8,080

3,910

2,890

5,610

9,560

12,800

14,400 

15,400

13,000

9,220

6,520

204,315

6,591

3.08

3.55

Nov.

4,400

3,480

2,940

2,540

, 2,340

1.990

2,390

3,590

4,830

5,800

6,200

6,800 

5,000

3,800

3,000

2,600

2,500

2,400

2,300

2,300

2,200

2,200

3,000

3,500

3,100

3,000

5,200 

6,000

6,600

4,500

110,500

3,683

1.72

1.92

Dec.

3,230

2,590

2,200

2,100

2,000

1,900

1,900

2,000

2,000

1,900

1,800

1,700 

1,700

1,800

*2,000

2,140

1,840

2,050

4,040

5,000

5,850

6,580

7,190

7.260

5,810

4,630

3,480 

2,820

2,590

2,440

2,640

97,180

3,135

1.46

1.69

Jan.

2,820

2,390

2,190

2,880

3,54O

4,440

5,190

6,180

6,990

7,470

7,550

6,380 

5,000

3,920

3,360

3,000

2,700

2,490

2,390

2,340

2,340

2,190

1,990

1,840

1,740

1.690

1/690 

1,690

1,690

1,840

2 ' 930

104,850

3,382

1.58

1.82

Feb.

6.620

8,800

9,850

11,100

12,200

12.600

11,500

10,800

10,600

11,200

11,100

9,950 

9,030

9.480

10, 800

11,800

11,800

11,100

10,600

10,400

10, 400

10, 400

10,600

11,100

10, 400

8,090

7,330 

6,850

6,850

293,350

10,120

4.73

5.10

Mar.

6,320

5,390

4,740

5,000

5,390

5,580

5,450

5,120

4,740

4,380

4,200

4,260 

4,440

4,500

4,440

4,560

5,720

6,720

7,760

8,770

9,660

10, 200

10, 200

9,120

6,960

5,200

4,130 

3,600

3,240

3,060

3,480

176,330

5,688

2.66

3.06

Apr.

4,260

5,390

6,320

6,990

7,330

8,050

8,940

9,750

10,400

10, 600

8,360

6,240 

4,300

3,400

2,940

2,640

2,440

2,290

2,190

2,140

2,090

1,990

1,840

1,790

1,740

1,640

1,490 

1,520

3,060

4,080

136,210

4,540

2.12

2.37

May

3,920

2,950

2,540

2,340

2,090

1,790

1,590

1,490

2,400

3,880

4,800

5,520 

3,890

3,240

2,940

2,440

1,990

1,640

1,440

1,270

1,150

1,070

950

910

850

812

835 

1,050

1,880

2,170

2,640

68,277

2,202

1.03

1.19

June

1,750

1,120

990

970

1,440

1.840

1,640

1,350

1,390

1,270

990

812 

*742

708

690

870

795

690

620

560

575

560

655

704

830

725

620 

575

545

530

27,556

919

0.429

0.48

July

500

545

530

455

440

425

410

410

395

395

4Z5

485 

470

655

742

795

760

690

575

485

425

410

425

340

300

*305

290 

867

1,510

5,860

9,650

30,969

999

0.467

0.54

Aug.

11,000

11,200

10, 400

8,310

5,800

3,250

2,170

2,740

2,390

1,740

1,590

1,690 

2,390

3,270

4,020

4,080

3,960

3,080

2,220

1,740

1,310

910

930

1,190

2,580

4,530

4,930 

4,790

5,320

5,580

4,840

123,950

3,998

1.87

2.15

Sept.

2,240

1,640

1,490

1,350

1,390

1,190

990

974

1,440

1,350

1,030

6,340 

10,400

12,000

12.400

12,100

10,700

8,420

5,960

3,590

2,540

2,140

1,940

1,640

1,390

1,070

1,030 

970

930

910

111,554

3,718

1.74

1.94

Calendar year 1959: Max 15,400 Min 317 Mean 3,417 Cfsm 1.6O In. 21.68

Water year 1959-60: Max 15,400 Min 290 Mean 4,057 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.81

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Mote. No gage-height record Nov. 10-30, Dec . 3-15; discharge estimated on basis of weathe 

other stations in the basin.
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 73

838. Conetoe Creek near Bethel, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°46'30" (revised), lone 77°27'40" (revised), on right bank 5 ft downstream from bridge on county road, 5f miles downstream from Crisp Creek, and 5-g- miles 

west of Bethel, Pitt County.

Drainage area.--78.1 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1956 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 30 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,130 cfs Sept. 14 (gage height, 15.00 ft); min- 

 ImumT 9.0 cfs July 24, 27 (gage height, 0.68 ft).

1956-60: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 14, 1960; minimum, 2.5 cfs Aug. 12, 14, 

30, 1957.

Flood in 1955 reached a stage of 16.7 ft, from information by local resident (discharge not determined).

Remarks. Records good except those for period Dec. 18 to Jan. 7, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 18-22, Jan. 6, 7, Sept. 18-24)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 7 to Sept. 30

0.8 11

1.0 17

1.5 34

Discharge

E.O

9.0

12.0

193

487

747 1.0 

1.5 

2.0 63

4.0

8.0 56 1

12.0 1,110

14.0 1,620

15.0 2,130

feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

14

13

12

12

12

12

20

25

50

52

44

38

29

276

466

323

194

147

111

84

72

70

87

243

342

242

184

163

126

111

 96

3,670

118

1.51

1.75

Nov.

87

75

*60

54

51

49

133

342

242

173

132

111

96

87

123

108

90

72

65

59

56

61

58

62

150

123 ~ 93

102

120

93

3,127

104

1.33

1.49

Dec. Jan.

78 69

70

64

58

53

54

87

78

65

58

53

67

144

111

*87

75

70

164

636

573

351

239

179

150

132

117

108

102

93

87

78

4,281

138

1.77

2.04

65

92

129

102

178

573

626

394

274

222

175

156

142

128

118

101

98

111

95

86

78

71

66

66

62

60

62

62

60

360

4,881

157

2.01

2.32

Feb.

940

*735

485

*302

263

538

387

*270

222

183

303

278

291

615

396

286

230

240

425

282

214

186

179

153

218

310

230

175

150

9,486

327

4.19

4.52

Mar.

125

108

267

378

286

222

186

168

146

139

179

186

194

183

168

*196

387

302

230

186

153

132

111

101

92

83

78

73

67

69

95

5,290

171

2.19

2.52

Apr.

83

70

79

98

505

302

206

153

122

95

79

70

63

51

53

49

44

42

38

36

35

*34

33

32

30

28

55

246

160

104

2,801

93.4

1.20

1.33

May

*95

111

79

63

53

44

38

156

593

311

183

139

132

101

78

61

50

42

34

31

29

27

26

36

24

22

78

92

68

49

54

2,899

93.5

1.20

1.38

June

39

42

53

58

77

57

86

55

41

34

30

28

*26

24

21

54

24

21

23

20

18

18

16

20

29

20

18

16

15

14.

997

33.2

0.425

0.47

July

15

23

15

14

55

32

19

17

15

14

19

19

18

15

18

15

13

12

12

11

10

10

9.6

9.3

18

*1Z

10

12

138

*851

*772 _

2,222.S

71.7

0.91£ i.oe

Aug.

360

230

142

95

70

114

83

70

109

70

68

83

172

106

64

*55

68

52

40

33

28

25

73

214

136

512

593

396

230

153

108

4,552

147

1.88

2.17

Sept.

83

244

158

108

79

63

55

48

125

92

66

1,040

*1,430

*2.010

1,790

1,010

341

214

153

*114

95

83

73

66

60

56

52

48

48

52

9,856

329

4.21

4.69

Calendar year 1959: Max 677 Min 6.1 Mean 108 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.72

Water year 1959-6O: Max 2,010 Min 9.3 Mean 148 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.74

Peak discharge (base, 470 cfs). --Oct. 15 (4 p.m.) 480 cfs (8.87 ft); Dec. 19 (6 p 

(10.62 ft); Jan. 7 (9 p.m.) 735 cfs (9.54 ft); Feb. 1 (12 m. ) 955 cfs (11.11 ft

582 cfs (8.25 ft 

May 9 (4:30 a.m. 

648 cfs (8.77 ft

.) 735 cfs 

Feb. 6 (7:30a.ir

Feb". 14'(6 a.m.) 670 cfs (9.04 ft); Feb. 19 (3:30 a.m.) 485 cfs (7.28 ft); 

694 cfs (9.18 ft); July 31 (1:30 a.m.) 880 cfs (10.55 ft); Aug. 27 (12:30 a.m.) 

Sept. 14 (6:30 p.m.) 2,130 cfs (15.00 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
74 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

845. Herring Run near Washington, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°34'03", long 77°01'09", on left bank 10 ft downstream fron bridge on 

county road, 400 ft upstream from Pineywood Branch, l£ miles upstream from mouth, and 

2-5- miles northeast of Washington, Beaufort County.

Drainage area. About 15 sq mi.

Records available. January 1950 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 2 ft (from topographic map). Prior to May 8, 1951, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--10 years, 8.56 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 334 cfs Sept. 12 (gage height, 13.00 ft); minimum, 0.9 cfs July 21-24, 25, 27, 28.

1950-60: Maximum discharge, 548 cfs Sept. 19, 1955 (gage height, 14.77 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 330 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 

0.7 cfs at times in several years.

Flood in 1946 reached a stage of 17 ft, from information by local resident (discharge not determined).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are poor. Natural runoff affected by ditches and canals above station.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfam

In.

Oct.

2.5

2.0

1.8

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.2

13

4.8

3.8

3.1

2.7

7.1

22

14

10

8.0

6.2

5.1

4.3

3.9

3.6

5.5

6.6

5.5

*4.7

4.3

3.8

3.8

3.5

161.9

5.22

-

-

Nov.

3.4

3..0

2.7

2.5

2>2

2.2

9.3

14

TT

8.4

6.8

6.1

5.9

5.4

5.1

4.7

4.5

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.2

3.4

4.4

4.7

4.5

4.7

4.7

4.4

150.0

5.00

-

-

Dec.

4.2

3.9

3.8

3.6

5.4

4.3

5.9

5.8

5.1

4.7

4.3

12

21

16

12

11

9.9

38

76

38

28

26

22

19

17

16

14

14

14

13

12

477.9

15.4

-

-

Jan.

11

9.8

17

20

17

48

106

65

46

36

31

26

23

20

19

17

15

14

14

13

12

*11

9.6

8.6

8.2

7.7

7.2

7.4

7.2

7.1

103

756.8

24.4

-

-

Feb.

138

86

66

56

*64

120

74

60

51

45

56

42

60

89

56

45

37

37

32

27

24

27

35

29

51

51

38

30

26

1,552

53.5

-

-

Mar.

*21

19

a32

a27

a25

a24

a23 «

a21

a!9

a!9

a!9

a20

a20

a!9

a!8

*20

28

26

23

20

17

16

15

14

13

12

11

9.3

11~ 8.2

15

584.5

18,9

-

-

Apr.

13

11

10

11

58

48

34

27

22

18

14

11

*9.6

7.8

6.7

5.7

4.8

4.2

4.0

3.7

3.5

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.4

277

6.7

5.2

4.2

359.8

12.0

-

-

May

4.9

18

13

11

8.2

6.7

5.3

5.7

5.2

4.6

4.0

5.3

5.5

5.5

4.2

3.6

3.2

2.9

2.5

2.2

2.2

1.9

1.7

*1.5

1.5

1.4

21

49

26

17

14

258.7

8.35

-

.

June

11

8.0

6.6

6.0

25

11

6.7

5.0

4.1

3.5

3.0

2.7

3.4

2.6

2.7

2.2

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.8

4.2

3.6

3.0

2.9

2.3

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.2

135.7

4.52

-

-

July

2.4

4.8

4.0

3.2

2.9

*2 . 5

2.1

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.4

1.8

2.1

1.8

1.4

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.9

3.1

1 0

.9

.9

17

13

36

114.9

3.71

-

-

Aug.

56

39

27

17

11

8.0

11

16

13

5.2

7.7

6.2

4.7

3.6

3.0

3.0

2.6

*2.3

2.1

1.7

 5T6 1.6

6.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.2

3.7

2. 6

2.5

2.1

280.9

9.06

-

-

Sept.

2.0

2.6

3.6

3.2

2.4

4.2

3.0

2.4

1.9

1.6

8.3

195

10

55

42

33

23

16

12

*8.5

6.4

5.3

4.7

4.1

3.6

3.2

*3.0

2.9

24

31

587.9

19.6

-

-

Calendar year 1959 : Max 123 Min 0.7 Mean 11.9 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60 : Max 195 Min 0.9 Mean 14.8 Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base, 120 cfs).--Jan. 7 12:30 p.. .

11.27 ft); Feb. 6 (l a.m.) 172 cfs (10.41 ft); Feb. 13 (10:30 p.m.) 131 cfs (9.62 ft); June 

5 p.m.) 141 cfa (9.84 ft); July 31 (5 p.m.) 141 cfs (9.78 ft); Sept. 12 (3:30 a.m.) 334 cfs 

13.00 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge 

for Swift Creek near Vanceboro.

stimated on basis of weather records and records
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 75

850. Eno River at Hillsboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°04', long 79°06', on right bank 1,000 ft downstream from bridge on State 

Highway 86, at Hillsboro, Orange County, and 2 miles downstream from Sevenmile Creek.

Drainage area . 66.5 sq mi.

Records available. October 1927 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods , published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir. Datum of gage is 487.44 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 29, 1937, 

staff gage at same site and datum with natural control.

Average discharge. 33 years, 65.1 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 4,070 cfs May 28 (gage height, 16.24 ft); minimum, 6.4 cfs July 23-24 (gage height, 1.49 ft).

1927-60: Maximum discharge, 11,000 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 20.01 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.1 cfs Sept. 5, 

1953, Oct. 6-14, 1954.

Remarks . Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gags-height

record, which are poor. Diversion of about 0.4 cfs for Hillsboro water supply is partly 

returned above station as sewage .

Revisions (water years). WSP 1032: 1939(M) , 1944 (M) . 

1928-29, 1932, 1933-34(M) , 1938 (M).

WSP 1203: 1930(M). WSP 1333:

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except periods of ice effect (gage 

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

1.4 

1.6 

1.9 

2.3

4.4

9.4

21

49

2.8

4.0

7.0

11.0

105

308

861

1,660

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

50

19

13

11

9.1

8.3

8.0

8.8

30

772

600

142

58

917

219

91

62

51

40

33

*29

28

36

248

114

74

53

43

36

35

37

3,875.2

125

1.88

2.17

Nov.

39

34

29

26

26

26

164

100

58

44

39

36

34

33

31

30

28

27

26

25

27

28

27

531

426

118

81

70

57

*47

2,267

75.6

1.14

1.27

Dec .

43

40

39

38

36

38

48

39

35

34

33

40

69

44

38

36

35

154

693

186

105

80

66

58

54

49

47

60

118

67

54

2,476

79.9

1.20

1.38

Jan.

45

43

152

102

69

88

274

177

98

79

69

60

58

*55

52

48

44

46

48

43

40

38

35

35

35

35

36

41

40

43

8 4O

2,868

92.5

1.39

1.60

Feb.

472

169

108

85

421

899

205

123

100

105

761

191

142

171

150

144

230

1,020

849

229

168

141

114

100

259

224

134

105

95

7,914

273

4.11

4.43

Mar.

84

b76

b86

97

87

77

74

71

72

b75

81

82

92

102

132

254

397

508

602

518

379

257

235

187

168

130

116

102

96

5 5O

424

6,211

200

3.01

3.47

Apr.

187

159

823

36E

1,280

343

*194

146

118

101

91

85

80

74

72

69

66

68

65

59

59

70

61

53

48

46

47

118

82

56

5,082

169

2.54

2.84

May

56

55

44

42

40

38

37

138

87

52

43

49

49

41

38

35

33

30

*28

27

26

25

23

24

34

36

345

1.510

125

76

68

3,054

98.5

1.48

1.71

June

49

43

39

38

36

36

37

30

27

26

25

24

23

21

19

18

18

16

16

16

18

21

20

21

66.

24

20

17

*15

T5

794

26.5

0.398

0.44

July

15

20

16

14

15

15

15

14

13

12

37

23

16

15

13

12

10

9.8

9.1

8.3

7.7

7.2

6.6

6.4

7.4

8.6

61

50

 227£0"

oo 

30

802.1

25.9

0.389

0.45

Aug.

21

18

15

13

24

49

50

29

61

32

119

38

46

37

58

30

22

18

16

15

14

82

al.490

*allO

57

84

70

44

33

33

152

2,880

92.9

1.40

1.61

Sept.

96

54

~67 323

45

36

31

27

15

25

34

86

38

28

25

23

22

21

21

20

19

*L8

17

16

16

16

16

17

44

29

1,255

41.8

0.629

0.70

Calendar year 1959: Max 917 Min 3.7 Mean 58.7 Cfsm O.883 In. 11.99

Water year 1959-6O: Max 1,490 Min 6.4 Mean 108 Cfsm 1.62 In. 22.07

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 cfs). --Oct. 14 (12:3O p.m.) 1,770 cfs (11.39 ft); Jan. 31 (6:30 p.m.) 

1,740 cfs (11.28 ft)j Feb. 6 (1:30 a.m.) 2,050 cfs (12.39 ft); Feb. 18 (10:30 p.m.) 2,480 cfs 

(13.72 ft); Apr. 5 (11 a.m.) 2,140 cfs (12.69 ft); May 28 (2 a.m.) 4,O7O cfs (16.24 ft); Aug. 23 

(9 a.m.) 3,390 cfs (15.41 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis 

n nearby streams. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

of weather records and recorc's for station
76 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

855. Plat River at Bahama, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°10'57" (revised), long 78°52'44" (revised), on right bank half a mile 

upstream from Lake Michie, l£ miles upstream from highway bridge, l£ miles north of 

Bahama, Durham County, and l| miles upstream from Dial Creek.

Drainage area.--15Q sq mi.

Records available. July 1925 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 346.85 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 22, 1925, 

staff gage at same site at datum 0.58 ft lower.

Average discharge. 35 years, 144 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,400 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 7.35 ft); minimum, 8.5 cfs July 25 (gage height, 1.12 ft).

1925-60: Maximum discharge, about 20,000 cfs July 26, 1938 (gage height not determined), computed on basis of records for nearby stations; minimum, 0.37 cfs Sept. 26, 

27, 1932 (gage height, 0.23 ft).

Remarks.--Records excellent above 25 cfs and good below except those for periods of ice 

effect or no gage-height record, which are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation and infrequent regulation at low flow caused by small mill 5 miles above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSF 1333: 1926, 1928(M), 1938, 1946.

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except period of ice effect (gage 

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

1.1

1.2

1.3

1 5

341

580

1,220

2,100

3,300

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

317

64

36

28

25

21

18

15

15

984

1,170

190

92

1.350

577

198

119

93

78

64

*54

50

52

600

241

134

96

75

64

61

 61

6,942

224

1.49

1.72

Nov.

62

59

51

46

45

46

464

303

134

98

82

73

68

64

61

59

57

57

56

52

56

56

52

1.910

1,110

288

170

139

116

5,93O

198

1.32

1.47

Dec.

86

84

80

*75

71

71

86

82

68

62

61

aSO

a215

103

78

71

68

626

2.980

586

309

215

164

139

125

114

109

119

304

161

119

7,511

242

1.61

1.86

Jan.

101

93

377

328

a!80

a200

a620

a520

a23O

a!80

a!50

*139

128

122

111

106

96

93

101

89

82

78

71

68

69

69

69

80

84

91

2.290

7,015

226

1.51

1.74

Feb.

1,460

434

267

198

977

2,210

478

288

227

201

1,630

432

314

390

354

332

526

2.260

2,260

571

400

336

271

223

804

669

332

242

212

19,298

665

4.43

4.78

Mar.

177

b!50

b!70

b!80

b!60

b!40

b!35

b!35

b!40

b!40

142

151

177

208

296

896

1,260

1,300

1.410

1,060

752

485

400

318

271

223

194

174

164

922

820

13,150

424

2.83

3.26

Apr.

341

258

1,990

842

2.770

724

4O8

300

238

194

170

161

148

139

131

125

119

119

119

106

101

114

116

98

89

82

82

264

170

106

10,624

354

2.36

2.63

May

98

109

80

73

69

66

62

1,260

454

177

119

122

139

98

82

73

68

62

*54

52

51

48

45

44

5£

44

418

1.300

172

154

98

5,730

185

1.23

1.42

June

71

62

66

59

52

EO

123

56

45

40

39

38

36

35

32

30

28

26

24

23

22

23

23

24

27

27

25

24

*21

18

1,169

39.0

0.260

0.29

July

17

16

16

15

16

16

16

15

14

14

18

99

59

35

24

19

17

15

14

13

12

11

9.8

Aug.

38

27

22

18

18

73

39

26

21

31

27

29

164

59

40

30

24

19

17

15

14

21

1.220

9.0 134

12 59

16

46

98

247

170

59

1,157.8

37.3

0.249

0.29

415

338

111

66

57

46

3,218

1O4

0.693

O.8O

Sept.

99

245

633

144

71

56

45

38

34

32

421

668 162"

80

57

50

44

40

39

66

50

39

32

28

27

28

26

25

48

98

3,425

114

0.760

0.85

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,610 Min 5.3 Mean 15O Cfsm 1.00 In. 13.58

Water year 1959-6O: Max 2,98O Min 9.0 Mean 233 Cfsm 1.55 In. 21.11

Peak discharge (base, 4,5OO cfs). --Nov. 24 (9 p.m.) 4,910 cfs (7.14 ft); Jan. 31 (8 p.m.) 4,750 cfs

(6.95 ft); Feb. 18 (9:30 p.m.) 5,400 cfs (7.35 ft); Apr. 5 (1 p.m.) 4,6OO cfs (6.87 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, veather records,

and records for nearby stations.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN

860. Dial Creek near Bahama, N. C.

Location. --La t 36°10'36" (revised), long 78°51'24" (revised), on right bank three-eighths 

 of a mile upstream from mouth and Lake Michie and !§ miles northeast of Bahama, Durham

County .

Drainage area. < sq mi, approximately.

Records available . October 1925 to September 1960. Prior to October 1929, published as 

"at Bahama".

Gage. Water-stage recorder and V-notch sharp-crested weir. Datum of gage is 357.67 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 35 years, 4.40 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 331 cfs Aug. 23 (gage height, 4.02 ft); minimum, 

Q.34 cfs July 25 (gage height, U.42 ft).

1925-60: Maximum gage height, 7.60 ft May 24, 1940 (discharge not determined); no 

flow at times in many years.

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

Revisions (water years). WSP 1233: 1926-40, 1941-42(M), 1944-45, 1946-47(M), 1948-50(P). 

WSP 1333: 1931.

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except periods of ice effect 

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

1.0 

1.3

0.30

.73

1.38

2.42

4.75

1.6 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

3.96

1.46

1.15

1.02

.96

.87

.87

.90

.99

7.1

7.2

3.42

1.85

41

10

5.2

3.47

3.08

2.30

1.95

1.85

1.75

3.10

17

7.4

4.39

3.55

2.80

2.42

2: 66

2.60

148.27

4.78

0.976

1.13

Nov.

Z.80

2.24

1.95

1.90

1.85

2.45

66

14

7.4

5.0

4.30

3.71

3.39

3.23

2.94

2.73

2.80

2.48

2.42

2.36

2.60

2.73

2. 42

69

45

9.9

7.2

6.0

4.75

3.35

289.50

9.65

1.97

2.20

Dec.

3.71

3.55

3.47

*3.23

3.08

3.31

3.63

2.87

2.73

2.73

2.66

4.48

4.47

3.08

2.94

2.94

2.80

11

52

13

8.0

6.2

5.2

4.75

4.48

4.30

4.12

9.5

14

6.6

5.3

204.13

6.58

1.34

1.55

Jan.

4.57

4.39

12

7.7

6.0

8.2

20

13

7.8

6.6

5.8

5.1

5.2

4.75

4.66

4.12

3.87

4.30

4.03

3.63

3.47

3.31

3.23

3.23

3.23

3.23

3.23

3.87

3.39

4.12

83

253.03

8.16

1.67

1.92

Feb.

34

12

8.3

6.7

52

37

13

9.0

7.5

7.8

43

12

11

12

9.8

11

16

21

36

16

12

11

9.1

*7.8

22

15

9.8

8.3

7.4

__ _ ___

527.5

18.2

3.71

4.00

Mar.

6.5

b6

b6.8

7.3

6.4

5.9

5.9

5.7

5.6

b5.8

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.6

11

33

35

35

30

22

16

13

10

9.1

8.0

7.3

6.8

6.5

6.6

41

20

399.3

12.9

2.63

3.03

Apr.

11

11

41

19

71

18

12

9.5

8.1

7.2

6.6

6.4

5.9

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.1

5.3

4.75

4.57

4.48

4.84

4.21

3.87

3.63

3.47

4.54

10

5.4

4.21

311.47

10.4

2.12

2.36

May

4.30

3.71

3.47

3.31

3.23

3.01

2.94

37

9.3

5.7

4.66

6.9

5.2

4.21

3.71

3.23

2.94

2.80

3.08

3.01

2.36

2.06

1.95

1.95

2.00

2.06

15

30

4.95

3.47

2.87

184.38

5.95

1.21

1.40

June

2.42

2.30

2.42

2.48

2.24

2.00

1.85

1.75

1.65

1.55

1.50

1.46

1.34

1.30

1.18

1.15

1.08

1.02

.99

.99

1.18

1.26

1.11

.99

1.79

1.05

1.11

.93

.84

.81

43.74

1.46

0.298

0.33

July

0.81

.95

.73

.63

.88

.84

.90

.70

.63

.84

2.46

1.18

.96

.87

.87

.68

.75

.60

.50

.48

.41

.37

.41

.37

.37

.46 i.o:

.87

2.65

2.37

.93

27.46

O.886

0.181

0.21

Aug.

0.87

.84

.96

.87

1.51

1.64

.93

.93

1.32

.78

.96

2.14

2.74

1.58

1.05

.70

.58

.50

.48

.53

.46

9.6

77

4.44

1.95

3.21

2.80

1.85

1.38

1.30

1.O8

126.98

4.10

0.837

0.96

Sept.

1.22

.99

.90

.87

.87

.90

.87

.75

.73

.73

1.23

3.96

1.18

.87

.84

.84

.81

.81

1.07

1.51

.87

.84

.78

.73

.66

.66

.66

.75

3.54

1.70

33.14

1.10

0.224

0.25

Calendar year 1959 : Max 110 Min 0.24 Mean 5.25 Cfsm 1.07 In. 14.55

Water year 1959-60: Max 83 Min O.37 Mean 6.96 Cfsm 1.42 In. 19.34

Peak discharge (base, 160 cfs).--Nov. 24 (11:30 p.m.) 259 cfs (3.80 ft); Feb. 5 (10 p.m.) 189 cfs 

(3.54 ft); Feb. 18 (8 p.m.) 185 cfs (3.52 ft); May 28 (1:3O a.m.) 160 cfs (3.40 f;); Aug. 23 

(4 a.m.) 331 cfs (4-02 ft).

* Discharge measur 

b Stage-discharge

nent made on this day. 

slation affected by ice
78 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

870. Neuse RLver near NorthsIde, N. C.

Location.--Lat

board Air Line Railroad bridge, 2? miles south of Northside, Granvme uounty, «f miles 

downstream from confluence of Eno and Plat Rivers, and 9? miles northeast of Durham, 

Durham County.

Drainage area. 526 sq mi.

Records available. --July 1927 to September 1960.

Gage. --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 225.91 ft (revised) -above irean sea level, 

"datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 2, 1928, chain gage at 

site 10 ft upstream at same datum. Since Sept. 29, 1950, auxiliary water-stage recorder at bridge on U. S. Highway 15, 4 miles upstream. Mar. 25, 1949, to Sept. 28, 

1950, auxiliary wire-weight gage at same site.

Average discharge . 33 years, 534 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 7,670 cfs Feb. 20 (gage height, 20.70 ft); mitiImum daily discharge, 39 cfs July 24.

1927-60: Maximum discharge, 36,600 cfs Sept. 18, 1945; maximum gage height, 31.02 

ft Sept. 18, 1945, from floodmark; minimum discharge, 3.1 cfs Sept. 20, 1932 (gage 

height, 0.87 ft).

Remarks. Kecords good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Moderate diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplant above station. Flow regulated by 

Durham municipal dam. An average of about 14 cfs was diverted above station for 

Durham municipal water supply. About 10 cfs was returned as sewage above station.

Revisions (water years

 1938-39, 1944 (M). WSP 1333:

. WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1032: 1933(M), 1935-36, 1937(M), 

, 1928-31, , 1933, 1934 (M). Revised figures of discharge,

in cubic feet per second, for the water year 1948, superseding those published in

WSP 1112, 1142, and 1303, are given herewith:

Apr. 17, 1948... ........ 1,16O

Month

Calendar year 1948 ........

Of s -days

295,986

Maximum

11,300

Minimum

30

Mean

714

809

Per square 

mile

2.02

1.36

1.54

Runoff in 

inches

2.26

18.47

20.92

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, watjer year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,030

317

138

100

86

76

70

66

76

274

2,630

2,830

*1,000

1,630

5.900

2,960

1,120

664

460

*382

356

339

291

1,400

1,460

813

574

479

416

398

26,733

862

1.64

1.89

Nov.

407

339

238

217

205

203

1,420

2,590

1,150

613

407

348

307

284

268

246

246

246

224

217

217

224

224

871

3,760

4,830

2,450

1,100

714

593

25,156

839

1.60

1.78

Dec.

460

*433

416

407

390

382

416

398

268

246

238

254

479

407

299

268

254

468

2,340

4.110

2,920

1 , 250

800

714

633

536

498

424

1,020

865

23,186

748

1.42

1.64

Jan.

479

407

819

1,390

778

673

1,480

2,540

1,500

954

822

756

673

*593

498

460

424

390

331

284

284

268

254

246

238

231

231

261

284

276

1,430

20,254

653

1.24

1.43

Feb.

4,600

5,400

2,920

1,390

1,080

3,290

5,070

2,990

1,380

934

2,460

3,800

2,240

1,610

1,510

1,350

1,550

2,560

5,120

6.400

3,730

2,010

1,340

*1,020

1,370

2,610

1,730

1,070

910

73,444

2,533

4.82

5.19

Mar.

800

693

673

910

735

633

593

574

555

556

574

653

756

822

954

1,700

3,420

4,540

5,050

5,000

4,330

3,170

2,000

1,370

1,130

910

800

693

593

1,780

4,160

51,107

1,649

3.13

3.61

Apr.

3,710

1,850

2,770

4,480

5,270

6.690

4,160

2,040

1,300

910

714

613

574

536

433

407

382

373

356

323

331

498

382

323

299

284

268

493

673

593

42,035

1,401

2.66

2.97

May

390

433

284

238

224

238

231

911

2,510

1,060

593

613

613

373

268

231

217

*217

210

196

196

190

184

154

118

' 203

190

a2,220

a 5. 500

1,260

536

18,801

606

1.15

1.33

June

299

254

297

417

254

231

210

*151

*132

116

116

106

*103

101

96

91

87

87

80

77

108

151

138

104

117

177

116

94

84

*80

4,474

149

0.283

0.32

July

77

95

81

80

97

103

87

73

73

63

113

163

133

91

80

73

65

53

53

53

5S

55

47

39

73

66

47

110

259

909

310

3,710

120

0.228

0.26

Aug.

134

144

146

132

83

159

147

138

114

164

326

653

407

364

276

246

177

147

84

66

68

63

1,700

5^460

1 , 480

398

856

700

373

307

£38

13,750

444

0.844

0.97

Sept.

443

479

480

1.200

479

339

291

190

177

116

105

574

862

420

224

203

196

190

177

144

109

94

*86

81

77

73

73

73

94

224

8,273

276

0.525

0.58

Calendar year 1959 : Max 4,830 Min 29 Mean 562 Cfsm 1.07 In. 14.50

Water year 1959-60: Max 6,690 Min 39 Mean 850 Cfsm 1.62 In. 21.97

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 cfs).--Nov. 26 (8 a.m.) 5,400 cfs (18.22 ft); Feb. 2 (6 a.m.) 6,360 cfs 

(19.38 ft); Feb. 7 (12 m.) 5,550 cfs (18.36 ft); Feb. 20 (6 a.m.) 7,670 cfs (20.70 ft); Mar. 20 

(3 a.m.) 5,260 cfs (18.05 ft); Apr. 1 (l a.m.) 4,730 cfs (17.20 ft); Apr. 6 (1 p.m.) 7,450 cfs 

(20.52 ft).________________________________ ___ __________________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for nearby streams.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 79

875. Neuse River near Clayton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°39', long 78°25', on left bank 5 ft downstream from bridge on State 

Highway 42, 1.8 miles upstream from Mill Creek, and 3 miles east of Clayton, Johnston 

County.

Drainage area. 1,140 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--July 1927 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 128.41 ft (revised) above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Mar. 18, 1942, at site 

1,100 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 33 years, 1,230 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,900 cfs Oct. 23 (gage height, 14.06 ft); min- 

 imum, 238 cfs July 24, 25 (gage height, 1.45 ft).

1927-60: Maximum discharge, 22,900 cfs Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 23.12 ft); minimum, 44 cfs Sept. 15, 1932 (gage height, 0.28 ft, site then in use].

Flood of July 23, 1919, reached a stage of 21.15 ft, from floodmark at former site 

(discharge, 21,200 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. The city of Raleigh diverted an average of 7.5 cfs from Swift 

Creek, a downstream tributary, which was returned as sewage above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1032: 1930, 1935 (M). WSP 1333: 

1935. WSP 1503: I9~49.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.4 221

1.7 328

2.0 468

6.0 

14.0

3,160

10,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

L

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*2,580

2,080

1,150

642

474

410

374

370

782

1,110

3,290

3,570

5,680

4,110

5,610

5,400

5,120

4,660

1,990

1,220

990

890

2,010

9,740

8,180

5,440

3,350

1,980

1,490

1,350

1 , 28O

85,322

2,752

2.41

2.78

Nov.

1,180

*1,120

1,020

860

788

830

1,550

3,220

3,740

3,380

1,800

1,280

1,080

990

925

830

806

782

758

727

752

990

818

794

1,890

3,740

4,420

5,050

4,570

1,910

52,380

1,746

1.53

1.71

Dec.

*1,280

1,080

990

960

925

890

925

890

890

776

709

721

860

1,020

990

830

764

1,020

2,940

4,340

4,340

4.760

4,250

1,970

1,490

1,350

1,180

1,120

1,180

1,840

1,750

49,030

1,582

1.39

1.60

Jan.

1,280

1,080

1,540

2,650

2,720

2,150

3,520

4.760

4,340

3,740

2,290

,820

,620

,520

,380

,250

,150

,120

,120

,020

925

860

812

770

752

733

740

794

800

818

2 , 450

52,124

1,681

1.47

1.70

Feb.

*7 , 040

8.550

6,980

6,610

6,610

7,950

8,450

6,420

5,950

5,590

4,170

4,760

5,160

6,890

6,790

4,600

3,650

3,740

5,400

6,700

6,510

6,890

7,080

5,910

3,030

3,650

4,000

3,910

2.580

165,570

5,709

5.01

5.40

Mar.

2,010

1,820

1,880

2,080

2,150

1,880

1,680

1,620

1.580

1,580

1,620

1,680

1,820

1,950

2,220

3,000

5,580

6,610

6,700

6,980

7,170

7,080

6,700

5,950

4,040

2,360

2,010

1,750

1,620

1,680

4,330

101,130

3,262

2.86

3.50

Apr.

5,510

5,490

6,330

6,610

6,580

8,150

8,250

7,850

7,750

6,730

3,050

1,750

1,520

1,420

1,280

1,180

1,080

1,080

1,080

990

925

890

1,050

990

860

806

800

2,770

2,470

1,750

96,791

3,226

2.85

3.16

May

1,550

*1 , 680

1,350

1,020

860

806

782

1,560

4.940

4,590

3,490

1,820

1,880

1 , 680

1,250

960

860

770

715

685

660

636

606

576

564

582

846

1,490

1,890

3,240

2,950

47,288

1,525

1.54

1.54

June

1 . 220

764

746

1,050

1,050

824

678

636

516

463

431

415

402

392

374

370

392

366

356

404

584

410

540

420

420

379

402

402

341

320.

15,847

528

0.463

0.52

July

*324

418

406

345

525

447

370

353

320

309

691

876

558

468

678

442

353

317

301

290

276

258

251

24A

244

261

276

724

898

4.050

2,230

18,483

596

0.523

0.60

Aug.

1,080

624

463

436

397

498

2,170

1,230

1,060

834

678

830

2,600

2,140

1,080

784

890

650

504

431

370

342

1,260

1,980

3,090

5.290

1,760

2,120

1,740

990

*715

37,016

1,194

1.05

1.21

Sept.

618

654

776

694

1,460

868

612

540

452

406

403

1,650

1,380

1,350

890

588

504

474

457

457

415

397

366

536

317

505

298

501

336

627

18,931

631

0.554

0.62

Calendar year 1959: Max 9,740 Min 209 Mean 1,563 Cfsm 1.37 In. If. 61

Water year 1959-60: Max 9,740 Min 244 Mean 2,022 Cfsm 1.77 In. 24.14

Peak discharge (base, 7,100 cfs). Oct. 23 (11 p.m.) 10,900 cfs (14.06 ft); Feb. 2 (10:30 a.m.)

8,350 cfs (12.15 ft); Feb. 1 (7 a.m.) 8,750 cfs (12.13 ft); Feb. 15 (1 a.m.) 7,360 cfs (10.70 _c);

Mar. 21 (1:30 p.m.) 7,170 cfs (10.50 ft); Apr. 6 (10 p.m.) 8,650 cfs (11.99 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
80 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

880. Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°34', long 78°36', on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on State 

Highway 50, a quarter of a mile upstream from Buffalo Branch, 3^ miles downstream from 

county line, and 9-j miles southwest of Clayton, Johnston County.

Drainage area.--80.7 sq mi.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for October 

1939, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Ls 184.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--21 years, 95.8 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,690 cfs Oct. 24 (gage height, 9.52 ft); minimum, 8.5 cfs July 27 (gage height, 1.09 ft).

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 5,400 cfs Sept. 4, 1955 (gage height, 13.14 ft in gage 

well); no flow Oct. 11-13, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Records of chemical analyses for water year 1960 are given in

Revisions (water years). W3P 952: 1940(M), 1941. WSP 1233: 1943(M), 1945, 1949.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 15 to Sept. 11, Sept. 13-30)

8.7

11

21

46

122

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water yea

220

490

670

960

1,570

Day

1

tl

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11I"

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*81

70

48

39

34

30

30

34

93

170

550

385

*205

340

505

490

322

215

190

126

105

104

227

1,570

1,070

535

278

200

165

160

155

8,526

275

3.41

3.93

Nov.

140

*126

108

99

98

122

340

329

276

160

131

122

112

108

10E

100

94

90

86

83

97

195

160

140

150

140

107

105

98

82

4,103

137

1.70

1.89

Dec.

*74

73

72

70

69

70

*74

73

67

63

62

72

104

84

71

67

64

155

329

329

200

126

105

96

90

88

84

86

126

118

94

3,255

105

1.30

1.50

Jan.

81

76

186

*276

2OO

211

438

59O

505

259

175

150

136

131

122

118

1O4

112

131

112

96

89

83

81

82

81

81

84

84

90

362

5,326

172

2.13

£.45

Feb.

*74E

720

374

185

£22

880

1 , 030

*50J

246

190

311

357

400

630

695

505

350

289

315

343

270

195

175

155

216

322

315

195

160

11,292

389

4.82

5.20

Mar.

*14E

136

233

322

282

215

195

185

185

200

215

210

215

220

230

309

520

590

460

343

241

190

165

160

136

131

126

122

113

173

296

7,263

234

2.90

3.35

Apr.

*430

312

400

400

490

550

490

246

175

145

131

126

118

110

105

100

97

101

108

91

83

79

74

69

62

57

54

196

399

306

6,104

203

2.52

2.81

May

140

*160

118

84

73

65

68

270

390

460

156

150

205

160

101

83

74

65

57

51

49

45

41

36

52

35

52

58

55

43

35

3,411

110

1.36

1.57

June

*30

27

44

50

43

33

79

57

35

27

23

22

20

18

17

16

19

21

19

16

19

36

24

20

22

21

19

17

15

11

827

27.6

0.342

0.38

July

*14

43

44

23

Id

22

21

16

15

14

24

45

27

24

47

42

22

17

15

14

12

11

10

9.6

9.8

ijZ.

10

62

137

440

658

1,876.6

60.5

0.750

0.86

Aug.

191

72

53

42

34

29

29

30

126

*289

162

62

397

400

248

97

*126

136

75

60

50

43

66

113

70

54

53

49

43

42

*50

3,291

106

1.31

1.52

Sept.

50

38

34

28

26

24

23

21

20

21

32

287

198

80

52

44

40

37

35

32

32

32

30

27

25

23

21

21

25

43

1,401

46.7

O.579

0.65

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,570 Mln 11 Mean 15O Cfsm 1.86 In. 25.25

water year 1959-60: Max 1,57^ Mln 9.2 Mean 155 Cfsm 1.92 In. 26.11

1,690 cfs

(7.51 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 

885. Little River near Princeton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°30'40" , long 78°09'30", on left bank 600 ft downstream fro-n highway 

bridge, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Little Creek, and 3 miles north of 

Princeton, Johnston County.

Drainage area. 229 sq mi.

Records available.--February 1930 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 107.75 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 17, 1934, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--30 years, C56 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,260 cfs Oct. 25 height, 13.53 ft) ; miriimum, 14 cfs June 19 (gage height, 0.92 ft).

1930-60: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 25, 1959; minimum, 1.0 cfs several times in 

September and October 1932 (gage height, 0.30 ft).

Flood in July 1919 reached a stage of 14.57 ft; September 1924, 14.90 ft; September 

1928, 13.3 ft; October 1929, 13.47 ft; from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Slight diurnal fluctuation and occasionally some regulation for short periods, caused 

by mills above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1233: 1935(M).

1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in 

cubic feet per second)

Rating tables, water 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 22 to Jan. 8, Aug. 2-8, Sept. 14-18)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 9, 

July 2 to Sept. 30

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

3.0

123

311

8.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.1

1,400

2,050

2,530

3,410

5,160

0.9 

1.1 

1.4 

1.7

Jan. 

13

10 to July 1

2.0 144

4.0 537

8.0 1,400

10.0 2,050

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

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

Z6

27

28

29

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

209 

280

234

211

181

125

86

79

250

468

548

845

1,140

1,630

2,170

2,130

1,610

1,450

1,070

668

456

333

290

1,240

*4,800

5 .,050

*3, 300

*2,24Q

1,240

35,807

1,155

5.04

5.82

Nov.

537

456

377

311

260

244

300

502

625

668

647

537

434

355

300

270

246

226

207

185

179

220

322

355

502

502

388

344

344

11,133

371

1.62

1.81

Dec.

238

213

192

185

183

187

*196

207

240

203

151

151

203

226

207

185

163

4O1

1,030

1,030

750

559

*434

344

280

246

222

211

234

9,526

307

1.34

1.55

Jan.

185

169

228

*491

514

581

1,080

1,480

1,450

1,180

885

668

526

446

384

354

304

294

*344

324

285

257

225

209

204

20O

197

209

225

239

14,855

479

2. -09

2.41

Feb.

1,660 

1,900

1,800

1,560

1,160

1,090

1,590

1,730

1,480

1,140

885

885

945

1,530

1,870

1,730

1,400

1,120

1,120

1,160

1,010

945

826

647

647

885

865

750

647

34,977

1,206

5.27

5.68

Mar.

548 

457

625

988

1,030

865

750

668

581

548

603

625

668

689

647

668

945

1,140

1, 120

1,070

966

826

730

625

502

425

374

344

324

21, 404

690

3.01

3.48

Apr.

730 

581

480

446

826

al,140

al,180

1,010

a826

a620

a470

a380

a320

a280

a250

a230

a210

*195

186

195

190

171

158

142

125

117

119

320

526

12,960

432

1.89

2.10

May

603 

647

502

364

294

202

163

224

537

603

491

404

414

324

257

202

164

134

117

108

*89

82

80

78

78

75

91

1,450

1,140

11,015

355

1.55

1.79

June

*163 

114

97

87

106

122

146

130

100

81

75

70

63

*55

50

45

41

39

16

*36

74

78

65

43

43

51

47

48

41

2,162

72.1

0.315

0.35

July Aug .

30 2,120 

41 859

59 *366

50 170

*75 106

149

115

63

47

40

47

188

211

117

92

125

84

63

54

49

39

31

31

36

32

30

40

738

1,6.70

83

77

252

727

704

592

807

710

966

*1,380

IjlSO

708

377

220

158

129

106

107

179

260

260

244

194

163

10,436 14,494

337 468

1.47 2.04

1.69 2.35

Sept.

137 

113

98

86

79

75

73

68

62

57

66

1,100

1,900

1,630

*870

434

250

160

133

*123

109

95

84

83

72

*62

64

62

60

8,276

276

1.21

1.34

Calendar year 1959: Max 5,050 Min 24 Mean 492 Cfsm 2.15 In. 29.18

Water year 1959-60: Max 5,050 Min 16 Mean 511 Cfsm 2.23 In. 30.37

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 cfs).--Oct. 15 (10 p.m.) 2,320 cfs (10.63 ft); Oct. 25 (9 p.m.) 6,260 

cfs (13.53 ft); Jan. 8 (8 p.m.) 1,530 cfs (8.56 ft); Feb. 2 (8 a.m.) 1,930 cfs (9.66 ft); Feb. 8 

(6 a.m.) 1,760 cfs (9.18 ft): Feb. 15 (3 p.m.) 1.900 cfs (9.55 ft); Apr. 7 (2 a.m.) 1,210 cfs 

(7.21 ft); May 28 (8:30 a.m.) 1,590 cfs (8.68 ft); July 31 (3:30 a.m.) 3,410 cfs J12.04 ft); 

Aug. 15 (8 p.m.) 1,450 cfs (8.18 ft); Sept. 15 (7 p.m.) 1,970 cfs (9.75 ft)._________________

* Discharge measurement made un this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

streams.
82 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

890. Neuse River near Goldsboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°20'15", long 77°59'50", on left bank at downstream side of highway 

bridge, 0.2 mile upstream from Stony Creek, 1.5 miles downstream from Atlantic Coast 

Line Railroad bridge, 3.2 miles south of Wayne County courthouse In Gcldsboro, 4.3 miles 

downstream from Little River, and at mile 135.

Drainage area.--2,390 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. February 1930 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 42.95 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 24, 1931, chair gage at railroad 

bridge 1.5 miles upstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. July 24, 1931, to Aug. 31, 1948, 

water-stage recorder at site 2.3 miles upstream at datum 1.71 ft higher than present 

datum.

Average discharge. 30 years, 2,521 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,200 cfs Oct. 30 (gage height, 21.26 ft); mlnImum, 390 cfs July 27.

1930-60: Maximum discharge, 30,700 cfs Sept. 23, 1945; maximum gage height, 26.72 

ft Sept. 23, 1945, site and datum then In use; minimum discharge, 80 cfs Dec. 3, 1951 

(result of temporary closure of river channel upstream); minimum unregulated discharge, 

85 cfs Sept. 14, 1932 (gage height, 1.03 ft, site and datum then In use).

Maximum discharge known, 38,600 cfs Oct. 5, 1929 (gage height, 27. S ft, at railroad 

bridge and present datum).

Remarks. Records fair. Records of chemical analyses for the water year 1960 are given 

TnTfSP 1741.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1333: 1931, 1935.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic 

feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used July 2 to Aug. 6; rate of change in stage used as 

a factor Oct. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8-11, 15, 23, 24, 26-28, Nov. 1-5, 7, 14, 15, 26, 

27, Dec. 3, 4, 18-20, 27-29, Jan. 6, 7, 15-18, 31, Feb. 1, Mar. 29-31, 

Apr. 15-17, 29, May 8-10, 15-17, 28, 29, June 2, 3, 2O, July 2, 13, E8-31, 

Aug. 4-9, 18-20, 24, 31, Sept. 6, 11-13, 17-19)

Oct. 1-29 Oct. 30 to Sept. 3C

4.5 880

5.0 1,100

8.0 2,580

16.0

21.0

7,900

13,600

3.2 405

4.0 665

7.0 1,980

10.0 3,680

17.0 8,750

20.0 12,200

22.0 15,700

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septemter 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

902

2,410

2,970

2,840

1,900

1,400

1,140

1,O3O

1,360

1,830

2,860

3,510 

4,260

4,860

5,790

6,490

7,420

8,570

9,360

9,800

9,800

9,050

7,300 

5,260

5,000

5,810

9,010

12,200

*13,400

14.000 

13,200

184,732

5,959

2.49

2.87

Nov.

11.000

8,370

5,740

3,770

2,840

2,460

2,770

3,440

4,130

4,660

5,000

5,250 

5,440

4,740

3,350

2,740

2,460

2,240

2,080

1,980

1,880

1.850

1,980 

2,240

2,460

2,830

*3,510

4,060

4,320

4,590

114,160

3,805

1.59

1.78

Dec.

4,930

5,120

4,410

2,820

2,300

2,080

*1,980

1,930

1,930

1,880

1,780

1.680 

1,680

1,880

2,030

2,080

1,980

2,680

4,730

5,820

6,420

6,860

6.940 

6,940

6,940

6,780

6,030

4,270

,3,160

2,920 

2,920

115,900

3,739

1.56

1.80

Jan.

3,210

3,030

2,740

2,970

3,680

4,830

6,060

6,780

7 , 500

7,980

8,570

8.750 

8,750

8,390

7,280

5,610

4,120

3,390

*3,150

3,090

2,970

2,690

2,460 

2,240

2,080

2,030

1.950

1,930

1,980

2,080 

5,440

155,710

4,578

1.85

2.11

Feb.

5.540

6,140

7,100

7,980

8,850

10,OOO

10,800

11,500

11,700

12,200

12,700

12.800 

12,700

12,500

12,300

12,000

12,000

12,400

12,500

12,400

11,800

11,100

10,500 

*10,100

10,OOO

10,000

10,100

10,100

9,800

509,210

10,660

4.46

4.81

Calendar year 1959: Max 14,000 Min 444

Mar.

9,150

8,590

7,900

*7,420

6,940

6,780

6,780

6,630

6,280

5,720

5,250

5. OOP 

5,000

5,000

5,060

5,120

5,310

5,650

6,210

6,780

7,420

8,140

8,750 

9,150

9.560

9,360

9,150

8,750

7,950

6,290 

5,120

215,790

6,961

2.91

3.56

Apr.

4,950

5,120

5,370

5,860

6,700

7,660

8,480

9,360

10,100

10,700

10.900

10,800 

10,500

9,900

8,250

5,820

5,610

2,860

2,510

2,400

2,500

2,140

2,030 

1,950

1,930

1,780

1.650

1,850

*2,770

5,500

165,670

5,456

2.28

2.55

May

5,870

4,060

3,870

5,500

2,860

2,190

1,850

1,920

2,600

5,840

4,460

4,930 

5,310

5.650

5,500

4,120

2,600

1,980

1,650

1,400

*1,260

1,130

1,070 

1,010

950

910

 910

1,210

2,770

5,350 

5,560

86,250

2,782

1.16

1.54

June

5.440

5,050

1,790

1,510

1,260

1,590

1,590

1,4OO

1,510

1,180

1,050

910 

790

*755

700

682

648

648

612

*761

1,220

1,400

1,510 

1,260

1,510

1,180

950

810

770

755

56,341

1,211

0.507

0.57

July

648

1,170

1,730

1,590

*1,400

1,540

1,630

1,350

1.C70

870

752

752 

1.T50

1,490

1,400

1,310

1,350

1,180

910

718

612

542

480 

435

420

420

420

1,080

*3,810

7,180 

8^10

48,219

1,555

O.F51

0.75

Aug.

9,800

10,8OO

11.100

9,880

7,000

5,510

1,880

1,950

2,810

2,740

2,970

3,150 

3,330

3,380

3,930

4,460

4,860

4,890

3,200

2,300

1,780

1,400

1.180 

1,500

*1,950

2,690

3,210

3,440

5,210

2,740 

2,070

122,870

5,964

1.66

1.91

Sept.

1,590

1,350

,220

,260

,220

,330

,590

,240

,010

910

,020

,350 

,990

,700

,740

.500

,690

,030

,750

,050

* ,630

,490

,350 

1,220

1,090

*990

910

850

910

930

75,670

2,522

1.06

1.18

Mean 5,978 Cfsm 1.66 In. 22.59

Water year 1959-60: Max 14,000 Min 420 Mean 4,395 Cfsm 1.84 In. 25.03

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 83

895. Neuse River at Kinston, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°15'30", long 77°35'10", on left bank at Kinston, Lenoir County, 600 ft 

downstream from bridge on State Highway 11 and at mile 90.

Drainage area. 2,690 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. February 1930 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 10.90 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 25, 1934, chain gage at highway 

bridge 1 mile downstream at datum 0.80 ft lower.

Average discharge. 30 years, 2,884 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,100 cfs Feb. 15 (gage height, 18.00 ft); minimum, 690 cfs July 25 (gage height, 4.00 ft).

1930-60: Maximum discharge, 25,900 cfs Sept. 27, 1945; maximum gage height, 22.44 ft 

Sept. 27, 1945; minimum discharge, 124 cfs Sept. 26, 1932 (gage height, 1.2? ft, site 

and datum then in use).

Maximum stage known, 25.0 ft July 1919, present site and datum (dischargs, about 

39,000 cfs}, from information by North Carolina State Highway Commission. Flood of 

Oct. 9, 10, 1929, reached a stage of 22.48 ft (discharge, 28,000 cfs}, from information 

by North Carolina State Highway Commission.

Remarks. Records good. Records of chemical analyses for water year 1960 are given in 

WST~1741.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1333: 1931-32.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

20-23, 26, Sept. 1, 2, 11-14, 20-23, 29)

14.0

16.0

18.0

7,390

10,100

14,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September i960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

£0

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

£8

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

935 

935 

1.9OO

2,520

2,770

2,350

1,820

1,420

1,320

1,620

1,890

2,550

2,950

3,540

4,420

5, 120

5,810

6,330

6,940

7,730

8,600

9,170

9,470

9,470

8,880

7,500

6,520

6,240

7,540

9,560

11.50O

159,120

5,133

1.91

2.20

Nov.

12,500 

15,100 

12,700

11,000

8.26O

5,930

4,710

4,170

4,310

4,470

4,790

5,120

5,380

5,640

5,720

5,380

4,200

3,300

2,830

2,520

2,320

2,220

2.170

2,220

2,470

2,620

*2,770

3,130

3,680

4,170

153,800

5,127

1.91

2.13

Dec.

4,470 

4, 79O 

5,040

5,210

4.72O

3,360

2,680

2,42O

*2,270

2,220

2,170

2.120

2,170

2,120

2,120

2,270

2,320

2,750

3,750

4,690

5,460

6,160

6,620

6,940

7,160

7.270

7,270

7,160

6,830

5,550

4,350

134,430

4,336

1.61

1.86

Jan.

3,820 

3,540 

3,540

3,470

3.400

3,980

5,380

6,240

7,160

7,730

8,090

8,340

8,740

9,020

9,170

a, 880

8,340

7,180

5,630

4,550

4,000

3,610

3,330

3,010

2,770

2,570

2,470

2,370

2.520

2,370

3,040

158,060

5,099

1.90

2.19

Feb.

4,140 

5,430 

6,07O

6,720

7,390

8,090

9,02O

9,940

1O, 6OO

11,100

11,700

12,300

12,900

13,600

14,100

13,800

13,600

13,100

15,100

13,100

13,100

15,100

12,900

12,500

12,100

11,700

11,500

11,100

10,800

-_-____

518,400

10,980

4.08

4.40

Mar.

10,800 

10,400 

1O, 3OO

9,780

9,320

8,740

9,090

7,750

7,5OO

7,590

7,160

6,720

6,530

5,990

5,8J?

5,720

5,810

5,900

5,990

6,160

6,420

6,830

7,390

7,970

8,600

9,020

9,320

9,470

9,470

9 320

9^020

244,470

7,886

2.93

3.58

Apr.

8,210 

7,O50 

6,240

5,990

6,520

7,050

7,75O

8,210

8,740

9,470

9,940

10,600

11,000

*1 l.OOO

11,000

10,400

9,620

7,540

5,450

5,900

5,170

2,850

2,570

2,420

2,520

2,270

*2,170

2,270

2,370

2,620

190,670

6,356

2.56

2.64

May

3,130 

3,680 

4.1OO

4,240

4,100

3,680

2,800

2,520

2,950

3,470

3,890

4,240

4,710

5,040

5,380

,640

,640

,440

,900

,110

,820

,620

* ,470

,570

,320

,220

,220

,680

,870

,490

,950

97,690

3,151

1.17

1.55

June

3,330 

5.470 

3,470

2,660

1,950

1,720

1,870

1,870

1,670

1,570

1,420

1,320

1,170

1,200

1,050

1,050

1,130

1,320

1,050

912

1,090

1,820

2,070

1,920

1,620

1,720

1,620

1,320

1,120

1,000

50,462

1,682

0.625

0.70

Calendar year 1959: Max 13,100 Min 630 Mean 4,438 Cfsm 1.65

July

955 

,050 

,620

,120

,020

,870

* ,970

,020

,770

,470

,220

,100

,140

,570

,920

,920

,720

,620

,520

,240

1,050

890

790

750

750

770

750

980

2,050

5,000

7,65O

55,125

1,714

0.637

0.75

Aug.

9,280 

10, 40O 

11,300

11.9OO

12.100

11,700

9,980

6,650

4,150

3,480

3,540

3,540

3,610

3,680

3,680

3,890

4,240

4,650

4,960

4,800

3,650

2,470

1,880

1.670

1,670

2,170

2,620

3,010

3,330

3,400

3,130

160,510

5,178

1.92

2.22

Sept.

2,600 

2,070 

1,720

1,520

1.47O

1,420

1,420

1,670

1,520

1.240

1,280

4,040

6,350

7,540

8,090

8,340

8,470

8.740

8,600

7,330

5,090

3,460

2,400

2,020

1,720

1,520

1,420

*1,270

1,480

2,070

107,880

3,596

1.34

1.49

In. 22.40

Water year 1959-60: Max 14,100 Min 730 Mean 4,996 Cfsm 1.86 In. 25.29

Discharge measurement made on this day.
84 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

910. Nahunta Swamp near Shine, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°29'20", long 77°48'22" (revised), on right bank 10 ft downstream from 

bridge on county highway, 2 miles upstream from Appletree Swamp, 3-=? miles north of 

Shine, Greene County, and 8 miles northwest of Snow Hill.

Drainage area.--77.6 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1954 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 50.74 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

"^1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Apr. 1, 1955, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge.--6 years, 83.9 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,910 cfs July 30 (gage height, 12.21 ft); mini- 

 mum, 11 cfs Oct. 6-8.

1954-60: Maximum discharge, that of July 30, 1960; minimum, 1.0 cfs Oct. 7, 8, 1954 

(gage height, 0.80 ft).

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 16 to Dec. 18, Sept. 12)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 12 Sept. 13-30

1.1 

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

2.5 

3.0

8.6

15

27

47

79

122

5.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.6

347

796

1,020

1,390

2,410

2.0

3.0

5.0

9.O

10.0

11.0

37

105

307

880

1,140

1,560

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

22

14

13

13

12

11

11

12

89

51

38

26

21

49

122

69

44

38

32

28

28

28

31

108

84

54

47

52

44

44

42

1,277

41.2

0.531

0.61

Nov.

41

38

34

32

32

33

174

201

T13

84

70

61

54

52

49

46

44

42

40

38

38

38

35

43

118

69

*52

68

65

51

1,855

61.8

0.796

0.89

Dec.

45

43

42

40

38

39

*42

36

34

33

32

42

61

46

39

38

36

241

577

358

186

141

113

100

90

84

81

81

81

71

65

2,955

95.3

1.23

1.42

Jan.

61

60

130

161

108

284

555

526

254

181

156

131

122

113

108

LOO

89

95

108

90

81

*77

72

70

70

67

66

74

70

77

436

4,592

148

1.91

2.20

Feb.

730

350

214

171

166

296

203

156

136

122

260

192

291

730

405

230

186

306

368

203

161

171

176

146

241

290

198

156

136

7,390

255

3.29

3.54

Mar.

122

113

306

348

248

186

166

151

136

156

181

176

192

171

*161

188

302

220

176

151

131

118

107

100

95

89

85

83

79

110

166

5,013

162

2.09

2.40

Apr.

118

95

122

118

331

242

156

131

107

89

79

75

71

66

*64

61

58

55

54

50

48

46

44

40

36

34

*49

433

208

118

3,198

107

1.38

1.53

May

101

110

72

63

54

47

43

277

376

141

91

106

113

77

61

51

44

39

34

32

30

28

25

*23

22

30

62

204

68

42

34

2,500

80.6

1.04

1.20

June

28

25

37

33

36

34

30

25

21

19

18

17

16

16

18

20

19

23

17

34

206

298

81

41

193

106

55

39

30

25

1,560

52.0

0.670

0.75

July

27

175

96

44

192

156

64

48

38

32

54

60

39

63

163

61

60

38

32

27

25

24

23

21

25

23

60

291

*599

*2.410

2,O20

6,990

225

2.90

3.35

Aug.

1.070

415

186

122

95

79

72

62

56

52

65

73

57

48

46

*58

52

44

42

39

36

35

50

78

52

57

54

49

42

38

36

3,260

105

1.35

1.56

Sept.

38

65

74

45

38

34

33

31

46

34

51

1.560

1,460

*938

*289

150

109

94

81

*75

70

66

60

55

50

*47

45

45

95

106

5,884

196

2.53

2.82

Calendar year 1959 : Max 883 Min 7.8 Mean 88.9 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.54

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,410 Min 11 Mean 127 Cfsm 1.64 In. 22.27

19 (11:30 a.m.) 607 cfs (6.84 ft); Jan

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN

915. Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°25'40", long 77°35'10" (revised), on right bank at Hookerton, Greene 

County, 0.3 mile upstream from bridge on State Highway 123 and 2-| miles upstream from 

Wheat Swamp Creek.

Drainage area. 729 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1928 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 16 ft (from topographic man). Prior to 

Nov. 26, 1934, staff gage at site 200 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge .--31 years (1929-60), 754 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,600 cfs Aug. 2; maximum gage height, 17.53 

ft Aug. 3; minimum discharge, 115 cfs July 26 (gage height, 3.43 ft).

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 11,100 cfs Oct. 6, 1929 (gage height, 18.90 ft); minimum, 15 cfs Oct. 28, 1933 (gage height, 1.22 ft).

Maximum stage known, 23.3 ft in September 1928, from floodmark; high water of 

autumn 1924 was about 0.1 ft lower, from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSF 1333: 1930-35. WSP 1383: Drainage area. WSP 1503: 

1932, 1951.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in 

cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-10; rate of change in stage used as 

a factor Oct. 9-11, 15, 25, 24, 27-29, Nov. 3-8, 16, 17, Dec. 2, 18,13, 

27-30, Jan. 6, 7, 16, 17, 31, Feb. 1, Apr. 5, 13-16, 28, 29, May 1, 2, 

6-9, 17-20, 28-31, June 1, 3-6, 15-17, 21-27, July 2-1O, 14-17, 27-31, 

Aug. 1-11, 21-23, 31, Sept. 1, 2, 11, 12, 21-26, 29, 30)

3.4 112

5.0 285

8.0 730

10.0 1,210

11.0 1,560

12.0 2,070

13.0 2,930

14.0 4,350

17.5 10,300

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Ttotal

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

186

231

267

291

261

225

198

176

210

335

488

592

657

692

880

1,010

1,180

1,400

1,730

1,950

1,950

1,830

1,480

1,110

990

1,040

*1,280

1,730

2,870

3,780

4.100

35,179

1,135

1.56

1.79

Nov.

5.700

3,040

2,330

1,720

1,220

911

890

1,160

1,270

1,330

1,440

1,480

1,480

1,370

1,270

996

808

711

640

592

562

547

532

547

592

730

850

990

1,120

1,120

35,948

1,198

1.64

1.83

Dec.

1,010

831

769

657

577

547

562

547

518

489

474

474

532

562

577

577

577

747

1,330

1,560

1,830

2,140

2,370

2.540

2,450

2,070

1,640

1,330

1,090

971

875

33,223

1,072

1.47

1.69

Jan.

809

749

730

830

940

1,200

1,740

2,140

2,540

2,720

2,930

3.040

3,040

2,820

2,540

2,100

1,640

1,440

1,240

1,090

*1,010

940

875

789

711

640

624

608

624

640

1,040

44,779

1,444

1.98

2.28

Feb.

1,710

2,070

2,540

2,930

3,290

3,780

4.010

3,780

3,420

3,040

2,820

2,720

2,820

3,040

3,160

3,220

3,290

3,490

3,780

3,850

3,700

3,420

3,160

2,820

2,540

2,450

2,290

2,140

2,010

87,290

3,010

4.13

4.45

Mar.

1,950

1,830

1,830

1,830

1,890

1,950

2,070

2,210

2,210

2,210

2,010

1,890

1,780

1,730

1,730

1,680

1,730

1,830

1,950

2,070

2,210

2.290

2,290

2,140

1,950

1,730

1,520

1,300

1,090

1.010

1,060

56,970

1,838

2.52

2.91

Apr.

1,090

1,120

1,210

1,330

1,710

1,950

2 , 14Q

2,140

2,070

2,010

1,950

1,780

1,500

*1,190

931

766

674

624

577

532

503

489

474

446

418

376

*349

628

924

1,040

32,941

1,098

1.51

1.68

May

1,130

1,410

1,600

1,640

1,560

1,370

1,050

922

1,510

1,730

1,830

1,890

1,950

1,890

1,730

1,560

1,280

890

590

442

376

336

*297

267

243

237

249

447

688

858

1,100

33,072

1,067

1.46

1.69

June

1,340

1,560

1,520

1,020

562

420

404

376

316

273

231

208

192

186

205

361

318

316

255

203

254

488

477

298

260

381

319

255 -208

181

13,387

446

0.612

0.68

Calendar year 1959: Max 5,070 Min 72 Mean 1,187 Cfsm 1.63

July

166

237

409

310

298

*589

662

542

393

278

231

255

316

335

489

455

323

261

255

198

171

156

136

120

116

121

149

411

1,050

2,730

*3.890

16,022

517

0.709

0.82

Aug.

*6,910

*9,910

*9.970

8,230

*6,260

4,320

2,700

1,620

940

707

759

895

965

965

965

990

,120

,370

* ,780

,010

,900

,440

969

895

809

920

990

1,040

1,010

965

769

75,093

2,422

3.32

3.83

Sept.

574

480

518

503

432

362

310

273

249

257

314

2,920

4,010

4,790

5,450

6.150

5,790

5,170

4,260

*3,420

*2,580

1,890

1,360

957

725

593

*547

518

522

714

56,598

1,887

2.59

2.89

In. 22.07

Water year 1959-60: Max 9,970 Min 116 Mean 1,422 Cfsm 1.95 In. 26.54

Discharge measurement made on this day.
86 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

917. Little Contentnea Creek near Farmville, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°32'40" (revised), long 77°30'40" (revised), on right bank 5 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 264, lj miles upstream from Middle Swamp, and 

5| miles southeast of Farmville, Pltt County.

Drainage area. 93.3 sq ml.

Records available. October 1956 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 30 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

Aug. 19, 1958, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,490 cfs July 31; maximum gag? height, 17.39 

ft Sept. 13; minimum discharge, 3.7 cfs July 25 (gage height, 7.22 ft).

1956-60: Maximum discharge, that of July 31, 1960; maximum gage height, that of 

Sept. 13, 1960; minimum discharge, 0.1 cfs Aug. 11, 1957 (gage height, 6.43 ft).

Floods In August and September 1955 reached stages of 18.9 and 18.5 ft, respectively.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In

cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 31 to Mar. 1, Mar. 3-22, 31, 

Apr. 1, 4-10, Sept. 12)

7.2 

7.5 

8.0 

8.5

3.5 

7.8

Oct. 1 to Sept. 11

9.0 64

10.0 142

11.0 267

12.0 470

Sept. 12-30

13.0 760

15.0 1,630

16.3 2,490

8.4 22

9.0 43

10.0 100

11.0 198

12.0 352

13.0 582

15.0 1,230

17.5 2,540

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

31

20

16

14

12

10

10

9.4

48

80

77

60

38

36

151

245

192

125

84

60

48

42

42

75

198

238

*174

137

111

97

86

2,566.4

82.8

0.887

1.02

Nov.

76

67

56

48

42

38

106

444

411

300

19Z

14Z

117

100

113

101

86

74

65

59

56

58

56

54

63

79

86

124

204

152

3,569

119

1.28

1.42

Dec.

117

95

81

71

65

63

103

102

86

*73

64

70

147

147

118

96

83

153

639

680

590

425

252

186

158

132

120

118

126

119

103

5,382

174

1.86

2.15

Jan.

88

76

106

290

283

360

828

1.040

848

680

404

252

198

168

147

132

115

105

111

111

99

*85

74

67

64

61

59

60

62

65

309

7,347

237

2.54

2.93

Feb.

1.520

1,230

1,040

718

*378

558

620

495

309

224

231

347

378

781

760

680

443

283

448

532

445

292

260

231

224

378

378

283

204

14,470

499

5.35

5.77

Mar.

158

*129

200

471

495

368

252

198

163

158

192

231

245

231

204

192

369

470

400

267

198

158

123

99

88

78

72

67

65

85

180

6,606

213

2.28

2.63

Apr.

186

137

130

186

498

760

620

357

218

152

106

83

71

61

54

48

44

40

36

32

30

28

26

23

20

18

22

112

131

102

4,331

144

1.54

1.73

May

71

106

131

92

59

42

32

86

681

546

252

137

118

100

71

51

37

28

20

17

14

13

11

*9.2

8.2

2^8

57

137

158

110

54

3, '256. 2

105

1.13

1.30

June

29

20

44

38

34

47

131

72

30

18

14

12

9.6

12

9.2

17

19

18

11

9.2

16

20

13

9.6

14

20

15

11

7.6

5,5

725.7

24.2

0.259

0.29

July

5.0

9.2

72

93

70

*224

289

13?

44

23

20

23

23

23

63

42

22

14

11

8.6

7.0

5.7

5.3

4.7

i*i

4.8

13

193

39 ':>

1,540

*2.580

5,787.4

187

2.00

2.31

Aug.

1.600

852

469

194

100

60

46

35

27

20

24

24

20

24

27

36

*50

48

36

23

16

22

70

82

93

142

231

231

158

98

62

4,920

159

1.70

1.96

Sept.

40

31

37

89

87

54

34

22

17

ii

17

*1,100

*2.250

*2,140

1,320

*763

352

171

115

*87

*70

57

49

41

35

29

*26

24

31

93

9,195

306

3.28

3.67

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,050 Mln 1.5 Mean 143 Cfsm 1.53 In. 20.74

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,380 Mln 4.1 Mean 186 Cfsm 1.99 In. 27.18.

Peak discharge (base, 660 cfs). Dec. 19 (9 p.m.) 742 cfs (12.93 ft); Jan. 8 (5:30 a.m.) 1,080 cfs 

-- - >-- - - -- 1,430 cfs (14.32 ft); Feb. 14 (4 p.m.) 865 cfs (13.05 ft); Apr. 6 

; May 9 (7:30 p.m.) 795 cfs (13.12 ft),- July 31 (10 a.m.) 2,490 cfs 

2,470 cfs (17.39 ft).

13.87 ft); Feb. 1 (3:30 p.m.

3:30 a.m.) 795 cfs (12.84 ft

16.27 ft); Sept. 13 (11 p.m.

Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN

920. Swift Creek near Vanceboro. N. C.

Location. Lat 35°20'40", long 77°11'10" (revised), on left bank at highway bridge,

2-| miles upstream from bridge on State Highway 118, "i\ miles downstream from Clayroot 

Swamp, and 3-| miles northwest of Vanceboro, Craven County.

Drainage area. 182 sq mi.

Records available. January 1950 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3.93 ft above mean sea level (Corps of 

Engineers bench mark). Prior to Jan. 17, 1951, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 10 years, 175 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,440 cfs Sept. 16 "(gage height, 10.43 ft); minimum, 7.0 cfs July 24-25 (gage height, 2.55 ft).

1950-60: Maximum discharge, 6,060 cfs Sept. 22, 1955 (gage height, 13.67 ft); no 

flow Aug. 8-29, Oct. 4 to Nov. 9, 1954.

Flood in 1909 reached a stage of 16 ft, and flood in 1928 reached a stage of 11.7 ft, 

from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records fair. Records of water temperatures for the water year 196C are given 

 IrTwSP 1741.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height. In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 29 to Aug. 7, Sept. 12)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 11

2.5 

2.8 

3.3 

3.7 

4,0

6.0 

IS

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0 

9.0

162

290

635

1,640

2,250

Sept. 12-30

4.4 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

9.0 

11.0

Z30

448

720

1,580

2,880

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September i960

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

86

61

43

35 

30

26

24

23

82

124

98

82

71

62

217

485 

555

44O

314

224

168

141

124

126

170

209

177

*146

131

120

114

4,708

152

0.835

0.96

Nov.

116

118

110

94 

82

74

111

332

615

655

520

394

338

302

266

243 

216

194

172

153

139

133

128

124

134

142

141

136

139

142

6,443

215

1.18

1.32

Dec.

134

122

113

107 

100

99

116

151

151

139

126

134

222

368

362

308 

260

294

756

1,220

1,540

1,340

1,240

940

615

429

344

305

302

3O8

269

12,714

410

2.25

2.60

Jan.

229

197

199

328 

446

468

832

1,370

1.580

1,580

1,520

1,340

1,040

635

426

338 

284

243

232

229

*204

181

158

146

138

131

125

122

1Z2

122

265

15,230

491

2.70

3.11

Feb.

988

1,460

1,700

1,760 

*1,640

1,760

1,640

1,430

1,060

684

520

538

538

735

1,020

1,090 

1,06O

872

632

538

432

374

432

520

536

670

782

698

520

26,631

918

5.04

5.44

Mar.

*394

317

326

538 

715

655

502

384

317

281

287

326

344

359

350

332 

350

432

422

362

305

254

216

188

170

153

144

142

136

144

254

10,099

326

1.79

2.06

Apr.

387

338

272

278 

493

94O

1,140

1,160

1,040

715

432

299

*240

199

172

151 

136

125

112

99

89

82

74

66

56

49

136" 43

356

415

10,094

336

1.85

2.06

May

311

246

305

232 

170

136

no

102

172

323

257

168

148

160

126

98 

76

58

45

36

30

28

*24

21

17

1620-

146

368

371

191

4,511

146

0.802

0.92

June

109

76

86

133

100

88

85

80

50

36

27

24

21

22

20

57 

60

61

64

36

36

100

98

57

43

38

28

22

18

15

1,690

56.3

0.309

0.35

July

14

66

81

38 

27

78

*60

28

26

18

16

20

34

29

30

40 

23

16

13

11

9.9

9.0

8.0

7.4

872

14

16

105

395

805

*1,060

3,105.5

loo

0.549

0.63

Aug.

1,220

1,370

1,490

1,520 

1,320

81O

320

183

128

97

105

144

172

149

110

97

116

94

73

62

52

53

87

100

141

181

350

338

216

149

113

11,360

366

2.01

2.32

Sept.

92

95

93

87 

63

51

42

36

30

26

40

625

*1,420

*2,05O

2,370

*2.44O 

2,30O

1,93O

1,520

*1,180

*900

630

436

293

203

162

126

*101

92

118

19,551

652

3.58

4.00

Calendar year 1959 : Max 2,120 Min 3.2 Mean 304 Cfsm 1.67 In. 22.67

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,440 Mln 7.4 Mean 345 Cfsm 1.9O In. 25.77

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEU3E RIVER BASIN

925. Trent River near Trenton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°03'50" (revised), long 77°27'20"/(revlsed) , on left bank 50 ft downstream 

from Free Bridge, 800 ft downstream from Little/Chinquapin Branch, if- miles southwest of 

Phillips Crossroads, and 6 miles west of Trenton, Jones County.

Drainage area.--168 sq mi

Records available.--January 1951 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 19.15 ft above mean sea level (unadjusted). 

Prior to Mar. 21, 1951, wire-weight gage on bridge 50 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 9 years, 186 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,840 cfs Aug. 1 (gage height, 14.78 ft); minimum, 11 cfs July 27.

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 9,100 cfs Sept. 21, 1955 (gage height, 17.84 ft); minimum, 1.3 cfs Oct. 11-15, 1954.

Flood in 1928 reached a stage of 17.3 ft (discharge, 7,600 cfs), from information 

furnished "by Worth Carolina State Highway Commission.

Remarks. Records good. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water 

year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In

cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used June 14 to July 15, July 19-28, Aug. 12, 

21-24, Aug. 30 to Sept. 12; rate of change In stage used as a factor 

Oct. 10, 15-17, 21, 22, Nov. 7, 8, Dec. 12, 13, 18-21, Jan. 7, 8, 11, 

12, 31, Feb. 1, 15, 25, Mar. 30, 31, Apr. 4-6, 10, 12, May 31, June 6, 

July 15, 27-31, Aug. 4-8, Sept. 11-14, 17-19)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 12 °,ept. 13-30

11

29

57

194

563

10.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

646

1,190

1,540

2,070

3,080

4.4 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0 

10.0

58

87

214

398

535

11.0 740

12.0 1,040

14.0 2,080

14.5 2,560

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

£8

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

26

48

43

32

28

26

24

22

24

68

128

174

167

138

202

289

443

590

608

492

348

241

185

160

152

156

163

*163

152

136

5,558

179

1.07

1.23

Nov.

132

138

146

142

128

114

ITS

351

446

556

646

626

540

432

354

289

248

224

201

174

160

152

138

132

132

138

142

149

174

178

7,560

252

1.50

1.67

Dec.

171

152

138

128

121

114

118

118

114

107

100

114

184

232

248

240

224

282

551

840

1,130

1,190

972

736

572

460

381

325

307

298

10,948

353

2.10

2.42

Jan.

256

232

240

298

344

410

704

1,230

1,580

1,620

1,380

921

690

524

420

354

307

264

240

*224

209

194

178

163

152

142

138

135

132

135

294

14,110

455

2.71

3.12

Feb.

466

608

786

760

646

690

862

972

862

668

540

446

432

540

690

810

786

646

540

446

381

372

410

446

598

810

1,000

1,060

916

19,189

662

3.94

4.25

Mar.

*736

540

508

572

690

760

TS6

608

508

410

372

354

354

354

354

344

372

391

410

410

381

344

289

240

209

178

160

146

135

156

301

12,322

397

2.36

2.73

Apr.

363

381

391

423

690

1,120

1,450

1,360

1,010

699

540

358

289

224

182

156

138

124

110

100

93

87

81

74

67

60

55

*74

124

146

10,949

365

2.17

2.42

May

146

174

209

201

167

135

110

96

118

160

209

224

224

209

167

124

93

78

65

53

45

*38

32

28

24

22

22

28

43

49

110

3,403

110

0.655

0.75

June

138

124

107

142

163

192

272

256

194

135

93

70

55

42

33

28

26

25

25

24

23

36

58

48

36

30

27

22

19

11

2,460

82.0

0.488

0.54

July

15

19

28

35

38

41

*43

40

34

28

24

20

18

20

86

124

110

81

59

44

35

27

21

17

14

12

T5

112

374

1,310

2. 220

5,064

163

0.970

1.12

Aug.

2.750

2,210

1,580

*1,160

792

528

345

201

135

96

78

71

75

81

81

104

138

138

118

90

71

59

*64

75

93

93

87

90

84

71

58

11,596

374

2.23

2.57

Sept.

47

40

35

32

28

24

22

20

20

20

25

460

970

1,850

2.560

2,080

1,420

827

551

422

304

221

162

120

97

82

72

*62

60

62

12,495

416

2.48

2.77

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,620 Min 3.6 Mean £70 Cfsm 1.61 In. 21.84

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,730 Min 12 Mean 316 Cfsm 1.88 In. 25.59

Discharge measurement made on this day.
NEW RIVER BASIN 89

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

Location. Lat 34°51'00" (revised), long 77°31'00" (revised), on right bank 5 ft downstream 

from highway bridge, half a mile downstream from Jenkins Swamp, if miles southwest of 

Gum Branch, Onslow County, and 3f miles southeast of Richlands.

Drainage area.--74.5 sq mi.

Records available. August 1949 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3 ft above mean sea level (Co^ps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to Mar. 23, 1950, staff gage at same site and d^tum.

Average discharge. 11 years, 104 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,030 cfs July 30 (gage height, 16.44 ft); minimum, 14 cfs May 25-26 (gage height, 1.23 ft).

1949-60: Maximum discharge, 7,900 cfs Sept. 20, 1955 (gage height, 19.99 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum, 1.8 cfs Oct. 7. 1954 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

Flood in 1908 reached a stage of about 18 ft, from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(aiifting-eontrol method used Oct. 22 to Dec. 18, Sept. 12)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 12

1.2 

2.0 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

13

39

81

202

378

10.0

13.0

15.0

16.0

785

1,410

2,050

2,700

2.5 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

149

290

Sept. 13-30

2 10.0

13.0

15.0

15.3

600

1,180

2,020

2,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

84

46

31

25

22

19

17

17

23

41

42

30

23

28

182

387

490

3?5

181

117

84

71

69

74

76

65

53

*48

44

50

57

2,824

91.1

1.22

1.41

Nov.

71

84

65

49

44

42

101

337

503

410

273

188

147

129

126

117

106

96

84

78

74

71

69

65

71

86

81

86

114

117

3,884

129

1.73

1.94

Dec.

101

86

76

71

65

62

67

*67

63

59

55

84

170

209

174

132

111

201

712

960

723

478

338

264

216

188

167

160

174

174

150

6,557

212

2.85

3.27

Jan.

129

114

135

202

240

224

337

630

675

503

338

240

195

174

160

160

147

132

129

*120

106

98

91

86

84

81

78

54

86

88

216

6,082

196

2.65

3.04

Peb.

406

454

358

248

195

241

454

454

309

209

167

156

TeT

270

388

348

248

202

216

202

170

181

282

328

410

738

721

478

318

9,318

321

4.31

4.65

Mar.

*240

195

271

443

490

368

264

209

181

170

188

202

202

202

195

188

216

248

224

188

167

144

126

114

106

96

91

86

849~6~

202

6,196

200

2.68

3.09

Apr.

309

216

188

273

550

819

6SO

428

300

232

174

141

123

*108

98

91

81

76

71

65

61

61

56

50

44

39

36

111

294

196

5,951

198

2.66

2.97

May

120

288

378

?4T

153

111

86

78

135

178

120

86

114

106

71

54

44

37

31

27

25

*23

20

17

15

M

"

50

40

29

6O

2,771

89.4

1.20

1.38

June

67

40

97

274

24T

132

122

256

160

88

61

46

38

36

50

81

56

42

4?

148

86

191

248

144

71

50

43

36

30

25

3,011

100

1.34

1.50

July

35

147

167

110

96

150

*135

78

56

42

36

33

30

Aug.

1,260

713

375

*220

147

114

91

76

65

78

84

156

226

118' 199

421 156

399 214

280 210

135 129

81 91

61 71

52 61

42 51

36 *56

31 94

31 106

91 81

121 69

302 62

952 52

2.550 43

2,170 38

8,968 5,388

289 174

3.88 2.34

4.48 2.69

Sept.

33

30

30

26

23

21

19 *So

23

62

72

1,180

*2.1BO

1,420

872

470

264

170

132

109

90

80

70

62

58

52

47

44

*45

58

7,762

259

3.48

3.87

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,670 Min 6.0 Mean 136 Cfsm 1.83 In. 2?-, 77

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,530 Mln 14 Mean 188 Cfsm 2.52 In. 3*. 29

Peak discharge (base, 600 efs).--Dee. 2O (6 a.m.) 1,000 cfs (11.18 ft); Jan. 9 (1 a.m.) 721 cfs 

(9.55 ft); Feb. 26 (9 p.m.) 819 efs (1O.16 ft); Apr. 6 (12 mj 836 cfs (10.32 ft); July 30 (7:30

p.m.) 3.03O cfs (16.44 ft); Sept. 13 (9 a.m.) 2,340 cfs (15.49 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
90 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

935. Haw River near Benaja, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°16' (revised), long 79°34', on left bank 200 ft upstream from site of 

old High Rock Mill, 500 ft upstream from highway bridge, half a mile upstream from 

Rockingham-Guilford County line, 6 miles downstream from Troublesome Creek, and 6 miles 

east of Benaja, Rocklngham County.

Drainage area.--168 sq ml.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 629 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 32 years, 161 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,280 cfs Oct. 10 (gage height, IS .12 ft); minimum, 26 cfs July 24 (gage height, 1.19 ft).

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 12,300 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 19.22 ft, from 

high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs on basis of slope-area 

measurement of peak flow; minimum, 0.6 cfs Oct. 7-9, 1954.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage of about 17.5 ft, from floodmark on tree 500 ft 

below gage.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of Ice effect, which are poor. Records of 

water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1383: 1933(M), 1941.

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except period of ice effect (gage 

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

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0

126

320

6.0

10.0

13.0

1,090

2,480

4,200

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

310

447

495

353

236

*126

88

94

231

2,880

*3.990

2,700

1,410

1,010

1,030

860

630

447

288

196

150 

129

128

141

143

136

120

108

102

100

110

19,188

619

3.68

4.25

Nov.

118

116

105

97

96

97

104

99

92

90

88

88

90

90

91

90

92

*94

91

86

88 

91

90

124

200

211

190

148

131

120

3,313

110

0.655

0.73

Dec.

110

104

104

102

100

100

118

121

108

100

97

105

124

124

110

102

100

167

447

551

519 

411

310

219

165

148

140

138

187

*196

163

5,570

180

1.07

1.23

Jan.

134

126

139

320

342

331

353

387

399

342

255

202

177

161

154

145

134

131

134

131

120 

113

102

104

108

110

115

143

157

179

376

6,124

198

1.18

1.36

Feb.

786

894

706

514

482

934

1,030

800

543

364

447

471

483

399

320

£78

276

490

1,250

1.580

910 

568

399

310

320

331

520

288

245

16,556

570

5.59

5.66

Mar.

211

190

b!65

b!75

b!3D

b200

b!80

b!70

b!50

b!40

b!90

227

213

206

217

253

299

376

471

543

592 

580

592

580

*531

459

399

555

551

587

459

10,029

524

1.93

2.E2

Apr.

471

423

399

531

1,570

1.540

1,010

618

411

278

225

200

190

185

175

170

166

179

179

168

154 

156

156

148

138

131

123

152

187

166

10,397

347

2.07

2.30

May

161

175

166

136

*121

115

112

190

288

331

288

204

170

152

136

123

115

107

97

94

91 

86

79

76

79

100

439

599

435

320

222

5,607

' 181

1.08

1.24

June

136

107

97

90

88

86

88

90

79

74

69

66

66

67

*66

64

61

64

66

66

66 

72

79

67

78

62

59

53

50

51

2,227

74.2

0.442

0.49

July

47

56

70

56

64

92

78

61

51

49

78

102

108

71

56

48

44

42

40

34

32 

29

28

28

*30

37

36

78

116

H,8

88

1,867

60.2

0.358

0.41

Aug.

62

67

56

45

44

43

51

40

40

56

59

45

59

56

49

40

36

33

31

30

28 

58

180

152

104

66

60

56

59

74

45

1,784

57.5

0.342

0.59

Sept.

47

64

75

56

50

44

*40

40

38

38

43

84

99

69

48

44

43

43

64

104

120 

134

123

67

51

46

43

42

55

86

1,900

63.3

0.377

0.42

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,990 Mln 18 Mean 166 Cfsm 0.988 In. 13.44

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,990 Mln 28 Mean 231 Cfsm 1.37 In. 18.70

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 cfs).--Oct. 10 (8 p.m.) 4,280 cfs (15.12 ft); Feb. 20 (1 a.m.) 1,470 cfs 

(7.24 ft); Apr. 6 (12:50 a.m.) 1,730 cfs (7.95 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 91 

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

Location. Lat 36°10', long 79°57', on left bank at downstream side of county road bridge, 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from Beaver Creek and 2 miles east o<" Oak Ridge, 

Guilford County.

Drainage area. 19.9 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1955 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 771.30 ft above mean sea Iev3l, datum of 

1929, unadjusted. Prior to Dec. 13, 1955, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 5 years, 22.2 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,950 cfs Oct. 10 (gage height, 10.94 ft); minimum, 3.1 cfs July 22.

1955-60: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 10, 1959; minimum 2.7 cfs J-ily 1, 1959 

(gage height, 2.01 ft).

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

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except periods of Ice effect 

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

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 12-26, July.22-26)

2.1 

2.3 

2.6

3.0 

5.0

4.5

11

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0

381

607

1,010

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

130

31

21

17

15

14

*17

22

. 23

*970

*259

114

*47

294

*96

42

30

22

18

17

16

18

18

20

16

14

13

12

12

14

16

2,368

76.4

3.84

4.43

Nov.

15

13

12

13

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

14

14

14

17

13

*12

12

13

11

T2

34

31

18

16

18

15

14

450

15.0

0.754

0.84

Dec.

14

14

15

14

14

16

18

14

13

T5

13

20

18

15

14

13

13

30

182

75

34

27

23

21

21

20

19

22

*22

18

17

782

25.2

1.27

1.46

Jan.

16

16

72

38

29

44

63

47

33

28

25

23

22

*21

21

18

18

22

18

18

18

18

16

16

16

16

20

24

2O

32

 235

1,023

33.0

1.66

1.91

Feb.

190

51

36

30

144

256

53

40

36

*40

144

47

40

42

34

34

48

283

214

56

47

45

40

35

47

42

34

31

30

2,169

74.8

3.76

4.05

Mar.

27

b24

b30

b28

b25

b23

26

b23

b21

b24

b25

27

27

28

31

37

46

68

73

88

85

94

85

66

59

*48

48

45

39

76

76

1,422

45.9

2.31

2.66

Apr.

45

36

167

149

525

74

51

41

36

32

31

30

28

29

29

28

26

31

26

25

25

25

23

22

22

21

22

33

25

22

1,479

49.3

2.48

2.76

May

30

23

*20

19

19

18

18

~49 104

30

26

26

24

22

20

19

18

17

17

18

16

15

15

14

T7

26

93

33

24

21

18

829

26.7

1.34

1.55

June

16

16

16

18

16

15

14

14

14

13

13

11

12

11

9.9

*11

9.9

1011

11

13

16

13

12

12

12

11

10

11

11

382.8

12.8

0.643

0.72

July

13

14

12

11

13

11

11

8.9

9.2

11

69

28

16

*15

13

11

10

10

9.9

10

7.9

7.0

5.8

¥77

9.2

*8.4

24

22

16

12

13

438.0

14.1

0.709

0.8?

Aug.

21

12

9.2

9.9

10

12

9.2

9.6

9.2

7.9

13

14

14

9.9

9.2

8.9

7.9

8.9

8.2

6.9

7.4

14

31

16

11

9.9

10

9.6

9.6

9.2

7.2

345.8

11.2

0.563

0.65

Sept.

18

16

11

9.6

9.2

9.6

8.6

*8.9

7.9

25

30

25

13

9.9

9.9

9.6

8.9

13

59

IS

11

8.9

9.2

7.9

7.5

8.9

8.2

7.5

22

14

425.2

14.2

0.714

0.79

Calendar year 1959: Max 970 Mln 3.1 Mean 26.6 Cfsm 1.34 In. 18.16

Water year 1959-60: Max 970 Mln 5.8 Mean 33.1 Cfsm 1.66 In. 22.64

Peak discharge (base, 350 cfs).--Oct. 10 (7:30 a.m.) 3,950 cfs (10.94 ft); Oct. 14 (3 p.m.) 447 cfs 

(7.36 ft); Jan. 31 (10:30 p.m.) 669 cfs (8.20 ft); Feb. 6 (1:30 a.m.) 686 cfs (8.25 ft); Feb. 18 

(10 p.m.) 815 cfs (8.58 ft); Apr. 5 (10:30 a.m.) 720 cfs (8.37 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

945. Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°11', long 79°37', on right bank a quarter of a mile dowrstream from 

Huffines Mill, H miles upstream from Buffalo Creek, and 6 miles northwest of Gibsonville, Guilford County.

Drainage area.--133 sq mi.

Records available. September 1928 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and rock-masonry control. Datum of gage is 6£6.88 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 32 years, 110 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,700 cfs Oct. 11 (gage height, 17.04 ft); minimum daily, 9.3 cfs Aug. 21.

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 11,600 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 20.77 ft); minimum daily, 0.4 cfs Oct. 14, 1954.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage of 17.90 ft, from information by local resident 

(discharge, 8,640 cfs).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above station. Flow partly regulated 

since 1923 by Lake Brandt 14 miles upstream (capacity, 113,256,000 cu ft, 1923 to summer 

of 1960, and about 294,000,000 cu ft thereafter) and by Lake Higgins on Brush Creek, a 

tributary to Lake Brandt, since 1957 (capacity, about 107,000,000 cu ft) and since 1943 

by Richland Lake 12 miles above station. City of Greensboro diverted from Lake Brandt 

an average of 20.1 cfs for municipal supply and Cone Mills diverted from Richland Lake 

an average of 1.6 cfs during the year.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1303: 1929-40 (monthly and yearly runoff). 

 1929-30, 1933(M), 1934, 1937(M), 1939-42(M), 1948.

HSP 1383:

Rating tables, water year 1959-60, except periods of Ice effect 

feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

ge height. In

Oct. 11 to Sept. 30

1.4 61

1.7 108

2.0 169

4.0

11.0

14.0

710 

3,O60 

4,830

0.8

.9

1.1

1.4 

1.9 

3.0

57

138

415

10.0 2,690

13.0 4,050

17.0 7,700

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

E9

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

620

635

334

90

68

*62

60

64

184

4,740

7,070

*1,760

524

821

1,040

695

418

226

86

63

64

67

194

148

67

51

45

BT

134

64

53

20,504

661

-

-

Nov.

56

51

47

41

36

42

47

49

52

50

37

37

45

57

63

63

63

*58

53

37

32

32

35

80

154

125

123

107

94

89

1,835

61.2

-

-

Dec.

89

104

102

97

91

83

65

47

43

68

67

49

63

68

71

58

55

157

575

388

429

326

289

242

116

89

92

100

125

*151

128

4,427

143

-

-

Jan.

70

58

185

202

202

258

274

281

287

224

162

125

110

105

96

94

86

83

88

94

82

76

67

61

61

63

67

83

96

112

457

4,309

139

-

-

Feb.

770

1,050

515

245

530

941

1,110

456

263

200

336

418

415

294

248

214

222

654

1,290

1,150

466

292

227

195

248

235

230

202

167

13,583

468

-

-

Mar.

145

132

b!20

b!50

b!40

b!30

b!20

bllO

97

b90_

130

123

119

116

125

160

214

289

375

471

486

545

515

486

*415

328

292

248

200

238

7,359

237

-

-

Apr.

260

292

306

782

1.560

1,300

448

310

200

205

116

127

130

127

117

68

77

119

132

105

57

104

88

89

89

51

67

76

70

52

7,524

251

-

-

May

60

68

117

67

*52

43

36

121

112

204

132

94

68

100

72

44

35

33

30

30

30

28

26

26

26

29

78

62

186

68

76

2,153

69.5

~

-

June

56

31

27

26

26

36

63

43

29

25

23

23

21

20

*19

18

17

16

15

16

16

21

22

23

23

19

18

16

17

15

740

24.7

-

-

July

15

23

25

22

19

21

19

17

15

15

30

53

33

22

21

16

15

14

13

12

12

11

IT

11

*24

16

15

15

19

22

16

600

19.4

-

-

Aug.

14

13

12

10

14

14

10

10

12

10

12

19

20

26

19

14

12

11

10

10

68 9.3

548

138

46

30

26

23

24

24

25

1,233.3

39.8

-

-

Sept.

64

35

47

24

20

17

*16

15

13

13

20

43

36

22

17

15

16

16

95

72

33

23

20

19

18

17

16

16

29

33

840

28.0

-

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 7,070 Mln 6.4 Mean 141 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 7,070 Mln 9.3 Mean 178 Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 cfs). Oct. 11 (5 a.m.) 7,700 cfs (17.04 ft)j Apr. 5 (5:30 a.m.) 2,100 

efs (8.59 ft); Aug. 25 (2 a.m.) 1,750 cfs (7.32 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 93

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

Location. Lat 36°07'13", long 79°42'30", on left bank 5 ft downstream from highway bridge, 

4.2 miles upstream from mouth, and 5.8 miles northeast of post office in Greensboro, 

Guilford County.

Drainage area.--37.0 sq mi.

Records available. August 1928 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 679 ft (from 

Topographic map).

Average discharge.--32 years, 48.1 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,790 cfs Oct. 10 (gage height, 12.17 ft); mini-. 

mum, 12 cfs Aug. 21 (gage height, 1.89 ft).

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 6,000 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 15.96 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,900 cfs on basis of contracted-opening measurement at 

gage heights 14.15 and 15.96 ft; minimum, 1.6 cfs Aug. 28, 1932.

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

are poor. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station. Diversion 

into basin from Greensboro and Proximity Mills enters above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1303: 1929. 1931-42. monthly and yearly runoff. WSP 1383: 

 Drainage area,1928(M), 1929, 1933-34(M), 1936(M), 1941(M), 1943(M), 1945(M).

Rating tatle, water year 1959-60, except period of Ice effect (gage 

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

1.9 

Z.I 

2.4 

2.7

12

23

47

81

3.0

5.0

10.0

11.0

128

551

1,590

1,980

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

96

42

36

32

ii

29

30

*83

236

*1.770

610

*141

65

732

166

76

52

42

40

36

34

43

36

43

29

32

37

36

44

46

46

4,771

154

-

-

Nov.

29

29

29

31

44

44

43

24

26

26

29

28

29

25

22.

26

32

29

28

28

31

23

26

214

36

33

38

29

31

1,148

38.3

-

-

Dec.

32

32

32

32

ii

44

45

32

31

32

31

58

36

32

38

38

37

212

522

H55

56

46

41

33

31

30

31

62

64

*42

38

1,904

61.4

-

-

Jan.

35

40

334

81

55

152

194

87

56

45

45

43

43

41

39

33

29

49

41

36

36

33

29

28

32

38

53

58

44

94

775

2,698

87.0

-

-

Feb.

197

90

65

51

535

471

104

69

59

*77

297

74

74

106

92

99

208

766

35?

115

84

80

70

71

233

117

74

59

60

4,745

164

-

-

Mar.

54

bto~ 48

b55

b54

b52

b56

b56

b48

b62

72

72

83

111

132

154

248

268

242

232

165

142

123

106

*98

80

70

66

120

500

755

3,919

126

-

-

Apr.

130

86

350

300

800

200

120

90

74

66

60

56

54

52

50

48

46

54

58

45

42

70

60

48

40

64

48

43

3,234

108

-

-

May

56

45

 38

36

33

33

30

208

63

42

39

46

36

32

26

28

32

32

32

31

29

23

25

29

50

47

406 ~B"2~

36

32

32

1,679

54.3

-

-

June

32

30

29

26

25

29

193

29

28

25

19

23

26

27

28

31

24

21

72

38

35

29

28

40

21

24

26

28

26

1,046

34.9

-

"

July Aug .

36 20

41 24

19 23

21 23

36 31

26 22

26 15

24 18

20 22

18 24

238 29

~72~ 48

33 42

32 44

*25 40

22 24

18 22

23 21

25 21

26 18

24 14

22 135

18 488

16 *~T5

*18 32

19 34

58 26

24 21

41 22

22 27

17 29

1,059 1,408

54.2 45.4

-

-

Sept.

94

60

26

23

21

22

*24

24

24

44

1577*4"

29

26

24

24

26

32

75

32

26

24

24

21

ii

20

23

24

110

32

1,181

39.4

-

"

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,770 Mln 16 Mean 66.3 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,770 Min 14 Mean 78.7 Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base, 920 cfs). Oct. 10 (10 a.m.) 2,79O cfs (12.17 ft); Oct. 14 (10 a.m.) 1,250 cfs 

(8.56 ft); Jan. 31 (5 p.m.) 1,410 cfs (9.35 ft); Feb. 5 (10 p.m.) l,750cfs (10.50 ft); Feb. 18 

(7:30 p.m.) 1,880 cfs (10.84 ft); Apr. 5 (time and discharge unknown); May 27 (6:30 a.m.) 955 cfs 

(7.02 ft); Aug. 23 (1:30 a.m.) 1,270 cfs (8.73 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Note. No gage-height record Mar. 26 to May 3; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and 

records for stations on nearby streams.
94 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

965. Haw River at Haw River, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°05' , long 79°22', on left bank at town of Haw River, Alamance County, 

650 ft downstream from Southern Railway bridge and 3 miles downstream from Stony Creek.

Drainage area. 599 sq mi.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 471.69 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 32 years, 585 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 22.600 cfs Oct. 10 (gage height, 26.20 ft); minimum, 52 cfs Aug. 29 (gage height, 1.54 ft); minimum daily, 79 cfs Aug. 19.

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 37,000 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 31.10 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 26,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

measurement of peak flow; minimum, 3 cfs Sept. 5, 1930 (gage height, 0.92 ft); minimum 

daily, 5 cfs Sept. 6, 1930.

Remarks. Records good except those for the period May 7 to Aug. 15, which are fair, and 

those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Large diurnal fluctuation 

and some regulation for short periods at low flow caused by powerplants above station. 

Plow partly regulated since July 1960 by a reservoir on Stony Creek (capacity, 

427,800,000 cu ft) 8 miles above station. City of Burlington diverted from Stony Creek 

an average of 7.5 cfs for municipal supply, about 4.3 cfs of which was returned above 

station as sewage, and 3.2 cfs was returned to Haw River below station during the year.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 757: 1929(M). WSP 782: 1934. WSP 822: Drainage area. 

WSP 1383;1930, 1932(M), 1933(m), 1936, 1943, 1944(M), 1947(m).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 7 to July 11)

1.7 

2.0 

3.0 

6.0

77 

14O

384

1,460

10.0

17.0

22.0

25.0

3,400

8,400

13,900

19,700

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, wa\er year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,200

1,540

1,260

759

490

341

240

640

1,480

14,700

*17.900

10,10O

3,340

4,930

4,520

2,800

1,75O

1,220

775

524

412

371

525

95O

672

474

371

346

412

427

76,867

2,480

4.14

4.77

Nov.

427

384

318

298

323

306

464

427

358

346

318

318

320

290

268

268

258

*273

266

236

207

284

316

2,550

2,400

1,140

740

590

524

442

15,659

522

0.871

0.97

Dec.

398

398

412

398

384

371

358

323

276

256

326

346

442

427

398

371

358

641

5.430

3,000

2,000

1,5OO

1,000

800

600

560

500

*500

648

639 

573

24,633

795

1.33

1.53

Jan.

442

384

1,590

1,560

1,180

1,240

2,02O

1,760

1,300

985

810

656

573

540

490

474

458

384

474

458

427

398

371

346

328

276

300

398

454

589 

3,580

25,245

814

1.36

1.57

Feb.

5,020

3,200

1,920

1,300

2,480

6,650

3,840

2,180

1,420

1,070

2,690

1,750

1,630

1,420

1,220

1,100

1,360

4,470

7.460

4,370

2,440

1,670

1,260

985

1,660

1,840

1,220

985

828

69,438

2,394

4.00

4.31

Mar.

705

639

656

740

722

678

672

622

622

590

656

678

722

758

915

1,360

2,060

2,930

3.570

3,280

3,100

2,460

2,360

1,970

*1,840

1,460

1,300

1,140

1,400

3,000

2,500

45,905

1,481

2.47

2.85

Apr.

2,000

1,500

2,800

4,200

7,000

6,000

3,000

2,000

1,300

1,000

800

680

660

640

600

520

500

640

660

540

450

580

500

450

400

400

440

700

700

460

42 , 120

1,404

2.34

2.62

May

420

560

480

400

360

*330

319

1,150

1,250

915

828

573

507

474

358

358

318

273

280

288

253

216

228

199

216

316

1,210

1,260

1,140

775 

556

16,810

542

0.905

1.04

June

412

290

306

320

288

258

350

556

533

223

214

204

197

180

171

183

183

178

195

185

209

228

180

236

356

303

248

171

171

158

7,486

250

0.417

0.46

July

164

203

204

*233

174

199

204

221

*133

160

252

590

358

226

204

144

130

130

140

130

130

100

\90

40

*I60

169

163

238

282

32 O

236

6,227

201

0.336

0.39

Aug.

158

142

151

138

136

149

178

147

133

89

103

129

202

178

514

167

131

110

79

87

103

106

2,500

932

460

240

192

216

187

411 

182

8,650

279

0.466

0.54

Sept.

415

852

1.200

369

197

151

*149

147

138

219

350

553

328

221

167

142

142

133

152

429

306

238

226

187

169

133

129

103 226'

350

8,521

284

0.474

0.53

Calendar year 1959: Max 17,900 Mln 56 Mean 694 Cfsm 1.16 In. 15.72

Water year 1959-60: Max 17,900 Mln 79 Mean 950 Cfsm 1.59 In. 21.58

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 cfs). Oct. 10 (3 p.m.) 22,600 cfs (26.20 ft); Oct. 14 (7:30 p.m.) 6^49-0

cfs (14.66 ft); Dec. 19 (11:30 a.m.) 6.700 cfs (l5.04 ft); Jan. 31 (11 p.m.) 7,770 cfs (16.28 ft);

Feb. 6 (3:30 a.m.) 8,580 cfs (17.22 ft); Feb. 19 (Z a.m.) 9,900 cfs (18.65 ft); Apr. 5 (time and

discharge unknown)

* Discharge measurement

Note. No gage-height r-e

discharge estimated on Las

on this day.

Dec. 20-2fa, Mar. 29 to May 6 Ju tjr 17, 18, 20-25, Aug. 23. 

f .leather records and records I'jr other stations In the bas

Sept. 

in.
CAPE PEAR RWER BASIN 95

967. Alamance Creek near Elon College, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°02', long 79°32', on right bank at upstream side of bridge on county 

highway, 1-jj miles upstream from Beaver Creek and 4^ miles south of Elon College, 

Alamance County.

Drainage area. 116 sq mi.

Records available. August 1957 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 495 ft (by barometer). Prior to Nov. 15,

1957. wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,230 cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 18.65 ft); minimum, 6.7 cfs July 21, caused by temporary regulation of unknown source.

1957-60: Maximum discharge, that of Feb. 6, 1960; minimum, 3.9 cfs Sept. 19, 20,

1958.

Flood in September 1945 reached a stage of 29.4 ft (discharge not determined), from 

information by local resident.

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

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

200

73

50

36

29

26

£4

*25

47

*298

434

226

108

1,020

506

193

127

106

81

67

61

67

70

85

85

75

62

55

49

53

57

4.395

142

) .22

1.41

Nov.

62

54

47

43

42

42

81

81

59

50

46

44

41

39

38

35

34

*33

31

50

31

34

33

1.010

820

228

148

128

106

87

3,557

119

1.03

1.14

Dec.

78

74

71

67

63

64

87

70

62

58

56

62

110

75

63

60

60

193

1,540

355

200

143

109

92

80

75

70

*74

137

86 

69

4,203

136

1.17

1.35

Jan.

60

58

592

519

173

224

515

562

196

152

131

116

107

*99

92

85

79

85

94

76

72

65

b61

b57

b56

b55

59

91

79

96 

1,790

6,096

197

1.70

1.95

Feb.

*1,460

336

223

170

1,080

2,35O

407

251

203

188

837

302

250

258

225

216

578

1,550

1,550

407

294

251

210

177

471

394

230

184

158

14,988

517

4.46

4.81

Mar.

138

b!20

b!30

b!50

b!30

b!20

116

112

109

bl!5

b!25

127

134

150

196

314

548

840

950

945

732

506

436

324

302

223

*203

170

326

1.540

10,869

351

3.05

3.48

Apr.

317

223

718

651

2_,26Q

520

302

230

184

152

137

127

118

109

103

97

91

105

106

86

82

184

115

88

75

68

66

166

136

89

7,705

257

2.22

2.47

May

102

87

69

62

*57

56

53

352

235

114

83

78

77

64

56

50

47

44

40

40

38

36

34

39

50

30

168

89

53

43 

40

2,366

76.3

0.658

0.76

June

33

30

29

28

27

29

68

51

32

27

25

23

21

20

18

16

*19

16

14

14

16

19

20

20

30

20

17

15

14

11

724

24.1

0.208

0.23

July

12

26

20

18

18

16

16

15

15

12

259

"62 513

36

28

23

19

18

15

12

*lo

10

9.4

8.6

*160

42

50

156

44

53 

30

1,524.0

49.2

0.424

0.49

Aug.

25

21

18

26

25

22

15

12

36

23

20

19

22

31

77

27

19

15

13

12

11

14

2,550

257

109

73

63

54

48

49 

66

5,570

115

0.991

1.14

Sept.

68

247

871

120

71

52

43

37

*34

60

171

204

75

42

35

32

30

28

65

41

30

25

23

22

2O

18

18

18

70

77

2,647

88,2

0.760

0.85

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,240 Mln 11 Mean 112 Cfstn 0.966 In. 13.12

Water year 1953-6O: Max 2,350 Mln 8.6 Mean 171 Cfstn 1.47 In. 2O.08

Peak discharge (base, 2.0OO cfa}.--Nov. 24 (3:30 p.m.) 2,180 ofs (13.36 ft); Jan. 31 (6:3O p.m.) 

3,590 cfs (17,24 ft); Feb. 6 (12:30 a.m.) 4,230 cfs (18.65 ft); Feb. 18 (9 p.m.) 3,260 cfs (16.44 

ft); Apr. 5 (8:30 a.m.) 3,50O cfs (17.00 ft); Aug. 23 (5:50 p.m.) 3,340 cfs (16.58 ft); Sept. 5 

(4 a.m.) 2,35O cfs (13.93 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

968.5. Cane Creek near Teer, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°57', long 79°15' ( on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 54, 1^ miles southwest of Teer, Orange County, 2j miles upstream from mouth, 

and 10 miles west of Carrboro.

Drainage area. 31.3 sq ml.

Records available. October 1959 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 432.30 ft above mean sea lev°.l, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,380 cfs May 28 (gage height, 14,08 ft); mini- 

 mum', 2.4 cfs July 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 (gage height, 3.97 ft).

Remarks. Records good above 50 cfs and fair below except those for periods of ice effect, 

doubtful or no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year- 1959-6O, except period of Ice effect (gage 

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

3.9

4.0 

4.3 

4.6

1.0

3.2

14

32

5.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

66

178

512

970

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3 

4

5

6

7

8 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

12

7.3

4.7 

4.1

3.5

*3.2

378

5.5 

7.7

48

53

13

9.7

~82 294

36

25

23

17

13

*12

12

13

128

57

34 

27

23

19

d!6

d20

1,026,5

33.1

1.06

1.22

Nov.

d22

d!9

17 

16

15

15

79

45 

29

22

19

19

17

16

16

15

d!4

d!3

d!2

dlj.

d!3

14

d!3

245

156

48 

33

28

23

*21

1,025

34.2

1.09

1.22

Dee.

19

17

17

16

15

15

18

18 

17

16

16

17

19

19

18

17

17

77

32O

74

45

36

30

27

25

23 

22

28

70

38

29

1,135

36.6

1.17

1.35

Jan.

25

23

95 

57

38

46

199

94 

52

41

36

*29

28

26

25

23

22

22

24

22

d21

d!9

d!8

d!7

die

die 

dl7

d26

d!8

d28

3510

1,433

46.2

1.48

1.70

Feb.

*a210

80

52

38

398

376

92

59 

48

55

434

89

70

80

68

70

133

805

309

113

83

71

58

50

144

92 

65

55

50

4,247

146

4.66

5.05

Mar.

44

b40

b46

52

46

43

41

II

42

45

47

52

60

80

172

264

352

314

222

155

113

97

78

67

57 

52

48

46

377

3,339

108

3.45

3.97

Apr.

89

72

428 

163

*682

*133

*88

67 

56

48

44

42

39

37

35

33

32

33

31

28

28

36

30

24

23

22 

Tf

88

48

30

2,536

84.5

2.70

3.01

Msy

32

26

23 

21

20

19

18

58 

36

23

19

22

21

18

17

15

15

14

*13

12

12

12

TO" 10

14

25

137

54O

44

28

22

1,296

41.8

1.34

1.54

June

19

17

18 

18

16

18

16

14 

13

12

11

11

10

10

9.7

9.4

9.4

8.9

8.5

8.5

9.4

10

9.4

8.5

13

11 

9.4

8.1

*6.9

6.2

349.3

11.6

0.371

0.42

July Aug.

5.8 6.9

31 5.8

13 4.4 

8.5 3.8

11

8.1

7.7

6.5 

S.8

5.8

40

T5

10

8.1

6.5

5.8

5.1

4.1

3.8

3.5

2.9

2.7

277

2.9

2.9

*2.9

3.8

5.5

24

*20

9.7

285.1

9.20

0.294

0.34

477

5.8

6.5

20 ' 51

*12

8.1

7.3

6.9

5.8

7.7

6.9

5.8

5.1

4.4

4.1

3.8

5.8

224

2l

12

10 

9.7

8.5

11

30

12

530.8

17.1

0.546'

0.63

Sept.

32

12

ff

11

8.9

7.7

6.9

6.5

7.1

9.4

21

12

8.1

6.5

6.2

5.8

5.8

5.8

6.2

5.5

*5.5

4.7

4.4

4.1

fc*

4.7

10

9.7

304.4

10.1

0.323

0.36

Calendar year 1959: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 805 Mln 2.7 Mean 47.8 Cfsm 1.53 In. 20.81

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Mo gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

stations.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for 

nearby stations.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 97

970. Haw River near Pittsboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°42', long 79°05', on left bank 100 ft upstream from Robeson Creek, 

2 miles downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 64, and 5 miles east of Pittsboro, 

Chatham County.

Drainage area. 1,310 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for October 

1928, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 179.22 ft (revised) above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 15, 1929, staff gage at 

same site and datura.

Average _d is charge. 3 2 years, 1,254 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 25,700 cfs Oct. 11 (gage height, 16.87 ft); minimum, 38 cfs Aug. 20 (gage height, 1.69 ft); minimum daily, 75 cfs Aug. 20.

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 79,000 cfs during night of Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 

28.58 ft, from floodmark in gage shelter), from rating curve extended above 46,000 cfs 

and confirmed by current-meter measurements (discharge, 78,000 cfs) made at site 

6 miles upstream; minimum, 3.1 cfs Sept. 13, 1954; minimum daily, 5.3 cfs Sept. 20, 

1953.

Flood in August 1908 reached a stage of 32.1 ft, from floodmarks 1,000 ft upstream 

(discharge, 98,000 cfs). Flood in 1865 reached a stage about 1 ft lower than flood in 

1908, from information by local residents. Flood in September 1928 reached a stage of 

20.3 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 39,200 cfs).

Remarks. Records excellent above 200 cfs and good below. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short periods at low flow caused by powerplants above 

station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1383: 1929(M), 1931, 1933-34, 

1936(m), 1937, 1941-44(m), 1946-47(m), 1948. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic 

feet per second, for the water year 1957, superseding those published in WSP 1503, are 

given herewith:

July 23, 1957. 709

Month

July 1957..................

Water year 1956-57 .......

Cfs-days Maximum

26,000

Minimum

65

Mean

1,256

Per square

mile

.959

Runoff In 

inches

13.00

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.9 

2.2 

2.5

68 

135 

£62

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

580

1,370

3,500

10.0

13.0

16.0

9,320

15,100

22,700

Discharge, in cubit feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,860

2,050

1,750

1.20O

80O

665

451

405

£,550"

8,300

*22,000

*15, 600

5,680

8,940

10, 300

4,880

3,020

2,150

1,550

1,080

856

755

718

2,030

1,950

1,280

960

800

688

732

740

108,210

3,491

2.66

3.07

Nov.

688

778

695

539

525

*559

1,020

1,610

l.OOO

778

710

601

615

608

482

518

55£

478

471

478

471

451

255

£,680

10.400

3,160

1,850

1,370

1,120

1,000

36,662

1,222

0.933

1.04

Dec.

872

800

785

770

748

636

748

792

629

603

539

629

792

952

778

725

665

1,060

10.400

6,940

*3,320

2,470

1,850

1,460

1,240

1,040

936

960

1,900

1,600

1,240

48,884

1,577

1.2O

1.39

Jan.

1,04O

904

2,050

4,400

2,420

2,150

5,300

5,240

2,910

2,150

1,800

1,420

1,240

1,160

1,080

1,000

904

904

936

952

864

816

740

643

680

688

~SSS 601

872

856

7.680

55,058

1,776

1.36

1.56

Feb.

15,900

6,080

4,000

2,640

3,440

19,000

7,910

4,370

2,910

2,200

9,010

5,O60

3,380

3,740

3,380

2,800

3,380

10,400

20.100

8,080

4,960

3,500

2,740

2,150

3,110

5,310

3,020

2,250

1, 900

166,720

5,749

4.38

4.73

Mar.

1,650

1,460

1,550

1,700

1,700

1,500

1,460

1,370

1,370

1.520

1,5OO

1,550

1,700

1,900

2,360

4,280

*6, 880

8,460

9,990

8,460

7,670

5,150

4,750

3,860

3,500

2,910

2,47O

2,250

2,000

9,100

11.500

117,120

3,778

2.88

3.32

Apr.

4,310

3,020

7,970

8,920

18. 1OO

13,OOO

5,850

3,500

2,640

2,000

1,700

1,460

1,370

1,280

1.240

1,080

1,040

1,080

1,200

1,160

1,080

1,040

1,500

1,120

1,000

888

»770

2,T3B'

£,200

1,420

95,088

3,170

£.42

£.70

May

1,120

1,280

1,080

1,000

832

680

695

1,480

3,45O

1,750

1,420

1,200

1,000

912

928

702

688

587

532

498

478

398

457

402

359

451

742

5. 260

17535"

1,420

1,000

34,751

1,121

0.856

0.99

June

832

67T

470

*492

498

558

519

770

718

501

324

273

338

439

245

223

221

172

212

223

363

356

346

263

320

552

438

349

269

225

12,181

406

0.310

0.35

July

23?

19£

39 f

31T

31f

33e

247

301

24?

237

45?

1.46C i75iT

56f

421

26f

21?

24J

21T

184

15f

16C

9T

155

23J

15P

32? sir

90S

1.40C

658

12,685

40f

0.312

o.se

Aug.

5O3

398

243

229

236

£14

307

364

906

607

302

305

266

462

833

1,000

618

329

154

75.

86

194

7,080

5, 440

1,320

778

491

3£4

440

654

674

25,832

853

0.636

0.73

Sept.

584

978

2.990

1,800

688

539

416

319

363

184

311

92O

1,080

554

540

312

TfO" 143

280

286

478

389

392

336

199

279

317

26O

£23

243

16,593

553

0.422

0.47

Calendar year 1959: Max 22,000 Win 54 Mean 1,417 Cfsm 1.O8 In. 14.69

Water year 1959-60: Max 22,000 Mln 75 Mean 1,994 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.71

Peak discharge (base, 17,000 cfs). Oct. 11 (7 a.m.) 25,700 cfs (16.87 ft); Feb. 1 (2 a.m.) 20,300 

cfs (15.25 ft); Feb. 6 (8 a.m.) 22,100 efs (15.82 ft); Feb. 19 (4:30 a.m*) 24,600 cfs (16.55 ft);

Discharge measurement made on this day.
98 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

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

Location. Lat 35°44', long 79°02 1 , on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U. S. 

Highway 64, a quarter of a mile downstream from Whiteoak Creek, and 8f miles east of 

Pittsboro, Chatham County.

Drainage area. 285 sq mi.

Records available. January 1949 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control since 1953. Datum of gage is 175.75 ft 

(revised) above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior 

to Mar. 18, 1950, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 11 years, 273 cfs.

.Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 3,920 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 17.£3 ft); minimum, 12 cfs Sept. 29 (gage height, 2.49 ft).

1949-60: Maximum discharge, 7,900 cfs Mar. 5, 1952 (gage height, 19.74 ft); minimum, 2.0 cfs Sept. 4, 1953.

Flood in September 1945 reached a stage of 27.65 ft; 1929 flood, 25.3 ft; 1908 flood, 

23.85 ft; from information by North Carolina State Highway Commission.

Remarks. Records good. City of Durham discharged an average of about 7 cfs sewage effluent into basin above station, diverted from Neuse River during water year 1960,

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.5

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.5

4.0

rse. in cubl^ feet

13

22

45

57

82

128

6.0

9.0

13.0

16.0

18.0

355

885

1,760

3,050

4, 700

Day

1

-

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

1H

19

20

1

2

5

4

5

f,

1

3

9

0

51

Total

Oct.

74

159

110

51

34

26

22

22

22

28

80

180

149

152

566

765

825

584

247

134

84

68

78

544

1,020

1,020

855

454

226

Nov.

154

139

114

89

73

67

129

570

745

845

661

316

185

144

119

104

94

87

82

76

71

73

76

122

662

945

1,250

1,580

879

154 "a

149

8,882

Mean 287

Cfsm 1.01

In. 1.16

10,580

353

1.24

1.38

Dec .

195

154

Jan.

388

230

134 436

121

110

100

99

105

99

84

75

74

115

20O

169

120

96

220

908

1,160

1,380

1,480

1,050

416

236

195

174

164

320

521

504

10,778

348

1.22

1.41

845

845

805

1,030

1,260

1,260

1,240

857

420

282

236

210

195

174

154

180

185

159

134

112

101

98

96

97

101

mo

115

586

12,941

417

1.46

1.69

Feb.

1,600

2,970

5,190

2,06O

1,190

1,350

1,640

2,140

1,740

1,030

932

1,180

1,350

1,760

1,730

1,460

1,340

1,290

1,560

2,580

2,810

1,940

1,160

585

545

945

1,020

1,020

718

44,833

1,546

5.42

5.85

Mar.

42G

313

276

3V8

426

426

397

369

355

332

411

472

539

629

805

1,120

*1,690

2,390

g,870

2,460

2,020

1,550

1,200

765

504

383

313

270

246

QUO OAfl

1,700

26,843

866

3.04

3.50

Apr.

2,790

2,580

1,850

1,790

2,960

3,840

3,320

2,180

1,280

604

352

270

236

215

200

185

174

159

154

149

131

149

200

185

131

102

144

895

985

825

29,035

968

3.40

3.79

May

472

383

JOO

190

132

107

93

142

489

595

504

£46

355

320

200

123

90

74

66

60

55

51

46

42

39.

86

139

124

236

252

258

6,267

202

0.708

0.82

June

120

63

55

*112

123

90

224

306

306

116

56

42

39

35

32

28

27

25

22

21

23

35

38

46

35

31

30

27

22

21

2,150

71.7

0.252

0.28

July

19

19

45

82

52

52

66

46

30

23

25

120

169

86

63

53

30

21

19

*17

17

15

14

16

15

31

37

71

176

569

55T

2,555

82.4

0.289

0.33

Aug.

333

164

62

43

35

68

190

205

576

486

136

65

86

123

75

51

59

41

28

22

20

19

169

264

185

82

49

42

39

32

*56

3,785

122

0.428

Sept.

65

43

67

46

31

27

21

19

18

18

18

41

122

*92

48

28

22

20

18

18

27

27

21

18

17

15

14

13

13

18

965

32.2

0.113

0.49 0.13

Lalenddr year 1959: Max 3,67O Mln 12 Mean 333 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.88

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,840 Mln 13 Mean 436 Cfsm 1.53 In. 20.83

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 99

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

Location.--Lat 36°02'15", long 79°56'46", on left bank 5 ft upstream from highway bridge, 

3.3 miles upstream from High Point Dam, and 5.2 miles northeast of High Point College, 

High Point, Guilford County.

Drainage area.--14.7 sq ml.

Records available.--July 1928 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 764.02 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Intake pipe extended to downstream side of bridge since Mar. 1, 1934.

Average discharge. 32 years, 15.0 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,830 cfs Oct. 10 (gage height, 9.98 ft, from 

rating curve extended above 1,600 cfs on basis of contracted-opening measurement of 

peak flow); minimum daily, 3.6 efs Aug. 10, 19-21.

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 6,300 cfs Sept. 24, 1947 (gage height, 10.87 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 1,600 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

measurement of peak flow using floodmarks at gage height 14.11 ft on upstream side of 

bridge and 10.87 ft on downstream side of bridge; minimum, 0.7 cfs Sept. 22, 1941 

(result of temporary regulation); minimum unregulated, 1.1 cfs Oct. 7, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are poor, 

temporary regulation of unknown origin during low flow in some water years

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1383: Drainage area, 1941.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except periods of ice effect (gage 

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

Occasional

i.o

1.3

2.8 

4.9

11

21

38

82

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

154

280

470

790

1,600

Discharge, in cubic feet-per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

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

29

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

35

14

9.6

7.9

7.1

6.5

7.2

*10

25

*1,530

147

51

26

349

50

24

20

17

13

12

11

11

10

12

9.6

9.0

8.6

7.9

7.9

7.9

2,465.8

79.5

5.41

6.24

Nov.

9.0

7.6

7.1

7.3

7.6

.6

.6

.1

.8

.8

.8

!l

.8

.3

.1

.1

.6

.6

* .8

.1

.6

.3

7.3

52

22

12

11

11

9.3

'

293.6

9.79

0.666

0.74

Dec.

8.3

8.3

8.3

7.9

7.6

10

9.6

7.9

7.6

7.6

7.6

10

9.3

7.9

7.6

7.6

7.6

94

127

28

18

14

12

11

11

10

9.6

17

*17

12

10

531.3

17.1

1.16

1.34

Jan.

9.6

10

131

27

19

53

62

26

18

16

14

12

12

11

11

10

9.3

13

11

9.6

9.3

8.6

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

12

14

12

26

4O2

1,001.6

32.3

2.20

2.53

Feb.

66

27

22

18

485

86

29

20

18

63

101

24

24

26

23

22

68

475

78

33

26

25

21

18

50

27

20

17

16

1,928

66.5

4.52

4.88

Mar.

14

b!3

b!5

b!4

b!3

b!2

13

b!2

bll

b!3

14

16

18

20

24

31

70

87

86

108

75

88

50

42

33

*27

27

22

22

155

1,193

38.5

2.62

3.02

Apr.

27

21

234

61

438

41

27

22

18

16

14

14

13

12

12

12

11

18

13

11

11

12

10

10

9.6

9.5

11

17

12

11

1,147.9

38.3

2,61

2.90

May

20

11

*10

9.3

9.3

8.6

8.3

78

23

14

12

12

11

9.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.3

8.3

8.3

7.6

6.8

6.5

6.8

12

12

48

16

10

9.0

7 9

429.4

13.9

0.946

1.09

June

8.3

7.6

1L

11

7.6

7.1

6.8

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.7

6.0

6.0

5.7

6.0

5.7

6.3

8.4

8.2

6.8

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.7

4.9

200.1

6.67

0.454

0.51

July

6.1

8.0

5.7

4.9

6.1

5.2

5.4

4.7

4.5

5.2

43

11

6.8

6.2

6.0

5.4

5.7

5.2

5.2

4.7

4.3

4.3 ia

4.1

4.1

4.7

8.8

5.7

7.5

5.2

4 ^

212.3

6.85

0.466

0.54

Aug.

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.8

3.8

4.1

3.6

5.8

4.7

5.4

4.5

4.5

4.1

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.6

18

39

7.1

5.2

.7

.9

.7

.5

.3

.3

185.0

5.97

0.406

0.47

Sept.

6.6

6.4

4.5

4.1

4.3

4.1

3.8

*3.8

3.8

9.1

10

6.8

4.3

3.8

3.8

4.1

4.3

4.7

5.7

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.7

4.5

3.8

4.1

4.1

7.2

4.9

150.9

5.03

0.342

0.38

Calendar year 1959 : Max 1,530 Min 2.8 Mean 20.9 Cfsm 1.42 In . 19.31

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,53O Min 3.6 Mean 26.6 Cfsm 1.81 In. 24.64

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
100 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

995. Deep River near Randleman, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°54', long 79°51', on left bank 500 ft downstream from highway bridge,

 a quarter of a mile downstream from Coltrane's mill, half a mile south of Guilford 

County line, 4f miles upstream from Muddy Creek, and 7 miles north of Randleman, 

Randolph County.

Drainage area.--124 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 638.11 ft above mean sea levsl (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 32 years, 121 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,140 cfs Oct. 10 (gage height, 2-?.82 ft); min-

 imum, 6.1 cfs Apr. 18 (gage height, 1.68 ft); minimum daily, 21 cfs June 18, July 18, 

Aug 4.

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 20,000 cfs Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 32.2 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 7,100 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

measurement of peak flow at bridge li miles upstream; minimum, 0.5 cfs Nov. 28, 1931 

height, 1.41 ft); minimum daily, 1.2 cfs Nov. 12, 1933.

Remarks.--Records excellent above 100 cfs and good below except those for periods of no 

 gage-height record, which are poor. Large diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by

Coltrane's mill. Plow slightly regulated by High Point Lake (capacity, 220,588,000

cu ft). City of High Point diverted 9.1 cfs for municipal supply during water year;

about two-thirds was discharged as sewage effluent into Richland Creek above station

and remainder into Rich Pork Creek in Pee Dee River basin.

Revisions (water years). WSP 782: 1929-30. WSP 1383: 1934-35, 1941.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

6.0

12.0

17.0

785

2,360

4,000

J , W J.O3

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6 

7

B

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

562

143

77

72

59

55 

49

6T

342

5.650

3,170

593

255

2,230

810

295

196

169

a!40 

125

86

122

a!20

a!20 

a!30

allO

a 100

a92

a92

a90

a94

14,215

459

3.70

4.26

Nov.

alOO

a80

a70

a62

a 60

a70 

a74

a74

a60

a54

a50

a48

a46

a48

a45

a43

a40

a48

*a35 

35

39

40

42

475 

372

154

118

90

88

96

2,656

88.5

0.714

0.80

Dec.

58

58

63

63

59

63

108

64

50

57

56

82

82

90

49

51

58

287

1,590 

354

219

168

132

77 

92

87

82

132

*169

132

56

4,488

145

1.17

1.35

Jan.

a58

a62

al,400

a350

a220

a300 

al , 000

a400

a200

a!70

164

117

148

90

110

alOO

a90

alOO

allO 

a85

a90

a75

a65

a60 

a85

a70

a70

alOO

a!20

a!50

a5 , OOP

9,159

295

2.38

2.75

Feb.

a2,000

a500

a250

a200

al.100

a2.800 

a450

a250

a!40

a200

979

312

247

265

243

243

414

2,050

1,590 

379

295

275

217

196 

414

348

215

183

186

16,941

584

4.71

5.08

Mar.

130

128

182

198

138

134

164

104

137

177

194

133

183

229

275

379

553

810

774 

800

709

578

546

401 

368

*275

265

241

249

738

688

10,88O

351

2.83

3.26

Apr.

306

225

1,270

856

2.450.

505 

306

233

202

139

171

128

116

117

111

112

91

137

126

111

73

205

92

77 

104

55

97

159

142

100

8,816

294

2.37

2.64

May

132

143

61

71

89

49 

54

404

324

158

83

96

75

82

61

87

38

46

47 

46

48

39

37

38 

43

44

340

148

77

79

36.

3,075

99.2

0.80O

0.92

June

40

31

39

66

75

53 

79

42

36

35

29

27

23

34

23

28

*28

21

23

57

76

100

50

43 

55

37

31

39

31

29

1,280

42.7

0.344

0.38

July

35

37

44

27

120

51 

39

34

36

24

133

151

64

32

33

30

35

21

26 

23

30

23

37

29 

51

*50

Aug.

25

25

27

21

31

38 

27

30

84

33

34

34

41

36

27

34

33

28

34 

31

26

229

1.360

99 

55

46

168 44

68 .39

83 35

44 37

27 46

1,605 2,689

51.8 86.7

0.418 0.699

0.48 0.81

Sept.

429

280

83

56

45

50 

34

*32

36

125

446

210

73

44

38

35

39

42

53 

48

36

33

33

30 

28

27

33

30

146

58

2,652

88.4

0.713

0.80

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,65O Min 12 Mean 162 Cfsm 1.31 In. 17. 7O

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,650 Min 21 Mean 214 Cfsm 1.73 In. 23.53

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage 

when available, and records for nearby stations.
CAPE FEAR RIVEh BASiN 101

1005. Deep River at Ramseur, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°44', long 79°39' (revised), on right bank 1,600 ft downstream from railroad station at Ramseur, Randolph County, and l|- miles downstream from Sandy Creek.

Drainage area. 346 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1922 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 419.50 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--37 years (1923-60), 349 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 20,400 cfs Aug. 22 (gage height, 24.37 ft); minimum, 11 cfs July 22; minimum daily, 27 cfs July 22.

1922-60: Maximum discharge, 43,000 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 34.04 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 18,000 cfs on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; minimum, 0.4 cfs May 27, Nov. 28, 29, 1941; minimum daily, 0.7 cfs 

Nov. 29, 1941.

Flood Ln August 1901 reached a stage of 28.75 ft, from floodmarks, about a quarter 

of a mile upstream (discharge, 30,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records excellent except those below 100 cfs, which are fair, and those for 

periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by 

powerplants above station. Flow slightly regulated by High Point Lake and small powerplant reservoirs. Town of Asheboro diverted an average of 1.5 cfs from Pee Dee River 

basin into this basin above station during water year.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1032: 1923-24, 1925(M), 1926, 

 1927-28(M), 1929, 1930(M), 1932-33, 1934(M), 1935, 1936-37(M), 1944(M). WSF 1383: 

1923(m), 1925, 1927, 1930, 1936.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

27

56

94

226

408

3.0

6.0

13.0

16.0

930

2,880

7,780

10,200

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

ZO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tbtal

Mean

Cfam

In.

Oct.

al,100

a340

a!80

a!60

a!40

a!30

123

118

498

2,410

6.900

1,310

546

5,810

2,690

814

625

503

364

296

265

292

275

284

314

298

224

214

210

208

220

27,861

899

2.60

2.99

Nov.

248

222

198

180

*151

171

230

232

206

158

139

150

117

146

132

177

138

158

161

154

103 132"

185

1,920

2.Q40_

608

360

332

268

234

9,650

322

0.931

1.04

Dec.

230

197

185

188

167

183

262

Z46

169

173

162.

173

290

231

213

181

171

460

5.680

*1,190

580

430

368

290

238

262

252

323

599

395

302

12,790

413

1.19

1.37

Jan.

223

213

1,860

1,190

562

703

1,980

1,260

- 630

476

424

382

334

303

296

301

24Z

303

346

235

255

214

175

164.

237

230

170

280

286

357

7.700

22,331

720

2.08

2.40

Feb.

5,080

1,050

648

523

2,860

7.470

1,210

686

550

550

3,090

1,060

700

810

728

755

1,170

4,680

5,520

1,20O

810

700

590

493

1,050

1,110

630

507

459.

46,694

1,610

4.65

5.02

Mar.

402

165

450

516

440

380

394

371

393

393

520

440

512

605

840

1,230

1,720

2,590

*2, 600

2,260

1,960

1,350

1,360

960

870

662

574

524

574

2.920

O Cf\f\ £.) bUU

31,775

1,025

2.96

3.42

Apr.

990

645

2,520

2,930

6.850

2,080

*900

684

536

462

427

388

368

402

304

299

259

306

374

335

HI

452

357

270

245

234

280

689

a280

a300

25, 337

845

2.44

2.72

May

a540

a 390

a210

199

193

Z19

160

848

967

396

308

228

252

216

194

211

201

157

136

M

133

123

165

118

115

114

1.490

744

282

227

197

9,851

317

0.916

1.06

June

147

116

92

133

235

227

ML

237

149

64

100

85

122

*105

59

86

53

65

51

121

77

280

206

61

96

55

176

81

77

42

5,815

127

0.567

0.41

July

45

5S

73

8<-

37 ->

283

81

55

48

5*

150

346 22")

63

51

51

Aug.

149

87

46

50

54

197

60

141

140

178

48

85

114

75

152

114

61 46

121 48

73

*41

4"

50

53

54

SI 5,160

4? «9,T90

13- 699

18*

19?

260

172

19" 150

52" 138

247' 152

26" 136

10' 150

4,29- 16,706

13" 539

0.39- 1.56

0.4 1.80

Sept.

70

650

328

197

172

94

115

48

73

113

451

839

253

131

58

87

58

83

a220

aEOO

a90

a70

a60

60

67

109

65

56

305

287

5,389

180

0.520

0.58

Calendar year 1959: Max 7,640 Mln 31 Mean 455 Cfam 1.32 In. 17.85

Water year 1959-60: Max 9,790 Mln 27 Mean 591 Cfam 1.71 In. 23.27

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 cfs).--Oct. 11 (9:30 a.m.) 10,100 cfs (15.94 ft); Oct. 14 (12:30 p.m.) 

9,140 cfs (14.69 ft); Jan. 31 (6:30 p.m.) 12,100 cfs (18.12 ft); Feb. 6 (1 a.m.) 11,700 cfs 

(17.64 ft)j Feb. 18 (10 p.m.) 9,700 cfs (15.40 ft); Apr. 5 (10 a.m.) 9,380 cfs (15.O4 ft); Aug. Z 

(11 p.m.) 20,400 cfs (24.57 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorde-J range In stage 

when available, and records for nearby streams.
102 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

1010. Bear Creek at Bobbins, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°26', long 79°35', on right bank 0.2 mile west of post office in Bobbins, 

Moore County, and a quarter of a mile downstream from Cabin Creek.

Drainage area.--134 sq mi.

Records available . November 1939 to September 1960.

Gage . Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 322.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by North Carolina State Highway Commission). Prior to Mar. 6, 1958, water-stage recorder at site 800 ft upstream at datum 

0.65 ft higher. Mar. 6, 1958, to Dec. 11, 1959, staff gage and crest-stage gage at 

present site and datum.

Average discharge. --21 years, 151 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 6,230 cfs Jan. 31 (gage height, 13.70 ft); minimum, 11 cfs Aug. 22 (gage height, 0.42 ft).

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 43,600 cfs July 20, 1956 (gage height, 34.57 ft, from 

f loodmarks , site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 7,000 cfs on 

basis of slope-area measurements of peak flow at gage heights 27.52 and 34.57 ft at 

former site; no flow Oct. 2, 22-27, 1941 (result of storage of flow in gage pool after 

construction of new station control); minimum unregulated flow, 0.1 cfs Oct. 21, 22, 

1941, Oct. 12-15, 1954.

/

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

which are poor. Town of Bobbins diverts an average of 0.6 cfs for municipal supply.

Hating table, water year 1959-60, except period of ice effect (gage 

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

0.4

.6

1.0 

1.5

9.0 

12.0

233

539

1,400

3,480

5,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Daj

1

^

4

5

6

7

8

3

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

1

1

3

4

5

6

7

3

9

0

1

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

102

45

31

24

20

17

16

24

46

52

79

62

36

243

399

107

613

353

114

66

60

118

104

133

132

102

76

67

66

60

74

3,501

113

0.843

0.97

Nov.

80

64

54

43

*46

45

364

162

94

73

66

60

56

56

56

52

52

52

49

43

46

52

48

239

422

109

79

70

67

56

2,820

94.0

0.701

0.78

Dec.

55

52

51

51

50

50

64

64

55

50

49

56

134

85

69

57

56

349

812

*196

122

97

82

78

74

70

69

77

258

115

32

3,529

114

0.851

0.93

Jan.

73

70

972

303

169

719

1,740

462

237

135

160

136

126

113

113

106

97

104

132

100

90

87

79

76

78

74

73

79

79

140

4.420

11,402

363

2.75

3.16

Feb.

1,250

3O9

176

171

1,560

2.290

384

247

203

252

2,O3O

357

1,140

1,540

589

490

397

1 , 020

752

310

25O

227

199

183

576

368

225

192

173

17,920

613

4.61

4.97

Mar.

158

149

222

234

227

194

b!90

b!90

b200

237

310

291

335

372

564

1,760

1,230

992

*633

428

302

250

215

199

133

164

153

144

155

5,500

1,640

15,621

504

3.76

4.34

Apr.

397

278

1,400

643

5.530

556

344

278

234

203

183

174

164

153

144

140

132

134

132

118

115

160

123

109

100

94

276

*529

210

134

11,242

375

2.80

3.12

May

420

294

149

116

104

97

88

553

229

132

122

116

113

97

85

76

70

66

59

59

57

55

51

49

46

50

523

162

87

66

62

4,253

137

1.02

1.13

June

55

52

64

62

108

102

*76

60

50

42

41

41

36

32

30

23

31

42

31

27

486

233

76

54

52

48

46

38

32

29

2,109

70.3

0.525

0.59

July

27

30

36

30

29

34

28

28

31

24

24

25

22

32

62

34

23

13

*16

15

15

13

26

33

29

30

77

143

172

197

63

1,366

44.1

0.329

0.38

Aug.

40

30

26

22

18

13

32

32

29

21

17

22

216

64

33

26

32

26

20

16

14

12

*21

60

a45

a30

a25

a22

a21

a!20

33

1,143

37.0

0.276

0.32

Sept.

23

201

60

37

28

22

20

13

16

15

25

235

a66

a48

a32

a26

a25

a24

aZ7

a25

a42

a31

a25

a24

a21

a 17

a!5

a!3

a!7

a32

1,265

42.2

0.315

0.35

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,210 Min 8.5 Mean 169 Cfsm 1.26 In. 17. 07

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,420 Min 12 Mean 203 Cfsm 1.55 In. 21.14

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 cfs). --Jan. 31 (6 p 

cfs (12.93 ft); Feb. 11 (4:30 a.m.) 4,170 cfs 

Apr. 5 (9 a.m.) 5,980 cfs (13.31 ft).

.m.) 6,23O ofs (13. 7O ft); Feb. 6 (12:3O a.m.) 5,740 

(1O.20 ft); Mar. 30 (3:30 p.m.) 6,050 cfs (13.45 ft);

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis 

when available, and records for nearby stations. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice,

f weather records, recorded range in stage
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 103

1018. Tick Creek near Mount. Vernon Springs, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°40', long 79°24', on right bank 150 ft upstream from bridge on paved 

road, three-quarters of a mile downstream from bridge on D. S. Highway 421, If miles 

east of Mount Vernon Springs, Chatham County, and 4 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--15.3 sq mi.

Records available. June 1958 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 455 ft (by barometer).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 985 cfs Apr. 5 (gage height, 6.34 ft); minimum, 

0.05 cfs July 18-21, Sept. 6-10.

1958-60: Maximum discharge, 1,940 cfs July 10, 1959 (gage height, 7.97 ft); minimum, 

that of July 18-21, Sept. 6-10, 1960.

Remarks.--Records good above 30 cfs, fair 5 cfs to 30 cfs, poor below 5 cfs and for period 

of ice effect.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60, except period of Ice effect (gage height,

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

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-14, June 8-30, July 1, 2)

Oct. 1 to July 20

0.1 2.2

.2 2.4

.4 2.6

July 21 to Sept. 30

2.0

2.1

2.2

0.05

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1 2.2

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

5.5

53

90

178

450

620

2.5

2.6 

2.8

5.3 

8.2

18

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

^

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

25

26

27

26

29

3D

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4.7

2.5

2.1

1.8

1.5

*1.3

1.2

175

1.8

1.8

2.5

1.8

1.5

68

33

10

9.7

11

6.3

4.7

4.3

6.3

5.9

16

14

9.1

6.3

4.7

4.3

6.3

6.3

252.2

8.14

0.532

0.61

Nov.

5.9

4.7

3.9

3.6

*5.5

3.5

38

14

7.9

6.3

5.5

5.1

4.7

4.4

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

135

93

19

13

11

8.Z

6.7

429.7

14.3

0.935

1.04

Dec.

6.5

6.1

6.1

5.7

5.5

5.5

6.7

5.7

5.1

4.9

 9^0 4.7

11

6.5

5.7

5.3

5.1

84

153

32

*20

15

12

10

9.4

8.8

8.2

19

40

16

12

544.5

17.6

1.15

1.32

Jan.

9.1

8.5

82

33

20

53

174

53

29

21

17

14

13

12

11

9.4

7.9

12

11

7.9

6.7

6.5

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.1

7.3

*6.7

13

548

1,216.5

39. Z

2.56

2.96

Feb.

104

39

26

19

249

298

43

28

23

36

225

39

55

125

63

63

92

375

135

44

33

29

22

19

62

41

25

21

18.

2,349

81.0

5.29

5.71

Mar.

16

14

21

24

21

b!8

b!7

b!6

17

22

26

29

32

39

58

182

*164

152

99

69

43

31

25

21

18

16

15

13

14

410

*133

1,775

57.3

3.75

4.31

Apr.

41

28

147

69

455

56

34

26

21

17

15

14

13

12

11

11

9.7

11

9.4

8.5

8.2

15

8.8

7.6

7.0

6.1

154

*172

42

21

1,448.3

48.3

3.16

3.52

May

25

15

11

9.4

8.5

7.9

7.3

27

12

8.5

7.6

8.8

8.2

6.5

5.5

4.9

4.4

3.9

3.6

5.6

3.3

3.1

£.8

2.6

2.4

2.5

10

14

4.4

3.3

2.7

239.7

7.73

0.505

0.58

June

2.4

3.6

3.6

3.1

*3.6

3.4

2.5

2.3

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.5 n.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.4

2.7

4.3

2.0

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.2

.9

.7

58.3

1.94

0.127

0.14

July

0.7

2.9

1.6

1.0

.8

1.2

*.8

.6

.4

.4

.4

.5

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.05

T05

.05

.05

.1

.1

.1

*.15

*.15

14

4.2

8

*5.7

1.7

46.50

1.50

0.098

0.11

Aug.

1.2

1.1

1.4

1.1

.85

.85

.75

.75

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.7

2.4

2.1

1.6

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.1

.95

.85

.85

2.5

1.8

1.6

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.3

»1.0

.15

40.70

1.31

0.086

0.10

Sept.

0.25

.3

.15

.1

.1

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

.1

1.0

.7

.15

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.15

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.15

.2

.25

5.05

0.168

0.011

0.01

Calendar year 1959= Max 703 Min O.Z Mean 17.8 Cfsm 1.16 In. 15.78

Water year 1959-60= Max 548 Min o.05 Mean 23.0 Cfsm 1.50 In. 20.41

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge Delation affected by ice.

Note. No gage-height record Aug. 31 to Sept. 3O; discharge estimated on basis of weathe 

ecorded range in stage, and records for nearby stations.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

1020. Deep River at Moncure, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°36', long 79°05 ; , on right bank 1-5 miles northwest of Moncure, Chatham 

County, 2£ miles downstream from Rocky River, and 4j miles upstream from confluence with 

Haw River.

Drainage area. 1,410 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--July 1930 to September 1960. Records for May 1898 to December 1899 

published in 21st Annual Report, Part 4, and in Bulletins 34 and 39 of North Carolina 

Department of Conservation and Development have been found to be unreliable and should 

not be used.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 185.06 ft (revised) above mean sea level, 

oatum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 30 years, 1,455 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 22,700 cfs Feb. 1, Apr. 5 (gage height, 9.09 ft); 

minimum, 94 cfs July 25 (gage height, 1.07 ft).

1930-60; Maximum discharge, 80,300 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 17.20 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 66,000 cfs; minimum, 5.5 cfs Oct. 10, 1954 (gage height, 

0.35 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those below 250 cfs, which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation 

and some regulation at low flow caused by small powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1082: 1930-46 (1943-46 not previously published)." See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.1 

1.4

1.7

101

213

393

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

619 

1,110 

J.800

4.0 

6.0 

9.0

3,740

9,340

22,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

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 

3O

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,830

2,260 

1,030

562

400

334

316

393

428

516

3,330

7,630

2,660

2,930

9.400

6,810

2,180

2,800

1,900

1,160

890

763

850

1,740

1,560

1,420

1,170

930

772 

654

707

60,325

1,946

1.38

1.59

Nov.

744

772 

716

689

500

546

1,390

2,900

1,620

1,020

810

672

637

587

538

570

493

508

516

435

470

493

414

704

6.530

5,120

1,890

1,220

1,010 

88O

35,194

1,173

0.832

0.93

Dec.

772

637 

681

611

611

562

570

681

689

663

530

530

645

880

870

645

603

1,080

6,570

a_.i20

3,360

1,800

1,350

1,120

990

880

820

820

1,640

2,270

1,440

43,440

1,401

0.994

1.15

Jan.

1,090

900 

2,200

6,800

3,770

2,960

10,300

11.200

5,790

2,700

1,930

1,620

1,420

1.27O

1,190

1,090

1,020

960

1,010

1,160

1,010

870

830

689

665

735

744

698

744

850

11,100

79,313

2,558

1.81

2.09

Feb.

18.700

18,200 

14,400

3,520

3,930

16.100

15,600

11,200

3,200

2,150

9,470

11 , 300

5,480

11,200

9,770

5,700

4,900

7,730

14,400

13,200

5,760

2,900

2,400

2,030

2,820

5,920

3,960

2,500

1.960

230,400

7,945

5.63

6.08

Mar.

1,720

1.560 

1,680

2,270

2,540

2,200

1,960

1,930

2,080

2,150

2,500

2,9OO

3,200

3,410

4,300

8,190

13,600

12,800

11,600

8,660

6,190

4,540

3,410

3,000

2,420

2,110

1,820

1,640

1,560

8,140

16.500

142,580

4,599

3.26

3.76

Apr.

15,200

6,650 

5,880

11,600

18,900

16,100

*14,200

4,560

2,520

2,030

1,720

1,560

1,470

1,360

1,280

1,240

1,090

1,100

1,060

1,110

1,080

940

1,040

1,150

910

870

*852

5,090

3,920

2,060

128,542

4,285

3.04

3.39

May

2,270

3,540 

1,78O

1,180

960

820

810

2,870

4.620

2,540

1,420

1,170

1,230

1,020

890

754

707

645

654

546

485

470

463

449

456

4Ji

447

2,700

2,080 

970

707

40,074

1,293

0.917

1.06

June

570

463 

508

493

*530

763

l.OOO

800

772

500

428

341

291

262

354

304

224

190

190

204

716

830

930

611

500

348

273

256

291

279

14,221

474

0.336

0.38

July

245

235 

182

195

273

279

618

450

,-251-

r ' 186

/ -

1 168

188

454

530

266

186

153

131

146

168

138

113

110

104

113

220

442

966

1,470

1/090

10,247

331

0.235

0.27

Aug.

603

367 

262

240

235

168

, 179

, 252

,J 282

186

229

310

343

485

4OO

*291

316

240

218

168

116

116

1,750

8.660

2,360

621

400

316

235 

213

#91 £ J-O7

20,774

670

0.475

0.55

Sept.

245

240 

426

685

456

310

251

200

172

157

131

614

*1.470

760

*456

341

186

146

146

128

231

208

164

172

131

113

104

119

161

146

9,069

302

0.214

0.24

Calendar year 1959: Max 20,800 Min 84 Mean 1,766 Cfsm 1.25 In. 17.03

Water iter year year 1959-80: 1959-60: Max Max 18,900 18.9OO Mln Mln 104 104 Mean Mean 2,225 2.225 Cfsm Cfsm 1.58 1.58 In. In. 21.49 21.49__________

ale discharge (base, 15.OOO cfs). Feb. 1 (12:30 a.m.) 22,700 cfs (9.09 ft); Feb. 6 (6 a.m.) 18,700 

cfB (8.30 ft); Feb. 19 (3 a.m.) 16,900 cfs (7.93 ft); Mar. 30 (12 p.m.) 19,600 ofs (8.49 ft); 

Apr. 5 (1:30 p.m.) 22,700 cfB (9.09 ft).

 Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 105

1025. Cape Fear River at Lilllngton, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°24' , long 78°49' , near right bank in downstream end of pier of downstream 

bridge on U. S. Highway 401, 1,800 ft downstream from Norfolk Southern Railway bridge, 

0.5 mile north of Lillington, Harnett County, and 1 mile downstream from Neal Creek 

(formerly known at Neill Creek).

Drainage area. 3,440 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. December 1923 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 104.62 ft (revised) above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 8, 1927, chain gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge.--36 years (1924-60), 3,368 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 47,500 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 18.04 ft); minimum, 110 cfs July 24 (gage height, 0.61 ft).

1923-60: Maximum discharge uncertain, occurred Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 33.19 

ft, from floodmark); minimum, 11 cfs Oct. 14, 15, 1954 (gage height, -0.17 ft).

Remarks.--Records excellent. Large diurnal fluctuation and considerable regulation at low 

flow caused by powerplants above station. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 822; Drainage area. WSP 1002: 1930 (M). WSP 1032; 1942(m). 

WSP 1303:1944(M). WSP 1333: 1945. WSP 1383: 1924-29, 1936. Revised figures of 

discharge, in cubic feet per second, for period in the water year 1929, superseding 

those published in WSP 682, 1303, 1383, are given herewith:

Feb. 28, 1929........... 47,100

Month

Calendar year 1929 ............

Maximum

96,100

Minimum

590

Mean

4 217

5,881

Per square

mile

1.71

Runoff In 

Inches

23.21

Fating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.7 

1.0 

1.5

132

240

503

2.0 870

3.0 1,900

5.0 4,910

8.0 10,900

13.0 26,200

18.0 47,500

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

e

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IS

L7

L8

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,600

5,460

3,520

2,440

1,600

1,080

908

888

1,730

4,850

24,600

28 . 100

13,200

10,600

23,300

16,200

7,790

5,350

4,910

3,220

2,580

1,960

2,120

6,440

6,710

4,910

3,920

3,140

2,510

2,030

1,720

202,386

6,529

1.90

2.19

Nov.

1,900

1,960

1,900

1,720

1,500

1,390

1,910

5,990

4,400

3,220

2,720

2,300

1,780

1,660

1,500

1,290

1,360

1,440

1.160

1,220

1,310

1,440

1,190

1,340

15^500

12,000

5,810

4,400

3,600

2,790

91,500

3,050

0.887

0.99

Dec.

2,300

1,900

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,550

1,440

1,550

1,660

1,550

1,440

1.540

1,490

1,780

2,230

1,840

1,440

1,850

12,800

20.700

10,100

6,530

5,270

3,840

3,000

2,580

2,230

2,160

3,140

4,910

5 } 920

111,520

3,597

1.05

1.21

Jan.

3,070

2,580

3,290

12,600

8,820

6,710

16,600

21.900

12,700

7,430

5,630

4,400

3,600

3,220

2,930

2,720

2,510

2,440

2,300

2,580

2,510

2,100

1,900

1,780

1,660

1.500

1,660

1,660

1,720

2,230

11,600

158,350

5,108

1.48

1.71

Feb.

41.800

32 , 500

25,100

12,200

7,480

34,400

33,800

22,200

10,300

6,530

15,900

20,900

13,000

19,600

18,700

11,900

10,200

13,200

36,000

30,500

17,300

9,920

7,430

5,810

5,990

13,500

9,690

6,710

5.450

498,010

17,170

4.99

5.38

Mar.

4,570

5.920

4,400

5,270

5,630

5,090

4,570

4,400

4,570

4,570

5,090

5,810

6,350

6,710

7,790

12,400

25,400

25,400

26,200

22,600

18,100

13,200

10,200

8,370

7,070

6,170

5,270

4,570

4,240

10,200

56.100

314,230

10,140

2.95

3.40

Apr.

25,800

16,700

12,600

24,700

32,700

44.600

29,200

15,000

7,790

5,630

4,400

3,840

3,520

3,290

5,070

3,000

2,650

2,650

2,580

2,650

2,440

2,440

2,650

2,860

2,370

2,230

1.840

6,750

9,010

5,450

284,590

9,480

2.76

5.07

May

4,080

6,170

4,240

2,950

2,440

2,030

1,600

2,340

9.250

5,990

5,920

3,360

3,440

2,790

2,440

2,030

1,660

1,600

1,340

1,340

942

1,070

951

915

942

870

1,140

5,840

5,460

3,220

2,570

88,690

2,861

0.852

0.96

June

1,660

1,550

1,000

1,240

1,190

1,550

1,550

1,720

1.7 SO

1,550

888

782

743

728

720

473

616

555

574

578

591

1,540

1,390

1,000

919

924

906

712

623

630

29,862

995

0.289

0.32

July Aug .

550 2,230

688 1,590

609 806

712 610

591 689

792 839

633 474

1,010 985

735 5,650

602 3,330

609 1,670

1,070 870

1,660 1,690

1,550 2,160

1,660 1,780

1,200 1,540

293 *1,800

544 1,400

373 652

479 416

459 410

349 192

220 3,060

215 17.200

489 6,850

375 2,440

495 1,500

952 1,040

2,460 806

7.070 822

3,600 1,340

33,044 64,841

1,066 2,092

0.310 0.608

0.36 0.70

Sept.

960

1,070

1,640

4,060

1,900

1,110

888

660

644

499

560

2,160

2,650

2,440

1,500

1,050

690

306

510

506

568

751

674

630

478

334

568

418

536

609

31,369

1,046

0.504

0.34

Calendar year 1959: Max 34,600 Mln 154 Mean 4,016 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.84

Water year 1959-60: Max 44,600 Mln 192 Mean 5,214 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20. S3

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 cfs).--Feb. 1 (5 p.m.) 45,100 cfs (17.55 ft); Feb. 6 (9:50 p.m.) 42,800cfs 

(17.00 ft): Feb. 19 (7 p.m.) 40,500 cfs (16.50 ft); Mar. 31 (l p.m.) 39,600 cfs (16.27 ft); Apr. 6 

(6:50 a.m.) 47,500 cfs (18.04 ft).______________________________________________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

1035. Little River at Linden,

Location. Lat 35°15'46" (revised), long 78°46'35" (revised), on left bank 10 ft downstream 

from brid 

upstream

Drainage area.--460 sq mi.

from bridge on U. S. Highway 401, 1.6 miles west of Linden, Cumberland County, 2 miles 

am from Stewart Creek, and 4i mile? upstream from mouth.

Records available.--November 1928 to September 1960. Prior to October 1950, published as 

Lower Little River at Linden.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 73.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Aug. 27, 1934, chain gage at same site 

and datum. Sinee June 18, 1948, auxiliary wire-weight gage 2^ miles downstream read 

tufice daily, or more freqaently, during periods of backwater.

Average discharge.--31 years (1929-60), 557 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,180 cfs Feb. 14 (gage height, 10.92 ft); maximum gage height, 11.74 ft Apr. 6 (backwater from Cape Pear River); minimum discharge, 

79 cfs July 23 (gage height, 2.16 ft).

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 13,500 cfs Sept. 18, 1945, occurred during period of 

backwater from Cape Pear River; maximum gage height, 41.47 ft Sept. 19 or 20, 1945 (from 

floodmark); minimum discharge, 26 cfs Oct. 14, 1940.

Flood of Sept. 21, 1928, reached a stage of 37.3 ft, from floodmark; maximum discharge, 13,000 cfs Sept. 20 or 21.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of backwater from Cape Pear River, which 

are poor.

Revisions (water years ). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1383: 1930-33, 1937, 1945.

Rating tables, water year- 1959-60, except periods of backwater from Cape Pear 

River (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per- second)

ct. 1 to July 29 July 30 to Sept. 3O

71 4.0 505

8.0 2,050

11.0 3,220

128

251

4.0 

9.0

540

2,440

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Oct.

712

579

505

434

307

252

239 339"

434

469

2,090

*c2,180

rl.750

1,570

2,740

*g,760

2,21 0

1,74O

1 , 350

1,190

1,040

1,040

1,060

1,540

1,740

1,700

1,430

1, 190

978

302

SE9

-7,44"-

Nov.

978

921

845

750

693

712

769

940

1,080

1,040

845

750

693

655

617

*598

560

542

524

505

487

542

6ifi

636

750

7B8

750

693

636

560

?1,495

1.5C6 716

2.63 1. 58

3.03 1.74

Dec.

505

487

487

469

452

434

Jan.

579

524

636

978

1,080

1.230

4341 1,700

434

418

401

388

395

452

487

469

434

388

720

1,510

1,510

1,430

1,080

807

712

655

617

598

579

598

636

2,050

2,150

1,930

1,430

1, 150

1,040

940

883

826

788

769

826

826

786

712

655

617

598

598

598

*693

693

693

1,480

15,622 30,440

633 982

1.38

1.59

2.13

2.46

Feb.

c2,150

c2,230

C2,050

cl,550

1,390

c2,490

02,560

*c2,830

2,220

1,580

1,510

1,620

1,940

Mar.

1,230

1,150

1,470

1,820

1,900

1,740

*1,540

1,430

1,350

1,350

1, 130

1,470

1.470

3,140| 1,390

3,140

3,O70

2,360

1,820

cl,720

cl,510

el, 590

1,470

1,430

1,510

1,430

1,700

1,780

1,660

1,430

56,680

1,954

4.25

4.58

Aac year- 1959: Max 4,200 Min 104

1,350

1,470

cl,910

c2,060

cl,960

cl,730

1,470

1,310

1,230

1,120

397

^78

921

864

826

997

cl,510

43,443

1,401

3.05

3.51

Apr.

cl,960

1,900

1,580

cl,390

cl,990

c2,230

e2,650

c2,230

1,620

1,350

*1,230

1,120

1,040

997

902

845

788

693

712

693

655

636

598

560

524

487

579~ 452

769

921

34,081

1,136

2.47

2.76

May

750

750

693

598

505

434

401

536

959

1,590

1,080

693

864

864

693

*514

418

363

313

291

275

255

232

230

280

243

274

469

401

310

283

16,361

528

1.15

L.32

June

255

221

207

465

434

391

345

302

260

221

487

434

172

161

155

152

139

138

136

155

168

232

215

197

163

150

161

156

153

142

6,945

232

0.504

0.56

July

*128

186

221

191

156

139

133

130

157

127

123

130

123

133

140

133

121

111

93

92

9O

81

81

81

109

169

172

703

703

1,840

921

7,741

250

0.543

0.63

Aug.

739

494

574

328

295

334

244

204

295

258

279

432

462

687

722

687

*417

309

261

226

200

187

219

279

276

248

231

226

202

*184

336

10,635

343

0.746

0.86

Sept.

268

246

212

195

180

167

145

142

148

152

195

2,250

1,620

1,080

653

462

374

339

309

276

340

342

365

300

256

228

212

202

216

290

12,164

405

0.880

0.98

Mean 880 Cfsm 1.91 In. 25.97

_ ye=ir 1959-60: Max 3,140 Min 81 Mean 812 Cfsra 1.77 In. 24.02

* Discharge measurement mad 

Backwater frum Pap

on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 107

1055. Cape Fear River at lock 3, near Tarheel, N.

Location. Lat 34°50'05", long 78°49'27" (revised), on right bank 100 ft upstream from 

lock 3, 1 mile downstream from county line, 7 miles north of Tarheel, Bladen County, 

9 miles upstream from Philips Creek, and at mile 95.

Drainage area.--4,810 sq approximately.

Records available.--October 1937 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete lock and dam control. Datum of gage is 28.968 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Jan. 8, 

1939, staff gage on upper lock wall 100 ft downstream at same datum. Auxiliary waterstage recorder 1.8 miles downstream; prior to Jan. 14, 1943, auxiliary staff gage 

400 ft downstream on lower end of lock wall; Jan. 14, 1943, to Sept. 30, 1953, auxiliary water-stage recorder at site 600 ft downstream.

Average discharge.--23 years, 4,986 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 41,200 cfs Apr. 6; maximum gage height, 25.10 ft 

Apr. 7; minimum discharge, 456 cfs July 25 (gage height, 0.77 ft); minimum daily, 

590 cfs July 25.

1937-60: Maximum gage height, 43.44 ft Sept. 22, 1945 (discharge not determined); 

minimum discharge, 170 cfs Sept. 20, 1954; minimum daily, 208 cfs Sept. 13, 1954.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those computed from graph based on staff-gage readings 

and those using submergence as a factor, which are fair, and those for period of indefinite stage-discharge relation, which are poor. Slight diurnal fluctuation and 

some regulation for short periods at low flow caused by powerplants above station.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except per 

as a factor or indefinite stage-discharge 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

570

670

1,830

Dis:harge, in cubic feet per second, water ye

is computed using submergence 

elation (sage height, in feet,

May June

2.74O 

6,460 

5,940 

4,280 

3,270

2,340

1,900

1,970

2,740

4,E80

k!3,200 

k25,700 

k28,OOP 

k!9,000 

k22,100

*Jc27,400

k22,300

k!6,700

kll,800

k8,520

6,460

5,690

5,080

7,240

12,200

10,400 

8,95O 

7,540 

6,200 

5,690 

4,720

4,170

3,650

3,270

3,080

2,990

2,900

2,900

2,740

2,740

2,820

2,740

Total 

Mean

310,810

10,030

2.09

2.40

150,380

5,013

1.04

1.16

175,370

5,657

1.18

1.36

244,140

7,875

1.64

409,520

13,210

2.75

3.17

13,190

2.74

3.06

2,580

2,120

1,760

1,450

1,970

1,830

2,340

2,420

2,340

2,420

1,190

1,110

1,130

969

936

Calendar year 1959: Max 39,400 

Water year 1959-60: Max 39,600 Min

Mean 6,662 

Mean 7,668

Cfs 

Cfs

. 

1.59

In. 18.UO 

In. 21.70

* Discharge measurement made on th day.

e Stage-discharge relation indefin 

at Lillington.

g Computed from graph based on twice-daily staff-gage readings. 

k Submergence used as a factor.

:harge estimated on basis cf records for Cape
103 CAPE FEftR RIVER BASIN

1059. Hood Creek near Leland, N. C.

Location.--Lat 34°16'43"(revised) , long 78°07'34"(revised) , on right bank at bridge on 

U. S. Highways 74 and 76, 0.4 mile downstream from Pasture Pond Branch, 1 mile southeast of Maco, and 4f miles northeast of Leland, Brunswick County.

Drainage area.--81.6 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1952 to September 1956 (annual maximum only, published in 

WSP 1623) , November 1956 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 15 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

Nov. 28, 1956, crest-stage gage at same site at datum 9.79 ft higher.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,140 cfs Sept. 12 (gage height, 8.56 ft); minimum, 0.05 cfs June 24-26, July 12-14.

1952-60: Maximum discharge, 2,050 cfs Sept. 20, 1955 (gage height, 10.39 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 650 cfs.

1956-60; Minimum discharge, 0.05 cfs several days in August and September 1957, 

June and July 1960.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic 

feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 26 Feb. 27 to Sept. 30

1.7 

2.0 

2.4 

3.0

3.5 65

4.0 94

5.0 184

6.0 325

.03 0.05

.1 .15

.2 .65

.3 1.5

.5 4.2

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

5.0 176

6.0 320

7.0 550

8.0 900

Discharge, in cable feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

31

21

15

13

10

8.6

8.0

878

15

18

15

13

9.7

12

59

~94 120

74

55

38

29

26

35

86

120

85

58

43

36

39

45

1,240.1

40.0

1.85

2.14

Nov.

43

35

28

22

ii

20

96

298

213

133

94

72

58

49

43

36

*31

28

24

22

20

21

20

19

21

25

21

20

23

24

1,578

52.6

2.44

2.72

Dec.

21

*19

18

17

16

15

16

15

14

13

24

50

58

41

31

25

50

189

192

120

85

70

58

49

43

38

41

49

50

43

1,483

47.8

2.21

2.55

Jan.

34

30

32

36

34

33

49

79

79

58

46

37

32

29

27

25

23

28

45

47

36

29

25

22

21

19

*19

19

20

38

104

1,155

37.3

1.73

1.99

Feb.

138

98

68

52

45

56

67

56

45

36

32

29

36

76

98

72

52

44

44

43

36

39

56

59

130

290

T75

113

83

2,168

74.8

3.46

3.73

Mar.

64

51

L10

218

137

96

72

58

*49

49

57

64

66

71

68

71

117

125

99

80

64

52

43

36

31

28

25

24

22

174

610

2,831

91.3

4.23

4.87

Apr.

284

161

129

194

565

380

199

129

96

70

53

*42

35

30

26

23

20

18

16

14

*13

12

11

9.4

7.9

6.9

*6.2

6.4

6.7 5» 8

2,569.3

85.6

3.96

4.42

May

6.6

22

20

14

10

7.9

6.4

16

36

58

15

11

8.4

6.7

5.3

4.2

*3.0

2.4

1.9

1.3

1.0

.9

.6

.35

.35

.25

.35

1.7

2.8

1.5

1.0

236.90

7.64

0.354

0.41

June

0.50

.35

.40

.65

.70

.65

.60

.60

.30

.20

.15

.15

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.20

*.10

. O5

.05

.25

.50

1.0

T7o

.35

9.65

0.322

0.015

0.02

July

0.25

.35

.7

2.0

1.2

.65

.45

.50

.35

.25

.10

.05

705

.40

3.8

5.4

3.0

1.5

.80

.60

.65

.90

.50

.25

.15

.20

.30

5.4

67

#224

716.75

23.1

1.07

1.2?

Aug.

~99 129

68

44

30

21

15

10

10

17

42

60

73

62

68

69

68

44

27

18

13

9.4

17

80

89

54

34

25

18

*14

11

1,338.4

43.2

2.00

2.30

Sept.

9.0

6.9

6.5

5.6

4.4

3.6

*3.0

2.6

2.1

1.9

33

861

*579

297

172

110

74

50

36

26

22

27

24

18

14

11

9.2

7.9

8.4

16

2,441.1

81.4

3.77

4.20

Calendar year 1959: Max 512 Min 0.1 Mean 43.7 Cfam 2.02 In. 27.45

Water year 1959-60: Max 861 Min 0.05 Mean 48.5 Cfam 2.25 In. 30.58

Peak discharge (base, 300 cfs). --Nov. 8 (11:30 a.m.) 325 cfs (6.O2 ft); Feb. 26 (9 a.m.) 334 cfs

(6.06 ft); Mar. 31 (4 a.m.) 780 cfs (7.68 ft): Apr. 5 (10 a.m.) 640 cfs (7.31 ft); July 30 

(10 a.m.) 475 cfs (6.69 ft); Sept. 12 (3 p.m.) 1,140 cfs (8.56 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 109

1060. Little Coharie Creek near Roseboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 34°57'13", long 78°29'17", on downstream end of center pier of bridge on 

State Highway 24, l£ miles east of Roseboro, Sampson County, and l| miles upstream from 

Bearskin Swamp.

Drainage area.--96.4 sq mi.

Records available. January 1950 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 81 ft (estimated from description of 

previously destroyed bench mark at site). Prior to Jan. 12, 1951, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 10 years, 108 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,530 cfs July 30 (gage height, 8.18 ft); minimum, 9.5 cfs July 25.

1950-60: Maximum discharge, 1,860 cfs Sept. 6, 1955 (gage height, 9.00 ft); minimum, 

0.1 cfs Sept. 13, 14, 27, Oct. 1-11, 1954.

Flood in 1924 reached a stage of 11.6 ft, from information furnished b;r North Carolina State Highway Commission.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 5-12)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 2O

3.2 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

6.2

105

180

286

331

1.7 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

Dec. 21 to Sept. 30 

9.7

94

163

5.5

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

8.0

217

296

430

655

1,360

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

140

144

160

176

140

87

65

60

al50

a!60

a!60

a!50

a!50

a!60

a210

a260

a300

a320

a310

278

251

229

206

229

251

234

224

229

*224

229

220

6,106

197

2.04

2.36

Nov.

210

192

176

152

128

114

172

229

229

220

234

240

234

210

188

168

148

128

114

108

105

105

108

105

114

122

136

156

172

176

4,893

163

1.69

1.89

Dec.

164

144

*122

105

96

84

*78

73

69

66

64

81

122

128

122

105

96

164

286

331

476

625

*547

438

366

306

268

237

224

205

182

6,374

206

2.14

2.46

Jan.

163

146

146

163

172

272

472

547

605

699

590

476

396

340

306

268

237

224

217

205

188

177

163

146

*131

124

121

124

118

1ST

211

8,278

267

2.77

3.19

Feb.

328

366

460

485

427

416

384

353

353

340

340

317

317

481

510

655

615

533

538

438

399

427

441

390

420

453

406

384

372

12,348

426

4.42

4.76

Mar.

34O

a310

a320

a39O

a46O

a430

a370

a350

a340

*a330

317

306

296

296

277

286

306

296

296

286

286

26O

a230

a210

a2oO

also

al70

al60

also

al60

al90

8,798

284

2.95

3.39

Apr.

a240

a220

a21o

a230

a300

a40o

a380

a360

a31o

a260

a21o

a!70

a!50

*a!50

124

109

100

97

97

89

*82

75

68

62

56

52

47

*52

55

45_

4,800

160

1.66

1.85

May

45

63

66

57

46

41

37

44

97

109

93

68

82

79

62

46

38

*33

27

24

22

20

18

16

15

14

15

32

40

29

26

1,405

45.3

0.470

0.54

June

25

21

22

23

26

54

124

115

95

38

26

21

18

15

14

13

12

13

15

18

*34

102

60

72

62

39

29

22

17

15

1,160

38.7

0.401

0.45

July

14

27

29

21

16

15

14

13

12

11

14

24

20

30

a76

a60

68

46

24

18

14

12

11

9.7

11

19

Aug.

1,240

*684

423

317

237

126

84

66

53

51

121

193

188

148

89

79

79

70

66

53

43

36

38

58

66

75

51 70

*221 61

378 51

1*1.560 42

1,200 *35

3,838.7 4,942

124 159

1.29 1.65

1.48 1.91

Sept .

31

34

30

27

24

21

20

20

18

17

61

70

935

1.280

1,040

672

472

366

306

244

193

177

121

alOO

aSO

a70

a60

a54

a54

a80

6,677

223

2.31

2.58

Calendar year 1959: Max .1,250 Min 15 Mean 184 Cfsm 1.91 In. 25.93

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,36O Min 9.7 Mean 19O Cfam 1.97 In. 26.86

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of range in stage when available, weather 

ecords, and records for nearby streams.
llu CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

1065. Black River near Tomahawk, N. C.

Location. Lat 34°45'17", long 78°17'2l", near center of span on downstream side of bridge 

on State Highway 411, a quarter of a mile downstream from Clear Run Swamp, and 3^ miles 

northeast of Tomahawk, Sampson County.

Drainage area. 680 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1951 to September 1960.

Gage_.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 0.39 ft below mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

.Average discharge.--9 years, 722 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,510 cfs Aug. 2 (gage height, 44.48 ft); minimum, 122 cfs July 11 (gage height, 26.84 ft).

1951-60: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 2, 1960; minimum, 8.5 cfs Oct. 13, 1954 

(gage height, 25.59 ft).

Flood in 1928 reached a stage of 47.0 ft (discharge, 11,400 cfs, revised) and floods 

in 1945 and 1948 reached a stage of 42.6 ft (discharge, 5,420 cfs), from information 

furnished by North Carolina State Highway Commission.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 14 to July 29)

Oct. 1 to May 11, 

Sept. 17 to Sept. 30

£8.5 

29.0 

33.0 

38.0 

41.0

May 12 to Sept. 16

116

£46

1,200

40.0

43.0

45.0

3,700

5 , 800

Discharge, in :uL>ib feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

12

14

15

IB

17

19

13

£0

£1

22

2?

24

£' E

-

^7

£3

£?

51

Total

Mean

rfsrn

In.

0 : t .

573

518

450

400

384

368

320

505

746

1,280

1,410

1,390

1,150

1,050

1,660

2,320

2 , 620

2,820

*2,740

£',460

£ , 100

1,690

1,510

1,580

1 , SOU

1,870

1,940

1 , 800

1.670

1,560

1,510

43 , 980

1,419

2.03

2.41

Nov.

1,510

1,510

1,410

1,240

1,060

935

1,050

1,400

1,700

1,910

1 , 940

1,910

1,600

1,640

1,480

1,360

1,210

* 1,040

915

815

775

735

716

697

697

697

678

697

855

915

___

35,237

1,177

1.73

1.93

De,_

895

855

815

755

697

642

624

606

570

552

535

535

697

815

775

697

660

901

1,600

2, £00

2,620

2,910

2 , 910

2,780

2, £50

2,450

2,240

2,070

1,910

1,670

1,510

42,046

1,356

1.99

2.30

Jan.

1,390

1,210

1,110

1,210

1,310

1,360

1,580

2,090

£ , 630

3,340

3,820

3^700

3,4uO

3,050

2,740

2 , 4 10

2,100

1,870

1,670

1,530

1,410

1 , 2 90

1,190

1,110

*995

935

895

875

395

915

1,140

55,170

1,780

2. 62

3.0E

Feb.

1,510

1,800

2,010

2,100

2,170

2,270

2,340

2,410

2,410

2,310

£,150

1,980

1,940

2,100

2,310

2,48C

2,620

2 , 740

2 , 740

2,660

2,520

2,380

2,340

2,380

2,480

2,6EO

2,780

2,780

2,820

68,130

2,349

3.45

3.73

Mar.

2,700

2,410

2,170

2,310

2,450

2,480

2,480

2,410

2,310

2,200

2,130

£,070

2,010

1,980

1,910

1,870

1,870

1,870

1,870

1,840

1,730

1,640

1,530

1,430

1,340

1,210

1,110

1,020

995

1,090

1 . 280

57.715

1,862

2.74

3.16

Apr.

1,480

1,610

1,580

1,560

1,670

1,960

2,130

2,380

2,480

2,450

2,E90

1,940

*1,770

1,500

1,340

1,190

1,110

885

755

697

*660

6E4

570

535

484

450

416

*450

484

450

37,9CO

1,263

1.86

2.07

May

416

563

642

552

501

433

400

542

1,150

1,510

1,610

1,570

1,460

1,190

918

708

571

*476

421

369

321

£90

275

246

232

218

205

218

 £46

260

246

18,759

, 605

0.890

1.03

June

246

232

218

E18

298

353

355

421

403

337

275

218

179

166

154

148

154

166

179

205

£18

*321

369

337

505

290

275

218

179

154

7,589

253

0.572

0.42

July

135

141

166

166

179

232

205

166

141

129

122

331

628

485

843

868

748

533

359

230

246

192

166

141

141

218

305

*738

1,500

2,550

*4,050

17,124

552

0.812

0.94

Aug.

6,190

*7.590

6,670

*5,530

4,650

3,760

2,860

2,100

1,310

778

648

*818

969

908

848

908

868

768

609

452

305

337

4E1

476

552

514

476

457

403

369

*3E1

53,665

1,731

2.55

2.94

Sept.

305

E75

E60

246

232

218

205

192

166

T66

278

1,540

2,340

2,780

3,050

3,300

5.460

3,350

3,050

2,590

2,130

1,770

1,510

1,280

790

588

501

450

450

813

38,285

1,276

1.88

£.09

;,ear 1959: Max 5,280 

-r 1959-60: Mix 7,390

1,225

1,300

1.80

1.31

* Discharge measurement made
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN m 

1070. South River near Parkersburg, N. C.

Location.--Lat 34°48'45"(revised) , long 78°27'26", on downstream side of highway bridge 

near center of span, at Bladen-Sampson County line, 1.9 miles southwest of Parkersburg, 

Sampson County.

Drainage area. 382 sq mi.

Records' available. October 1951 to September 1960.

Gage.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 0.38 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge,--9 years, 413 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,200 cfs Aug. 1 (gage height, 61.42 ft); minimum, 

17 cfs July 11 (gage height, 52.81 ft).

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 5,000 cfs Aug. 24, 1955 (gage height, 64.20 ft); minimum, 0.1 cfs Oct. 3-6, 11-14, 1954.

Flood in 1918 or 192b reached a stage of 65.88 ft, from high-water mark witnessed 

by local resident.

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge measurement made on this day.
112 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

1075. Colly Creek near Kelly, N. C.

Location. Lat 34°27'48"(revised), long 78°15'26"(revised) , on right bank 10 ft downstream 

from bridge on State Highway 53, 4 miles east of Kelly, Bladen County, and 6f miles 

upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 108 sq ml.

Records available. January 1950 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 15.27 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to 

Dec. 13, I960, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 10 years, 100 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 508 cfs Oct. 25 (gage height, 6.13 ft); minimum, 

0.4 cfs July 21-26 (gage height, 0.58 ft).

1950-60: Maximum discharge, 910 cfs Sept. 22, 1955 (gage height, 7.20 ft); no flow 

at times during several years.

Flood in 1908 reached a stage of 11.1 ft; September 1945, 10.2 ft, from information 

by local resident. Flood in 1928 reached a stage of 7.7 ft, from infornation by North 

Carolina State Highway Commission.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions. WSP 1433: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 19 to Dec. 18, July 29 to Sept. 30)

0.6 

.7 

.8

1.2

1.6 

2.0 

2.5

3.0

0.4

.7

1.2

4.2

8.7

15

25

42

3.5

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5

101

150

216

316

453

660

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

73

72

65

59

51

45

40

38

86

103

117

139

144

150

200

225

253

a320

a380

a400

a380

a320

a310

a420

a490

489 43-6

390

363

351 

328

7,237

233

2.16

2.49

Nov.

316

316

305

284

273

263

263

284

284

a290

a300

a300

a290

a280

a265

253

234

225

208

200

193

180

173

167

161

156

150

144

150

1 rZQ iia

7,046

235

2.18

2.43

Dec. Jan.

129| 284

123

*116

112

108

104

101

96

92

88

85

9T

102

103

103

103

103

139

208

216

244

263

273

263

284

294

316

328 328"

316 

305

5,536

179

1.66

1.91

273

273

273

253

253

273

284

284

294

294

284

284

284

294

294

294

294

294

273

263

244

234

216

208

*200

193

186

180

19T 

225

7,975

257

2.38

2.75

Feb.

225

225

225

216

225

273

263

263

263

263

263

253

263

294

305

305

305

305

305

294

294

305

316

316

376

420

456

405

390

8,591

296

2.74

2.96

Mar.

363

351

376

376

590

376

363

351

339

339

339

339

339

328

328

316

305

294

294

294

284

273

263

244

234

225

208

200

193

200

216

9,340

301

2.79

3.22

Apr.

208

200

200

208

253

253

253

253

273

284

284

284

*273

263

253

234

216

206

193

ISO

*167

150

139

129

117

106

94

*85

77

70

5,907

197

1.82

2.03

May

73

105

112

117

106

91

78

85

106

110

103

91

81

74

67

60

*54

54

56

58

58

56

52

46

40

33

29

24

21

13 

15

2,073

66.9

0.619

0.71

June

13

TZ

12

9.4

7.8

6.6

5.9

6.3

7.0

6.3

5.0

4.0

3.4

2.7

2.2

2.0

2TT

2.8

2.8

2.3

4.2

*7.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.1

2.7

2.1

156.9

5.23

0.048

0.05

July

2.0

2.3

2.3

2.0

2.8

2.8

3.9

3.0

2.2

1.7

1.3

1.2

1.0

.9

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.0

.7

.5

A

3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.8

4.5

112

*225 

16T

541.2

17.5

0.162

0.19

Aug.

167

167

167

*180

216

339

453

420

376

328

284

263

253

234

208

234

200

173

150

128

105

85

84

102

105

103

99

95

87

*83

80

5,968

193

1.79

2.06

Sept.

73

67

61

52

44

38

32

26

24

29

44

234

263

253

273

305

339

363

376

590

390

363

328

294

263

234

208

186

167

167

5,886

196

1.81

2.03

Calendar year 1959 : Max 850 Mln 0.8 Mean 191 Cfsm 1.77 In. 23.96

Water year 1959-60: Max 490 Min 0.4 Mean 181 Cfsm 1.68 In. 22.83

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage, 

and records for nearby stations.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 113

1076. Northeast Cape Fear River near Seven Springs, N, C.

Location.--Lat 35°10'20", long 77°55'56", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

county highway and at Mayne-Duplin County line, 4| miles upstream from Buck Marsh 

Branch and 6 miles southwest of Seven Springs, Wayne County.

Drainage area.--47.5 sq mi.

Records available. -July 1958 to September 1960.

gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 89.93 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,810 cfs July 30; maximum gage height, 9.17 ft 

Sept. 12; minimum discharge, 7.8 cfs July 24.

1958-60: Maximum discharge, that of July 30, 1960; minimum, 6.0 cfs June 29, 30, 

1959.

Remarks. Records fair. The operation of small mills on tributaries above station may 

cause slight diurnal fluctuation during periods of low flow.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage

in cubic feet pe

(Shifting-control method used Apr.

Oct. 1 to Sept. 11

6.5

18

27

height, in feet, and discharge, 

* second) 

5-15, Aug. 10 to Sept. 12)

Sept. 12-30

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

38

60

105

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

8.0 

8.5

182

310

490

1,010

1,450

4.3 

4.7 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

6.5 25C

7.0 38E

8.0 80C

9.0 1,44C

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

50

36

25

22

21

20

19

22

55

102

91

54

34

32

93

Teo" 178

106

73

53

40

36

to

78

120

130

104

76

*59

54

54

2,037

65.7

1.38

1.59

Nov.

54

55

48

40

36

35

157

256

262 ITSIS!

Ill

104

94

81

73

67

58

52

48

46

50

50

49

49

50

47

59

103

104

2,497

83.2

1.75

1.96

Dec.

80

64

54

50

45

42

41

*42

40

37

36

3S

60

73

59

47

42

97

382

400

225

154

121

104

93

85

80

80

87

84 

73

2,915

94.0

1.98

2.28

Jan.

64

56

70

111

106

146

367

534

340

205

160

131

111

101

94

89

82

79

 84

84

74

66

61

57

55

55

53

55

56

135

3,739

121

2.55

2.93

Feb.

295

256

221

216

190

265

301

289

271

238

240

262

298

384

384

238

184

165

195

188

142

125

160

167

165

221

210

L48

»124

6,542

226

4.76

5.12

Mar.

113

96

128

203

207

160

131

113

103

101

105

112

124

120

109

104

121

128

106

91

80

79

74

67

58

52

48

46

"GQ 44

by

3,230

104

2.19

2.53

Apr.

137

100

91

101

181

310

222

153

120

98

82

70

60

52

*46

41

38

36

35

33

31

32

33

29

25

23 *22

74

76

50

2,401

80

1.68

1.88

Hay

35

42

72

56

36

29

25

55

230 2?5-

123

66

46

36

31

27

24

. 22

19

17

16

14

 13

13

n.

11

14

78

95

43

24

1,548

49.9

1.05

1.21

June

20

17

20

50

46

33

24

20

16

14

13

12

11

11

9.8

10

11

12

11

11

20

ISO

120

61

62

64

44

24

18

15

949.8

31.7

0.667

0.74

July

14

25

34

28

19

19

17

 15

13

12

12

13

16

16

28

37

22

14

12

10

9.7

9.0

8^

8.6

52

123

86

94

*315

»1. 430

flm ool

3,392.8

109

2.29

2.66

Aug.

825

55S

268

*163

91

69

59

46

37

34

35

42

40

33

30

28

26

24

23

22

21

20

24

36

44

*32

30

28

25

22

20

2,733

88.2

1.86

2.14

Sept.

19

19

20

19

17

17

17

17

T5- 16

27 *806

 1,150

460

*216

133

114

82

67

54

48

68

73

54

39

31

27

25

34

115

3,800

127

2.67

2.98

Calendar year 1959: Max 959 Hln 6.2 Wean 78.5 Cfsm 1.65 In. 2?. 45

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,430 Hln 8.5 Wean 97.8 Cfsm 2.06 In. 2f.02

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

1080. Northeast Cape Pear River near Chinquapin, N. C.

Location.--Lat 34°49'40" (revised), long 77°50'00" (revised), on right bank 540 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 41, half a mile downstream from Muddy Creek, and 

1-ij miles west of Chinquapin, Duplin County.

Drainage area.--600 sq mi.

Records available. July 1940 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 17.28 ft above mean sea le-rel (levels by 

(Torps of Engineers).

Average discharge.--20 years, 664 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,200 cfs Aug. 1 (gage height, 16.21 ft); minimum, 56 cfs July 24-25

1940-60: Maximum discharge, 15,200 cfs Sept. 22, 1955 (gage height, 17.97 ft); minimum, 5.3 cfs Oct. 10, 11, 1954.

Flood in 1908 reached a stage of 22.6 ft at old bridge at site 1,000 ft upstream 

from gage. Flood in 1928 reached a stage 0.8 ft lower than in 1908, from information by 

North Carolina State Highway Commission.

Remarks.--Records fair. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water 

year 1958 are given in WSP 1571; those for water year 1959 are given in WSP 1641; and 

those for water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 9-24, June 27 to July 14, 

July 18-27)

1.9 

3.0 

5.0 

9.0

57

251

680

1,820

11.0

13.0

15.0

16.5

2,680

4,430

7,400

10,500

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septemter 1960

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

29

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

228

260

270

247

200

164

137

129

520

574

680

640

517

495

1,290

2,240

5,100

5,100

2,620

2,090

1,630

1,290

1,040

1,040

1,100

1,100

1,010

880

*805

830

880

30,906

997

1.66

1.92

Nov.

1,040

1,070

980

855

705

609

850

1,630

2,040

2,190

2,150

2,040

1,860

1,660

1,470

1,290

1,120

955

850

755

680

609

574

540

540

552

540

565

574

563

31,834

1,061

1.77

1.97

Dec.

552

563

574

574

563

528

517

*506

484

462

431

452

656

780

805

755

705

887

1,890

2,810

3,510

5,600

5,540

2,950

2,470

2,040

1,690

1,440

1,520

1,260

1,180

40,294

1,300

2.17

2.50

Jan.

1,070

980

980

,200

,520

,410

,720

,460

,510

,210

,210

,700

,100

,470

,000

,690

,470

,290

,150

* ,070

980

930

855

805

755

705

680

656

632

656

993

49,657

1,602

2.67

3.08

Feb.

1,470

1,750

1,930

2,000

1,970

2,150

2,370

2,420

2,520

2 , 070

1,820

1,660

1,630

1,900

2,150

2,320

2,370

2,270

2,190

2,070

1,930

1,820

1 , 90(3

1,970

2,180

2,620

5,100

5,180

*2,950

62,480

2,154

5.59

3.87

Mar.

2.470

2,070

1,970

2,110

2,520

2,370

2,320

2,110

1,900

1,720

1,650

1,560

1,550

1,500

1,470

1,440

1,500

1,630

1,660

1,630

1,500

1,320

1,180

1,040

950

805

730

680

632

750

1,010

47,467

1,551

2.55

2.94

Apr.

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,260

1,950

2,680

5,100

5.180

2,810

2,520

1,950

1,560

1,250

955

*755

632

552

484

442

400

370

350

330

310

280

260

*230

227

280

530

32,637

1,088

1.81

2.02

May

570

528

652

586

495

410

360

392

780

1,120

1,380

1,500

1,470

1,410

1,200

892

564

570

280

225

189

*158

135

114

97

85

75

55

185

270

16,671

538

0.897

1.03

June

290

243

198

234

260

320

390

442

2B6

183

162

129

95

75

11

112

153

164

260

270

201

236

310

340

300

310

530

280

230

183

7,057

235

0.392

0.44

July

135

107

131

169

245

245

218

*185

147

114

92

90

176

211

555

656

558

400

310

250

173

135

95

65

144

200

300

844

*1,760

4,520

7.870

21,072

680

1.13

1.51

Aug.

*10,200

*9,700

8,200

6,860

*5,300

5,900

2,680

1,830

1,200

930

856

*632

632

609

506

552

780

880

670

452

340

270

280

58O

*403

390

370

350

520

280

250

60,782

1,961

3.27

5.77

Sept.

194

165

149

158

122

107

97

*92

83

80

113

*1,820

4,340

5,170

5,440

5,500

4,910

4,210

3,260

2,420

1,750

1,230

855

650

540

452

590

550

340

506

45,273

1,509

2.52

2.81

Calendar year 1959: Max 10,000 Mln 43 Mean 1,089 Cfsm 1.82 In. 24.64

Water year 1959-60: Max 10,200 Mln 63 Mean 1,219 Cfsm 2.03 In. 27.66

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 115

1085. Rockflsh Creek near Wallace, H. C.

Location. Lat 34°44'32" (revised), long 78°02'22" (revised), on downstream side of bridge 

on State Highway 41, ! £ miles upstream from Doctors Creek, and 2-| miles west of Wallace, 

Duplin County.

Drainage area. 63.8 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1955 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 29.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 1, 1958, wire-weight or staff 

gage at site 1.0 mile downstream at different datum. Oct. 1, 1958, to June 1, 1960, 

wire-weight gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 5 years, 93.9 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,490 cfs July 30; maximum gage height, 10.25 ft 

Sept. 13; minimum discharge, 3.1 cfs July 2 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

1955-60: Maximum discharge, 2,800 cfs Sept. 20, 1955 (gage height, 15.5 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings, site and datum then in use); minimum daily, 0.4 cfs 

July 27-30, 1955.

Flood in 1948 reached about the same stage as that of Sept. 20, 1955. These two 

floods were the highest in 20 years (from information by local resident).

Remarks. Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, whic^ are poor.

in cutic feet per second, water- year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

41

50

33

21

18

15

14

13

110

196

145

104

57

64

557

1,150

682

388

*267

188

132

104

114

279

303

279

214

152

114

109

120

6,013

194

3.04

3.51

Nov.

196

245

188

145

109

79

 138

348

440

388

^53

1S8

145

114

99

84

*75

63

59

53

50

50

47

47

50

50

50

53

53

53

3,912

130

2.04

2.28

Dec.

53

47

44

38

35

35

38

38

38

35

34

44

79

84

79

67

56

131

721

850

575

357

*267

205

166

138

120

120

138

145

138

4,915

159

2.49

2.87

Jan.

114

94

104

159

180

180

320

"650 700

405

279

205

166

138

12b

132

138

126

120

114

104

84

71

63

59

*56

53

53

59

63

154

5,269

170

2.66

3.07

Feb.

388

440

303

£14

180

318

329

329

224

159

132

T32

173

368

515

372

253

196

214

180

159

15a

259

291

399

650

575

372

*258

8,541

295

4.62

4.98

Mar.

180

152

217

440

440

329

224

173

145

*132

152

166

152

152

145

138

180

234

245

180

145

114

94

73

71

83

bb

*53

50

59

94

5,054

163

2.55

2.95

Apr.

104

114

104

109

328

555

476

329

303

256

173

126

*89

63

51

45

45

39

36

32

28

28

26

23

20

17

*16

42

46

3,651

122

1.91

2.13

May

23

58

75

71

51

24

19

66

254

291

230

166

96

48

32

23

16

14

12

11

9.4

8.1

6.9

6.4

6.0

5.3

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.0

4.9

1,647.2

53.1

0.832

0.96

June

*5.4

5.4

7.2

8.2

11

161

192

100

42

17

11

8.3

5.8

4.5

5.2

15

12

38

36

26

32

*54

50

27

12

7.6

7.1

6.4

5.0

4.0

916.3

30.5

0.478

0.53

July

3.4

3.5

4.1

3.5

9.4

25

19

13

8.7

5.0

a4.4

a4.0

a30

a60

38

28

19

10

8.3

5.5

7.9

5.8

4.3

3.6

5.9

7.8

6.8

*23

272

*I,520

1,050

3,008.9

97.1

1.52

1.75

Aug.

579

*368

247

*166

75

41

33

26

20

19

31

*48

98

162

91

59

62

76

74

40

25

19

21

28

30

30

25

22

19

*15

12

2,561

82.6

1.29

1.49

Sept .

9.6

8.7

9.2

9.4

7.8

6.8

6.4

5.8

5.2

5.2

15

830

1.270

901

444

246

161

114

84

61

42

32

25

22

19

17

15

14

14

18

4,418.1

147

2.30

2.58

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,150 Min 2.2 Mean 139 Cfsm 2.18 In. 29.62

Water year 1959-6O: Max 1,320 Min 3.4 Mean 136 Cfsm 2.13 In. 29.10

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs).--Oct. 16 (8 a.m.) 1,210 cfs (9.86 ft); Dec. 20 (8 a.m.) 850 cfs 

(9.05 ft); Jan. 8 (8 p.m.) 760 cfs (8.72 ft); July 30 (4:30 p.m.) 1,49O cfs (10.07 ft); Sept. 13 

(3 p.m.) 1,350 cfs (1O.25 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

stations.
116 WACCAMAW RIVER BASIN

1095. Waccamaw River at Freeland, N. C.

Location. Lat 34°05 I 43", long 78°32'56" , on left bank 150 ft downstream from New Britton 

Bridge on State Highway 130, 1 mile southwest of Freeland, Brunswick County, and 7 miles 

downstream from Juniper Creek.

Drainage area. 626 sq ml.

Records available. July 1939 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 15.52 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 15, 1943, staff gage at site 

150 ft upstream at same datum. Since July 15, 1952, auxiliary water-stage recorder at 

site 3.3 miles downstream; Oct. 7, 1949, to July 14, 1952, auxiliary staff gage at same

site.

Average discharge. 21 years, 659 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,950 cfs Aug. 2 (gage height, 15.54 ft); minimum, 17 cfs June 20, 21.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 10,200 cfs Sept. 25, 1955; maximum gage height, 16.63 

ft Sept. 26, 1955; minimum discharge, 0.1 cfs Aug. 30, Sept. 9, 10, 28, Oct. 4-14, 1954.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no auxiliary gage-height record or Indefinite stage-discharge relation, which are poor. Records of chemical analyses and 

water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given In WSP 1741.

Revisions. WSP 1172: Drainage area.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Total

Mean

Cram

In.

Oct.

920

960

1,010

1,040

1.0J.O

980

890

830

850

900

930

950

950

950

980

1,070 

1,120

1,370

1,570

1,780

2,080

2,320

2,450

2,550

Zf 600

2,600 

2,5OO

2,400

2,280

2,160

2,040

47,040

1,517

2.42

2.79

Nov.

1,920

1,780

1,670

1,530

1,450

1,270

1,190

1,150

1,130

1,150

1,220

1,220

1,250

1,250

1,220

1,190 

 1,090

1,010

957

892

837

800

774

737

719

686

677

661

644

629

32,705

1,090

1.74

1.94

Dec.

600

591

577

551

513

495

514

479

457

435

425

455

468

502

526

495

495

565

927

1,200

1,530

*1,720

1,960

2,280

2,500

2.650

57556"

2,650

2,600

2,500

2, 360

36,640

1,182

1.89

2.18

Jan.

2,200

2,000

1,880

1,780

1,670

1,620

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,670

1,720

1,780

1,840 

1,840

1,780

1,780

1,720

1,620

1,530

1,450

1,370

1,290

1,150 

*1,050

1,070

939

1,040

48,326

1,559

2.49

2.87

Feb.

1.250

1,370

1,450

1,530

1,620

1,840

2,080

2,240

2,280

2,240

2,200

2,080

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040 

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,120

2,120

2,080

2,280

2,550 

2,800

3,020

5,250

60,960

2,102

3.36

3.62

Mar.

3,400

3,480

5.550

3.480

3,400

3,250

3,100

*2,880

2,750

2,650

2,600

2,550

2,500

2,400

2,320

2,320 

2,280

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,200

2,160

2,080

1,960

1,840

1,720 

1,620

1,530

1.450

1,576

1,720

75,480

2,435

3.89

4.48

Apr.

1,780

2,000

2,240

2,450

2,800

3,020

3,250

5.320

3,250

3,020

2,800

*2,650

2,450

2,280

2,120

1,960 

1,780

1,620

1,490

1,250

1,120

*1,010

892

792

727

637 

579

513

478

425

54,703

1,823

2.91

3.25

May

415

435

490

550

564.

538

514

431

410

386

363

376

358

349

332

308 

*292

268

246

225

204

183

166

149

134

122

111

106

97

92

84

9,298

300

0.479

0.55

June

76

71

66

64

60

57

L 53

49

45

42

39

37

34

31

29

27 

25

23

19

11

26

39

*37

29

24

80 

~89 111

61

48

1,408

46.9

0.075

0.08

July

48

120

280

425

446

395

349

349

340

324

292

259

230

207

285

338 

327

295

246

209

18*

220

255

300

32''

349 

385

363 *85^

*2,610

*5.350

16, 95"

54'

0.874

1.01

Aug.

*6,500

6.700

5,900

4,900

A.100

3,620

3,320

2,950

2,800

2,550

*2,320

2,160

2,000

1,920

1,840

1,780 

1,720

1,620

1,530

1,370

1,220

995

837

764

735

810 

850

850

830

*790

 

70,958

2,289

3.66

4.22

Sept.

615

558

512

538

502

468

425

385

358

332

6600

el, 200

1,670

2,280

2,880

3.100 

3,020

2,950

2,750

2,700

2,600

2,500

2,390

2,240

2,120

1,920 

1,720

1,570

1,450

1,210

47,563

1,585

2.53

2.83

Calendar year 1959: Max 8,350 Min 17 Mean 1,099 Cfsm 1.76 In. 23.83

Water year 1959-60: Max 6,700 Mln 17 Mean 1,372 Cfsm 2.19 In. 29.82

Discharge measurement made on this day.

e Stage-discharge relation Indefinite; discharge estimated on basis of records fo- Waccamaw River 

near Longs, 8. C.

Note. Ho auxiliary gage-height record Oct. 1-16, Nov. 26 to Dec. Ij discharge eo-nputed from base 

gage height and records for Waccamaw River near Longs, S. C.
WACCAMAW RIVER BASIN 117

1105. Waccamaw River near Longs, S. C.

Location.--Lab 33°54'45", long 78°42'55", near right bank on upstream side of bridge on

 State Highway 9, 500 ft downstream from Buck Creek and 2.1 miles southeast of Longs, 

Horry County.

Drainage area. 1,030 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. March 1950 to September 1960.

gage. Wire-weight gage, read once daily, and crest-stage gage. Datum of g?ge is 5.28 ft

 above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps 

of Engineers).

Average discharge. 10 years, 1,067 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,000 cfs Aug. 4 (gage height, 13.52 ft); minimum, 42 cfs June 20.

1950-60: Maximum discharge, 10,300 cfs Sept. 28-30, 1955; maximum gape height, 

13.82 ft Sept. 29, 1955; minimum discharge, 1 cfs Oct. 14, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, wt ich are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 3, Apr. 11 to May 28)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 3, 

May 31 to Sept. 30 Nov. 4 to May 30

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

68

104

196

453

786

8.0

9.0

9.5

10.0

11.0

13.4

1,000

1,430

1,900

2,600

4,320

9,760

2.4 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0 

8.0

129

177

409

740

940

9.0

9.5

10.0

11.0

13.0

1,350

1,790

2,350

3,850

8,150

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29 

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.000 

1,210

1,370

1,580

1,780

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900 

1,900

1,780

1,680

1,580

1,500

1,780

2,160

2,760

3,240

3,420

3,240

3,240

3,420

3,600

3,780

3,960

3,960

34.200 

a4,200

a4,000 

3,960 

3,780

81,680

2,635

2.56

2.95

Nov.

5,780 

3,600

3,420

3,190

2,890

2,750

2,610

2,610

2,470 

2,350

2,350

2,230

2,110

1,990

1,990

1,990

1,890

1,790

*1,790

1,690

1,690

1,590

1,510

1,430

1,350

1,230

1,230 

1,130

1,090 

1,050

62,790

2,093

2.03

2.26

tec.

1,020 

990

965

919

898

898

877

898

857 

817

797

778

759

Tf8

797

817

817

857

1,300

2,110

2,610

3,030

3,190

3,190

3,350

3,350

3,510 

3,510

m3,510

55,539

1,792

1.74

2.01

Jan.

3.510 

3,350

3,350

3,350

3,190

3,030

3,030

2,890

2,750 

2,750

2,470

2,350

2,230

2,350

2,470

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,610

*2,470

2,470

2,350

2,350

2,350

2,230

2,110

2,110 

1,890

1,790 

1,690

1 , 890

79,210

2,555

2.48

2.86

Feb.

2.550 

2,350

2,350

2,350

2,470

2,75(5

3,030

3,030

3,190 

3,190

3,030

3,030

3,030

3,190

3,350

3,350

3,350

3,190

3,190

3,030

3,030

3,030

3,030

2,890

3,030

3,510

4,030 

4,590

4.990

90,930

3,136

3.04

3.28

Mar.

4,990 

4,990

a5, 000

5,390

5,390

5,610

5,830

5,830

ae.ooo

36,000

a5,500

a5, 000

4,390

4,210

3,850

3,850

4,030

4,210

4,210

4,390

4,210

*4,030

3,850

3,670

3,510

3,190

3,030 

2,750

2.610 

3,120

4,390

137,030

4,420

4.29

4.95

Apr.

4,990 

5,190

4,990

4,790

4,990

5,190

5,190

5,190

5,190 

4,990

4,590

4,590

4,390

4,210

3,850

3,510

3,190

2,890

2,750

2,470

2,230

1,890

1,790

1,590

1,430

1,290

1,180 

1,090

1,020 

940

101,590

3,386

3.29

3.67

May

877 

797

759

817

- 857

898

898

857

817 

*740

759

684

630

579

530

468

438

395

354

328

291

256

234

214

186

168

144 

136

136 

129 

15T

15,513

500

0.485

0.56

June

128 

120

112

112

104

96

89

*86

78 

72

68

65

62

59

56

53

50

47

44

42

44

50

56

56

56

96

155

185

a240 

3560

2,841

94.7

0.092

0.10

July

3460 

3460

3500

3600

3600

a600

560

544

544 

544

528

528

592

592

625

730

767

767

767

730

694

676

642

625

576

560

528 

544

730 

1,330

5,640

22,583

278

0.707

0.82

Aug.

5,960 

7,060

8,260

9.760

9,760

9,240

8,500

7,540

7,060 

6,620

5,960

5,520

5,320

5,120

4,520

3,960

3,420

5,080

2,920

2,760

2,440

2,300

2,020

1,900

1,780

1,580

1,430 

1,210

1,130 

1.060

*1,060

140,250

4,524

4.59

5.06

Sept.

1,050 

975

950

928

906

884

864

824

767 

750

712

2,270

5,600

5,120

5,740

5,740

5.960

5,960

5,740

5,520

5,320

4,920

4,720

4,320

5,960

5,780

5,420 

5,240

5,080 

2,920

94,900

5,165

5.07

3.42

Calendar year 1959 : Max 9,760 Mln 42 Mean 1,851 Cfsm 1.80 In. 24.39

Water year 1959-60 : Max 9,760 Mln 42 Mean 2,418 Cfsm 2.35 In. 31.94

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

3 No gage-height record; discharge estimated from grsph bssed on records for preceding and following days and weather records.
118 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1110. Yadkin River at Patterson, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°59'29", long 81°33'30" (revised), on left bank 200 ft upstream from

bridge on State Highway 268, 0.4 mile upstream from Warrior Creek, half a mile south of 

Patterson, Caldwell County, and 2 miles downstream from Walnut Branch.

Drainage area. 28.8 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1939 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some

periods, published In WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,212.47 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. Prior to Feb. 9, 1940, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 21 years, 46.0 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum dicharge during year, 1,120 cfs July 27 (gage height, 3.84 ft); minimum not determined, occurred during period Sept. 9, 10, when stage was at times below 

gage intake as a result of regulation at dam 1 mile upstream; minimum daily, 29 cfs 

July 21, 22.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 16,200 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 12.70 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,300 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam 

1 mile upstream at gage heights 4.58, 7.70, and 12.70 ft; minimum observed, 3.0 cfs 

May 15, 1940.

Remarks.--Records good. Prior to 1948 some diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by 

mill above station. Occasional regulation for short periods since Feb. 25, 1958, by 

detention dam 1 mile upstream.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1303: 1947-48(M). WSP 1553: 1948(P).

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to May 8 May 9 to Sept. 30

0.3 32

.5 52

1.0 139

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

253

388

545

0.2

.5

1.0

24

52

133

1.4 

1.8

215

312

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September i960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

194

111

82

66

59

53

66

72

249

216

172

119

*95

111

109

89

79

72

63

59

56

58

63

71

60

55

52

50

49

53

76

2,779

89.6

3.11

3.59

Nov.

62

58

52

50

48

46

42

41

40

39

37

37

*37

39

37

37

38

37

36

36

36

36

36

112

77

59

53

58

52

49

1,417

47.2

1.64

1.83

Dec.

49

49

51

48

46

49

50

46

45

44

43

69

72

62

58

55

*52

76

188

117

93

77

69

66

63

59

58

84

86

74

66

2,064

66.6

2.31

2.67

Jan.

63

65

100

87

76

100

127

121

100

93

89

79

76

74

72

66

63

68

63

59

58

53

52

*49

48

48

51

51

52

76

*126

2,305

74.4

2.58

2.98

Feb.

115

89

76

69

357

235

139

109

96

254

311

165

176

161

131

121

125

230

178

129

113

104

95

93

102

100

91

86

84

4,134

143

4.97

5.34

Mar.

79

.80

89

82

72

71

66

66

69

69

66

68

66

69

74

. 79

89

104

89

8?

79

82

87

96

102

95

108

139

176

431

*376

3,300

106

3.68

4.26

Apr.

216

163

202

*253-.

233

185

153

131

117

104

96

91

87

84

80

77

74

72

68

66

68

68

65

62

62

59

68

63

59

59

3,185

106

3.68

4.11

May

66

58

56

53

52

*52

55

142

81

69

66

63

62

59

56

52

51

50

48

48

48

49 "44

45

50

60

*124

78

60

55

50

1,902

61.4

2.13

2.46

June

46

46

63

71

92

~9T 110

70

60

56

51

49

46

49

50

43

41

41

40

48

*52

55

55

45

41

66

53

45

48

42

1,667

55.6

1.93

2.15

July

43

58

44

40

38

37

37

36

38

43

44

38

36

35

32

32

32

32

31

*30

2929"

30

31

47

99

271

91

66

53

4:6

1,548

49.9

1.73

2.00

Aug.

48

45

39

38

42

37

38

38

42

38

37

102

*166

T23

119

93

144

88

75

65

88

108

86

72

60

55

51

48

44

42

48

2,119

68.4

2.37

2.74

Sept.

46

58

51

46

49

46

93

59

50

48

62

48

43

41

39

38

*38

43

43

44

38

36

36

36

35

34

34

36

48

1,356

45.2

1.57

1.75

Calendar year 1959: Max 853 Mln 16 Mean 52.9 Cfsm 1.84 In. 24.96

Water year 1959-60: Max 431 Mln 29 Mean 75.9 Cfsm 2.64 In. 35.88

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 cfs).--July 27 (2 a.m.) 1,120 efs (3.84 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN Hi 

1115. Reddles River at North Wllkesboro, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°10', long 81°10', on left bank 400 ft upstream from highway bridge, 

1^ miles northwest of North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, l£ miles upstream from North 

Wilkesboro municipal dam, and 2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 93.9 sq mi.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only fo~ some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 978. 62 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 21 years, 136 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,000 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 7.97 ft); minimum, 87 cfs Sept. 27 (gage height, 1.18 ft), but may have been less during period of 

ice effect.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 27,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 22.03 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,200 cfs on 'oasis of computation of peak flow over dam; 

minimum, 22 cfs Aug. 17, 1954 (gage height, 0.63 ft).

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

diurnal fluctuation at low flow during growing season.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1433: 1944.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60, except periods of ice effect (gage 

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

Oct. 1 to Jan. 31 Feb. 1 to Sept. 3O

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

133

235

525

900

1.1 

1.5 

2.0

4.0 

5.0

540

900

1,350

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1930

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

445

233

184

157

138

128

155

144

252

281

242

180

*159

230

212

176

159

146

133

127

123

133

158

214

164

146

137

128

125

133

186

5,528

178

1.9O

2.19

Nov.

153

142

133

130

127

125

119

115

114

112

109

109

107

107

109

106

107

105

101

101

101

100

98

231

170

131

123

142

127

117

3,669

122

1.30

1.45

Dec.

115

117

125

115

112

119

122

112

109

109

*107

174

174

142

130

125

122

153

571

278

201

170

151

138

138

130

125

155

166

*144

133

4,782

154

1.64

1.89

Jan.

127

130

245

186

164

188

248

242

194

178

168

157

153

146

142

133

128

138

130

123

119

114

bllO

bllO

bllO

111

117

122

122

160

440

4,955

160

1.70

1.96

Feb.

328

218

*187

174

*1,080

616

337

265

235

643

982

417

375

320

272

261

285

710

560

369

331

309

282

272

303

300

265

251

246

11,193

386

4.11

4.43

Mar.

*230

237

b240

b220

b200

b200

b200

b200

216

218

205

200

198

209

221

239

265

328

282

261

260

272

277

287

295

265

277

328

390

*758

8,780

283

3.01

3.48

Apr.

465

390

899

960

682

510

435

378

348

323

309

303

290

282

277

275

267

260

253

253

253

261

246

242

239

253

279

251

*235

250

10,648

355

5.78

4.22

May

251

228

221

216

216

212

216

478

280

246

235

252

225

216

207

198

194

187

183

183

178

176

167

165

192

163

340

265

205

187

*172

6,854

220

2.34

2.71

June

165

161

167

178

281

230

192

174

167

159

153

155

149

149

157

159

135

134

128

153

153

174

189

149

137

153

147

134

*137

128

4,825

161

1.71

1.91

July

146

181

130

119

115

115

117

113

115

124

137

115

110

108

103

101

103

108

101

101

95

JS

142

122

108

146

521

145

154

*117

108

3,898

126

1.34

1.54

Aug.

106

101

98

95

96

108

108

105

101

101

106

592 572"

178

155

196

157

122

111

110

156

174

149

117

111

106

103

100

98

92

*90

4,190

135

1.44

1.66

Sept.

93

117

103

95

90

90

342

157

122

115

139

115

100

95

95

95

96

135

124

119

100

95

95

93

90

88

W

95

119

104

5,400

115

1.20

1.55

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,150 Min 50 Mean 125 Cfsm 1.33 In. 18.09

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,080 Win 88 Mean 199 Cfsm 2.12 In. 28.79

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 cfs). Feb. 5 (5 p.m.) 5,000 cfs (7.97 ft); Feb. 10 (12 p.m.) 2,440 cfs 

(7.12 ft); Apr. 5 (8 p.m.) 2,680 cfs (7.50 ft). __ __________________________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
120 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Prior to

1120. Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°09', long 81'09', on right bank 150 ft upstream from bridge on U. S.

 Highway 421 between North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro, 150 ft downstream from Reddies 

River, and half a mile northeast of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County.

Drainage area. 493 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1903 to June 1909, October 1920 to September 1960.

 October 1928, published as "at North Wilkesboro."

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 942.35 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Apr. 10, 1903, to June 30, 1909, and Oct. 17, 

1920 to Apr. 10, 1929, staff or chain gages at site It miles downstream at different 

datum. Apr. 11, 1929, to Jan. 9, 1930, chain gage at present site and datum. Datum 

used 1920-29 was about 1.2 ft lower than that used 1903-9.

Average .discharge. 45 years (1903-8, 1920-60), 801 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,100 cfs at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage height,

 1?.'5'0 ft stage falling, peak occurred Sept. 30, 1959); maximum peak discharge, 11,600 

cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 15.48 ft); minimum, 542 cfs July 22, 23, 26 (gage height, 

2.37 ft); minimum daily, 548 cfs July 22.

1903-9 1920-60: Maximum discharge, 160,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 37.6 ft, 

from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 20,000 cfs on basis o^ slope-area 

measurement of peak flow; minimum, 99 cfs Sept. 28-30, 1954; minimum daily, 110 cfs

Flood'in July 1916 reached a stage of 34.5 ft (present site and datum), from floodmark (discharge, 116,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 20,000 of.- as explained 

above).

Remarks.--Records good. Prior to April 1955, slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow

 caused by powerplant on Reddies River 1 mile above station. Records of water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1433: 1903-9, 1922, 1925-26(M),

 1930," 1938, 1934, 1946-48(M), drainage area at former site.

Fating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

2.4 

3.O 

5.0

Oct. 1 to Feb. 5, 

Sept. 7-30

505 7.0 

870 9.0 

2.17O

Feb. 6 to May 27 May 28 to Sept. 6

3,650

5,250

2.9 97O

4.0 1,740

7.0 4,120

11.0 7.60O

2.3

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

500

930

1,61O

2,350

.big feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

lz

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*5.190

1,490

1,060

902

799

717

864

870

1,460

2,100

2,040

1,360

,060

,390

,420

,160

,OOO

935

831

.780

742

805

864

1,230

968

870

805

742

211

742

1,100

37,OO7

1,194

2.42

2.79

Nov.

968

*870

812

780

761

748

711

692

680

668

662

656

650

650

650

638

650

620

608

6O2

602

596

590

1.220

1,160

844

755

838

748

692

22,121

737

1.49

1.67

Dec. Jan.

6681 805

6621 805

748

686

662

680

748

668

656

644

658

968

1,200

935

85O

786

755

902

3.050

1.78O

1,260

1,060

955

870

85O

805

780

857

1.1OO

»955

857

28,975

955

1.90

2.19

1,380

1,200

1,050

1,520

1,650

1,650

1,290

1,150

1,060

968

955

902

870

858

799

857

851

780

748

750

692

750

705

699

750

774

755

1,100

2.400

31,165

1,005

2.04

2.35

Feb.

2,100

1,560

1,100

l.OOO

4,760

6,160

2,290

1,670

1,500

2,660

6.770

2,600

2,150

1.85O

1,600

1,550

1,640

3,680

3,760

2,210

1,810

1,700

1,600

1,530

1,670

1,700

1,530

1,460

1,420

66,790

2,305

4.67

5.04

Calendar year 1959: Max 10,500 Min 293

Mar.

*1,56O

1,36O

1,42O

1,390

1,280

1,250

1,250

1.220

1,250

1,280

1,250

1,220

1,220

1,280

1,520

1,590

1,460

1,970

1,670

1,550

1,530

1,560

1,640

1,640

1,780

1,560

1,640

1,850

2,210

4,130

5.580

52,290

1,687

3.42

3.94

Apr.

2,920

2,210

3,620

*5.900

4,120

2,920

2,57O

2,05O

1,850

1,700

1,600

1,560

1,53O

1,500

1,460

1.42O

1,390

1,390

1,320

1,320

 1.380

1,360

1,280

1,250

1,250

1,25O

1,280

1,320

1.220

1,220

56,900

1,897

3.85

4.29

May

1,320

1,220

1,180

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

2.520

1,600

1,360

1,280

1,250

1,220

1,180

1,140

1,110

1,110

1,080

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,000

1,000

1,140

1,080

2,160

1,780

1,160

1,060

 965

38,635

1,246

2.53

2.91

June

90O

9OO

965

1,OOO

1,130

1.220

1,100

1,000

930

900

870

865

849

828

870

794

776

782

758

521

842

930

965

856

788

87 O

930

794

 794

758

26,783

895

1.81

2.02

July

752

930

788

710

698

692

704

680

680

728

776

692

656

644

620

602

602

620

590

590

560

548

602

614

572

734

1.670

930

770

*710

668

22,132

714

1.45

1.67

Aug.

650

638

602

590

650

620

626

686

656

*8QO

722

1,360

*2.190

1,330

1,330

1,060

965

876

794

752

1,300

1,40O

1,220

900

807

746

716

686

668

632

*620

27,592

890

1.81

2.08

Sept.

650

74O

686

632

620

650

 5.620

*1,490

935

870

1,030

857

725

650

626

602

*614

686

717

756

 626

602

! 596

585

567

555

550.

596

755

686

24,252

808

1.64

1.85

Mean 752 Cfsra 1.53 In. 20.71

Water year 1959-60: Max 6,770 Mln 548 Mean 1,188 Cfsra 2.41 In. 3?. 78

Peafc discharge (base, 8,000 cfs). Feb. 5 (10:50 p.m.) 11,600 ats (15.48 ft); Feb. 11 (3 a.m.) 

10,200 cfs (15.70 ft); Apr. 4 (1 a.m.) 9,900 efa (13.40 ft). 

* Discharge neasureraent made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 121

1130. Fisher River near Copeland, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°20 I , long 80°40', on left bank 500 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 258, 1 mile upstream from Cody Creek, and 2 miles northwest of Copeland, 

Surry County.

Drainage area. 121 sq mi.

Records available. October 1931 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 913 ft (by barometer). Prior to Sept. 5, 

1936, staff gage at same site and datum. _

Average discharge. 29 years, 179 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,230 efs Feb. 5 (gage height, 8.58 ft); minimum, 92 efs Aug. 10 (gage height, 2.27 ft).

1931-60: Maximum discharge, 27,300 efs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.4 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 5,800 efs on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; minimum, 14 cfs Aug. 28, 1956.

Remarks^. - -Re 3 ords good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1303: 1933(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Z.Z 

2.4 

2.6 

3.0

120

170

318

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

561

806

1,380

2,090

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

5.

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

916

361

254

197

170

154

J.70

i70

527

595

498

328

234

468

356

254

217

197

176

165

162

167

305

593

261

207

191

170

*160

162

273

9,058

292

2.41

2.78

Nov.

217

185

165

160

157

152

144

142

139

137

132

132

132

132

130

130

127

122

120

120

120

120

120

367

254

176

157

194

167

152

4,702

157

1.30

1.45

Dec.

149

149

157

147

144

147

154

139

137

154

*134

170

203

167

157

154

152

210

1,260

410

278

231

207

194

2OO

188

182

197

254

207

191

6,803

219

1.81

2.09

Jan.

179

176

404

265

224

238

336

347

269

242

227

210

207

197

194

185

176

185

182

*167

162

157

152

150

150

152

162

173

165

191

659

6,863

221

1.83

2.11

Feb.

394

254

224

200

1.650

1,010

429

552

282

879

1,650

522

463

404

357

525

332

1,160

986

488

414

390

366

342

400

424

556

528

314

15,655

559

4.45

4.80

Mar.

291

275

a 300

a280

a260

a250

246

242

250

269

242

242

242

246

265

291

296

448

566

547

566

571

414

454

463

556

576

595

424

762

982

10,989

554

2.95

5.58

Apr.

541

445

448

1,020

1.240

644

517

448

409

38O

*552

542

528

518

309

504

296

286

275

275

275

273

265

257

254

254

257

265

257

246

11,772

392

3.24

3.62

May

296

254

242

254

227

227

224

581

542

275

261

261

257

246

254

224

214

205

194

197

200

200

182

182

191

205

509

525

296

224

200

7,701

248

2.05

2.57

June

185

185

188

227

224

217

182

179

176

170

162

162

160

154

176

157

*147

144

159

194

194

220

224

179

157

152

149

144

149

139

5,235

174

1.44

1.61

July

170

179

144

157

152

127

152

125

122

154

170

147

152

120

116

111

111

111

109

105

98

*98

100

137

116

180

207

137

127

116

149

4,099

132

1.09

1.26

Aug.

134

116

109

102

116

105

118

109

102

96

154

402

576

220

160

545

149

154

122

120

127

520

224

*144

152

120

122

116

116

105

102

4,895

158

1.31

1.50

Sept.

129

159

118

109

105

98

111

107

155

206

220

157

111

105

100

loo

100

334

185

139

120

115

111

109

105

100

100

102

122

120

5,890

130

1.07

1.20

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,28O Min 52 Mean 177 Cfsm 1.46 In. 19.88

Water year 1959-6O: Max 1,650 Min 96 Mean 250 Cfsm 2.07 In. 28.17

Peak discharge (base, 2.2OO cfs).--Dec. 19 (9 a.m.) 2,410 cfs (6.45 ft); Feb. 5 (9 p.m.) 4,250 cfs 

(8.58 ft); Feb. 1O (1O p.m.) 3,620 cfs (7.88 ft); Feb. 18 (10 p.m.) 2,89O cfs (7.O4 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for stations on nearby streams.
122 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1155. Forbush Creek near Yadkinville, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°08', long 80°33', on left bank 900 ft upstream from highway bridge, 

three-quarters of a mile north of Forbush Church, 2f miles upstream from Logan Creek, 

3^ miles upstream from mouth, and 6 miles east of Yadkinville, Yadkin Co'inty.

Drainage area.--21.7 sq mi.

Records available. April 1940 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 728 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 20 years, ».8 cfs.

 Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,870 efs Oct. 10 (gage height, 9.93 ft); minimum, 13 cfs Sept. 8-10, 13-15 (gage height, 0.78 ft).

1940-60: Maximum discharge, 2,450 cfs Sept. 30, 1944, from rating curve extended 

above 1,500 cfs on basis of velocity-area study and slope-area measurement of peak flow 

at gage height 10.38 ft; maximum gage height, 11.08 ft Aug. 3, 1958; minimum daily discharge, 0.6 cfs Aug. 16, 17, Sept. 14-18, 1956.

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

diurnal fluctuation at low flows during growing season.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except periods of ice effect (gage 

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

0.8 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

227

370

734

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1L

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

59

32

25

22

20

20

28

83

295

701

*253

63

40

201

68

41

33

28

25

23

22

21

22

48

32

25

22

21

20

21

30

2,344

75.6

3.48

4.02

Nov.

25

22

21

20

20

20

19

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

17

T7

17

17

17

17

53

35

24

22

26

22

20

631

21.0

0.968

1.08

Dec.

20

*20

21

19

18

20

20

18

18

18

18

29

36

24

22

21

21

84

"61 373

41

34

29

27

28

26

25

27

29

25

24

1,196

38.6

1.78

2.05

Jan.

23

24

80

4O

32

69

114

61

40

33

29

27

26

25

24

22

22

23

22

*21

21

20

b20

b20

b20

20

22

24

24

64

700

1,712

55.2

2.54

2.93

Feb.

131

53

40

35

489

131

52

40

36

90

202

56

52

49

44

44

58

421

132

62

55

60

52

47

76

61

47

42

39

2,696

93.0

4.29

4.62

Mar.

36

*36

41

b35

33

32

32

32

32

36

33

33

33

36

41

47

67

88

76

86

83

99

84

69

60

52

56

52

52

615

T55

2,262

73.0

3.36

3.88

Apr.

64

52

127

129

580

69

54

47

43

40

38

38

*37

36

36

36

35

34

34

33

34

35

33

33

33

32

33

35

32

32

1,694

56.5

2.60

2.90

May

43

32

29

29

*28

28

28

142

46

35

32

32

30

29

28

26

26

25

24

24

24

23

22

22

23

25

104

48

34

31

27

1,099

35.5

1.64

1.88

June

26

27

71

53

29

26

25

24

23

22

21

21

21

20

19

19

*20

18

17

30

21

21

21

20

18

18

18

17

18

17

721

24.0

1.11

1.24

July

20

21

18

18

24

50

21

18

18

20

~30 108

22

20

18

18

17

16

16

16

15

*T5

15

15

15

20

54

23

18

18

20

737

23.8

1.10

Aug.

17

17

34

22

19

18

17

16

15

24

34

53

"53 304

30

23

21

19

19

20

18

23

28

*18

18

17

17

17

16

15

15

977

31.5

1.45

1.26 1.67

Sept.

15

15

15

15

!i

14

14

14

14

14

18

17

14

14

14

14

14

48

28

25

17

16

15

15

15

15

15

15

18

17

508

16.9

0.779

0.87

Calendar year 1959: Max 701 Min 5.0 Mean 31.0 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.42

Water year 1959-6O: Max 701 Mln 14 Mean 45.3 Cfsm 2.09 In. 23.40

Peak discharge (base, 570 cfs). --Oct. 1O (8 p.m.) 1.870 cfs (9.93 ft); Dec. 19 (8:30 a.m.) 778 cfs

.m.) 1

. .

(6.20 ft); Jan. 31 (6:30 p.m.) 1,340 cfs (8.34 ft); F 

(1:30 a.m.) 618 cfs (5.38 ft): Feb. 18 (6:30 p.m.) 1, 

cfs (8.56 ft); Apr. 5 (6 a.m.) 902 cfs (6.

Feb. 5 (7 p.m.) 1,310 cfs (8.20 ft); Feb. 11 

,010 cfs (7.09 ft); Mar. 30 (4:30 p.m.) 1,430 

67 ft); Aug. 13 (3 a.m.) 714 cfs (5.86 f';).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
PEE DSE RIVER BASIN 123

1165. Yadkin River at Yadkin College, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°51'24", long 80°23'10", near left bank on downstream end of pier of 

bridge on U. S. Highway 64, li miles south of Yadkin College, Davidson County, and 

6-j miles downstream from Reedy Creek.

Drainage area. 2,280 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--July 1928 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 638.65 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to July 26, 1957, at site on left bank 80 ft downstream at 

same datum.

Average discharge. 32 years, 2,896 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28,400 cfs Oct. 11 (gage height, 20.40 ft); minimum, 1,410 cfs July 23 (gage height, 1.77 ft); minimum daily, 1,620 cfs July 23.

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 80,200 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 33.75 ft); minimum observed, 177 cfs Oct. 12, 1954 (gage height, -0.4S ft); minimum daily, 330 cfs 

Oct. 9, 1954, Sept. 23, 1956.

Maximum stage known, 36.3 ft during July 1916, from floodmarks (discharge, 94,300 

cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by small powerplant 

with little storage capacity 10 miles upstream from station. Records of chemical 

analyses, water temperatures, and suspended sediment loads for the water year 1960 are 

given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 852: 1935-37(m).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.0 

4.0 

6.0 

9.0

1,620

3,550

5,700

9,300

12.0

14.0

17.0

19.0

13,500

16,600

21,600

25,400

Discharge, it. oublc feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe" 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

»22,700

24,400

6,360

4,160

3,450

2,950

2,850

3,250

6,250

12,900

25.000

19,200

6,250

10,800

11,500

6,360

4,820

4,050

3,650 

3,250

2,950

2,850

2,850

4,490

6,140

3,950

3,350

3,050

2.750

2,750

2 950 *

222,230

7,169

3.14

3.62

Nov.

3,850

3,550

3,050

2,850

2,750

2,650

2,550

2,460

2,460

2,410

2,36Q

2,320

2,320

2,270

2,320

2,270

2,320

2,270

2,220 

2,170

2.080

2,120

2,170

2,530

5.810

4,550

3,250

2,850

3,150

2,950

82,880

2,763

1.21

1.35

t»c.

2,650

2,460

2,550

2,550

2,460

2,410

2,550

2,550

2,410

2,320

2,270

2,360

3,350

3,750

3,050

2,750

*2,550

2,950

12,200 

16.600

7,160

4,930

4,050

3,550

3,250

3,250

3,050

3,050

3,150

3,650

3 250 '

119,080

3,841

1.68

1.94

Jan.

2,950

2,750

4,420

6,140

4,600

4,490

6,250

8,130

6,140

4,820

4,270

3,850

3,650

3,450

3,350

3,150

3,050

3,050

3,050 

2,950

2,750

2,650

2,460

2.410

2,550

2,550

2,550

2,850

2,950

3,650

11.200

123,080

3,970

1.74

2.01

Feb.

20,800

10,000

5,480

4.580

6,410

22,700

23,300

7,640

5,700

5,040

15,400

21,600

8,910

7,520

6,470

5,700

5,700

10,200

25.400 

18,800

8,000

7,040

*6,580

5,920

6,140

7,160

6,250

5,590

5,260

293,090

10,107

4.43

4.78

Mar.

4,930

4,600

4,820

5,040

4,710

4,270

4,160

4,160

4.050

4,160

4,580

4,160

4,050

4,160

4,600

5,040

5,480

8,130

8,780 

7,640

7,880

7,400

8,130

7,520

7,160

6,580

6,140

6,250

6,360

11,500

 ' 

198,040

6,588

2.80

5.23

Apr.

*18,600

9,040

7,880

14,400

»25.400

21,800

9,860

7,760

6,300

6,250

5,810

5,590

5,570

5,150

5,040

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,600 

4,380

4,380

4,490

4,380

4,270

4,160

4.050

4,050

5,480

4,600

4,050

220,100

7,537

3.22

3.59

May

4,490

4,710

4,050

3,850

3,75O

3,65O

3,550

10,500

11.800

4,820

4,490

4,270

4,160

3,950

3,750

3,650

3,550

5,450 

5,550

5,250

5,250

3,250

5.050

5,150

5,450

7,060

8,890

6,050

4,270

'

145,330

4,688

2.06

2.37

June

3,450

5,150

5,250

4.150

5,750

5,650

3,950

3,550

5,150

5,050

2,850

2,850

*2,850

2,750

2,550

2,650

2,550

2.360

2,410 

2,410

2,950

5,150

5,250

5,250

2,950

2,650

2,550

2,650

2,55O

2,650

89,910

2,997

1.31

1.47

July

2,460

2,750

2,950

2,550

4,161

2,750

2,360

2,270

2,080

2,170

5,150

5,550

2,550

2,220

2,120

1,940

1,940

1,890

1,890 

1,840

1,760

1,710

1.620

1,840

2,080

1,840

5,040

4.270

3.1EO

2,360

2,120

75,180

2,425

1.C6

1.23

Aug.

2,750

2,410

2,030

2,320

2,050

1,980

1.890

2,080

2,080

1,940

2,080

2,410

7.770

7,650

5,260

4,490

*4,530

2,750

2,550 

2,270

2,170

3,100

6,550

5,850

2,750

2,360

2,120

2,120

2,080

1,940

1, 890

93,960

5,051

1.55

1.55

Sept.

2,650

2,050

2,550

2,120

1,940

1,760

1,710

5,820

3,920

2,850

3,150

5,550

2,650

2,120

1,890

1,800

1,760

2,240

4. 490 

5,150

2,850

2,170

1,890

1,840

1,800

1,760

*1,710

1.660

2,050

2,360

72,020

2,401

1.05

1.17

Calendar year 1959: Max 25,000 Mln 930 Mean 3,141 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.69

Water year 1959-60: Max 25,000 Mln 1,620 Mean 4,740 Cfsm 2.08 In. 28.29

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 cfs). Oct. 2 (7 a.m.) 27,700 cfs (20.14 ft); Oct. 11 (9 p.m.) 28,400 

cfs (20.40 ft): Dec. 20 (6 a.m.) 19,200 cfs (15.55 ft); Feb. 1 (12 m.) 22,000 cfs (17.20 ft); 

Feb. 7 (4 a.m.) 27,700 cfs (20.13 ft); Feb. 12 (9 a.m.) 24,200 cfs (18.35 ft); Feb. 19 (11 p.m.) 

26,700 cfs (19.55 ft); Mar. 31 (11:30 p.m.) 23,800 cfs (18.16 ft); Apr. 6 (2 a.m.) 27,100 cfs 

(19.80 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
124 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1175. Rocky Creek at Turnersburg, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°54' , long 80°48' , on right bank 1,000 ft downstream from bridge on

0. S. Highway 21 at Turnersburg, Iredell County, 1 mile downstream from Mud Creek, and 

lj miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 102 sq mi.

Records available. April 1940 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some periods,

 published in WSP 1303.. Prior to October 1956, published as Rocky River at Turnersburg.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 724.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 19, 1950, at site 170 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 20 years, 113 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 3,170 cfs Feb. 1 (gage height, 8.75 ft); minimum,

 67 cfs July 22, 25 (gage height, 1.79 ft); minimum daily, 68 cfs July 22.

1940-60: Maximum discharge, 6,080 cfs Jan. 22, 1954 (gage height, 13.69 ft, 

corrected), from rating curve extended above 3,400 cfs on basis of computation of peak 

flow over dam; minimum, 1 cfs Oct. 18, 1940, Oct. 26, 1941; minimum daily, 8.8 cfs 

Aug. 17, 18, 1956.

A stage of about 18 ft was reached by flood sometime during the years 1936-38, from 

information by local resident.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1333: 1945(M). WSP 1503: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 19, 

Aug. 14 to Sept. 30 Dec. 20 to Aug. 13

1.7

1.9

2.0 

2.5

102

203

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

348

776

1,270

1,770

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

68

103

216

358

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

777

1,270

1,771

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

L

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Zl

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.400

245

173

145

126

113

T37

147

318

424

44O

253

185

726

423

231

194

171

150

*139

130

131

135

187

158

139

130

120

116 

124

196

7,706

249

2.44

2.81

Nov.

171

148

133

128

124

122

116

113

111

109

107

107

107

106

106

104

106

104

102

*100

100

100

98

206

202

145

130

141

130 

120

3,696

123

1.21

1.35

Dec.

116

115

120

116

111

113

115

109

106

106

102

T5T

169

143

130

124

120

184

928 393"

254

204

180

164

169

162

151

151

187 

162

*148

5,483

177

1.74

2.00

Jan.

139

137

222

197

174

246

332

295

228

202

185

171

164

158

153

146

142

153

148

139

135

131

124

124

124

124

131

155

142

236

1.550

6,487

209

2.05

2.57

Feb.

1.620

364

*262

224

778

1,505

367

270

238

261

1,070

389

310

287

249

236

249

713

1,090

387

313

304

281

254

319

316

264

244

228

13,392

462

4.53

4.88

Mar.

216

216

231

221

204

197

194

192

199

202

199

194

192

199

211

236

*254

362

335

310

316

351

365

316

301

264

264

267

278

1,180

1.550

10,016

323

3.17

3.65

Apr.

421

322

383

711

*1.290

499

355

298

273

254

244

234

228

221

216

214

209

202

197

194

194

214

192

190

185

180

180

187

180 

i? 6

8,843

295

2.89

3.22

May

218

190

*176

171

169

167

162

392

273

211

194

185

183

176

169

162

158

153

146

146

146

139

135

133

T39

137

238

169

151 

146

133

5,467

176

1.73

1.99

June

128

139

128

131

168

137

135

124

122

116

114

111

107

105

101

97971

95

92

176

158

124

135

 116

107

105

114

103

99 

97

3,581

119

1.17

1.31

July

101

198

120

101

112

99

103

94

92

94

99

94

92

86

84

79

79

76

76

73

70

68

Aug.

86

84

80

26

99

82

79

94

79

128

109

109

467

465

167

233

133

115

104

97

91

95

71 257

84 135

76 106

71 93

276 91

160 88

131 84 

*99 Q i

90

3,148

102

1.00

1.15

141

4,148

134

1.31

1.51

Sept.

143

158

*128

100

91

84

248

234

137

130

180

162

126

106

98

95

93

143

130

126

104

95

93

89

86

84

82

84

115 

115

3,659

122

1.20

1.33

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,400 Min 40 Mean 131 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.41

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,620 Min 68 Mean 207 Cfsm 2.03 In. 27.57

Peak discharge (base, 1,700 cfs). Oct. 1 (time unknown) 2,870 cfs (8.20 ft); Feb. 1 (3 a.m.) 3,170 

cfs (8.75 ft); Feb. 6 (5 a.m.) 2,770 cfs (7.97 ft); Feb. 19 (3 a.m.) 1,970 cfs (6.41 ft); Mar. 31 

(1 a.m.) 2,970 ofa (8.40 ft); Apr. 5 (12 m.) 1,770 efs (5.96 ft).___________________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 125

1180. South Yadkin River near Mocksville, N. C.

Drainage area. 313 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1938 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 660 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 22 years, 324 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,370 cfs Feb. 2 (gage height, 11.94 ft); minimum, 194 cfs July 22, 23 (gage height, 2.15 ft).

1938-60: Maximum discharge, 9,240 cfs Jan. 23, 1954 (gage height, 16.73 ft); minimum, 30 cfs Aug. 14, 16, 1956.

Maximum stage known, 22.6 ft Oct. 3, 1929, from floodmark established by local 

resident.

Remarks. Records good. Records of chemical analyses, water temperatures, and suspended 

sediment loads for the water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

157

435

745

1,060

7.0

9.0

10.0

12.0

1,740

2,570

3,080

4,450

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe" 1960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

£7

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Ocb.

2,290 

5.120

745

480

405

349

335

523

1,140

995

1,200

1,100

*685

2,260

2,460

1,160

685

575

480

420

390

405

375

495

510

420

375

346

332

495

25,879

835

2.67

3.07

Nov.

542 

435

390

360

346

338

326

312

307

301

296

293

290

287

287

284

284

282

273

273

270

270

268

394

700

435

363

390

390

335

10,321

344

1.10

1.23

Dec.

318 

*312

324

324

304

298

312

298

287

284

284

336

465

405

360

340

329

442

1,320

1.920

1,210

635

510

465

435

435

405

390

465

435

390

15,039

485

1.55

1.79

Jan.

372 

360

542

590

480

605

900

965

715

575

495

465

435

420

405

390

372

390

405

366

352

338

326

329

524

324

332

390

375

639

2.570

16,346

527

1.68

1.94

Feb.

5.940 

$,560

1,120

700

1,530

3,100

3,260

1,140

745

704

1,670

2,110

1,160

885

745

668

715

1,520

2,660

2,680

1,140

930

*855

760

885

965

792

700

 650

42,289

1,458

4.66

5.02

Mar.

605 

575

590

650

575

525

510

510

525

542

542

525

525

542

590

700

792

1,130

1,100

965

995

965

1,100

900

855

745

715

700

723

1,740

*2 , 800

25,256

815

2.60

3.00

Apr.

5.600 

1,360

1,050

1,570

*2,640

2,850

1,640

930

792

715

650

635

605

590

575

560

542

525

510

495

495

542

495

480

465

450

450

510

480

450

27,651

922

2.95

3.29

May

525 

*525

450

435

420

420

405

860

930

605

510

480

465

450

420

405

390

390

369

363

363

358

343

335

346

356

620

465

375

372

349

14,099

455

1.45

1.68

June

332 

326

346

352

390

375

343

324

315

307

296

293

284

279

270

262

259

254

248

266

542

375

346

335

307

293

310

290

276

270

9,465

316

1.01

1.12

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,120 Min 117 Mean 393 Cfsm 1.26

July

265 

656

435

301

298

282

279

268

251

251

268

268

262

245

245

223

218

218

*212

212

*20?

19i

197

212

210

193

443

715

375

335

273

9,021

291

0 . 930

1.07

Aug.

420 

298

254

234

276

329

268

262

262

435

525

390

775

1.500

825

525

375

321

296

273

262

268

450

343

282

248

240

237

*229

220

215

11,637

375

1.20

1.38

In. 17.02

Sept.

495 

363

307

270

240

226

688

650

366

301

390

420

324

268

248

242

*240

293

358

420

310

262

248

240

229

223

220

223

301

338

9,703

323

1.03

1.15

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,940 Mln 194 Mean 592 Cfsm 1.89 In. 25.74

discharge (base, 2,700 cfs). Oct. 2 (9 a.m.) 3,590 cfs (10.77 ft); Oct. 15 (1 a.m. 

.49 ft); Feb. 2 (1 a.m.) 4,370 cfs (11.94 ft); Feb. 7 (5 a.m.) 3,720 cfs (10.98 ft); 

a.m.) 3,020 cfs (9.88 ft); Apr. 1 (5 a.m.) 4,220 cfs (11.70 ft); Apr. 6 (12 m.) 3,0

(9.87 .87 ft). ft\

15 (1 a.m.) 2,800 cfs -" " " ' Feb. 20 

020 cfs

Discharge measurement made on this day.
126 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1185. Hunting Creek near Harmony, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°00 I , long 80°44', on right bank at downstream side of highway bridge, 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from Kennedy Creek, 1 mile east of Ho'istonville, 

Iredell County, 2 miles downstream from U. S. Highway 21, and 3^ miles no-theast of 

Harmony.

Drainage area. 153 sq mi.

Records available. January 1951 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 731 ft (by barometer). Prior to Apr. 5, 

1951, wire-weight gage on upstream side of bridge at same datum.

Average discharge. 9 years, 190 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,530 cfs Oct. 11 (gage height, 15.32 ft)'; minimum, 106 cfs July 21 (gage height, 1.75 ft).

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 6,210 cfs Apr. 28, 1958 (gage height, 18.80 ft); minimum 18 cfs Oct. 8, 1954.

Remarks. Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mij.1 above station.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic

feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 27 to May 2)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 18

1.8 123 5.0 795 2.2

2.3 204 8.0 1,710 2.5

3.0 340 10.0 2,410 3.0

Dec. 19 to May 2

204

260

360

4.0

7.0

10.0

May 3 to S»pt. 30

580 1.8 112 3.0 321

1,460 2.2 170 4.0 545

2,500 2.5 222 7.0 1,390

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*1,570

355

217

170

147

129

192 

184

500

1,130

2.090

480

330

784

510

340

280

250

222

206

197

199

213

360

250

211

199

182

177

187

330

12,591

406

2.65

3.06

Nov.

270

 230

202

194

190

189

178 

173

170

170

163

162

162

163

165

163

172

162

155

*155

155

155

153 336"

300

213

192

230

201

182

5,705

190

1.24

1.39

Dec.

175

173

190

178

173

175

185 

167

165

165

165

226

290

228

204

192

187

308

2.050

671

410

330

290

260

28O

256

24O

258

320

260

*242

9,411

304

1.99

2.29

Jan.

229

227

410

330

290

420

618 

555

390

330

310

280

280

260

258

248

236

258

250

229

226

218

215

217

215

215

229

270

246

420

2.470

11,349

366

2.39

2.76

Feb.

1,390

555

*420

360

1,740

1,930

605 

450

410

628

2,160

655

555

492

430

420

450

1,570

1,380

668

555

542

SO 5

460

58O

580

470

430

410

21,800

752

4.92

5.30

Mar.

380

380

410

380

340

330

330 

320

340

350

340

330

330

340

360

400

*420

580

518

480

518

583

642

580

542

460

480

505

530

2.200

1,480

16,178

522

3.41

3.93

Apr.

*680

530

732

1,340

*2.250

800

618 

530

480

450

430

430

420

410

400

390

390

380

370

*370

370

380

350

340

330

320

310

330

310

500

15,720

524

3.42

3.82

May

390

310

*280

280

270

270

270

748

452

342

310

300

290

280

270

26O

250

241

233

233

230

222

215

213

23?

241

397

310

241

233

215

9,026

291

1.90

2.19

June

206

204

206

235

220

230

211 

197

196

187

184

178

180

172

168

162

160

162

157

189

204

187

206

*182

167

164

177

159

157

151

5,558

185

1.21

1.35

July

152

180

157

146

182

165

162 

148

142

148

178

157

146

140

132

128

126

125

121

120

115

113

117

154

124

122

432

226

156

142

131

4,787

154

1.01

1.16

Aug.

170

*143

148

167

144

126

149 

162

153

194

146

238

916

321

237

307

182

159

146

140

a!35

al40

a600

a250

al70

a!40

a!30

a!20

a!20

a!2O

a240

6,513

210

1.37

1.58

Sept.

a270

a250

*a!80

151

139

132

1.180 

489

250

226

343

364

220

180

167

162

157

314

356

763

241

196

184

170

160

156

152

160

202

201

8,115

270

1.76

1.97

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,880 Min 58 Mean 225 Cf'sm 1.47 In. 19.94

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,470 Min 113 Mean 346 Cfsm 2.26 In. 30.80

* Discharge Discharge measurement measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage anc' records for 

Rocky Creek at Turnersburg.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 127

1190. South Yadkin River at Cooleemee, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°48', long 80°34', on left bank 150 ft downstream from tailrace of Erwin 

Cotton Mills at Cooleemee, Davie County, 550 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 

801, 2^ miles downstream from Bear Creek, and 2^ miles upstream from Third Creek.

Drainage area. 569 sq mi.

Records available. June 1928 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some periods, 

published in WSP 1303. Figures of discharge above 2,000 cfs are subject to error owing 

to absence of sufficient information to make corrections for backwater from tributary 

inflow and High Rock Lake,

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 624.57 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 32 years, 631 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 9,080 cfs Feb. 2 (gage height, 20.28 ft); mini- 

 mum,' 133 cfs July 16 (gage height, 1.39 ft); minimum daily, 351 cfs July 23.

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 24,800 cfs Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 3?.25 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,500 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam 

half a mile upstream; minimum, 10 cfs Nov. 25, 1931 (gage height, 0.40 ft); minimum 

daily, 23 cfs Oct. 12, 19, 1941.

Flood of July 16, 1916, reached a stage of 27.2 ft, from floocimark ir Erwin Cotton 

Mill.

Remarks. Records good except those above 1,500 cfs and those for periods of no gageheight record, which are poor. Large diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation during 

low and medium flow caused by Erwin Cotton Mill above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822; Drainage area. WSP 1433: 

available.

1931. See also Records

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 16 to Aug. 13)

2.0 

3.0 

5.0 

8.0

297

669

1,420

2,450

11.0

14.0

18.0

20.0

3,550

4,790

6,800

8,690

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe" 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4,44O

5.560

2,550

899

688

593

536

775

2,110

1,910

2,310

3,710

2,020

3,600 

5,240

3,350

1,380

1,090

860

*745

688

692

669

918

1,060

783

688

612

574

574

802

52,426

1,691

2.97

3.43

Nov.

1,02O

821

707

631

612

574

555

536

517

498

498

498

480

480 

480

476

480

480

462

458

458

458

454 

721

1,420

821

631

650

669

574

18,119

604

1.06

1.18

Dec.

536

*517

536

536

517

498

536

517

480

480

473

574

880

745 

631

574

555

762

2,490

5.440

2,590

1,340

1,020 

880

821

840

764

726

840

821

726

27 , 645

892

1.57

1.81

Jan.

688

650

1,160

1,270

958

1.2OO

*1,910

2,010

1,560

1,130

977

880

821

783 

745

726

688

726

764

688

650

612

593 

574

574

574

593

745

688

1,340

4,070

31,347

1,011

1.78

2.05

Feb.

7,790

7,570

3,500

1,460

2,250

5,650

6,560

3,460

1,530

1,340

2,770

4,100

2,880

1,840 

1,530

1,380

1,490

2,820

5,290

5,520

2,980

1,910

1,700 

*1,490

1,700

2,010

1,670

1,380

1.270

86,840

2,994

5.26

5.68

Mar.

1,160

1,130

1,2OO

1,270

1,160

1,060

1,020

1,020

1,060

1,090

1,090

1,060

1,060

1,090 

1,240

1,530

1,670

2,490

2,490

2,180

2,110

2,040

2,250 

2,010

1,840

1,600

1,460

1,420

1,460

2, 960

*4,970

51,190

1,651

2.90

3.35

Apr.

5,900

3,440

2,110

3,030

4,970

5,850

3,940

1,940

1,560

1,380

1,340

1,310

1,240

1,160

1,130

1,090

1,060

1,060

977

958

958

1,060

977 

938

899

880

860

977

958

880

54,832

1,828

3.21

3.58

May

1,020

1,060

860

821

802

783

783

1,820

2.140

1,310

1,020

938

899

*860 

821

783

750

720

700

690

680

680

660 

640

640

680

1,200

900

700

700

650

27,710

894

1.57

1.81

June

620

620

640

660

700

700

640

600

600

580

540

540

520

500 

480

460

450

440

440

500

900

700

650 

*593

555

540

580

536

465

473

17,222

574

1.01

1.13

July

454

918

764

574

53<3

555

53<3

498

439

443

469

498

480

4E4 

480

415

406

413

*406

3£5

384

3T3

351 

388

421

384

617

1.490

688

555

498

16,232

5?5

0.92

1.06

Aug.

612

612

384

436

498

536

469

473

498

574

*802

631

1,270

2.010 

1,460

821

764

555

498

465

443

424

923 

880

574

402

462

388

369

376

565

19,974

644

1.13

1.31

Sept.

745

726

593

498

384

373

1,320

1,910

1,270

*612

764

938

688

498 

454

439

439

498

707

1,020

880

536

480 

450

428

421

413

388

498

, 631

20,001

667

1.17

1.31

Calendar year 1959 : Max 6,450 Min 184 Mean 753 Cfsm 1.32 In. 17.97

Water year 1959-60: Max 7,790 Min 351 Mean 1,157 Cfsm 2.03 In. 27.70

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record May 17 to June 23, June 26-27; discharge estimated on basis 

ords for station near Mocksville and Hunting Creek near Harmony.
128 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1194. Third Creek subwatershed No. 7 A (Third Creek) near Stony Point, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°52", long 81°04', on left bank 200 ft upstream from dam or Third Creek, 

900 ft upstream from highway bridge, l£ miles northwest of Stony Point, .Alexander 

County, and 2£ miles upstream from Alexander-Iredell County line.

Drainage area.--4.84 sq mi.

Hecords available. December 1955 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir. Datum of gage is 976 ft above mean 

sea level (levels by Soil Conservation Service).

Extremes. Maximum outflow during year, 63 cfs Mar. 31 (gage height, 11.98 ft); no flow 

Sept. 10 (result of reservoir storage). Maximum inflow, 506 cfs (average for 15-minute 

period) Mar. 30, computed from outflow and change in reservoir contents, adjusted for 

rainfall on reservoir surface during time of peak inflow.

1955-60: Maximum outflow, 67 cfs Sept. 27, 1956, Septr 17, 1957; maximum gage height, 

14.42 ft Sept. 27, 1956; no flow May 10-15, 1956, Sept. 10, 1960 (result of reservoir storage). Maximum inflow, 540 cfs (average of 30-minute period, computed as above) 

June 1, 1958.

Remarks. Records fair. Records of daily discharge are outflow from reservoir, determined 

from stage-discharge relation for outlet structure. Peak inflow rates are determined 

for short intervals of time on basis of change in reservoir contents and outflow. Reservoir is formed by earth dam; dam completed and storage began in December 1955. Outlet structure is 3 x 3 x 9-foot concrete drop inlet connected to a 24-inc'i concrete 

outlet pipe. Top of drop inlet is at elevation 978 ft. A 2-foot sharp-crested rectangular weir is set in one side of the drop inlet with crest at elevation 977 ft. There 

is an emergency spillway at elevation 1,003 ft. Top of dam embankment is 1,010 ft. 

There is an 18-inch diameter cleanout gate at elevation 969.5 ft at bottom of drop inlet. 

Available capacity, 876 acre-ft between elevations 977 ft (crest of weir) and 1,003 ft 

(crest of spillway). Records of suspended sediment loads for the water year 1960 are 

given in WSP 1741.

The following table gives the relation between gage height and outflow (shiftingcontrol method used Oct. 3-13, 16-26, Nov. 22 to Dec. 17, Dec. 21-30, June 1 to July 26, 

July 28-31, Aug. 6-12, 15-24; indefinite stage-discharge relation Sept. 8, 9), reservoir capacity, and water-surface area during the 1960 water year.

Qage

height 

(feet)

1.2

1.4

1.7

2.0

2.2

2.5

2.8

3.0

4.0

Outflow 

(cfs)

1.2

1.8

3.5

7.2

12

23

41

48

51

Contents 

(acrefeet)

2.5

5.0

8.7

12.7

15.3

19.5

23.7

26.5

41.2

Surface 

area 

(acres)

12.6

12.8

13.0

13.3

13.5

13.8

14.1

14.3

15.5

Qage 

height 

(feet)

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

Outflow 

(cfs)

53

55

56

58

59

60

62

63

Contents 

(acrefeet)

57.5

75.6

96.1

119

143

168

193

218

Surface 

area 

(acres)

17.0

19.2

21.9

23.5

24.5

25.0

25.4

25.8

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

t)

*).

tt)

Oct.

*59

44

7.4

6.2

5.8

5.5

8.4

10

17

15

25

15

9.7

50

31

11

8.8

8.0

6.8

6.4

*6.6

6.6

6.. 8

7.8

7.4

8.0

6.9

6.6

6.6

8.3 

15

437.1

14.1

15.4

13.5

7.05

Nov.

10

9.2

8.0

7.4

6.9

6.8

6.3

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.3

5.2

5.3

5.2

5.2

*4.9

4.7

3,9.

4.0

10

6.8

5.3

5.1

6.6

5.3

5.1

181.8

6.06

14.6

13.4

2.55

Dec.

5.0

5.0

5.3

4.9

4.9

5.1

5.1

4.7

4*6

4.7

4.7

6.2

6.3

5.3

5.1

5.1

5.1

20

60

58

30

9.0

8.0

7.6

8.4

7.6

7.2

8.8

9.2

*9.0

3.0

337.9

10.9

13.0

13.3

4.40

Jan.

7.2

7.2

12

9.2

8.6

15

21

14

11

9.7

9.0

8.6

8.2

8.0

7.8

7.2

6.9

8.4

7.8

6.9

6.4

6.3

6,0

6.0

6.2

6.3

7.0

8.2

7.8

14

49

316.9

10.2

116

23.3

5.00

Feb.

56

*28

12

11

37

58

44

13

11

21

54

25

15

13

12

12

14

38

56

35

15

15

13

12

18

15

12

11

11

687

23.7

14.5

13.4

4.85

Calendar year 1959: Max 60 Mln 2.2

Mar.

10

11

12

10

9.4

9.2

9.2

9.4

10

9.7

9.7

9.4

10

10

11

13

15

21

17

17

17

21

19

16

15

13

12

12

12

49 

62

481.0

15.5

168

25.0

5.40

Mean

Apr.

58

38

26

36

55

32

14

12

11

10

10

9.7

*9.4

9.4

9.0

9.0

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.4

8.4

8.8

8.2

1*8.

7.8

7.8

8.8

11

9.0

8*6

468.9

15.6

14.1

13.4

3.45

7.11

May

11

9.0

8.4

8.2

8.0

8.0

7.8

22.

11

9.4

9.0

8.8

8.6

8.0

7.4

7.2

6.9

6.8

6.3

6.0

6.0

5.6

*5.5

5.5

7.2

6.8

7.6

7.2

6.6

6.3

248.3

8.01

12.6

13.3

2.50

June

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.8

6.6

6.2

5.8

5.2

5.1

4.9

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.2

4.1

4.1

L*°

4.0

4.2

*4.9

4.9

6.4

4.9

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.2

4.1

4.0

146.0

4.87

14.0

13.4

2.25

July

3.8

4.9

4.0

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.4

2.9

2.8

*2.9

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.9

3.4

4.1

39

10

9.2

7.8 

11

163.2

5.26

20.6

13.9

6.65

Aug.

12

8.8

7.8

6.9

16

8.6

6.2

*6.0

5.3

6.9

5.6

8.4

52

49

9.0

6.3

5.6

5.1

4.7

4.5

4.3

4.5

4.6

*5.3

4.5

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.7

3,6.

280.5

9.O5

9.7

13.1

4.45

Sept.

4.1

3.7

4.4

3.7

3.4

3.4

*17

18

7.1

0.

1.9

5.2

4.6

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.9

5.2

6.2

10

6.0

4.9

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.9

4.3

6.4 

5.5

160.6

5.35

11.4

13.2

5.65

Water year 1959-6O: Max 62 Mln 0 Mean 10.7

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Contents, in acre-feet, at end of month in reservoir No. 7A.

t Surface area, in acres, at end of month of reservoir No. 7A.

tt Precipitation, In Inches, during month at rain gage 8OO ft west jf reservoir.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 129

1205. Third Creek at Cleveland, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°45', long 8Q°41', on left bank 200 ft downstream from highway bridge, 

three-quarters of a mile north of Cleveland, Rowan County, and 7 miles upstream from 

Fourth Creek.

Drainage area. 87.4 sq mi.

Records available. April 1940 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 684.47 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to May 22, 1950, on right bank at site 

200 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 20 years, 91.0 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,120 cfs Feb. 1 (gage height, 10.95 ft); minimum, 52 cfs Aug. 30 (gage height, 1.31 ft).

1940-60: Maximum discharge, 3,080 cfs about Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 15.76 ft, 

from floodmarks) , from rating curve extended above 900 cfs by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 10 cfs Sept. 19, 20, Oct. 7, 1954, Sept. 18, 19, 21, 22, 1956 (gage height, 

0.20 ft).

Maximum stage known, 22.5 ft, sometime in July 1916, from floodmark witnessed by 

local resident. Creek channel improved considerably by dredging since 1916.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. Prior to 

September 1959, city of Statesville diverted about 1 cfs sewage effluent into basin 

above station. Nine flood detention reservoirs (combined capacity, 3,371 acre-ft) in 

operation upstream at end of water year. Main stem creek banks cleared o'" vegetation 

from point 4 miles below gage to Third Creek subwatershed No. 7A near Stony Point in 

the headwaters. Clearing began in 1955 and was completed in 1958.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1112: 1944-46.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60, except period of Ice effect (gage height, in 

feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 31

1.4 66 5.0 570

2.0 122 7.0 1,020

3.0 242 9,0 1,560

Feb. 1 to June 5 June 6 to Sept. 30

1.5 70

2.0 112

3.0 221

5.0 530

7.0 960

9.0 1,490

11.0 2,120

1.3 

1.5 

2.0

51

63

102

3.0 208

4.0 340

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

ZO

21

22

23

24

Z5

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

610

2Z2

148

107

92

83

87

171

395

160

236

258

*143

1,280

1,170

315

196

165

132

115

107

129

113

154

148

117

106

97

93

100

165

7,414

239

-

-

Nov.

136

115

102

97

95

93

88

85

84

82

81

81

80

80

79

78

81

75

73

73

*74

74

72 196-

171

108

97

122

101

88

2,861

95.4

-

-

Dec.

86

83

90

87

83

84

90

81

79

79

78

130

138

104

95

90

89

165

285" 610

210

148

123

112

109

107

102

103

110

97

*92

3,939

127

_

-

Jan.

87

87

216

136

116

210

*302

222

154

132

122

112

108

104

106

99

93

109

103

93

88

87

83

83

82

83

90

108

98

404

1,510

5,427

175

-

-

Feb.

1,860

*452

221

164

768

1,490

396

228

175

158

521

247

186

192

164

164

245

878

1,170

354

247

228

197

*175

294

247

186

164

153

11,924

411

-

-

Mar.

153

132

b!70

158

142

132

132

132

142

142

148

142

153

164

197

274

*347

498

398

340

332

340

310

240

228

186

175

170

158

901

*811

7,947

256

-

-

Apr.

332

260

313

512

1.080

385

247

197

175

164

153

148

142

137

137

132

132

127

127

*122

121

132

121

117

114

112

T20

158

127

118

6,262

209

-

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,280 Mln 36 Mean 116

May

153

*127

116 in

110

108

108

343

180

137

122

117

115

111

106

102

99

98

93

93

92

88

85

85

91

88

106

92

87

84

82

3,529

114

-

-

June

79

79

112

154

442

135

102

93

89

84

82

80

*72

74

72

70

69

68

66

66

131

134

100

86

84

83

92

77

76

72

3,023

101

-

-

July Aug .

86 303

117 99

88 80

75 73

73 71

70 78

72 70

66 71

65 72

67 66

69 67

67 71

65 160

63 161

62 104

59 83

59 *71

59 66

*56 62

56 60

55 58

55 59

63 62

 66 66

57 58

56 56

119 56

106 55

175 54

 9~T 53

73 56

2,316 2,521

74.7 81.3

-

-

Sept.

~85 190

66

61

59

56

69

115

82

65

71

84

64

59

58

58

*58

66

66

118

79

65

62

58

58

59

56

59

92

76

2,214

73.8

~

-

Cfsm 1.33 In. 18.05

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,860 Mln 53 Mean 162 Cfsm 1.85 In. 25.27

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice
130 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1225. X^dkin River at High Rock, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°35'46", long 80°13'59", on right bank 0.3 mile downstream from High Rock 

Dam, 0.6 mile west of Hiafi Rock, Davidson County, if miles upstream from Lick Creek, 

and at mile 252.

Drainage area. 4,000 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . January 1919 to November 1927, November 1941 to Septemt«r 1960. 

Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 558.68 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, and 5&9.S8 ft above Yadkin, Inc..datum. January 1919 to November 1927 at datum 

.590.00 ft lower.

Average discharge. 26 years (1919-27, 1942-60), 4,685 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 48,400 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 12.60 ft); minimum, 23 cfs July 18; minimum daily, 42 cfs June 26.

1919-27, 1941-60: Maximum discharge, 85,000 cfs (estimated) July 21, 1919; minimum, 

10 cfs Aug. 10, 1942, Nov. 20, 21, 1955, Aug. 12, Sept. 2, 1957; minimum daily, 11 cfs 

Nov. 20, 1955.

Maximum stage known, 22.1 ft (present datum) in July 1916, from floocJmarks, from 

records by Tallassee Power Co.

Remarks. Records good except those below 2,000 cfs, which are fair. Except for major 

floods, flow completely regulated by High Rock Lake since 1927 (usable capacity, 

10,230,000,000 cu ft).

Revisions (water years). WSP 1433: Drainage area. WSP 1503: 1919-24, 1925(M), 1926-27.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

2.1

2.2 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

189

390

3.5 940

4.0 1,710

4.5 2,730

5.0 4,130

6.0 7,780

8.0 17,800

10.0 29,700

12.0 43,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

El

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean (ty

Oct.

16,700

30,400

17 , 000

5,670

6,030

6,030

5,850

4,790

4.620

16,800

28,400

31,600

13,000

22,900

26,500

17,200

8,640

6,590

5,850

5,130

5,130

5,310

5,130

5,130

8,200

5,670

5,490

4,960

5,130

5,130

5,130

340,110

10,971

+371

Nov.

4,960

5,310

5,850

5,310

4,960

4,960

5,490

4,960

5,490

5,670

6.050

5,130

5,310

5,670

2,640

6,030

4,620

4,030

4,960

4,960

4,790

2,970

5,130

4,430

2.570

3,810

4,790

4,790

3,780

3,810

143,210

4,774 -570

Dec.

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,790

2.500

3,860

4,790

4,960

4,960

4,960

4,620

3,070

4,960

4,960

4,960

4,960

5,490

5,130

11,000

15.000

7^780

6,210

5,850

5,490

4,960

5,130

5,310

5,310

5,130

5,130

170,430

5,498

+601

Jan.

5,130

5,130

7,250

10,700

7,990

*7,990

13,000

13,500

10,200

7,370

6,590

6,210

5,850

5,670

5,490

5,490

4,790

5,490

5,310

5,490

5,850

6,030

6,030

6,030

6,210

6,210

6,210

6,210

6,210

6,030

20.200

225,860

7,286

-122

Feb.

39,300

31 , 000

14,000

7.990

16,500

33,700

40. OOP

20,600

9,800

10,200

19,600

28,400

21,600

12,500

10,000

9,800

10,200

25,600

36,500

36,000

17,800

11,800

10,700

9,100

12,000

12,500

10,000

8,640

8,420

534,250

18,422

+159

Mar.

6,780

9,100

9,100

8,420

8,200

6,590

6,400

6,210

6,970

6,970

6,970

7,170

6,590

7,370

8,640

12,200

12,500

17,800

18,400

16,200

15,600

14,500

14,000

13,500

11,500

11,000

9,560

7,780

8,200

19,000

51 . OOP

344,220

11,104

0

Apr.

33.OOO

19,600

15,600

20,600

37,200

*57j 900

23^400

12,000

10,500

8,640

7,990

7,780

7,370

7,370

7,170

6,780

6,590

6,970

6,590

6,400

6,400

6,590

6,210

6.O3O

5.85O

5,850

5,850

7,580

6,590

5,850

352,250

11,742

0

May

6,030

6,400

6,030

5,490

5,850

5,130

4,960

21 , 500

20,600

10.0OO

7,370

6,210

6,030

5,850

5,670

5,850

5,850

4,960

4.620

4,620

5,490

5,850

5,850

5,670

5,670

5,670

6,030

6,970

7,370

6,970

5,670

216,230

6,975

-26

June

4,960

5,130

5,130

4,790

7.990

5,670

4,960

4,960

4,960

5,130

5,130

4,960

5,130

5,130

5,130

5,310

5,310

5,310

2,000

4,290

4,130

4,130

4,130

4,130

3,400

42

2,760

*4,130

4,070

4,070

136,372

4,546

-342

July

4.03C

4.13C

2,70C

2,34C

2.91C

4.45C

4,13C

4,29C

4,13C

2.25C

2,740

4,130

4,130

4.OOO

4,070

4,OOO

1,180

2,660

4,100

4,070

4,130

4,070

4,130

1,560

3,110

4,290

4,130

4.620

2,910

3,010

4,290

110,690

3,571

-293

Aug.

4,960

4,960

4,960

4,790

4,790

4,790

735

3,220

3,330

3,440

3,310

3,540

4,790

792

3,530

4,290

4,350

4.2OO

3,630

3,650

3,540

4,790

4,790

5,150

3,460

3,980

5.490

5,130

4,790

4,960

5,130

127,267

4,105

-67

Sept.

4,960

4,790

4,960

3,400

4,790

4,790

4,960

4,450

4,290

4,790

3,540

4,830

4,620

4,800

4,950

4,860

4,040

5.290

5,250

5,010

5,070

4,770

4,920

4,830

3,370

5,150

4,580

4,570

5,030

5.620

139,280

4,643

-1 , 203

Adjusted for change in contents in High Rock Lake

Mean

Cfsm

In.

11,342

2.84

3.27

4,204

1.05

1.17

ilendar year 1959:

' er year 1959-60:

6,099

1.52

1.75

7,164

1.79

2.06

18,581

4.65

5.02

11,104

2.78

3.20

11,742

2.94

3.28

6,949

1.74

2.01

Observed

Max 31,600 Min 30 Mean 5,122

Max 40,000 Min 42 Mean 7,760

4,204

1.05

1.17

3,278

0.820

0.94

4,038

1.01

1.16

3,440

0.860

0.96

Adjusted

Mean 5,158 Cfam 1.29 In. 17.49

Mean 7,639 Cfsm 1.91 In. 25.99

ischarge measurement made on this day. 

inge in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in High Rock Lake; furnished by Yadkin,
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 131

1236. Uwharrle River near Eldorado, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°25'47" (revised), long 80°01'05" (revised), on right bank 300 ft downstream from State Highway 109, 1 mile upstream from McLeans Creek, and 3 miles south of 

Eldorado, Montgomery County.

Drainage area. 347 sq ml.

Records available.--October 1938 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, Datum of gage Is 303.66 ft above mean

sea level, datum of 1929, unadjusted.

Average discharge. 22 years, 330 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,600 cfs Aug. 24 (gage height, 15.71 ft); minimum, 17 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 1.05 ft); minimum dally, 21 cfs Sept. 38.

1938-60: Maximum discharge, 23,300 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 26.22 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.5 cfs Sept. 21, Oct. 13, 14, 1941; minimum daily, 0.5 cfs Oct. 13, 1941.

Flood in August 1928 reached a stage of 22.2 ft, from floodmark established by local 

resident (discharge, 17,900 cfs).

Remarks. Records excellent. Marked diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short 

periods at low flow caused by gristmill above station. Town of Asheboro diverted an 

average of 1.5 cfs during water year 1960 from basin above station for water supply. 

Sewage is discharged into Deep River (Cape Pear River basin).

Revisions (water years).--WSP 892: 1939.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.5

87

178

342

3.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

555

1,720

5,520

9,950

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tbtal

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,640

350

198

140

118

101

91

87.

1 no

5, 670

1,380

443

2,350

4,540

948

600

582

407

298

250

389

380

320 

298

280

237

208

181

206

240

25,246

814

2.35

2.71

Nov.

270

247

200

175

165

162

186

192

173

150

145

142

138

135

135

135

130

126

124

118

120

120

124

833 

3,410

892

448

346

288

237

10,066

336

0.968

1.08

Dec.

209

200

195

186

173

173

215

209

175

168

162

173

231

228

186

170

168

209

*2. 820

1,880

640

452

353

302 

274

254

237

257

510

402

29X

12,102

390

1.12

1.30

Jan.

250

225

1,200

1,740

650

645

2,300

2,070

865

578

478

402

361

335

312

284

257

263

312

270

237

222

206

198 

198

195

192

22S

254

310

5,380

21,414

691

1.99

2.30

Feb.

9,080

3,420

782

568

1,920

6,380

3,680

865

630

573

3,260

1,500

865

1,030

948

892

1,180

3,500

5,670

2,170

920

728

600

510 

834

1,330

728

550

" 490 

55,603

1,917

5.52

5.96

Calendar year 1959: Max 5,670 Min 24

Mar.

434

402

448

564

502

430

407

398

430

443

546

546

582

700

1,060

1,920

2,400

5.270

3, 060

*2,530

1,980

1,360

1,240

892 

755

620

528

478

448

2,250

2,970

34,593

1,116

3.22

3.71

Apr.

1,280

755

2,760

4,160

5.210

3,800

1,120

782

630

537

474

438

412

384

365

346

331

335

407

324

291

341

420

309 

277

257

254

387

*425

305

28,116

937

2.70

3.01

May

375

294

240

215

206

195

186

394

920

S84

267

234

222

209

189

175

165

160

140

138

135

128

120

113 

107

109

643

637

248

162

135

7,845

253

0.729

0.84

June

122

159

515

385

514

486

*231

209

145

118

107

99

97

89

79

72

68

63

62

$5

911

7?0

225

135 

118

97

93

87

78

70

6,247

208

0.599

0.67

July

68

124

209

113

92

189

111

79

68

62

60

60

60

62

55

49

43

42

*38

37

32

32

44

104 

72

94

367

70S

HF

186

12?

3,62f

11T

0.33T

0.3f

Aug.

83

68

55

76

52

219

140

196

216

91

439

181

185

133

97

78

68

60

52

43_

38

38

*4, 740

*6. 650 

283

147

111

103

107

*111

147

14,987

483

1.39

1.61

Sept.

87

216

168

95

79

62

54

46

46

43

42

76

101

65

42

38

35

35

67

108

50

42

34

31 

30

26

31

21

62

224

2,056

68.5

0.197

0.22

Mean 396 Cfam 1.14 In. 15.50

Water iter year year 1959-60: 1959-60: Max Max 9,080 9,080 ___Min Min 21 21 Mean Mean 606 606 Cfsm Cfsm 1.75 1.75 In. In. 23.80 23.80_________

eak discharge (base, 4,60O cfs). Oct. 10 (11:30 p.m.) 7.760 cfs (12.66 ft)j Oct. 15 (7 a.m.) 5,400 

cfs (10.11 ft); Feb. 1 (5:3O p.m.) 10,200 cfs (15.34 ft),- Feb. 6 (11:30 p.m.) 7,100 cfs (12.04 ft); 

Feb. 19 (6:30 p.m.) 5,930 cfa (l0.69 ft); Apr. 5 (?:30 a.m.) 6,470 cfs (11.SO ft); Aug. 24 (3 a.m.) 

10,6OO cfs (15.71 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
132 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1250. Big Bear Creek near Richfield, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°20'05", long 80°20'10" , 200 ft upstream from highway bridg3, 300 ft downstream from Little Creek, and 10 miles southwest of Richfield, Stanly County.

Drainage area. 55.7 sq mi.

Records available. May 1954 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 426.62 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Average discharge. 6 years, 61.1 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,550 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 10.54 ft); minimum, 0.5 cfs July 21-23.

1954-60: Maximum discharge, 9,700 cfs July 9, 1959 (gage height, 14.55 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,700 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam 

1 mile downstream; no flow Sept. 12 to Oct. 14, 1954.

Retnarks . Records fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1503: 1955, 1956(M). WSP 1553: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

0.8 0.5 1.1 5.5 1.7 48 4.0 510

.9 1.4 1.2 9.0 2.0 88 6.0 1,270

1.0 3.0 1.5 29 3.0 265 8.0 2,450

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31 

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

227

88

49

35

26

20

20

52

121

225

302

139

74

740

3T5

150

148

131

76

5*

46

142

96

80

64

46

38

30

28

130

241

3,993

129

2.32

2.67

Nov.

139

85

55

43

37

34

30

26

23

21

20

19

18

18

17

16

15

13

13

12

*12

12

12

321

20T

80

52

44

34

27

1,449

48.3

0.867

0.97

Dec.

24

23

22

20

19

20

38

26

21

19

18

23

41

27

23

21

20

224

598

153

97

66

50

43

37

34

32

53

91

49

38

1,970

63.5

1.14

1.32

Jan.

32

34

395

165

102

*210

807

243

137

100

78

63

56

48

45

38

34

58

53

38

32

28

25

23

23

23

24

32

29

302

*1.950

5,207

168

3.02

3.48

Feb.

370

176

114

84

*1,090

398

165

109

86

130

559

156

341

405

258

231

231

1.610

361

164

123

102

74

63

183

137

82

68

58

7,928

273

4.90

5.29

Mar.

47

45

64

66

60

54

63

73

92

92

131

140

169

211

305

692

573

450

305

227

164

128

100

80

65

54

46

41

40

2T7

231

5,025

162

2.91

3.36

Apr.

110

80

517

303

1.210

213

131

91

68

53

43

39

35

31

28

27

25

27

26

21

20

29

22

18

*15

14

12

T^

15

13

3,251

108

1.94

2.17

May

61

25

15

11

10

9.0

9.0

439

126

50

32

24

20

17

13

11

9.4

8.5

7.3

7.0

6.4

5.8

5.3

*5.0

4.7

4.4

5.0

5.5

4.4

4.1

3.9

958.7

30.9

0.555

0.64

June

3.2

5.7

4.1

33

Si

14

7.7

6.1

5.0

4.1

3.4

3.0

2.6

2.3

2.1

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.6

TTe

17

12

4.1

24

24

17

8.5

*5.3

3.9

3.0

284.6

9.49

0.170

0.19

July

12

13

7.0

3.4

2.6

2.3

2.1

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

.7

.7

.6

tf

144

21

4.7

35

-?§ 163

35

20

7.3

Aug.

5.3

4.1

3.0

3.0

*2.6

28

14

5.0

3.9

4.7

3.4

28

68

TT

7.7

15

13

5.5

4.1

3.0

E.5

2.6

59

13

6.1

4.4

3.6

3.0

2.5

2.1

2.0

517.5 333.1

16.7 10.7

0.300

0.35

0.192

0.22

Sept.

19

6.4

2.8

2.0

1.7

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

 1.1

1.2

1.4

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

.8

7.4

6.4

2.5

1.6

1.2

1.0

.9

.7

.7

.6

1.1

*3.9

2.1

75.7

2.52

0.045

0.05

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,520 Mln 0.6 Mean 84.5 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.61

Water nctuei year ycttr 1959-60: o.3O3-oui Max I'jdA 1,930 ± t yo\j Min raxji 0.5 u. o Mean 1'ieeiii 84.7 a*. / Cfsm UJ.BIH 1.52 l. o£ In. -LII. 20.71 *A«. i±

Peak discharge (base. 2,400 cfs, revised) . Jan. 31 (2 p.m.) 3,780 cfs (9.67 ft); Feb. 5 (6 p.m.) 

3,440 cfa (9.26 ft); Feb. 18 (4 p.m.) 4,550 cfs (10.54 ft); Apf. 5 (4 a.m.) 2,960 cfs (8.74 ft)

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 133

1260. Rocky River near Norwood, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°09 I , long 80 0 10', on left bank 1,000 ft downstream from Lanes Creek, 

lj miles upstream from highway bridge, and 6 miles southwest of Norwood, Stanly County.

Drainage area. 1,370 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. October 1929 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 212.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 31 years, 1,280 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 41,200 cfs Jan. 31 (gage height, 25.29 ft); minimum, 88 cfs Sept. 27-38 (gage height, 0.45 ft).

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 105,000 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 46.37 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 70,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 17 ofs Oct. 8, 1954 (gage height, 0.00 ft).

Flood in August 1908 reached a stage of 35 ft, from information by local residents 

(discharge, 67,600 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 852: 1937. WSP 1052: 1936(M). 

WSP 1503:1935, 1945.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

0.4 

.7 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

78

145

232

445

725

2.5

3.0

8.0

15.0

21.0

1,110

1,660

7,900

19,200

31,200

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

17,900

6,000

1,700

1,080

830

689

605

761

1,620

3,180

9,430

4,050

2,050

6,390

19,600

7,410

3,310

3,900

2,620

1,600

1,240

2,820

3,060

2,120

2,180

1,490

1,130

948

823 

1,250

4,660

116,446

3,756

2.74

3.16

Nov.

4,010

2,310

1,450

*1,090

948

872

872

802

725

641

605

578

561

544

528

506

480

470

450

425

420

425

430

1,200

6.520

2,520

1,200

932

809

671

33,994

1,133

0.827

0.92

Dec.

594

572

550

550

528

506

572

659

550

 500

470

STO

716

816

635

550

517

2,190

12,700

5,590

2,650

1,660

1,240

1,020

910

837

788

788

2,060 

1,640

1,040

44,878

1,448

1.06

1.22

Jan.

844

753

6,860

8,150

3,080

3,960

16,800

11,900

4,010

2,630

1,980

1,580

1,340

1,210

1,110

1,010

902

1,360

2,800

1,370

1,000

865

767

701

677

665

659

713

809 

5,750

50.000

116,255

3,750

2.74

3.16

Feb.

29.000

11,300

3,550

2,380

7,840

23,800

10,700

3,400

2,380

2,080

16,200

7,000

8,610

20,400

7,650

4,670

4,330

11,500

19,700

8,210

3,290

2,630

2,310

1,790

3,640

5,080

2,810

1,920

1.570

229,740

7,922

5.78

6,24

Mar.

1,320

1,200

1,400

2,120

2,500

2,120

2,120

2,240

3,060

2,440

3,870

3,410

4,440

4,910

5,990

14,900

15.800

10,600

7,370

4,680

3,530

2,820

2,310

1,920

1,620

1,390

1,190

1,070

1,020 

9,510

15,200

138,070

4,454

3.25

3.75

Apr.

5,680

2,820

8,690

12,400

25,000

12,400

5,190

*2,570

1,860

1,450

1,200

1,080

996

918

851

809

767

760

809

732

647

910

972

701

594

539

500 630"

888 

*653

94,016

3,134

2.29

2.55

May

904

1,060

677

522

455

410

381

6,940

9.450

2,650

1,180

880

753

665

578

500

455

415

377

336

315

294

271

253

246

239

414

415

332 

260

250

32,877

1,061

0.774

0.89

June

242

222

271

983

3.600

*2,440

872

485

377

310

275

246

226

219

206

194

213

191

171

161

174

1,340

556

298

471

668

1,290

578

340

267

17,886

596

0.435

0.49

July

246

322

753

430

256

216

191

174

168

161

161

158

161

161

153

148

148

*128

117

119

119

TSz" 114

720

319

432

419

1,07C

1.29C 

964

396

10.34P

334

0.244

0.28

Aug.

239

186

163

180

183

158

670

329

267

334

300

658

3,640

1,180

788

578

418

422

239

188

166

153

2,B70~

3,710

764

349

246

200

*180 

191

302

20,051

647

0.472

0.54

Sept.

792

1,260

349

206

161

135

128

121

126

135

131

138

136

183

133

121

117

119

126

192

363

145

131

119

110

99

91

95

155 

290

6,409

214

0.156

0.17

Calendar year 1959: Max 24,900 Min 68 Mean 1,920 Cfsra 1.40 In. 19.02

Water year 1959-60: Max 30,000 Mln 91 Mean 2,352 Cfsra 1.72 In. 23.37

Peak discharge (base, 16,000 cfs). --Oct. 15 (8 a.m.) 21,400 cfs (16.20 ft); Jan. 7 (5 p.m.) 22,400
134 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1270. Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°02', long 80 Q 09', on left bank 100 ft downstream from site of Medley's 

mill, 400 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 742, 3^ miles downstream from 

Little Brown Creek, and 4 miles northeast of Polkton, Anson County.

Drainage area. 110 sq mi.

Records available. October 1937 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir. Altitude of gage is 216 ft (by 

oarometer).

Average discharge. 23 years, 83.9 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,220 cfs Feb. 14 (gage height, 11.14 ft); miniraum, 0.01 cfs Sept. 27-28 (gage height, 0.81 ft).

1937-60: Maximum discharge, 17,300 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 17.68 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 3,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; no flo» 

for several days of most years.

Flood in August 1908 reached a stage of 17.4 ft, revised (discharge, 16,100 cfs); 

July 1916, 16.7 ft, revised (discharge, 13,600 cfs); September 1928, aboi't 16 ft, 

revised (discharge, 11,300 cfs), from floodmarks witnessed by local residents.

Remarks. Records good above 5 cfs and fair below except those for periods of no gageheight record, which are poor.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1503: 1938-39, 1940(H), 1941-42.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.1 

1.3

O

.42 

.95 

1.65 

3.7 

6.5 

9.0 

18.5

9.0

10.0

11.0

34

98

151

409

680

9ZO

1,320

2,120

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

 !_

2

3

4

5

&

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

CO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

In. '

Oct.

377

432

442

202

49

26

18

35

91

98

194

131

78

300

661

626

626

440

186

87

61

138

129

175

183

146

104

65

50

76

183

e.409

207

1.88

2.17

Nov.

213

245

*237

124

64

49

65

64

50

50

42

36

31

£9

26

23

22

19

18

17

16

18

17

19

30

22

22

23

21

18

1,630

54.3

0.494

0.55

Dec.

16

14

14

13

13

13

18

16

15

15

14

17

34

25

25

25

22

*110

253 266"

253

213

85

57

46

40

36

79

229

159

155

2,230

71.9

0.654

0.75

Jan.

88

59

320

398

431

580

917

1.170

1,OOO

670

331

142

98

80

69

62

54

119

155

175

167

84

60

50

46

42

*41

42

41

182

942

8,615

278

2.53

2.91

Feb.

1,920

1,190

682

320

460

1,400

1,170

845

413

180

551

500

922

2,020

1,540

862

418

265

347

329

348

210

167

163

268

330

367

344

187

18,718

645

5.86

6.33

Mar.

Ill

88

137

237

261

294

277

237

229

221

261

253

277

245

261

513

890

890

608

300

*155

110

88

75

65

57

52

49

45

547

1.170

9,003

290

2.64

3.04

Apr.

1,130

688

464

466

1.440

1,420

930

454

167

95

72

60

54

46

42

40

36

32

29

25

23

24

24

23

19

17

35

216

76

*41

8,188

273

2.48

2.77

May

30

23

18

15

12

10

9.0

104

156

163

85

43

39

25

17

13

9.8

7.8

6.8

5.7

4.8

4.0

3.1

2.6

2.1

1.74

7.9

7.4

5.0

3.4

2.5

836.64

27.0

0.245

0.28

June

1.65

1.22

.95

.95

10

*6.0

4.3

2.7

1.65

1.02

.79

.63

.52

.42

.31

.26

.21

.16

.16

.11

.31

3.4

2.1

1.5

1.43

18

40

12

7.2

3.9

123.85

4.13

0.038

0.04

July

2.3

1.83

18

6.8

5i

23

7.0

3.9

a3.0

a2.7

a2.3

al.9

al.4

al.O

a. 7

a. 5

a. 4

a. 3

,16

al.3

al.O

al.O

a9.0

a8.0

a4.5

a!5

a30

alO

a25

al7

13

262.99

8.48

0.077

O.O9

Aug.

7.6

3.4

al.7

al.O

al.4

al.O

a. 7

a. 6

al.5

a. 7

alO~ a. 3

allo

a2O

a60

a!4

6.5

3.2

1.74

1.02

.74

.63

4.8

30.0

22

16

8.1

5.0

*4.0

23

6.2

366.83

11.8

0.107

0.12

Sept.

3.2

3.9

4.0

12

7.6

4.3

2.1

1.22

.79

.57

.85

8.8

6.1

2.1

1.22

.74

.52

.42

.47

.26

.16

.16

.07

.07

.04

.04

.01

.04

.26

.26

62.27

2.08

0.019

0.02

Calendar year 1959 : Max 3,600 Min 0.2 Mean 115 Cfsm 1.05 In. 14.22

Water year- 1959-60: Max 2,020 Min 0.01 Mean 154 Cfsm 1.40 In. 19.07

eak discharge (base, 810 cfs).--Jan. 8 (6:30 p.m.) 1,170 cfs (9.74 ft); Feb. 1 (9 a.m.) 2,120 cfs 

(11.03 ft); Feb. 6 (8:30 a.m.) 1,660 cfs (10.52 ft); Feb. 14 (4:30 a.m.) 2,220 cfs (11.14 ft); 

Mar. 18 (5 a.m.) 950 cfs (9.06 ft); Mar. 31 (ll:3O p.m.) 1,380 cfs (10.09 ft); Apr. 5 (3:30 p.m.) 

1,830 cfs (10.73 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage 

hen available, and records for Big Bear Creek near Richfield, N. C.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 135

1280. Little River near Star, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°23'11", long 79°49'56", on left bank 12 ft downstream froir highway 

bridge , a quarter of a mile upstream from Norfolk Southern Railway bridge, 0.3 mile 

downstream from West Fork Little River, and 3 miles west of Star, Montgomery County.

Drainage area.--105 sq mi (revised).

Records available. --April 1954 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 409.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. --6 years, 120 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 4,840 cfs Jan. 31 (gage height, 10.76 ft); minimum, 4.6 cfs Sept. 27-28.

1954-60: Maximum discharge, 10,400 cfs Oct. 15, 1954 (gage height, 16.46 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,500 efs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.3 cfs Oct. 6, 

9-14, 1954.

Flood in September 1945 reached a stage of about 20 ft, from information by local 

resident.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.7 

2.0

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

9.0

206

340

670

1,550

3,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

l

2

3

4

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

232

63

44

37

35

33

31

43

68

85

1,550 

150

79

646

540

154

226

211

109

78

72

146

113

109

111

117

84

72

6 

78

93

5,475

177

1.69

1.94

Nov.

98

79

68

*63

61

61 

126

114

74

67

64 

63

61

60

60

58

58

58

55

55

56

58

58

348

751

155

100

88

79

72

3,148

105

1.00

1.11

Dec.

68

67

67

66

64

67 

98

86

68

64

63 

77

91

78

66

64

64

166

*701 2"37

128

102

89

84

81

79

76

85

255

115

89

3,496

113

1.08

1.24

Jan.

79

78

474

302

148

282 

1,140

479

208

148

126 

111

104

100

94

89

82

91

109

88

81

78

74

73

74

73

74

*82

89

108

. 5.210

8,348

269

2.56

2.96

Feb.

1,450

268

173

136 gin?

1.870 

319

192

154

207

1,640 

316

339

495

352

310

376

851

1,030

286

206

177

154

138

339

314

180

150

138

13,555

467

4.45

4.80

Mar.

126

126

159

168

159

138 

136

130

150

157

194 

187

206

230

340

783

781

930

*768

582

415

280

242

194

173

152

141

132

132

2 > PAO ct\j

1,370

11,921

385

3.67

4.22

Apr.

340

223

1,570

850

2.970

512 

286

223

189

166

150 

145

138

130

126

123

121

123

132

113

107

168

121

106

98

93

140

358

*192

123

10,136

338

3.22

3.59

May

413

198

126

111

102

98 

93

204

208

113

100 

94

93

89

82

79

74

72

68

67

67

64

61

59

58

59

98

109

68

60

56_

3,243

105

1.00

1.15

June

51

52

70

64

125

91 

*63

56

50

47

44 

43

42

40

38

36

39

34

32

3F

868 508"

84

61

55

49

49

46

43

41

2,853

95.1

0.906

1.01

July

40

46

63

47

44

43

41

37

34

33

33 

33

31

31

31

27

24

23

*22

22

21

2C

2T

2C

34

24

4?

~5T 120

64-

43

1,172

37.8

0.360

0.42

Aug.

31

27

24

22

21

19 

37

25

29

23

20 

20

33

35

26

26

24

24

20

17

16

IT

21

30" 40

20

18

17

16

*25

17

740

23.9

0 . 228

0.26

Sept.

15

18

25

19

15

13 

11

10

10

9.4

11 

31

?Z

16

11

8.6

7.9

7.5

7.9

7.5

11

8.2

6.6

6.3

5.8

5.2

4.6

5.5

10

16

355.0

11.8

0.112

0.13

Calendar year 1959 : Max 1,680 Min 14 Mean 124 Cfsm 1.18 In. 1" 6. 02

Water year 1959-60 : Max 3,210 Min 4.6 Mean 176 Cfsm 1.68 In. 22.83

Peak discharge (base, 2,300 cfs, revised).--Oct. 11 (7:30 a.m.) 3,400 cfs (8.96 ft); Jan. 31 (6:30 

p.m.) 4,840 cfs (10.76 ft)j Feb. 6 (l a.m.) 3,880 cfa (9.60 ft); Feb. 11 (6:3o a.m.) 2,790 cfs 

(8.07 ft) s Mar. 30 (8:30 p.m.) 4,680 cfs (10.62 ft); Apr. 3 (5:30 p.m.). 2,990 cfs (8.40 ft); Apr. 5 

(8:30 a.m.) 4,600 cfs (10.52 ft). ________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Computed on basis of revised figure for drainage area.
136 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1290. Pee Dee River near Rockingham, N. C.

Location. Lat 34°56'46" (revised), long 79°52'11" (revised), on left bank at bridge on 

U. S. Highway 74, 2.5 miles upstream from Falling Creek, 3.3 miles downstream from 

Blewett Palls hydroelectric plant, 6 miles west of Rockingham, Richmond County, and at 

mile 187.

Drainage area.--6,870 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. AUKUSt 1906 to January 1912, September 1927 to September 1960. Published as Yadkin River near Pee Dee, N. C., August 1906 to January 1912.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 120.68 ft above mean sea levsl, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). August 1906 to January 1912 staff gage at site 

4 miles upstream at different datum. September 1927 to Sept. 30, 1931, water-stage recorder at present site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

Average discharge.--38 years (1906-11, 1927-60), 7,878 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 91,000 cfs Feb. 1 (gage height, 14.78 ft); minimum, 170 cfs July 11 (gage height, 0.65 ft); minimum daily, 582 cfs July 17.

1906-12, 1927-60: Maximum discharge, 276,000 cfs Aug. 27, 1908 (gage height, 

31t28 ft, present site and datum, from records of State Highway Commission), from 

rating curve extended above 194,000 cfs; minimum, 50 cfs Dec. 2, 3, 1951; minimum daily, 

58 cfs Dec. 2, 1951, result of abnormally low shutdown of Blewett Falls hydroelectric 

plant to produce steady flow for current-meter measurements at this gaging station; 

minimum discharge from normal regulations, 96 cfs Oct. 25, 1943; minimum daily, 142 cfs 

Sept. 16, 1956.

Remarks. Records good. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above station. 

Plow largely regulated since 1928 by four reservoirs above station which have a combined usable capacity for normal operation of 24,209,624,000 cu ft (corrected). Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given in 

WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years). WSP 822: Drainage area. WSP 1203: 1928-37. WSP 1303: 

1928-42 (monthly and yearly runoff), 1943-46 (adjusted monthly runoff). WSP 1503: 

1906-12, 1928-32(m).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.3 

1.7 

2.2 

2.6 

3.0

516

940

1,890

3,010

4,350

4.0

7.O

10.0

14.0

8,3OO 

25,700 

48,000 

83,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

40, 800

29,700

30, 200

17,400

11,900

7,520

5,960

5,400

9,420

10, 400

36,500

44, 800

30,000

22,400

55,100

45,800

23, 100

21,100

14,400

8,750

4,860

8,980

9,880 

10,400

10, 100

11,200

9,650 

9,420

8,750

9,420

9,420

568,730

18,350

+3132

Nov.

9,650

9,420

9,420

8,860

7,860

7,640

8,430

7,860

7,220

6,400

6,600

6,800

7,860

6,600

5,460

5,800

6,280

6,310

6,510

6,250

6,350

4,660

4.620 

6,420

9,480

15. 200

9,650 

9,420

6,560

5,380

2^2,970

7,432

-592

Calendar year 1959: t

Water year 1959-60: t

Dec.

6,420

6,920

6,680

6,300

4,820

4,930

5,100

5,490

5,610

6,830

5,240

6,980

8,080

4.220

5,140

6,000

6,460

8,980

16,400

21.500

18, 600

17 , 400

11, 600 

9,880

9,650

9,650

7,980 

7,860

7,860

9,650

9,420

267,650

8,634

+650

Jan.

9,650

9,420

9,650

21,400

18,600

15,600

32,800

58.500

25,000

17 , 400

13,000

12,200

11,900

10,400

9,650

9,420

9,420

9,420

9,420

9,650

9,420

9,420

8,980 

7,430

7,430

7,430

7.220 

8,300

8,080

9,200

26, 600

412,010

13,290

+287

Feb.

82,500

79,400

39,200

20,500

20, 600

62,200

70,200

48,200

23,100

18,600

31,200

44,800

41, 600

50,500

34,000

24,400

18, 600

S3, 100

61,600

62,400

38,400

21,100

18,000 

17,400

17,400

21,800

19,800 

18,000

16, 800

1,045,200

36,040

-570

Mar.

13,100

9,420

13,000

16,800

11,600

12,700

10, 400

9,650

10, 100

12,700

12,700

14, 5OO

13,900

15,600

16, 800

26,400

41, 600

32,500

37,000

27,000

25,000

22,400

19,800 

19,200

16,800

15,000

13,600 

13,000

12, 400

20, 100

59,900

594,670

19,180

+659

Apr.

53, 100

36,400

28,200

48,800

64,400

80, 100

*52,400

25,700

19,200

17,400

12,700

10, 800

11,400

11,600

10, 400

9,420

9,200

8,980

9,200

9,200

8,980

8,980

8,980 

8,980

8,980

7,640

6,140 

8, 5S6

9,20o

9,420

614,420

20,480 -477

May

9,200

9,200

8,620

8,540

6,060

6,270

6,910

7,380

55.200

23,100

16,800

13,300

12,400

9,200

8,750

7,870

4,790

5,040

5,320

7,080

7,210

5,750

4, 590 

5, 190

5,940

7,010

6,800 

7,O30

7,640

6,780

7,010

279,980

9,032

+130

June

6,600

6,600

7,010

7,640

7,650

11.600

9 420

6,800

7,260

6,330

6,580

6,470

6,660

6,470

6,310

6,640

5,390

5,750

2.590

4,140

5,260

7,860

7,860 

5,650

4,420

4,700

3,610 

4,080

4,490

5,580

187,220

6,241

-498

July

4,960

4,600

1,710

3,920

4,370

4,630

5,290

5,190

4,870

610

4,480

5,000

4,220

4,360

4,420

4,320

582

4,680

4,860

3,650

4,190

3,990

4,360 

817

4,6Z"0

5,640

5,330 

6,640

6,870

7.450

6,400

137,009

4,420

-251

Aug.

5,170

4,670

4,860

4,910

4,940

4,990

5,710

5,950

4,540

5,520

5,670

6,650

8,160

8,340

5,510

4,070

4,470

4,420

4,370

4,570

4,560

5,180

8,350 

12,200

12.400

9,420

5,600 

*5.640

*4,630

4,760

5,010

178,840

5,769

-103

Sept.

5,520

9.200

7,480

4,550

4,520

5,690

5,460

4,790

5,420

5,570

7,950

7,710

4,240

4,780

5,510

4,970

4,670

4,520

4,070

4,190

5.550

4,900

4,590 

5,740

4,280

5,090

4,550 

4,800

5,250

6,090

156,610

5,220

-1,091

Observed Adjusted

&x 53,100 Kin 382 Mean 9,001 Mean 9,125 Cfsm 1.33 in. 18.05

lax 82,300 Min 582 Mean 12,750 Mean 12,630 Cfsm 1.84 In. 25.05

i, per second, In High Rock and Badln lakes, furnished 

Palls Lake, furnished by Carolina Power and Light Co.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 137

1309. Big Black Creek near McBee, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°30'50", long 80°11'00", near right bank at downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 1, 0.2 mile upstream from Little Alligator Creek and 5.3 miles northeast 

of McBee, Chesterfield County.

Drainage area.--108 sq ml.

Records available. October 1959 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 224.715 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Dec. 22, 1959, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 804 cfs Apr. 7 (gage height, 9.59 ft); minimum, 

about 88 cfs July 23.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, wMch are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 14 to Feb. 7)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 3 Sept. 4-30

4.8 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

7.5

97

127

158

194

8.0 

8.5 

9.0 

9.6

269

365

505

810

5.4 

6.0 

7.0

109

152

7.5 

8.0 

8.5

190

269

365

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2 

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

633

756 

552

362

278

228

178.

178

218

252

287

316

335

345

430

488

572

470

366

325

296

306

335

365

335

306

269

278

296

306

296

10,957

353

3.27

3.77

Nov.

316

H316

269

260

252

252

252

252

221

200

2OO

200

194

194

194

188

183

183

174

174

174

*183

207

221

221

221

207

188

6,746

225

2.08

2.32

Dec.

178

170 

161

167

167

167

167

167

170

174

170

170

178

183

188

188

174

196

260

269

278

278

252

214

188

174

174

170

174

174

178

5,924

191

1.77

2.04

Jan.

188

188 

194

214

228

325

398

425

425

398

345

*287

g260

g207

g207

g200

g200

g221

236

244

260

236

207

194

188

183

178

178

178

242

355

7,789

251

2.32

2.68

Feb.

449

488 

*385

g316

g296

g360

g521

g668

g442

335

325

316

362

534

712

672

462

375

345

316

325

345

365

345

*385

385

375

365

345

11,914

411

3.81

4.11

Mar.

306

287 

316

335

355

365

345

325

316

306

325

325

316

335

325

345

375

398

385

355

316

287

269

252

252

244

236

236

228

325

470

9,855

318

2.94

3.39

Apr.

677

590 

440

398

566

695

*734

482

375

325

316

296

*287

278

269

269

252

252

244

236

236

236

228

228

228

221

207

194

183

207

10,149

338

3.13

3.49

May

236

252 

252

269

228

188

174

199

244

287

345

287

221

188

170

162

154

151

151

142

142

139

133

a!30

g!30

g!27

g!24

a!52

a!74

a!54

a!27

5,832

188

1.74

2.01

June

124

118 

121

127

133

146

*167

148

g!30

g!21

a!15

al09

glOJL

gl09

gl09

g!09

gl!2

al!2

al!2

g!09

g!21

g!70

g!74

g!74

a!85

a!68

g!77

g!70

130

118

4,022

134

1.24

1.38

July Aug .

112 278

127 187 

118 148

139 127

139 121

g!21 124

118 124

118 112

112 121

112 151

106 133

106 136

106 154

109 154

136 176

121 £52

109 168

100 130

*97 121

97 118

g94 115

a91 109

a91 139

a!21 196

g214 221

g!86 207

g!33 156

260 136

455 *124

385 127

325 139

4,658 4,704

150 152

1 . 39 1 . 41

1.60 1.63

Sept.

139

188 

278

234

203

196

130

109

106

106

120

201

226

218

171

121

113

109

113

137

125

106

100

97

94

91

94

97

113

133

4,268

142

1.31

1.46

Calendar year 1959: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-6O: 1959-6O: Max 756 Min 91 Mean 237 Cfsm 2.19 In. 23.88

rge (base, 500 cfs).--Oct. 2 (12:15 p.m.) 762 cfs (9.52 ft); Oct. 17 (9 a.m.) 586 cfs

; Feb. 2 (5 a.m.) 505 cfs (9.12 ft); Feb. 8 (2 a.m.) 717 cfs (9.49 ft): F3b. 15 (10:15

cfs (9.56 ft); Apr. 1(5:30 p.m.) 762 cfs (9.52 ft); Apr. 7 (5:30 a.m.) 804 cfs (9.59 f

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a. No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and recoris for Lynches 

River near Bishopville.

g Computed from graph based on once-daily staff-gage readings.

Peak discharg 

(9.19 ft) 

p.m.) 786
138 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 

1310. Pee Dee River at Peedee, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°12'15", long ?9°32'55", In pier of bridge on U. S. Highway 76 at Peedee, 

Marion County, 0.2 mile downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 8f miles 

downstream from Black Creek, and at mile 102.8 upstream from Winyah Bay.

Drainage area.--8,830 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some

periods, published in WSP 1303. Prior to October 1947, published as "near Mars Bluff." 

Gage-height records collected at practically same sites since 1923 are contained in 

reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 24.73 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 1, 1947, at site 1.6 miles downstream at datum 1.27 ft lower.

Average discharge. 22 years, 9,049 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 70,400 cfs Apr. 10 (gage height, 26.28 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 48,000 cfs as explained below; minimum, 2,9£0 cfs July 19 

(gage height, 4.54 ft).

1938-60: Maximum discharge, 220,000 cfs Sept. 22, 1945 (gage height, 33.30 ft, site 

and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 48,000 cfs on tasis of discharge measurement of 221,000 cfs at Cheraw; minimum, 700 cfs Sept. 29, 1954 (gage 

height, 0.60 ft, from graph based on gage readings).

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by powerplants above station, 

capacity of four largest reservoirs, 24,259,016,000 cu ft.

Comlined usable

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1233: Drainage area. WSP 1623: 

yearly runoff).

1939, 1941-51 (monthly and

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 14-3O)

5.3

6.0

10.0

15.0

3,450

3,940

6,890

11,200

19.0 

Zl.O 

24.0 

26.3

17,200

26,400

47,200

70,400

Discharge, In cutdc feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

C4

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

11,500

16,000

17,500

19,600

23,000

24,700

23,600

18,800

15,400

14,600

14,600

16,400

18,400

22,000

26,400

31,200

35,200

39,300

42,300

45,900

43, 100

38,800

32,600

27,000

23,000

21,000

19,200

17,800

18,400 

15,800

15 200

744,100

24,000

_

-

Nov.

15,100

14,900

14,700

14,400

13,900

13,200

12,500

12,200

12,100

11,700

10,900

10,300

9,850

9,850

9,850

8,950

8,300

*8 J 380

8,460

8,460

8,380

8,300

7,980

7,120

7,660

9,220

11,500

11,900

11,600 

10,900

322,560

10,750

_

-

Dec.

9,310

8,300

8,380

8,540

8,380

7,580

7,120

6,960

7,040

7,190

7,580

7,420

7,580

8,700

8,060

6,960

7,190

8,140

10,700

13,700

16,200

17,200

18,400

18, 800

17,800

16,400

15,200

13,900

12,800 

12,100

11,700

335,330

10,820

_

-

Jan.

11,700

11, 600

11,600

11,900

13, 500

15,600

16,400

17,800

20,500

24,200

28,200

51,200

30,600

28,200

24,700

20, 500

17,800

16,200

*15,400

14,700

14,400

13,900

13,500

13,000

12,200

11,300

10,800

10,500

io!eoo

12,200

514,800

16,610

_

-

Feb.

14, 900

17,500

20,500

25,800

35,800

49,000

54,600

52,600

51,700

55,600

60,600

58, 600

53,600

49,900

48, 100

48,100

49,900

50,800

49,900

46,300

45,900

45,900

46,300

49,900

49,900

45, 500

41,500

37,900

55,200

*1, 287.8

44,410

_

-

Mar.

32,600

29,400

26,400

23,000

21,500

21,500

21,500

20,500

18,800

17,500

17 , 000

16,800

16,800

17 , 000

17,200

17,800

18,400

20, 500

25,600

27,000

50, 800

33,200

55,200

35 200

34^500

52,600

30,000

26,400

25,000 

21,000

19, 600

746,100

24,070

_

-

Apr.

21,000

23,600

28,200

33,800

40,000

45, 500

49,000

55,600

65 , 800

69,500

63 , 800

*54,600

46,300

37,900

50 , 600

24,700

20,000

17,200

15,800

14,700

15,900

13,200

12,700

12 , 300

12,000

11,600

11,100

10.000

niooo

875,400

29,180

_

-

May

11,400

11, 500

11, 500

11,400

11, 100

10,300

10,200

8,860

8,950

*12,900

15,800

16,600

17,000

16,800

15,600

14,200

13,000

11,100

9,220

8.220

8,220

8,460

8,700

10,200

10,700

10,400

9,490

9,130

8,860 

8,540

8, 580

346,730

11,180

_

-

June

8,380

8,060

7,740

7,580

8,220

8,620

9,940

10, 800

9,850

8,950

8,220

7,740

7,500

7,340

7,340

7,120

7,120

6,820

6,740

6,140

4,940

6,060

8,300

8,950

8,580

6,960

6,660

6,960

6,140 

5,990

229,560

7,652

_

-

July

6,290

6,290

6,290

6,440

5,540

6,220

6,960

7,260

7,260

6,960

5,990

3,940

5,390

5,840

5,620

5,620

5,760

5,020

3,450

5,240

*5,460

5,020

5,020

5,020

4,790

3,590

5,540

6,440

7,980 

9,850

11,500

187,590

6,045

_

-

Aug.

10,900

9,940

8,540

7,580

7,040

6,590

6,360

6,360

5,240

5,390

6,060

6,740

7,980

9,130

10,000

9,310

7,820

6,890

6,520

6,140

5,990

5,990

5,990

7,660

9,850

11,900

11,700

10,100

8,140 

6,290

*6,140

240,280

7,751

-

-

Sept.

6,440

6,820

8,380

9,310

8,460

7,040

6,660

6,820

6,440

6,290

6,520

7,980

9,670

8,700

7,820

7,340

7,040

6,520

5,990

5,620

5,240

5,240

5,020

5,320

5,090

4,790

5,090

5,320

5,240 

5,460

197,670

6,589

-

Calendar year 1959 : Max 43,900 Min 2,210 Mean 11,490 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60 : Max 69,300 Min 3,450 Mean 16,470 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Expressed in thousands.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 139

1315. Lynches River near Bishopville, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34 0 15',long 80°13', near center of span on downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 15, 1 mile upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 2.9 miles 

northeast of Bishopville, Lee County, and 3.3 miles downstream from Bells Branch.

Drainage area. 675 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1942 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 161 ft (by barometer). Prior to

June 11, 1948, wire-weight gage at site 100 ft upstream at same datum. June 11, 1948, 

to Dec. 15, 1954, wire-weight gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 18 years, 723 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,960 cfs Apr. 7 (gage height, 15.68 ft); minimum, 270 cfs July 24.

1942-60: Maximum discharge, 29,400 cfs Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 22.35 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 125 cfs Sept. 16, Oct. 8, 1954, Sept. 21, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dot. 4 to Apr. l)

5.9 

7.0 

9.0 

11.0

276

444

824

1,350

12.0

13.0

15.0

15.3

1,870

2,970

6,400

7,040

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3 

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,350

3,250

6,310 

3,540

2,060

1,320

780

676

757

942

1,230

1,350

1,320

1,320

1,600

1,720

2,500

3,550

2,590

1,900

1,530

1,350

1,290

1,420

1,740

1,830

1,660

1,460

1,260 

1,140

1,140

55,886

1,803

2.67

3.08

Nov.

1,230

1,350

1,500 

1,500

1,320

1,060

942

942

966

966

894

824

780

780

736

736

736

716

716

676

676

676

716

736

*802

894

942

846

736 

696

27,090

903

1.34

1.50

Dec.

656

636

636 

636

636

618 63~6

676

696

656

618

618

696

802

824

716

656

873

1,170

1,260

1,350

1,690

1,870

1,690

942

780

736

716

758 

846

990

27,083

874

1.29

1.49

Jan.

918

780

802 

942

1,140

1,440

2,300

2,420

2,730

4,690

3,480

*2,300

1,660

1,340

1,140

1,040

990

1,020

1,060

1,170

1,350

1,420

1,200

966

870

824

802

802

824 

1,020

1 ' 290

44,730

1,443

2.14

2.47

Feb.

1,550

4,340

4,520 

3,020

2,200

1,830

1,790

4,820

4,270

2,660

1,960

1,6OO

1,720

2,960

3,200

6.600

4,420

2,750

2,100

1,830

2,020

2,710

2,200

1,870

*2,000

2,150

1,960

2,100

2,250

79,400

2,738

4.06

4.38

Mar.

1,920

1,600

1,460 

1,460

1,550

1,790

2,050

2.OOO

1,830

1,720

1,600

1,600

1,660

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,790

1,870

2,970

3.040

2,250

1,760

1,500

1,350

1,230

1,140

1,090

1,040

1,020 

1,170

1,480

52,220

1,685

2.50

2.88

Apr.

2,690

6,200

4,180 

2,840

3,300

4,690

7,020

5,440

3,260

2,420

1,960

1,660

*1, 500

1,420

1,350

1,290

1,230

1,200

1,140

1,120

1.O6O

1,040

1,060

1,090

1,040

966

894

942

966 

990

65,958

2,199

3.26

3.64

May

894

870

942 

942

824

736

696

780

966

1,140

1,520

1,230

942

802

716

656

618

600

564

529

512

512

495

461

444

444

444

444

444 

444

444

21,855

705

1.04

1.20

June

428

396

388 

396

428

582

656

582

*495

428

388

372

364

349

334

326

380

349

326

334

523

846

966

990

585

444

396

444

444 

388

14,327

478

0.708

0.79

July

356

396

512 

512

495

564

512

444

412

372

349

342

349

342

412

546

444

349

312

304

*290

280" 280

440

800

760

600

950

1,500 

1,500

1,300

17,024

549

0.813

0.94

Aug.

1,100

8OO

550 

460

400

420

420

360

420

550

460

480

600

600

720

1,000

650

460

400

400

380

340

500

800

900

850

600

480

*478 

444

562

17,584

567

0.840

0.97

Sept.

919

1,060

1,020 

1,090

774

564

478

444

412

412

426

689

942

923

566

461

428

428

396

412

444

428

388

364

349

342

326

349

461 

621

16,916

564

0.836

0.93

Calendar year 1959: Max 6,310 Min 232 Mean 970 Cfsm 1.44 In. 19.49

Water year 1959-60: Max 7,020 Min 28O Mean 1,202 Cfsm 1.78 In. 24.27

Peak discharge (base, 3,OOO cfs). --Oct. 3 (4 a.m.) 7,040 cfs (15.28 ft); Oct. 18 (6:30 a.m.) 3,780

cfs (13.63 ft)j Jan. 10 (12:30 p.m.) 5,o50 cfs (14.46 ft); Feb. 2 (7:15 p.m.) 5,230 cfs (14.59 ft);

Feb. 8 (5:30 p.m.) 5,800 cfs (l4.90 ft); Feb. 16 (lO:3O a.m.) 7,040 cfs (15.44 ft); Mar. 19

(8:30 p.m.

7,960 cfs

3,550 cfs (13.48 ft); Apr. 2 (8:30 a.m.) 6,600 efs (15.13 ft); Apr. 7 (4:15 p.m.)

15.68 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record July 22 to Aug. 28; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in 

stage, weather records, and records for Big Black Creek near McBee.
140 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1320. Lynches River at Effingham, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°03'05", long 79°45'15", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

 U. S. Highway 52, 75 ft upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge and 1 mile 

south of Effingham, Florence County.

Drainage area. 1,030 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--August 1929 to September 1960. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1891 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 58.49 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 7, 1934, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 31 years, 945 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,840 cfs Apr. 10 {gage height, 16.31 ft); minimum, 277 cfs July 25.

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 25,000 cfs Sept. 22, 1945 (gage height, 21.21 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 17,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 94 cfs 

Oct. 10,, 1954 v

Remarks.--Records good. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water 

year 1960 are given In WSP 1741.

Cooperation.--Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau. 

Revisions. WSP 952: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 7 to Sept. 30

9.5

10.0

11.0

12.0

2,020

2,190

2,610

3,260

Z.8

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

277

305

461

882

1,440

11.0 2,730

13.0 4,090

15.0 6,400

17.0 10,500

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,050

2,080

2,120

2,120

2,020

3,110

4,470

4,090

4,000

3,590

3,030

2,360

1,830

1.790 

2,780

3,310

3,670

3,830

3,670

3,450

3,590

4,180

4,180

3,910 

3,750

3,310

2,880

2,530

2,440

2,730

3,060

95,930

3,095

3.00

3.46

Nov.

3.060

*2,940

2,730

2,480

2,260

2,080

1,990

2,080

2.120

2,080

1,950

1,790

1,630

1,520 

1,440

1,380

1,310

1,220

1,160

1.110

1,080

1,060

1,030

1,000 

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,060

1,110

1,140

48,810

1,627

1.58

1.76

Dec.

*1,190

1,220

1,190

1,140

1,060

980

955

906

906

882

882

906

980

980 

955

930

930

1,690

2,830

5.060

3,060

2,880

2,680

2,480 

2,340

2,300

2,340

2,390

2,260

1 950 1)530

50,882

1,641

1.59

1.83

Jan.

1,440

1.510

1,380

*1,520

1,590

1,650

1,750

1,950

2,030

2,210

2,480

2,880

3,450

4.270 

4,090

3,380

2,730

2,390

2,160

1,990

1,830

1,710

1,630

1,590 

1,630

1,710

1,750

1,670

1,550

1,630

2,080

65,410

2,110

2.05

2.36

Feb.

*2.210

2,340

2,390

2,390

2,860

5,000

5,980

5,590

4,670

3,830

4,020

5,350

5,110

4,890 

4,570

4,180

4,000

4,520

6,440

6,560

5,190

4,090

3,590

3,240 

3,450

4,270

4,270

3,830

3,520

122,350

4,219

4.10

4.42

Mar.

*3,180

3,000

3,060

3,380

3,580

3,180

2,850

2,630

2,440

2,480

2,630

2,680

2,680

2,580 

2,480

2,440

2,440

2,480

2,480

2,480

2,440

2,530

3,060

5,120 

2,780

2,440

2,160

1,950

1,790

1,910

2,160

81,270

2,622

2.55

2.94

Apr.

*2,080

2,080

2,260

2,720

5,410

*6,880

6,720

6,560

7,240

8.620

7,800

5,800

4,150

5,180 

2,640

2,260

2,030

1,910

1,750

1,630

1,520

1,480

1,410

1,340 

1,280

1,220

1,160

*1,140

1,140

1.110

96,520

3,217

5.12

3.48

May

1,030

1,000

980

980

980

950

906

955

950

858

811

854

906

1,000 

' 1,080

1.160

1,160

1,000

854

698

655

592

552

514 

496

478

461

427

427

411

*42T

24,450

789

0.766

0.88

June

427

427

427

411

411

595

387

427

496

572

592

535

427

387

564

349

342

326

354

549

372

490

788

906 

906

955

980 906"

668

478

15,832

528

0.513

0.57

July

*444

461

444

411

427

544

976

1,080

811

654

514

461

411

387 

444

411

372

403

444

427

364

319

298

284 

284-

291

564

515

1,100

1.590

1,520

17,453

563

0.547

0.63

Aug.

*1,670

1,750

1,670

1,590

1,550

1,380

939

592

496

461

427

403

444

552 

676

834

980

1,030

1,000

882

676

514

478

553 

535

552

676

811

930

980

1,000

27,009

871

0.846

0.98

Sept.

*825

572

592

720

854

882

950

955

882

633

592

1,110

1.140

1,000 

930

980

1,030

1,000

811

612

555

496

461

461 

444

411

387

372

57T

595

21,369

712

0.691

0.77

Calendar year 1959: Max 4,470 Min 305 Mean 1,484 Cfsm 1.44 In. 19.54

Water year 1959-60: Max 8,620 Min 284 Mean 1,823 Cfsm 1.77 In. 24.08

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 141

1325. Little Pee Dee River near Dillon, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°24', long 79°20', near center of span on downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 9, 1.1 miles east of Dillon, Dillon County, and 3 miles upstream from 

Maple Swamp.

Drainage area. 524 sq mi.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1960.

Qage.--Wire-weight gage, read twice daily, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 75.14 

rt above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by 

South Carolina Highway Department).

Average discharge. 21 years, 535 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,650 cfs Oct. 17 (gage height, 11.42 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,800 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 158 cfs July 27 (gage height, 5.44 ft).

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 9,810 cfs Sept. 20, 1945 (gage height, 14.64 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,800 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 24 cfs Sept. 17, 23, 1954 (gage Height, 2.95 ft).

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

which are fair.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

450 

530

620

a670

698

670

670

670

698

725

a755

785

1,100

2,130

2,830

3,770

4.650

a4,050

3,490

2,710

2,240

1,820

1,630

1,630

al,630

1,540

1,450

1,360

1,280

1,280

1,280

49,811

1,607

3.07

3.54

Nov".

al.280 

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,130

1,130

al,060

al,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

985

985

a850

a850

785

755

*755

698

670

645

a620

598

575

598

620

645

698

a725

698

26,195

873

1.67

1.86

Dec.

698 

725

725

698

670

a620

598

575

552

530

510

530

a530

510

510

490

470

552

725

a2,130

2,470

2,470

2.590

2,590

a2,470

2,470

al,820

1,280

1,130

1,060

985

34,683

1,119

2.14

2.47

Jan.

985 

915

a850

850

915

985

1,280

1,630

2,020

a2.470

2,470

2,240

2,020

1,720

1,630

1,540

al,450

1,360

*1,200

1,200

1,200

1,130

1,060

al,060

1,060

985

985

915

850

1,060

al,360

41,395

1,335

2.55

2.94

Feb.

1,720 

2,020

1,920

1,820

1,720

2,020

a2,470

2,470

2,240

1,920

1,820

1,720

1.650

al,920

2,470

2.710

2,590

2,350

2,130

2,020

al,920

1,820

1,920

1,920

2,020

2,130

2,130

a.2,020

1,820

59,380

2,048

3.91

4.22

Mar.

1,630 

1,540

1,540

1,820

2,130

a2 . 240

2,130

1,920

1,720

1,630

1,630

1,630

al,630

1,630

1,630

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,630

al,540

1,540

*1,450

al,450

al,450

al,360

al,280

al,130

1,060

985

1,060

1,280

48,285

1,558

2.97

3.42

Apr.

1,360 

1,450

al,540

1,630

1,720

2,020

2,470

2.960

a2,960

a2,470

2,020

1,720

1,540

1,360

1,200

1,130

al,060

985

915

850

818

755

725

a698

670

645

598

575

620

598

40,062

1,335

2.55

2.84

May

a575 

552

598

670

755

725

698

a645

645

645

*598

530

510

510

a510

552

575

552

552

490

450

a413

346

271

240

218

210

202

a225

436

725

15,623

504

0.962

1.11

June

698 

598

510

a432

a362

304

271

*254

271

304

a300

a 300

a 300

a 300

a 300

a 300

a300

a 300

a440

346

292

271

240

218

218

a218

228

240

240

240

9,595

320

0.611

0.68

July

271 

378

a530

a575

552

552

620

620

a552

a413

304

254

228

210

278

490

a450

346

*292

271

254

228

210

a!94

179

172

158

179

309

530

a620

11,219

362

0.691

0.80

Aug.

818 

985

915

850

785

725

a620

490

432

378

346

332

346

a346

396

598

785

818

785

755

a725

725

785

850

850

725

645

a552

575

670

670

20,277

654

1.25

1.44

Sept.

620 

620

645

a575

432

362

317

292

271

271

a332

271

790

1.060

985

985

985

a915

915

a850

a785

725

620

490

a413

317

271

254

254

271

16,893

563

1.07

1.19

Calendar year 1959: Max 4,650 Min 189 Mean 914 Cfsm 1.74 In. 23.71

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,650 Min 158 Mean 1,020 Cfsm 1.95 In. 2f.51

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather recorc's and records 

for station at Galivants Ferry.
142 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1335. Drowning Creek near Hoffman, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°03'38", long 79°29'39", on right bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on 

0. S. Highway 1, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Deep Creek, 1 mile upstream 

from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, and 4 miles northeast of Hoffman, Richmond 

County.

Drainage area. 178 sq mi.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 270 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge. 21 years, 261 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,080 cfs Apr. 7 (gage height, 6.46 ft); minimum 

daily, 84 cfs July 22, 23.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 10,900 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 10.29 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 5,600 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 28 cfs Aug. 4, 

1940 (gage height, 1.32 ft).

Remarks. Records good. Records of water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given 

In WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: 1941(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 19 to Nov. 25)

2.2 

3.0

4.0 

4.5

81

120

179

225

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5

310

500

770

1,120

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

545

585

480

274

204

187

183

183

225

346

575

530

485

450

580

716

722 576"

442

386

352

328

364

426

470

450

414

361

319 

316

343

12,811

413

2.32

2.68

Nov.

364

364

*328

285

267

267

288

352

430

446

398

322

292

285

276

267

267

267

259

251

259

267

267

267

310

394

390

319

290

276

9,314

310

1.74

1.95

Dec.

259

251

251

251

251

244

251

259

259

244

237

23T

267

305

292

251

244

*305

510

565

535

460

358

302

288

276

276

267

298 

349

364

9,506

307

1.72

1.99

Jan.

325

276 316-

460

535

565

625

710

830

704

565

475

434

410

390

374

358

355

374

394

370

334

305

295

290

288

*285

288

292

316

470

13,008

420

2.36

2.72

Feb.

686

862

804

600

565

785

930

862

674

565

560

585

735

930

1.000

895

698

620

640

668

662

605

560

540 556"

575

620

615

540

19,931

687

3.86

4.16

Mar.

485

465

520

565

610

595

550

515

510

545

540

550

550

540

545

590

716

830

794

*662

605

560

525

490

475

455

442

430

430

505

656

17,250

556

3.12

3.60

Apr.

830

800

662

625

830

*1,040

1,040

800

650

590

550

525

500

485

465

450

442

442

442

426

402

382

386

378

358

334

555" 322

*585

620

16,716

557

3.13

3.49

May

545

475

426

378

334

308

290

290

334

386

382

349

364

367

310

259

237

214

200

191

187

179

165

153

147

202" 144

302

290

245

176

8,829

285

1.60

1.84

June

159

147

162

214

237

*231

276

220

176

150

141

135

130

125

119

114

ITS- 112

125

117

*144

225

305

?6T

147

165

214

214

147

128

5,153

172

0.966

1.08

July

123

193

267

188

13^

125

125

132

121

114

116

119

120

110

128

120

100

*96

94

91

89

84

BT

94

120

147

130

210

322

410

433

4,74"5

153

0.860

0.93

Aug.

303

200

177

125

115

112

104

114

106

102

136

261

319

267

208

150

125

116

108

103

155" 99

141

231

237

150

128

*128

119

132

191

4,913

158

0.888

1.03

Sept.

174

144

176

156

120

108

110

106

100

98.

119

351

510 456"

282

153

138

130

128

130

122

114

110

107

103

103

102

103

120

144

4,811

160

0.899

1.01

Calendar year 1959 : Max 1,310 Mln 87 Mean 327 Cfsm 1.84 In. 24.97

Water year 1959-60 : Max 1,040 Mln 84 Mean 347 Cfsm 1.95 In. 26.54

Peak discharge (base, 850 cfs). Feb. 2 (6 p.m.) 895 cfs (6.19 ft); Feb. 7 (2 p.m.) 965 cfs (6.30 

ft); Feb. 15 (5 p.m.) 1,000 cfs (6.35 ft); Mar. 18 (8 p.m.) 862 cfs (6.13 ft); Apr. 1 (11 p.m.)

895 cfs (6.18 ft); Apr. 7 (6 a.m.) 1,080 cfs (6.46 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 143

1345. Lumber River at Boardman, N. C.

Location.--Lat 34°26'32" (revised), long 78°57'38", on right bank 50 ft downstream from 

bridge on U. S. Highway 74, 1 mile downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge 

at Boardman, Columbus County, and 1-J miles downstream from Big Swamp.

Drainage area. 1,220 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. September 1929 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 72.05 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 30, 1936, staff gage at site 

100 ft downstream at same datum. Sept. 30, 1936, to June 8, 1943, wire-weight gage at 

present site and datum.

Average discharge.--31 years, 1,266 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,650 cfs Feb. 22, 23, 26-28; maximum gage 

height, 8.38 ft Feb. 22; minimum discharge, 298 cfs July 28.

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 13,400 cfs Sept. 24, 1945 (gage height, 10.64 ft): minimum, 87 cfs Oct. 14, 1954 (gage height, -0.03 ft).

Maximum stage known, 11.8 ft in August 1928, from floodmark witnessed by local resident (discharge, 25,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: Drainage area. WSP 1303: 1932(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in

cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 20 to Feb. 14, July 24 to Sept. 2, 

Sept. 12-30; rate of change in stage used as a factor Oct. 8, 9, 

14-17, Dec. 18-22, Jan. 9-11, 19, 20, Feb. 8, 9, 13, Mar. 1, 

Apr. 6, 15, 16, May 24, 25, 30, 31, June 1, 2, 8-12, 15-18, 20, 

26, July 12, 13, 28-31, Aug. 23, Sept. 4, 11-14)

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

306

473

665

960

6.0 

7.0

8.5

1,560

2,520

5,060

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 Co September 1960

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

&

7

8 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

685

198

685

710

735

735

710

771 

974

1,110

1,190

1,190

1,140

1,130

1,560

2,110

*2,670

3,210

3,440

5.520

3,520

3,440

3,270

3,270

3,190

3,120

2,970

2,840

2,700

2,580

2,460

62,333

2,011

1.65

1.90

Nov.

2.54,0

2,290

2,290

2,240

2,180

2,180

2,130

2,080 

2,080

2,030

2,030

1,980

1,980

,940

,890

* ,840

,800

,760

,720

,680

,640

,560

,520

,460

,350

1,280

1.250

i75fo

1,350

1,350

54,540

1,818

1.49

1.66

Dec.

1,380

1,380

1,420

1,580

1,580

1,380

1,550

1,280 

1,220

1,190

1.140

1,140

1,190

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,460

1,720

2,250

*2,810

3,180

3,190

5.550

5,270

5,190

5,120

3,040

2,900

2,700

2,520

60,170

1,941

1.59

1.83

Jan.

2,290

2,150

2,080

1,980

1,940

1,940

2,130

2,400 

5,120

5,680

4,050

4,080

4,080

4.180

4,080

5,890

3,700

5,440

2,930

2,670

2,640

2,460

2,290

2,180

2,080

1,980

*1,840

. 1,800

1.760

1,840

2,030

83,670

2,699

2.21

2.55

Feb.

2.180

2,460

2,580

2,640

2,640

2,700

2,770

5,570 

3,650

3,700

3,700

3,610

5,990

5,980

4,180

4,560

4,460

4,560

4,560

4,560

4,560

4.650

4,650

4,460

4,560

4,650

4,650

4,650

4,560

112,040

5,863

3.17

3.42

Mar.

4,060

4,080

4,180

4,180

4.270

4,270

4,270

*4,180 

5,980

3,800

5,700

5,700

5,610

5,520

5,440

3,350

3,270

5,190

5,120

5,120

5,040

2,970

2,900

2,900

2,840

2,840

2,700

2,580

2.460

2,460

2,520

105,500

3,403

2.79

3.22

Apr.

2,580

2,580

2,640

2,640

2,900

3,280

5,550

3,520 

5.700

3,700

3,610

5,610

3,520

5,550

2,960

2,700

2,580

2,400

2,180

1,940

1,800

*1,720

1,640

1,520

1,490

1,380

1,250

1,190

1,140

1.110

75,980

2,466

2.02

2.26

May

1,060

1,060

1,040

1,010

1,010

1,060

1,140

1,250 

1.520

1,280

1,250

1,220

1,190

1,160

1,160

*1,160

1,140

1,080

1,040

985

920

880

800

699

654

595

556

556

509

510

652

29,886

964

0.790

0.91

June

757

817

850

830

830

862

815

686

655

668

792

848

880

330

755

634

560

478

448

564

575

556

565

*565

527

526

565

605

655

710

20,388

680

0.557

0.62

July

760

785

748

685

685

675

665

605

556

556

509

499

596

556

527

556

556

527

500

456

422

588

362

546

550

314

306

*512"

675

1,160

1.560

18,117

584

0.479

0.55

Aug.

1,680

1,760

1,800

1,800

1,760

1,760

1,840

1.890 

1,890

1,760

1,560

1,460

1,350

1,250

1,190

1,190

1,220

1,280

1,460

1,640

1,760

1,760

1,740

1,720

1,520

1,380

1,250

1,160

*1,110

1,060

1.040

47,040

1,517

1.24

1.45

Sept.

985

920

830

698

645

585

*565

565 

556

556

700

1,220

1,820

2,540

2.700

2,700

2,640

2,520

2,400

2,290

2,180

2,080

1,890

1,680

1,460

1,250

1,110

985

890

830

42,770

1,426

1.17

1.30

Calendar year 1959: Max 5,990 Min 275 Mean 1,860 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.70

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,650 Min 306 Mean l,94a Cfsm 1.59 In. 21.65

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
144 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1350. Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°03'25", long 79°14'50", near left bank on downstream side of bridge on 

 U. S. Highway 501, at Galivants Ferry, Horry County, 1.0 mile downstream from Lake 

Swamp.

Drainage area. 2,790 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1941 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Wire-weight gage, read twice daily, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 23.95 

ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 193f.

Average discharge.--19 years, 3,020 cfs.

Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 14,800 cfs Aug. 2 (gage height, 10.66 ft); tninitnum, 930 .cfs July 27.

1941-60: Maximum discharge, 26,800 cfs Sept. 23, 1945 (gage height, 13.23 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum, 155 cfs Oct. 12, 13, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 16.0 ft in September 1928, from floodmark set by local resident.

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

1,890

2,370

2,670

2,830

3,010

3,190

3,390

3,590

4,310

4,890

5,210

5,210

4,890

4,890

5,910

6,690

7,510

8,810

10,200

11,100

12.000

12,000

12,000

11,600

11,100

10,600

10,200

9,730

9,270

9,270

9,270

219,600

7,084

2.54

2.93

Nov.

9.270

8,810

8,370

7,930

7,510

7,510

7,090

7,090

7,090

7,090

6,690

6,690

6,290

6,290

5,910

5,910

5,910

5,550

5,210

4,890

4,890

4,590

4,310

4,310

4,310

4,050

4,050

3,810

3,590

5.390

--------

178,400

5,947

2.13

2.38

Dec.

3,390

3,390

5.190

3,190

3,190

3,190

5,190

5,190

5,190

5,190

5,190

5,190

5,190

5,190

5,190

5,190

3,190

3,810

4,890

5,910

7,090

8,370

9,750

10,200

10,600

11.100

10,600

10,200

9,730

9,270

8,810

174,940

5,645

2.02

2.33

Jan.

8,370

7,950

7,510

7,090

7,090

6,690

6,690

6,690

7,090

7,510

7,950

8,810

9,750

10,600

10,600

10,600

10,600

10,200

9,750

*9,270

9,270

8,370

7,930

7,510

7,510

7,090

6,690

6,230

5,910

6,290

6,690

250,280

8,074

2.89

3.33

Feb.

7.090

7,930

8,570

9,270

9,750

10,200

10,600

10,600

10,600

10,600

10,600

10,600

11,100

11,100

11,100

11,100

11,600

11,600

12,000

12,500

12,000

12,000

12,000

12,000

12,500

13,000

13,400

15, 900

15,900

522,990

11,140

5.99

4.30

Mar.

15.900

15,400

15,400

15,000

12,500

12,000

11,600

11,600

11,600

11,600

11,100

11,100

10,600

10,200

9,750

9,270

9,750

9,270

9,270

9,270

9,270

8,810

*8,810

8,570

7,950

7,510

7,510

7.090

7,090

7,090

7,090

510,710

10,020

5.59

4.14

Apr.

7,090

7,510

7,510

7,510

8,370

8,810

9,270

3,730

9,730

10.200

10,200

10,200

9 , 7 50

3,270

8,810

7 , 510

7,090

6,690

6,290

5,910

5,210

4,890

4,590

4,050

5,810

3,390

3,190

5,010

2,850

2.670

205,070

6,856

2.45

2.73

May

2.510

2,570

2,230

2,230

2,110

1,990

1,990

2,110

2,250

*2,250

2,570

2,370

2,570

2,230

2,230

2,110

1,990

1,990

1,890

1,890

1,800

1,720

1,720

1,640

1,500

1,500

1,350

1,280

1,180

1,100

1.040

59,270

1,912

0.685

0.79

June

1.040

1,040

1,180

1,280

1,350

1,390

1.440

*1,390

1,350

1,320

1,240

1,180

1,140

1,180

1,210

1,240

1,280

1,520

1,280

1,240

1,240

1,210

1,180

1,180

1,100

1,100

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,140

36,780

1,226

0.459

0.49

July

1.10C

1,21C

1,24C

1.28C

1.52C

1.50C

1,99C

2.23C

2,51C

2.83C

2.83C

3,01C

2,37C

1,990

1,80C

1.72C

1,72C

1,80C

1.80C

*1,89C

1,80C

1,57C

1,39C

1,24C

1.10C

1,OOC

93C

965

2.70C

5.95C

9.75C

66,51E

2,146

0.769

0.89

Aug.

13,000

14.5OO

12,500

10,600

8,810

7,510

6,290

5,210

4,310

3,810

3,590

3,190

3,190

3,010

2,830

5,010

3,010

3,010

5,010

2,830

2,670

2.510

2,510

2,670

2,670

2,830

3,010

3,010

3,010

2,830

2,510

147,250

4,750

1.70

1.96

Sept.

2,370

2,230

1,990

1,890

1,720

1,720

1,570

1,440

1,550

1.240

1,520

2,230

2,830

4,050

5,210

6,690

7.510

7,510

7,510

7,090

6,290

5,910

5,210

4,890

4,310

4,050

3,590

5,190

3,010

2,670

112,590

3,753

1.35

1.51

Calendar year 1959: Max 17,600 Hin 690 Mean 4,924 Cfsm 1.76 In. 23.95

Water year 1959-60: Max 14,300 Min 930 Mean 5,695 Cfsm 2.04 In. 27.78

Discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 145

1355. Black River near Gable, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°54'00", long 80 0 09'55", near left bank on downstream side of McBride

 Crossing on U. S. Highway 378, 1 mile downstream from Church Branch and 6.3 miles northwest of Gable, Clarendon County.

Drainage area. 401 sq mi.

Records available. June 1951 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 95 ft (from topographic map). Prior to 

. Dec. 9, 1955, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--9 years, 326 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,780 cfs Apr. 7 (gage height, 5.15 ft); minimum, 10 cfs June 20.

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 4,150 cfs Sept. 3, 1952 (gage height, 5.22 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); no flow July 10-17, Aug. 2 to Oct. 17, 1954, July 17, 

18, 1956, Aug. 9-15, Sept. 6, 7, 1957.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record and those between

 15 and 100 cfs, which are fair, and those below 15 cfs, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 21 to July 25)

2.2 

2.5 

2.5 

2.8 

3.1

65

95

17O

308

482

3.5

4.0

5.0

5.1

853

1,570

3,450

3,670

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

954

1,410

1,410

1.32O

1,140

1,040

952

819

752

731

731

702

752

990

1,380

2,530

2.750

2,250

1,980

1,730

1,520

1,410

1,350

1,430

1,410

1,300

1,170

1,030

990 

1,350

1,700

40,963

1,321

3.29

3.79

Nov.

1,950

*1,80O

1,550

1,300

1,100

977

878

819

763

721

682

643

609

574

550

520

504

482

469

456

443

430

424

450

450

450

456

462

497 

600

21,969

732

1.83

2.04

Dee.

*617

557

520

497

469

45O

436

417

411

400

388

4OO

417

417

417

417

430

705

1,320

1,880

1.920

1,710

1,460

1,240

1,070

940

831

741

682 

654

591

25,582

754

1.88

2.17

Jan.

557

550

585

*617

645

692

797

99O

1,200

1.210

1,140

1,070

1,040

952

831

741

692

702

712

712

712

682

643

617

583

557

542

527

534 

645

956

23,429

756

1.89

2.18

Feb.

*1,550

1,780

1,650

1,460

1,490

1,850

2,500

2,160

1,850

1,540

1,410

1,290

1,56O

1,950

2.560

2,120

1,820

1,590

1,450

1,240

1.070

1,070

1,170

1,24O

1,520

1,880

1,830

1,670

1,460

47,070

1,623

4.05

4.37

Mar.

*1,260

1,100

1,230

1,520

1.580

1,320

1,180

1,040

952

903

878

865

842

831

819

851

865

878

903

865

808

752

712

682

653

617

600

583

557 

653

797

27,676

893

2.23

2.57

Apr.

*1,080

1,2OO

1,380

1,680

2,230

3,340

3.56O

3,03O

2,550

1,930

1,410

1,080

890

763

672

609

557

527

497

469

443

430

411

594

577

566

555

*350

359 

554

33,253

1,108

2.76

3.08

May

534

354

554

329

298

284

274

284

284

279

274

303

329

539

313

293

274

236

204

183

154

134

109

89

77

63

63

60

51 

55

*80

6,717

217

0.541

0.62

June

60

45

87

109

112

112

120

123

95

83

80

80

95

98

77

51

54

22

15

11

28

58

58

198

288

284

284

231

183 

154

5,253

108

0.269

O.3O

July

*89

86

92

126

106

98

187

183

158

17O

134

a!3O

a!6O

a!20

allo

a2OO

a!9O

a!7O

a!5O

a!50

112

89

a60

a 60

a60

a80

a70

a!50

a42O 

a85O

l.OOO

5,740

185

0.461

0.55

Aug.

*905

741

600

490

594

329

284

250

231

204

170

170

162

138

134

146

158

162

174

158

130

12O

126

150

142

174

187

154

126 

109

102

7,518

245

0.606

0.70

Sept.

*106

146

162

213

' 259

245

222

209

185

154

2O6

555

559

566

400

371

355

559

3O8

279

254

236

215

187

174

150

126

126

174 

179

7,056

255

0.586

0.65

Calendar year 1959 : Max 2,73O Min 1O Mean 569 Cfam 1.42 In. 19.24

Water year 1959-6O: Max 3,560 Min 11 Mean 678 Cfsm 1.69 In. 23. OO

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and record for preceding and following days.
146 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

1360. Black River at Klngstree, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°39'40", long 79°50'10", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 52 at Kingstree, Williamsburg County, 1.0 mile downstream from Kingstree 

Swamp Canal.

Drainage area.--1,260 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . August 1929 to September 1960. Gagej-height records collected at same 

site since 1894 (revised) are contained in reports of'U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 25.66 ft|above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Noy. 7, 1934, tape gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 31 years, 806 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,420 cfs Dec. 22 ge height, 12.65 ft); minimum, 67 cfs June 21.

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 29,100 cfs Sept. 20, 1945 (gage height, 16.07 ft); minimum, 2 cfs Sept. 12-15, Oct. 7, 8, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 18.0 ft Sept. 21, 1928 (discharge, 41,600 cfs, from rating 

curve extended above 27,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Cooperation. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1032: 1928 (M), drainage area. WSP 1333: 1930(M), 1931, 1936. 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septemter 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.090

2,820

3,540

3,900

3,680

3,340

3,140

*3,270

3,470

3,680

3,760

3,610

3,400

3,080

3,010

3,470

4,680

6,280

6,740

6,580

6,430

6.OOO

5,480

5,130

4,820

4,560

4,380

4,220

4,140

4,380

4,730

131,810

4,252

3.37

3.88

Nov.

5,240

6.OOO

JL.140

5,870

5,610

5,360

4,920

4,380

3,980

3,540

3,140

2,880

2,640

2,400

2,240

2,020

1,870

1,740

1,560

1,470

1,390

1,320

1,240

1,200

1,160

1,120

1,080

1,OOO

982

965

84,457

2,815

2.23

2.49

Dec.

965

948

948

930

915

915

930

965

982

982

965

948

965

965

965

965

*948

1,180

2,460

4,340

6,580

7.240

6,580

6,000

5,480

4,820

4,300

3,760

3,340

3,010

2,7OO

77,991

2,516

2.OO

2.31

Jan.

2,460

2,180

2,180

2,120

2,180

2,070

2,180

2,460

2,760

2,820

2,880

5,010

3,010

2,940

2,880

2,700

2,520

2,460

2,460

2,400

2,340

2,290

2,240

2,180

2,070

1,920

1,780

*1,700

1.660

1,700

2,O2O

72,570

2,341

1.86

2.14

Pet.

2,580

3,2OO

3,9OO

4,47O

4,820

5,360

6,000

6,580

6,430

6,280

5,870

5,360

5,O2O

5,130

5,740

6,580

6.900

6,580

6,140

5,360

4,730

4,380

4,060

3,900

4,060

4,470

5,020

5,360

5,480

149,760

5,164

4.10

4.42

Mar.

5.240

4,920

4,920

4,820

4,640

4,560

4,640

4,470

4,140

3,900

3,610

3,400

3,140

2,940

2,760

2,760

2,880

3,140

3,340

3,400

3,340

3,140

2,880

2,700

2,520

2,340

2,120

1,970

1,780

2,080

2,760

105,250

3,395

2.69

3.10

Apr.

3,140

3,540

3,9OO

3,900

4,300

4,920

5,740

6,430

6,900

7.070

6,280

5,240

4,470

3,830

3,200

2,760

2,340

2.O2O

1,780

1,600

1,420

1,290

1,180

1,100

1,OOO

930

*870

814

750

692

93,406

3,114

2.47

2.76

May

660

639

609

571

518

468

436

436

468

492

510

484

444

421

414

421

428

414

398

370

363

316

292

268

246

236

252

292

384

460

391

13,101

423

0.336

0.39

June

292

216

192

192

188

183

216

*274

268

221

196

174

152

132

112

98

86

77

71

69.

81

158

246

178

124

140

170

160

128

132

4,926

164

0.130

0.14

July

160

183

196

196

192

196

258

399

468

484

E53

E71

449

323

268

£80

£86

£92

£86

£52

£21

£26

226

206

188

*152

132

120

278

T29

1.390

10,160

328

O.?60

0.30

Aug.

2,340

2.520

2,290

1,970

1,700

1,560

1,440

1,320

1,140

965

788

620

445

330

268

226

192

165

144

144

120

101

90

88

94

101

101

101

94

94

101

21,652

698

0.554

0.64

Sept.

88

89

88

90

98

93

88

82

SI

85

174

801

1,420

1,740

1,970

1,870

1,600

1,320

1,O6O

814

*681

629

590

535

468

398

336

280

241

231

18,040

601

0.477

0.53

Calendar year 1959: Max 11,300 Min 1O4 Mean 1,893 Cfsm 1.5O In. 20.39

Water year 1959-60: Max 7,240 Min 69 Mean 2,140 Cfsm 1.70 In. 23. 1O

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SMTEE RIVER BASIN ' 147 

1380. Catawba River near Marion, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°4S I , long 82°02', on right bank 15 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. 

Highway 221, 0.2 mile downstream from Tom Creek, and 2.2 miles northwest of Marion, 

McDowell County. Records include flow of small tributary which enters above control.

Drainage area. 171 sq mi (including area of small tributary which enters above control). 

Records available. October 1941 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,208 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--19 years, 315 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,100 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 8.83 ft); minimum, 

144 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 1.25 ft).

1941-60: Maximum discharge, 19,700 cfs Aug. 28, 1949 (gage height, 15.02 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 10,000 cfs on basis of logarithmic plotting and contractedopening measurements at gage heights 15.02 and 19.34 ft; minimum, 28 cfs Sept. 30, 

Oct. 1, 5, 1954 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

Maximum stage known, 19.34 ft Aug. 13, 1940 (discharge, 71,400 cfs, from rating 

curve extended above 10,000 cfs as explained above).

Remarks. Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation for short 

periods at low flow caused by powerplant above station.

Revisions (water years). WSF 1032: 1942, 1943(P).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.3 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0

157

216

407

870

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

1,510

2,220

2,950

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13 

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,040

648

526

462

411

382

432

479

1.570

1,160

648

842

670 

740

715

602

580

558

488

453

441

488

648

925

692

580

518 46-2

441

580

842

20,023

646

3.78

4.35

Nov.

670

558

501

470

449

432

373

369

390

373

365

*361

361 

345

286

317

349

325

317

302

298

298

279

514

407

337

337

373

353

325

11,434

381

2.23

2.49

Dec.

317

306

333

317

298

309

306

279

282

286

275

373

399 

345

317

309

309

392

870

60T

492

*436

407

390

382

373

357

403

407

382

373

11,626

375

2.19

2.53

Jan.

337

313

475

432

411

670

692

648

558

496

458

428

415 

399

394

378

373

407

378

345

325

317

257

257

298

325

337

*345

329

535

1.220

13,552

437

2.56

2.95

Feb.

898

670

558

509

2.560

1,600

952

765

670

1,100

1,300

870

815 

740

648

625

648

1,290

1,040

765

692

670

625

602

670

648

602

558

535

24,625

849

4.96

5.36

Mar.

514

526

580

522

475

462

453

445

466

458

470

453

458 

475

496

526

580

692

602

535

535

558

580

580

602

558

580

670

886

2.100

1,510

19,347

624

3.65

4.21

Apr.

1,040

898

1,390

1.660

1,440

1,070

925

790

715

670

625

602

*580 

535

522

505

492

475

449

445

445

445

428

415

399

386

399

407

386

578

19,916

664

3.88

4.33

May

411

399

378

349

345

341

329

676

470

415

390

382

357 

341

329

329

325

298

286

286

290

250

279

282

298

275

542

407

345

309

268

10,981

354

2.07

2.39

June

250

254

294

321

341

399

325

306

261

275

240

213

250 

268

250

233

216

216

200

21?

268

268

476

30?

250

317

*357

250

268

236

8,323

277

1.62

1.81

July

236

321

230

194

207

230

223

207

240

250

333

268

223 

210

191

171

171

194

204

223

160

165

238

226

213

804

*462

306

257

216

210

7,783

251

1.47

1.69

Aug.

236

251

240

210

233

197

252

272

247

*197

252

628

Hi458

394

949

648

526

428

521

420

365

325

282

257

226

216

247

247

210

11,649

376

2.20

2.53

Sept.

280

261

322

286

275

223

213

216

219

197

261

250

204

168

*168

207

191

200

191

204

174

171

185

152

150

163

171

229

268

223

6,422

214

1.25

1.40

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,180 Min 121 Mean 386 Cfsm 2.26 In. 30.61

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,560 Min 150 Mean 453. Cfsm 2.65 In. 36. C4

Peak discharge (base, 3,400 cfs). Feb. 5 (4 p.m.) 5,100 cfs (8.83 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
148 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1385. Linville River at Branch, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°47'41" (revised), long 81°53'25" (revised), on right bank 20 ft down-

 stream from bridge on State Highway 126 at Branch, Burke County, and 0.2 mile upstream 

from Lake James.

Drainage area. 65 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . May 1907 to August 1908 (fragmentary, published as "at Fonta Flora").

 June 1922 to September 1960. Records for October to December 1908, "at Ponta Flora, 

published in WSP 242 have been found unreliable and should not be used.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,205.87 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. May 1907 to August 1908 staff gage about

I.2 miles downstream at different datum. June 1922 to Aug. 12, 1937, staff gage at 

present site and datum.

Average discharge. 38 years (1922-60), 141 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,520 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 4.84 ft); minimum, 58 cfs July 22 (gage height, 1.76 ft).

1907-8, 1922-60: Maximum discharge, 39,500 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 11.4 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 6,400 cfs on basis of slope-area measurement of peak 

flow; minimum, 2 cfs Jan. 9, 1956 (result of freezeup); minimum daily, 8 cfs Sept. 7-9, 

1925.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage of about 11 ft (discharge 34,600 cfs, from rating 

curve extended above 6,400 cfs on basis of slope-area measurement at gage height

II.4 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect 

which are fair.

or no gage-height record,

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1929, 1935, 1937. WSP 1503: 1923(M), 1924-28, 1930, 

1932-33(M), 1938(M), 1939(P). See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except periods of ice effect (gage 

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

1.7 

1.9 

2.2

82

160

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

275

550

985

4.0 

5.0

1,490

2,740

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfam

In.

Oct.

845

410

293

235

192

160

164

188

647

543

550

325

284

330

320

267

231

211

181

160

151

151

188

390

284

235

203

181

164

345

9,006

291

4. 48

5.15

Nov.

275

231

199

181

167

157

145

136

127

120

114

*112

107

104

104

101

101

97

90

88

86

86

82

142

181

130

117

125

130

blOO

3,935

131

2.02

2.25

Dec.

blOO

109

109

107

99

101

107

b85

blOO

97

97

199

316

223

184

164

14B

181

681

400

298

*243

211

188

178

167

154

181

267

203

181

5,878

190

2.92

3.36

Jan.

160

151

247

243

207

247

302

335

271

247

243

227

215

211

192

178

160

174

170

154

136

blZO

blOO

b90

b90

blOO

*122

133

130

263

 

6,396

206

3.17

3.66

Feb.

574

375

293

255

1,180

1,120

558

400

330

439

807

450

405

335

b250

bZ30

243

345

320

b230

b220

215

195

188

203

219

199

184

178

10,940

377

5.80

6.26

Mar.

170

*170

b!40

b!40

b!30

bllO

bllO

bllO

b!20

b!25

b!30

125

blOO

blOO

b!20

136

142

195

160

151

145

130

142

167

211

184

227

360

606

2,000

1,570

8,426

272

4. IB

4.82

Apr.

854

732

947

1,190

1,150

681

522

432

360

306

267

247

223

207

195

184

174

167

151

145

142

145

130

125

120

117

122

133

120

 109

10,397

347

5.34

5.95

May

122

117

104

99

9_5

95

95

303

223

160

145

142

139

130

120

112

107

*101

97

95

141

117

97

95

97

95

445

472

271

223

nl

4,835

156

2.40

2.77

June

157

242

136

174

195

199

174

145

133

122

112

104

101

97

99

90

82

75

73

83

139

270

164

127

104

112

*174

122

112

97

4,014

134

2.06

2.30

July

P5

1?2

125

104

P2

84

84

82

104

109

211

122

?7

88

82

T5

75

71

68

64

61

64

68

114

82

*5?B

410

223

J.88

154

125

4,041

130

2.00

2.31

Aug.

157

133

104

95

92

95

99

92

80

73.

73

145

450

293

219

167

1,120

432

298

239

215

284

255

199

184

164

145

133

122

117

167

6,441

208

3.20

3.68

Sept.

395

293

215

215

160

133

145

130

117

130

178

a!40

a!20

alOO

*95

92

90

99

167

125

99

90

90

84

80

75

73

78

97

127

4,032

134

2.06

2.31

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,250 Min 33 Mean 158 Cfam 2.43 In. 32.93

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,000 Min 61 Mean 214 Cfsm 3.29 In. 44.82

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 cfs).--Feb. 5 (9 p.m.) 2,520 cfs (4.84 ft); Mar. 30 (4 p.m.) 2,490 cfs 

(4.82 ft); Apr. 4 (l a.m.) 1,750 cfs (4.23 ft); Aug. 17 (6:30 a.m.) 2,330 efs (4.70 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, streamflow continuity, 

and records for nearby stations.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 149

1420. Lower Little River near All Healing Springs, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°57', long 81°14', on left bank at upstream side of highway tridge,

0.3 mile downstream from Grassy Creek, 0.4 mile upstream from Lambert Creel", 2.2 miles 

northeast of All Healing Springs, and 4 miles northwest of Taylorsville, Alexander 

County.

Drainage area. 31.2 sq mi.

Records available. October to December 1952 (monthly discharge only), January 1953 to 

September 19SU.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 1,070 ft (by barometer). Prior to 

June 13, 1953, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 8 years, 33.3 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,110 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 10.80 ft); mini- 

 mum, 16 cfs July 21, 22, 25, 26, Sept. 5, 6 (gage height, 1.15 ft).

1953-60: Maximum discharge, 2,550 cfs Apr. 28, 1958 (gage height, 13.94 ft); minimum, 2.9 cfs Sept. 20, 21, 1955.

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

100 cfs, which are fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flows during the growing 

season.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In c'ibic 

feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 5, 

Aug. 10 to Sept. 6

Feb. 6 to Aug. 9 Sept. 7-30

1.2 18 2.0

1.5 32 3.0

1.7 42 6.0

154

484

1.17

1.5

2.0

18 

34 

7O

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

162

272

492

l.Z 

1.5 

2.0 62

3.O

4.0 

5.0

134

214

300

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Zl

Z2

23

Z4

Z5

Z6

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

133

77

64

52

42

*35

43

68

108

96

1O4

77

58

113

97

69

56

48

42

39

38

38

42

46

40

37

36

33

32_

38

56

1,857

59.9

1.92

2. 21

Nov.

47

42

38

36

36

34

32

32

32

31

30

30

30

30

29

28

28

27

27

*28

28

27

27

61

43

37

35

36

33

32

1,006

33.5

1.07

1.20

Dec.

31

32

37

33

32

34

34

32

31

30

30

50

57

46

42

38

*37

75

242

102

71

56

49

46

44

42

40

44

46

42

40

1,565

50.5

1.62

1.87

Jan.

38

38

64

53

47

85

127

103

73

61

54

49

47

44

43

4O

38

42

39

37

36

34

34

*34

33

32

37

38

38

65

*238

1,741

56.2

1.80

2.O8

Feb.

142

84

64

56

*4jj!

227

113

87

76

296

268

123

105

90

84

82

91

341

196

121

102

93

85

80

91

88

79

74

71

3,887

134

4.29

4.63

Mar.

*68

69

73

65

64

61

60

60

63

62

62

60

60

64

68

72

88

102

90

87

89

98

95

92

91

82

84

90

88

305

*273~

2,785

89.8

2.88

3.32

Apr.

132

102

240

322

586

152

113

96

87

80

76

74

71

68

67

66

64

62

60

59

60

59

57

55

54

53

56

53

*52 a52~

2,928

97.6

3.13

3.49

May

a66

a56

a52

*5O

49

49

50

140

76

64

58

56

54

52

49

48

46

45

43

43

42

40

39

38

40

46

53

45

40

38

21

1,604

.51.7

1.66

1.91

June

35

35

35

35

42.

37

36

35

34

32

32

31

30

29

31

28

27

27

26

26

*28

28

34

29

26

31

29

26

27

24.

925

30.8

0.987

1.10

July

26

35

27

26

24

28

26

24

24

26

29

27

24

23

22

21

21

20

20

*19

19

19

19

19

18

18

53

24

22

. 21

31

755

24.4

0.782

0.9O

Aug.

27

*22

21

24

25

43

50

33

58

42

32

41

*118 -BT

41

33

28

26

24

23

22

24

23

21

2O

20

20

20

19

18

997

32.2

1.O3

1.19

Sept.

21

20

*20

18

18

18

*227

54

37

34

33

3O

26

24

23

23

23

26

29

25

22

22 ' 21

20

20

2O

20

22

27

23

946

31.5

1.01

1.13

Calendar year 1959: Max 726 Min 14 Mean 41.3 Cfsm 1.32 In. 17.96

Water year 1959-60: Max 478 Min 18 Mean 57.4 Cfsm 1.84 In. 25.03

Peak discharge (base, 550 cfs).--Feb. 5 (6 p.m.) 1,110 cfs (10.8O ft); Feb. 1O (9 P.m.) 817 cfs

(8.94 ft); Feb. 18 (3 p.m.) 745 cfs (8.33 ft); Mar. 30 (8 p.m.) 646 cfs (7.37 ft); Apr. 5 (1 a.m.) 

8O4 cfs (8.83 ft); Sept. 7 (9 a.m.) 72O cfs (9.36 ft). ____ __________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in ^ 

and records for stations on nearby streams.

;, weather records,
150 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1425. Catawba River at Catawba, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°43', long 81°04 I , on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U. S. 

 Highway 70, half a mile upstream from Lyle Creek, five-eighths of a mile upstream from

Southern Railway bridge, and 1 mile northeast of Catawba, Catawba County. Records

include flow of Lyle Creek.

Drainage area. 1,535 sq mi, includes that of Lyle Creek.

Records available. July 1896 to December 1899; June 1900, April 1901 to April 1902 (gage 

heights only); July 1900 to March 1901 (monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1303); 

November 1934 to June 1935 (fragmentary); July 1935 to September 1960. Records of discharge for April to December 1901, published in WSP 65 and 75, have bsen found unreliable and should not be used.

Gage'. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 746.49 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 1896 to December 1899, June 1900 to April

1902, wire-weight gage at bridge five-eighths of a mile downstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--28 years (1896-99, 1935-60), 2,318 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19,500 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 13.49 ft); minimum, 107 cfs July 7 (gage height, 2.20 ft); minimum daily, 116 cfs Jily 17.

1896-1901, 1934-60: Maximum discharge, 177,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 

36.8 ft, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 24,000 cfs on basis of 

computation by Duke Power Co. of peak flow over dam; minimum, 85 cfs Sept. 15, 1957; 

minimum daily, 89 cfs Sept. 15, 1957.

Maximum stage known, 44.1 ft July 16, 1916, affected by failure of earth dike at 

Lookout Shoals Dam, 4 miles above station, from information furnished by State Highway 

and Public Works Commission.

Remarks. Records fair. Plow regulated by four lakes above station which have a combined 

usable capacity of 18,065,500,000 cu ft. Flow regulated since 1915.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 892: 1936-38. 

1900.See also Records available.

WSP 952: Drainage area. WSP 1503: 1896-

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.2 

2.4 

2.7

107

175

337

3.3 

4.0 

5.0

880

1,770

3,310

7.0

9.0

12.0

6,730

10,400

16,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septeirber 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

12,000

5,130

3,390

2,050

2,430

2,910

3,540

4,620

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,960

4,790

7,270

5,300

4,790

4,790

4,280

4,790 

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,790

3,510

4,790

4,620

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,400

147,050

4,744

-623

Nov.

1,470

3,290

4,030

3,840

4,620

4,620

3,880

1,510

3,340

3,510

3,780

3,610

3,570

3,230

1,590

2,920

3,560

3,590

3,620 

3,600

4,040

1,500

3,040

3,900

4.790

3,540

3,000

2,070

1,890

3,080

97,830

3,261

-1,086

Calendar year 1959; N Water year 1959-60; N

Dec.

3,640

3,710

3,770

3,580

3,340

1,660

3,050

3,640

3,490

3,110

3,140

2,870

1,140

3,000

4,110

*2,750

2,190

2,940

4.620 

2,530

2,440

3,120

3,110

3,050

1,210

1,580

1,490

3,180

3,280

3,030

3,160

90,910

2,933

-36

Jan.

3,020

1,770

1,100

2,940

2,520

2,620

1,800

876

1,460

1,620

3,320

3,830

4,620

4,790

4,620

558

610

3,080

3,900 

3,420

2,990

2,910

2,910

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,830

3,230

2,830

2,510

2,200

83,374

2,689

+627

Feb.

1.590

2,120

2,750

3,790

9,260

15,900

6,200

3,470

4,280

4,790

11,000

5,850

4,790

4,210

4,580

6,010

4,790

5,900

10 , 500 

7,460

5,650

4,790

4,790

4,620

4,790

4,620

4,620

4,620

4,620

162,360

5,599

+1,116

Mar.

,620

,790

,620

,620

,620

,620

,620

,620

,620

,620

,620

,620

,450

,420

,200

,200

,480

660

,600 

,920

,450

,620

,620

,620

,620

,310

,670

,550

,280

,300

11,300

133,880

4,319

+397

Apr.

9,380

7,090

7,930

13,500

14.700

9,560

8,410

7,090

6,010

4,620

4,620

4,620

4,620

4,620

4,620

4,620

4,450

4,450

4,620 

4,620

3,630

2,350

2,200

2,200

2,560

3,490

3,580

4,110

4,110

4,040

166,220

5,541

-683

May

237

322

1,280

3,650

4,450

4,450

4,450

3,090

2,940

4,620

3,600

4,450

4,450

2,820

1,210

2,850

4,200

3,090

3,060 

3,330

2,970

787

2,810

2,780

1,760

2,170

2,230

2,620

2,520

2,860

3,100

89,156

2,876

-206

June

2,860

2,520

2,520

966

152

2,580

3,000

2,880

2,820

2,450

1,330

432

2,230

2,130

3,000

2,450

2,000

710

122 

1,810

2,640

2,500

5.550

2,490

2,350

2,300

2,790

1,750

1,870

1,450

62,392

2 , 080

+24

July

1,940

654

145

125

125

457

1,970

2,640

2,60O

1,210

2,540

2,890

*2,850

2,760

2,870

440

116

2,640

3,100 

1,930

1,610

1,080

1,260

178

1,740

2 , 040

2,940

5,620

3,480

1,350

272

53,572

1,728

+107

Aug.

2,640

2,990

2,990

2,990

2,990

1,810

324

1,930

2,910

2,910

2,990

3,340

1,800

3,290

2,770

3,150

3,150

3,450

4.200 

4,110

2,800

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,110

4,050

3,250

1,200

2,990

5,010

2,680

93,584

5,012

-575

Sept.

4,560

3,160

1,440

198

516

2,610

5.030

4,790

4,620

3,850

3,090

3,080

5,580

5,100

3,160

2,640

792

162

2,640 

2,710

2,890

3,400

3,140

196

255

2,780

5,050

2,800

2,960

2,820

79,779

2,659

-590

Observed Adjusted

lax 12,000 Min 103 Mean 2,474 Mean 2,476 Cfsm 1.61 In. 21.86

lax 15,900 win 116 Mean 3,442 Mean 3,330 Cfsm 2.17 In. 29.54

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Lake James, RhodhJss Lake, Lake 

Hickory and Lookout Shoals Lake; furnished by Duke Power Co.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 151

1426. Mountain Creek near Terrell, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°34', long 81°00', on right bank 280 ft upstream from highway bridge, a 

quarter of a mile downstream from Reed Creek, 1.7 miles southwest of Terrell, Catawba 

County, and 2-| miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 42.4 sq mi.

Records available. October 1957 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 701.6 ft above mean sea level (Duke Power 

"(To. contour reference mark). Prior to Dec. 16, 1958, staff gage and crest-stage gage.

Dec. 16, 1958, to Jan. 29, 1959, water-stage recorder, at site 220 ft upstream at datum

0.52 ft higher.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,440 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 11.55 ft); mini- 

 mum, 22 cfs Aug. 29, 30 (gage height, 1.11 ft).

1957-60: Maximum discharge, 3,130 cfs Nov. 19, 1957 (gage height 13.18 ft, from 

floodmarks, at site and datum then in use); minimum, 15 cfs Sept. 9-12, 19, 20, 

Oct. 6-20, 1958.

The flood in August 1940 reached a stage of about 19^ ft (present datum) at highway 

bridge 280 ft downstream, from information by local resident. A discharge of 5.9 cfs 

was measured Aug. 30, 1956.

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

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O, except period of ice effect 

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

Oct. 1 to June 24 June 25 to Sept. 30

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

104

160

3.0 349

4.0 540

6.0 940

7.0 1,160

1.1

1.2 

1.4

1.7 

2.0

106

160

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1?60

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

Oct.

122

66

50

45

40

*36

35

207

117

61

55

46

42

834

141

83

69

66

53

47

46

50

49

56

47

43

42 ' 39

38

42

56

2,723

87.8

2.07

2.39

Nov.

47

43

39

39

39

38

36

36

36

36

36

36

35

36

35

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

32

86

58

43

39

66

43

39

1,211

40.4

0.953

1.06

Dec.

38

37

39

37

36

38

40

36

36

36

36

68

56

45

43

40

39

103

281

96

69

58

50

49

47

45

45

46

46

43

*39

1,717

55.4

1.31

1.51

Jan.

39

40

102

61

52

81

111

81

61

56

50

49

47

45

45

43

42

46

43

40

39

38

37" 37

37

37

42

43

42

199

1.080

2,765

89.2

2.10

2.43

Feb.

278

113

83

72

956

353

113

90

78

78

175

90

91

86

76

76

124

632

202

120

104

104

95

83

152

118

91

83

78

4,774

165

3.89

4.19

Mar.

72

b65

b70

81

69

66

66

66

72

71

72

71

74

83

93

143

174

201

162

182

160

161

141

126

122

102

97

91

89

371

246

3,659

118

2.78

3.21

Apr.

124

106

212

184

470

133

111

99

91

84

81

78

76

74

*74

71

69

69

67

66

67

72

64

61

61

59

W

78

64

64

3,007

100

2.36

2.64

Hay

83

64

61

58

56

55

56

201

^T

72

66

64

63

59

56

55

52

52

50

50

47

46

46

*45

46

46

50

46

46

46

15.

1,871

60.4

1.42

1.64

June

42

40

49

46

53

43

40

39

38

37

36

37

35

35

34

32

32

32

32

32

61

40

62

56

87.

64

51

42

41

39

1,307

43.6

1.03

1.15

July

*62

54

44

37

37

39

37

35

45

40

40

36

34

35

34

31

31

30

29

28

28

41

42

34

29

34

82

44

39

34

43

1,208

39.0

0.920

1.06

Aug.

139

39

34

30

29

30

31

*31

29

27

29

36

32

28

*32

27

29

27

26

25

24

28

37

29

25

24

25

24

23

25

37

1,011

32.6

0.769

0.89

Sept.

90

31

27

26

25

Si

159

52

36

33

40

40

29

27

27

27

*27

33

29

27

27

27

27

26

25

25

25

30

51

33

1,105

36.8

0.868

0.97

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,170 Hin 19 Mean 57.5 cfsm 1.36 in. 18.42

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,080 Hin 23 Mean 72.0 Cfsra 1.70 In. 23.14

Peak discharge (base, 750 cfs). Oct. 8 (10 p.m.) 840 cfs (5.47 ft); Oct. 14 (5 a.m.) 1,760 cfs 

(9.30 ft); Jan. 31 (6 p.m.) 1,870 cfs (9.70 ft); Feb. 5 (6 p.m.) 2,440 ofs (11.55 ft); Feb. 18 

(4 p.m.) 1,460 cfs (8.15 ft); Apr. 5 (4 a.m.) 1,360 cfs (7.80 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1430. Henry Fork near Henry River, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°41', long 81°24', on left bank 450 ft downstream from highway bridge, at 

site of Old Link Ford, l£ miles downstream from Burke-Catawba County lire, and 2 miles 

southeast of village of Henry River, Burke County.

Drainage area. 80 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. July 1925 to November 1931, December 1941 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 890.99 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 1925 to November 1931, at site 450 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--24 years (1925-31, 1942-60), 127 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,590 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 10.80 ft); minimum, 7.4 cfs Nov. 15; minimum daily, 21 cfs Nov. 15.

1925-31, 1941-60: Maximum discharge, 15,300 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage 1-eight, 18.40 ft, 

site then in use), from rating curve extended above 2,300 cfs on basis of computation 

of peak flow over dam at Henry River, at gage height 29.2 ft; minimum, T cfs Dec. 20, 

1942; minimum daily, 4 cfs Nov. 15, Dec. 20, 1942.

Maximum stage known, 29.2 ft Aug. 13, 1940, at former site, from floodmarks (discharge, 31,300 cfs). The flood of July 16, 1916, reached a stage of about 23 ft at 

former site (discharge, 20,700 cfs, from computation of peak flow over <?am of Henry 

River).

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

diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by mill above station. An average of 

about 2.0 cfs was diverted for water supply by city of Morganton and Brcughton Memorial 

Hospital and discharged into Catawba River.

Revisions (water years). WSP 952; 1928, 1930.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60, except period of ice effect (gage 

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

Oct. 1 to Aug. 12 Aug. 13 to Sept. 30

0.8 19

1.0 41

1.2 70

1.6 142

2.0 255

3.0 660

4.0 1,150

6.0 2,220

1.1 

1.3 

1.6

49 2.0 

2.5

255

445

Discharge, in cuoic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe- 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

455

208

144

123

112

*100

149

138

229

1.200

866

342

223

*666

466

269

214

188

159

142

132

134

140

180

159

140

125

121

112 

149

405

8,190

264

3.30

3.81

Nov.

266

193

156

144

136

132

121

121

125

117

116

114

125

175

21

105

103

100

96

*96

91

94

100

211

185

138

121

121

114

112

3,849

128

1.60

1.79

Dec. 1 Jan.

127

109

91

105

101

108

116

105

101

100

98

156

202

156

129

154

*91

248

660

338

208

171

149

138

134

127

123

140

169

144

132

4,900

158

1.98

2.28

121

119

199

193

164

220

269

242

188

166

156

144

138

134

138

127

123

149

136

127

123

121

114

*112

114

108 Tie

125

117

357

*1,490

6,150

198

2.48

2.86

Feb.

*642

346

255

217

2.150

*945

413

305

266

527

916

393

342

297

249

245

262

976

715

377

320

308

283

266

429

425

316

276

*258

13,719

473

5.91

6.38

Mar.

239

b220

b220

b240

b210

202

202

196

211

205

208

199

199

211

223

249

269

389

320

294

305

327

350

331

354

312

327

350

373

1*220

10,775

348

4.35

5.01

Apr.

482

385

1,120

1.250

948

512

409

350

316

290

276

266

258

*245

239

236

233

223

220

214

211

211

205

199

195

193

242

236

199

196

10,537

351

4.39

4.90

May

233

205

190

*182

174

174

174

475

286

217

196

188

180

174

166

159

154

152

144

142

142

138

136

134

144

230

127

112

T23

161

200

5,612

181

2.26

2.61

June

123

123

132

166

190

169

116

76

105

117

114

112

117

108

107

103

101

100

98

105

*101

110

156

147

254

174

180

136

121

119

3,880

129

1.61

1.80

July

119

110

105

117

116

96

100

100

96

105

112

110

98

90

89

89

89

94

91

3_7

*76

80

80

80

76

*86

243

100

129 

103

89

3,iir

100

1.25

1.4E

Aug.

88

86

89

81

107

110

117

100

88

83

98

151

255

122

93

80

112

*82

80

77

75

95

133

*91

77

73

72

72

68

7T5" 63

bo

2,986

96.3

1.20

1.39

Sept.

75

72

68

65

62

59

443

T42

95

84

93

93

*75

70

70

66

68

73

93

80

66

68

63

57

63

63

60

72

105

179

2,742

91.4

1.14

1.27

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,750 Min 11 Mean 138 Cfsm 1.72 In. ?3.44

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,150 Min 21 Mean 209 Cfsm 2.61 In. 35.55

Peak discharge (base, 2,800 cfs). Oct. 10 (7 p.m.) 2,960 cfs (7.23 ft); Feb. 5 (6 r.m.) 5,590 cfs 

(10.80 ft){ Mar. 50 (7 p.m.) 5,850 cfs (8.48 ft); Apr. 3 (7 p.m.) 5,160 cfs (7.46 ft).________

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 153

1435. Indian Creek near Laboratory, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°25'20", long 81°15'50", on left bank 250 ft upstream from remains of 

Rudisill Mill dam, half a mile upstream from highway bridge, \\ miles upstream from 

mouth, ij miles south of Laboratory, Lincoln County, and 3j miles south of Lincolnton.

Drainage area. 68.4 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1951 to September 1960.

Sage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 736 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 9 years, 85.8 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,530 cfs at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage height,

6.08 ft, stage falling, peak occurred Sept. 30, 1959); maximum peak discharge, 2,440 cfs 

Feb. 6 (gage height, 6.00 ft); minimum discharge, 40 cfs June 17, 18, 19, 20.

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 5,030 cfs Mar. 4, 1952 (gage height, 8.74 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 3,900 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam; 

minimum, 4.6 cfs Oct. 8, 1954.

Peak discharge of flood in October 1929 was 9,920 cfs (the maximum discharge known); 

flood in July 1916, 7,840 cfs; flood in August 1940, 6,000 cfs. Discharges based on 

computations of peak flow over dam 1 mile downstream, using information by local 

resident.

Remarks. Records good. Records of water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given 

 IrTffSP 1741.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to June 4 June 6 to Sept. 30

1.0 52

1.2 103

1.5 200

2.0 315

3.0 485

4.0 890

5.0 1,620

0.9 

1.0

1.2

30

49

101

1.5 200

2.0 315

3.0 485

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

892

113

73

64

61

59

70

224

238

142

171

109

89

1.570

416

178

155

138

106

95

92

97

95

97

86

81

75

70

70

97

181

5,804

187

2.73

3.16

Nov.

125

100

86

83

81

78

73

70

70

68

68

*68

68

68

68

66

66

64

64

64

64

64

61

176

122

83

78

86

75

70

2,377

79.2

1,16

1,29

Dec.

70

70

73

70

68

75

86

70

70

68

68

148

125

95

83

81

81

191

285

145

*119

106

95

92

97

89

89

95

109

89

86

3,088

99.6

1.46

1.68

Jan.

83

83

168

113

100

138

181

148

119

109

103

95

95

89

89

86

83

106

92

83

83

81

78

78

75

*75

83

95

89

409

QRD 3OU

4,259

137

2.00

2.32

Feb.

799

234

171

148

999

1,410

232

132

95

93_

408

190

178

174

155

158

228

617

685

234

190

178

158

145

271

209

168

152

138

8,949

309

4.52

4.87

Mar.

125

125

145

148

129

119

119

119

135

129

135

135

145

152

174

290

350

476

345

307

304

283

262

212

200

174

161

155

154

573

632

6,912

223

3.26

3.76

Apr.

250

200

321

451

782

284

206

178

161

148

138

135

132

125

*122

122

119

119

113

113

109

119

109

103

103

100

100

103

100

97

5,262

175

2.56

2.86

May

135

103

100

97

95

92

95

291

TSS

106

97

95

97

95

89

86

83

81

78

78

78

73

73

*70

70

70

75

75

73

73

68

2,929

94.5

1.38

1.59

June

66

66

73

70

101

66

61

59

59

*54

51

54

51

47

47

45

45

43

43

116

81

84

198

106

286

118

90

71

68

63

2,382

79.4

1.16

1.30

July

117

173 108"

73

63

66

63

*61

59

59

56

124

66

63

61

59

54

49

49

47

45

98

109

124

68

66

170

76

147

73

82

2,528

81.5

1.19

1.37

Aug.

172

73

73

66

79

79

68

68

54

49

49

123

121

76

73

*56

68

51

54

61

47

109

~84 438

61

56

54

49

49

45

43

2,548

82.2

1.20

1.39

Sept.

222

76

56

49

49

45

192

93

66

59

68

68

54

49

49

49

*49

71

49

49

45

43

45

43

43

41

43

51

87

63

1,966

65.5

0.96

1.07

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,890 Min 31 Mean 103 Cfsm 1.51 In. 20.51

Water year 1959-60= Max 1,410 Min 41 Mean 134 Cfsm 1.96 In. 26.66

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 eta). Oct. 14 (4 p.m.) 1,! 

(6.00 ft).

cfs (5.30 ft); Feb. 6 (3 a.m.) 2,440 cfs

Discharge measurement made on this day.
154 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1440. Long Creek near Bessemer City, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°18'20", long 81°14'00" (revised), on right bank 700 ft upstream from 

highway bridge, 2 miles northeast of Bessemer City limits, Gaston County, and 8t miles 

upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--31.4 sq mi.

Records available. December 1952 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 706.1 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Average discharge. 7 years (1953-60), 32.6 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,110 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 6.46 ft); minimum, 

7.5 cfs Sept. 6; minimum daily, 8.6 cfs Sept. 6.

1952-60: Maximum discharge, 5,290 cfs Nov. 19, 1957 (gage height, 8.26 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,100 cfs on basis of contracted-opening measurement of 

peak flow; minimum, 0.4 cfs Oct. 7, 1954; minimum daily, 0.8 cfs Oct. 7, 1954.

Remarks. Records fair except those for period of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Bessemer City diverts out of basin for water supply causing diurnal 

fluctuation at low flow; an average of 1.0 cfs was diverted during the year.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to June 20 June 21 to Sept. 30

1.6 16

1.8 24

2.0 37

2.4 76

2.7 120

3.0 175

3.5 296

4.0 462

5.0 895

6.0 1,640

1.3 

1.5 

1.7

7.0

13

21

2.0 39

2.4 77

2.7 120

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe- i960

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

77

39

30

26

23

21

21

49

72

52

56

57

31

~J9 191

49

55

50

38

34

32

41

36

39

33

29

28

25

25

36

58

1,432

46.2

1.47

1.70

Nov.

42

35

31

31

30

29

28

28

27

26

26

26

26

26

26

25

25

24

24

24

25

25

24

96

54

36

32

53

36

31

971

32.4

1.03

1.15

Dec.

31

30

32

29

29

31

34

29

28

28

27

58

48

36

34

32

31

122

ITS

56

*49

43

39

36

36

35

34

41

39

34

33

1,274

41.1

1.31

1.51

Jan.

29

34

138

58

48

53

113

66

50

47

43

4O

39

38

38

35

35

57

42

37

36

34

33

32

32

32

39

43

39

245

699

2,304

74.3

2.37

2.73

Feb.

252

80

61

56

925

358

80

63

57

57

133

61

7O

84

72

81

131

498

182

80

68

65

57

53

115

75

61

57

53

3,985

137

4.36

4.72

Mar.

49

51

64

59

53

52

52

54

58

57

62

62

7O

77

92

220

283

HIT

117

95

80

76

70

64

60

56

52

51

59

199

134

2,746

88.6

2.82

3.25

Apr.

72

66

104

89

259

84

7O

61

56

52

50

49

48

46

45

46

47

50

45

44

46

49

43

41

*40

39

3743"

39

39

1,799

60. 0

1.91

2.13

May

58

40

37

36

35

34

35

-&o 211

43

39

37

36

34

32

31

30

29

27

27

27

25

25

24

24

24

24

24

2222"

22

1,174

37.9

1.21

1.39

June

20

21

26

24

26

*23

22

22

20

19

19

19

18

17

20

17

16

16

16

38

77

38

72

3O

30

47

33

27

26

24

823

27.4

0.873

0.98

July

23

25

24

22

21

22

22

*22

19

19

21

19

19

16

17

15

15

15

14

13

13

14

15

14

12

23

48

2?

21

18

16

593

19.3

0.615

0.71

Aug.

19

15

15

12

12

11

17

*13

13

10

24

26

24

15

14

*12

13

13

10

12

12

25

T§- 69

15

13

13

13

11

Q * iF

511.3

16.5

0.525

0.61

Sept.

20

13

12

12

9.9

8.6

101

48

24

17

~88 119

25

18

17

16

*17

39

22

19

16

a!6

a!6

a!5

a!5

a!4

al7

a24

a44

a24

846.5

28.2

0.898

1.00

Calendar year 1959: Max 976 Mln 7.7 Mean 4O.6 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.55

Water year 1959-6O: Max 925 Mln 8.6 Mean 50.4 Cfsm 1.60 In. 21.87

Peak discharge (base, 65O cfs). Jan. 31 (5:30 p.m.) 1,O40 cfs (5.26 ft); Feb. 5 (11 p.m.) 2,110 cfs 

(6.46 ft); Feb. 18 (4 p.m.) 1,O4O cfs (5.25 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorder gra->h and records for 

nearby stations.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 155

1450. South Fork Catawba River at Lowell, N. C.

Location. Lat 35 "17 '10" (revised), long 81 "06 '00" (revised), on right bank 50 ft north of 

private mill road, 120 ft downstream from Housers Creek, 1 mile north of Lowell, Gaston 

County, and 3 miles downstream from Long Creek.

Drainage area. 630 sq mi.

Records available. January 1942 to September 1960.

Gage. 

19

--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 603.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge . 18 years, 807 cfs .

Extremes. --Maximum discharge daring year, 11,700 cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 12.39 ft); minimum, 230 cfs July 22 (gage height, 2.03 ft); minimum daily, 374 cfs July 22.

1942-60: Maximum discharge, 22,000 cfs Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 16.98 ft); minimum, 25 cfs Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 1954 (gage height, 0.75 ft); minimum daily, 31 cfs 

Oct. 8, 1954.

The flood of Aug. 15, 1940, reached a stage of 21.33 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 

34,000 cfs from rating curve extended above 18,000 cfs). Depth of flow over dam during 

the July 1916 flood at High Shoals 11 miles upstream was about 1 ft higher than that 

for 1940, from information by local resident.

Remarks . Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation for short periods at low flow 

caused by powerplant above station. City of Gastonia diverted for water supply an 

average of 8.1 cfs from Long Creek and 1.9 cfs from South Pork Catawba R'.ver. A part 

of the diversion is returned to Long Creek as sewage. For diversion by town of Morganton see Henry Pork near Henry River, and by Bessemer City see Long Creek near Bessemer 

City.

Revisions (water years ). WSP 1002: 1943(m). WSP1303: 1950(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

365

550

1,040

2,440

8.0

10.0

12.0

4,140

6,900

10,900

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

8.420

5,550

2,200

1,100

905

780

730

1,010

2,300

1,460

2,140

2,600

2,290

5,020

5,360

3,070

1,910

1,490

1,220

1,040

930

980

955

980

1,010

930

855

780

755

805

1,560

61,135

1,972

3.13

3.61

Nov.

1.770

1,320

1,040

930

880

830

805

755

730

730

707

662

*707

685

755

618

640

640

640

640

640

64O

618

1,040

1,490

1,010

855

855

805

730

25,167

839

1.33

1.49

Dec.

707

707

685

685

662

685

780

707

662

640

640

830

1,220

1,010

855

805

780

1,220

2.600

2,210

*1,560

1,160

1,010

905

880

880

830

855

980

980

880

3O.01O

968

1.54

1.77

Jan.

805

780

1,420

1,260

1,070

1,100

1,740

1,660

1,280

1,100

1,010

930

880

880

855

855

805

905

930

855

805

780

755

730

755

730

755

880

830

2,300

 * 5 790

36,230

1,169

1.86

2.14

Feb.

7,620

4,350

2,440

1,560

4,950

10,700

el 570

3,460

1,840

1,560

3,330

3,070

2,680

2,06O

1,740

1,560

1,770

4,290

6,250

3,870

2,600

1,910

1,660

1,520

2,140

2,370

1,980

1,600

1.460

92,910

3,204

5.09

5.48

Mar.

1,350

1,280

1,380

1,490

al,400

al,400

al,300

al.200

al,200

al,200

al,200

al,300

al,300

al,300

1,520

2,370

2,680

3,690

2,990

2,440

2,520

2,210

2,370

1,960

1,840

1,770

1.6OO

1,560

1,560

3,600

5.660

60,660

1,957

3.11

3.58

Apr.

5,660

3,600

2,440

3,240

6.250

4,700

3,070

2,060

1,700

1,560

1^460

1,380

1,350

1,320

1,250

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,160

1,130

1,100

1,160

1,100

1,040

*1,010

1,010

1,010

1,250

1,100

980

57,750

1,925

3.06

3.41

May

1,190

1,160

980

955

930

905

905

2.560

1,980

1,350

1,130

1,040

1,010

955

930

905

880

830

805

805

805

755

755

730

707

755

855

805

707

755

730

30,564

986

1.57

1.80

June

755

662

707

805

955

905

780

707

618

618

618

595

618

595

572

550

530

530

510

577

959

755

1,070

805

1.880

1,450

1,040

880

730

685

23,461

782

1.24

1.38

July

640

855

825

618

618

595

595

*550

530

530

572

662

685

550

510

498

470

482

470

459

430

324

572

640

452

444

787

1.460

755

662

572

18,862

608

0.965

1.11

Aug.

1,620

1,050

618

550

510

595

618

685

725

748

678

794

1,070

1,250

830

*640

618

572

510

498

463

463

1.640

755

550

486

463

448

448

426

433

21,754

702

1.11

1.28

Sept.

594

595

463

419

419

398

813

2.760

1,340

707

685

930

618

502

486

470

*474

722

572

510

498

422

412

422

416

426

416

452

662

662

19,265

642

1.02

1.14

Calendar year 1959: Max 8,420 Mln 237 Mean 950 Cfsm 1.51 In. 21.46

Water year 1959-6O: Max 1O.70O Min 374 Mean 1,305 Cfsm 2.07 In. 23.19

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 cfs).--Feb. 1 (2 a.m.) 8,800 cfs (11.02 ft); Feb. 6 (4 a.m.) 11,7OO cfs 

(12.39 ft). ____________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

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

nearby stations.
156 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

1460. Catawba River near Rock Hill, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°59', long 80°58', on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U. S. 

Highway 21, 3? miles downstream from Catawba Dam, 5 miles northeast of Rock Hill, York 

County, and ?| miles upstream from Sugar Creek.

Drainage area.--3.050 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--September 1895 to September 1903, April 1942 to September 1960. 

Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 492 ft (by barometer). Sept. 23, 1895, 

to July 31, 1903, chain gage at Southern Railway bridge, 2 miles downstream, at different datum.

Average discharge.--26 years, 4,621 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 50.000 cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 15.80 ft); minimum, 175 cfs July 5 (gage height, 2.63 ft); minimum daily, 518 cfs July 17.

1895-1903, 1942-60: Maximum discharge, 151,000 cfs May 23, 1901 (gage height, 24.15 

ft, site and datum then in use); minimum, 143 cfs Apr. 25, 1943 (gage height, 2.59 ft); 

minimum daily, 490 cfs Oct. 21, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by Catawba Lake (usable capacity, 6,542,000,000 

cu ft) and by other powerplants above station. Records of chemical analyses for the 

water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years). WSF 1303: 

1942-51 (yearly runoff).

1895-1903. WSP 1333: 1942-43(m), 1953(m). WSP 162&

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.9 

3.4 

4.0 

4.5

425

1,050

2,120

3,270

5.0

7.0

10.0

12.0

4,670 

11,500 

23,4OO 

32,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17 

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

24.300

18,100

11,900

4,370

6,710

8,970

8,970

8,970

8,970

9,150

7,740 

8,790

10 , 400

10,800

11,300

10,800

8,970 

8,790

9,690

10,000

10,400

10,400

10,200

7,080

4,040

8,720 

10,400

10,800

8,350

6,220

6 ,850

301,150

9,715

-

-

Nov.

1,620

4,990

6,720

6,270

6,690

4,350

4,560

1,290

5,320

6,020

6,570 

6,970

6,450

1,100

1,090

6,260

7.780 

4,980

4,160

5,270

3,260

663

5,770

5,170

6,580

5,700 

7,530

5,740

1,810

6,690

147,373

4,912

-

-

Dec.

4,620

6,500

6,500

4,780

3,210

876

4,940

6,090

6,510

5,690

*4,890 

1,920

722

6,160"

8,020

7,080

6,850 

3,680

4,910

5,250

9,690

97tf5

8,030

5,960

2,700

3,160 

2,920

6,380

6,040

4,190

5,140

163,098

5,261

-

-

Jan.

2,460

3,570

1,790

5,300

8,460

9,330

4,280

712

6,200

8,290

9,140 

10.000

6,920

7,060

5,380

5,430

2,910 

7,090

6,010

4,510

5,450

6,380

3,460

1,130

5,930

4,230 

4,740

4,990

5,540

2,470

5,810

164,972

5,322

-

-

Feb.

20,400

9,690

8,610

8,610

16,800

51.600

9)900

10,000

9,690

*14,200 

16,500

15,500

8,520

12,300

11,900

8,790 

13,400

24,600

16,900

13,800

10,600

7,720

10,000

9,330

8,970 

9,690

8,900

10,000

__ _ __ .

383,720

13,230

-

-

Mar.

10,400

10,800

10,000

10,800

10,800

10,100

11,900

10,600

9,OOO

9,070

9,220 

7,400

4,570

8,970

6,950

4,980

1,340 

5,430

10,400

10,000

11,500

11,500

11,500

10,800

10,400

4,640 

6,010

9,740

10,800

4,860

19.000

283,480

9,145

-

-

Apr.

16,900

18,500

12,800

16,900

31.300

24,500

14,600

14,600

11,500

8,O7O

10,800 

10,800

10,800

10,800

11,100

8,520

6,590 

10,000

9,150

8,080

5,710

*5,380

3,530

5.110

5,940

6,420

5,760

5,890

6,020

6,290

320,360

10,680

-

-

May

7,090

8,72O

5,51O

3,74O

5,270

4,750

4,930

3,970

4,310

9,830

10.400 

8,110

8,490

6,790

2,300

6,560

6,830 

4,820

4,590

4,860

3,560

675

5,145

5,770

4,010

4,320 

3,010

3,820

2,820

5,500

4,920

165,415

5,336

-

-

June

2,970

3,860

2,980

5,930

1,910

6,010

4,820

5,760

5,280

2,950

2,490 

1,250

4,600

3,220

3,430

4,420

3,430 

1,620

569

4,130

4,040

5,020

4,920

4,890

2,310

2,580 

3,740

3,080

3,240

2,800

108,249

3,608

-

-

July

3,070

1,400

524

540

580

53<5

5,490

4,840

1,540

1,950

6.660 

4,340

4,160

4,270

2,960

2,140

518 

*4,080

2,970

1,590

5,330

3,180

663

698

4,400

3,340 

3,580

3,120

3,890

1,370

1,360

85,089

2,745

-

"

Aug.

5,270

5,460

6,530

6,010

2,570

1,360

660

5,080

5,210

5,280

4,390 

4,440

3,400

2,140

5,570

7,230

6,800 

7,070

6,200

5,870

906

5,460

6,850

3,760

6,100

7.460 

6,710

2,810

6,940

4,520

2,680

150,736

4,862

-

"

Sept.

5,410

4,920

2,670

626

1,860"

4,030

5,130

8.110

6,790

3,640

3,150 

5,430

4,040

3,930

3,920

4,280

1,690 

715

5,940

2,970

2,810

3,070

2,590

1,290

972

3,950 

3,940

4,070

3,970

3,550

109,463

3,649

-

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 24,300 Mln 530 Mean 4,679 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 31,600 Mln 518 Mean 6,511 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN .

1465. Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°09 I 21" (revised), long 80°51'10" (revised), on right bank 10 ft upstream 

from highway bridge at sewage-disposal plant of city of Charlotte, 1,500 ft downstream 

from Briar Creek, and 4.8 miles south of city hall in Charlotte, Mecklentrirg County.

Drainage area. 40.5 sq mi.

Records available. July 1924 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 568.9 ft above mean sea level (city of 

 Charlotte datum). Prior to Apr. 26, 1927, staff gage and Apr. 26, 1927, to Sept. 30,

1958, water-stage recorder, at site 1,000 ft upstream at datum 2.7 ft higher. Concrete

control prior to June 4, 1958.

Average discharge. 36 years, 45.3 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,300 cfs Oct. 10 (gage height, 11.37 ft); minimum, 5.4 cfs July 22, Sept. 25, 26; minimum daily, 5.9 cfs Sept. 25.

1924-60: Maximum discharge, 8,370 cfs Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 16.2 ft, from 

floodmarks at site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended abo-'e 2,600 cfs 

on basis of slope-area and contracted-opening measurements of peak flow at gage heights 

10.42, 11.47, 12.00, and 13.10 ft; minimum, 1.2 cfs Sept. 27, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record and 

those for period of ice effect, which are poor. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow. At 

present an unknown quantity of cooling and wash water, and prior to 1957 as much as 

1.6 cfs of industrial sewage, diverted into the basin from Catawba River through city 

of Charlotte storm sewers.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1052: 

WSP 1553:

1939-44. 

Drainage area.

WSP 1503: 1924-27(M), 1928-30, 193l(M),

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except period of ice effect (gage 

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

1.2

1.3

1.4 

1.7

4.5

6.8

10

23

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

140

300

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

530

830

1,220

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

100

88

30

25

22

21

20

78

49

647

194

65

36

720

166

60

113

70

40

33

62

111

60

79

43

33

30

26

65

200

160

3,446

111

2.74

3.16

Nov.

66

46

35

32

30

30

27

25

26

24

24

24

*24

24

22

22

22

21

21

21

25

20

20

384

86

37

31

32

24

23

1,248

41.6

1.03

1.15

Dec.

24

24

28

24

22

28

31

23

21

20_

22

66

33

24

23

2Z

22

456

a!60

a80

a50

a46

a40

a36

a34

a32

a32

a70

a50

a34

1,605

51.8

1.28

1.47

Jan.

a26

a42

450

a 100

a65

*152

*509

a!20

a74

a48

40

36

35

33

33

29

32

119

41

32

30

29

27

26

28

26

41

39

40

529

*1.010

3,841

124

3.06

3.53

Feb.

180

81

56

58

*869

172

72

55

49

299

305

68

562

297

140

129

121

677

137

73

61

59

49

45

206

79

56

48

46

5,049

174

4.30

4.64

Mar.

40

53

b60

blOO

72

72

73

88

70

111

102

116

126

147

166

553

233

158

103

76

64

57

49

47

43

40

37

39

52

389

146

3,482

112

2.77

3.20

Apr.

63

98

319

155

662

97

68

56

49

41

41

41

44

39

35

36

35

53

31

30

158

99

33

27

26

24

52

44

27

26

2,509

83.6

2.06

2.30

May

220

38

28

25

23

23

23

811

alOO

a55

a40

a38

a32

a30

a28

a26

a24

a24

a24

a22

a20

a!9

a!8

*17

20

18

28

16

14

15

14

1,833

59.1

1.46

1.68

June

14

22

64

65

86

18

14

14

13

12

11

10

11

10

10

9.7

11

8.7

8.1

*36 

62

19

74

53

86

82

18

13

21

11

886.5

29.6

0.731

0.81

July

67

72

48

19

11

10

10

9.4

8.4

7.8

9.4

9.0

8.4

16

9.4

7.1

6^

6.8

*7.8

7.4

6.8

28

13

10

10

8.4

26

14

34

9.7

6.3

516.2

16.7

0.412

0.47

Aug.

6.8

7.1

6.8

*55

15

11

64

29

81

48

194

275

132

160

75

134

88

21

16

14

14

37

~35 341

20

15

12

10

12

20

2,016.7

65.1

1.61

1.85

Sept.

12

12

9.7

10

10

9.7

8.7

9.0

9.4

18

24

16

8.4

7.4

7.4

7.8

7.1

6.8

10

8.1

7.4

7.1

7.4

6.8

5.9

6.8

7.4

68

95

15

438.3

14.6

0.360

0.40

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,330 Min 4.7 Mean 65.6 Cfsm 1.62 In. 21.98

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,010 Min 5.9 Mean 73.4 Cfsm 1.81 In. 24.66

Peak discharge

2,400 cfs (9.__ .. 

May 8 (5:30 a.m.)

y-t>u: wax l,uiu Win 5.9 Mean 73.4 Ufsm 1.81 In. 24.66

(base. 2,100 cfs). Oct. 10 (4:3O p.m.) 3,300 cfs (11.37 ft); Jan. 31 (12:30 p.m.) 

.63 ft); Feb. 5 (2:30 p.m.) 2,900 cfs (10.58 ft); Apr. 5 (3 a.m.) 2,200 cfs (9.16 ft);

a m } 9 Rfln f,f cfs a to 9.BZor> ft-\

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of doubtful gage-height record, 

weather records, streamflow continuity, and records for nearby stations. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
158 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1475. Rocky Creek at Great Palls, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°34', long 80°55', on left bank 350 ft downstream from Turkey Branch, 

1 mile west of Great Palls, Chester County, and 1.6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 194 sq ml.

Records available. February 1951 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 299 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 9 years, 173 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum peak discharge during year, 6,910 cfs Feb. 14 (gage heiglt, 8.70 ft); 

a higher discharge and stage occurred at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (8,720 cfs, 9.36 ft) , on a 

falling stage following a peak on Sept. 30, 1959; minimum discharge, 24 cfs Sept. 26,27. 

1951-60; r Maximum discharge, 10,800 cfs Sept. 30, 1959 (gage height, 10.23 ft); minimum, 0.04 (tfs Oct. 6-13, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

1 (Shifting-control method used July 29 to Aug. 25)

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

1.9 

2.4

24

41

128

254

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

8.0

477

1,080

1,930

4,290

5,770

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 bo September 1960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5.210 

318

185

138

113

97

90

211

264

672

1,190

407

195

626

1,880

534

383

529

274

184

178

718

492

394

329

*208

170

143

130

221

475

14,958

483

2.49

2.87

Nov.

m154

130

120

113

107

97

92

89

86

86

83

82

83

80

78

77

71

71

73

74

73

82

197

102

82

80

74

69

3,160

105

0.541

0.60

Dec.

69 

69

73

73

69

71

*74

67

64

64

63

80

133

88

74

71

71

216

740

248

156

128

111

104

99

94

94

108

209

131

107

3,818

123

0.634

0.73

Jan.

95 

5T

1,370

1,240

322

643

2,520

1,650

414

286

227

192

172

158

149

141

126

528

*508

233

182

154

134

126

120

117

120

136

132

2,460

5,950

18,682

605

3.11

5.58

Feb.

1,670 

542

551

251

1,310

2,340

518

320

257

419

2,900

791

2,650

5.160

696

409

317

603

1,250

405

296

447

446

295

522

540

503

245

219

26,448

912

4.70

5.07

Calendar year 1959: Max 7,590 Min 14

Mar.

*190 

187

254

321

414

360

375

594

575

335

546

430

591

468

486

1,640

2,030

604

406

320

264

230

208

190

180

165

160

154

156

2,510

2.820

17,763

573

2.95

3.40

Apr.

690 

590

1,020

918

5.500

1,180

425

317

257

213

187

180

167

158

149

147

141

149

*145

124

122

562

220

158

138

122

215

152

120

111

12,375

412

2.12

2.36

May

136 

124

102

95

90

88

86

1,280

1.550

240

170

141

126

117

104

97

89

84

78

74

73

69

64

61

59.

62

164

75

63

69

62

5,490

177

0.912

1.05

Mean 277 Cfsr

June

*56 

53

57

160

137

585

139

94

77

69

64

62

59

55

52

50

50

48

46

46

184

291

126

118

66

57

59

52

52

49

5,011

100

0.515

0.57

n 1.45

July

46 

45

41

41

40

70

100

55

47

44

43

44

41

43

92

44

58

36

34

35

51

50

45

41

42

42

36

395

1.280

224

102

3,241

105

0.541

0.62

Aug.

77 

66

58

53

52

51

47

45

46

58

118

73

255

88

59

55

49

*47

45

44

il

51

659.

454

101

70

65

56

51

48

49

3,029

97.7

0.504

0.58

Sept.

55 

44

43

39

36

55

54

56

34

52

33

41

35

50

28

32

34

32

33

*36

52

29

28

26

26

24

24

43

83

52

1,087

56.2

0.187

0.21

In > 1? . 38

Water year 1959-60: Max 5,160 Min 24 Mean 309 Cfsm 1.59 In. 21.64

Discharge this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 159

1480. Wateree River near Camden, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°14 I 40", long 80°39'15", in pier of bridge on U. S. Highway 1, 1,500 ft

 downstream from Twentyfivemile Creek, 4,000 ft upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad 

bridge, 2.2 miles west of Camden, Kershaw County, and 7.4 miles downstrean from Wateree 

Dam.

Drainage area.--5,070 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--January to December 1903 (gage heights only), October 1904 to Septem-

 her 1910, October 1929 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some periods, 

published in WSP 1303. Gage-height records collected at site l£ miles downstream 

1891-1934, at site 830 ft upstream January 1935 to September 1942, and at present site 

since October 1942, are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 119.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of

"1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. January 1903 to September 1910 staff or chain 

gage at site 1^ miles downstream at datum about 1.65 ft lower. Oct. 1, 1929, to Sept. 1, 

1942, water-stage recorder at site 830 ft upstream at present datum.

Average discharge.--37 years (1904-10, 1929-60), 6,189 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 58,800 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 28.54 ft); minimum daily, 374 cfs June 19.

1903-10, 1929-60: Maximum discharge, 366,000 cfs Aug. 26, 1908 (gage height, 39.7ft, 

site and datum then in use, from records of U. S. Weather Bureau), from rating curve 

extended above 122,000 cfs on basis of computation, by Duke Power Co., of peak flow of 

382,000 cfs over dam at Rocky Creek Reservoir; minimum daily, 170 cfs Jims 3, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 40.4 ft July 18, 1916, at site lj miles downstrean, from records of U. S. Weather Bureau (discharge, 400,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 

122,000 cfs as explained above).

Remarks.--Records fair. Flow regulated by powerplant at Wateree Reservoir (capacity, 

7,626,000,000 cu ft) and by other powerplants above station.

Cooperation.--Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

"""" """ 1930. WSP 952: Drainage area. WSP 108?: 1934(m). 

1930-51 (monthly and yearly runoff).

Revlslons~Twater years).--WSP 802: 

WSP 1433:1905-10. WSP 1623:

Correction.--The maximum discharge (18,300 cfs) for the 1959 water year, published in 

WSP 1623, was not independent of the higher peak discharge occurring Oct. 2, 1959 

(42,100 cfs, 26.22 ft); maximum independent peak discharge during 1959 water year, 

17,500 cfs July 11 (gage height, 16.66 ft).

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1, May 15 to July 28)

Oct. 3 to Sept. 30

22.1 27,700

23.0 30,000

25.7 39,200

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

6.0 

14.0

365

635

1,550

5,040

13,100

18.0 18,200

22.0 26,800

26.0 40,900

28.0 54,100

Discharge, In cubic et per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

L

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

L7

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*27,700

39.100

31,400

20,000

16,800

15,600

14,500

14,100

15,600

15,600

14,000

15 , 500

15 , -300

16,100

18,200

17,700

17,000

13,90.0

15,300

13,500

12,000

13,900

15,400

16,000 

9.560

11,300

12,700

12,000

11,900 

12,400

12 , 700

506,860

16,350

_

-

Nov.

5,540

Dec.

8,360

6,540 8,650

8,660

9,210

8,900

8,390

7,000

1,670

5,910

8,120

7,440

7,140

8,720

6,020

*1,050

5,590

8,230

7,290

6,370

6,380

3,840

620

5,410

7,520 

9.910

9,320

9,460

8,610

4,140 

5,700

198,700

6,623

_

-

7,160

5,590

4,750

1,040

5,960

7,460

7,340

7,080

7,670

3,430

847

5,615"

8,770

8,970

8,430

8,730

11,000

12,000

12,500

12.600

9,800

9,750 

6,260

4,240

3,950

6,480

8,700 

7,930

7,690

228,747

7,379

_

-

Jan .

5,540

5,480

6,530

9,610

11,600

13,500

17,200

18.000

17,100

16,200

15,800

15,300

14,600

10,800

10,300

9,300

4,320

8,570

9,010

8,410

9,350

9,590

8,370

5.870 

7,000

8,660

6,810

6,780

7,890 

9,820

16,200

321,510

10,370

_

-

Feb.

17,700

22,000

20,000

17,100

17,000

25,700

42.700

35,300

23,900

*18,500

18,000

23,600

28,200

41,300

*37,400

28,000

21,600

18,500

22,100

30,800

25,200

21,800

19,400

17,200 

16,800

16,700

16,400

16,000

15 . 800

 

674,700

23,270

_

-

Mar.

15,500

15,500

15,900

16,400

16,200

16,000

15,600

14,400

12 , 700

15,000

15,500

15,600

13,700

11,000

12,800

13,900

15,600

15,800

15,400

15,300

14,100

12 , 600

12 , 100

12,300 

12,600

12,500

10,000

8.850

10,900 

15,500

19.600

438,850

14,160

-

Apr.

18,200

18,200

19,500

24,500

41,500

*54.100

38,500

25,800

21,200

18,200

16,400

16,100

15,500

15,000

15,200

15,000

13,600

12,200

11,600

11,900

10,200

9,180

9,150

5.890 

6,740

8,550

9,080

8,370

8,130 

8,760

506,250

16,880

_

-

May

8,960

8,680

8,550

8,350

7,910

6,980

5,340

5,120

7,290

11,300

11.600

11,600

11,600

10,600

5,350

6,560

8,740

7,890

7,720

7,810

4,720

722

5,400

5,420 

3,710

4,080

4,790

6,100

2,950 

5,510

5,590

216,942

6,998

_

-

June

4,260

4,230

4,690

4,260

3,980

5,880

7,290

7,120

6,540

6,110

2,970

502

4,270

4,220

4,340

3,510

1,990

1,560

*374

3,740

5,390

6,630

6,570

7,550 

5,280

2,920

3,710

2,100

1,680 

1,510

125,176

4,172

-

July

1,510

4,210

1,840

1,630

3,460

4,150

5,060

2,490

2,940

473

3,280

3,490

3,940

4,450

5,350

3,020

415

4,040

5,300

4,550

3,910

2,470

1,230

400 

2,600

2,790

4,65C

7.72C

11.800

l,'l2C

111,666

3,602

_

-

Calendar year 1959 : Max 39,100 Min 230 Mean 7,761 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60 : Max 54,100 Mln 374 Mean 9,964 Cfsm - In. -

Aug.

5,040

7,130

6,670

5,730

5,970

2,800

469

4,760

6,260

7,120

6,900

7,220

7,050

1,690

5,680

8,500

8,500

8,000

7,720

6,690

1,520

4,770

7,290

8,700 

9.280

9,220

7,500

4,520

5,730 

7,060

4,500

189,989

6,129

_

-

Sept.

4,980

7,540

5,700

834

546

4,520

6,800

8.870

8,700

7,670

5,520

3,600

3,440

3,190

2,750

3,270

1,510

406

5,320"

4,930

3,400

2,900

4,330

1,250 

*518

3,410

4,220

5,820

7,070 

4,580

127,594

4,253

-

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
160 3MTEE RIVER BASIN

1490. Cove Creek near Lake Lure, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°25'24" (revised), long 82°06'42" (revised), on left bank 40 ft upstream 

from bridge on 0. S. Highways 64 and 74, 1 mile upstream from mouth, and 5 miles east 

of town of Lake Lure, Rutherford County.

Drainage area. 77.0 sq mi.

Records available. January 1951 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 815.4 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Dec. 20, 1954, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 9 years, 109 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,940 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 11.27 ft); mini- 

 mum, 73 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 2.24 ft).

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 7,050 cfs June 5, 1957 (gage height, 18.53 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,100 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 21 cfs Sept. 8, 

9, 28, 30, Oct. 1-3, 5-7, 11-13, 1954.

Flood in 1916 reached a stage of about 23 ft, from records of State Highway and 

Public Works Commission.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 5-20)

2.2

2.3 

2.6 

3.0

136

220

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

446

705

970

1,270

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

252

165

134

115

104

96

140

146

384

374

362

230

182

305

272

205

178

163

142

130

121

136

180

233

178

151

138

126

121

o o 262

5,903

190

2.47

2.85

Nov.

203

174

153

144

136

*130

123

119

115

113

109

107

106

106

106

106

106

100

100

100

100

23.

98

224

155

134

126

128

115

111

3,745

125

1.62

1.81

Dec.

109

111

121

109

107

113

111

106

106

104

104

151

144

126

119

*115

113

227

374

228

184

161

146

140

136

130

123

168

174

151

140

4,451

144

1.87

2.15

Jan.

132

132

188

168

157

245

239

210

184

170

159

151

146

140

146

136

134

159

146

136

132

128

123

121

121

119

132

*130

132

249

538

5,203

168

2.18

2.51

Feb.

316

230

199

184

1,190

546

305

252

226

477

551

305

283

247

222

220

237

649

466

305

262

252

233

220

249

237

218

210

201

9,492

327

4.25

4.58

Mar.

*195

210

220

197

186

180

182" 178

193

191

199

191

195

205

218

241

262

316

272

262

252

252

262

256

260

247

247

249

272

575" 785

7,945

256

3.32

3.84

Apr.

350

305

479

582

558

386

327

305

283

262

262

256

247

*239

233

230

222

218

214

212

212

210

205

201

197

193

195

195

186

TgT

8,157

272

3.53

3.94

May

214

182

176

174

170

165

172

283

193

176

168

168

163

157

151

146

146

142

138

138

136

134

130

130

128

126

*T74

146

134

132

126

4,918

159

2.06

2.38

June

121

121

123

140

144

153

146

132

128

119

117

113

109

109

113

*106

104

102

100

11-5

121

115

138

111

107

140

130

111

111

102

3,601

120

1.56

1.74

July

102

106

98

94

109

132

106

98

96

106

13?

106

98

94

91

89

89

87

87

128

87

87

144

130

125

401

*T51

13?

121 10-)

100

3,633

117

1.5?

1.7<3

Aug.

96

96

96

96

102

96

115

106

96

111

102

282

738

272

188

153

138

132

121

121

111

111

123

104

98

94

92

91

87

'5? 83 

tij

4,334

140

1.82

2.09

Sept.

117

94

119

94

*91

89

132

102

92

91

92

92

82

80

82

82

87

129

94

87

80

80

82

78

75

76

80

111

142 -i (-.pi iUU

2,832

94.4

1.23

1.37

Calendar year 1959 : Max 1,080 Min 50 Mean 125 Cfam 1.62 In. 22.11

Water year 1959-60 : Max 1,190 Min 75 Mean 175 Cfsm 2.27 In. 31.02

Peak discharge (base. 900 cfs, revised) .--Feb. 5 (4 p.m.) 2,940 cfa (11.27 ft); Feb. 10 (9 p.m.)

1,270 cfs (6.93 ft); Feb. 18 (6 p.m.) 1,340 cfs (7.15 ft); Mar. 30 (8 p.m.) 1,240 cfs (6.83 ft);

Apr. 4 (10 a.m.) 945 cfs (5.87 ft); July 26 (4 a.m.) 1,060 cfs (6.30 ft); Aug. 13 (2 a.m.) 1,660

cfs (8.08 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 161

1510. Second Broad River at Cliffside, M. C.

Location. -Lat 35"14'08" (revised), long 81"45'57" (revised), on left bank a quarter of 

a mile downstream from dam at Cliffside Mills, at Cliffside, Rutherford County, and 

1^ miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 211 sq mi.

Records available. June 1925 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 670 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 35 years, 293 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,380 cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 7.80 ft); minimum, 11 cfs June 12 (gage height, 0.60 ft); minimum daily, 151 cfs Sept. 22, 25.

1925-60: Maximum discharge, 15,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 17.93 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 9,100 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over Cliffside Mills dam; minimum, 4 cfs Sept. 27, 1935, Aug. 3, 1937, July 24, 1943; minimum 

daily, 6 cfs June 9, 1940.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by mills above station. 

Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given 

in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1928(M), drainage area. WSP 1553: 1935-39(m).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.3 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

137

208

445

735

6.0 

8.0

1,110

1,930

3,730

5,580

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,480

628

512

259

330

272

324

447

794

1,980

2.860

1,050

610

1,420

1,460

735

622

522

472

415

385

365

355

420

380

370

335

310

315

305

566

22,298

719

3.41

3.93

Nov.

448

445

360

345

335

*305

295

282

330

273

259

272

268

264

259

272

264

254

250

250

242

231

268

438

511

335

345

315

272

300

9,293

310

1.47

1.64

Dec.

272

282

290

286

300

229

310

282

250

246

272

335

445

380

345

*325

305

335

1.050

716

538

435

386

345

340

330

320

360

435

350

11,454

369

1.75

2.02

Jan.

340

300

434

472

425

445

582

522

488

369

395

380

345

380

340

345

290

380

370

335

320

310

310

259

305

305

295

355

330

544

1.540

12,810

413

1.96

2.26

Feb.

1,480

742

582

494

2,070

4.790

1,740

756

622

1,150

al,500

a800

a700

a 600

a 600

a 600

a650

al.100

al,200

a900

a800

a700

a650

a600

3800

a700

a 600

a550

aSOO

28,976

999

4.73

5.11

Msr.

467

506

528

594

489

478

494

494

533

489

522

511

533

582

622

882

982

1,270

1,070

833

826

749

805

709

722

634

616

634

599

1,600

4.650

25,403

819

3.88

4.48

Apr.

1,970

912

1,050

2.600

2,060

1,230

890

756

676

628

599

577

577

*516

553

506

494

511

467

467

467

478

467

435

445

435

478

478

462

425

22,589

753

3.57

3.98

M3y

500

472

456

395

420

395

385

112.

604

472

440

445

415

395

390

390

405

330

345

345

345

345

355

335

500

*320

550

577

545

595 rftc12,733

411

1.95

2.24

June

315

320

320

540

385

375

330

330

325

325

272

267

295

264

284

272

272

259

254

310

286

380

572

385

325

325

595

345

286

286

9,699

323

1.53

1.71

July

264

246

264

296

540

303

226

300

166

282

340

320

282

233

272

229

201

237

225

229

242

221

229

233

250

250

250

*259

272

242

225

7,928

256

1.21

1.40

Aug.

250

250

250

229

171

225

182

229

229

264

250

254

690

395

295

286

229

242

229

221

208

242

237

237

216

225

175

154

225

190

171

7,650

247

1.17

1.35

Sept.

420

225

204

182

*201

225

1.780

506

360

233

237

310

201

216

208

164

250

182

250

229

204

151

178

221

151

216

178

229

315

385

8,811

294

1.59

1.55

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,860 Min 122 Mean 361 Cfsm 1.71 In. 23.24

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,790 Mln 151 Mean 491 Cfsm 2.33 In. 31.67

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 cfs).--Oct. 1 (3 a.m.) 3,370 cfs (5.62 ft); Oct. 11 (11 a.m.) 3,370 cfs 

(5.56 ft); Feb. 6 (3:50 p.m.) 5,580 cfs (7.80 ft); Mar. 31 (3 p.m.) 4,810 cfs (7.17 ft); Apr. 4 

(6:30 p.m.) 3,100 cfs (5.26 ft); Sept. 7 (Z p.m.) 5,080 cfs (7.53 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

3 No g3ge-helght record; discharge estimated on basis of westher records, recorded range In stage, 

and records for nesrby stations.
162 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1515. Broad River near Boiling Springs, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°12'40" (revised), long 8l°41'50", on right bank half a mile upstream 

from Sandy Run Creek, 3 miles downstream from Second Broad River, and 3| miles southwest of Boiling Springs, Cleveland County.

Drainage area. 864 sq mi.

Records available. June 1925 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 639.92 ft above mean sea level (Duke Power 

cTo. bench mark). Prior to July 20, 1934, at site 500 ft upstream at datum 1 ft higher.

Average discharge.--35 years, 1,408 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,100 efs Feb. 6, Mar. 31 (gage height, 11.08 

ft);" minimum, 237 cfs Aug. 7 (gage height, 1.45 ft); minimum daily, 700 cfs Sept. 25,26.

1925-60: Maximum discharge, 73,300 cfs Aug. 16, 1928 (gage height, 24.3 ft, former 

site, present datum); minimum, 40 cfs Oct. 17, 1954 (gage height, 1.02 ft); minimum 

daily, 105 cfs Oct. 10, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, Which are poor. 

Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by powerplants above station. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1960 are 

given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 892: 1928, drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.5

3.0 

5.0

690

1,250

1,900

4,750

6.0 

8.0 

9.0 

11.0

6,240

9,800

12,000

16,900

Discharge, In cubic feet per ond, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

7,380

3,160

2,580

1,840

1.550

1,550

1,770

2,580

5,500

9,050

9.750

5,500

3,370

5,960

4,310

5,660

5,300

2,800

2,110

1,900

2,040

1,640

1,900

2,720

2,650

2,240

2,180

2,240

1,900

1,840

2 ,580

100,330

3,236

3.75

4.52

Nov.

2,580

2,180

2,180

2,110

1,970

1,900

1,840

1,700

1,510

1,700

1,700

1,640

1,510

1,550

1,550

1,450

1,580

1,380

1,300

1,280

1,550

1,550

1.200

1,970

2,580

1,590

1,600

1,610

1,470

1,250

50,140

1,671

1.93

2.16

Dec.

1,580

1,640

1,640

1,580

1,540

1,410

1,410

1,340

1,430

1,320

1,340

1,700

1,970

1,550

1,700

1,770

1,500

1,500

5,120

2,510

1,700

1,970

2,110

1,840

1,770

1,250

1,500

1,590

1,970

1,900

1,840

52,190

1,684

1.95

2.25

Jan.

1,610

1,900

1,970

1,970

1,970

2,110

2,940

2,510

1,970

2,040

1,900

1,900

1,840

1,700

1,700

1,610

1,420

1,640

1,610

1,610

1,610

1,700

1,600

1,350

1,150

1,470

1,450

1,610

1,700

2,850

6.560

60,950

1,965

2.27

2.62

Feb.

5,050

3,500

2,800

3,500

8,820

13.900

5,490

3,800

3,440

3,010

6,400

4,600

3,750

3,370

3,010

3,230

3,370

5,340

7,210

4,170

3,440

3,010

2,940

2,800

3,300

3,590

2,940

2,800

2,650

124,810

4,304

4.98

5.37

Mar.

,580

,440

,580

,940

,510

,240

,310

,380

,510

,310

,380

,380

,180

,310

2.040

3,660

3,800

4,310

3,440

5,230

3,080

3,010

2,870

2,720

2,870

2,800

2,510

2,510

2,720

6,020

14.800

100,240

5,254

3.74

4.31

Apr.

6,58O

4,460

4,660

8,820

7,380

5,340

4,170

3,880

3,660

3,440

3,300

2,8OO

*2,650

2,580

2,940

2,650

2,440

2,110

2,380

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,110

2,110

1.900

2,180

2,310

2,310

2,110

2,110

100,700

3,357

3.89

4.33

May

2,380

2,240

2,040

1,970

1,640

1,590

2,040

2 . 600

27350

2,240

2,110

2,040

2,040

1,970

1,900

1,260

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,770

1,770

1,510

1*770

1,700

1,640

1,640

2,110

1,770

1,430

1,470

58,310

1,881

2.18

2.51

June

1,580

1,510

1,640

1,770

1,640

1,480

1,770

1,640

1,840

1,640

1,460

1,330

1,080

1,370

1,440

1,300

1,280

1,350

1,080

1.010

1,440

1,550

1,840

1,580

1,500

1,460

1,510

1,590

1,560

1,410

44,630

1,488

1.72

1.92

July

1,540

1,190

1,180

1,190

1,310

1,580

1 600

1,420

1,140

1,010

1,010

1,580

1,510

1,250

*1,150

1,070

801" 78C

1,19C

1,180

1,09C

1,05C

1,06C

914

99?

1.38C

1,45C

1,26C

1,57C

1,26C

1,100

37,594

1,206

1.40

1.6L

Aug.

811

1,260

1,230

1,110

1,020

1,020

740

*900~

1,100

1,010

1,200

1,400

3,200

5.600

1,900

1,6OO

1,400

1,200

1,100

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,700

1,400

1,200

1,100

1,000

900

900

1,000

1,100

40,101

1,294

1.50

1.73

Sepb.

2,800

1,700

1,200

900

900

1,400

5,800

2,000

1,500

1,300

1,400

1,400

1,300

1,200

1,000

1,000

1,000

900

800

800

1,200

1,100

1,000

900

700

700

800

1,000

1,400

1,600

40,700

1,357

1.57

1.75

Calendar year 1959: Max 9,750 Mln 508 Mean 1,678 Cfsm 1.94 In. 26.35

Waber year 1959-60: Max 14,800 Mln 700 Mean 2,214 Cfsm 2.56 In. 34.88

Peak discharge (base, 9,OOO cfs). Oct. 1 (3 a.m.)

(8.67 ft); Feb. 6 (5 a.m.) 17.10O efs (11.08 ft); Feb. 19 (5 a.m.) 9,010 cfs 

(6 a.m.) 17,100 cfs (11.08 ft)j Apr. 4 (5 a.m.) 9,60O cfs (7.94 ft); Sept. 

cfa (9.40 ft).

10,400 cfs (8.26 ft); Oct. 10 (10 a.m.) 11,300 cfs 

7.57 ft); Mar. 51 

abort, z p.m.) 12,9OO

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Mote. No gage-height record Aug. 8, 9, Aug. 11 to Sept. 30; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, records of stage at Cllffslde steam plant, and station at Gaffney, S. C.
SANTEE RIVER BASIS 163

1521. First Broad River near Casar, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°29'35", long 81°40'56" (revised), on right bank 570 ft upstream from 

highway bridge, half a mile upstream from Bo Business Creek, and 4.0 miles southwest of 

Casar, Cleveland County.

Drainage area. 59.5 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--March 1959 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 890 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,700 cfs Oct. 10 (gage height, 11.45 ft); minimum, 37 efs Sept. 26 (gage height, 1.28 ft).

1959-60: Maximum discharge that of Oct. 10, 1959; minimum, 30 cfs Aug. 17-30, 23, 

24, 1959 (gage height, 1.15 ft).

A base flow discharge of 14.5 cfs was measured on Sept. 21, 1955.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic 

feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 12, 

Apr. 6 to June 27 Dec. 13 to Apr. 5 June 23 to Sept. 30

1.4 64

2.0 17O

3.0 400

4.0 680

5.0 990

7.0 1,750

1.4 72

2.0 190

3.0 45O

4.0 750

5.0 1,050

7.0 1,750

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

97

186

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe" 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

278

160

130

114

105

98

126

128

210

1,45Q

632 

260

185

*836

398

216

166

144

123

112

105

104

105

109

97

90 '87

82

81 

102

150

6,983

225

3.76

4.36

Nov.

116

102

92

87

84

82

79

78

76

74

73 

72

72

72

72

72

72

68

68

*67

6666-

66

Tig' 160

93

85

85

79 

76

2,473

82.4

1.38

1.55

Dec.

76

76

82

74

73

76

76

72

70

70

if

127

103

*95

90

85

142

290

167

127

112

101

94

90

88

85

106

118 

103

97

3,145

101

1.70

1.97

Jan.

90

90

138

125

112

154

163

144

123

112

104 

99

95

94

97

92

90

103

99

94

92

86

85

85

83

81

*88

86

86 

172

405

3,565

115

1.93

2.23

Feb.

276

169

133

118

1,270"

621

285

205

180

300

474 

242

219

190

165

163

184

615

491

260

2 IE

197

177

165

235

224

184

169

*158

8,281

286

4.81

5.18

Mar.

146

154

161

152

135

127

T2T

127

135

133

135 

131

131

140

*150

184

217

311

250

205

194

203

221

212

*230

199

201

203

203

gig

7,446

240

4.03

4.65

Apr.

392

311

566

740

#722

388

300

251

227

208

200 

196

*190

180

178

174

170

164

156

146

144

142

136

132

130

126

T42

148

130 

128

7,217

241

4.05

4.51

May

148

130

121

117

116

116

121

T75" 268

140

126 

121

117

112

109

104

104

100

98

97

95

95

93

*93

97

95

107

105

95 

93

90

3,593

116

1.95

2.25

June

89

89

107

104

121

97

92

90

89

85

S5 

84

82

81

79

*79

81

79

79

79

82

84

138

122

113

116

105

84

84

76

2,775

92.5

1.55

1.73

July

74

73 ~TZ

70

6,3

7i3

74

63

66

6fl

74 

72

613

65

63

63

61

59

59

59

*55

55

66

76

65

66

76

*66

76 

66

59

2,079

67.1

1.13

1.30

Aug.

57

61

61

55

57

55

61

61

57

59

59 

91

160

72

*59

55

57

57

57

55

54

55

74

52

48

48

47

47

43 

"cT42

bo

1,879

60.6

1.02

1.17

Sept.

82

57

52

48

48

113

89

59

52

48

48 

48

*45

40

42

42

43

45

54

47

42

40

42

40

40

40

40

50

66 

52

1,554

51.8

0.871

0.97

Calendar year 1959: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-6O: Max 1.45O Min 40 Mean 139 Cfsm 2.34 In. 31.87

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 cfs). Oct. 10 (3 p.m.) 3,700 cfs (11.45 ft); Feb. 5 (8 p.m.) 2,860 cfs 

(9.72 ft); Feb. IS (7 p.m.) 1,280 cfs (5.68 ft)j Har. 30 (2 p.m.) 2.59O efs (9.O7 ft); Apr. 3 

(11 p.m.) 1,5

. .. 

,520 cfs (6.44 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
164 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1525. First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°22'50", long 81°32'40", on left bank 0.2 mile upstream from Shoal Rock 

Creek, 0.4 mile downstream from highway bridge at Double Shoals, and 2? miles southeast 

of Lawndale, Cleveland County.

Drainage area. 198 sq mi.

Records available. February 1940 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 735.94 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--20 years, 270 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,660 cfs Oct. 11 (gage height, 13.30 ft); minimum, 29 cfs Aug. 21, 28; minimum daily, 115 cfs Sept. 25.

1940-60: Maximum discharge, 32,500 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 37.8 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs on basis of records for nearby streams; minimum, 

13 cfs Sept. 18, 1955; minimum daily, 17 cfs Aug. 11, 1956.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage of 37.8 ft, from floodmark established by local 

resident.

Remarks. Records good except those above 1,000 cfs, which are fair. Considerable diurnal 

fluctuation and slight regulation at low flow caused by powerplants and mills above 

station.

Revisions (water years1.--WSP 952: Drainage area. WSP 1142: 1945-46(M). 

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.9 

2.2 

2.5 

3.0

104

199

340

630

4.0 

6.0

8.0 

10.0

1,300

2,190

3,100

4,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,540

552

373

290

252

225

290

370

680

1,180

2,870

730

552

*2 , 500

1,440

735

576

480

395

356

330

330

330

330

266

300

266

243

266

290

412

19,749

637

3.22

3.71

Nov.

378

330

300

281

276

271

252

221

234

234

234

234

257

239

192

230

225

225

212

*217

221

225

225

440

439

315

315

290

221

243

7,976

266

1.34

1.50

Dec.

243

337

166

25T

243

252

266

243

230

230

234

351

412

340

*295

276

266

325

746

191

412

356

330

300

300

276

266

310

422

330

310

9,810

316

1.60

1.84

Jan.

295

276

403

384

340

428

498

450

384

368

320

315

305

300

285

300

281

310

310

285

276

271

266

262

257

252

*252

305

271

636

1.870

11,755

379

1.91

2.21

Feb.

1,100

637

492

422

2,630

5,290

988

651

528

648

2,OOO

805

665

612

504

510

627

1,850

1,690

826

644

594

534

492

686

644

552

504

*462

26,587

917

4.63

4.99

Mar.

428

450

493

510

576

322

40f

406

412

417

434

422

417

450

492

665

785

1,260

988

803

772

852

818

707

728

630

609

576

5S9

? 390

5J760

23,561

760

3.84

4.43

Apr.

1,130

826

1,360

2.590

*2,070

1,090

826

707

644

582

564

540

522

510

*498

486

480

474

456

450

450

468

434

434

412

412

412

456

422

412

20,917

697

3.52

3.93

May

468

422

400

395

395

395

395

740

508

450

406

395

395

340

351

346

340

330

330

330

281

300

285

300

300

*262

305

362

252

07C 276

281

11,335

366

1.85

2.13

June

281

281

300

305

356

281

281

281

285

257

234

212

*230

239

234

225

212

208

188

27T

248

305

896

335

863

362

368

315

276

257

9,386

313

1.58

1.76

July Aug.

271 208

252 217

252 188

230 188

248 191

281 356

257 195

239 252

225 188

203 180

239 188

305 318

230 618

212 252

217 *203

208 199

164 195

195 184

188 173

192 169

192 137

188 162

365 195

476 180

230 166

208 153

498 146

*266 131

297 143

234 137

183 146

7,745 6,358

250 205

1.26 1.04

1.45 1.19

Sept.

313

180

156

126

153

150

739

257

199

184

184

195

162

*159

162

166

156

153

162

169

159

153

159

150

115

134

143

180

225

195

5,738

191

0.965

1.08

Calendar year 1959: Max 4,990 Min 1O9 Mean 311 Cfsm 1.57 In. 21.30

Water year 1959-60= Max 3,760 Min 115 Mean 440 Cfsm 2.22 In. 30.22

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 cfs).--Oct. 11 (6 a.m.) 5,660 cfs (13.30 ft); Feb. 6 (6 a.m.) 5,390 cfs 

(12.77 ft); Mar. 31 (4 a.m.) 5,440 cfs (12.92 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 165

1535. Broad River near Gaffney, S. C.

Location. Lat 35"05'20", long 81°34 I 20", on right bank at downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 29A, 0.3 mile upstream from Cherokee Creek, 4.4 miles downstream from 

Gaston Shoals Dam, and 4.5 miles east of Gaffney, Cherokee County.

Drainage area.--1,490 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. July 1896 to December 1899 (gage heights and discharge measurements 

only), October 1938 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303. Discharges for July 12, 1896, to Dec. 31, 1899, published in the 

18th, 19th, and 21st Annual Reports, Part 4, have been found to be unreliable and should 

not be used.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 539.10 ft above mean sea lev^l, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 12, 1896, to Dec. 31, 1899, chain or staff 

gages at sites 1.1 miles upstream at different datum.

Average discharge. 22 years (1938-60), 2,379 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum peak discharge during year, 33,600 cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 12.07 ft); 

a higher discharge and stage occurred at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (37,200 cfs, about 12.63 ft) 

on a falling stage following a peak on Sept. 30, 1959; minimum discharge, 367 cfs 

July 5; minimum daily, 1,050 cfs Sept. 26.

1938-60: Maximum discharge, 119,000 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 19.78 ft), by 

computation of flow over GBston Shoals Dam; minimum, 140 cfs Oct. 24, 19'4; minimum 

daily, 224 cfs Oct. 24, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at medium and low flow by powerplants above station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions. WSP 972: Drainage area. See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 9 to June 22)

3.4 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

945

1,730

3,540

5,740

7.0

9.0

11.0

11.5

8,600

16,600

26,600

29,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

19.000

5,500

3,800

2,600

2,200

2.000 

2,800

5,500

9,000

13,000

13,000

9,500

6,000

15,000

13,000

6,000

5,500

4,400

3,400

3,000

3,200

2,600

3,000

4,200

4,000

3,400

3,400

*2,960

2,770 

2 590

3)440

179,760

5,799

3.89

4.48

Nov.

4,040

3,540

3,240

3,150

2,960

2,960 

2,860

2,770

2,500

2,500

2,590

2,590

2,410

2,410

2,410

2,320

2,320

2,130

2,210

2.060

2,130

2,200

2,090

2,860

4.250

2,770

2,590

2,680

2,590

'

80,310

2,677

1.80

2.01

Dec.

2,090

2,590

2,770

2,410

2,160

2,410 

2,410

2,320

*2,230

2,230

2.060

2,680

3,740

2,6SO

2,770

2,860

2,6SO

2,860

4.890

4,830

3,240

3,150

3,240

2,960

2,860

2,410

2,320

2,500

3,240 

2,960

2, 960

87,510

2,823

1.89

2.18

Jan.

2,770

2,860

3,740

3,440

3,340

3,240 

4,550

4,470

3,540

3,240

3,340

2,960

3,060

2,770

2,770

2,680

2,500

2,770

2,770

2,680

*2 , 590

2,680

2,590

2,410

2.060

2,230

2,500

2,500

2,770 

4,840

12 800

103,460

3,337

2.24

2.58

Feb.

13,300

6,130

4,800

4.140

13,400

29.500 

11,300

6,130

5,260

4,580

9,910

8,000

6,260

6,390

5,260

5,020

5,380

9,000

16,200

7,990

6,000

5,140

4,800

4,580

5,350

6,130

5,380

4,800

4,470

224,600

7,745

5.20

5.61

Mar.

4,360.

4,040

4,130

4,470

4,470

4,140 

3,940

5.840

3,940

4,040

4,040

4,140

4,040

4,140

4,810

*7,210

7,720

10,000

7,490

6,000

5,620

5,380

5,260

5,020

4,690

4,800

4,360

4,250

4,470

7, 86O

24.500

176,970

5,709

3.83

4.42

Apr.

12,600

6,660

6,740

15.500

14,900

9,650 

6,800

5,870

5,500

5,020

4,800

4,470

4,250

4,040

4,250

4,140

3,940

3,440

3,740

3,640

*3,840

3,940

3,640

3,340

5.150

3,440

3,540

5,640

5,440

0,1

164,870

5,496

5.69

4.12

May

5,840

5,740

5,540

3,150

2,960

2,770 

3,060

4.940

4,360

3,640

2,960

2,960

2,860

2,860

2,6SO

1,990

2,410

2,590

2,590

2,410

2,500

2,130

1.760

2,240

2,270

*2,300

2,160

2,860

2,590

2,140

2,160

87,220

2,814

1.89

2.18

June

2,190

2,180

2,190

2,500

2,410

2,410 

2,230

2,410

2,500

2,410

2,520

1,920

1,560

1,870

1,890

1,810

1,810

1,800

1,450

1.410

3,740

2,960

5.470

37550"

3,470

3,060

2,770

2,680

2,520 

2,550

75,700

2,457

1.65

1.84

July

2,560

2,080

1,980

1,820

1,880

2,560 

2.550

2,560

1,740

1,760

1,590

2,500

*2,500

2,000

1,840

1,620

1,500

1.500

1,690

1,820

1,760

1,590

1,650

2,050

1,770

1,760

2,500

2,460

2,550 

2,210

'

60,940

1,966

1.52

1.52

Aug.

1,670

1,740

1,990

1,850

1,500

1,600 

1,700

1,520

1,640

1,560

2,050

2,560

5,990

4.250

5,150

2,900

2,270

1,870

1,690

1,650

1,850

*1,640

2,980

2,510

2,020

1,720

1,490

1,500

1.270 

1,540

1,760

62,590

2,019

1.36

1.57

Sept.

3,570

2,650

1,880

1,450

1,590

1,680 

6.850

5,110

2,670

2,240

2,160

2,650

2,010

1,720

1,670

1,650

1,580

1,550

1,350

1,620

1,950

1,600

1,570

1,460

1,590

1.050

1,160

1,690

2,340 

2 590 '

65,970

2,152

1.45

1.60

Calendar year 1959: Max 20.OOO Min 986 Mean 2,961 Cfsm 1.99 In. 26.96

Water Water year year 1959-60: 1959-60; Max Max 29,500 29,500 Mln Mln 1,050 1,050 Mean Mean 3,732 5,752 Cfsm Cfsm 2.5O 2.5O In. In. 34.11 34.11

Peak discharge (base, 16,000 efs). Oct. 14 (about 8 p.m.) 17,600 cfs (about 9.15 ft); Jan. 31 

(10:15 p.m.) 17,600 efs (9.17 ft); Feb. 6 (6:45 a.m.) 55,600 cfs (12.07 ft); Feb. 19 (7 a.m. 

20,900 efs (9.94 ft); Mar. 51 (1 p.m.) 27,800 efs (11.17 ft); Apr. 4 (12:30 p.m.) 17,100 efs 

(9.14 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 1-27; discharge estimated on basis of peak gage height for 

Sept. 3O, 1959, from crest-stage gage, daily gage readings by U. S. Weather Bureau, and records for 

other stations in same drainage basin.
166 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

1545. North Pacolet River at Fingerville, S. C.

Location. Lat 35°07', long 81°59', on right bank at McMillin Mill, about 400 ft down- 

 stream from Obed Creek and 1 mile south of Fingerville, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area. 116 sq mi.

Records available. October 1929 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 715.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 24, 1933, at site about 400 ft 

downstream at datum 5.60 ft higher.

Average discharge. 31 years, 203 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,200 cfs Mar. 31 (gage height, 12.54 ft); minimum, 45 cfs Aug. 7; minimum daily, 116 cfs Sept. 26.

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 12,500 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 27.13 ft), from 

rating curve extended aboVe 3,300 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam 

2 miles above station; minimum, 9 cfs Oct. 6, 1954; minimum dally, 28 cfs Oct. 6, 7, 

1954.

Remarks. Records fair. Some diuraal fluctuation at low and medium flow caused by mill 

above station.

Discharge, in cufclp feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

882

3TT

229

201

185

174

250

279

322

625

810

578

334

471

536

382

334

334

276

250

240

250

252

334

284

252

*234

223

218

264

406

10,720

346

E.98

3.44

Nov.

334

274

250

240

236

234

225

218

205

203

201

201

198

196

194

194

192

185

183

183

183

183

306" 181

322

248

212

214

190

187

6,566

219

1.89

2.11

Dec.

183

185

196

181

176

179

194

172

*168

168

166

263

432

284

245

220

216

291

419

334

279

262

250

231

227

214

212

243

358

260

245

7,453

240

2.07

2.39

Jan.

£20

220

394

334

276

279

284

267

240

234

227

223

207

205

216

209

201

234

223

*205

201

194

187

187

185

187

201

227

212

532

1.130

8,341

269

2.32

2.68

Feb.

1,160

549

382

334

1,150

1.970

861

484

394

424

930

745

536

536

445

406

432

732

1,170

725

484

394

394

394

471

445

382

358

334

18,021

621

5.35

5.77

Mar.

346

346

382

382

346

334

322

308

310

322

322

322

322

322

346

458

*588

628

536

432

370

394

382

358

358

346

346

346

370

823

2 .520

14,287

461

3.97

4.58

Apr.

BTo" 818

523

782

712

549

445

394

370

382

358

358

358

334

322

322

322

322

310

305

*308

322

303

296

291

286

298

322

291

283

11,801

393

3.39

3.78

May

370

291

276

269

267

262

267

497

406

310

293

281

279

272

264

236

231

227

223

223

220

218

212

209

*207

220

227

288

255

238

216

8,254

266

2.29

2.64

June

207

203

209

252

262

291

223

207

205

198

192

190

187

190

196

179

174

174

168

ra

287

216

394

284

382

262

231

203

196

187

6,723

224

1.93

2.15

July

166

181

185

170

174

288

229

196

183

198

229

*212

181

170

162

158

158

154

150

154

146 146-

156

152

146

166

205

183

192

168

156

5,514

178

1.53

1.76

Aug.

138

140

148

132

130

136

128

127

130

134

235

238

370

294

225

187

170

158

154

170

150

154

*170

162

138

132

130

127

125

121

1JL8

5,071

164

1.41

1.63

Sept.

317

236

162

150

156

157

236~ 728

168

150

2 OS

346

179

146

138

138

141

141

136

134

127

125

128

123

118

116

118

166

223

183

5,594

186

1.60

1.78

Calendar year 1959: Max 4,72O Mln 91 Mean 241 Cfsm 2.08 In. 26.17

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,520 Mln 116 Mean 296 Cfsm 2.55 In. 34.71

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 cfs). Feb. 6 (11 a.m.) 2,620 cfs (10.73 ft); Mar. 31 (9 a.m.) 3,200 cfs 

(12.54 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 167 

1550. South Pacolet River Reservoir near Plngervllle, S. C.

Location. Lat 35°07', long 81°59', on downstream side of right pier of highway bridge, 

1 mile upstream from dam and lij- miles south of Pingerville, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area.--92 sq mi, approximately.

Recorfls available. March 1930 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 761.18 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. Maximum gage height during year, 18.25 ft Mar, 30; minlnnitn, 11.£9 ft Jan. 14.

1930-60: Maximum gage height, that of Mar. 30, 1960; minimum, 2.76 ft Oct. 8, 1930.

Remarks. Reservoir is formed by concrete dam completed In 1926. Capacity, 1,104,000,000 

gal between gage heights 0.0 ft (limit of drawdown) and 17.0 ft (top of gates completed 

in August 1956J. Dead storage is about 350,000,000 gal. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Spillway crest is at gage height 12.0 ft. City of Spartanburg 

diverted about 11,658,000 gal per day (18.0 cfs) from reservoir for municipal supply 

during water year 1960. Surplus water is used for generation of power.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1383: 1933, 1947-48.

Capacity table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and usable

contents, In millions of gallons)

(Prepared by engineers for the Board of Water Commissioners, 

city of Spartanburg, S. C., In 1929, from contour survey)

11

15

17.4

535

692

879

1,155

Mean gage height, In feet, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2 

3 

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

(t)

(*)

Oct.

13.80 

13.22 

12.78 

12.96

12.99

12.83

12.91

13.63

14.06

13.87

14.23

13.82

13.40

14.10

14.13

14.26

13.82

13.88

13.71

13.83

14.06

13.76

13.70

13.88

14.19

14.24

14.18

14:00

13.63

13.34

13.69

779

-0.4

Nov.

14.21 

14.20 

13.94 

13.70

13.57

13.44

13.12

12.81

12.50

12.22

12.39

12.49

12.50

12.65

12.82

12.90

12.88

12.95

13.17

13. 3O

13.38

13.48

13.53

13.65

13.58

13.63

13.70

13.70

13.59

13.40

708

-3.7

Dec.

13.00 

12.66

12.70 

12.89

13. Ol

13.07

13.12

13.15

13.10

13.02

12.98

12.95

12.96

13.20

13.34

13.63

13.52

13.50

13.81

14.28

14.63

14.75

14.73

14.74

14.72

14.71

14.75

14.79

14.70

14.58

14.48

817

+5.4

Jan.

14.37 

14.31 

14.47 

14.69

14.94

14.29

13.79

13.49

13.22

13.10

12.83

11.93

11.77

11.74

11.79

11.82

11.79

12.04

12.23

12.35

12.60

12.83

13.01

13.22

13.42

13.55

13.65

13.72

13.70

14! 52

846

+1.4

Feb.

14.64 

14.14 

13.63 

13.26

l3.§9

15.22

15.30

15.30

15.28

15.25

15.33

15.32

15.40

15.59

15.60

15.60

15.59

15.52

15.74

16.36

16.90

17.17

17.03

16.79

16.79

17.18

17.10

17.17

17.07

1,088

+ 12.9

Mar.

16.63 

16.24 

16.55 

1C. 64

16.31

16.12

15.90

15.33

14.83

14.50

14.15

13.90

13.90

13.89

13.59

14.00

15.35

17.02

17.40

17.40

17.23

16.94

16.58

16.26

15.93

15.45

15.40

15.50

15.94

16.96

16.82

1,025

-3.1

Apr.

16.38 

17.28 

17.10 

15.54

16.69

17.15

17.17

17.16

17.02

17.10

17.00

16.78

16.91

17.08

16.87

16.45

16.39

16.61

16.58

16.54

16.55

16.95

16.94

16.97

16.93

16.74

16.60

16.70

16.74

16 . 65

1,076

+2.6

May

17.03 

17.02 

16.62 

16.42

16.21

16.03

15. 9O

16.83

17.10

16.92

16.91

16.78

16.54

16.17

16.08

16.03

15.77

15.80

15.77

15.74

15.59

14.59

14.82

16.17

16.94

16.99

16.93

16.67

16.37

16 . 14

15.94

982

-4,7

June

16.02 

16. 1O 

16.20 

16.40

16.74

16. SO

16.00

16.00

16.33

16.52

16.30

16.03

15.85

15.92

15.92

16.01

16.27

16.36

16.67

16.96

16.34

16.45

16.67

16.07

15.45

15.58

15.93

16.17

16.38

16.64

1,056

+3.8

July

16.67 

16.10 

15.58 

15.16

15.00

16.20

16.68

16.56

16.30

16.20

16.25

16.18

16. 2C

16.21

16. 2f

16. 2f

16. 4?

16.53

16.4*

16. 3C

16. 2£ 15.2:

13.94

12.84

13.62

14.93

16.08

16.48

16. 5E

16 . 26 

15.97

971

-4.2

Aug.

15.80 

15.91 

16.02 

15.83

15.44

15.43

15.59

15.71

15.81

15.81

15.18

14.98

15.01

15. OO

14.95

14.90

14.86

14.98

15.25

15.99

16.75

16.87

16.21

15.93

15.78

15.67

15.78

15.94

16.10

16.23 

16.25

1,016

+2.2

Sept.

16.26 

16.27 

16.25 

16.25

16.25

16.22

g!6.20

g!5.62

g!5.26

g!5.29

g!5.39

g!5.82

g!5.24

g!5.05

g!4.9g

g!5.32

g!6.31

g!6.50

g!7.00

16.94

16.80

16.59

16.45

16.31

16.25

16.28

16.16

16. 1O

16.09

16. 02

982

-1.8

Calendar year 1959.................... * +0.1

Water year 1959-60.................... * +0.8

t Contents, In millions of gallons, at 12 p.m. on last day of month.

* Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second.

g Computed on basis of once-daily gage readings at powerplant.
168 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1555. Pacolet River near Fingerville, S. C.

Location.--Lat 35°07', long 81°58', on right bank 100 ft upstream from highway bridge, 

a quarter of a mile downstream from confluence of North Pacolet and Sout'i Pacolet 

Rivers, and 2-| miles southeast of Fingerville, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area. 212 sq mi.

Records available. October 1929 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 706.33 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 31 years, 333 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,050 cfs Mar. 30 (gage height, 8.78 ft); minimum daily, 136 cfs Aug. 27, 28.

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 22,800 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 22.43 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 9,600 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum daily, 32 cfs 

Oct. 6, 7, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 46 ft in June 1903, from floodmark (discharge not determined).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation by South Pacolet River Reservoir (see preceding page) and since January 

1960 by Lake William C. Bowen. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by mill on North Pacolet River. About 11,658,000 gal per day (18.0 cfs) diverted above station for city of 

Spartanburg water supply during water year 1960. Records of chemical analyses for the 

water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years 1. WSP 1303: 1930-39 (monthly and yearly runoff).

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1, 2 Oct. 3 to Sept. 30

2.5 

4.0

1,000

2,040

0.6 

1.0 

1.5 2.0

131

238

428

660

3.0 1,220

5.0 2,600

7.5 4,750

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13 

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.970

1,040

451

297

312

265

329

403

607

962

1,410

1,220

596 

785

1,020

870

624

588

480

390

355

468

394

495

415

403

360

370

370

411

536

19,196

619

-

-

Nov.

459

463 403"

378

350

368

366

338

358

288

283

269

262 

262

265

280

282

255

245

258

255

258

262

424

459

350

346

350

331

338

9,805

327

-

-

Dec.

342

299

290

272

279

290

294

*290

283

279

279

399

569 

446

366

375

370

440

546

437

428

403

384

350

350

330

310

370

520

420

400

11,410

368

.

-

Jan.

360

340

520

490

440

490

440

430

380

350

370

330

290 

290

300

280

250

290

280

*245

207

201

196

195

193

193

207

241

219

533

1,140

10,688

345

-

-

Feb.

1,220

629

463

399

1,190

1.950

893

486

403

429

931

747

532 

536

441

411

437

825

1,380

970

636

710

636

636

710

760

660

536

612

21,168

730

-

-

Mar.

588

588

636

636

588

454

559

555

555

564

578

555

450 

569

593

710

*815

1,010

1,040

788

735

660

636

612

612

598

472

536

537

1 540

4! 710

24,479

790

-

-

Apr.

1.520

898

1,170

1,340

1,060

912

760

685

636

549

605

550

513 

509

578

574

459

481

463

*459

459

481

446

428

44?

450

459

486

437

437

19,250

642

-

-

May

550

521

490

432

432

428

411

693

714

509

450

472

454 

446

386

407

411

407

403

399

378

382" 374

403

*420

399

390

451

378

415

13,804

445

-

-

June

399

382

386

403

394

483

415

382

378

374

346

346

370 

374

386

358

370

346

320 3"6~5"

479

397

583

468

551

387

424

378

370

366

11,980

399

_

-

July

354

342

297

304

346

425

374

350

319

316

399

*407

366 

350

335

327

294

327

331

338

323

335

331

297

312

354

394

346

566

342

 290

Aug.

308

319

267

224

212

166

157

157

166

230

380

290

430 

350

290

250

220

182

179

201

191

316

*255

216

185

152

136 136-

138

140

142

10,591 6,985

342 225

-

-

Sept.

369

301

193

179

TST

230

1.500

456

350

312

320

427

219 

193

185

185

183

208

316

301

297

283

301

272

255

265

276

331

407

358

9,459

315

-

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 9,000 Mln 136 Mean 410 Cfam - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,710 "In 136 Mean 461 Cfsm - In.

* Discharge measurement made on this day

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 27, Dec. 24 to Jan. 19, Aug. 10-17; discharge estimated on basis 

if recorded range In stage, records for station near Clifton, North Paoolet River at Plngervllle, 

and Jidrecords records of oowerolant powerplant oneratlon operation on South Pannlph Pacolet HIVPT> River.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 169

1560. Pacolet River near Clifton, S. C,

Location. Lat 34°58'10", long 81°48'05", on left bank 1.2 miles downstream from dam at 

Clifton Mill 2, 1.3 miles southeast of Clifton, Spartanburg County, 2.7 miles upstream 

from Lawson Fork, and 2.7 miles northeast of Glendale.

Drainage area. 320 sq mi.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for--some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 540 ft (from topographic map). 

Average discharge. 21 years, 470 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum diacharge during year, 9,840 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 10.16 ft); minimum daily, 169 ofa Aug. 28.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 26,800 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 21.19 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam at 

Clifton Mill 2; minimum daily, 17 cfs Oct. 19, 1941.

Remarks.--Records fair. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplarts above 

station, South Pacolet River Reservoir (see p. 167), and since January 1?60 by Lake 

William C. Bowen. City of Spartanburg diverts water above station from South Pacolet 

River Reservoir for municipal supply.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In Cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 15 to June 20)

1.2

1.3 

1.5 

2.0

164 

205 

3O6 

706

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

1,600 

3,580 

5.86O

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

l

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.510

1,460

829

449

461

422

545

585

776

2,25O

2,020

1,770

1,O20

2,260

1,460

1,200

944

825

759 

592

468

688

583

671 

604

592

*539

515

550 

585

29,314

946

-

-

Nov.

676

68O

592

556

512

513

513

456

504

461

392

414

384

434

298

428

399

584

356

358

376

342

402

634 

724.

530

478

480

457 

496

14,229

474

-

-

Dec.

478

441

446

392

409

361

467

*400

422

568

576

564

774

644

559

470

550

662

847 

650

644

574

583

446 

496

502

434

506

671 

574

559

16,209

525

-

-

Jan.

513

484

792

820

662

706

750

7O6

600

543

609

548

478

444

461

478

377

530

470 

*422

356

558

346

m

331

350

414

384 

1,100

2.110

17,796

574

-

-

Feb.

1,880

1.O90

785

632

4.540

3,090

1,560

864

680

618

1,120

1,150

1,030

1,070

856

768

739

1,860

1,830 

1,480

997

988

908

891 

1,060

1,090

979

820

814

36,189

1,248

-

Mar.

«

847

847

926

917

856

706

812

803

838

856

900

872

762

908

*988

1,600

1,600

1,640

1,510 

1,200

1,100

979

944

900 

821

840

736

812

812 

1,530

5.770

35,632

1,149

-

-

Apr.

2.540

1,240

1,360

1,980

1,690

1,330

1,100

997

970

738

864

784

759

750

794

776

724

715

688 

*671

688

750

680

606 

680

653

653

697

653

624

27,954

932

-

-

May

770

803

688

618

627

592

6OO

867

1.O2O

759

671

644

662

69 O

424

565

556

530

548 

513

513

448

521

530 

*565

478

504

546

464 

574

521

18,811

607

-

-

June

478

496

504

610

516

653

548

487

461

461

4O6

414

453

461

496

429

444

416

378 

46O

878

828

908

768 

978

550

653

522

504 

496

16,656

555

-

-

July Aug.

513 492

487 406

461 521

455 276

504 306

6O9 279

548 216

504 257

446 228

415 257

565 549

548 548

*515 574

478 562

461 422

453 544

364 319

470 273

422 246 

436 262

422 ! 241

414 *382

422 361

376 324 

428 255

429 240

496 204

504 169

456 214 

455 201

489 216

14,517 10,144

468 327

-

-

Sept.

414

498

25O

254

257

250

1.970

794

504

453

443

688

308

291

272

282

270

260

419 

588

378

386

372

361 

330

358

350

430

548 

502

13,260

442

-

"

Calendar year 1959: Max 10.7OO Mln 198 Mean 588 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 5,77O Mln 169 Mean 685 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
170 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

1565. Broad River near Carlisle, S. C.

Location. Lat 34"36 r , long 81°25', on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 72, 2 miles upstream from Sandy River, 2 miles downstream from Seaboard Air 

Line Railroad bridge, 2^ miles east of Carlisle, Union County, and 5 miles downstream 

from Neals Shoals Dam.

Drainage area. 2,790 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1938 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 290.70 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 3,726 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 42,100 cfs Feb. 7 (gage height, 18.71 ft); minimum, 302 cfs June 19; minimum daily, 1,710 cfs Aug. 30.

1938-60: Maximum discharge, 103,000 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 29.41 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 52,000 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over Neals 

Shoals Dam; minimum, 37 cfs Aug. 29, 1955; minimum daily, 44 cfs Sept. 2, 1956.

Remarks.--Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 892: 1939(m), drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 8 to Mar. 16, June 25 to Aug. 13)

Oct. 1 to May 8 May 9 to Sept. 30

3.7 

4.0 

6.0 

10.0

2,740

3,270

7,420

17,400

15.0

17.0

18.0

30,900

36,800

39,800

2.9 

3.5 

4.0

1,620

2,580

3,540

6.0 

8.0

7,840

12,500

Discharge, in cubic: feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

Oct.

34.700

20,000

7,420

5,320

4,410

6 I 3,540

7

8

3

10

1L

12

15

14

15

16

17I'j

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

Tntal

Mean

Cfsra

In.

3.270

4.02O

6,730

9,850

19,000

20,800

10,400

13,000

24,200

14,800

8,850

7,890

6,730

5,640

*4,710

5,320

4,910

4,910

5,010

5,120

4,910

4,210

4,610

3,920

4,520

282,720

9,120

3.27

3.77

Nov.

6,070

5,640

5,220

4,610

4,310

4,210

4,020

3,260

3,780

3,450

3,450

3,540

3,450

3,450

3,050

3,270

3,090

3,180

2,910

3,090

3,090

2,820

2.740

4,340

7,4gQ

5,850

4,020

4,020

3,450

3,540

118,340

3,945

1.41

1.57

Dec.

3,270

3,450

3,640

3,740

3,540

2.910

3,360

3,270

*3,180

3,180

3,090

3,180

4,140

5,010

3,830

3,920

3,740

9,040

12.800

8,610

6,290

4,810

4,610

4,410

3,830

3,920

3,830

3,270

4,020

4,510

4,120

138,520

4,468

1.60

1.84

Jan.

3,830

3,740

8,460

9,600

5,850

5,430

10,900

11,100

6,960

5,010

5,010

4,81O

*4,210

4,410

4,020

3,920

3,410

4,810

4,910

4,310

4,020

3,830

3,740

3,540

3,450

2.820

3,270

3, 640

3,920

12,300

21,500

180,530

5,824

2.09

2.41

Feb.

26,400

16,600

8,850

6,960

11,300

33,200

56.900

12,800

7,890

7,190

14,100

15,400

15,100

21,800

12,400

8,130

7,650

9,600

20,500

17,700

9,600

7,890

6,960

6,290

*7,190

9,350

7,890

6,510

6,070

378,220

13,040

4.67

5.04

Mar.

5,640

5,430

5,640

5,850

6,070

5,430

5,220

5.120

5,640

5,640

5,850

5,850

6,O70

6,290

6,960

12,600

17,900

15,100

13,800

10,400

8,610

8,130

7,420

7,420

6,730

6,510

6,290

5,850

6,070

15,800

25,500

260,630

8,407

3.01

3.47

Apr.

28,700

14, 800

9,850

13,800

23,100

19,700

11,800

9,350

8,570

7,650

6,960

6,730

6,290

5,850

5,640

6,070

5,640

5,850

*5,220

5,220

5,010

5,430

5,430

4,810

4,810

4,510

4,710

4,910

5,010

4,710

255,930

8,531

3.06

3.41

May

4,610

5,640

5,010

4,710

4,210

3,920

4,020

10,600

12.500

7,400

5,860

5,420

4,980

5,090

4,140

4,870

4,140

*3,940

3,740

4,140

4,340

3,540

4,040

3,740

3,540

4,040

4,040

3,840

3,740

4,240

3,740

151,380

4,883

1.75

2.02

June

3,740

3,540

3,740

4,540

5,310

4,980

4,340

3,940

3,840

3,740

3,740

3,040

3,540

2,760

3,240

3,210

3,110

3,120

2,260

2,990

3,330

5,860

5,420

7,840

4,870

4,650

4,440

3,440

*3,440

3,040

119,050

3,968

1.42

1.58

July

3,440

3,440

2,760

2,540

2,360

2,340

3,240

3,240

3,1*0

2,460

2,490

2,670

3,240

3,140

2,760

2,5£0

2,490

2,040

2,240

z, ieo

2,240

2,320

2,4CO

2,4CO

2,490

2,490

2,550

5,640

3,340

3,440

2,600

84,680

2,732

0.979

1.13

Aug.

2,630

2,760

2,320

2,670

2,400

2,400

2,040

2,320

2,020

1,960

2,130

3,860

5,200

5.860

5,200

4,440

3,740

*2,940

2,760

2,670

2,400

2,490

2,940

3,840

3,140

2,760

2,670

2,200

2,010

1,710

1 , 760

90,240

2,911

1.04

1.20

Sept.

2,670

4,240

3,840

2,560

2,170

2,290

2,640

10, 800.

6,520

3,540

2,940

3,740

3,340

2,850

2,760

2,670

2,670

2,100

2,350

2,400

2,190

2,760

2,670

2,670

1,720

2,400

1,950

2,110

2,850

3,640

94,050

3,135

1.12

1.25

Galenao.!- year 1959: Max 34,700 Min 813 Mean 4,567 Cfsm 1.64 In. 22.19

Water year 1959-60: Max 36,900 Min 1,710 Mean 5,886 Cfsra 2.11 In. 28.69

Peak discharge (base, 25,000 cfs}. Oct. 1 (2:15 p.m.) 35,900 cfs (16.67 ft); 

25.000 cfs (12.87 ft); Feb. 1 (11 a.m.) 28,100 cfs (l3.98 ft); Feb. 7 (5:15 

ft); Apr. 1 (7:45 a.m.) 30,900 cfs (14.95 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Oct. 15 (4:30 p.m.) 

i.m. ) 42,100 cfs (18.71
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1570. North Tyger River near Fairmont, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°55'45", long 82°02'40", on left bank 80 ft downstream from F-ey Creek 

and 2.2 miles north of Fairmont, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area.--44 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1950 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 680 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge.--10 years, 59.3 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,790 cfs Sept. 7 (gage height, 9.13 ft); minimum, 33 cfs July 22; minimum daily, 35 cfs July 21.

1950-60: Maximum discharge, 3,610 cfs May 26, 1959 (gage height, 13.58 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,100 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 6.0 cfs Sept.19, 

20, 1954; minimum daily, 7.0 cfs Sept. 19, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.8 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

107

194

4.0 

6.0 

7.0

651

829

1,080

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

23

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

226

99

83

73

67

62

70

99

110

178

691

288

133

642

264

143

132

127

103

*96

97

113

99

96

86

83

80

76

78

97

114

4,705

152

5.45

3.98

Nov.

94

85

79

78

76

75

73

70

70

69

68

68

67

66

66

65

64

61

61

61

60

61

61

180

118

90

78

73

69

66

2,272

75.7

1.72

1.92

Dec.

64

62

64

64

62

62

*62

60

60

59

59

130 100"

79

73

70

69

123

123

89

80

75

72

68

68

67

66

74

75

67

62

2,308

74.5

1.69

1.95

Jan.

6162"

142

93

81

85

106

89

80

75

73

*70

69

68

72

66

67

97

76

69

67

65

62

64

62

64

73

75

74

267

466

2,940

94.8

2.15

2.48

Feb.

172

120

103

103

612

774

155

124

113

110

143

101

174

191

135

122

122

264

296

133

118

113

103

*99

155

122

107

101

99

5,084

175

3.98

4.29

Mar.

92

94

108

100

93

89

92

94

99

100

107

101

106

118

128

246

211

215

140

120

112

104

100

97

93

90

88

86

109

230

276

3,838

124

2.82

3.25

Apr.

125

114

146

162

197

130

118

107

103

97

93

92

89

86

*84

81

80

79

76

75

79

86

74

72

12.

70

72

76

73

78

2,884

96.1

2.18

2.43

May

119

83

76

73

72

69

73

152

90

81

76

75

76

72

68

67

*66

64

60

60

60

58

56

55

57

60

61

57

58

67

56

2,217

71.5

1.62

1.87

June

53

52

67

83

108

91

73

62

60

56

53

54

52

51

59

52

48

47

45

45

62

57

93

69

66

69

66

*54

52

48

1,847

61.6

1.40

1.56

July

45

44

44

41

42

98

63

53

47

48

62

48

45

45

42

40

38

38

37

36

35

36

40

38

40

37

71

58

52

44

49

1,456

47.0

1.07

1.23

Aug.

91

46

a50

a80

alOO

a95

a!70

a60

a48

a!30

alOO

a!30

a!50

a80

a55

aSO

*47

44

43

79

51

132

65

56

48

45

44

41

40

38

39

2,247

72.5

1.65

1.90

Sept.

96

54

45

41

40

39

1,040

182

90

73

69

72

56

52

51

53

51

51

47

45

42

45

45

42

40

40

41

74

91

61

2,768

92.3

2.10

2.34

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,130 Min 37 Mean 91.8 Cfsm 2.09 In. 28.32

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,O40 Hin 35 Mean 94.4 Cfsm 2.15 In. 29.20

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs). --Oct. 11 (7:30 a.m.) 782 cfs (5.42 ft); Oct. 14 (8:15 a.m.) 829 cfs 

(6.01 ft); Feb. 6 (2 a.m.) 1,620 cfs (8.66 ft); Sept. 7 (10:45 a.m.) 1,790 cfs (9.13 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for station near Moore and Middle Tyger River at Lyman.
172 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1575. Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C.

Location. --Lat 34°S6'35", long 82°08'00", on left bank 200 ft upstream frcm bridge on

State Highway 392 at Lyman, Spartanburg County, 600 ft downstream from Southern Railway 

bridge, and 0.8 mile northeast of Duncan.

Drainage area. 68.3 sq ml.

Records available .--October 1937 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published In WSP 1303.

Gage . Water-stage recorder and masonry control. Datum of gage is 776.05 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 23 years, 98.2 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 2,240 cfs Mar. 31 (gage height, 7.89 ft); minimum, 30 cfs Apr. 24; minimum daily, 51 cfs Sept. 26.

1937-60: Maximum discharge, 4,800 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 16.16 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,900 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam; 

minimum, 1 cfs Sept. 25, 1940, Oct. 3, 1954, Aug. 30, 1956; minimum daily, 5 cfs 

Sept. 24, 1956.

Remarks . Records good. Plow regulated by reservoir 3 miles above station.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5

Oct. 1 to Sept. 7

50 3.0 310

70 4.0 620

111 6.0 1,440

198 7.0 1,880

Sept. 8-30

1.6 

2.0 

2.2

49

102

136

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

l

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

485

155

117

100

85

10"8 80

165

183

350

1,400 

526

254

452

572

260

188

179

*156

134

113

132

125

134

125

114

110

104

102

114

144

7,266

234

_

-

Nov.

136

119

104

100

99

100

99

92

92

92

90 

90

90

92

92

90

92

88

86

55

88

88

88

144

181

129

108

106

99 

92

3,054

102

-

Dec.

92

93

102

98

93

95

*102

95

92

90

89 

139

238

166

129

117

111

149

181

152

130

121

111

108

105

104

104

111

152 

134

117

3,720

120

_

-

Jan.

108

106

193

253

172

152

163

154

136

125

121 

*117

116

113

115

122

116

146

151

130

119

115

106

108

106

105

116

142

132 

283

1,070

5,213

168

_

-

Feb.

945

220

190

174

679

1, 660

367

231

185

174

373 

323

268

328

264

218

212

399

925

317

238

206

172

*172

220

247

194

174

165

10,240

353

_

-

Mar.

154

161

181

190

170

151

147

14?

158

163

170 

170

165

174

190

278

376

493

371

262

214

192

179

174

166

159

154

151

166

459

1.860

8,147

263

_

-

Apr.

510

305

269

298

336

286

208

185

185

174

166 

160

159

156

 151

149

147

144

139

136

163

466

77

55

56

66

108

124

122 

127

5,627

188

_

-

May

183

159

129

121

117

114

117

237

210

144

129 

124

122

117

113

*110

108

106

104

100

99

97

95

93

92

98

100

98

92

121

111

3,760

121

_

-

June

95

86

94

110

122

136

106

93

89

85

83 

83

83

80

82

80

76

75

75

74:

133

158

172

173

130

122

116

*99

92

88

3,090

103

_

-

July

8?

81

73

74

74

45?

993

116

10?

100

127 

122

102

92

85

78

77

72

72

71

e?

67

67

gc

6£

ee

99

13C

124

86

3,994

129

_

-

Aug.

88

75

76

88

86

86

75

70

68

75

88 

127

166

134

101

151

*100

83

84

129

106

174

144

106

88

78

76

74

71 

68

66

3,001

96.8

_

-

Sept.

114

144

92

77

74

71

251

IzS

75

70

73 

102

78

66

62

65

65

66

65

62

59

59

62

59

55

5153"

82

116 

105

2,498

83.3

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,800 Mln 41 Mean 139 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,860 Mln 51 Mean 163 Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 cfs), Oct. 11 (12 m.) 1,800 cfs (6.79 ft); Jan. 31 (ll p.m.) 1.710 cfs 

(6.63 ft); Feb. 6 (9:30 a.m.) 2,080 cfs (7,48 ft); Feb. 19 (9:30 a.m.) 1,100 cfs (5.15 ft); Mar. 31 

(2:15 p.m.) 2,240 cfs (7.89 ft); July 7 (3:30 a.m.) 1,800 cfs (6.83 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 173

1580. North Tyger River near Moore, S. C.

Location.~Lat 34°48'10", long 81°57'57", on right bank at Ott Shoals, 2.0 miles upstream 

from Wards Creek, 2.6 miles southeast of Moore, Spartanburg County, and 5.3 miles upstream from confluence with South Tyger River.

Drainage area. 162 sq ml.

Records available. October 1933 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only f>r some 

periods, published In WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage Is 564.79 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 27 years, 226 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,020 cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 3.93 ft); minimum, 117 cfs Sept. 5; minimum daily, 129 cfs Sept. 26.

1933-60: Maximum discharge, 12,300 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 7.15 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,800 cfs*by velocity-area studies; minimum, 13 cfs Dec. 29, 

1935; minimum daily, 16 cfs Oct. 3, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low flow by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1333: 1936(m), 1940(m).

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 8

1.2 137

1.3 175

1.5 266

2.0 604

2.5 

3.0

4.0

1,050

1,580

3,120

Sept. 9-30

1.2 129

1.5 256

2.0 585

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

It

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,630

750

370

205

276

211

171

311

420

495

1,620

1.890

877

1,100

1,400

891

571

462

393

*344

320

350

326

299

263

298

269

214

282

249

380

17,637

569

3.51

4.05

Nov.

275

298

298

218

256

237

253

175

265

214

196

246

184

239

167

249

208

189

207

164

240

160

221

316

587

315

288

237

205

252

7,159

239

1.48

1.65

Dec.

204

201

247

222

209

~25B 164

*197

209

214

205

293

387

380

315

282

211

426

492

344

344

273

295

241

205

242

237

261

326

298

222

8,402

271

1.67

1.92

Jan.

229

242

455

492

407

374

454

407

350

253

309

291

252

242

266

247

237

329

362

252

293

218

271

192

277

222

247

279

320

527

1.000

10,296

332

2.05

2.36

Feb.

1,440

995

500

407

830

2.590

1,540

674

477

414

507

588

655

901

724

555

492

587

1,080

1,020

689

507

*407

374

492

547

462

400

362

21,216

732

4.52

4.88

Mar.

34$

350

393

407

374

344

332

350

362

368

393

387

393

407

462

627

829

829

785

655

500

434

400

380

362

350

332

326

356

or* 864

14,266

460

2.84

3.27

Apr.

1^490

842

579

646

724

672

522

420

38&

362

344

344

332

*326

315

309

298

304

288

288

288

407

450

232

192

196

228

266

271

12,581

419

2.59

2.89

May

266

320

320

295

221

338

266

360

420

332

313

354

205

228

242

*237

232

228

223

214

214

205

196

196

196

209

214

209

205

218

242

7,918

255

1.57

1.81

June

214

201

205

286

288

315

282

223

214

201

192

205

175

179

205

188

179

175

167

16T

213

288

382

368

293

256

*256

218

201

192

6,928

231

1.43

1.60

July

184

175

175

a200

a!90

a200

a750

a650~

a360

a220

a300

237

a200

a220

a200

a!80

a!60

164

164

164

164

164

174

164

160

156

165

, 232

247

209

175

7,101

229

1.41

1.63

Aug.

250

175

160

152

182

264

351

188

167

212

277

378

461

309

228

232

232

184

171

230

205

346

304

237

192

171

164

152

145

141

145

7,005

226

1.40

1.61

Sept.

201

252

196

171

137

141

988

1.650

360

227

222

232

204

174

162

166

166

179

148

151

148

144

151

144

136

129

133

186

278

242

7,818

261

1.61

1.80

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,660 Min 100 Mean 312 Cfsm 1.93 In. 26.14

Water water year year 1959-60: lasa-bo: Max Max 2,590 z.tiHU Min Min 129 129 Mean Mean 351 351 Cfsm Cfsm 2.17 z.17 In. in. 2S.47 2i.47

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 cfs). Oct. 12 (7 a.m.) 2,320 cfs (3.54 ft); Oct. 14 (8:45 p.m.) 1,820 

cfs (3.22 ft); Feb. 6 (5:45 a.m.) 3,020 cfs (3.93 ft); Sept. 7 (ll p.m.) 2,930 cfs (3.92 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for nearby stations.
174 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1585. South Tyger River near Reidville, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°52'35", long 82°05'10", on left bank 0.4 mile upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 296, 1.2 miles downstream from Berry Shoals, 1.8 miles northeast of Reidville, Spartanburg County, and 4 miles upstream from Bens Creek.

Drainage area. 106 sq mi.

Records available . April 1934 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 626.28 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 26 years, 155 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,870 cfs Mar. 31 (gage height, 6.08 ft); minimum, 

11 cfs Apr. 14 (gage height, 0.75 ft); minimum daily, 17 cfs Nov. 14, 15.

1934-60: Maximum discharge, 6,420 cfs Oct. 7, 1949 (gage height, 1^.23 ft); minimum, 

3.7 cfs July 20, 1957; minimum daily, 5.5 cfs June 6, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

0.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.5

57

106

2.0 

3.0 

5.0

218

522

1,360

Discharge, In cubl? feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

IE

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23"4

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

380

400

193

48

184

218

271

148

229

499

1,030

678

410

902

546

437

358

137

*307

360

307

139

301

101

25

184

317

274

118 

179

118

9,796

316

2.98

3.44

Nov.

31

238

348

236

105

114

46

23

175

320

261

110

89

17

17

160

351

170

98

190

61

18

143

264

339

158

203

60

28 

193

4,566

152

1.43

1.60

Dec.

?16

267

115

201

47

18

*146

234

273

111

80

159

166

309

360

295

116

116

140

200

313

342

326

82

20

21

119

310

569

113

5,866

189

1.78

2.05

Jan.

286

21

67

434

387

375

272

269

118

22

257

*360

275

99

222

85

20

230

372

344

125

220

136

27

158

298

225

117

118

374 

656

6,969

225

2.12

2.44

Feb.

662

424

a420

a600

al,500

a750

a480

a360

a360

a380

a280

a300

a460

a460

a420

421

406

526

526

395

244

396

406

*384

367

223

252

154

351

12,707

438

4.13

4.45

Mar.

378

381

213

180

239

164

273

366

390

263

159

254

138

a300

a360

a440

390

435

443

351

379

369

363

301

336

333

21

239

342

507 

1.090

10,397

335

3.16

3.64:

Apr.

968 402"

369

509

522

453

421

406

332

IS.

324

372

366

*214

265

256

21

223

348

349

151

298

120

22

256

345

295

261

195

135

9,236

308

2.91

3.25

May

29

285

236

224

157

231

91

343

461 366"

378

287

58

318

87

201

*78

256

304

131

91

27

159

160

234:

231

148

177

25 

166

160

6,099

197

1.86

2.14

June

231

119

93

232

24

238

400

3320"

a!70

20

177

24

159

90

258

288

24

23

23

157

97

367

377

342

176

25

171

*330

264 

25

5,244

175

1.65

1.84

July

105

J70

24

23

eS

647

809

309

219

47

268

330

307

178

150

114

23

120

66

160

86

163

24

24

146

148

155

172

181 

150

2S

5,549

179

1.69

1.95

Aug.

145

272

180

154

206

108

100" 26

188

214

156

262

167

42

258

*364

122

194

179

152

81

334

348

218

206

158

100

54

97

136

5,359

173

1.63

1.88

Sepb.

138

236

141

54

166

161

613 270"

236

85

21

162

226

152

151

151

18

18

118

152

152

155

20

21

40

170

165

193

226

163

4,574

152

1.43

1.60

Calendar year 1959 : Max 1,050 Mln 13 Mean 189 Cfsm 1.78 In. 24.19

Water year 1959-60 : Max 1,300 Mln 17 Mean 236 Cfsm 2.23 In. 30.28

Peak discharge (base. 1,400 cfs).-- Feb. 5 (about 9 a.m.) 1,640 cfs (5.63 ft); Mar. 31 (9:30 p.m.) 

1,870 efs (6.08 ft); July 6 (8 p.m.) 1,540 cfs (5.42 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weekly gage readings by observer, peak 

gage height from crest-stage gage, weather records, and records for station near Woodruff.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1590. South Tyger River near Woodruff, S.

Location. Lat 34°45'21", long 81°56'19", on left bank at Chesnee Shoals, 0.5 mile upstream from confluence with North Tyger River- and 5^ miles east of Woodruff, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area.--174 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1933 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only fcr some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 508.35 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge . 27 years, 226 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,640 cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 5.19 ft)- minimum, 69 cfs Sept. 19 (gage height, 1.85 ft); minimum daily, 71 cfs Sept. 19.

1933-60: Maximum discharge, 9,510 cfs Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 9.78 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,700 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 11 cfs Sept.23 

1955 (gage height, 1.37 ft); minimum daily, 12 cfs Sept. 23, 1955.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low and medium flow by power-plants above station.

Bating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 Apr. 1 to Sept. 30

1.9 75

2.1 111

2.5 221

3.0 431

3.5 721

4.0 1,120

5.0 2,350

1.8 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

60 

1E3 

249 

474

3.5 774

4.0 1,160

4.3 1,440

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

29 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

800

456

385

137

132

202

322

208

230

453

1.620

1,150

637

873

1,270

643

493

334

270

*421

417

302

320

344

120,

122

333

374 

213

197

354

14,132

456

2.62

3.02

Nov.

143

135

382

371

195

168

193

90

113

291

365

203

166

144

89.

94

322

325

181

159

229

138

109

d240

d460|

d400

d260

d280 

d200

dlSO

6,595

220

1.26

1.41

Dec.

d200

d260

d280

d220

d240

dlSO

d!40

*191

365

220

169

167

362

257

451

417

221

407

390

267

353

421

407

292

113

103

124

287 

431

383

210

8,508

274

1.57

1.81

Jan.

264

229

471

428

519

493

591

402

378

146

*190

431

407

227

220

302

113

195

446

436

261

230

331

115

132

313

370

229 

190

857

1,170

11,086

358

2.06

2.38

Feb.

984

712

530

508

1,320

2 . 090

1,160

621

569

541

579

388

778

928

617

623

569

720

950

629

414

487

524

503

602

445

370

354 

354

19,869

685

3.94

4.25

Mar.

487

493

422

318

342

351

282

472

514

472

318

365

366

335

546

800

745

623

617

503

487

482

467

400

436

441

271

198 

436

623

764

14,376

464

2.67

3.08

Apr.

1.450

914

545

658

872

676

579

545

517

272

270

496

479

*435

269

459

206

194

428

469

304

562

370

131

196

423

443

1

357 

276

568

15,943

465

2.67

2.98

May

190

240

575

522

247

313

279

397

556

485

474

438

248

266

290

*202

226

218

425

248

255

109

114

225

301

301

296

156 

216

118

210

8,758

282

1.62

1.87

June

284

251

127

266

270

129

360

428

254

186

121

190

100

208

178

394

190

78

73

88

211

348

570

443

588

190

*158

366 

389

194

7,412

247

1.42

1.58

July

88

303

184

80

78.

374

1.020

£44

334

199

206

399

389

338

265

242

118

102

146

169

166

166

190

82

88

189

195

208 

199

265

116

7,542

243

1.40

1.61

Aug.

84

292

248

a240

a260

250

84

a7_5

a2oO

a28O

a260

a30O

a300

a!60

a22O

*428

326

158

249

268

138

268

iM

265

235

193

116 

97

163

180

7,097

229

1.32

1.52

Sept .

188

265

256

136

110

196

528

597

288

25?

88

112

280

200

199

199

175

76

71

185

192

234

200

76

75

108

201

309 

326

330

6,450

215

1.24

1.38

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,93O Min 59 Mean 271 Cfsm 1.56 In. 21.17

Water year 1959-6O: Max 2,O90 Min 71 Mean 344 Cfsm 1.98 In. 26.89

Peak discharge (base. 1,800 cfs).--Oct. 11 (10:45 a.m.) 1,860 cfs (4.66 ft); Feb. 6 (3:15 a.m.) 

2,640 cfs (5.19 ft); Apr. 1 (3:30 p.m.) 1,8OO cfs (4.62 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for station 

near Reidville.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed from reconstructed gage-height graph based on 

recorded graph and records for station near Reidville.
176 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

1600. Fairforest Creek near Union, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°41', long 81°41', on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 49, 0.3 mile downstream from Buffalo Creek and 4.3 miles southwest of Union, 

Union County.

Drainage area. 183 sq mi.

Records available. June 1940 to September I960.

Gaffe. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 393.91 ft above mean sea lev?l, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 20 years, 200 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum peak discharge during year, 3,370 cfs Feb. 7 (gage height, 5.40 ft); a 

higher discharge and stage occurred at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (4,540 cfs, 5.93 ft) on a 

falling stage following a peak on Sept. 30, 1959; minimum discharge, 65 cfs Sept. 27 

(gage height, 2.26 ft).

1940-60: Maximum discharge, 8,690 cfs Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 7.61 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,300 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 4.5 cfs Oct. 8, 1954 (gage height, 1.65 ft).

Remarks. Records good. Discharge includes some water diverted from South Pacolet River 

Reservoir (see p. 167) which is discharged into this stream after use.

Revisions (water years ). WSP 1383: 1947.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

52

103

185

421

765

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

1,190

1,790

2,610

3,570

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

£7

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5.510

1,180

344

216

172

144

133

174

338

328

555

1,870

1,450

1,760

1,580

958

499

357

283

232

*216

421

408

326 

260

211

195

172

167

221

412

19,092

616

3.37

3.88

Nov.

454

338

249

211

195

185

180

167

162

158

154

154

149

143

149

149

144

140

136 136"

136

136

136

497

559

421

243

211

211

185

6,474

216

1.18

1.32

Dee.

167

162

172

172

158

158

162

154 *144

140

140

184

266

283

201

176

167

2.230

1,510

721

408

295

249

227 

211

206

201

206

243

227

195

10,135

327

1.79

2.06

Jan.

las" 185

851

904

586

440

1,180

838

555

395

326

272

*249

243

237

221

216

392

395

314

254

227

211

201 

190

185

206

278

278

1,570

2.420

15,004

484

2.64

3.04

Feb.

1,690

857

506

395

1,410

2,990

2,240

619

428

322

1,250

904

1,630

2,470

1,280

648

506

805

1,110

909

486

402

357

314 

*516

579

466

351

314

26,754

923

5.04

5.44

Mar.

278

272

307

338

326

295

301

326

357

370

408

415

428

447

512

1,160

1.190

874

613

460

376

326

295

278 

260

249

243

237

250

865

955

14,011

452

2.47

2.85

Apr.

552

383

351

370

638

641

454

357

314

283

266

260

249

237

232

237

221

289

272

227

216

249

249

216 

201

195

185

185

185

135

8,899

297

1.62

1.81

May

266

272

211

190

180

176

172

794

532

314

227

206

211

201

185

172

162

*154

149

140

136

133

125

122 

125

249

243

162

136

129

122

6,596

213

1.16

1.34

June

118

114

122

182

260

216

227

180

140

125

118

114

110

103

100

110

97

94

94

94

125

125

149

185 

158

154

154

129

*118

107

4,122

137

0.749

0.84

July

103

97

94

97

97

107

107

103

97

97

94

103

97

91

100

94

88

83

77

80

74

70

74

149 

107

88

122

167

162

125

100

3,144

101

0.552

0.64

Aug.

97

94

91

114

125

100

91

144

130

103

130

786

526

382

190

129

*114

103

97

94

88

110

129

107 

94

86

83

80

12.

80

83

4,657

150

0.820

0.95

Sept.

82

114

100

83

74

70

84

203

341

146

122

176

164

107

91

91

91

94

97

91

83

74

77

74 

72

67

67

230

237

190

3,592

120

0.656

0.73

Calendar year 1959: Max 4,320 Mln 52 Mean 281 Cfsm 1.54 In. 20.87

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,510 Min 67 Mean 335 Cfsm 1.83 In. 24.90

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 cfs). Dec. 18 (2:30 p.m.) 2,970 cfs (5.21 ft); Jan. 31 (2:15 a.m.)

2,610 cfs (4.98 ft)-t Feb. 7 (1:15 a.m.) 3,370 cfs (5.40 ft); Feb. 14 (6:30 a.m.) 5,170 cfs (5.51ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 177

1605. Enoree River near Enoree, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°36', long 81°54', on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 49, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Warrior Creek and 4 miles southeast of 

Enoree, Spartanburg County.

Drainage area. 307 sq ml.

Records available. August 1929 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 448.13 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1958 and 1959. Prior to Nov. 20, 1929, staff gage 

at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 31 years, 405 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,970 cfs Feb. 6 (gage height, 4.91 ft); minimum, 88 cfs July 22; minimum dally, 145 cfs July 25.

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 30,000 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 10.5 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 17,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 8 cfs Oct. 5, 1941; minimum dally, 20 cfs Oct. 2-4, 7, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above 

station.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 802: 1930(M). WSP892: 1929-30, 1931 (M), 1932-33, 1935. 

WSP 1112:1934(M). WSP 1383: 1935-36(m), 1941(m), 1951-52(m).

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 24, 

June 5 to Sept. 3O Nov. 25 to June 4

2.0 144

2.2 . £75

2.6 655

3.0 1,200

3.5 2,120

4.0 3,320

4.3 4,110

2.2 230

2.5 500

3.0 1,180

3.5 2,100

4.0 3,280

4.8 5,520

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,950

718

495

455

418

382

339

434

600

618

2,980

3,380

1,250

1,820

5.870

1,560

798

644

556

*475

445

601

543

515 

505

465

427

409

409 

465

589

29,115

939

3.06

3.53

Nov.

578

515

465

445

445

445

436

427

427

418

391

323

364

355

364

364

364

355

347

364

347

339

355

662 

775

504

416

437

395

363

12,788

426

1.39

1.55

Dec.

350

350

368

368

350

341

350

*341

323

323

323

370

652

580

448

406

386

1.780

1,210

728

569

500

458

437 

426

416

395

416

468 

458

395

15,285

493

1.61

1.86

Jan.

377

368

1,480

1,200

715

665

1,560

1,100

715

615

569

*534

500

490

490

479

468

716

690

580

534

558

468

448 

448

437

468

592

590 

2,160

 3 * 990

25,004

807

2.63

3.03

Feb.

2,720

1,260

834

702

2,25O

5,580

2 790

l!lOO

780

770

1,290

890

1,720

2,640

1,500

1,030

848

1,210

2,080

1,300

875

794

715 *if

1,050

821

702

665

40,286

1,389

4.52

4.88

Mar.

628

615

702

728

715

665

665

678

728

740

834

808

808

821

862

1,430

1,570

1,240

1,050

890

767

702

652

628 

604

592

569

558

569 

1,100

1.700

25,618

826

2.69

3.10

Apr.

1.680

1,110

848

890

1,400

1,130

890

780

715

678

678

665

640

604

*569

569

558

615

569

546

558

604

580

523 

512

512

500

500

500 

 490

21,413

714

2.33

2.60

May

668

678

534

490

479

468

468

950

908

615

500

468

468

448

426

416

*395

386

377

368

368

350

359

350 

350

350

341

332

314 

314

314

14,252

460

1.50

1.73

June

298

298

290

'334

676

436

457

400

355

347

307

302

309

300

309

323

228

304

236

315

262

382

373

347 

307

398

418

*364

323

307

10,305

344

1.12

1.25

July

284

234

248

267

224

290

658

39T

315

273

283

268

229

283

256

291

261

160

260

167

240

202

169

261 

145

306

159

347

355 

283

186

8,295

268

0.873

1.01

Aug.

275

186

238

160

261

158

24O

204

268

236

252

1.520

1,090

558

382

364

*347

299

275

222

299

328

427

331

283

275

189

268

174 

243

166

10,318

333

1.08

1.24

Sept.

246

295

331

250

176

228

196

358

291

192

230

262

247

210

193

247

152

233

231

200

198

224

254

210 

194

182

196

420

485 

400

7,536

251

0.818

0.91

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,870 Min 98 Mean 455 Cfsm 1.48 In. 20.13

Water year 1959-60: Max 5,380 Min 145 Mean 602 Cfsm 1.96 In. 26.69

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 cfs). Oct. 15 (9:30 a.m.) 4,660 cfs (4.50 ft); Jan. 31 (5:30 p.m.) 

4,360 cfs (4.36 ft); Feb. 6 (9 a.m.) 5,97O cfs (4.91 ft). __________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
178 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

1615. Broad River at Richtex, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°11'05", long 81°11<48", on right bank 0.8 mile west of Richtexv Fairfield County, 1.2 miles upstream from Little River, and 11 miles downstream from Parr 

Shoals Dam.

Drainage area. 4,850 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1925 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published In WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 184.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 35 years, 5,920 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 55,900 cfs Oct. 1, Feb. 7; maximum gage height, 

13.44 ft Feb. 7; minimum daily discharge, 1,970 cfs Sept. 25.

1925-60: Maximum discharge, 228,000 cfs Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 30.7 ft, from 

floodmarks), on basis of computation of flow over Parr Shoals Dam; minimum daily, 

149 cfs Oct. 13, 1935, Sept. 2, 1957.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff. Records of chemical analyses 

for the 1960 water year are given in WSP 1741.

Revisions (water years). WSP 757: 1930(M). WSP 972: Drainage area. WSP 1383: 

1929(M), 1933.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per seo6nd)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 19, Sept. 9-30 Dec. 20 to Sept. 8

1.5 1,870

2.0 2,940

3.0 5,650

6.0

10.0

13.0

16,000

35,000

53,300

1.6 

2.0 

3.0

2,050

2,840

5,300

6.0 16,000

10.0 35,000

13.0 53,30O

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

55.500 

49,400

22 , 400

10,000

7,400

5,800

5,500

5.390

9,020

11,500

19,800

26,600

23,700

18,900

50,500

51,800

21,500

15,700

11,500

9,020

8,020

10,000

10,800

9,020

8,680

8,020

7,400

7,100

6,580

7,400

7,400

478,750

15,440

5.18

5.67

Nov.

a8,500 

a9,500

a8,500

a7,500

a7,500

6,250

6,230

5,360

5,250

*5,280

4,840

5,560

5,190

4,880

4,780

5,000

4,560

4,590

4,670

4,560

4,510

4.090

4,440

4,900

8,440

10,800

7,860

6,250

5,360

5,500

180,010

6,000

1.24

1.38

Dec.

5,080 

4,750

5,110

5,500

5,560

4,780

4,650

4,860

4,670

4,750

4,800

4,820

5,560

6,520

6,520

5,940

5,800

6,960

17,800

18,500

12,800

8,590

7,210

6,890

6,450

5,440

5,710

5,500

5,440

6,430

6,430

208,980

6,741

1.39

1.60

Jan.

5,990 

5,160

8,880

18,900

14,400

12,100

19,600

24,600

18,500

11,500

8,59O

7,540

7,050

6,750

6,450

6,150

5,710

a6,500

a9,500

a9,000

a7,000

6,580

5,570

5,710

5,300

4,810

4.520

5,990

5,990

16,900

58.400

319,180

10,300

2.12

2.44

Feb.

844,000 

a42,000

825,000

a!5,000

14,000

53,100

52,000

41 , 700

20,600

12,800

25,100

28,600

41,100

44,400

38 , 400

24,200

15,700

14,400

23,200

30,600

20,600

15,200

13,200

*11,300

12,100

15,200

14,800

12,100

10.600

711,000

24,520

5.06

5.46

Mar.

9,470

9,110

9,830

10,600

11,000

10,200

9,830

9,110

9,470

10,200

10,600

11,000

11,000

11,700

11,700

16,200

28,000

26,100

22,800

17,200

13,600

12 , 100

11,300

10,600

9,830

9,470

9,110

8,570

8.220

19,500

57,200

414,620

15,570

2.76

3.18

Apr.

44,400 

32 , 900

18,500

15,900

52,OOO

51,800

21,600

14,800

12,500

11,300

*10,200

9,470

9,470

8,750

8,220

8,050

8,220

7,880

7,710

7,540

7,210

7,710

8,050

7,540

6,580

5,990

6,450

a6,500

a6 , 500

6,730

390,450

15,020

2.68

2.99

May

6,280 

7,050

7,210

6,730

6,430

5,710

5,300

12,500

21.500

15,700

9,110

7,540

7,050

6,730

5,990

5,850

5,850

4,900

4,880

5,040

5,170

4,900

4,850

4,680

4,540

4,820

5,090

5,000

4.400

4,990

4,950

208,540

6,727

1.39

1.60

June

4,620 

4,550

4,690

4,880

5,820

7,540

5,990

5,300

5,160

5,050

4,410

5,890

4,560

4,120

*3,240

5,950

4,000

5,930

5.010

5,840

3,880

5,600

6,580

B.OOO

7,880

6,280

5,850

5,250

4,700

4,620

151,170

5,059

1.04

1.16

July

4,480 

4,290

5,110

4,010

3,850

3,580

4,280

5,180

5,440

4,150

5,980

5,530

3,980

4,260

4,900

5,600

3,000

3,590

2,8?0

5,140

2.800

5,180

5,110

2,820

5,970

5,4fO

5,310

4, SCO

6.5FO

4,7fO

3 7°0

121,570

5,9?2

0.8C9

O.P3

Aug.

4,080 

3,410

3,670

3,310

3,640

3,050

2,550

5,840

3,310

2,750

3,040

4,060

8,330

9.110

7*540

5,990

5,300

4,500

5,590

3,150

2,950

5,680

5,710

4,780

4,850

3,740

5,560

2,540

5,550

2,700

'

125,820

4,059

0.837

0.96

Sept.

2,960 

3,620

5,570

3,550

3,000

2,540

3,240

5,720

11.500

7^200

5,940

3,350

3,820

4,190

5,610

3,590

5,250

2,510

*5,640

5,580

2,840

5,760

4,370

3,540

1.970

5,440

2,820

5,250

4,890

5,650

122,490

4,085

0.842

0.94

Calendar year 1959: Max 53,300 Min 1,700 Mean 7,186 Cfsm 1.48 In. 20.12

Water year 1959-60: Max 53,300 Min 1,970 Mean 9,379 Cfsm 1.93 In. 26.31

ge (base, 55,000 cfs). Oct. 1 (11:45 p.m.) 55,900 cfs (15.40 ft); Oct. 16 (2:15 a.m.)

(10.04 ft); Feb. 2 (about 1 a.m.) 46,800 cfs (11.99 ft); Feb. 7 (10:15 p.m.) 55,900 cfs 

; Feb. 14 (6:50 p.m.) 46,200 cfs (11.91 ft); Apr. 1 (2:15 p.m.) 45,000 cfs (11.72 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and tailrace records at Parr Shoals powerplant.

Peak discharg 

55,000 cfs 

(15.44 ft)
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 179

1625. Saluda River near Greenville, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°50'32", long 82"28'51", on right bank 700 ft upstream from tridge on 

o! S, Highway 123 alternate, 1.5 miles downstream from Saluda Lake Dam, 2.f miles upstream from Georges Creek, and 4.6 miles west of city hall in Greenville, Greenville 

County.

Drainage area. 293 sq mi.

Records available . October 1941 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303. Prior to October 1948, published as "near1 West 

Greenville."

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 810 ft (from topographic map). 

Average discharge.--19 years, 586 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,520 cfs Mar. 31 (gage height, 7.56 ft); min- 

 imum, 53 cfs Nov. 21 (gage height, 1.93 ft); minimum daily, 265 cfs July 19.

1941-60: Maximum discharge, 11,000 cfs Oct. 7, 1949 (gage height, 19.38 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,500 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam 

at Saluda Lake; minimum, 28 cfs Feb. 1, 1956 (gage height, 1.65 ft); minimum daily, 

70 cfs Oct. 16, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplant at Saluda 

Lake. Capacity of reservoir insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff. About 

20,175,000 gal per day (31.2 cfs) diverted above station for city of Green'rille water 

pnpply during water year. Sewage effluent discharged into Reedy River below station 

near Greenville.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1383: 1944(m), 1946-49(m), 1954.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1?6O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

988

535

4:02

355

309

303

575

588

762

2,160

2.780

1,770

1,060

1,220

1,510

1,260

935

787

*877

549

684

692

530

882 

934

686

578

6OO

599

6O6

690

27,206

878

3.00

3.46

Nov.

980

78T

696

536

594

624

6OO

589

468

429

540

572

468

424

429

462

550

546

424

406

290

434

459

550 

980

724

556

524

556

578

16,769

559

1.91

2.13

Dec.

514

514

504

504

509

509

439

*421

498

401

463

593

1.550

972

706

567

589

708

1,270

1,26O

768

754

672

606

589

612

624

618

1,100

944

767

21,345

689

2.35

2.71

Jan.

728

583

1,090

1,300

950

884

891

856

767

S53

748

*672

600

S18

653

877

748

741

958

774

653

672

653

641 

641

612

606

684

754

811

1.340

24,158

779

2.66

3.07

Feb.

1,340

1,060

891

687

1,300

2.500

1,820

1,260

1 , 060

905

1,570

1,890

1,470

1,400

1,260

1,100

1,OSO

1,140

1,680

1,470

1,220

1,020

*980

942 

1,060

1,220

1,020

920

898

36,143

1,246

4.25

4.58

Mar.

849

980

950

1,060

918

612

960

738

718

965

794

659

782

884

863

980

1,300

1,340

1,2SO

1,100

972

849

884

877 

849

740

821

815

828

1,710

5.400

31,457

1,015

3.46

5.99

Apr.

2.740

1,810

1,560

2,200

2,200

1,950

1,640

1,470

1,500

1,180

1,O6O

1,020

1,020

972

923

1,020

891

972

905

842

849

877

870

849 

808

787

760

794

815

 754

55,818

1,194

4.08

4.55

May

955

928

678

781

821

618

682

1,250

1 . 580

1,060

730

715

801

635

653

695

551

561

600

578

545

485

5O4

346

414

466

500

519

458

424

433

20,744

669

2.28

2.63

June

402

477

519

- 483

449

4O4

522

493

480

556

463

429

434

454

439

454

449

444

545

518

621

604

488

493 

468

626

720

509

377

470

14,370

479

1.63

1.82

July

482

522

373

463

382

759

571

309

395

456

588

*524

591

527

509

309

322

327

265

314

327

332

291

300 

300

332

536

690

1.370

1,120

554

14,138

456

1.56

1.80

Aug.

336

585

519

420

522

341

354

345

488

405

450

842

1.260

89O

618

696

696

572

424

656

494

752

726

659 

578

420

364

454

504

375

354

15,677

558

1.84

2.12

Sept.

740

1.050

601

568

464

6OO

629

647

624

449

549

519

448

*401

406

596

591

401

524

509

401

401

596

364 

354

368

377

382

574

635

14,768

492

1.68

1.87

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,090 Mln 16O Mean 611 Cfem 2.09 In. 28.31

Water year 1959-6O: Max 3,400 Mln 265 Mean 748 Cfera 2.55 In.r 34.73

Peak discharge (base, 2.8OO cfs). Oct. 10 (4:30 p.m.) 3,040 cfs (6.83 ft); Mar. 31 (? a.m.) 3,52O 

cfe (7.56 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
180 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1630. Saluda River near Pelzer, S. C.

Location. Lat 34"40'05", long 82"27'55", on right bank 0.4 mile downstream from Hurricane 

Creek and 1.9 miles north of Pelzer, Anderson County.

Drainage area. 405 sq mi.

Records available. September 1929 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 727.75 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Prior to Sept. 25, 1929, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 31 years, 763 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,080 cfs Mar. 31 (gage height, 5.43 ft); min-

 Imum, 175 cfs Aug. 27 (gage height, 1.33 ft); minimum daily, 381 cfs Nov. 22.

1929-60: Maximum discharge, 13,600 cfs Oct. 7, 1949 (gage height, 10.53 ft); minimum, 2 cfs Sept. 2, 1956, Dec. 21, 1958; minimum gage height, 0.53 ft Sept. 2, 1956; 

minimum daily discharge, 57 cfs Oct. 17, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above

 sTsTfion. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff. For 

diversion by city of Greenville see station ne-r Greenville (see preceding page).

Revisions. WSP 872: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

354

546

960

1,480

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

2,860

4,440

6,040

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septembe- 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Itatal

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,450

833

532

455

438

407

506

962

763

1,760

4.600

5,020

1,670

2,060

2,340

1,850

1,440

1,030

*1,190

972

710

1,070

759

991

1,260

1,060

782

782

808

887

38,195

1,232

5.04

3.50

Nov.

1,090

1.120

878

817

636

826

765

732

716

574

604

740

685

561

561

614

652

774

555

555

524

581

745

692

1,120

1,020

724

652

605

724

21,636

721

1.78

1.99

Dec,

628

605

644

598

615

598

636

*441

590

568

432

758

1,270

1,460

1,010

724

732

905

1,450

1.66Q

1,270

828

960

706

749

740

774

817

1,090

1,300

960

26,516

855

2.11

2.43

Jan.

896

757

1,270

1,720

1,320

1,120

1,220

1,190

1,040

869

924

*924

782

791

826

942

1,010

970

1,120

1,100

826

843

799

782

826

782

799

843

1,010

1,120

1,920

51,541

1,011

2.50

2.88

Feb.

1,850

1,480

1,190

1,030

1,610

5.640

2,940

1,980

1,490

1,350

1,610

2,480

2,190

2,120

1,920

1,540

1,410

1,560

2,190

2,050

1,660

1,550

*1,290

1,260

1,570

1,600

1,460

1,210

1,220

50,250

1,752

4.28

4.62

Mar.

1,140

1,140

1,550

1,260

1,530

998

1,080

1,240

942

1,170

1,340

924

1,140

1,230

1,270

1,400

,780

,850

,720

,550

,400

,180

,170

,170

,160

1,100

979

1,140

1,140

1,720

*4.600

42,595

1,374

3.39

5.91

Apr.

4.600

2,860

2,120

2,860

5,400

2,86O

2,540

2,050

1,850

1,660

1,540

1,420

*1,580

1,370

1,250

1,280

1,500

1,230

1,320

1,140

1,160

1,200

1,180

1,160

1,160

1,080

1,060

1.050

1,100

1,060

51,040

1,701

4.20

4.69

May

1,210

1,590

1,080

960

1,120

1,000

820

1,520

1.920

1,490

1,220

924

1,100

1,030

809

1,060

826

799

*843

834

826

699

749

652

532

698

701

796

691

691

29,610

955

2.36

2.72

June

686

653

a736

3700

a650

3600

375O

3742

667

792

752

583

624

660

628

650

614

613

583

481

674

1,080

716

718

675

804

1.180

*826

658

532

20,995

700

1.75

1.95

July

79F

496

505

620

644

96£

1,100

58?

51?

691

54?

69S

67 £

477

45fi

45C

464

48S

419.

459

44E

477

43C

445

448

451

624

854

1,500

1.580

932

19,998

645

1.59

1.85

Aug.

511

464

756

666

456

444

471

494

552

674

518

934

1.450

1,350

834

749

887

707

613

603

718

709

1,040

817

765

594

426

477

675

471

451

21,216

684

1.69

1.95

Sept.

618

1.550

945

512

458

660

981

924

799

604

518

554

648

*471

491

488

458

491

556

644

498

491

474

451

419

426

464

505

597

765

18,200

607

1.50

1.67

Calendar year 1959: Max 4,600 Min 224 Mean 795 Cfsm 1.96 In. 26.67

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,600 Min 381 Mean 1,015 Cfsm 2.51 In. 2%. 12

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 cfs). Oct. 11 (4 a.m.) 4,920 cfs (5.29 ft); Feb. 6 (1:15 p.m.) 4,040

cfs (4.75 ft); Mar. 51 (4 p.m.) 5,080 cfa (5.45 ft); Apr. 5 (10:45 a.m.) 3,480 cfs (4.42 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.

No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Greenville.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 181

1635. Saluda River near Ware Shoals, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°23', long 82°14', on right bank 2 miles southeast of Ware Shoals, Greenwood County, 2| miles downstream from Ware Shoals Dam, and 5 miles upstream from Turkey 

Creek.

Monthly discharge only for some

Drainage area. 569 sq mi.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1960. 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 448 ft (by barometer). 

Average discharge. 22 years, 944 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 5,970 cfs Oct. 11 (gage height, 11.37 ft); minimum, 24 cfs July 9; minimum daily, 278 cfs July 4.

1938-60: Maximum discharge, 20,600 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 20.48 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 14,000 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam; 

minimum, 3 cfs Sept. 18, 1939; minimum daily, 11 cfs Oct. 12, 19, 1941.

Remarks . Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff. For 

diversion by city of Greenville see station near Greenville.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 892: 1939. WSP 1433: 1940-41, 1943-45.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 2-11, Apr. 1 to May 8)

Oct. 1-11

1.3 382

2.0 667

3.0 1,120

6,0 2,76O

11.0 5,97O

Oct. 12 to May 8

1.7 

3.O

6.0 

11.0

513

970

Z,170

5,370

May 9 to Sept. 30

O.9 269

1.5 487

3.0 1,070

6.0 2,460

Discharge, i; cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,580

1,480

885

440

524

424

397

sls

1,750

1,250

5.690

4,280

2,400

3,190

5,500

2,620

2,120

1,710

1,590

*1,400

1,150

1,220

1,400

1,010

1,190

1,480

1,190

916 

898

1,080

1,110

50,687

1,655

2.87

5.51

Nov.

828

1.29O

1,260

1,010

793

725

1,010

776

706

1,010

655

655

970

725

585

688

793

636

670

670

670

618

530

1,120

1,220

1,220

1,080

934 

618

934

25,589

846

1.49

1.66

Dec.

706

74O

846

655

670

758

*725

670

655

740

7O6

66O

1,010

1,480

1,40O

1,110

656

1,640

1,550

1,510

1.750

1.4OO

1,080

970

828

1,040

776

1,260 

970

1,260

1,550

51,525

1,017

1.79

2.06

Jan.

1,040

1,O10

1,620

1,920

1,790

1,550

2,140

1,79O

1,550

1,370

*1,220

1,110

1,110

1,150

97O

970

1,010

1,590

1,220

1,550

1,290

776

954

97O

1,040

810

1,020

1,150 

1,040

1,790

5.040

41,320

1,355

2.54

2.70

Feb.

2,560

2,020

1,670

1.510

2,420

4.400

3,950

2,920

2,170

1,880

1,920

2,520

3,820

3,690

2,800

2,280

2,020

2,170

2,680

2,740

2,280

2,170

1,880

*1,670

1,790

1,920

1,920

1,670 

1,630

68,870

2,375

4.17

4.50

Mar.

1,510

1,480

1,550

1,590

1.59O

1,480

1,440

1.40O

1,400

1,570

1,440

1,480

1,290

1,440

1,510

1,790

1,970

2,120

2,07O

1,790

1,790

1,550

1,400

1,570

1,550

1,370

1.190

1,290 

1,370

1,580

4,050

50,000

1,613

2.83

3.26

Apr.

5,160

4,020

2,620

2,800

3,950

3,560

2,980

*2,5OO

2,220

1,880

1,920

1,750

1,630

1,630

1,590

1,480

1,440

1.63O

1,550

1.51O

1,440

1,400

1,570

1,570

1,400

1,440

1,29O

1,190 

1,400

1,400

61,520

2,O51

5.60

4.02

May

1,150

1,510

1,510

1,440

1,220

1,480

' 1,550

1,600

2,560

2,22O

1,850

1,640

1,280

1,460

1,050

1,070

1,460

*989

812

1,520

772

899

815

870

906

543

142

734 

929

772

792

57,685

1,216

2.14

2.47

June

676

695

772

792

949

1,190

676

714

870

714

87O

676

676

695

989

831

695

676

657

714

6OO

1,16O

1,16O

638

772

812

1,100

»1,520 

949

676

24,714

824

1.45

1.62

July

SOS

870

658

278 792-

909

1,200

1,250

414

495

1,O50

506

815

638

6OO

506

468

524

657

562

570

657

487

452

676

695

487

934 

1,230

1,420

1.460

Aug.

1,100

409

582

1,150

695

5O6

446

564

472

638

850

2.250

1,600

1,500

1,550

*1,640

1,110

989

734

657

676

1,170

921

1,260

812

753

638

524 

612

638

668

22,508 28,114

726

1.28

1.48

907

1.59

1.83

Sept.

562

842

1,360

910

581

450

732

1.570

945

638

792

657

638

676

487

581

439

562

676

657

638

657

385

524

581

600

365

965 

760

657

20,683

689

1.21

1.35

Calendar year 1959: Max 5,690 Mln 228 Mean 969 Cfsm 1.70 In. 23.11

Water iter year year 1959-60: 1959-60: Max Max 5,690 5^690 Mln Mln 278 278 Mean Mean 1,265 1,265 Cfsm Cfsm 2.22 2)22 In. In. 3C.26 3c!26

sak discharge (base. 4,000 cfs).--Oct. 11 (11 a.m.) 5,970 cfs (11.37 ft); Oct. 14 (11:30 p.m.) 

4,020 cfs (8.99 ft); Feb. 6 (10:30 p.m.) 4,540 cfs (9.80 ft); Feb. 13 (7 p.m.) 5,020 cfs (1O.47 ft); 

Apr. 1 (5:30 a.m.) 5,250 efs (10.75 ft); Apr. 5 (11:45 a.m.) 4,210 efs (9.19 ft).______________

* Discharee Discharge measurement measurement made on this day.
182 SAHTEE RIVER BASIS

1640. Reedy River near Greenville, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°48'00", long 82"21'55", on right bank 440 ft upstream from State Highway 

bridge, 0.5 mile upstream from Brushy Creek, 2.5 miles upstream from c"am at Conestee, 

and 3.9 miles southeast of city hall In Greenville, Greenville County.

Drainage area. 48.6 sq mi.

Records available- October 1941 to September 1960. Monthly discharge orly for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage . Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 800 ft (from topographic map). 

Average discharge. 19 years, 79.1 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,560 cfs July 6 (gage height, 7.07 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,000 efs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 32 cfs Sept. 26.

1941-60: Maximum discharge, 3,590 cfs Oct. 7, 1949 (gage height, V.88 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,000 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 7 cfs Aug. 17, 

1953, Aug. 16, Oct. 4, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge. In cubic feet per aeocnd)

O.7

.9

1.2

2.0

124

346

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

640

980

1,4OO

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to Septemter I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

226

loo

70

54

50

iB"6 48

179 

151

550

1.270

304

164

501

377

198

143

116

*97

84

92

108

100

105

loo

84

74

68

70 

100

97

5,836

188

3.87

4.46

Nov.

84

77

72

65

65

65

65

63

61

59

59

59

59

59

59

59

59

57

54

54

54

54

§2

208

110

87

68

68

63

57

2,075

69.2

1.42

1.58

Dec.

59

65

70

65

72

77

70

*59 

59

54

54

237

178

124

90

72

72

151

129

119

92

80

72

70

72

68

63

126

110

97 

80

2,806

90.5

1.86

2.14

Jan.

72

72

243

184

116

119

164

124 

105

92

*92

80

74

74

34

84

84

146

110

97

84

77

74

72

70

70

116

102

127

317

445

3,770

122

2.51

2.89

Feb.

242

146

119

119

555

416

198

140 

121

151

223

159

276

240

189

156

143

275

251

167

143

135

119

110

*217

164

129

119

110

5,532

191

3.93

4.24

Mar.

102

108

129

146

132

124

121

124 

124

146

143

143

138

*140

143

22O

206

192

167

146

129

121

110

105

100

100

it

97

138 

*493

550

4,931

159

3.27

3.77

Apr.

217

159

189

200

214

167

138

121 

113

105

102

108

*108

94

1O2

100

92

92

84

84

92

100

94

84

82

74

72

72

70 

1O8

3,437

115

2.37

2.64

May

164

102

82

74

72

72

96

278. 

146

90

80

84

77

74

70

68

68

*63

61

63

63

59

59

54

52.

52

57

57

79 

61

52

2,529

81.6

1.68

1.94

June

' 50

50

69

75

200

124

72

59 

54

50

48

48

48

50

50

52

48

£L

47

124

135

70

65

52

52

141

*72

59

54 

54

2,119

70.6

1.45

1.62

July

50

45

42

38

40

1*120

164

94 

70

59

65

54

48

67

45

43

43

43

42

42

42

42

43

43

43

43

47

73

65 

48

38

2,791

90.0

1.85

2.13

Aug.

36

44

50

42

40

40

35

40

59

86

72

244

156

84

98

77

*59

47

59

68

136

103

77

74

57

45

43

42

38 

40

42

2,133

68.8

1.42

1.64

Sept.

145

90

61

45

45

47

165

94 

63

141

122

61

50

43

42

42

47

45

42

40

35

42

38

35

33

32

33

107

91 

57

1,933

64.4

1.33

1.48

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,27O Min 33 Mean 99.2 Cfsm 2.04 In. 27.69

Wal-er year 1959-60: Max 1,27O Mln 32 Mean 1O9 Cfsm 2.24 In. 30.53

Peak discharge (base, 1,OOO cfs). --Oct. 11 

(4.85 ft); Mar. 30 (1:15 p.m.) 1,060 cfs

(6:30 a.m.) 1,690 cfs (5.59 ft); Feb. 5 (2 p.m.) 1,310 cfs 

(4.2O ft); July 6 (10 a.m.) 2,560 cfs (7.O7 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 183

1650. Reedy River near Ware Shoals, S, C.

Location. Lat 34°27' , long 82°12' , on left bank If miles downstream from dam at Boyd's 

mill, 4.5 miles northeast of Ware Shoals, Greenwood County, and 10.5 miles upstream 

from Rabon Creek.

Drainage area. 228 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1939 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 489 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 21 years, 293 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,620 cfs Oct. 11 (gage height, 5.73 ft); minImum, 14 cfs Sept. 25 (gage height, 0.74 ft); minimum daily, 15 cfs Sept. 25.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 7,750 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 13.33 ft), by 

computation of peak flow over dam at Boyd's mill; minimum, 6 cfs Nov. 11, 1948 (gage 

height, 0.54 ft); minimum daily, 9 cfs July 1, Aug. 23, 1956.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low and medium flow by powerplants above station. Capacity of reservoirs Insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff. For 

diversion into basin by city of Greenville see Saluda River near Greenville (see 

p. 179).

Revisions (water years). WSP 892: 1939. WSP 922: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.2 

1.6 

1.9

120

202

2.2 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

332

516

960

1,980

2,960

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to-September I960

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,260

646

360

279

236

236

229

229

420

607

2,100

2.580

1,230

902

2,580

1,490

784

584

496

*370

366

370

443

475

468

462

314

249

249

249

253

21,516

694

3.O4

3.50

Nov.

372

337

18

182

274

270

266

266

270

270

266

266

266

149

88

274

26O

232

202

202

196

195

192

311

711

539

392

274

274

274

8,088

270

1.18

1.32

Dec.

274

274

274

274

270

266

266

225

*189

189

189

347

351

517

496

339

270

856

906

571

430

370

343

317

288

257

283

257

325

370

322

10,905

352

1.54

1.78

Jan.

283

283

693

1,210

682

531

1,050

1,000

609

509

*496

344

388

394

279

279

452

509

500

509

502

397

274

274

274

270

274

432

502

722

1.780

16,701

539

2.36

2.72

Feb.

1,830

1,010

634

524

1,140

2.550

1,860

890

607

531

702

684

1,210

1,730

1,300

848

675

772

1,480

1,070

720

609

577

*516

567

870

667

554

502

27 , 609

952

4.18

4.51

Mar.

482

478

489

489

516

529

508

504

546

546

592

642

617

608

634

859

1,100

876

756

634

554

512

496

489

482

482

326

298

376

744

1.550

18,694

603

2.64

3.04

Apr.

1.450

870

651

650

930

990

684

*577

524

502

502

496

496

489

337

270

386

375

422

349

427

502

496

340

270

367

477

336

266

266

15,677

523

2.29

2.56

May

259

512

486

482

332

266

266

413

880

546

496

386

27 O

366

475

323

266

*262

257

262

262

266

266

262

262

262

201

72

73

262

262

10,255

331

1.45

1.67

June

262

262

262

262

133

262

436

354

253

203

202

117

202

270

228

202

206

187

195

192

192

229

279

274

274

266

270

*270

266

266

7,276

243

1.07

1.19

July

228

195

189

192

195

77

315

816

394

270

205

182

199

192

199

195

179

192

182

189

189

195

66

22

86

380

294

195

231

266

214

6,923

223

0.978

1.13

Aug.

195

192

192

189

78

19

23

165

375

482

247

1,280

1.450

712

489

591

*642

482

320

257

253

236

400

325

262

262

204

173

253

242

244

11,214

362

1.59

1.83

Sept.

89

16

231

270

257

253

253

253

253

249

244

244

249

164

116

118

75

16

119

176

176

179

186

121

15

118

179

186

234

371.

5,410

180

0.789

0.88

Calendar year 1959 : Max 2,580 Min 17 Mean 325 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.32

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,58O Min 15 Mean 438 Cfsm 1.92 In. 26.13

Peak discharge (base, 2.2OO cfs).--Oct. 11 (9:45 p.m.) 3,620 cfs (5.76 ft); Oct. 15 (9 a.m.) 3,050 

cfs (5.08 ft); Feb. 6 (8:30 p.m.) 2,960 cfs (4.95 ft); Aug. 12 (6:30 p.m.) 2,530 cfs (4.57 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
184 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1665. Lake Greenwood near Cheppells, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°10 I , long 81°54', at left upstream end of dam on Saluda River, 0.7 mile 

upstream from Wilson Creek and 2.4 miles west of Chappells, Newberry County.

Drainage area. 1,150 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. May 1940 to September 1960.

(jage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Dan T. Duncan Engineering Co.); gage readings have been reduced to elevations above mean sea level. Prior to June 11, 1940, staff gage at same site and 

datum.

Extremes.--Maximum elevation during year, 441.47 ft Feb. 21; minimum, 435.47 ft Sept. 28. 

1940-60: Maximum elevation, 442.02 ft Mar. 5, 1952; minimum elevation since normal 

reservoir level was first reached, 424.42 ft Oct. 16, 1947.

Remarks. Lake is formed by earth dam; storage began in May 1940; dam completed in 1940. 

Usable capacity, about 7,640,000,000 cu ft between elevations 420.'0 ft (limit of drawdown) and 440.0 ft (normal operating level) above mean sea level. Dead storage is about 

3,500,000,000 cu ft. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Elevation of 

spillway crest is 415.0 ft and elevation of top of ij-foot flashboards on top of spillway gates is 441.5 ft above mean sea level. Water is used for generation of power.

Revisions (water years). WSF 972: Drainage area. WSP 1383: 1942.

Capacity table, water year 1959-60 (elevation, In feet, and usable

contents, In billions of cubic feet) 

(Prepared from capacity curve drawn by Dan T. Duncan Engineering Co.)

435.0

437.0

439.0

442.0

5.38

6.27

7.18

8.56

Mean elevation, In feet, water year October 1959 1

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

HI

Oct.

38.14

38.55

38.68

38.62

38.42

38.13

37.85

37.68

37,66

37.75

38.55

39.60

40.02

40.14

40.67

41.03

40.99

40.96

40.82

40.53

40.16

39.99

39.63

39.27

38.97

38.72

38.44

37.92 

37.49

37.01 

36.84

6.21 

-175

Nov.

36.86

36.78

36.87

36.87

36.86

36.85

36.84

36.85

36.73

36.68

36.66

36.59

36.54

36.60

36.58

36.59

36.66

36.64

36.60

36.60

36.61

36.56

36.50

36.56

36.83

37.04

37.26

37.40

37.37

37.22

6.36

+58

Dec.

37.20

37.18

37.22

37.26

37.30

37.40

37.36

37.21

37.07

36.95

36.86

36.81

36.98

37.10

37.30

37.47

37.54

37.73

38.35

38.71

38.90

38.98

38.95

38.91

38.84

38.85

38.73

38.71 

38.68

38.60 

38.53

6.94 

+217

Jan.

38.46

38.34

38.72

39.18

39.42

39.52

39.82

40.04

40.00

39.97

39.84

39.56

39.24

38.95

38.69

38.42

38.34

38.49

38.42

38.15

37.88

37.65

37.37

37.23

37.10

36.82

36.58

36.54 

36.50

37.06 

38.43

7.13 

+ 71

Feb.

39.23

39. 59

39! 70

39.71

39.96

40.86

41.35

41.31

41.25

41.05

41.10

41.00

41.21

41.19

41.36

41.40

41.28

41.15

41.23

41.32

41.40

41.13

40.91

40.66

40.45

40.31

40.16

40.16 

39.96

7.57 

+176

Mar-.

39.70

39.39

39.14

38.88

38.80

38.86

38.62

38.32

38.09

37.99

37.83

37.66

37.54

37.35

37.13

37.09

37.24

37.27

37.23

37.27

37.15

36.89

36.58

36.39

36.11

36.01

36.12

36.13 

36.24

36.79 

37.40

6.61 

-358

Apr.

38.19

38.74

39.03

39.35

39.59

39.74

40.05

40.04

40.02

40.02

40.06

39.88

39.68

39.48

39.26

39.12

39.09

39.25

39.38

39.49

39.63

39.78

39.83

39.80

39.75

39.76

39.78

39.82 

39.82

39.88

7.56 

+367

May

39.79

39.78

39.95

40.12

40,23

40.29

40.30

40.49

40.52

40.40

40.16

39.86

39.48

39.23

39.15

38.90

38.60

38.41

38.15

37.93

37.85

38.00

38.07

37.91

37.81

37.67

37.59

37.59 

37.67

37.70 

37.60

6.50 

-396

o Secten

June

37.50

37.45

37.48

37.50

37.63

37.70

37.67

37.59

37.55

37.58

37.59

37.69

37.66

37.47

37.31

37.24

37.21

37.25

37.33

37.41

37.43

37.51

37.64

37.66

37.61

37.71

37.84

37.97 

38.04

38.05

6.72

+85

iber 1960

July

37.85

37.68

37.60

37.52

37.53

37.56

37.56

37.67

37.66

37.38

37.22

37.00

36.75

36.74

36.74

36.71

36.74

36.76

36.69

36.62

36.47

36.26

36.15

36.16

36.16

36.13

36.05

55.99

Aug.

36.80

36.71

36.52

36.51

36.48

36.41

36.40

36.39

36.36

36.32

36.34

36.44

37.12

37.61

57.80

37.76

37.75

37.67

37.45

37.30

37.40

37.49

37.57

37.64

37.60

37.53

37.50

37.51 

57.22

56^54 36.91 

36.61 36.74

6.17 6.12 

-205 -19

Sept.

56.65

36.55

36,61

36.79

56.90

36.91

36.68

56.59

36.52

36.59

36.46

36.49

56.38

36.29

36.21

36.10

36.07

36.08

36.05

55.98

35.85

35.70

35.63

35.58

35.64

35.61

35.53

35.55 

35.71

35.80

5.74 

-147

Calendar year 1959.................... *

Water year 1959-6O.................... * -30

t Contents, In billions of cable feet, at 12 p.m. on last day of month. 

* Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second. 

Note. Add 400 ft to obtain elevation above mean sea level.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 185

1670. Saluda River at Chappells, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°11', long 81°52', on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 39 at Chappells, Newberry County, 7 miles downstream from dam at Lake Greenwood 

and 8-5 miles upstream from Little River.

Drainage area. 1,350 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1926 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some

periods, published in WSP 1303. Gage-height records collected at practically same site 

since 1905 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 363.89 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 1, 1939, at site 300 ft downstream at datum 0.10 ft lower.

Average discharge. 34 years, 1,880 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 18,300 cfs Feb. 14 (gage height, 21.00 ft); minImum, 182 cfs Sept. 25; minimum daily, 429 cfs May 22.

1926-60: Maximum discharge, 63,700 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 31.5 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 27,000 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies; minimum, 

8 cfs Oct. 29, 1939; minimum daily, 8 cfs Oct. 29, 1939, caused by construction work 

above station.

Maximum stage known, 35.7 ft Aug. 26, 1908 (present site and datum), from reports 

of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Lake Greenwood (see preceding pase). 

Revisions (water years) . WSP 972: Drainage area. WSP 1303: 1942-45 (yearly runoff).

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, Ir cubic 

feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 6 Jan. 7 to Sept. 30

3.0 856

3.5 1,050

5.0 1,640

9.0 

13.0

3,540

5,870

1.3 

1.5 

2.O 

5.0

425

483

630

1,740

9.0 5,720

14.0 6,620

18.0 10,800

21.0 18,500

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,220

1 . 280

1,440

1,600

2,390

2,400

2,270

2,320

2,790

1,720

2,040

3,410

4,300

4,350

4,790

*4,910

4,790

3,60O

3,690

4,080

4,080

5,210

5,550

4,850

5,510

5,740

4,080

4,080

4,150

4,500

2,510

106,010

5,420

-

-

Nov.

2 . 550

2,080

1,590

1,620

1,610

1,510

1,290

1,830

1,860

1,610

1,600

1,540

1,510

970

1,350

867

1,050

1,280

1,200

1,080

1,280

1,340

1,330

1,160

1,460

1,120

923

1,400

1,550

1,920

43,280

1,445

-

-

Dec.

1,440

1,400

1,170

1,100

980

972

*1,750

1,910

1,820

1,820

1,750

1,150

1,240

1,480

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,320

1,620

1,770

2,180

2,090

2,180

1,820

1,750

1,760

2,180

1,840

2,180

2,270

2.400

50,982

1,645

-

-

Jan.

2,400

2,220

2,650

5,440

5,240

3,590

5,920

6,340

4,700

5,060

3,500

5,880

*5,830

3,780

3,610

2,930

2.190

4,140

4,820

4,270

4,220

5,360

2,950

2,550

5,060

3,250

2,830

2,700

2,740

4.98O

 * 

114,740

3,701

-

-

Feb.

6,910

4,270

3,250

3,28O

4,050

5,150

7,110

5,840

4,490

4,710

6,700

5,610

8,020

16.900

8,550

5,150

4,600

5,040

5,200

4,820

3,840

6,220

*5,150

4,710

5,040

4,930

4,66O

2.850

4,520

161,550

5,564

-

-

Mar.

4,490

4,600

4,880

5,260

3,000

5,510

4,520

4,580

5,880

5,660

4,100

4,580

5,850

4,580

4,520

4,660

4,950

4,660

4,320

3,560

4,220

4,320

3,940

5,660

5,940

2,330

1 . 67 0

2,320

1,950

5,860

5 .950

124,860

4,028

-

-

Apr.

4,380

4,320

2,960

3,050

5^540

4,670

5,250

4,270

5,500

2,670

5,150

*3,880

3,830

3,830

3,830

2,660

2,140

2,090

1,740

1,650

1,700

1,600

2,510

2,190

2,410

2,160

1,810

1,740

1,650

2,200

87,140

2,905

-

-

May

2,420

2,200

1,240

1,430

1,280

1,400

2,330

3,130

4,100

4.520

4,220

4,160

4,050

2,950

2,250

5,560

*3,230

2,780

2,830

2,680

1,230

429

1,660

1,900

2,260

1,720

1,490

1,010

522

1,310

2,000

72,071

2,525

-

-

June

1,410

1,510

1,420

1,200

800

1,640

1,880

1,470

1,240

1,090

1,020

598

1,520

2.140

2,070

1,400

1,090

660

541

1,060

911

978

1,090

1,400

986

628

*620

1,050

1,120

1,290

55,852

1,194

-

-

July

2,270

1,780

1,680

65T

984-

1,140

1,280

1,300

2,050

2,120

2,050

2.450

1,840

1,220

996

867

518

1,040

1,210

1,290

1,520

1,790

1,040

463

1,310

1,900

1,800

1,580

1,200

83<5

716

42,9C2

1,384

-

~

Aug.

1,390

1,600

1,800

1,520

1,420

888

594

1,320

1,580

1,550

1,520

1,220

1,510

1,090

2,060

*2,610

2,480

2,580

2,580

1,210

676

1,540

1,520

1,720

1,610

1,480

990

1,550

2.720

2,560

1,710

49,798

1,606

-

-

Sept.

1,450

1,290

957

555

509

1,650

2.110

1,750

2,080

1,390

721

1,330

1,420

1,240

1,220

1,170

924

618

1,240

1,550

1,630

1,540

1,140

779

440

946

1,150

1,240

1,260

1,180

36,459

1,215

-

"

Calendar year 1959 : Max 5,330 Min 209 Mean 1,624 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 16,900 Min 429 Mean 2,528 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
186 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

1675. Saluda River near Silverstreet, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°11', long 81°44', on left bank 200 ft upstream from Higgins Perry 

 Bridge on State Highway 19, 1 mile downstream from Little River, and 2f miles south of 

Silverstreet, Newberry County.

Drainage area. 1,620 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1926 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 345.13 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted.

""Prior to Oct. 15, 1929, staff gage at same site and datum. Since Mar. 8, 1939, waterstage recorder for station on Lake Murray near Columbia has been used as an auxiliary 

gage for this station.

Average discharge. 34 years, 2,148 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,100 cfs Feb. 14 (gage height, £2.54 ft); minimum daily, 396 cfs June 19.

1926-60: Maximum discharge, 83,800 cfs Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 33.97 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 19,000 cfs on basis of discharge measurements made at 

Chappells and near Chapin; minimum daily, 49 cfs July 4, 1940.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of backwater from Lake Murray, which are 

fair. Plow regulated by Lake Greenwood (see p. 184). City of Newberry diverts up to 

about 3 cfs above station for municipal supply.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 972: Drainage area. WSP 1303: 1942-45 (yearly runoff).

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5,330

3,940

2,110

1.880

2,510

2,780

2,540

2,580

3,080

2,590

2,460

3,670

4,880

4,780

5,660

*6,420

6,290

4,660

4,160

4,480

4,460

6,030

6,640

6,040

4,320

4,050

4,400 

4,420

4,480

4,600

3,410

129,650

4,182

-

-

Nov.

2,470

2.840

1,990

1,960

1,910

1,830

1,810

1,940

2,190

1,960

1,910

1,830

1,820

1,460

1,500

1,390

1,350

1,530

1,490

1,450

1,410

1,560

1,590

1,450

1,690

1,740

1.150 

1,420

1,540

2,240

52,420

1,747

_

-

Dec.

1,660

1,500

1,410

1,270

1,170

962

*1,640

2,110

2,010

1,980

2,020

1,460

1,390

1,650

1,500

1,350

1,320

1,520

2,060

2,640

2.940

2,580

2,580

2,280

2,400

1,700

2,520 

2,210

2,580

2 1 700

2, 820

59,932

1,933

_

-

Jan.

2,820

2,640

3,660

4,520

4,660

4,520

7,230

8,700

7,920

4,250

3,790

*4,330

4,260

4,110

3,960

3,380

2.450

4,320

6,090

5,460

4,900

3,880

3,400

2,660

2,950

3,600

3,260 

3,080

3,170

6,650

10.800

141,420

4,562

_

-

Feb.

12,100

8,700

4,080

3,580

4,590

6,890

8,820

8,940

5,380

5,180

8,560

8,790

8,260

17,000

17.900

8,980

5,410

5,370

6,190

5,770

4,310

6,220

6,470

*5,300

5,560

5,730

5,180 

3.570

4,360

207,190

7,144

_

-

Mar.

4,790

4,870

5,200

5,950

4,320

3,400

4,640

4,810

4,350

3,880

4,490

4,870

4,560

4,750

4,810

5,350

6,430

6,220

5,100

3,810

4,350

4,490

4,380

3,890

4,090

3,270

m2,300

6,790

10.500

145,420

4,691

_

-

Apr.

6.980

5,300

4,030

3,100

6,100

6,360

3,840

4,690

3,970

3,450

3,040

*4,160

4,100

4,100

4,030

3,290

2,690

2,020

2,260

2,020

1,910

1,960

2,430

2,570

2,620

2,230

2,080 

1,800

J t 7QQ

2,140

100,970

3,366

_

-

May

2,870

2,540

1,410

1,450

1,360

1,650

2,260

3,630

4,690

4.890

4,480

4,410

4,340

3,450

2,470

3,420

*3,580

2,820

2,820

2,670

1,800

404

1,110

1,930

2,210

1,930

1,580 

987

481

1,000

1,950

76,592

2,471

_

-

June

1,570

1,500

1,640

1,250

1,150

1,440

1,880

1,680

1,200

1,150

925

521

1,100

2.010

1,970

1,590

1,230

620

396

923

1,070

1,020

1,030

1,310

1,260

828

*721 

1,070

1,160

1,260

36,474

1,216

-

-

July

2,120

1,970

1,670

868

868

1,340

1,390

1,470

1,880

2.420

2,030

2,380

2,160

1,250

1,060

961

210

815

1,320

1,300

1,460

1,890

1,310

713

1,250

2,050

1,940 

2,030

1,540

935

763

45,863

1,479

-

-

Aug.

1,280

1,620

1,830

1,590

1,560

1,160

612

1,130

1,580

1,460

1,310

1,220

1,450

1,710

1,980

*2,680

2,680

2,630

2,670

2,010

680

1,310

1,760

1,910

1,800

1,650

1,350 

1,280

2,510

2. 770

2,040

53,222

1,717

-

-

Sept.

1,690

1,530

1,370

926

691

1,460

2.270

2,010

2,040

2,O4O

1,240

1,270

1,620

1,400

1,350

1,360

1,250

917

1,130

1,610

1,670

1,840

1,370

1,150

685

1,050

1,260 

1,360

1,490

1,430

42,479

1,416

-

~

Calendar year 1959: Max 6,640 Min 587 Mean 1,904 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-6O: Max 17,900 Min 396 Mean 2,983 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on bhls day.

Note. Stage-discharge relation affected by baclcwater from Lake Murray Oct. 1 to Dec. 19, Dec. 

28, Jan. 10-18, 22-29, Feb. 3-6, 9-13, Feb. 16 to Sept. 3O.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 187

1685. Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°03'05", long 81°13'15", in intake tower 500 ft upstream from dam on 

Saluda River and 10 miles upstream from confluence of Saluda and Broad Rivers at 

Columbia, Richland County.

Drainage area.--2,420 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available . August 1929 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.64 ft below mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 31, 1930, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Extremes.--Maximum gage height during year, 358.75 ft May 10; minimum, 349.38 ft Dec. 23.

1^29-60: Maximum gage height, 361.51 ft Apr. 10, 1936; minimum gage height since 

generation of power was started, 320.96 ft Dec. 23, 1941.

Remarks. Lake is formed by earth dam; storage began Aug. 31, 1929; dam coirpleted in 

T9~3tf. Usable capacity, 70,300,000,000 cu ft between gage heights 300.0 ft (limit of 

drawdown) and 360.0 ft (maximum normal lake level). Dead storage, 21,SCO,000,000 

cu ft. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Gage height of one spillway 

crest (completed in 1946), 330 ft with top of gates 362 ft; gage height of other spillway crest, 340 ft with top of gates 365 ft. Water is used for generatior of power.

Revisions.--WSP 972: Drainage area.

Capacity table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and usable contents,

in billions of cubic feet)

(Prepared by Lexington Water Power Co. from topographic map, contour survey, 

and study of change In reservoir elevation due to inflow)

349.0

352.0

355.0

359.0

49.06

54.30

59.94

68.13

Mean gage height, in feet, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1 

Z

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

(t)

(*)

Oct.

55.07 

55.24

55.29

55.33

55.28

55.12

54.96

54.81

54.71

54.63

54.71

54.71

54.57

54.53

54.63

54.59

54.50

54.63

54.70

54.52

, 54.40

54.55

54.60

54.81

55.00

54.99

54.80

54.71

54.57

54.57

54.75

59.69

+45

Nov.

54.98 

55.04

54.89

54.75

54.59

54.49

54.39

54.26

54.20

53.86

53.60

53.40

53.24

53.19

53.19

53.19

53.05

52.79

52.60

52.46

52.37

52.38

52.37

52.28

52.19

52.02

51.98

51.98

52.00

5_1.97

54.13

-2,145

S---C,

51.851

51.69

51.53

51.38

51.28

51.36

51.32

51.09

50.92

50.70

50.54

50.46

50.50

50.45

50.25

50.02

49.88

49.80

49.76

49.83

49.83

49.68

49.48

49.41

49.45

49.53

49.63

49.73

49.81

49.77

49.67

50.14

-1,490

Jan.

49 ,_6_5 

49.69

49.97

50.24

50.37

50.31

51.61

52.26

52.47

52.60

52.64

52.57

52.52

52.45

52.41

52.34

52.25

52.44

52.58

52.56

52.37

52.08

51.84

51.75

51.74

51.42

51.27

51.28

51.26

51.86

53.30

57.64

+2,800

Feb.

54.06 

54.33

54.37

54.30

54.29

54.62

54.93

55.17

55.25

55.25

55.85

56.20

56.70

57.67

58.18

58.34

58.22

58.06

57.90

57.71

57.53

57.43

57.40

57.21

57.15

57.13

56.97

56.77

56.57

62.80

+2 , 059

Mar.

56.38 

56.18

56.16

56.13

55.93

55.80

55.78

55.60

55.38

55.17

55.07

54.96

54.92

54.97

54.80

54.77

54.87

54.98

55.11

55.29

55.38

55.37

55.33

55.35

55.38

55.46

55.56

55.62

55.61

56.24

57.02

64.28

+553

Apr.

57.26 

57.30

57.36

57.38

57.95

58.14

58.03

57.83

57.81

57.92

57.92

57.81

57.79

57.84

57.95

58.02

58.11

58.20

58.16

58.14

58.14

58.14

58.14

58.23

58.28

58.27

58.29

58.39

58.35

58.30

66.64

+910

May

58.36 

58.39

53.39

58.35

58.30

58.23

58.20

58.46

58.60

58.63

58.60

58.55

53.54

58.52

58.60

58.68

58.68

58.62

58.55

58.48

58.40

58.32

58.30

58.20

58.10

58.08

58.06

57.93

57.85

57.76

57.67

65.30 -500

June

57.63 

57.52

57.53

57.56

57.57

57.60

57.60

57.60

57.57

57.54

57.52

57.51

57.51

57.48

57.48

57.46

57.43

57.40

57.40

57.29

57.18

57.18

57.08

57.05

57.00

57.03

57.03

57.02

57.02

57.01

63.95 -521

July

57.00 

57.0?

57. OE

57.08

57. Of

57.08

57.08

57.07

57.08

57.13

57.20

57.22

57.21

57.14

57.03

56.94

56.93

56.91

56.79

56. 69

56.57

56.45

56.33

56. 33

56.51

56.43

56.31

56.41

56.51

56.51

56.51

62.93 -362

Aug.

56.50 

56.39

56.28

56.19

56.10

56.07

56.06

56.00

55.88

55.79

55.68

55.57

55.48

55.50

55.48

55.44

55.33

55.23

55.16

55.14

55.15

55.14

55.19

55.17

55.08

54.98

54.92

54.91

54.90

54.80

54.67

59.17

-1,432

Sept.

54.57 

54.57

54.54

54.56

54.56

54.51

54.40

54.31

54.19

54.10

54.10

54.08

53.95

53.81

53.68

53.57

53.49

53.51

53.55

53.48

53.38

53.27

53.19

53.12

53.09

53.02

52.94

52.94

53.00

52.97

56.01

-1,219

Calendar year 1959.................... * +246

Water year 1959-6O.................... * '113

t Contents, in billions of cubic feet, at 12 p.m. on last day of month, 

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second. 

Note.--Add 300 ft to obtain elevation above mean sea level.
188 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

1690. Saluda River near Columbia, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°00'50", long 81°05'17", on left bank 0.4 mile upstream from site of old 

 Saluda mill, 1.6 miles upstream from confluence with Broad River, and 3.3 miles west of 

State Capitol in Columbia, Richland County.

Drainage area.--2.510 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--August 1925 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 149.46 ft above mean sea lev?l, datum of

1929. supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 1, 1929, at datun 1.00 ft 

higher.

Average discharge. 35 years, 2,746 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13,200 cfs Peb. 13 (gage height, 7.02 ft); minimum, 224 cfs July 25, Aug. 8; minimum daily, 238 cfs June 26.

1925-60: Maximum discharge, 67,000 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 15.22 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 26,000 cfs on basis of discharge measurements made at Wise 

Perry Bridge near Chapin; minimum, 11 cfs July 13, 1930; minimum daily, 12 cfs July 13,

1930. caused by construction work above station.

Remarks.--Records good. Plow regulated by Lake Murray (see preceding page) and Lake 

Greenwood (see p. 184).

Revisions (water years). WSP 972: Drainage area. WSP 1303: 1929-39 (monthly and yearly 

runoff).

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.5 

1.9 

2.5 

3.0

220

449

975

1,620

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

3,440

6,050

13,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

H

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

30 29 '

31

Tbtal

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4,180

3,220

1,43O

2,160

5,660

6,530

6,590

7,010

7,120

3,920

1.080

6,560

7,460

8,170

8,250

8,410

7,960

1,930

6,280

8,410

7,330

8,58O

9,020

4,300

2,230

7,490

7,350

6,100

8,93O

8,120

1,210

182,990

5,903

-

-

Nov.

728

5,090

5,610

5,040

5,480

4,700

3,900

1,700

7,190

9,010

6,440

5,740

4,450

1,430

533

3,300

5,710

5,930

4,970

4,040

2,130

500

3,760

4,200

5,190

2,660

3,480

730

4OO

4,170

118,211

3,940

_

-

Dec.

4,650

4,950

4,650

4,530

528

298

5 ,260

5,440

5,840

5,850

5,320

2,480

637

5,630

5.970

5,240

5,410

5,800

2,250

982

5,13O

5,920

5,690

1,640

496

309

332

1,560

2,580

4,380

3,560

113,312

3,655

_

-

Jan.

2,880

720

654

3 270

2^830

3,450

4,970

4,88O

5,540

2,690

5,280

6,140

5,950

5,890

5, ISO

5,870

3,630

5,640

6,730

7,000

9t860

9 600

8,160

2,790

7,36O

8,160

4,750

4,000

4,440

4,520

5,020

155,804

5,026

_

-

Feb.

6,090

5,980

6,360

6,510

8,910

3,420

1.240

5,670

*6,09O

6,470

6,590

6,790

8,940

8,880

10,60O

11,500

11,200

11,200

11,200

11,200

9,560

11,300

11,400

1O,900

11.700

11,100

11,100

8,840

10,500

__ _ _ _

251,040

8,657

_

-

Mar.

8,510

10,60O

10.900

10 000 lo'eoo

5,270

7,290

10,200

10,600

9,050

7,430

9,650

4,190

6,500

9,440

9,140

7,810

4,980

2,230

884

4,840

*5,340

4,500

3,530

3,460

645

376

3,140

5,340

5,790

6,050

196,283

6,552

-

-

Apr.

7,650

6,550

4,580

6,790

9.910

9,400

9,500

9,660

1,850

1,200

5,880

5,790

3,570

2,170

2,640

1,300

624

2,780

3,270

2,320

2,460

2,570

943

458

5,540

2,680

2,570

3,420

3,850

1,550

121,035

4,054

-

-

May

1,56O

2,720

2,540

2,950

2,830

3,010

750

2,130

3,170

5,190

6.520

5,110

4,480

1,550

462

3,060

4,480

4,660

5,190

4,600

3,400

806

5,220

5,890

5,250

2,840

4,620

5,540

1,700

4,580

1,750

99,898

3,223

-

-

June

4,120

*4,020

1,27O

1,460

530

2,070

2,020

1,760

1,450

1,500

898

421

1,950

1,960

2,060

2,250

2,220

1,330

990

4.780

1,820

4,360

2,130

2,420

551

238

788

936

1,090

1,810

55,182

1,839

-

-

July

1,840

2,19O

851

309

1,120

1,180

1,050

968

542

276

1,020

2,300

2,640

3,900

4,240

700

260

2,910

3,560

4,190

4,060

4,020

1,510

450

3,510

3,450

3,090

2,720

2,390

908

520

Aug.

3,380

4,280

5,640

4,120

3,090

1,150

459

3,720

4,290

4,480

4,270

4,420

1,410

990

4,770

4,960

4,800

4,320

5,270

926

451

2,610

5,000

5,650

5,420

5,450

1,260

428

4,120

5,750

4,260

62,454 99,104

2,015

-

-

3,197

-

-

Sept.

3,580

5,670

795

358

557

5,920

4,070

4.450

5,970

2,400

555

5,950

3,510

3,760

*5,960

2,950

882

565

5,070

5,610

3,790

3,390

3,120

1,250

370

2,620

2,570

2,690

3,310

2,990

80,458

2,681

-

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 9,020 Min 191 Mean 2,485 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 11,700 Mln 238 Mean 4,196 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

1695. Congaree River at Columbia, S. C.

Location. Lat 33 0 59'35", long 81°03'00", on right bank at Columbia, Richlard County,

1,000 ft downstream from Gervais Street Bridge and 1.4 miles downstream from confluence 

of Broad and Saluda Rivers.

Drainage area. 7,850 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960. Gage-height records collected at site 

1,000 ft upstream October 1891 to December 1933 and at present site since January 1934 

are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 113.02 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 81 years, 8,305 cf s.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 65,200 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 19.68 ft); minimum, 889 cfs Aug. 28 (gage height, 1.67 ft); minimum daily 2,560 cfs Sept. 25.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 121,000 cfs Aug. 16, 1940 (gage height, 26.14 ft); minimum, 588 cfs Jan. 19, 1942 (gage height, 0.94 ft); minimum daily, 662 cfs Oct. 18, 

1954.

Maximum flood known occurred Aug. 27, 1908, discharge, 364,000 cfs (gpge height, 

39.8 ft, present datum, at site 1,000 ft upstream, from records of U. S. Weather Bureau) by conveyance-slope study.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by Lake Murray (see p. 187) and Lake Greenwood 

(see p. 184) on Saluda River and to some extent, at low and medium flow, by powerplants 

on Broad River. City of Columbia diverts about 25 cfs above station for municipal 

supply. Records of chemical analyses for the water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Cooperation. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Correction The maximum discharge (53,900 cfs) for the 1959 water year, published in

WSP 1623, was not independent of the higher peak discharge occurring Oct. 1, 1959; maximum independent peak discharge during 1959 water year, 33,100 cfs June 3 (gage height,

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

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

3.8 4,830

4.0 5,400

5.0 9,000

7.0 15,700

10.0 24,700

15.0 42,50O

18.6 58,90O

5.0 9,200 

7.0 15,7OO

2.7 2,36O

3.0 3,020

4.O 5,75O

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 7.0 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

58 . 9OO

58 , 90O

32,600

14,500

13,100

12,800

11,700

12,100

15,200

16,000

20 , 500

31,600

33,800

29,200

39,700

44,800

33,800

21,400

19,000

18,000

16,000

19,600

22,000

16,000 

12,100

15,400

15,700

13,200

15,700

17,200

11,100

711,600

22 , 950

_

-

Nov.

10,20O

14,800

14,500

12,300

13,100

11,000

10,4OO

8,140

12,000

15,000

12,000

11,800

9,980

6,600

5,410

8,000

10,600

10 , 400

10,100

8,750

6,400

4.940

8,080

8,490 

12,500

13,000

12,000

7,900

6,220

9, 380

303,990

10,130

_

-

Dec.

9,940

10,000

9,780

10.4OO

6,310

5,000

9,320

10,500

10,700

11,OOO

10,400

7,560

6,400

11,000

13,000

11,400

11,300

12,800

18,400

20.200

18,400

15 , 500

13,100

8,940 

7,450

6,050

6,400

6,960

8,080

10,600

11,000

327,890

10,580

_

-

Jan.

9,530

6,420

8,620

20,500

19,300

18,700

26,000

32,800

28,300

16,700

14,400

14,300

14,300

13,200

12,100

12,100

10,500

13,000

17,000

16,6OO

17,800

16,900

16,000

10,000 

13 , OOO

13,700

11,000

10 , 100

10,700

19,200

45.200

507,970

16,390

_

-

Feb.

51,10O

51,600

35,500

23,500

23,200

33 , 200

50,600

53,400

*32,600

22,000

30,100

37,200

41,800

57,900

56,400

41,100

30,300

27,100

33,600

42,700

33,300

29,200

27,100

24,700 

25,300

27,400

26,800

22,000

21,700

a, 012. 4

34,910

_

-

Mar.

18,80O

2O,50O

22,300

22,300

22,600

17,200

17,100

19,800

20,300

20,000

18,000

21,200

16,500

18,100

21,200

24,200

35,200

34,200

27,400

20 , 200

19,000

18,100

16,600

14,600 

14,200

11,000

10,600

12,200

12,100

27,000

45,700

638,200

20,590

_

-

Apr.

54,400

45,700

28,000

23,800

45,800

47.5OO

36,800

27,7OO

16,400

13,300

16,400

15,700

13,500

11,800

11,300

10 , 200

9,900

11,000

11,500

10,500

10,200

10,800

10,200

9.200 

10,400

9,78O

9,220

11,100

11,100

9,200

562,400

18,75O

_

-

May

8,690

9,8OO

10,800

1O,2OO

9,950

9,460

7, OOO

11,9OO

24,100

21,100

16,600

13,500

11,800

9,270

7,800

8,800

10,900

10,300

10,400

9,690

9,160

6.550

7,970

9,270 

8,240

7,580

10,000

9,150

6,710

9,400

7,410

323,300

10,430

_

-

June

8,800

8,970

6,850

6,640

6,490

9,750

8,990

7,710

7,030

6,630

5,820

4,730

6,510

6,510

5,660

*6,510

6,450

5,650

4,310

8,380

6,010

9,210

9,550

9,840 

9,690

7,310

7,110

6,920

6,090 

6,740

216,860

7,229

_

-

July

5,950

7,200

4,340

4,600

5.08O

4,960

5.18O

6,42O

6,500

4,850

5,480

5,860

7,010

8,850

9,670

5,060

3,190

7,130

6,620

7,510

7,180

7,400

4,940

5.040 

7,810

7,640

6,530

7,550

10.200

4J950

196,040

6,324

_

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 58,900 Min 2,160 Mean 9,983 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 58,900 Min 2,560 Mean 14,330 cfsm - In. -

Aug.

7,850

8,050

7,740

7,670

6,970

4,610

2,920

7,910

8,180

7,550

7,560

8,270

9,110

10,900

12.800

11,600

10,500

9,120

7,350

4,080

3,550

6,750

7,260

9,180 

9,460

7,740

5,020

2,930

8,000 

8, 460

6 , 620

"35,490

7,596

_

-

Sept.

6,79O

8,230

7,510

4,960

3,420

7,090

7,220

8,400

15,200

10,600

6,850

7,850

7,070

8,090

7,850

6,490

4,120

2,900

7,810

6,870

7,030

6,770

7,730

4,740 

2.560

5,690

5,450

5,990

8,710 

9 ' 500

2O9.45O

6,982

_

-

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

* Expressed in thousands.
190 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

1695.5. Congaree Creek at Cayce, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°56'15", long 81°04'40", on left bank 50 ft downstream from bridge on 

U. S. Highway 21 at Cayce, Lexington County, 2 miles upstream from Sixmile Creek.

Drainage area. 136 sq mi.

Records available. October 1959 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 128.975 ft above mean sea level (South 

Carolina Highway Department bench mark). Prior to Jan. 20, 1960, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,600 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 5.92 ft, from

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 920 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 

159 cfs July 22 (gage height, 2.22 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

About 1 cfs diverted by city of Cayce for municipal supply.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubit, feet per secondJ 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-30)

2.2

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

157

187

261

395

4.0 

5.0 

5.3

615

1,160

1,320

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

j.n.

Oct.

1,520 

*576

302

a252

240

230

221

215

273

a352

724

650

459

370

723

720

552

439

348

317

322

458

a630

538

467

a407

a348

307

290

522

748

14,320

462

3.40

3.92

Nov.

a546 395"

330

309

299

297

a297

297

299

299

297

297

297

a297

a297

297

295

a292

277

252

a259

a277

283

*288

302

302

a297

a290

275

252

9,091

303

2.23

2.49

Dec.

a250

254

252

a252

a248

a248

a250

a248

a245

245

247

261

286

314

292

269

a285

a398

a475

a439

350

297

281

271

a267

267

261

a259

259

a257

259

8,786

283

2.08

2.40

Jan.

257 

a256

279

325

330

a351

a423

a475

a427

351

307

281

271

a263

263

a261

a281

a339

367

339

302

275

261

256

250

248

247

254

273

420

748

9,980

322

2.37

2.73

Feb.

*639 

g470

g370

a330

g333

g427

g423

a351

g317

g297

g307

g327

g403

a605

g542

g423

g357

g330

a364

a336

g327

g348

g399

g407

g415

g439

g407

a357

g325

11,375

392

2.88

3.11

Mar.

g309 

g302

g349

g415

g395

a348

g322

a307

g297

g302

g322

a330

g330

g325

g309

g322

g364

g367

a333

g309

g297

g290

g277

g271

a269

a265

g256

a252

a254

a440

g940

10,468

338

2.49

2.87

Apr.

g748 

a534

a431

g463

g682

g714

g552

g427

a374

a345

a330

g320

g312

g312

309

307

a302

299

295

290

a295

a364

a388

a354

*g330

a309

a290

g297

g330

325

11,628

388

2.85

3.18

May

302 

288

281

269

265

267

a288

a342

a351

a322~

g314

314

292

273

257

250

g237

a232

a227

a220

a214

a211

a208

a200

g!94

a!99

g218

a230

a233

a232

a227

7,957

257

1.89

2.18

June

a221 

a221

a233

a248

g248

a247

a263

g245

g237

215

197

189

185

179

174

170

171

174

178

184

*194

225

290

273

235

221

245

224

202

188

6,476

216

1.59

1.77

July

179 

216

240

271

297

252

209

199

193

182

174

175

173

175

187

198

187

171

164

165

g!69

a!65

a!76

a204

a!97

a207

a224

a220

g416

498

367

6,848

221

1.62

1.87

Aug.

276 

224

211

233

214

187

197

179

182

178

176

188

203

187

194

258

302

271

215

185

174

174

250

403

*36T

282

233

208

194

184

187

6,911

223

1.64

1.89

Sept.

207 

241

312

286

241

207

188

184

183

178

183

218

254

222

195

187

186

184

179

180

184

187

178

172

168

165

T65

172

242

405

6,251

208

1.53

1.71

Calendar year 1959: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,320 Mln 163 Mean 301 Cfsm 2.21 In. 30.12

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed from weather records and record for adjacent days.

g Computed from once-daily staff-gage readings.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 191

1705. Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion canal near Pineville, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°23'15", long 80°08'25", on right bank 0.6 mile upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 45 and 7.0 miles southwest of Pineville, Berkeley County.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 60.0 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by South Carolina Public Service 

authority). Auxiliary water-stage recorder 3.9 miles downstream from base gage.

Average discharge.--17 years, 13,760 cfs.

Extremes.--1943-60: Maximum daily discharge, 40,200 cfs Mar. 10, 1952; minimum daily

discharge (normal operation), 61 cfs Sept. 24, 25, 1956; maximum daily reverse flow,

12,100 cfs Feb. 9, 1947 (caused by unusual operation of gates).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which 

are fair, and those for periods of very low fall between gages, which are poor. Canal 

diverts water from Lake Marion to Lake Moultrie for generation of power and for navigation. Water is discharged from powerplant and navigation lock into West Branch 

Cooper River.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Daj

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

19,400

19,900

20,400

23,300

26,500

28,200

*28.800

28 , 500

25,700

23,300

22,900

21,700

19,900

20,500

19,900

18,300

17,200

17 . OOP

18,500

21,600

21,800

21,200

20,700

21,200

21,100

20,500

23,600

23,000

23,100

21,500

20,20O

679,400

21,920

-

-

Nov.

19,600

20,100

21,400

22.600

22,100

22,100

21 , 500

20,800

*20,900

20,2OO

20,800

20,200

20,800

20,800

20,200

19,600

19,500

18,700

18,600

18,600

19,700

19,100

18,300

17,500

19,400

17 . 200

18,000

20,400

20,900

19,200

598,800

19,960

-

~

Dec.

19,100

18,900

21,000

2O,8OO

19.8OO

20,300

18,800

14,100

14 . OOP

15,800

16,000

16,800

17 , BOO

16,100

16,800

*16,000

16,100

17,100

19,700

21,300

23,300

24,200

25,600

26,800

27 , OOP

26,600

25,300

23,900

23,500

21,400

21 ' 300

625,000

20,160

-

-

Jan.

21,100

21,600

22,100

21.OOO

21.0OO

21,300

23,300

24,500

25,500

26,800

28,200

29,800

51.100

30, 500

29,700

f28,000

f 28, 000

f 28,000

f 28, 000

f26,000

f 2 6, 000

f 26, 000

f 2 6, 000

f 2 6,OOO

f 26, 000

f 26, 000

*26,500

26,500

25,900

26,300

26,900

803,600

25,920

-

-

Feb.

25,500

23,500

25.100

26,400

28,800

29.800

28.6OO

26,800

24.7OO

24,200

28,900

29,100

28,900

28,900

25,300

25,200

27,000

29,100

28,800

27,600

28,600

28,600

27 , 500

27,400

28,500

28,800

27 , 500

27,500

27,700

792,300

27,520

-

-

Mar.

27 , 500

27.100

29,300

27,700

27 , 500

27,100

27.9OO

28 , 500

28,500

28,800

28,5OO

28,500

28,100

27,500

27,500

f28,OOO

*28,500

28,500

27,900

29,100

28,500

28,300

27,900

29,100

29.500

29,100

28,800

28,100

27 , 100

27,700

28, 60O

874,500

28,200

-

-

Apr.

26,700

24,800

25,200

f 28, 000

f 28, 000

25,400

24,200

25,700

28.500

28,100

27,100

28, 1OO

28,100

28,100

27,700

27 , 500

27,500

27,500

25,800

25,800

25,500

25,500

25,5OO

25,500

24,900

*24,000

25,000

21,900

20,800

20.700

774,500

25,820

-

"

May

22 , 500

22,100

22,100

22,500

22,400

22,700

22,700

22,700

21,600

19,400

20 , 000

21,600

22,200

25,200

25.8OO

25 , 8OO

23,600

23,500

22 , 600

21 , 900

21 , 400

20,400

19,700

18,500

17,800

15,300

14 , 5QQ

14,500

15,500

15,500

16,100

635,100

20,490

-

"

June

15.100

14,100

15,100

15,100

14,100

15,000

14,900

*13,900

11,400

1O,4OO

10,500

9,520

9,520

9,250

10,500

10,500

11,500

10,900

9.180

9,820

9,180

9,180

9,890

11,500

12,900

15,000

11 , 500

11,000

11,500

11,500

550,840

11,690

-

"

July

11,400

11,400

11 , 500

11 , 500

10,900

9,120

7,610

8,420

9,120

9,120

9,180

7,610

9,180

10,500

9,180

10,400

9,250

e7,030

7,610

9,250

9,250

9,250

11,400

9,890

9,180

*9,82P

10,300

9,820

9,380

e6,850

11,200

295,220

9,523

-

-

Aug.

12,PPP

12,PPP

12,000

12,000

12,000

13,400

13,400

13,400

11.700

11,800

11,800

11,800

11, SOP

13,2PO

13,5PO

11,700

11,800

11,900

12, POO

14,7PO

15.6PO

15.6PO

14, SOP

15,5PP

13,2PO

14,400

14,500

15,400

15,400

14,500

15,100

407 , 000

13,150

-

"

Sept.

13,100

14,300

16,100

16,800

17 , 300

15,600

14,600

15,300

15,200

15,800

19.7OO

18,900

17,700

16,500

15,800

14,900

14,800

14,700

14,600

*13,600

15,400

15,400

12,400

12,500

12,200

11,100

7,110

e6.550

7,760

8,410

419,710

13,990

-

"

Calendar year 1959: Max 28,800 Mln -8,630 Mean 17,300 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-6O: Max 31,10O Mln 6,330 Mean 19,82O Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

e Very low fall between gages.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of fall between Lake Marion near 

Pineville and Lake Moultrie near Plnopolls.
192 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

1710. Lake Marion near Pineville, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°27'00", long 80°09'50", at right upstream end of spillway, 2.8 miles upstream from old Santee Canal, 5.4 miles upstream from Dead River, and 8 miles west of 

Pineville, Berkeley County.

Drainage area.--14 ,700 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1960. Prior to October 1942, published as 

Santee Reservoir near Pineville.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Harza Engineering Co.). Prior to Mry 6, 1942, 

staff gage at same site and datum.

Extremes.--Maximum elevation during year, 76.95 ft Oct. 8; minimum, 73.00 ft Sept. 28.

1942-60: Maximum elevation, 77.12 ft Mar. 11, 1952; minimum, 61.36 ft Oct. 17, 1951.

Remarks.--Lake is formed by earth dam. Storage began in November 1941; dam completed in 

1941. Usable capacity, 47,930,000,000 cu ft between elevations 60.0 ft (limit of drawdown) and 76.8 ft (maximum normal lake elevation). Dead storage, about 15,250,000,000 

cu ft. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Elevation of spillway crest, 

63.0 ft; top of spillway gates, 76.8 ft. Some water used for generation of power. 

Major portion of water is diverted from Lake Marion through canal to Lake Moultrie (see 

preceding page) for generation of power and for navigation.

Capacity table, water year 1959-60 (elevation, in feet, and usable

Contents, in billions of cubic feet) 

(Prepared from volume curve drawn by Harza Engineering Co.)

73.0

74.0

75.0

77.0

31.45

35.41

39.64

48.88

Elevation, in feet, at 12 p.m., water

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

(t)

(*)

Oct.

75.18

75.16

75.29

75.76

76.19

76.58

76.80

76. 9O

76.89

76.88

76.80

76.72

76.67

76.80

76.61

76.41

76.20

76.10

76.23

76.43

76.48

76.41

76.47

76.41

76.29

76.38

76.50

76.59

76.73

76.59

76.47

46.36

+2,240

Nov.

76.39

76.48

76.61

76.70

76.70

76.63

76.55

76.55

76.56

76.50

76.50

76.50

76.52

76.53

76.47

76.42

76.32

76.19

76.19

76.15

76.12

76. 04

75.91

75.90

75.69

75.66

75.68

75.85

75.70

75.64

42.51

-1,485

Dec.

75.59

75.56

75.52

75.42

75.39

75.50

75.22

75.10

75.13

75.16

75.19

75.36

75.29

75.26

75.22

75.26

75.38

75.70

75.78

75.83

75.94

76.01

76.13

76.22

76.26

76.24

76.15

76.09

75.91

75.83

75.70

42.78

+101

Jan.

75.66

75.66

75.64

75.52

75.50

75.52

75.68

75.76

75.88

76.10

76.36

76.66

76.80

76.78

76.73

76.71

76.73

76.80

76.62

76.70

76.60

76.50

76.50

76.52

76.51

76.43

76.39

76.31

76.22

76.40

76.33

45.69

+1,086

Calendar year 1959.. ................ ....

Feb.

76.08

75.88

75.91

76.25

76.66

76.64

76.46

76.20

76.00

76.25

76.50

76.52

76.77

76.32

76.10

76.17

76.39

76.60

76.39

76.49

76.56

76.54

76.49

76.51

76.70

76.62

76.57

76.60

76.59

46.93

+495

Mar.

76.52

76.67

76.70

76.54

76.48

76.52

76.64

76.60

76.70

76.60

76.68

76.63

76.60

76.59

76.55

76.67

76.63

76.65

76.68

76.67

76.54

76.49

76.58

76.70

76.71

76.72

76.67

76.60

76.54

76.74

76.65

47.21

+105

year October 1959 to September 1960

Apr.

76.40

76.31

76.56

76.76

76.60

76.31

76.21

76.44

76.62

76.53

76.61

76.67

76.68

76.71

76.65

76.60

76.65

76.68

76.59

76.61

76.70

76.71

76.71

76.69

76.65

76.55

76.52

76.45

76.40

76.44

46.22

-382

May

76.44

76.31

76.27

76.20

76.13

76.08

75.98

76.04

75.84

75.85

75.90

76.00

76.09

76.17

76.20

76.16

76.08

75.99

75.87

75.83

75.82

75.77

75.67

75.50

75.44

75.40

75.41

75.39

75.36

75.31

75.24

40.72

-2,053

June

75.19

75.20

75.19

75.17

75.08

75.01

74.98

74.90

74.90

75.04

75.10

75.16

75.12

75.07

75.06

75.05

75.06

75.01

74.98

74.91

74.96

74.99

75.07

75.12

75.17

75.30

75.31

75.33

75.32

75.26

40.81

+35

July Aug.

75.20 75.70

75.11 75.70

75.08 75.72

75.00 75.74

74.89 75.76

74.90 75.75

74.88 75.69

74.86 75.58

74.90 75.51

74.90 75.48

74.99 75.47

74.94- 75.48

74.92 75.49

74.93 75.49

74.93 75.51

75.00 75.53

75.03 75.60

74.99 75.64

75.00 74.71

75.03 75.75

75.03 75.69

75.05 75.63

75.05 75.59

75.00 75.50

74.97 75.49

74.92 75.51

74.93 75.52

75.09 75.49

75.33 75.41

75.45 75.37

75.64 75.34

42.51 41.17

+635 -500

Sept.

75.40

75.36

75.27

75.20

75.07

74.83

74.66

74.57

74.51

74.46

74.90

74.70

74.58

74.50

74.43

74.32

74.20

74.09

73.89

73.72

73.61

73.53

73.40

73.33

73.22

73.06

73.01

73.08

73.13

73.22

32.32

-3,414

* +K32

Water year 1959-6O ..................... * -254

t Contents, in billions of cubic fe 

* Change In contents, equivalent in

:t, at end of month, 

cubic feet per second.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 193

1715. Santee River near Pineville, S. C.

Location.--Lat 33°27'15", long 80°09'25" , on right bank 2.4 miles downstream from Lake 

Marion Dam, 3.0 miles upstream from Dead River, and 6.7 miles west of Pineville, Berkeley County.

Drainage area. 14,700 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. April 1942 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 23.00 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

South Carolina Public Service Authority). Prior to Feb. 25, 1943, staff gage at site 

2.2 miles upstream or temporary water-stage recorder operated by Corps of Engineers, 

at site 200 ft upstream, at different datum.

Average discharge.--18 years, 2,258 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 69,300 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 26.57 ft); minimum daily, 475 cfs Nov. 12.

1942-60: Maximum discharge, 155,000 cfs Sept. 23, 1945 (gage height, 31.1 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs by computation of flow over 

spillway at Lake Marion and by logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 9 cfs Feb. 23, 1947 

(caused by repair work at spillway).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow completely regulated by Lake Marion (see preceding page). Water is diverted above 

station from Lake Marion through canal (see p. 191) into Lake Moultrie (see following 

page) for generation of power and for navigation, then discharged into Cooper River 

basin. Seepage from north dike of Lake Marion Dam bypasses station via Little River. 

Results of discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, of Little River just below 

dam made during water year 1960 are given herewith:

Dec. 17................. 33.4

Apr. Zl....... .......... 47.9

July 25................. 28.2

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

800

1,670

8,490

13 , 100

17,800

17,600

14,000

14,600

16,900

17,200

17,200

17,500

19,300

22,000

36,000

48.000

48,000

48,000

38,000

28,000

28,000

30,000

24,000

22,000

20,000

12,000

S,000

6,500

12,000

25,000

25,000

654,660

21,120

-

-

Nov.

20.000

9,000

1,800

3,200

7,000

9,500

8,500

3,400

1,240

*728

528

475

492

599

581

581

653

708

581

528

510

492

492

*492

2,430

738

528

1,050

2,000

733

79,559

2,652

_

-

Dec.

563

528

528

528

510

797

2.000

777

545

528

528

528

653

563

563

*545

528

581

599

599

581

563

581

689

708

689

689

635

1,550

889

736

21,301

687

_

-

Jan.

545

528

528

510

510

510

563

726

671

671

671

708

3,200

7,620

9.840

7,880

4,020

5,360

7,640

2,220

2,910

2,800

1,090

671

599

581

545

*528

563

617

2,950

68,775

2,219

_

-

Feb.

7.450

17,500

23,600

24,800

30,200

37,400

37,400

39,300

45,400

45,400

46,500

39,300

35,600

47,600

47,600

47,600

51,000

59.700

54,300

34,600

27,300

33,900

38,300

35,600

30,800

32,300

27,700

23,100

23,100

1,044,330

36,010

-

-

Mar.

25.100

20,100

21,300

21,600

14,700

12,900

12,300

12,300

12,000

12,400

12 ,000

12,200

12,000

11 , 800

*11,800

12,200

12,200

12,000

12,300

15,400

21,500

19,700

13,000

8,060

6,940

6,490

6,320

6,150

4,220

1.440

4,980

385,400

12,430

-

-

Apr.

13,500

19,300

21,500

30,200

42,300

40,300

3S, 300

38,300

43,300

45.400

31,600

21,000

16,600

13,500

12 , 600

11,500

5,570

2,100

5,660

4,080

1,070

951

989

1,030

989

894

*744 894

763

744

465,678

15,520

-

-

May

744

744

726

653

545

545

528

846

1.180

653

617

708

671

763

653

671

599

599

599

617

599

599

617

581

816

653

599

599

599

599

599

20,521

662

-

-

June

617

617

635

617

617

635

635

635

635

635

635

617

599

617

617

*617

599

528

545

545

563

545

52 S

563

563

581

581

581

599

563

17,864

595

_

-

July

563

563

545

599

563

581

599

581

528

531

617

6^3

531

531

5 S3

545

545

545

545

545

563

581

563

581

*581

581

581

581

671

E8T

528

17,F15

?75

-

-

Aug.

563

545

545

545

563

545

528

545

545

563

563

563

581

563

581

581

581

581

581

563

563

599

617

581

563

581

581

545

563

581

581

17,580

567

_

-

Sept.

581

599

581

563

581

563

563

563

563

563

658

888

599

599

653

635

635

635

635

617

*617

617

635

563

515

635

653

563

563

563

18,198

607

_

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 48,000 Min 430 Mean 2,516 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 59,700 Min 475 Mean 7,682 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 14 to Nov. 8; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in 

stage, staff-gage readings at site 2.4 miles upstream, and records of gate operation at Lake Marion 

spillway.
194 COOPER RIVER BASIN

1720. Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°14'40", long 79°59'30", at powerplant 0.7 mile upstream from Atlantic 

Coast Line Railroad bridge and 2.8 miles northeast of Pinopolis, Berkele;r County.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1960. Prior to October 1942, published 

as Pinopolis Reservoir near Pinopolis.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Harza Engineering Co.). Prior to May 16, 1942, 

staff gage at same site and- datum.

Extremes.--Maximum elevation during year, 76.21 ft Oct. 14; minimum, 72.91 ft Sept. 25.

TS42-60: Maximum elevation, that of Oct. 14, 1959; minimum, 58.52 ft Dec. 21, 

1951.

Remarks. Lake Is formed by earth dikes and dam, with concrete navigation lock; dikes 

and dam completed In 1941. Storage began In November 1941. Water is diverted 

through canal (see p. 191) from Lake Marion (see p. 192) and discharged through 

tailrace canal into West Branch Cooper River. Usable capacity, 33,170,000,000 cu ft 

between elevations 60.0 ft (normal limit of drawdown) and 76.8 ft (maximum normal 

elevation). Dead storage, about 19,600,000,000 cu ft. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Water Is used for generation of power and for navigation.

Capacity table, water year 1959-60 (elevation, In feet, and usable

contents, In billions of cubic feet) 

(Prepared from volume curve drawn by Harsa Engineering Co.)

72.0

73.0

75.0

76.2

20.91

23.26

28.31

31.52

Elevation, In feet, at 12 p.m., water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2 

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

ft) 

(*)

Oct.

74.43

74.38 

1-74.37

' 74.40

, 74.59

74,80 

75.10

75.41

75.82

75.93

76.07 

76.08 

76.05 

76.16

76.05 

75.88 

75.74 

75.59 

75.58

75.71 

75.74 

75.74

75.72 

75.70

75.61 

75.67 

75.69 

75.90

75.94

75.93

30.78 

+1,527

Nov.

75. B9

75.83 

75.81

75.85

75.89

75.92 

75.97

75.91

75.92

75.90

75.89 

75.89 

75.89 

75.89 

75.89

75.88 

75.88 

75.77 

75.69 

75.59

75.59 

75.56 

75.47

75.38 

75.34

75.19 

75.14 

75.19

75.19

75.08

28.53 

-868

Dec.

5.02

4.89 

4.75

4.66

4.68

74.78 

74.86

74.87

74.81

74.80

74.80 

74.85 

74.93 

74.90 

74.87

74.90 

74.96 

75.16 

75.06 

74.96

74.88 

74.80 

74.77

74.77 

74.81

74.88 

74.93 

75.00 

75.10

75.06

74.94

28.16 

-138

Jan.

74.85

74.77 

74.77

74.76

74.68

74.58 

74.32

74.47

74.46

74.54

74.58 

74.68 

74.82 

74.94 

75.08

75.10 

75.18 

75.29 

75.34 

75.37

75.29 

75.27 

75.17

75.13 

75.12

75.09 

75.04 

74.98 

74.93

75.03

75.08

28.53

+138

Feb.

75.01

74.89 

74. 77

74.75

74.88

74.98 

75.00

74.97

74.86

74.69

74.78 

74.79 

74.98 

75.06 

74.93

74.86 

74.80 

74.90 

74.92 

74.88

74.94 

75.01 

75.02

74.98

75.12

75,17 

75.11 

75.10 

75.16

28.74 

+84

Mar.

75.09

75.20 

75.29

75.23

75.15

75.08 

75,08

75.07

75.07

75.06

75.08 

75.08 

75.09 

75.09 

75.05

75.10 

75.09 

75.10 

75.07 

75.08

75.05 

75.04 

74.93

74.93

75.01

75.05 

75. 10 

75.16 

75.10

75.14

75.17

28.77 

+ 11

Apr.

75.15

75.14 

75.11

75.21

75.33

75.22 

75.11

75.07

75.09

75.10

75.08 

75.10 

75.10 

75.13 

75.16

75.17 

75.20 

75.37 

75.40 

75.40

75.51 

75.54 

75.53

75.57 

75.59

75.59 

75.71 

75.75 

75.79

75.69

30.15 

+532

May

75.60

75.50 

75.43

75.33

75.24

75.13 

75.09

75.22

75.20

75.22

75.20 

75.20 

75.18 

75.13 

75.15

75.13

75.08 

75.01 

74.96 

74.97

75.06 

75.10 

75.03

74.98 

75.06

75.11 

75.12 

75.10 

75.06

75.00

74.93

28.13 

-754

June

74.85

74.87 

74.90

74.86

74.81

74. 70 

74.63

74.76

74.86

74.96

75.07 

75.13 

75.09 

75.01

74.97

74.90 

74.92 

74.96 

74.93 

74.83

74.91 

74.95 

74.95

74. '90 

74.98

75.14 

75.20 

75.21

TsTTe

75.11

28.61 

+185

July

75.01

74.98 

74.91

74.85

74. 78

74.91

74.88

74.83

74.82

74.86

74.95 

74.92 

74.85 

74.88 

74.88

74.93

75.01 

74.99 

74.98 

74.99

74.98 

74.96 

74.93

74.96 

74.89

74.82 

74.82 

74.99 

75.46

75.36

75.49

29.62 

+377

Aug.

75.55

75.55 

75.53

75.53

75.54

75.48 

75.46

75.43

75.37

75.30

75.28 

75.26 

75.20 

75.22 

75.34

75.38 

75.43 

75.50 

75.49 

75.38

75.30 

75.33 

75.37

75.29 

75.27

75.26 

75.22 

75.15 

75.12

75.11

75.10

28.58 

-388

Sept.

75.11

75.01 

4.81

4.65

4.58

4.42 

4.26

4.09

73.98

73.74

73.99 

73.98 

74.00 

73.99 

73.93

73.88 

73.75 

73.62 

73.48 

73.31

73.24 

73.13 

73.15

73.02 

72.92

73.01 

73.00 

73.01 

73.05

73.12

23.56 

-1,937

Calendar year 1959.................... * +355

Water year 1959-60.................... * -990

tents, In billions of cubic feet, 

nge in contents, equivalent In cut

end of month, 

feet per second.
EDISTO RIVER BASIN 195

1725. South Fork Edisto River near Montmorenci, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°34'35", long 81°30'50", near center of span on downstream side of bridge 

on State Highway 215, 0.4 mile upstream from Cedar Creek, 1 mile upstream from Shaw 

Creek, and 7.6 miles northeast of Montmorenci, Alken County.

Drainage area.--198 sq ml.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published In WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 250.18 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to 

Oct. 29, 1954, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 21 years, 229 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,120 cfs Oct. 1 (gage height, 9.57 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,300 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 147 cfs Sept. 26 

(gage height, 3.84 ft).

1939-60: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 1, 1959; minimum, 37 cfs July 4, Sept. 26, 

1954 (gage height, 1.00 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years) . WSP 952: 1941. WSP 1032: Drainage area.

Rating tables, year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

Oct. 1 to

4.0 158

5.0 219

5.5 266

6.0 347

water

July

6.5

7.0

8.0

9.1

year 195:

in cub:

29

550

850

1,640

2,640

July 30 to Sept. 30

3.9

4.0 

5.0

149

153

204

5.5 249

6.0 331

6.4 456

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,570

1,870

847

511

596

547

326

308

317

i2j

402

427

434

610

888

858

584

465

467

442

465

625

902

671

568

485

409

387

518

802

19,667

634

3.20

5.69

Nov.

1,000

801

615

480

424

587

378

372

360

347

336

336

326

356

556

556

526

326

317

517

508

308

317

326

547

560

442

384

336

308

11,892

396

2.00

2.25

Dec.

500

292

292

292

292

308

308

300

308

300

292

308

360

406

434

360

326

360

416

550

505

396

347

326

317

308

308

308

308

317

356

10,560

541

1.72

1.98

Jan.

517

308

536

372

459

455

463

627

850

654

467

599

375

360

360

347

347

387

486

704

552

427

381

360

347

336

336

347

370

616

1.350

14,475

467

2.36

2.72

Feb.

*l,940

1,180

731

580

568

627

704

609

490

454

476

754

1,080

1,110

1,770

1,020

671

568

541

591

585

552

603

787

724

658

780

658

530

22,521

770

3.89

4.20

Mar.

480

455

485

588

787

645

515

459

438

442

442

472

467

455

442

438

476

574

541

463

420

396

381

572

360

360

560

360

347

595

1.750

15,745

508

2.57

2.96

Apr.

1 , 900

1 , 030

717

658

955

1,670

*1,290

794

615

530

485

459

438

427

420

406

4O2

596

587

572

56O

378

434

427

578

547

356

560

420

454

18,225

608

5.07

5.42

May

581

560

360

378

402

424

438

379

370

485

409

560

326

308

292

278

272

266

260

250

245

240

256

227

225

227

250

285

285

255

252

9,703

313 i;se

1.82

June

215

211

227

250

500

500

285

266

245

227

219

204

194

187

181

175

190

215

227

*227

211

255

278

272

236

215

232

266

236

204

6,950

232

1.17

1.30

July

190

219

215

219

190

181

215

211

197

187

175

175

187

184

178

181

a!90

a!90

alSO

a!70

164

162

a!60

a!60

a!70

191

215

259

a340

a300

a260

6,215

200

1.01

1.16

Aug.

a220

a200

alSO

alSO

a!70

a!70

a!70

alSO

a200

alSO

*168

178

201

189

186

201

228

249

195

174

161

T64

202

438

440

324

240

204

192

178

176

6,538

211

1.07

1.23

Sept.

181

184

198

224

224

189

174

166

168

168

168

184

198

201

178

174

178

181

178

178

195

195

186

178

166

049

157

185

- 234

5,490

183

0.924

1.03

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,570 Min 112 Mean 309 Cfsm 1.56 In. 21. LB

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,570 Min 149 Mean 404 Cfsm £.04 In. 27.74

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and trend of flow.
196 EDISTO RIVER BASIN

1730. South Pork Edisto River near Denmark, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°23'35", long 81°08'00", on left bank at downstream side cf bridge on 

 IT. S. Highway 321, 200 ft downstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 1.8 miles 

downstream from Little River, and 4.8 miles north of Denmark, Bamberg Ccunty.

Drainage area. 720 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--August 1931 to September 1960.

f

. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 155.68 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to 

Oct. 27, 1931, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 29 years, 750 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,150 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 8.75 ft); minimum, 445 cfs July 23.

1931-60: Maximum discharge, 13,500 cfs Apr."11, 1936 (gage height, 10.91 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 5,200 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies and logarithmic 

plotting; minimum, 146 cfs Aug. 12, 1956.

Maximum flood known since at least 1893, 11.7 ft in October 1929, on basis of information from State Highway Department (discharge, 17,100 cfs, by conveyarce-slope study).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Records of water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used June 18 to Aug. 28)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 8

6.5 790

7.0 1,340

8.0 2,890

8.5 3,690

Jan. 9 to Sept. 30

5.4

6.0 

6.5

437

554

790

7.0 1,360

8.0 3,210

8.7 5,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,730

3,050

2,810

3,050

*5.610

2,970

2,330

1,920

1,700

1.690

1,800

1,860

1,860

1,960

2,570

3,050

2,970

2,650

2,490

2,410

2,410

2,490

2,490

2,410

2,250

2,010

1,920

1,950

2,170

2,890

3,050

75,520

2,436

3.38

3.90

Nov.

2.B90

2,490

2,330

2,250

2,250

2,090

1,920

1,800

1,660

1,540

1,460

*1,400

1,360

1,330

1,290

1,260

1,240

1,210

1,170

1,140

1,100

1.080

1,080

1,150

1,360

1,630

1,760

1,700

1,570

1,400

47,910

1,597

2.22

2.48

Dec.

1,330

1,290

,260

,210

,160

,120

,080

,080

,070

,070

,,060

,100

,210

,260

,280

,260

,260

,720

.050

,970

* ,490

,090

,800

,680

,620

,500

,430

,360

,320

,260

,210

45,600

1,471

2.04

2.35

Jan.

,170

,160

,210

,330

,420

,460

,570

,640

,790.

,830

,760

,830

,830

,670

,540

,440

,350

,410

,550

,590

,570

,490

,410

,500

,500

* ,380

,330

,330

,380

,780

2.710

47,930

1,546

2.15

2.48

Feb.

3,210

3,010

3,110

5.450

3,430

3,430

3,110

2,610

2,230

2,060

2,040

2,040

2,210

2,910

3,210

3,210

3,010

3,210

2,810

2,420

2,150

2,100

2,210

2,320

2,420

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,230

77,960

2,688

3.73

4.02

Mar.

,040

,020

,140

,250

,150

,020

,860

,860

,910

,860

,790

,720

,670

,590

,600

* ,720

,860

,900

,860

,760

,690

,690

,670

,590

,490

,420

,360

,330

.520

,540

,230

54,890

1,771

2.46

2.84

Apr.

2,520

2,610

,320

,780

,400

* .000

* ,020

,210

,320

,910

,420

,040

,790

,640

,540

,440

,390

,350

,290

,220

,160

,140

,110

,070

,030

.000

,050

,320

,320

,230

62,640

2,088

2.90

3.24

May

.220

,140

,120

,110

,060

993

921

921

931

941

941

941

931

960

950

901

839

783

736

700

672

644

622

604

604

604

622

678

678

711

667

26,145

843

1.17

1.35

June

604

604

604

644

644

667

729

736

700

684

667

622

585

*570

541

528

506

478

478

478

478

528

604

667

622

667

678

700

900

950

18,863

629

0.874

0.98

July

90C

80C

80C

800

85C

80C

700

500

55C

55C

50C

50C

55C

55C

500

48C

46C

46C

453

453

453

453

44E

453

470

453

*453

462

536

667

729

17,730'

572

0.794

0.92

Aug.

815

864

798

749

678

604

541

528

570

554

585

622

585

570

554

541

528

541

554

554

541

541

554

554

554

541

554

644

763

722

644

18,947

611

0.849

0.98

Sept.

585

570

528

528

541

541

554

541

554

554

570

667

644

622

604

570

554

554

*554

554

541

528

528

528

528

517

506

517

528

554

16,664

555

0.771

0.86

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,610 Min 292 Mean 1,069 Cfsm 1.48 In. £0.17

Water year 1959-60: Max 5,000 Min 445 Mean 1,396 Cfsm 1.94 In. 26.40

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record June 28 to July 18; discharge estimated on basis of observer's 

inspection, weather records, and records for North Pork Edisto River at Orangeburg and Edisto River 

near Branchville.
EDISTO RIVER BASIN 

1735. North Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg, S. C.

197

Location. Lat 33°29'00", long 80°52'25", on left bank under bridge on U. S. Highway 301 

at Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, 0.5 mile upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 

bridge and ij miles downstream from Caw C Caw Swamp.

Drainage area. 683 sq mi.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 149.02 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers). P?ior to 

Feb. 23, 1939, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 22 years, 715 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,240 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 10.36 ft); maximum gage height, 10.48 ft Oct. 2; minimum discharge, 545 cfs June 20.

1938-60: Maximum discharge, 9,500 cfs Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 14.28 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,200 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 190 cfs Sept. 13, 14, 1954.

Maximum flood known since at least 1893, 14.7 ft in September 1928 (discharge, 

10,000 cfs, from rating curve extended as described above), on basis of information 

from Department of Public Utilities, city of Orangeburg.

Remarks. Records good. About 2.5 cfs diverted by city of Orangeburg for municipal supply, 

since 1941. Records of chemical analyses for water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Revisions. WSP 1032: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 9)

5.2 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0

545

709

855

1,060

8.0

9.0

10.3

1,700

2,570

4,110

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,080

5.850

*2,880

3,100

3,460

2,670

1,980

1,520

1,380

1.250

1,250

1,280

1,380

1,780

2,380

2,670

2,570

2,290

2,240

2,290

2,110

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,020

1,820

gl,700

gl,660

gl,780

g2,570 

g2,770

67,910

2,191

3.21

3.70

Nov.

g2 , 670

g2,570

g2,240

g2,160

g2,110

g2,020

gl,740

gl,580

gl,440

gl,380

gl,310

*1,310

1,250

1,220

1,190

1,190

1,160

1,140

1,110

1,080

1,060

1,060

1.040

1,040

1,080

1,190

1,440

1,520

1,410

1,310

44,020

1,467

2.15

2.40

Dec.

1,220

1,160

1,110

1,080

1,060

1,010

1,010

990

990

990

990

990

1,010

1,060

1,080

1,110

1,110

1,190

1,950

2.770

*2,380

1,980

1,660

1,520

1,440

1,380

1,280

1,220

1,160

1,140 

1,110

40,150

1,295

1.90

2.19

Jan.

1,080

1,060

1,060

1,080

1,190

1,250

1,310

1,340

1,440

1,580

1,520

1,480

1,520

1,520

1,380

1,280

1,220

1,250

1,440

1,520

1,520

1,440

1,340

1,340

1,340

*1,280

1,220

1,190

1,220

1,550 

2,060

42,020

1,356

1.99

2.29

Feb.

2,380

2,380

2,160

2,200

2,670

5,100

2,880

2,380

2,020

1,820

1,860

1,860

1,980

2,670

2,880

2,570

2,290

2,290

2,290

2,060

1,860

1.780

1,900

1,980

2,020

2,200

2,380

2,290

2,060

65,210

2,249

3.29

3.55

Mar.

1,860

1,780

1,860

1,940

1,940

1,860

1,740

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,620

1,560

1,550

1,520

1,480

1,550

*1,700

1,780

1,740

1,660

1,550

1,520

1,520

1,440

1,380

1,310

1,280

1,250

1.220

1,380 

1,660

49,650

1,602

2.35

2.71

Apr.

1,940

2,110

2,380

3,100

*3,980

4,110

3,590

2,770

2,470

2,470

2,160

1,860

1,620

1,520

1,440

1,410

1,380

1,340

1,280

1,280

1,220

1,190

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,110

1,160

1,340

1,410

1,340

56,400

1,880

2.75

3.07

May

1.220

1,160

1,110

1,110

1,080

1,040

990

970

970

970

970

990

990

1,040

1,080

1,040

950

872

820

790

760

734

709

665

685

734

760

734

709 

685

662

28,019

904

1.32

1.52

June

662

662

662

662

640

685

820

890

950

930

855

760

709

*640

619

599

580

562

562

545

584

948

1,110

1,060

1,010

990

970

1,040

930 

790

23,426

781

1.14

1.27

July

709

709

662

709

662

640

662

790

734

662

662

709

662

685

685

734

734

685

662

640

619

599 65C"

64C

685

662

*662

734

1.18C

1, 82C 

1,90C

23,948

773

1.13

1.30

Aug.

1.660

1,520

1,520

1,280

1,040

855

760

685

640

619

599

599

640

662

640

662

662

640

640

662

662

662

619

619

662

709

760

838

838 

820

760

24,934

804

1.18

1.36

Sept.

709

760

734

662

640

619

619

640

662

640

662

790

'950 970

820

734

685

662

*640

599

580

580

580

580

580

599

599

619

64O 

662

20,216

674

0.987

1.10

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,850 Min 384 Mean 1,070 Cfsm 1.57 In. 21.30

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,110 Min 545 Mean 1,328 Cfsm 1,94 In. 26.46

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

g Computed from graph based on recorded range 

Bureau.

stage and daily gage readings by U. S. Weather
198 EDISTO RIVER BASIN 

1740. Ed is to River near Branchville, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°10'35", long 80°48'05", on right bank 400 ft downstream from bridge on 

D". S. Highway 21, 4.7 miles downstream from Brier Branch, and 5.2 miles south of Branchville, Orangeburg County.

Drainage area. 1,720 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1945 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

.02 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

19,"1949,' at datum 1.00 ft higher.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum iff gage_is 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to

Average discharge. 15 years, 1,802 cfs.

Ext s.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,600 cfs Apr. 8 (gage height, 1C.93 ft); mininuta, 1,100 cfs Sept. 26-28.

1941-60: (feximum discharge, that of Apr. 8, 1960; minimum, 323 cfs Aug. 14, 1956.

Maximum flood known since at least 1893, 13.5 ft, present datum, in September 1928, 

Ofi basis of information from StaljE Highway Department (discharge, 25,700 cfs, by 

 Conveyance-slope study) .

Remaptee. Records ge<pd .

*\ * 1

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 20)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 10 Apr. 11 to Sept. 30

7.ti 

8.0

2,550

3,220

4,430

9.0

10.0

11.0

6,490

9,190

13,100

3.0 

5.0 

6.0

1,100

1,160

1,850

2,440

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

3,220

4,430

6,490

9,190

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2 

3

4

5

e

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

2 ?

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3, 600

4^770

5,570

*6,730

*6,990

6,990

7,770

7,510

6,730

5,790

4,770

4,270

3,870

4,270

5,570

7,250

8,350

8,330

8,050

7,510

7,510

7,770

7,770

7,510

6,990

6,490

6,010

5,790

6,730

7,510

198,950

6,418

3.73

4.30

Nov.

8,610

8,690 8 , ago

8,330

7,510

6,730

6,010

5,570

5,350

4,950

4,590

4,270

*3,990

3,870

5,640

3,420

3,320

3,220

3,120

3,030

,940

,850

,850

,770

.690

,690

,690

,ego

,850

120

135,450

4,515

2 ,62

2.32

Dec.

3,320

3,320

3,220

3,120

3,030

2,850

2,850

2,770 2, ego

2,620

2.550

2,550

2,550

2,550

2,550

2,550

2 , 620

3.030

3,750

4,130

4,970

*6,430

6.990

6^490

5,730

4,gso

4,430

4,130

3,870

3,750

3,530

114,010

3,678

2.14

2.47

Jan.

3,420

5.220 

3^220

3,220

3,220

5,220

3,420

3,640

3,870 3,ggo

3,990

4,130

4,130

3,ggo

3,990

3,990

3,990

3,870

3,870

5,750

3,750

3,750

3,750

3,640

3,640

*3,530

3,420

3,420

3,420

5,750

4,430

114,640

3,698

2.15

2.48

Feb.

4. 950

5,790 

6,49O

6,990

7,510

8,610

9,190

g,igo

9,190

8,330

7,250

6,250

6,010

6,730

7,250

7,770

*8,050

8,050

7,770

7,250

6,090

6,730

6,490

6,010

6,010

6,250

6,490

e,4go

6,490

206,570

7,123

4.14

4.46

Mar.

6.4gQ

6,250

e,4go

6,490

6,490

6,490

6,010

5,570

5 , 150

4,950

4,770

4,770

4,590

4,590

4,450

4,590

4,950

4,950

4,950

4,950

4,770

4,590

4,450

4,130

3,990

3,ggo

3,870

5,640

3,640

3,640

4,130

152,740

4,927

2.86

3.30

Apr.

4,430

5,150 

6,010

6,730

8,050

g,840

12,200

*12,60Q

11,700

g,840

8,610

7,770

e,ggo

6,010

5,150

4,sgo

4,270

3,990

3,750

3,640

3,420

3,320

3,220

3,120

3,030

2,940

2,770

2.690

2,690

2,850

171,370

5,712

3.32

3.70

May

3,120

5.220 

3, 120

3,030

2,850

2,770

2, ego

2, ego

2,610

2,540

2,400

2,400

2,340

2,340

2,280

2,280

2,280

2,340

2,280

2,220

2,050

1,900

1,810 i,ego

1,650

1,580

1,540

1,500

1.470

1 ,500

1,500

eg, 990

2,258

1.31

1.51

June

1,500

1,500 

1,500

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,500

1,610

1,650

1,730

1,850

1,850

1,810

*1,730

1,650

1,540

1,400

1,540

1,280

1,220

1,180

1,220

1,180

1,240

1,400

1,610

1,810

2,000

2,050

2,050

46,810

1,560

0.907

1.01

July

2,000

2.050 

1,950

1,850

1,730

1,690

1,730

1,730

1,650

1,580

1,500

1,470

1,400

1,340

1,400

1,540

1,280

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,280

*1,360

1,360

1,540

1,650

1,810

46,510

1,500

0.872

1.01

Aug.

2,320

2,850 

5.050

3,030

3,030

2,940

2,690

2,400

2,100

1,850

1,650

1,540

1,470

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,360

1,340

1,300

1.280

1,280

1,280

1,300

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,360

1,400

55,100

1,770

1.05

1.19

Sept.

1,500

1,650 

1.690

1,580

1,470

1,400

1,500

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,300

1,440

1,470

1,500

1,540

1,580

1,610

1,610

*1,500

1,360

1,300

1,280

1,220

1,180

1,120

1.100

1,100

1,100

1,220

1,280

41,120

1,371

0.797

o.sg

Calendar year 1959: Max 8,890 Mln 797 Mean 2,818 Cfsm 1.64 In. 22.23

Wc-'.er year 1359-60: Max 12,600 Mln 1,100 Mean 3,697 Cfsm 2.15 In. 2 C .24

* Dischaj-ge nt made on this day.
EDISTO RIVER BASIN 199

1750. Edlsto River near Givhans, S. C.

Location. Lat 33°01'40", long 80°23'30", on left bank at downstream side cf bridge on 

State Highway 61, 2.3 miles downstream from Four Hole Swamp and 2.8 miles west of 

Givhans, Dorchester County.

Drainage area. 2,730 sq mi, approximately. t 

Records available.--January 1939 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 20.46 ft above mean sea level (levels fcy 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 21 years, 2,444 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,600 cfs Apr. 11 (gage height, 14.29 ft); min- 

 Imum7 1,040 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 3.52 ft).

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 24,300 cfs Sept. 21, 1945 (gage height, 17.28 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 15,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 290 cfs Aug. 16, 

1956 (gage height, 0.51 ft).

Maximum stage known since at least 1904, 17.5 ft in February 1925, from investigation 

by Charleston Commissioners of Public Works (discharge, 24,900 cfs). ,

Remarks. Records good. About 99,448,000 gal a day (154 cfs) diverted above station for 

Charleston water supply during year.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1032: Drainage area. WSP 1303: 1939 (monttly and yearly 

runoff).

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 4 to Nov. 3) y

Oct. 1 to Nov. 3 Nov. 4 to Sept. 30

10.0

11.0

12.0

14.0

6,160

7,800

9,760

14,700

3.6 1,080

4.0 1,230

5.0 1,620

7.0 2,530

9.0 , 4,090

11.0 6,640

13.0' 10,900

14.2 14,300

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

£8

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

6.250 

8,160

9,140

8,540

8,340

8,540

8,940

9,340

9,760

9,980

10,200

9,980

9,540

8,940

8,540

8,340

8,160

8,160

8,740

9,340

10,400

12,100

13,100

13,400

13,100

12,900

12,400

12 , 100

11,800

12,400

15,700

314,330

10,140

_

-

Nov.

14.400 

14,400

14,400

14,000

14,000

13,700

12 , 900

12,000

10,900

9,880

8,920

8,060

*7,300

6,8OO

6,340

5,910

5,500

4,990

4,750

4,410

4,190

3,990

3,890

3,700

3,610

3,520

3,430

3,350

3,270

5.190

- - -

229,700

7,657

-

-

Dec.

3,190 

3,190

5,270

5,350

3,430

3,430

3,430

3,350

3,190

3,110

3,040

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,970

2.900

2,900

3,040

3,790

4,990

6,190

*6,960

7,480

8,060

8,700

9.400

9,160

8,700

7,860

6,960

6,340

151,290

4,880

-

-

Jan.

5,910 

5,370

5,110

4,750

4,520

4,410

4,410

4,520

4,750

4,870

5,110

5,240

5,370

5,370

5,500

5,500

5,370

5,370

5,370

5,370

5,240

5,110

4,870

4,750

4,630

4,520

*4,410

4.500

4,300

4,410

4,990

153,720

4,959

-

-

Feb.

5.770 

6,640

7,120

7,660

8,920

11,200

13,100

13,700

14. OOP

14,000

15,700

13,100

12,600

11,700

11,500

11,200

11,200

11,500

11,700

11,700

11,500

10,900

10,100

9,640

9,160

8,920

8,920

8,920

8,920

__ _ _ _

508,990

10,650

-

-

Mar.

8,920 

8,920

9,640

10,400

10.900

10,900

10,700

10,100

9,640

9,160

8 , 700

8,060

7,480

7,120

6,800

*6,640

6,490

6,640

6,960

7,500

7,300

7,300

7,300

7,120

6,800

6,340

5,910

5,500

5,240

4,990

4,750

240,020

7,745

-

-

Apr.

4,750 

4,870

5,500

6,34O

7,480

9,400

11,200

12,300

13,400

14.500

14,300

*13, 700

12,600

11,200

9,880

8,480

7,480

6,800

6,050

5,370

4,870

4,520

4,190

3,990

5,700

3,520

3,270

5,110

2,970

2.850

 ---

222,370

7,412

-

-

May

2,770 

2,710

2,710

2,830

2,900

2,900

2,830

2,770

2,710

2,650

2,590

2,530

2,430

2,380

2,280

2,230

2,180

2,140

2,140

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,040

1,960

1,820

1,780

1,700

1,620

1,540

1,460

1.420

70,290

2,267

-

-

June

1,420 

1,460

1,620

1,700

1.740

1, 700

1,660

1,620

1,540

1 , 540

1,540

1,580

1,620

1,660

*1,700

1,660

1,580

1,540

1,420

1,300

1,250

1,250

1,270

1,190

1.120

1,160

1,270

1,380

1,500

1,620

 - 

44,570

1,486

-

-

July

1,740 

1,820

1,820

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,960

2,040

2,040

1,960

1,820

1,860

2,000

1,960

2,OOO

2,280

2,330

2,090

1,820

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,620

1,500

1,380

1,380

*1.540

1,380

1,700

2,480

5.040

57,920

1,868

-

-

Aug.

3,520 

3,890

4,090

3,990

4,190

4.520

4,520

4,300

3,890

3,430

2,970

2,590

2,180

1,860

1,700

1,700

1,500

. 1,420

1,340

1,500

1,270

1,250

1,250

1,270

1,380

1,420

1,340

1,300

1,270

1,230

1,230

73,070

2,357

-

-

Sept.

1,230 

1,270

1,380

1,500

1,540

i, 540

1,420

1,340

1.230

1,160

1,300

2 , 100

2,590

2,480

2,230

2,000

1,860

1,780

1,740

*1,700

L, 620

1,500

1,380

1,300

1,250

1,160

1.080

1,080

1,120

1,160

49,020

1,554

-

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 14,400 Min 720 Mean 4,445 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60 : Max 14,400 Min 1,08O Mean 5,225 Cfsra - i In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
200 COMBAHEE RIVER BASIN

1755. Salkehatchie River near Miley, S. C.

Location (revised). Lat 32°59'20", long 81°03'10", on right bank 84 ft dowrstream from 

bridge on U. S. Highway 601, 2.6 miles downstream from Savannah Creek, 3.1 miles upstream from Hampton & Branchville Railroad bridge, and 3.1 miles northwest of Miley, 

Hampton County.

Drainage area. 341 sq mi.

Records available. February 1951 to September 1960.

Gage.--Staff gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 64.35 ft above mean sea level, datuir, 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Dec. 6, 1957, at bridge 84 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 9 years, 286 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,880 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 4.94 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,500 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 104 cfs Aug. 23. 

1951-60: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 6, 1960; minimum, 17 cfs Sept. 13, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-heigt *; record, 

which are fair.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

 1,100

905

1,420

1,640

1,520

1,250

998

774

652

578

511

450

422

372

422

691

1,100

1,420

1,360

1,250

1,300

1,250

1,140

1,040

950

905

905

1,040

1,360

1,700

1.760

32,185

1,038

3.04

3.50

Nov.

1.580

*1,4ZO

1,300

1,250

1,200

1,140

1,100

998

950

860

774

691

614

578

543

543

511

511

479

479

450

450

450

450

450

450

450

422.

42T

422

21,937

731

2.14

2.39

Dec.

*450

450

479

479

479

479

450

422

397

397

397

422

450

479

479

511

578

860

1,250

1.420

1,420

1,300

1,200

1,100

1,040

950

774

732

691

*652

614

21,801

703

2.06

2.38

Jan.

578

543

543

578

578

614

691

774

817

817

774

732

691

652

614

614

614

652

732

774

732

652

614

578

578

543

543

578

691

950

1 J. » 7r\r\ fclAJ

21,041

679

1.99

2.29

Feb.

*1,250

1,420

1,520

1,640

1.700

1,580

1,470

1,420

1,300

1,200

1,140

1,300

1,420

1,580

1,640

1,520

1,420

1,250

1,100

998

950

998

1,040

1,100

1,100

1,140

1,200

1,250

1,140

37,786

1,303

3.82

4.12

Mar.

1,100

*1,100

1,250

1,300

1,300

1,250

1,140

1,100

998

950

905

905

860

860

860

950

1,140

1,420

1.520

1,200

1,040

950

860

732

691

691

691

691

652

691

*817

30,614

988

2.90

3.34

Apr.

905

1,100

1,250

1,360

1,520

1,760

1.820

1,760

1,700

1,520

1,360

1,140

950

817

732

691

691

652

614

578

543

511

511

479

450

450

450

*422

391

397

27,530

918

2.69

3.00

May

450

511

511

479

422

397

372

350

350

350

350

350

350

350

350

329

311

278

249

225

205

196

196

188

188

188

188

188

196

225

249

9,541

308

O.9O3

1.04

June

278

311

329

278

205

205

205

214

236

249

262

225

188

156

134

128

IS!

128

141

134

148

262

293

214

214

262

278

262

249

249

6,558

219

0.642

0.72

July Aug .

214 a550

a200 *614

a!80 652

a!60 732

*156 652

alSO 479

225 329

262 249

236 196

225 156

 214 134

214 128

205 121

196 115

179 115

163 115

163 115

179 115

188 115

214 115

205 109

205 109

196 109

196 115

196 121

196 141

196 156

196 156

a220 156

a320 *148

a480 148

6,559 7,265

212 234

0.622 0.686

0.72 0.79

Calendar year 1959 : Max 1,760 Mln 74 Mean 456 Cfsm 1.34 In. 18.12

Sept. "

134

148

171

188

196

196

188

179

171

163

188

214

262

329

572

372

311

249

236

225

214

225

249

262

278

262

214

205

225

262

6,888

230

0.674

0.75

Water year 1959-60: Max l,82o Mln 1O9 Mean 628 Cfsm 1.84 In. 25. O4

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Doubtful or no.gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records 

for stations on nearby streams.
BROAD RIVER BASIN 201

1765. Coosawhatchie River near Hampton, S. C.

LocatIon. Lat 32°50'10", long 81°07'55", near left bank on downstream side of bridge on 

a. S. Highway 601, 1.6 miles downstream from Black Creek and 2.5 miles southwest of 

Hampton, Hampton County.

Drainage area.--203 sq mi.

Records available. February 1951 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 50.30 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 26, 1954, wire-weight gage at 

same site and datum.

Average discharge. 9 years, 154 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,150 cfs Jan. 31 (gage height, 5.48 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,800 cfs by velocity-area studies; minimum, 0.9 cfs 

Aug. 22.

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 2,950 cfs Mar. 6, 1959 (gage height, 5.87 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,800 cfs by velocity-area studies; no flow Aug. 31, 

Sept. 1, 1951, for many days during summer and fall months of 1954, Aug. 12-30, 1956, 

Sept. 5, 6, 1957.

Remarks. Records fair except those below 10 cfs, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 18, Mar.4 to Apr. 6, 

May 28 to June 7, July 8 to Aug. 28)

2.0

2.6 

2.8

2.0

41

3.1 

3.3 

3.5 

3.7 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.4

88

134

195

273

433

8Z9

1,420

2,010

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

3O

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In,

Oct.

*996

996

695

478

364

283

235

202

189

185

a200

a220

227

209

244

359

586

578

485

404

381

534

754

801

675

548

459 

387

520

1,410

1.820

16,424

530

2.61

3.01

Nov.

1.550

*1,120

849

666

548

478

a440

a420

a4OO

a380

a 340

326

307

292

287

269

256

239

227

217

206

199

192

192

199

209

209 

213

206

199

11,635

388

1.91

2.13

Dec.

189

179

169

160

157

154

151

146

146

143

140

148

169

202

231

231

217

424

1,360

1,650

1,190

870

709

602

534

485

446 

421

*416

398

381

12,798

413

2.03

2.34

Jan.

359

343

353

387

4O4

416

466

594

617

556

485

427

398

398

381

375

381

387

398

392

375

343

297

273

252

239

231 

231

269

720

1.990

13,737

443

2.18

2.51

Feb.

*1,800

1,320

986

820

1,210

1,880

1,590

1,190

921

773

726

773

1,030

1.980

1,800

1,330

1,020

860

744

666

610

586

692

763

801

953

986 

849

718

30,377

1,047

5.16

5.56

Mar.

*625

594

1,180

1.760

1,460

1,100

880

754

666

617

602

. 617

641

633

6O2

658

782

953

849

726

625

548

492

446

416

392

375 

359

353

*392

492

21,589

696

3.43

3.95

Apr.

556

617

1,220

1,380

1,730

1.950

1,430

1,010

735

594

498

440

392

359

326

302

278

256

244

231

209

192

176

157

134

119

*107 

109

109

103

15,963

532

2.62

2.92

May

94

94

96

90

79

64

54

71

116

140

109

90

83

67

50

40

33

25

21

18

16

14

11

8^

8.0

14

58 

109

96

49

27

1,844.0

59.5

0.293

0.34

June

14

*9.9

19

45

153

185

206

133

60

31

19

11

7.6

5.0

3.5

2.6

4.9

13

36

55

35

93

187

227

133

84

68

57

44

31

1,972.5

65.8

0.324

0.36

July

21

15

9.9 LJ.

*13

13

29

268

332

588

202

132

92

64

56

93

103

69

48

35

27

20

14

15

46

57

39 

42

161

350

337

3,104.6

100

0.493

0.57

Aug.

265

195

*191

120

72

40

26

16

9.7

6.1

6.1

6.9

9.2

15

9.9

5.5

3.1

2.2

1.8

1.4

1.2

1*0

2.0

6.5

16

16

12 

8.2

6.7

*5.6

3.5

1,080.6

34.9

0.172

0.20

Sept.

2.2

2.8

8.4

19

19

7.9

4.0

2.5

2.1

2.1

44

142

206

139

74

39

27

25

21

16

12

8.0

5.3

3.6

2.6

2.0

1*8. 

2.4

17

51

908.7

30.3

0.149

0.17

Calendar year 1959 : Max 2,65O Mln 2.4 Mean 273 Cfsm 1.34 In. 18.28

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,99O Min l.O Mean 359 Cfsm 1.77 In. 2A.06

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of record for preceding and following days 

and weather records.
202 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1770. Chattooga River near Clayton, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°49' , long 83°18', on left bank 150 ft downstream from new bridge on 

U. S. Highway 76, 2f miles upstream from Stekoa Creek, 7 miles southeast of Clayton, 

Rabun County, 9 miles downstream from War Woman Creek, and 9 miles upstream from confluence with Tallulah River.

Drainage area. 207 sq ml.

Records available.--May 1907 to June 1908, October 1939 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,165.6 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by State Highway Department of Georgia). 

May 1907 to June 1908 staff gage at site 400 ft upstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--21 years (1939-60), 597 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,440 cfs Oct. 9 (gage height, 5.60 ft); minimum, 285 cfs Oct. 6, July 22.

1907-8, 1939-60: Maximum discharge, 29,000 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 13.8 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 4,700 cfs on basis of slope-area measurements at gage 

heights 9.9 and 13.8 ft; minimum, 88 cfs Oct. 8, 12, 13, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1383: 1940-41, drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5

285

460

760

1,260

3.0 

4.0 

4.5

1,900

3,410

4,280

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*344

317

312

301

296

290

877

1,080

4,280

2,110

2,180

1,340

1,040

2,180

1,510

1,200

1,100

1,100

931

850

805

778

814

940

805

752

704

664

680

904

970

32,454

1,047

5.06

5.83

Nov.

850

*769

712

680

664

859

752

688

664

640

616

600

579

579

586

572

600

558

544

530

523

516

509

850

720

608

579

648

600

565

19,160

639

3.09

3.45

Dec.

*551

544

558

530

516

54,4

537

502

495

488

481

1,010

960

728

648

616

600

823

1.240

877

769

712

664

640

632

608

593

913

1,020

*720

21,315

688

3.32

3.83

Jan.

672

696

1.400

1,050

895

940

970

895

814

778

744

720

696

680

805

728

704

886

814

744

704

672

640

640

616

704" 608

744

704

1,000

1,390

25,053

808

3.90

4.50

Feb.

*1,070

913

832

814

2.330

1,830

1,280

1,100

1,020

1,530

2,320

1,510

1,450

1,370

1,170

1,130

1,100

1,500

1,530

1,240

1,170

1,140

1,060

1,020

1,160

1,130

1,030

990

950

36,689

1,265

6.11

6.59

Mar.

*904

990

1,160

950

868

841

832

805

823

805

832

787

760

769

787

1,010

1,040

1,050

970

895

850

832

859

859

913

895

940

950

1,240

5.250

*2,470

31,936

1,030

4.98

5.74

Apr.

1,700

1,480

1,760

2.4,00

2,110

1,700

1,490

1,340

1,250

1,160

1,110

1,060

1,020

990

960

940

904

886

850

832

832

841

796

778

760

752

736

736

720

736

33,629

1,121

5.42

6.05

May

787

*712

688

664

656

648

680

1.280

814

736

688

664

656

632

608

593

579

565

544

530

530

516

495

488

474

467

600

530

488

474

454

19,240

621

3.00

3.46

June

*441

441

460

474

565

579

558

712

608

530

488

460

435

423

410

386

374

368

362

550

467

600

467

429

593

632

720

544

488

*441

14,805

494

2.59

2.67

July

429

410

574

362

356

350

886

46Y

598

425

523

423

374

362

339

527

522

517

312

303

293

285

474 43 : 3

380

441

787

640

516

423

13,259

428

2.07

2.59

Aug.

*586

368

454

398

362

509

488

423

598

592

386

886

1,230

1,450

895

712

664

579

558

525

488

608

600

516

488

448

429

410

398

374

380

17,180

554

2.68

3.09

Sept.

*467

598

580

448

58O

550

544

460

404

556

598

380

327

312

506

533

868

814

565

460

410

392

392

374

350

544

598

696

760

*608

15,474

449

2.17

2.42

Calendar year 1959 : Max 4,280 Min 262 Mean 674 Cfsm 3.26 In. 44.18

Water year 1959-60: Max 4,280 Min 285 Mean 760 Cfsm 3.67 In. 50.02

Peak discharge (base, 3,400 cfs). Oct. 9 (8 a.m.) 6,440 cfs (5.60 ft); Feb. 5 

(4.27 ft)j Feb. 10 (11 p.m.) 5,660 cfs (4.15 ft); Mar. 50 (4 p.m.) 4,650 cfs

(6 p.m.) 5,840 cfs 

(4.68 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

1820. Panther Creek near Toccoa, Ga.

203

Location. Lat 34°41' , long 83°21', on left bank at Yonah Dam settlement, a quarter of a 

mile upstream from mouth and 7 miles north of Toccoa, Stephens County.

Drainage area. 32.5 sq ml.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods , published In WSP 1303.

Gage.. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 673.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Georgia Power Co.).

Average discharge. 18 years, 68.4 cfs (adjusted for diversion).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,000 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 4.60 ft); minimum, 21 cfs Sept. 15.

1942-60: Maximum discharge, 15,100 cfs June 16, 1949 (gage height, 18.0 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 800 cfs on basis of slope-area measurement 

of peak flow; minimum, 10 cfs Sept. 30, 1954, Sept. 23, 24, 1955.

Remarks. Records good. Diversion at point 2.0 miles above station for wate" supply by 

city of Toccoa as shown in monthly table.

Revisions. WSP 1433: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.5

1.6 

1.8

2.0 

2.3 

3.0

77

140

365

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

27

25

25

25

24

27

104

96

215

152

115

74

88

240

*117

86

75

72

67

60

58

57

67

68

60

57

54

52

54

90

96

2,427

78.3

0.7

Nov.

81

70

63

60

60

65

58

56

56

54

54

52

52

51

52

51

51

50

50

48

46

46

*46

102

77

62

60

57

56

54

1,740

58.0

0

Dec.

52

54

54

52

51

57

52

51

50

50

48

106

85

68

63

62

60

77

85

72

67

63

60

60

58

57

58

77

72

65

63

1,949

62.9

0

Jan.

60

68

194

106

86

94

96

90

83

77

75

*75

72

68

77

70

74

88

77

74

70

68

67

65

65

63

86

77

90

170

279

2,804

90.5

0

Feb.

138

111

98

102

344

206

140

122

113

119

117

106

140

140

122

115

111

185

155

128

126

126

*115

111

146

128

119

115

111

3,909

135

0

Mar.

106

119

122

106

100

100

100

100

109

106

111

106

106

111

119

164

170

173

155

135

131

128

126

122

119

117

115

111

119

296

206

4,008

129

0

Apr.

155

146

206

221

200

170

155

140

135

128

126

119

117

117

115

113

111

109

106

104

111

109

104

100

98

96

96

96

94

1^9

3,806

127

0

May

111

98

94

90

90

88

109

146

106

96

94

90

88

86

83

81

79

77

75

74

74

72

*70

68

67

68

74

67

67

65

62.

2,609

84.2

0

June

60

62

65

70

70

65

62

81

68

62

60

57

56

56

56

52

52

51

50

M

63

68

62

65

74

92

70

60

57

54

1,868

62.3

0

July

52

51

50

46

46

46

51

*46

45

48

54

46

44

43

41

41

41

40

40

45

38

35

44

43

39

39

38

56soso

41

1,389

44.8

0.8

Aug.

41

38

48

46

41

41

43

41

41

*43

41

72

77

60

54

51

44

41

41

40

39

40

40

38

35

34

33

32

32

30

30

1,327

42.8

0

Sept.

37

37

40

37

37

31

30

25

23

24

33

31

27

27

21

33

200

79

52

45

39

37

35

34

33

32

45

96

81

58

1,359

45.3

1.3

Adjusted for diversion by city of Toccoa

Mean 

Cfsra 

In.

79.0 

2.43 

2.80

58.0 

1.78 

1.99

Calendar year 1959: 

Water year 1959-60:

62.9 

1.94 

2. 24

90.5 

2.78 

3.20

135 

4.15 

4.48

129 

3.97 

4.58

127 

3.91 

4.36

84.2 

2.59 

2.99

Observed

Max 470 Mln 20 Mean 58.0 

Max 344 Mln 21 Mean 79.8

62.3 

1.92

2.14

45.6 

1.40 

' 1.61

42.8 

1.32 

1.52

46.6 

1.43 

1.60

Adjusted

Mean 58.5 Cfsm 1.80 In. 24.45 

Mean 80.0 Cfsm 2.46 In. 33.51

Peak discharge (base, 900 cfs). --Feb. 5 (2 p.m.) 1,000 cfs (4.60 ft).

 Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Diversion by city of Toccoa, In cubic feet per second; furnished by city of Toccca.
204 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1840. Tugaloo River near Hartwell, Ga.

Location.--Lat 34°29', long 82°55', on right bank three-quarters of a mile upstream from 

Beaverdam Creek, 5 miles upstream from confluence with Seneca River, and 10 miles 

north of Hartwell, Hart County.

Drainage area. 909 sq mi.

Records available. April 1925 to September 1927, February 1940 to December 1960 (dlscontinued).Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 570 ft (by barometer). April 1925 to 

September 1927 at datum about 1 ft higher.

Average discharge.--22 years (1925-27, 1940-60), 1,947 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--1959-60: Maximum discharge during water year, 12,400 cfs Feb. 6, Mar. 31 (gage 

height, 7.6 ft); minimum daily, 340 cfs Oct. 5.

1960: Maximum discharge during period October to December, 5,100 cfs Oct. 9 (gage 

height, 5.32 ft); minimum daily, 408 cfs Dec. 5.

1925-27, 1940-60: Maximum discharge, 28,600 cfs Aug. 31, 1940 (gage height, 

10.8 ft); minimum daily, 188 cfs Oct. 18, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Flow regulated by powerplants above station and by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs on 

Tallulah River. Burton Reservoir, completed in 1920, and Mathis Reservoir, completed 

in 1914, have combined usable capacity of 129,000 acre-ft and regulate the flow from 

150 sq mi of Tallulah River basin.

Cooperation.--Records of monthly reservoir contents furnished by Georgia Power Co. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1142: 1926. WSP 1383: Drainage area.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

1,360

1,250

918

397

540

1,950

1,810

2,440

5,380

5,070

5.980 

2,380

3,360

5,540

5,410

*4,120

3,380

1,830

1,310

3,020

3,110

3,380

3,050

2,920

1,370

995

3,230

2,390

2,570

2,680

2,460

85,400

2,755 '-75

Nov.

803

1,710

3,000

2,750

2,920

3,100

2,370

800

3,400

3,400

2,800 

2,300

2,800

1,500

740

1,500

2,200

*2,800

2,100

2,300

800

700

1,700

2,600

3,400

620

5.600

620

1,000

3,400

63,733

2,124

-259

Dec.

3,200

2,800

2,600

2,500

480

860

2,000

5,000

1,000

1,200

1,500 

1,200

1,500

2,000

2,500

2,200

5,000

5,500

4.000

560

3,000

2,800

2,600

3,100

600

2,100

1,800

2,900

2,500

3,000

2,800

68,800

2,219

-161

Jan.

2,600

2,800

2,300

2,800

3,200

5,600

5,100

5,500

1,500

640

3,200 

2,800

2,600

2,900

3,100

700

1,500

3,200

2,600

*2,700

2,780

2,590

1,850

1,120

962

2,580

5,090

5,020

2,340

4,200

8,280

83,952

2,708

+26

Feb.

3,230

3,330

2,900

3,060

6,240

7.980

3,900

3,010

3,510

5,760

6,320 

5,380

5,290

4,460

3,030

4,690

3,580

5,650

4,830

3,860

3,180

4,010

3,940

3,290

3,170

3,110

2,810

1.700

2,530

115,550

3,916

+297

Mar.

3,990

5,880

4,420

5,950

2,890

1,850

1,650

5,200

4,130

3,160

2,520 

2,860

1.500

1,940

3,450

3,850

4,280

4,090

5,540

2,060

2,860

2,970

3,050

5,070

3,020

3,350

2,500

2,070

3,480

6,880

Q y , Q?n acu

105,940

3,417

+229

Apr.

6,550

5,750

5,570

6,380

7.980

5,790

4,180

3,230

3,210

3,350

3,230 

3,720

3,750

3,710

3,630

3,600

2,860

1,840

3,460

3,200

*3,050

5,250

3,240

2,420

2,100

1,790

1.690

2,360

2,410

2,800

109,880

3,663

+92

May

2,290

1,890

2,940

2,870

2,580

1,730

1,800

5,180

2,950

5.640

2,550 

2,900

2,820

1,220

802

960

2,560

1,590

2,100

2,980

1,480

855

726

2,580

2,500

2,250

1,050

2,600

672

619

1,820

63,042

2,034

+47

June

2,500

2,220

2,750

2,880

896

830

3,100

2,150

1,610

2,690

2,780 

584

680

1,750

1,230

924

986

872

690

674

2,510

5.240

2,820

2,630

2,500

1,030

1,250

2,120

2,590

2,230

55,716

1,857

-37

July

1,900

1,560

743

494

48f

1,590

1,750

2,740

1,550

526

1,590 

*2,440

1,850

1,580

668

75S

574

61f

1,010

1,680

2,150

1,890

1,990

472

452.

1,550

2,250

2,520

1,750

2,130

545

42.76E

1,380

+1E

Aug.

485

1,640

*1,650

1,240

2,160

1,940

550

848

2,140

1,390

1,260 

1,820

2,960

3,030

2,640

5.920

5,050

2,980

3,130

1,490

950

685

1,900

2,620

2,300

2,140

1,010

458

905

3,010

2,390

58,671

1,893

-86

Sept.

1,700

1,210

1,140

490

522

520

2,850

2,740

2,070

2,110

488 

465

1,150

1,880

1,280

2,240

2,560

2,100

775

2,200

1,800

1,540

1,570

1,640

448

672

2,800

5.040

2,640

3,010

49,650

1,655

-154

Adjusted for change In contents In Burton and Mathis Reservoirs

Mean

Cfsm

In.

2,680

2.95

3.40

1,865

2.05

2.29

Calendar year 1959: 1 Water year 1959-60: 1

2,058

2.26

2.61

2,734

3.01

3.47

4,213

4.63

4.99

3,646

4.01

4.62

3,755

4.13

4.61

2,081

2.29

2.64

1,820

2.00

2.23

1.39E

1.53

1.76

1,807

1.99

2.29

1,521

1.67

1.86

Observed Adjusted

feuc 10,500 Mln 515 Mean 1,995 Mean 2,015 Cfsm F.22 In. 30.10

<ax 9,920 Mln 340 Mean 2,462 Mean 2,457 Cfsm 2.70 In. 36.77

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 cfs). Feb. 6 (1 to 2 a.m.) 12,400 cfs (7.6 ft); Mar. 31 (2 a.m.) 

12,400 cfs (7.6 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet pep second, In Burton and Mathis Reservoirs; furnished by Georgia Power Co.

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 8 to Jan. 20; discharge estimated on basis of power output at 

Yanah Dam.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 205

1840. Tugaloo River near Hartwell, Ga. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, October to December 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

2,490

1,020

790

2,640

2,920

2,430

1,540

2,720

4.550 

2,550

2,740

2,430

3,080

2,820

2,490

1,620

815

2,510

*2,330

2,680

2,360

2,030

1,430

466

1,480

1,910

1,970

1,680

1,700

456

538

63,185

2,038

-247

Nov.

1,580

1,840

2,320

2,310

1,690

441

444

1,930

2.580 

2,350

1,880

975

470

445

1,170

1,010

1,470

1,520

1,620

560

465

1,470

1,720

1,650

1,580

1,060

1,430

578

1,980

1,740

42,078

1,403

-202

Dec.

2,020

1,930

985

430

408

1,510

1,310

1,340

2,620 

2,030

1,420

1,830

2.820

2,640

2,280

1,820

750

474

494

1,650

1,910

2,370

2,110

1,620

500

478

538

2,270

1,810

1,520

1,000

46,887

1,512

-177

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

Adjusted for change in contents in Burton and Mathia Reservoirs

Mean 

Cfam 

In.

1,791 

1.97 

2.27

1,201 

1.32 

1.47

Calendar year 1960: 

Water year :

1,335 

1.47 

1.70

Observed

Max 9,920 Min 408 Mean 2,282 

Max Min Mean

Adjusted

Mean 2,266 Cfsra 2.49 In. 33.91 

Mean Cfsm In.

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 cfs).--No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, equivalent in cubic feet per second, in Burton and Mathia Reservoirs, furnished by Georgia Power Co.
206 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1845. Whitewater River at Jocassee, S. C.

Location (revised) .--Lat 34°58'19", long 82°56'24", on right bank at higtmy bridge at 

Jocassee, Oconee County, 0.8 mile upstream from confluence with Toxaway River.

Drainage area. 47.3 sq ml.

Records available. January 1951 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 777.79 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 9 years, 170 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,520 cfs Oct. 9 (gage height, 5.74 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,600 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies; minimum, 

74 cfs July 22 (gage height, 2.03 ft).

1951-60: Maximum discharge, 7,120 cfs Mar. 11, 1952 (gage height, 11.17 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,600 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies; minimum, 

22 cfs Dec. 17, 1955; minimum gage height, 1.40 ft Oct. 20, 1951.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1-6 Oct. 7 to Sept. 3O

82

128

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

2.10

2.30

Z.O

2.2 

£.5

112

205

3.0

4.0 

5.0

415

1,080

1,930

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

108

101

99

97

92

92

*242

459

1.450 

630

554

358

291

576

395

a320

a360

a340

a280

a240

a200

a200

a320

a340

275

252

234

219

220

378

10,067

325

6.87

7.92

Nov".

304

271

249

237

230

270

234

223

212 

205

202

191

185

185

185

181

185

171

168

165

162

156

152

316

*222~

188

178

198

174

165

6,164

205

4.33

4.83

Dec.

162

165

165

156

152

165

152

146

143 

140

140

390

250

205

191

181

178

296

292

234

212

198

188

185

181

174

171

346

275

227

209

6,269

202

4.27

4.92

Jan.

198

222

474

300

260

*287

275

249

230 

223

212

205

202

191

230

202

206

271

227

212

198

188

181

181

174

171

214

205

208

338

384

7,318

236

4.99

5.75

Feb.

287

249

230

230

904

516

370

320

295 

666

616

415

415

365

329

*308

300

497

395

334

320

304

287

275

326

300

275

264

252

10,644

367

7.76

8.37

Mar.

245

268

321

249

230

223

219

216

219 

216

219

209

205

209

216

300

276

283

256

234

227

227

227

234

241

245

252

260

375

877 5l2"

8,490

274

5.79

6.68

Apr.

375

338

594

644

*530

426

380

342

316 

300

287

275

264

256

249

241

230

223

216

212

216

212

198

191

188

185

188

185

174

T§7

8,632

288

6.09

6.80

May

205

178

168

165

159

156

244

359

223 

195

185

178

178

168

162

152

*149

140

140

134

132

126

123

120

118

120

164

129

120

112

107

5,009

162

3.42

3.94

June

102

102

105

132

137

141

146

190

143 

126

115

110

105

100

98

93

90

88

86

80

159

129

102

99

141

201

T50

120

110

120

3,620

121

2.56

2.86

July

134

102

93

86

84

100

179

105

102 

102

133

*100

95

88

84

129

93

86

80

80

78

94

117

173

155

315

456

312

216

168

140

4,279

138

2.92

3.37

Aug.

126

142

142

118

166

172

174

146

132

123

216

548

419

324

245

209

*185

174

165

152

164

208

171

156

143

134

123

123

123

112

TT5

5,650

182

3.85

4.44

Sept.

130

112

107

115

105

98

100

112

100 

95

136

100

88

84

82_

84

370

227

165

134

120

118

115

107

100

98

124

203

227

174

3,930

131

2.77

3.09

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,430 Mln 82 Mean 214 Cfsm 4.52 In. 61.51

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,430 Mln 78 Mean 219 Cfsm 4.63 In. 62.97

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 cfs).--Oct. 9 (3:15 a.m.) 2,520 cfs (5.74 ft); Feb. 5 (1:30 p.m.) 1,930 

cfs (4.98 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, 

and records for Keowee River near Jocassee.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 207

1850. Keowee River near Jocassee, S. C.

Location (revised). Lat 34°57'2l", long 82°54'4l", on right bank 0.6 mile downstream from 

bridge on State Highway 11, 1.8 miles southeast of Jocassee, Oconee County, and 

2.6 miles upstream from Eastatoe Creek.

Drainage area. 148 sq mi.

Records available. December 1949 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 737.43 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 10 years (1950-60), 462 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,540 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 6.52 ft); minimum, 202 cfs July 22 (gage height, 1.39 ft).

1949-60: Maximum discharge, 18,400 cfs Mar. 11, 1952 (gage height, 16.23 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 8,500 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies and logarithmic 

plotting; minimum, 57 cfs Oct. 7, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.4 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5

206 

3O4 

565 

980

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

1,500

2,810

3,900

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

278

243

234

229

224

220

*686

1,060

5.720

1,650

1,500

934

760

1,660

1,080

854

794

769

656

595

565

580

850

894

687

610

558

515

529

906

934

25,774

831

5.61

6.47

Nov.

744

656

610

565

536

640

565

529

493

473

459

445

439

439

439

425

445

400

394

381

375

362

362

840

*572

473

439

507

452

412

14,871

496

3.35

3.74

Dec.

406

406

412

387

375

394

387

362

350

345

339

1.010

800

572

507

473

445

704

846

632

551

507

479

459

452

439

425

905

802

618

551

16,340

527

3.56

4.10

Jan.

507

561

1.590

863

703

*785

777

695

618

588

558

529

515

493

588

507

500

687

588

529

493

466

439

439

425

412

548

500

493

1,100

19,102

616

4.16

4.80

Feb.

802

664

602

588

2,610

1,670

1,060

872

794

1,850

2,140

1,220

1,160

999

872

*828

802

1,260

1,150

907

865

819

760

719

889

828

744

705

680

29,855

1,029

6.95

7.50

Mar.

648

703

872

680

610

580

580

565

580

565

588

551

545

551

572

856

785

794

705

648

610

610

618

625

672

664

705

705

1,010

£ 730

I'yQQ *

25,709

765

5.17

5.96

Apr.

1,190

1,010

1,690

2.110

*1,810

1,280

1,100

962

907

828

1,250

719

672

a650

a600

a600

a550

a550

a550

a500

a550

a 500

a480

a480

a480

475

538

495

 gjj 459

24,523

817

5.52

6.16

May

551

459

445

425

412

406

594

1.170

618

529

486

486

500

452

425

412

*400

a400

a380

a5 60

a360

a540

a340

521

516

516

446

545

521

504

288

15,607

459

2.97

5.42

June

285

278

285

598

420

575

550

462

560

521

299

288

275

262

262

245

238

234

229

2Z3

462

517

579

537

419

710

484

545

516

590

10,446

548

2.35

2.62

July

456

299

268

252

247

546

546

504

285

528

596

*273

252

258

224

524

252

229

215 220"

215

254

295

478

522

576

1,020

768

507

587

527

11,061

557

2.41

2.78

Aug.

299

558

555

288

549

594

588

555

504

285

427

1.240

1,240

916

664

565

*486

459

425

400

442

642

495

425

587

556

533

527

521

294

288

14,439

466

5.15

5.63

Sept.

435

550

310

562

299

278

285

504

275

272

426

299

257

243

258

247

974

685

459

581

553

521

516

294

278

268

556

552

602

452

11,127

371

2.51

2.80

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,720 Min 220 Mean 568 Cfsm 3.84 In. 52.03

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,720 Mln 215 Mean 587 Cfsm 3.97 In. 53.98

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 cfs). Oct. 9 (5:15 a.m.) 5,420 cfs (6.45 ft); Feb. 5 (2 p.m.) 5,540 cfs 

(6.52 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, 

and records for Whltewater River at Jocassee.
208 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1855. Keowee River near Newry, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°44 I 09", long 82°52'19", on left bank 800 ft downstream from Lawrence

Bridge, 0.7 mile upstream from Sixmile Creek, and 2^ miles east of Newry, Oconee County.

Drainage area. 455 sq mi.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 625.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 21 years, 1,140 cfs.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 13,300 cfs Mar. 30; maximum gag3 height, 15.92 

ft Mar. 30; minimum discharge, 472 cfs June 19; minimum daily, 510 cfs Oct. 6.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 25,200 cfs Aug. 13, 1940; maximum gage height, 24.60 

ft Aug. 13, 1940; minimum discharge, 120 cfs Oct. 8, 1954; minimum daily, 152 cfs 

Oct. 8, 14, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low flow by powerplant above station.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Rate or change in stage used as a factor Oct. 9, Feb. 5, 

6, 10, 11, Mar. 30, 31, Apr. 3, May 8)

2.4 

3.0 

5.0

465

855

2,230

8.0

11.0

12.0

4,490

7,320

8,350

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September i960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

647

569

550

536

530

510

*1,050

1,220

4,550

2,720

2,650

1,780

1,420

3,070

2,370

1,740

1,500

1,530

1,320

1,180

1,120

1,120

1,250

2,020

1,420

1,250

1,150

1,080

1,050

1,560

1,950

46,412

1,497

3.29

3.79

Nov.

,560

,320

,220

,120

,050

,150

,120

,020

985

952

920

920

888

888

888

888

888

855

836

822

810

810

*790

1,600

1,460

1,120

985

1,050

985

920

30,820

1,027

2.26

2.52

Dec.

888

888

920

855

842

855

888

816

796

784

777

1,810

1,950

1,360

1,150

1,050

1,020

1,320

2,090

1,460

1,250

1,120

1,080

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,020

1,460

2,090

1,360

1,180

36,229

1,169

2.57

2.96

Jan.

1,080

1,080

3,150

2,160

1,640

*1,640

1,740

1,600

1,420

1,320

1,250

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,320

1,250

1,150

1,560

1,460

1,280

1,180

1,120

1,050

1,050

1,020

1,020

1,120

1,280

1,150

2 090

5J550

45,160

1,457

3.20

3.69

Feb.

2,230

1,780

1,560

1,500

5,950

5,010

2,650

2,160

1,950

2,650

4,850

2,790

2,790

2,860

2,300

2,090

*2,020

2,650

3,070

2,370

2,160

2,090

1,950

1,880

2,370

2,230

1,950

1,880

1,810

73,550

2,536

5.57

6.01

Calendar year 1959: Max 7,950 Min 396

Mar.

1,700

1,780

2,300

2,020

1,740

1,670

1,640

1,600

1,670

1,600

1,670

1,600

1,560

1,640

1,700

2,510

2,510

2,440

2,160

1,950

1,810

1,740

1,740

1,700

1,740

1,670

1,700

1,700

1,880

7.820

6,670

67,630

2,182

4.80

5.53

Apr.

3,140

2,650

3,120

4,410

*5,070

2,650

Z,440

2,300

2,160

2,090

2,020

1,880

1,810

1,780

1,740

1,700

1,670

1,600

1,560

1,560

1,640

1,500

1,460

1,420

1,390

1,390

1,460

1,560

1,420

62,640

2,088

4.59

5.12

May

1,740

,420

,320

,280

,250

,220

,280

,010

,810

,530

,420

,560

,390

,280

,220

,220

,150

,120

* ,080

,080

1,120

985

985

985

952

952

1,050

1,050

952

952

888

39,051

1,260

2.77

3.19

June

855

855

920

1,020

1,020

1,050

952

985

985

888

836

816

790

764

777

732

712

770

614

673

790

1,150

920

784

888

1,560

1,220

920

829

777

26,852

895

1.97

2.20

Mean 1,213 Cfsm 2.67

July

888

790

725

692

706

829

1,640

1,020"

816

784

888

*790

712

686

654

686

725

647

614

614

608

576

660

855

718

1,050

1,390

1,320

1,220

888

770

25,961

837

1.84

2.12

Aug.

744

732

770

692

640

764

829

822

777

718

758

2,560

2.720

2,160

1,500

1,220

*1,390

952

952

920

855

1,360

1,120

985

888

810

764

744

732

699

680

32,037

1,033

2.27

2.62

Sept.

1,150

952

758

816

725

692

803

751

706

666

842

732

634

602

582

614

1,350

1,460

1,620

836

751

712

738

580

647

628

654

1,150

1,320

1,120

25,091

836

1.84

2.05

In. 36.20

Water year 1959-60: Max 7,820 Min 510 Mean 1,397 Cfsm 3.07 In. 41.80

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 cfs). --Feb. 11 (8 p.m.) 12,500 cfs (15.29 ft at 9:15 p.m.); Mar. 30

(9:30 p.m.) 13,300 cfs (15.92 ft at 10:45 p.m.).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 209

1860. Twelvemlle Creek near Liberty, S. C.

Location (revised).--Lat 34°48'05", long 82°44 I 55", on left bank 40 ft downstream from 

State highway bridge, 0.8 mile downstream from Rices Creek, and 3.4 miles vest of 

Liberty, Pickens County.

Drainage area. 106 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1954 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 822.185 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

!joil Conservation Service).

Average discharge.--6 years, 172 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,490 cfs Mar. 31 (gage height, 8.71 ft); minimum, 82 cfs Oct. 6 (gage height, 2.35 ft).

1954-60: Maximum discharge, 2,930 cfs Apr. 5, 1957 (gage height, 9.80 ft); minimum, 

30 cfs Sept. 23, 1955 (gage height, 1.79 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 12 to Feb. 24, Mar. 31 to May 8)

2.2 

2.5 

3.0

124

243

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

493

1,140

2,020

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

126

100

90

86

83

83

213

190

*290

501

639

298

218

487

393

273

228

a2OO

a!90

al80

a!70

al60

152

a240

al60

a!40

a!40

124

128

173

216

6,671

215

2.03

2.34

Nov.

180

156

139

134

134

137

130

122

120

120

118

116

114

116

122

120

124

114

111

109

109

107

105

*303

236

163

147

161

139

126

4,132

138

1.30

1.45

Dec.

124

128

145

128

122

126

126

ill

111

113

114

441

397

246

196

173

161

282

469

280

228

200

ISO

166

156

152

147

210

256

188

166

6,042

195

1.84

2.12

Jan.

156

156

616

356

266

263

*290

260

230

210

200

188

180

173

230

216

198

318

273

233

208

190

176

173

163

163

216

233

218

498

647.

7,897

255

2.41

2.78

Feb.

406

308

263

258

954

951

418

330

290

322

526

343

446

496

393

*343

318

524

499

368

318

318

283

268

434

368

316

290

278

11,629

401

3.78

4.08

Mar.

263

286

330

318

286

273

276

28O

306

290

318

306

318

343

368

626

579

545

456

393

356

330

316

300

290

280

273

270

293

1,330

1.580

12,778

412

3.89

4.48

Apr.

664

468

790

806

*682

480

a418

a380

a368

a343

318

318

318

313

306

303

298

293

288

286

293

310

286

273

268

260

256

263

253

290

11,192

373

3.52

3.93

May

343

278

260

248

246

240

259

567

33O

270

248

243

246

230

218

210

206

*198

188

188

190

188

180

178

173

183

190

176

168

166

 159

7,167

231

2.18

2.51

June

156

161

176

326

216

190

188

170

168

159

152

147

143

141

139

132

137

137

130

130

186

294

206

168

156

491

318

208

180

161

5,666

189

1.78

1.99

July

154

130

120

124

137

232

321

231

163

159

161

152

*132

130

128

126

130

137

120

118

111

109

132

124

118

126

230

238

248

159

139

4,839

156

1.47

1.70

Aug.

126

188

166

122

116

116

114

124

132

147

176

485

499

250

183

170

246

*152

278

208

173

273

254

364

193

161

143

134

126

128

118

6,065

196

1.85

2.13

Sept.

302

240

156

168

141

124

1.110

587

276

216

196

166

143

132

128

128

176

210

163

141

122

137

143

a!40

a!30

a!20

122

210

240

188

6,455

215

2.03

2.26

Calendar year 1959: Max 1,790 Min 74 Mean 194 Cfsm 1.83 In. 24.88

Water year 1959-6O: Max 1,58O Min 83 Mean 247 Cfsm 2.33 In. 31.77

Peak discharge (base, 1,40O efs).--Feb. 6 (1 a.m.) 1,740 cfs (7.54 ft)j Mar. 31 (2 a.m.) 2,49o efs 

(8.71 ft); Sept. 7 (6:30 p.m.) 1.74O cfs (7.41 ft). ___________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and recorded range in 

stage.
210 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1870. Seneca River near Anderson, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°29'10", long 82"49'45", on right bank 0.25 mile downstream from bridge 

on State Highway 80, 1.9 miles downstream from Deep Creek, 4.2 miles upstream from confluence with Tugaloo River, and 10 miles west of Anderson, Anderson Covnty.

Drainage area. 1,026 sq mi.

Records available.--June 1928 to January 1960 (discontinued). Monthly discharge only for 

some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 520 ft (from Corps of Engineers profile).

May 28, 1928, to Jan 23, 1929, staff gage and Jan. 24, 1929, to Oct. 12, 1933, water- 

. stage recorder, at site 15 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 31 years (1928-59), 1,997 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period October to January, 6,940 cfs Oct. 10; maximum 

gage height, 10.99 ft Jan. 31 (caused by backwater from Hartwell Dam); minimum discharge, 

254 efs Oct. 4; minimum daily, 828 cfs Oct. 4.

1928-60: Maximum discharge, 81,100 cfs Aug. 17, 18, 1928 (gage height, 25.73 ft, 

from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 18,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 105 efs Sept. 17, 1939; minimum daily, 170 cfs Sept. 20, 

1931.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater from HartweH Dam, which are 

fair. Some regulation at low flow by powerplants above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 737: Drainage area. WSP 1433: 1932, 1933-36(m), 1942.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1959, to Jan. 31, 1960, except periods of backwater from 

Hartwell Dam (gage height. In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

3.3

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

788

980

1,540

2,170

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

2,870

4,440

6,170

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, October 1959 to January 1960

Day

1

Z

3 

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,540

1,120

980 

828

880

866

1,160

*2,040

4,060

5.850

5,230 

2,640

2,310

4,340

3,100

2,090

2,510

2,030

2,400

2,240

2,100

2,170

2,100

3,100

2,650

2,240 

2,040

1,910

1,850 

2,040

3,100

73,514

2,371

2.31

2.66

Nov.

2,870

2,440

2,100 

1,980

1,910

1,910

2,100

1,760

1,780

1,720

1,660 

1,660

1,620

1,660

1,500

1,650

1,570

*1,570

1,510

1,480

1,510

1,540

1,420

1,980

5,540

2,240 

1,870

1,910

1,800

1,670

55,730

1,858

1.81

2.02

Dec.

1,580

1,580

1,660 

1,660

1,570

1,440

1,620

1,490

1,430

1,420

1.590 

2,000

4,650

2,800

2,240

1,980

1,910

2,320

4,260

3,400

2,650

2,370

2,170

1,980

2,040

2,100 

1,890

2,040

5,810

2, 870

2,300

68,620

2,214

2.16

2.49

Jan.

2,170

2, 100

5, 180 

5,040

*5,050

2,790

2,840

2,580

2,250

2,270

2,580 

2,440

2,370

2,300

2,500

2,650

2,500

2,800

3,170

2,720

2,510

2,500

2,240

2,010

2,040

1.980 

2,170

2,800

2,510

4,500

4,850

85,770

2,767

2.70

3.11

Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

Calendar year 1959: Max 13,800 Mln 646 Mean 2,033 Cfsm 1.98 In. 26.91

Water year 1959-60: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base, 13,000 cfs). No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Backwater from Hartwell Dam Oct. 11-19, Jan. 4-10, 31; discharge computed by using fall as 

determined from gage readings at Hartwell Dam as a factor.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 211

1875. Savannah River near Iva, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°15', long 82°45', on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 184, half a mile upstream from Little Generostee Creek, 5.8 miles southwest of 

Iva, Anderson County, and at mile 281.5 upstream from Savannah, Ga.

Drainage area. 2,231 sq mi.

Records available. October 1949 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only fo" some 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 432.255 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 11 years, 4,067 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,300 cfs Apr. 6 (gage height, 6.16 ft); minimum, 1,850 cfs Oct. 6; minimum daily, 2,040 cfs Oct. 5.

1949-60: Maximum discharge, 54,400 cfs Mar. 12, 1952 (gage height, 12.74 ft); minimum, 220 cfs Aug. 24, 1959, caused by construction work above station; minimum daily, 

493 cfs Aug. 24, 1959.

Remarks.--Records good. Some regulation by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p. for 

monthly change in contents), powerplants above station and construction of Hartwell 

Reservoir.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1930

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,140

3,140

2,800

2,430

2.040

2,220

2,670

3,490

4,410

6,230

7,220

7,580

7,390

7,580

8,320

8.500

8,500

7,760

7,220

6,880

6,550

6,390

6,230

6,070

5,910

5,280

4,830

4,980

4,830

4,830

4,980

170,400

5,497

-

-

Nov.

.980

,410

,550

,690

,830

,830

,830

,690

,140

,000

,270

,410

,270

,270

,870

,370

* ,140

,370

,620

,740

,740

,370

.800

,250

,140

,890

,410

,270

,000

^ , 620

122,570

4,086

-

-

Dec.

3,740

4,270

4,270

4,410

4,270

4,000

3.570

3,370

3,740

3,620

3,370

3,490

4,140

4,690

4,830

4,830

4,830

5,130

5,750

6.070

5,910

5,750

5,590

5,430

5,430

4,980

4,550

4,550

4,830

5,130

5 130

143,470

4,628

-

-

Jan.

5,130

5,130

6,070

6,550

*6,710

6,710

7,220

7,050

6,880

6,710

6,230

6,070

6,070

5,910

5,750

5,750

5,430

5,280

5,280

5,430

5,280

5,280

5,280

4,980

4,550

4.270

4,550

4,980

5,130

6,230

8,500

180,390

5,819

-

-

Feb.

7,940

7,760

7,580

7.590

8,700

9,500

9,100

9,100

8,900

8,700

8,900

9,100

9.900

9,900

*9,300

9,300

9,100

9,300

9,300

9,100

9,100

9,100

8,900

8,700

8,900

8,700

8,500

8,320

8,130

256,220

8,835

-

-

Mar.

7.940

7,940

7,940

7,940

7,940

7,760

7,580

7,220

7,220

7,220

7,220

7,220

6,880

6,710

6,710

6,880

7,050

7,220

7,390

7,390

7,220

7,220

7,050

6,880

6,880

6,880

6,710

6.550

6,550

6 880

7,760

223,950

7,224

-

-

Apr.

8,500

8,700

9,100

9,100

10,500

*12,500

11,800

10,500

9,500

8,900

8,500

8,130

7,940

7,940

7,940

7,760

7,580

7,580

7,220

7,220

7,050

6,880

6,880

6,710

6,390

6,230

5,910

5,750

5.590

5,590

239,690

7,990

-

-

May

5,590

5,430

5,430

5,280

5,280

5,130

4,980

5,280

5,430

5.750

5,750

5,590

5,590

5,430

5,280

4,690

4,690

*4,550

4,410

4,550

4,410

4,140

3,740

3,620

3,870

3,870

3,740

3,740

3,620

3 250

5! 140

145,250

4,685

-

-

June

3,370

3,620

3,740

4,000

3,870

3,740

3,740

3,870

3,740

3,740

4,000

3,740

3,140

3,140

3,140

2,800

2,700

2,510

2,370

2,240

2,740

3,620

4,350

4,650

4,500

4,200

4,500

4,500

4,500

4,500

109,270

3,642

-

-

July

4,200

4,050

3,490

2,900

2,530

2,550

3,100

4,050

4,200

3,770

*3,130

3,440

3,630

3,390

2,870

2,530

2,340

2,200

2.140

2,280

2,580

2,750

2,870

2,750

2,550

2,470

2,800

4,150

4.550

4,050

3,770

97,880

3,157

-

"

Aug.

3,330

3,020

3,050

3,070

2,970

3,100

2,950

2.640

2,870

3,130

3,020

3,130

3,910

4,650

4,970

5,150

5,130

5,130

* 1,970

4,970

4,650

4,350

4,200

4,200

4,810

5,130

4,650

3,630

2,750

3,020

3,490

120,020

3,872

-

-

Sept.

3,330

3,460

3,770

3,180

2,530

2.220

2,440

3,630

4,350

4,200

3,770

2,970

2,580

2,800

2,830

3,050

3,280

4,050

4,200

3,910

3,770

3,330

3,630

3,390

2,920

2,280

2,580

3,910

4,500

4.810

101,670

3,389

-

"

Calendar year 1959: Max 20,200 Min 493 Mean 4,238 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.77

Water year 1959-60: Max 12,300 Mln 2,040 Mean 5,221 Cfsm 2.34 In. 31.87

Discharge measurement made on this day.
212 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1880. Rocky River near Calhoun Falls, S. C.

Location.--Lat 34°08', long 82°38', on right bank 2,000 ft upstream from Swanigan Mill 

bridge on county road, 3j miles northwest of Calhoun Palls, Abbeville County, and 

3f miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 267 sq mi.

Records available. February 1950 to September 1960.

flage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 403.04 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 10 years, 249 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,560 cfs Feb. 14 (gage height, 5.87 ft); minimum daily, 84 cfs Oct. 5.

1950-60: Maximum discharge, 9,450 cfs Mar. 25, 1952 (gage height, 9.44 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 3,300 cfs by velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting 

minimum daily, 9 cfs Sept. 21, 22, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by Lake Secession (usable capacity, about 1,742,000,000 cu ft). City 

of Abbeville diverted a small amount of water during year for municipal supply.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

132

118

115

90

84

128

*120

197

a!70

a260

al30

a220

a220

a260 

a460

a460

a380

a360

a360

a400

a440

3460

a 600

3480

355

389

450

446

442 

451

467

9,644

311'_

-

Nov.

358

376

430

412

408

398

402

a220

. a!90

3200

3200

3200

a200

3180 

3140

a!40

a200

a 200

*198

213

189

122

138

307

286

162

156

220

136 

148

7,129

238

_

-

Dec.

216

211

219

208

188

122

149

204

208

206

210

210

143

166 

235

241

236

546

370

200

232

287

284

276

156

183

145

202

286 

269

270

7,078

228

_

-

Jan.

255

267

1,080

664

580

672

2,110

*959

700

640

604

586

570

560 

550

540

459

868

538

480

466

453

445

442

441

436

537

534

688 

1,580

2 » 660

22,384

722

_

-

Feb.

925

763

688

715

1,450

1,830

1,240

664

628

690

761

628

1,850

2,550 

1,250

868

670

714

*755

810

654

752

652

628

797

720

646

654

616

26,268

906

_

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 2,470 Min 43

Mar.

524

527

594

592

556

524

527

511

524

532

566

567

572

558 

562

752

654

588

568

536

544

528

536

530

527

522

526

518

528 

806

17,571

567

_

-

Apr.

582

554

563

580

646

551

530

524

523

510

507

504

509

502 

501

506

502

638

486

350

354

354

335

347

346

267

213

211

208 

206

13,409

447

_

-

May

207

212

208

206

206

2O4

194

' 352

240

226

*222

219

216

198 

186

207

204

201

200

204

199

187

190

193

184

200

198

185

194 

200

187

6,429

207

_

-

June

194

198

199

183

186

204

197

192

191

191

178

191

194

190 

203

191

190

184

3170

3190

3220

*204

192

186

176

170

210

190

198 

185

5,747

192

_

-

July

188

170

169

168

178

177

182

187

166

170

188

178

178

179 

183

160

164

176

175

181

178

176

170

176

178

224

183

1.220

5.12 

222

196

6,982

225

_

-

Aug.

204

198

202

196

196

182

170

184

*188

203

188

230

196

200 

254

262

200

192

197

179

180

184

188

184

184

179

179

168

162 

178

204

6,031

195

_

-

Sept.

186

184

170

173

170

173

173

175

172

166

162

178

175

174 

173

174

167

169

174

176

178

200

180

165

102

114

172

251

218 

190

5,234

174

-

-

Mesn 247 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 2,680 Min 84 Mean 366 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records of powerplant operation at Lake Secession.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 213

1885. South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°11' , long 82°57' , on left bank 50 ft upstream from highway bridge,

1 mile northeast of Dewy Rose, Elbert County, and 3 miles upstream from confluence with 

North Beaverdam Creek.

Drainage area. 35.8 sq mi.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 581.07 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 20, 1952, staff gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge. 18 years, 47.9 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,010 cfs July 29 (gage height, 8.45 ft); minimum, 14 cfs July 22.

1942-60: Maximum discharge, 2,600 cfs Jan. 18, 1943 (gage height, 13.4 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum, 0.80 cfs Sept. 22, 1954.

Floods of Aug. 25, 1852, and Aug. 25, 1908, reached a stage of about 23.6 ft, from 

information by local residents. Flood of Aug. 15, 1928, reached a stage o f 17.8 ft, 

from floodmark.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions. WSP 1383: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 1-29, Apr. 10 to July 27)

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

4.0 

5.0 

7.2

170

304

704

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1O

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

21

18

17

17

17

16

 IT

21

26

22

22

19

18

41

50

30

30

32

26

23

24

40

32

35

30

26

25

23

23

27

30

798

25.7

0.718

0.83

Nov.

30

28

25

24

24

24

24

23

23

23

23

22

22

22

22

22

*23

23

22

22

22

21

21

61

52

34

30

31

28 

26

797

26.6

0.743

0.83

Dec.

26

26

28

26

26

26

26

25

24

24

24

37

44

32

30

29

28

115

96

55

44

39

35

34

32

32

30

33

*38 

32

30

1,126

36.3

1.01

1.16

Jan.

29

31

184

163

70

70

208

136

80

66

58

55

52

49

52

49

48

139

85

64

52

48

47

45

44

43

alOO

a70

a6O 

a!50

aTOO

3,047

98.3

2.75

3.17

Feb.

304

*107

82

85

277

488

130

92

78

74

*91

68

186

325

124

97

86

100

loo

80

77

94

79

72

118

103

81

75

70

3,743

129

3.60

3.88

Mar.

68

71

84

89

84

77

74

71

70

74

104

94

108

92

88

105

98

83

75

70

64

63

61

58

56

56

56

*55

59 

121

101

2,429

78.4

2.19

2.52

Apr.

75

70

116

224

504

130

96

81

74

71

68

66

64

62

61

61

58

61

57

54

54

61

54

49

48

44

43

47

44 

47

2,344

78.1

2.18

2.43

May

60

50

46

43

42

41

44

111

59

48

44

42

42

40

38

36

*35

34

32

31

31

30

28

27

26

29

29

27

26

27 

25.

1,223

39.5

1.10

1.27

June

23

23

26

25

24

25

25

23

23

21

21

21

20

20

26

21

26

22

21

20

34

56

»3T

27

23

23

26

23

22

21

742

24.7

O.69O

0.77

July

20

19

18

17

17

17

18

21

18

17

31

22

19

19

20

17

17

17

16

17

15

15

20

17

16

49

35

90

*570

78 

42

1,324

42.7

1.19

1.'37

Aug.

32

*28

26

26

25

41

26

26

26

29

26

30

49

33

28

26

24

23

23

23

23

24

31

25

23

23

22

21

20

*19 

18

819

26.4

0.737

0.85

Sept.

28

82

29

23

22

21

19

19

19

19

20

20

18

17

17

19

30

49

26

21

19

19

19

18

17

16

16

98

54

34

828

27.6

0.771

0.86

Calendar year 1959: Max 279 Mln 1O Mean 35.9 Cfsm 1.00 In. 13.61

Water year 1959-60: Max 70O Min 15 Mean 52.5 Cfsm 1.47 In. 19.94

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs). Jan. 31 (time unknown) 978 cfs (8.34 ft); Feb. 6 (4 a.m.) 737 cfs 

(7.55 ft); July 29 (11 a.m.) 1,010 cfs (8.45 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of reconstructed gage-height graph based on 

recorded range in stage and observer's inspection.
214 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1890. Savannah River near Calhoun Palls, r S. C.

Location. Lat 34°04', long 82 0 38', on left bank 150 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 72, 1 mile downstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, if miles downstream from Rocky River, 3 miles southwest of Calhoun Falls, Abbevllle County, and 

at mile 264.7 upstream from Savannah, Ga.

Drainage area. 2,876 sq ml.

Records available. August 1896 to August 1898, March 1899 to December 1900, January to 

December 1903, March 1930 to July 1932, April 1938 to September 1960. Published as 

"at Calhoun Falls" 1897-99. Records for January 1901 to December 1902, published In 

WSP 65, 75, and 83 have been found unreliable, and should not be used. Gage-height 

records collected at original site 1 mile upstream during 1899-1928 and at present site 

since 1928 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 363.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to July 1, 1928, chain gage at railroad 

bridge 1 mile upstream at datum about 5.5 ft higher.

Average discharge. 25 years (1896-97, 1899-1900, 1930-31, 1938-60), 4,901 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19,600 cfs Feb. 13 (gage height, 5.03 ft); min- 

~ Imum, 1,890 cfs Oct. 6; minimum dally, 2,090 cfs Oct. 6.

1896-1900, 1903, 1930-32, 1938-60: Maximum discharge, 96,500 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 

(gage height, 11.52 ft), from rating curve extended above 50,000 cfs on basis of 

velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; minimum, 323 cfs Aug. 24, 1959, caused 

by construction work above station; minimum daily, 636 cfs Oct. 12, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 28.2 ft Aug. 25, 1908, original site and datum, from records 

of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height recorc1 , which are fair. 

Some regulation by Burton and Mathls Reservoirs (see p. 204) for monthly change in 

contents), powerplants above station, and construction of Hartwell Reservoir.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1303: 1930-32, 1938-39 (monthly runoff). WSP 1433: 

1899-1900, 1932, 1940(m), 1942(m), 1946. See also Records available.

Rating tables, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 3 to Sept. 30

1.9

2.0

3,170

3,470

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

2,020

3,270

4,800

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

6,800

11,700

19,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3,320

3.35O

2,970

2.64O 

2,140

2.O9O

2,640

*3,27O

4,140

5,740

6.8OO

7,24O

7,240

7,930

8,620

8,620

9.100

8,620

7,700

7,240

7,O20

7,930

6,800

6,580

6,360

5,540

5,160

5,350

5,160

5,160

5,350

177,820

5,736

-

-

Nov.

5.550

4,800

4,8OO

4,980 

4,98O

5,160

5,160

4,800

4.3OO

3,990

4,300

4,460

4.3OO

4,300

4,140

3,550

3,330

*3,580

3,810

3,990

3,990

3,750

5.190

3,670

4,630

4,980

4,800

4,630

4,460

3, 99O

130,170

4,339

-

-

Dec.

4,140

4,460

4,630

4.63O 

4,630

4,300

3,720

5.610

3,990

3,990

3,750

3.84O

4,300

4,980

4,980

4,980

4,980

6,360

6.580

6,580

6,360

5,940

5,740

5,740

5,540

5,160

4,800

4,800

4,980

5,350

5,350

153,190

4,942

-

-

Jan.

5,350

5,350

a8,5OO

a8,OOO 

a7,500

a9 , 50O

a!3,000

*a 9,OOO

7,930

7,470

7,020

6,580

6,580

6,360

6,360

6,360

5,940

7,470

6,360

6,150

5,940

5,940

5,740

5,540

5,160

4.8OO

5,350

5,940

6,350

1O,700

16.600

224,840

7,253

-

-

Feb.

10,300

8,860

8.59O

8,390 

11 , 4OO

13,300

10,900

9,830

9,580

9,580

10,100

9,830

14,700

15.000

11,100

10,300

*10,10O

10,30O

10,300

10,100

9,830

10,300

9,830

9,830

10,300

1O,10O

9,580

9,830

9,100

301,060

10,380

-

-

Mar.

8,860

8,860

9,1OO

9,100 

8,S60

8,620

8,390

8,160

8,160

8,160

8,390

8,160

8,160

7,700

7,7OO

8,390

8,390

8,390

8,390

8,160

a8,000

a8,000

a8,000

a8,000

a8,000

a7 , 500

a7,500

7.240

7,240

9,100

9.540

256,020

8,259

-

-

Apr.

*9,830

9,850

1O,1OO

10.6OO 

12,000

*15.500

15,000

12,000

11.1OO

10,600

10,100

9,580

9,580

9,540

9,340

9,100

9,100

9,100

8,860

8,390

8,39O

8,160

8,160

7,930

7,700

7,240

7,020

6,580

6,580

6.360

278,970

9,299

-

-

May

6,360

6,560

6,150

6,150 

6,150

5,940

5,740

6.580

6,560

6,580

*6,58O

6,560

6,560

6,150

5,940

5,540

5,550

5,550

5,160

5,160

5,160

4,800

4,460

4,500

4,460

4,460

4,460

4,460

4,460

5,990

5.750

169,080

5,454

-

-

June

3,990

4,500

4,460

HB

4,650

4,300

4,630

4,460

4,460

4,460

4,460

5,840

3,640

5,780

5,520

3,350

3,190

3.O5O

2.840

3,160

4,140

*4,460

4,630

4,650

4,460

4,650

4,650

4,650

4,650

124,580

4,153

-

"

July

4,630

4,300

3,990

3,410 

3,030

2,840

3,350

3,990

4,460

4,140

5,640

5,580

5,990

5,990

5,490

3,080

2,9OO

2,770

2.640

2,660

2,920

3,220

5,550

5,410

5,080

5,O50

5,190

6.800

6,4OO

5,160

4,460

115,920

5,739

-

"

Aug.

3,99O

3,670

3,58O

3,610 

3,490

3,61O

3,550

5.190

*3,270

3,670

3,580

3,640

4,14O

4,980

5,540

5.740

5,350

5,550

5,550

5,350

4,980

4,800

4,630

4,650

4.8OO

5,540

4,980

4,500

3,470

5,270

5,990

154,040

4,524

-

-

Sept.

5,840

5,700

4,50O

5,840 

3,220

2,820

2,690

3,720

4,460

4,460

4,140

3,470

2,950

3,000

5,220

5,220

5,520

5,990

4,460

4,140

5,990

5,720

5,840

5,670

5,410

2,690

2.620

4,220

4,800

4.980

111,100

5,703

-

"

Calendar year 1959: Max 25.8OO Min 641 Mean 4,778 Cfsm 1.66 I n . 22.52

Water year 1959-60: Max 16,6OO Min 2,09O Mean 5,948 Cfsm 2.07 In. 28.12

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stape, weather records, 

and records for station near Iva.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1890.5. North Fork Broad River subwatershed No. 1 (North Fork Broad Rive*1 ) 

above Toccoa, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°34'25", long 83°22'00", in pool of flood-detention reservoir on left 

side of downstream headwall of arch culvert under county road (abandoned railroad embankment), lj miles west of Toccoa, Stephens County, and 2£ miles upstream f->om Denmans 

Creek.

Drainage area. 3.66 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1958 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and 3-foot square drop inlet in pool and 5-foot square drop 

inlet on upstream face- of dam. Datum of gage is 894.34 ft above mean sea le-rel, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Soil Conservation Service).

Extremes. Maximum outflow during year, 47 cfs Jan. 31 (gage height, 12.36 ft); no flow 

May 11, after pool was drained. Maximum inflow, 174 cfs (average for 5-minute interval) 

Feb. 5, computed from outflow and change in reservoir contents; no rainfall on reservoir surface during time of peak inflow.

1958-60: Maximum outflow, 47 cfs Apr. 12, 1959, Jan. 31, 1960; maximum gage height, 

12.45 ft Apr. 12, 1959; no flow May 11, I960, after pool was drained. Maxinrim inflow, 

186 cfs (average for 15-minute interval) Sept. 7, 1959, computed from outflow and 

change in reservoir contents, adjusted for rainfall on reservoir surface during time of 

peak inflow.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record and indefinite 

stage-discharge relation, which are fair. Records of daily discharge are outflow from 

reservoir, determined from stage-discharge relation for outlet structure. Reservoir is 

formed by earth dam; dam completed and storage began in June 1958. Outlet structures 

are a 3-foot square drop inlet in pool connected to an 18-inch pipe leading to a 5-foot 

square drop inlet on upstream face of dam from which a 48-inch pipe carries the outflow 

through the dam. Top of 3-foot square drop inlet is at gage height 8.50 ft, top of 

5-foot square drop inlet is at gage height 20.0 ft, and emergency spillway at gage 

height 33.5 ft. There is an 18-inch diameter cleanout gate at bottom of 3-fjot square 

drop inlet. Reservoir capacity at top of 3-foot drop inlet, 28.0 acre-ft; at top of 

5-foot drop inlet, 176 acre-ft; and at emergency spillway level, 554 acre-ft.

The abandoned railroad embankment In the pool of the reservoir is capable of acting 

as a flood-detention dam. Assuming no difference in elevation of the reservoir formed 

by this embankment and that of the main reservoir, the following table gives the relation between gage height and outflow, reservoir capacity, and water-surface area 

during the 1960 water year.

Gage 

height 

(feet)

8.8

8.9

9.1

9.4

Outflow 

(cfs)

2.2

4.8

13

51

Contents Surface 

(acre- area 

feet) (acres)

3O.7 7.77

51.6 7.86

53.4 8.05

56.1 8.29

Gage 

height 

(feet)

9.5

10. 0

13. 0

Outflow 

(cfs)

40

45

48

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 19

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Total

Mean

1}

tt)

Oct.

2.8 *2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

6.6

5.8

9.8

2JL

16

7.4

6.2

11

9.4

7 .0

6.6

5.4

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

7.0

7.4

5.8

5.4

4.8

4.8

4.8

7.8

9 4

2O4.4

6.59

52.6

7.96

8.42

Nov.

8 

6

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

2

2

2

2

5

5

5

2

2

2

2

2

*2

11

6

4

4

5

3

3

.2 

.6

.4

.6

.4

.4

.4

.4

.1

.1

.8

.8

.8

.8

.1

.1

.1

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.2

.8

.5

.9

.4

.4

118

5.

31

7.

.1

94

.1

81

2.19

Calendar year 1959

Water year 1959-6O

Dec.

5.4

*e5.0

el. 8

*5.4

5.4

5.6

5.4

3.4

3.4

5.1

3.1

9.8

7.O

5.4

4.8

4.5

4.5

7.4

7.4

5.8

5.1

4.8

4.5

4.2

4.2

3.9

5.9

6.2

5.4

4.8

4.5

145.1

4.68

51.3

7.84

4.05

Jan.

fcf

19

9.4

7.0

7.8

9.0

8.2

7.0

6.2

5.8

5.4

*5.1

4.8

5.8

5.1

5.4

6.6

5.8

5.4

5.4

5.1

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

7.4

6.2

9.O

22

45_

257.4

8.50

54.6

8.15

7.55

Feb.

14 

10

e7.4

7.8

55

25

11

9.4

8.2

12

15

9.8

15

14

10

9.8

8.6

16

14

10

9.8

9.4

8.6

8.6

14

11

9.8

9.4

8.6

547.2

12.0

52.4

7.94

7.66

Mar.

8 

9

10

9

8

8

8

8

9

9

10

9

9

10

11

16

16

*16

14

12

.2 

.4

.0

.6

.6

.6

.6

.8

.4

.4

.4

10

10

9

9

9

9

8

8

9

*34

.8

.4

.0

.O

.6

.6

.4

18

349

11

55

8.

6.

.8

.3

.6

05

43

Apr.

13 

12

18

19.

17

13

12

10

10

9.8

9.4

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

8.

8.

9.

9.

8.

8.

iL.

8.

8.

*8.

8.

10

4

4

O

0

0

0

O

6

6

0

0

6

6

2_

2

2

2

2

510.

10.

52.

7.9

4

5

8

8

5.16

May

12

9.0

8.6

8.2

7.8

7.8

11

14

a2O

a6.0

ao

5.9

7.4

7.O

7.0

7.0

6.6

6.6

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

*5.8

5.4

5.8

6.2

5.4

5.4

5 .8

5 4

226.1

7.29

51.9

7.89

2.78

Contents Surface 

(acre- area 

feet) (acres)

57 . 0 8 . 37

41.5 8.80

72.5 11. OO

59 to September 196C

June

5.4 

6.2

6.2

6.6

7.4

5.8

5.8

6.2

5.8

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.1

4.8

4.5

4.5

4.2

4.2

6.2

5.1

4.8

1O

7.8

6.2

5.4

5.1

5.1

4.8

169.3

5.64

51.5

7.85

4.78

July

4.8 

4.8

4.5

4.5

4.2

*4.5

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.8

5.4

4.5

4.2

4.2

5.9

4.2

4.2

5.9

5.9

3.9

5.9

5.6

3.9

3.9

5.6

4.2

5.9

6.6

4.8

4.2 

3.6

155.5

4.51

51.2

7.82

2.55

Aug.

3.6 

5.6

4.8

4.2

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.9

5.8

£t

4.5

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.9

4.8

5.4

5.1

3.9

5.6

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.4 

3 ' 4

128.4

4.14

31.1

7.81

4.60

Sept.

5.4 

5.4

3.9

3.6

5.4

5.1

5.1

3.1

2.8

3.1

3.4

3.4

*3.1

2.8

5.1

4.2

10

7.8

4.5

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.1

3.1

3.1

4.2

9.4

7.8

5.4

126.0

4. 2O

31.5

7.85

6.52

: Max 45 Min 2.2 Mean 4.74

: Max 45 Min O Mean 6.87

* Discharge measurement made on this day. t Contents, in acre-feet, at end of month in reservoir No. 1. * Surface area, in acres, at end of month of reservoir No. 1. tt Precipitation, 

in inches, during month at rain gage, 2OO yards from water-stage recorder. a No gag?-height 

record; discharge estimated on basis of reconstructed gage-height graph and drain valve manipulation 

schedule. e Stage-discharge relation indefinite; discharge estimated on basis of recorder graph 

and 2 discharge measurements.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1891. North Fork Broad River subwatershed No. 2 (Denmans Creek) near Toccoa, Ga.

Location.--Lat 34°33', long 83°22', at edge of pool near right end of earthfill dam, 

0.5 mile upstream from mouth and 3 miles west of Toccoa, Stephens Courty.

Drainage area. 0.74 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1956 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and V-notch sharp-crested weir on concrete drop inlet. Datum 

of gage is 846.26 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Soil Conservation 

Service).

Extremes.--Maximum outflow during year, 33 cfs Jan. 31 (gage height, 6.60 ft); minimum, 

 0.38 cfs Oct. 1-3 (gage height, 5.56 ft).

1956-60: Maximum outflow, 36 cfs Apr. 12, 1959 (gage height, 7.24 ft); minimum, 

0.15 cfs Sept. 21, 22, 1956 (gage height, 5.45 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Records of daily discharge are outflow from reservoir, determined from stage-discharge 

relation for outlet structure. Reservoir is formed by earth dam; dam completed and 

storage began in April 1956. Outlet structure is a 3-foot square concrete drop inlet 

connected to a 20-inch concrete outlet pipe. A 120° V-notch sharp-crested weir is set 

on side of the drop inlet, with notch at gage height 5.20 ft. Top of drop inlet is at 

gage height 5.87 ft; emergency spillway at gage height 25 .£ ft. There is an 18-inch 

diameter cleanout gate at the bottom of drop inlet at gage height -2.60 ft. Reservoir 

capacity at top of drop inlet, 18.7 acre-ft. Capacity at emergency spillway level, 

200 acre-ft. In addition, about 0.6 sq mi of drainage area above station is partly 

controlled by abandoned railroad embankment which in effect acts as a flood-detention 

dam.

Revisions. WSP 1623: Drainage area.

The following table gives the relation between gage height and outflow, reservoir 

capacity, and water surface area during the 1960 water year.

Gage 

height 

(feet)

5.5 

5.6

5.7 

5.8

Outflow 

(cfs)

0.23

.47 

.92 

1.6

Contents 

(acrefeet)

17.2 

17.6 

18.0 

18.4

Surface 

area 

(acres)

4.00 

4.02 

4.04 

4.06

Gage 

height 

(feet)

5.9 

6.0 

6.2 

6.4

Outflow 

(cfs)

2.7 

4.7 

11 

20

Contents 

(acrefeet)

18.8 

19.2 

20.0 

20.8

Surface 

area 

(acres)

4.08 

4.10 

4.18 

4.26

Discharge, in cubic feet, per second , water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

51

Total

Mean !*! (tt)

Oct.

0.41

*.58

.58

.41

.41

.41

1.2

.92

1.5

4^4.

2.4

.98

.80

1.3

1.3

.98

1.2

.92

.71

.67

.67 . 71

1.1

1.4

.92

.75

.71

.65

.67 

al.O

al.6

51.84

1.03

18.4

4.06

7.4

Nov.

al.4

al.2

a. 92

a. 80

a. 75

a. 75

a. 75

a. 71

a. 71

1.2

.92

.80

.75

.75

.75

.71

.63

.65

.58

.58

.54

.58

*.54

2^2

1.5

.98

.86

.75

.67

 67

25.58

0.853

17.8

4.03

2.1

Dec.

0.63

.67

.71

.65

.65

.67

.65

^58

.58

.58

.58

1.9

2.0

1.2

.98

.86

.92

1.8

2.2.

1.4

1.2

.98

.86

.80

.75

.75

.75

1.2

1.2

.92

 80

50.56

0.979

17.9

4.04

5.8

Jan.

0.75

.86

4.9

2.2

1.6

1.8

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.5

1.2

1.1

*1.0

1.0

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.6

1.5

1.2

1.0

.98

.92

.92

.86

.86

1.5

1.6

1.9

7.0 

12

60.55

1.95

19.0

4.09

7.6

Feb.

5.5

2.5

2.0

2.1

12

4.1

2.7

2.4

2.2

5.5

5.5

2.6

4.5

5.9

2.9

2.6

2.5

4.3

3.3

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

4.1

3.1

2.7

2.5

2.4

94.4

5.26

18.6

4.07

5.0

Mar.

2.2

2.6

2.7

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.6

5.1

4.5

*5.9

5.7

5.1

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.2

2-1 itr

2.1

2.2

8.6

5.9

87.4

2.82

19.0

4.09

5.4

Apr.

2.7

2.7

3.9

4^5

5.9

2.9

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

*1.8

1.8

2.4

71.5

2.58

18.8

4.08

2.1

May

2.9

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

2.6

5.5

2.5

2.4

2.2'

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

*1.4

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.4

1.5

1*6

1.4

59.0

1.90

18.2

4.05

2.1

June

1.3

4.5

1.6

1.5

2.5

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.9

1.5

1.2

5.3

2.5

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.2

46.9

1.56

18.1

4.05

4.5

Jvly

1.1

1.0

.98

.92

.86

*.86

.98

.92

.86

1.0

1.5

1.0

.92

.86

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.75

.75

.71

.75

.75

.71

1.3

1.0

2.0

1.4

1.1

.92

29.90

0.965

17.9

4.04

4.2

Calendar year 1959: Max 14 Mln 0.50 Mean 1.07

Aug.

0.80

.80

.98

1.0

.80

.80

.75

.71

.71

.71

1.0

1.8

1.5

1.1

.92

.86

.75

.75

.75

.75

1.0

1.9

2.7

2.0

1.2

.98

.86

.80

.75

.71

.71

51.85

1.03

17.9

4.O3

5.7

Sept.

0.75

.71

.75

.80

.71

.67

.67

.67

.67

.71

.86

.92

.67

.58

.58

*1 1

2^9.

2.5

1.2

.92

.80

.75

.75

.71

.67

.67

.98

2.5

2.4

1.4

50.97

1.03

18.2

4.05

5.3

Water year 1959-60: Max 12 Min 0.58 Mean 1.64

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Contents, in acre-feet, at end of month in reservoir No. 2.

* Surface area, in acres, at end of month of reservoir No. 2. 

tt Precipitation, in inches, during month at rain gage on gage house.

a No gage-height recordj discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

North Pork Broad River above Toccoa.
SAVANNAH RI\TER BASIN 217

1895. North Pork Broad River near Toccoa, Ga.

Location.--Lat 34°31', long 83°19', on right bank 50 ft upstream from relocated bridge on 

State Highway 106, 1 mile downstream from Carnes Creek, and 5 miles south of Toccoa, 

Stephens County. Prior to July 14, 1960, at site 50 ft downstream.

Drainage area. 19.3 sq mi.

Records available. May 1954 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 750.41 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by U. S. Soil Conservation Service). Prior to July 14, 1960, at site 

50 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--6 years, 22.9 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 643 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 5.70 ft); maximum 

gage height, 8.50 ft June 24 (backwater from construction); minimum discharge, 9.0 cfs 

Oct. 4, 5, 6.

1954-60: Maximum discharge, 1,060 cfs Feb. 6, 1955 (gage height, 8.33 ft); maximum 

gage height, that of June 24, 1960; minimum discharge, 4.6 cfs Sept. 2, 3, 21, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record or backwater from 

construction, which are fair. Storm runoff at gage affected during short periods by 

four small flood-detention reservoirs (combined capacity, 1,950 acre-ft).

Rating table, water year 1959-6O, except periods of backwater 

from construction (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in 

cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used June 8 to Sept. 30)

1.4

1.5 

1.7 

2.0

2.4 

3.0 

4.0

96

180

320

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

9.8

9.8

9.4

9.4

9.4

9.4

23

18

28

66

55

24

20

*38

30

23

26

21

19

18

18

18

28

28

21

20

18

17

18

26

32

710.2

22.9

1.19

1.37

Nov.

25

21

19

18

18

18

16

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

18

16

17

15

15

15

16

15

15

t

20

18

18

17

16

542

18.1

0.938

1.05

Dec.

16

19

14

15

15

16

15

14

14

14

*15

45

31

23

21

20

21

40

34

26

24

22

21

20 

20

19

19

27

24

- 20

20

664

21.4

1.11

1.28

Jan.

19

23

109

40

32

36

50

37

31

28

26

25

*24

23

26

23

25

36

27

26

24

24

23

23 

22

22

36

29

47

127

250

1,293

41.7

2.16

2.49

Feb.

62

45

40

40

285

89

52

42

39

80

65

46

102

70

53

46

41

82

57

45

43

45

39

38 

70

49

41

39

38

1,783

61.5

3.19

3.44

Mar.

35

41

48

39

37

38

38

38

42

43

47

43

45

49

*54

85

65

63

52

47

43

41

38

36 

35

35

M

34

38

194

72

1,549

50.0

2.59

2.99

Apr.

51

49

72

83

67

52

47

43

41

38

38

37

36

35

34

34

34

33

31

31

44

34

31

30 

30

29

29

29

28

39

1,209

40.3

2.09

2.33

May

47

31

31

30

30

29

38

57

42

38

23

26

*30

31

28

27

26

25

24

24

24

24

23

22. 

23

25

26

23

24

24

22

897

28.9

1.50

1.73

June

21

24

24

24

37

24

22

*24

24

*21

20

19

18

18

18

16

15

14

14

13

24

23

16

c45 

c30

28

28

26

24

20

674

22.5

1.17

1.30

July Aug.

*20 18

18 17

16 25

15 21

14 *20

14 19

17 19

14 18

13 a!8

15 a20

31 a26

18 c40

»17 c35

a!8 22

*18 *27

17 20

16 18

17 17

*16 17

15 16

14 21

14 c25

15 C30

15 c30 

15 26

*C16 22

14 21

C50 19

c25 18

22 18

17 20

556 683

17.9 22.0

0.927 1.14

1.07 1.31

Sept.

20

19

19

20

18

17

16

16

15

17

21

21

14

14

15

20

c20

c50

c34

c!8

CIS

c!7

c!6

c!6 

Cl6

c!6

020

c45

c40

c35

643

21.4

1.11

1.24

Calendar year 1959 : Max 3O2 Mln 7.2 Mean 24.6 Cfsm 1.27 In. 17.31

Water year 1959-6O: Max 285 Mln 9.4 Mean 3O.6 Cfsm 1.59 In. 21. 60

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for stations on nearby streams.

o Backwater from construction.
218 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1896. North Pork Broad River subwatershed No. 6 (Bear Creek) near Mize, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°29', long 83°19', at edge of pool, 255 ft upstream from left end of 

earthfill dam on Bear Creek, 1 mile upstream from mouth, and 2 miles east of Mize, 

Stephens County.

Drainage area. 3.62 sq mi.

Records available. December 1956 to September 1960.

^.--Water-stage recorder and V-notch sharp-crested weir on concrete drop inlet. Datum 

of gage is 743.13 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Soil Conservation 

Service).

Extremes. Maximum outflow during year, 36 cfs Feb. 5-6; maximum gage height, 10.85 ft 

Feb. 5; minimum outflow, 2.1 cfs Oct. 4-6 (gage height, 7.85 ft). Maximum inflow, 

249 cfs (average for 15-minute interval) Feb. 5, computed from outflow and change in 

reservoir contents; negligible rainfall occurred on reservoir surface during time of 

peak inflow.

1956-60: Maximum outflow, 38 cfs Apr. 5, 1957 (gage height, 12.1 ft); minimum, 

0.88 cfs Aug. 14, 1957 (gage height, 7.64 ft). Maximum inflow, 396 cfs (average for 

15-minute interval) May 31, 1959, computed from outflow and change in reservoir 

contents; negligible rainfall occurred on reservoir surface during time of peak inflow.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Records of daily discharge are outflow from reservoir, determined from stage-discharge 

 relation for outlet structure. Reservoir is formed by earth dam; dam conpleted and 

storage began in November 1956. Outlet structure is a 3-foot square concrete drop 

inlet connected to a 20-inch concrete outlet pipe. Two 120° V-notch sharp-crested 

weirs are set on opposite sides of the drop inlet, with notches at gage height, 7.33 ft. 

Top of drop inlet is at gage height 8.00 ft, emergency spillway at gage height 21.0 ft. 

There is an 18-inch diameter cleanout gate at bottom of drop inlet at gage height 

0.50 ft. Reservoir capacity at top of drop inlet, 118 acre-ft. Capacit;' at emergency 

spillway level, 920 acre-ft.

The following table gives the relation between gage height and outflow, reservoir 

capacity, and water-surface area during the 1960 water year.

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.8 

7.9 

8.0 

8.1

Outflow 

(of 3)

1.8 

2.8 

4.3 

6.4

Contents 

(acrefeet)

112.2 

115.1 

118.0 

120.8

Surface 

area 

(acres)

26.6 

26.8 

27.0 

27.2

Gage 

height 

(feet)

8.3 

8.6 

9.0 

11.0

Outflow 

(cfs)

13 

31 

34 

37

Contents 

(acrefeet)

126.4 

134.8 

146.0 

215.0

Surface 

srea 

(acres)

27.6 

28.2 

29.0 

42.0

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean In*) m)

Oct.

2.4

*2.3

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

3.2

3.7

4.7

7.8

8.7

4.7

4.0

12

7.6

5.1

4.7

4.9

4.2

3.7

3.7

4.2

5.4

6.0

4.7

a4.2 

a3.8

a3.6

3.4

4.3

4.7

140.2

4.52

119

27.1

7.8

Nov.

4.3

4.0

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.1

3.1

3.1

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

tt

a3.8 

*3.2

3.4

3.1

3.0

96.7

3.22

116

26.9

1.7

Dec.

2.8

3.0

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.8

ZJ_

2.7

2.7

6.2

5.8

4.5

3.8

3.6

3.6

5.8

6.0

4.7

4.2

3.8

3.6

3.4 

3.4

3.2 

3.2

4.2

4.5

3.8

3.6

117.4

3.79

117

27.0

3.5

Jan.

5.4

3.7

27

9.3

5.8

5.6

7.3

6.0

4.9

4.5

4.3

4.2

*4.0

3.8

4.3

4.0

4.0

6.0

4.7

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.6 

3.6

3.6 

5.6

5.8

6.2

35

213.9

6.90

161

31.7

7.7

Feb.

30

8.7

5.8

6.2

26

36

34

9.3

6.0

6.4

7.0

5.6

16

13

7.3

6.2

5.8

9.3

8.1

6.2

6.0

6.2

5.6

5.4 

8.4

6.7 

5.8

5.6

5.4

3O8.O

10.6

120

27.2

7.0

Mar.

4.7

6.0

7.0

6.0

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.6

6.2

6.2

7.0

6.2

6.4

6.4

7.0

13

no

8.4

7.0

6.2

5.8

5.6

5.8

5.4 

5.1

5.1 

4.9

4.7

5.4

22" 25 

230.3

7.43

125

27.5

4.6

Apr.

7.8

6.7

9.3

14

15.

8.1

6.7

6.2

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.9

5.1

5.6

5.1

4.7 

4.7

' 4*5 

4.5

4.5

4.5

5.6

185.5

6.18

122

27.3

2.8

May

9.0

6.2

5.4

4.9

*4.7

4.7

5.6

8.4

6.0

5.4

5.1

4.9

4.9

4.7

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.3

4.2

4.0

4.0

4.0

5.7

*3.7 

3.8

4.0 

4.5

4.0

4.2

4.7

4.2

150.5

4.85

118

27.0

2.4

June

3.8

3.8

4.3

4.0

4.7

4.5

4.0

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.4

3.2

3.1

5.0

4.5

6.7

5.6

4.7 

5.6

4.7 

4.7

4.2

4.0

3.7

121.2

4.04

117

26.9

4.0

July

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.0

*2.8

2.7

5.1

5.2

3.1

3.4

4.3

5.7

5.2

3.1

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5 

2.6

3.2 

5.0

a55

a54

8 .4

4.9

161.0

5.19

118

27.0

5.3

Aug.

3.8

3.6

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.8

3.1

4.0

7.5

4.7

*5.1

5.6

4.3

3.8

3.7

5.4

4.0

8*4

6.4

4.9 

4.3

3.7 

3.6

5.2

3.0

2.8 

2.7

122.3

5.95

115

26.8

4.3

Calendar year 1959: Max 36 Mln 1.5 Mean 5.O4

Sept.

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.6

2,6

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.7

*2.5

2*1

2.3

3.5

9.7

12

6.0

4.5

5.7

5.4

3.1

3.0 

2.7

2.6 

5.2

9.0

11 

6.2

122.0

4.07

119

27.1

5.5

Water year 1959-60: Max 36 Mln 2.1 Mean 5.38

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Contents, in acre-feet, at end of month In reservoir No. 6.

* Surface area, In acres, at end of month of reservoir No. 6. 

tt Precipitation, In Inches, during month at rain gage on gage house.

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

stations on nearby streams.
SAV4NNAH RIVER BASIN 

1900. North ForklBroad River near Lavonia, Ga.

219

Location. Lat 34°27', long 83°14', on right bank at bridge on county road, £.1 miles upstream from Toms Creek and 7.8 miles west of Lavonia, Franklin County.

Drainage area. 42.0 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1954 to September 1960.

Gage . Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 680.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Soil Conservation Service).

Average discharge. 6 years, 50.9 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during yeari, 1,010 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 9.64 ft); maximum gage height, 10.96 ft Oct. 10 (backwater from debris); minimum discharge, 25 cfs 

Oct. 2-6.

1954-60; Maximum discharge, 1,500 pfs Feb. 7, 1955 (gage height, 11.80 ft); minimum, 7.2 cfs Sept. 22-24, 1955.

Flood in 1933 reached a stage of l|7.5 ft, and flood in 1950 reached a stage of 

15.5 ft, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those for beriods of doubtful or no gage-height record and 

indefinite stage-discharge relation, ffhich are fair. Storm runoff at gage affected by 

seven small flood-detention reservoirjs (combined capacity, 4,200 acre-ft).

Rating tables, water year 1959-60,1 except period of indefinite stage-discharge 

relation (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second! 

(Shifting-control method used Jfejn. 18-26, Mar. 8-29, July 3O to Aug. 12)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 Apr. 1 to Sept. 3O

5.7 

6.0 

6.5

40

74

148

7.0 234

8.0 470

8.3 560

5.3 

5.5 

6.0

6.5

7.0

Discharge, in cubic feet per secortd, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

30

25

25

25

25

25

50

40

70

120

loo

50

45

*160

90

60

50

50

45

40

45

50

60

70

50

50

45

40

*40

50

60

1,685

54.4

1.30

1.50

Nov.

50

45

40

40

40

40

35

35

35

35

35

30

30

30

35

35

35

30

30

*30

30

30

30

80

60

45

40

40

35

35

1,140

38.0

0.905

1.01

Dec.

35

35

40

40

40

40

35

35

35

40

*40

90

70

50

45

45

45

60

80

60

50

50

45

45

45

40

40

50

50

45

45

1,465

47.3

1.13

1.30

Jan.

40

50

254

109

77

84

116

*84

67

60

56

51

50

48

57

51

56

91

68

*62

54

52

50

48

46

46

81

69

*82

229

515

2,803

90.4

2.15

2.48

Feb.

184

109

85

88

*524

*285

148

*98

82

121

135

88

212

175

108

91

80

158

119

91

85

87

73

69

134

96

82

75

72

3,754

129

3.07

3.31

Calendar year 1959 : Max 574 Min 20

Mar.

68

78

89

87

78

75

78

81

91

88

105

95

98

*102

115

189

154

138

113

99

89

84

78

77

73

70

70

69

80

*429

210

3,350

108

2.57

2.96

Apr.

129

115

170

223

194

*126

110

100

90

90

90

90

80

80

80

80

80

80

70

70

100

80

70

70

70

70

70

70

60

90

2,897

96.6

2.30

2.57

May

90

70

70

70

70

70

90

129

100

80

60

60

*61

58

57

57

56

55

53

51

53

52

49

*49

49

53

57

50

51

53

49

1,972

63.6

1.51

1.74

June

48

49

50

53

74

52

49

49

49

47

44

44

44

43

44

41

41

41

40

40

57

73

67

58

129

60

56

49

46

43

1,580

52.7

1.25

1.40

July

42

41

40

37

*37

38

46

39

37

38

47

39

39

39

37

37

37

36

*37

37

36

35

34

36

40

48

*39

150

88

60

52

1,398

45.1

1.07

1.23

Aug.

49

46

46

49

43

44

44

43

*46

45

47

63

76

47

*48

49

40

40

40

39

42

66

60

59

47

42

37

37

37

37

38

1,446

46.6

1.11

1.28

Sept.

54

44

40

35

33

31

30

30

30

30

43

40

37

36

35

42

93

96

54

40

37

35

33

32

31

31

40

95

Hi

65

1,383

46.1

1.10

1.23

Mean 56.4 Cfsm 1.34 In. 18.22

Water year 1959-6O: Max 524 Min 25 Mean 68.0 Cfsm 1.62 In. 22.01

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--Stage-discharge relation Indefinitel Oct. 1 to Dec. 19 and doubtful or no ga^e-height record 

Dec. 20 to Jan. 2, Apr. 7 to May 7, May 9-12, July 28, Sept. 4-1O, 13-15, 20-27,- disoharge estimated 

on basis of 4 discharge measurements, recorder graph, and records for stations on nearby streams.
220 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1901. North Fork Broad River subwatershed No. 11 (Toms Creek) near Eastanollee, Ga.

Location. Lat 34"29 I , long 83°15', at edge of pool, about 750 ft upstream from left end

 of earthfill dam, 2 

from mouth.

niles south of Eastanollee, Stephens County, and 4 miles upstream

Drainage area.--3.79 sq ml.

Records available. October 1956 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and V-notch sharp-crested weir on concrete drop Inlet. Datum

 of gage Is 730.60 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Soil Conservation 

Service).

Extremes.--Maximum outflow during year, 29 cfs Jan. 31, Feb. 5; maximum gage height, 10.98

 ft Feb. 5; minimum outflow, 1.8 cfs Oct. 5, 6 (gage height, 8.84 ft). Maximum inflow, 

209 cfs (average for 15-minute interval) Feb. 5, computed from outflow and change in 

reservoir contents; no rainfall occurred on reservoir surface during time of peak 

inflow.

1956-60: Maximum outflow, 30 cfs Aug. 25, 1958, Apr. 12, May 31, 1959; maximum gage 

height, 13.30 ft Apr. 5, 1957 (backwater from debris); minimum outflow, 0.95 cfs 

Sept. 7, 1957 (gage height, 8.67 ft). Maximum inflow, 376 cfs (average for IS-minute 

interval) Apr. 12, 1959, computed from outflow and change in reservoir contents; 

negligible rainfall occurred on reservoir surface during time of peak inflow.

Remarks.--Records good. Records of daily discharge are outflow from reservoir, determined

 from stage-discharge relation for outlet structure. Reservoir is formed by earth dam; 

dam completed and storage began in August 1956. Outlet structure is a 3-foot square 

concrete drop inlet connected to a 20-inch concrete outlet pipe. Two 120° V-notch 

sharp-crested weirs are set on opposite sides of the drop inlet, with notches at gage 

height 8.33 ft. Top of drop inlet is at gage height 9.00 ft, emergency spillway at 

gage height 21.2 ft. There is an 18-inch diameter cleanout gate at bottom of drop 

inlet at gage height 2.50 ft. Reservoir capacity at top of drop inlet, 115 acre-ft. 

Capacity at emergency spillway level, 860 acre-ft.

The following table gives the relation between gage height and outflow, reservoir 

capacity, and water-surface area during the 1960 water year.

Gage 

height 

(feet)

8.8 

8.9 

9.0 

9.2

Outflow 

(cfs)

1.8 

2.9 

4.6 

10

Contents 

(acrefeet)

109.8 

112.4 

115.0 

121.2

Surface 

area 

(acres )

29.60 

29.80 

30.00 

3O.4O

Gage 

height 

(feet)

9.3 

9.5 

10.0 

11.0

Outflow 

(cfs)

15 

27 

28 

29

Contents 

(acrefeet)

124.3 

130.5 

146.0 

180.0

Surface 

area 

(acres )

30.60 

31.00 

32.00 

36.00

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

 total

Mean

t)

(*).

(tt)

Oct.

2.9

2.5

2.3

2.1

2.0

Its' L9

4.2

4.6

9.7

9.1

4.4

2.3

11

6.7

4.4

4.4

4.2

3.3

3.0

3'.2

3.6

4.0

4.4

3.6

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.9

4.6

129.0

4.16

116.2

30.1

9.9

Nov.

4.2

3.4

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

5.0

4.2

3.2

*3.0

3.2

2.9

*2.6

89.1

2.97

112.9

29.8

1.7

Dec.

2^6.

2.8

3.2

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

5.6

5.4

4.0

3.6

3.3

3.3

5.6

5.8

4.4

3.8

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.0

4.2

4.4

3.4

3.3

109.9

3.55

114.0

29.9

3.3

Jan.

3.2

3.8

21

7.9

5.2

5.4

7.0

5.6

4.6

4.2

4.0

3.8

*3.8

3.6

4.0

3.6

3.8

5.6

4.4

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

5.4

5.2

5.4

19

29.

192.5

6.21

159.3

33.6

6.8

Feb.

28

8.5

5.6

5.8

21

28

18

6.4

5.6

6.7

7.3

5.4

12

12

7.3

6.1

5.6

9.1

7.9

5.8

5.8

6.1

5.2

5.0

7.6

6.1

5.4

5.2

5.0

263.5

9.09

116.2

30.1

6.6

Mar.

4.8

5.6

6.7

5.8

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.8

6.1

6.7

6.1

6.1

6.4

7.6

12

10

8.8

7.3

6.1

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.8

5.8

22

26

227.5

7.34

124.9

30.6

5.8

Apr.

*10

8.2

12

18

27.

8.5

7.0

6.1

5.8

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.2

4.8

4.8

5.0

5.4

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.6

*4.6

4.6

4.4

C Q

O . O

208.4

6.95

119.3

30.3

3.3

May

8.2

5.4

5.0

4.6

4.6

4.6

5.4

8^8

5.6

5.2

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.0

4.0

4.2

4.0

*4.0

3,8

4.0

4.4

4.8

4.2

4.2

4.6

4.2

148.4

4.79

114.2

29.9

2.6

June

4.0

4.2

4.6

4.6

8.5

5.2

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.8

3.4

3.6

3.4

3.4

5.5

5.0

7.0

6.7

6.4

1A

7.0

5.8

4.8

4.6

4.2

149.1

4.97

114.2

29.9

5.5

July

4.0

5.S

5.6

5.4

*3.2

5.2

5.8

5.8

5.4

5.4

4.2

5,8

5.5

5.2

2_sJ.

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.5

2jd.

2.4

2.5

2.8

4.6

4.0

8^5

etT

4.6

3.8

110.8

5.57

115.7

29.9

2.7

Aug.

5.4

5.5

3.2

5.0

2.9

5.0

5.2

5.0

4.8

5.2

5.6

5.8

9.4

5.0

4.2

*5.8

5.5

5.5

5.2

3.2

3.4

7.0

5.0

4.2

4.0

3.6

3.4

5.2

5.0

2 9

2 9

124.4

4.01

112.4

29.8

5.5

Sept.

3.8

4.6

5.4

5.5

5.0

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

4.0

5.4

*2.9

2.6

2.5

5.2

6.7

8.8

5.0

3.8

3.4

5.2

5.2

5.0

2.8

2.6

3.4

8.2

11

6.1

122.0

4.07

115.6

30.0

6.2

Calendar year 1959: Max 29 Min 1.5 Mean 4.60

Water year 1959-60: Max 29 Min 1.9 Mean 5.12

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Contents, In acre-feet, at end of month in reservoir No. 11.

* Surface area, in acres, at end of month of reservoir No. 11.

tt Precipitation, in inches, during month at rain gage on gage house
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 221

1902. North Fork Broad River subvratershed No. 14 near Avalon, Ga.

Location.--Lat 34°30', long 83°13', at upstream edge of crown In earthflll dam on unnamed 

tributary to Toms Creek, 0.8 mile upstream from mouth and 1.6 miles southwest of Avalon, 

Stephens County.

Drainage area . 1.20 sq ml.

Records available. November 1954 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and V-notch sharp-crested weir on concrete drop Inlet. Datum 

of gage is 735.33 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Soil Conservation 

Service).

Average discharge. 5 years (1955-60), 1.73 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum outflow during year, 29 cfs Mar. 30 (gage height, 9.59 ft); no flow 

May 10 when pool was drained; minimum outflow unaffected by draining of pool, 0.85 cfs 

Oct. 4-6. Maximum Inflow, 274 cfs (average for 15-mlnute interval) Mar. 30, computed 

from outflow and change In reservoir contents; negligible rainfall occurred on reservoir 

surface during time of peak Inflow.

1954-60: Maximum outflow, 67 cfs Feb. 6, 1955 (gage height, 7.56 ft), from rating 

curve extended above 23 cfs on basis of theoretical rating for drop inlet spillway; no 

flow Dec. 84-28, 1954, Nov. 22-26, 1955, and May 10, 1960, caused by closlrg of reservoir drain valve. Maximum inflow, 628 cfs (average for 15-minute Interval) July 5, 

1956, computed from outflow and change in reservoir contents; negligible rsinfall occurred on reservoir surface during time of peak Inflow.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, and May 9-11, 

when drain valve was open, which are fair. Records of daily discharge are outflow from 

reservoir, determined from stage-discharge relation for outlet structure. Reservoir Is 

formed by earth dam; dam completed and storage began In October 1954. Outlet structure 

Is a 3-foot square concrete drop inlet connected to a 30-Inch concrete outlet pipe. An 

18-Inch orifice Installed at the upstream end of the outlet pipe Nov. 21, 1955. A 120° 

V-notch sharp-crested weir Is set on one side of the drop inlet, with notct at gage 

height 5.00 ft. Top of drop inlet Is at gage height 5.75 ft, emergency spillway at gage 

height 22.2 ft. There Is a 24-Inch diameter cleanout gate at bottom of drop Inlet at 

gage height -2.75 ft. Reservoir capacity at top of drop Inlet, 26.5 acre-ft. Capacity 

at emergency spillway level, 270 acre-ft.

The following table gives the relation between gage height and outflow, reservoir 

capacity, and water-surface area during the 1960 water year, except period May 9-11 when 

drain valve was open (shifting-control method used Mar. 9-20).

Gage 

height 

(feet)

5.4 

5.5 

5.6 

5.7

Outflow 

(cfs)

0.59 

.98 

1.6 

2.4

Contents 

(acrefeet)

20.91 

21.47 

22.10 

22.72

Surface 

area 

(acres)

5.78 

5.90 

6.02 

6.14

Gage 

height 

(feet)

5.S 

5.9 

6.0 

6.2

Outflow 

(cfs)

3.8 

6.6 

12 

20

Contents 

(acrefeet)

23.35 

23.97 

24.60 

26.00

SurfaTe 

area 

(acres)

6.26 

6.38 

6.50 

6.70

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

*5

(tt)

Oct.

1.3

*1.2

.98

.89

i&5

.89

1.8

1.4

1.4

2.5

2.8

1.7

1.6

11

3.2

2.3

2.2

1.9

1.6

1.4

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.5

1.6

58.81

1.90

22.16

6.03

7.75

Nov.

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

2.5

1.8

1.4

*1.4

1.4

1.2

*1.2

37.6

1.25

21.72

5.95

1.73

Dec.

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

2.6

2.O

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

3.1

2.8

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.8

1.7

1.4

1.4

48.2

1.55

21.85

5.97

3.38

Jan.

LvS

1.6

11

3.2

2.5

2.6

4.4

3.0

2.4

2.O

1.8

1.8

1.7

*1.7

1.8

1.6

1.8

2.8

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

2.5

2.2

3.1

10

IS.

98.2

3.17

23.66

6.32

7.12

Feb.

4.0

3.1

2.6

3.0

20

11

4.0

3.0

2.7

3.6

3.3

3.0

8.0

6.0

3.5

3.O

3.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.5

2.5

4.O

3.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

124.8

4.30

22.78

6.15

5.95

Mar.

2.5

2.5

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.8

4.9

3.4

3.1

2.7

2.6

2.5

*2.8

2.6

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.6

ii

12

108.9

3.51

23.47

6.28

6.04

Apr.

3.4

3.1

5.2

9.2

4.9

3.4

3.1

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.9

1*1 *1.8

2.0

1.9

2.4

83.5

2.78

22.97

6.19

3.19

May

3.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

2.6

3.4

7.3

0

.06

.98

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

*1.5

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.6

58.24

1.88

22.03

6.01

2.34

Calendar year 1959: Max 18 Min O.73 Mean 1.73

June

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1*1

1.1

1.2

12

11

2.7

2.6

2.7

3.1

2.6

2.O

1.8

1.6

69.8

2.33

22.10

6.02

5.63

July

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

*1.2

1.2

2.4

1.6

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1*0

1.0

1.0 1.1

1.2

1.4

1.2

2.4

1.6

1.5 

1.4

41.3

1.33

21.72

5.95

2.79

Aug.

1.2

1.1

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.7

2.0

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.8

1.2

1.1

1.3

1.1

1.0

.98

.95 

93 i!i

36.94

1.19

21.78

5.96

3.26

Sept.

9.3

3.2

1.6

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.1

*.98

.95

1.0

1.2

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.0

.98

1.2

2.4

4.2 

1*8

49.39

1.65

22.10

6.02

5.61

Water year 1959-60: Max 2O Min 0 Mean 2.23

* Discharge measurement made on this day. t Contents, in acre-feet, at end of month in reservoir No. 14. * Surface area, in acres, at end of month of reservoir No. 14. tt Precipitation, in inches, during month at rain gage 1.4 miles above dam.

Note. No gage-height record Feb. 7, Feb. 12 to Mar. 8, Mar. 21; discharge estimate! on basis of 

recorded range in stage and records for stations on nearby streams. Drain valve open May 9-11j discharge computed from change in reservoir contents and rating curve extended to zero flow.
222 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1905. Toms Creek near Martin, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°28', long 83°13', on left bank 30 ft downstream from highway bridge on 

county road, 1.2 miles upstream from mouth, and 3 miles southwest of Martin, Stephens 

County.

Drainage area. 10.3 sq mi.

Records available. June 1954 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 681.66 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Soil Conservation Service).

Average discharge. 6 years, 13.5 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 544 cfs Mar. 30 (gage height, 7.42 ft); minimum, 5.6 cfs Oct. 3, 6.

1954-60: Maximum discharge, 726 cfs Mar. 16, 1956 (gage height, 8.41 ft); minimum, 

1.2 cfs Aug. 14, Sept. 2, 1956, caused by storage in small flood-detention reservoir 

upstream. j

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record o~ backwater 

from debris, which are fairi Storm runoff at gage affected by four flood-detention 

reservoirs (combined capacity, 1,350 acre-ft).

Rating table, water year 1959-60, except periods of backwater 

from debris (jgage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic 

feet per secqnd)

(Shifting-jcontrol method used Mar. 31, Apr. 1, 2)

2.9

3.0 

3.5

Discharge, In cubic fee

5.0 

7.8

4.0 

4.5 

5.5

60

106

237

1959 to Septembe- 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

2O

21

2Z

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Ocb.

6.7

6.7

6.4

6.7

6.4

6.7

18

13

14

30

31

13

13

*57

24

16

17

15

12

11

a!5

a!5

a!5

alO

alo

alO

alO

alO

11

15

17

461.6

14.9

1.45

1.67

Nov.

15

13

12

12

12

12

11

11

10

10

11

10

10

10

11

11

11

10

10

no

10

9.4

10

24

12

10

9.7

10

9.1

9.1

335.3

11.2

1.09

1.22

Dec.

9.1

9.4

10

9.1

9.4

9.4

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.8

*9.1

28

24

20

17

17

16

27

23

17

15

13

13

13

13

12

12

19

17

13

13

442.7

14.3

1.39

1.60

Jan.

13

15

108

29

21

24

38

*24

19

17

17

16

16

15

18

15

17

28

19

17

16

15

14

15

14

14

27

21

*40

112

146

920

29.7

2.88

3.32

Feb.

54

27

20

26

*e!62

c66

39

*22

20

33

28

21

79

46

26

23

21

42

28

22

23

23

20

19.

32

23

20

19

19

1,003

34.6

3.36

3.62

Mar.

17

17

26

22

21

21

21

21

23

24

26

24

24

*25

30

56

39

32

26

23

21

21

19

19

18

18

17

18

24

c!82

70

945

30.5

2.96

3.41

Apr.

*34

31

50

83

56

30

24

22

21

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

18

19

18

17

19

19

18

17

17

17

17

17

17

23

737

24.6

2.39

2.67

May

34

19

17

17

*16

16

26

47

35

30

27

26

25

24

22

21

19

19

17

17

16

15

15

14

14

15

15

M

13

13

13

630

20.3

1.97

2.27

June

12

13

13

13

21

15

14

13

11

*10

11

11

10

9.7

10

9.7

9.7

9.7

9.4

10

79

42

22

21

31

25

20

15

15

13

518.2

17.3

1.68

1.87

July

13

12

11

11

*12

12

19

13

12

12

14

12

11

10

9.7

9.7

9.3

9.7

9.1

9.*

8.8

8.8

8.*

8.8

8.*

11

10

22

14

11

9.7

351. e

11.3

1.10

1.27

Aug.

9.7

9.7

9.1

9.7

8.8

9.1

9.1

8.8

11

11

13

16

22

12

11

10

9.4

9.1

9.1

9.1

10

16

11

9.7

11

9.4

8.4

8.4

8.1

7.8

7 1 ^2

323.7

10.4

1.01

1.16

Sept.

34

15

9.4

9.1

8.4

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

a8.0

a8.0

a8.0

a7.0

a7.0

a7.0

a9.0

all

alO

8.8

7.8

7.5

7.5

7.5

a7.5

a7.0

a7.0

alO

a!5

18

16

300.5

10. 0

0.971

1.08

Calendar year 1959: Max 156 Min 5.0 Mean 15.0 Cfsm 1.46 In. 19.79

Water year 1959-60: Max 182 Min 6.4 Mean 19. 0 Cfsm 1.84 In. £5.16

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis

c Backwater from debris.

of records for stations on rearby streams.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 223

1910. North Pork Broad River near Carnesville, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°19' , long 83°11', at bridge on State Highway 51, 1 mile dowistream from 

UnaWattl Creek, 3 miles upstream from confluence with Middle Fork Broad River, and 

4-J- miles southeast of Carnesville, Franklin County.

Drainage area. 119 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1942 to December 1944, April 1954 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 600.33 ft above mean sea level, datum of

 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Oct. 1, 1942, to Dec. 31, 1944, wire-weight 

gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 8 years, 148 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,160 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 6.81 ft); minimum, 63 cfs Oct. 6.

1942-44, 1954-60: Maximum discharge, 4,700 cfs Jan. 18, 1943 (gage height, 7.6 ft, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum, 16 cfs Oct. 5, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, wlnich are fair.

 Storm runoff at gage affected for short periods by 11 small flood-detention reservoirs 

(combined capacity, 5,550 acre-ft).

Revisions (water years ). WSP 1383: 1943-44.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 6-11)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 2 

57

Jan. 3 to Sept. 30

2.3 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

205

370

2.3 

2.5 

3.0

63

100

230

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

590

1,170

2,110

Discharge, Ln cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 bo September 1960

Day

1 

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

77 

70

70

71

67

65

103

107

124

150

a350

a300

al50

a230

*a200

168

150

150

124

113

113

J.-T2

122

150

124

113

107

103

103

119

139

4,164

134

1.13

1.30

Nov.

137 

122

111

107

105

107

103

99

99

97

97

97

97

97

99

103

103

99

95

95

95

95

93

178

160

117

109

214

107

101

3,248

108

0.908

1.01

Dec.

101 

105

115

105

103

103

103

99

97.

97

*99

205

205

144

132

124

122

328

300

180

158

146

137

132

126

124

122

144

168

132

124

4,380

141

1.18

1.36

Jan.

T28~ 122 

906

335

230

239

410

*272

215

195

182

175

165

162

200

175

162

335

215

188

175

165

155

150

150

148

260

254

245

695

1.700

9,108

294

2.47

2.85

Feb.

490 

296

236

266

1.610

1,050

358

266

230

251

382

242

660

534

296

251

224

320

305

236

221

239

206

195

308

260

221

206

198

10,557

364

3.06

3.30

Mar.

255" 188 

239

245

224

218

224

212

236

245

296

266

275

266

*278

390

358

320

278

254

233

221

209

203

200

195

190

190

209

598

554

8,214

265

2.23

2,57

Apr.

296 

260

442

522

626

354

*299

275

260

245

233

215

212

209

206

206

203

206

195

190

195

218

190

182

180

175.

195

308

188

200

7,685

256

2.15

2.40

May

378 

254

200

188

ISO

175

182

482

254

218

190

175

175

172

165

*158

155

150

142

142

142

140

135

135

138

148

162

145

138

152

138

5,708

184

1.55

1.79

June

130 

132

145

138

165

152

132

128

130

122

118

115

110

108

122

102

105

100

100

100

190

370

224

155

251

172

182

142

130

122

4,392

146

1.23

1.37

July

112 

105

100

94

92

*92

118

118

96

96

150

120

102

98

94

88

88

86

86

84

78

77

82

86

92

138

10E

649

293

16c

122

3,903

12f

1.06

1.2E

Aug.

108 

100

96

100

92

90

88

86

88

94

102

118

200

132

*108

115

100

94

94

90

88

138

138

130

110

98

92

88

84

80

IS.

3,219

104

0.874

1.01

Sept.

125 

188

90

80

77

73

a70

a70

a70

a90

a!50

allO

a90

a90

a90

allO

 a230

a250

128

98

90

84

82

80

77

75

86

257

305

190

3,605

120

1.01

1.13

Calendar year 1959 : Max 96O Min 45 Mean 144 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16. 4O

Water year 1959-60: Max 1,700 Min 65 Mean 186 Cfsm 1.56 In. 21 .31

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 cfs).--Jan, 3 (9 a.m.) 1,600 cfs (5.48 ft); Jan. 31 (5 a.m.) 2,590 cfs 

(6.40 ft); Feb. 5 (7 p.m.) 3,160 cfs (6.81 ft); July 28 (1 p.m.) 1,600 cfs (5.48 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for other stations in the same 

drainage basin.
224 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

1912. Hudson River at Homer, Ga.

Location.--Lat 34"20"30", long 83"29'10", on downstream side of center pier of bridge on 

State Highway 15 at Homer, Bank County, 3.6 miles upstream from Webb Creek and 

10.8 miles upstream from Grove Creek.

Drainage area. 46 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. Ocbober 1950 to May 1959 (annual maximum only), June 1959 to September 

1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Prior to June 19, 1959, crest-stage gage at same site and 

datum.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year 1,140 cfs July 28 {gage height, P.12 ft); minimum, 34 cfs Oct. 5, 6.

1950-60: Maximum discharge, 3,170 cfs Jan. 16, 1954 (gage height, 11.04 ft). 

1959-60: Minimum discharge, 26 cfs Aug. 18, 20, 28, 29, 1959.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 31 to Jan. 3, Feb. 1 to Apr. 11)

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

3.0 

6.0 

7.2

175 

6OO 

875

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

Zl

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

3O

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

36

36

35

35

34

34

86

75

*123

94

98

69

60

462 

186

108

90

87

68

60

60

75

73 

83

67

61

58

54

55

65

68

2,595

83.7

1,82

2.10

Nov.

65

60

56

54

53

58

53

51

*50

49

49

49

48

48 

50

51

51

48

48

*47.

47

47

47 

96

87

63

58

57

52

1,642

54.7

1.19

1.33

Dec.

48

50

58

*51

50

53

53

49

49

49

48

110

102

75 

65

60

60

94

96

75

67

62

59 

56

54

53

52

67

75

60

57

1,957

63.1

1.37

1.58

Jan.

55

59

456

188

119

121

168

131

103

90

84

81

79

76 

103

84

84

175

116

96

86

*80

76 

76

75

75

141

131

133

353

865

4,559

147

3.20

3.69

Feb.

279

*160

126

130

632

682

189

141

122

132

160

121

317

300 

175

150

133

217

*185

147

140

153

182 

125

189

165

142

131

125

5,850

202

4.39

4.74

Mar.

Ill

130

149

141

133

133

141

136

152

156

195

168

171

176 

199

301

*254

230

182

160

147

139

134 

132

129

127

125

125

132

495

560

5,669

183

3.98

4.59

Apr.

211

187

30O

399

328

195

167

151

145

136

132

129

127

124 

122

120

120

119

115

114

118

127

113 

111

107

105

102

101

100

122

4,547

152

3.30

3.68

May

150

112

102

98

94

*94

105

300

135

113

103

99

97

94 

92

90

87

85

82

81

81

79

77 

76

76

80

120

83

77

75

IS,

3,109

100

2.17

2.50

June

71

77

Si

77

85

78

73

72

72

67

66

66

64

63

*68

62

63

60

59

58

66

71

70 

70

60

61

67

62

61

56

2,034

67.8

1.47

1.64

July

53

^3

F2

49

49

12.

78

ee

54

ICO

333

88

67

61 

E6

S3

51

51

51

51

50

50

50 

54

*50

52

109

648.

283

105

73

2,993

96.6

2.10

2.42

Aug.

65

61

60

60

a55

a55

a50

a50

a55

a55

a 60

a 60

81

a60 

a60

a60

a55

a55

126

a 60

a60

a60

163 

a60

a55

a55

a50

a50

a45

a45

a60

1,946

62.8

1.37

1.58

Sept.

117

87

a 60

a60

a55

a50

a45

a4O

a4o

a45

a5O

a5o

a45

a4o 

*58

43

123

98

62

52

47

46

47 

45

43

43

70

173

133

86

1,933

64.4

1.40

1.56

Calendar year 1959 : Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 865 Min 34 Mean 106 Cfsm 2.30 In. 31.41

Peak discharge (base, 800 cfs).--Jan. 31 (6 p.m.) 992 cfs (7.64 ft); Feb. 6 (6 a.m.) 1,130 cfs 

(8.10 ft); Mar. 31 (5 a.m.) 942 cfs {7.47 ft); July 28 (1O p.m.) 1,140 cfs (8.12 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorder graph and records 

for North Fork Broad River near Carnesville.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 225

1920. Broad River near Bell, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°58', long 82°46', at downstream side of main channel pier of bridge on 

State Highway 17, half a mile downstream from Long Creek, 1 mile south of Bell's 

Crossroads, and 12 miles southeast of Elberton, Elbert County.

Drainage area. 1,430 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1926 to September 1932, August 1937 to September 1960. 

Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 357.16 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

"1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to October 1928, staff gage at railroad 

bridge about 1 mile downstream at datum 1.12 ft lower. October 1928 to July 1932 

staff gage and August 1937 to January 1939 wire-weight gage, at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 29 years, 1,653 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,900 cfs Feb. 1 (gage height, 20.0 ft); minimum, 448 cfs Sept. 15.

1926-32, 1937-60: Maximum discharge, 79,400 cfs Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 34.8 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 27,000 cfs on basis of slope-conveyance studies; minimum, 108 cfs Oct. 8, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1172: 1928-30. WSP 1383: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 26 to Nov. 24, Mar. 20-29, 

May 12 to Sept. 3o)

3.3

4.0 

6.0

440

720

1,820

10.0

14.0

20.0

5,180

9,300

17,900

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

795 

640

580

560

560

*540

540

TOO

1,140

1,120

1,280

1,430

995

1,520

5,720

2,300

2,300

2,540

1,700

1,220

1,170

3,640

3,560

3,180

£,140

1,400

1,170

1,030

970

1,120

1,230

46,770

1,509

1.06

1.22

Nov.

1,310 

1,200

1,040

945

895

895

920

87 O

845

795

795

795

770

770

770

770

770

*770

745

745

720 7~20

720

820

1.760

1,430

1,120

1,040

1,070

970

27,785

926

0.648

0.72

Dec.

920 

895

920

970

920

895

895

870

845

820

820

895

1,580

1,520

1,170

1,070

1,020

1,460

5,020

2,140

1,580

1,400

1,220

1,120

1,100

1,070

1,040

1,040

1,200

*1,280

1,100

36,795

1,187

0.830

0.96

Jan.

IJO'SO

3,640

6,550

3,890

2,860

6,450

7,350

4,330

2,620

2,140

1,820

1,700

1,580

1,520

1,640

1,580

4,330

4,890

3,250

2,140

1,820

1,640

1,520

1,460

1,400

1,640

3,640

3,560

8,640

15.660

107,300

3,461

2.42

2.79

Feb.

17 , 300 

9,780

3,890

3,250

6,950

12,400

12,800

5,270

3,250

3,020

4,330

*3,890

6,150

12,400

8,750

4,240

3,180

3,250

4,240

3,480

2,780

3,640

3,890

3,100

3,180

3,890

3,100

2,620

2,460

160,480

5,535

3.87

4.17

Mar.

2,300 

2,220

2,860

3,480

3,100

2,700

2,460

2,380

2,300

2,460

2,940

3,180

3,250

3,020

2,940

3,810

4,890

3,890

3,180

2,860

2,540

2,380

2,300

2,220

2,140

2,060

1,980

1,900

*1,980

5,560

8,510

93,590

3,019

2.11

2.45

Apr.

6,550 

5,560

5,480

6,950

6,550

5,750

3,640

2,940

2,620

2,380

2,220

2,060

1,980

1,900

1,820

1,760

1,700

2,060

2,140

1,820

1,700

1,820

1,820

1,640

1,580

1,520

1,490

1,700

1,640

1,520

80,110

2,670

1.87

2.09

May

1,820 

2,140

1,640

1,490

1,450

1,400

1,340

2,940

 lilOO

1,900

1,580

1,520

1,460

1,450

1,570

1,340

1,280

1,250

1,220

1,200

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,220

1,170

1,120

1,070

1,020

970

45,270

1,460

1.02

1.18

June

970 

970

995

1,120

1,040

1,070

1,040

970

920

920

870

820

820

795

820

870

820

820

795

795

795

1,020

*1.20Q

970

895

920

870

870

795

 JAC '*°

27,320

911

0.637

0.71

July

700 

660

620

600

600

580

620

720

770

640

995

1,760

1,020

770

745

700

640

620

600

600

600

560

680

920

720

680

700

995

*4.420

3,020

1,400

29,655

957

0.669

0.77

Aug.

995 

820

770

770

720

680

700

640

620

620

620

640

770

1.120

820

820

770

660

620

640

640

620

820

795

720

660

640

600

*580

540

540

21,970

709

0.496

0.57

Sept.

560 

770

920

640

560

540

520

504

496

484

480

512

504

476

452

472

620

1,280

1,100

820

640

600

560

560

540

520

504

720

2.540

1,760

21,654

722

0.505

0.56

Calendar year 1959: Max 14,700 Min 381 Mean 1,436 Cfsm 1.00 In. 1^.68

Water year 1959-60: Max 17,300 Min 452 Mean 1,909 Cfsm 1.33 In. 18.17

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 cfs). Feb. 1 (6 a.m.) 17,900 cfs (20.0 ft); Feb. 7 (2 a.m.) 14,100 ofs 

(17.6ft). ___________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
226 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1925. Little River near Mount Carmel, S. C.

Location. Lat 34°04', long 82°30', on right bank 480 ft downstream from Island Ford 

Bridge, 2.8 miles upstream from Calhoun Creek, and 4.5 miles north of Mount Carmel, 

McCormick County.

Drainage area. 217 sq mi.

Records available. December 1939 to September 1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 353.97 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 20 years (1940-60), 199 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,300 cfs Jan. 31 (gage height, 15.60 ft); minimum, 36 cfs Sept. 11-12.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 20,800 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 29.60 ft, from 

high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 0.7 cfs Oct. 9, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1433: 1948.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

4.0

96

166

490

7.0 

10.0

13.0

15.0

1,080

1,760

2,950

3,970

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

9

10

11

1Z

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

250

116

83

76

69

66 *66"

489

679

474

694

800

261

946

1,250

681

650

656

371

248

250

922

544

412

303

225

190

166

156

202

248

12,543

405

1.87

2.16

Nov.

248

194

162

146

139

138

132

124

121

118

116

114

113

113

113

111

110

*107

104

103

102

103

103

135

370

247

158

166

210

152

4,372

146

0.673

0.75

Dec.

138

132

137

137

128

125

128

121

117

116

116

146

210

159

135

130

128

469

892

548

271

218

188

170

163

158

153

152

170

160

142

6,157

199

0.917

1.06

Jan.

137

144

1,140

1,000

432

5O9

*1,690

1,710

680

360

287

248

225

210

202

195

186

1,160

788

365

271

232

202

190

183

174

294

526

510

2,030

3,800

20,080

648

2.99

3.45

Feb.

2,510

685

428

386

1,020

1,380

966

428

352

378

932

638

1,570

2,900

1,560

526

*412

607

852

559

386

591

490

378

467

599

412

344

519

23,075

796

3.67

3.96

Mar.

295

287

460

580

446

360

319

303

295

311

403

412

472

386

352

693

792

474

360

311

279

255

248

232

225

218

210

210

210

*775

881

12,054

389

1.79

2.06

Apr.

483

335

327

327

490

394

303

263

240

225

210

210

202

195

192

189

186

309

304

210

195

202

194

179

170

165

162

162

156

160

7,339

245

1.13

1.26

May

195

210

165

155

152

149

149

490

360

*202

173

163

158

153

146

142

138

132

127

123

121

118

113

110

107

107

107

106

103

99

96

4,869

157

0.724

0.83

June

93

93

97

96

97

104

104

95

86

82

81

78

77

73

76

95

78

74

73

TO

70

*90

103

79

74

81

~95 116

78

73

2,581

86.0

0.396

0.44

July

63

64

61

56

57

55

55

57

56

5?

55

64

59

59

169

96

66

60

56

54

53

49

50

88

81

116

241

1,080

1,850

308

152

5,388

174

0.802

0.92

Aug.

116

102

92

89

86

81

77

73

85

*81

78

84

204

113

165

125

114

88

79

76

74

73

89

82

73

68

66

65

62

61

61

2,782

89.7

0.413

0.48

Sept.

62

66

61

56

54

54

49

48

48

48

50

44

49

45

41

44

48

49

62

56

48

47

47

47

44

41

39

64

210

121

1,742

58.1

0.268

0.30

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,840 Min 20 Mean 194 Cfsm 0.894 In. 12.16

Water year 1959-60: Max 3,800 Min 39 Mean 281 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.67

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 cfs).--Jan. 31 (12 m.) 4,300 cfs (15.60 ft); Feb. 14 (2:15 a.m.) 3,200 

cfs (15.54 ft); July 29 (12:15 a.m.) 5,800 cfa (14.68 ft)._________________________________

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1935. Little River near Washington, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°36'40", long 82°44'40", near left bank on downstream side of highway 

bridge pier, 700 ft downstream from Reedy Creek, 4 miles downstream from Georgia Railroad bridge, 6 miles upstream from Williams Creek, and 9 miles south of Washington, 

Wilkes County.

Drainage area. 291 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1949 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage Is 360 ft (by barometer).

Average discharge. 11 years, 218 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,910 cfs Jan. 31 (gage height, 22.9 ft); minimum, 22 cfs Sept. 27.

1949-60: Maximum discharge, 13,100 cfs Mar. 4, 1952 (gage height, 27.6 ft); minimum, 0.32 cfs Oct. 12-16, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions.--WSP 1383: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 26 to Dec. 18)

2.4

2.7 

3.2 

5.0

20

38

84

330

9.0

13.0

17.0

23.0

1,060

2,040

3,480

8,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

I

^

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

E2

23

24

25

26

27

23

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfam

Oct.

171 

76

52

44

39

37

*35

109

203

185

394

354

117

575

1,280

553

508

410

248

166

194

2,340

2,800

2,280

900

354

252

201

182

243

264

15,566

502

1.73

1.99

Nov.

262

2TT

169

140

128

120

112

97

95

92

88

87

86

85

85

84

*82

78

74

73

72

73

72

81

101

84

75

79

81

76

3,042

101

0.347

0.39

Dec.

71 

70

73

74

72

72

76

71

68

66

68

107

178

140

108

99

96

126

200

175

137

124

116

111

107

107

107

110

*117

108

101

3,255

105

0.361

0.42

Jan.

96

ITT

1,300

1,350

580

1,510

2,690

3,220

1,530

517

370

300

267

249

238

229

249

1,870

2,410

1,410

482

354

285

256

239

228

279

589

865

3,440

7,280

34,799

1,123

3.86

4.45

Feb.

4.4OO 

1,740

634

708

2,250

3,060

1,510

727

458

482

*900

580

1,850

3,790

2,340

980

508

589

940

571

434

880

1,170

680

841

794

508

418

578

35,120

1,211

4.16

4.49

Mar.

346 

346

1,OOO

1,100

708

508

426

378

362

418

434

442

474

426

490

765

803

562

426

370

315

294

278

263

253

242

235

235

*386

3,100

4.270

20,655

666

2.29

2.64

Apr.

2,250 

1,000

822

765

1,320

1,060

607

442

378

322

294

278

264

252

242

235

227

249

269

228

211

206

196

186

246

168

162

214

166

154

13,413

447

1.54

1.72

May

162

154

141

136

130

126

130

1,370

*490

238

189

168

158

149

141

130

124

116

108

101

96

91

86

81

82

151

410

607

194

128

108

6,495

210

0.722

0.83

June

95 

88

94

100

95

93

84

84

77

71

66

63

60

57

55

53

51

53

55

52

50

60

60

*56

60

117

116

71

60

54

2,150

71.7

0.246

0.27

July

49 

44

42

39

37

36

49

60

49

42

55

166

79

51

46

42

38

34

34

33

31

30

Aug.

97 

66

54

48

43

48

49

41

40

42

44

52

47

45

43

44

44

37

35

34

31

40

38 124

111 100

62 77

43 51

39 44

*94 40

616 *37

180 34

292 35

2,561 1,566

82.6 50.5

0.284 0.174

0.33 0.20

Sept.

48 

85

1O2

60

41

35

34

32

34

30

29

29

28

25

24

24

27

35

47

37

32

30

28

26

24

23

22.

54

83

63

1,191

39.7

0.136

0.15

Calendar year 1959: Max 3,O2O Win 8.9 Mean 214 Cfsm 0.735 In. 1O.01

Water year 1959 -6O: Max 7,280 Mln 22 Mean 382 Cfsm 1.31 In. 17.88

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 cfs). --Oct. 22 (12 

(12 m. ) 7,910 cfs (22.9 

(18.3 ft); Mar. 31 (3 a

(17.5 ft); Jan. 31 

(9 a.m.) 4,200 cfs

,12 p.m.) 3,020 cfs (15.9 ft); Jan. 8 (2 a.m.) 3,74O cfs

12 m.) 7,910 cfs (22.9 ft); Feb. 6 (5 a.m.) 3,440 cfs (16.9 ft); Feb. 14 

" ~ - " " ~" '~ .m.) 5,050 efs (19.5 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day.
228 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN , 

1945. Clark Hill Reservoir near darks Hill, S. C.

Location. Lat 33e 39'40", long 82°12'00", in left spillway elevator tower of dam on Savannah River, 1.6 miles west of Clarks Hill, McCormick County, 3.7 miles upstream from 

Kiokee Creek, and at mile 222.3 upstream from Savannah, Ga.

Drainage area. 6,150 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1951 to September 1952 (elevations and contents at end of 

month), October 1952 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 1, 1952, staff 

gage at same site and datum.

Extremes.--Maximum elevation during year, 332.42 ft Feb. 16; minimum, 321.24 ft Jan. 1.

TS52-60: Maximum elevation, 333.59 ft June 5, 1959; minimum, 296.48 ft Feb. 1, 1956.

Remarks. Lake is formed by concrete dam with earth dam at each end; dam completed in 1952. 

Storage began in December 1951. Usable capacity, 75,360,000,000 cu ft between elevations 305.0 ft (normal limit of drawdown) and 335.0 ft (top of spillway gates). Dead 

storage below 305.0 ft, 50,960,000 cu ft. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Elevation of spillway crest, 300.0 ft. Water is used for flooc1 control, generation of power, and navigation.

Revisions.--Revised figure of change in contents during month (equivalent in cubic feet 

per second) for the water year 1953, superseding that published in WSP 1273, is given 

herewith:

July 51, 1955........... -1,085

Capacity table, water year 1959-60 (elevation, In feet, and

usable contents, In billions of cubic feet) 

(Computed from table prepared by Corps of Engineers)

321.0

324.0

327.0

333.0

32.67

40.51

49.22

68.56

Elevation, In feet, at 12 p.m., water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

(t)

(*)

Oct.

25.49 

25.31

25.24

25.30

25.15

25,00

25.02

25.03

25.08

25,25

25.55

25.65

25.75

26.06

26.38

26.62

26.95

27.35

27.26

27.09

27.15

27.58

27.88

28.08

28.22

27.97

27.75

27.47

27.27

27.05

26.94

49.04

+1,490

Nov.

26.99 

26.70

26.37

26.05

25.72

25.45

25.40

25.42

25.21

24.95

24.76

24.53

24.31

24.32

24.38

24.13

23.89

23.56

23.32

23.07

23.09

23.13

22.94

22.92

22.75

22.73

22.65

22.80

22.81

22.65

36.98

-4,653

Dec.

22.50 

22.38

22.29

22.18

22.25

22.37

22.20

22.00

21.84

21.67

21.50

21.67

21.75

21.65

21.55

21.45

21.35

21.36

21.62

21.86

21.80

21.67

21.60

21.55

21.58

21.71

21.84

21.80

21.60

21.45

21.50

33.45

-1,318

Jan.

21.27 

21.38

22.04

22.46

22.64

23.01

24.05

24.56

25.01

25.34

25.25

25.14

25.01

24.82

24.70

24.83

25.20

25.55

25.66

25.65

25.53

25.31

25.23

25.31

25.10

24.82

24.62

24.51

24.74

26.28

27,94

52.09

+6,959

Feb.

28.94 

29.30

29.22

29.28

29.78

30.28

30.37

30.12

29.75

29.80

29.88

30.01

31.05

31.95

52.57

32.26

51.94

31.80

31.58

51.25

51.00

50.90

50.70

50.45

50.53

30.29

30.05

29.77

29.52

56.91

+1,924

Mar.

29.11 

29.01

29.13

29.12

28.89

28.91

28.82

28.63

28.55

28.38

28.52

28.56

28.59

28.48

28.53

28.45

28.45

28.41

28.59

28.56

28.46

28.52

28.14

28.01

27.86

28.07

28.33

28.46

28.84

29.85

50.47

59.97

+1,142

Apr.

30.74 

30.71

30.60

50.65

50.90

31.04

30.95

30.65

30.45

50.11

29.88

29.87

29.82

29.78

29.74

29.85

50.09

50.12

30.05

29.82

29.71

29.58

29.70

29.89

29.84

29.76

29.81

29.73

29.61

29.74

57.58

-922

May

29.96 

29.89

29.83

29.76

29.66

29.59

29.72

30.26

30.14

29.80

29.62

29.40

29.18

29.25

29.40

29.39

29.38

29.35

29.31

29.29

29.37

29.50

29.46

29.45

29.44

29.48

29.48

29.52

29.62

29.57

29.50

56.85

-273

June

29.45 

29.39

29.34

29.40

29.57

29.53

29.51

29.45

29.45

29.45

29.45

29.53

29.48

29.41

29.37

29.51

29.29

29.28

29.54

29.25

29.19

29.18

29.15

29.12

29.16

29.28

29.24

29.20

29.18

29.14

55.75

-424

July

29.09 

29.11

29.17

29.11

29.04

28.97

28.88

28.80

28.83

28.94

28.85

28.79

28.71

28.65

28.59

28.57

28.59

28.47

28.38

28.27

28.15

28.09

28.10

28.19

28.10

28.01

28.04

28.30

28.56

28. T2

28.e6

54. eg

-3?1

Aug.

28.72 

28.58

28.59

28.21

28.06

28.05

28.12

27.98

27.84

27.70

27.59

27.49

27.46

27.61

27.55

27.51

27.44

27.57

27.50

27.55

27.44

27.44

27.39

27.34

27.24

27.19

27.22

27.31

27.20

27.07

26.95

49.07

-2,175

Sept.

26.86 

26.85

26.85

26.90

26.85

26.71

26.59

26.48

26.59

26.41

26.47

26.57

26.25

26.07

25.96

25.84

25.84

25.94

25.95

25.86

25.78

25.75

25.65

25.59

25.65

25.50

25.36

35.50

25.55

25.50

44.65

-1,705

Calendar year 1959.................... * +537

Water year 1959-60.................... * -15

t Contents, In billions of cubic feet, at end of month. 

* Change In contents, equivalent In cubic feet per second. 

Note. Add 500 ft to obtain elevation above mean sea level.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 229

1960. Stevens Creek near Modoc, S. C.

Location.--Lat 33°43'45", long 82°10'55", on left bank at bridge on State Highway 23, 

1.4 miles east of Modoc, McCormick County, and 3.2 miles downstream from Turkey Creek.

Drainage area. 545 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1929 to September 1931, February 1940 to September 1960. 

Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 197.34 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Southeastern Power Administration). 

Oct. 15, 1929, to Sept. 30, 1931, staff gage at site 1,100 ft upstream at different 

datum.

Average discharge . 21 years (1930-31, 1940-60), 365 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,100 cfs Jan. 31 (gage height, 2S.07 ft); minimum, 11 cfs Sept. 18, 19.

1939-31, 1940-60: Maximum discharge, 35,100 cfs Aug. 14, 1940; maximutr gage height, 

41.08 ft Aug. 14, 1940; no flow Sept. 14, 15, Sept. 24 to Nov. 16, Nov. 2£, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by small mills 

above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1032: Drainage area. WSP 1553: 1954(M).

Rating table, water year 1959-6O (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Rate of change in stage used as a factor Oct. 1, 15, 18, 22-24, Jan. 3, 4, 

6-9, 18, 19, 30, Feb. 1, 2, 5, 6. 10-15, 22, 23, 25, 26, Mar. 3, 4, 15, 

16, Mar. 30 to Apr. 1, Apr. 5, 6)

0.6 

.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

144

282

8.0

16.0

20.0

24.0

28.4

1,980

4,600

7,010

10,500

15,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

3O

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4,280

590

254

171

*136

112

98

119

422

562

492

307

212

279

1,680

814

520

2,260

870

408

296

5,020

3,300

3,500

1,520

674

422

313

276

1,090

1,400

32,397

1,045

1.92

2.21

Nov.

1.180

660

408

299

246

220

204

184

168

158

149

144

134

134

134

*126

117

110

105

101

98

98

98

103

147

182

136

112

105

98

6,158

205

0.376

0.42

Dec.

90

86

92

96

103

96

96

94

90

86

84

115

450

293

184

144

132

215

702

39T

248

198

171

158

147

144

142

147

190

218

174

5,579

180

0.330

0.38

Jan.

149

149

3,360

*2,300

870

5,010

*10, 400

7,880

1,670

786

590

478

408

380

349

349

327

3,670

2,290

954

590

450

380

341

313

296

296

408

562

8,940

15,200

70,145

2,263

4.15

4.78

Feb.

6,060

1,500

842

702

2,630

3,310

1,430

786

604

1,3BO~

9,490

3,290

6,910

12.700

4,010

*1, 120

786

1,150

1,920

898

618

2,180

2,240

1,070

3,470

2,490

1,090

758

632

76,066

2,623

4.81

5.19

Mar.

534

520

2,790

3,050

1,490

954

730

618

548

618

842

870

1,180

814

730

2,170

2,180

1,090

730

562

478

422

380

352

335

310

293

282 358"

10.400

*10,100

46,730

1,507

2.77

3.19

Apr.

2,530

870

688

730

6.980

2,850

1,010

688

534

450

380

349

330

310

290

279

271

265

288

262

237

226

226

209

198

182

T84

450

232

190

22,688

756

1.39

1.55

May

218

223

182

158

144

136

129

1.260

*842

316

232

187

158

142

129

117

108

101

94

90

80

76

71

64

66

74

76

69

66

59

51

5,718

184

0.338

0.39

June

48

51

61

90

96

184

184

101

69

56

51

45

44

39

37

40

54

30

74

*59

50

62

56

48

40

39

41

32

32

38

1,851

61.7

0.113

0.13

July

27

29

63

52

36

291

119

52

39

32

34

29

22

24

24

20

22

27

28

20

19

20

16

104

38

36

27

1.110

1,070

576 1-24

4,130

133

0.244

0.28

Aug.

76

56

44

45

34

43

33

37

32

*37

43

31

26

23

25

27

34

28

24

21

18

2?

33

104

135

62

48

38

37

29

23

1,266

40.8

0.075

0.09

Sept.

27

170

90

86

62

44

31

34

25

17

19

26

27

25

18

13

12

11

11

22

23

72

41

27

20

24

23

96

274

18?

1,552

51.7

0.095

0.11

Calendar year 1959: Max 6,10O Min 6.0 Mean 365 Cfsm 0.670 In. 9.10

Water year 1959-60: Max 15,200 Min 11 Mean 749 Cfsm 1.37 In. 16.72

Discharge measurement made on this day.
230 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN'

1970. Savannah River at Augusta, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°22'25", long 81°56'35", at New Savannah Bluff lock and dati, 0.2 mile upstream from Butler Creek, 12 miles downstream from Augusta, Richmond County, and at 

mile 188.2 upstream from Savannah.

Drainage area.--7.508 sq mi, including that of Butler Creek.

Records available.--October 1883 to December 1891, January 1896 to December 1906, January 

1925 to September 1960. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303. 

Gage-height records collected at site of Fifth Street gage since 1875 ani at New Savannah 

Bluff lock and dam sites since 1937 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 96.58 ft (revised) above mean sea level,

"(Tatum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (Corps of Engineers benc1! mark). 

Oct. 1, 1883, to Dec. 31, 1891, Jan. 1, 1896, to Dec. 31, 1906, Jan. 1, 1925, to 

Sept. 30, 1932, staff gage or water-stage recorder at Fifth Street Bridge at datum 

102.06 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels 

by Southeastern Engineering Co.). Oct. 1, 1932, to Sept. 30, 1936, water-stage recorder 

at Thirteenth Street Bridge at datum 104.56 ft above mean sea level (levels by Corps of 

Engineers). Oct. 1, 1936, to Nov. 10, 1948, water-stage recorder at site 0.2 mile downstream from present site and at present datum.

Average discharge. 53 years, 10,160 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 34,900 cfs Feb. 14 (gage height, 20.58 ft); min-

'imum, 5,080 cfs May 2; minimum daily, 5,350 cfs June 14.

1883-91, 1896-1906, 1925-60: Maximum discharge, 350,000 cfs Oct. 3, 1929; maximum 

gage height, 46.3 ft Sept. 27, 1929 (at site and datum then in use); minimum discharge, 

648 cfs Sept. 24, 1939, from rating curve extended below 1,400 cfs; mini-num daily, 

1,040 cfs Oct. 2, 1927.

Maximum flood known occurred in 1796, discharge, 360,000 cfs (gage height, 40 ft, 

marked by local residents, at site and datum of Fifth Street gage), by conveyance-slope 

study.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Clark Hill Reservoir (see p. 228), Stevens 

Creek powerplant, and New Savannah Bluff lock and dam above station.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1303: 1927-39 (monthly runoff). WSP 1433: 1888, 1896-99, 

1902-3, 1906-7, and 1932.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1. 3, 4-18, Mar. 18-30, 

May 13 to Sept. 7)

Oct. 1, Mar. 18 to May 13

Oct. 2 to Mar. 17, 

May 14 to Sept. 30

5.1 5,460

6.0 6,330

10.0 10,800

14.0 16,500

18.0 25,800

20.0 32,200

4.2 5,350

7.0 8,430

11.0 13,400

15.0 19,600

19.0 29,700

21.0 36,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

15,300

16,900

8,230

6,560

5,460

7,000

7,110

6,670

*6,120

7,440

7,880

7,550

5,680

7,110

11,700

11,800

8,430

7,440

11,200

17,200

17,000

19,000

24,500

22,500

16,500

13,700

17,300

19,000

18,700

20,200

21,800

392,980

12,680

-.

-

Nov.

18,100

15,500

18,500

19,800

20.000

19,600

17,400

10,100

9,990

13,700

13,000

14,100

13,500

11,900

6,780

8,720

*13,000

14,000

14,400

14,000

11,400

6,010

7,590

10,800

11,100

8,100

9,730

7,600

6,120

7,550

372,090

12,400

_

-

Dec.

9,630

10,800

11,000

9,870

6,900

5,900

6,780

9,990

11,100

10,800

10,500

7,240

6,230

7,910

11,100

11,200

11,100

11,100

7,980

6,120

8,910

11,400

11,600

11,600

7,290

5,900

5,900

6,780

10,600

12,500

12,500

288,230

9,298

_

-

Jan.

10,200

7,940

7,880

10,500

*12,100

15,400

18,600

23,700

20,000

9,630

9,220

16,200

16,100

15,800

15,600

12,400

6.560

10,000

22,000

19,200

16,800

16,200

14,100

10,500

11,600

15,400

17,200

18,000

18,500

23,200

26,600

467,130

15,070

_

-

Feb.

27,700

24,500

22,000

21.500

21,800

24,500

30,600

30,300

29,700

28,800

30,000

29,700

28,400

55.200

*30,000

28,500

29,100

50,000

50,500

50,600

29,400

29,400

51,300

30,300

30,300

31,600

28,000

28,500

26,300

825,900

28,480

_

-

Mar.

28.000

26,900

25,000

25,200

25,200

25,500

17,900

19,800

20,000

20,400

20,900

19,600

15,500

13,EOO

19,600

20,900

23,200

22,000

19,700

14,800

12,500

16,500

17,600

17,600

17,200

13,100

6,050

5.460

*5,550

16,300

27,300

578,440

18,660

_

-

Apr.

25,500

23,600

22,600

23,900

50.800

28,900

27,000

27,300

27,900

27,000

25,300

18,900

15,400

15,000

15,200

13,200

7,510

10,700

13,500

17,400

16,500

16,000

12,800

6.550

7,950

15,500

12 , 900

13 , 000

13,300

12,100

540,590

18,020

_

-

May

6,040

7,210

10,600

11,100

11,000

10,400

6,350

7,590

9,720

22,900

19,000

*15,800

16,400

15,400

6,450

7,000

7,770

7,990

7,990

7,990

6,560

5,680

5.570

6,010

6,890

6,010

6,890

5,900

5,790

5,790

6,120

279,890

9,029

_

-

June

7,880

7,550

7,770

6,120

5,900

6,120

6,250

7,110

6,450

6,120

6,010

6,010

5,680

5.550

5,570

5,680

5,680

5,900

5,790

5,680

*5,570

6,340

7,660

7,220

5,900

5,680

5,460

6,010

6,670

6,890

188,000

6,267

_

-

July

6,670

6,010

5,680

5.570

5,570"

6,230

8,520

7,880

6,230

5,570

5,90C

5,90C

6,67C

7,55C

7,55C

5,79C

5.57C

5,68C

5.57C

5,68C

6,340

6,890

5,680

5,57C

5 , 90C

5,900

6,670

7,660

10,600

6 , 120 

5,900

198,820

6,414

_

-

Aug.

6,450

9,650

10 , 500

10.800

9,990

6,560

5,570

5,790

8,430

9,270

*9,030

8,790

5,680

5,460

5,790

6,890

7,990

8,210

8,100

5,570

5,570

5,680

6,230

7,990

8,210

7,770

6,010

5,680

5,680

6,340 

7,990

227,650

7,344

_

-

Sept.

7,990

8,100

6,010

5,790

5,790

5,790

6,560

7,770

7,220

6,120

5,900

5,790

5,900

6,670

7,220

7,330

6,010

5,900

5,790

5,900

6,670

7,440

7,330

5,900

5,790

5,790

5,790

6,450

7,660

7,770

196,140

6,538

_

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 28,200 Mln 5,260 Mean 8,569 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 33,200 Min 5,350 Mean 12,450 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 231

1975. Savannah River at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°56'20", long 81°30'10", on downstream side of left pier of drawspan of 

bridge on U. S. Highway 301, 2 miles downstream from Rock Creek, 9 miles east of Millhaven, Screven County, and at mile 114.5 upstream from Savannah.

Drainage area.--8,650 sq ml, approximately. 

Records available. October 1939 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 52.42 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 21 years, 9,999 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 37,100 cfs Feb. 17 (gage height, 18.28 ft); minimum dally, 6,440 cfs Sept. 27, 28.

1939-60: Maximum discharge, 141,000 cfs Aug. 18, 1940 (gage height, 27.0 ft); minimum daily, 2,120 cfs Sept. 9, 1951.

Flood in October 1929 reached a stage of 30.8 ft, from information by Corps of Engineers (discharge, 220,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 141,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting) .

Remarks. Records good. Considerable regulation by Clark Hill Reservoir (see p. 228), 

Stevens Creek powerplant, and New Savannah Bluff lock and dam above station. Records 

of water temperatures for the water year 1960 are given in WSP 1741.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 26)

6.3

7.0

1O.O

13.0

6,440

7,140

10,400

14,600

15.0

17.0

19.0

19,200

28,600

42,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1C

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Z4

25

26

27

29

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

*12,400

14,200

15,400

15,200

12,600

10,400

9,480

9,590

9,040

8.490

9,150

10,000

10,100

9,260

10,400

13,400

15,000

15,200

13,700

12 , 800

15,900

15,400

16,400

17,400

18,100

19,200

20,500

20,800

20,800

2 1 200

22! 100

441,610

14,250

-

-

Nov.

22,600

25.000

25,000

22,100

21,600

21,200

21,200

20,800

20,800

19,600

17,800

16,600

16,000

15,400

15,000

12,500

10,600

11,800

12 , 900

13,600

13,900

13,900

11,300

9,590

10,800

11,800

11,200

10,500

10 , 100

8.580

469,570

15 , 650

-

-

Dec.

8,160

*9,480

10,600

11,200

11,000

9,590

7,940

7,740

9,370

10,700

11,300

11,400

10,600

8,930

8,820

10,700

11,700

12,600

14,200

14.400

12,100

11,100

12,200

13,200

13,600

12,000

9,590

8,490

8,380

*10,200

12 , 100

333,390

10,750

-

-

Jan.

13,100

12,800

11,400

10.400

11,100

12,500

13,900

15,200

16,400

17,600

18,600

19,000

17,600

17,400

17,400

17,400

17,400

15,400

13,100

14,100

15,400

16,200

17,100

17,800

17,400

16,200

15,200

15,200

15,600

16,800

19.200

483,900

15,610

-

-

Feb.

20.800

*23,000

25,700

28,600

30,400

29,800

28,600

27,400

26,800

28,000

31,100

33,000

34,400

35,700

56.400

36,400

36,400

36,400

35,700

34,400

34,400

35,000

35,000

35,700

35,700

36,400

36,400

36,400

36,400

940,400

32,440

-

-

Mar.

35,700

34,400

34,400

33,700

33,000

32,400

31,800

30,400

29,800

28,000

26,200

25,200

24,000

23,600

23,000

22,100

21,600

21,200

21,200

21,600

22,600

22,600

22,100

20,800

20,200

19,800

19,600

18,600

15,400

12.100

*12,900

760,000

24,520

-

-

Apr.

15,000

16,600

19,600

24,000

29,800

32,400

33,700

35,000

55.700

35,000

34,400

33,700

33,000

31,800

29,800

26,800

24,000

21,200

18,600

16,800

16,200

16,400

16,800

17,600

17,100

14,800

14.200

*14,600

15,000

15 200

704,800

23,490

-

-

May

15,400

14,200

11,700

12,100

12,600

12 , 900

12,800

11,300

10,400

11,100

12 , 900

14,400

15,600

16,600

17.600

16,800

13,700

11,100

10,000

9,590

9,370

8,710

7,640

7,140

7.040

7,640

7,840

7,840

8,050

7,440

7,140

348,640

11,250

-

-

June

*7,140

7,940

8,930

9.570

9,260

8,600

8,270

8,050

8,380

8,160

7,540

7,240

7,140

6,940

6.540

6,540

6,640

6,740

6,840

6,840

6,840

6,940

7,540

8,380

8,380

7,740

7,340

7,040

7,040

7,440

227,780

7,593

-

-

July Aug .

7,740 8,000

7,440 8,000

7,040 *9,480

6,740 10,500

6.540 11.100

*6,740 11,000

7,440 9,480

9,040 7,340

9,590 6,840

8,710 7,940

7,340 9,150

6,940 9,370

7,040 9,480

7,340 8,050

7,940 6,940

8,380 6,940

7,540 7,240

6,740 8,380

6,640 8,710

6,540 8,820

6,540 7,640

6,940 6,840

7,440 6,840

7,140 7,240

6,740 8,490

6,940 9,040

6,940 8,710

7,340 7,840

8,600 6,840

10.000 6.640

9,500 *6,840

233,580 255,720

7,535 8,249

-

-

Sept.

7,940

8,600

8.710

7,940

7,140

6,940

6,840

7,040

7,740

7,840

7,440

7,040

6,840

6,640

6,940

7,440

7,740

7,240

6,740

6,640

6,740

7,040

7,540

7,740

7,040

6,540

6.440

6,440

6,940

7,940

217,830

7,261

-

-

Calendar year 1959: Max 27,400 Min 5,590 Mean 9,748 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1959-60: Max 36,400 Min 6,440 Mean 14,800 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.
232 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1975.5. Little Brier Creek near Thomson, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°20'24", long 82°27'29", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

 State Highway 17, 0.5 mile upstream from mouth and 9 miles south of Thonson, McDuffie 

County.

Drainage area. 24 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1951 to June 1960 (annual maximum only), June to September 

1960.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 313.95 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Georgia State Highway Department). 

Prior to June 24, 1960, crest-stage gage at same site and datum.

Extremes. The annual maximum discharges for the water years 1952-60 are contained in the 

following table. Those for 1952-54, and 1957-59 are revised and supersede figures 

published in WSP 1553 and 1623.

Water 

year

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

Date*

Mar. 4, 1952

Sept. 27, 1953

Jan. 16, 1954

April 1955

Mar. 16, 1956

June 1957

Apr. 16, 1958

May 1959

January 1960

Discharge 

(cfs)

981

505

216

550

445

279

848

450

796

Gage height 

(feet)

8.53

7.77

7.02

7.85

7.65

7.22

8.34

7.66

8.26

* Most probable date, based on study of records for nearby stations and precipitation 

records.

1960: Maximum discharge during period June to September, 56 cfs July 29 (gage 

height, 5.62 ft); minimum, 3.0 cfs Sept. 14.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, June 24 to Sept. 30, I960 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

3.1 2.8

3.2 3.8

3.5 7.6

3.9 14

4.5 26

5.1 40

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, June to September I960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May

Calendar year : Max Mln Mean Cfsr

June

_

-

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

*13

20

21

16

13

11

16

_

-

-

-

July

11

8.4

7.2

6.5

6.2

8.2

28

24

13

10

11

*9.5

8.0

8.3

13

9.5

7.3

6.1

5.6

5.7

5.0

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.6

4.6

5.7

21

39

IS

12

327.3

10.6

0.44?

0.51

Aug.

13

10

8.3

7.3

6.6

B.2

6.1

5.2

5.0

4.9

5.2

5.8

5.6

4.8

8.6

12

7.3

5.4

4.6

4.3

3.8

470

IE

»13

!i

8.6

7.5

6.8

5.6

4.8

5.5

225.8

7. 28

0.303

0.35

n In.

Sept.

4.8

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.0

3.7

3.8

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.6

4.0

3.5

3.2

3.5

4.8

6.0

4.9

4.5

4.2

3.6

3.7

4.4

3.8

3.7

3.5

3.9

9.0

*14

To

142.4

4.75

0.198

0.22

Water year : Max Mln Mean Cfsm In.

Discharge measurement made on this day.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 233

1976. Brushy Creek near Wrens, Ga.

Location. Lat 33°10'40", long 82°18'20", at right bank on downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 80, 5 miles southeast of Wrens, Jefferson County, and 5f miles upstream 

from Little Brushy Creek.

Drainage area. 28.0 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1958 to September 1960.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 282.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Georgia State Highway D^oartment).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 752 cfs Mar. 30 (gage height, 7.28 ft); minimum, 

7.2 cfs July 5.

1958-60: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 30, 1960; minimum, that of July 5, 1960.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1959-60 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.7 

2.0 

2.6

Oct. I to Mar. 30 

12

Mar. 31 to July 7

3.6 130

5.0 300

58 6.0 470

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.6

6.0

15

30

58

3.6 

4.6 

5.4

130

244

364

July 8 tc Sept. 30

1.2 12

1.6 22

2.0 36

2.6 63

2.9 81

Discharge; In cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

47

26

20

17

16

14

T5

28

39

26

53

28

28

a360

a270

86

61

56

44

33

a46

a 90

a70

57

43

35

29

27

50

135

82

1,931

62.3

2.22

2.56

Nov.

67

53

40

38

28

28

28

28

28

27

*26

30

28

27

29

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

45

56

33

28

26

24

a24

925

30.8

1.10

1.23

Dec.

a24

a23

a23

a23

a23

a22

a22

*a22

21

21

20

46

47

29

26

24

23

56

50

32

28

*26

26

24

24

23

23

25

26

23

S3

848

27,4

0.979

1.13

Jan.

22

26

52

39

30

45

82

59

41

38

38

31

32

31

30

30

32

65

49

32

30

29

28

30

32

26

39

69

91

349

582

1,909

61.6

2.20

2.54

Feb.

155

102

79

*82

110

86

69

56

53

61

170

108

232

264

110

82

71

71

65

55

50

115

98

70

122

90

66

59

54

2,805

96.7

3.45

3.72

Mar.

45

57

60

94

66

58

55

44

52

64

57

59

53

46

*63

79

63

60

51

44

41

38

36

32

30

30

26

29

43

465

227

2,167

69.9

2.50

2.88

Apr.

114

102

102

110

560

155

94

82

72

64

56

54

55

52

50

49

42

49

44

38

44

38

38

35

33

*32

32

50

42

36

2,124

70.8

2.53

2.82

May

38

34

31

29

28

27

28

78

44

34

32

29

30

24

£3

22

26

19

18

18

18

18

16

16

24

24

28

21

17

14

U

822

26.5

0.946

1.09

June

14

28

33

40

59

30

*25

44

25

17

16

18

16

14

16

14

14

17

15

15

17

54

21

14

16

17

17

15

TS" 13

lo

670

22.3

0.796

0.89

July Aug .

11 34

11 24

10 20

8.4 18

874 17

9.9 17

54 16

56 18

23 15

19 15

20 15

*18 15

17 16

16 15

18 16

17 16

16 15

16 15

15 , 14

15 14

15 13

14 14

14 15

16 *16

16 20

16 16

15 16

26 16

80 15

30 14

35 15

635.7 515

20.5 16.6

0.732 0.593

-0.84 0.68

Sept.

14

21

29

20

16

15

14

14

14

14

IS

14

14

13

14

14

14

14

14

16

14

15

14

14

15

13

13

*18

28

28

483

16.1

0.575

0.64

Calendar year 1959: Max 360 Min 7.8 Mean 27.9 Cfsm 0.996 In. 13.52

Water year 1959-60: Max 465 Mln 8.4 Mean 43.3 Cfsm 1.55 In. J1.02

Peak discharge (base, 250 cfs). Oct. 14 (time unknown) 434 cfs (5.82 ft)j Jan. 30 (10 p.m.) 570 cfs 

(6.48 ft); Feb. 13 (8 p.m.) 398 cfs (5.59 ft); Mar. 30 (7 a.m.) 752 cfs (7.28 ft)j Apr. 5 (6 a.m.) 

490 cfs (6.08 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement, weather records, 

and recorded range In stage.
234

1980. Brier Creek at Milimvp.i, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°56'00", long 81 c 3y'05", near right bank on downstream side of pier of 

highway bridge at Millhaven, Screven County, by lilies upstream from Beaver Darn Creek.

Monthly discharge only for Borne

Drainage area.--646 sq mi.

Records available. October 1936 to September 1900. 

periods, published in WSP 1303.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 95.88 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1923, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 7, 1950, staff gage at site 

200 ft downstream at same datum. June 7, 1950, to Apr. 30, 1951, wire-height gage at 

present site and datum.

Average discharge. 24 years, 642 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,300 efs Apr. 6 (gage height, 13.6 ft); minimum, 243 cfs Sept. S8.

1936-60: Maximum discharge, 25,400 cfs Aug. 16, 1940 (gage height, 17.4 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, G4 cfs Sept. 5-11, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 25.1 ft in September or October 1929, from information by 

Georgia State Highway Department.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by gristmills above station.

Re/isions (water years).--WSP 1383: Drainage area. WSP 1503: 1956.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.5

4.0 

5.0 

7.0

Z43

430

630

1,250

9.0

11.0

12.0

14.0

2,350

4,100

5,600

10,500

ubiu feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960 I- oct -

680

65O

630

630

580

630

780

*930

900

780

755

780

705

755

1,180

1,290

1,840

L ,1)80

1,780

1,510

1,420

Nov.

1.760

1,610

1,420

1,330

1,330

1,420

1,380

1,250

1,100

1,000

900

840

780

755

730

730

70S

680

655

655

655

1 ,560 655

1,460 630

1,2501 630

1,180

1,070

1 , 000

1,100

*1,460

1,780

1,900

35,GC5

1,150

1.75

2.02

655

680

755

870

840 

780

28,200

940

1.46

1.63

Dec. Jan.

755 | 680

755 \ 680

780 i 730

780

755

705

680

655

630

605

605

630

730

730

705

*705

705

900

1.660

1,510

1,290

1,140

1,040

930

900

900

870

840

78u

730

705

26,105

842

1.30

1.50

780

780

810

900

965

1,000

1,180

1,250

1,180

1,210

1,550

1,250

1,140

1,000

965

930

900

900

870

870

930

1,250

1,140

*965

950

930

1,000

1,300

50,745

992

1.54

1.78

Feb.

1,900

2,600

3,000

2 , 800

2,000

2,100

2,800

2,500

2,200

1,900

1,800

2,000

2,700

5,000

4,900

*4,690

4,100

4,540

4,540

2,420

1,900

1,840

1,900

1,840

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,280

2,080

78,570

2,709

4.19

4. 52

Mar.

,080

* .210

,200

,2OO

,100

,100

,000

,000

,000

, 900

,900

,900

,000

1 , 800

1,700

1,900

1,700

1,500

1,500

1,600

1,700

1,700

1,600

1,600

1 , 600

1,600

1,500

1,500

1,500

1.400

1,400

55,390

1,787

2.77

3.19

Apr.

1,400

1,700

2,600

4,000

6,000

9,000

6,000

4,100

4,540

3,800

2,560

1,960

1,660

1,460

*1,380

1,330

1,250

1,180

1,140

1,100

l,04u

1,070

1 , 140

1,210

1,070

965

930

1,000

930

870

68,385

2,280

3.53

3.94

May

965

900

840

965

1,070

930

870

870

840

780

780

780

780

900

1,040

900

755

655

605

560

520

502

484

466

*466

540

484

466

448 

448

450

22,039

711

1.10

1.27

June

414

414

540

680

630

680

680

755

730

730

730

605

520

520

580

560

448

399

399

399

371

448

580

520

540

655

680

680

655 

580

17,122

571

0.884

0.99

July

520

448

430

414

430

385

*449

540

730

930

705

580

540

520

466

414

399

371

357

357

357

357

331

319

331

357

343

385

50£ 

680

780

14,723

475

0.735

0.85

Aug.

755

705

755

730

705

560

466

371

319

307

307

319

319

295

295

385

343

*307

295

289

301

301

307

343

343

357

357

343

319

331

331

12,460

402

0.622

0.72

Sept.

331

319

319

295

289

295

301

319

307

289

307

331

301

283

268

278

307

283

283

319

385

343" 399

295

273

258

248

*248

268 

331

9,072

302

0.467

0.52

.Jar year 1959: Max 2,280 Min 154 Mean 716 Cfsm 1.11 In. 15.04

i year 1S5S-60: Max 9,000 Min 248 Mean 1,087 Cfsm 1.68 In. 22.93

ut Feb. 3 (time and
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

1985. Savannah River near Clyo, Ga.

Location. Lat 32°31'30", long 81°15'45" , on downstream side of center pier of drawspan of 

bridge on Seaboard Air Line Railroad, 3 miles north of Clyo, Effingham County, and at 

mile 50.1 upstream from Savannah.

Drainage area. 9,850 sq m:, approximately.

Records available.--October 132J to September 1933, October 1937 to September 1960. 

Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1303. Gage-height records 

collected at same site 1921-43 by U. S, Weather Bureau (unpublished prior to 1933).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 13.41 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Jan. 31, 1933, staff gage at same 

site and at datum 4.00 ft higher. Jan. 31, 1933, to June 12, 1945, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 27 years, 11,290 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 40,900 cfs Feb. 19 (gage height, 17.35 ft); minimum daily, 6,810 cfs Sept. 28,29.

1929-33, 1937-60: Maximum discharge, 270,000 cfs Oct. 6, 1929 (gage height, 29.7 ft, 

present datum, from information by Corps of Engineers), from rating curve extended 

above 120,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 1,950 cfs Sept. 27, 1931.

Remarks. Records good. Considerable regulation by Clark Hill Reservoir (see p. 228), 

Stevens Creek powerplant, and New Savannah Bluff lock and dam above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1940.

Rating table, water year 1959-60 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

15,600

27,200

40,300

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1959 to September 1960

Feb. Mar. Apr June Sept-.

.51

*11,700 11.600

10,600 12,100

10,4001 12,600

10,9001 13,000

11,400 13,000

12,800

12,800

13,200

13,600

14,200

14,600

15,300

16,000

16,900

17,800

18,400

18,800

18,800

18,800

18,400

Total 

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

578,500j 382,600 

IE, 340

494,800 814,000

27,130

418,510

13,500

347,160

8,239

Calendar year 1959: Max 25,500 

Water year 1959-60: Max 40,300

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

g Computed from once-daily Etaff-gage readings by Corps of Engineers.
236 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 

465, Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°55'10", long 77°15'45", on right bank 20 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 40, 1.0 mile east of Sussex, Sussex County, and 1.5 miles upstream from 

mouth.

Drainage area. 5.4 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. October 1948 to September 1956 (discontinued). 

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 96 ft (by barometer). 

Average discharge. 8 years, 3.54 cfs.

Extremes. 1948-56: Maximum discharge, 228 cfs (revised) Sept. 12, 1950 (gage height, 

6.12 ft); no flow for prolonged periods.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

1142,1303 

1172,1303 

1233 

1333

Water 

year

1949 

1950 

1952 

1954

Date

Aug. 15, 1949. 

Sept. 12, 1950 

Jan. 29, 1952 

May 21, 1954

Discharge 

(cfs)

96 

228 

138 

170

Gage height 

(feet)

4.95 

6.12 

5.37 

5.63

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1950, 1952, and 1954, superseding those published in WSP 1172, 1233, 1303, and 1333, 

are given herewith:

1950 

Sept.12......... 156

1952 

Jan. 28......... 44

29......... 94

1952-Con. 

Apr. 27..

1954 

May 21......... 118

Month

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

Calendar year 1952. .......

May 1954. ...................

Cfs -days

421.0

-

396.0

-

Maximum

156

94

94

118

118

Minimum

0

2.5

0

.7

0

Mean

3.66

4.12

13.6

4.75

12.8

3.56

Per square 

mile

.678

.763

2.52

.880

2.37 

.659

.659

Runoff in 

inches

2.72

9.20

10.37

2.90

'11.98

2.73

8.97

Revised peak discharge. 1951-52: Apr. 27 (6 to 8 p.m.) 83 cfs. 

1953-54! Feb. 22 (4 a.m.) 64 ofs.
REVISIONS OP RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 237

505. North Meherrin River near Keysville, Va.

Location (revised). Lat 37°03'05", long 78°25'20" , on right bank at upstream side of highway bridge, 3.5 miles northeast of Keysville, Charlotte County, and 3.6 miles upstream 

from Owl Creek.

Drainage area. 9.2 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1948 to September 1957 (discontinued). Subsequent to July 1, 

1957, records collected by Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development, 

Division of Water Resources.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Altitude of gage is 475 f'~, (by 

oarometer).

Average discharge. 9 years, 9.35 cfs (revised).

Extremes.--1948-57: Maximum discharge, 1,320 cfs (revised) Apr. 14, 1955 (gage height, 

7.28 ft); minimum, 0.1 cfs Sept. 8, Oct. 4, 1954, and Aug. 9, 1957; minimim gage height, 

0.10 ft July 17-22, Aug. 31, 1953.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated:

WSP

1142,1303

1172,1303

1203

1233

1273

1333

1383

1433

1503

Water 

year

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

Date

Dec. 4, 1948

July 24, 1950

July 16, 1951

Sept. 1, 1952

Nov. 20, 1952

Mar. 1, 1954

Apr. 14, 1955

Oct. 14, 1955

Sept. 17, 1957

Discharge 

(cfs)

755

860

440

1,160

770

890

1,320

725

1,000

Gage height 

(feet)

5.63

6.04

4.55

6.80

5.74

6.06

7.28

5.54

6.45

evisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1949-57, superseding those published in WSP 1142, 1172, 1203, 1233, 1273, 1303, 133c 

1383, 1433, and 1503, are given herewith:

Date

1948

Nov. 28

Dec. 4

30

1949

Mar. 23

1950

July 24

26

Sept. 12

22

1951

July 15

Discharge

188

217

203

114

111

106

143

126

20

Date

1951-Con.

July 16

18

24

Dec. 20

21

1952

Jan. 28

Mar. 11

24

Apr. 27

July 17

Aug. 22

31

Sept. 1

Discharge

43

34

36

69

283

166

94

240

208

48

80

88

126

Date

1952 -Con.

Nov. 20

1953

Jan. 24

Feb. 21

Mar. 24

Aug. 17

1954

Jan. 16

Mar. 1

Oct. 15

1955

Mar. 5

Discharge

304

167

128

136

77

115

182

50

70

Date

1955-Con.

Apr. 14

Aug. 14

17

18

Oct. 14

1956

Feb. 6

1957

Apr. 8

9

Sept. 17

rischarge

312

54

207

276

149

104

140

72

312

Month

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

Calendar year 1949. .......

Calendar year 1950. .......

January 1952 ................

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

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

Water year 1951-52 ........

Calendar year 1952 ........

Cfs-days

841.4

2,793.7

3,768.0

Maximum

217

150

111

14.^

150

283

283

304

Minimum

5.9

.9

n o

1.3

2.4

2 2

c

K; 

.4

2 5

.4

Mean

27.1

13 2

7.65

10.3

8.58

24 1

16.2

15.8

Per square 

mile

2.95

.832

1.12

.933

1.76

1.72

Runoff in 

inches

3.40

11.28

15.24

12.66

3.58

24.00

23.31
238 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

505. North Meherrln River near Keysvllle, Va. Continued

Revised figures of monthly discharge, In cubic feet per second. 1949-E7--Contlnued____

Per square Runoff In Month irile Inches Cfs-days Mean

January 1953................

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

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

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

Water year 1952-53........

Calendar year 1953........

January 1954................

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

Water year 1953-54........

October 1954................

Calendar year 1954........

March 1955..................

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

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

Water year- 1954-55........

October 1955................

Calendar year 1955........

February 1956...............

Water year 1955-56........

Calendar year 1956........

April 1957..................

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

Water year 1956-57........

517.3

492.3

658.5

117.1

167

128

136

77

304

167

16.7

17.6

21.2

3.78

9.49

8.13

1.82

1.91

2.30

.411

1.03

.884

2.10

1.99

2.65

.47

14.00

12.00

573.5

526.3

115

182

182

3.2

4.2

.2

.2

.2

18.5

17.0

6.92

2.36

7.02

2.01

1.85

.752

.257

.763

2.32

2.13

10.22

.30

10.57

457.1

587.0

677.1

312

276

312

149

312

14.7

19.6

21.8

8.67

9.80

9.26

2.13

2.37

.942

1.07

1.01

1.84

2.38

2.73

12.79

1.23

13.66

104

149

104

4.2 

.3

.3

16.3

6.82

6.31

1.77

.741

.686

1.91

10.10

9.34

346.9

584.2

140

312

312

1.8

1.1

.2

11.6

19.5

7.71

1.26

2.12

.838

1.41

2.36

11.37

Revised peak discharge.--1948-49: Dec. 4 (6:30 a.m.) 755 cfs (5.63 ft).

1949-50: Oct. 31 (time unknown) 830 cfs (5.94 ft); May 18 (6 a.m.) 500 cfs (4.70 ft); 

July 24 (11 p.m.) 860 cfs (6.04 ft); July 26 (3:30 p.m.) 770 cfs (5.73 ft); Sept. 12 

(6:30 p.m.) 770 cfs (5.73 ft); Sept. 22 (6 p.m.) 665 cfs (5.34 ft).

1950-51: July 16 (l a.m.) 440 cfs (4.55 ft); July £4 (10 p.m.) 400 cfs (4.20 ft).

1951-52: Dec. 21 (l2:30 a.m.) 800 cfs (5.79 ft); Jan. 28 (3 p.m.) 440 cfs (4.54 ft); 

Mar. 11 (10:30 a.m.) 500 cfs (4.69 ft); Mar. 24 (6 p.m.) 665 cfs (5.34 ft); Apr. 25 

(5 a.m.) 380 cfs (4.12 ft); Apr. 27 (10 a.m.) 890 cfs (6.06 ft); July 17 (11 p.m.) 

500 cfs (4.55 ft); Aug. 22 (3 a.m.) 695 cfs (5.23 ft); Sept. 1 (12:30 a.m.) 1,160 cfs 

(6.80 ft).

1952-53: Nov. 20 (8 a.m.) 770 cfs (5.74 ft); Jan. 24 (8 a.m.) 552 cfs (4.93 ft); Feb. 21 

(2:30 p.m.) 605 cfs (5.14 ft); Mar. 24 (5 a.m.) 695 cfs (5.47 ft); Aug. 17 (9 p.m.) 

710 cfs (5.50 ft).

1953-54: Jan. 16 (2:30 a.m.) 370 cfs (4.03 ft); Mar. 1 (8 a.m.) 890 cfs (6.06 ft); Apr. 1 

(6:30 a.m.) 420 cfs (4.30 ft).

1954-55: Oct. 15 (6 p.m.) 430 cfs (4.37 ft); Mar. 5 (10:30 p.m.) 480 cfs (4.61 ft); 

Apr. 14 (1 p.m.) 1,320 cfs (7.28 ft); Aug. 14 (7:30 p.m.) 360 cfs (3.98 ft); Aug. 18 

(3 a.m.) 960 cfs (6.31 ft).

1955-56: Oct. 14 (4 a.m.) 725 cfs (5.54 ft); Feb. 6 (2 p.m.) 480 cfs (4.58 ft).

1956-57: Apr. 8 (9 p.m.) 635 cfs (5.27 ft); Sept. 17 (5 p.m.) 1,000 efs (6.45 ft).______
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 239

765. Georges Creek near Gretna, Va.

Location. Lat 36°56'10", long 79°18'50", on left bank 15 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 40, 2.8 miles southeast of Gretna, Pittsylvania County, and 5.8 miles 

upstream from Whitehorn Creek.

Drainage area. 9.2 sq ml, approximately.

Records available.--September 1949 to September 1957 (discontlned). Subsequent to July I, 

1957, records collected by Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development, 

Division of Water Resources.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 629.54 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 8 years, 8.77 cfs (revised).

Extremes. 1949-57: Maximum discharge, 1,100 cfs (revised) Sept. 13, 1950 (gage height, 

6.48 ft) , from rating curve extended above 120 cfs on basis of slope-area measurements 

at gage heights 4.93 and 6.23 ft; minimum daily, 1.0 cfs Mar. 12, Apr. 5, 1956.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

1172,1303 

1203 

1233

Water 

year

1950 

1951 

1952

Date

Sept. 13, 

Dec. 4, 

Sept. 1,

1950 

1950 

1952

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,100 

261 

865

Gage height 

(feet)

6.48 

3.77

6.08

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, In cubic feet per second, for the w^ter years 

1950 and 1952, superseding those published in WSP 1172, 1233, and 1303 are given 

herewith:

1950 

Sept.13........... 146

1951 

Dec. 21.

1952 

pr. 27.

Month

Calendar year 1950. .......

Calendar year 1951. .......

April 1952. .................

Calendar year 1952 ........

Cfs-days

503.6

381.3

-

Maximum

146

182

133

151

182

151

Minimum

3.7

2.8

B.O

6.7

2.8

5.5

Mean

8.92

15.7

8.23

16.8

12.7

11.5

11.3

Per square 

mile

1.00

.970

1.71

.895

1.83

1.38

1.25

1.23

Runoff In 

Inches

1C. 60

13.16

1.97

12.14

2.04

1.71

1.54

16.96

16.63

Revised peak discharge.--1949-50: Nov. (8 .) 212 cf3 (3.68 ft); Sept. 13 (4 a.n

cfs (6.48 ft).

1950-51: Dec. 4 (5:30 a.m. ] 261 cfs (3.77 ft).

1951-52: Nov. 1 (9:30 a.m. 209 cfs (3.66 ft); Dec. 21 (8:30 a.m.) 430 cfs (4.£6 ft 

Mar. 11 (9 a.m.) 370 cfs 4.38 ft); Apr. 28 (12:30 a.m.) 340 cfs (4.30 ft); Aug. 5 

(10 p.m.) 330 cfs (4.29 ft); Aug. 20 (3:30 a.m.) 290 cfs (4.09 ft); S=:pt. 1 (2 a.m 

865 cfs (6.08 ft).
240 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITE3

As the number of streams on which streamflow information is likely to be desired far exceeds the number of stream-gaging stations feasible to operate at one time, the Geological 

Survey collects limited streamflow data at sites other than stream-gaging stations. When 

limited streamflow data are collected on a systematic basis over a period of years for use 

in hydrologic analyses, the site at which the data are collected is called a partialrecord station. Data collected at these partial-record stations are usable in low-flow or 

floodflow analyses, depending on the type of data collected. In addition, discharge measurements are made at other sites not included in the partial-record progran. These measurements are generally made in times of drought or flood to give better areal coverage to 

those events. Those measurements and others collected for some special reason are called 

measurements at miscellaneous sites.

Records collected at partial-record stations are presented in two tables. The first is 

a table of discharge measurements at low-flow partial-record stations and the second is a 

table of annual maximum stage and discharge at crest-stage stations. Disclrarge measurements made at miscellaneous sites for both low flow and high flow are giver in a third 

table.

Low-flow partial-record stations

Measurements of streamflow in the area covered by this report made at low-flow partialrecord stations are given in the following table. Most of these measuremerts were .made 

during periods of base flow when streamflow is primarily from ground-water storage. These 

measurements, when correlated with the simultaneous discharge of a nearby stream where 

continuous records are available, will give a picture of the low-flow potentiality of 

stream. The column headed "Period of record" shows the water years in which measurements 

were made at the same, or practically the same, site.

Discharge measurements made at low-flow partial -record stations during water year 1960

Station 

No. Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Period 

of 

record

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Pasquotank River basin

438.5 Pasquotank River 

tributary near 

Elizabeth City, 

N. C.

Lat 36°22'20", long 76°17'40", 

at culvert on U. S. Highway 

17, 2.0 miles above mouth and 

6.3 miles northwest of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County.

a2 1957-60 6-2iS-60 5.77

Chowan River basin

533.8 Cole Creek near 

Gatesville, N. C.

Lat 36°26'30", long 76°46'30", 

at bridge on U. S. Highway 

158, 3 miles northwest of 

Gatesville, Gates County, and 

5.4 miles above Sarera Creek.

30,9 1953, 

1955-60

6-2(3-60 2.09

Roanoke River basin

690.5

707.2

743.6

750.9

751.7

752.2

752.4

752.7

772.6

Belews Creek near

Pine Hall, N. C.

Hogan Creek near

Madison, N. C.

Wolf Island Creek

near Pelham,

N. C.

Hogans Creek near

Providence,

N. C.

Moon Creek near

Providence,

N. C.

Country Line Creek

at Yanceyville,

N. C.

South Country Line

Creek near

Yanceyville,

N. C.

Country Line Creek

near Semora,

N. C.

South Hyco Creek

near Concord,

N. C.

Lat 36°19', long 80°02', at

bridge in Rockingham County,

J mile above mouth and lj

miles east of Pine Hall,

Stokes County.

Lat 36°23', long 79°55', at

bridge, J mile above mouth

and 3^ miles east of Madison,

Rockingham County.

Lat 36°31'50" (revised), long

79°30'10" (revised), at

bridge on State Highway 700,

£ mile above mouth and 2^

miles northwest of Pelham,

Caswell County.

Lat 36°30'50" (revised), long

79°23'00" (revised), at

bridge on old State Highway

86, 1 mile northwest of Providence, Caswell County, and

3^ miles above mouth.

Lat 36°29', long 79°22', at

bridge on old State Highway

86, 1 mile southeast of Providence, Caswell County, and 2

miles below East Prong Moon

Creek.

Lat 36°23', long 79°20', at

highway bridge, 1 mile south

of Yanceyville, Caswell County,

and l£ miles above South

Country Line Creek.

Lat 36°22', long 79°17', at

highway bridge, lj miles below

Penson Creek and 4£ miles

southeast of Yanceyville,

Caswell County.

Lat 36°30', long 79°13', at

highway bridge, 3 miles west

of Semora, Caswell County, and

4t miles above mouth.

Lat 36°2S', long 79°06', at

bridge on State Highway 57, 1

mile above mouth and 2 miles

northwest of Concord, Person

County.

79.3

23.0

68.7

96.1

37.8

47.8

34.8

123

76.6

1954-60

1954,

1956-60

1953-54,

1956-60

1954,

1956-60

1954,

1956-60

1954,

1956-60

1949-54,

1956-60

1954,

1956-60

1953-54,

1956-60

7-26-60

7-26-60

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-2E"-60

7 -2? -60

7-2E-60

5-2E-60

31.2

8.03

10.7

8.82

4.84

7.00

.03

7.58

15.5

at (revised).
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES 241

Discharge measurements made at low-flow partial-record stations during water year 1960 Continued

Station

No. Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Period 

of 

record

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Roanoke River hasIn--Continued

776.6

78Z

797

797.5

798

807.4

Mayo Creek near

Woodsdale, N. C.

Aarons Creek near

Oak Hill, N. C.

Smith Creek near

Norllna, N. C.

Six Pound Creek

near Oakville,

N. C.

Stonehouse Creek

near Littleton,

N. C.

Quankey Creek near

Halifax, N. C.

Lat 36°31'48" (revised), long

78°52'42" (revised), at

highway bridge, 4 miles below

Spoonwater Creek and 5-j miles

northeast of Woodsdale, Person

County.

Lat 36°32'15", long 78°44'28"

(revised), at highway bridge,

 f mile above Southern Ry.

bridge and 6y miles north of

Oak Hill, Qranville County.

Lat 36°31'30" (revised), long

78°14'23" (revised), at highway bridge, 0.2 mile below

Ellington Creek and 6 miles

northwest of Norlina, Warren

County.

Lat 36°31'48" (revised), long

78°04'22" (revised), at highway bridge, lj miles above

mouth and 2§ miles northeast

of Oakville, Warren County.

Lat 36°29', long 77°57', at

highway bridge, 3-fr miles

above mouth and 4^ miles

northwest of Littleton, Warren

County.

Lat 36°20', long 77°36', at

highway bridge, J mile west of

Halifax, Halifax County, and

2j miles above mouth.

51.2

27.6

30.7

11.6

15.8

31.2

1956-60

1956-60

1954-60

1954-60

1956-60

1954,

1959-60

5-25-60

5-25-60

5-24-60

5-24-60

5-24-60

6-26-60

7-20-60

19.7

6.57

14.8

8.41

5.10

5.69

3.28

Pamlico River basin

811.9

816.8

817.2

818.85

818.9

827.6

829.4

834.3

836.1

836.9

845.4

Tar River near

Berea, N. C.

Ruin Creek near

Kittrell, N. C.

Tabbs Creek near

Kittrell, N. C.

Cypress Creek near

Seven Paths,

N. C.

Cypress Creek near

Bunn, N. C.

Red Bud Swamp near

Castalia, N. C.

Bear Swamp near

Brinkleyville,

N. C.

Deep Creek near

Speed, N. C.

Town Creek near

Mercer, N. C.

Otter Creek near

Falkland, N. C.

Durham Creek at

Edward, N. C.

Lat 36°20'02" (revised), long

78°46'06" (revised), at

bridge on U. S. Highway 158,

0.9 mile above Cub Creek and

1-J miles northwest of Berea,

Granville County.

Lat 36°15', long 78°29', at

highway bridge, 1-J miles above

mouth and 2j miles northwest

of Kittrell, Vance County.

Lat 36°11', long 78°27', at

highway bridge, l£ miles above

mouth and 2-J miles south of

Kittrell, Vance County.

Lat 35°59 I 50", long 78°12'40",

at bridge, lj miles west of

Seven Paths, Franklin County,

and 4 5 miles above mouth.

Lat 35°56'40" (revised), long

78°11'20" (revised), at bridge,

 J mile above mouth and 4 miles

southeast of Bunn, Franklin

County.

Lat 36°07', long 78°01', at

culvert, -j mile above mouth

and 3 miles northeast of

Castalia, Nash County.

Lat 36°17 r , long 77°52', at

bridge on State Highway 561,

1-j miles above mouth and if

miles west of Brinkleyville,

Halifax County. ^ ,

La-t 35° 56 '50" (revised), long *

77°28'30" (revised), at highway bridge, 2.1 miles sbuthwest of Speed, Edgecombe

County, and 2.7 miles above

mouth .

Lat 35°49'20", long 77°39''4,0"

(revised), at bridge on State

Highway 43, f mile above Cokey

Swamp and 2 miles southeast of

Mercer, Edgecombe County.

Lat 35°43'2011 (revised), long

77°32'50" (revised), at bridge

on State Highway 43, 2 miles

upstream from mouth and 2

miles northwest of Falkland,

Pitt County. 

Lat SS'ig^S1' (revised), long

76°52'26" (revised), at bridge

on State Highway 33 at Edward,

Beaufort County, 6-J' miles

above mouth.

25.7

27.2

- 69.8

23.6

30.2

18.4

42.0

85.9

91.8

47.4

20.9

1932,

1958-60

1959-60

1949-54,

1956-58,

1960

1960

1954,

1956-60

1954,

1959-60

1960

1954,

1959-60

1954,

1958-60

1954,

1960

1950-54,

1956-60

5-25-60

5-24-60

5-24-60

5-24-60

7-20-60

5-24-60

7-20-60

7-20-60

7-20-60

9- 9-60

6-24-60

6-24-60

6-24-60

6-25-60

3.54

9.01

23.4

14.5

5.23

19.9

6.78

1.41

6.62

14.2

2.4,6

4.49

2.19

2.94

Neuse River basin

848.9 Eno River near 

Carr, N. C.

Lat 36°07', long 79°09', at 

bridge, 2^ miles above McGowan 

Creek and 7 miles southeast of 

Carr, Orange County.

26.6 1960 7- 8-60 6.39
242 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND. MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Discharge measurements made at low-flow partial -record stations during water year 1960 Continued

Station 

No. Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Period 

of 

record

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Neuse Stiver basin Continued

872.7

873.6

874.1

882.4

883.8

891.3

892.4

896. 2

909.8

914.8

919.1

*920.2

925.4

Crabtree Creek

near Raleigh,

N. C.

Big Branch near

Gamer, N. C.

Poplar Creek near

Khlghtdale, N. C.

Hannah Creek near

Blackman, N. C.

Cedar Pork near

Rolesville,

N. C.

Walnut Creek near

Best, N. C.

Bear Creek near La

Grange, N. C.

Southwest Creek

near Woodington,

N. C.

The Slough near

Saulston, N. C.

Rainbow Creek near

Glenfleld, N. C.

Swift Creek near

Coxvllle, N. C.

Palmetto Swamp

near Vanceboro,

N. C.

Beaver Creek near

Phillips Crossroads, N. C.

Lat 35°50'15", long 78°40'26"

(revised), at bridge on U. S.

Highway 70, lj miles above

Mine Creek and 4j miles northwest of Raleigh, Wake County.

Lat 35° 44' (revised), long

78°34' (revised), at highway

bridge , 1 mile above mouth and

3 miles northeast of Garner,

Wake County.

Lat 35°44', long 78°29', at

bridge , J mile above mouth and

4 miles south of Knightdale,

Wake County.

Lat 35°23'50" (revised), long

78°26'00" (revised), at highway bridge, 0.1 mile above

Rock Branch and 2.1 miles

north of Blackman, Johnston

County.

Lat 34°55', long 78°23', at

bridge, i mile above mouth and

3ij miles east of Rolesvllle,

Wake County.

Lat 35°18'571' (revised), long

77°53'01" (revised), at highway bridge, 2.7 miles southwest of Best, Wayne County,

and 4y miles above mouth.

Lat 35°18'51" (revised), long

77°48'56" (revised), at bridge

on U. 3. Highway 70, lj miles

northwest of La Grange, Lenolr

County, and 6-J miles above

mouth .

Lat 35°11'25" (revised), long

77°37'20" (revised), at bridge

on U. S. Highway 258, f mile

northwest of Woodlngton,

Lenolr County, and 4j miles

below Horse Branch.

Lat 35°28'15" (revised), long

77°51'32" (revised), at highway bridge, ^ mile above mouth

and 3 miles northeast of

Saulston, Wayne County.

Lat 35°24'30", long 77°37'20",

at bridge on U. S. Highway

258, 2.1 miles northeast of

Glenfleld, Greene County, and

2.8 miles above mouth.

Lat 35°24'10" (revised), long

77°19'50" (revised), at bridge,

y mile south of Coxville, Pltt

County, and 2.7 miles below

Pork Swamp.

Lat 35°20'20" (revised), long

77°10'20" (revised), at bridge

on State Highway 43, 1.3 miles

above mouth and 2.5 miles

northwest of Vanceboro, Craven

County.

Lat 35°08'00", long 77°27'00",

at highway bridge, l| miles

above mouth and 2.8 miles

north of Phillips Crossroads,

Jones County.

97.8

12.1

8.67

33.6

5.16

9.14

52.2

38.5

21.3

11.6

78.2

24.2

32.8

1932,

1942,

1947,

1949-56,

1958,

1960

1953-58,

1960

1954-58,

1960

1957-60

1960

1955-60

1954-60

1956-57,

1959-60

1957,

1960

1960

1956-57,

1960

1956-70

1956-57,

1960

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-25-60

4-27-60

7-20-60

9- 9-60

4-27-60

7-21-60

4-27-60

7-21-60

7-22-60

4-27-60

7-21-60

7-22-60

6-25-60

6-25-60

7-22-60

9.70

4.20

4.46

12.2

1.24

.76

5.03

3.38

23.9

16.1

2.94

9.75

6.64

5.15

17.7

3.05

1.76

New River basin

928.9 New River tributary near Gum

Branch, N. C.

Lat 34°51'20", long 77°32'20",

at culvert on U. S. Highway

258, 0.6 mile above mouth and

2.7 miles west of Gum Branch,

Onslow County.

5.78 1957,

1960

8-13-57

7-22-60

1.41

9.98

Cape Pear River basin

933.6 ~

949.8

961.2

Troublesome Creek

near Reldsvllle,

N. C.

South Buffalo

Creek at Willow

Rd., at Greensboro, N. C.

Buttermilk Creek

near Burlington,

N. C.

Lat 36°16', long 79°39', at

bridge, on U. S. Highway 29,

! £ miles above mouth and 5^

miles south of Reldsvllle,

Roclclngham County.

Lat 36°02'43", long 79°45'43",

at bridge on Willow Rd., 2i

miles southeast of Greensboro,

Gullford County, and 6y miles

above mouth.

Lat 36°11', long 79°26', at

bridge, Ij miles above mouth

and 7-f miles north of Burlington, Alamance County.

55.1

29.6

15.4

1930,

1949-54,

1960

1954,

1956,

1958-60

1952-57,

1959-60

7-25-60

7- 9-60

7-25-60

8.23

3.34

.02

* Also a crest-stage station.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES 243

Discharge measurements made at low-flow partial-record stations during water year 1960 Continued

Station

Ho. Station name Location

Drainage 

area

(sq ml)

Period 

of

record

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Cape Pear River basin- -Continued

962.3

967.8

968.6

972.2

992.4

994.8

1006.4

1007.1

1007.3

1016.6

1018.2

*1018.9

1025.9

1035.2

1036.2

1039.6

1043.2

1055.2

1056.9

1064.2

Jordan Creek near

Union Ridge,

H. C.

South Prong Stinking Quarter

Creek near Bellemont, N. C.

Cane Creek near

Carrboro, H. C.

New Hope Creek at

U. S. Highway 15

near Durham,

N. C.

Bull Run at Oakdale, H. C.

Riehland Creek

near Archdale,

H. C.

Richland Creek

near Asheboro,

N. C.

Brush Creek near

Coleridge, H. C.

Pork Creek near

Coleridge, N. C.

Rooky River near

Liberty, N. C.

Tick Creek near

Bonlee, N. C.

Bear Creek near

Goldston, N. C.

Barbecue Creek at

Barbecue, N. C.

Stewarts Creek at

Linden, H. C.

Cape Pear River

tributary near

Slocomb, N. C.

Blounts Creek at

Fayetteville,

N. C.

Little Rockfish

Creek near

Cumberland,

N. C.

Harrisons Creek at

White Oak, N. C.

Hammond Creek near

Lisbon, N. C.

Stewarts Creek

near Magnolia,

N. C.

Lat 36°11', long 79°24', at highway bridge, 1 mile south of

Union Ridge, Alamance County,

and 2 miles above mouth.

Lat 35°59', long 79°30', at

highway bridge, 1^ miles above

mouth and 4 miles southwest of

Bellemont, Alamance County.

Lat 35°56', long 79°15', at

highway bridge, 1 mile above

mouth and 10 miles west of

Carrboro, Orange County.

Lat 35°57'34" (revised), long

78°58'54" (revised), at bridge

on U. S. Highway 15, 1 mile

below Sandy Creek and 2^ miles

southwest of Durham, Durham

County.

Lat 35°58'48", long 79°55'37",

at highway bridge, at Oakdale,

Gullford County, and 0.1 mile

above mouth.

Lat 35°56'28", long 79°55'56",

at highway bridge, in Guilford

County, 0.4 mile below Mile

Branch and 2.9 miles northeast

of Archdale.

Lat 35°38', long 79°43', at

highway bridge, 3^ miles above

Bachelors Creek and 8 miles

southeast of Asheboro,

Randolph County.

Lat 35°36', long 79°35', at

bridge on State Highway 22, l£

miles above mouth and 3 miles

southeast of Coleridge,

Randolph County.

Lat 35°32', long 79°39', at

highway bridge, 3 miles above

mouth and 8 miles south of

Coleridge, Randolph County.

Lat 35°45', long 79°33', at

culvert on U. S. Highway 421,

4- mile below Southern Ry., and

P-j miles south of Liberty,

Rar.iolph County.

Lat 35°41', long 79°22', at

highway bridge, 1^ miles above

mouth and 3j- miles northeast

of Bonlee, Chatham County.

Lat 35°38', long 79°18', at

highway bridge, 3 miles northeast of Goldston, Chatham

County, and 6^ miles above

mouth.

Lat 35°20'16", long 79°02'44",

at bridge, 0.3 mile northwest

of Barbecue, Harnett County,

and 0.4 mile above Kiln Creek.

Lat 35°16'09", long 78°45'21",

at highway bridge, ^ mile

above mouth and 1 mile north

of Linden, Cumberland County.

Lat 35°11'13", long 78°47'00",

at bridge, 1.6 miles above

mouth and 2.4 miles northeast

of Slocomb, Cumberland County.

Lat 35°02'25", long 78°53'5l",

at culvert on Whitfield Rd. at

Fayetteville, Cumberland

County, and 0.2 mile above

Branson Creek.

Lat 35°00'38", long 79°00'59",

at bridge, 1.0 mile below

Bones Creek and 2.3 miles west

of Cumberland, Cumberland

County.

Lat 34°43'54" (revised), long

78°42'58" (revised), at highway bridge, 1-J miles south of

White Oak, Bladen County, and

l£ miles above mouth.

Lat 34° 34 '07" (revised), long

78°33'09" (revised), at highway

bridge, 2|- miles above Whites

Creek and 4 miles north of

Lisbon, Bladen County.

Lat 34°54', long 78°09', at

highway bridge, lj miles below

Millers Creek and s£ miles

west of Magnolia, Duplin

County.

21.6

33.3

34.4

36.4

7.75

12.7

34.0

66.9

36.5

4.74

19.3

43.2

31.4

10.1

16.3

4.41

41.1

44.6

17.1

49.0

1952-57,

1959-60

1956-60

1954-60

1932,

1954-60

1954-55,

1960

1954-60

1949-55,

1957,

1960

1954-60

1954-60

1953-55,

1960

1954,

1956-58,

1960

1949-60

1960

1955,

1957-60

1960

1960

1960

1955,

1960

1955,

1957-60

1955-56,

1960

7-25-6C

7- 9-60

7- 9-6C

7-26-6C

7- 8-6C

7- 9-6C

7-26-6C

7-26-6C

7-26-60

7-19-60

7-25-60

7-19-60

7-25-60

7- 9-60

7-19-60

7-19-60

7-26-60

4-26-60

7-19-60

4-26-6C

7-21-6C

4-26-6C

4-26-6C

4-21-6C

4-26-6C

4-26-6C

4-27 -6C

7-22-6C

0

4.96

8.38

4.76

4.98

1.07

.65

3.30

7.12

2.80

2.79

4.42

4.48

.91

.52

.34

.74

32.8

1.97

2.60

.05

3.61

7.23

72.2

31.2

3.06

18.6

5.98

* Also a crest-stage station.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Discharge measurements made at low-flow partial-record stations during water year 1960 Continued

Station 

No. Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Period 

of 

record

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Cape Pear River basin Continued

1067.6

1075.6

1079.9

1085.8

1088.3

1088.31

Mingo Swamp near

Dunn, N. C.

Moores Creek near

Atkinson, N. C.

Muddy Creek near

Chinquapin, N. C.

Holly Shelter

Creek near Maple

Hill, N. C.

Alien Creek near

Southport, N. C.

Bouncing Log

Spring near

Southport, N. C.

Lat 35°16', long 78°35', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 421, 1

mile below Stony Run and 2.7

miles southeast of Dunn,

Harnett County.

Lat 34°33'24" (revised), long

78°07'25" at highway bridge,

2j miles below White Oak

Branch and 3 miles northeast

of Atkinson, Fender County.

Lat 34°50'20"j long 77°50'00",

at highway bridge, 0.6 mile

above mouth and lj miles

northwest of Chinquapin,

Duplin County.

Lat 34°38'20", long 77°44'00",

at highway bridge, 5 mile

above Angola Creek and 2-?,

miles southwest of Maple Hill,

Fender County.

Lat 34°02'47" (revised), long

78°02'12" (revised), at bridge.

400 ft above Bouncing Log

Spring outlet, 2.2 miles below

State Highway 87, and 8-J miles

northeast of Southport, Brunswick County.

Lat 34°02'45", long 78°02'10",

at spring outlet, 300 ft above

Alien Creek and 8-J miles

northeast of Southport, Brunswick County.

50.2

51.9

34.8

b99

9.97

(d)

1955,

1957-60

1949-52,

1956-60

1941,

1960

1960

1956-60

1956-60

4-26-60

7-21-60

4-27-60

4-E7-60

7-2E-60

4-27-60

9-EO-56

4- 4-57

8- 7-57

7- 5-58

9- 5-58

12- 2-58

6-24-59

8-17-59

4-E6-60

9-20-56

4- 4-57

8- 7-57

7- 5-58

9- 5-58

12- 2-58

6-24-59

8-17-59

4-26-60

25.7

5.45

5.93

4.84

4.56

36.1

1.95

12.3

1.87

C7.88

02.72

C6.22

cl.9E

04.04

5.51

.91

.97

.99

1.30

1.26

1.69

1.39

1.39

1.52

Lockwoods Polly River basin

1089.1

1089.2

Pinch Gut Creek

near Bolivia,

N. C.

Royal Oak Swamp

near Supply,

N. C.

Lat 34°02'48" (revised), long

78°10'44" (revised), at bridge

on U. S. Highway 17, lj miles

above mouth and 2 miles southwest of Bolivia, Brunswick

County .

Lat 34°01'53", long 78°17'00",

at bridge on State Highway

211, 1.3 miles northwest of

Supply, Brunswick County, and

2-J miles above mouth.

20.3

17.1

1950-54,

1956-60

1960

11- 5-59

11- 5-59

4-26-60

15.9

30.7

14.6

Waccamaw River basin

1100.5 Seven Creeks near

Pireway, N. C.

Lat 34°02'52", long 78°38'11",

at bridge on State Highway

905, ij miles north of Pireway,

Columbus County, and 2 miles

below Grissett Swamp.

Pee Dee River basin

1110.9

1114.1

1121.7

1145

C1156.1

Yadkin River near

Patterson, N. C.

Moravian Creek

near Wilkesboro,

N. C.

Bugaboo Creek at

Rhonda, N. C.

Little Yadkin

River near

Donnaha, N. C.

North Deep Creek

near Yadkinville, N. C.

Lat 36°01', long 81°30', just

below Buffalo Creek, J mile

below State Highway 268 and 4

miles northeast of Patterson,

Caldwell County.

Lat 36°09', long 81°10', at

bridge on State Highway 268,

i mile above mouth and 1^

miles weat of Wilkesboro,

Wilkes County.

Lat 36°13', long 80°57', at

bridge on State Highway 268,

J mile above mouth and 1 mile

west of Rhonda, Wilkes County.

Lat 36°15' (revised), long

80°27', at highway bridge, lj

miles above mouth and ij miles

northwest of Donnaha, Porsyth

County.

Lat 36°08', long 80°37 ' , at

bridge on U. S. Highway 421,

Ij miles east of Yadkinville,

Yadkin County, and lij miles

above (corrected) Town Branch.

171 1960 5-17-60

7E.4

£6.8

17.8

59.7

34.8

1954-60

1955-56,

1960

1954-60

1940*,

1955-60

1954,

1956-60

5- 6-60

8-30-60

8-31-60

5-23-60

5- 5-60

5- 5-60

7-22-60

8-31-60

0.83

150

118

26.7

30.5

62.4

48.4

24.4

26.2

i Operated as a continuous-record gaging station.

b Approximately.

c Revised.

d Indeterminate.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Discharge measurements made at low-flow partial-record stations during water year I960--Continued

Station 

No. Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Period 

of 

record

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Pee Dee River basin--Continued

1205.8

1214.1

1232.6

1233

1240.8

1241.6

1243.2

1304.9

1305.3

1306

1311

1313

1314.4

1314.8

1326

1356

1361

1380.7

1382.2

Fourth Creek at

Statesville,

N. C.

South Second Creek

near Liberty,

N. C. e/

Little Uwharrle

River near Flint

Hill, N. C.

Caraway Creek near

Flint Hill, N. C.

Clarke Creek near

Harrlsburg,

N. C.

Mallard Creek at

Harrisburg,

N. C.

Reedy Creek at

Rocky River,

N. C.

Thompson Creek

near Cheraw,

S. C.

Naked Creek near

Bennettsvllle,

S. C.

Cedar Creek at

Society Hill,

S. C.

Jeffries Creek

near Darlington,

S. C.

Lynches River near

Jefferson, S. C.

Lynches River near

Bethune, S. C.

Little Lynches

River near

Bethune, S. C.

Buck Swamp near

Floydale, S. C.

Poootaligo River

near Sumter,

S. C.

Black Mingo Creek

at Nesmith,

S. C.

Armstrong Creek at

Sevier, N. C.

North Muddy Creek

near Nebo, N. C.

Lat 35°50', long 80°53', at

bridge, iJr miles above Morrison Creek and 3 miles north of

Statesville, Iredell County.

Lat 35°34', long 80°22', at

highway bridge, 2 miles southwest of Liberty, Rowan County,

and 4j miles above Reedy Creek.

Lat 35°45'50", long 80°00'13"

(revised), at highway bridge,

1 mile above mouth and 5 miles

southwest of Flint Hill, Randolph County.

Lat 35°46'10", long 81°54'20",

at bridge, 2.5 miles southeast

of Flint Hill, Randolph Counts

and 3.0 miles above Little

Caraway Creek.

Lat 35°24'50", long 80°45'08",

at highway bridge, 3.0 miles

above mouth and 8-j miles

northwest of Harrisburg,

Cabarrus County.

Lat 35°20'01", long 80°40'06",

at highway bridge, 0.2 mile

above mouth and 1.3 miles

northwest of Harrisburg,

Cabarrus County.

Lat 35°18'12" (revised), long

80°35'4l" (revised), at highway bridge, 0.3 mile southeast

of Rocky River, Cabarrus

County, and 0.4 mile above

Caldwell Creek.

Lat 34°40 r , long 79°56', at

bridge on county road, J mile

below Seaboard Air Line RR.

bridge and 4 miles southwest

of Cheraw.

Lat 34°40'30", long 79°45'20",

at bridge on State Highway 9,

4.1 miles above Hemdon Branch

and 6.5 miles northwest of

Bennettsville.

Lat 34°31', long 79°51', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 52, at

Society Hill.

Lat 34°14'40", long 79°59'00",

at bridge on State road, 1.8

miles above Atlantic Coast

Line RR. trestle and 7f miles

southwest of Darlington.

Lat 34°37'50", long 80°25'15",

at bridge on State Highway

265, 1 mile below Flat Creek

and 2.2 miles southwest of

Jefferson.

Lat 34"26', long 80°19', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 1, 1.9

miles northeast of Bethune and

2j miles downstream from Cedar

Creek.

Lat 34°24', long 80°23', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 1, 2j

miles southwest of Bethune and

3 miles above Bell Branch.

Lat 34°18', long 79°20' , at

bridge on State road, l£ miles

south of Floydale and 9 miles

above mouth.

Lat 33°48'15", long 80°17'25",

at bridge on State road, 0.3

mile below Briar Branch and

8.7 miles south of Sumter.

Lat 33°40'10", long 79°30'35",

at Seaboard Air Line RR.

trestle at Nesmith and 0.7

mile above Headless Creek.

Santee River basin

Lat 35°38', long 82°01', at

highway bridge, £ mile above

mouth and 1 mile southwest of

Sevier, MoDowell County.

Lat 35° 40', long 81°55', at

highway bridge, l£ miles below

Caleb Branch and 3 miles

southeast of Nebo, McDowell

County.

f!5.5

32.6

43.6

24.1

21.8

41.2

30.8

266

b!6

b55

b20

b!70

b380

163

blOO

b!85

130

29.7

42.9

1947,

1949-51,

1960

1955-60

1957,

1960

1960

1952-60

1955-60

1955-60

1948,

1950-60

1960

1949-60

1960

1952,

1960

1953-60

1951-60

1960

1960

1946,

1959-60

1956-60

1956-60

8-30-6-D

5- 7-60

8-29-60

7-10-60

7-26-60

9-24-60

8-29-60

9-24-60

8-29-60

9-24-60

9- 9-60

7-13-60

5-16-60

7-14-60

6-15-60

5-16-60

5-16-60

7-14-60

7-'25-60

4-27-60

5- 5-60

5- 5-60

8-30-60

11.1

17.0

6.62

5.14

6.17

2.23

5.81

3.35

12.3

7.04

44.7

20.9

89.1

3.17

22.5

*

350

126

40.3

46.6

22.9

67.1

85.3

47.5

b Approximately.

e Formerly published as Second Creek near Liberty.

f Corrected.
246 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Station 

No. Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Period 

of 

record

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Santee River basin Continued

1382.7

1405

1415.6

1423.8

1426.6

1426.9

1427.1

1427.6

1428.9

1430.4

1434.4

1435.6

1437. 8

1446.8

1456.5

1462.3

1464.3

1469

South Muddy Creek

near Bridgewater,

N. C.

¥11 son Creek at

Adako, N. C.

Drowning Creek neai

Hildebran, N. C.

Glade Creek at

Mlllersvllle,

N C

MoDoweil Creek

near Charlotte,

N. C.

Leepers Creek near

Lowesvllle,

N. C.

Kllllan Creek near

Lowes vllle,

N. C.

Stanley Creek near

Mount Holly,

N. C.

Long Creek near

Thrift, N. C.

Jacob Fork at

Ramsey, N. C.

Indian Creek near

Play, N. C.

Beaverdam Creek

near Crouse,

N. C.

Hoyle Creek near

Alexis, N. C.

Little Long Creek

at Dallas, N. C.

Beaverdam Creek

near Clover,

S. C.

Irwln Creek at

Charlotte, N. C.

Briar Creek at

Charlotte, N. C.

Twelve Mile Creek

near Waxhaw,

N. C.

Lat 35°39', long 81°51', at

highway bridge, £ mile below

Long Branch and 4 miles south

of Bridgewater, Burke County.

Lat 35°53'55", long 81°42'58",

at highway bridge, £ mile west

of Adako, Caldwell County, and

lj miles above mouth.

Lat 35°45', long 81°25', at

highway bridge, l£ miles above

mouth and 2i miles northeast

of Hlldebran, Burke County.

Lat 35° 51', long 81°11', i mile

above mouth and £ mile east of

Mlllersvllle, Alexander County.

Lat 35°23'22", long 80°55'16",

at bridge on Beatty Ford Rd.,

2.1 miles below Torrence Creek

and ll£ miles north of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County.

Lat 35°24'50", long 81°03<40"

(revised), at highway bridge,

2f miles west of Lowesvllle,

Lincoln County, and 3 miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°25'00", long 81°01'40",

at bridge on State Highway 273,

1 mile west of Lowesville,

Lincoln County, and 2j miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°20'20" (revised), long

81°01'20" (revised), at highway bridge, ^ mile above mouth

and 3 miles north of Mount

Holly, Gas ton County.

Lat 35°18'53", long 80°56'38",

at bridge on State Highway 16,

1.0 mile above Gum Branch and

2.5 miles northwest of Thrift,

Mecklenburg County.

Lat 35°35'261f , long 81°34'02",

at highway bridge, 0.6 mile

northwest of Ramsey, Burke

County, and 0.7 mile below

Queens Creek.

Lat 35°27'50", long 81°23'50",

at highway bridge, 2-y miles

east of Flay, Lincoln County,

and 4£ miles above Mill Creek.

Lat 35°23'50" (revised), long

81°16'00", at highway bridge,

2j miles above mouth and 2?

miles southeast of Crouse,

Lincoln County.

Lat 35°22'10", long 81°08'50"

(revised), at highway bridge,

1 mile above Little Hoyle

Creek and 2y miles southwest

of Alexis, Gaston County.

Lat 35°19'20" (revised), long

81°09'50", at bridge on State

Highway 275, { mile northeast

of Dallas, Gaston County, and

2j miles above mouth.

Lat 35°06'50", long 81°07'45",

at bridge on State road, 0.4

mile below Camp Run and 5.6

miles east of Clover.

Lat 35°15'35", long 80°50'52",

at highway bridge, 0.2 mile

below U. S. Highway 21 in

Charlotte, Mecklenburg County,

and 3.1 miles above mouth.

Lat 350 14'05", long 80°46'19",

at highway bridge, 0.5 mile

below Norfolk Southern Ry. and

4.2 miles east of Charlotte,

Mecklenburg County.

Lat 34°57', long 80°45', at

bridge on State Highway 16,

0.1 mile below West Pork and

2j miles north of Waxhaw,

Union County.

36.7

69.7

14.7

12.6

26.3

53.0

47.2

9.94

22.0

25.4

26.2

21.2

17.0

6.91

b!7

9.41

5.94

72.4

1957-60

1921-22*,

1954-60

1957-60

1956-60

1955,

1957,

1959-60

1957,

1959-60

1957,

1959-60

1957,

1959-60

1956-57,

1959-60

1960

1959-60

1950,

1955,

1957,

1959-60

1957,

1959-60

1955,

1959-60

1956,

1959-60

1956-57,

1960

1957,

1960

1949-60

5- 5-60 1 75.1

8-30-60

5- 6-60

8-30-60

5- 5-60

9-16-60

5- 5-60

8-30-60

5- 7-60

8-30-60

5- 6-60

8-27-60

8-27-60

5- 6-60

8-27-60

5- 7-60

8-30-60

6-10-60

8-30-60

5-24-60

8-30-60

8-27-60

5- 6-60

8-27-60

5- 6-60

8-27-60

5-23-60

9-10-56

7-17-57

8-27-57

9-24-60

7- 4-57

7-17-57

8- 1-57

8-28-57

8-29-60

11-13-59

12-22-59

1-23-60

2- 9-60

4-12-60

4-25-60

5- 7-60

5-24-60

6-20-60

7-19-60

7-21-60

8- 5-60

8-15-60

8-29-60

9- 9-60

38.8

123

86.5

33.0

18.8

21.4

12.5

17.0

6.59

72.4

33.1

16.1

7.36

3.54

11.6

3.58

35.3

18.3

29.9

15.9

15.8

20.5

11.0

5.93

2.74

13.5

.62

1.22

.64

1.62

.96

.70

.48

.21

1.64

25.8

56.4

40.6

84.8

66.1

37.2

22.0

15.5

7.21

4.02

3.66

4.96

8.43

4.87

2.46

* Operated as a continuous-record gaging station, 

b Approximately.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES 247

Discha

Station 

No.

rKe measurements made at low-flow partial-record stations during water year 1960 Continued

Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Period 

of 

record

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Santee River basin Continued

1474

1483

1502.6

1503.8

1534.8

1536

1537

1537.05

1538

1561

1566

1602

1605.2

1618

1620.2

1653

1669

1674.5

1677.0

1696.1

1696.3

Pishing Creek near

Port Lawn, S. C.

Colonels Creek

near Leesburg,

S. C.

Floyds Creek near

Cliff side, N. C.

Second Broad River

near Logan,

N. C.

Buffalo Creek near

Blacks burg,

S. C.

Kings Creek at

Kings Creek,

S. C.

Thicketty Creek

near Gaffney,

S. C.

Thicketty Creek at

Thicketty, S. C.

Bullock Creek near

Sharon, S. C.

Laws on Fork Creek

near Inman,

S. C.

Sandy River near

Leeds, S. C.

Enoree River at

Taylors, S. C.

Warrior Creek at

Lanford, S. C.

Little River near

Monticello, S. a

Little Cedar Creek

near Rlchtex,

S. C.

Rabon Creek near

Laurens, S. C.

Wilson Creek near

Ninety Six,

S. C.

Little River near

Sllverstreet,

S. C.

Red Bank Creek at

Saluda, S. C.

Sandy Run near

Gaston, S. C.

Big Beaver Creek

near St.

Matthews, S. C.

Lat 34°41'30", long 80°56'25",

at bridge on State Highway 9,

2.3 miles west of Fort Lawn

and 2.8 miles below Tinkers

Creek.

Lat 34°00'25", long 80°43'55",

at bridge on State Highway

262, 0.2 mile above Jumping

Run Creek and 1.9 miles southwest of Leesburg.

Lat 35°13'05" (revised), long

81°50'56" (revised), at highway bridge, li miles above

mouth and 5 miles southeast of

Cliff side, Rutherford County.

Lat 35°27', long 81°55', l£

miles above Little Camp Creek

and 1-Jr miles northwest of

Logan, Rutherford County.

Lat 35°08', long 81°33', at

bridge on State Highway 5, 1-f

miles above mouth and 2 miles

west of Blaclcsburg.

Lat 35°04', long 81*27', at

bridge on State Highway 5 at

Kings Creek, 3-J- miles below

Jumping Branch.

Lat 35°03', long 81°43', 300 ft

above bridge on State road, 1

mile above Beaver Dam Creek

and 4 miles west of Gaffney.

Lat 35°01', long 81°43', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 29A,

at Thicketty, 2 miles above

Llvlngston Creek.

Lat 34°57', long 81°Z3', at

bridge on State Highway 211,

0.7 mile below Clarks Creek

and 2^ miles west of Sharon.

Lat 35°01', long 82°03', at

bridge on county road, 2 miles

above Meadow Creek and 3^

miles southeast of Inman.

Lat 34°37', long 81°22', at

bridge on State Highway 72,

3/8 mile above Little Sandy

River and 2 miles southeast of

Leeds .

Lat 34°55'25", long 82°17'40",

at bridge on county road, at

Taylors, 0.6 mile below

Mountain Creek.

Lat 34°37', long 81°59', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 221,

at Lanford, 4j miles above

mouth .

Lat 34°24'40", long 81°14'20",

at bridge on State Highway 34,

0.6 mile above Lick Branch and

5.2 miles northeast of

Montlcello.

Lat 34°11'20", long 81°06'55",

at bridge on Cedar Creek Rd.,

300 ft above mouth and 3.9

miles east of Rlchtex.

Lat 34°28', long 82°09', 200 ft

above bridge on State Highway

252, 2-J miles above Dirty

Creek, and 7^ miles west of

Laurens.

Lat 34°10', long 81°57', at

bridge on State Highway 34,

1^ miles above mouth and 4

miles east of Ninety Six.

Lat 34°13', long 81°46', at

bridge on State Highway 34,

1.25 miles above Southern

Ry. bridge and 3 miles

west of Sllverstreet.

Lat 33°59', long 81°47', at

bridge on State road at Saluda,

Just below unnamed tributary

and 2 miles above confluence

with Mine Creek.

Lat 33°48'00", long 80°58'15",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 21,

3.9 miles above mouth and 7.6

miles east of Gaston.

Lat 33°44'10", long 80°57'30",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 21,

0.1 mile below Rock Branch and

11.6 miles northwest of St.

Matthews .

b270

b40

27.6

35.7

176

47.6

b25

b39

b84

b8.8

blOO

b49

b23

blOO

b34

b89

b76

b230

b41

b32

b9.9

1957-60

1941,

1960

1950,

1955-60

1949-51,

1960

1947,

1949-60

1947,

1949-52,

1954-60

1958-60

1949-52,

1954-60

1947-54,

1956-57,

1960

1952,

1959-60

1950-54,

1956-57,

1959-60

1952,

1954-55,

1957,

1959-60

1953-55,

1957,

1959-60

1960

1959-60

1955-57,

1959-60

1950-54

1956-60

1953-60

1945,

1953,

1959-60

1955,

1957,

1960

1955,

1960

5- 6-60

9- 7-60

5-27-60

9-14-60

10-27-59

5-24-60

5- 6-60

5-24-60

5-24-60

5- 6-60

5- 5-60

9-26-60

5- 5-60

9-26-60

5- 5-60

9-26-60

5- 5-60

9-26-60

3-23-60

9- 6-60

12-17-59

3-23-60

9- 6-60

12- 9-59

5- 5-60

12- 9-59

5- 5-60

12- 9-59

5- 5-60

12-10-59

5-17-60

6-16-60

9- 7-60

135

51.5

42.2

27.9

58.2

176

51.2

26.8

44.3

57.3

12.3

8.83

39.2

11.2

92.8

42.1

25.2

10.1

93.6

12.6

18.9

37.3

17.5

65.6

97.3

25.3

32.4

91.0

124

6.93

5.98

43.7

12.3

b Approximately.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Discharge measurements made at low-flow partial-record stations during water year 1960--Continued

Station 

No. Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Period 

of 

record

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Edlsto River basin

1725.2

1731.5

1733

1741.5

1744.8

Shaw Creek near

Eureka, S. C.

Llghtwood Knot

Creek near Leesville, S. C.

North Pork Edlsto

River near North,

S. C.

Indian Field Swamp

near St. George,'

S. C.

Pour Hole Swamp

near Dorchester,

S. C.

Lat 33°39'30", long 81°43'05",

at bridge on State road, 0.3

mile above Southern Ry. bridge

and 3.7 miles southeast of

Eureka.

Lat 33°52'35", long 81°26'50",

at bridge on State road, 1.4

miles above Hellhole Creek and

4.8 miles southeast of

Leesvllle.

Lat 33°35'25", long 81°06'20",

at bridge on U. S. Highway

321, 0.9 mile below Big Beaver

Creek and lj miles south of

North.

Lat 33°10'05", long 80°29'55",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 78,

0.2 mile above Southern Ry.

and 4.6 miles east of St.

George.

Lat 33 08 '30", long 80°20'55",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 78,

0.2 mile below Walnut Branch

and 2.9 miles east of

Dorchester.

b50

b8.7

396

b61

560

1946,

1949-54,

1956-60

1949-50,

1959-60

1950-60

1960

1959-60

3-28-60

1F-10-59

5-17-60

6-14-60

6-15-60

6-15-60

77.2

19.6

16.6

429

0

1.98

Ashepoo River basin

1751 Ireland Creek at

Walterboro, S. C

Lat 32°54'15", long 80°40'05",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 15

at Walterboro, 1.6 miles above

mouth .

b35 1950,

1959-60

4-25-60 23.8

Combahee River basin

1752

1757

Salkehatchle River

near Barnwell ,

S. C.

Little Salkehatchie River

near Lodge, S. C.

Lat 33°14'25", long 81°24'30",

at bridge on State Highway 64,

2.7 miles west of Barnwell and

4.0 miles above Turkey Creek.

Lat 33°04'20", long 80°54'50",

at bridge on State Highway 217,

0.5 mile above Hampton and

Branchvllle RR. bridge and 2.3

miles east of Lodge.

64.6

_

1944,

1946,

1952-54,

1960

1960

6- 2-60

6- 2-60

49.9

31.2

Savannah River basin

1804

1834.9

1850.5

1853

1866

1873

1879

1918

1919

1927

Tiger Creek near

Lakemont , Qa .

Chauga River near

Westminster,

S. C.

Big Eastatoe Creek

near Nine Times,

S. C.

Little River near

Salem, S . C .

Conneross Creek at

Richland, S. C.

BAg Qenerostee

Creek near

Starr, S. C.

Broadway Creek

near Anderson,

S. C.

Palling Creek near

Fortsonla, Ga.

Long Creek near

Lexlngton, Ga.

Long Cane Creek

near Abbeville,

S. C.

Lat 34°47', long 83°25', at

county highway bridge, at

Lakemont .

Lat 34 0 39'50", long 83°09'40",

at bridge on State road, 3.9

miles above Toxaway Creek and

3f miles west of Westminster.

Lat 34°56', long 82°53', 400 ft

above bridge on State road,

l£ miles below Little Eastatoe

Creek, and 3 miles northwest

of Nine Times.

Lat 34°50', long 82°56', at

bridge on State road, ^ mile

below Stamp Creek and 4£ miles

southeast of Salem.

Lat 34°41', long 83°02', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 76, at

Richland, l£ miles above Richland Creek.

Lat 34°20'30", long 82°47'40",

300 ft above mouth and 6j

miles southwest of Starr.

Lat 34°30'10", long 82°35'00",

at bridge on State road, 0.1

mile below Cupboard Creek and

3.8 miles east of Anderson.

Lat 34°00', long 82°49', Elbert

County, at county road, ij

miles southwest of Portsonia.

Lat 33°50', long 83°04', Oglethorpe County, at State Highway

10, 3j miles southeast of

Lexlngton.

Lat 34°11'05", long 82°18'15",

at bridge on State Highway 72,

3.4 miles above McCord Creek

and 4.3 miles east of

Abbeville.

b26

b85

b49

b85

40.6

b83

b26

b44

b31

68.6

1959-60

1955-60

1955,

1959-60

1959-60

1949-52,

1954,

1956-60

1951-52,

1954,

1956-60

1949,

1955,

1959-60

1943,

1953,

1955,

1959-60

1943,

1953,

1956,

1959-60

1949-57,

1960

9-26-60

12-10-59

4-26-60

12-11-59

9- 2-60

12-11-59

9- 2-60

12-10-59

4-26-60

12-10-59

4-27-60

12-11-59

9- 2-60

10- 6-59

10- 7-59

12-10-59

5- 5-60

39.4

106

192

74.1

94.4

131

138

47.3

82.1

60.0

98.9

22.4

13.1

9.55

12.8

28.5

41.5

b Approximately.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Discharge measurements made at low-flow partial-record stations during water year 1960 Continued

Station 

No. Station name Location area 

( 3 q mi)

of 

record

Measurements

Date Discharge

(cfs)

Savannah River basin--Continued

1953

195S.3

1963

1969

1971

1972

1975.3

*1975.5

1975.6

Greenbrier Creek

near Appling,

Ga.

Cuffytown Creek

near McCormick,

S. C.

Horn Creek near

Colliers, S. C.

Butler Creek near

Augusta, Ga.

Holley Creek near

Kathwood, S. C.

McBean Creek at

Me Bean, Qa.

Sweetwater Creek

near Bonesville,

Ga.

Little Brier Creek

near Thomason,

Ga.

Sandy Run Creek

near Ely the, Ga.

Lat 33°34', long 82°19 ', Columbia

County at State Highway 47, Z

miles north of Appling.

Lat 33° 55', long 82° 12', at

bridge on State road, 1^ miles

above mouth and 5j miles east

of McCormick.

Lat 33°39'05", long 82°04'25",

at bridge on State road, 1.1

miles above mouth and 3.8

miles south of Colliers.

Lat 33°23', long 82°02', Richmond County, at State Highway

21, 6 miles south of Augusta.

Lat 33°21'35", long 81°48'40",

at bridge on State Highway 125,

1 mile below Town Creek and

2.2 miles northeast of

Kathwood .

Lat 33°14', long 81°57', Richmond County, at State Highway

56 at McBean.

Lat 33°26', long 82°27',

McDuffle County, at State Highway 10, 0.8 mile northwest of

Bonesville.

Lat 33°20', long 82°27',

McDuffie County, at State Highway 17, 2 miles north of Happy

Hollow.

Lat 33°18', long 82°15', Richmond County, at State Highway

4, 3 miles west of Blythe.

33.3

b92

b76

29.4

b87

70.0

7.46

b24

33. E

1943,

1351,

1953,

1955,

1959-60

1960

1959-60

1951,

1953,

1955,

1959-60

1952-54,

1956-57,

1959-60

1951,

1953,

1955,

1959-60

1953,

1955,

1959-60

1951,

1953,

1955,

1959-60

1943,

1953,

1955

1959-60

10- 6-59

5-27-60

3-28-60

5-27-60

10- 6-59

9- 7-60

10- 6-59

10- 5-59

10- 5-59

10- 5-59

12.2

13.2

75.8

32.0

15.5

80.6

61.5

3.78

11.8

26.3

* Also a crest-stage station, 

b Approximately.
250 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Crest-stage partial-record stations

The following table contains annual maximum discharges for crest-stage stations. A 

crest-stage gage is a device which will register the peak stage occurring between inspections of the gage. A stage-discharge relation for each gage is developed from discharge 

measurements made by indirect measurements of peak flow or by current meter. The date of 

the maximum discharge is not always certain but is usually determined by comparison with 

nearby continuous-record stations, weather records, or local inquiry. Orly the maximum 

discharge for each water year is given. Information on some lower floode may have been 

obtained but is not published herein. The years given in the period of record represent 

water years for which the annual maximum has been determined.

Annual maximum discharge at crest-stage partial-record stations

Station 

No.

Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Period 

of 

record

Annual maximum

Date

Gage 

he Ight 

(feet)

Discharge 

(cfs)

James River basin

156

194

202

233

287

292

294

327

342

345

378

388

405

422

427

Cowpasture River

near Headwaters,

va.

Looney Mill Creek

near Buchanan,

Va.

Calfpasture River

near Augusta,

Va.

St. Marys River

near Steeles

Tavern, va.

Cove Creek near

Covesville, Va.

Noruh Pork Hardware River at

Red Hill, va.

South Branch of

North Pork Hardware River near

North Garden, Va,

Schenks Branch at

Charlottesville,

Va.

Wlllls River at

Curdsville, va.

Little Wlllls

River at Curdsville, va.

Falling Creek near

Midlothian, Va.

North Branch

Appomattox River

near Appomattox,

Va.

Flat Creek near

Amelia, Va.

Glebe Creek tributary near

Charles City, Va.

Collins Run near

Providence

Forge, Va.

Lat 38°19'30", long 79°26'14",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 25O,

1.2 miles west of Headwaters.

Lat 37°29'48", long 79°45'28",

5 miles southwest of Buchanan.

Lat 38°16'24", long 79°18'O2",

1.5 miles east of West Augusta,

Lat 37°55'50", long 79°O9'55",

3 miles east of Steeles Tavern.

Lat 37°52'06", long 78°43'32",

at bridge, 1.5 miles southwest

of Covesville.

Lat 37°58'03", long 78°37'04",

0.5 mile west of Red Hill.

Lat 37°57'21", long 78°39'35",

1.5 miles northwest of North

Garden.

Lat 38°02'30", long 78°28'30",

at Rugby Ave. in Mclntlre Park,

Charlottesville.

Lat 37°25'44", long 78°27'35",

1 mile north of Curdsville.

Lat 37°24 1 38" j> long 78°27'35",

0.5 mile south of Curdsville.

Lat 37°27'15", long 77°35'20",

4 miles southeast of

Midlothian.

Lat 37°22'55", long 78°47'24",

3 miles northeast of

Appomattox.

Lat 37°23', long 78°G3', at

bridge on State Highway 681,

6 miles northwest of Amelia.

Lat 37°22'05", long 77°04'15",

2 miles north of Charles City.

Lat 37°23'59", long 77°02'54",

2.5 miles south of Providence

Forge.

11.3

29.6

12.8

15.7

4.O

11.0

6.59

1.34

42.3

7.07

18.1

5.79

73

.7

2.84

1949-60

1950-60

1949-60

1951-60

1944,

1950-60

1950-60

1949-60

1950-60

1950-60

1951-60

1951-60

1955-60

1947*,

1954-60

1948,

1951-60

1948,

1951-60

5- 8-60

2- 3-60

5- 8-60

10-24-59

9-30-60

2-18-60

2-18-60

7-25-60

4- 6-60

4- 6-60

8-18-55

8- 8-59

9-12-60

5- 8-60

5- 8-60

5-26-48

6- 5-51

6-30-52

11-22-52

1-28-54

8-13-55

7-29-56

12-16-56

5-25-58

12-29-58

9-13-60

9-13-60

4.21

8.10

3.54

4.48

(a)

4.10

5.10

6.81

6.87

5.56

7.50

6.95

8.62

5.51

7.8O

4.64

2.8

2.58

2.14

1.76

4.20

2.18

2.08

2.68

2.18

2.82

4.86

340

3,150

880

1,100

<1OO

125

360

390

(t)

430

b943

b780

1,450

560

1,700

555

bllo

b65

b!6

b4

286

b!9

b!3

b85

b!9

110

240

Dismal Swamp basin

435.5 Polly Swamp near 

Sunbury, N. C.

Lat 36°29'20", long 76°34'30", 

at culvert on State Highway 32, 

1.5 miles above Dismal Swamp 

and 4.0 miles north of Sunburx 

Gates County.

3.43 1953-58, 

1960

7-30-60 21.33 530

Chowan River basin

484 Seacock Creek near 

Ivor, Va.

Lat 36°55'28", long 76°55'48", 

2 miles northwest of Ivor.

27.4 1950-60 9-12-60 7.26 c4,OOO

t Discharge not determined.

* Operated as a continuous-record gaging station.

a Peak stage did not reach bottom of gage.

t Revised.

c About,
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES 251

Annual maximum discharge at crest-stage partial-record stations Continued

Station 

No.

Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Period 

of 

record

Annual maximum

Date

Gage 

he ight 

(feet)

Discharge 

(cfs)

Chowan River basin Continued

497

517

531.1

531.7

535.3

Cypress Swamp near

Burdette, Va.

Rocky Run at

Lawrenceville ,

Va.

Wildcat Swamp near

Jackson, N. C.

Cutawhiskie Creek

near Woodland,

N. C.

Chinkapin Swamp

near Colerain,

N. C.

Lat 36°44'29", long 76°56'18",

3 miles southwest of Burdette.

Lat 36°46'15", long 77°50'30",

0.8 mile northeast of

Lawr enc e v 1 1 le .

Lat 36°26', long 77°22', at culvert on U. S. Highway 158, 4

miles northeast of Jackson,

Northampton County, and 8j

miles above mouth.

Lat 36°18', long 77°12', at

bridge on State Highway 35, 2£

miles south of Woodland, Northampton County, and 6-j miles

above Chapel Branch.

Lat Z6°U< , long 76 0 47', at culvert on State Highway 350,

0.8 mile above Peele Branch

and 1.0 mile west of Colerain,

Bertie County.

8.55

6.16

.7

11.8

8.89

1950-60

1954-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

9-12-50

3- -51

1-29-52

2- -53

1- -54

4-Z6-55

2- 9-56

2- 4-57

5- 6-58

12-30-58

9-12-60

12-30-59

9-12-60

9-12-60

9-12-60

5.30

5.Z5

5.20

3.61

5.52

5.36

5.05

4.74

6.17

4.65

9.85

5.70

425.8

23.27

23.25

b!50

b!48

b!45

b73

b!62

b!52

b!37

b!22

b!97

bll8

(t)

(t)

150

1,050

795

Roanoke River basin

613

686.1

686.6

690.3

708.1

710

714.1

751.6

752.3

759

772.1

773.1

796

Nininger Creek

near Bedford, Va.

Vade Mecum Creek

tributary near

Moore s Springs,

N. C.

Little Snow Creek

near Lawsonville,

N. C.

Be lews Creek near

Kernersville,

N. C.

Jacobs Creek near

tfentworth, N. C.

Nicholas Creek

near Perrum, Va.

Matrimony Creek

near Leaksville,

N. C.

Moon Creek near

Yanceyvllle,

N. C.

South Country Line

Creek near Hightowers, N. C.

Lawsons Creek at

Turbeville, Va.

Cobbs Creek tributary near Leasburg, N. C.

Storys Creek near

Roxboro, N. C.

Jolly Holly Branch

at Boydton, Va.

Lat 37°16'26", long 79°29'31",

4 miles south of Bedford.

Lat 36°24', long 80°20 ' (revised),

at culvert on State Highway 66,

2 miles above mouth and 2^

miles west of Moores Springs,

Stokes County.

Lat 36°28', long 80°10', at

bridge £ mile above mouth and

3^ miles southeast of Lawsonvllle, Stokes County.

Lat 36°12 I 30", long 80°04'30",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 158,

4.7 miles above East Belews

Creek and 6 miles north of

Kernersville, Forsyth County.

Lat 36°21'( revised), long 79°53'

(revised) , at bridge 3<? miles

above mouth and 7-J- miles southwest of Wentworth, Rockingham

County.

Lat 36°52', long 80°03', at

bridge on State Highway 605,

5 miles northwest of Henry.

Lat 36°31'40"(revised), long

79°50'10", at bridge, 0.5 mile

above Little Matrimony Creek

and 5 miles northwest of

Leaksville, Rockingham County.

Lat 36°28' long 79°23', at

bridge, | mile below East

Prong and 5^ miles northwest

of Yanceyvllle, Caswell County.

Lat 36°19' long 79°18', at

bridge if miles above Penson

Creek and 3j miles west of

Hightowers, Caswell County.

Lat 36°36'41 f', long 79°01'28" J

1 mile southeast of Turbeville.

Lat 36°23', long 79°10', at culvert, lj miles south of Leasburg, Caswell County, and lg

miles above mouth.

Lat 36°24', long 79°01', at culvert on State Highway 57 , lj

miles above Lake Isaac Walton

and 2j miles west of Roxboro,

Person County.

Lat 36°40'38", long 78°23'13",

0.5 mile north of Boydton.

4.77

b.31

b5.44

14.9

b!6.2

e!4

12.0

29.9

7.13

8.7

cl

2.04

3.60

1949-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1949-60

1958-60

1954-60

1954-60

1951-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

3- 9-60

5- 8-60

5- 8-60

2-18-60

10-10-59

5- 8-60

11-18-57

10-10-59

10-10-59

10-10-59

10-10-59

11-24-59

9-12-60

2-18-60

2.54

21.62

22.02

22.69

25.13

5.43

f!7.69

15.31

18.27

18.55

14.0

20.26

20.08

4.00

270

275

820

740

970

(t)

M(t)

1,400

(t)

7,740

76

240

(t)

t Discharge not determined.

b Revised.

c About.

d Computed from curve of relation with downstream gage.

e Approximately.

f Peak published for 1958 water year in WSP 1553 was not the annual maximum.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Annual maximum discharge at crest-stage partial-record stations Continued

Station 

No.

Station name Location

Drainage 

(set mi)

Period 

of 

record

Annual maximum

late

Qage 

height 

(feet)

Discharge 

(ofs)

Roanoke River basin Continued

810.6

811.1

Smithwick Creek

tributary near

Williamston,

N. C.

White Oak Swamp

near Windsor,

N. C.

Lat 35°43'50"(revlsed), long

77°04'40", at culvert on TJ. S.

Highway 17, ^ mile above mouth

and 9.5 miles south of

Williamston, Martin County.

Lat 36°04', long 76°59', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 13,

 J mile above mouth and 6 miles

north of Windsor, Bertie

County.

0.92

17.1

1953-60

1953-60

9-12-60

9-12-60

22.65

20.74

115

gl,450

Pamlico River basin

*812.1

817.1

825.4

8S6.3

*828.3

830.9

834.1

842.4

845.2

845.7

Shelton Creek near

Oxford, N. C.

Long Creek at

Kittrell, N. C.

Wildcat Branch

near Mapleville,

N. C.

Harts Mill Run

near Tarboro,

N. C.

Fishing Creek near

War rent on, N. C.

Beaverdam Swamp

near Heathsville,

N. C.

Deep Creek near

Scotland Neck,

N. C.

Collie Swamp near

Everette, N. C.

Upper Goose Creek

near Yeatsville,

N. C.

Acre Swamp near

Ptnetown, N. C.

Lat 36°18'47", long 78°43'16"

(revised), at culvert on U. S.

Highway 158. if miles above

mouth and 7§ miles west of

Oxford, Qranville County.

Lat 36°14' long 78°27', at

bridge, f mile west of

Kittrell, Vance County, and 2-|

miles above mouth.

Lat 36°04', long 78 °09', at culvert, 1-f miles above mouth and

5 miles east of Mapleville,

Franklin County.

Lat 35°55'40"(revised) , long

77°37'10", at bridge on TJ. S.

Highway 64, 2jj miles above

mouth and 5 miles northwest of

Tarboro, Edgecombe County.

Lat 36°23' long 78°11', at

bridge, J mile below Phoebes

Creek and 2 miles southwest of

hfarrenton, Warren County.

Lat 36°17', long 77°42 ' , at culvert on State Highway 561, 3.5

miles northeast of Heathsville,

Halifax County, and 6 miles

above mouth.

Lat 36°10', long 77°28', at culvert on State Highway 125, 3

miles west of Scotland Neck,

Halifax County, and 4-J- miles

above Canal Creek.

Lat 35°49'30", long 77°12'00"

(revised), at bridge on U. S.

Highway 64, 1.6 miles west of

Everetts, Martin County, and

4.8 miles above mouth.

Lat 35°31'25", long 76°53'23",

at culvert on U. S. Highway

264, 5.2 miles above mouth and

8.5 miles west of Yeatsville,

Beaufort County.

Lat 35°35'02", long 76°50'23",

at bridge on State Highway 32,

2 miles below Fork Swamp and

2-J miles southeast of Pinetown, Beaufort County.

22.6

3.26

.35

b8.58

44.7

9.44

11.7

29.0

bl.49

b32.2

1954-60

1954-60

1953-60

1953-60

1954-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

11-24-59

9-12-60

10-10-59

9-12-60

5- 8-60

9-12-60

10-11-59

9-12-60

9-12-60

9-12-60

17.69

17.52

25.49

21.81

17.98

21.87

19.15

22.44

22.28

21.51

(t)

500

255

680

1,280

920

g2,080

1,500

163

960

Neuse River basin

850.2

851.9

870.3

871.4

872.4

875.8

Stony Creek tributary near

Hillsboro, N. C.

North Fork Little

River tributary

near Rougemont,

U. C.

Lick Creek near

Durham, N. C.

Lower Barton Creek

tributary near

Raleigh, N. C.

Stirrup Iron Creek

tributary near

Nelson, N. C.

Swift Creek near

Apex. N. C.

Lat 36°03', long 79°02', at culvert, 1 mile above mouth and

4-f miles (revised) southeast

of Hillsboro, Orange County.

Lat 36°12', long 79°01' J at culvert on State Highway 57, ijmiles above mouth and 6 miles

west of Rougemont, Orange

County.

Lat 35°58'50", long 78°44'19"

(revised), at culvert on State

Highway 98, 0.2 mile below

Rocky Branch and 8 miles east

of Durham, Durham County.

Lat 35°54'4t" (revised), long

78°40'55", at culvert on State

Highway 50, 1.6 miles above

mouth and 7 miles north of

Raleigh, Wake County.

Lat 35 °53' 06" (re vised), long

78 °49' 37" (revised), at culvert,

0.5 mile above mouth and 1^

miles east of Kelson, Durham

County.

Lat 35°43', long 78°45', at

bridge, 2f miles below Williams

Creek and 6 miles east of Apex,

Wake County.

bl.12

1.43

13.6

.63

.25

19.5

1953-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1952,

1954-60

1954-60

11-24-59

5-28-60

2- 5-60

2- 5-60

5- 8-60

2- 5-60

21.57

22.66

19.96

20.72

47.23

21.79

125

255

730

76

64

1,190

* Also a low-flow partial-record station.

t Discharge not determined.

b Revised."

g Estimated.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Annual maximum discharge at crest-stage partial-record stations Continued

Station 

No.

Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Period 

of 

r e c ord

Annual maximum

Date

Gage 

he ight 

(feet)

Discharge 

(cfs)

Neuse River basin Continued

879.1

881.4

882.1

884.2

905.6

907.8

909.6

914.3

918.1

*920.2

921.2

922.9

925.2

Middle Creek near

Holly Springs,

N. C.

Stone Creek near

Newton Grove,

N. C.

Hannah Creek near

Benson, N. C.

Long Creek near

Selma, N. C.

Lee Swamp tributary

near Lucama, N. C.

White oak Swamp

tributary near

Wilson, N. C.

Nahunta Swamp near

Plkevllle, N. C.

Shepherd Ran near

Snow Hill, N. C.

Halfmoon Creek

near Port Barnwell, N. C.

Palmetto Swamp

near Vanceboro,

N. C.

Batchelders Creek

near Hew Bern,

N. C.

Rattlesnake Branch

near Comfort,

N. C. i/

Vine Swamp near

"Inston, N. C.

92G.2 Upper Broad Creek

tributary near

Grantsboro, N. C.

Lat 35°39', long 78°48', at culvert, 1 mile above Oxford Lake

and if miles northeast of

Holly Springs, Wake County.

Lat 35°20', long 78°22', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 701 In

Johnston County, 1 mile above

mouth and 65 miles north of

Newton Grove.

Lat 35°24', long 78°31', at culvert on U. S. Highway 301, 2

miles northeast of Benson,

Johnston County, and 3 miles

above Stony Pork.

Lat 35°38', long 78°15', at culvert on State Highway 39, 2f

miles above mouth and 7 miles

northeast of Selma, Johnston

County.

Lat 35°38'20", long 78°01'40",

at culvert on U. S. Highway 301,

0.5 mile above mouth and 1.1

miles southwest of Lucama,

Wilson County.

Lat 35°42'20"(revised), long

77°47'10", at culvert, 1.9

miles above mouth and 7 miles

east of Wilson, Wilson County.

Lat 35°30'40", long 77°59'GO",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 117,

i mile below Atlantic Coast

Line RR. and 1 mile north of

Pikevllle, Wayne County.

Lat 35°26'10", long 77°38'40",

at culvert on U. S. Highway

258, 1 mile above mouth and

2.0 miles south of Snow Hill,

Greene County.

Lat 35°18'00", long 77°21'10"

(revised), at bridge on State

Highway 55, 1.5 miles northwest of Port Barnwell, Craven

County, and 2.3 miles above

mouth.

See previous table.

Lat 35°09'00", long 77 "10 '20",-

at bridge on U. S. Highway 70,

2.1 miles below Rollover Creek

and 6.7 miles northwest of

New Bern, Craven County.

Lat 35°00'30", long 77°35'50",

at culvert on State Highway 41,

i-j miles above mouth and 5j

miles west of Comfort, Jones

County.

Lat 35°09'29", long 77°33'16",

at bridge on State Highway 12,

7 miles south of Kinston,

Lenoir County, and 9 miles

above mouth.

Lat 35 0 08', long 76°56', at

bridge on State Highway 55, 1

mile above mouth and 5^ miles

west of Grantsboro, Pamlico

County.

8.23

27.9

2.59

6.87

b2.83

2.60

18.6

1.47

4.87

24.2

33.6

3.35

5.64

3.31

1954-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

2- 5-60

9-12-60

9-12-60

1- -54

3-16-56

6- 9-57

10-24-59

7-30-60

9-12-60

7- -53

1- -54

8-21-56

4-12-59

. 7-30-60

9-12-60

9-12-60

9-12-60

7- -59

9-12-60

7-29-60

9-12-60

12-18-59

23.18

23.06

21.65

22.86

22.57

22.78

24.96

25.96

22.65

17.10

17.96

16.98

17.23

20.38

21.69

20.11

22.16

hlB. 07

17.31

24.07

22.91

19.86

430

1,420

240

bl,200

b900

bl,400

2,050

508

680

b286

b365

b!78

340

1,070

320

550

1,080

hi, 000

1,250

685

540

77

White Oak River basin

*927.2

927.8

White Oak River at

Belgrade, N. C.

Bell Swamp near

Hubert, N. C.

Lat 34°53'50", long 77°14'00",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 17,

0.8 mile north of Belgrade,

Onslow County, and 1.1 miles

above Mirey Branch.

Lat 34°42'04r', long 77°14'01",

at culvert on State Highway

172, 1.1 miles southwest of

Hubert, Onslow County, and 2.0

miles above mouth.

53.3

4.95

1953-60

1953-60

7-30-60

2-25-60

13.95

21.33

689

195

New River basin

930.4 Southwest Creek 

tributary near 

Jacksonville, 

N. C.

Lat 34°47'20", long 77°33'10", 

at culvert , i mile above mouth, 

and 8 miles (revised) northwest of Jacksonville, Onslow 

County.

bl.OO 1953-60 9-12-60 22.31 267

* Also a low-now partial-record station.

b Revised.

h Peak published for 1959 wat-°r year in WSP 1623 was not the annual maximum.

i Formerly published as Tuekahoe Swamp tributary.
254 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Annual maximum discharge at crest-stage partial-record stations Continued

Station 

No.

Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Period 

of 

record

Annual maximum

Date

Qage 

he ight 

(feet)

Discharge 

(cfs)

New River basin Continued

930.7 Southwest Creek 

near Jacksonville, N, C.

Lat 34°44'00", long 77°32'00", 

at bridge on State Highway 53, 

0.5 mile above Harris Creek 

and 4.5 miles southwest of 

Jacksonville, Onslow County.

26.9 1953-60 7-30-60 21.40 1,380

Cape Fear River basin

932.9

966.6

967.4

970.1

979.1

985

1010.3

1014.8

*1018.9

1029.1

1029.3

1033.9

1040.8

1055.7

* 1056. 3

1062.4

1064.1

Haw River near

Summer fie Id,

N. C.

Rock Creek near

Whitsett, N. C.

Gun Branch near

Alamance, N. C.

Robeson Creek near

Pittsboro, N. C.

White Oak Creek

near Wllsonville,

N, C.

West Pork Deep

River near High

Point, N. C.

Palls Creek near

Bennett, N. C.

Sugar Creek near

Tramway, N. C.

Bear Creek near

Qoldston, N. C.

Dunhams Creek

tributary near

Carthage, N. C.

Crane Creek near

Vass, N. C.

South Prong Andersen Creek near

Lillington, N. C.

Reese Creek near

Payetteville,

N. C.

Browns Creek near

Elisabethtown,

N. C,

Turnbull Creek

near Elizabethtown, N. C.

Turkey Creek near

Turkey, N. C.

Stewarts Creek

tributary nearWarsaw, N. C.

Lat 36 "14 '32 "(revised), long

79°52'20", at bridge, 3j miles

northeast of Summerfield,

Guilford County, and 6 miles

above Hears Fork Creek.

Lat 36°04', long 79°36', at culvert on U. S. Highway 70A, -f

mile above mouth and 2 miles

west of Whitsett, Quilford

County.

Lat 36°04', long 79°29', at

bridge on State Highway 62,

1 mile north of Alamance, Alamance County, and l4 miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°43', long 79°13', at culvert, 500 ft above culvert on

U. S. Highway 64 and 1-J miles

west of Pittsboro, Chatham

County.

Lat 35°45', long 79°01', at

bridge, 1 mile above mouth and

1 mile north of Wilsonville,

Chatham County.

Lat 36°00'15", long 79 "58 '42",

2,300 ft above bridge and High

Point Lake and 2.5 miles northeast of High Point, Quilford

County.

Lat 35°33', long 79°30', at culvert on State Highway 902, 2j

miles southeast of Bennett,

Chatham County, and 6 miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°25', long 79°15>, at culvert, 1-jj miles above mouth and

2 miles southwest of Tramway,

Lee County.

See previous table.

Lat 35°19', long 79°23', at culvert, J mile above mouth and

3j miles southeast of Carthage,

Moore County.

Lat 35°17', long 79°16', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 1, \

mile above Little Crane Creek

and 2 miles northeast of Vass,

Moore County.

Lat 35°15'31", long 78°55'27",

at culvert on State Highway

210, 2^ miles above mouth and

11 miles southwest of Lillington, Harnett County.

Lat 35°04'49", long 78°47'45",

at bridge on old U. S. Highway

301, 3.2 miles above mouth and

4.3 miles northeast of

Fayetteville, Cumberland

County.

Lat 34°36'32"(revised) , long

78°36'57"(revised), at bridge

on U. S. Highway 701, 1.5

miles south of Elizabethtown,

Bladen County, and 3j miles

above mouth.

Lat 34°41'32", long 78"35'02"

(revised), at bridge, 4-J miles

northeast of Elizabethtown,

Bladen County, and 6 miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°00', long 78°11', at

bridge, 1 mile north of

Turkey, Sampson County, and 2f

miles above mouth.

Lat 34°57', long 78°04', at culvert or. U. S. Highway 117, -J

mile above mouth and 3 miles

southeast of Warsaw, Duplin

County.

26.3

14.4

5.02

1.13

23.6

32.1

b2.97

.85

43.2

2.19

32.4

7.20

8.05

b!4.1

b64.1

15.7

b.64

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1924-60,

1929-58*,

1960

1954-60

1954-60

1952-60

1954-60

1954-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1949,

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

10-10-59

2- 5-60

11-24-59

1-30-60

4- 5-60

10-10-59

1-30-60

1-30-60

1-31-60

2- 5-60

2- 5-60

10-10-59

9-12-60

7-29-60

7-29-60

7-29-60

7-29-60

23.25

16.76

17.28

22.91

22.76

15.9

21.91

20.30

910

(t)

308

146

750

4,730

420

64

!

|

21.44

21.03

21.29

21.40

18.91

19.48

22.52

22.19

22.89

2,610

75

660

135

200

460

650

910

83

* Also a low-flow partial-record station. 

t Discharge not determined.

* Operated as a continuous-record gaging station, 

b Revised.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES 255

Annual maximum discharge at crest-stage partial-record stations Continued

Station 

No.

Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Period 

of 

record

Annual maximum

Date

Gage 

height 

(feet)

Discharge 

(cfs)

Cape Fear River basin Continued

1069.1

1075.9

1076.2

1079.8

1086.1

1086.3

Big Swamp near

Roseboro, N. C.

Northeast Cape

Fear River tributary near Mount

Olive, N. C.

Mathews Creek near

Pink Hill, N. C.

Limestone Creek

near Beulavllle,

N. C.

Pike Creek near

Burgaw, N. C.

Turkey Creek near

Castle Hayne,

N. C.

Lat 34°58'38", long 78°34'07",

at bridge on State Highway 24,

4 miles northwest of Roseboro ,

Sampson County, and 5 miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°ll'06"(revised), long

77°57'34"(revised), at culvert

on State Highway 55, 1.4 miles

above mouth and 5.9 miles east

of Mount Olive, Wayne County.

Lat 35 °05' 49" (revised), long

77°49'10", at bridge on State

Highway 111, 1 mile above

mouth and 5j miles northwest

of Pink Hill, Duplin County.

Lat 34°55'40", Long 77°48'10 ,

at bridge on State Highway 24,

lj miles west of Beulaville,

Duplin County, and 2j miles

above mouth.

Lat 34°30'00", long 77°54'10",

at culvert on U. S. Highway

117, 4.2 miles south of Burgaw,

Fender County, and 4.4 miles

above mouth.

Lat 34°23'50", long 77°54'50",

at bridge on State Highway 40

in Fender County, 3-j miles

above mouth and 5 miles north

of Castle Hayne.

32.3

.8

9.29

49.7

.55

10.2

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

9-12-60 21.32

7-30-60

7-30-60

7-30-60

7-30-60

9-12-60

20.70

21.11

23.59

23.07

23.39

1,020

76

360

2,150

444

630

Waccamaw River basin

1089.6

1096.4

1100.2

Buckhead Branch

near Bolton,

N. C.

Wet Ash Swamp near

Ash, N. C.

Mill Branch near

Tabor City, N. C.

Lat 34°20'52", long 78°26'19",

at culvert on State Highway

211, 0.8 mile (revised) above

mouth and 2.6 miles (revised)

northwest of Bolton, Columbus

County.

Lat 34°02'17", long 78°30'13",

at bridge on State Highway 130,

0.6 mile above Flat Branch and

2.2 miles east of Ash, Brunswick County.

Lat 34°11', long 78°48', at culvert on U. S. Highway 701, 2j

miles above mouth and 4-J miles

northeast of Tabor City,

15.3

19.7

3.85

Columbus County. j

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

7-30-60

7-30-60

21.79) 860

21.38

7-30-60 25.5

1,450

981

Pee Dee River basin

1113.4

1124.1

1140

1155.2

1155.4

1158.4

1174.1

1208. E

South Prong Lewis

Fork Creek near

North Wilkesboro,

N. C.

Fisher River near

Bottom, N. C.

Ararat River near

Pilot Mountain,

N. C.

Logan Creek near

Smithtown, N. C.

South Deep Creek

near Yadkinville,

N. C.

Kerners Mill Creek

near Kernersville, N. C. j/

McClelland Creek

near Statesville, N. C.

Deal Branch near

Salisbury, N. C.

Lat 36°11', long 81°22', at culvert on U. S. Highway 421, 10

miles above North Prong and

15 miles west of North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County.

Lat 36°27', long 80°46', at

bridge, 3 miles south of Bottom, Surry County, and 5 miles

above Little Fisher River.

Lat 36°22', long 80°32', at dam,

lj miles above Pilot Creek and

4^- miles southwest of Pilot

Mountain, Surry County.

Lat 36°13 T , long 80°34 T , at culvert on State Highway 67, 1

mile south of Smithtown, Yadkin County, and 9j miles above

Spillman Creek.

Lat 36°08', long 80°46', at

bridge, 6-J miles west of Yadkinville, Yadkin County, and

15j miles above North Deep

Creek.

Lat 36°06'20", long 80°06'20",

at culvert on State Highway

150, 2-j- miles southwest of

Kernersvllle, Forsyth County,

and 3J miles above Fishers

Creek.

Lat 35°57', long 80°57', at culvert on State Highway 115, 2-J

miles above mouth and 12 miles

northwest of Statesville,

Iredell County.

Lat 35°44'40", long 80°30'S5",

at culvert on U. S. Highway

601, 3-j- miles above mouth and

3-J miles north of Salisbury,

Rowan County.

c!5

44.7

287

1.08

19.5

E.21

1.6

3.88

1955-60

1954-60

1338,

1940,

1947,

1353-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

9- 7-60

10- 1-59

2-18-60

10-10-59

10-10-59

10-10-59

Z- 2-60

1954-SO 2- 5-BO

12.58

15.85

100.39

2? . 05

24.87

20.81

17.76

20.75

( + )

2,560

5,450

435

6,750

750

226

69u

t Discharge not determined.

c About.

j Formerly published as Fishers Branch.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AMD MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Annual maximum discharge at crest-stage partlal-rec 3rd stations Continued

Station 

No.

Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

of

record

Annual maximum

Date

Qage 

height 

(feet)

Discharge

Pee Dee River Da

"b 1219. 4

1225.6

b!227.2

1240.6

1241.3

1254.1

1273.3

1280.4

1294.4

1295.3

b!322.3

1335.3

1359.6

1343.8

Flat Swamp Creek

near Lexington,

N. C.

Cabin Creek near

Jackson Hill, 

N. C.

Beaverdam Creek

tributary near

Denton, N. C.

North Prong Clarke

Creek near

Huntersville .

N. C.

Mallard Creek near

Charlotte, N. C.

Chinkapin Creek

near Monroe,

N. C.

Palmetto Branch at

Ansonville, N. C.

Cheek Creek near

Pekin, N. C.

South Fork Jones

Creek near

Morven, N. C.

Little Creek near

Pee Dee, N. C.

Bridge Creek tributary at Johns,

N. C.

Beaverdam Creek

near Aberdeen,

N. C.

Raft Swamp near

Red Springs,

N. C.

Tenmile Swamp near

Lumberton, N. C.

Lat 35°43'59", long 80°06'37"

(revised), at culvert 1.6 miles

above Rocky Meadow Branch and

10 miles southeast of Lexington, Davidson County.

Lat 35°34'57", lung 80°09'12",

at culvert on State Highway 8, 

0.6 mile north of Jackeon Hill,

Davidson County, and 4 miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°31 I 57", long 8u°C,5'04",

at culvert on State Highway

109, 1-j miles (revised) above

mouth and 7.2 miles southeast

of Denton, Davidson County.

Lat 35°25'13", long 80°47'54",

at bridge, 1.0 mile above

South Prong and 3 miles east

of Huntersville, Mecklenburg

County.

Lat 35°19'05", long 80°44'15",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 29,

0.1 mile above Toby Creek and

8-f miles (revised) northeast

of Charlotte, Mecklenburg

County.

Lat 35°03', long 80°30', at

bridge, 2-J miles above Stewarts

Creek and 5 miles northeast of

Monroe, Union County.

Lat 35°06'03", long 80 "07 '11",

at culvert, 0.2 mile west of

Ansonville, Anson County, and

3.5 miles above mouth.

Lat 35°12'37", long 79°50'49",

at bridge on State Highway 731,

1.4 miles east of Pekin, Montgcmery County, and 5 miles

above mouth.

Lat 34°51', long 80°06', at

bridge on State Highway 742,

5J- miles west of Morven, Anson

County, and 9-J miles above

mouth.

Lat 34°55'06", long 79°54'42",

at culvert on State Highway 85,

1.9 miles above unnamed tributary and 2.8 miles southwest

of Pee Dee, Anson County.

Lat 34°42', long 79°27 ! , at culvert on U. S. Highway SOI, £

mile north of Johns, Scotland

County, and J mile above mouth.

Lat 35°00'42", long 79°26'50",

at culvert on U. S. Highway 15

In Scotland County, 1.0 mile

above mouth and 8.3 miles

south of Aberdeen.

Lat 34°52', long 79°10', at

bridge in Hoke County, 2i miles

below Hodgins Pond and 3j miles

northeast of Red Springs.

Lat 34°43'34"(revised), long

78 0 59'31"(revised), at culvert

on U. S. Highwav 301, 0.9 mile

above Company's Mill Pond and

7.7 miles north of Lumberton,

Robe son County.

4.24

10.8

b2.90

3.61

b20.7

8.49

b.79

14.6

17.3

.34

6.23

4.66

39.8

16.1

1354-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1953-60

1954-60

1954-60

1954-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

1953-60

2- 6-60

2- 6-60

10-10-59

2- 5-60

i-31-eo

1-31-60

7-30-60

3-31-60

2-14-60

7-30-60

10-10-59

7-29-60

10-11-59

7- -53

1954

9- 3-55

1956

1957

5- 7-58

3- 6-59

1- 7-60

24.60

22.48

26.8

17.72

21.04

21.95

23.95

20.51

18.62

18.32

20.45

20.83

19.81

20.41

(a)

20.67

fa)

(a)

20.54

20.75

20.73

850

910

1,440

542

1,360

(t)

368

1,210

2,080

(t)

285

110

390

b!65

b<98

b230

b<98

b<98

b!93

260

258

Santee River basir

1381.8 Caleb Branch tribj utary near

1409.8

1418.9

b 1424. 8

Marion, N. C.

Carroll Creek near

Collettsville,

N. C.

Duck Creek near

Taylorsvllle,

N. C.

Hagan Creek near

Catawba, N. C.

Lat 35°39", long 81°55', at culvert on State Highway 26, 1

mile above mouth and 5 miles

southeast of Marion, McDowell

County.

Lat 35°53'21", long 81°44'18",

at bridge in Burke County, 0.9

mile above mouth and 5.0 miles

southwest of Collettsville.

Lat 35°54', long 81°18', at

bridge on State Highway 127,

1 mile above mouth and 8 miles

west of Taylorsville ,

Alexander County.

Lat 35°40', long 81°08', at culvert on State Highway 10, 1-J

miles above mouth and 4| miles

southwest of Catawba, Catawba

bO.63

2.76

18.6

7.80

1955-60

1955-60

1954-60

1954-60

8-13-60

2- 5-60

4-14-55

4-16-56

4- 4-57

9- 7-60

9-12-60

20.13| 102

19.74

15.18

14.48

15.08

17.00

23.69

188

b770

b515

b735

2,130

1,230

County.

t Discharge not determined.

a Peak stage did not reach bottom of gage.

b Revised.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Annual maximum discharge at crest-stage partial-record stations Continued

Station 

No.

Station name Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Period 

record

Annual maximum

Date

Gage

height 

(feet)

Discharge 

(cfs)

Santee River basin Continued

1433.1

1468.9

1504.2

1524.2

1526.1

South Fork Catawba

River tributary

near Lincolnton,

N. C.

East Pork Twelve

Mile Creek near

Waxhaw, N. C.

Camp Creek near

Rutherfordton,

N. C.

Big Knob Creek

near Fallston,

N. C.

Sugar Branch near

Boiling Springs ,

N. C.

Lat 35°27'50"(revlsed) , long

81°13'20", at culvert , 2 miles

east of Lincolnton) Lincoln

County, and 2-jr miles above

mouth .

Lat 54°58', long 80°43', at

bridge, 3 miles above mouth

and 3% miles northeast of

Waxhaw, Union County.

Lat 35°28', long 81°54', at

bridge, 1 mile above Little

Camp Creek and 7 miles northeast of Rutherfordton,

Rutherford County

Lat 35°29'34"(revised), long

81°32'25"(revised), at bridge,

2| miles above mouth and 5

miles north of Pallston,

Cleveland County.

Lat 35 "15 '00", long 81°37'20"

(revised), at culvert on State

Highway 150, \ mile above

mouth and 2-f miles east of

Boiling Springs, Cleveland

County.

bl.Ol

42.3

13.1

16.3

1.42

1954-60

1954-60

1955-60

1953-60

1954-60

2- 5-60

1-31-60

2- 5-60

8- -53

6- 5-57

4- 6-58

11-24-59

7-30-60

22.66

22.18

18. 82

9.84

10.06

9.48

9.43

22.18

260

1,430

(t)

b995

bl,060

b880

865

380

Combahee River basin

1760 Combahee River 

near Yemassee, 

S. C.

Lat 32°4£'25", long 80°49 1 35", 

at bridge on D. S. Highway 21, 

0.2 mile upstream from Atlantic 

Coast Line RR. bridge and 1.8 

miles northeast of Yemassee.

el, 100 1951-57*, 

1957-60

11- 2-59 10.80 11,400

t Discharge not determined.

* Operated as a continuous-record gaging station.

b Revised.

e Approximately.
258 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS ANB MISCELLANEOUS SITES 

Measurements at miscellaneous sites

Measurements of streamflow at points other- than gaging stations or partial-record stations are given in the following table. Those that are measurements of bas^ flow are 

designated by an asterisk (*); measurements of peak flow by a dagger (t).

Discharge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water year 1960

Stream Tributary to Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Roanoke River basin

Tinker Creek.

Buffalo Creek

Roanoke River

Tinker Creek.

Lat 37°22'24", long 79°54'20",

at bridge on U. S. Highway

11, 0.7 mile upstream from

mill at Cloverdale, Va.

Lat 37°22'52", long 79°54'44",

at bridge on U. S. Highway

220, 0.6 mile upstream from

mouth and 1.5 miles south of

Dalevllle, Va.

22.7

5.58

4-25-60

7- 5-60

4-25-60

7- 5-60

*22.8

*6.36

*4.33

*1.03

Neuse River basin

Eno River. . . .

Horsepen

Creek.

Stony Creek. .

Toms Creek. . .

Quaker Creek.

Stinking

Quarter

Creek.

Rock Creek. . .

Haw Creek. . . .

Motes Creek, ,

Do........

Reedy Branch.

Colllns Creek

Neuse River. .

Reedy Fork. . .

Haw River. . . .

Stony Creek. .

Back Creek. . .

Haw River. . . .

Haw Creek. . . .

Haw River. . . .

do

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

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

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

Cane Creek. . .

Haw River. . . .

Lat 36 0 06', long 79°09', at

ford, 5 mile above McGowan

Creek and 4j miles southeast

of Cedar Grove, Orange

County, H. C.

Cape Pear River basin

Lat 36°08'12", long 79°51'40",

at bridge on U. S. Highway

22O, 2.9 miles above Lake

Brandt Dam and 6.3 miles

northwest of Greensboro,

Gullford County, H. C.

Lat 36°16', long 79°27', at

bridge, 400 ft below Benton

Branch and li miles west of

Stony Creek, Caswell County,

N C

Lat'36°12' long 79°25', at

bridge, 5 mile above mouth

and 1 mile west of Union

Ridge, Alamance County, H. C.

Lat 36°06' long 79°19', at

bridge, J mile above mouth

and 2j miles west of Mebane,

Alamance County, N. C.

Lat 35°58' long 79°34', at

bridge, J mile above Chocolate Creek and 2 miles northwest of Klmesvllle, Guilford

County, H. C.

Lat 36°02'30", long 79°17'05",

at bridge, 1 mile above Rock

Creek and 4 miles south of

Mebane, Alamance County, H. C.

Lat 36°02' long 79°17', at

bridge, -f mile above mouth

and 4j miles south of Mebane,

Alamance County, N. C.

Lat 36°00' long 79°20', at

bridge , £ mile above mouth

and -J mile south of Swepsonville, Alamance County, N. C. 

Lat 35°57'. long 79°19', at

bridge, -5 mile northeast of

Saxapahaw, Alamance County,

H. C., and J mile above

mouth.

Lat 35°55', long 79 0 18', at

bridge, 1-J miles above mouth

and 2j miles south of Saxapahaw, Alamance County, N. C.

Lat 35°59', long 79°12', at

bridge, 500 ft above Turkey

Hill Creek and 1 mile northwest of Orange Grove, Orange

County, N. C.

Lat 35°53' long 79°26', at

bridge, ^ mile above mouth and

1 mile east of Snow Camp,

Alamance County, H. C.

Lat 35°54' long 79 "24', at

bridge, -| mile above mouth

and 2-J miles east of Snow

Camp, Alamance County, N. C.

Lat 35 6 51', long 79°14', at

bridge, ij miles above mouth

and 2-J miles north of

Terrells, Chatham County, N. C.

33.0

15.9

21.1

13.5

14.8

13.1

8.04

5.58

27.7

6.00

11.3

4.93

16.4

2.78

18.5

1954-55,

1958

1926-59a/

1955

1955

7- 8-60

7-?6-60

7-1:5-60

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-23-60

7-25-60

7-2S-60

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-2'3-60

*10.9

*4.36

*1.40

*.004

*2.02

 1.01

*1.37

*.25

*3.92

*.77

*1.53

*.23

*2.50

*.01

*.18

* Base flow.

a Continuous-record gaging station at site 0.5 mile downstream.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES 259

Discharge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water year 1960 Continued

Stream Tributary to Location

Drainage 

area 

(sci ml)

Measured

previously 

(water 

years)

y?asurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Cape Pear River basin Continued

Terrell Creek

New Hope

Creek

tributary.

Bolln Creek. .

Northeast

Creek.

Kit Creek... .

Morgan Creek.

Phils Creek. .

White Oak

Creek.

Beaver Creek.

West Fork

Deep River.

Polecat Creek

tributary.

Haw River ....

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

New Hope

River.

Little Creek.

New Hope

River.

Northeast

Creek.

New Hope

River.

Neville Creek

New Hope

River.

Deep River. . .

Polecat Creek

Lat 35°49' , long 79°15' , at

bridge on State Highway 87,

25 miles above mouth and 8

miles northwest of Plttsboro, Chatham County, N. C.

Lat 35°48 ! , long 79°13', at

bridge, ij miles southeast

of Terrells, Chatham County,

N. C., and if miles above

mouth.

Lat 35 "53 '42". long 78 "57 '12",

at bridge, J mile northeast

of Bland, Durham County, N. C.,

and 1 mile above mouth.

Lat 35°55'40", long 79°02'08",

at bridge on U. S. Highway

15A, 1 mile above Booker

Creek and 1^ miles northeast

of Chapel Hill, Orange County,

N. C.

Lat 35°54'09", long 78°54'04",

at bridge on State Highway 54,

0.7 mile west of Lowes drove,

Durham County, N. C., and

1.8 miles above Burdens Creek.

Lat 35°51'08", long 78°54'00",

at bridge, 0.3 mile below Long

Branch and 1.3 miles south of

Genlee, Durham County, N. C.

Lat 35°55'25", long 79°06'55",

at bridge on State Highway 54,

2 miles above University Lake

and 3^ miles east of White

Cross, Orange County, N. C. 

Lat 35°54'19", long 79°06'59",

at bridge, 0.6 mile above

mouth and 3j miles southeast

of White Cross, Orange County,

N. C.

Lat 35°45', long 79°01', at

bridge, 1 mile above mouth and

1 mile north of Wllsonvllle,

Chatham County, N. C. b/

Lat 35°43'. long 78°57', at

bridge, ^ mile above WakeChatham County line and 2^

miles north of Newhill, Wake

County, N. C.

Lat 36°00'15", long 79°58'42",

2,300 ft above bridge and High

Point Lake and 2.5 miles northeast of High Point, Guilford

County, N. C.

Lat 35°48'40". long 79°46'20",

at bridge, f mile above mouth

20.4

18.9

.96

10.6

12.2

8.09

6.03

6.68

23.6

18.0

32. 1

2.46

1954

1953

1923-58*,

7-26-60

7-26-60

7-26-60

7-26-60

7-26-60

7-25-60

7-26-60

7-26-60

7-26-60

7-25-60

7-26-60

7-26-60

*0.27

*.03

0

 1.61

0

0

*.69

*1.15

*.02

0

*7.67

*.37

Haskett Creek Deep River..

Sandy Creek.

Richland 

Creek

Brush Creek.

and if miles east of Randleman,j 

Randolph County, N. C. 

Lat 35°46'05". long 79°46'45", 

at culvert i mile above mouth,

1 mile north of Central Falls, 

Randolph County, N. C.

do....... ILat 35°46' long 79°40', at

I bridge, f mile below Pleasant 

Creek and Zj miles north of 

Raraseur, Randolph County, N. C.

do....... I Lat 35°37', long 79°37', at

bridge, f mile above mouth and

2 miles south of Coleridge, 

Randolph County, N. C. 

do....... Lat 35°43' long 79°3Z', at

bridge, 5 mile above Bloodrun 

Creek and 4^ miles west of 

Slier City, Chatham County, 

N. C.

Lat 35°38', long 79°34', at 

bridge, 1 mile above mouth 

and 3f miles southeast of 

Coleridge, Randolph County, 

N. C.

Lat 35°34', long 79°4Z', at 

bridge, f mile above mouth 

and if miles southwest of 

Erect, Randolph County, N. C.

Lat 35°32', long 79°20', at

bridge, 1 mile above mouth and 

1 i if miles northeast of Carbonton, Chatham County, N. C. 

k.i ....do....... i Lat 35°30', long 79°16', at

bridge, 2f miles above mouth 

and 4} miles southwest of

' Cumnock, Lee County, N. C.

* Base flow.

t Peak flow.

t Operated as a continuous-record gaging station.

b At crest-stage partial-record station.

8-22-60 t6,300

Little Brush 

Creek.

Pork Creek 

tributary 

No. 2.

ah Cr

Pork Creek..

7-26-60 *1.90

7-25-60 ! *,3

Indian Creek. I Deep River
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Discharge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water year 1960 Continued

Stream Tributary to Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Measured 

previously 

(water 

yeaf s )

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Cape Fear River basin Continued

Little Pocket

Creek.

Little

Buffalo

Creek.

Rocky River

tributary

No. 2.

Rocky River

tributary

No. 3.

Pocket Creek.

Defep River . . .

Rocky River. .

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

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

Lat 35°30', long 79°18' , at

bridge , 1-f miles above mouth

and 4f miles southwest of

Cumnock, Lee County, N. C,

Lat 35°32' , long 79°10' , at

bridge, ij- miles west of

Colon, Lee County, N. C.,

and 3f miles above mouth.

Lat 35°47'45". long 79°27'58",

at bridge, J mile above mouth

and 5 miles north of Siler

City, Chatham County, N. C.

Lat 35°44', long 79°24' , at

bridge on U. S. Highway 64,

ij mile above mouth and 3j

miles east of Siler City,

Chatham County, N. C.

Lat 35°36', long 79°24', at

bridge, 3j miles southeast.

of Bonlee, Chatham County,

N. C., and 13 miles above

mouth .

9.70

4.64

8.53

9.37

21.6

7-25-60

7-25-60

7-26-60

7-26-60

7-26-60

0

*.05

*.13

0

0

Lockwoods Folly River basin

Middle Swamp.

Half Hell 

Branch.

River Swamp. .

Middle Swamp.

Lat 34°03' 08" (revised), long 

78°09'12"(revised), at bridge 

0.8 mile above Half Hell

Branch and 1.1 miles southwest of Bolivia, Brunswick

County, N. C. 

Lat 34°02'35", long 78°09'18" 

(revised), at culvert, 0.5 

mile above mouth and 1.7

miles south of Bolivia,

Brunswick County, N. C.

9.33

1.40

1956, 

1959

1959

11- 5-59

11- 5-59

*10.1

*.51

Shallotte River basin

McMilly Swamp Shallotte

River.

Lat 33°57'37"(revised), long

78°25<55", at culvert, 0.9

mile above mouth and 2.8

miles west of Shallotte,

Brunswick County, N. C.

1.74 1359 11- 5-59 *1.35

Pee Dee River basin

Uwharrie

River.

Caraway Creek

tributary.

Molers Branch

Back Creek. . .

Caraway Creek

Pee Dee River

Fork Creek. . .

Turkey Creek.

Mitchell

Swamp.

Pee Dee River

Caraway Creek

Lat 35°52'05", long 79°59'31",

500 ft below bridge, 2j miles

south of Trinity, Randolph

County, N. C., and 9 miles

above Little Uwharrie River.

Lat 35°45'42", long 80°54'05",

at culvert 0.2 mile above

mouth. 3.1 miles southeast

11.3

.08

of Flint Hill, Randolph

County, N. C.

Back Creek.. . Lat 35°45'49", long 79°52'30", .59

at culvert 2.2 miles above

mouth, 5.0 miles northwest

of Asheboro, Randolph County,

N. C.

Caraway CreekjLat 35°44'06", long 79°52'41", 15.7

Uwharrie

River.

Atlantic

Ocean.

Lynches River

Pocotaligo

River.

Hayes Swamp. .

at Asheboro municipal dam,

0.6 mile above Long Branch,

4.1 miles northwest of Asheboro, Randolph County, N. C.

Lat 35 6 40'14"(revised), long

79°56'57"(revised), at

bridge on State Highway 49,

1 mile above Taylors Creek,

2 miles northeast of Farmer,

Randolph County, N. C.

Lat 34°32', long 79°50', at

bridge on U. S. Highway 15,

£ mile below Cedar Creek and

1-f miles northeast of Society

Hill, S. C.

Lat 34 "37 'SO", long 80°24'20",

at bridge on county road, 0.1

mile above Little Fork Creek

and 1.6 miles southwest of

Jefferson, S. C.

Lat 33°52'25", long 88°20'05",

at culvert on U. S. Highway

521, 0.4 mile above mouth and

3.2 miles south of Sumter,

S. C.

Lat 34°32', long 79°19', at

bridge, l£ miles west of

Rowland, Robeson County,

N. C., and 2 miles above

State line.

1934-41*

79.3

7,980

-

_

4.57

1955,

1957

1950-59

1952

1959

7-26-60

8-22-60

8-22-60

8-22-60

8-22-60

5-17-60

6- 7-60

6-15-60

8-25-60

11- 6-59

*0.81

t245

tl,580

H2,500

M3.200

6,610

*8.30

*3.18

6.83

*5.31

Base flow. 

t Peak flow. 

* Operated as a continuous-record gaging station.
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Discharge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water year 1960 Continued

Stream Tributary to Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Pee Dee River basin Continued

Aberdeen

Creek.

Aberdeen

Creek

tributary.

Mountain

Creek.

Little Marsh

Swamp.

Big Swamp. . . .

Bryant Swamp.

Machine

Branch.

Alligator

Branch .

Do.. ......

Drowning

Creek.

Aberdeen

Creek.

Drowning

Creek.

Big Swamp. . . .

Lumber River.

Big Swamp. . . .

Old Field

Swamp.

Bear Swamp. . .

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

Lat 35°10'36", long 79°26'21",

at bridge, 2.2 miles southeast of Pinehurst, Moore

County, N. C., and 3.5 miles

above Rays Mill Creek.

Lat 35°07'36", long 79°25'42",

at culvert , 0.2 mile above

mouth and 0.3 mile south of

Aberdeen, Moore County, N. C.

Lat 35°00'51"(revised), long

79°25'26"(revised), at highway bridge, 2.1 miles above

mouth and 3.7 miles southwest

of Montrose, Hoke County,

N. C.

Lat 34°51'48"(revised), long

78°58' 33" (revised), at bridge

on U. S. Highway 301, 3£

miles southeast of Parkton,

Robeson County, N. C., and 7-j

miles above mouth.

Lat 34 °34' 30" (revised), long

78°51'27"(revised), at bridge

on State Highway 211, 2f

miles above Peter Swamp and

4f miles northwest of Bladenboro, Bladen County, N. C.

Lat 34 632'35", long 78°46'13"

(revised), at bridge, 0.3

mile above Oaky Swamp and

1.1 miles east of Bladenboro, Bladen County, N. C.

Lat 34 & 30'30", long 79°06'40"

(revised), at bridge on

Walnut Street at Fairmont,

Robeson County, N. C., and

3.91

.84

9.97

35.9

380

8.09

3.78

0.4 mile above mouth.

Lat 34°22'40", long 79°08'20", 1.10

at culvert on State Highway

41 and 1.1 miles west of

Marietta, Robeson County,

N. C.

Lat 34°22'10", long 79°08'00",

at culvert, 0.6 mile west of

Marietta, Robeson County,

N. C., and 1.9 miles above

mouth.

2.06

1959

1959

1954,

1959

1959

1959

1959

1959

1959

10- 8-59

10- 8-59

10-28-59

11- 3-59

10- 8-59

10- 8-59

10- 6-59

10- 7-59

10- 7-59

*5.56

*.88

*15.4

*43.5

*53'. 0

*.32

*2.60

*.76

*.89

Santee River basin

Wateree River

Bracketts

Creek.

Bracketts

Creek

tributary.

Sandy Run

Creek.

First Broad

River.

Do........

Brushy Creek.

Santee River.

Floyds Creek.

Bracketts

Creek.

Broad River. .

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

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

First Broad

River.

Lat 33°56'50", long 80°37'40",

at bridge on U. S. Highway 76,

400 ft below Colonels Creek

and 6.1 miles northeast of

Eastover, S. C.

Lat 35°19', long 81°53', at

bridge, l£ miles southwest

of Forest City, Rutherford

County, N. C., and 4f miles

above mouth.

Lat 35°20', long 81°52 I J at

highway bridge, \ mile

southwest of Forest City,

Rutherford County, N. C.,

and 4 mile above mouth.

Lat 35*14 '40", long 81°41'40",

at bridge, lj miles west of

Boiling Springs, Cleveland

County, N. C., and 2 miles

above Greg Creek.

Lat 35°26'54"(revised), long -

81°36' 12" (revised), at bridge,

t mile below Stoney Run Creek

and 3£ miles northeast of

Polkville, Cleveland County,

N. C.

Lat 35°24'55", long 81 "33 "42"

(revised), at bridge on State

Highway 182 at Lawndale,

Cleveland County, (?, C., and

if mile below Maple Creek.

Lat 35 "20 '24" (revised), long

81 "37 '00", at bridge, 1 mile

above Little Creek and 1 mile

northeast of Washburn, Cleveland County, N. C.

5,540

3.48

.59

54.7

133

191

15.1

1951-59

1959

1959

1925-28C/,

1959

1959

1959

1959

11- 2-59

12- 1-59

12-21-59

1-28-60

3-24-60

4-26-60

5-17-60

6-13-60

7-21-60

8-25-60

9-16-60

10-20-59

10-20-59

10-19-59

11- 6-59

10-26-59

10-26-59

10-19-59

11- 5-59

8,590

7,010

11,700

7,180

13,000

8,070

8,240

1,620

5,450

8,890

3,270

*7.20

*1.60

*102

*67.2

*196

*278

*30.6

*19.6 .

* Base flow.

c Continuous-record gaging station at site miles downstream.
262 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES

Discharge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water year 1960 Continued

Stream Tributary to Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

Measurement s

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Santee River basin Continued

Hickory Creek

Buffalo Creek

Buffalo Creek

tributary.

Buffalo Creek

First Broad

River.

Broad River. .

Buffalo Creek

Broad River. .

Lat 35°14'40". long 81°33'50",

at bridge, £ mile above

Little Hickory Creek and 3f

miles south of Shelby, Cleveland County, N. C.

Lat 35°15'20r' long 81°27'30",

at bridge, £ mile below

Muddy Fork and 5^ miles

southeast of Shelby, Cleveland County, N. C.

Lat 35°11'10", long 81°27'10",

at bridge, l£ miles north of

Qrover, Cleveland County,

N. C., and 2j miles above

mouth .

Lat 35°11'20", long 81°30'20",

at bridge, if miles east of

Earl, Cleveland County,

N. C., and Z\ miles below

Beasons Creek.

14.6

116

1.59

163

1959

1959

1959

1959

10-19-59

10-21-59

10-21-59

10-26-59

10-21-59

10-26-59

*22,7

*155

*2.28

*2.27

*216

*183

Combahee River basin

Turkey Creek.

Salkehatchle 

River.

Salkehatchie 

River.

Combahee 

River.

Lat 33 "14 '10", long 81°22'10", 

at Atlantic Coast Line RR.

trestle at Barnwell, S. C.,

2.0 miles above mouth. 

Lat 33°12'35", long 81°21'20", 

at bridge on State Highway 

28, 0.1 mile below Turkey 

Creek and 2.4 miles south

of Barnwell, S. C.

-

109

1959

1949, 

1959

12-17-59 

2-10-60

12-17-59 

2-10-60

*37.3

64.2

*175 

282

Savannah River basin

Toccoa Creek.

Do........

Do........

Eastanollee

Creek.

Do. .......

Do........

Do. .......

Choestoea

Creek.

Cane Creek. . .

Do.. ......

Twelvemile

Creek.

Rices Creek. .

* Base flow

d Approxima'

Tugaloo River

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

do

do

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

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

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

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

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

Little River.

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

Seneca River.

Twelvemile

Creek.

ely.

Lat 34°36', long 83°20',

Stephens County, on State

Highway 17, at Toccoa, Qa.

Lat 34°37', long 83°20',

Stephens County, on Highview

Rd., 1.0 mile above confluence with Little Toocoa

Creek and 2.5 miles north of

Toccoa, Ga.

Lat 34°37', long 83°15',

Stephens County, on county

road, 1 mile above mouth and

5.2 miles northeast of

Toccoa, Ga.

Lat 34°33', Ions 83°19',

Stephens County, on county

road, 1.7 miles southeast of

Toccoa, Ga.

Lat 34°33', long 83 "18',

Stephens County, on county

road, 3 miles southeast of

Toccoa, Ga.

Lat 54°32', long 83°12',

Stephens County, on county

road, 1.7 miles north of

Avalon, Ga.

Lat 34°32', long 83°07',

Franklin County, on county

road, 1 mile above mouth and

6 miles north of Lavonia, Ga.

Lat 34°33'15", long 83°05'50",

at bridge on State road, 1.1

miles above Little Choestoea

Creek and 7 miles northwest

of Fair Play, S. C.

Lat 34°28', long 83°02', Hart

County, on county road, 1.2

miles above mouth and 7^

miles northeast of Bowereville, Ga.

Lat 34°46', long 83°03', at

bridge on county road at West

Union, S. C., 2jJ- miles above

Little Cane Creek.

Lat 34 "45', long 83°00', at

bridge on State road, 2.6

miles below Little Cane

Creek and 3 miles southeast

of West Union, S. C.

Lat 34 "52', long 82°45', at

bridge on county road, -J mile

above Wolf Creek and 2j miles

southwest of Pickens, S. C.

Lat 34°52', long 82°38', at

Soil Conservation Service

Dam 12, 4-J miles east of

Pickens, S. C.

d7.3

_

_

_

-

_

-

_

d28

-

d35

-

. .72

1952-53

1956

1959

1956,

1959

1950,

1952-54,

1956-57

1956

1955-59

10-22-59

10-22-59

10-23-59

11- 9-59

10-23-59

11- 9-59

11- 9-59

10- 8-59

10- 5-59

10- 7-59

4-26-60

9- 7-60

11- 3-59

2- 1-60

3-30-60

3-31-60

5-24-60

7-27-60

*10. 7

*17.1

*29.2

*4.27

*9.52

*19.2

*33.0

23.9

*18.6

24.1

*71.6

1,360

.78

1.94

22.1

3.81

.90

1.19
DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES 263

Discharge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water- year 1960 Continued

Stream Tributary to Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

Measurements

Dafce Discharge 

(ofs)

Savannah River basin Continued

Eighteenmile

Creek.

Do.... ....

Do.... ....

Three and

Twenty

Creek.

Deep Creek. . .

Rices Creek. .

Do........

Do........

Golden Creek.

Twelvemile

Creek.-

Martin Creek.

Conneross

Creek f

tributary.

Conneross

Creek.

Perklns

Branch.

Conneross

Creek.

Elghteenmlie

Creek.

Llghtwood Log

Creek.

Do........

Cooda Branch.

Little Cedar

Creek.

Seneca River.

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

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

Deep Creek. . .

Seneca River.

Twelvemile

Creek.

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

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

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

Seneca River.

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

Conneross

Creek.

Seneca River.

Lat 34 "39 '30", long 82 "47 '55",

at bridge on State road at

Pendleton, S. C., 7.8 miles

above mouth. 

Lat 34"38'55", long 82°48'05",

at bridge on State road, 1.3

miles west of Pendleton,

S. C., and 7.0 miles above

mouth.

Lat 34°34'25", long 82°49'55",

£ mile above mouth and 3-J

miles east of Townville,

S . C .

Lat°34°36'00", long 82°46'20",

at bridge on State road, 0.8

mile below Mlllwee Creek and

1 mile southwest of LaPrance,

S. C.

Lat 34°31'10", long 82°47'45",

at bridge on State Highway 24,

2.1 miles above mouth and 85-

miles west of Anderson, S. C.

Lat 34°51', long 82°39', at

bridge on State Highway 8,

3-J miles west of Easley, S. C.,

and 6 miles above mouth.

Lat 34°50', long 82°41', at

Soil Conservation Service

Dam 16, 3 miles south of

Plckens, S. C.

Lat 34°49', long 82°44', at

bridge on county road, 1.1

miles above mouth and 3 miles

northwest of Liberty, S. C.

Lat 34°48', long 82 "44', at

bridge on State road, 2 miles

northwest of Liberty, S. C.,

and 2-5 miles above mouth.

Lat 34°42'50", long 82°49'55",

at bridge on State Highway

133, \\ miles north of Calhoun, S. C., and 2.2 miles

above mouth.

Lat 34°38'30", long 82 "52 '00",

at bridge on State road, 0.5

mile above mouth and 3.3

miles southwest of Clemson,

S . C .

Lat'34°45', long 83°05 r , at

bridge on State road, l|

miles south of Walhalla,

S . C . , and l£ miles above

mouth which Is 63 miles

above Rlchland Creek.

Lat 34 "39', long 83°00', at

bridge on State road. 4-t

1 miles above Snow Creek and

3 miles southwest of Seneca,

S. C.

-

_

-

-

-

d8.4

_

_

-

_

Conneross Lat 34 "38 '55", long 82 "58 "45",

Creek. at bridge on county road, 0.6

mile above mouth which Is 3.2

miles above Snow Creek and 2j

miles southwest of Seneca,

S C

Seneca River. Lat°34°35'35", long 82°52'25",

at bridge on State road. 1.5

miles above mouth and 2-J

miles northeast of Townvllle,

S . C.

....do....... Lat 34°45'20", long 82°41'00",

at bridge on State road, 2j

miles south of Liberty, S. C.

Savannah Lat 34°23', long 82°55', Hart

River. County, at State Highway 20,

it miles north of Hartwell,

Ga.

....do....... Lat 34°23', long 82°52', Hart

County, at county road, 4

miles northeast of Hartwell,

d34

d38

1956

1956

1956

1956

1956

1956-59

1954-59

1953-57,

1959

1956,

1959

1956

10- 6-59

10- 6-59

10- 6-59

11-23-59

11-24-59

12-11-59

3-30-60

11- 3-59

2- 1-60

3-31-60

4-11-60

7-27-60

11- 3-59

2- 2-60

35.3

37.5

40.5

*65.3

Z63

*126

174

10.5

29.1

117

19.4

9.39

19.0

40.7

5-24-60 22.0

7-23-60 18.4

11- 3-59 12.0

2- 1-60 27.2

5-24-60 15.8

7-23-60 14.4

12-11-59 171

11- 4-59 ..-. ?1 n

11-18-59 17.7

1953,

1959

11- 4-59 3.69

11-24-59 14.2

1959

1956

1956

1956

1959

1959

Ga.

Cedar Creek.. Lat 34°20', long 82°56', Hart d.9

County, at county road, about

0.2 mile above mouth and ^

mile south of Hartwell, Ga.

....do....... Lat 34°20', long 82"54', Hart d2.8

County, at county road, ~L\

miles southeast of Hartwell,

Ga. 1 i

1959

1959 j.^- ^-o11- 4-59 *95.8

11-18-59 *78.9

11- 4-59

11-24-59

10- 8-59

6.44

13.2

123

10- 6-59

10- 5-59

10- 5-59

10- 5-59

i n_ c_co

10.9

*18.0

*26.9

*.99

*2.04

i i 1

* Base flow.

d Approximately.
264 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITE2

.rge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water year 1960 Continued 

I

Stream Tributary to Location

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

Measurements

Date Discharge 

(cfs)

Savannah River basin Continued

Cedar Creek. . Savannah Lat 34° 19'. long 8£°48 r , Hart

River. County, at county road, 63

miles southeast of Hartwell,

Qa.

Whitner Creek Big Generos- , Lat 34°29', long 82°40', at

Big Generostee Creek.

Little

Generost.ee

Creek.

Rocky River. .

Davls Branch,

tee Creek. ' bridge on State road at

Savannah

River.

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

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

Lower Three

Runs.

Anderson, S. C., 0.6 mile

above mouth.

Lat 34°22'25", long 82°46'25",

at bridge on State Highway

187, 2 miles above Weems

Creek and 4-J miles west of

Starr, S. C.

Lat 34°16', long 82°44', at

bridge on State road, f- mile

below Canoe Creek and 5

miles southwest of Iva, S. C.

Lat 34°28', long 82°37 r , at

bridge on State road, 2-|

miles below Cox Creek and 3

miles southeast of Anderaon,

S. C .

Lat'33°04'15", long 81°27'05",

at bridge on State Highway

641, k mile above mouth and

1.4 miles east of Martin,

S. C.

d27

-

-

_

_

-

1959

1956

10- 5-59

11-23-59

11-24-59

1956

1956

11-17-59

11-17-59

1956 11-23-59

*16.6

*3.99

21.2

*42.1

*2 1.1

*33.7

1-13-60 *4.41

6- 2-60

7-12-60

9-27-60

*1.65

*2 . 04

*1 . 00

1

* Base flow.
Accuracy of field data and computed

results......................... 7-8

Acre-foot, definition of.............. 3

Agencies other than the Geological

Survey, records collected by.... 11

Ahoskie Creek at Ahoskie, N. C........ 39

Alamance Creek near Elon College,

N. C. ........................... 95

All Healing Springs, N. C., Lower

Little River near. .............. 149

Altavista , Va . , Roanoke River at...... 46

Anderson, S. C., Seneca River near.... 210

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va......... 236

Appomattox, Va., East Fork Falling

River near....... .............. 49

Appomattox River, at Farmville, Va.,.. 30 

at Mattoax, Va...................... 11

near Petersburg, Va................. 31

Arvonia, Va., Slate River near........ 23

Ashepoo River basin, low-flow partialrecord stations in.............. 248

Augusta, Ga., Savannah River at....... 230

Avalon, Ga., North Fork Broad River

subwatershed No. 14 near........ 221

Back Creek near Mountain Grove, Va..,. 11 

Bahama, N. C., Dial Creek near........ 77

Flat River at....................... 76

Banister River at Halifax, Va......... 62

Bassett, Va. , Smith River at.......... 58

Bear Creek (Cape Fear River basin) at

Robbins, N. C ................... 102

Bear Creek (Savannah River basin). 

See North Fork Broad River 

subwatershed No. 6 .............. 218

Bell, Ga., Broad River near........... 225

Benaja, N. C., Haw River near......... 90

Bent Creek, Va., James River at....... 21

Bessemer City, N. C., Long Creek

near............................ 154

Bethel, N. C., Conetoe Creek near..... 73

Big Bear Creek near Richfield,

N. C. ........................... 132

Big Black Creek near McBee, S. C...... 137

Bishopville, S. C., Lynches River

near............................ 139

Black River (Cape Fear River basin)

near Tomahawk, N. C ............. 110

Black River (Pee Dee River basin), at

Kingstree, S. C................. 146

near Gable, S. C.................... 145

Blackwater River (Chowan River basin),

at Zuni, Va....... ............. 11

near Dendron, Va.................... 11

near Franklin, Va................... 36

Blackwater River (Roanoke River basin)

near Union Hall, Va............. 43

Boardman, N. C., Lumber River at...... 143

Boiling Springs, N. C., Broad River

near............................ 162

Branch, N. C., Linville River at...... 148

Branchville, S. C., Edisto River

near............................ 198

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga.......... 234

Broad River (tributary to Savannah.

River), near Bell, Ga........... 225

North Fork, near Carnesville, Ga... . 223

near Lavonia, Ga.................. 219

near Toccoa, Ga................... 217

subwatershed No. 1, above Toccoa,

Ga. ............................. 215

subwatershed No. 2 (Denmans Creek) 

near Toccoa, Ga................. 216

subwatershed No. 6 (Bear Creek) 

near MLze, Ga ................... 218

subwatershed No. 11 (Toms Creek) 

near Eastanollee, Ga............ 220

subwatershed No. 14 near Avalon,

Ga.. ............................ 221

Broad River (tributary to Wateree

River), at Richtex, S. C... .... 178

near Boiling Springs, N. C .......... 162

near Carlisle, S. C ................. 170

Broad River (tributary to Wateree

River) near Gaffney, S. C.......

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

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

Brushy Creek near Wrens, Ga ...........

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

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

Buffalo Creek near Hampden Sydney,

Va..............................

Buffalo River near Norwood, Va.

Island, Va., Roanoke River at....

Page

165

48

134

233

18

20

11

11

64

alfpasture River above Mill Creek at

Goshen, Va ....................... 11

alhoun Falls, S. C., Rocky River near. 212 

Savannah River near . ................. 214

amden, S. C., Wateree River near...... 159

ane Creek near Teer, N. C. ............ 96

ape Fear River, at Lillington, N. C... 105 

at lock 3 , near Tarheel , N . C ........ 107

ape Fear River basin, crest-stage

partial-record stations in. .... .254-255

gaging-station records in. .......... .90-115

low-flow partial-record stations in. 242-244 

measurements at miscellaneous sites

in. ............................ .258-260

:arlisle, 3. C., Broad River near ...... 170

larnesville, Ga . , North Fork Broad

River near. ...................... 223

lartersville, Va . , James River at...... 27

Casar, N. C.. First Broad River near... 163 

Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va ......... 17

Catawba River, at Catawba, N. C........ 150

near Marion, N. C .................... 147

near Rock Hill , S . C ................. 156

South Fork , at Lowell , N . C .......... 155

Cayce , S . C . , Congaree Creek at ........ 190

Cedar Creek near Louisburg, N. C....... 67

Cf s-day , definition of ................. 3

Chappells, S. C., Lake Greenwood near.. 184 

Saluda River at ...................... 185

Charlotte, N. C., Little Sugar C-eek

near. ............................ 157

Chattooga River near Clayton, Ga. ...... 202

Chesterfield, Va . , Falling Creek near.. 28 

Chickahominy River near Providence

Forge, Va. ....................... 32

Chinquapin, N. C., Northeast Cap? Fear

River near ....................... 114

Chowan River basin, crest-stage

partial record stations in. .... ,250-251

gaging-station records in. ........... 34-39

low-flow partial-record stations in.. 240 

Clark Hill Reservoir near darks Hill ,

S. C. ............................ 228

Clayton, Ga . , Chattooga River near ..... 202

Clayton, N. C., Middle Creek near. ..... 80

Neuse River near. .................... 13 ,79

Cleveland, N. C., Third Creek at ....... 129

iliffslde, N. C., Second Broad R'.ver

at. .............................. 161

'lifton, S. C., Pacolet River near..... 169

lifton Forge, Va . , Cowpasture R'.ver

near. ....................'........ 16

lyo, Ga., Savannah River near. ........ 235

Colly Creek near Kelly , N . C ........... 112

"olumbia, S. C., Congaree River at..... 189

Lake Murray near. .................... 187

188

257

200

248

262

73 

190 

longaree River at Columbia, S. C....... 189

Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, N. C.... 85

ontents, definition of................ 3

Control, definition of................. 3

Cooleemee, N. C., South Yadkin River

at............................... 127

265

Saluda River near . 

ombahee River basin, crest-stag's

partial-record stations in......

gaging-station record in. ...........

low-flow partial-record stations in. . 

measurements at miscellaneous sites 

in. ..............................

ionetoe Creek near Bethel, N. C.......

Congaree Creek at Cayce , S . C . "
266

INDEX

Cooperation, record of................

Coosawhatchle River near Hampton,

S. C............................

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

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

Covlngton, Va., Dunlap Creek near.....

Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge,

Va..............................

Cralg Creek at Parr, Va...............

Cub Creek at Phenlx, Va...............

Cubic feet per second per square mile,

definition of...................

Cubic foot per second, definition of.. 

Cypress Swamp at Cypress Chapel, Va...

Daleville, Va., Tinker Creek near..... 

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

at Paces, Va........................

near Francisco, N. C ................

near Wentworth, N. C................

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

.Data, accuracy of.....................

explanation of......................

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

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

at Ramseur, N. C....................

East Fork, near High Point, N. C....

near Randleman, N. C ................

Denmans Creek. See North Fork Broad 

River subwatershed No. 2 ........

Denmark, S. C., South Fork Edlsto

River near......................

Dennlston, Va., Hyco River near.......

Dewy Rose, Ga., South Beaverdam Creek 

at. .............................

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

Dlllon, S. C., Little Pee Dee River

near............................

Dismal Swamp, Va., Lake Drummond In... 

Dismal Swamp basin, crest-stage

partial-record stations In......

Drainage area, .definition of..........

Drewrys Bluff, Va., Falling Creek 

near................

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

Dunlap Creek near Covlngton, Va......

Earlysvllle, Va ., South Fo] 

River near...... ...

Eastanollee, Ga., North Fork Broad

River subwatershed No. 11 near.. 

Edlsto River, near Eranehvllle, 

S. C. ...............

near Glvhans, S. C ...........

North Fork, at Orangeburg, S. 

South Fork, near Denmark, S. 

near Montmorenc1, 3. C .....

Edlsto River basin, gaging-statlon 

records in...............

low-flow partial-record stations in. 

Efflngham, 3. C., Lynches Fiver 

Eldorado, N. C., Uwharrie Rivernear. ....................

Elon College, 'N. C., Alamance Creek 

near..... ..........

Enfleld, N. C., Fishing Creek near....

Eno River at Hillsboro, N. C... 

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C. 

Evlngton, Va., Otter River near

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

Falrmont, S. C., North Tyger River 

near................

Falling Creek, near Chesterfield, Va..

near Drewrys Bluff, Va.. 

Falling River, East Fork, at Spring 

Mills, va...........

East Fork, near Appomattox, Va 

near Naruna, Va.........

Falling Spring, Va., Jackson River 

at. .................

Farmville, N. C., Little Contentnea 

Creek near..........

Farmville, Va., Appomattox River at... 

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

Fingerville, S. C., North Pacolet 

River at............

Pacolet River near......

South Pacolet River Reservoir near.. 

First Broad River, near Casar, N. C... 

near Lawndale, N. C.....

1-2

201

121

160

15

16

11

11

2

2

11

41

60

61

54

56

60

7-8

4-7

11

104

101

99

100

196

63

Fisher River near Copeland, F. C....... 121

Fishing Creek near Enfield, F. C....... 71

Flat River at Bahama, N. C............. 76

Floods, special reports on............. 10-11

Fontaine Creek near Brink, Vf .......... 11

Forbush Creek near Yadkinville, N. C... 122

Francisco, N. C., Dan River near....... 54

Franklin, Va., Blackwater River near... 36

Freeland, N. C., Waccamaw River at..... 116

Gable, S. C., Black River ne?r......... 145

Gaffney, S. C., Broad River rear....... 165

Gaging station, definition of.......... 2

Galivants Ferry, S. C., Little Pee

Dee River at..................... 144

Georges Creek near Gretna, Vf ..........11,239

Gibsonville, N. C., Reedy Fork near. 

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

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

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

Great Creek near Cochran, Va...........

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

Greensboro, N. C., North Buffalo Creek 

near.............................

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

Saluda River near....................

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

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

92

199

82

11

11

158

93

182

179

239

Halifax, Va., Banister River at. 

Hampton, S. Coosawhatchie Ri>/er

near.

Hardware River below Briery Pun, near

Scottsville, Va. ................. 11

Harmony, N. C., Hiu ting Creek near..... 126

Hartwell, Ga., ------- Tugaloo River near.... .204-20594

90

97

152

74

213

77

Haw River, at Haw River, M. 

141 near Benaja, N. 

33 near Pittsboro, N. C.

Henry Fork near Henry River, N. 

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

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

near 

29iHigh Rock, N. C., Yadkin River at.

C. . . .

ad

f

C. . . . .

ion

ons ir 

at.. .

reek

C. . . .

d, Va.

r at . .

et

near.

N f

142 

15

or

198

19S

196 

195

248 

.13,140

71

nc.

177

47

176

28 

29

50

49

51

14

86

30 

11

168

167

1 en

164

High Rock Lake, change In contents in.. 

Hillsboro , N . C . , Eno River ft ......... 

Hoffman, S. C., Drowning Creek near....

Hookerton, N. C., Contentnea Creek 

at ...............................

graph of .............................

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

Jackson River at Falling Spring, Va . . . . 

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

James River & Kanawha Canal rear

James River basin, crest-stage partialJocassee, S. C., Keowee River near.....

Keowee River, near Jocassee, S. C......

Kerr, John H., Reservoir, chrnge in

Keysville, Va . , North Meherrln River

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

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

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

99

130

130

75

142

224

108

85

224

126

63

12

13

153

211

14

21

18

27

11

11

22

11

250 1-32

207

206

11

207

208

146

83

153

33

184
INDEX 267

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

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

Lake Moultrle near Pinopolls, S. C....

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

Lakes and reservoirs:

Clark Hill Reservoir near Clarks

Hill, S. C........ ..............

Drummond, Lake, in Dismal Swamp, Va. 

Greenwood, Lake, near Chappells,

S. C. ...........................

High Rook Lake, change in contents

in. .............................

Kerr, John H., Reservoir, change in

contents in.....................

Marion, Lake, near Pineville,

S. C. ...........................

Moultrie, Lake, near Pinopolis,

S. C............................

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

Philpott Reservoir, change in

contents in.....................

South Pacolet River Reservoir near

Fingerville, S. C...............

Lake Marion-Moultrie diversion canal

near Pineville , S . C ............

Lavonia, Ga. , North Pork Broad River

near............................

Lawndale, N. C., First Broad River

near............................

Lawrenceville, Va., Meherrin River

near............................

Leland, N. C., Hood Creek near........

Liberty, S. C., Twelvemile Creek

near............................

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

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

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

Little Brier Creek near Thomson, Ga... 

Little Coharie Creek near Roseboro,

N. C.... ........................

Little Contentnea Creek near Farmville, N. C. ....................

Little Fishing Creek near White Oak,

N. C. ...........................

Little Pee Dee River, at Galivants

Ferry, S. C.....................

near OilIon, S. C. ..................

Little River (Cape Fear River basin)

at Linden, N. C.................

Little River (Neuse River basin) near

Princeton, N. C.................

Little River (Pee Dee River basin)

near Star, N. C .................

Little River (Savannah River basin),

near Mount Carmel, S. C.........

near Washington, Ga.................

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte,

N. C. ....................... ...

Lockwoods Folly River basin, low-flow

partial-record stations in......

measurements at miscellaneous sites

in..............................

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

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

Louisburg, N. C., Cedar Creek near....

Lowell, N. C., South Fork Catawba

River at........................

Lower Little River near All Healing

Springs, N. C...................

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

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

Page 

160 

192 

194

187

228

33

184

130

64

192

194

187

167

191

219

164

37

108

209

105

106

148

232

109

70

144

81

135

244

154

117

67

155

143! 

172

Mocksville, N. C., South Yadkin River 

near.............................

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

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

Montmorenci, S. C., South Fork Edisto 

River near.......................

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

Moormans River, North Fork, near

Whitehall, Va........... ........

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

Mount Vernon Springs, C. , Tic't Creek

near.

Mountain Creek near Terrell, N. C.

Nahunta Swamp near Shine, N. C 

Naruna, Va., Falling River near 

Nashville,

125

229

104

195

173

24

226

103

151

near Clayton, N. C................... 13,79

Neuse River basin, crest-stage partialrecord stations in..............252-253

gaging-station records in............ 75-88

low-flow partial-record stations in.241-242 

measurements at miscellaneous sites

in

New Hope River near Pittsboro, N. C.. 

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

New River basin, crest-stage partial258

98

89

record stations in..............253-254

low-flow partial-record stations in 

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

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

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro,

N. C.

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

242

208

42

93 

11 

North Meherrin River, near Keysville,

Va...........................11,237-238

near Lunenburg, Va................... 11

North Pacolet River at Fingerville,

3. C. ............................

North Tyger River, near Fairmont, S. C. 

near Moore, S. C .....................

North Wilkesboro, N. C., Reddles River

at.

Northeast Cape Fear River, near

Chinquapin, N. C................

near Seven Springs, N. C............

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

Norwood, N. Rocky River near.

Nottoway River, near Burkeville, Va. 

i ear Rawlings, Va.................

near Sebrell, Va..................

near Stony Creek, Va..............

Oak Ridge, N. C., Reedy Fork near.... 

Orangeburg, S. C., North Fork Edisto

River at.

Order of listing gaging stations.

Otter River, near Bedford, Va....

near Svington, Va..............

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

Pacolet River, near Clifton, S. 

near Fingerville, S.

166

171

173

119

114

113

78

133

11

11

35

34

31

197

3

11

47

61

169

168

Lynches River, at Effingham, S. C.....13,140

137

9

147

223

19

20

11

55

11

37

80

172

200

234

231

218

near Bishopville, S.

McBee . S. C., Big Black Creek near....

Map of the United States ...............

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

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

Maury River, at Rockbridge Baths, Va. .

near Buena Vista, Va................

near Lexington, Va..................

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

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

near Lawrenceville , Va..............

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

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

Miley, S. C., Salkehatchie River near. 

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

Savannah River near.................

Mize, Ga. , North Fork Broad River

subwatershed No. 6 near.........

Palmyra, Va., Rivanna River at......... 13,26

Pamlico River basin, crest-stage

partial-record stations in....... 252

gaging-station records in............ 66-74

low-flow partial-record stations in.. 241 

Panther Creek near Toccoa , Ga.......... 203

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

Partial-record station, definition of.. 2 

Pasquotank River basin, low-flow

partial-record stations in ....... 240

Patterson, N. C., Yadkin River at...... 118

Pedlar River at Pedlar Dam, Va......... 11

Pee Dee River, at Peedee, S. C......... 138

near Rocklngham, N. C ................ 136

Pee Dee River basin, crest-stage

partial-record stations in......255-256

gaging-station records in...........118-146

low-flow partial-record stations in.244-245 

measurements at miscellaneous sites

in..............................260-261

Pelzer. S., C., Saluda River near...... 130

Petersburg, Va., Appomattox River

near. ............................ 31

Philpott, Va., Smith River near. 57
368 INDEX

Philpott Reservoir, change in contents

in.............................. 57

Pigg River near Toshes , Va............ 45

Pineville, S. C., Lake Marion near.... 192

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion

canal near...................... 191

Santee River near................... 193

Piney River at Piney River, Va ........ 11

Pinopolis, S. C., Lake Moultrie

near............................ 194

Pittsboro, N. C., Haw River near...... 97

New Hope River near................. 98

Polkton, N. C., Brown Creek near...... 134

Potecasi Creek near Union, N. C....... 38

Price , N. C., Mayo River near......... 55

Princeton, N. C., Little River near... 81 

Providence Forge, Va., Chickahominy

River near...................... 32

Publications on streamflow, by

agencies other than the Geological Survey..................... 11

by Geological Survey ................ 8-11

Ramseur, N. C., Deep River at......... 101

Randleman, N. C,, Deep River near..... 100

Randolph, Va., Roanoke River at....... 52

Reddles River at North Wilkesboro,

N. C. ........................... 119

Reedy Fork, near Gibsonville, N. C.... 92

near Oak Ridge, N. C ................ 91

Reedy River, near Greenville, S. C.... 182

near Ware Shoals, S. C.............. 183

Reidville, 3. C., South Tyger River

near. ........................... 174

Reservoirs. See lakes and reservoirs. 

Richfield, N.~C~7, Big Bear Creek near. 132 

Richtex, S. C,, Broad River at........ 178

Rivanna River, at Palmyra, Va......... 13,26

South Fork, near Earlysville, Va.... 25

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va............. 53

Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Roanoke River

at........ ...................... 65

Roanoke River, at Altavista, Va....... 46

at Brookneal, Va.................... 48

at Buggs Island, Va................. 64

at Lafayette, Va.................... 11

at Niagara, Va...................... 42

at Randolph, Va..................... 52

at Roanoke, Va...................... 40

at Roanoke Rapids , N. C ............. 65

near Toshes, Va..................... 44

Roanoke River basin, crest-stage

partial-record stations in.....251-252

gaging-station records in........... 40-65

low-flow partial-record stations

in.............................240-241

measurements at miscellaneous sites

in.............................. 258

Robbins , N. C., Bear Creek at......... 102

Rock Hill, S. C., Catawba River

near............................ 156

Rockbridge Baths, Va., Maury River

at. ............................. 19

Rockflsh Creek near Wallace, N. C..... 115

Rockfish River near Greenfield, Va.... 11

Rockingham, N. C., Pee Dee River

near/........................... 136

Rocky Creek (Pee Dee River basin) at

Turnersburg, N. C............... 124

Rocky Creek (Santee River basin) at

Great Falls , S. C ............... 158

Rocky River (Pee Dee River basin) near

Norwood, N. C ................... 133

Rocky River (Savannah River basin)

near Calhoun Falls, S. C........ 212

Roseboro, N. C., Little Coharie Creek

near............................ 109

Runoff in inches, definition of....... 2

Salkehatchie River near Miley, S. C... 200 

Saluda River, at Chappells, S. C...... 185

near Columbia, S. C ................. 188

near Greenville, S, C............... 179

near Pelzer, S. C ................... 180

near Silverstreet, S. C............. 186

near Ware Shoals, S. C.............. 181

Sandy River near Danville, Va......... 11

Santee River near Pineville, S. C..... 193

Santee River basin, crest-stage

partial-record stations in.....256-257

gaging-station records in..........147-193

Santee River basin, low-flow partialrecord stations in..............S45-247

measurements at miscellaneous sites

in..............................261-262

Sapony Creek near Nashville, N. C...... 69

Savannah River, at Augusta, Ga......... 230

at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near

Millhaven, Ga .................... 231

near Calhoun Falls, S . C ............. 214

near Clyo, Ga........................ 235

near Iva, S. C ....................... 211

Savannah River basin, gaging-station

records in......................202-235

low-flow partial-record stations in.248-249 

measurements at miscellaneous sites

in. .............................262-264

Saxe, Va., Roanoke Creek at............ 53

Scottsville, Va., James River at....... 22

Sebrell, Va., Nottoway River near...... 35

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C.. 161 

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C....... 210

Seven Springs, N. C., Northeast Cape

Fear River near .................. 113

Shallotte River basin, measurements at

miscellaneous sites in........... 260

Shine, N. C., Nahunta Swamp near....... 84

Silverstreet, S. C., Saluda River near. 186 

Slate River near Arvoriia, Va ........... 23

Smith River. at Bassett, Va............ 58

at Martinsville, Va.................. 11

at Spray , N. C ....................... 59

near Philpott, Va.................... 57

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose,

Ga. .............................. 213

South Pacolet River Reservoir near

Fingerville, S. C................ 167

South River (Cape Fear River basin)

near Parkersburg, N. C ........... Ill

South River (James River basin) near

Riverside, Va.................... 11

South Tyger River, near Reidville,

S. C. ............................ 174

near Woodruff, S. C .................. 175

South Yadkin River, at Cooleemee, N. C. 127 

near Mocksville, N. C ................ 125

Spray, N. C., Smith River at........... 59

Spring Mills, Va., East Fork Falling

River at......................... 50

Stage-discharge relation, definition of 3 

Star, N. C., Little River near......... 135

Station numbers........................ 3-4

Stevens Creek near Modoc, S. C ......... 229

Stony Creek, Va., Nottoway River near.. 34 

Stony Creek near Dinwiddie, Va......... 11

Stony Point, N. C., Third Creek subwatershed No. 7A near............ 128

Sussex, Va., Anderson Branch at........ 236

Swift Creek near Vanceboro, N. C....... 87

Tar River, at Tarboro, N. C............ 72

near Nashville, N. C ................. 68

near Tar River, N. C ................. 66

Tarboro, N. C., Tar River at........... 72

Tarheel, N. C., Cape Fear River at

lock 3, near..................... 107

Teer, N. C., Cane Creek near........... 96

Terms and abbreviations, definition of. 2-3 

Terrell, N. C., Mountain Creek near.... 151

Third Creek, at Cleveland, N. C........ 129

subwatershed No. 7A near Stony Point,

N. C. ............................ 128

Thomson, Ga., Little Brier Creek near.. 232 

Tick Creek near Mount Vernon Springs,

N. C.. ........................... 103

Tinker Creek near Daleville, Va........ 41

Toccoa, Ga., North Fork Broad River

near............................. 217

North Fork Broad River subvratershed

No. 1 above ...................... 215

North Fork Broad River subvratershed

No. 2 near....................... 216

Panther Creek near................... 203

Tomahawk, N. C., Black River near...... no

Toms Creek, near Eastanollee, Ga. See 

North Fork Broad River subwatershed No. 11. ..................... 220

near Martin, Ga...................... 222

Toshes, Va., Pigg River near........... 45

Roanoke River near................... 44

Trent River near Trenton, N. C......... 88

Tugaloo River near Hartwell, Ga.......204-205
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Turnersburg, N. C., Rocky Creek at. 

Twelvemile Creek near Liberty, S. C 

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

Union, N. C., Potecasi Creek near..... 

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

Union Hall, Va., Blackwater River

near............................

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

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

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124 

209

11

38

176

43

131

87

¥SP, definition of.................... 3

Waccamaw River, at Preeland, N. C..... 116

near Longs, S. C. ................... 117

Waccamaw River basin, crest-stage

partial-record stations in...... 255

gaging-station records in..........116-117

low-flow partial-record stations in. 244 

Wallace, N. C., Rockfish Creek near... 115 

Ware Shoals, S., C., Reedy River near. 183

Saluda River near................... 181

Washington, Ga. , Little River near.... 227

Washington, N. C., Herring Run near... 74

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

Wentworth, N. C., Dan River nsar.......

White Oak, N. C., Little Fishing Creek

near. ............................

White Oak River basin, crest-stage

partial-record stations in.......

Whitehall, Va., North Fork Moormans

River near.......................

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

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

Wlllis River at Flanagan Mills, Va.....

Woodruff, S. C., South Tyger River

near.............................

Work, division of......................

scope of.............................

Wrens, Ga., Brushy Creek near..........

Yadkin College, N. C., Yadkin River

at...............................

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

at Patterson, N. C...................

at Wilkesboro, N. C..................

at Yadkin College, N C ..............

Yadkinville, N. C., Forbush Creek near.

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