DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director

WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 351

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE 

UNITED STATES

1913

NATHAN C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

C. C. COVERT and G. C. STEVENS, District Engineers

Prepared in cooperation with the States of Maine, 

Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1915
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director

Water-Supply Paper 351

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE 

UNITED STATES

1913

PART I. NORTH ATLANTIC COAST BASINS

NATHAN C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

C. C. COVERT and G. C. STEVENS, District Engineers

Prepared in cooperation with the States of Maine, 

Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICT

1915
CONTENTS.

Page.

Authorization and scope of work............................................. 7

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

Definition of terms......................................................... 11

Convenient equivalents.................................................... 12

Explanation of data........................................................ 14

Accuracy of field data and computed results.................................. 16

Cooperation................................................................ 17

Division of work.......................................................... 18

Gaging-station records...................................................... 18

St. John River basin................................................... 18

St. John River at Fort Kent, Maine................................. 18

St. John River at Van Buren, Maine................................ 20

Machias River basin.................................................... 22

Machias River at Whitneyville, Maine.............................. 22

Union River basin..................................................... 24

Union River at Amherst, Maine.............................. ^....... 24

Green Lake Stream at Lakewood, Maine............................ 26

Branch Lake near Ellsworth, Maine................................ 28

Branch Lake Stream near Ellsworth, Maine......................... 29

Penobscot River basin.................................................. 31

West Branch of Penobscot River at Millinocket, Maine................ 31

 Penobscot River at West Enfield, Maine ............................ 32

East Branch of Penobscot River at Grindstone, Maine................ 35

Mattawamkeag River at Mattawamkeag, Maine...................... 36

Piscataquis River near Foxcroft, Maine.............................. 39

Kenduskeag Stream near Bangor, Maine............................. 41

Kennebec River basin.................................................. 43

Moosehead Lake at east outlet, Maine............................... 43

Kennebec River at The Forks, Maine .............................. 44

Kennebec River at Waterville, Maine............................... 47

Dead River at The Forks, Maine.................................... 48

Sandy River near Farmington, Maine............................... 50

Sebasticook River at Pittsfield, Maine............................... 52

Cobbosseecontee Stream at Gardiner, Maine......................... 54

Androscoggin River basin............................................... 56

Androscoggin River at Errol dam, N. H............................. 56

Androscoggin River at Rumford Falls, Maine...'..................... 57

Presumpscot River basin............................................... 59

Presumpscot River at outlet of Sebago Lake, Maine.................. 59

Saco River basin....................................................... 60

Saco River at West Buxton, Maine.................................. 60

Merrimac River basin.................................................. 62

Pemigewasset River at Plymouth, N. H............................. 62

Merrimac River at Franklin Junction, N. H.......................... 63

Merrimac River at Garvins Falls, N. H............................. 65

3
4 CONTENTS.

Gaging-station records Continued.

Merrimac River basin Continued. Page.

Merrimac River at Lawrence, Mass.................................. 66

Souhegan River at Merrimac, N. H................................. 69

South Branch of Nashua River at Clinton, Mass..................... 70

Sudbury River at Framingham and Lake Cochituate at Cochituate.

Mass............................................................ 71

Blackstone River basin................................................. 73

Branch River at Branch Village, R. I................................ 73

Connecticut River basin................................................ 74

Connecticut River at Orford, N. H............. '. ................... 74

Connecticut River at Sunderland, Mass.............................. 76

Passumpsic River near St. Johnsbury, Vt........................... 78

White River near Sharon, Vt....................................... 80

Millers River at Wendell, Mass..................................... 81

Deerfield River at Hoosac Tunnel, Mass............................. 82

Deerfield River at Charlemont, Mass................................ 86

Deerfield River at Shelburne Falls, Mass............................ 87

Ware River at Gibbs Crossing, Mass.................................. 89

Swift River at West Ware, Mass.................................... 90

Quaboag River at West Brimfield, Mass........... ~................. 92

Westfield River at Knightville, Mass................................ 93

Middle Branch of Westfield River at Goss Heights, Mass............. 95

Westfield Little River near Westfield, Mass.......................... 98

Borden Brook near Westfield, Mass................................. 100

West Branch of Farmington River near New Boston, Mass............ 102

Housatonic River basin................................................. 104

Housatonic River near Great Barrington, Mass........................ 104

Housatonic River at Gaylordsville. Conn............................ 106

Pomperaug River at Bennetts Bridge, Conn......................... 107

Hudson River basin.. ..................................................* 108

Comparative discharge of streams.................................... 108

Hudson River at North Creek, N. Y................................. 109

Hudson River at Thurman, N. Y.................................... Ill

Hudson River at Spier Falls, N. Y................................. 113

Hudson River at Mechanicsville, N. Y............................... 115

Cedar River near Indian Lake, N. Y................................ 116

Indian Lake reservoir at Indian Lake, N. Y......................... 118

Indian River near Indian Lake, N. Y............................... 119

Schroon'River at Riverbank, N. Y.................................. 121

Sacandaga River near Hope, N. Y................................... 124

Sacandaga River at Hadley, N. Y.................................. 125

West Branch of Sacandaga River at Blackbridge, near Wells, N. Y... 127

Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge, N. Y.............................. 130

Mohawk River at Tribes Hill, N.Y.................................. 131

Mohawk River at Vischer Ferry, N. Y............................... 132

West Canada Creek at Wilmurt, N. Y................................ 134

West Canada Creek at Poland, N.Y................................ 135

West Canada Creek at Kast Bridge, N. Y............................ 136

Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, N. Y................................. 137

Alplaus Kill near Charlton, N. Y................................... 138

Kinderhook Creek at Rossman, N.Y............................... 139

Esopus Creek near Olivebridge, N.Y............................... 141

Esopus Creek at Mount Marion, N. Y................................ 143

Rondout Creek at Rosendale, N.Y.................................. 144
CONTENTS. 5

Gaging-station records Continued. . Page.

Delaware River basin................................................... 146

East Branch of Delaware River at Fish Eddy, N. Y.................. 146

Delaware River at Port Jervis, N. Y..;............................. 148

Delaware River at Rlegelsville, N. J................................ 150

West Branch of Delaware River at Hale Eddy, N. Y................ 152

Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls, N. Y.................................... 154

Mongaup RLver at Rio, N. Y...................................... 154

Neversink River at Godeffroy, N. Y................................ 155

Lehigh River at South Bethlehem, Pa.............................. 157

Susquehanna River Basin.............................................. 158

Susquehanna River at Conklin, N. Y............................... 158

Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre, Pa............................ 161

Susquehanna River at Danville, Pa................................ 163

Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa............................... 165

Chenango River near Chenango Forks, N. Y......................... 167

Chemung River at Chemung, N. Y................................ 169

Chemung Branch of Susquehanna River at Williamsport, Pa........ 171

Juniata River at Newport, Pa...................................... 173

Patuxent River basin.................................................. 175

Patuxent River near Burtonsville, Md............................. 175

Potomac River basin.................................................. 176

Potomac River at Point of Rocks, Md............................... 176

Monocacy River near Frederick, Md................................ 178

Occoquan Creek near Occoquan, Va............................... 181

Rappahannock River basin............................................ 183

Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Va...................... 183

Miscellaneous measurements............................................... 185

Index................................................................... 187

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page. 

PLATE I. A, Price current meter; B, Typical gaging stations................. 14

II. Automatic gages: A, Stevens; B, Gurley; C, Friez.................. 15
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC 

COAST BASINS FOR 1913. ,

AUTHORIZATION AND SCOPE OF WORK.

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

of measurements of flow made on streams in the United States during 1913. Six of these reports contain data for the year ending 

September 30, and the other six for the calendar year, as indicated 

in the table on page 8.

The data presented in these reports were collected by the United 

States Geological Survey under authority implied in the organic 

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

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

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

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

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

1895, successive sundry civil bills passed by Congress have carried 

the following item and appropriations:

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

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

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

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

1895...................................:............,...... 112,500

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the execution of the work many private and State organizations 

have cooperated, either by furnishing data or by assisting in collecting 

data. ^ Acknowledgments for cooperation of the first kind are made" 

in connection with the description of each station affected, and of 

the second kind on page 17.

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

in the United States, and also at many points in small areas in 7 ' ""
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET 1.

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

Hawaiian Islands. In July, 1913, about 1,380 gaging stations were 

being maintained by the Survey and the cooperating organizations, 

and many miscellaneous discharge measurements were made at other 

points. In connection with this work data were also collected in 

regard to precipitation, evaporation, storage reservoirs, river profiles, 

and water power in many sections of the country and will be made 

available in the regular water-supply papers from time to tune.

PUBLICATIONS.

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

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

complete lists of the gaging stations maintained by the Survey to 

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

country.

Prior to 1901 gage heights and discharge measurements were 

published in water-supply papers or bulletins and estimates of 

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

have been published in water-supply papers, and they are now being 

published in twelve parts, as shown in the following table:

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

Part.

I 

II 

III 

IV 

V 

VI 

VII 

VIII 

IX 

X 

XI 

XII

No.

351 

352 

353 

354 

355 

356 

357 

358 

359 

360 

361 

362

Title.

St. Lawrence River basin. .........................................

Year used.

Calendar year. 

Do. 

Year ending Sept. 30. 

Calendar year. 

Year ending Sept. 30. 

Calendar year. 

Do. 

Year ending Sept. 30. 

Calendar year. 

Year ending Sept. 30. 

Do. 

Do.

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

following table:

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

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

Report.

10th A, pt. 2..........

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

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

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

Character of data.

Monthly discharge ... .

.... .do.... ............................. s............... ...........

Year.

1884 to Sept.,

- 1890. 

1884 to June 30.

1891. 

1884 to Dec. 31,

1892.
Stream-flow data in reports of the United States Geological Survey Continued.

Report.

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

B 131...... ............

16thA,pt.2. .........

B 140...:.... ..........

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

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

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

WS 16..... ............

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

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

WS 28..... ............

20thA,pt. 4..........

WS 35 to 39. ..........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WS 201 to 214.. .......

WS 241 to 252. ........

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

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

WS 301 to 312. ........

WS 321 to 332. ........

WS 351 to 362. ........

Character of data.

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, ratings, and monthly 

discharge (also many data covering earlier years).

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge 

(also similar data for some earlier years). 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights, for eastern United 

States, eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River above 

junction with Kansas. 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights, for western 

Mississippi River below junction of Missouri and Platte, and 

western United States. 

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge 

(also some long-time records). 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, for eastern United 

States, eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River. 

Measurements, ratings,and gage heights, for Arkansas River and 

western United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

/ 

Year.

1888 to Dec. 31, 

1893. 

1893 and 1894.

1895.

1896. 

1895 and 1896.

1897. 

1897.

1897. 

1898. 

1898.

1898. 

1899. 

1899. 

1900. 

1900. 

1901. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904-. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907-8. 

1909. 

1910. 

1911. 

1912. 

1913.

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

The table on page 10 gives, by years and drainage basins, the 

numbers of the papers on surface-water supply published from 1899 

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

reports covering the years during which the station was -maintained. 

For example, data from 1902 to 1913 for any station in the area 

covered by Part III are published in Water-Supply Papers 83, 98, 

128, 169, 205, 243, 263, 283, 303, 323, and 353, which contain records 

for the Ohio River basin for those years. The year covered by the 

report is indicated at the head of the column in which the paper is 

listed.
Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream m

South Atlantic coast and

eastern Gulf of Mexico. . . .

St. Lawrence River and

Hudson Bay and Upper MisMissouri River.

Lower Mississippi River. . . .

Western Gulf of Mexico. ....

North Pacific coast ...

1899 «

35

03536

36

36

36

Z36,37

37

37

o37,38

38,539

38, > 39

38

19006

47, e48

48

48,»49

49

49

49,»»50

50

50

50

51

51

51

1901

65,75

65,75

65,76

65,75

^65,66,75

66,75

^65,66,75

66,75

66,75

66,75

66,75

66,75

1902

CO

082,83

04

<82,83

*83,85

84

/83,84

84

85

85

85

85

1903

97

097,98

QQ

Q7

f OR QQ k Iftfi

QQ

/98,99

99

100

100

100

100

1904

f d 124, e 125

1 /167

/ 126, 127

19R

/ 128, 130

130," 131

/ 128, 131

132

133, r 134

134

135

1905

d 165, e 1

/16

/ 167, 1

1

1

1

1

/ 169, 1

1

175, P 1

176, r 1

1

* 177, 1

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

Paper 39.

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

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

c Wissahiekon and Schuylkill rivers to James River.

d New England rivers only.

« Hudson Kiver to Delaware River, inclusive.

/ Susquehanna River to Yadkin River, inclusive.

g James River only.

* Scioto River.

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

i Tributaries of Mississippi from east.

* Hudson Bay only.

i Gallatin Rive

m Loup and Pl

with Platte.

» Platte and K

o Green and Gu

P Below junctio

g Mohave Rive

r Great Basin i

» Kings and Ke

* Rogue, Umpq

«In the three p

Pt Snake River; C
DEFINITION" OF TERMS. 11

Water-supply papers and other publications of the United States 

Geological Survey containing data in regard to the water resources 

of the United States may be obtained or consulted as indicated below:

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

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

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

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

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

3. Sets of the reports may be consulted in the libraries of the 

principal cities in the United States.

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

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

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

Atlanta, Ga., Post Office Building.

Madison, Wis., Capitol Building.

St. Paul, Minn., Old Capitol Building.

Helena, Mont., Montana National Bank Building.

Denver, Colo., 302 Chamber of Commerce Building.

Phoenix, Ariz., Fleming Building.

Austin, Tex., Old Post Office Building.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Federal Building.

Boise, Idaho, 615 Idaho Building.

Tacoma, Wash., Federal Building.

Portland, Oreg., 416 Couch Building.

San Francisco, Cal., 328 Customhouse.

Los Angeles, Cal., Federal Building.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Kapiolani Building.

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

Washington, D. C.

DEFINITION OF TERMS.

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

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

into two groups (1) those which represent a rate of flow, as secondfeet, gallons per minute, miner's inches, and discharge in second-feet 

per square mile, and (2) those which represent the actual quantity 

of water, "as run-off (depth in inches), acre-feet, and millions of 

cubic feet. The units used in this series of reports are second-foot, 

second-feet per square mile, run-off in inches, acre-foot, and millions 

of cubic feet. They may be defined as follows:

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

is a unit for the rate of discharge of water flowing in a stream. A 

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

rectangular cross section 1 foot wide and 1 foot deep at an average
12 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

velocity of 1 foot a second. It is generally used as a fundamental 

unit from which others are computed by the use of the factors given 

in the tables of convenient equivalents (pp. 12-14).

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

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

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

regards time and area.

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

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

period were conserved and uniformly distributed on the surface. It 

is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed 

in depth in inches.

An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover an acre to the depth of 1 foot. The term is 

commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation.

"Millions of cubic feet" is used to express quantities of water 

stored in reservoirs, most frequently in studies of flood control.

The following terms used in these reports are not in common use, 

and may be defined as follows:

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

gage height to discharge."

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

terms used to designate the section or sections of the stream below 

the gage which determines the discharge relation at the gage. It 

should be noted that the control may not be the same section at all 

stages.

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

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

would fall if there were no flow.

CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS.

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

computations:

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

over the area.

Discharge 

in secondfeet per 

square mile.

1.........

2... ......

3.........

4.........

5.........

6.........

7.........

8.........

Run-off in inches.

1 day.

0. 03719 

.07438 

.11157 

.14876 

.18595 

.22314 

.26033 

.29752 

.33471

28 days.

1.041 

2.083 

3.124 

4.165 

5.207 

6.248 

7.289 

8.331 

9.372

29 days.

1.079 

2.157 

3.236 

4.314 

5.393 

6.471 

7.550 

8.628 

9.707

30 days.

1.116 

2.231 

3.347 

4.463 

5.578 

6.694 

7.810 

8.926 

10.041

31 days.

1.153 

2.306 

3.459 

4612 

5.764 

6.917 

8.070 

9.223 

10.376

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

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

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

I.........

2.........

3.........

4.........

5.........

6.........

7.........

8.........

9.........

Run-off in acre-feet.

1 day.

1.983 

3.967 

5.950 

7.934 

9.917 

11.90 

13.88 

15.87 

17.85

28 days.

55.54 

111.1 

166.6 

222.1 

277.7 

333.2 

388.8 

444.3 

499.8

29 days.

57.52 

115.0 

172.6 

230.1 

287.6 

345.1 

402.6 

460.2 

517.7

30 days.

59.50 

119.0

178.5 

238.0 

. 297.5 

357.0 

416.5 

476.0 

535,5-

31 days.

61.49 

123.0 

184.5 

246.0 

307.4 

368.9 

430.4 

491.9 

553.4

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

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

Discharge 

insecondtfeet.

1... ......

2.........

3.........

4.........

5.........

6.........

7.........

8.........

9.........

Run-off in millions of cubic feet.

Iday.

0.0864

.1728 

.2592 

.3456 

.4320 

.5184 

,6048 

.6912 

.7776

28 days.

2.419

4.838 

7.257 

9.676 

12.095 

14.514 

16.933 

19. 352 

21. 771

29 days.

2.506 

5.012 

7.518 

10.024 

12.530 

15.036 

17.542 

20.048 

22.554

30 days.

2.592 

5.184 

7.776 

10.368 

12.960 

15.552 18.144" 

20.736 

23.328

31 days.

2.678 

5.356 

8.034 

10.712 

13.390 

16.068 

18. 746 

21.424 

24.102

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

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

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

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

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

minute; equals 646,317 gallons for one day.

1 second-foot for one year (365 days) covers 1 square mile 1.131 feet, or 13.572 

inches deep.

1 second-foot for one year (365 days) equals 31,536,000 cubic feet.

1 second-foot for one-year (365 days) equals 724 acre-feet.

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

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

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

one day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

100 United States gallons per minute for one day equals 0.442 acre-loot. 

1,000,000 United States gallons per day equals 1.55 second-feet.-
14 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PABT I.

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

1,000.000 cubic feet equals 22.95 acre-feet.

1 acre-foot equals 325,850 gallons.

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

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

1 foot equals 0.3048 meter.

1 mile equals 1.60935 kilometers.

1 mile equals to 5,280 feet.

1 acre equals 0.4047 hectare.

1 acre equals 43,560 square feet.

1 acre equals 209 feet square, nearly.

1 square mile equals 2.59 square kilometers.

1 cubic foot equals 0.0283 cubic meter.

1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds.

1 cubic meter per minute equals 0.5886 second-foot.

1 horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds per second.

1 horsepower equals 76.0 kilogram-meters per second.

1 horsepower equals 746 watts.

1 horsepower equals 1 second-foot falling 8.80 feet.

1J horsepower equal about 1 kilowatt.

m , , . . . ,, Sec.-ft. Xfall in feet , , , To calculate water power quickly: =-= =net horsepower on water

wheel realizing 80 per cent of theoretical power.

EXPLANATION OF DATA.

For each regular gaging station the following data, so far as available, are given: Description of the station, list of discharge measurements, table of daily gage heights, table of daily discharge, table of 

yearly and monthly discharge and jrun-off. For stations located at 

weirs or dams the gage-height table is usually omitted.

In addition to statements regarding the location and equipment 

of gaging stations, the descriptions give information in regard to 

any conditions which may affect the constancy of the relation of 

gage height to discharge, covering such points as ice, logging, shifting 

channels, and backwater; also information regarding diversions 

which decrease the total flow at the measuring section. Statements 

are also made regarding the accuracy and reliability of the data.

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

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

each day, usually in the morning and in the evening, though at many 

stations only one reading is made each day. At a comparatively few 

stations automatic gages are used, some of which give a continuous 

record of the river stage in the form of a hydrograph and others a 

.record printed at regular intervals, from which the mean' daily gage 

height can be computed. The gage height given in the table represents the elevation of the surface of the water above the zero of the 

gage. All gage heights affected by the presence of ice in the streams 

or by backwater from obstructions are published as recorded, with
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suitable footnotes. The rating table is not applicable for such periods 

unless the proper corrections to the gage heights are known and 

applied. Attention is called to the fact that the zero of the gage is 

placed at an arbitrary datum, in general somewhat below the lowest 

known flow, so that negative readings shall not occur.

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

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

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

read to tenths or half-tenths once a day or to tenths twice a day, no 

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

read to half tenths twice a day or to quarter tenths or hundredths, 

regardless of the number of readings a day, the gage .heights are 

published to hundredths, and zeros appear in the hundredths place, 

below a certain limiting stage. This limiting stage is so selected 

that the average error in the mean daily discharge, resulting from 

not using the mean daily gage height to hundredths above that stage, 

shall riot be greater than 2 per cent. For automatic gages the allowable average error of the daily discharge has been taken as 1 per cent. 

The selection of the percentage is arbitrary, but it should be noted 

that the maximum error will in all cases be twice the average error. 

In like manner half tenths are used from the hundredths limit to 

another higher limit, above which only tenths are used. It is the 

aim to have the gage-height observations at each gaging station 

recorded to the degree of refinement required by the above method 

of use, but in practice it is found necessary, in order to avoid confusion in the gage observer's record, to have the observations for all 

stages recorded to the degree of refinement required for low stages, 

which usually necessitates readings to hundredths of a foot.

The discharge measurements and gage heights are the base data 

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

The base data presented in this report, unless otherwise stated in 

the descriptions of stations, have been collected by the methods commonly used at current-meter gaging stations and described in standard textbooks. (See Pis. I and II.)

The rating table gives, either directly or by interpolation, the 

discharge in second-feet corresponding to every stage of the river 

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

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

' ordinates and discharge in second-feet as abscissas.

The table of daily discharge determined from the gage height and 

rating tables gives the discharge in second-feet corresponding to the 

mean of the gage readings observed each day.
16 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

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

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

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

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

the water surface was at crest height and the corresponding discharge 

was consequently larger than given in the maximum column. Like, 

wise in the column headed "Minimum" the quantity given is the 

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

column headed "Mean" is the average flow in cubic feet for each 

second during the month. On this the computations for the remains 

ing columns, which are defined on page 12, are based.

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS.

The accuracy of stream-flow data depends (1) on the permanence 

of the relation between discharge and stage, and (2) on the accuracy 

of observation of stage, measurements of discharge, and interpretation of data.

In order to give engineers and others information regarding the 

probable accuracy of the computed results, footnotes are added to the 

daily discharge tables, stating the probable accuracy of the rating 

tables used, and an accuracy column is inserted hi the monthly discharge table. For the rating tables, "well denned" indicates, in general, that the rating is probably accurate within 5 per cent; "fairly 

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

are based on the plotting of the individual measurements with reference to the mean rating curve.

The accuracy column in the monthly discharge table does not 

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

to the monthly mean. It is based on the accuracy of the rating, the 

probable reliability of the observer, the number of gage readings per 

day, the range of the fluctuation in stage, and knowledge of local 

conditions. In this column, A indicates that the mean monthly 

flow is probably accurate within 5 per cent; B, within 10 per cent; 

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

covered by footnotes.

Even though the monthly means for any station may represent 

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

the gage, the figures showing discharge per square mile and depth of 

run-off in inches may be subject to gross errors, which result from 

including in the measured drainage area large noncontributing districts or omitting estimates of water diverted for irrigation or other 

use. On this account the computations of "second-feet per square 

mile" and " run-off (depth in inches)" have not been made for 

stations draining areas having an annual rainfall of less than 20
COOPERATION. 17

inches, nor for those stations draining areas of over 20 inches of rainfall for which it is believed that the computations would be uncertain 

and misleading because of the presence of large noncontributing 

districts in the measured drainage area, of omitting estimates of 

water diverted for irrigation or other use, or of artificial control or 

unusual natural control of the flow of the river above the gaging 

station. All values of "second-feet per square mile" and "run-off 

(depth in inches)" previously published by the Survey should be 

used with extreme caution, and such values in this report should be 

used with care because of possible inherent sources of error not known 

to the Survey.

In general, the base data collected each year by the Survey engineers are published, not only to comply with the law, but also to 

afford any engineer the means of examining and adjusting to his own 

needs the results of the computations. The table of monthly discharge is so arranged as to give only a general idea of the flow at the 

station and should not be used for other than preliminary estimates. 

The determinations of daily discharge allow more detailed studies of 

the variation in flow by which the period of deficiency may be determined.

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

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

and published, and the engineer who makes use of the figures presented in these papers should verify all ratings and make such adjustments for earlier years as may seem necessary.

COOPERATION.

The hydrometric work in Maine was carried on in cooperation 

with the Maine State Water Storage Commission, William T. Haines, 

governor, chairman, and Cyrus C. Babb, chief engineer.

Hydrometric work in Vermont and Massachusetts was carried on 

under a cooperative agreement between the governors of the States 

and the director of the United States Geological Survey.

In New York hydrometric work was carried on in cooperation 

with the State Conservation Commission and also with-the State engineer and surveyor.

Financial assistance has been rendered by the Connecticut River 

Transmission Co., the Turners Falls Co., the Holyoke Water Power 

Co., the Adirondack Electric Power Corporation, the International 

Paper Co., the Union Bag & Paper Co., the Finch,.Pruyn Paper 

Co., the Spottsylvania Power Co., the Potomac Electric Power Co., 

and other power companies in connection with records on streams 

which they are utilizing.

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18 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I. 

DIVISION OF WORK.

The field data for stations in Maine were collected by Cyrus C. 

Babb, chief engineer, Maine State Water Storage Commission, and 

G. C. Danforth, assistant engineer, who also prepared the ratings 

and made the computations and special studies for those stations.

The field data for New York and New England, outside of Maine, 

were collected under the direction of C. C. Covert, district engineer, 

by C. H. Pierce, O. W. Hartwell, C. S. De Golyer, G. H. Canfield, G. J. 

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

The ratings and studies of completed data were made by O. W. 

Hartwell and C. H. Pierce. The computations and ioe estimates 

were made by O. W. Hartwell and C. H. Pierce, assisted by C. S. 

De Golyer, Frank Weber, W. S. Easterly, H. W. Fear, W. A. James, 

and M. J. Maguire.

The field data for the Middle Atlantic States were collected under 

the direction of G. C. Stevens by J. G. Mathers, H. D. Padgett, M. I. 

Walters, 'and C. L. Batcfrelder. The ratings and studies of completed 

data were made by G. C. Stevens. The computations and ice estimates were made under the direction of G. C. Stevens by J. G. 

Mathers, H. D. Padgett, M. I. Walters, and C. L. Batchelder.

The complete manuscript was prepared for publication by E. S. 

Fuller and edited by Mrs. B. D. Wood.

GAGING-STATION RECORDS.

ST. JOHN RIVER BASIN. 

ST. JOHN EIVEE AT FOET KENT, MAINE.

Location. At the suspension footbridge in the town of Fort Kent, a short distance 

above the mouth of Fish River and about 15 miles below the mouth of St. Francis 

River.

Records available. October 13, 1905, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 4,880 square miles.

Gage. Inclined staff, 22 feet long, in two sections, attached to the new concrete 

pier nearest the New Brunswick shore of the river. The lower part of the gage is 

placed in a groove in the side of the pier; the upper part is fastened to the downstream end of the same pier.

Channel and control. Practically permanent; both banks high, rocky, cleared, 

and not subject to overflow except in extreme freshets.

Discharge measurements. Made from footbridge. No measurements since 1911.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Regulation. A few dams on the upper headwaters are used for log driving; the 

operation of these dams only slightly affects the flow past the gage.

Accuracy. Discharge relation occasionally affected by backwater caused by logs 

jamming on the bridge piers and, during the winter, by ice.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.
ST. JOHW BITER BASIW.

Daily gage height, in feet, of St. John River at Fort Kent, Maine, for 1913. 

[A. V. Currie, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

5.2

5.25

5.3

5.2

6.0

8.1

"*7."6"

.......

Feb.

6. a

6.4

6.0

5.8

.......

Mar.

5.7

5.7

6.6

11.6

.......

Apr.

9 95

10.1

10.55

10.35

9 a

9

t&

9.25

8.55

8.1

7.85

7.65

7.45

7.25

7 q

7.55

7.85

8.65

9.5

10.5

11.1

11.25

11.0

10.6

12.35

15.1

16.7 

17.8 

18.8

19.25

19.4

May.-

1ft d

16 4

13.45

n

AK

U Q

11.15

11.05

10.65

9.85

ft O

8.4

7 95

7.5

7.1

6.85

6.6

6.35

6.25

6.2

6.35

6.5

6.5

7.2

7.75

7.8

7.8 

7.8 

7.8

8.05

9.1 

9.9

June.

9.4

9.1

9.15

9.45

8.65

8.05

7 0

7.85

7.7

7.5

6.85.

6.4

6.05

5.85

5.7

5.65

5.6

5.6

5.75

5.85

5.5

5.15

5.05

4.95

4.8

4.65 

4.5 

4.45

4.35

4.3

July.

A e

5.3

5.55

5.75

5.8

5.7

5.55

4.7

4.3

4

0

4.55

5.25

5.75

5.8

5.75

5.55

5.7

6.15

6 45

6.9

6.7

6.1

5.7

5.35

5.3

5.1

4.85 

4.8

4.65

4.55 

4.45

Aug.

4 q

4.3

4.4

4

Q

4.25

A 9

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3 7

3.6

3 a

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.35

3.25

3.2

3.1

9 1

3.1

3.1

3.1 

3.15 

3.2

3.25

3.4 

3.5

Sept.

3.5

3.4

3,3

3 9

3.15

3

1

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.85

2.75

2.55

2.55

2.75

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.15

3.4

3.65

4.3

4.95 

4.8 

4.4

3.95

3.8

Oct.

3.65

3.45

3.4

3.55

3.6

3.55

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.65

3.9

4.1

4.45

4.55

6.1

7.2

7.45

6.85

6.4

6.05 

6.05 

6.25

6.45

6.6 

6.65

Nov.

6.4

5.7

5.25

5.1

5.0

4 95

4 Q

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.55

4.5

4.65

4.65

4.6

4.6

4.55

4.5

4 4 -

4.5

5.15

5.65

5.9

6.4

6.6

6.55 

6.35 

5.9

5.55

5.4

Dec.

5.3

5.3

5.4

5.45

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.5

-5.5

5.4

5.3

5.15

4.95

4.75

4.6

4.5

4.45

4.3

4.15

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.0

.......

4.1

NOTE. Discharge relation Jan. 5 to Mar. 31 seriously affected by ice. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of St. John River at Fort Kent, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

5,470

5,620 

5,770 

5,470

Feb.

.......

Mar.

.......

Apr.

24,700

25,400 

27,600 

26,600 

23,900

22,800

21,400

18,200

16,200

15,200

14,300

13,500

12,700

12,900

13,900

15,200

18,600

22,500

27,400

30,400

31,200

9Q onn

27,900

37,100

53,400

63,600

71,000

77,700

80,800

81,900

May.

75,000

61,700 

43,400 

34,900 

31,500

30,700

30,200

28,100

24,200

19,800

17,500

15,600

13,700

12,100

11,100

10,100

9,220

8,860

8,690

9,220

9,770

9,770

12,500

14,700

15,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

16,000

20,700

June.

22,000

20,700 

20,900 

22,300 

18,600

16,000

15,400

15,200

14,500

13,700

11,100

9,400

8,170

7,500

7,010

6,850

6,690

6,690

7,170

7,500

6,380

5,320

5,040

4,760

4,370

3,980

3,610

3,490

3,260

3,140

July.

3,610

5,770 

6,540 

7,170 

7,330

7,010

6,540

4,110

3,140

3,140

3,740

5,620

7,170

7,330

7,170

6,540

7,010

8,520

9,580

11 300

10,500

8,340

7,010

5,920

5,770

5,180

4,500

4,370

3,980

3,740

3,490

Aug.

3,140

3,140 

3,370 

3,140 

3,030

2,920

2,510

2,320

2,140

2,140

2,140

1,970

1,810

1,810

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,520

1,460

1,330

1,270

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,220

1,270

1,330

1,520

1 fifiA

Sept.

1,660

1,520 

1,390 

1,270 

1,220

1,160

1,160

1,060

Qfifl

915

825

660

660

825

Qfifl

1.060

1,060

1 060

1,'060

1,160

1,160

1,220

1,520

1,890

3,140

4,760

4,370

3,370

2,420

2,140

Oct.

i a/on

1,590 

1,520 

1,740 

1,810

1,740

1 660

1^660

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,660

i son

2,060

2,320

2,710

3,490

3,740

8,340

12,500

13,500

11,100

9,400

8,170

8,170

8,860

9,580

10,100

10,300

Nov.

9,400

7,010 

5,620 

5,180 

4,900

4,760

4,630

4,110

4,110

3,860

3,740

3,610

3,980

3,980

3,860

3,860

3,740

3,610

3,370

3,610

5,320

6 OCA

7,660

9,400

10,100

9,960

9,220

7,660

6,540

6,070

Dec.

5,770

5,770 

6,070 

6,220 

6,380

6,690

6,690

6,380

6,380

6,070

5,770

5,320

4,760

4,240

3,860

3,610

3,490

3,140

2,820

2,710

2,710

2,710

2,510

2,510

2,510

2,510

2,510

2,510

2,710

2,710

2,710

NOTE. Discharge determined from a fairly well defined rating curve. Mean discharge for January, 

February, and March estimated by comparison with records at Van Buren and subject to some uncertainty.
20 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of St. John River at Fort Kent, Maine, for 1918. 

[Drainage area, 4,880 square miles.]

Month.

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

Mav

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

The year. ................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

81,900 

75,000 

22,300 

11,300 

3,370 

4,760 

13,500 

10,100 

6,690

81,900

Minimum.

12,700. 

8,690 

3,140 

3,140 

1,160 

660 

1,520 

3,370 

2,510

660

Mean.

5,100 

2,900 

6,400 

31,900 

21,400 

10,000 

6,170 

1,900 

1,590 

4,810 

5,660 

4,220

8,500

Per 

square 

mile.

1.04 

.59 

. 1.31 

6.54 

4.38 

2.05 

1.26 

.39 

.32 

.98 

1.16 

.86

1.74

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.20 

.61 

1.51

7.30 

5.05 

2.29 

1.45 

.45 

.36 

1.13 

1.29 

.99

23.63

ST. JOHN RIVER AT VAN BUREN, MAINE.

Location. At new International Bridge at Van Buren, Maine, about 14 miles above

Grand Falls, New Brunswick. 

Records available. May 4, 1908, to December 31, 1913. Data-also in annual

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

Drainage area. 8,270 square miles. 

Gage. Gage read since May 6, 1912, painted vertically on second pier from Van

Buren side of bridge; zero of gage is 407.69 feet above sea level; daily gage heights

for 1910 and 1911 were read on a vertical rod attached to the pier of the sawdust

carrier of Hammond's mill, "about 700 feet below the International Bridge, but

as published they are reduced to the bridge datum. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the International Bridge. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Regulation. The little storage above for log driving probably does not affect the

discharge.

Accuracy. Results good. Winter estimates fair. 

Cooperation. Station established by the International Commission, River St. John,

but maintained since May 6,1912, by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.

The discharge measurements for 1913 furnished by H. S. Ferguson, consulting 

engineer, New York, N. Y.

Discharge measurements of St. John River at Van Buren, Maine, during 1913. 

[Made by engineers in the employ of H. S. Ferguson, consulting engineer.]

Date.

Artr 93

25........

26........

28........

9Q

May 1. .......

3........

5........

8........

10........

12........

13........

16........

Gage 

height.

Feet.

1 A Rf\

15.80

18.75

26.00

9A On

23 45

20.85

18.90

17.55

16.00

14.10

12.35

11.45

9.80

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

43,100

50,100

70,600

m rxYi

120 000 QA Arm

TO inn

70,000

61,400

53,100

43,000

35,000

30,100

24,500

Date.

May 27........

31

7........

10........

11........

12........

14........

16........

20........

21........

21........

23........

25........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

10.20

13.15

12.50

11.70

9.35

8.85

8.35

7.70

7.00

7.00

6.60

6.60

5.80

5.40

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

26,300

38,600

34,700

31,500

22,700

20,900

19,000

17,200

14,300

14,700

13, 300

13,800

10,900

10,200

Date.

30........

July 8........

5........

8........

18........

Sept 17....^...

24........

30........

Oct. 2........

Gage

height.

Feet. 

4.90

4.50

4.00

3.80

3.60

3.00

2.10

1.60

3.00

2.55

2.10

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

8,900

8,400

7,000

6,200

5,900

4,800

3,500

2,100

4,700

3,900

3,000
ST. JOHN RIVEB BASIN.

Daily gage height, in feet, of St. John River at Van Buren, Maine, for 1918. 

[W. H. Scott, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

6.1............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18.............. 10

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

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

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

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

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

251.............

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

6.0

6.0.

5.9

6.15

6.35

6.0

6.0

5.9

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.0

5.95

5.65

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.65

5.9 

6.05 

6.45

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.55

6.4

Feb.

6.25

6.05-

5.75

5.45

5.3

5.15

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.55

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.1 

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1 

4.1

4.1 

4.1 

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

Mar.

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.15

4.5 

5.55

5.35

5.6

6.1

7.05 

10.2

11.65 

11.65 

13.0

13.85

14.4

15.2

15.2

15.25

15.65

Apr.

16.9

16.7

17.05

17.3

17.45

16.85

16.2

is. 4

13.1

13.15

13.6

14.6 

16.0

15.6

13.0

13.9

14.95 

15.0

14.55 

14.45 

15.85

19.3

23.5

26.3

26.8

25.95

May.

23.7

21.2

19.15

18.1

17:55

17.2

16.9

16.05

15.0

14.0

13.2

12.35

11.6

10.8

10.15

9.7 

9.25

8.9

8.75

9.05

9.5 

9.3

9.3 

9.8 

10.45

10.3

10.3

10.3

10.15

11.7

13.2

June.

13.0

21.45

12.5

12.85

12.7

12.25

11.6

10.8

10.0

9.3

8.75

8.25

7.9

7.6

7.2

7.0

6.75

6.9

7.0

6.9

6.3 

6.0

5.9 

5.7 

5.35

5.05

4.75

4.6

4.5

4.5

July.

4.5

4.75

4.55

5.65

5.6

5.1

4.5

4.15

3.85

3.55

3.7

4.35

4.85

5.7

5.7

5.65 

5.2

5.0

5.15

7.1

7.4 

6.6

5.9 

5.3

4.95

4.7

4.35

4.1

4.25

4.55

4.5

Aug.

4.1

3.75

3.55

3.5

3.5

3.45

3.25

3.05

2.85

2.7

2.75

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.45 

2.25

2.1

2.05

1.95

1.9 

1.9

1.8 

1.8 

1.85

2.05

2.2

2.25

2.4

2.3

2.25

Sept.

2.15

2.3

2.15

2.0

1.95

1.85

1.7

1.55

1.7

1.58

1.45

1.40

1.40

1.35

1.35

1.68 

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.58

1.48 

'1.40

1.90 

3.02 

3.15

3.38

3.85

3.25

2.88

2.65

Oct.

2.35

2.18

2.10

2.20

2.10

1.95

2.20

2.30

2.15

2.00

2.02

1.98

1.90

2.00

2.05

2.10 

2.15

2.38

2.68

3.12

4.10 

5.60

7.45 

7.42 

6.70

6.40

6.35

6.85

7.05

6.95

.6.75

Nov.

6.40

6.00

5.50

5.15

4.95

4.75

4.58

4.50

4.50

4.48

4.68

4.62

4.70

4.68

4.50

4.35 

4.15

3.95

3.88

4.10

4.40 

4.40

4.80 

5.70 

5.80

5.82

5.68

5.75

5.92

6.00

Dec.

6.00

5.80

5.20

4.50

4.00

4.50

6.10

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

.......

.......

.......

4.30

4.30

4.25

NOTE. Discharge relation Jan. 1 to Apr. 18 and Dec. 6 to Dec. 31 seriously affected by ice.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of St. John River at Van Buren, Maine, for Dec. 1,1912, to

Dec. 31, 1913.

Day.

I........

2.......

3.......

4.......

5.......

6.......

7- ......

8.......

10.......

11.......

12.......

13.......

14.......

15....... 

16.......

17....... 

18....... 10

20.;.....

21....... 22.:.....

23.......

24....... 91;

26....... 

27.......

28.......

29....... 

30.......

31.......

Dec.

15,500 

15,500 

16,100 

13,200 

17,800

22,200 

24,300 

22,800 

19,400 

16,700

18,300 

19,400 

17,900 

13,200 

10,800

12,300 

13,400 

12,200 

11,400 

12,100

11,600 

10,000 

9,200 

9,500 

9,200

9,300 

8,800 

8,300 

7,700 

6,700 

6,700

Jan.

6,440 

6,440 

6,440 

6,700 

8,790

7,540 

7,250 

7,250 

6,970 

6,970

6,970 

6,970 

6,700 

6,700 

6,700

6,440 

5,950 

5,950 

5,950 

5,950

5,950 

5,950 

5,950 

6,700 

7,250

8,150 

8,150 

8,470 

8,150 

7,840 

7,540

Feb.

7,250 

6,700 

6,190 

5,720 

5,290

4,890 

4,700 

4,510 

4,330 

3,990

3,660 

3,500 

3,350 

3,200 

3,050

2,910 

2,910 

2,770 

2,770 

2,640

2,640 

2,640 

2,520 

2,520 

2,520

2,640 

2,520 

2,520

.......

Mar.

2,520 

2,520 

2,520 

2,520 

2,410

2,300 

2,300 

2,300 

2,300 

2,190

2,190 

2,080 

2,300 

2,520 

2,910

3,050 

3,050 

4,160 

4,890 

5,290

7,540 

14,200 

16,800 

18,000 

22,600

24,700 

26,100 

27,500 

28,200 

30,400 

31,900

Apr.

34,200 

34,200 

34,200 

35,000 

35,000

32, '00 

31,200 

28,900 

26,iOO 

24,700

24,000 

23,300 

21,900 

22,600 

23,300

24,700 

28,200 

35,000 

36,900 

41,200

46,600 

46,900 

44,500 

44,000 

51,600

72,800 

100,000 

120,000 

123,000 

117,000

May.

102,000 

85,100 

71,900 

65,200 

61,800

59,600 

57,800 

52,800 

46,900 

41,700

37,800 

34,000 

30,900 

27,700 

25,300

33,800 

22,200 

21,000 

20,400 

21,500

23,000 

22,400 

22,400 

24,100 

26,400

25,900 

25,900 

25,900 

25,300 

31,300 

37,800

June.

36,900 

34,400 

34,700 

36,200 

35,500

33,600 

30,900 

27,700 

24,800 

22,400

20,400 

18,700 

17,600 

16,600 

15,400

14,800 

14,000 

14,500 

14,800 

14,500

12,700 

11,900 

11,600 

11,100 

10,200

9,420

8,700 

8,340 

8,110 

8,110

July.

8,110 

8,700 

8,220 

11,000 

10,800

9,550 

8,110 

7,330 

6,670 

6,010

6,340 

7,770 

8,940 

11,100 

11,100

11,000 

9,800 

9,300 

9,680 

15,100

16,000 

13,600 

11,600 

10,100 

9,180

8,580 

7,770 

7,220 

7,550 

8,220 

8,110

Aug.

7,220 

6,450 

6,010 

5,900 

5,900

5,790 

5,360 

4.940 

4,520 

4,210

4,320 

4,630 

4,420 

4,210 

4,000

3,690 

3,300 

3,010 

2,920 

2,730

2,640 

2,640 

2,460 

2.460 

2,550

2,920 

3,200 

3,300 

3,590 

3,390 

3,300

Sept.

3,100 

3,390 

3,100

2,820 

2,730

2,550 

2,280 

2,030 

2,280 

2,080

1,870 

1,790 

1,790 

1,720 

1,720

2,250 

2,110 

2,110 

2,110 

2,080

1,920 

1,790 

' 2,640 

4,880 

5,160

5,640 

6,670 

5,360 

4,590

4,100

Oct.

3,490 

3,160 

3,010 

3,200 

3,010

2,730 

3,200 

3,390 

3,100 

2,820

2,860 

2,780 

2,640 

2,820 

2,920

3,010 

3,100 

3,550 

4,170 

5,090

7,220 

10,800 

16,200 

16. 100 

13,900

13,000 

12,900 

14,400 

15,000 

14,600 

14,000

Nov.

13,000 

11,900 

10,600 

9,680 

9,180

8,700 

8,290 

8,110 

8,110 

8,060

8,530 

8,390 

8,580 

8,530 

8,110

7,770 

7,330 

6,890 

6,740 

7,220

7,880 

7,880 

8,820 

11,100 

11,400

11,400 

11,000 

7,840 

5,500 

7,540

Dec.

7,540 

7,540 

7,540 

7,250 

6.970

4,330 

3,990 

3,820 

3,350 

3,350

4,510 

5,090 

5,290 

6,500 

5,720

5,290 

4,700 

4,700 

4,890 

4,510

4,160 

4,330 

4,330 

4,160 

3,990

3,990 

3,990 

3,500 

3,500 

3,500 

3,500

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well defined rating curve. Discharge Jan. 1 to Apr. 18, and Dec. 6 

to Dec. 31 estimated from gage heights at Grand Falls, N. B., furnished by H. S. Ferguson, consulting 

engineer, where the winter flow is not affected by ice. Grand Falls is about 14 miles below van Buren.

Discharge estimates for December, 1912, supersede those published in Water Supply Paper 321, page 20. 

New estimate made from a frozen season rating curve based on the record for January, 1913.
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of St. John River at Van Buren, Maine, for December, 1912, to December,

1913.

[Drainage area, 8,270 square miles.]

Month.

1912. 

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

1913. 

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

February.. . ................................... March................... ... . .

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

May........................................... June.............. .. . .

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

24,300

8,790 

7,250 

31,900 

123,000 

102,000 

36,900 

16,000 

7,220 

6,670 

16,200 

13,000 

7,540

123,000

Minimum.

6,700

5,950 

2,520 

2,080 

21,900 

20,400 

8,110 

6,010 

2,460 

1,720 

2,640 

5,500 

3,350

1,720

Mean.

13,600

6,940 

3,740 

9,810 

46,500 

38,700 

19.300 

9,440 

4,060 

2,960 

6,840 

8,800 

4,800

13,400

Per 

square 

mile.

1.64

.839 

.452 

1.19 

5.50 

4.68 

2.33 

1.14 

.491 

.358 

.827 

1.06 

.580

1.62

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches 

on 

drainage 

area).

1.89

.97 

.47 

1.37 

6.14 

5.40 

2.60 

1.31 

.57 

.40 

.95 

1.18 

.67

22.03

NOTE. Figures for December, 1912, supersede those published in Water Supply Paper 321, page 20.

MACHIAS RIVER BASIN. 

MACHIAS RIVER AT WHITNEYVILLE, MAINE.

Location. At a wooden highway bridge in the town of Whitneyville; 4 miles above 

Machias; 200 feet below a storage dam.

Records available. October 17, 1903, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 465 square miles.

Gage. Chain gage installed on the wooden highway bridge October 10, 1911. Prior 

to October 3, 1905, a chain gage was located on the Washington County railroad 

bridge. Backwater was occasionally experienced here, however, from the dam 

at Machias, and on October 3, 1905, a staff gage was installed on the highway 

bridge three-fourths of a mile farther upstream. The datum of the present chain 

gage is the same as that of the staff gage on the highway bridge.

Channel and control. Practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made at the railroad bridge, as the section there is 

better than above. Low-water measurements may be made by wading at a 

point 200 feet above the railroad bridge.

Winter flow. Little affected by ice. ;

Log driving. There is a certain amount of log driving every year and jams of short 

duration occasionally occur.

Regulation. The gates in the storage dam immediately above the station are opened 

and closed each day during low stages of the river; as a result considerable fluctuation occurs at such times.

Accuracy. The operations of the gates of the storage dam render results somewhat 

uncertain.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.

The following discharge measurement was made by G. C. Danforth: 

May 8, 1913: Gage height, 6.77 feet; discharge, 2,490 second-feet.
MACHIAS KIVEE BASIN. 23

Daily gage height, infect, of Machias River at Whitneywlle, Maine, for 1913. 

[I. S. Albee, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18..... ........- 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

7.0

7.3

7.5

8 A

8.6

6 s

7.0

6.9

ft ft

6.3

5.8

5.6

 TC

5.2

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.9

5.5

5.8

6.0

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.5

5.3

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.5

Feb.

4.5

5.5

5.2

4.8

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.7

TC. O

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.4

4 A.

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.4

4.4

Mar.

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4 

4.5

6.3

8

O

9.0

8.0

6.7

7.8

9.0

8.2

7.1

6.9

7.9

9.0

8 A

10.2

9.0

8.0

6.9

Apr.

6.5

6 4

6.5

6

0

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.3

6.3

6.0

5.5

5.6

7.2

7.0

6.7

6.1

5.5

5.9

6.4

6.2

6.0

5.9

6.1

6.8

6.7

6.6

6.4

6.0

5.6

May.

5.2

5

0

5.5

5

0

6.0

6.3

6.7

6.8

('. Q

7.0

7.1

6-9

6.4

6.2

6.0

5.9

5.8

5.6

t\ 7

H S

5.9

6.0

6.2

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.6

7.0

S 0

8.6

June.

8.2

7 S

7.5

7.1

6

0

6

0

5.6

5.1

4 Q

4 S

4.7

4.6

A O

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.95

°. Q

3 Q

3.9

3

0

3.7

3.7

3.7

. 3.6

3.6

3.5

3.5

July.

3.5

3.45

3.4

3

0

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3

0

3.35

3

K

3

K

3

K

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.7 3.8-

3.9

4 O

4.0

4.0

3 9

3

0

9. 7

3.6

Aug.

3.6

3.6

3.55

3

K

3.5

3 A

3.4

3.4

3 A

3.4

3

,1

3.4

9. 3

3

0

3

0

3.3

3.3

3

0

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.65

3.6

3.6

Sept.

3.6

3

e

3.4 9. o.

3.3

3

O

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

1 Q

4.0

4.2

4 9.

4.4

4.0

3

O

3.6

Oct.

3

K

°. A

3.35

3.6

3

0

3 Q

3 Q

3

O

3 7

°. 7

3 7

3.7

5.3

6.5

6.1

5.5

5.3

5

0

5.1

5.1

5.15

5

0

5.3

5.4

5.5

6.0

6.8

6.4

6.0

5.4

Nov.

4 ft

4

K

4.4

A. ^

4

0

4.4

4

QK

4.4

4.7

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.0

4 9

4.8

4 7

4.6

4.5

4 4

4.6

4.9

4

0

4 7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4 9.

4.3

4.3

Dec.

4.3

A 0

4.35

4.4

4

K

4

K

4.6

6.5

7.0

6.1

>! 7

5.2

4.7

4.6

4.4

A O

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4 O

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3 Q

3

0

3

0

3

D

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Machias River at Whitneywlle, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9.1

Jan.

2,650

2,920

3,100

3,580

4,180

2,470

2,650

2,560

2,470

2,040

1,640

1,490

1,350

1,210

1,140

1,070

1,000

1,000

1,420

1,640

1,800

1,720

1,640

1,560

1,420

1,280

1,210

1,070

937

814

755

Feb.

755

1,420

1,210

937

814

875

937

1,000

937

875

875

875

937

937

814

755

698

698

698

642

642

642

642

642

642

642

698

698

Mar.

698

755

814

875

875

814

755

698

698

698

698

698

698

755

1,960

4,380

4,580

3,580

2,380

3,380

4,580

3,780

2,740

2,560

3 480

4,580

3,980

5,900

4,580

3,580

2,560

Apr.

2,200

2,120

2,200

2,470

2,650

2,740

2,830

2,920

2,040

1,800

1,420

1,490

1,800

2,830

2,650

2,380

1,880

1,420

1,720

2,120

1,960

1,800

1,720

1,880

2,470

2,380

2,290

2,120

1,800

1,490

May.

1,210

1,280

1,420

1,640

1,800

2,040

2,380

2,470

2,650

2 740

2,560

2,120

1,960

1,800

1,720

1,640

1,490

1,560

1,640

1,720

1 800 I'geo

2,120

2,200

2,290

2,290 9 fisn

3,580

4,180

June.

3,780

3,380

3,100

2,740

2,470

1,960

1,490

1 140

1,000

937

875

814

CQQ

587

482

482

482

489

458

400

433

433

387

343

343

343

300

300

260

260

July.

260

242

224

191

191

191

191

191

191

191

191

208

260

260

260

260

260

260

300

343

387

433

482

482

433

387

343

300

Aug.

300

300

280

260

260

224

224

ooA

224

224 fyyA

191

191

191

191

191

224

9fifl

300

OAfl

343

343

343

300

300

Sept.

9,nfi

260

224

191

191

191

224

1 9fifl

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

300

Oftn

300

300

300

300

343

433

482

587

642

698

482

387

300

Oct.

260

224

208

300

387

433

433

387

343

343

343

343

875

1,280

2,200

1,880

1,420

1,280

1,210

1,140

1,140

1,180

1,210

1,280

1,350

1,420

1,800

2,470

2,120

1,800

1,350

Nov.

937

755

698

642

642

698

670

fiQC

875

1,070

1,070

1 140

1,140

1,070

1,000

937

875

814

755

fios

814

1,000

937

875

814

755

698

642

642

642

Dec.

Axo

642

670

698

755

755

814

o oftft

2,650

1,880

1,560

1,210

937

875

814

698

587

534

482

482

482

482

482

482

482

482

482

433

387

387

387

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 200 and 4,000 second-feet.
24 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

MonMy discharge of Machias River at Whitneyvilk, Maine, for 191$. 

[Drainage area, 465 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

4,180 

1,420 

5,900 

2,920 

4,180 

3,780 

482 

343 

698 

2,470 

1,140 

2,650

5,900

Minimum.

755 

642 

698 

1,420 

1,210 

260 

191 

191 

191 

208 

642 

387

191

Mean.

1,800 

819 

2,360 

2,120 

2,120 

1,040 

288 

250 

336 

1,040 

833 

802

1,150

Per square 

mile.

3.87 

1.76 

5.08 

4.56 

4.56 

2.24 

.619 

.538 

.723 

2.24 

1.79 

1.72

2.47

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.46 

1.83 

5.86 

5.09 

5.26 

2.50 

.71 

.62 

.81 

2.58 

2.00 

1.98

33.70

UNION RIVER BASIN.

UNION RIVER AT AMHERST, MAINE.

Location. At highway bridge three-fourths of a mile west of Amherst post office on

road to Bangor, about a mile below the highway bridge at the old tannery dam. 

Records available. July 25, 1909, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

Drainage area. 140 square miles. 

Gage. Chain, established June 2, 1910, and placed at same datum as old vertical

gage nailed to log abutment.

Channel and control. Gravel, but not liable to change except in an unusual flood. 

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of the bridge. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Regulatfoh. A few log-driving dams above the station, but the regimen of stream

is only slightly affected by them. 

Accuracy. Discharge relation affected by ice and to a certain extent, but for short

periods, by backwater from log jams. No corrections have been made for possible

backwater from log jams.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

The following discharge measurement was made by G. C. Danforth: 

May 30, 1913: Gage height, 9.91 feet; discharge, 1,050 second-feet.
UNION EIVEE BASIN.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Union River at Amherst, Maine, for 1913. 

[Lewis Watts, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1C

1Q

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

97

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

9Q

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

31

Jan.

9.18

8.82

7.78

in Q4

9.20

9.04 

8.96

8.74

8.60

9.28

9.S8

9.84 

8.70

9.70

9.78

9.80

9.90

10.09

9.51

9.66 

8.89

a 73

8.05

a 10

8.19

8.20

7.90

Feb.

7.92 

8.02

8.47

8.52

8.60

9.20

9.18

9.15

-------

8.85

8.80

"are"

8.60

Mar.

"ago"

8.70

8.60

"a 55"

9.65 

10.90

10.10

10.06

12.38

12.24 

11.12

11.12 

11.42

12.25

11.66

12.48

11.63

11.12

10.78

Apr.

11.34 

10.82

10.50

10.10

10 40

10.30 

10.00

o on

9.15

8.74

8.52

8.79 

8.81

9

0A

9.30 

9.28

9.24

9.08

9.02

9.16

8.92

8.82 

8.66

8.56 

8.46

8.39

8.32

8.27

8.23

a 15

May.

8.00 

7.84

7.71

7.62

7.50

7.41 

7.36

7.28

7.18

7.21

7.18

7.10 

7.05

7.04

6.98 

6.95

6.82

6.77

6.68

6.30

6.28

6.32

6.84

7.24 

7.26

7.43

7.97

an

8.13

9.68

9.52

June.

9.06 

8.96

Q »TQ

a 6i

8.43

8.18

7 OS

7.78

7 79

7.42

7 90

7.08 

6.92

6.76

6.69 

6.62

6.64

6.52

6.42

6.38

6.34

6.28 

6.20

6.18 

6.15

6.09

6.04

6.00

5.92

5.90

July.

6.04 

5.96

5

00

S

CO

S

on

5.92 

5.88

5.84

5.80

6.10

6.10 

6.10

6.10

6.10 

6.08

6.06

6.04

6.02

6.00

6.04

6.03 

6.01

6.00 

6.00

5.97

5.94

5.92

5.90

5.87

5.81

Aug.

5.80 

5.77

5

»ro

5 79

5

£Q

5.64 

5.60

5

4.K

5.29

5.20

5.18

5.18 

5.18

5.18

5.18 

5.18

5.17

5.15

5.12

5.10

5.10.

5.10 

5.20

5.17

5.14

5.12

5.20

5.19

5.15

5.48

5.37

Sept.

5.29 

5.27

5 24

5.45

5.36

5.32 509

5.35

5.55

5.42

5.42

5.42 

5.52

6.17

5.64 

5.61

5.61

5.68

5.66

5.65

5.65

5.84 

7.88

6.99 

6.80

6.86

6.88

6.79

6.68

6.56

Oct.

6.44 

ft dQ

6 97

6 92

7 9-3

7.11

7.17

7.16

7.05

6.93

6.86

6.99

7.57

7.67

7.13 

8.20

8.09

a 07

7.91

7.84

9.98

9.35 

9.02

ase

8.86

9.73

10.54

10.17

9.92

9 79

9.47

Nov.

9.26 a96

a 63

Q OQ

8.20

7.97 

7.77

7,60

7.55

7.90

7.90

7.78 

7.60

7.50 

7.39

7.29

7 91

7.10

7.57

7.65

7.70 

7.65

7.61 

7.45

7.34

7 91

7 10

7.16

7 00

Dec.

6.92 

6 95

ft R9

6.81

6 Oft

6.92 

7 30

8 19

7.78

8.00

7.61

8.50 

7.78

7.08

7.10 

7.72

7.56

ft 09

6.95

7.26

7.15

6.92

fi OQ

7.55 

7.90

6.98

7.28

7.68

7.76

7

QQ

7 69

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 10-23 and Feb. 6 to Mar. 20.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Union River at Amherst, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

99

93

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

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

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

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

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

90

on

?i

Jan.

792

688

433

1,420

798

750

727

666

630

600

580

570

500

480

470

470

490

540

630

780

750

738

707

664

496

508

530

532

461

Feb.

465

489

597

610

630

500

470

460

420

400

390

380

qQA

Q7n

330

280

270

270

270

270

270

270

270

270

270

270

270

270

Mar.

270

280

300

320

330

300

280

270

270

270

270

270

270

330

948

1,400

2,000

1,560

1,110

1,100

1,990

1.940

1,490

1,490

1,610

1,940

1,700

2,030

1,690

1,490

1,360

Apr.

1,580

1,370

1,250

1,110

1,220

1,070

1,040

783

669

605

682

682

846

830

830

768

738

783

710

682

643

618 *;09

580

556

544

520

May.

484

450

415

392

369

0/17

325

304

304

Qfid

284

97d

97d

9fi4

254

217

208

140

325

325

236

314

314

358

d.79

508

520

966

896

June.

753

724

flOO

630

592

*Sf>

484

438

415

347

325

284

245

917

OftC

190

173

156

156

148

140

125

125

118

110

103

96

83

83

July.

103

90

83

72

72

83

83

78

72

110

132

110

no

no

no

110

103

103

96

96

103

Irtq

96

96

Oft

90

on

83

83

78

72

Aug.

72

68

63

63

63

*o

55

44

34

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

26

26

23

oo

23

oo

28

26

26

23

OQ

28

26

47yi

Sept.

34

31

O1

44

37

O/!

*M

37

51

40

40

40

47

118

59

55

55

63

59

59

59

78

461

264

236

94S

226

208

 > 182

Oct.

164

164

vu

245

314

284

OQJ.

294 274'

254

236

264

380

Af\A

294

532

508

496

461

450

1,070

846

738

696

696

984

1,270

1 1W

1,040

966

879

Nov.

814

724

fMQ

580

532

472

392

380

461

461

438

OQO

3ftQ

3ftQ

347

325

304

284

380

404

415

404

392

358

336

OfU

OfU

9O4

9fvi

Dec.

915

254

OOC

226

99ft

245

QOK

CO 9

438

484

OQ9

605

438

284

284

415

380

254

O14

9QA

245

noA

380

461

264

OOR

41 K

426

461

415

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 15 and 700 second-feet, but 

very poorly defined above 700 second-feet. Discharge Jan. 10-23 and Feb. 6 to Mar. 20 estimated by hydrograph comparison with records on Machias River at WMtneyville and subject to some uncertainty.
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART 1.

Monthly discharge of Union River at Amherst, Maine, for 1913, 

[Drainage area, 140 square miles.]

Month.

TWatr

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,420

2,030 

1,580 

966 

753 

132 

72 

461 

1,270 

814 

605

2,030

Minimum.

433

200 

520 

140 

83 

72 

23 

31 

164 

264 

226

23

Mean.

628 

359 

996 

828 

368 

296 

94 

37 

105 

544 

419 

347

420

Per 

square 

mile.

4.49 

2.56 

7.11 

5.91 

2.63 

2.11 

.67 

.26 

.75 

3.88 

2.99 

2.48

3.00

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

5.18 

2.66 

8.20 

6.59 

3.03 

2.35 

.77 

.30 

.84 

4.47 

3.34 

2.86

40.59

GREEN LAKE STREAM AT LAKEWOOD, MAINE.

Location. At highway bridge half a mile below dam at outlet of Green Lake, half a 

mile from Lakewood post office, and 8 miles from Ellsworth.

Records available. July 1, 1909, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 47 square miles.

Gage. Seven-foot staff, nailed to right-hand abutment, upstream side of bridge. *

Channel and control. Practically permanent; banks not subject to overflow.

Discharge measurements. Made from lower side of bridge.

Winter now. Not seriously affected by ice.

Regulation. The dam half a mile above the station at the outlet of the lake controls 

the storage of the lake, and records do not show the natural flow.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.

The following discharge measurement was made by G. C. Danforth: 

May 27, 1913: Gage height, 3.05 feet; discharge, 92.8 second-feet.
WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Green Lake Stream at Lakewood, Maine, for 191$. 

[Drainage area, 47 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

The year....."............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

194 

177 

570 

570 

211 

96 

62 

211 

96 

62 

77 

96

570

Minimum.

77 

177 

177 

211 

96 

62 

49 

49 

38 

62 

62 

77

38

Mean.

158 

177 

276 

381 

142 

92 

' 57 

143 

83 

62 

74 

90

144

Per

square 

mile.

3.36

3.77 

5.88 

8.11 

3.02 

1.96 

1.21 

3.04 

1.76 

1.32 

1.57 

1.91

3.08

Run-off 

' (depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

3.87 

3.93 

6.78 

9.05 

3.48 

2.19 

1.40 

3.50 

1.96 

1.52 

1.75 

2.20

41.63

BEANCH LAKE NEAR ELLSWOETH, MAINE.

Location. At the Branch Pond Lumber Co.'s mill, at the lower end of Branch 

Lake, 5 miles from Ellsworth.

Records available.-^June 29, 1909, to December 31, 1913.

Area of lake surface. 4.33 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff nailed to corner of mill near the intake to the wheels.

Altitude. Altitude as determined by Geological Survey, 236 feet above sea level, 

and this height was assumed as the height of the water surface at the time of the 

Union River surveys. 1 In accordance with this assumption, the top of the millpond dam at the lower end of the lake is 240 feet above sea level.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Daily gage height, infeet$ of Branch Lake near Ellsworth, Maine, for 1913. 

[L. H. Cushman, observer.] ,

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

8.4

8.5

8.5

8.7

8.7

8.65

Feb.

8.4

8.1

7.7

7.45

Mar.

7.25

7.0

7.25

8.4

9.1

Apr.

8.75

7.8

7.85

7.7

7.6

May.

7.5

7.35

6.95

June.

7.05

_

7.05

7.15

6.35

5.9

July.

5.7

5.65

5.3

5.5

Aug.

4.8

4.5

4.35

4.1

3.85

3.7

3.6

Sept.

3.45

3.3

3.3

3.1

2.8

3.15

Oct.

3.15

3.1

3.15

3.5

4.3

Nov.

4.95

4.8

5.1

5.2

5.1

Dec.

5.05

5.55

5.6

.

' 5.5

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BASltf. fit

, in feet, of Green Lake Stream at Lakewood, Maine, for 1913. 

[M. A. Garland, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

T!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.05

3.1

3.1

3.15

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.25

3.3

3.3

a

o

3.3

3.3

a

o

3

0

3

0

3.3

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3

0

Feb.

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3 3.*3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3

0

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

Mar.

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3

0

3.3

3.3

3

0

3

0

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.6

3.8

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

A. 9

Apr.

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.7

t i

3.7

3.7

o <7

3

fiK

3.6

3.6

3.55

3.5

3.45

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

May.

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

t d

3.35

3.3

3.25

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.1

3.05

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

June.

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.95

2.9

2.85

2.8

2.8

July.

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2

0

2

0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.75

2.75

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

Aug.

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4 '

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

Sept.

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

3.0

3.0

3.0

' 3.0

3.0

3.0

 2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

Oct.

2.8

2

0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2

0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2

0

2

0

2

0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

Nov.

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.85

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

Dec.

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2..9

2.9

2.95

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Green Lake Stream at Lakewood, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

77 

96 

96 

96 

108

119 

119 

132 

146 

146

146 

162 

177

177

Feb.

177 

177 

177 

177 

177

177 

177

177 

177

177

177 

177 

177

177

Mar.

177 

177 

177 

177 

177

177 

177

177 

177 

177

177

177 

177 

177

Apr.

570 

570 

570 

570 

570

570 

570 

570 

520 

520

471 

423 

376 

331

May.

211 

211 

211 

211 

211

194 

177 

162 

146 

146

146 

146 

146 

146

June.

96 

96 

96 

96 

96

96 

96 

96 

96 

96

96 

96 

96

96

July.

62 

62 

62 

62 

62

62 

62 

62 

62 

62

62 

62 

62 

62

Aug.

49 

49 

49 

49 

49

49 

49 

49 

49 

49

49 

49 

49 

211

Sept.

96 

96 

96 

96 

96

96 

96 

96 

96 

96

96 

96 

96 

96

Oct.

62 

62 

62

62 

62

62 

62 

62 

62 

62

62 

62 

62 

62

Nov.

62 

62 

62 

62 

62

70

77 

77 

77 

77

77 

77 

77 

77

Dec.

77 

77 

77 

77 

77

77 

77 

77 

77 

86

96 

96 

96 

96

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well defined above 20 second-feet.
30 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Branch Lake Stream at Ellsworih, Maine, for 1918-13.

Day.

1912. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1913. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

7......:.......

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27........:.....

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

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

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

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

Jan.

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

30

37

44

42

40

37

35

35

35

35

34

32

31

30

80

30

30

30

32

34

36

38

39

41

42

44

45

47

48

40

50

50

51

51

50

50

63

76

70

65

59

54

48

56

63

71

78

86

Feb.

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

29

28

28

27

26

26

26

27

28

28

29

30

30

36

42

48

54

94

101

100

99

QQ

Q7

96

95

94

Q9

QA

88

07

QC

QO

82

83

84

85

85

86

87

88

88

88

88

QQ

88

Mar.

48

42

35

35

34

34

33

33

32

32

33

34

34

34

35

44

54

56

58

60

62

65

64

62

60

58

57

56

54

53

52

88

88

87

86

85

85

84

83

82

83

fid

85

OK

86

87

88

on

<y>

94

95

Q7

QO

101

105

' IflQ

113

117

120

124

128

128

Apr.

51

50

48

47

46

44

44

43

42

42

42

41

40

40

38

35

35

33

34

34

35

35

36

38

40

41

43

44

48

52

132

136

Idft

144

148

152

150

140

148

147

146

145

144

138

100

127

122

115

108

101

Qfi

94

01

fi7

QO

74

65

65

65

66

May.

56

56

50

45

40

40

40

3d

38

37

36

35

60

67

74

81

88

88

88

88

'88

88

88

84

80

76

76

77

78

78

82

67

68

69

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

June.

85

88

88

88

88

88

88

88

88

80

72

65

58

52

46

40

40

38

36

35

34

32

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

76

70

July.

34

37

41

45

48

52

76

76

64

52

46

41

36

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

31

32

63

56

49

48

47

46

45

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

Aug.

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

38

39

40

40

40

41

42

43

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

42

41

40

40

35

44

44 ' 44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

65

86

107

129

119

114

88

62

35

34

33

32

30

30

30

QA

30

30

30

30

Sept.

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

33

36

40

43

46

60

74

71

68

65

63

54

44

35

36

37

38

39

40

38

35

35

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

31

32

33

35

45

55

65

73

82

79

75

79

68

65

60

55

CA

45

40

35

30

30

30

Oct.

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

34

33

32

31

30

30

34

38

43

47

52

56

60

49

50

52

53

54

55

56

52

48

44

40

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

si

32

33

34

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

36

37

38

3d

dft

Nov.

37

33

30

30

31

32

38

34

35

35

50

62

75

88

88

64

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

40

39

38

38

37

36

41

42

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

Dec.

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

34

33

. 32

32

31

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

44

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 10 and 160 second-feet, 

charge interpolated for days when no gage height was reported.

Dis-
UNION BIVEE BASIN.

BEANCH LAKE STEEAM NEAR ELLSWORTH, MAINE.

Location. At small highway bridge immediately below the sawmill at outlet of

Branch Lake, 5 miles from Ellsworth. 

Records available. July 1, 1909, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

Drainage area. 31 square miles.

Gage. Seven-foot staff nailed to right abutment downstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Gravelly and permanent in natural condition; fills up with

sawmill waste, but generally clears itself during spring freshets. 

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge. 

Winter flow. Not seriously affected by ice. 

Regulation. The flow from the lake is regulated in the interest of the sawmill and

power plants at Ellsworth. 

Accuracy. Results fair. 

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Discharge measurements of Branch Lake Stream near Ellsworth, Maine, during 1913.

[Made by G. C. Danforth.j

Date.

May 27........................

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.60

4.98

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

77.0

122

Date.

May 27........ ...............

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

5.10

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

143

Daily gage height, infect, of Branch Lake Stream near Ellsworth, Maine, for 1913. 

[L. H. Cushman, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

4.. .......... .-

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

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

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

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

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

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

19

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

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

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

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

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

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

1Q

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

ffl.. ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

4.25

4.35

4.38

4.37

4.60

4.35

Feb.

4.80

4.75

4.65

4.70

Mar.

4.70

4.65

4.70

4.80

5.00

Apr.

5.15

5.10

4.95

4.80

4.65

4.50

May.

4.55

4.55

4.55

4.60

June.

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

July.

4.35

A <*n

4.30

Aug.

4.30

4 sn

5.00

4.90

4.20

4.15

4.15

Sept.

4.15

4.18

4.50

4.65

4.48

A 11

Oct.

4.15

4.15

4.20

4.20

Nov.

4.30

4.30

A Ort

4 30

4.30

Dec.

4.30

A. <m

A sn

4 sn

4 " 30
RIVER BASIN.

Monthly discharge of Branch Lake Stream near Ellsworth, Maine, for 1912-13. 

[Drainage area, 31 square miles.]

Month.

1912.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1913.

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

Aprfl.. ........................................

MSy.......... .................................

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

44 

54 

65 

52

88 

88 

76 

44 

74 

60 

88 

35

88

86 

101 

128 

152 

76 

76 

63 

129 

82 

40 

44 

44

152

Minimum.

30 

26 

32 

33 

35 

80 

30 

32 

30 

30 

30 

30

26

30 

82 

82 

65 

67 

70 

44 

30 

30 

30 

41 

44

30

Mean.

34.7 

31.1 

46.5 

41.4 

65.8 

55.2 

38.4 

40.3 

42.3 

42.5 

43.5 

32.8

42.9

52 

90 

96 

117

72 

76 

45 

55 

46 

33 

44 

44

- 64

Per 

square 

mile.

1.12 

1.00 

1.50 

1.34 

2.12 

1.78 

1.24 

1.30 

1.36 

1.37 

1.40 

1.06

1.38

1.68 

2.90 

3.10 

3.77 

2.32 

2.45 

1.45 

1.77 

1.48 

1.06 

1.42 

1.42

2.06

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.29 

1.08 

1.73 

1.50 

2.44 

1.99 

1.43 

1.50 

1.52 

1.58 

1.56 

1.22

18.84

1.94 

3.02 

3.57 

4.21 

2.68 

2.73 

1.67 

2.04 

1.65 

1.22 

1.58 

1.64

27.95

PENCE SCOT RIVER BASIN.

WEST BRANCH OF PENOBSCOT RIVER AT MILLINOCKET, MAINE.

Location. Quakish Lake dam and the Millinocket mill of the Great Northern Paper 

Co. at Millinocket, Maine.

Records available. January 11, 1901, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 1,880 square miles.

Gage. Automatic recording gage at Quakish Lake dam and gages in the forebay 

and tailraces at the mill.

Channel and control. Crest of concrete dam.

Determination of discharge. The flow is computed by considering the flow over 

the dam, the flow through the wheels, and the water used from time to time through 

the log sluices, filters, etc. The wheels were rated at Holyoke, Mass., before 

being placed in position. When the flow of the river is less than 2,500 second-feet, 

all of the water generally flows through the wheels of the mill.

Winter flow. No difficulty is experienced in winter on account of ice affecting the 

estimates of discharge or the running of the wheels. Ferguson Pond, just above 

the entrance to the canal, eliminates effect from anchor ice.

Regulation. Storage dams at the outlet of North Twin Lake and at the outlet of 

Chesuncook Lake store water on a surface of about 65 square miles with a capacity 

of about 32,000,000,000 cubic feet. Except during the time (usually in August) 

when excess water has to be supplied for log driving on the river below Millinocket 

and for a short time during the spring freshet, run-off is regulated by storage. 

Results corrected for storage.

Cooperation. Results obtained and computations made by engineers of the Great 

Northern Paper Co., who furnish these data to the Survey. Since 1912 the company has preferred to furniah. values of monthly discharge only.
32

Monthly di

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

of West Branch of Penobscot River at Millinocket. Maine, for 

1911-1913.

[Drainage area, 1,880 square miles.]

Month.

1911.

March........

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

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

The year. ..........................................

1912.

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

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

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

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

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

The year. ..........................................

1913.

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

As observed.

2,190 

1,430 

687 

1,100 

2,390 

2,340 

2,220 

2,320 

2,210 

2,220 

, 2,160 

2,010

1,940

2,060 

2,040 

2,030 

2,300 

6,630 

7,510 

3,400 

2,390 

2,210 

2,240 

6,340 

3,270

3,520

2,170 

2,170 

2,360 

6,120 

6,820 

3,800 

2,560 

2,220 

2,300 

2,320 

2,340 

2,330

3,130

As corrected for 

storage.

380 

430 

450 

2,100 

9,150 

2,480 

950 

1,040 

1,290 

1,650 

1,520 

3,480

2,090

1,970 

874 

1,100 

8,020 

10,800 

7,260 

1,700 

3,340 

1,690 

2,930 

5,660 

2,400

3,980

1,970 

1,050 

2,590 

9,580 

6,980 

3,590 

1,900 

1,030 

1,130 

2,620 

3,020 

1,930

3,120

Per

square 

mile.

. 0.202 

.229 

.239 

1.12

4.87 

1.32 

.505 

.553 

.686 

.878 

.808 

1.85

1.11

1.05

.465 

.585 

4.27 

5.74 

3.86 

.904 

1.78 

.899 

1.56 

3.01 

1.28

2.12

1.05 

.559 

1.38 

5.10 

3.71 

1.91 

1.01 

.548 

.601 

1.39 

1.61 

1.03

1.66

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.23 

.24 

.28 

1.25 

5.62 

1.47 

.58 

.64 

.77 

1.01 

.90 

2.13

15.14

1.21

.50 

.67 

4.76 

6.62 

4.31 

1.04 

2.05 

1.00 

1.80 

3.36 

1.48

28.80

1.21

.58 

1.59 

5.69 

4.28 2.ia

1.13 

.63 

.67 

1.60 

1.80 

1.19

22.50

NOTE. Similar data for the years 1901 to 1910 are published in Water-Supply Paper 279, pages 191-193. 

PENOBSCOT RIVER AT WEST ENPIELD, MAINE.

Location. At the steel highway bridge, 1,000 feet below Piscataquis River and a

mile below West Enfield. 

Records available. January 1, 1902, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

Drainage area. 6,600 square miles. 

Gages. Standard chain gage and water-stage recorder. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent; channel at gage broken, by four

bridge piers. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice.
PENOBSCOT HIVEE BASIN.

Regulation. Mow of the river since about 1900 largely regulated by storage, principally in the lakes tributary to the West Branch. About a mile above the station 

is the dam of the International Paper Co., and the Piscataquis is dammed near 

its mouth. Considerable water is held above these two dams at night. At low 

stages daily fluctuations in gage heights are caused by variations in wheel-gate 

openings.

Accuracy. Results good except estimates of winter flow prior to 1913.

Cooperation. Discharge measurements made by the students of the University of 

Maine under the direction of Prof. H. S. Boardman. Results furnished by the 

Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Discharge measurements vf Penobscot River at West EnfieM, Maine, during 1913. 

[Made by students of University of Maine under direction of Prof. H. 8. Boardman.]

Date.

Sept. 25. .......

25........

27........

27....:...

 ».

Feet. 

4.90

4.90

3.79

3.79

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

11,100

10,400

7,380

7,240

Date.

Oct. 2. .........

2..........

8..........

&

Feet. 

2.77

2.77

3.22

Di». 

charge.

8ee.-ft.

4,810

4,820

5,830

Date.

Oct. 8.. ........

28.........

31.........

Gage, 

height.

Feet. 

3.22

10.02

8.43

Discharge.

See.-ft. 

5,690

36,100

27,300

Daily gage height, in feet, o/Penobscot River at West EnfteM, Maine, for 1913. 

[T. W. Clark, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

4.35

4.5

4.7

5.85

6.65

6.2

6.2

6.2

6 OP:

6.15

6.05

6.05

6.35

6.65

6.75

6.6

6.35

6.'05

6.25

6 9

fi Q

7.45

7.45

7.2

6.8

6.5

5 01

fi 9

6.05

5.8

5.55

Feb.

5.6

6.05

6.4

6.2

6.05

5 0

5.8

5

0

e o

5 45

5.8

5.75

1 7

5.75

5.65

5.75

5.8

6.1

6.1

5.85

5.85

5.9

5.4

5.8

5 Q

5.8

5.8

Mar.

5.75

5.75

5.2

5.55

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.15

5.5

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.9

6.5

7.3

7.6

7.35

7.45

8.55

11.25

13.2

13.25

12.7

13.45

13.1

12.55

12.55

11.8

in Q

Apr.

11.05

11.45

10.3

9.85

9.0

8.7

8.25

7.7

7.4

& S

7.75

8.05

8.65

8.85

9.35

9 Q

10.05

10.1

10.35

11.25

10.75

10.2

10.0

10.7

11.0

11.25

11.4

11.5

11.7

12.05

May.

11.85

11.15

10.65

10.05

9.1

8.25

7.45

7.55

7 OK

7.85

7.65

7 1

6.95

6.75

6.75

6.8

6.65

6.4

5.4

5.3

4.9

5.0

5.55

5.85

6.2

6.2

6.75

6.35

6.6

7.6

8 a

June.

8.6

8.6

8.0

7.6

6.8

6.7

6.3

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.4

5.2

4.8

4.4

4.4

4.75

5.1

5.2

5.0

4.75

4.5

4.1

4.3

4.1

3.8

3.3

3.35

3.2

2.95

July.

3.25

3.35

3.3

3.15

3.05

2.95

2.95

3.05

3.05

3.15

3.4

3.95

3.7

3.55

3.65

3.75

3.7

4.1

4.85

5.05

4.85

4.65

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.25

4.15

3.6

3.2

3.3

3.3

Aug.

3.2

3.1

3.05

3.2

3.35

3.3

3.2

3.05

2.95

2.85

2.45

2.9

2.9

2.85

2,75

2.65

2.55

2.25

2.35

2.4

2.4

2.35

2.45

2.35

2.2

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.75

2.75

2.65

Sept.

00

o a

2.85

2.85

2.8

2.55

2.35

2.3

O 9*

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.3

2.05

2.15

2.35

2.35

2,4

2.3

2.25

2.1

2.8

5.35

4.85

4.2

3.75

3.4

3.15

3.1

Oct.

2.9

2.85

3.1

3.45

3.65

3.4

3.45

3.15

3.05

3.05

3.0

2.9

3.05

3.25

3.55

3.9

4.3

4.4

4.3

4.4

7.1

9.5

8.0

7.05

6.7

7.15

9.0

9.9

9.5

9.05

8.5

Nov.

7.S

7.2

6.9

6.5

6.1

5.75

5.55

5.3

5.15

5.4

6.75

6.3

5.8 i Ji<\

5.25

5.05

4.9

4.9

4.65

4.95

5.55

5.4

5.05

4.95

4.95

4.65

4.45

4.2

3.9

3.8

Dec.

3.75

o O

3.9

3 9

3.9

3.75

3.55 4 35

5.75

5.4

5.25

4.6

4 W

4.7

4.1

3.65 a 75

d 1

3.95

&7

3.8

8.7

3.7

3.55

3,5

3.4

3.55

NOTE. Discharge relation Jan. 14 to Mar. 30 affected by Ice. 

93670° WSP 351 15 «3
34 STJEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofPenobscot River at West Enfield, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

9,120

9,420

10,000

13,700

16,800

15,200

15,200

15,200

15,200

15,200

14,800

14,800

16,000

16,000

15,600

13,700

12,300

10,300

10,000

9,120

10,700

12,600

12,600

12,600

10,700

10,000

8,260

9,120

8,830

8,260

7,440

Feb.

7,440

8,540

8,540

9,120

8,540

10,300

6,910

6,650

6,390

4,960

4,960

5,650

5,420

4,960

4,960

4,500

4,500

4,500

5,190

4,960

4,730

4,730

4,960

3,840

4 73ft

5,190

4,960

4 Ofifl

Mar.

5,190

5,190

4,060

4,960

5,650

5,650

5,650

5,420

5,420

4,730

5,420

5,650

5,190

4,960

5,420

6,650

8,540

10,700

11,600 10 7nn

35,000

48^600

An sftft

CO Attfl

50,500

48,000

48,600

44,200

39,200

Apr.

40,200

42,600

35,600

33,000

28,200

26,500

24,200

21,500

20,200

17,600

21,800

23,200

26,300

27,400

30,100

33,300

34,400

36,000

41 400

38,400

35,000

33,800 QQ ftftft

41 400

42' 300

43 flftft

44,200

46,400

May.

45,100

40,800

37,800

34,200

28,700

24,200

20,400

20,800

22,200

21,300

19,700

18,200

17,400

17,400

17,600

17,000

16,000 10 ann

12,000

10,700

n ono

12,800

13 900

15,200

15,200

17,400

15,800

16,800

21, 100

27,600

June.

26,000

26,000

24,400

23,000

21,100

17,600

17,200

15,600

14,400

14,400

14,400

12,300

11,600

10,300

9,120

9,120

10,200

11,300

11,600

11,000

10,200

9,420

8,260

8,830

8,260

7 44n

6,140

6,260

5,890

5,300

July.

6,020

6,260

6,140

5,770

5,540

5,300

5,300

5,940

5,540

5,770

6,390

7,840

7,170

6,780

7,040

7,300

7,170

8,260

10,500

11,100

10,500

9,880

9,420

9,120

8,830

8,680

8,400

6,910

5,890

6,140

6,140

Aug.

5,890

5,650

5,540

5,890

6,260

6,140

5,890

5,540

5,300

5,080

4,170

5,190

5,190

5,080

4,840

4,620

4,390

3,740

3,950

4,060

4,060

3,950

4,170

3,950

3,630

4,280

4,500

4,730

4,840

4,840

4,620

Sept.

4,960

5,190

5,080

5,080

4,960

4,390

3,950

3,840

3,740

3,950

3,950

3,950

3,950

3,840

3,330

3,530

3,950

3,950

4,060

3,840

3,740

3,430

4,960

12,100

10,500

8,540

7,300

6,390

5,770

5,650

Oct.

5,190

5,080

5,650

6,520

7,040

6,390

6,520

5,770

5,540

5,540

5,420

5,190

5,540

6,020

6,780

7,710

8,830

9,120

8,830

9,120

18,800

31,000

23,000

18,600

17,200

19,100

28,200

33,300

31,000

28,500

25,500

Nov.

22,000

19,300

18,000

16,400

14,800

13,500

12,800

12,000

11,500

12,300

17,400

15,600

13,700

12,500

11,800

11,100

10,700

10,700

9,880

10,800

12,800

12.300

11,100

10,800

10,800

9,880

9,270

8,540

7,710

7,440

Dee.

7,300

7,710

7,710

7,710

7,710

7,300

6,780

8,980

13,500

12,300

11,800

9,720

9,570

10,000

8,260

7,040

7,300

8,260

7,840

7,170

7,440

7,170

7, 170

6,780

6,650

6,390

6,780

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,500

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-deflned rating curve. Discharge Jan. 14 to Mar. 30 estimated 

by comparison with records at Sunkhaze and at Millinocket.

Monthly discharge ofPenobscot River at West Enfield, Maine, for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 6,600 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

16,800 

10,300 

52,400 

46,400 

45,100 

26,000 

11, 100 

6,260 

12,100 

33,300 

22,000 

13,500

52,400

Minimum.

7,440 

3,840 

4,060 

17,600 

10,700 

5,300 

5,300 

3,630 

3,330 

5,080 

7,440 

6,390

3,330

Mean.

12,200 

5,900 

19,800 

33,300 

20,700 

12,900 

7,310 

4,840 

5,060 

13,100 

12,600 

8,010

13,000

Per 

square 

mile.

1.85 

.894 

3.00 

5.05 

3.14 

1.95 

1.11 

.733 

.767 

1.98 

1.91 

1.21

1.97

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.13 

.93 

3.46 

5.63 

3.62 

2.18 

1.28 

.85 

.86 

2.28 

2.13 

1.40

26.75
PENOBSCOT RIVER BASIN.

EAST BEANCH OF PENOBSCOT RIVER AT GRINDSTONE, MAINE.

Location. At Bangor & Aroostook Railroad bridge half a mile south of railroad station at Grindstone, one-eighth mile above Grindstone Falls, and about 8 miles 

above the mouth at Medway.

Records available. October 23, 1902, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 1,100 square miles.

Gage. Chain.

Channel and control. Practically permanent; stream confined by abutments of 

bridge and broken by one pier at ordinary stages; velocity of current medium at 

moderate and high stages, but sluggish at low water.

Discharge measurements. Made from railroad bridge.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Regulation. Several dams are maintained at the outlets of a number of lakes and 

ponds near the source of the river and regulated in the interests of log driving. 

During the summer and fall gates are generally left open. The basin of the East 

Branch since about 1840 includes about 270 square miles of additional territory 

draining into Chamberlain Lake that formerly drained into the St. John Eiver 

basin. This diversion is made through what is known as the Telso Canal.

Accuracy. Discharge relation materially affected by backwater from log jams that 

form at the station and at Grindstone Falls immediately below, and during the 

winter months by ice. Results probably fair for moderate and high stages, but 

uncertain for low water.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

The following discharge measurement was made by G. C. Danforth: 

May 6, 1913: Gage height, 6.30 feet; discharge, 2,050 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of East Branch ofPenobscot River at Grindstone, Maine, for 1913.

[G. H. Goddard, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

5.90

6.20

5.90

.......

.......

6.00

6.40

Feb.

5.40

5.30

5.10

5.05

5.00

5.00

Mar.

5.00

5.00

4.90

"5."66"

"7."90"

"7."50~

"i'io"

9.70

8.40

Apr.

9.95

10.40

9.85

9.65

8.75

7.60

7.15

7.10

7.10

7.00

7.00 

6.90

6.90

7.18

7.55 

7.62

7.80

8.10 

8.50

8.75

8.80 

8.70

8.95

9.38

9.20

8.85

8.65

8.60

8.50

May.

8.40

8.35

8.00

7.30

6.35

6.30

6.82

7.30

7.10

7.05

7.25

7.20 

7.30

7.40

7.32

7.30 

7.20

7.05

6.20 

5.70

5.70

6.45 

7.15

7.42

7.40

7.35

7.20

7.25

7 4<1

8.60

9.18

June.

9.30

9.00

8.30

7.98

7.60

7.50

7.50

7.35

7.15

7.05

7 00

7.08 

7.20

7.20

7.20

7.12 

7.10

7 nn

7.00 

6.95

6.90

6.85 

6.68

6.52

6.50

6.50

6.15

5.70

5.45

5.15

July.

^5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.00

4.85

4.80

4.78

4.75

5.50

6.00 

5.80

5.45

5.30

5.30 

5.65

6.30

6.42 

6.22

6.35

6.75 

6.80

6.70

6.72

6.80

6.60

6.40

6.35

6.25

5.70

Aug.

5.60

5.70

5.68

5.72

5.45

5.30

5.28

5.20

5.10

5.28

5.38

5.30 

5.12

5.10

5.00

4.92 

4.88

4.82

4.80

A. tK

4.70

4.62 

4.60

4.72

4.75

4.65

4.60

4.68

4.70

4.65

4.62

Sept.

4.60

4.52

4.55

A. 7ft

4.62

A. <5ft

4.38

4.28

4 25

4.20

4.15

4.15 

4.15

4.10

4.10

4.08 

4.02

4 00

4.10

A. 9<i

4.22

4.20 

6.35

6.40

5.60

5.25

5.12

4.98

4.80

480

Oct.

4 70

4.60

5.28

5

915

4.98

A. on

4.82

4.80

4. SJ1

4.80

4.75

4.72 

4.75

4.80

5.10

5.95 

6.10

6.00

6.05 

6.25

9.10

8.65 

7.75

7.25

7.10

7.40

8.30

8.00

7.65

7.35

7.00

Nov.

6.88

6.70

6.50

6.45

6.40

6.28

6.60

7.00

6.75

6,60

6.50

6,30 

6.22

6.20

6.08

'6.00 

5.92

5.88

5.80 

5.90

6.10

6.10 

5.98

5.80

5.80

5.78

5.72

5.68

5.65

5.60

Dec.

5.52

5.38

5.30

5.20

5.12

5.10

5.10

5.75

5.60

5.80

5.92

5.90 

5.90

5.82

5.78

5.70 

5.68

5.55

5.48

5.30

5.60

5.50

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected, by ice January to March, inclusive, and Dec, 20-31.
36 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of East Branch o/Penobscot River at Grindstone, Maine,

for 1913.

Day.

i....................................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16...............................:....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30:................................;..

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

Apr.

8,700

9 880 n'ooo

9,620

8,890

7,000

4 490

3' 600

3,510

3,510

3,320

3,320

3,140

3,140

3,700

4,390

4,490

4,910

5,550

6 430

7 nnn

7,120

6,890

7 460

8,530

8,050

7,240

6,780

6,660

6,430

May.

6,210

6,100

5,330

3,890

2,200

2,120

2,960

3,890

3,510

3,420

3,800

3,700

3,890

4,090

3,890

3,890

3,700

3,420

1,960

1,250

1,250

2,360

3,600

4,090

4 nan

3,990

3,700

3,800

4,090

6,660

8,050

June.

8,290

7,580

5,990

5,330

4,480

4,290

4,290

3,990

3,600

3,420

3,320

3,510

3,700

3,700

3,700

3,510

3,510

3,320

3,320

3

OOA

3,140

3,050

2 790

2

AKf\

2

AK(\

2,450

1,880

1,250

970

715

July.

680

680

680

680

680

620

532

505

505

480

1,020

1,660

1,380

970

830

830

1,190

2,120

2,280

1 Qfift

2,200

2,880

2,960

2 7Qfl

9 7an

2,960

2,620

2,280

2,200

2,040

1,250

Aug.

1,130

1,250

1,250

1,250

Q7fl

830

830

750

680

830

920

830

680

680

620

560

560

505

505

480

455

405

405

455

480

430

405

455

455

430

405

Sept.

405

360

382

455

405

360

315

 258

240

225

225

225

210

210

210

185

185

210

258

240

240

2,200

2,280

1,130

790

680

620

505

505

Oct.

455

405

830

790

620

560

505

505

505

505

480

455

480

505

680

1,590

1,810

1,660

1,740

2,040

7,810

6,780

4,800

3,800

3,510

4,090

5,990

5,330

4,600

3,990

3,320

Nov.

3,140

2,790

2,450

2,360

2,280

2,120

2,620

3,320

2,880

2,620

2,450

2,120

1,960

1,960

1,810

1,660

1,520

1,520

1,380

1,520

1,810

1,810

1,660

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,250

1.250

1,190

1,130

Dec.

1,020

920

830

750

6%

680

680

1,320

1.130

1,380

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,380

1,380

1,250

1,250

1,080

1,020

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well defined between 400 and 10,000 second-feet. 

Mean discharge Dec. 20-31 estimated at 800 second-feet. Data insufficient for estimates of flow January 

to March.

Monthly discharge of East Branch of Penobscot River at Grindstone, Maine, for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,100 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

MaxTtniiTn.

11,000 

8,050 

8,290 

2,960 

1,250 

2,280 

6,780 

3,320 

1,520

Minimum.

3,140 

1,250 

715 

480

405 

185 

405 

1,130"

Mean.

6,160 

3,*840 

3,570 

1,520 

674 

493 

2,300 

1,960 

997

Per 

square 

mile.

5.60 

3.49 

3.24 

1.38 

.613 

.448 

2.09 

1.78 

.906

Bun-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

6.25 

4.02 

3.62 

1.59 

.71 

.50 

2.41 

1.99 

1.04

MATTAWAMKEAG RIVER AT MATTAWAMKEAG, MAINE.

Location. At Maine Central Railroad bridge at the village of Mattawamkeag, hall

a mile above the mouth of the river. 

Records available. August 26, 1902, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.
PE2STOBSCOT RIVER BASI2ST. 37

Drainage area. 1,500 square miles.

Gage. Chain.

Channel and control. Practically permanent; channel at gage section broken by

two, bridge piers. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge, which is slightly oblique to the

current; low-water measurements made by wading at a point about 1 mile above

the station.

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Regulation. Dams are maintained at the outlets of several large lakes and ponds, but

the stored water is used only for log driving. 

Accuracy. Discharge relation at times affected by backwater from log jams that

form in the log-driving season and during the winter months by ice. 

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Discharge measurements of Mattawamkeag River at Mattawamkeag, Maine, during 1913.

[Made by G. C. Danforth.]

Date.

May 7....... .......................................................................

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

£&

Feet. 

6.95

6.38

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

5,180

3,800

Daily gage height, in feet, of Mattawamkeag River at Mattawamkeag, Maine, for 1913.

[W. T. Mincher, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

n..............

12..............1

11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

10.0

-------

Feb.

10.1

9.5

9.5

"*9.T

.......

Mar.

9.7

9 Q

9.8

"i5.Y"

11.65 

11.85

11.9

12.0

12.1

n

QC

n o

U Q

Apr.

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.1

11.85

10.55

10.35

10.05

9.75

9 7

9.8

9.95

10.3

10.65

10.7

10.8

10.7

10.8

10.8

10.8

11.05 

11.25 

11.45 

11.6

11.6

U O

12.25 

12.6

11 95

May.

11.15

10.25

8.55

8.15

7.85

7.3

7.0

6.9

6.7

6.85

fi o

6.8

6.7

6.6

6.5

6.4

6.2

5.95

5.65

5.7

5.7 

5.85 

5.85 

5.7

5.85 A n

6.3 6n

7.5

8.0

June.

8.2

8.15

7.85

7.55

7.25

7.0

6.8

6.7

6.5

6.5

6.25

5.7

4.6

4.55

4.25

4.35

5.15

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.3

5.15 

4.85 

4.7 

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5 

4.35

4.2

July.

4.2

4.3

4.25

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.05

3.85

3.7

3.75

3.8

3.7

3.9

4.35

4 1

4.2

4.2

4.35

4.65

4.7

4.7

4.7 

4.7 

4.7 

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7 

4.6

4.5

4.5

Aug.

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.45

4.7

4.85

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.55

4.35

4.15

' 4.0

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.5 

3.55 

3.7 

3.55

3.2

3.1

3< 15

3 IK

3.55

3.45

Sept.

3.45

3.75

3.85

3.80

3.80

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.35

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.2

3,3

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.75 

4.5 

4.95 

5.1

5.1

5.1

4.85 

4.65

4.5

Oct.

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.35

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4 QK

4.6

4.7

d Q

5.25

5.45

5.5

5.6

5.8

5.8

.......

9 A

9 as

Nov.

9.3

9.15

8.9

8.8

8.55

8.25

8.05

7 or

7 45

r

oe

7.6

7.6

7 *K

7

1 p;

7

0

7.2

7.3

7.2

7.2

7 9

7 9

7.1 

7.0 

6.9 

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9 A a

6.7

Dec.

6.5

6.45

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

R QK

7 1

7.15

7.0

7.0

6 0

A Q

6.4

J> n

a t\

5.8 

6.2 

6.2 

6.2

A 0

6.2

6.2

.......

NOTE. Discharge relation Jan. 1 to Mar. 22 seriously affected by ice.
38 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Mattawamkeag River at Mattawamkeag, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9fl

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

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

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

94

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mar.

3,300

S nftA

7 000

9*000

11,000

13,000

18,000

17 ftAfi

10 en/\

18,700

19,000

19,300

18,800

18,700

18,700

Apr.

19,000 lo nnn

1Q AAfl

19,000

19 300

18,500

14,400

13,800

19 onn

12,000

n Qflfl

12,200

19 find

13,600

14,700

14,800

15,100

14,800

15,100

15,100

15,100 1 P; oftfl

16,600

17 200

I?' 700

17 700

18' 700

19,800

 21,000

1ft QAfl.

May.

16,200

13,400

8,770

7,730

6 980

5,700

5,080

4,880

4,480

4,780

4,880

4,680

4 4SO

4,280

4,090

3,900

3,710

3,520

3,070

2

CQA

2.660

2 fifiA

2 Qftft

2 onn

2 fififl

9 onn

3,520

3,710

4,880

6,140

7,350

June.

7,860

7 7Q ft

6,980

6,250

5,600

5,080

4,680

4,480

4,090

4,090

3,620

2,660

1,210

1,160

862

953

1,880

2

OOn

2,220

2 220

2,080

1 880

1J500

1 39rt

1,210

1,100

1,100

1,100

953

818

July.

818

906

QfiO

736

736

73fi

698

558

470

498

525

470

CQft

953

onfi

818

818

953

1 260

1

0OA

1,320

1,320

1,320

1 39fl

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,210

1,100

1,100

Aug.

1,000

Qflfi

818

1,050

1,320

1,500

1,560

1,440

1,440

1,320

1,160

953

777

660

590

525

525

525

470

yfOA

420

375

398

470

398

258

223

240

314

398

354

Sept.

354

4QS

558

525

525

470

420

375

314

295

295

258

223

258

295

334

334

334

375

O7c

375

498

1,100

1,620

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,500

1,260

1,100

Oct.

1,000

1,000

906

818

953

1 finn

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,000

953

1,210

1,320

1,560

2,020

2

OQft

2,360

2,500

2,820

2,820

3,840

4 860

5^880

6,900

7,920

8,940

9,960

11,000

n nnn

10,900

Nov.

10,800

10,400

9,690

9,420

8,770

7 oon

7 480

6,980

6,030

5,600

6,360

6,360

5,810

5,380

5,490

5,490

5,700 ^ 4on

5,490

5,490

n 9»n

5,080

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,680

4 ' 480

Dec.

4,090

4,000

3,900

3,900

3,900

3,900

3,900

3,900

3,800

4,780

6,250

5,700

5,380

5,080

5,080

4,880

4,680

4,380

3,900

3,710

3,160

2,820

3,520

3,520

 3,520

3,520

3,520

3,520

3,520

3,520

3,520

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Winter discharge estimated by comparison with adjacent streams, as follows: January, mean discharge, 3.450 second-feet; February, 960 secoad-feet; Mar. 1-16, 950 second-feet. Discharge Mar. 17-22, estimated; Oct. 22-29, interpolated.

Monthly discharge of Mattawamkeag River at Mattawamkeag, Maine, for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,500 square miles.]

Month.

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

Aprfl..........................................

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

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

The year. ..

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

21,000 

16,200 

7,860 

1,320 

1,560 

1,820 

11,000 

10,800 

6,250

21,000

Minimum.

11,900 

2,580 

818 

470 

223 

223 

818 

4,480 

2,820

223

Mean.

3,'450 

960 

7,450 

16,200 

5,140 

2,960 

955 

736 

678 

3,620 

6,320 

4,090

4,380

Per 

square 

mile.

2.30 

.640 

4.97 

10.8 

3.43 

1.97 

.636 

.490 

.452 

2.41 

4.21 

2.73

2.92

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.65 

.67 

5.73 

12.05 

3.95 

2.20 

.73 

.56 

.50 

2.78 

4.70 

3.15

39.67
PENOBSCOT EIVEE BASIN. 39

PISCATAQUIS EIVEE NEAE FOXCEOFT, MAINE.

Location. At Low's highway bridge, about halfway between Guilford and Foxcroft,

three-fourths of a mile above the mouth of Black Stream and 3 miles below Mill

Stream. 

Records available. August 17, 1902, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

Drainage area. 286 square miles. 

Gage. Staff attached to left abutment of bridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent; banks high and overflowed only

during extreme floods. 

Discharge measurements. At medium and high stages made from the bridge

at low stages made by wading either above or below the bridge, where the bed

is of fine gravel but the velocity is greater than at the bridge. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice during some years. 

Artificial regulation. The stream is used to develop power at several manufacturing

plants above the station. 

Accuracy. Discharge relation at low stages considerably affected by the irregular

use of water at the mills; during some winters it is also affected by ice; little if

any affected by backwater from log jams, as little log driving is now done on the

river.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

The following discharge measurement was made by G. C. Danforth: 

May 26, 1913: Gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 504 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Piscataquis River near Foxcroft, Maine, for 1913: 

[A. F. D. Harlow, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

81... ...........

Jan.

2.6

2 Q

9 Q

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.35

3.35

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.65

3.6

3.25

3.25

3.2

3.4

3.9

3.8

3.65

3.6

3.2

3.0

2.95

2.95

3.15

3.4

3.1

9 Q

Feb.

2.65

2.65

2.65

9 Q

3.1

3.1

3.0

2 Q

3.15

3.25

3.4

3.2

3.1

2.8

2.7

3.25

q OK

2.95

2.65

2.45

2.55

3.0

3.05

3.05

2.9

2.8

2.55

.......

Mar.

2.25

2.25

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.7

2.55

2.55

2.55

2.45

2.45

2.55

3.1

3.5

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.6

4.4

8.2

7.5

5.75

6.7

8.15

7.9

5.5

4.8

4.4 

4.8

Apr.

8.7

6.1

A. Q£

4.5

435

4.2

4.1

3.95

S ot

3.95

3.8

4.5

4.5

4.8

5.35

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.55

5.95

4.7

4.3

5.25

5.5

5.5

5.65

4.9

4.65

4.35

4.35

May.

4.35

4.15

A. 1 5

A. AR

4.05

4.05

3.7

3.1

3.1

^.1

3.1

3.0

2 7H

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.4

9 A.

2.5

2.5

2.35

2.9

3.25

3.4

3.2

3.15

2.95

3.0

3.15

3.15 

3.15

June.

3.15

3.2

3 9

3.2

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.0

2.25

2.25

2.35

2.45

9 4.1

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.45

9 A.%

2.5

2.4

2.25

2.1

3 1

2.05

3 n

1.95

1.95

1.85

1.85

1.85

July.

1 95

1.95

1 Q£

1.95

1.95

1 n

2 1

2.25

2.25

2.3

2.45

2.45

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.7

9 7

2.75

2.8

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.55

2.5

2.35

2.2

2.0

1 Q>5

Aug.

1.95

1.95

1 OS

2

AC

2.25

9 9£

2 ft*;

1 Q

1 Q

1 Q

9 n

2.3

9 9£

2.2

2.15

2.15

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.2

2.2

2.05

2.05

2 OK

2.65

2.8

2.7

2.45

2.2 

21

Sept.

n 1

2 1

2.1

9 1

2 2

2.35

2.25

2 2

2.2

2.15

2.15

2.15

9 1

2.2

2.2

2.0

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

2.2

4.25

3.9

3.55

3.05

2.35

2.35

2.2

2.2

Oct.

2.3

2.35

9 ft

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.55

2 1*;

2.45

2.25

2.05

2 2

2.25

2.25

2.8

9 OR

9 ORE

2.95

4.5

8.25

6.35

4.3

3.85

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.10

4.95

4.55 

4.1

Nov.

3.65

3.5

3.45

q 45

3.35

3.25

3.2

3.25

4.0

6. IS

5.3

4.8

A. A.

4.25

4.0

3.8

8.75

3.7

3.65

Q n

1 OK

3.9

3.7

3.65

3.65

3.3

3.1

3.0

3.0

2.9

Dec.

2

0

2.75

2.75

2

a

9 Q

2

0

9- 5

415

3.85

- S.75

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.15

3,15

3.05

3.15

3.2

3.3

3.3

2.95

2.»

2.25

2.15

2.4

2.55

2.55

3.1

3.15

3.15 

3.2
40 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Piscataquis River near Foxcroft, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

220

374

374

536

536

536

536

536

674

674

858

858

858

898

858

604

604

569

709

1,110

1,020

898

858

569

437

406

406

536

709

502

374

Feb.

244

244

244

374

502

502

604

437

374

536

604

709

569

502

318

267 find

604

406

244

164

200

437

470

470

374

318

200

Mar.

Ill

111

100

123

148

148

220

267

200

200

200

164

164

200

502

782

1,110

1,020

938

858

1,620

8,220

6,820

3,520

5,270

8,120

7,610

3,100

2,080

1,620

2,080

Apr.

9,240

4,150

2,280

1,720

1,560

1,400

1,300

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,020

1,720

1,720

2,080

2,860

3,260

2,940

2,940

3,180

3,880

1,960

1,510

2,710

3,100

3,100

3,350

2,220

1,900

1,560

1,560

May.

1,560

1,350

1,350

1,670

1,260

1,260

938

502

502.

502

502

437

292

244

220

220

148

148

180

180

136

374

604

7flQ

569

536

406

437

536

536 eofi

June.

536

569

569

569

374

318

26V

64

112

112

136

164

164

164

164

164

164

164

180

148

112

81

81

72

64

58

58

46

46

46

July.

- 58

58

58

58

58

51

81

112

112

123

164

164

244

244

244

244

267

267

292

318

244

244

244

220

220

200

180

136

100

64

58

Aug.

58

58

58

72

112

112

72

51

51

51

64

123

- 112

100

90

90

136

136

136

136

100

100

72

72

112

244

318

267

164

.100

81

Sept.

81

81

81

81

100

136

112

100

100

90

90

90

81

100

100

64

46

46

46

46

46

100

1,460

1.110

820

470

136

136

100

100

Oct.

123

136

220

267

267

267

267

200

200

164

112

72

100

112

112

318

406

406

406

1,720

8,320

4,610

1,510

1,070

3,610

3,610

3,610

2,560

2,280

1,780

1,300

Nov.

89S

782

746

746

674

604

569

604

1,210

4,240

2,780

2,080

1,620

1,460

1,210

1,020

980

938

898

1,110

1,160

1,110

938

898, 898"

638

502

437

437

374

Dec.

374

292

292

374

374

318

180

.1,350

1,070

980

858

709

569

536

536

470

536

569

638

638

406

318

112

90

148

200

200

502

536

536

569

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 20 and 4,000 second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Piscataquis River near Foxcroft, Maine, for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 286 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,110 

709 

8,220 

9,240 

1,670 

569 

318 

318 

1,460 

8,320 

4.240 

1,350

9,240

Minimum.

220 

164 

100 

1,020 

136 

46 

51 

51 

46 

72 

374 

90

46

Mean.

633 

411 

1,860 

2,460 

608 

192 

165 

111 

205 

1,290 

1,080 

493

792

Per 

square 

mile.

2.21 

1.44 

6.50 

8.60 

2.12 

.672 

.578 

.389 

.718 

4.51 

3.78 

1.72

2.77

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.55 

1.50 

7.49 

9.60 

2.44 

.75 

.67 

.45 

.80 

5.20 

4.22 

1.98

37.65
PENOBSCOT RIVER BASIN. 41

KENDUSKEAG STREAM NEAR BANGOR, MAINE.

Location. At highway bridge at Sixmile Falls, about 6 miles northwest of Bangor.

Records available. September 15, 1908, to December 31, 1913. Data also in 

annual reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 191 square miles.

Gage.' Chain.

Channel and control. Practically permanent; broken by one pier; banks high 

and not subject to overflow.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Artificial control. A number of years ago an artificial cut was made for log driving through a low divide between Souadabscook Stream and Black Stream, the 

latter a tributary to the Kenduskeag, entering about 7 miles above the gaging 

station. During high stages of the Souadabscook part of its waters finds its way 

through the artificial cut into the Kenduskeag; at low stages of the Souada bscook 

all the flow continues down its own channel. Black Stream probably ee ads its 

waters only to the Kenduskeag.

Accuracy. More measurements a're needed at high stages.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine.State Water Storage Commission.

The following discharge measurement was made by G. C. Danforth: 

May 5, 1913: Gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 224 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Kenduskeag Stream near Bangor, Maine, for 19.

[Fred Cort, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

-7..............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15

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

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

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

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

SO

M........ ......

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

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

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

25..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

5.05

5.5

6.2

6.55

fi Vi

5.55

4.95

4.85

4.75

4.65

4.7

4.7

4.75

4.75

4.8

4.9

4.95

5.15

5.45 

5.55

5.45

5.35

5.35

5.15 

5.0

4.75

4.65

4.15

4.2

4.25

4.25

Feb.

4.2

4.35

4.5

4.5

3.95

3.8

3.55

3.4

3.25

2.8

2.8

Mar.

2.7

2.8

7.7

&1

7.8

7.3

7 OS

8.05

7.95

7.8

7.9

7.75

7.85

7.5

. 6.8

6.3

5

n

5.6

Apr.

6.15

6.6

6.6

6.1

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.35

4.9

4.75

4.55

5.05

5.45

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.55

5.6

5.55 

5.5

5.5

5.3

5.15

5.0

4.85

4.9

5.0

4.8

4.65

4.55

May.

4.2

3.65

3.5

3.4

2.95

2.85

2.85

2.8

2.7

2.75

2.65

2.8

2.7

2.55

2.5

2.55

2.35

2.35

2.3 

2.35

2.25

2.3

9 Q

3.3 

3.65

3.7

3.55

3.3

3.15

3.7

4.2

June.

4.1

4.1

3.75

3.4

3.05

2.7

2.6

2.4

2.7

2.75

2.65

2.55

2.45

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.05

2.25 

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.05

1.95 

2.1

9 95

as

2.35

2.25

2.2

July.

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.95

2.0

1.9

1.75

1.65

1.95

2.05

2.0

1.9

1.85

1.95

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.95

2.15 

2.2

2 25

2.1

2.15

2.2 

2.05

1 Q

1.85

1.85

1.8

1.7

1.75

Aug.

1.75

1.95

2.1

2.05

1.95

1.85

1.9

1.85

1.9

1.8

1.85

1.85

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.7 

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.6 

1.55

1.65

1.7

1.8

1.65

1.7

1.7

Sept.

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.75

1.8

1.75

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.65

1.65

1.75

1.8

1.75

1.75

1.85 

1.85

1.8

1.85

1.85

1.9 

1.9

1 OS

2.0

1.9

1.85

1.7

Oct.

1.85

1.85

1.9

2.0 -

2.05

2.1

2.2

2.25

2.35

2.35

2.2

2.2

2.45

2.65

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.65 

2.7

3.05

3.8

4.2

4.7 

5.05

5.25

5.75

5.6

5.1

4.55

4.15

Nov.

3.8

3.5

3.45

3.6

3.7

3.75

3.65

3.45

3.3

3.3

3.45

3.5

3.6

3.45

3.5

3.6

3.55

3.6

3.7 

3.7

3.8

3.65

3.6

3.45 

3.55

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.45

3.55

Dec.

3.6

3.65

3.55

3.4

3.25

3.45

3.5

3.6

3.65

3.45

3.35

3.55

3.7

3.6

3.7

3.75

3.8

3.75

3.7 

3.55

3.45

3.3

3.2

3.2 

3.2

3.15

3.05

2.9

2.85

2.85

2.8
42 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Kendwkeag Stream near Bangor, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

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

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

Z. ....... ......

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,150

1,440

1,940

2,220

2,060

1,470

1,090

1,030

978

922

950

950

978

978

1,000

,060

,090

,210

,400

,470

1,400

1,340

1,340

1,210

1,120

978

922

678

700

722

722

Feb.

700

770

845

845

596

538

448

398

350

335

320

305

290

275

260

245

230

223

200

200

200

200

223

200

200

200

200

200

Mar.

200

199

200

200

200

200

200

200

223

220

220

250

250

300

300

3,230

3,590

3,320

2,870

3,460

3,540

3,460

3,320

3.410

3,280

3,360

3,050

2,430

2,020

1,720

1,500

Apr.

1,900

2,260

2,260

1,860

1,720

1,500

1,500

1,340

1,060

978

870

1,150

1,400

1,580

1,500

1,500

1.470

1,500

1,470

1,440

1.440

IjSOO

1,210

1,120

1,030

1 060

ljl20

1.000

922 fi?n

May.

700

483

431

398

282

236

236

223

199

211

188

223

199

166

156

166

128

128

119

128

110

119

249

366

483

501

448

366

320

501

700

June.

655

655

520

398

290

199

177

137

199

211

188

166

146

137

119

102

86

78

110

119

119

102

78

64

86

110

119

128

110

102

July.

102

86

71

64

71

57

40

30

64

78

71

57

51

64

57

57

57

64

94

102

110

86

94

102

78

57,

51

51

45

34

40

Aug.

40

64

86

78

64

51

57

51

57

45

51

51

45

45

34

34

25

34

34

34

25

25

34

25

22

30

34

45

30

34

34

Sept.

34

45

45

40

45

40

34

45

34

34

25

25

30

30

40

45

40

40

51

51

45

51

51

57

57

64

71

57

51

34

Oct.

51

51

57

71

78

86

102

110

128

128

102

102

146

188

223

249

223

199

188

199

290

538

TOO

950

1,150

1,270

1,610

1,500

1,180

870

678

Nov.

538

431

414

465

501

520

483

414

366

366

414

431

465

414

431

465

448

465

501

501

538

483

465

414

448

431

398

398

414

448

Dec.

465

483

448

398

350

414

431

465

483

414

382

448

501

465

501,

520

538

520

501

448

414

366

335

335

335

320

290

249

236

236

223

NOTK. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 10 and 3,000 second-feet Discharge interpolated for days when no gage height was reported.

Monthly discharge of Kenduskeag Stream near Bangor, Maine, for 1913, 

[Drainage area, 191 square miles.]

Month.

March.........................................

April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

August. . ......................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2.220 

845 

3.590 

2,260 

700 

655 

110 

86 

71 

1,610 

538 

538

3,590

Minimum.

678 

200 

199 

870 

110 

64 

30 

22 

25 

51 

366 

223

22

Mean.

1,180 

357 

1,640 

1.380 

295 

190 

67 

42 

44 

432 

449 

404

542

Per 

square 

mile.

6.18 

1.87 

8.59 

7.22 

1.54 

.995 

.351 

.220 

.230 

2.26 

2.35 

2.12

2.84

Run-off 

(death in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

7.12 

1.95 

9.98 

8.06 

1.78 

1.11 

.40 

.25 

.26 

2.61 

2.62 

2.44

38.50
SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I. 43

KENNEBEC RIVER BASIN. 

MOOSEHEAD LAKE AT EAST OUTLET, MAINE.

Location. At the wharf at the east outlet of the lake, about 8 miles from Kineo.

Records available. April 1, 1895, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 1,240 square miles.

Gage. Staff, at end of boat landing; two datums have been used at the east outlet; 

the original datum is at elevation 1,011.30 feet above mean sea level and approximately 10 feet below the sills of the outlet gates; gage is read to this datum; the 

second, to which all gage readings published to and including 1911 have been 

referred, is 10 feet higher; that is, the zero is at the sill of the gates. It is believed 

that low water may go below the sill of the gates (zero of second datum) and therefore gage heights in this report are published as read, that is, to the original datum 

1,011.30 feet above mean sea level.

Regulation. The lake is regulated to a capacity of 23,735,000,000 cubic feet. The 

dam at the east outlet is controlled by 35 gates; 15 old gates are at gage height 10 

feet (original datum) and 20 gates at sill-gage height 8 feet (original datum). At 

extreme low stages the flow from the lake is controlled not by the gates but by a 

bar above the dam at an approximate gage height of 9 feet (original datum). 

The records show only fluctuations in the level of the lake, and are used in the 

studies of regulation of the lake and in computing the natural flow of the Kennebec 

at The Forks station.

Storage capacity. Approximately equal to a discharge of 124 second-feet for one 

month (30 days) for each one-tenth foot of depth over the surface of Moosehead 

Lake.

Cooperation. Record kept and furnished for publication by the Hollingsworth & 

Whitney Co.

Daily gage fieight, in feet, of Moosehead Lake at east outlet, Maine, for 1913.

Bay.

1... ...........

2..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

9.............. 10..............

11..............

12..............

11

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30... ...........

31..............

Jan.

16.75

16.8'

16.8

16.65

16.6

16.5

16.55

16.5

16.45

i&s

16.5

16.5

Feb.

16.35

16.3

Ifi 9

16.2

16.1

15.95

15.95

15.9

15.8

15.75

15.65

15.6

Mar.

15.5

15.45

15.4

15.1

15,05

15.05

14.9

14.85

14.85

15.2

15.45

15.7

i<U5

Apr.

16.6

16.90

17.1

17.0

17.05

17 1

17.15

17.15

17.35

17.3

i?.4

17.5

17.5

May.

17.5

n

c

17.5

17.5

17.45

17.4

17.3

17 3

n

o

17.2

17.2

17.2

17.5

June.

17.5

17.5

17.5

17.5

17.5

17 3

17.3

17 3

17 95

17.2

17.1

17.05

17.0

July.

17.1

17.05

1ft Q

16.8

16.75

16.7

16.5

16.4

16.3

16.15

16.1

1 K Q

15.8

Aug.

15.65

15.6

15.4

15.2

15.1

14.7

14 <;

14.2

14.1

14.05

14.0

Sept.

13.85

13.75

13.65

13.45

13.4

13.2

13.1

12.9

12.8

is. 6

13.0

12.9

Oct.

12.8

12.65

12.5

12.6

12.65

12.6

12.65

12.6

12.7

12.9

13.1

13.35

13.55

13.85

Nov.

13.9

14.0

14.0

14.2

14.3

14.5

14.55

14.7

14.8

14.95

14.9

Dec.

15.05

15.0

IS. 05

15.15

15.3

15.35

15.4

15.35

15.3

15.45

15.45

15.4

15.4
46 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

MonMy discharge of the Kennebec River at The Forks, Maine, for 1902 to 1913 Contd.

Month.

1906.

April............

May.............

July.............

The year...

1907. 

January.........

March...........

April............

May.............

July.............

August..........

September.......

December........

The year...

1908. 

January.........

February........

May.............

July.............

September.......

November.......

The year...

1909. 

January.........

February........

March. .

April. ...........

May .

July.............

August..........

September.......

December........

The year...

Mean discharge in second-feet.

As observed.

1,570 

1,100 

1,130 

8,400 

7,440 

5,720 

4,300 

2,740 

1,610 

1,270 

633 

1,260

3,100

920 

1,260 

1,620 

1,570 

8,440 

5,070 

3,920 

3,670 

1,940 

1,190 

5,950 

2,720

3,190

2,450 

2,030 

3,090 

3,030 

10,500 

6,860 

2,960 

2,830 

1,550 

906 

581 

451

3,100

476 

900 

900 

2,710 

8,020 

3,950 

3,230 

2,560 

1,800 

1,260 

1,380 

881

2,350

As 

corrected 

for

storage.

1,570 

1,290 

1,130 

5,180 

12,900 

5,090 

1,900 

610 

280 

2,090 

1,240 

1,320

2,880

690 

470 

565 

4,730 

12,300 

4,950 

3,690 

2,590 

1,210 

2,390 

6,580 

2,950

3,590

1,960 

1,130 

1,180 

4,880 

12,200 

5,750 

580 

1,160 

-140 -78 

155 

155

2,410

535 

770 

1,480 

7,830 

11,000 

2,780 

1,680 

440 

1,620 

2,200 

1,510 

940

2,730

Per 

square 

mile.

1.00 

.822 

.720 

3.30 

8.23 

3.24 

1.21 

.389 

.178 

1.33 

.790 

.841

1.84

0.439 

.299 

.360 

3.01 

7.81 

3.15 

2.35 

1.65 

.771 

1.52 

4.19 

1.88

2.29

1.25 

.720 

.752 

3.11 

7.76 

3.66 

.369 

.739 

- .089 

- .050 

.099 

.099

1.54

0.341 

.490 

.943 

4.99 

7.02 

1.77 

1.07 

.280 

1.03 

1.40 

.962 

' .599

1.74

Run-off 

(depth 

in 

inches 

on drainage 

area).

1.15

.86 

.83 

3.68 

9.49 

3.62 

1.40 

.45 

.20 

1.53 

.88 

.97

25.06

0.51 

.31 

.42 

3.36 

9.00 

3.51 

2.71 

1.90 

.86 

1.75 

4.68 

2.17

31.18

1.44

.78 

.87 

3.47 

8.95 

4.08 

.43 

.85 

- .10 

- .06 

.11 

.11

20.93

0.39 

.51 

1.09 

5.57 

8.09 

1.98 

1.23 

.32 

1.15 

1.61 

1.07 

.69

23.70

Month.

1910. 

January.........

May.............

July.............

The year. . 

1911.

April............

May.............

July.............

The year. . 

1912.

April............

May.............

July.............

The year. . 

1913.

July.............

September......

November......

The year. .

Mean discharge In second-feet.

As observed.

2,000 

1,750 

1,510 

4,070 

5,980 

4,760 

3,210 

2,440 

1,400 

1,590 

1,200 

1,250

2,610

1,280 

900 

760 

905 

2,600 

3,030 

2,330 

2,290 

1,720 

980 

487 

923

1,520

750 

1,400 

1,200 

2,460 

8,520 

4,990 

2,760 

2,130 

1,610 

1,430 

1,520 

1,830

2,560

2,210 

2,440 

2,560 

7,250 

4,170 

3,480 

3,320 

2,590 

1,590 

1,090 

853 

1,310

2,740

As 

corrected 

for 

storage.

1,330

1,550 

1,810 

8,380 

6,220 

4,690 

1,330 

880 

300 

110 

470 

500

2,300

535 

410

580 

2,530 

5,460 

2,290 

960 

942 

925 

1,150 

975 

2,810

1,630

1,110 

645 

1,070 

6,910 

9,250 

4,620 

850 

1,770 

1,240 

1,660 

3,530 

1,540

2,850

1,850 

1,240 

3,220 

8,930 

4,180 

2,870 

1,740 

455 

300 

2,260 

2,260 

1,790

2,590

Per 

square 

mile.

0.847 

.987 

1.15 

5.34 

3.96 

2.99 

.847 

.560 

.191 

.070 

.299 

.318

1.46

.341

.261 

.369 

1.61 

3.48 

1.46 

.611 

.600 

.589 

.732 

.621 

1.79

1.04

.707 

.411 

.681 

4.40 

5.89 

2.94 

.541 

1.13 

.790 

1.06 

2.25 

.981

1.81

1.18 

.790 

2.05 

5.69 

2.66 

1.83 

1.11 

.290 

.191 

1.44 

1.44 

1.14

1.65

Run-off 

(depth 

in 

inches 

on drainage 

area).

0.98 

1.03 

1.33 

5.96 

4.56 

3.34 

.98 

.65 

.21 

.08 

.33 

.37

19.82

.39

.27 

.43 

1.80 

4.01 

1.63 

.70 

- .69 

.66 

.84 

.69 

2.06

14.17

.82 

.44 

.79 

4.91 

6.79 

3.28 

.62 

1.30 

.88 

1.22 

2.51 

1.13

24.69

1.36 

.82 

2.36 

6.35 

3.07 

2.04 

1.28 

.33 

.21 

1.66 

1.61 

1.3*

22.40

NOTE. Mean discharge as corrected for storage determined by adding to or subtracting from the observed 

discharge the amount of water stored in or released from Moosehead Lake during each month. Negative 

values in October, 1905, and September and October, 1908, probably due to inaccuracy in the determination 

of observed discharge and of amount of water released from Moosehead Lake.
KEFNEBEC BIVEB BASIF. 47

KENNEBEC RIVER AT WATERVIL.LE, MAINE.

Location. At the dam and mill of the Hollingsworth & Whitney Co. at Waterville,

2 miles above the mouth of Sebasticook River and about 3£ miles above the mouth

of Messalonskee Stream. 

Records available. March 22, 1892, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

Drainage area. 4,270 square miles.

Gage. Rod gages in the pond above the dam and in the tailrace of the mill. 

Determination of discharge. Discharge computed from the flow over the dam,

through the logway, and through 18 wheels of the mill. When flow is less than

about 3,500 second-feet all the water is used through the wheels. 

Winter flow. As a rule, not affected by ice. During most years the winter flow

passes through the wheels of the mill.

Regulation. Numerous power plants and much storage above the station, 

Accuracy. Results only fair, as many wheels are in operation and only one reading

a day is made for each wheel; record valuable because of its length and continuity. 

Cooperation. Records are obtained and estimates of daily discharge are furnished

by the Hollingsworth & Whitney Co.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Kennebec River at Waterville, Maine, for 1918.

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4-...- .........

5... ...........

6..............

7..............

9.............. 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15-.-..

16..............

17..............

18..............

10

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

4,800

5,000

4,750

6,530

4,750

6,410

5,870

5 240

6^700

4,880

4,180

1,980

4

AQA

4,630

3,820

3,890

4,160

4,490

2 con

5,710

7,260

6,820

6,910

6,290

5,200

3,980

4,490

4,210

4,310 

4,000 

3,880

Feb.

4,390

3,610

4,540

4,470

4,560

4,480

4,310

6,560

1,500

3 Ton

3,400

3,250

3,370

3,400

3,430

1,090

3,820

3,460

Q JOA

3

t\Af\

3,520

3,560

QQO

3,540

3,350

3,270

3,220

3,240

Mar.

3,220

985

3 7on

2,990

3,060

3,080

3,140

3 ion

1,910

3 fU\f\

3,930

3,180

3,640

3,620

4,310

5 540

8*980

6,910

6,720

9 AAA

11 800

22^600

9A Aflft

on 7nn

43,400

39,300

OA Efhfl

34,400

36,300 

25,900 

25,300

Apr.

31,500

33,100

27,600

23,600

19 600

22,300

24,200 91 t*nn

on 9nn

Ifi 7fin

10 400

9,700

15,100

16,100

10 9nn

oo <>nn

04, ofin

28,200

t)A OrtA

25,200

OQ inn

23,700

91 Ann

O*> ft/Wl

25,900

30,100

31 win

30,600

29,800 

29,700

May.

23,600

23,900

16,100

15,300

16,200

14,900

14,000

14,300

9,460

9 7Qrt

3,560

8,580

8,020

T OGO

6 950

6*930

5,210

3 7ftn

A OAA

6,100

6,830

6,860 in 9 nn

19 finn

11,000

8,500

8,520

9,190 

17,500 

15,200

June.

14,400

14,000

12,400

14,400

11,100

n orm

10,200

7,840

6 950

7,' 930

7,210

6,220

5,820

5,200

2,570

5,660

4,720

4 740

4,' 710

5,090

4 430

4,' 030

4 940

3 7on

3,840

4,090

4,060

2,950 

4,260

July.

3,920

4,080

3,900

3,420.

4,380

3,080

4,250

3 840

S oon

4,130

4,430

6,510

6 140

5^660

5,760

5

JAA

5 ^Qn

4,730

5 240

5 040

5,820

A oon

4 450

4,110

4,650

3,930

4 430

4^180

4,150 

4,450 

4,500

Aug.

4,170

4,240

2,030

4,090

4,190

3,670 ^ Affi

S

onfl

3,450

aw

4 050

4^130

S ftfin

2 09(1

3,020

3 Gift

i TOO

4,670

4,420

4,100

3,140

3 480

4^020

1,200

3 ion

2,640

2,280

3,160

3,430 

3,040 

2,260

Sept.

3,760

2,820

2,680

2

ocn

2,990

2

QQA

554

2,470

2,940

2,770

2

OQA

2,590

2

QOA

958

3,630

9 &&n

2,630

2

QQft

9 3J/1

9 1°S)

»7QO

2

onn

3,130

19 inn

5 460

4,720

3 *fcdn

951

2,070 

2,180

Oct.

2,070

2,340

3,020

9,700

7,190

4,980

4,610

3,970

3,180

2

0QA

9 9QO.

615

O QfiA

4,520

3,960

3 osn

4,360

4 340

3,' 010

4,880

16,400

OA Af)f\

17 9ftf»

12,800

10 300

10,000 91 ^nn

25,100

15,500 

14,700 

11,400

Nov.

10,400

8,570

8,670

7,090

7,510

7,200

7,010

4,260

2,680

6,200

23,900

16,400

11,900

10,500

7,590

6,550

7,010

6,270

5,520

6,190

7,110

8,750

7 ACfi

7,140

6,270

5,890

4,710

5,390

3,960 

2,100

Dec.

4,340

4,420

A Ann

4,060

4,380

4 340

2

AAfl

4,550

8,570

6,030

7,660

4,820

I CfiA

4,610

4 1 -in

3 7OA

3,510

3

o«n

3,360

604

3,900

3,430

3,550

565

4,330

3 Ann

i Qfin

3,090 

2,980 

2,670
48 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

MoniMy discharge of Kennebec River at Waterville, Maine, for 1913.

[Drainage area, 4,270 square miles.]

Month.

March.......................................'..

April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

The year. ...............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

7,260 

6,560 

43,400 

33,100 

23,900 

14,400 

6,510 

4,670 

12,100 

26,400 

23,900 

9,260

43,400

Minimum.

1,980 

933 

985 

9,700 

3,560 

2,570 

3,080 

855 

554 

615 

2,100 

565

554

Mean.

4,910 

3,540 

13,100 

23,600 

10,900 

6,750 

4,620 

3,280 

2,940 

8,400 

7,670 

4,000

7,820

Per 

square 

mile.

1.15 

.829 

3.07 

5.53 

2.55 

1.58 1.08- 

.768 

.688 

1.97 

1.80 

.936

1.83

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.33 

.86 

3.54 

6.17 

2.94 

1.76 

1.24 

.89 

.77 

2.27 

2.01 

1.08

24.90

DEAD RIVER AT THE FORKS, MAINE.

Location. One-eighth mile above farmhouse of Jeremiah Durgin, 1| miles west of

The Forks. 

Becords available. September 29, 1901, to August 15, 1907; March 16, 1910, to

December 31, 1913. Data also in annual reports Maine State Water Storage

Commission.

Drainage area. 878 square miles. 

Gage. Inclined staff bolted to large bowlder on the left bank, a short distance from

observer's house. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent; banks medium high; overflowed

only at extreme high water.

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable a short distance above the gage. 

Winter flow' Affected by ice.

Regulation. A number of dams on the lakes above; used solely for log driving. 

Accuracy. Results fair. 

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Discharge measurements of Dead River at The Forks, Maine, during 1913.

Date.

29

Made by 

C.C.Babb., ...........

Gage 

heignt.

Feet. 

2.43

4.78

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,820

8,280

Date.

July 8

Made by Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.05

Discharge.

8ec.-ft. 

378
KENNEBEC EIVEE BASIN. 49

Daily gage height, in feet, of Dead River at The Forks, Maine, for 1913. 

[Mrs. Eva M. Forsythe, observer.]

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22. .............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28. .............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1 48

1.42

1.40

1.35

1.32

1.30

1.30

1.30

1 30

1.20

1.10

1.00

1.00

1.15

1.15

1.35

1.15

1.20

2.50

Feb.

' 1.60

i tn

2.20

2.45

Mar.

1.80

1.75

3.00

3.85

3.78

3.85

3.62

4.10

4.68

4.90

4.80

4.80

4.75

Apr.

3 OS

3.85

3.78

3.45

3.12

2.80

2.58

2.45

2.32

2.32

2.12

1.95

2 20

2.65

2.90

3

OE

3.55

3.55

3.45

3.40

3.40

3.25

3.90

4.10

4.25

4.30

4.25

4.80

4.90

3.95

May.

3

CA

3.00

3 40

2.60

c CA

2.25

3.15

4.25

3.10

i on

1.80

1.85

1.70

1.70

1 65

1 60

1 60

1 60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.70

1.80

1.80

2.25

3.15

4.00

3.92

3.85

3.80

June.

q QA

3

<V\

Q AS

2.60

2.28

2.15

1.95

1.82

1.70

1.62

1.58

1.50

1.42

1.38

1 30

I

Qrt

1.28

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.20

1 20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.12

1.10

1.10

July.

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1 9<?

1 40

1.35

1.28

1.22

1.20

119

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.18

1.10

1.10

1.05

1 00

1 00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Aug.

1 00

QQ

.95

Q9

QA

on

QA

on

QA

ftft

GO

.80

.88

on

on

on

on

on

.90

.90

on

Qft

.90

QA

QA

.90

on

on

.90

.90

on

Sept.

QA

QA

QA

QK

QK

QK

on

.80

QA

QA

on

.75

.75

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.75

1.15

1.70

1.70

1.55

1.35

1.12

.98

.88

Oct.

3 OK

79

1.15

9 AS

1

QQ

1 60

1.22

.98QA70

.85

1.15

1.38

1.48

1 60

1.68

1 OS

1.85

1.80

1.88

3.32

3.45

2.68

9 99

1.98

2.18

3.25

3.40

3.10

2.70

2.45

Nov.

2

OC

9 Afi

i on

1 »9

I

SA

1 TO

1.68

1.62

1.60

3.15

3

0A

3.35

2.60

2

00

2.22

2 19

o AA

1.78

1.70

1.85

2.35

2.32

2.40

2.05

1.82

1.70

1.65

1.52

1.50

1.58

Dec.

1.6S

1.55

1 5A

1 *A

1.50

i wi

1 wi

1.42

1

OO

1 18

1.12

1.10

1.18

1 40

1 40

1 5ft

i ?ft

1.30

1.30

1.30

1 5ft

1.25

1.22

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.15

1.18

1.35

1.55

NOTE. Discharge relation Jan. 19 to Mar. 21 seriously affected by ice.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Dead River at The Forks, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

1. .........

2..........

3..........

4. .........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9. .........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

21..........

22

23. .........

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29..........

30..........

31..........

Jan.

940

865

840

780

744

720

720

720

720

610

510

415

415

560

560

780

560

610

........

Mar.

5,680

5,470

5,680

5,020

6,460

8,500

9,320

8,940

8,940

8,760

Apr.

5,980

5,680

5,530

4,580

3,770

3,140

2,750

2,470

2,200

2,200

1,860

1,620

2,030

2,840

3,340

- 4,100

4,840

4,840

4,580

4,460

4,460

4,100

5,830

6,460

6,960

7,130

6,960

8,940

9,320

5,980

May.

4,710

3,550

4,460

2,750

12,100

2,120

3,880

6,960

3,770

1,540

1,390

1,460

1,240

1,240

1,170

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,240

1,390

1,390

2,120

3,580

6,140

5,830

5,680

5-, 530

June.

5,530

4,710

3,660

2,750

2,200

1,940

1,620

1,390

1,240

1,100

1,100

965

840

840

720

720

720

665

610

610

610

610

610

610

610

610

560

510

510

510

July.

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

665

840

780

720

610

610

610

510

510

510

510

560

610

610

510

510

462

415

415

415

415

415

Aug.

415

415

370

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

240

240

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

325

Sept.

325

325

325

282

282

282

240

240

240

325

240

200

200

160

160

160

160

160

160

160

160

200

560

1,240

1,240

1,030

780

510

415

325

Oct.

240

160

560

1,780

1,540

1,100

610

415

325

240

282

560

840

965

1,100

1,240

1,620

1,460

1,390

1,540

4,220

4,580

2,940

2,030

1,700

2,030

4,100

4,460

3,770

2,940

12,470

Nov.

2,120

1,830

1,540

1,420

1,390

1.270

1,210

1,130

1,100

3,880

5,530

4,340

2,750

2,240

2,060

1,890

1,700

1,360

1,240

1,460

2,290

2,240

2,380

1,780

1,420

1,240

1,170

992

965

1,070

Dec.

1,240

1,030

965

965

965

965

965

840

720

610

510

510

610

840

840

720

720

720

720

720

720

665

610

610

610

610

560

560

610

780

1,030

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well defined below 13,000 second-feet. Mean 

discharge during the frozen season estimated from climatologic data and by comparison witti records 

pn adjacent streams as follows: Jan. 19 to 31,600 second-feet, Feb. 1 to Mar. 21,500 second-feet.

93670° WSP 351 15 4
50 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Dead River at The Forks, Maine, for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 878 square miles.]

Month.

January............. ...

April..........................................

IJ&y........... ................................

July.. .........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

9,320 

12,100 

5,530 

840 

415 

1,240 

4,580 

5,530 

1,240

12,100

Minimum.

1,620 

1,100 

510 

415 

240 

160 

160 

965 

510

160

Mean.

641 

500 

2,690 

4,630 

3,010 

1,320 

542 

327 

370 

1,720 

1,900 

759

1,530

Per 

square 

mile.

0.73

.57 

3.06 

5.27 

3.43 

1.50 

.62 

.37 

.42 

1.96 

2.16 

.86

1.74

Run-off 

(depth in 

niches on 

drainage 

area).

0.84 

.59 

3.53 

5.88 

3.95 

1.67 

.72 

.43 

.47 

2.26 

2.41 

.99

23.74

SANDY RIVER NEAR FARMINGTON, MAINE.

Location. At Fairbanks highway bridge, 3 miles above Farmington.

Records available. July 11, 1910, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission. 

Drainage area. 270 square miles. 

Gage. Chain. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent; left bank high; right bank subject

to overflow in extreme freshets; current swift at high and medium stages but

sluggish during low water.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Regulation. No storage basins above the station; the water-power dam at Phillips

may slightly affect the flow at the station. 

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Discharge measurements of Sandy River near Farmington, Maine, during 1913. 

[Made by G. C. Danforth.]

Date.

VfatT O9

Aug. 27..........-...-...........................---.-..--.---.---..---- ............

&&.

Feet. 

3.30

2.20

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

288

35.5
KENNEBEC EIVER BASIN". 51

Daily gage height, in feet, of Sandy River near Farmington, Maine, for 1913. 

[L. A. Daggett, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

g

10..............

11..............

19

IQ

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

ID

IQ

20..............

21..............

99

00

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

90

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5.7

4.5

4.5

4.8

Feb.

4.5

3.8

4.0

4.1

Mar.

4.0

3.9

4.4

9.1

Apr.

7.75

5.5

4.9

4.6

4.8

4.3

4.6

4.2

4.0

3.9

4.5

4.5

5.2

5.4

6.0

6.2

6.0

5.7

5.8

6.0

5.0

4.9

5.5

6.1

6.6

6.7

6.6

5.7

5.5

5.2

May.

4.7

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.1

4.1

4.0

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.2

3.4

3.3

3.4

3.3

4.5

4.9

5.4

5.0

4.4

3.9

6.5

5.4

5.0

June.

 4.2

3.7

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.1 i n

3.0

2.9

2 0

2.9

i n

3.0

2.9

2.8

9 Q

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.6

9 R

2.6

2.6

9 fi

2.5

July.

0 K

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

9 d

2.5

4.4

3

O

3.0

2.7

9 ^

2.5

9 ^

9 fi

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

Aug.

2.5

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.05

2.1

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.3

2.3

2.3

Sept.

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

4.6

6.25

4.0

3.3

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

Oct.

2.5

2.7

6.25

6.0

4.7

3.9

3.8

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.9

2 Q

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.4

4.4

9.05

5.2

4.4

4.0

4.2

5.8

8.3

5.5

4.9

4.6

4.6

Nov.

4.2

4.0

3.7

3.8

3 7

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.5

9 3

6.0

* 7

4:4

4.2

4.0

3.8

1 7

3.7

3.6

5.1

5.5

5.5

4.9

4.6

Q fl

3.5

3.4

3.2

3.3

3.4

Dec.

3.3

3

9

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.2

4.5

4.5

3 Q

3 7

3 Q

4.4

4.0

3

0

3.7

3.5

3 A

^ 9

3

0

3 1

3 9

3.6

3 Q

4.0

3 9

4.1

4.0

4.0

3 Q

4.0

NOTE. Discharge relation Jan. 1 to Mar. 21 seriously affected by ice. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Sandy River near Farmington, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

1.. .................

2...................

3...................

4...................

5...................

6...................

7...................

8...................

9...................

10...................

11...................

12...................

13...................

14...................

16...................

16...................

17...................

18...................

19

20...................

21...................

22...................

23...................

24...................

25...................

26...................

27...................

28...................

29...................

30...................

31...................

Mar.

6,200

6,000

5,800

5,600

5,400

5,200

5,000

4,000

4,600

4,400

Apr.

4,250

1,640

1,140

923

1,060

725

923

667

562

517

853

853

1,380

1,540

2,140

2,360

2,140

1,830

1,930

2,140

1,220

1,140

1,640

2,250

2,800

2,920

2,800

1,830

1,640

1,380

May.

993

787

787

787

613

613

562

473

391

391

353

317

317

283

251

251

283

251

317

283

317

283

853

1,140

1,540

1,220

787

517

2,690

1,540

1,220

June.

940

667

431

353

317

353

317

283

251

251

221

193

193

167

167

167

193

193

167

143

167

167

143

121

101

101

101

101

101

83

July.

83

83

83

83

67

83

83

83

67

83

787

283

193

121

83

' 83

83

101

143

121

101

101

83

83

83

83

83

67

83

83

83

Aug.

83

67

52

67

67

83

67

52

52

67

67

52

52

67

52

52

38

38

38

25

19

25

52

38

52

25

38

38

52

52

52

Sept.

38

38

38

38

38

38

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

38

52

38

25

38

38

25

25

923

2,420

562

283

193

143

121

101

83

Oct.

83

121

2,420

2,140

993

517

473

221

193

167

167

167

317

353

283

473

391

317

317

787

6,120

1,380

787

562

667

1,930

5,020

1,640

1.140

923

923

Nov.

667

562

431

473

431

391

391

353

353

6,500

2,140

1,830

787

667

Iifi9

473

431

431

391

1,300

1,640

1,640

1,140

923

391

353

317

251

283

317

Dec.

OQQ

ooq

OOO

Q17

^117

251

251

oco

oeo

517

4^J1

517

7ft 7

562

473

431

QCO

Qi 7

251

251

221

517

391

517

562

517

613

562

562

517

562

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 50 and 2,000 second-feet but 

poorly denned above 2,000 second-feet. Discharge during frozen season estimated from climatologic data 

and by comparison with records on adjacent streams as follows: Jan. 1 to 31, mean discharge 350 secondfeet; Feb. 1 to 28,150 second-feet; Mar. 1 to 21,200 second-feet.
52 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Sandy River near Farmington, Maine, for 1918. 

[Drainage area, 270 square miles.]

Month.

April.. ........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

September. ....................................

November. ....................................

December .....................................

The year ................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

4,250 

2,690 

940 

787 

83 

2,420 

6,120 

6,500 

853

6,500

Minimum.

517 

251 

83 

67 

19 

25 

83 

251 

221

19

Mean.

350 

150

1,820 

1,640 

691 

238 

120 

51 

184 

1,030 

894 

456

635

Per

square 

mile.

1.30

.555 

6.74 

6.07 

2.56 

.881 

.444 

.189 

.681 

3.81 

3.31 

1.69

2.35

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.50 

.58 

7.77 

6.77 

2.95 

.98 

.51 

.22 

.76 

4.39 

3.69 

1.95

32.07

SEBASTICOOK RIVER AT PITTSFIELD, MAINE.

Location. At steel highway bridge just above the Maine Central Railroad bridge in 

the town of Pittsfield.

Records available. July 27, 1908, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 320 square miles.

Gage. Chain.

 Channel and control. Practically permanent; banks high and rocky and not subject to overflow; stream confined between the abutments of the bridge.

Discharge measurements. Made from the highway bridge.

Winter flow. Not generally affected by ice, as the rapid fall and proximity of the 

power plant immediately above the station tend to keep the river open.

Regulation. About 800 feet upstream from the station is the dam of the Waverly 

woolen mill. About 5 miles below the station and 2 miles from Bumham is the 

dam of the Sebasticook Power Co., but the fall of the stream prevents backwater 

from the lower dam.

Accuracy. The accuracy of the mean daily gage height given in the table below is 

more or less affected by fluctuations in stage caused by the operation of the dams 

above the station for night storage. Conditions favor the accurate determination 

of discharge, and a fair rating curve has been developed; a few more measurements are needed to closely determine the flow at extreme high and extreme low 

stages.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Maine State Water Storage Commission.

The following discharge measurement was made by G. C. Danforth: 

April 18, 1913: Gage height, 5.20 feet; discharge, 2,010 second-feet.
KENNEBEC RIVER BASIN. 53

Daily gage height, in feet, of Sebasticook River at Pittsfield, Maine, for 1913. 

[C. D. Morrill, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

Jan.

3.4

3.35

3.4

3.6

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.7

3.3

3.55

3.55

3.5

3.55

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.9

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.05

3.9

3.8

4.1

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

Feb.

3.7

3.5

3.6

3.55

3.55

3.65

3.6

3.0

2.4

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.25

3.25

3.1

3.0

3.4

3.45

3.45

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.25

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.25

3.4

.......

Mar.

3.2

3.1

3.4

3.4

3.45

3.5

3.4

3.2

3.0

3.35

3.35

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.35

3.4

3.6

3.7

3.75

3.9

4.2

4.95

5.2

5.25

5.45

6.0

6.1

5.95

5.9

5.8

5.7

Apr.

6.1

5.95,

5.7

5.9

5.6

5.45

5.35

5.2

4.95

4.9

4.95

4.9

5.0

5.3

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.1

5.0

5.0

4.85

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.45

4.35

4.05

May.

4.0

3.65

3.15

2.95

2.7

2.7

2.9

3.0

3.25

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.0

2.9

3.1

3.05

3.1

3.05

3.2

2.95

2.95

3.25

3.15

3.05

3.35

3.75

3.95

June

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.55

3.55

3.5

3.2

3.25

3.3

3.25

3.2

3.15

2.9

2.7

3.25

3.3

3.5

3.0

3.05

2.95

2.5

3.15

3.2

3.2

3.1

2.85

2.75

2.75

9 7

July.

2.75

2.7

2.65

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.85

2.95

2.9

2.5

2.8

2.9

 2.75

2.75

2.9

2.95

2.75

3.05

3.0

2.95

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.5

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.9

Aug.

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.7

2.85

2.7

2.85

2.9

2.75

2.5

2.75

2.85

2.75

2.7

2.7

2.65

2.4

2.75

2.7

2.7

2.75

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.75

2.75

2.55

2.7

2.55

2.4

2.4

Sept.

2.85

2.7

2.65

2.75

2.55

2.85

2.7

2.9

2.85

2.5

2.45

2.55

2.6

2.4

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.45

2.75

2.9

2.5

2.9

3.05

2.95

2.9

2.7

3.0

2.75

3.05

9 O

Oct.

2.6

3.05

3.15

3.15

2.95

2.85

2.85

2.9

3.0

3.0

2.95

2.9

2.95

2.65

2.9

2.95

2.95

3.0

2.5

2.8

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.15

3.1

3.1

3.25

3.35

3.55

3 7

3.8

Nov.

3.7

3.7

3.75

3.75

3.7

3.55

3.55

3.45

3.45

3.45

3.5

3.75

3.9

3.85

3.8

3.65

3.7

3.65

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.65

3.6

3.6

3.65

3.55

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.45

Dec.

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.6

3.7

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3

0

3.8

3.6

<? 7

3.6

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.0

3.4

3.4

3.0

3.3.

3.0

3.0

3 9

3

-1

3.2

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Sebasticook River at Pittsfield, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

1.... ..........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24. .............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

395

374

395

485

438

540

540

485

540

485

352

485

462

462

438

462

540

485

438

668

745

745

838

792

668

600

838

fiAQ

600

600

600

Feb.

540

438

485

462

462

512

485

230

50

158

230

310

331

331

270

230

395

416

416

352

395

395

331

270

270

270

331

SOS

Mar.

310

270

395

395

416

438

395

310

230

374

374

310

352

395

374

395

485

540

570

668

938

1,770

2,080

2,140

2,400

3,130

3,260

3,060

2,990

2 860

2^720

Apr.

3,260

3,060

2,720

2,990

2,590

2,400

2,260

2,080

1,770

1,710

1,770

1,710

1 830

2^200

2,080

1,960

2,080

1,960

1,960

1,830

1,960

1 830

1^830

1,650

1,470

1 3fin

1,250

1 200

1,090

7Q9

May.

745

512

290

212

125

125

193

230

331

310

270

310

310

290

290

290

193

270

250

270

250

310

212

212

qqi

9on

OCA

374

570

706

June.

540

540

540

495

462

462

438

310

331

352

331

310

290

193

125

331

352

438

230

250

212

71

290

310

310

97ft

176

142

142

125

July.

142

125

111

71

71

50

142

142

142

176

212

193

71

158

193

142

142

193

212

142

250

230

212

193

193

iia

71

158

125

IOK

inq

Aug.

158

125

71

125

176

125

176

193

142

71

142

176

142

125

125

111

50

142

1OK

125

142

97

97

71

142

142

QA

toe

84

50

CA

Sept.

176

125

111

142

84

176

125

193

176

71

60

84

97

50

125

125

1OK

60

142

193

71

193

9t;fl

212

193

125

9W

142

250

1QQ

Oct.

97

250

290

290

212

176

176

193

230

230

212

193

212

111

193

212

019

230

71

158

270

270

310

290

270

97ft

331

374

462

540

600

Nov.

540

540

570

570

540

462

462

416

416

416

438

570

668

634

600

512

540

512

540

540

540

512

485

485

512

462

438

395

395

416

Dec.

438

395

352

310

310

310

270

485

540

668

668

668

668

600

600

485

K.Af\

485

310

310

310

230

395

395

230

352

230

230

310

270 3in

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well fined above 70 second-feet.
54 STJEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAET 1.

Monthly discharge of Sebasticook River at Pittsfield, Maine, for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 320 square miles.]

Month.

April. .........................................

May..... ......................................

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

 

Maximum.

838 

540 

3.260 

3.260 

746 

540 

250 

193 

250 

600 

668 

668

3,260

Minimum.

352 

50 

230 

792 

125 

71 

50 

50 

50 

71 

395 

230

50

Mean.

554 

348 

1,140 

1.960 

308 

312 

153 

120 

143 

256 

504 

409

517

Per 

square 

mile.

1.73 

1.09 

3.56 

6.12 

.962 

.975 

.478 

.375 

.447 

.800 

1.58 

1.28

1.62

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.99 

1.14 

4.10 

6.83 

1.11 

1.09 

.55 

.43 

.50 

.92 

1.76 

1.48

21.90

COBBOSSEECONTEE STEEAM AT GARDINEE, MAINE.

Location. At the dam of the Gardiner Water Power Co., in the city of Gardiner.

Becords available. June 16, 1890, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 220 square miles.

Gages. One in pond above dam and one in tailrace of power house.

Determination of flow. The discharge is determined by considering (1) the flow 

over the dam, usually nothing except for a short time in the spring; (2) the flow 

through two gates; and (3) the flow through a 39-inch Hercules wheel. The computations of daily discharge are made by the engineers of the S. D. Warren Co. 

from tables of discharge based on careful experiments.

Winter flow. Not affected by ice.

Regulation. The extensive lakes in the basin are controlled by storage dams and the 

stream affords a remarkable example of the regularity of flow that can be obtained 

with proper storage. Except for a short time in the spring no water is wasted.

Accuracy. Results are considered good for a station of this type.

Cooperation. Station maintained by the S. D. Warren Co., which furnished the 

records of daily discharge for publication.
KENNEBEC RIVER BASIN. 55 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Cobbosseecontee Stream at Gardiner, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10. .............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16. .............

17..............

18..............

19. .............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29. .............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

260

260

260

260

aO

260

260

260

260

260

260

aO

260

260

260

260

260

260

oO

260

260

270

280

280

280

aO

280

280

280

280

280

Feb.

280

aO

280

280

280

280

280

280

aO

280

280

280

280

280

280

aO

280

280

280

280

280

280

aO

oon

280

280

280

280

Mar.

280

aO

280

280

280

280

280

280

aO

280

280

280

280

280

280

aO

280

280

280

280

340

610

0800

820

780

780

770

770

790

a750

780

Apr.

812

870

895

900

1,070

al,600

1,660

1,620

1.550

1,460

1,200

850

aSlO

1,040

1,030

950

740

510

300

ol50

280

280

280

265

250

250

aO

250

250

250

May.

250

250

250

a 120

250

250

250

250

250

aO

250

250

250

250

250

250

aO

250

250

250

250

250

250

aO

250

250

250

250

190

250

June.

a220

842

830

610

360

300

300

aO

265

250

250

250

250

250

oO

250

250

250

250

250

250

aO

250

OKft

250

250

250

250

aO

250

July.

250

250

250

125

170

aO

250

250

250

250

250

250

oO

250

250

250

250

%250

250

aO

250

250

250

250

250

250

oO

250

.250

250

250

Aug.

250

250

o250

250

250

250

250

250

250

oO

250

250

250

250

250

250

aO

250

250

250

250

250

250

aO

250

250

250

250

250

250

aO

Sept.

200

200

200

200

200

200

aO

200

190

180

180

180

180

aO

180

180

180

180

180

180

oO

180

180

180

180

180

180

oO

180

180

Oct.

180

180

180

180

aO

180

190

200

200

200

200

aO

200

200

200

225

250

250

aO

250

250

250

250

250

250

oO

250

250

250

250

250

Nov.

250

aO

250

250

250

250

250

250

oO

250

250

250

250

250

250

oO

250

250

250

250

250

250

aO

270

270

270

130

270

270

aO

Dec.

270

270

270

270

270

. 270

oO

270

270

270

270

270

270

oO

270

270

270

270

270

270

o90

270

270

270

130

270

270

aO

270

270

270

a Sunday.

Monthly discharge of Cobbosseecontee Stream at Gardiner, Maine, for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 220 square miles.]

Month.

April..........................................

July...........................................

The year. ...............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

280 

280 

820 

1,660 

250 

842 

250 

250 

200 

250 

270 

270

1,660

Minimum.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0

Mean.

232 

240 

413 

747 

220 

274 

211 

218 

161 

192 

208 

234

279

Per

square 

mile.

1.05 

1.09 

1.88 

3.40 

1.00 

1.24 

.959 

.991 

.732 

.873 

.945 

1.06

1.26

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.21 

1.14 

2.17 

3.79 

1.15 

1.38 

1.11 

1.14 

.82 

1.01 

1.05 

1.22

17.19
56 SUKFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER BASIN. 

ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER AT ERROL DAM, N. H.

Location. At Errol dam, 1 mile above the town of Errol.

Records available. January 1, 1905, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 1,095 square miles.

Gage. Movable rod gage; readings taken each day from the sill of deep gate No. 6; 

elevation of zero of gage or sill of gate is 1,231.3 feet above mean sea level.

Discharge. Computed from discharge through 14 gates in the dam by means of 

coefficients determined from a few discharge measurements. 1

Winter flow. Little affected by ice.

Regulation. Errol dam controls the storage of Umbagog Lake, the lower of the 

Rangeley series of lakes, comprising the principal storage of the Androscoggin 

Elver and amounting to nearly 20 billion cubic feet, and also a recently developed 

storage site on Magalloway River created by the Azicohos dam, which amounts 

to about 8 billion cubic feet, thus making the total storage about 28 billion cubic 

feet. Errol dam is located about 5 miles below the outlet of Umbagog Lake and 

about 3.5 miles below the mouth of Magalloway River, thus making this stream 

one of the feeders of Umbagog Lake.

Accuracy. Results roughly approximate.

Cooperation. Records are obtained and computations of daily discharge made under 

the direction of Mr. Walter H. Sawyer, agent for Union Water Power Co., who 

furnished data to the Survey.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Androscoggin River at Errol dam, N. H., for 1913.

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

5. .............

6..............

7..............

9.............. 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

2,000

2,010

2,080

2,060

2,040

2,010

2,040

2,010

2,020

1,500

1,840

2,060

1,480

1,560

1,650

1,300

1,380

1,400

2,290

2,470

2,470

2,480

2,490

2,520

2,380

2,440

2,240

2,300

2,280

2,270 

2,260

Feb.

2,190

2,360

1,920

1,740

2,060

2,060

1,920

1,940

2,180

1,770

1,810

2,180

2,140

2,180

2,140

2,190

2,120

2,080

2,060

2,050

2,050

2,050

2,060

2,050

2,050

2,060

1 OfiA

2,100

Mar.

2,140

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,160

2,170

2,200

2,310

2,220

2,180

2,210

2,250

2,120

2,050

2,150

2,210

2,190

2,170

2,170

2,300

2,570

2,720

2,940

3,220

3,800

4 Oftfi

4,750

5,300

5,490 

5,550

Apr.

5,550

5,600

5,530

5,370

5,410

5,370

5,150

4,820

4,660

4,360

4,170

3,850

3,610

3,540

3,500

3,540

3,630

3,700

3,760

3,860

3,880

3

QQA

3,980

4,150

4,620

5,950

6,530

6,670

6,700

6,700

May.

6,700

6,700

6,280

5,200

5,200

4,570

3,800

3,330

2,880

2,220

2,420

2,270

2,220

2,100

1,800

1,760

1,620

1,740

1,680

1,660

1,710

1,720

1,960

2,080

2,110

2,210

2,260

2 9Qfl

2,990

4,410 

5,030

June.

5,030

4,800

4,800

4,750

4,200

3,470

2,970

2,790

2,560

2,420

2,410

2,390

2,220

1,980

1,980

1,930

1,890

1,860

1,840

1,820

1,840

9 nan

2,050

2,030

2,000

1,980

1 940

i Q^n

1,940

1,980

July.

1,970

1,930

1,890

1,950

2,060

2,040

2,000

2,100

2,140

1,920

1,830

1,860

1,900

1,920

1,870

1,820

1,870

1,900

1,880

1,890

1,900

1,920

1 900 2' 010

1,960

2 nsn

2 ftKn

1,980

1 980

1,960 

2,010

Aug.

2,070

2,0»0

2,030

2,120

2,030

1,960

2,060

2, lob

2,170

2,160

2,210

2,190

2,170

2,260

2,290

2,240

2,190

2,140

2,030

t,970

2,050

2 Q30

2' 060

1^980

1,940

1 860

1 800

1 800 I'soo

l'?80 

1,760

Sept.

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,800

1,820

1,920

1,980

1,980

1,780

1,550

1,730

1,840

1,770

1,760

1,790

1,720

1,820

1,800

1,820

1,800

1,720

1,410

660

875

1,750

1,650

1,610

1,650

1,690

1,690

Oct.

1,660

1,560

996

1,380

1,670

1,680

1,610

1,560

1,530

1,540

1,540

1,310

1,510

1,730

1,720

1,700

1,600

1,570

1,590

1,510

1,190

1,110

1,160

1,030

691

635

604

608

653 

811

Nov.

811

807

1,190

1,440

1,430

1,400

1,350

1,320

1,060

574

584

688

1,210

1,180

1,170

1,370

1,470

1, 430

1,380

1,370

921

398

994

1,310

1,500

1,640

1,620

1,590

1,530

1,430

Dec.

1,430

1,330

1,500

1,580

1,630

1,710

1,710

1,680

1,500

1,830

2,180

2,080

1,920

1,840

1,870

1,860

1,960

2,040

1,960

1,930

1,890

1,760

1,810

1,820

1,800

1,760

1 ftlVl

1,860

1,800

1,810 

1,800

1 U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 321, p. 61,1914.
ANDBOSCOGGIN BIVEE BASIN. 57

Monthly discharge of Androscoggin River at Errol dam, N. H., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,095 square miles.]

Mouth.

March .........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

September... . .................................

The year. ................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2,520 

2,360 

5,550 

6,700 

6,700 

5,030 

2,140 

2,290 

1,980 

1,730 

1,640 

2,180

6,700

Minimum.

1,300 

1,740 

2,050 

3,500 

1,620 

1,820 

1,820 

1,760 

660 

604 

398 

1,430

398

Mean.

2,040 

2,050 

2,790 

4,740 

3,060 

2,590 

1,950 

2,040 

1,690 

1,300 

1,210 

1,790

2,270

Per

square 

mile.

1.86 

1.87 

2.55 

4.33 

2.79 

2.37 

1.78 

1.86 

1.54 

1.19 

1.11 

1.63

2.07

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.14 

1.95 

2.94 

4.83 

3.22 

2.64 

2.05 

2.14 

1.72 

1.37 

1.24 

1.88

28.12

ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER AT RUMFORD FALLS, MAINE.

Location. At the dam of the Rumford Falls Power Co., at Rumford Falls.

Records available. May 18, 1892, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 2,090 square miles.

Gage. One located in pond above dam and one in tailrace of power house.

Discharge. Computed from discharge over the dam, using the customary Francia 

weir formula with modified coefficient, and the quantities passing through the 

various wheels of the power house, which have been thoroughly rated.

Winter flow. Little affected by ice.

Regulation. The storage in the Rangeley system of lakes at the headwatera of 

Androscoggin River, aggregating 28,000,000,000 cubic feet, is largely under complete control. The stored water is regulated in the interests of the water-power 

users below and is under such excellent management that this is one of the best 

water-power streams in the country.

Accuracy. Results excellent.

Cooperation. Records are obtained and computations made by Mr. Charles A. 

Mixer, engineer Rumford Falls Power Co., who furnishes the data.
58 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Androscoggin River at Rumford Falls, Maine, for 1918.

Day.

1-.. ...........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6. ............ -

7... ...........

8..............

9.............. 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21.... ........ --

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2,990

2,820

3,030

3,690

3,200

3,000

3,000

2,890

2,520

2,520

2,790

2,560

2,840

2,770

2,740

2,780

2,760

2,850

3,390

3.710

3.650

4 030

3^880

3,660

3,520

3,090

3,230

2,900

2,750

2,740

Feb.

3,450

3,000

3,120

3,030

2,740

2,610

2,550

2,480

2,380

2,460

2,490

2,220

2,410

2,470

2,480

2,520

2,530

2,520

2,460

2,440

2,460

2,500

2,300

2,430

2 360

2,280

2,360

2,360

Mar.

2,350

2,050

2,390

2,510

2,450

2,410

2,400

2,420

1,990

2,210

2,580

2,580

2,630

2,750

4,590

7 9^n

5,920

4,120

4,240

5,210

9,180

15,900

10,500

8,400

13,500

19,100

13,800

12,200

9,350

11,600

Apr.

14,700

10,800

8,560

7,630

8,310

8,720

7,750

7,080

6,650

6,120

6,250

6,690

7,150

7,780

9,080

9,300

9,200

7,910

8,010

8,480

6,400

7,980

9,310

10,700

10,400

10,000

10,300

9,910

May.

9,140

8,430

8,370

7,780

7,300

7,040

6,360

5,530

4,790

4,250

3,510

3,300

3,340

3,120

2,970

3,040

3,150

2,320

2,500

3,110

3,000

3,060

4,250

6,830

7 4<in

6,620

5,420

8,090

9,080

8,410

June.

7,710

7,470

7,130

6,460

6,510

5,530

4,600

4,160

4,020

3,740

3,620

3,340

3,300

3,210

2,310

2,080

2,600

2,700

2,720

2,690

2,590

1,800

2,370

2,400

2,470

2,540

2,510

2,660

1,890

2, 450

July.

2,380

2,370

2,370

1,610

1,510

1,610

2,420

2,370

2,130

2,600

3,480

2,680

1,880

2,490

2,500

2,140

2,160

2,300

2,160

1,850

2,160

2,320

2,190

2,090

2,080

2,230

1,940

2,250

2,360

2,280

2,270

Aug.

2,120

1,960

1,890

2,120

2,350

2,240

2,220

2,010

1,800

1,600

2,280

2,090

2,140

2,050

2,060

2,090

1,540

2,220

2,280

2,070

2,050

1,920

1,900

1,560

1,960

2,080

1,900

1,960

1,950

1,960

1,480

Sept.

1,260

1,950

1,950

1,740

1,590

1,710

1,380

1,750

1,930

1,860

1,830

1,720

1,680

1,650

1,710

1,910

1,730

1,720

1,690

1,710

1,540

3,560

8,490

3,490

2,670

2,180

2,070

1,570

1,880

1,880

Oct.

1,850

2,520

7,180

3,880

2,790

2,580

2,350

2,280

2,210

2,110

2,020

2,160

2,760

2,450

2,530

2,750

2,910

2,780

2,410

6,500

13,800

5,870

4,020

3,040

3,370

3,680

6,400

4,730

3,860

3,560

3,420

Nov.

3,240

2,820

2,880

2,770

2,770

2,710

2,660

2,590

6,930

22,000

9,450

5,160

4,030

3,590

3,240

2,720

2,870

2,990

2,950

3,820

3,750

3,170

2,770

2,580

2,770

2,770

2,760

2,520

2,590

2,400

Dec.

2,570

2,550

2,560

2,620

2,790

2,670

2,210

3,320

2,810

2,430

2,970

2,500

2,980

3,020

2,960

2,680

2,770

2,940

2,240

2,230

2,460

2,570

2,360

1,880

2,010

2,250

2,340

2,060

2,050

2,280

2,330

Monthly discharge of Androscoggin River at Rumford Falls, Maine, for 1918. 

[Drainage area, 2,090 square miles.]

Month.

March.........................................

April..........................................

May...........................................

June...........................................

July...........................................

September... . .................................

December .....................................

The year. ...............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

4,030 

3,450 

19,100 

14,700 

9,140 

7,710 

3,480 

2,350 

8,490 

13, 800 

22,000 

3,320

22,000

Minimum.

2,520 

2,220 

1,990 

6,120 

2,320 

1,800 

1,510 

1,480 

1,260 

1,850 

2,400 

1,880

1,260

Mean.

3,080 

2,550 

6,630 

8,480 

5,360 

3,650 

2,230 

2,000 

2,130 

3,700 

4,010 

2,530

3,860

Per 

square 

mile.

1.47 

1.22 

3.17 

4.06 

2.56 

1.75 

1.07 

.957 

1.02 

1.77 

1.92 

1.21

1.85

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.70 

1.27 

3.66 

. 4.53 

2.95 

1.95 

1.23 

1.10 

1.14 

2.04 

2.14 

1.40

25.11
SURFACE. WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAM i. 50

PBESUMPSCOT RIVER BASIN. 

. PRESUMPSCOT RIVER AT OUTLET OF SEBAGO LAKE, MAINE.

Location. At outlet dam at Sebago Lake and the hydroelectric plant at Eel Weir 

Falls, 1 mile below lake outlet.

Records available. January 1, 1887, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission, in the second of which reports 

are published results of a recomputation of all data from 1887 to 1911.

Drainage area. 436 square miles.

Gages. On the bulkhead of the gatehouse at the outlet dam and in the fore bay and 

tailrace of the power plant.

Discharge. Prior to March, 1904, the discharge was determined from records of the 

opening of the gates in the dam. Since March, 1904, flow from the lake has been 

recorded by three Alien meters, one on each of three pairs of 30-inch Hercules 

wheels; wheels and recording meters checked by current-meter measurements, 

brake tests of wheels, and electrical readings of the generator output.

Winter flow. Not affected by ice.

Regulation. Sebago Lake, with an area of 46 square miles, is under complete control for storage.

Accuracy. Results very good for a station of this type.

Cooperation. Records obtained and computations of daily discharge made and 

furnished by the S. D. Warren Co.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Presumpscol River at outlet of Sebago Lake, Maine,

for 1913.

Day.

1.. ............

2.... ..........

3..............

4..............

6..............

7........ ......

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23.. ............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27... ...........

28..............

29

30..............

31..............

Jan.

683

735

563

517

o332

670

680

745

767

800

787

«240

803

803

813

808

682

542

o233

650

667

667

632

532

528

"243

672

742

803

807

807

Feb.

630

»410

803

802

800

823

823

803

o283

792

800

805

807

805

792

o367

803

802

803

803

800

742

o238

800

805

800

803

800

Mar.

792

o230

802

803

802

800

800

800

o247

800

805

810

763

538

385

o80

588

662

667

598

523

410

o!88

553

555

375

393

467

555

0337

595

Apr.

695

743

562

662

558

0210

620

637

600

667

672

595

ol65

557

547

643

663

663

643

0383

667

667

660

657

668

668

o240

665

657

657

May.

667

667

667

o223

665

667

670

663

667

660

o223

662

663

665

668

667

650

o238

668

668

663

665

670

618

o217

608

668

668

548

420

615

June.

o235

672

668

668

665

673

670

o262

675

667

670

668

668

672

aqqo

668

628

633

667

665

660

645

672

665

662

668

665

o235

663

July.

660

660

665

257

523

o227

672

662

658

670

665

o295

668

667

667

672

660

665

0220

668

665

662

667

663

650

0228

665

655

667

665

Aug.

663

650

o280

672

667

672

673

662

663

0208

620

660

662

660

660

653

o618

667

672

665

655

670

657

o383

667

657

667

665

667

662

0408

Sept.

658

653

672

670

668

662

o265

633

600

602

647

673

668

o245

673

677

668

675

675

675

o332

680

670

668

677

670

672

o258

670

665

Oct.

665

655

665

662

ol63

665

665

665

665

665

663

o2iO

663

662

663

662

665

672

o222

675

548

623

670

675

577

o310

417

427

673

675

672

Nov.

682

0395

842

820

752

838

750

667

0217

603

735

755

670

670

663

o223

667

672

610

815

667

597

0240

672

675

672

602

667

567

0113

Dec.

668

670

667

663

675

567

0212

538

638

672

667

672

625

o235

667

675

673

667

677

668

o202

678

673

665

600

343

470

0235

670

672

672

o Sunday.
60 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Presumpscot River at outlet ofSebago Lake, Maine, for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 436 square miles.]

Month.

February. .....................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

813 

823 

810 

743 

670 

673 

672 

673 

680 

675 

842 

678

842

Minimum.

233 

238 

80 

165 

217 

228 

220 

208 

245 

163 

113 

202

80

Mean.

644 

727 

572 

590 

592 

596 

592 

616 

611 

586 

617 

583

610

Per

square 

mile.

1.48 

1.67 

1.31 

1.35 

1.36 

1.37 

1.36 

1.41 

1.40 

1.34 

1.42 

1.34

1.40

Run-off, 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.71 

1.74 

1.51 

1.51 

1.57 

1.53 

1.57 

1.63 

1.56 

1.54 

1.58 

1.54

18.99

SACO RIVER BASIN. 

SACO RIVER AT WEST BUXTON, MAINE.

Location. At hydroelectric plant of the Portland Electric Co., at West Buxton.

Records available. October 19, 1907, to December 31, 1913. Data also in annual 

reports Maine State Water Storage Commission.

Drainage area. 1,550 square miles.

Gages. One in pond above dam and one in tailrace of power house.

Channel and control. Crest of the concrete dam, about 300 feet long.

Discharge. Plow over the dam and through the rated wheels of the power plant 

is determined by means of gage readings taken every hour.

Winter flow. Not affected by ice.

Regulation. There are dams on numerous although comparatively small lakes in 

the basin above the station. Storage probably has some effect on the regimen of 

the stream, but not to the extent that obtains in the other basins in the State of 

Maine, where natural storage facilities are better and more fully developed.

Accuracy. Results good for a station of this type.

Cooperation. Records obtained and computations of daily discharge made and 

furnished by the Cumberland County Power & Light Co.
SA00 BIVfeE BASIN. 61 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Saco River at West Buxton, Maine, for 1913.

Day.

"T....... .......

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

is

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2,610

2,710

2,760

2,380

3 090

3,510

3,180

3,010

2,790

2,650

2,580

2,220

2,650

2,450

2,360

2,400

2,450

2,840

2,850

3,200

3,180

3,290

3,210

3,230

3,240

2,760

3,220

2,890

2,760

2,630

2,540

Feb.

2,590

1 970

2,590

2,340

2,170

2,320

2,290

2,160

1,810

2,490

2,510

2,300

2,310

1,630

1,640

1,120

2,000

1,680

1,570

1,620

1,610

1,650

1,620

1,900

1,780

1,740

1,940

1,650

Mar.

1,600

1,400

1 860 i fidfl

1,520

1,660

1,670

1,400

1,190

1,380

1,590

1,440

1,720

2,270

4,310

2,650

6,690

5,830

5,430'

6,180

7,720

9,740

8,760

11,700

12,400

13,500

14,000

15,500

15,800

15.700

14,500

Apr.

14,000

12,900

12,200

11,700

11,700

11,100

10,600

9,780

9,090

12,500

7,600

7,440

7,030

7,540

7,320

7,250

7,140

6,030

6,6(20

6,580

6,650

6,340

6,690

5,690

5,810

5,200

4,870

5.300

6,020

5,630

May.

5,410

5,370

5,110

4

CCA

4,820

4,440

4,200

4,040

3,870

3,700

3,200

3,430

3,050

2,600

2,970

2,950

2,720

2,350

2,870

2,610

2,550

2,480

2,380

2,630

3,240

4,260

4,180

3,970

4,600

5,330

5,230

June.

4,710

4,760

4,330

4,130

3 7SO

3,620

3

qnn

2,630

2,980

2,730

2,620

2,420

2,430

2,230

1,720

2,210

2,030

1,820

1,630

1,910

1,300

1,360

1,780

1,910

1,390

1,510

1,340

1,250

1,150

1 360

July.

1 ^fiA

1,320

1,020

QOQ

7Q5

859

1,130

1,360

1,170

1,110

1,010

869

845

1,040

1,240

1,230

1,060

1,090

905

843

825

828

854

906

971

969

885

1,040

868

763

876

Aug.

QQA

Qft9

871

849

770

962

1 ft4fl

907

873

867

854

839

765

763

594

442

588

311

640

514

655

624

461

294

526

514

574

527

574

593

403

Sept.

401

fifiQ

703

7QQ

fifiO

466

418

595

595

576

563

533

385

291

483

548

533

545

490

412

373

759

1,040

1,160

2,650

2,560

2,420

1,900

2,560

1,910

Oct.

1,810

1,680

1,930

2,410

3,340

3,370

3,170

2,880

2,770

2,460

2,000

2,560

2,430

2,070

2,090

2,290

2,170

1,960

2,750

2,760

3,340

4,620

4,810

4,480

4,840

5,880

5,910

5,660

5,640

5,620

Nov.

5 94A

4,720

4,860

4,500

4 1 %f\

3,910

3

ACft

3,760

3,110

4,920

5,010

6,130

6,710

6,800

6,670

6,070

6,010

5,530

5,030

4,810

4,540

4,320

3,520

4,380

3,860

3,660

3,410

3,420

3,140

2,430

Dec.

2

QQA

2,740

2,690

2

COfl

2,480

2 1 wi

3,550

3,450

3,280

3,110

3,100

2 640

2! 130

2 630

2

O1 A

2,510

2,710

2,890

2,680

2,230

2,670

2,380

1,870

1,590

2,290

1,840

1,590

1,820

1,610

1,560

Monthly discharge of Saco River at West Buxton, Maine, for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,550 square miles.]

Month.

March.........................................

April..........................................

July...........................................

October. . .....................................

December. ....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,510 

2,590 

15,800 

14,000 

5,410 

4,760 

1,360 

1,040 

2,650 

5,910 

6,800 

3,550

15,800

Minimum.

2,220 

1,120 

1,190 

4,870 

2,350 

1,150 

763 

294 

291 

1,680 

2,430 

1,560

291

Mean.

2,830 

1 960 

6,220 

8,140 

3,710 

2,410 

999 

682 

931 

3,300 

4,610 

2,470

3,190

Per 

square 

mile.

1.83 

1.26 

4.01 

5.25 

2.39 

1.55 

.645 

.440 

.601 

2.13 

2.97 

1.59

2.06

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.11 

1.31

4.62 

5.86 

2.76 

1.73 

.74 

.51 

.67 

2.46 

3.31 

1.83

27.55
62 SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I,

MERRIMAC RIVER BASIN.

PEMIGEWASSET BIVEE AT PLYMOUTH, N. H.

Location. In the town of Plymouth, about three-fourths of a mile below Bakers 

River.

Records available. 1886 to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 615 square miles.

Gages. Staff gage since June 30, 1907; the low and medium stage sections about 40 

feet above the bridge, the high-stage section bolted to the upstream side of the 

right abutment of the bridge. September 4, 1903, to June 30, 1907, chain gage 

on upstream side of highway bridge. The datum of the staff gage is 1.11 feet 

higher than that of the chain gage. All gage readings prior to 1910 refer to chain 

gage datum, later readings refer to staff gage datum. Gage read once daily.

Channel and control. Two channels, the right rocky and practically permanent, 

the left fine gravel, shifting occasionally in high floods.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge at ordinary and high stages. 

At low stages the right channel is measured from the bridge and the left channel 

by wading.

Regulation. Low water now affected by the operation of dams at Livermore Falls 

and at Woodstock.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Cooperation. Established in 1903 in cooperation with the New Hampshire Forestry 

Commission. Gage heights since June 30,1907, furnished by the Locks & Canals 

Co., of Lowell, Mass. 

The following discharge measurement was made by engineers of the Locks &

Canals Co.: 

August 20, 1913: Gage height, 0.104 feet; discharge, 200 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Pemigewasset River at Plymouth, N. H.,for 1913.

Day.

1. ............. 

2..............

3.............. 

4.. ............ 

5..............

6.............. 

7. ...... ....... 

8..............

9.............. 

10..............

11..............

12..............

13.............. 

14..............

15..............

16.............. 

17.............. 

18..............

19.............. 

20..............

21.............. 

22.............. 

23..............

24..............

25..............

26.............. 

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

3.3 

2.6

2.5 

5.6

3.3 

3.1 

3.1

3.2 

3.4

3.2

3.5 

3.3

3.0

2.9 

3.1 

3.5

......

3.4 

5.3 

4.2

3.7

5.8

"'3.2

9 Q

2.5 

2.2 

2.5

Feb.

3.1

3.5 

3.3 

3.2

2.8 

2.5 

2.5

"'2.3 

2.2

2 1

2.1 

2.1

2.2

""2.Y 

2.0

2.0 

1.9

2.0 

2.3

2.1

2.1

2.0 

2.0

1 Q

Mar.

1.9

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 ""i.y

1.7

2.2

2.5 

2.4

6.4

14.5 

11.3

8.0

7.3

8.4

15.0 

13.8

5.7

4.6

5.2

12.3 

6.5

15.4

7.0 "s.s"

Apr.

9.3

4.8

3.5 

3.2 

3.4

""s.'o"

2.9

2.3 

2.1

2.2

2.9

"'3.8

4.1

4.2 

3.6 

3.1

3.0

2.5 

2.2 

2.1

2.8

3.1

3

0 

 O

3

0

3.2 

3.4

May.

2.7 

2.5

2.2 

"2.T"

2.0 

1.9

1.8

1.8 

1.6

i.4

1.3 

1.25

1.2

1.1 

1.4

1.55 

1.4

1.15 

1.2

2.8

4.1

3.1 

2.6

2.2

5.0

4.5 

3.6

June.

"2.5"

2.1 

2.0 

1.8

1.55 

1.4

1.2 

1.15

1.1

1.0

.95 

.9

.85 

.9 

1.2

1.15 

1.1

1.0 

........

.85

.85

.75 

.65

.6

""."5"

July.

0.6 

.6

.6 

.55 

.5

...... 

.55

.5

.45

1.25

1.05

"".'75"

.7

.6 

.55 

.5

.45 

.45 

.4

.4

.4

.4

.35

.6 

.55 

.5

Aug.

0.45 

.4

....... 

.5

.4 

.4 

.35

.35 

.35

.3

.25 

.25

.1

.1 

........

.1 

.1

- .21 

- .31 

- .31

.1

.2 

.15

.2

.15 

.1

Sept.

-0.36 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1

.1

-".36

- .46 

- .46

- .38

- .56

- .61

.05

.15 

- .61

- .46

- .21

- .64

"".2" 

5.2

2.1

1.2

.85 

.7

.55 

.35

Oct.

0.35

.4

3.1 

2.1

1.2 

1.1 

.9

.6 

.6

.6

1.5 

1.35

1.25

1.1 

1.1 

1.0

""."95"

7.2 

3.3 

2.1

1.6

1.7

"S.V"

3.1

2.2 

2.1 

2.2

Nov.

1.8

1.4 

1.35 

1.25

1.2 

1.1 

1.15

"O" 

4.6

3.0

2.3 

2.1

1 Q

"i'.'s"

1.5

1.4 

2.2

2.6 

2.1

1.7

1.6

1.4 

1.3

1.2

1.2

Dec.

2.2 

1.15

1.15 

1.35 

1.3

1.25 

""2.4

2.3 

2.1

2.0

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6 

1.4 

1.25

1.3 

1.7

"'i.'e'

1.4

2.2

2.1

2.2 

2.0

2.1 

2.2 

2.2

NOTE. Discharge relation Jan. 9 to Mar. 22 probably affected by ice. Discharge relation Mar. 23 to 

Apr. 1 may also be somewhat affected by ice.
MEEEIMAC EIVEK BASIN. 63 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Pemigewasset River at Plymouth, N. H.,for 1918.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

6..............

7.............. 

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

a... ...........

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27.... ..........

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2,780

2,020

1,920

6,000

4,390

2,780

2,560 

2,560

.......

Feb.

.......

.......

Mar.

.......

6,160

4,470

5,360

7,530

8,450

6,420

3,380

Apr.

13,100

4,760

3,020

2,660

2,900

2,670

2,440 

2,340

1,720

1,530

1,620

2,340

2,860

3,380

3,780

3,920

3,140

2,560

2,440

2,180

1,920

1,620

1,530

2,230

2,560

3,380

3,080

2,780

2,660

2,900

May.

2,120

1,920

1,620

1,580

1,530

1,440

1,350 

1,260

1,260

1,100

1,020

945

870

835

800

730

945

1,000

1,060

945

765

800

2,230

3,780

3,170

2,560

2,020

1,620

5,060

4,330

3,140

June.

2,530

1,920

1,530

1,440

1,260

1,060

945 

872

800

765

730

665

632

600

585

570

600

800

765

730

665

632

600

570

570

510

452

425

400

375

July.

425

425

425

400

375

400

425 

400

375

352

835

698

604

510

480

425

400

375

375

364

352

352

330

330

330

330

320

309

425

400

375

Aug.

352

330

330 '330

375

330

330 

309

309

288

269

269

216

216

216

216

216

216

135

114

114

165

216

250

233

250

233

216

160

Sept.

105

216

216

216

216

216

160 

105

87

87

101

71

64

132

201

233

64

87

135

60

155

250

5,360

1,530

800

570

480

440

400

409

Oct.

 dna

330

2,560

1,530

1,160

800

730 

600

502

425

425

722

1,020

908

835

730

730

665

648

632

8,830

2,780

1,530

1,100

1,180

2,350

3,520

2,560

1,620

1,530

1,620

Nov.

1 260

1,100

945

908

835

800

730 

765

2 finn

14,200

4,470

2,440

1,720

1,530

1,350

1,180

1,020

1,020

945

1,620

2,020

1,530

1,360

1,180

1,100

945

870

800

800

1,210

Dec.

1,620

765

765

908

870

oq e

1,320 

1,820

1,720

1,530

1 440

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

QAK

835

870

1,180

1,140

1,100

945

1,620

1,530

1,620

1,440

1,480

1,530

1,620

1,620

NOTE: Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 200 and 15,000 second-feet. Because of comparatively few discharge measurements in recent years the rating curve is somewhat uncertain. Discharge interpolated for days when no gage height was reported.

Monthly discharge of Pemigewasset River at Plymouth, N. H.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 615 square miles.]

Month.

April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

13,100 

5,060 

2,530 

835 

375 

5,360 

8,830 

14,200 

1,820

Minimum.

1,530 

730

375 

320 

114 

60 

330 

730 

765

Mean.

3,010 

1,740 

833 

417 

252 

439 

1,450 

1,760 

1,240

Per 

square 

mile.

4.89 

2.83 

1.35 

.678 

.410 

.714 

2.36 

2.86 

2.02

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

5.46 

3.26 

1.51 

.78 

.47 

.80 

2.72 

3.19 

2.33

MEREIMAC EIVEE AT FRANKLIN JUNCTION, N. H.

Location. At covered wooden bridge of the Boston & Maine Railroad near Franklin 

Junction, about a mile below the confluence of Pemigewasset and Winnepesaukee 

rivers.

Becords available. July 8, 1903, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 1,460 square miles.
64 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Gage. Chain fastened to floor of bridge on upstream side over the right-hand 

channel. A gage painted on the downstream right-hand side of the center pier 

is used by the United States Weather Bureau for high-water readings.

Channel and control. Coarse gravel and bowlders; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of the bridge.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Regulation. Flow affected by storage in Winnepesaukee, Squam, and New Found 

lakes, and by the operation of mills above the station.

Accuracy. Results fairly good for open-water periods.

Cooperation. Data furnished by the Locks & Canals Co., of Lowell, Mass.

No discharge measurements made during 1913. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Merrimac River at Franklin Junction, N. H.,for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

it

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

10

20..............

21..............

99

oq

24..............

25..............

26..............

97

OQ

29.............. 

in

31..............

Jan.

3,362

3,160

3,200

3,120

3,120

3,447

3,447 

3,405

2,570

2

0.19

2,305

2,267

2 one

3,490

4,360

4,405

4,050

4,270

3,830

3,447

2,920

2,570

2,230 

2,195

2,492

Feb.

3,490

3,160

3,040

3 (\A(\

2,880

2,492

2,195

1,810 

1,777

2 AQO

1 985

l'845

1^615

1,582

1,615

1,680

1,582

1,615

1,582

1,452

1,420

1,452

1,485

1,680

Mar.

1,582

1,615

1,647

1,745

1,712

1,582

1,712

1,452

2,535

A QAA

10,860

5,180

4,540

6,320

11,910

94 Q°.fi

5,840

7 win

23,355

13,695

27,765

10, 105

6,220

Apr.

14,220

6,605

5,085

4,810

4,180

4,090 

3,915

3,915 

3,872

3,872

3,872

4,855

4,765

4,450

4 090

3^872

3,830

4,045

3,872

3,745

3,617

3,702

3,745

4,450 

4,855

May.

4,360

4 045

3' 787

3,447

3,320

3,280

3,040 

2,960

2,880

2,305

2

10C

2,055

1,985

1,915

1,812

1,950

1 847

1^810

4,180

4,405

4,360

3,660

5,005 

8,800

6,320

June.

5,270

4,540

4,180

3,915

3,702

3,617

3,532

2,722 

2,417

2,305

2,197

1,950

1,915

1,845

1,745

1,712

1 719

1,582

1,240

1 ooft

1,270

1,360

1,210 "ijogo"

July.

1,032

onn

925

875

1,712

1,647 

1,360

1,210

1 °,°,ft

1 ^fiO,

1 °,ftft

1,422

1,300

1,120

1 AQft

i ftftft

1,032

977

850

875

1,090

1,300

1 AQft

Aug.

.......

1 °.°,ft

1,180

1.150

1 ftfift

QAA

950

1,032

1 060

1,090 i ftfifl

1,060

1,120

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,240 

1,330

Sept.

1,120

1 f\V>

077

Q^n

977 

i nan

977

QKft

1,032

077

875

1,062

1 090

1^180

1,120

1 

' 240

1,420

6,220

3,790

2,020

1,582

1,452

1,120 

1,005

Oct.

077

1,120

1 Jdti

1,712

1,392

1,120

1,090 

1,420

1,452 

i vm

1

0CA

1,420

1,452

1,680

1,647

1,240

1,210

8,800

5 fl4fl

2,920

2,642

2,195

4.585

4,315

3,957 

3,447

2,960

Nov.

1,390

2,055

1,915

1,745

1,615

1 KC9

1,615

10,440

6

OAA

6,125

3,745

3,405

2,920

2

cnn

2,530

2,267

2,342

9 9°,fl

2,055

2,160

2,195

2,020

1 Q8K

1,950

Dec.

1,985

2 ioe

1,985

1,950

2,055

1,985

3,745 

4 002

1,745 

1,452

2 417

2

qon

2

eyjf\

2 1Qc;

2 OAK

2,055

1,845

1,582

1,360

1,330

1,210

1,615

1,390

1,330

2,455 

2,125

1,880

Monthly discharge of Merrimac River at Franklin Junction, N. H., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,460 square miles.]

Month.

April...............................................................

May................................................................

July................................................................

Discharge in secondfeet.

Mean.

3,071 2,023' 

7,787 

4,653 

3,468 

2,389 

1,168 

1,123 

1,452 

2,381 

2>889 

2,029

2,890

Per square 

mile.

2.10 

1.39 

5.33 

3.19 

2.38 

1.64 

.800 

.770 

.995 

1.63 

1.98 

1.39

1.98

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

2.42 

1.45 

6.14 

3.56 

2.74 

1.83 

.92 

.89 

1.11 

1.88 

2.21 

1.60

26.75
MEKEIMAC EIVEE BASIN.

MEEEIMAC EIVEE AT GAEVINS FALLS, N. H.

» 

Location. At the dam of the Manchester Traction, Light & Power Co., 4 miles

below Concord.

Records available. 1904 to 1913. 

Drainage area, 2,340 square miles. 

Winter flow. Somewhat affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Results good. 

Cooperation. Data furnished by French & Hubbard, consulting engineers, Boston,

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Merrimac River at Garvins Falls, N. H.,for 1913.

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

g

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16....:.........

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

9fi

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

6.744

7,482

6.725

7.644

9,894

8,836

7 151

6,751

4,650

4,904

5,008

5 117

5,248

5,310

5,330

4,895

4,876

5,206

5,822

8,817

8,060

7,924

7,906

6 Q4Q

6,951

6,546

5,903

5,348

4,656

4,691

4 581

Feb.

5,272

5,342

5,687

4,840

4,520

4,406

3,931

4,010

3,981

3,985

3,436

3,159

3,189

3,121

3,083

3,387

3,933

3,839

2,767

3,014

3,904

3,376

4,625

4,208

3,644

3 H47

2,670

2,516

.......

Mar.

2,676

3,013

2,969

3,127

2,980

2,835

2,689

2,636

2,761

2,698

3,783

3,978

4,440

5,018

9,651

17,707

18,844

11,905

8,650

8,220

13,016

20,974

22,719

12,315

13,787

20,077

24,196

28,041

27,721

17, 737

13,403

Apr.

15,456

16,573

12,040

9,587

9,075

9,659

9,070

7 617

6,553

5,976

5,599

6,751

8,017

9,161

9,464

9,152

8,607

7,316

6,588

6,246

6,476

5,444

5,157

4,768

5,299

5,518

5,935

5,844

5,912

6,819

May.

6,452

5,380

4,991

4,463

4,416

4,230

4,206

4,010

3,636

3,341

2,542

2,863

2,869

2,825

3,916

2,461

2,599

2,542

2,546

2,677

2,509

2,516

2,837

8,448

8,768

7,219

5,798

6,655

12,837

11,810

June.

8,936

7,551

6,257

5,560

5,056

4,432

4,091

3,682

1 40ft

3,163

3,025

2,854

2,728

2,455

2,131

2,049

2,068

2,177

3,360

7,267

7,811

7,986

6,446

1 QHft

1 864

1,827

1,728

1,692

1,556

1,636

July.

1,668

1,765

1,864

1,434

1,507

1,061

2,248

2,676

9 RIO

2,128

2,354

2,299

1,747

2,098

2,188

2,074

2,090

1,944

1,719

1,100

1,631

1,793

1,790

1,831

1 841

1,531

1,019

1,705

1,484

1,667

1,964

Aug.

1,758

1,506

995

1,432

1,195

1,901

1,756

1,389

1,771

1,011

1,449

1,508

1,334

1,572

1,633

1,480

981

1,197

1,158

1/184

1,328

1,338

1,405

Q94

QQ1

1,417

1,428

1,273

1,389

1,055

Sept.

1,015

1,208

960

1,449

1,308

1,240

1,«79

1,234

1,327

1,339

1,432

1,339

1,252

995

1,245

1,188

1,050

1,317

1,578

1,031

1,025

1,044

2,038

2,850

2,566

2,190

1,561

2,071

1,939

Oct.

1,832

2,233

1,625

3,956

3,140

2,364

2,293

2,246

2

1AQ

2,076

1,630

918

1,148

2,724

2,524

2,370

2,197

2,090

1,518

2,133

5,710

3,609

3

qin

2,288

2 fift4

3,926

4,927

3,886

3,294

3,373

Nov.

3,425

2,885

2,910

2,730

2,622

2,721

2,611

2,554

1 884

3^068

10,020

6,441

4,841

3,934

3,562

3,123

3,071

3,204

2,976

2,949

3,876

3,977

3,141

3,126

3,067

2

QCO

2,501

2,608

'2,687

2,079

D«c.

2,602

2,751

2,651

2,818

3,058

3,122

9* *W7

3,488

5,566

4

£QA

4,257

3,144

3,349

9 <Wi

3,086

3,284

3,123

3,041

1,829

2,451

2

A-IQ

2,633

2,776

2,202

2 OAK

2

97J

2,368

2,065

2,410

2,534

2,410

NOTE. Discharge determined from records of flow over the dam and through the wheels of the power 

plant. See Water-Supply Paper 321, page 75, for description of this plant.

93670° WSP 351 15 5
66 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Merrimac River at Gfarvins Falls, N. H.f for 1918. 

[Drainage aree?, 2,340 square miles.]

Month.

April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Drainage in second-feet.

Maximum .

9,894 

5,687 

28,041 

16,573 

12,837 

8,936 

2,676 

1,901 

2,850 

5,710 

10,020 

5,566

28,041

Minimum.

4,581 

2,516 

2,636 

4,768 

2,461 

1,556 

1,019 

924 

960 

918 

1,884 

1,829

918

Mean.

6,320

3,818 

10,792 

7,856 

4,780 

3,893 

1,833 

1,345 

1,464 

2,675 

3,385 

2,896

4,260

Per 

square 

mile.

2.70 

1.63 

4.61 

3.36 

2.04 

1.66 

.783 

.575 

.626 

1.14 

1.45 

1.24

1.82

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

3.11 

1.70 

5.32 

3.75 

2.35 

1.85 

.90 

.66 

.70 

1.31 

1.62 

1.43

24.70

MERRIMAC RIVER AT LAWRENCE, MASS.

Location. At the dam of the Essex Water Power Co. in Lawrence.

Records available. January 1, 1890, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 4,663 square miles. Run-off from 211 square miles in Sudbury

and Cochituate River basins diverted, leaving effective drainage area 4,452 square

miles. 

Diversions. Water is diverted from basins of Sudbury and Nashua rivers for use

by the Metropolitan water district in Boston and vicinity, but during a part of

the year water is wasted into the Merrimac at these diversion dams. 

Accuracy. Results good. 

Cooperation. Records furnished by R. A. Hale, principal assistant engineer of the

Essex Water Power Co., and by the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board of

Boston.
MEBBIMAC EIVEE BASIN. 67 

Average weekly discharge, in second-feet, of Merrimac River at Lawrence, Mass., for 1918.

Weeks arranged in calendar order.

Week ending Sunday12............................

19.............................

26.............................

Feb. 2.............................

9.............................

16.............................

Mar. 2.............................

9.............................

16.............................

23.............................

30.:...........................

Apr. 6. ............................

13.............................

20.............................

27.............................

11.......................... ..

18.............................

25.............................

8.............................

15.............................

22.............................

29.............................

July 6.............................

13.............................

20.............................

27.............................

Aug. 3.............................

10.............................

17.............................

24.............................

31.............................

Sept. 7.............................

14..............................

21.............................

28........................:....

Oct. 5...... .......................

12.............................

19.............................

26.............................

Nov. 2 .............................

9.............................

16.............................

23.............................

30.............................

Pec. 7............................

14.............................

21.............................

28.............................

52 weeks total. ................

Merrimac 

River at 

Lawrence 

(total drainage area, 

4,663 square 

miles).

Sec.-fl. 

8,937 

7,973 

6,847 

8,876 

6,199 

5,077 

3,521 

3,640 

5,597 

5,211 

10, 152 

21,190 

26,447 

16,370 

10,772 

12,499 

8,032 

7,885 

5,305 

3,795 

5,120 

11,922 

6,668 

3,436 

2,659 

2,488 

1,704 

2,029 

1,894 

1,514 

1,462 

1,559 

1,465 

1,471 

1,130 

1,629 

1,442 

1,228 

2,462 

2,120 

2,473 

2,210 

4,473 

6,193 

3,487 

6,486 

4,093 

3,524 

4,110 

6,420 

4,265 

4,159

291,620

5,608

Weeks arranged in order of dryness at Lawrence.

Week 

ending 

Sunday 

Aug. 31 

Sept. 21 

Sept. 14 

Aug. 3 

Aug. 17 

Aug. 24 

July 27 

Aug. 10 

Sept. 7 

July 6 

July 20 

July 13 

Oct. 5 

Oct. 19 

Sept. 28 

Oct. 12 

June 29 

June 22 

June 15 

Nov. 9 

Feb. 16 

Nov. 30 

Feb. 23 

May 18 

Nov. 23 

Dec. 7 

Dec. 28 

Dec. 21 

Oct. 26 

Feb. 9 

May 25 

Mar. 9 

May 11 

Mar. 2 

Nov. 2 

Feb. 2 

Dec. 14 

Nov. 16 

June 8 

Jan. 19 

May 4 

Jan. 12 

Apr. 27 

Jan. 26 

Jan. 5 

Mar. 16 

Apr. 13 

June 1 

Apr. 20 

Apr. 6 

Mar. 23 

Mar. 30

Merrimac 

River at 

Lawrence 

(total drainage area, 

4,663 square 

miles).

Sec.-ft. 

1,130 

1,228 

1,442 

1,462 

1,465 

1,471 

1,514 

1,559 

1,629 

1,704 

1,894 

2,029 

2,120 

2,210 

2,462 

2,473 

2,488 

2,659 

3,436 

3,487 

3,521 

3,524 

3,640 

3,795 

4,093 

4,110 

4,159 

4,265 

4,473 

5,077 

5,120 

5,211 

5,305 

5,597 

6,193 

6,199 

6,420 

6,486 

6,668 

6,847 

7,885 

7,973 

8,032 

8,876 

8,937 

10, 152 

10,772 

11,922 

12, 499 

16,370 

21,190 

26,447

291, 620

5,608

Wasting 

into Merrimac 

River from 

diverted 

drainage 

basins (211 

square 

milas).

Sec.-ft. 

10 

11 

5 

10 

8 

17 

8 

8 

10 

6 

7 

8 

18 

19 

16 

12 

12 

18 

34 

32 

43 

57 

68 

30 

46 

67 

117 

54 

38 

71 

90 

129 

. 52 

130 

63 

86 

72 

47 

47 

114 

114 

110 

153 

104 

104 

150 

216 

128 

344 

224 

149 

315

3,801

73

Net yield of Merrimac River from 

4,452 square miles.

For week.

Sec.-ft. 

1,120 

1,217 

1,437 

1,452 

1,457 

1,454 

1,506 

1,551 

1,619 

1,698 

1,887 

2,021 

2,102 

2,191 

2,446 

2,461 

2,476 

2,641 

3,402 

3,455 

3,478 

3,467 

3,572 

3,765 

4,047 

4,043 

4,042 

4,211 

4,435 

5,006 

5,030 

5,082 

5,253 

5,467 

6,130 

6,113 

6,348 

6,439 

6,621 

6,733 

7,771 

7,863 

7,879 

8,772 

8,833 

10,002. 

10,556 

11,794 

12,155 

16, 146 

21,041 

26, 132

287,819

5,535

Per 

square 

mile.

Sec.-ft. 

0.252 

.273 

.323 

.326 

.327 

.327 

.338 

.348 

.364 

.381 

.424 

.454 

.472 

.492 

.549 

.553 

.556 

.593 

.764 

.776 

.781 

.779 

.802 

.846 

.909 

.908 

.908 

.946 

.996 

1.124 

1.130 

1.142 

1.180 

1.228 

1.377 

1.373 

1.426 

1.446 

1.487 

1.512 

1.746 

1.766 

1.770 

1.970 

1.984 

2.247 

2.371 

2.649 

2.730 

3.627 

4.726 

5.870

64.648

1.243

NOTE. Discharge determined from records of flow over the dam and through the wheels of the power 

plant. Estimates of amounts wasted from Sudbury and Nashua drainage basms based on data furnished 

by the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board of Boston.
68 SUEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Merrimac River at Lawrence, Mass., for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

9,087

10,140

9,490

9,877

U 9S"?

11,727

o wn

8,889

6,974

6,471

6,045

6,137

7,737

7,019

6,974

6,637

6,330

5,914

7,321

9,849

9,882

9,277

9,161

8,530

7 983

7 448

8^142

6,982

6,240

5,716 

5,447

Feb.

5,066

5,800

7 1KO

6,086

5,726

5,177

4

QOQ

3,149

3,409

5

OAO

3 448

3' 513

3,688

9 t\t&.

1 7Q1

4,871

3,872

3,517

3,314

3,192

1,964

4 749

7,094

6,336

5

JAC

4,647

5,015

.......

Mar.

4,557

6,124

7,074

6,415

1

C QftK

5,662

4 981

3

0QO

2 988

6 200

6,306

7,167

8,112

8,085

12 403

99 7Qfl

27,272

91 77P1

16,896

14,750

16, 910

23, 190

27,538

20,547

16,431

19,380

31,321

qj 71^7

25,651

Apr.

17 983

17 083

i U, 120

12 483

12,578 i<> n7t

11,785

10,486

9,480

8 047

9 499

12 129

14,511

14,723

13 QQ7

11,783

10,225

9,141

9,827

8,643

8,114

7,678

7 790

7,076

7,097

8,220

8,021

8,976

May.

9 17ft

8,111

6,771

5,924

6,846

5 7QQ

5,501

5,369

3 972

3,662

5,530

4,205

3,688

3,258

4,123

2,657

3,104

5,006

3,724

3,742

3,881

4,185

4,806

10 494

19 QfiK

10,877

9,188

Q P197

14,790

June.

n

cQQ

10, 178

8,278

7,215

6,531

5,965

4,495

4,014

5,378

4,153

3,736

3

fif\K

3,585

1,325

3,898

3,282

2 7fifi

2,737

2,851

2,460

621

4,141

3,063

2 689

2 A9J.

2,477

2,036

384

2,598

July.

2,619

2,589

2,407

600

526

586

3,112

2 7ftQ

2,501

2

-|p;i

1,909

1 ^.74.

247

2,185

9 ^1Q

2 997

2,257

2

0QQ

1,626

247

2,132

1,956

1,864

1,640

1,699

1,206

99

1,834

1,632

1,780 

1,828

Aug.

1,818

1,183

160

1,817

1 880

1,854

1,897

1,962

1,306

198

1,966

1 743

1^730

1,746

1,828

1,076

166

1,687

1,678

1,750

1,826

1,816

1,234

303

1,417

1 37Q

1,315

1,333

1,452

859 

158

Sept.

492

2,809

2,195

2,070

1,243

171

1,783

1,788

1,760

1,758

1 790

1^098

114

1,548

1,482

1,460

1,412

1,485

1,046

161

1,591

1,904

3,110

4,713

3,495

2,123

296

2,432

2,304

Oct.

1,939

2,102

2 79/1

1,899

1,439

3,986

3 911

2,873

2,333

2,021

9fin

688

3,084

3,058

3,183

2,933

2 IKK

371

2,995

3,731

5,228

6,568

5,136

4,333

8,190

8,083

7,599

6,402 

5,649

Nov.

3 Qirt

3,516

4,226

3 OAK

3,612

3,634

2,458

1,301

4 980

10,092

9,799

7,054

5,808

4,295

3,371

5,402

4

077

3,642

3,685

4,030

3,818

3,695

5,341

4,373

3,773

1,350

4,725

2,818

2,288

Dee.

5,071

4,142

^ 07^

4,125

4 490

3,256

3,715

6,435

7,992

8,310

7,062

6,273

4,607

4,259

6,059

5,026

4,615

4,677

4,688

2,763

2,024

5,136

4,234

4,022

2,435

6,024

3,973

3,290

5,510

4,476 

4,112

Monthly discharge of Merrimac River at Lawrence, Mass., for 1913.

Month .

January . . ....

April.............

May.... ..........

July..............

The year. . .

Mean discharge of 

Merrimac 

River at 

Lawrence 

as measured (total 

drainage 

area, 4,663 

square 

miles).

Sec.-ft. 

8,007 

4,465 

15,204 

11,309 

6,496 

4,032 

1,757 

1,372 

1,735 

3,552 

4,352 

4,735

5,585

Wasting 

into Merrimac Eiver 

from 

diverted 

drainage 

basins (211 

square 

miles).

Sec.-ft. 

106 

70 

190 

223 

76 

28 

8 

10 

11 

30 

45 

79

73

Average yield of Merrimac River from 4,452 

square miles.

Mean.

Sec.-ft. 

7,901 

4,395 

15, 014 

11,086 

6,420 

4,004 

1,749 

1,362 

1,724 

3,522 

4,307 

4,656

5,512

Per square 

mile.

Sec.-ft. 

1.775 

.987 

3.372 

2.490 

1.442 

.899 

.393 

.306 

.387 

.791 

.967 

1.046

1.238

Run-oft;.

Depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area.

2.046 

1.028 

3.888 

2.778 

 1.663 

1.003 

.453 

.353 

.432 

.912 

1.079 

1.206

16.84

Per cent of 

rainfall.

73.3 

40.3 

73.2 

86.8 

43.2 

90.4 

18.6 

11.5 

12.9 

15.7 

46.5 

42.0

46.2

Rainfall.

Inches. 

2.79 

2.55 

5.31 

3.20 

3.85 

1.11 

2.44 

3.07 

3.36 

5.81 

2.32 

2.87

38.68
MEKKIMAC EIVEE BASIN. 69

SOTJEEGAN RIVER AT MERRIMAC, N. H.

Location. At the head of Atherton Falls, below Stony Branch, and about 1J miles

above the junction of the Souhegan with Merrimac River. 

Becords available. July 13, 1909, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 168 square miles. 

Gage. Since October 15, 1913, a Gurley automatic water-stage register on the left

bank about 350 feet above the falls, referred to a hook gage in the well; prior to

April 11, 1911, a vertical staff on the left bank 40 feet above the falls; April 12,

1911, to October 14, 1913, a chain gage near the present location of the automatic

gage and at the same datum. 

Channel and control. Control formed by the head of Atherton Falls; practically

permanent. 

Discharge measurements. Made by wading below the falls at low stages and from

cable at high stages.

Regulation. Flow affected by the operation of mills at Milford, about 8 miles above. 

Winter flow. Not seriously affected by ice. 

Floods. The maximum discharge during 1913 occurred at about 9 a. m. March 28.

Discharge approximately 3,650 second-feet, or 21.7 second-feet per square mile. 

Accuracy. Results good. 

Cooperation. Automatic gage maintained and record of gage heights furnished by

the W. H. McElwain Co.

The following discharge measurement was made by G. H. Canfield by wading half 

a mile below gage: 

October 14, 1913: Gage height, 2.53 feet; discharge, 84 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Souhegan River at Merrimac, N. H.,for 1913.

[R. J. Sylvester, observer.]

Day.

1.... ..........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16>. .............

17..............

18..............

19. .............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

2.6..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

4.5

3.9

3.75

4.7

4.2

3.7

3.6

3.55

3.35

3.3

3.5

3.8

3.5

3.5

3.35

3.4

3.55

3.65

3.7

3.55

3.6

3.35

3.75

3.7

3.6

3.45

3.3

3.3 

3.3

3.2

Feb.

3.2

3.15

3.1

2.98

2.91

3.0

2.94

2.51

2.44

2.32

2.74

2.72

2.73

2.72

2.72

2.72

2.73

2.72

2.68

2.68

2.86

3.05

3.3

3.55

3.15

3.1

3.05

3.15

.......

Mar.

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.45

3.35

3.25

3.25

2.90

3.1

3.5

3.65

3.5

3.8

3.95

5.3

4.7

4.2

3.7

3.75

4.2

4.4

4.2

3.8

3.9

3.85

4.4

5.4

7.3

5.3

4.8

4.3

Apr.

4.6

4.4

3.9

3.85

3.8

3.8

3.85

3.8

3.65

3.55

3.55

4.3

4.6

4.6

4.3

4.0

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.55

3.45

3.35

3.35

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.1

3.05

3.55 

3.55

May.

3.45

3.4

3.0

3.05

2.96

2.94

2.98

2.94

2.85

2.76

2.59

2.84

2.72

2.68

2.68

2.75

2.80

2.80

2.74

2.68

2.65

2.68

2.82

3.8

3.95

3.65

3.35

3.2

4.4 

4.4

3.65

June.

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.94

2.86

2.70

2.62

2.63

2.60

2.60

2.44

2.28

2.49

2.44

2.38

2.36

2^34

2.32

2.42

2.40

2.41

2.35

2.42

2.39

2.36

2.36

2.30

2.32 

2.22

July.

2.27

2.30

2.27

2.25

2.26

2.22

2.28

2.16

2.12

2.44

2.48

2.28

1.96

2.28

2.43

2.03

2.48

2.40

2.30

2.43

2.19

2.14

2.25

2.38

2.53

2.28

2.32

2.45 

2.30

2.51

Aug.

2.42

2.47

2.31

2.51

2.51

2.73

2.33

2.13

2.50

2.14

2.16

2.12

2.45

2.68

2.58

2.33

2.33

2.22

2.28

2.48

2.63

2.30

2.40

2.46

2.43

2.33

2.73

2.43

2.63 

2.24

2.23

Sept.

2.24

2.26

2.34

2.26

2.30

2.31

2.26

2.20

2.26

2.20

2.18

2.22

2.22

2.22

2.78

2.48

2.49

2.17

2.15

2.17

2.18

2.21

3.3

2.84

2.81

2.55

2.37

2.40

2.20 

2.32

Oct.

2.34

2.33

3.74

3.26

3.18

2.78

2.64

2.54

2.53

2

c;4

2.59

2.51

2.52

2.66

2.55

2.59

2.62

2.62

2.44

2.56

3.43

3.24

3.00

2.88

2.94

4.4

4.2

3.73

3.48 

3.32

3.20

Nov.

3.11

2.95

2.94

2.96

2 01

2.94

2.78

2.77

4. 115

3.83

3.42

3.26

3.17

3.17

3.03

2.97

3.05

3.02

3.01

3.06

3.02

2.90

2.80

2.87

2.80

2.75

2.70

2.80 

2.80

Dec.

2.84

2.98

3.12

3.36

3.23

3.14

3.04

4

AK

3.87

3.61

3.47

3.58

3.16

3.06

3.14

3.08

3.04

3.06

2.93

2.76

9 8A

'2.87

2.89

2.99

3.27

3.18

3.19

2.86

2.86 

2.98

NOTE. Gage heights from Jan. 1 to Oct. 14 are means of two readings a day. Beginning Oct.15, gage 

heights are means of 24 hourly values, obtained by Gurley automatic water-stage register.
70 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Souhegan River at Merrimac, N. H., for 1913.

Day.

1. .............

2. .............

3..............

4... ...........

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,030

653

572

1,170

830

546

496

472

378

333

335

447

599

447

447

378

400

472

421 546

472

496

378

572

546

496

424

355

355

355

311

Feb.

311

290

269

223

198

230

208

85

72

52

143

137

140

137

137

137

140

137

126

126

181

250

355

472

290

269

250

Mar.

710

599

546

424

378

333

333

194

269

447

521

447

599

682

1,630

1,170

830

546

572

830

960

830

599

653

626

960

1,710

3,450

1,630

1,240

895

Apr.

1,100

960

653

626

CQQ

enn

626

599

421

472

479

895

1,100

1,100

895

710

653

546

496

472

424

378

378

311

269

311

269

250

472

472

May.

424

400

355

250

216

208

223

208

278

149

103

174

137

126

126

146

161

161

143

126

118

126

168

599

682

521

378

311

960

960

421

June.

400

269

269

230

208

181

131

110

113

105

105

72

47

81

72

61

58

KK

52

68

64

66

56

68

62

58

58

49

52

39

July.

45

49

45

43

44

39

47

33

30

30

72

79

47

19

47

70

23

79

64

49

70

36

32

43

61

90

47

52

74

49

85

Aug.

68

77

50

85

85

140

54

31

83

32

33

30

74

126

101

54

54

39

47

79

113

49

64

75

70

54

140

70

113

42

41

Sept.

42

44

55

44

49

50

44

37

44

37

35

39

39

39

155

79

81

34

32

34

35

38

355

174

164

94

60

64

37

52

Oct.

55

54

567

337

303

155

115

92

90

92

103

85

87

121

90

98

105

105

68

92

415

320

225

183

204

960

840

565

440

360

300

Nov.

264

207

204

211

204

193

168

149

146

810

618

410

330

288

288

235

214

242

232

228

246

232

190

155

179

155

140

125

155

155

Dec.

169

218

268

380

315

276

239

750

642

505

435

490

284

246

276

253

239

246

200

143

155

179

186

221

335

292

296

176

176

218

200

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Discharge Dec. 31 estimated. 

Monthly discharge of Souhegan River at Merrimac, N. H., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 168 square miles.]

Month.

May....................................

July....................................

December. ..............................

The year. .........................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,170 

472 V 

3,450 

1,100 

960 

400 

90 

140 

355 

960 

810 

750

3,450

Minimum.

311 

52 

194 

250 

103 

39 

19 

30 

32 

54 

125 

143

19

Mean.

508 

202 

826 

584 

299 

109 

51.4 

70.1 

69.5 

246 

246 

291

293

Per 

square 

mile.

3.02 

1.20 

4.92 

3.46 

1.78 

.649 

.306 

.417 

.414 

1.46 

1.46 

1.73

1.74

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area)

3.48 

1.25 

5.67 

3.86 

2.05 

.72 

.35 

.48 

.46 

1.68 

1.63 

1.99

23.62

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.

SOUTH BRANCH OF NASHUA RIVER (WACHUSETT DRAINAGE AREA) AT

CLINTON, MASS.

Location. At Wachusett dam, above Clinton.

Records available. July, 1896, to December, 1913.

Drainage area. 118.19 square miles.

Regulation. How affected by storage in reservoirs and mill ponds and especially

by storage in Wachusett reservoir. Results corrected for storage. 

Cooperation. Data furnished by the Metropolitan Water & Sewerage Board, Boston,
MERBIMAC RIVER BASIN. 71

Yield and rainfall in South Branch of Nashua River basin (Wachitsett drainage area) at 

Clinton, Mass., for 1912, and summary for 1897-1913.

[Drainage area, 118.19 square miles.]

Month.

1913.

February. . ...................

April.........................

May..........................

July..........................

SUMMAEY, 1897-1913.

March ........................

April... ......................

May..........................

July..........................

Total yield 

in million 

gallons.

5,180.7 

2,869.4 

8,290.5 

7,387.1 

3,804.8 

992.4 

70.1 

218.8 

775.1 

2,484.2 

2,339.9 

3,499.8

37,912.8

74,621.4 

77,379.0 

166,499.2 

129,866.8 

73,638.0 

45,225.2 

23, 409. 6 

23, 762. 2 

21,651.7 

33, 153. 7 

48,206.5 

75,636.0

793,049.3

Average yield per 

square mile.

Million 

gallons 

per day.

1.414 

.867 

2.263 

2.083. 

1.038 

.280 

.019 

.060 

.219 

.678 

.660 

.955

.879

1.198 

1.367 

2.673 

2.154 

1.182 

.750 

.376 

.382 

.359 

.352 

.800 

1.214

1.081

Secondfeet.

2.188 

1.342 

3.501 

3.224 

1.607 

.433 

.030 

.092 

.338 

1.049 

1.021 

1.478

1.360

1.854 

2.115 

4.135 

3.333

1.829 

1.161 

.581 

.590 

.556 

.823 

1.237 

1.878

1.672

Rainfall in 

inches."

3.38 

2.55 

5.58 

3.90 

3.71 

.90 

2.37 

3.05 

4.44 

6.02 

2.59 

2.73

41.22

3.65 

3.73

4.38 

3.88 

3.48 

3.64 

3.92 

4.15 

3.81 

3.56 

3.43 

4.21

45.84

Rainfall collected.

Inches."

2.522 

1.397 

4.037 

3.597 

1.852 

.483 

.034 

.107 

.377 

1.209 

1.139 

1.704

18.458

2.137 

2.216

. 4. 768 

3.719 

2.109 

1.295 

.671 

.681 

.620 

.949 

1.381 

2.166

22.712

Per cent.

74.7 

54.7 

72.4 

$2.2 

49.9 

53.5 

1.4 

3.5 

8.5 

20.1 

43.9 

62.5

44.8

58.5 

59.4 

108.8 

95.9 

60.6 

35.5 

17.1 

16.4 

16.3 

26.7 

40.2 

51.5

49.5

a For 1913, total for month; 1897-1913 average of totals for calendar month.

SUDBURY KIVER AT FRAMINGHAM AND LAKE COCHITUATE AT 

COCHITUATE, MASS.

Location. On Sudbury River at Framingham and on Lake Cochituate at Cochituate.

Records available. Sudbury River and Lake Cochituate have been studied by the 

engineers of the city of Boston, the State Board of Health of Massachusetts, and 

the Metropolitan Water & Sewerage Board; records of rainfall have been kept 

in the Sudbury basin since 1875 and in the Cochituate basin since 1852, but the 

latter are considered of doubtful accuracy previous to 1872.

Storage reservoirs. The greater part of the flow from these basins is controlled by 

storage reservoirs constructed by the city of Boston and the Metropolitan Water 

and Sewerage Board. Lake Cochituate, which drains into Sudbury River a 

short distance below Framingham, is controlled as a storage reservoir by the 

Metropolitan Waterworks. In the Sudbury River basin the water surfaces 

exposed to evaporation have been increased from time to time by the construction 

of additional storage reservoirs. From 1875 to 1878, inclusive, the water surface 

amounted to 1.9 per cent of the total area; from 1879 to 1884, to 3 per cent; 1885 

to 1893, to 3.4 per cent; 1894 to 1897, to 3.9 per cent; 1898 and subsequent years, 

6.5 per cent.
72 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PS.RT I.

Determinations of discharge. In determining'the run-off of the Sudbury amd 

Cochituate drainage areas the water diverted for the municipal supply of Frataingham, Natick, and Westboro, which discharge their sewerage outside the basins, 

is taken into consideration; the results, however, are probably less accurate since 

the sewerage diversion works were constructed. The public water and sewerage 

works were installed in these towns as follows:

Dates of installation of water and sewerage works in Framingham, Natick, and

Westboro.

Town. Water 

supply.

1885

1874

1879

Sewerage 

works.

1889

1896

1892

Water from the Wachusett drainage area also passes into the reservoirs in the 

Sudbury basin and must be measured to determine the yield of the Sudbury 

basin; the small errors unavoidable in the measurement of large quantities of 

water decrease the accuracy of the estimates of the Sudbury water supply during 

months of low yield for years subsequent to 1897.

Cooperation. Data furnished by the Metropolitan Water & Sewerage Board, 

Boston, Mass.

Yield and rainfall in Sudbury River basin at Framingham, Mass., for 1913, and summary

for 1875-1913.

(Drainage area, 75.2 square miles.)

Month.

1913.

June. .........................

July...........................

October. ......................

StTMMABY, 1875-1913.

April...........................

May......................... .

July...........................

September. ...................

Total 

yield, in 

million 

gallons.

2.427.2 

1,587.3 

4,871.4 

5,034.5 

2,021.4 

335.6 

-145.2 

-124.8 

198.5 

1, 127. 9 

1,082.7 

1,705.6

20, 122. 1

108,373.6 

140, 447. 0 

252, 764. 6 

176, 123. 0 

96, 615. 3 

42, 986. 1 

13, 963. 8 

20,599.6 

20,659.9 

39,849.4 

68,540.8 

90,457.4

1,071,380.5

Average yield per 

square mile.

Million 

gallons 

per day.

1.041 

.754 

2.090 

2.232 

.867 

.149 

-.062 

-.054 

.088 

.484 

.480 

.732

.733

1.192 

1.696 

2.780 

2.002 

1.062 

.489 

.154 

.227 

.235 

.438 

.779 

.995

1.000

Secondfeet.

1.611 

1.166 

3.233 

3.453 

1.342 

.230 

-.096 

-.083 

.136 

.749 

.743 

1.132

1.134

1.844 

2.624 

4.300 

3.097 

1.644 

.756 

.238 

.351 

.363 

.678 

1.205 

1.539

1.548

Rainfall 

in inches,®

3.17

2.82 

5.75 

4.25 

3.97 

1.98 

3.60 

3.64 

3.77 

5.53 

2.65 

3.18

44.31

4.08 

4.13 

4.46 

3.54 

3.33 

3.03

3.55 

3.85 

3.46 

3.92 

3.82 

3.82

44.99

Rainfall collected.

Inehes.a

1.857 

1.215 

3.727 

3.852 

1.547 

.257 

-.111 

-.095 

.152 

.863 

.828 

1.305

15.397

2.126 

2.756 

4.959 

3.456 

1.895 

.843 

.274 

.404 

.405 

.782 

1.345 

1.775

21.020

Per cent.

58.5 

43.1 

64.8 

90.6 

39.0 

13.0 

-3.1 

-2.6 

4.0 

15.6 

31.3 

41.1

34.8

52.1 

66.7 

111.2 

97.7 

57.0 

27.8 

7.7 

10.5 

11.7 

19.9 

35.2 

46.4

46.7

aFor 1913, total for month; 1875-1913, average of totals for calendar month.
BLACKSTONE BIVER BASIN.

Yield and rainfall in Lake Cochituate basin at Cochituate,

1863-1913.

[Drainage area 17.58 square miles.]

73

., and summary for

Month.

1913.

February .....................

April.........................

May..

July..........................

1863-1913.

February .....................

May...........................

July..........................

Total yield 

in million 

gallons.

593.4 

406.6 

1,100.9 

1,055.1 

503.5 

128.1 

-3.8 

100.0 

167.3 

304.1 

258.2 

468.2

5,081.6

30,443.7 

38,353.4 

59,871.3 

45,067.5 

26, 428. 5 

12,124.1 

7,430.0 

10, 751. 6 

11, 100. 9 

14,998.8 

20,599.2 

25,516.6

302,685.6

Average yield per 

square mile.

Million gallons per 

day.

1.089 

.826 

2.020 

2.001 

.924 

.243 

-.007 

.183 

.317 

.558 

.490 

.859

.792

1.095 

1.515 

2.154 

1.676 

.951 

.451 

.267 

.387 

.413 

.540 

.766 

.918

.924

Second-feet.

1.685 

1.278 

3.126 

3.059 

1.429 

.376 

-.011 

.284 

.491 

.863 

.757 

1.329

1.225

1.694 

2.344 

3.332 

2.592 

1.471 

.6Q7 

.414 

.598 

.639 

.835 

1.185 

1.420

1.430

Rainfall in 

inches.**

2.89 

2.80 

5.59 

4.05 

3.70 

.86 

3.03 

4.36 

3.67 

5.80 

2.23 

3.05

42.03

3.89 

3.92 

4.36 

3.61 

3.61 

2.95 

3.90 

4.14 

3.54 

4.14 

4.00 

3.58

45.64

Rainfall collected.

Inches.a

1.94 

1.33 

3.60 

3.45 

1.65 

.42 

-.01 

.33 

.55 

1.00 

.84 

1.53

16.63

1.96 

2.46 

3.84 

2.89 

1.70 

.78 

.48 

.69 

.71 

.96 

1.32 

1.64

19.43

Per cent.

67.2 

47.5 

64.5 

85.3 

44.5 

48.8 

-.4 

7.5 

14.9 

17.2 

37.9 

50.2

39i6

50.3 

62.8 

88.2 

80.1 

46.9 

26.3 

12.2 

16.6 

20.1 

23.3 

33.1 

45.8

42.6

a For 1913, total for month; 1863-1913, average of totals for calendar month.

BLACKSTONE RIVER BASIN. 

BRANCH RIVEK AT BRANCH VILLAGE, R. I.

Location. At Branch Village, just below the mill of James Pitta & Sons, threequarters of a mile from Forestdale and about 2 miles from Woonsocket.

Records available. September 2, 1909, to July 28, 1913.

Drainage area. 93 square miles.

Gages. Staff, bolted to a ledge about 500 feet below the dam and mill; also a chain 

gage attached to a tree on top of the ledge. Gage heights referred to the staff gage.

Channel and control. Section smooth and practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge above the dam, from a boat, or 

by wading.

Regulation. Flow affected by the operation of the mill directly above the station 

and also by one farther up the river. The available storage above the Pitts Mill 

is small and water passes over the dam much of the time.

Winter flow. Affected by ice only in severe weather.

Cooperation. Gage heights furnished by James Pitts & Sons, Branch Village, B. I.

Estimates of discharge withheld on account of diyrnal fluctuation. 

No discharge measurements made during 1913. I
74 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Branch River at Branch Village, R. I., for 1913.

Day.

1.. ...........

2.............

3.............

4.............

5.............

6.............

7.............

8.............

9.............

10.............

11.............

12.............

13.............

14.............

15.............

16.............

17.............

18.............

19.............

20.............

21.............

22.............

23.............

24.............

25.............

26.............

27.............

28.............

29.............

30.............

31.............

Jan.

a.m.

2.7 

2.6 

2.7 

2.7 o2.0

1.9 

1.65 

1.9 

2.5

2.4

2.5

o2.5 

2.4 

2.4 

2.2

1.5 

2.5 

2.5 

o2.5 

2.5

2.6 

2.6 

2.6 

2.65 

2.45

02.0 

1.9 

1.75 

1.75 

2.6 

1.4

p.m.

2.9 

2.4 

2.4 

2.3 

o2.0

2.3 

2.3 

2.6 

2.8 

2.5

2.2 

o2.5

2.6 

2.4 

2.4

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

«2.5 

2.4

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.5 

2.1

o2.0 

2.4 

2.4 

2.3 

2.35 

2.3

Feb.

a.m.

1.4 

ol.3 

1.3 

1.35 

1.35

1.7 

1.25 

1.2 

ol.3 

1.25

1.3 

1.0 

.9 

.95 

.9

ol.l 

1.2 

1.2

1.0

.85

1.0 

1.2 

o2.0 

2.3 

2.0

1.6 

1.6 

1.8

p.m.

1.8 

ol.3 

2,5 

2.4 

2.3

2.35 

2.25 

1.6

ol.25 

2.4

2.3 

2.1 

2.2 

2.1 

1.55

ol.l 

2.3 

2.25 

2.1 

2.1

2.15 

1.65 

"2.1 

2.5 

2.4

2.3 

2.4 

2.6

Mar.

a.m.

2.5 

02.35 

2.3 

2.0 

1.9

1.9 

1.95 

1.8 

ol.8 

1.8

1.85 

2.0 

2.0 

1.9 

2.35

o2.9 

2.8 

2.4 

2.2 

2.1

2.6 

2.6 

a2.3 

2.25 

1.9

2.1 

3.4 

5.1 

3.7 

o2.7 

2.6

p.m.

2.5

02.35 

2.45 

2.4 

2.4

2.45 

2.4 

1.7 

ol.8 

2.35

2.4 

2.4 

2.35 

2.55 

2.55

o2.9 

2.8 

2.6 

2.45 

2.6

3.0 

2.35 

o2.3 

2.5 

2.45

2.8 

4.55 

4.45 

3.4 

02.65 

2.85

Apr.

a.m.

2.65 

2.5 

2.4 

2.1 

2.05

02.05 

2.1 

2.05 

1.95 

1.95

1.8 

2.4 

04.3 

4.4 

3.4

3.0

4.8 

3.7 

3.1 

02.75

2.7 

2.4 

2.25 

2.15 

2.0

1.9 

ol.S 

1.75 

1.4 

1.0

p.m.

3.0 

2.65 

2.5

2.45 

2.0

o2.05 

2.4 

2.4 

2.3 

2.4

2.35 

2.7

04.35 

3.85 

3.3

3.7 

4.45 

3.4 

3.0

02.75

2.8 

1 6 

2.5 

2.4 

2.4

1.9

ol.75 

2.3 

2.15 

2.1

May.

a.m.

2.1 

2.0 

1.9 

ol.75 

1.7

1.7 

1.1 

1.1 

1.05

1.2

ol.05 

1.1 

1.1

.95 

1.1

1.1

1.6 

ol.2 

1.25 

1.3

1.2 

1.1

1.4 

1.9 

ol.9

2.0 

1.9 

1.65 

1.4 

1.45 

1.5

p.m.

2.4 

2.3 

1.8 

ol.75 

2.25

2.3 

2.25 

2.15 

2.0 

1.6

ol.05 

2.2 

2.25 

2.2 

2.15

1.9 

1.4 

ol.2 

2.0 

2.15

2.2 

1.6 

2.0 

2.0

ol.9

2.4 

2.35 

2.15 

2.2 

1.5 

1.5

June.

a.m.

ol.55 

1.55 

1.55 

1.3 

1.35

1.35 

1.3

ol.25 

1.3 

1.25

1.25 

1.2 

1.15

1.15. 

ol.l5

1.15 

1.15 

1.1 

1.1 

1.15

1.15

ol.O 

1.0 

1.05 

1.1

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

ol.O 

1.05

p.m.

ol.55 

2.2 

2.2 

1.65 

1.65

1.8 

1.7 

ol.25 

2.1

2.1

1.9 

1.25 

1.45

1.15 

ol.05

2.0 

1.7 

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.15 

ol.O 

1.7

1.8 

1.8

1.8 

1.7 

1.2 

ol.O 

1.4

July.

a.m.

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.05

1.1

o.9 

.65

.7 

.6

.7

.75 

1.65 

o.9 

.65 

.65

.65 

.65 

1.65 

.6

(0)

.5

.65

.7 

.65 

.6

1.45

(0)

p.m.

1.35

1.7 

1.45 

1.1 

1.05

o .63

1.5 

1.65 

1.45 

1.8

1.6 

1.65 

o.9 

1.6 

1.5

1.65

1.8 

1.6 

1.65 

(a)

1.6 

1.8 

1.6 

1.4 

1.4

1.8

W 1.75

o Sunday.

NOTE. On week days gage was read at 6.30 a. m. and about 5 p. m. except Saturday, when the second 

reading was taken at 11.45 a. m. Sundays the gage was read at 7 a. m. and 5 p. m.

CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN.

CONNECTICUT KIVEK AT ORFOKD, N. H.

Location. At covered highway bridge between Orford, N. H., and Fairlee, Vt.;

approximately 10 miles downstream (by river) from the mouth of Waits River. 

Records available. August 6, 1900, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 3,300 square miles. 

Gage. Chain attached to the upstream side of the bridge. 

Channel and control. Channel wide and deep with gravelly bottom; slightly

shifting. 

Discharge measurements. Open-water measurements made from downstream

side of the covered bridge by worlong through open space near the roof. 

Regulation. Flow slightly affected by the operation of power plants above the

station. 

Winter now. Seriously affected by ice, but ice conditions unusually stable.

Discharge measurements of Connecticut River at Orford, N. H., during 1913.

Date. Made by 

R. S. Barnes...........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

"5.52

11.65

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,420

Date. Made by Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.47

Discharges

Sec.-ft. 

604

o Measurement made under complete ice cover 200 feet above gage.
CONNECTICUT EIVEE 75

Daily gage height, infect, of Connecticut River at Orford, N. H.,for 1913. 

[F. H. Gardner, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

13.............. 

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

OQ

30..............

31..............

Jan.

8.5

8.4

8.3

10.5

10.6

9.6

9.8

9.8

9.6

8

0

7.8 

8.3

8.8 

8.6

8.8

8.6

8.6

10.2

13.2

13.8

14.4

14.2

13.6

13.4

12.8

10.9

10.5

9.8

Q ft

8.2

8.4

Feb.

9.7

9.6

8.8

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.0

6.9

6.8

6.4

6.4 

6.1

6.2 

6.2

6.1

6.2

6.1

6.0

6.0

5.9

6.0

6.4

.......

29.6

33.1

Mar.

.......

.......

20.4

20.4

18.0

15.8

15.8

18.4

21.8

21.5

19.4 

19.9

25.6

29.4

32.9

30.2

25.8

21.4

Apr.

19.3

18.3

16.0

14.4

%16.2

17.2

16.2

13.9

12.3

10.8 

11.0

10.8 

11.8

12.0

12.4

12.6

12.8

12.3

12.6

12.4

12.0

11.7

11.5 

11.2

11.8

12.4

12.2

11.6

11.3

May.

10.4

9.6

9.3

9.0

8.6

8.5

8.5

8.0

7.6

7.2

6.9 

6.8

6.8 

6.8

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.7

7.0

7.2

7.0

7.8

11.2 

12.8

11.8

10.2

9.2

11.4

14.5

13.6

June.

12.9

'll.l

9.8

9 1

8.6

8.0

7.6

7.4

7.6

7.6

7.2 

6.8

6.6

6.2

5.9

5.9

6.0

6.2

6.4

6.1

5.8

5.6

5.2

5.0 

4.7

4.5

4.6

4.8

5.8

5.2

July.

4.8

4.4

4.4

3.8

3.6

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

.......

4.8

4,8

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.0

4.6 

4.3

4.2

4.6

5.1

7,5

7.0

6.3

Aug.

5.4

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.4

5.0

4.6

4.6

3.8 

3.9

3.8 

3.8

3.9

3.5

3.9

3.6

3.5

3.2

2.8

2.9

2.8

2.4 

2.8

3.3

3.2

2.8

3.2

2.8

3.4

Sept.

3.8

3.6

3.2

3

ft

3.2

2.9

2.8

2.8

3.0

2.6

2.45 

2.7

2.5 

2.5

2.3

2.5

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.6

2.8

3.0

4.4

5.2 

5.4

5.6

4.8

4.2

3.4

Oct.

4.1

3.1

3.4

4.0

4.3

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.2

3.6

3.8 

4.2

4.7 

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

6.8

7.7

7.4

6.6 

6.0

6.9

8.8

10.2

9.6

8.6

8.4

Nov.

8.4

7.7

6.8

6.6

6.1

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.9

7 S

9.1

8.6

7.6

7 0

6.5

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.7

7.1

8.6

8.2

7.3 

6.9

6.7

6.4

6.0

5.8

5.6

Dec.

5.6

5.8

5.9

6.0

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.9

7 S

9.0 

8.9

8.8 

8.6

8.2

7.8

7.5

7.1

6.8

6.2

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.7 

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.6

5 A

K A

5.4

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice Feb. 23 to Mar. 15, and Dec. 21-31.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Connecticut River at Orford, N. H.,for 1913.

Day.

1. ............. 

2..............

3..............

5..............

6........:..... 

7..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12.............. 

13..............

14.............. 

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26.............. 

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

6,220 

6,100

5,960 

9,030

9,180

7,740 

8,020 

8,020

7,740 

6,630

5,330

5,960 

6,630

6,360 

6,630

6,360

6,360

8,600

13,300

14.400

15,500

15,200

14,000

13,700

12,600

9,620 

9,030

8,020 

6,900

5,840

6.100

Feb.

7,880 

7,740

6,630 

6,220

5,580

4,960 

4,380 

4,160

4,050 

3,710

3,710

3,400 

3,500

3,500 

3,400

3,500

3,400

3,290

3,290

3,190

3,290

3,710

.......

Mar.

.......

.......

.......

"i,"426"

.......

-------

27,600

27,600

22,500

18,200

18,200

23,400

30,600

29,900

25,400

26,500

38,900 

47,600

56,000 

49,600

39,400

29,700

Apr.

25,200 

23,200

18,500 

15,500

18,900

20,900 

18,900 

14,600

11,800 

10, 100

9,470

9,770 

9,470

11,000 

11,300

12,000

12,300

12,600

11,800

12,300

12,000

11,300

10,800

10,500

10,100

11,000 

12,000

11,600 

10,700

10,200

May.

8,880 

7,740

7,320 

6,900

6,360

6,220 

6,220 

5,580

5,080 

4,610

4,160

4,050 

4,050

4,050 

3,930

3,930

3,930

3,930

4,040

4,380

4,610

4,380

5,330

10,100

12,600

11,000 

8,600

7,180 

10,400

15,700

14,000

June.

12,800 

9,920

8,020 

7,040

6,360

5,580 

5,080 

4,840

5,080 

5,080

4,610

4,050 

3,930

3,490 

3,160

3,160

3,270

3,490

3,710

3,380

3,050

2,850

2,470

2,290

2,030

1,870 

1,950

2,110 

3,050

2,470

July.

2,110 

1,790

1,790 

1,360

1 220

1,570 

1,500 

1,500

1,500 

1,500

1,500

2,110

2,110

2,190

2,290

2,290

2,470

2,290

1,950

1,710

1,640 

1,950

2,380 

4,960

4,380

3,600

Aug.

2,650 

2,290

2,110 

1,950

1,950

1,870 

1,790 

2,290

1,950 

1,950

1,360

1,430 

1,360

1,360 

1,430

1,160

1,430

1,220

1,160

980

780

830

780

595

780

1,040 

980

780 

980

780

1.100

Sept.

1,360

1,220

980 

880

980

830 

780 

780

 880 

685

618

730 

640

640 

550

640

730

685

730

685

780

880

1,790

2,470

2,650

2,850 

2,110

1,640 

1,570

1,100

Oct.

1,500 

930

1,100 

1,500

1,710

2,110 

2,110 

1,950

1,640 

1,220

1 360

1,640 

2,030

2,290 

2,290

2,290

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,110

4,050

5,200

4 840

3 QQft

4,160 

6,630

8,600 

7 740

6,360

6.100

Nov.

6,100 

5,200

4,050 

3,930

3

00ft

3,270 

3,050

3

AKft

3,160 

5,330

7 040

6,560 

5 080

4,610 

3,820

3,270

3

rtKA

3

ftcn

2

CETk

2 950

4,500

6,360

5,840

4,720

4,160

4,040 

3,710

3,270 

3,050

2,850

Dec.

2,850 

3,050

3,160

3 97ft

3,490

3,270 

3,270

3 O7ft

4,160

S

OOrt

6,900

6,760 

6,630

6,360 

5,840

5,330

4 Qfift

4,500

4 050

3,490

3 1 fin

2,950

2

CE/i

2,470

2

OQrt

2,030

1 Q7ft

1,950 

1 640

1,570

1.500

NOTE . Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined below 30,000 second-feet. Mean discharge 

for frozen periods estimated by comparison with records on Connecticut Kiver at Sunderland, Mass., as 

follows: Feb. 23-28, 4,500 second-feet; Mar. 1-9,3,100 second-feet; Mar. 11-15, 9,200 second-feet. Mean 

discharge July 12-16, estimated 1,800 second-feet by interpolation. Daily discharge Dec. 21-31 estimated 

by hydrograph comparison with records at Sunderland.
76 SUEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Monthly discharge of Connecticut River at Or/ord, N. H.,fw 1913.

[Drainage area, 3,300 square miles.]

Month.

April....................................

May... .................................

June...... . . ... ...

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

15,500

7,880

25,200 

15,700 

12,800 

4,960 

2,650 

2,850 

8,600 

7,040 

6,900

Minimum.

5,330 

3,190

9,470 

3,930 

1,870 

1,220 

595 

550 

930 

2,850 

1,500

550

Mean.

8,740 

4,410 

18,900 

13,300 

6,750 

4,340 

" 2,090 

1,390 

1,130 

3,130 

4,170 

3,680

6,020

Per 

square 

mile.

2.65 

1.34 

5.73 

4.03 

2.05 

1.32 

.633 

.421 

.842 

.948 

1.26 

1.12

1.83

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

3.06 

1.40 

6.61 

4.50 

2.36 

1.47 

.73 

.49 

.38 

1.09 

1.41 

1.29

24.79

Accuracy.

A. 

C. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.

CONNECTICUT RIVER AT SUNDERLAND, MASS.

Location. At the five-span steel highway bridge at Sunderland, on the road leading 

to South Deerfield, about 18 miles in a direct line and 26 miles by river above the 

dam at Holyoke. Deerfield River enters the Connecticut from the west about 8 

miles above the station.

Becords available. March 31, 1904, to December 31, 1913. From 1880 to 1899 

records were obtained at Holyoke, Mass.

Drainage area. 7,700 square miles. v

Gage. Chain on highway bridge.

Channel and control. Channel deep, with bottom of coarse gravel and alluvial 

deposits; no indications of any change in conditions at low stages. For high 

stages the control is evidently the crest of the dam at Holyoke.

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge.

Regulation. Flow affected by the operation of dams at Vernon, Vt., Turners Falls, 

Mass., and on Deerfield River, Millers River, and other tributaries.

Winter flow. Occasionally affected by ice.

Floods. The flood of March 26-31, 1913, reached its maximum stage during the night 

of March 28-29, as indicated by the records of the gage observer. Determinations 

made from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological Survey show the 

maximum gage height to have been 30.7 feet.

Accuracy. Results good.

The following discharge measurement was made by C. H. Pierce: 

August 10, 1913: Gage height, 2.54 feet; discharge, 2,940 second-feet.
CONNECTICUT KIVBE BASIN.

77-'

Daily gage height, in feet, of Connecticut River at Sunderland, Mass., for 1913.

jV. Lawer, observer.]

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.. ......... ...

31..............

Jan.

9.4

8.4

8.5

10.0

10.5

9.5

as

10 4

10.2

8.6

7.8

8.8

8.0

9.2

8.4

7.8

8.0

10.5

12.9

13.0

12.0

13.2

11.8

10.8

11.0

9.8

8.8

8.0

7.4

6.8

6.5

Feb.

7.6

9.7

7.2

6.8

7.4

7.2

7.4

7.1

10.3

8.2

8.3

8.1

8.0

7.9

7.3

5.8

5.4

6.9

7.0

7.0

6.8

7.2

7.2

8.7

8.4

7.2

6.3

7.0

Mar.

10.1

7.8

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.3

6.6

5.7

5.2

8.5

9.8

8.4:

9.5

16.0

19.3

17.0

13.8

11.8

11.2

13.6

15.7

17.2

16.0

15.6

20.0

26.0

30.4

29.7

25.5

21.4

Apr.

19.1

17.6

15.4

13.8

13.4

14.0

13.7

13.0

11.8

10.6

mo

12.5

9.7

11.6

11.6

11.0

10.6

10.4

10.1

9.8

10.0

9.9

9.5

9.1

8.6

8.6

10.3

7.3

10.3

10.4

May.

9.4

8.5

8.1

7.3

7.2

6.8

6.6

6.4

5.9

5.8

5.4

4.0

5.0

4.7

5.2

4.8

4.4

5.4

4.7

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.3

9.8

11.4

10.5

10.2

8.6

10.9

13.0

12.3

June.

11.7

10 2

9.4

7.8

6.9

6.8

6.2

6.4

4.8

5.2

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.0

3.8

4.1

5.1

4.8

4.0

3.6

3.6

2.8

3.0

4.0

3.8

3.5

3.4

3.2

2.4

1.8

July.

3.5

3.8

4.0

.3.8

2.6

1.9

2.1

2.2

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.8

3.3

3.4

3.8

3.2

. 2.3

2.2

2.7

2.4

2.6

3.0

2.9

2.3

2.4

3.3

3.4

3.4

Aug.

4.2

4.2

3.1

3.2

4.2

3.7

3.0

3.2

3.1

2.6

2.1

2.6

2.6

2.2

3.0

2.4

2.0

1.6

2.4

2.2

1.8

2.2

2.4

1.8

1.5

2.2

2.0

1.9

2.2

2.5

2.2

Sept.

1.6

1.8

2.0

1.35

1.05

1.8

1.7

1.5

2.0

1.6

1.7

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.6

2.3

2.0

2.2

1.8,

1.8

1.7

1.5

3.4

2.6

4.3

3.2

2.0

1.5

1.2

2.9

Oct.

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2 1

1.4

3.4

3.2

3.4

3.0

2.8

2.0

1.9

2.8

3.2

3.4

3.0

3.0

2.0

1.9

3.3

3.4

5.1

4.9

5.4

6.5

7.8

7.9

7.4

6.8

6.2

Nov.

5.5

5.1

5.0

5.2

5.0

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.1

11.4

8.4

7.8

7.0

5.4

5.8

6.1

4.1

4.4

4.8

4.2

4.6

4.8

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.1

4.6

4.6

5.2

3.7

Dec.

3.7

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.4

4.2

3.8

5.8

7.3

6.2

5.4

5.7

5.3

4.3

4.3

5.2

5.3

5.1

5.0

6.3

5.0

4.2

4.2

4.3

3.2

3.2

4.4

4.6

5.4

5.7

5.3

NOTE. Daily gage height is the mean of two readings a day taken at about 7 a. m. and 6 p. m. Discharge relation Dec. 29-31 probably affected by ice.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Connecticut River at Sunderland, Mass., for 1913.

Day.

1..... .........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24........... ..

25..............

26..............

27..............

28

29..............

30

31..............

Jan.

22,200

18,500

18,900

24,400

26,400

22,500

19,900

26,000

25,200

19,200

16,400

19,900

17,100

21,400

18,500

16,400

17,100

26,400

32,300

37,200

31,500

27,600

28,300

23,700

19,900 

17,100

15,100 iq inn

12,200

Feb.

15,800

23,300

14,400

13, 100

15,100

14,400

15,100

14,100

25,600

17,800

18,200

17, 500

17,100

16,800

14,800

10,000

8,920

13,500

13,800

13,800

13,100

14, 400

14,400

19,600

18,500

14,400

11,600 

13,800

Mar.

24,800

16,400

11,200

10,600

10,600

10,600

11,600

12,500

9,760

8,400

18,900

23,700

18,500

22,500

49, 400

53,900

39,800

29,100

38,900

48, 100

54,800

49,400

47,600

A.pr.

56,600

46,800

39,800

38,100

40,600

39,400

36,400

31,500

26,800

24,400

34,300

23,300

30,700

30,700

28,300

26,800

26,000

23,700

24,400

24,100

22,500

21,000

19,200

19,200

25,600 

14,800

25,600

26,000

May.

22,200

18,900

17,500

14,800

14,400

13,100

12,500

11,900

10,400

10,000

8,920

5,620

7,900

7,180

8,400

7,420

6,490

8,920

7,180

9,190

7,900

7,900

8,660

23,700

29,900

26,400

25,200 

19,200

28,000

36,400

qq eftA

June.

31, 100

25,200

22,200

16,400

13,500

13,100

11,200

11,900

7,420

8,400

8,920

8,400

8,400

7,900

5,200

5,830

8,150

7,420

5,620

4,790

4,790

3,670

5,620

5,200

4,590

4,400 

4,030

1 Qflrt

July.

4,590

5,200

5,620

5,200

3,020

2,080

2,320

2,450

3,020

3,020

3,020

3,020

2,720

2,720

3,330

4,210

4,400

5,200

4,030

2,580

2,450

3,170

2,7201

3, 0201

3,670

3,500

2,580 

2,720

4,210

4,400

4,400

Aug.

6,050

6,050

3,850

4,030

6,050

4,990

3,670

4,030

3,850

3,020

2,320

3,020

2,450

3,670

2,720

2,200

1,740

2,720

2,450

1,960

2,450

2,720

1,960

1,630

2,450

2,200 

2,080

2,450

2,870

2,450

Sept.

1,740

1,960

2,200

1,480

1,180

1,960

1,850

1,630

2,200

1,740

1,850

2,200

1,960

1,740

1,740

2,580

2,200

2,450

1,960

1,960

1,850

1,630

4,400

3,020

6,270

4,030

2,200 

1,630

1,330

3,500

Oct.

3,330

3,170

3,020

3,020

2,320

1,530

4,400

4,030

4,400

3,670

3,330

2,200

2,080

3,330

4,030

4,400

3,670

3,670

2,200

2,080

4,210

4,400

8,160

7,660

8,960

12,300

16,700 

17,000

15,300

13,300

11,300

Nov.

9,240

8,160

7,910

8,420

7,910

6,490

6,050

5,620

3,860

30, 400

18,800

16,700

14,000

8,960

10,100

11,000

5,830

6,490

7,420

6,050

6,950

7,420

9,520

9,520

9,810

8,160

6,950 

6,950

8,420

4,990

Dec.

4,990

7,910

7,910

7,910

6,490

6,050

5,200

10,100

15,000

11,300

8,960

9,810

8,690

6,270

6,270

8,420

8,690

8,160

7,910

11,700

7,910

6,050

6,050

6,270

4,030

4,030

6,490 

6,950

NOTE. Discharge determined from two rating curves well defined below 60,000 second-feet. Above 

60,000 second-feet the Holyoke dam introduces an unknown backwater effect and estimates of daily discharge are withheld. The mean monthly discharge for high-water months is determined from an approximate extension of the rating curve.
78 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Connecticut River at Sunderland, Mass., for 191$. 

[Drainage area, 7,700 square miles.]

Month.

March...................................

April....................................

May... .................................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

37,200 

25,600

36,400 

31,100 

5,620 

6,050 

6,270 

17,000 

30,400 

15,000

Minimum.

12,200 

8,920 

8,400 

14,800 

5,620 

1,960 

2,080 

1,630 

1,180 

1,530 

3,850 

4,050

1,180

Mean.

22,800 

15,500 

38,700 

30,500 

15,100 

9,040 

3,500 

3,130 

2,280 

5,910 

9,270 

7,530

13,600

Per

square 

mile.

2.96 

2.01 

5.03 

3.96 

1.96 

1.17 

.455 

.406 

.296 

.768 

1.20 

.978

1.77

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

3.41 

2.09 

5.80 

4.42 

2.26 

1.30 

.52 

.47 

.33 

.89 

1.34 

1.13

23.96

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

B. 

A.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

PASSUMPSIC RIVER NEAR ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.

Location. At steel suspension bridge just below dam of Pierce's milla, about 5 miles 

above St. Johnsbury; 2 miles below Moose River, and 5 miles above Sleepere 

River.

Records available. May 26, 1909, to December 31,1913. A station was established 

June 29,1903, on Passumpsic River at St. Johnsbury Center, but was discontinued 

November 30 of the same year because of b ackwater from the dam at St. Johnsbury.

Drainage area. 237 square miles.

Gage. Staff, in two sections; low-water section a vertical staff bolted to ledge just 

above bridge; high-water section an inclined staff bolted to ledge just below 

bridge.

Channel and control. Channel composed of gravel and ledge rock; slightly shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge, or by wading 

200 feet below the bridge.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Regulation. Flow slightly affected by operation of Pierce's mills, just above station, 

and by other mills farther upstream.

Floods. The maximum gage height during the flood of March, 1913, was later determined by means of a level to have been about 14.8 feet; and the maximum discharge was approximately 9,300 second-feet, or 39 second-feet per square mile.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Passumpsic River near St. Johnsbury, Vt., during 1913.

Date.

Mar. 5

31

Apr. 24

Made by 

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet.

5.33

2.90

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

, 147

1,650

Date.

10

Made by 

.....do.................

&,

Feet. 

1.30

1.16

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

88.2

65.7

Measured under ice cover 500 feet below gage.
CONNECTICUT EIVER 79

Daily gage height, in feet, of Passumpsic River near St. Johnsbury, Vt.,for 1913.

[Joseph Cox, observer.]

Day.

1.... ..........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

33.. ............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2.6

2.6

9 Q

2.6

2.9

2.5

3.5

3.8

5.7

4.0

4.2

3.3

3.2

3.0

2.7

2.7

Feb.

2.45

Mar.

2.6

6.1

8.5

10.4

6.5

5.2

5.4

6.8

9.8

11.8

5.0

12.0

12.0

8.0

4.6

4.4

5.2

Apr.

6,8

4.4

3.8

4 9

6.6

5.4

4.0

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.4

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.2

3.8

3.6

3.1

0 A

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.0

2 Q

2.7

2.6

2.45

May.

2.3

2.3

2.25

O 1

2.1

t.\

2.05

1.95

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.85

1 8

1.9

1.8

1.8

2.15

1.9

2

0

2 1

1.9

2.3

3.5

3.4

2.6

2.3

2

-1

2

0

5.0

3.4

2.7

June.

2.45

2.35

2.2

2.1

9 ft

1.9

2.05

2.4

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.7 1.7'

1.7

1.65

1.7

2.45

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.55

1.5

1.5

1.45

2.6

2.3

1.75

1.6

July.

1,55

1.45

1.48

1.44

1.45

1.48

1.8

1.55

1.45

1.6

2.1

1.65

1.65

1.6

1.55

1.55

1.42

1.41

1 Q

1 65

1.5

1.44

1.36

1.44

1.7

1.55

2.3

2.5

1.86

1.69

Aug.

1.55

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.55

1.5

1.42

1.32

1.35

1.32

1.42

1.34

1.34

1.35

1.36

1.29

1.28

1.30

1 22

1.22

1.15

1.22

1 9fl

1.28

1.24

1.30

1.48

1.38

1.45

1.25

Sept.

1.30

1.25

1.25

1.18

1.68

1.12

1.10

1.06

.83

1.06

1.19

1.09

1.02

1.04

1.28

1.20

1.25

1.21

1.18

1.10

1.04

2.3

1.6

1.38

1.30

1.28

1.19

1.25

1 9Q

Oct.

1.41

1.28

1.46

1.5

1.34

i:34

1.29

1.32

1.30

1.30

1.36

1.48

1.8

1.6

1.55

1.48

1.42

1.34

1.38

1.74

3.5

2.2

1.8

1.7

1 Q

2.8

9 Q

2.3

2.15

2.25

2.2

Nov.

1.85

1.85

1.75

1.75

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.9

1.9

1.75

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.55

1.6

3.2

2.5

2.05

1.9

1 Q

1.9

1.8

1.65

1.55

1.7

1.7

Dec.

1.75

1.8

1.9

9 1

1 Q

1.8

1.65

2.8

2.0

2.1

2.0

2.0 1.8-

1.8

1.75

1.7

1.8

1.75

1 7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.75

1.6

1.65

1.7

NOTE. Discharge relation Jan. 1 to Mar. 28 and Dec. 27-31 affected by ice. Gage carried away by ice 

Mar. 22 and replaced at same datum Mar. 29. Gage heights for Mar. 22, 23, 25, 27, and 28 estimated by 

observer.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Passumpsic River near St. Johnsbury, Vt.,for 1913.

Day.

1...........................

2...........................

3...........................

4...........................

5...........................

6...........................

7...........................

8...........................

9...........................

10...........................

11...........................

12...........................

13... .......... ..............

14...........................

15...........................

16...........................

17...........................

18...........................

19...........................

20...........................

21...........................

22...........................

23...........................

24...........................

25...........................

26...........................

27...........................

28...........................

29...........................

30...........................

31...........................

Apr.

2,480

1,170

910

1,410

2,360

1,660

1,000

790

710

670

710

750

790

750

910

910

830

670

910

830

640

600

560

600

600

600

560

500

460

405

May.

360

360

340

290

290

290

275

245

230

230

230

202

230

202

202

305

230

320

290

230

320

790

750

460

360

290

320

1,460

75ft

500

June.

405

375

320

290

260

230

275

390

290

230

202

176

176

176

164

176

405

260

202

176

176

152

141

130

130

120

460

360

189 -IKO

July.

141

126

117

120

126

202

141

120

152

290

164

164

152

141

141

113

111

230

164

130

117

101

117

176

141

101

360

420

91 Q

174

Aug.

141

152

130

130

141

130

. 113

93

QQ

93

113

97

97

99

101

87

85

89

71

75

' 75

63

75

71

85 '78

89

126

105

120

80

Sept.

89

80

80

86

171

58

55

49

22

49

69

54

44

47

85

71

80

73

68

55

47

82

360

152

105

89

85

69

80

87

Oct.

Ill

85

122

130

97

97

87

93

89

89

101

126

202

152

141

126

113

97

105.

186

790

320

202

176

230

530

560

360

305

Q4ft

320

Nov.

' 216

216

189

189

202

176

152

152

164

230

230

189

152

176

152

130

130

141

152

670

420

275

230

230

230

202

164

141

176

176

Dec.

189

202

230

290

230

202

164

530

260

290

260

260

202

202

189

116

202

189

176

152

152

152

189

152

164

176

NOTE. Discharge determined from a fairly well defined rating curve. Estimates of discharge withheld during frozen period Jan. 1 to Mar. 28. Mean discharge Dec.: 27-31 estimated 152 second-feet.
80 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge ofPassumpsic River near St. Johnsbury, Vt., for 1912-13. 

[Drainage area, 237 square miles.]

Month.

1912 

April. ...................................

May...... ...............................

June ....................................

July.....................................

September. .............................

October .................................

1913 

April....................................

June. ...................................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,940 

2,500 

2,180 

203 

315 

949 

1,340 

1,820 

1,080

2,480 

1.460 

460 

420 

152 

360 

560 

670 

530

Minimum.

384 

384 

144 

72 

68 

122 

164 

226 

244

405 

202 

120 

101 

63 

22 

85 

130 

152

Mean.

1,630 

793 

559 

113 

146 

300 

319 

449 

399

892 

373 

240 

164 

100 

84.1 

209 

208 

205

Per

square 

mile.

6.88 

3.35 

2.36 

..477 

.616 

1.27 

1.35 

1.89 

1.68

3.76 

1.57 

1.01 

.692 

.422 

.355 

.882 

.878 

.865

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

7.68 

3.86 

2.63 

.55 

.71 

1.42 

1.56 

2.11 

1.94

4.20 

1.81 

1.13 

.80 

.49 

' .40 

1.02 

.98 

1.00

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.

NOTE. Table for 1912 supersedes that published in Water-Supply Paper 321, page 91, in which an 

incorrect value for drainage area was used.

WHITE RIVER NEAR SHARON, VT.

Location. About 1,500 feet below the dam of the Vermont Copper Co., near Sharon,

and about 800 feet above the Central Vermont Railway bridge. 

Records available. May 13, 1909, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 686 square miles. 

Gage. Inclined staff reading to 10 feet, attached to a large rock on the left bank;

chain gage for use at high stages nailed to trees about 80 feet upstream from the

staff gage. Chain gage washed out by flood March 27, 1913. 

Channel and control. Gravel and alluvial deposits; channel divided by an island

above the gages. 

Discharge measurements. Made by wading; formerly made from two suspension

footbridges which connected the island with the main banks, but which have

been washed out by a flood. 

Regulation. Flow affected by operation of several power plants above the station

and by storage above the dam of the Vermont Copper Co. A fairly good record

is kept of this storage. 

Floods. The observer's records show that the flood of March 27,1913, reached a gage

height of 13.5 feet before the chain gage was washed out and that the maximum

head on the dam reached 10.25 feet at 8 p. m. March 27. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Estimates of discharge withheld for additional data.

Discharge measurements of White River near Sharon, Vt., during 1913. 

[Made by G. H. Canfleld.]

Date.

Sept. 12.............................................................................

13.............................................................................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.92

1.90

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

151

4.0
CONTfECHCTTT BIVEE SI

Daily gage height, in feet, of White River neat Sharon, VL, for 1918.

[C. H. Tucker, observer.],

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14............ .

15.............. 

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

22.............. 

23..............

24.............. 

25..............

27..............

'28...........

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5.3

5.2

8.2

.......

7.1

7.0

8.6

6.0

5.75

5

9

Feb.

6.8

4.9

.......

.......

.......

Mar.

4.9

19 S

7.9 

6.3

4

Q

4.6

6.8

6.2

5.0

9

K

8.9

Apr.

5.1

a o

5.3

5.0

4.9

5.0

5.0 

4.8

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.6

4.5

May.

4.4

4.1

4.0

3.8

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.0 

5.5

6.3

4.4

June.

4.4

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.4

3 9

3 A

3.3

'"s.o

' 9 O

July.

3.1

3 A

3.3

.......

2.9

2 Q

2.9

2 7

Aug.

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.9

2 a

2.9

9 Q

9 Q

2.9

2.9

2 Q

2.9

Sept.

2 9

2 0

2.6

-------

2.7

2 Q

.......

3.25

3.1

2.8

Oct.

2.85

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.1

2.9

3.0

4.5

"3.6"

5.2

Nov.

3.75

2.9

4.1

4.1

4.2

"i'i"

"I" 2"

4.2

4.15

Dec.

4.2

4.2

3.8

4.3

4.0

3.9

4.1

4.0

4.0

3.9

4.0

3.8

MILLERS EIVEE AT WENDELL, MASS.

Location. At the hydroelectric plant of the Athol Gas & Electric Co., at Wendell. 

Until May, 1913, at the railroad bridge just west of the Wendell railroad station.

Records available. Daily discharge June 4, 1909, fa December 31, 1909; discharge 

measurements in 1911 and 1913.

Drainage area. 440 square miles.

Gage. Two gages one in the pond above the hydroelectric plant and the other in 

the tailraces, same datum. Until May, 1913, a chain gage on the railroad bridge.

Discharge measurements. Made from the railroad bridge or by wading. Measurements for rating wheels are made from footbridge across tailrace.

Regulation. At ordinary stages the river is under complete control by the dam of 

the Athol Gas & Electric Co., which was put into operation in June, 1910. 

Dams farther upstream, at Orange and Athol, also affect distribution of flow.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Floods. Gage readings indicate that the flood of March 26-31 reached its maximum 

stage on the morning of March 28 with a discharge of about 4,500 second-feet, or 

10.2 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Owing to the extent and rapidity of diurnal fluctuations incident to the 

operation of the power plant of the Athol Gas & Electric Co. it has been found 

impossible to base estimates of daily discharge on two gage readings a day. An 

attempt is now being made to utilize records of gate openings and ratings of discharge through the wheels at the power plant. Owing to the range and rapidity 

of changes in gate openings it is necessary to install recording instruments on the 

wheel governors. As soon as this installation is completed by the power company 

it is expected that accurate computations of daily discharge can be made. Automatic instruments have already been installed for securing continuous records of 

heights of water on the dam and in the tailrace. i 

93670° WSP 351 15 6
82 SUEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913. PAET I.

Discharge measurements of Millers River at Wendell, Mass., during 1913. 

[Made by C. H. Pierce.]

Date.

Aug. 28..................................

28..................................

Sept. 21..................................

22..................................

22..................................

22..................................

22..................................

Gage height.

Pond

gage.

Feet. 

99.25

99.75

94.32 

95.68 

96.16 

96.08 

95.92

Tail race 

gage.

Feet.

78.16 

77.89 

77.78 

78.03 

78.36

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

20.0 

25.5 

147 

259 

204 

275 

342

Wheel gate openings.

Gates all closed. 

Do. 

0.49 opening on two wheels. 

0.49 opening on four -wheels'. 

0.67 opening on two wheels. 

0.91 opening on two wheels. 

0.65 opening on four wheels.

NOTE. Gates were opened and closed between the two measurements on August 28. 

DEERFIELD RIVER AT HOOSAC TUNNEL, MASS.

Location. At wooden highway bridge near Hoosac Tunnel railroad station, about

4£ miles below Dunbar Brook, 4 miles above Pelham Brook, and 4 miles above

Cold Brook. 

Records available. August 8, 1909, to November 30, 1913. A measurement was

made at the bridge October 29, 1906. 

Drainage area. 257 square miles.

Gage. Chain gage fastened to downstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Coarse gravel and very rough; practically permanent. 

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of highway bridge or by

wading.

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Regulation. Flow seriously affected by the operation of numerous mills on the

main river and its tributaries above the station, and by storage in a large reservoir

at Somerset, Vt., put into use in 1913. The nearest mill is at Monroe Bridge,

about 7 miles above the station. 

Floods. The highest gage height recorded by the observer during the high water of

March 25-30, was 10.5 feet at 6 p. m. March 27. The corresponding discharge was

approximately 16,600 second-feet, or 64.6 second-feet per square mile of drainage

area.

Estimates of mean daily and monthly discharge withheld on account of large diurnal 

fluctuation.

Discharge measurements of Deerfield River at Hoosac Tunnel, Mass., during 1913.

Date.

Feb. 15

Mar. 14

Made by- Gage 

height.

Feet.

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

977

2 7 fin

Date.

Sept. 25

Made by Gage 

height.

Feel.

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

217

a Partial ice cover at gage. & Ice going out. Measuring conditions unfavorable.
CONNECTICUT EIVEE B^-SIN. 83

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of flleerfield River at Hoosac Tunnel,

Mass., for 1913. \

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10... ...........

11..............

12. .............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20. .............

21... ...........

22..............

23..............

24. .............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29. .............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4.............. 

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11.............. 12.:............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28. .............

29..............

30..............

31..............

January.

A.M.

Time.

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

Gage

Feet. 

3.6 

3.3 

3.0 

3.3 

3.5

3.4 

3.5 

4.5 

4.1 

3.5

3.3

4.0 

3.75 

3.35 

3.18

3.0

3.85 

5.75 

5.2 

4.25

5.0 

4.1 

3.5 

4.1 

3.3

3.2 

3.1

2.85 

2.4 

2.45 

2.4

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,270 

1,020 

780 

1,020 

1,180

1,100 

1,180 

2,230 

1,770 

1,180

1,020 

1,660 

1,410 

1,060 

924

780 

1,510 

4,040 

3,190 

1,940

2,890 

1,770 

1,180 

1,770 

1,020

940 

860 

668 

398 

324 

398

P.M.

Time.

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.5 

3.25 

3.2 

3.25 

3.4

3.3 

4.9 

4.35 

3.65 

3.35

3.4 

3.82 

3.7 

3.2 

3.25

3.15

4.9 

5.45 

4.95 

4.15

4.5 

4.0 

4.0 

3.65 

3.28

3.05 

3.0 

2.6 

2.25 

2.32 

2.2

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,180 

980 

940 

980 

1,100

1,020 

2,750 

2,050 

1,320 

1,060

1,100

1,480 

1,360 

940 

980

900 

2,750 

3,560 

2,820 

1,820

2,230 

1,660 

1,660 

1,320 

1,000

820 

780 

506 

330 

360 

308

March..

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

7.30 

7.30 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

2.8

2.65 

2.55 

2.15 

2.38

2.0 

2.15 

2.0

2.45

3.6

2.95 

2.6 

2.95 

2.85 

5.95

5.65 

3.7 

3.8 

3.0 

3.0

4.9 

5.05 

4.85 

3.7 

5.1

6.1 

7.1 

7.1 

4.7 

3.7 

3.7

........

1,270

742 

506 

742 

668 

4,400

3,880 

1,360 

1,460 

780 

780

2,750 

2,960 

2,680 

1,360 

3,040

4,690 

6,830 

6,830 

2,480 

1,360 

1,360

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30 

4.30

4 3fl

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

5.00

4.30 

4.30 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

6.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

2.78

2.6

2.5

2.3 

2.2

2.1

2.0 

1.95

3.88 

3.45

2.8 

3.0 

2.7 

6.8 

5.1

4.6 

3.5 

3.2 

3.1

5.8

5.8 

4.9 

4.0 

5.95 

4.9

8.25 

10.5 

6.1 

4.6 

3.4 

3. 6

........

1,540 

1,140

633 

780 

567 

6,150 

3,040

2,350 

1,180 

940 

860 

4,130

4,130 

2,750 

1,660 

4,400 

2,750

9,660 

16,600 

4,690 

2,350 

1,100 

1,270

February.

A.M.

Time.

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

s. oof

8.00i

8.00; 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00

7.30 

7.30 

7.30

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.1 

3.45 

3.3 

3.8 

3.65

3.5 

3.5 

3.45 

3.3

2.35

2.25 

2.3 

2.02 

2.7 

2.6

2.15 

2.1

2.08 

2.0 

2.15

"2.05 

2.0 

3.6

2.85 

2.45

1.95 

2.2 

2.3

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,770 

1,140 

1,020 

1,460 

1,320

1,180 

1,180 

1,140 

1,020 

374

330 

351

241

........

P.M.

Time.

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

4.30

4.30

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.9 

3.05 

3.25 

3.5 

3.42

3.4 

3.0 

3.5

2.78 

2.5

2.2 

2.3 

2.0 

2.68

2.4

2.2

2.25

2.2

2.15

2.1

2.2

2.1

3.0

2.5 

2.3

1.88

2.15

2.9

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,560 

820 

980 

1,180 

1,120

1,100 

780 

1,180 

620 

450

308 

351 

234

........

April.

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

3.5 

3.3 

3.4 

3.1 

3.25

3.35 

3.15 

2.75 

2.7 

2.1

2.5 

5.1 

3.35 

4.35 

3.1

3.45 

3.3

2.9 

2.7 

2.75

2.68 

2.55

: 2.52

: 2.55 

2.4

2.45 

2.5 

; 2.5 

1 4.0 

3.3

1,180 

1,020 

1,100 

860 

980

1,060 

900 

600 

567 

 269

450 

3,040 

1,060 

2,050 

860

1,140 

1,020 

704 

567 

600

555 

478 

461 

478 

, 398

424 

450 

450 

1,660 

1,020

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

3.4 

3.45 

 3.15 

3.15 

3.75

3.25 

3.0 

2.7 

2.3 

2.2

4.3 

4.85 

3.25 

3.75 

3.6

3.25 

3.0 

2.85 

2.65 

2.65

2.65 

2.5 

2.48 

2.5 

2.45

2.35 

2.6 

2.45 

3.95 

3.05

1,100 

1,140 

900 

900 

1,410

980 

780 

567 

351 

308

1,990 

2,680 

980 

1,410 

1,270

980 

780 

668 

536 

536

536 

.450 

440 

450 

424

374 

506 

424 

1,610 

820
84 SURFACE WATEK SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Deerfield River at Hoosac Tunnel, 

Mass. r for 1913 Continued.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12. .............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26. .............

27. .............

28. .............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

4..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16. .............

17..............

18..............

19. .............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24. .............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28.. ............

29..............

on

31..............

May.

A.M.

Time.

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.65 

2.4 

2.5 

2.35 

2.25

2.2 

2.15 

2.3 

2.25 

2.15

2.2 

2.7 

2.9 

1.9 

1.9

2.3 

2.2 

2.1 

2.0 

2.3

2.1 

2.6 

3.0 

4.7 

3.7

3.65 

2.65 

2.72 

5.3 

4.0 

3.5

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

536 

398 

450 

374 

330

308 

288 

351 

330

288

308 

567 

704 

202 

202

351 

308 

269 

234 35-1

269 

506 

780 

2,480 

1,360

1,320 

536 

580 

3,340 

1,660 

1,180

P.M.

Time.

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.30

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.5 

2.32 

2.48 

2.4 

2.35

2.12 

2.1 

2.28 

1.8 

1.7

2.35 

2.3 

2.0 

2.25 

2.0

2.75 

2.35 

2.0 

2.1 

2.05

2.6 

2.4 

4.0 

4.3 

3.6

3.4 

2.7 

3.1 

4.2 

3.75 

3.45

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

450 

360 

440 

398 

374

277 

269 

342 

173 

147

374 

351 

234 

330 

234

600 

374 

234 

269 

254

506 

398 

1,660 

1,990 

1,270

1,100 

567 

860 

1,880 

1,410 

1,140

July.

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

1.65 

1.6 

1.25 

1.15 

1.05

1.2 

1.1 

2.1 

1.65 

1.5

1.5 

1.8 

1.2 

2.0 

2.6

2.0 

1.2 

1.2 

1.45 

1.2

2.4 

2.8 

2.2 

1.8 

1.75

2.1 

1.72 

2.0 

2.4 

2.8 

2.4

136 

124 

60 

46 

34

52 

39 

269 

136 

103

103 

173 

52 

234 

506 

234 

52 

52 

94 

52

398 

633 

308 

173 

160 

269 

152 

234 

398 

633 

398

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

1.25 

1.0 

1.1 

1.0 

1.0

1.15 

1.0 

1.5 

1.5 

1.6

1.35 

2/0 

2.0 

2.4 

2.4

1.1 

1.4 

1.3 

1.3 

1.2

2.0 

2.65 

1.55 

1.8 

1.8

2.0 

1.75 

2.15 

2.1 

2.5 

2.45

60 

28 

39 

28 

28

46 

28 

103 

103 

124

76 

234 

234 

398 

398

39 

84 

67 

67 

52

234 

536 

114 

173 

173 

234 

160 

288 

269 

450 

424

June.

A.M.

Time.

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.3 

3.1 

3.1 

2.5 

2.3

2.15 

1.45 

2.3 

2.1 

2.0

2.0 

1.8 

1.6 

1.5 

1.4

1.4 

1.5 

1.5 

1.1 

1.0

2.0 

1.95 

1.6 

1.6 

1.55

1.15 

1.4 

1.9 

1.25 

1.4

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 1,020" 

860 

860 

450 

351

288 

94 

351 

269 

234

234 

173 

124 

103 

84

84 

103 

103 

39 

28 

234 

218 

124 

124 

114

46 

84 

202 

60 

84

P.M.

Time.

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.3 

3.0 

2.9 

2.4 

2.1

1.9 

1.4 

2.25 

2.45 

1.7

1.55 

1.75 

1.6 

1.48 

1.35

1.3 

1.6 

1.3

1.55 

1.5

2.05 

1.8 

1.9 

1.6 

1.5

1.35 

1.35 

1.2 

1.65 

1.65

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,020 

780 

704 

398 

269

202 

84 

330 

424 

147

114 

160 

124 

99 

76

67 

124 

67 

114 

103

252 

173 

202 

124 

103

76 

76 

52 

136 

136

August,

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

2.4 

2.38 

2.2 

2.45 

2.0 

2.65 

2.7 

2.2 

1.85 

2.7

2.85 

2.85 

2.95 

2.3 

2.7

2.0 

1.3 

1.35 

1.65 

2.3 

2.1 

1.3 

1.3 

1.2 

1.3

1.3

1.55 

1.0 

1.25 

1.05 

1.0

398 

389 

308 

424 

234

536 

567 

308 

188 

567

668 

668 

742 

351 

567 

234 

67 

76 

136 

351

269 

67 

67 

52 

67

67 

114 

28 

60 

34 

28

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

2.45 

2.4 

2.6 

2.4 

2.7

2.8 

2.7 

2.1 

2.0 

2.7

2.9 

3.0

2.7 

2.35 

2.35

1.35 

1.28 

2.4 

1.35 

2.1

1.3 

1.1 

1.1 

1.0

1.25

1.7 

1.05 

1.2 

1.3 

1.0 

1.2

424 

398 

506 

398 

567

633 

567 

269 

234 

567 

704 

780 

567 

374 

374

76 

64 

398 

76 

269

67 

39 

39 

28 

60

147 

34 

52 

67 

28 

52
EltER

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of tyeerfield River at Hoosac Tunnel, 

Mass., for 1913 Continued.

Day.

1...... ........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20. .............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

3')..........-....

31..............

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5.... ..........

6..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17. .............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

September.

A.M.

Time.

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.2 

1.42 

1.6 

1.05 

1.0

1.6 

1.35 

1.28 

1.3 

1.45

1.45 

1.2 

1.05 

1.0 

1.15

1.05 

1.1 

1.1 

1.7 

1.3

1.0 

2.15 

3.7 

3.0 

2.15

2.0 

1.55 

1.48 

1.25 

1.15

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

52 

88 

124 

34 

28

124 

76 

64 

67 

94

94 

52 

34 

28 

46 

34 

39 

39 

147 

67 

28 

288 

1,360 

780 

288

234 

114 

99 

60 

46

P.M.

Time.

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.15 

1.65 

1.3 

1.1 

1.1

1.3

1.05 

1.55 

1.3 

1.65

1.5 

1.1 

1.0 

1.05 

1.1

1.0 

1.3 

1.05 

1.55 

1.1

2.0 

4.1 

3.0 

2.2 

1.75

1.7 

1.6 

1.3

1.2 

1.18

Dis^ 

charge.

Sec.-ft. 

46 

136 

67 

39 

39

67 

34 

114 

67 

136

103 

39 

28 

34 

3ff

28 

67 

34 

114 

39 

234 

1,770 

780 

308 

160

147 

124 

67 

52 

49

November.

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.30

2.2 

1.75 

1.6 

2.25 

2.3

2.3 

2.15 

1.95 

3.0 

6.7

4.1

3.2 

2.9 

2.68 

2.85

2.55 

2.4 

2.45 

2.3 

3.0

3.3

2.8 

2.7 

2.5 

2.25

2.25 

2.15 

2.1 

2.1 

2.2

308 

160 

124 

330 

351

351 

288 

218 

780 

5,930

1,770 

940 

704 

555 

668

478 

398 

424 

351 

780

1,020 

633 

567 

450 

330

330 

288 

269 

269 

308

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

4.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30

2.2 

1.6 

1.88 

2.2 

2.4 

2.2 

1.9 

1.9 

6.7 

5.3

3.7 

3.1 

2.5 

3.0 

2.48 

2.4 

2.2 

2.4 

2.2 

2.9 

3.0 

2.8 

2.65 

2.4 

2.48

2.3 

2.0 

2.0 

2.15 

2.15

308 

124 

196 

308 

, 398

308 

202 

202 

5,930 

3,340

1,360 

860 

450 

780 

440

398 

308 

398 

308 

704

780 

633 

536 

398 

440

351 

234

234 

288 

288

October.*.

A.M.

Time.

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7! oo

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.00 

7. 00 

7.00

7.00 

7.00 

7.(M* 

7.00 

7.00 

7.00

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.15 

2.0 

1.95 

1.75 

1.7

1.45 

1.5 

1.35 

1.18 

1.55

1.6 

1.3 

2.18 

2.0 

1.55

1.58 

1.68 

1.45 

1.3 

1.8

3.6 

2.5 

2.1 

1.5 

1.7 

4.0 

4.9 

3.2 

2.95 

3.5 

2.3

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

288 

234 

218 

160 

147 

94 

103 

76 

49 

114

124

67 

300 

234 

114

120 

142 

94 

67 

173

1,270 

450 

269 

103

147

1,660

2,750 

940 

742 

1,180 

351

P.M. .

Time,

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

5.00 

5XJO 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00

«&.

Feet. 

1.9 

1.7 

2.2 

1.8 

1.58 

1.5 

1.25 

1.5 

1.5 

1.6

1.6 

1.35 

2.1 

1.65 

1.5

1.5 

1.55 

1.4 

1.3

3.8

3.1

2.5 

2.0 

1.7 

1.9

5.3 

3.5 

3.0 

3.2 

3.0 

2.25

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

202 

147 

308 

173 

120

103 

60 

103 

103 

124

103 

76 

269 

136 

103

103 

114

84 

67 

1,460

860 

450 

234 

147 

202

3,340 

1,180 

780 

940 

780 

330

December.

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Feb. 14 to MM. 9.
86 STTBFA<m WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PABT I.

DEEEPIELD RIVER AT CHARLEMONT, MASS.

Location. One mile below the village of Charlemont.

Records available. June 19 to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 362 square miles.

Gage. Automatic recording gage on left bank, referenced to a hook gage in the well.

Channel and control. Channel covered with coarse gravel and bowlders; fairly uniform section.

Discharge measurements. Made from cable or by wading.

Regulation. Plow regulated by a storage reservoir at Somerset, Vt., and affected by 

the operation of several mills above the station. Results corrected for storage at 

Somerset, from data furnished by the company operating the reservoir.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Floods. The high water of March 25-30, 1913, reached a maximum stage of 13.6 feet 

gage height, as determined by engineers of the Geological Survey from high-water 

marks. The corresponding discharge was approximately 29,000 second-feet, or 

80 second-feet per square mile.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Deerfield River at Charlemont, Mass., during 1913.

Date.

23

26

26

Aug. 13

Made by 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1 98

1.84

1.74

1.60

2.37

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

188

138

105

77

414

Date.

Aug. 14

Oct. 28

28

29

Made by 

C. S. De Golyer. .......

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.29

3.58

3.39

2.98

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

363

1,480

827

Daily gage height, in feet, of Deerfield River at Charlemont, Mass., for 191S. 

[Arthur Rhodes and Albert Anthony, observers.]

Day.

1............................................

2............................................

3............................................

4............................................

5............................................

6............................................

7............................................

8............................................

9............................................

10............................................

11............................................

12............................................

13............................................

14............................................

15............................................

16............................................

17............................................

18............................................

19............................................

20..........-...............;.................

21............................................

22............................................

23............................................

24............................................

25............................................

26............................................

27............................................

28............................................

29............................................

30............................................

31............................................

June.

1.60

1.97

2.10

2.08

1.86

1.81

1.82

1.68

1.74

1.82

1.64

1.72

July.

1.74

1.64

1.48

1.62

1.50

i.52

2.18

1.68

1.88

1.88

1.75

2.18

2.23

2.10

1.53

1.60

1.61

1.59

2.06

2.02

1.96

1.96

2.04

2.02

1.91

2.00

2.38

2.29

2.27

Aug.

2.20

2.10

1.86

1.74

2.06

2.42

2.62

2.36

1.96

2.19

2.76

2.66

2.45

2.26

2.01

1.77

1.51

1.83

2.16

1.86

1.70

1.49

1.55

1.62

1.43

1.48

1.71

1.46

1.58

1.73

1.50

Sept.

1.49

1.62

1.71

1.49

1.63

1.76

1.80

1.54

1.71

1.47

1.67

1.57

1.46

1.46

1.43

1.48

1.52

1.50

1.72

1.63

1.54

2.78

3.65

2.53

2.11

1.93

1.81

1.67

1.66

1.62

Oct.

1.79

2.17

2.08

2.06

1.95

1.78

1.77

1.59

1.77

1.88

1.78

1.80

2.06

2.11

1.95

1.82

1.84

1.80

1.78

2.18

3.35

2.58

2.30

2.15

2.96

4.9

4.9

3.5

2.92

2.70

2.53

Nov.

2.40

2.27

2.34

2.22

2.36

2.25

2.18

2.20

8.0

6.35

3.6

3.38

3.04

2.89

2.91

2.78

2.65

2.59

2.57

3.36

3.35

2.91

2.72

2.63

2.56

2.47

2.40

2.34

2.30

2.35

Dec.

2.40

2.42

2.54

2.86

2.69

2.66

2.98

4.65

3.48

3.08

2.92

2.67

2.68

2.66

2.70

2.54

2.55

2.52

2.37

2.22

2.33

9 41

2.37

2.29

2.34

2.32

2.22

2.26

3.6

3.9

3.75

NOTE. Gage heights for periods June 19 to July 16, Aug. 5-13; 9ct. 13-22, and Nov. 3-13 determined 

from two readings a day on staff gage. For all other periods gage heights computed from records obtained 

by a Gurley electric water-stage register. Discharge relation Dec. 29-31 affected by ice.
CONNECTICUT EIVEB EJASIN. 87 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Deerfield River at \Charlemont, Mass., for 1913,

Day.

1......... ........... ... ....

2.... .:.... ..................................

3....................... ........ ... ..

4............................................

5............................................

6............................................

7............................................

8............................................

9....................... ..........

10..................................... ......

11............................... . . ... ....

12................................... ........

13............................................

14............................................

15..................... .......... .

16............................................

17................................... .. . ..

18............................................

19............................................

20............................................

21............................................

22............................................

23............................................

24............................................

25............................................

26............................................

27............................................

28............................................

29............................................

30............................................

31......... ............ .......f.. .............

June.

72

192

255

245

153

128

132

90

106

132

81

100

July.

106

81

47

76

51

53

55

299

90

154

154

109

204

299

328

255

57

72

74

70

235

215

188

188

225

215

166

205

422

364

352

Aug.

310

255

147

106

235

584

409

188

305

685

612

468

346

210

115

53

135

288

147

94

49

62

76

38

47

97

43

68

103

51

Sept.

49

76

97

49

79

112

124

59

97

45

87

66

43

43

38

47

55

51

100

79

59

700

1,530

521

260

175

128

87

85

76

Oct.

121

294

245

235

184

118

115

70

115

154

118

124

235

260

184

132

139

124

118

299

1,200

556

370

282

838

3,390

3,390

1,360

806

640

521

Nov.

435

352

396

322

409

340

299

310

1,000

6,520

1,470

1,230

906

782

798

700

605

563

549

1,210

1,200

798

655

591

542

480

435

396

370

402

Dec.

435

448

528

760

633

612

854

2,960

1,340

942

806

619

626

612

640

528

535

514

416

322

390

442

416

364

396

383

322

346

326

297

297

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve, based on high-water measurements 

made in March, 1914. Discharge interpolated for days when no g^ge height was reported, and estimated 

Dec. 29-31.

. Monthly discharge of Deerfield River at Charlemont, Mass., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 362 square miles.]

;

July...................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

a 255 

422 

685 

1,530 

3,390 

11,000 

2,960

Minimum.

a 81 

47 

38 

38 

70 

299 

6297

Mean.

« 140 

175 

219 

167 

540 

1,170 

616

Run-off (total in 

acre-feet).

Observed.

10,800 

13,500 

9,940 

23,200 

69, 600 

37,900

Stored 

at Somerset, Vt.

- 476 

-4,490 

-8,610 

+ 309 

+2,840 

+7.080 

+2, 560

Without 

Storage.

6,310 

4,890 

10,250 

36,000 

76.700 

40,500

Discharge without storage, 

second-feet.

Mean.

103 

79.5 

172 

585 

1,290 

659

Per

square 

mile.

0.285 

.220 

.475 

1.62 

3.56 

1.82

Run-off 

(depth 

in 

inches 

on drainage 

area).

0.33 

.25 

.53 

1.87 

3.97 

2.10

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

" For June 19-30'. 6 Estimated by means of back water curve.

NOTE. The increase (+) or decrease ( ) of water held in storage at Somerset, Vt., during the montfi 

has been computed by engineers of the Geological Survey from data of storage increase or decrease 

furnished by the company operating the reservoir. '

DEEKFIELD EIVER AT SHELBTJKN^ FALLS, MASS.

Location. At the plant of the Greenfield Electric Light & Power Co., at Shelbume

Falls. . Records available. June 1, 1907, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 501 square miles.
88 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Computations of discharge. The flow through the wheels ia computed from the 

gate openings and from power readings made at half-hour intervals. The height 

of water on the dam, in the fore bay, in the tailrace, and at the wasteways is read 

three times daily. The total electrical output is also measured twice a day. For 

description of dam and plant see Water-Supply Paper 321, page 99.

Accuracy. Results good.

Cooperation. Results furnished by H. K. Barrows, consulting engineer, Boston,

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Deerfield River at Shelburne Falls, Mas*., for 1913.

Day.

1........ ......

2..............

S..... .........

4..............

5..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22. .............

23..............

94

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,890

1,360

2.490

3,360

2,000

1,530

3,380

4,290

2,890

2,110

1,550

4,150

2,750

1,730

1,440

1,370

3,?90

5,730

4,800

2,700

3,820

2,920

2,110

2,710

1,920

1 4150

1,530

923

1,060

1,073

1,071

Feb.

2,710

1,490

1,450

1,440

1,200

1,320

1,030

1,210

1,240

1,040

557

4,098

381

471

397

376

689

413

357

OOQ

465

879

1,020

789

600

469

480

1,230

Mar.

1,180

799

641

763

570

495

463

339

395

1,500

1,340

1,020

1,330

5,470

7,110

4,810

2,080

1,330

1,170

2,980

3,720

4,890

1,790

4,280

12,080

19, 180

7,460

3,480

2,020

2 ' 740

Apr.

3,470

1,870

1,500

1,480

1,870

1,800

i oon

1,330

1,030

2,300

4,600

2,980

2,070

1,680

1,500

1,330

1,130

963

1,020

889

755

756

749

661

755

1,870

1,490

May.

889

863

612

451

658

545

389

467

357

369

253

345

335

332

311

326

305

380

403

355

390

1,710

2 7Oft

1,190

903

1,510

3,570

2,030

1,370

June.

1,120

1,050

930

785

345

360

315

256

444

349

284

254

280

194

117

250

258

206

180

244

224

227

171

164

144

162

112

150

July.

122

120

142

67

56

61

113

240

114

145

171

148

142

327

270

128

100

69

121

230

261

220

198

176

185

232

294

410

277

Aug.

286

273

101

244

286

393

582

215

303

565

700

348

331

174

28

Wf

316

184

100

127

108

124

78

98

55

165

124

157

Sept.

58

96

96

97

123

154

58

135

117

160

159

(110)

(150)

(100)

114

70

82

58

57

149

0

892

1,600

733

188

302

123

74

181

139

Oct.

158

373

278

480

210

185

63

55

253

172

203

258

250

252

251

148

184

17

655

1,400

832

495

1,560

4,580

2,930

1,730

1,050

598

609

Nov.

389

350

418

394

442

471

374 981

6,030

5,480

2,170

1,280

1,280

1,280

727

824

873

568

579

1,270

1,280

874

696 71";

670

567

409

481

536

Dec.

537

311

473

1,040

1 040

740

1 200

l'?70

1,380

1,040

1,040

74ft

QOA

605

605

740

740

740

669

040

1**A

672 077

496

429

150

387

323

346

Monthly discharge of Deerfield River at Shelburne Falls, Mass., for 1913. 

[Drainage areas, 501 square miles.]

Month.

March.........................................

July...........................................

September... . .................................

November. ....................................

The year. ...............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

5,730 

2,710 

19,180 

4,600 

3,570 

1,120 

410 

700 

1,600 

4,580 

6,030 

1,770

19,180

Minimum.

923 

329 

339 

661 

253 

112 

56 

28 

0 

17 

350 

150

0

Mean.

2,430 

876 

3,240 

1,630 

849 

334 

181 

244 

212 

674 

1,070 

679

1,040

Per 

square 

mile.

4.86 

1.75 

6.48 

3.25 

1.70 

.67 

.36 

.49 

.42 

1.35 

2.14 

1.35

2. OS

Run-off 

(depth In 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

5.60 

1.82 

7.47 

3.63 

1.96 

.75 

.42 

.56 

,47 

1.56 

2.39 

1.56

28.19
WARE RIVER AT GIBBS CROSJSOTG, MASS.

Location. Between the highway bridge and the electric railway bridge about 3 

miles below Ware, at the point known as Gibbs grossing. Muddy Brook, with a 

drainage area of about 30 square miles, enters from the right at Ware. Beaver 

Brook, with a drainage area of about 29 square miles, enters from the right about 

2£ miles below the station.

Records available. August 20, 1912, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 201 square miles.

Gage. Barrett & Lawrence automatic gage on the right bank just above the highway 

bridge, referenced to a hook gage in the well.

Channel and control. Channel rough, but practically permanent. A large amount 

of aquatic vegetatiom in the channel during the summer months, but none at the 

control.

Discharge measurements. Made from the, downstream side of the highway bridge 

at extreme high stages, from the upstream side of the electric railway bridge at 

medium stages, and by wading at low stages. Measurements made at the electric railway bridge are corrected for angle of current.

Regulation. Flow affected by the operation of mills, which at low stages cause a 

large variation in discharge during days when the mills are in operation, and a 

low discharge on Sundays and holidays.

Winter flow. Somewhat affected by ice.

Floods. The high water of March 26 to 31, 1913, reached a maximum stage of 5.54 

feet gage height at 9.30 a. m. March 28, as determined from readings of hook gage 

made by engineers of the Geological Survey on that date. The corresponding 

discharge was 2,640 second-feet, or 13.1 second-feet per square mile of drainage 

area.

Accuracy. Results good,

Discharge measurement? of Ware River at Gibbs Crossing, Mass., during 1913.

Date.

Jan. 4

9

Feb. 11

Mar. 12

28

28

Made by 

C.S. DeGolyer........

De Golyer and Mathers.

o.w. H&Ttwm. .......

.....do..................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.24

S ftft

«3.15

3.07 

5.51

5.48

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

645

485

409

507 

2,600

2,430

Date.

Mar. 29

Aug. 11

12

Sept. 7

Made by 

O.W. Hartwell........

C.H. Pierce..... .......

.....do..................

.....do.................. 

.....do..................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.31

2.19

1.49

1.49 

1.49

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,670

136

15.3

24.9 

22.3

« Anchor ice on control.
90 SUKFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1913, PAKT i.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Ware River at Gibbs Crossing, Mass., for 1913.

Day.

1.... ..........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7.. ............

8..............

9... ...........

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27. .............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

690

439

406

468

373

346

292

381

471

345

300

480

388

326

303

338

429

407

375

370

one

363

358

283

275

070

262

238

Feb.

300

270

295

280

170

310

Mar.

672

571

460

358

303

303

207

218

214

360

449

CIO

AQCt

568

1,260

1,300

1,050

785

642

615

744

752

613

619

653

Qc A

i 7fln

2 S7n

1 0°.fi

1,330

Apr.

1,340

1,160

QOC

768

776

tv\

693

629

ccq

503

419

1 4nn

1,520

flAK

K7C

AQQ

498

461

412

079

con

OCA

422

446

May.

380 007

909

238

292

300

289

226

162

160

91 Q

94ft

187

1 ftQ

186

136

133

209

239

164

171

204

636

705

Kfif\

404

365

551

468

June.

325

326

278

226

215

188

147

129

214

200

194

no

90

40

166

133

128

112

115

106

34

1 P»9

144

130

103

96

76

OK

106

July.

97

138

116

24

91

19

88

%

112

86

82

52

20

79

on

99

93

53

3820-

52

67

59

71

63

56

15

54

61

77 ' 60

Aug.

81

4fi

24

74

on

62

68

88

63

19

68

7O

56

56

51

51

23

103

76

46

40

48

44

17

31

42

46

42

68

128

130

Sept.

68

125

136

72

on

114

109

89

58

49

37

17

51

72

42

46

64

58

21

99

118

121

128

110

74

23

59

41

Oct.

70

74

62

59

15

84

76

76

73

46

42

36

97

90

86

123

113

50

43

145

171

156

85

88

168

749

676

571

430

328

267

Nov.

182

173

213

160

1 w

84 134'

310

348

283

9J.O

224

180

186

200

216

221

194

211

140

1^5

197

234

200

QQ

181

110 ion

Dec.

174

539

537

350

325

283

242

202

267

264

209

176

186

134

131 177'

236

192

261

383

226

262

299

217

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve by averaging the discharge for six 4-hour 

periods each. day. Discharge relation affected by ice Feb. 5-26. Mean discharge estimated as follows: 

For February, 193 second-feet, from discharge measurement of Feb. 11 and study of climatological data; 

Apr. 14-19,1,170 second-feet, and Dec. 1-6,163 second-feet, by comparison with records on adjacent streams.

Monthly discharge of Ware River at Gibbs Crossing, Mass., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 201 square miles.]

Month.

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

690

2,370 

1,520 

705 

326 

138 

130 

136 

749 

348

2,370

Minimum .

238

207 

320 

133 

. 25 

15 

17 

17 

15 

84

15

Mean.

367 

193 

792 

780 

307 

147 

66.4 

60.3 

74.9 

166 

192 

244

283

Per 

square 

mile.

1.83 

.960 

3.94 

3.88 

1.63 

.731 

.330 

.300 

.373 

.826 

.955 

1.21

1.41

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.11 

1.00 

4.54 

4.33 

1.76 

.82 

.38 

.35 

.42 

.95 

1.07 

1.40

19.16

Accuracy.

A. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B.

SWIFT RIVEK AT WEST WAKE, MASS.

Location. Just below the wooden dam opposite West Ware station of the Athol 

branch of the Boston & Albany Railroad, about 6 miles downstream from Enfield. 

Records available. July 15, 1910, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 191 square miles.
CONNECTICUT RIVER

Gage. A Barrett-Lawrence automatic gage referred to a hook gage in the well. 

Prior to August 25,1912, a chain gage on a footbidge 400 feet below the dam.

Channel and control. Gravel and alluvial deposits; some aquatic vegetation in 

channel during summer months. !

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable ftbout 50 feet above the gage, or 

by wading.

Regulation. Flow affected by operation of power plants at Enfield which at low 

stages cause a large variation in discharge during days when the mills are in 

operation, and a low discharge on Sundays and holidays. N

Winter flow. Seldom affected by ice.

Floods. The high water of March 26-to 31, 1913, reached a maximum stage of 8.43 

feet gage height about 10 a. m. March 29, as shown by the automatic gage records. 

The corresponding discharge was approximately 1,900 second-feet, t>r 10 secondfeet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Swift River at West Ware, Mass., during 1913.

Date.

8

Feb. 12

Mar. 12

Made by 

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.46

3.44

2.58

3.66

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

420

394

191

465

Date.

Mar. 12

27

27

Aug. 11

Made by 

O. W. Hartwell........

..... do. ................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.66

5.53

5.62

1.47

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

465

987

1.010

33.8

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Swift River at West Ware, Mass., for 1913.

Day.

1.... ..........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

27..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

459

MI\

417

435

411

359

323

373

456

409

407

401

422

368

330

318

369

414

422

417

395

371

372

377

346

332

311

279

258

241

Feb.

256

268

237

239

229

214

183

165

176

160

184

162

153

142

138

119

143

150

190

284

309

315

273

239

Mar.

477

Vn

484

435

379

321

300

301

271

295

384

AM\

452

516

656

863

888

765

634

W\A.

IWQ

626

591

599

700

1.020

1 660

1.820

1 470

1,150

Apr.

990

913

799

698

651

642

607

572

529

487

KAQ

800

1,040

1,090

1,010

875

756

643

572

520

475

454

425

398

394

361

323

325

399

396

May.

357

330

305

OfiQ

267 901

252

232 01 a

207

1*21

186

181

199

199

172

160

161

159

KQQ

CQfl

496

416

June.

512

406

342

291

263

99SJ

1Q7

182

158 1 t\t\

i *\n

149

137

126

104

122

107

104

97

107

1A9

SJ9

105

103

104

Q7

95

80

65

97

July.

. 86

,0^

81

Art

on

74

66

iftrt

59

50

43

60fin

52

55

57

47

35

55

59

65

Aug.

40

31

43

434n

38

38

38

29

An

49

42/tn

41

24

46

42

32

O7

44

70

51

Sept.

66

74

76

63

76

79

KA

ftj.

73

fiQ

62

KQ

50

34

CO

61

56

56

54

49

34

61

72

63

CO

KA

51

OQ

rfO

Oct.

76

52

KO

OK

47

fin

64

58

51

00

00

119

114

111

112

193

328

431

436

OAK

285

218

Nov.

176

127

116

109

1 f\n

100

88

117

1 P*9

176

186

172

1 ^fi

146

140

IQQ

111

136

134

136

199

133

117

109

93

Q7

124 l/io

Dec.

156

164

168

164

154

144

150

255

328

325

*>Q7

240

209

193

172

164

168

160

1 P*9

129 too

1QQ

260

QAA

235

OOO

1S6

174

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve.! Mean discharge for months when there 

were lapses in the automatic gage records, estimated by comparison with records on adjacent streams.
SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, IMS, PAET I.

Monthly discharge of Swift River at West Ware, Mass., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 191 square miles.]

Month.

April... ... ..............................

May.....................................

July.... ....i..... .......................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

459 

358 

1,820 

1,090 

645 

512

84

186 

328

1,820

Af TniirnjiTt,

241 

119 

271 

323 

159 

65

28

88 

127

Mean.

375 

213 

670 

622 

305 

162 

58.1 

42.3 

57.7 

125 

131 

198

247

Per

square 

mile.

1.96 

1.12 

3.51

3.26 

1.60 

.848 

.304 

.221 

.302 

.654 

.686 

1.04

1.29

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.26 

1.17 

4.05 

3.64 

1.84 

.95 

.35 

.25 

.34 

.75 

.76 

1.20

17. 56

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

A.

QUABOAG RIVER AT WEST BRIMFIELD, MASS.

Location. At the two-span highway bridge near the West Brimfield station of the 

Boston & Albany Railroad.

Becords available. August 23, 1909, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 150 square miles.

Gage. Barrett & Lawrence automatic gage at downstream end of center pier of 

bridge, referred to a lock gage in the well. Prior to August 19, 1912, a vertical 

staff on the upstream side of the right abutment of the bridge at same datum as 

present gage.

Channel and control. Stream bed covered with bowlders, gravel, and alluvial 

deposits.

Discharge measurements. Made from the highway bridge or by wading near the 

bridge.

Regulation. Flow affected by the operation of power plants at West Warren, 3 

miles above the station, which at low stages causes a large variation in discharge 

during days when the mills are in operation, and a low discharge on Sundays and 

holidays.

Floods. Owing to the large amount of storage above the station, the heavy precipitation of March, 1913, did not produce a flood stage. The maximum stage during 

the year occurred on April 16, with a discharge of about 1,200 second-feet, or 8 

second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements ofQuaboag River at West Brimfield, Mass., during 1913.

Date.

Jan. 9

Feb. 13

Made by 

E.S. Barnes.... .......

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.88

03.43

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

327

183

Date.

Mar. 28

Aug. 9

Made by 

O.W.Hartwell........

C. H. Pierce... .........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.73

1.64

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

847

15.9

a Discharge relation affected by iee.
COHDTECTICUT BITEB 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofQudboag River at IjPest Brimfield, Mass., for 191$.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22. .............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

274

250

279

251

233

263

226

336

250

316

291

322

299

354

337

279

270

281

265

281

281

271

268

285

284

251

274

248

234

249

241

Feb.

270

230

300

280

220

325

375

Mar.

414

415

291

352

334

311

209

275

301

288

334

347

317

407

465

468

431

429

414

438

451

411

419

416

413

515

782

853

904

910

920

Apr.

855

729

779

732

704

664

603

558

523

501

529

737

783

823

823

962

1,010

941

856

756

741

704

651

599

544

502

471

467

470

450

May.

412

389

359

342

309

290

241

226

206

174

154

158

150

148

144

138

146

140

143

120

116

138

199

364

333

310

296

302

393

366

347

June.

330

307

272

253

223

196

179

180

173

152

145

131

110

99

111

91

85

80

85

77

79

105

74

64

71

61

45

52

82

Juljy.

56

66

68

24

SI

87

68

£9

47

59

61

$9

40

77

55

61

57

00

41

35

71

50

61

59

56

41

28

62

59

59

53

Aug.

50

32

28

62

39

41

44

34

29

26

 49

40

34

36

35

23

17

51

52

46

44

44

46

11

49

37

34

Sept.

37

69

52

48

43

40

31

68

53

43

43

41

29

24

55

38

39

38

45

30

33

76

64

60

59

53

38

48

71

50

Oct.

48

62

68

' 3641

72

53

50

52

51

34

49

69

54

45

34

40

43

33

81

74

72

66

67

150

45

265

234

219

215

192

Nov.

166

158

161

159

132

130

131 lie

161

260

199

177

130

148

141

134

144

133

i31

145

146

139

135

135

114

105

104

90

124

135

Dec.

135

131

122

119

120

120

142

210

188

223

214

179

218

202

202

171

189

170

173

170

233

227

249

212

241

285

290

266

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve by averaging the discharge for six 4-hour 

periods each day. Discharge relation affected by ice Feb. 6-26. Mean discharge for this period estimated 

143 second-feet from discharge measurement of Feb. 13 and climatological data. Mean discharge Aug. 

28-31 estimated 52 second-feet and Dec. 13-15, 173 second-feet, by comparison with records on adjacent 

streams.

Monthly discharge of Quaboag River at- West Brimfield, Mass., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 15t) square miles.]

Month.

May.....................................

July .....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

354 

375 

920 

1,010 

412 

330 

77

76 

265 

260

1,010

Minimum.

226

209 

450 

116 

45 

24 

11 

24 

33 

90

11

Mean.

276 

179 

459 

682 

244 

135 

52.3 

40.0 

47.3 

90.8 

143 

191

211

Per 

square 

mile.

1.84 

1.19 

3.06 

4.55 

1.63 

.900 

.349 

.267 

.315 

.605 

.953 

1.27

1.41

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.12 

1.24 

3.53 

5.08 

1.88 

1.00 

.40 

.31 

.35 

.70 

1.06 

1.46

19.13

Accuracy.

A. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

WESTPIELD EEVER AT KNIGHTtlLLE, MASS.

Location. At the single-span steel highway bridge known locally as the Pitcher 

Bridge, at Knightville, 1 mile north, of lie outlei of Norwich Lake and about 3 

miles above the confluence with the middle branch, of Weetfield River.
94 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Records available. August 26, 1909, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 162 square miles.

Gage. Chain attached to downstream side of highway bridge.

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge or by wading.

Control. Channel rough, covered with bowlders and ledge rock; not likely to 

change.

Regulation. Flow not seriously affected by regulation.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Floods. The high water of March 25-30, 1913, reached its maximum stage during 

the night of March 27 as indicated by the records of the gage observer. Determinations made from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological Survey 

show that the crest elevation was about 8.9 feet gage height, with a corresponding 

discharge of approximately 5,100 second-feet, or 31.5 second-feet per square mile 

of drainage area.

Accuracy. Results fair.

Discharge measurements of Westfield River at Knightville, Mass., during 1913.

Date.

Feb. 14

Aug. 8

Made by 

C. S. De Golyer..........................................................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

« 2. 30

.84

"Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

137

17.2

« Partial ice cover.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Westfield River at Knightville, Mass., for 1913. 

[Clement Burr, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21.............. 

22.............. 

23.............. 

24.............. 

25..............

26.............. 

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

3.1

3.6

3.3

3 7

2.6

2.3

2

n

4.2

3.3

2

AK

2.75

4 9

3.0

2 a

9 AR

3 A

3.8

3.4

3.4 

2.75 

2.5 

2.75 

2.45

2.3 

2.35

2.25

2.1 

2.25 

2.2

Feb.

3.2

2.1

2.15

2.0

1.95

1.89

1.95

1.99

1.89

1.83

2.05

2.1

2.25

2.05

1.98

1.96

1.92

2.15

1.88

1 no

1.90 

1 84

3.4

Mar.

3

1

2 7

3.35

2

1 K

2.1

9 n

1.98

1.88

2.5

2.8

2.5

2.45

2.7

4.1

d. Q

^ 7

2

n

2.75

2.55

3 7

3.5

3.2 

2.9 

3.0 

s 1

4.9

6

n

5.0

3.9 

3.3 

4.2

Apr.

3.6

3.0

2.75

2 7

3.8

3.2

2.85

2.6

2.55

2 A

2.6

4.8

4.0

3.8

3.4

^ n

2.8

2.6

2.6

2 45

2.35 

2.4 

2.35 

2.2

2 9

2.15

2 1

2.25

2.75 

2.45

May.

2.2

ct A

1.96

1 9?

1.90

1.86

1 84

1.74

1.70

1.68

1.62

1 60

1.57

1 KR

1.57

1.74

i on

1 79

1.66

1.60

1.52 

1.56 

2.1

3.7

9 |2K

2.2

2 A

2 9

3.6 

2.6 

2.2

June.

1.92

1.90

1.76

1.76

1.73

1.54

1.57

1.53

1.45

1.47

1.48

1.42

1.40

1 Vt

1.26

1.20

1.20

1.12

1.12

1.30

1.50

1.38 

1.30 

1.22 

1.14

1.14 

1.15

1.14

1.08 

.96

July.

0.96

.95

.90

.90

.92

.88

.84

.88

.89

.80

.79

.94

.94

.90

.89

.85

.83

.90

.86

.89 

.87 

.84 

.83 

.83

.80 

.90

.97

1.21

1.16 

1.04

Aug.

0.88

.82

.81

.84

.87

.84

.78

.67

.70

.60

.68

.74

.84

.81

.92

.98

.86

.82

.78

.79

.80 

.84 

.84 

.83 

.80

.78 

.79

.80

.92 

1.16 

1.06

Sept.

0.86

.88

.84

.81

.92

1.32

1.22

1.10

.94

.87

.85

.80

.76

.76

.74

.74

.72

.78

.83

.85

.96 

2.25 

2.3 

1.64 

1.44

1.31

1.12

1.02

.98 

.94

Oct.

1.02

1.27

1.52

1.46

1.36

1.22

1.10

1.11

1.10

1.12

1.11

1.40

1.66

1.48

1.37

1.23

1.20

1.11

1.06

1.40

2.2

1.56 

1.38 

1.38 

2.3

4.0 

4.0

2.75

2.4 

2.2 

2.0

Nov.

1.84

1.81

1.75

1.71

1.68

1.68

1.66

1.68

4.4

4.6

3.3

2.7

2.5

2.45

2.3

2.3

2.25

2.2

2.2

2.8

2.5 

2.3 

2.2 

2.1

2.1

2.05 

2.05

2.05

2.35 

2.3

Dec.

2.2

2.35

2.4

2.55

2.45

2.25

3.4

3.2

2.7

2.4

2.35

2.25

2.2

2.3

2.35

2.2

2.15

2.1

1.96

1.90

2.0 

2.0 

1.99 

2.2 

2 25

2.2 

1.98

1.8

1.85 

1.89 

1.92

NOTE. Daily gage height is the mean of two readings made at about 7 a. m. and 5 p. m. Discharge 

relation affected by ice Feb. 8-27, and Dec. 29-31.
CONNECTICUT RIVER B^SIN. 95 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Westfield River at Knightville, Mass., for 1913.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

1Q

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28

9Q

so.:............

31..............

Jan.

735

1,050

855

1,120

Aff\

320

620

1,440

855

485

538

1,440

675

460

410

388

920

1,180

920

485

538

410

538

388

320

342

300

245

300

280

Feb.

795

245

262

262

91 n

195

177

920

Mar.

735

510

O-1O

262

245

210

204

410

565

388

510

1,380

1,920

1,120

620

538

JOK

1,120

QSR

795

620

675

735

1,920

3,440

1,990

1 240

855

1,440

Apr.

1,050

675

cqo

510

1,180

795

592

460 41*;

365

460

1,310

1,180

675

565

4«n

460

388

049

365

342

280

9Sft

262

245

300

538

388

May.

9£fl

210

198

192 ton

169

164

10Q

129

125

112

108

103

101

103

139

180

134

94

101

245

1,120

485

280

210

280

1,050

460

280

June.

186 iso

143

143

136

97

103

QK

82

85

87

77

74

67

55

40

48

39

on

60

90

71

60

cn

41

41

42

41

35

25

July.

25

24

Ofl

20

00

19

14

16

1Q

19

11

12

23

OO

20

19

16

15

20

17

19

18

16

15

15

13

20

26

49

44

32

Aug.

1Q

14

14

16

is

16

12

7

4

7

10

16

14

22

OR

17

14

12

12

11

16

16

15

11

12

12

13

22

44

33

Sept.

17

10

16

14

22

63

50

*>7

23

18

16

13

11

11

10

10

9

12

15

16

25

300

320

116

80

61

39

30

26

23

Oct.

30

56

94

Si

68

v\

37

38

17

39

00

74

121

S7

70

52

48

38

33

74

280

101

71

71

320

1,310

1,310

538

365

280

210

Nov.

IRA

156

141

125

125

121 19*;

1,570

1,710

855

510

410

388

320

320

300

280

280

565

410

320

280

245

245

228

228

228

342

320

Dec.

280

342

365

435

ODD

300

920

7QK

^1 n

365

342

300

280

342

280

262

245

198

180

210

210

207

280

300

280

204

153

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Mean discharge Feb. 8-27, estimated 

144 second-feet, Dec. 29-31,155 second-feet, from discharge measurement and study of climatologic data.

Monthly discharge of Westfield River at Knightville, Mass., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 162 square miles.]

Month.

April....................................

May.....................................

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,440 

920 

3,440 

1,850 

1,120 

186 

49 

44 

320 

1,310 

1,710 

920

3,440

Minimum.

245

175 

245 

94 

25 

12 

4 

9 

30 

121 

153

4

Mean.

643 

212 

864 

607 

245 

78.0 

20.7 

15.7 

47.4 

194 

381 

315

303

Per 

square 

mile.

3.97 

1.31 

5.33 

3.75 

1.51 

.482 

.128 

.097 

.293 

1.20 

2.35 

1.94

1.87

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

458 

1.36 

6.14 

418 

1.74 

.54 

.15 

.11 

.33 

1.38 

2.62 

2.24

25.37

Accuracy.

B.

D- / 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

MEDDLE BRANCH OF WESTFIELD RIVER AT GOSS HEIGHTS, MASS.

Location. At a highway bridge in Goes Heights, about 1J miles above the village 

of Huntington and half a mile above the confluence of the Middle Branch and the 

North Branch of Westfield River.

Records available. July 14, 1910, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 53 square miles.
SUBFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1013, PAET I.

Gages. Barrett & Lawrence automatic gage on upstream side of bridge abutment on 

right bank, referred to a hook gage in the well. Prior to September 8t 1912, a 

chain gage on the upstream side of the bridge.

Channel and control. Coarse gravel and bowlders.

Discharge measurements. Made from the highway bridge or by wading.

Winter flow. Seriously affected by ice.

Regulation. Flow somewhat affected by the operation of a small power plant about 

2 miles above the station.

Floods. The high water of March 25-30, 1913, reached a crest elevation of 5.38 feet 

gage height about 3 p. m. March 27 as recorded by the automatic gage. The 

corresponding discharge was approximately 2,600 second-feet, or 49 second-feet 

per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Middle Branch of Westfield River at Goss Heights, Mass., during

1913.

Date.

Jan. 7

Feb. 10

14

Mar. 26

Made by 

C.S.DeGolyer. .......

O. W. Hartwell........

height.

Feet.

1 00

3.64

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 9fte

55.0

46.7

1,140

Date. Made by 

.....do............. ..

.....do.................

48.

Feet. 

0.92

1.09

1.09

Discharge.

See.-ft. 

3.4

12.4

1L2

a Measurement made under complete ice cover 300 feet below the gage.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Middle Branch of Westfield River at Goss Heights,

1913.

[Monroe Uising, observer.].

Day.

1.. ...... .....

2..............

?.... ......... 

4..............

5..............

6.. . ...........

7..............

8..............

9......... ....

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

lo.v... .........

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20...... .......

21..............

22....... ......

23..............

24.............. 

25..............

26..............

27..... . ... .

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2.02

1.84

2.32 

2.33

1.90

1.75

2.68

2.12 

1.83

1.82

2.41

2.00

1.77

1.69

1.66

2.16

1 88

1.73

1.92

1.70

1.68

1.70 

1.61

1.52

1.50

1.45

1.46

1.47

1.44

Feb.

1.70

1.46

1.50 

1.56

1.52

1.58

1.61

1.61

1.57 

i ^f\

1.65

1.72

1.72

1.77

1.77

1.77

1.73

1.68

1.67

1.70

i sn

9 &t\

2.53

2.05 

1.89

1 80

1.75

5.75

Mar.

<\ 4S

4.86

4.51 

4.66

4.31

3.40

3

01

3.51

4.10 

4.88

4 55

3.07

1.70

2 Eft

2.42

1.86

1.63

1 Q^

2.11

1.85

1.68

1.92 

1.94

2.83

4.08

2 94

2 97

2.09

2.15

Apr.

9 90

1.95

1.86 

1.81

2.19

2.00

1.85

1 7<i

1.69 

1.62

9 ^fi

3.28

2.52

9 41

2.11

2.46

1.83

1.77

1.72

1.67

1.61

t no

1.57

1.55

1.51

1 4Q

1 49

1 m

1 fi9

1.51

May.

1 41

1.35

1.30 

1.31

1.29

1.27 i 9*;

1.21

1.18 

1.25

1 97

1.25

1.24

1.24

1.22

1.29

1.31

1.29

1.23

1 99

1.25

1 47

2.18 

2.24

1.53

1.45

1 60

2.19

1.77

1.59

June.

1.49

1.45

1.40 

1.39

1.36

1.29

1 29

1.30

1.04 

1.20

1.20

1.19

1.17

1.16

1.13

1.13

1.11

1.10

1.11

1.15

1 91

1.17

1.13

1.09 

1.08

1.08

1.08

1.03,

1.03

July.

1.05

1.05

1.06

1.03

1.00

1 00

1.00

.98 

.98

.97

.98

.96

.96

.95

.95

as

.95

Q4,

.94

93

.93

.93

.93

.92

91

.91

Q«

1.17

1.10

1.08

Aug.

1.03

1.01

.99

.97

.96

.94

.93

.92

.92 

91

.90

.89

.86

.96

.93

91

93

.88

.88

.88

.88

.90

'.91 

.92

.88

.90

Oft

.98

1.02

1.05

Sept.

1.03

1.02

1.01 

1.00

1.08

1.08

1.05 1:03

1.00 

.99

.98

.99

.97

.91

.92

.92

93

.94

Q4

OS

QQ

1.48

1.41

1.23 

1.15

1.10

1.05

1.05

1.65

1.04

Oct.

1.04

1.25

1.29 

1.20

1.12

1.13

1.11

1.10

1.07 

1.03

1.07

1.19

1.30

1.21

1.16

1.14

1.12

1.09

1 07

1.28

1.48

r 1.31

1.24

1.18 

1.72

3.08

2.57

1.83

1.62

1.51

1.43

Nov.

1.36

1.32

1.32 

1.29

1.28

1.26

1.24

1.31

3.42 

3.02

2.29

2.04

1.93

1.87

1.86

1.82

1.81

1.79

1.78

1.98

1 04

1 8&

1.78

1.70 

1.68

1.69

1.65

1.60

1.69

1.77

Dec.

1.76

1.77

1.80 

1.83

1.77

1.72

2.05

2.31

1.97 

L92

1.89

1.86

1.81

1.78

1.74

1.71

1.68

1.62

1.58

1.77

1.84

1.65

1.48

1.57 

1.58

1.55

1.60

1.80

1.91

1.84

1.75

Discharge relation Feb. 3 to Mar. 12 and Dec. 27-31 affected by fee.
CONNECTICUT EIVBR BASIN.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Middle Branch of Westfield River at Goss Heights, Mass.,

for 1913.

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4.......

5..............

6..............

7..............

8 ............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15.............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21...............

22 .............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28

29..............

30..............

n

Jan.

228

170

343

348

188

143

164

519

263

167

164

384

221

149

127

119

218

278

214

338

194

130

124

130

107

" 84

80

67

70

72

65

Feb.

130

70

Mar.

130

456

599

388

176

127

112

204

260

173

124

194

201

605

1,470

672

322

252

274

Apr.

330

904

176

161

290

221

173

143

127

109

361

892

436

384

260

406

167

149

135

122

107

102

Q7

92

82

77

77

80

109

82

May.

59

47

38

39

36

33in

24

9n

30

33

30

29

29

96

36

41

1Q

36

97

26

in

72

286

310

87

67

104

oon

149

1fl9

June.

77

67

57

55

49

36

36

38

90

23

23

21

19

18

J5

15

13

19

13

17

24

1Q

15

12

11

11

12

7 Q

7 Q

July.

8.9

8.9

9.4

7.4

7 Q

6.4

6.4

6.4

5.6

5.6

5.2

5.6

4.8

4.8

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.0

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.2

9 Q

9 Q

5.6

1Q

19

11

Aug.

7.9

6.9

6.0

5.2

4.8

4.0

3.6

3.2

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.3

1.6

3.2

4.8

3.6

2.9

3.6

9 n

2.0

9 n

2.0

2.6

2.9

3.2

 > n

9 fi

2

0

5.6

7.4

7 Q

Sept.

7.9

7.4

6.9

6.4

11

11

8.9

7.9

6.4

6.0

5.6

6.0

5.2

2.9

3.2

3.2

4.0

4.0

4.4

6.0

75

W>

97

17

12

& Q

& Q

S o

8.4

Oct.

8.4

30

36

23

14

15

13

12

10

7.9

10

21

3S

24

18

16

14

19

10

35

75IQ

9Q

20

135

7fi9

4ft1

167

109

82

63

Nov.

49

41

41

36

35

32

29

39

984

723

330

235

198

179

176

164

161

155

152

914

9ni

173

152

130

124

127

117

104

14Q

Dec.

146

1dQ

158

167

149

135

238

339

911

194

185

176

161

152

140

132

124

ifio

102 MQ

170

117

75

07

OQ

OO

OK

75

67

61

55

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well defined below 1,200 second-feet. Mean 

discharge for February estimated 72 second-feet; Mar. 1-12, estimated 120 second-feet from discharge 

measurements and climatologic data. Discharge Dec. 27-31 determined from a backwater hydrograph 

based on discharge measurements made in January, 1914.

93670° -WSP 351-
98

Monthly di

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

<e of Middle Branch of WestfieM River at Goss Heights, Mass., for 1918. 

[Drainage area 53 square miles.]

Month.

Msiv

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

519

1,470

892 

310 

77 

19 

7.9 

75 

762 

984 

339

1,470

Minimum.

65

77 

20 

7.9 

2.9 

1.6 

2.9 

7.9 

29 

55

1.6

Mean.

183 

72.0 

264 

205 

71.1 

25.5 

6.13 

3.77 

11.8 

74.5 

179 

139

103

Per 

square 

mile.

3.45 

1.36 

4.98 

3.87 

1.34 

.481 

.116 

.071 

.223 

1.41 

3.38 

2.62

].94

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

3.98 

1.42 

5.74 

4.32 

1.54 

.54 

.13 

.08 

.25 

1.63 

3.77 

3.02

26.42

Accuracy.

B. 

C. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A.

WESTFIELD LITTLE RIVER NEAR WESTFIELD,1 MASS.

Location. In the town of Russell at the diversion dam of the Springfield waterworks, 

3 miles below the confluence of Pebble and Borden brooks, and about 3 miles west 

of Westfield.

Records available. March 1,1910, to December 31,1913; July 13,1905, to December 31, 1909, at a point below Borden Brook.

Drainage area. 48 square miles. (43 square miles at former location.)

Regulation. Flow affected by storage in a reservoir on Borden Brook about 5 miles 

above the station. Results corrected for storage.

Diversions. Water is diverted at the station for the municipal water supply of. 

Springfield. The amount of this diversion is measured by a 54-inch Venturi 

meter with a continuous recording chart.

Computations of discharge. Discharge determined from a continuous record of 

the head on the diversion dam which has a crest length of 155.4 feet above gage 

height 2.55 feet. Below this height all the water passes over a 12-foot sharpcrested weir without end contractions.

Cooperation. Data collected and compiled under the direction of E. E. Lochridge 

chief engineer, board of water commissioners, Springfield, Mass.

i Formerly described as near Blandford, Mass.
CONNECTICUT BIVBB BASIN. 99 

Dotty discharge, in second-feet, of WestfteU Little River near Westfield, Mass., for 1912-13.

Day.

1912. 

1..............

2..............

3..............

4.............

5..............

6.............. 

7..............

8..............

9..............

10.............

11 ...........

12..............

13..............

14............

15.............. 

16..............

17..............

18............ .

19..............

20..............

21............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

1913. 

1............

2.............

3..............

4..........

5............

6..........

7...........

8............

9..............

10..........

11..........

12..........

13............

14............

15........ .

16............

17.............

18........ .

19.......... .

20.............

21..............

22............ 23.............:

24..............

25............

26............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

95.6

66.4

57.6

51.3

96 9

51.8 

60.8

51.5

70.0

73.0

49.8

45.8

44 9

49.5

71.5 

73.4

69.6

45.9

80.9

258.0

118.9

98.6

79.0

56.6

30.7

41.1

40.4

98.0 

96.5 

122.0

96.0 

316

170

265

315

184

139

1 £7

504

368

203

164

OiQ

192

136

116

102

119

154

136

112

142

122

111

135

125

104

96

76

47

61

67

Feb.

104.9

93.6

96.9

104.1

91.6

109.7 

96.0

96.0

100.6

91.2

93.2

77 9

95.8

68.6

46.6 

55.8

49.2

46.3

99.2

225.5

325.2

265.9

261.0

208.0

204.7

355.1

280.2 

215.7

90

58

44

49

39

36

on

43

38

34

31

00

27

97

32

32

29

24

23

23

51

76

170

86

47

40

50

120

Mar.

161.5

166.8

133.9

122.8

119.6

121.4 

119 4

121.8

155.9

154.1

136.2

139.5

628.0

396.7

692.7 

1,306.2

922.6

855.0

913.4

763.3

401.4

193.7

134.2

120.8

117.9

97.5

101.1

129.6 

556.7 

554.9

387.5 

155

118

SO

65

51

43

4ft

40

48

101

112

154

111

357

314

200

137

121

187

224

ion

145

172

204

466

1,120

524

279

226

208

Apr.

392.5

538.5

625.9

304.8

250.9

377.4 

604.9

4SO 3

277.9

211.4

214.7

182.2

179.6

140.0

133.4 

249.5

239.6

274.7

287.6

207.3

158.4

139.3

165.4

143.4

140.9

111.7

97.7

95.4 

94.5 

168.1

175

141

115

110

130

11Q

108

OK

fiQ

63

225

469

306

235

IRQ

166

134

102

94

78

66

64

66

62

55

41

37

156

167

120

May.

163.9

118.7

96.5

83.9

80.7

187.3 

193.3

151.7

159.0

155.4

129.7

110.1

112.7

103.6

105.2

276.7

353.4

216.7

127.2

102.0

92.6

97.8

79.7

81.4

114.6

86.8

68.4

48.6 

53.9 

462.6

485.6 

95

65

63

55

51

49

47

32

26

26

24

25

24

24

22

25

29

26

29

23

29

33

138

389

206

107

64

217

485

241

112

June.

285.7

141.5

114.4

84.9

66.9

60.5 

62.1

54.9

43.1

35.0

29.9

27.1

26.2

25.1

21.7 

19.6

19.6

19.3

19.0

17.3

18.8

20.6

14.1

4.2

13.6

8.7

6.9

9.2 

13.0 

11.1

65

47

49

39

32

29

32

38

30

00

?1 N

19

18

17

15

17

2.4

5.8

6.3

22

19

15

5.9

8.4

4.5

9.5

20

14

July.

11.62

9.64

10.05

3.86

.......

3.27

3.04

3.41

2.90

10.19

7.46

2.01 

2.90

3.02

4 7O

9.74

8.33

16.54

25.22

15.96

16.21

13.38

5.44

5.63

3.2

3.7

4.0

2.7

2.0

.7

1.4

i.4

1.5

1.2

15

.4

1.8

1.4

1.8

1.4

2.4

1.8

2.3

12

5.1

4.0

3.4

Aug.

6.21

8.51

10.03

7.31

8.68

7.04 

6.50

6.13

8.12

6.12

19.73

7.96

4.73

3.88

6.57

7.17

19.92

26.15

37.02

22.30

16.43

16.84

16.62

12.09

8.39

12.50

8.55 

8.27 

14.89

13.85 

2.3

7; 9

15

1.1

2.4

2.1

5.4

.5

1.4

3.0

1.2

1.4

4.5

2.3

.3

2.6

.8

.6

.5

3.4

3.2

1.8

4.2

1.4

1.6

1.0

27

7.0

4.1

Sept.

18.71

46.90

52.31

33.21

22.51

30.12 

19 73

16.22

18.01

9.05

9.78

7.64

20.90

6.26

16.72

11.66

20.03

8.79

17.00

7.78

16.40

7.04

17.67

10.37

19.33

7.98

19.13 

16.44 

9.42

0.5

2.5

3.7

4.7

17

13

.1

14

14

29

49

31

25

15

8.0

2.4

1.9

7.0

8.4

Oct.

6.89

8.46

9.71

8.88

3.12

3.69 

7.05

1.41

3.00

3.02

.88

.82

.99

1.13 

8.20

6.54

5.90

6.75

1.60

1.08

2.06

123.46

302.93

192.09

146. 49

94.21

72.42 

44.11 

45.42

40.84 

9.7

65

31

19

15

13

7 3

5.2

5.6

6 9

19

35

38

19

18

27

14

14

7.0

40

60

26

28

36

201

872

801

314

168

106

80

Nov.

50.47

82.06

53.40

35.14

33.36

40.27

1O9 fifi

363.63

187.52

133.33

75.55

78.21

71.89

142.94

136.77 

100.41

74 7Q

64.45

61.50

54.99

41.83

40.33

47.75

98.83

187.61

129.94

101.76

66.17 

58.90 

40.25

50

51

45

49

31

28

OK

66

(V4O

485

226

149

115

on

94

87

59

81

95

144

111

105

87

62

62

45

51

50

26

24

Dec.

52.27

82.24

189.57

123.07

84 nfi

160.35

154.57

110.50

70.06

71.52

56.16

58.95

39.79

41.57

47.54 

101.87

59.09

44.66

122.34

109.60

80.34

47.38

52.30

44.47

35.00

44.59

191. 13

183.05 

120.30 

461.30

521.02 

110

96

102

79

73

52

224

252

155

95

97

76

75

72

54

55

61

57

42

33

41

49

45

66

81

64

63

35

48

41

49

NOTE. Discharge determined by subtracting from the total flow at the diversion dam the amount of 

water apparently released from the Borden Brook reservoir or by adding the amount of water apparently 

stored in the reservoir as indicated by gage heights of the water surface in the reservoir. As no allowance 

has been made for evaporation and seepage from the reservoir the results show the natural flow at the diversion dam only approximately. For days when no discharge values are given the apparent storage release 

was equal to or greater than the total flow at the diversion dam.
100 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Westfield Little River near Westfield, Mass., for 1912-13. 

[Drainage area, 48.0 square miles.]

Month.

1912.

July...........................................

1913.

May .. . . ... ...

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

258.0 

355.1 

1,306.2 

625.9 

485.6 

285.7 

25.22 

37.02 

52.31 

302.93 

363.63 

521.02

1,306.2

504 

170 

1,120 

469 

485 

65 

15 

27 

49 

872 

649 

252

1,120

TtfiniTniTrn.

30.7 

44.0 

97.5 

94.5 

48.6 

4.2

33.36 

35.00

47 

23 

40 

37 

22

5.2 

28 

33

Mean.

75.6 

136.5 

352.5 

249.9 

151.6 

43.1 

6.28 

11.53 

17.23 

37.10 

94.89 

114.86

107.8

167 

49.7 

209 

132 

89.7 

20.8 

2.4 

3.5 

8.2 

100 

115 

78.7

81.7

Per 

square 

mile.

1.58 

2.84 

7.34 

5.20 

3.16 

.898 

.131 

.240 

.359 

.752 

1.98 

2.39

2.25

3.48 

1.03 

4.34 

2.75 

1.87 

.435 

.050 

.074 

.170 

2.08 

2.39 

1.64

1.70

Run-ofl 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.82 

3.06 

8.46 

5.80 

3.64 

1.00 

.15 

.28 

.40 

.87 

2.21 

2.76

30.45

4.01 

1.07 

5.00 

3.07 

2.16 

.49 

.06 

.09 

.19 

2.40 

2.67 

1.89

23.10

BORDEN BROOK NEAR WESTFIELD,1 MASS.

Location. At the outlet of Borden Brook reservoir in the town of Granville, 2 miles

above the confluence of Borden and Pebble brooks, and about 8 miles west of

Westfield.

Records available. January 1, 1910, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 8 square miles. 

Regulation. Flow affected by storage in Borden Brook reservoir. Results corrected

for storage. 

Computations of discharge. Discharge determined from a continuous record of the

head on a 5-foot sharp-crested weir without end contractions. . 

Cooperation. Data collected and compiled under the direction of E. E. Lochridge,

chief engineer, board of water commissioners, Springfield, Mass.

1 Formerly described as near Blandford, Mass. ,
EIVEE BASIN". 101 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Borden Brook near Westfield, Mass., for 191%-13.

Day.

1912. 

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14.. ............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24.. ............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

1913. 

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8.... ..........

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

22

11

.4

.4

33

22

22

11

11

11

4.4

2.2

11

11

11

11

11

11

58

35

28

28

12

15

47

25

33

15

15

15

15

15

19

10

22

36

15

18

18

17

29

12

10

16

13

11

5.2

17

Feb.

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

45

9.3

1O

9.3

6.8

11

9

K

11

10

5.6

5.0

4.3

3.1

2.8

2.2

1.7

1.7

9.5

17

13

11

3.8

17

13

Mar.

9.0

8.6

6.8

5.0

4.6

3.9

3.5

3.5

3.9

3.9

2.8

20

34

34

101

120

68

58

58

58

43

26

21

17

16

11

4.4

24

44

64

KA.

18

19

13

10

3.4

3.4

3 Q

3.5

14.6

10

17

32

30

47

OS

65

45

25

9fi

46

64

46

24

19

162

123

164

110

64

44

48

Apr.

62

O7

105

73

54

51

86

68

60

60

14

31

12

31

46

49

29

34

62

54

24

42

14

14

16

8.0

s n

14

14

17

25

11

17

28

13

1Q

16

14

8.5

113

121

81

45

31

1ft

20

17

14

11

6.4

6.7

6.7

5.8

5.0

6.3

35

25

11

May.

1S2

18f 0

13

13

13

13

18

23

23

18

19

19

13

14

48

59

Qf|

8.0

3.9

2.8

2.5

5.4

7.6

5.1

2.8

1.3

21

69

77

16

2.4

0 1

6.2

5.4

5.0

4.3

10

5.7

90

78

41

25

12

103

62

44

21

June.

fi9

14

7

0

3.6

1.3

.4

.4

.4

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

6.4

11

3.1

7.2

4.6

2.8

2.3

2.6

4.3

3.6

1.1

18

2.7

5.6

July.

3.2

.8

6.7

7.4

15

.1

5.3

1.4

Aug.

0.2

9 1

8

9

6.7

9.5

10

5.6

1.4

2 Q

1.4

2.9

1.4

1.9

2.9

22

8.2

4.5

Sept.

10

11

11

9

*1

14

11

6.7

10

10

10

17

8 9

le

1.6

10

10

g

"

3 Q

2.2

14

4.4

14

9.3

9.3

3.8

Oct.

6.7

6.7

8 9

8.2

7.6

78

59

29

<to

ti

11

9.3

11

9

0

14

5.8

9.3

O 3

8.2

27

18

18

27

34

92

221

113

47

47

27

27

Nov.

20

11

9 Q

11

on

101

40

42

9.3

22

20

42

11

11

11

11

11

9.3

11

22

11

11

11

11

11

11

9.3

9.3

9.3

29

161

80

40

20

20

9.3

20

20

20

20

31

11

22

20

11

11

9.3

11

32

31

Dec.

11

22

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

22

22

11

57

46

22

11

22

11

11

87

43

32

22

22

11

11

11

11

9.3

9.3

9.3

9.3

9.3

19

9.3

19

2.7

18

9.5

9.5

NOTE. Discharge determined by subtracting from the amount passing over the weir the amount of 

water apparently released from the reservoir or by adding the amount apparently stored in the reservoir, 

as indicated by gage heights of the water surface in the reservoir. Asjao allowance has been made for evaporation and seepage from the reservoir the results show the natural flow at the outlet of the reservoir only 

approximately. For days when no discharge values are given, the apparent storage release was equal to 

or greater than the amount passing over the weir.
102 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PABT I.

Monthly discharge of Borden Brook near Westfield, Mass., for 1912-13. 

[Drainage area, "8 square miles.]

Month.

1912.

March............................. ...........

April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

1913.

April..........................................

Mav

July...........................................

The vear ................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximun.

33 

45 

120 

105

77 

62 

7.4 

10 

18 

78 

101 

57

120

58 

17 

164 

121 

103 

18 

15 

22 

14 

221 

161 

87

221

Minimum.

2.8 

8.0 

1.3

Mean.

6.98 

6.41 

30.4 

41.6 

19.2 

3.24 

.584 

1.41 

5.68 

10.8 

18.6 

11.5

13.0

20.7 

4.70 

41.7 

24.4 

17.4 

2.29 

.703 

1.78 

2.03 

24.0 

22.2 

14.8

14.8

Per 

square 

mile.

0.872 

.801 

3.80 

5.20 

2.40 

.405 

.073 

.176 

.710 

1.35 

2.32 

1.44

1.62

2.59 

.588 

5.21 

3.05 

2.18 

.286 

.088 

.222 

.254 

3.00 

2.78 

1.85

1.85

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.01 

.86 

4.38 

5.80 

2.77 

.45 

.08 

.20 

.79 

1.56 

2.59 

1.66

22.15

2.99 

.61 

6.01 

3.40 

2.51 

.32 

.10 

.26 

.28 

3.46 

3.10 

2.13

25.17

WEST BRANCH OP FARMINGTON RIVER NEAR NEW BOSTON, MASS.

Location. At a highway bridge a quarter of a mile below Clam River, and about

1 mile south of New Boston.

Records available. May 27 to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 92.7 square miles. 

Gage. Barrett & Lawrence automatic gage installed June 11, 1913, on left bank at

downstream side of bridge, referred to a hook gage in the well. 

Channel and control. Rocky and filled with bowlders.

Discharge measurements. Made from cable 120 feet below gage, or by wading. 

Regulation. Flow affected by storage in Otis reservoir about 5'miles above New

Boston, and by operation of a woodworking shop just above the station. 

Winter now. Affected by ice. 

Floods. The high water of March, 1913, reached a maximum stage of about 6 feet

gage height as determined from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological

Survey. 

Accuracy. Results good for discharge below 200 second-feet. Above this limit

results somewhat approximate.

Discharge measurements of West Branch of Farmington River near New Boston, Mass.,

during 1913.

[Made by B. S. Barnes.]

Date.

13.........................

Oct. 9........................

9........................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.11

3.68

2.30

2.70

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

64

157

6.6

29.6

Date.

Oct. 15.... ...................

15.......................

15.......................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.96

2.95

2.98

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

42.4

41.8

43.9
CONITECTICTJT EIVEE BASIN. 103

Daily gage height, in feet, of West Branch of Farmington River near New Boston, Mass.,

for 1913.

[Asa Sherwood, observer.]

Day.

1... .................................

2....................................

3....................................

4....................................

5....................................

6....................................

7....................................

8....................................

9....................................

10....................................

11....................................

12....................................

13....................................

14....................................

15....................................

16....................................

17....................................

18....................................

19....................................

20....................................

21....................................

22....................................

23....................................

24....................................

25....................................

26....................................

27....................................

28....................................

9Q

30................:...................

si

May.

3.41

3.80

5.05

4.22

3 7O

June.

3.64

3.54

3.43

3.32

q oft

3.20

3.30

3 40

3.11

3.08

3.06

3.68

3.63

3.00

3.18

3.47

3.43

3.45

3.45

3.45

3.35

2.80

3.00

3.39

3.38

3.39

3.41

3.41

s <IQ

3.37

July.

3.38

3.05

2.55

3.26

3.32

3.34

3.31

3.32

3.54

3.49

3.56

3.54

3.54

3.53

3.52

3.54

3.52

3.54

3.53

3.50

3.49

3.48

3.50

3.49

3.47

3.48

3.53

2.84

3.47

<? 4O

Aug.

3.49

3.4S

3. 48

3.45

3 46

S AR

3.47

3.45

3.48

3.45

3.43

3.39

3.37

3.39

3.44

3.54

3.56

3.55

3.55

3.47

3.46

3.48

3.34

2.48

2.85

3.35

2.95

3.42

3.45

3.46

3.43

Sept.

3.33

2.65

2.43

2.45

3.00

3.23

3.22

3.15

3.08

3.06

3.03

3.04

3.01

2.99

2.85

2.75

2.78

2.75

2.75

2.65

2.80

3.64

3.28

2.85

2.65

2.65

2.62

2.58

9 >5fi

2.62

Oct.

2.75

2.98

2.95

2.85

2.79

2.65

2.63

2.65

2.60

2.60

2.60

3.15

3.18

2.95

2.88

2.83

2.75

2.80

2.95

3.13

3.32

3.03

2.93

2.85

3.84

5.78

5.80

4.84

4.30

3.98

3.75

Nov.

3.58

3.48

3.40

3.35

3.35

3.25

3.11

3.15

5.02

5.35

4.60

4.15

3.85

3.78

3.70

3.65

3.60

3.65

3.77

4.30

4.05

3.90

3.75

3.58

3.61

3.48

3.35

3.30

3.75

3.92

Dec.

3.75

3.66

3.63

3.51

3.45

3.90

3.70

3.65

O EC

3.49

3.47

3.40

3.38

q on

0 00

3.28

3.27

3.25 *> -to

o oe

3.35

o 97

3.35

3.35

3.35

o oo

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Branch of Farmington River near New Boston,

Mass., for 1918.

Day.

1.. ..................................

2....................................

3....................................

4....................................

5....................................

6....................................

7....................................

8....................................

9.................................... 10....................................

11....................................

12....................................

13...................... ...............

14....................................

15....................................

16....................................

17....................................

18....................................

19....................................

20....................................

21....................................

22....................................

23....................................

24....................................

25....................................

26....................................

27....................................

28....................................

29....................................

30....................................

31....................................

May.

105

186

650

309

184

June.

149

128

108

92

76

76

89

103

65

62

60

158

147

53

74

115

108

112

112

112

Qfi

36

53

102

100

102

105

105

102

99

July.

100

58

19

84

92

95

90

92

128

118

132

128

128

126

126

124

128

124

128

126

120

118

117

120

118

115

117

126

39

115

 118

Aug.

118

117

117

112

113

 113

115

112

117

112

108

102

99

102

110

128

132

130

130

115

113

117

95

15

40

96

48

106

112

113

108

Sept.

93

26

12

14

53

80

79

70

62

60

56

57

54

52

40

32

35

32

32

26

36

149

86

40

26

26

23

21

20

23

Oct.

32

51

48

40

35

26

24

26

22

22

18

60

63

42

37

33

28

31

42

58

80

49

40

34

177

940

950

521

315

213

156

Nov.

121

104

91

84

84

71

56

60

594

744

425

264

179

163

145

135

125

135

160

315

232

191

156

121

127

104

84

77

156

196

Dec.

156

1V7

131

120

109

OQ

191

250

200

160

145

135

116

105

102

91

88

77

81

. 75

73

71

63

84

84

84

73

84

84

84

80

NOTE. Discharge determined from two rating curves, both well denned below 200 second-feet, 

charge Dec. 4, 8-10, and 25, estimated by comparison with records at adjacent stations.

Dis-
104 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of West Branch of Farmington River near New Boston, Mass., for 191S. 

[Drainage area, 92.7 square miles.]

Month.

May 27-31.. .............................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

650 

158 

132 

132 

149 

950 

744 

250

Minimum.

105 

36 

19 

15 

12 

18 

56 

63

Mean.

287 

96.6 

109 

105 

47.2 

136 

183 

111

Per 

square 

mile.

3.10 

1.04 

1.18 

1.13 

.509 

1.47 

1.97 

1.20

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.58 

1.16 

1.36 

1.30 

.57 

1.70 

2.20 

1.38

Accuracy.

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

C. 

C. 

C.

HOTJSATONIC RIVER BASIN. 

HOUSATONIC RIVER NEAR GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS.

Location. At a highway bridge about a quarter of a mile northeast of the Van

Deusenville station of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Berkshire

division, and 2 miles north of Great Barrington. 

Records available. May 17 to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 280 square miles. 

Gage. Inclined staff attached to concrete anchorages on the downstream side of the

left abutment of the highway bridge; vertical high-water section attached to the

bridge abutment.

Channel and control. Sand, gravel, and alluvial deposits. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the upstream side of the highway bridge

or by wading. 

Regulation. Flow not seriously affected by the dam of a paper mill about a mile

above the station as the mill runs continually throughout the twenty-four hours. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Floods. The high water of March, 1913, reached a maximum stage of about 8 feet

gage height as determined from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological

Survey. 

Accuracy. Results fair.

Discharge measurements of Housatonic River near Great Barrington, Mass., during 191S.

Date.

May 21

Aug. 7

Made by 

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet.

O 1Q

1.47

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

409

160

Date.

Oct. 18

19

Made by 

.....do.................

height.

Feet. 

1.48

..74

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

159

13.7
HOUSATOSTIC EIVEE BjASIN. 105 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Housatonie River near Great Bamngton, Mass., for 1913.

Day.

1................... .................

2....................................

3....................................

4....................................

5....................................

6^...- ...............................

7....................................

8....................................

10....................................

11....................................

12....................................

13....................................

14....................................

15....................................

16....................................

17....................................

18....................................

19

20....................................

21....................................

22 .....

23....................................

24....................................

25....................................

26....................................

27....................................

28....................................

9Q

30....................................

31....................................

May.

2.05

1.60

2

rt

2.15

2.05

2.1

2 1

3.2

2 6

2.65

2.6

2.45

2.7

2.85

2.8

June.

1.50

2.2

2.0

2.2

2.1

1.75

2.1

.1.28

1 90

2 9

2.1

9 ft

2.15

1 90

1.10

1.80

1.80

2.05

2 1

9 ft^

9 1

2.0

1.70

2.4

1.85

1.80

1.80

1.75

1.35

1 Oft

July.

1,90

1.75

1.75

1.45

1.10

1.10

1.75

1.70

1.70

1.75

1.70

1.75

1.40

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.65

1.65

1.35

1.75

1.70

1.75

1.70

1.75

1.75

1.35

1.70 i fin

1.45

1.45

Aug.

1.50

1.20

1.05

1.35

1.50

1.48

1.28

1.48

1 QA

.75

91

.81

1.19

1 06

.86

.91

84

1.44

96

1.31

1.41

1.16

i 3ft

.68

1.31

1.14

1.45

1.31

1.30

1.06

.64

Sept.

0.60

1.06

1.10

1.12

1.18

1.29

Q9

1.28

1.21

1.25

1.28

1.28

.80

.56

1.21

1.19

1.18

1.18

1.06

1.04

.88

1.04

1 30

1.35

1.19

1.22

.85

1.42

1.50

Oct.

1.40

1.40

1.34

1.24

1.04

1.60

1 9Q

1.35

1.44

1.60

1.48

.88

1.24

1.70

1.40

1.40

1.20

1.18

.80

QQ

1.70

1.45

1 3Q

1.60

1.80

2.7

3 0

3.3

i 1

2.2

2.1

Nov.

1.80

1.15

1.80

1.65

1.50

1.75

1.85

1.49

1 fU

3.0

3.4

3.2

2.65

2 4

2.3

2.15

1.80

2.2

2.2

2.35

2.35

2.25

9 1

1.80

2.1

1.95

2.1

1.90

2.2

1.80

Dec.

1.80

9 1

2.4 9 ft

2.05

2.1 9 ft

2.4

Q 0

2.6

2.55

2.55

2.5

2.15

2.1

2.35

2.3

2.1

2.1

2.05

1.80

2.0

2.15

2.05

1.50

2.15

2.35

1.76

1.92

1.78

1.85

NOTE. Gage heights determined from two readings a day tak^x at about 7 a. m. and 5 p. m. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofHousatonic River near Great Bamngton, Mass., for 1913.

Day.

1................... .................

4....................................

5....................................

6....................................

7....................................

10....................................

11....................................

19

13....................................

14....................................

15....................................

16....................................

17....................................

18....................................

10

20....................................

91

QO

23....................................

24.......:.-......-....-.....--.-.....

25....................................

O£

97

28....................................

9Q

30....................................

qi

May.

350

195

330

395

350

370

370

1,060

640

670

fidft

550

700

805

770

June.

165

420

330

420

370

240

370

110

9Qft

420

370

330

395

290

71

255

255

350

370

350

370

330

225

520

979

255

OCK

240

128

290

July.

290

240

240

152

71

71

240

225

225

240

225

240

140

225

225

225

225

210

210

128

240

225

240

225

91ft

91ft

128

225

195

152

152

Aug.

165

92

62

128

165

160

110

160

115

16

37

22

90

63

29

37

27

150

45

118

142

84

115

79

152

118

115

63

5

Sept.

3

63

71

75

88

113

38

110

04

104

110

110

21

2

94

90

88

88

63

60

32

60

115

128

Oft

07

37

28

145

165

Oct.

140

140

125

101

60

195

113

128

150

195

160

32

101

225

140

140

92

88

21

50

225

152

138

195

OCK

700

1,620

1,140

980

420

Q7fl

Nov.

255

82

255

210

165

240

272

162

60

oift

1,220

1,060

670

520

470

395

255

420

420

495

495

445

370

255

 >7rt

oin

370

290

420

255

Dec.

9f;i?

370

520

330

350

370

330

520 i ftfin

640

610

610

580

 me

370

495

470

370

370

350

255

330

395

OKA

165

Qnc

AQK

243

298

94Q

070

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined below 1,300 second-feet. High water 

measurements secured in March, 1914, were used in developing the rating curve.
106 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Housatonic River near Great Barrington, Mass., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 280 square miles.]

Month.

May 17-31...............................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,060 

520 

290 

165 

165 

1,620 

1,220 

1,060

Minimum.

195 

71 

71 

5 

2 

21 

60 

165

Mean.

546 

302 

204 

90.0 

79.4 

277 

404 

413

Per 

square 

mile.

1.95 

1.08 

.729 

.321

.284 

.989 

1.44 

1.48

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.09 

1.20 

.84 

.37 

.32 

1.14 

1.61 

1.71

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B.

HOUS^ONIC RIVER AT GAYLORDSVILLE, CONN.

Location. At the covered wooden highway bridge at Gaylordsville, about 2 miles

below Tenmile River.

Records available. October 24, 1900, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 1,020 square miles. 

Gage. Chain attached to the bridge. 

Channel and control. Large bowlders and rocks; channel probably somewhat

shifting. At high stages the dam at Milford, Conn., 7 miles below the station,

may cause backwater at the gage.

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable 1J miles below the gage. 

Regulation. Flow affected by the operation of a power plant about a mile above the

station.

Winter flow. Affected by ice for short periods. 

Floods. The highest gage height observed during 1913 occurred at 5 p. m. March 27.

A study of the gage-height records indicates that the stage probably rose later in

the evening to 10.5 or 11. The maximum discharge was probably between 16,000

and 17,000 second-feet. The flood of March, 1913, was not phenomenal at this

station. 

Cooperation. Gage heights furnished by United States Weather Bureau and private

parties.

Estimates of daily and monthly discharge withheld for additional data. 

The following discharge measurement was made by C. S. De Golyer: 

January 10, 1913: Gage height, 6.25 feet; discharge, 4,370 second-leet.
HOUSATON1C BIVEB 107

Gage height, infect, of Housatonic River at GaylordsvUle, Mass., for 1913. 

[G. H. Munroe, observer.]

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22

23..............

24..............

25

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

6.6

6.4

6.4

6.3

6.6

6.3

6.1

6.4

6.7

6.5

6.6

6.8

6.5

6.0

5.7

5.5

5.8

6.1

6.0

6.0

6.3

6.1

5.9

6.0

5.7

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.5

5.6

5.8

Feb.

5.1

5.1

5.2

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.9

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.3

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.8

5.5

5.3

5.0

4.8

4.8

5.5

.......

Mar.

5.9

5.8

5.3

5.1

5.1

5.0

4.6

4.7

4.4

5.0

5.3

5.6

5.5

5.7

6.2

fr.O

AW

6.4

6.4 ft *>

6.2

6.0

5.9

5.7

5.8

5.8

6.5

9.6

9.5

8.9 

7.9

Apr.

7.2

6.8

6.5

6.4

6.3

6.3

6.3

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.6

6.5

7.3

7 9

7.0

6.8

6.5

6.1

5.8

5.7

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.3

5.5

5.0

4.9

5.5

5.7

5.5

May.

5.6

5.4

5.2

4.9

4.8

4.7

4 9

4.7

4.7

4.4

4.3

4.1

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.2

4.4

4.0

4.0

4.3

4.8

6.3

6.1

5.8

5.4

5.4

5.8

5.4 

5.1

June.

5.1

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.2

4.0

3.6

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.7

4.1

4.1

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.5

2.8

3.2

JUly.

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.3

2.8

3.4

3.0

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.4

:2.7

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.3

3.0

2.7

3.4

2.9

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.0

3.3

3.3

3.0 

3.0

Aug.

3.0

3.3

3.0

3.2

3.0

2.9

2 0

a a

3.1

2.7

3.0

3.1

3.1

2

-7

3.0

2.9

- 2.6

2.7

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.6

3.2

3.0

2 Q

2.6

2.9

4.0 

3.2

Sept.

2.9

3.4

2.9

2.9

3.1

3.4

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.7

2.7

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

3.3

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.1

3.2

3.2

Oct.

3.0

3.9

4.6

4.2

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.7

3.7

3.5

4.4

4.0

4.0

3.8

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.9

4.1

3.9

3.9

4.1

5.2

6.1

7.8

7.0

6.2

5.9

5.4

Nov.

5.3

4.8

4.9

4.7

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.6

4.5

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.2

5.1

4.9

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.3

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.6

4.9

4.6

5.1

Dec.

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.8

4.4

5.6

5.5

5.3

5.3

4.9

4.9

4.9

5.1

5.0

4.9

5.2

5.0

4.7

4.7

5.0

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.9 

4.9

NOTE. Gage read once daily at about 8 a. m. 

during 1913.

Discharge relation probably not seriously affected by ice

Location. Just above the New York & New England Railroad bridge, about 1,100

feet above the mouth, a quarter of a mile north of Bennetts Bridge, and a mile

east of Sandy Hook railroad station. 

Records available. July 30 to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 89.3 square miles. 

Gage. Inclined staff on right bank. 

Channel and control. Channel composed of coarse gravel, bowlders, and alluvial

deposits. Control formed by large rocks about 100 feet below gage. 

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable at the gage or by wading about 250

feet above the gage. 

Regulation. Flow slightly affected by the operation of power plants at South

Britain, 2J miles above the station. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Pomperaug River at Bennetts Bridge, Conn., during 1913.

Date.

July 31

Oct. 16

17 

17

27

28

Made by 

C.H. Pierce............

.....do.................. 

.....do..................

A. J.Ellis... ...........

.....do.................

height.

Feet. 

1.10

1.59

1.58 

1.57

4.71

3.80

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

15.6

39.7

39.2 

38.6

801

482

Date.

Oct. 28

29

29 

29

31

Nov. 3

Made by 

A. J.Ellis..............

.....do.................

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

hffi.

Feet. 

3.78

3.46

3.44 

3.44

3.00

2.66

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

472

382

380 

381

276

237
108 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Daily gage height, infect, and discharge, in second-feet, of Pomperdug River at Bennetts

Bridge, Conn., for 1913.

Day.

1..... .........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

July.

Gage 

height.

1.10 

1.10

Discharge.

16 

16

August.

Gage 

height.

1.12 

1.15 

1.12 

1.10 

1.09

1.08 

1.16 

1.19 

1.14 

1.12

1.15 

1.16 

1.12 

1.15 

1.18

1.19 

1.15 

1.19 

1.28 

1.28

1.22

1.18 

1.24 

1.18 

1.19

1.16 

1.14 

1.18 

1.18 

1.58 

1.42

Discharge.

17

18 

17 

16 

16

15 

18 

20 

18 

17

18 

18 

17 

18 

19

20 

18 

20 

23 

23

21 

19 

22 

19 

20

18 

18 

19 

19 

39 

30

September.

Gage 

height.

1.31 

1.26 

1.22 

1.20 

1.22

1.21 

1.22 

1.55 

1.49 

1.34

1.24 

1.22 

1.25 

1.20 

1.20

1.19 

1.29 

1.26 

1.26 

1.36

1.40 

1.78 

1.99 

1.59 

1.46

1.39 

1.38 

1.29 

1.28 

1.28

Discharge.

24 

22 

21 

20 

21

20 

21

37 

34 

26

21 

21 

22 

20 

20

20

24 

22 

22 

27

29 

56 

83 

39 

32

28 

28 

24 

23 

23

October.

height.

1.31 

2.6 

2.16 

1.80 

1.64

1.56 

1.50 

1.51 

1.49 

1.46

1.45 

2.05 

2.05 

1.76 

1.64

1.60 

1.51 

1.49 

1.49 

1.70

2.20 

1.85 

1.64 

1.68 

4.6

6.0 

5.2 

3.9 

3.45 

3.20 

3.0

Discharge.

24 

190 

109

58 

43

38 

34 

35 

34 

32

32

92 

92

54 

43

40 

35 

34 

34 

48

115 

64 

43 

46 

760

1.520 

1,040 

520 

385 

310 

270

November.

&L

2.9 

2.8 

2.7 

2.65 

2.6

2.5

2.46 

2.41 

3.35 

3.7

3.1 

2.9

2.8 

2.8 

2.75

2.7 

2.95 

2.85 

2.7 

2.9

2.75 

2.65 

2.6 

2.5 

2.48

2.44 

2.39 

2.35

2.75 

2.65

Discharge

250 

230 

210 

200 

190

170 

162 

152 

355 

460

290 

250 

230 

230 

220

210 

260 

240 

210 

250

220 

200 

190 

170 

166

158 

148 

141 

220 2no

December.

«.

2.55 

2.48 

2.44 

2.38 

2.36

2.32 

2.41 

3.2 

2.7 

2.55

2.55 

2.46 

2.40 

2.42 

2.42

2.32 

2.32 

2.29 

2.19 

2.10

2.18 

2.5 

2.44 

3.6 

2.8

3.1

2.7 

2.42 

2.36 

2.30 

2.29

Discharge.

180

166 

158 

146 

143

136 

152 

310 

210 

180

180 

162 

150 

154 

154

136 

136 

130 

113 

99

112 

170 

158 

430 

230

290 

210 

154 

143 

132 

130

NOTE. Gage read twice daily at about 7 a. m. and 6 p. m. Discharge determined from a rating curve 

well defined below 2,600 second-feet.

Monthly discharge ofPomperaug River at Bennetts Bridge, Conn., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 89.3 square miles.]

Month.

September ..............................

October. ................................

November. .............................

December. ..............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

39 

83 

1,520 

460 

430

Minimum.

15 

20 

24 

141 

99

Mean.

19.7 

27.7 

199 

219 

173

Per 

square 

mile.

0.221 

.310 

2.23 

2.45 

1.94

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.25 

.35 

2.57 

2.73 

2.24

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

HUDSON RIVER BASIN.

COMPAEATIVE DISCHARGE OF STREAMS IN THE HUDSON RIVER BASIN.

A comparison of discharge of streams in Hudson River basin, 

containing two tables for the years 1904 to 1911, inclusive, appears 

on pages 117-122 of Water-Supply Paper 301, and is continued on 

page 131 of Water-Supply Paper 321 and in the following tables:
HUDSON BIVEB BAStN. 109 

Comparison (by imnthly means') of discharge in the Hudson River basin for 1913.

Drainage area 

(square miles) . . .

July...............

Hudson,

North 

Creek.

804

2,370 

1,020 

5,340 

3,810 

1,540 

874 

621 

508 

444 

720 

1,640 

642

Schroon, Riverbank.

534

1,080 

592 

2,450 

2,480 

931 

795 

181 

101 

71 

172 

360 

432

North 

Creek+ Riverbank.

1,340

3,450 

1.612 

7,790 

6,290 

2,471 

1,669 

802 

609 

516 

892 

2,000 

1,074

Hudson, Thurman.

1,550

3,790 

1.770 

8,570 

7,390 

3,220 

2,000 

1,040 

666 

622 

1,230 

2,440 

1,440

Sacaiodaga.

Hope.

2,260 

592 

4,350 

2,080 

1.340 

603 

138 

74 

96 

581 

1.480 

737

Hadley.

1,060

4,260 

1,130 

7,770 

4,270- 

2,200 

1,220 

228 

137 

182 

959 

2,570 

1,360

Thurman+ 

Hadley.

2,610

8,050 

2,900 

16,340 

11,660 

5,420 

3,220 

1,268 

803 

804 

2,189 

5,010 

2,800

Hudson.

Spier 

Falls.

2,800

8,570 

2,910 

21,000 

12,900 

5,290 

3,260 

1,080 

813 

776 

1,950 

5,080 

2,900

Mechanicville+ 

Champlain 

Canal.

4,500

12,700 

5,220 

25,300 

16,300 

7,210 

4,230 

1,970 

1 260 

1,380 

2,910 

6,470 

4,840

* Comparison (by monthly ratios') of discharge in the Hudson River basin for 1913.

-

February. .............................................

May...................................................

July...................................................

December. .............................................

Ratio of 

North 

Creek+ 

Riverbank 

toThur* 

man.

0.86

.91 

.91 

.91 

.85

.77 

.83 

.77 

.91 

.83 

.73 

.82 

.75

Ratio of 

Thurman+ 

Hadley to 

Spier 

Falls.

0.93

.94 

1.00 

.78 

.90 

1.02 

.99 

1.17 

.99 

1.04 

1.12 

.99 

.97

Ratio of 

Thurman+ 

Hadley to 

Mechanicville.

0.58

.63 

.56 

;65 

.72 

.75 

.76 

.64 

.64 

.58 

.75 

.77 

.58

Ratio of 

Spier 

Falls to 

Mechanicvflle.

0.62

.67 

.56 

.83 

.79 

.73 

.77 

.55 

.65 

.56 

.67 

.79 

.60

HUDSON RIVER AT NORTH CREEK, N. T.

Location. At the highway bridge in the village of North Creek, immediately above

the mouth of North Creek, which enters the Hudson from the right. 

Records available. September 21, 1907, to December 31, 1913. Data also in

annual reports of the State engineer and surveyor, and the State of New York

Conservation Commission. 

Drainage area. 804 square miles. 

Gage. Chain on highway bridge.

Channel and control. Heavy gravel; practically permanent. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the two-span steel highway bridge. 

Regulation. Natural flow affected by the operation, of storage in Indian Lake and

other reservoirs in upper Hudson River basin in connection with log driving. 

Winter flow. Sometimes seriously affected by ice. 

Floods. The crest of the flood.of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a gage height of about

12 feet in the evening of March 27, as indicated by observations of the gage reader

and later verified from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological Survey.

The corresponding discharge was approximately 30,000 second-feet, or 37.3

second-feet per square mile of drainage area. 

Accuracy. Results good.
110 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Discharge measurements of Hudson River at North Creek, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Mar. 3

Apr. 14

Sept. 19

Made byFrank Weber. .........

height.

Feet. 

3.01

5.11

2.73

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

877

4

QQA

535

Date.

22

Made by 

C.S.DeGolyer. .......

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.96

3 rv\

02.78

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

761

77E

479

a Measurement made under partial ice cover with slush ice running.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Hudson River at North Creek, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Gilbert Dean, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

4..............

5..............

6..-- ..........

7..............

8..............

g

10..............

11..............

19

 to

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

10

20..............

O1

99

9Q.

24.............. 915

26.;............

97

28..............

9Q

30..............

01

Jan.

2.85

2.8

2.95

3.5

3.75

3.8

3.95

4.1

4.2

4.1

3.85

3.8

3.85

3.9

3.75

3.6

3.55

3.95

4.8

4 O

5.2

5.2

5.0

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.3

4.1

3 d

3.8

3

K

Feb.

3.7

3.5 °. A

3.35

3.2

3.1

3.0

S o

3.0

9 Q

3.15

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.3

3.25

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.2

3.25

3.25

3.3

3.2

3.05

3.05

Mar.

i n

3.05

3.0

3.0

3.05

3.0

3.15

3

0

3.3

3.4

3.1

2.85

9 7

3.4

4.7

5.3

4.8

4.6

4.5

4 6

5.3

6.2

5.8

5.6

7.4

0 ft

10.8

10.4

8.4

7.3

6 Q

Apr.

7.0

6.1

5.6

5.9

7.4

6.7

5.8

5.2

4.9

4.0

4.7

4.3

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.8

4.7

5.0

4.3

3.8

4.0

3.85

3.5

3.9

3.55

4.1

3.75

3.85

3.55

4.6

May.

3.35

4.3

3.25

4.2

3.1

3.7

3.0

4.4

3.55

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.9

3.2

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.05

3.05

3.0

3.65

4.0

3.7

3.75

3.7

3.4

3.65

4.7

4.9

4.7

June.

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.65

3.45

3.3

3.2

3.15

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.75

2.8

2.7

2.65

2.65

2.6

2.8

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.85

2.8

2.8

2.75

2.75

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.85

July.

2.95

2.8

2.55

2.65

2.65

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.85

2.95

2.95

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.85

2.85

2.85

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.75

2.8

2.9

2.95

3.15

Aug.

3.2

3.05

2.8

2.65

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.6

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.55

2.6

2.55

2.6

2.55

2.55

Sept.

2.55

2.55

2.55

2.55

2.55

2.55

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.75

2.65

2.5

2.7

2.65

2.75

2.7

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.95

3.05

2.8

2.75

2.5

2.36

2.19

2.12

2.24

Oct.

2.5

2.65

2.9

3.0

2.95

2.9

2.8

2.75

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.55

2.75

3.25

3.45

3.4

3.25

3.0

3.05

3.45

3.35

3.15

3.1

3.05

Nov.

3.5

3.5

3.05

2 7

2.6

2.55

2.55

2.46

3.4

6.0

5.6

5.3

4.3

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.3

3.15

3.0

3.3

4.2

4.1

3.8

3.55

3.4

3.45

3.15

3.05

2.85

2.95

Dec.

2.8

2.75

2.8

2.85

2.0

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.05

3.3

3.1

2.95

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.65

2.65

2.9

3.15

3.15

2.95

2.65

2.6

2.55

2.38

2.6

2.75

2.75

NOTE. Discharge relation Feb. 11-28, and Dee. 29-31 affected by ice.
HUDSON RIVER BAS^N. Ill 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Hudson River at North Creek, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1..... .........

2..............

3... ...........

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

 1C

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

"W

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

on

30..............

31..............

Jan.

745

700

840

1,480

i sun

1,920

9 Ifift

2,400

2.570

2,400

2,000

1,920

2,000

2,080

1,840

1,620

1,550

2,160

3,680

3,880

4,520.

4,520

4,090

3,480

3,290

3,100

2,740

2,400

2 080

l'920

1.480

Feb.

1 770

l'480

1,350

1,280

1,100

990 soft

soft

890

790

1,000

1,000

1,000

990

Q7fl

950

940

900

880

880

880

890

980

i lift

970

win

900

890

Man.

Ron

940

890

890 Qin

890

1 ftd.fi

1,220

1.220

1,350

QQfl

746

610

1,350

3,480

4,740

3,680

3,290

3,100

3 9<nft

4,740

6,950

5,930

5 440

10,400

18,200

23,900

21,900

13,600

10,100

8.910

Apr.

9,200

6,690

5,440

6 180

10 400

8,330

5

QOA

4,520

3,880

2,180

3,480

2,720

3,680

3,290

2,910

3,680

3,480

4,090

2,720

1 S4fl

2,180

1,920

1 <{Qft

2,010

1,460

2 3fift

1,760

1 920

1,460

3,290

May.

1,180

2,720

1,060

2,540

885

1,680

780

O Qlft

1,460

1,000

780

685

685

1,000

780

885

885

885

832

832

780

1,600

2,180

1,680

1,760

1 680

l'250

1,600

3 480

3' 880

3.480

June.

2,720

2,180

1,840

1,600

1,320

1,120 i nnn

Q49

885

885

780

560

600

520

485

485

450

600

685

685

685

642

600

600

560

560

520

520

520

R49

July.

732

fifift

418

485

485

600

450

JKA

450

642

732 700

685

685

685

685

685

642

642

642

600

600

600

600

600

600

560

600

685

732

942

Aug.

1,000

832

600

485

Cflfl

560

560

520

520

520

520

485

485

485

450

485

450

450

450

450

450

AK(\

450

450

dt fi

450

418

4fin

418

418

Sept.

418

418

418

418

418

418

385

385

385

385

450

560

485

385

t\9fl

485

560

520

560

560

^fift

732

832

600

^fift

385

303

221

1 no

040

Oct.

385

485

685

780

732

685

600

560

520

520

520

520

520

485

450

450

450

418

560

1,060

1,320

1

OCA

1 '780 060

832

1,320

1.180

Qd9

885

832

Nov.

1

OQA

1,390

832

520

450

418

418

361

1,250

6,430

5

AA(\

4,740

2,720

2,010

1,680

i 3on

1.120

942

780

1,120

9 un

9 <tfin

1,840

1,460

1,250

1,320

O49

832

642 739

Dec.

600 ifin

600

642

685

600

600

780

832

1,120

885

7Q9

780

685

685

685

600

600

485

485

685

942

AJO

700

485

450

418

314

361

457

479

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve^ Estimate Feb. 11-28 determined by 

comparison with records at Indian Lake and Spier Falls. Discharge Dec. 29-31 estimated on the basis of 

discharge measurement of Dec. 31.

Monthly discharge of Hudson River at North Creek, N. Y.,for 191S. 

[Drainage area, 804 square miles.]

Month.

January .... . ...... ..... ..........

March... ................................

May....................................

July ....... ..... ..... . .....

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

4.520 

1.770 

23,900 

10.400 

3.880 

2,720 

942 

1.000 

832 

1,320 

6,430 

1,120

23,900.

Mininrnm ,

700 

790 

610 

1,390 

685 

450 

418 

418 

193 

385 

361 

314

193

Mean.

2,370 

1,020 

5.340 

3,810 

1,540 

874 

621 

508 

444 

720 

1,640 

642

1,630

Per 

square 

mile.

2.95 

1.27 

6.64 

4.74 

1.92 

1.09 

.770 

.632 

.552 

.896 

, 2.04 

.799

2.03

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

3.40 

1.32 

7.66 

5.29 

2.21 

1.22 

.89 

.73 

.62 

1.03 

2.28 

.92

27.57

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B.

HUDSON RIVER AT THURMAN, N. T.

Location. At the Delaware & Hudson Railroad bridge leading from Thurman to 

Warrensburg, about 950 feet below the highway bridge to Warrensburg, about 

2,000 feet below Schroon River, and about 13 miles above Sacandaga River, 

which enters from the right.

Records available. September 1, 1907, to December 31, 1913; also in annual 

reports of the State engineer and surveyor, and the State of New York Conservation Commission.
112 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Drainage area. 1,550 square miles. 

Gage. Chain gage on railroad bridge. 

Channel and control. Sand and gravel; liable to shift; occasionally accumulations

of logs at the control and around the bridge piers. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge. 

Regulation. Flow affected by storage at Indian Lake and by operation of mills on

Schroon River. 

Winter flow. Station discontinued during the winter months because of ice. Winter

flow estimated from the determinations of combined flow at Riverbank and North

Creek plus an estimated inflow between the two stations. 

Floods. The flood of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a maximum gage height of

12.5 feet as determined from high-water marks by engineers of the Geological

Survey. The corresponding discharge was approximately 46,000 second-feet,

or 29.7 second-feet per square mile of drainage area. 

Accuracy. Results fair. 

Cooperation. Gage heights, January, February, March, and December furnished

by Albany office of United States Weather Bureau.

Discharge measurements of Hudson River at Thurman, N. Y., 'during 1913.

Date.

Apr. 11

21

May 27

Made by 

--...do..................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 4 90

3.81

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

5,970

4 220 3', ooo

Date.

6

Oct. 3

Made by 

G. H. Canfield. ........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.60

2.52

2.68

Discharge.

8ec.-ft. 

642

623

860

Daily gage height, in feet, of Hudson River at Thurman, N. Y.,for 1918. 

[S. H. Spencer, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.1

2.9

3.3

3.7

3.8

3.8

3.9

4.0

10.3

9.9

10.0

9 ft

9.0

7.2

7.0

6.3

6.4

6.0

5.7

K A

5.3

5.0

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.1

4.2

4.8

1 A

Feb.

3.8

10.7

10.9

10.3

9.9

Q 7

8.8

8.7

8.3

7.7

7.6

7.5

7 1

7.3

7.5

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.0

6.9

7.3

6.8

fi Q

6.4

6.4

6.3

6.5

6.7

Mar.

6.4

6.4

6.7

6.7

6.5

6.8

6.8

6.8

7.1

7 Q

7.5

6.6

6.3

9.5

9.5

9.3

8.4

8.4

6.7

6.5

5.9

5.5

8 Q

9.9

10.9

Apr.

6.2

7.3

6.4

6.8

5.6

4.9

5.4

4.7

^ 9

4.7

5.2

4.8

5.1

4.6

4 Q

4.2

4.2

4.5

3 Q

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.1

5.6

3.95

4.4

May.

3.85

4.8

3.75

4.7

3.5

4.4

3.45

4.8

3.85

3.4

3.35

3.3

1 9

3.35

3.3

3.3

3.35

3.2

3.25.

3.2

3.15

3.2

4.1

3.85

1 0

4.0

3.85

3.85

4.9

5.0

4 O

June.

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.4

 3.45

3.4

3.35

3.05

2.90

2.92

2.82

2.85

2.82

2.82

3.15

3.1

2.88

3.05

3.0

3.05

2.94

3.0

9 on

2.63

2.94

July.

3.05

3.0

2.82

2.65

2.87

2.71

2.82

2.72

2.69

2 70

2.85

2.82

2.76

2.88

2.81

2.81

2.80

2.88

2.88

2.62

2.88

2.78

2.82

2.81

2.69

2.68

2.54

2.85

2.78

2.73

Aug.

2.94

2.88

2.71

2.58

2.57

2.55

2.54

2.50

2.46

2.58

2.54

2.52

2.51

2.54

2.50

2.47

2.47

2.50

2.44

2.42

2.43

2.40

2.41

2.36

2.42

2 44

2.41

2.44

2.40

2.34

Sept.

2.41

2.38

2.34

2.35

2.33

2.33

2.33

2.37

2.38

2.35

2.38

2.50

2.46

2.35

2.54

2.44

2.48

2.52

2.58

2.65

2.49

9 Qfi

3.05

2.71

2.63

2.50

2.30

2.28

2.18

2.12

Oct.

2.42

2.58

2.74

2.86

2.84

2.84

2.74

2.66

2.61

2 60

2.54

2.60

2.58

2.54

2.54

2.54

2.54

2.88

3.2

3 OK

3.35

3.25 i i

3.55

3.5

3

AK

3.4

3.25

3.15

Nov.

3.1

3.3

3.1

2.92

2.63

2.82

2.80

2.70

2.52

5.6

5.1

4.5

4.1

3.8

3.65

3.35

3.3

3.3

i i

3.3

3.8

3

QR

3.75

3.6

t ^

3.35

3.3

t 9

3.15

3.0

Dec.

2.9

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

3,2

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.1 * i

3.1

3 ft

2.9

 * n

3

0

9 Q

3.2 2 7

3

0

3.8

4.0

4.2

4.3

4.5

NOTE. Discharge relation Jan. 1 to Mar. 27 and Dec. 26-31 seriously affected by ice.
HUDSON RIVER BAiSIN 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Hudson River v,t Thvrman, JV. Y.,for 1913.

113

Day.

1.. .........................

2...........................

3...........................

4.......... .................

5...........................

6...........................

7...........................

8...........................

9...........................

10...........................

11...........................

12..........................

13...........................

14...........................

15...........................

16..........................

17...........................

18...........................

19..........................

20...........................

21...........................

22...........................

23...........................

24...........................

25...........................

26...........................

27...........................

28........................... 29...............:...........

30...........................

31...........................

Apr.

16,000

12,600

10,600

10,600

14 QftH

12,900

11,400

9,140

8,440

6,170

7,760

*; fyjn

7,100

5,580

7,100

5,870

6,780

5,290

6,170

4,140

4,140

5,000

3

qqn

5,000

4,710

5,000

3,860

8 440

3 Aff\

4,710

May.

3,200

5,870

2,960

5,580

2,370

4,710

2,260

5,870

3,200

2 1l!ft

2,040

1 CUrt

1 74A

2 ft4fl

1,940

1,940

2,040

1 740

1 84/1

1,740

1,640

1 74/1

3 860

3 ' 9ftn

3,330

3,590

3,200

3 9ftft

6,170

6,470

6,170

June.

5,290

4,710

4,140

3,590

3,330

3,080

2

0/ifl

2,150

2,260

2

tKA

2,040

1 460 i' 9ftn

1,230

1,070

1,120

1,070

1,070

1 640

1 Rdft

1,550

1,170

1 460

1,370

1 460

1,270

1,370

1 9ftfi

809

1,270

July.

1 460

1 Q7ft

1,070

835

1 tW\

914

1,070

928

887 ftno

1,120

1,070

QfiJ.

1,170

1,060

i fifift

1 040

1,170

1,170

796

1,170

1,010

1,070

1,060

887

874

698

1,120

1,010

942

1,170

Aug.

1,270

1,170

Q14

746

73J.

710

ftf\Q

650

606

74fi

698

674

fiA9

698

650

617

617

650

584

562

573

540

551

500

540

562

584

551

584

540

48ft

Sept.

551

520

480

490

470

470

470

510

520

J.QO

520

650

606

490

698

584

628

674

74fi

835

639

1,300

i <mft

914

809

650

440

422

335

290

Oct.

562

74fi

956

1,140

1,100

1,100

956

848

783

770

698

770

746

698

698

698

662

698

628

1,170

1,740

1,840

2,040

1,840

1,550

2,480

2,370

2,260

2,150

1,840

1,640

Nov.

1,550

1,940

1,550

1,230

809

1,070

1,040

900

674

8 44A

6,780

5,000

3,860

2? 720

2,040

1,940

1 CUA

1,550

1,940

3,080

3,460

2,960

2,600

2,370

2,040

1,940

1,740

1,640

1,370

Dec.

1,200

1,550

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,550

1,740

2,150

2,150

2,150

1 550 i'<un

1,940

1,740

1,550

1,550

1,550

1,370

1,200

1,370

1,740

1,200

1,740

900

970

910

830

930

930

NOTE. Discharge determined from a fairly well defined rating cbrve. Daily discharge Apr. 1-3 and Dec. 

29-31, and mean discharge for January, February, and March computed from the combined flow at Nortti 

Creek and Riverbank plus an estimated inflow for drainage between these points and Thurman.

Monthly discharge of Hudson River at Thutfman, N. Y., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,550 square njiles.]

Month.

March.

April....................................

May

July.....................................

September. .............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

16,000 

6,470 

5,290 

1,460 

1,270 

1,460 

2,480 

8,440

Minimum.

3,330 

1,640 

809 

698 

480 

290 

562 

674

Mean.

3,790 

1,770 

8,570 

7,390 

3,220 

2,000 

1,040 

666 

622 

1,230 

2,440 

1,440

2,850

Per

square 

mile.

2.45 

1.14 

5.53

4.77

a os

1.29 

.671 

.430 

.401 

.794 

" 1.57 

.929

1.84

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

2.83 

1.19 

6.38 

5.32 

2.40 

1.44 

.77 

.50 

.45 

.92 

1.75 

1.07

25.02

Accuracy.

B. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B, 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B.

HUDSON RIVER AT SPIER F^LLS, N. Y.

Location. On the river road half a mile below the ^pier Falls Dam, about 11J miles 

below Sacandaga River. This station is most easily reached from Glens Falls, 

N. Y., a distance of 11 miles.

93670° WSP 351 15 8
114 SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Records available. October 7, 1912, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 2,800 square miles.

Gage. Gurley Simplex automatic gage referred to an inclined staff.

Channel and control. Coarse gravel and bowlders.

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable about 1,000 feet below the gage.

Winter flow. Occasionally affected by ice.

Regulation. Flow affected by operation of the Spier Falls Dam, resulting in low

Sunday discharges. 

Floods. The flood of March 25 to 30,1913, reached a crest elevation of 18.59 feet gage

height at 12.25 a. m. March 28 as shown by the automatic gage records. The

corresponding discharge was 89,100 second-feet, or 31.8 second-feet per square

mile of drainage area. 

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Hudson River at Spier Falls, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Mar. 5

6

10

10

21

99

9Q

Aug. 2

Made by 

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

C.S.DeGolyer........

O. W.HartweU........

&,

Feet. 

3.60

3.99

7.26

7.16

8.01

9

00

16.46

8.16

3.18

3.65

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2.770

3,470

12,600

12,700

16,000

99 Qfift

69,000

16,400

2.120

3,020

Date.

Aug. 12

14

16

17

17

17

17

18

31

Made by 

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

height.

Feet. 

3.03

3.11

9 9.4

R4

1.58

79

.72

o 74

.78

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,700

1,860

789

198

413

85.6

87.6

1,390

99.4

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Hudson River at Spier Falls, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

 11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

4,240

4,090

4,220

8,100

7,640

7,890

8,210

8,670

8,410

8,350

8,210

8,150

7,240

6,810

6,630

6,350

6,390

8,010

11,200

12,200

14,300

14,500

13,800

13,300

12,000

10,800

9,820

8 ion

6,770 

5,960 

5,490

Feb.

5,880

4,420

3,880"

3,900

3,760

3,160

2,930

3,190

2,720

2,760

2,680

2,390

2,590

2,360

2,350

2,090

2,810

2,680

2,270

2,120

2 Aftf\

2,310

3,330

3,360

3,070

2,880

2,720

2 440

Mar.

2,980

2,050

2,700

2 260

2,280

2,330

2,130

2,020

1,740

3 44ft

4,550

4,030

14,270

9,370

13,500

16,800

15,600

14,200

13,100

14 AHA

16,400

22,000

22,000

35,500

49,000

62,400

76,200

QA 9AA

67,000 

48,900 

36,600

Apr.

33,800

27,700

22,700

19,800

23,200

24,200

20,500

16,900

15,400

n 4ftn

10,600

11,300

11,100 10 ofifi

11,400

9,460

10,600

9 inn

8,880

8,660

8,000

8,000

7,000

6,170

6,630

6,600

6,060

7,410

7,100 

7,480

May.

7,650

7,890

5,680

5,670

4,560

5,100

4,400

5,400

5,010

3,680

3,130

2,790

3,010

3,200

3,380

3,000

3,030

2,880

2,770

2,660

2,920

2,720

4,770

7,060

7,740

7,370

6,520

6,770

11,700 

14,100 

13,200

June.

11,100

9,310

7,750

6,510

5,480

4,720

4,250

3,500

3,310

3,190

3,120 2 ion

2,390

2,060

1,730

2,000

1 930

2,050

2,050 2 1w

1 son

1,310

2,150 1 oon

2,060

2 040

2' 120

1,880

1,250 

2,170

July.

1,560

1,460

1,480

1,340

1,240

820

1,620

1,420

1,310

1,260

1,200

1,340

610

1,330

1,500

1,520

1,350

1,600

1,140

E7Q

1 250

1,320

1,270

1,280

1,280

1,020

571

1,280

1,590 

1,150 

1,130

Aug.

1,350

1,750

972

1,320

1,280

1,160 1 oon

1,140

899

383

1,030

1,090

1,130

1,110

1,180

892

358

899

942 7on

870

978

812

IQfi

865

933

1,060

1,170

1,100 

1,070 

425

S«pt.

638

1,220

1,070

822

738

640

156

748

748

785

837

817

695

151

783

800

755

775

912

OAK

<ifiQ

1,480

1,930

2510

1,630

1 460

1,020

301

1,160 

1,060

Oct.

792

755

957

1,260

906

1,760

1,380

1,160

1320

1,230

1,050

442

1,230

1,230

1,240

1,240 1 ion

1 240

401

1,550

2,180

3,300

3,580

3,210

3,000

4,080

5,370

5,200

4,580 4,070- 

3,600

Nov.

3,350

2,860

3,220

2,420

2,510

2,420

2,070

1,750

1,560

13,300

16,000

13,700

11,100

8,780

7,070

5,610

3,360

3,450

4,820'

6,080

5,440

5,050

4,230

3,820

3,540

3,220

3,040 

2,220

Dee.

3,210

2,610

2,800

2,680

2,940

2,550

5,100

5,670

5,080

4,890

3,380

3,250

3,690

3,650

3,260

3,160

3,160

2,990

2,510

1,600

2,690

2,810

2,660

2,510

2,360

2,080

831

1,860 

1,620 

2,650

NOTE;. Discharge determined from a well-defined, rating curve by taking the average of 24 hourly discharges for each day.
HUDSON BIVER BAS^N.

Monthly discharge of Hudson River at Spier JFaZfe, N. Y-,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 2,800 square miles.]

115

Month.

March. ............... ......... ... ..

May. ...................................

July....................................

Discharge in sCcond-feet.

Maximum.

14.500 

5,880 

84,200 

33,800 

14,100 

11,100 

1,620 

1,750 

2,510 

5,370 

16,000 

5,670

84,200

MiTiitrmm,

4,090 

2,090 

2,020 

o6,060 

2,660 

ol,250 

0571 

0196 

ol51 

0401 

ol,560 

0831

151

Mean.

8,580 

2,980 

21,100 

12,900 

5,480 

3,330 

1,250 

976 

939 

2,080 

5,150 

2,990

5,670

Per

square 

mile.

3.06 

1.06 

7.54 

4.61 

1.96 

1.19 

.446 

.349 

.335 

.743 

1.84 

1.07

2.02

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

3.53 

1.10 

8.69 

5.14 

2.26 

1.33 

.51 

.40 

.37 

.86 

2.05 

1.23

27.47

Accuracy.

A.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

o Sunday. 

HUDSON BIVER AT MECHANICsVlLLE, N. Y.

Location. At the Duncan dam of the West Virginia jPulp & Paper Co., in the village 

of Mechanicsville, about 3,700 feet above the mojith of Anthony Kill (coming in 

from the right), 1J miles below the mouth of Hoosicp River (coming in from the left), 

and about 19 miles above the mouth of Mohawk Biver, which enters from the 

right at Cohoes.

Records available. 1888 to 1913. Data also in annual reports of the State engineer 

and surveyor, and the State of New York Conseifvation Commission.

Drainage area. 4,500 square miles.

Gage. Recording gage referred to a vertical staff showing depth of water over crest 

of dam.

Computation of discharge. Discharge determined from a rating curve based on 

United States Geological Survey coefficients for dams of ogee section. Prior to 

the summer of 1910 discharge determined from two daily gage readings on the 

crest of the dam and continuous record of the run of the wheels in the adjoining 

paper mill.

Diversions. Water diverted above this station for the Champlain Canal. No 

correction made for this diversion.

Regulation. Flow affected by operation of dams above the station, often resulting 

in low Sunday discharges.

Hoods. The river was at flood stage from March 2$ to April 3, 1913, reaching its 

crest height at 6 a. m March 28 with a maximum discharge of approximately 

118,000 second-feet, or 26.2 second-feet per squajre mile of drainage area. The 

mean discharge for the day of Ttfarch 28 was 113,$00 second-feet, or 25.2 secondfeet per square mile.

Accuracy. Results good.

Cooperation. Records computed and furnished by Mr. R. P. Bloss, engineer of the 

West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
116 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

j, in second-feet, of Hudson River at Meehanicsville, N. Y".,for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6.....!........

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15.............. 

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

26..............

26..............

27.. ..........

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31.............

Jan.

10,481 

6,687 

12,154 

15,178 

11,968

14,259 

14, 197 

16,567 

15,269 

14,012

13,453 

13,669 

11,574 

10,308 

10,399

10,038 

10,330 

13,039 

12,786 

14,303

16,775 

17,221 

14,857 

15,511 

14,473

11,327 

13,317 

12,351 

10,294 

8,407

9,208

Feb.

6,098 

8,382 

6,868 

6,233 

6,356

6,321

5,414 

4,404 

6,740 

4,782

5,131 

4,782 

3,508 

3,493 

3,815

5,336 

4,165 

4,670 

4,525 

4,407

4,381 

4,478 

833 

7,675 

6,051

5,459 

5,778 

6,126

Mar.

7,027 

4,487 

6,653 

6,712 

4, 722

4,090 

5,078 

2,992 

2,954 

7,642

8,211 

9,026 

7,983 

9,796 

24,859

22,755 

22,916 

18,007 

17,041 

17,415

20,934 

23,240 

27,300 

25,059 

23,404

46,591 

77,862 

113,510 

112,918 

60,269 

42,484

Apr.

39,274 

32,861 

22,765 

23,679 

23,437

25,833 

24, 789 

21,300 

17,082 

15, 781

13,761 

9,692 

16,064 

19,871 

14,542

14,508 

12,694 

12,946 

16,176 

13,022

14,806 

13,301 

15,097 

8,788 

8,869

7,868 

5,357 

6,912 

10,075 

7,428

May.

10,072 

7,921 

8,745 

7,384 

9,330

5,654 

12, 144 

4,980 

7,105 

5,906

3,938 

7,312 

4,081 

3,895 

4,097

3,848 

3,700 

4,990 

3,185 

3,862

3,862 

3,877 

9,660 

9,314 

9,756

9,351 

4,318 

12,421 

12,956 

12,796

June.

9,885 

9,974 

7,722 

7,100 

5,871

4,289 

4,695 

1,427 

4,868 

4,138

4,021 

3,226 

3,894 

2,613

3,4*0 

2,548 

8,554 

2,542 

2,844

3,165 

861 

3,571 

2,448 

2,478

2,138 

2,353 

3,063 

1,532 

1,866

July.

2,999 

2,111 

1,821 

6,221 

586

516 

2,826 

1,821 

1,842 

2,091

1,737 

1,706 

1,000 

1,588 

1,833

1,699

2,445 

1,158 

1,667 

924

1,640 

1,514 

1,484 

1,808 

1,772

2,193 

414 

2,285 

1,191 

1,250 

1,115

Aug.

1,332 

1,347 

803 

1,462 

1,800

1,316 

1,543 

1,420 

1,191

478

1,239 

1,006 

995 

1,012 

1,016

1,081 

574 

1,369 

1,096 

1,018

801 

1,284 

1,060 

213 

1,146

995 

1,027 

1,007 

964 

960 

686

Sept.

536 

1,906 

948 

981 

949

1,184 

1,850 

1,257 

1,267 

1,970

725 

969 

894 

502 

1,247

735 

735 

725 

912 

170

1,323

1,145 

1,265 

2,736 

2,316

1,632 

992 

1,653 

945

Oct.

1,143 

1,511 

1,259 

998 

750

1,442 

1,438 

1,820 

1,174 

1,192

1,043 

980 

1,689 

1,257 

1,271

1,296 

1,315 

1,283 

560 

1,647

1,469 

2,140

4,447 

3,756 

3,783

4,309 

10,553 

9,203 

7,024 

6,738 

5,753

Nov.

5,005 

2,470 

5,138 

4,487 

3,224

3,559

3,693 

3,279 

1,433 

10,169

19,215 

16,085 

13,419 

11,964 

9,445

3,106 

7,871 

6,617 

5,847 

4,896

5,768 

1,195 

4,434 

7,470 

6,034

5,404 

5,263 

5,147 

3,241 

3,463

Dec.

5,607 

4,101

4,254 

3,968 

4,564

4,568 

1,479 

8,240 

7,194 

7,534

7,200 

6,431 

4,655 

4,706 

7,358

5,544 

4,778 

5,517 

5,614 

4,429

4,261

5,143 

B, 862

4,805 

4,152

3,960 

4,460 

2,005 

3,025 

4,349 

2,364

Monthly discharge of Hudson River at Mechanicsmlle, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 4,500 square miles.]

Month.

May...................................... ....

July...........................................

September. ....................................

October .......................... .....

December. . ...................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

17,200 

8,380 

114,000 

39,300 

13,000 

9,970 

6,220 

1,800 

2,740 

10,600 

19,200 

8,240

114,000

Minimum.

6,690 

«833 

«2,950 

«5,360 

3,180 

«861 0414

"213 

170 

«560 

1,200 

« 1,480

170

Mean.

12,700 

5,220 

25,300 

16,300 

7,020 

4.040 

1,780 

1,070 

1,190 

2,720 

6,280 

4,840

7,420

Per 

square 

mile.

2.82 

1.16 

5.62 

3.62 

1.56 

.898 

.396 

.238 

.264 

.604 

1.40 

1.08

1.65

Run-off 

(depth in 

mohes on . 

drainage 

area).

3.25 

1.21 

6.48 

4.04 

1.80 

1.00 

.46 

.27 

.29 

.70 

1.55 

1.24

22.29

a Sunday. 

CEDAR RIVER NEAR INDIAN LAKE, N. Y.

Location. At the steel highway bridge on the road leading to Blue Mountain Lake 

about 2 miles west of Indian Lake village, 8 miles by river above Rock River, 

10 miles by river below Wakely dam, and about 12 miles by river above the 

mouth.

Records available. July 15, 1911, to December 31, 1913. Data .published also in 

the annual reports of the State of New York Conservation Commission.
RIVER BASIN. 117

Drainage area. 85 square miles.

Gage. Chain on highway bridge read once daily. . Channel. Coarse gravel and small bowlders; pracqcilly permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridg^, or by wading.

Regulation. Flow affected by storage in Cedar Lake and Cedar River Flow. Storage 

in Cedar River Flow used principally during the logging season.

Winter flow. Seriously affected by ice.

Floods. The high water of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a stage of 13 feet, as indicated by shore drift, but this maximum height was probably due, in part, to 

backwater from ice jams^ A recorded gage height of 9.8 feet on March 28 probably 

indicates very nearly the maximum unobstructe<|J stage of the river, the discharge 

at this stage being 2,490 second-feet, or 29.3 second-feet per square mile of drainage 

area.

Accuracy. Results good for open-water season.

Discharge measurements of Cedar River near Indian Lake, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Feb. 22

Apr. 16

16

16

Made by 

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

oS. 93

7.95

6.41

4.39

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

120

1,640

902

334

Date.

Apr. 16

July 7

17

Made by 

C. S. DeGolyer.........

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

'4.00

2.61

2.60

2.50

Discharge.

Scc.-ft. 

241

35.5

20.4

18.9

a Measurement made under complete ice cover.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Cedar River near Indian Lake, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Chauncy Hill, observer.]

1

9

3

4

fi

6

7

S

9

10

11

1?

13

14

15

IP

17

IS

19

an

21

w,

23

?,4

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Day. Mar.

11.3

10.8

9 8

4 4

4.05

4.2

Apr.

5.1

4.0

3.9

5.0

9.7

4.7

4.0

9.8

4.7

3.3

3.65

3.8

3.85

9.6

3.9

8.2

3.35

3.3

3.4

3.45

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.1

3.5

3.35

3.2

3.25

3.7

3.35

May.

3.25

3.1

3.05

3.0

3.0

2.95

2.9

2.9

3.0

3.1

2.9

3.0

4.6

3.2

4.0

3.3

3.35

3.15

3.2

3.2

3.0

9.6

4.5

4.4

6.0

4.0

3.15

4.0

5.6

5.3

4.9

June.

4.1

4.0

3.7

3.7

3.2

3.25

3.3

3.1

3.65

3.6

3.45

3.3

2.95

2.9

2.8

2.75

2.8

2.75

2.8

3.0

9 Q

2.85

2.75

2.7

2.55

2.5

2.6

2.55

2 A

2.5

July.

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.65

2.7

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.75

2.7

2 7

2.6

2.65

2.6

2.7 2.6

2.7

2.6

9 fi

27

2.75

9 7

* 2.65

2 7

2 Q

2.7

2.65

fug.

2.6

2.6

2.65

2.75

2.7

: 2.7

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.45

2.4

2.6

2.6

9 A

2.6

12.7

2.65

2.6

2.6

2,6

2 a

2.7

2.6

2.6

Sept.

2.6

2.55

2.6

2.7

2.5

2.45

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.55

2.6

2.55

2.5

2.55

2.6

2.6

2.55

2.6

3.95

3.8

3.7

3^6

3.6

2.7

2

*7

2 RK

2.6

Oct.

2.6

2.7

3.4

3.2

2.8

2.75

2.7

2.7

2.75

2.8

2.6

2.8

2.85

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.75

2.7

3.6

5.9

4.5

4.0

3.95

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.0

4.3

4.4

Nov.

6.9

5.3

3.8

3.35

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.4

5.7

8.7

8.5

8.0

7.0

4.0

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.45

3.5

5.3

d a

4.3

4.4

4.5

5.5

3.4

3

qe

3.4

3.3

Dec.

3.5

3.3

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

5.6

5.6

6.1

6.5

6.4

6.3

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.0

5.1

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice Jan. 1 to Mar. 27, and Dec. 9-31.
118 SUEFACB WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Cedar River near Indian Lake, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1.. .................

2...................

3...................

4...................

B.. .................

6...................

7...................

8...................

9...................

10...................

11...................

12...................

13...................

14...................

15...................

16...................

17...................

18...................

19...................

20...................

21...................

22...................

23...................

24...........!.......

25...................

26...................

27...................

28...................

29...................

30...................

31...................

Mar.

2,490

338

254

OQQ

Apr.

532

243

221

502

2,450

417

243

?! don

417

107

169

200

210

2,400

221

1,760

115

107

123

132

93

03

86

80

140

115

93

100

17Q

115

May.

100

80

74

69

69

64

59

59

69

80

59

69

390

93

243

107

115

86

93

93

69

2,400

364

338

842

243

86

243

696

595

473

June.

266

243

179

179

93

100

107

80

169

159

132

107

64

59

50

46

50

46

50

fid

59

54

46

42

32

29

35

32

23

29

July.

29

29

29

23

23

23

35

38

42

80

59

42

46

42

42

35 38

35

42

35

42

35

35

42

46

42

38

42

59

42

38

Aug.

35

35

38

46

42

42

38

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

29

26

23

26

26

26

26

33

30

26

26

26

26

33

26

26

Sept.

26

23

26

33

20

18

15

20

20

20

20

20

23

26

23

20

23

26

26

23

26

215

184

164

146

146

33

33

30

26

Oct.

26

33

112

84

41

37

33

33

37

41

26

41

46

41

41

33

33

37

33

146

774

344

226

215

226

272

272

320

226

296

320

Nov.

1,170

570

184

105

112

98

98

112

702

1,970

1,870

1,640

1,210

226

204

164

128

120

128

570

422

296

320

344

634

146

112

105

11298'

Dee.

128

98

UK

128

112

112

112

146

NOTE. Discharge determined from a fairly well defined rating curve. No estimates of discharge during 

frozen season.

Monthly discharge of Cedar River near Indian Lake, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 85 square miles.)

Month.

May.....................................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2,490 

2,400 

266 

80 

46 

215 

774 

1,970

Minimum.

80 

59 

23 

23 

23 

15 

26 

98

Mean.

472 

272 

87.6 

39.6 

31.9 

48.5 

143 

466

Per 

square 

mile.

5.55 

3.20 

1.03 

.466 

.375 

.571 

1.68 

5.48

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

6.19 

3.69 

1.15 

.54 

.43 

.64 

1.94 

6.10

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

INDIAN LAKE RESERVOIR AT INDIAN LAKE, N. Y.

Location. At the dam at the outlet of Indian Lake, about 7J miles above the mouth 

of Indian River and about 23J miles above the village of North Creek.

Records available. July 22, 1900, to December 31, 1913. Data also published in 

annual reports of the State engineer and surveyor, State Water Supply Commission, and State of New York Conservation Commission.

Drainage area. 131 square miles, including about 9.3 square miles of water surface 

of Indian Lake at the elevation of the spillway of the dam.

Gage. Chain on the crest of the dam; prior to November 17, 1911, a vertical staff. 

Datum unchanged.
HUDSON RIVEE BASIN. 119

Regulation. Indian Lake reservoir provides for a total storage of about 4,700,000,000

cubic feet. 

Maximum and minimum gage freights. Maximum .gage height at Indian Lake

reservoir was recorded March 28, 1913, when a s)tage of 38.8 feet was reached. A

minimum gage height of 2 feet was recorded March 9 to 18, 1907, and January 3

to 17, 1910.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Indian Lake reservoir at Indian Lake, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4...,. ....... ..

5..............

6..............

7..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18.............. 

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26.............. 

27..............

28.............. 

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

28.3

28.4

28.6

28.95

29.15

29.4

29.7

30.15

30.4

30.75

31.0

31.15

31.4

31.65

31.85

32.05

32.15

32.5 

33.1

33.5

34.2

34.65

35.0

35.1

34.9

34.85 

34.7

34.55 

34.4

34.35

34.4

Feb.

34.4

34.4

34.45

34.45

34.4

34.4

34.35

34.35

34.35

34.35

34.2

34.0

33.8

33.6

33.4

33.25

33.1

32.95 

32.8

32.6

32.4

32.3

32.2

32.05

31.9

31.75 

31.65

31.6

Mar.

31.5

31.3

31.15

31.0

30.85

30.65

30.3

30.1

29.85

29.6

29.5

29.6

29.65

29.9

30.4

31.15

31.65

32.0 

32.3

32.7

33.3

34.2

34.65

34.9

35.9

37.4

38.65

38.8 

38.0

37.1

36.8

Apr.

36.65

36.5

36.15

36.1

36.2

36.4

36.2

36.0

35.7

35.5

35.45

35.45

35.35

35.3

35.25

35.15

35.05

34.95 

34.9

14 S5

34.8

34.75

34.65

34.5

34.6

34.55

34.55

34.5 

34.45

34.45

May.

34.45

34.4

34.35

34.3

34.2

34.2

34.1

33.95

34.0

33.95

33.85

33.8

33.8

33.8

33.75

33.75

33.75

33. 75 

33.75

33.75

33.7

33.7

33.8

34.0

34.0

34.0 

34.0

34.35

34.75

34.95

34.9

June.

34.85

34.8

34 7

34 6

34.5

34 4

34.3

34.25

34.2

34.15

14 1

34.05

33.9

33.9

33.85

33.75

33.55 

33.4

33.3

33.2

33.0

19 Q

32.7

32.5

32.35 

32.25

32.1 

31.9

31.65

July.

31.45

31^3

31nl5

304 95

30J7

30.6

30.35

30.15

30.0

29J75

29.| 55

29.3

29.1

28J85

28.155

28.135

OQ 1

27.19 

27.165

27.4

27.1

26.8

26.6

26.4

26.2

25.195

25J75

25.155 

25.35

24.95

24.155

Aug.

24.1

23.8

23.55

23.35

23.15

22.95

22.75

22.5

22.3

22.1

21.85

21.6

21.35

21.2

21.0

20.7

20.5

20.3 

20.05

19.85

19.65

19.45

M l

18.85

18.6

18.4 

18.2

18.0 

17.8

17.6

Sept.

17.4

17.2

17.0

16.8

16.6

16.4

16.2

16.0

15.8

15.5

15.2

14.9

14.75

14.4

14.1

13.9

13.7

13.25

12.9

12.7

12.6

12.5

12.65

12.7

12.75

12.8 

12.8

12.8 

12.75

12.55

Oct.

12.45

12.25

12.1

12.0

11.9

11.7

11.55

11.35

11.2

11.0

10.8

10.6

10.45

10.3

10.1

9.95

9

7*;

9.55 

9.45

9

e

10.0

10.25

10.6

10.65

10.9

11.2 

11.5

11.75 

12.15

12.3

12.4

Nov.

12.5

12.55

12.65

12.7

12.8

12.9

12.95

13.0

13.55

14.6

15.15

15.6

15.7

15.8

15.9

16.05

16.2

16.3 

16.4

16.7

17.0

17.2

17.4

17.6

17.7

17.75

17.8

17.9 

18.0

18.1

Dec.

18.2

18.25

18.3

18.4

18.5

18.6

18.7

19.0

19.2

19.3

19.4

19.5

19.7

19.8

, 19.9

20.0

20.05

20.1

20.15

20.2

20.05

19.85

19.65

19.75

19.8

19.95 

20.05

20.1 

20.15

20.2

20.25

Gate openings, in feet, of Indian Lake reservoir at Indian Lake, N. Y.,for 1913.

Date.

Jan. 27-29...... ...............

Feb. 10-11.....................

Feb. 12-Mar. 9. ..............

Mar.6-10.... .................

Mar. 25-31....... .............

June 17-28. ...................

June 29-30....................

Sluice

gate A 

open.

2.5

Sluice 

gateB 

open.

2.5

2.5

5.0

4.0

2.5

5.0

Date.

July 1-8.. ....................

July 9-Sept. 21.. ..............

Sept. 10-21U... ...............

Sept. 29-Oct. 19.... ...........

Dec. 21-23.. ..................

Sluice 

gate A 

open.

5.0

2.5

Sluice

gateB 

open.

2.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

INDIAN RIVER NEAR INDIAN LAKE, N. Y.

Location. About three-quarters of a mile below the dam at the outlet of Indian 

Lake, 1 mile above Big Brook and 8 miles abov^ the mouth.

Records available. July 1,1912, to December 31,1&13; also miscellaneous measurements in 1911.

Drainage area. 132 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff.

Channel and control. Rough and rocky. '

Regulation. Flow controlled by storage in Indian Lake.
120 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I-.

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable about 75 feet, below the gage or 

by wading at the head of the rapids about 150 feet below the gage.

Winter flow. Gage heights not seriously affected by ice.

Floods. The river reached a gage height of 7.8 feet on March 28, with a corresponding 

discharge of 3,460 second-feet, or 23.7 second-feet per square mile of drainage area. 

By comparison with the run-off of other headwater drainage areas, uncontrolled 

by storage, this discharge shows the effect of Indian Lake storage in keeping down 

the flood peak and distributing the run-off over a longer period of time. The 

mean discharge for a period of 3 days (Mar. 26-29) was 21.2 second-feet per square 

mile, or 89.5 per cent of the maximum discharge.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Indian River near Indian Lake, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Feb. 28

Mar. 1

1

Apr. 18

18

July 1

1

2

2

3

Made byFrank Weber ..........

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.52

2.58

2.18

2.98

3.01

2.88

.86

1.83

2.58

Discharge.

See.-ft. 

16.0

4fi7

327

631

617

606

387

538

47.7

217

447

Date.

July 3

3

3

4

5

5

5

7

Sept. 11

12

Made by 

C.S.DeGolyer. .......

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

&.

Feet. 

1.75

2.32

2.71

2.38

4.00

3.82

3.22

2.37

2.90.

1.84

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

201

350

485

376

1,030

948

685

375

549

223

Daily gage height, in feet, of Indian River near Indian Lake, N. Y.,for 1913.

[Lester Severie, observer.]

Day.

1..... .........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17;.............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26.............. 

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

0.4

.4

.45

.45

.45

.45

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.6

.6

.6

.65

.65

.65

.67

.7

.9

1.55

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.4

3.3 

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.05

1.7

Feb.

1.75

1.8

1.85

1.85

1.8

1.8

1.75

1.7

1.65

1.65

2.7

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.6 

2.6

I

ne

Mar.

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.9

3.4

3.2

3.2

2.7

1.63

.35

.35

.35

.35

.45

45

.5

.5

.5

1.4

1.9

2.2

3.2

5.8 

7.1

7.8

7.1

6.4

6.2

Apr.

5.2

4.9

4.7

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.0

3

Q

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

3 A

3.4

3.2

3.0

2 Q

2.8

2

0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2

C

2.5

2

e

2

c

2.5 9 A.%

May.

2.45

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0 i QP;

1.9

1 ft

1.75

1.6

1.5

1 45

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.45

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.8

1 ft

1.8

1

0

2 1

2 a

2.6

2.7

June.

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9 i s*i

1.8

1.75

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.65

2.1

2.6

2.6

2.6

9 f\

2.5

2 At

2.4

9 SS

2.3

2

0

2

0

9 7

3 ft

July.

2.8

1 S

2,3

2.4

2.8

2.4

2.35

2.3

2.6

3

ft

2.9

2 Q

9 Q

2

0

2

0

9 &

2

0

2

0

9 ft

2

0

2

0

2

0

9 ft

2.8

9 ft

2.8

2

0

9 ft

2 Q

3.6

3.6

Aug.

3.3

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2

ft

2.6

2 A

2.6

9 A

2 A

2

ft

2

ft

2 a

2

ft

2

0

2

ft

2 A

2 A

2

c

9 t\

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.45

2 45

2.45

Sept.

2.45

2.45

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.9

2.7

2.3

2 Q

2

AK

2 Q

2.7

2.9

2

0

2

0

9 8.

2 OK

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

1 97

2

«>

Oct.

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.2

2

9

2.15

2 1 t\

2.15

2

1

2.1

2.05

2.05

2.0

9 n

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05 

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

Nov.

0.1

.1

.1

.1

.L

.1

.1

.1 '.1

.1

.1

.1

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.1

..1 

.1

.1

.1

.1

Dec.

0.1

.1

,1

.1

.1

.15

.15

.2

.2

.2

.15

.15

.15

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

2.6

2.6

2.6

,1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.05

.05

NOTE. Gage heights observed at about 4 p. m. Gates at Indian Lake were changed Dec. 20 and 23 after 

the gage was read. Gage height for July 2 is weighted mean of several readings. Gates at Indian Lake 

were changed during the day while discharge measurements were being made.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Indian River near Indian Lake, N. Y'.,for 1918.

Day.

1. .....:.......

2..............

3..............

4..............

6..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29

30..............

31..............

Jan.

9

9

12

12.

12

12

15

15

15

15

15

22

22

22

26

26

26

28

31

53

158

264

418

603

767

725

684

643

603

278

189

Feb.

200

212

224

224

212

212

200

189

178

178

4OQ

603

564

526

526

489

489

489

489

489

453

489

489

453

453

453

453

250

Mar.

453

453

453

453

453

564

767

684

684

489

174

7

7

7

7'

12

12

12

15

15

16

129

237

322

684

2,010

2,910

3,460

2,910

2,420

2 280

Apr.

1,650

1,480

1,380

1,120

1,220

1,220

1.120

1,030

941

853

810

767

767

767

767

684

603

564

526

526

526

489

453

453

418

418

418

418

418

Afyy

May.

402

385

353

322

292

264

250

237

212

200

168

148

138

129

129

129

138

148

148

148

148

148

148

212

212

212

212

292

453

453

489

June.

453

453

418

385

353

322

292

264

237

224

212

200

189

189

189

178

292

453

453

453

418

418

402

385

369

353

353

353

489

603

Julp

42J

3E

ft

5

3f

3

3

4

6

5

5{

5

5

5{

51

5;

«

515;

5'

5!

K

5!

51

5'

5<

5'

W

x

8,

7.

6

?,

A

«

1ft

«

W

53

)3

IS

H

H

i4

W

?ft

ffi

ffi >6

>ft

ft

6

!6

ffi

ft

Sft

6

!ft

Ift

4

«

.3

Aug.

725

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

453

418

418

418

418

418

418

418

402

402

402

Sept.

402'

402

385

385

386

385

385

385

385

453

564

489

353

564

402

664

489

564

526

526

626

338

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

106

353

Oct.

353

353

353

353

338

338

338

338

322

322

307

307

307

292

292

278

278

264

264

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Nov.

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Dec.

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.5

1.5

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

114

453

453

340

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.5

.5

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 15 and 1,300 second-feet. Discharge for Dec. 20 and 23 is weighted mean of discharge before anp after change of gates at Indian Lake.

Monthly discharge of Indian River near Indiar), Lake, N. Y.,for 19 IS.

Month.

March.............

April..............

May...............

July...............

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

767 

603 

3,460 

1,650 

489 

603 

853

Minimum.

9

178 

7 

402 

129 

178 

212

Mean.

185 

381 

745 

774 

236 

345 

517

Accuracy.

A.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

Montty.

Theytear....

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

725 

564 

353 

1.5 

453

3,460

Minimum.

402 

.5 

.5 

1.0

.5

.5

Mean.

449 

344 

194 

1.20 

44.9

351

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

SCHROON RIVER AT RIVERBANK, N. Y.

Location. At the highway bridge at Riverbank, a mile below Tumblehead Falls,

3£ miles below the outlet of Brant Lake, 9 miles below Schroon Lake, and about

9 miles north of Warrensburg. 

Records available. September 2, 1907, to December 31,1913. Data also published

in annual reports of New York State Water Supply Commission, State engineer

and surveyor, and the State Conservation Commission-. 

Drainage area. 534 square miles. 

Gage. Chain on the highway- bridge. 

Channel and control. Gravel, smooth, and practically permanent.
122 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Regulation. Flow affected by storage in Schroon and Brant lakes.

Winter flow. Somewhat affected by ice; not seriously affected during 1913.

Floods. The flood of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a stage of 10.7 feet at 5 p. m. 

March 28, as recorded by the observer. Corresponding discharge was approximately 13,500 second-feet, or 25.3 second-feet per square mile of drainage area. 

This peak was probably somewhat reduced by storage in Schroon and Brant lakes. 

The mean discharge for March 27 to 29 was approximately 21 second-feet per square 

mile.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Schroon River at Riverbank, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Feb. 11

Mar. 4

20

Apr. 10

10

Made byFrank Weber..........

.....do..................

height.

Feet. 

o3.36

o2.20

64.34

5.37

5.36

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

568

362

1,590

2,980

2,930

Date.

Apr. 21

May 28

Oct. 2

2

Made by 

C. S. DeGolyer.........

.....do..................

.....do..................

J9L

feet. 

3,66

3.40

1.40

1.36

1.36

Discharge.

Sec.-fl. 

1,340

993

121

114

113

a Control under partial ice cover during measurement. & Logs lodged on control.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Schroon River at Riverbank, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[J. H. Roberts, observer.]

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 10..........:...

1L....... ......

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16...............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.4

3.4

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.0

2.95

3.0

3.1

3.4

3.5

3 7

3.8

3.9

3 9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.3

Feb.

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.1

3.0

3.0

2.95

2.95

2.9

2.95

3.3

3.0

3.2

2.8

2.9

2.65

2.55

2.45

2.5

2.3

9 OK

2.35

2 11

2.3

9 OK

2.15

2.2

2.2

.......

Mar.

2 91

2.2

2 91

2.25

2

4

2

4

2.4

2

AK

2.3

2.45

2 OK

9 ft

2

CK

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.6

3.8

4.0

i. 9

' 4.6

5.2

i i

5.2

6.0

7.7

Q 9

10.6

9 9

8.7

7.6

Apr.

7.1

6.7

6.3

6.0

6.2

6.6

6.6

6.1

5.7

5.4

4 9

4.6

4

e

4.5

4.4

4 9

4

0

4.0

4.0

1 7

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.8

3.8

May.

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.6

3

O

3.1

3.1

2

QC

2 0

2 Q

2.8

2.9

2 ft

2 ft

2.55

2.6

2.65

2.5

2.5

2.65

3 1

3

0

3.4

3.5

4.2

4.3

4.2

4.2

June.

4.1

4.1

4.0

3.9

3

n

3.8

3.4

3

1

3.4

3.3

9 d

2.45

2 A

2 A

2.3

2.35

2.95

2.7

3.2

2 Q

2 7

2.1

2.65

3.1 i n

3.0

3.0

3.0

1.6

2.4

July.

2.45

2.35

2.25

2.3

2 1

2.05

2.1

1.8

1.32

1.42

1.38

1 d9

1.40

1.45

1.45

1 40

1.45

1.40

1.30

1.40

1.38

1.38

1.40

1 if)

1.45

1.30

1.20

1.35

1.35

1.30

Aug.

1.28

1.32

1.30

1.35

1.45

1.40

1.45

1.35

1.30

1 V)

1.38

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.28

1.25

1.32

1.30

1.32

1.30

1.25

1.28

1.22

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.25

1.20

Sept.

1

9*>

1.20

1 oo

1.20

1.18

1.15

1.20

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.10

1.12

1.15

1.10

1.12

1.10

1.18

1.10

1 19

1.15

1.10

1.25

1.15

1.10

1.18

1.18

1.10

1.10

1.28

1.25

Oct.

1.22

1.36

1.34

1.30

1.30

1.35

1.35

1

04

1.39

1.38

1.30

1.30

1.40

1.42

1.45

1.45

1.40

1.45

1.45

1.65

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.75

1.8

2.15

2.45

2.4

2.1

Nov.

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.85

1 Q

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.9

2.0 .

2.05

2.15

2.15

2.15

1.8

2.15

2

O

2.2

2.2

2

9

2.4

2.45

2.5

2.5

9 W

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.45

2.4

Dec.

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.25

2.3

2.35

2.4

2.55

2.45

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.4

2.3

9 1

2.35

2.3

2.25

2.3

2.35

2.3

2.5

2.5

2.55

2.45

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice and log jams during the greater part of February and March, 

and the last four days in December.
HUDSON EIVEE BAS5IN. 123 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofSchroon River at Riverbank, N. Y., for 1913.

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3... ..........

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

721

721

721

836

836

900

900

966

1,120

1,120

900

966

966

966

836

806

836

900

1,120

1,200

1,380

1,470

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,470

1,470

1,290

1,200

1,120

1,040

Feb.

1,120

1,120

1,040

900

800

700

650

620

600

585

570

570

570

570

570

565

518

472

495

410

390

4<W1

430

410

390

351

370

370

Mar.

390

370

390

390

450

450

450

472

410

472

430

540

518

870

870

810

1,140

1,300

1,470

1,660

2,060

2,760

2,880

2,760

3,780

6,200

8,600

10,600

9,600

6800

6,100

Apr.

5,370

4,770

4,200

3,780

4,060

4,620

4,620

3,920

3,380

3,000

2,400

2,330

2,220

2,220

2,100

1,890

1,890

1,670

1,670

1,380

1,290

1,380

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,300

1,300

May.

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,070

1,070

1,000

1,140

870

810

810

722

695

695

640

695

540

540

518

540

565

495

495

565

810

870

1,000

1,070

1,660

1,750

1 660

1,660

June.

1,560

1,560

1,470

1,380

1,380

1,300

1,000

810

1,000

935

450

472

450

450

410

430

722

590

870

695

590

332

565

810

750

750

750

750

172

450

July.

472

430

390

410

832

314

332

£30

J03

126

121

117

126

121

134

134

121

134

121

99

121

117

117

121

126

134

99

79

110

110

99

Aug.

95

103

99

110

134

121

134

117

110

99

103

117

121

110

99

99

99

95

89

103

99

103

99

89

95

83

89

79

79

89

79

Sept.

83

79

83

7Q

75

70

79

70

70

70

61

65

70

61

65

61

75

61

65

70

61

89

70

61

75

75

61

61

95

89

Oct.

83

112

108

99

99

110

110

108

1IQ

117

QO

99

121

126

134

134

121

134

134

186

200

172

172

172

200

215

230

351

472

450

332

Nov.

230

230

» 230

246

262

246

246

246

262

296

<n d

351

351

351

230

351

370

370

370

410

450

472

495

495

518

495

495

495

472

450

Dec.

450

450

410

410

410

410

390

410

430

450

518

472

495

495

495

472

472

472

450

410

410

430

410

390

410

430

410

390

390

390

370

NOTE. Discharge determined as follows: Jan. 1 to Feb. 4, fro|tn a well-defined rating curve; Feb. 5-15, 

estimated from one discharge measurement and comparisons with Hudson River at North Creek ana 

Indian River at Indian Lake; Feb. 16 to Dec. 27, from a fairly \^ell defined rating curve; Dec. 28-31, estimated from a discharge measurement made Jan. 1,1914.

Monthly discharge ofSchroon River at Rivet-bank, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 534 square miles.]

Month.

February ...............................

March. ..................................

May.....................................

July.....................................

December ...............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,570 

1,120 

10,600 

5,370 

1,750 

1,560 

472 

134 

95 

472 

518 

518

10,600

Minimum.

721) 

351 

370 

1,220 

493 

172 

79 

79 

61 

83 

23Q 

37Q

61

Mean.

1,080

592 

2,450 

2,480 

931 

795 

181 

101 

71.6 

172 

360 

432

804

Per 

square 

mile.

2.02 

1.11 

4.59 

4.64 

1.74 

1.49 

.339 

.189 

.134 

.322 

.674 

.809

1.51

Run-ofl 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

2.33 

1.16 

5.29 

5.18 

2.01 

1.66 

.39 

.22 

.15 

.37 

.75 

.93

20.44

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.
124 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

SACANDAGA RIVER NEAR HOPE, N. T.

Location. About 1J miles below the junction of the east and "west branches, 3f miles 

above the post office at Hope, 4 miles below Wells, and 12 miles above Northville.

Records available. September 15, 1911, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage,area. 494 square miles.

Gage. ^Staff in two sections, the lower section inclined, the upper, vertical.

Channel and control. Rocky; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable, or by wading.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Moods. The flood of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a stage of 10 feet at 5.30 p. m. 

March 27, as reported by the observer, with a corresponding discharge of approximately 24,800 second-feet, or 50 second-feet per square" mile of drainage area. 

Later determinations indicate that the maximum stage reached by the flood was 

about 11.7 feet.

Accuracy . Results good for open-water season.

Discharge measurements of Sacandaga River near Hope, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

May l6

21

Made by 

.....do..................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.96

3.75

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

736

1,630

Date.

May 21

Made by- height.

Feet. 

2.65

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

554

Daily gage height, in feet, of Sacandaga River near Hope, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Edgar Coulombe, observer.]

Day.

1....... .......

2..............

3.. ......... ...

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.3

3.1

3.85

A. A

4.2

4 0

4.2

4.6

4.7

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.75

3.8

4.7

5.2

4.8

5.6

4.3

4.6

4. 3

4.0

3.9

3.65

3.4

3.45

3.3

Feb.

3.45

3.3

3.15

3.1

2.95

2.85

2.8

2.75

2.65

2.65

2.6

2.55

2.55

2.75

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.75

2.65

2.65

2.85

3.3

3.25

3.15

3.0

2.9

2.9

Mar.

2.9

2.75

2.75

2.85

2.65

3.1

2 95

2.9

4.9

5.4

5.6

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.9

6.2

6.2

5.2

5.1

7.1

8.2

9.8

7.8

6.6

5.9

5.8

Apr.

5.8

5.2

4.8

4.7

5.1

4.9

4.2 &. n

4.0

3.8

4.0

a 9

&. n

3.7

3.6

3 A

3.4

3.3

4.2

3.8

3.8

3.5

3.35

3.8

3.4

3.2

3.05

3.6

4.0

4.2

May.

4.1

4.2

3.3

3.4

3.3

2.75

9 OK

2.6

2 4

2.9

3.15

3.05

2.9

2.55

2.5

2.7

4.0

4.4

4.1

3.7

3.5

4.8

5.3

4.7

June.

3.6

3.5

3.4

2.9

2.85

2.7

2.65

2.6

2.23

2.16

2.38

2.24

2.13

2.08

2.26

2.25

2.12

2.48

2.43

2.40

2.18

2.5

2.38

2 07

1.93

July.

1.92

1.83

1.78

1.78

1.76

1.73

1.71

1..68

1.55

1.87

1.88

1 S7

1.92

1.84

1.78

1.68

1.68

1.53

1.67

1.67

1.67

1 62

1.62'

1.65

1.69

1.64

1.62

1.74

1.82

1.73

1.65

Aug.

1.59

1.64

. 1.74

1.74

1.67

1.64

1.60

1.52

1.46

1.48

1.49

1 48

1.45

1.43

1.42

1.42

1.53

1.57

1 4S

1.46

1.39

1.38

1.39

1.42

1.52

1.48

1.46

1.51

1.46

Sept.

1.42

1.40

1.38

1.36

1.36

1.36

1.36

1.41

1.35

1.27

1.27

1 26

1.26

1.24

1.24

1.22

1.40

1.30

1 30

1.18

1.32

2.8

2.39

2.04

1.90

1.74

1.66

1.62

1.72

1.60

Oct.

1.58

1.94

2.44

2.16

2.00

1.84

1.86

1.79

1.74

1.70

1.68

1.75

1.76

1.74

1.68

1.62

1.72

1.57

1.64

2.75

4.0

3.3

3.0

2.85

3.6

4.0

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.1

Nov.

2.9

2.8

2.65

2.7

2.7

2.65

2.55

2.5

5.7

6.2

4.8

4.4

4.0

3.8

3.6

3.45

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.15

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.85

Dec.

2.8

2.75.

2.8

2.85

2.85

2.8

3.05

4.2

3.5

3.5

3.45

3.1

3.15

3.1

3.05

2.95

2.85

2.8

2.55

2.7

2.6

2.55

2.65

2.55

2.P

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.75

NOTE. Discharge relation Feb. 10 to Mar. 13 and Dec. 31 affected by ice.
HUDSON" EIVER BAS5HST. 125 

Ikvtty discharge, in second-feet, of Sacandaga Rive' near Hope, N. Fl,/or 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8...............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14. .............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25.............. 

26. .............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,090

900

1,720

2,930

2,230

1,920

2,230

2,930

3,130

2,230

2,070

2,230

2,070

1,780

1,580

i 4ftn

1,650

3,130

A oqn

3,330

5,250

3,760

2,390

2,930

2,390 

1,920

1 752(1

1,460

1,190

1,240

1,090

Feb.

1,240

1,090

945

900

780

703

666

632

566

.......

Mar.

3,540

4,730

5 OKA

2,740

9 9WI

2,230

3,540

6,930

4,230

3,990

9,900 

14,500

23,500 19 Ton

8,160

6,070

5,790

Apr.

5,790

4,230

3,330

3,130

3,990

3,540

2,230

1,920

1,920

1,650

1,920

2,230

1,920

1,520

1,400

1 190

1,190

1,090

2,230

1,650

1,650

1,290

 1,140

1,650

1,190 

990

860

1 4nn

1,920

2,230

May.

2,070

2,230

1,090

945

1,190

1,090

632

780

534

418

74/1

1,040

945

860

740

610

520

500

580

504

474

598

1,920

2,560

2,070 

1,520

1 9Qrt

^ W\

4,480

3,130

2,100

June.

1 400

1,400

1 9Qrt

i ton

1,070

980

890

810

74/1

703

598

566

534

335

303

408

339

290

269

349

 MJ

286

463

435

418 

312

474

408

264

208

Jily.

204

171

153

153

147

137

130

121

84

185

B04

174

p

: 121

121

118

118

118

103

103

112

124

b*Trto

140

Ifi7

137

112

Aug.

94

109

140

14/1

Us

109

97

76

63

67

fiQ

67

60

56

54

54

79

89

67

63

48

46

48

50

52 

54

76

67631

74

 63

Sept.

54

50

46

43

43

43

43

52

41

28

28

27

27

25

25

22

50

32

32

18

36

666

413

- 252

196 

140

115 ins

 '134

97

Oct.

92

212

440

303

235

174

182

157

140

127

121

144

147

140

121

103

134

89

109

632

1,920

1,090

820

703

1,400 

1,920

1,780

1,400

1,190

1,090

900

Nowf»

666

566

598

598

566

504

474

5,520

6,930

3,330

2,560

1,920

1,650

1,400

1,240

1,090

990

900

1,650

1,650

1,400

1,290

1,190

1,090 

945

820

740

746

703

Dec.

666

632

666

793

703

666

860

2", 230

1,290

1,290

l,24tt

900

945

900

860

780

. 703

666

504

598

534

504 566-

504

_ 474 

474

474

420

367

367

367

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Mean discharge Feb. 10-28 estimated 

477 second-feet; Mar. 1-13 estimated 600 second-feet, by comparison with Sacandaga River at Hadley, N. Y.

Monthly discharge cf Sacandaga River near\Hope, N. Y., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 494 square njdles.J

Month.

March...................................

April ....................................

May.....................................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

5,250 

1,240

23,500

5,790 

4,480 

1,400 

204 

140 

666 

1,920 

6,930 

2,230

23,500

Minimum.

«4

86(1 

418 

20i! 

Til 

4(1 

li! 

80 

474

ser

1}

Mean.

2,260 

592 

4,350 

2,080 

1,340 

603 

138 

74.6 

96.0 

581 

1,480 

737

1,200

Per 

square 

mile.

4 57- 

1.20 

8.81 

421 

2.71 

1.22 

.279 

.151 

.194 

1.18 

3.00 

1.49

2.43

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

5.27 

1.25 

10. 16 

470 

3.12 

1.36 

.32 

.17 

.22 

1.36 

3.35 

1.72

33.00

Accu-'

racy.

A. 

C. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

A, 

A. 

A. 

A.

SACANDAGA EIVEE AT HADLEY, N. Y. il

,§£

Location. About half a mile west of the railroad station at Hadley, a mile above the;

mouth, and 4J miles below the site of the proposied storage dam at Conklingsville.

Records available. January 1,1911, to December 31,1913; September 13,1907, to

December 31, 1910, at upper bridge station; September 24, 1909, to midsummer,

' 1911, at the lower bridge station.
126 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAST I.

Drainage area. 1,060 square miles.

Gage. Barrett & Lawrence automatic gage, referred to vertical staff gage.

Channel and control. Rough but practically permanent. The channel at the cable 

has been cleared of bowlders so far as feasible.

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable about 30 feet above the gage, or by 

wading about three-quarters of a mile above the gage.

Winter flow. Seriously affected by ice.

Floods. The floods of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a stage of 12.36 feet between 

11 and 12 a. m. March 28, as shown by the automatic gage, and later verified from 

high-water marks. The corresponding discharge was approximately 35,500 

second-feet, or 33.5 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements o/Sacandaga River at Hadley, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Feb. 10

19 Mar. 4

30

Made byFrank Weber. .........

.....do.................

.....do.................

J. G. Mathers. .........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

o3.94

04.12

o3.97

9.83

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,080

965

18,600

Date.

Apr. 12

Sept. 23

Made by 

.....do.................

Qage 

height.

Feet. 

5.67

3.65

04.67

,

Discharge.

See.-ft. 

3,930

810

894

o Made under partial ice cover.

Daily gage height, in feet, ofSacandaga River at Hadley, N. Y.,Jor 1918. 

[J. A. Clark, jr., observer.]

Day.

1.... ..........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7........'......

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

4.7

4.7

4.8

5.5

4.7

5.8

5.9

6.0

6.1

6.1

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.7

6.2

6.5

6.8

6.9

6.9

6.7

6.5

6.3

6.0

5.8

5.4

5.1

4.9

Feb.

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.35

4.3

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.95

3.9

3.95

4.2

4.4

4.4

4-3

4.2

4.2

4.15

4.1

4.0

3.9

4.15

4.5

4.8

4.8

4.5

4.2

4.1

Mar.

4.0

4.0

4.1

3.95

3.9

3.85

3.75

3.7

3.7

4.1

4.45

4.6

4.8

5.7

6.2

6.8

7.1

7.1

6.8

6.8

7.3

7.7

7.5

7.6

9.5

11.4

12.2

U O

10.0

8.8

Apr.

8.2

7.8

7.4

7.0

6.8

6.7

. 6.5

6.3

6.0

5.7

5.5

5.7

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.1

5,3

5.3

5.2

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.4

A. Q

5.1

May.

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.35

4.6

4.45

4.15

4.2

3.95

3.85

3.7

4.15

4.2

4.15

4.05

3.95

3 d

3.7

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.4

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.3

5.5

6.3

6.7

6.6

June.

6.2

5.8

5.4

5.1

4.8

4.5

4.3

4.05

4.0

3.95

3.85

3.75

3.65

3.6

3.45

3.3

3.4

3.35

3.25

3.2

3.35

3.3

3.3

3.35

3.3

3.25

3 q

3 OK

3 9

July.

3.0

2.91

2.87

2.83

2.79

2.76

2.73

2.70

2.68

2.66

2.61

2.78

2.83

2.82

2.81

2.78

2.73

2 ftft

2 fifi

2.63

2.62

2.61

2.60

2.60

2

*M

2 fif\

2.61

2 A9

2 At

2 7ft

2.80

Aug.

2.78

2.72

2.65

2.63

2.63

2.61

2.60

2.59

2.56

2.53

2.48

2 46

2 43

2.42

2.41

2

Afl

2.40

2

OQ

2

<IQ

2 dA

2 AA

2.41

2

Q7

2.34

2.33

2.33

2.42

2.44

2

Kf\

2 CO

2.54

Sept.

2.54

2.49

2.46

2.38

2.37

2.37

2.37

2.37

2.36

2.36

2.36

2.34

2.31

2.29

2.28

2.25

2.26

2 97

2.28

2.31

2.38

2.56

3.45

3.55

3.2

3.05

2.96

2.85

2

70

O 71

Oct.

2.69

2.73

2.97

3.4

3.3

3.15

3.05

2.95

2.88

2.83

2.80

2.76

2.75

2.76

2.76

2.72

2.72

2.71

2.72

2.92

4.15

4.35

4.5

4.15

4.25

5.0

5.5

5.4

5.1

4.8

4.6

Nov.

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.85

3.8

3.8

3.75

3.7

4.5

6.5

7.0

7.0

6.6

6.2

5.8

5.4

5.0

4.7

4.5

4.6

5.1

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.35

4.2

4.1

4.1

Dec.

4.05

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.15

4.15

4.2

5.1

5.4

5.2

£.0

4.5

4.45

4.5

4.4

4.25

4.2

4.15

3.95

3.65

3.75

3.8

3.65

3.5

3.65

3.6

3.7

4.25

4.7

4.7

4.6

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice Feb. 11 to Mar. 8, and Dec. 25-31.
HUDSON" BIVEB 

 e, in second-feet, ofSaeandaga Rivdat Hadley, N. Y,,for 1913.

127

Bay.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

16..............

16... ...........

17..............

18..............

19.:............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2,050

2,050

2,210

3,470

2,050

4,130

4,130

4,360

4,600

4,840

4,840

4,600

4,600

4,130

3,900

3,680

3,270

3,270

3,900

5,080

5,850

6,690

6,980

6,980

6,400

5,850

5,330

4,600

4,130

3,270 

2,710

2,370

Feb.

2,210

1,900

1,630

1,570

1,500

1,270

1,270

1,160

1,060

1,110

1,080

960

880

800

740

700

660

650

660

680

750

860

1,100

1,350

1,500

1,350

1,240

1,120

1,050

Mar.

1,000

980

970

960

900

870

870

860

850

864

1,270

1,700

1,900

2,210

3,900

5,080

6,690

7,680

7,580

6,690

6,690

6,690

8,180

9,500

8,820-

9,160

17,000

28,300

33,500

26,900 

19,500

13,700

Apr.

11,300

9,840

8,500

7,280

6,690

6,400

6,400

5,850

5,330

4,600

3,900

3,470

3,900

4,130

4,130

3,680

3,470

3 nsn

2,710

2,710

3,080

3,080

2,890

2,540

2,370

2,210

1,900

1,630

2,370 

2,710

May.

2,540

2,370

2,210

2,050

1,570

1,900

1,900

1,700

1,330

1,380

1,110

1,010

864

1,330

1,380

1,330

1,220

1,110

1,060

864

1,060'

1 060

1^060

1,630

3,270

3 (ton

3,680

3,080

3,470

5,330 

6,400

6,120

June.

5

AQA

4,130

3 97ft

2,710

1,760

1,760

1,500

1,160

1,110

1,010

01(1

891

778

660

552

622

587

519

486

587

587

KCO

552

EQ7

552

519

552

587 

486

Ju^y.

ql 7

W7

278

258

245

245

Od*)

218

210

201

iftn

254

2178

973

9R8

254

282

210

261

189

1S4

180

176

176

176

180

1$4

180 

245

2fr

Aug.

OK*

OO7

189

 189

180

180

176

161

149

124

114

111

107

104

104

101

101

118

118

107

OS

86

oq

83'

111

118

138 

149

153

Sept.

1 CO

13*

124

no

OK

Q*

95

95

95

09

92

09

Oft

77

72

fit)

61

64

67

69

77

98

161

660

738

486

395

- 344

288

254 

222

Oct.

214

ooo

350

622

W9

455

455

395

339

302

278

263

245

240

245

245

227

227

222

227

323

1,330

1,570

1,760

1,330

1 440

2,540

3,470

3,270

2,710 

2,210

1,900

Nov.

1 *UV>

1,270

1,060

1,010

QSfi

956

956

01(1

864

1,760

5,850

7,280

7,280

6,120

5,080

4,130

3,270

2,540

2,050

1,760

1,900

2,710

2,890

2,540

2,210

2,050

1,760

1,570

1,380

1,270 

1,270

Dec.

1 220

1,160

1,160

1,270

1,330

1,330*

1,330

1,380

2,710

3,270

2,890

2,540

1,760

1,700

1,760

1,630

1 440

1,380

1,330

1,110

821

910

956

821

698

660

660

738

821

864 

864

864

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curvet ' Discharge Feb. 11 to Mar. 8 and Dec. 

25-31 determined from discharge measurements and comparisons with records at stations on Hudson River.

Monthly discharge of Sacandaga River at Hadley, N. Y., for 1918. 

': [Drainage area, 1,060 square miles.]

Month.

April....................................

May....................................

June. .:....... ~~,.:. .................... July.. .......l.^:.:.... ................ .

August..................................

October.................................

November ...............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

6,980 

2,210 

33,500 

11,300 

6,400 

5,080 

366 

254 

738 

3,470 

7,280 

3,270

33,500

MiniTn^m.

2,050 

650 

850 

1,630 

864 

486 

172 

83 

62 

214 

864 

660

62

Mean.

4,260 

1,130 

7,770 

4,270 

2,200 

1,220 

228 

137 

182 

959 

2,570 

1,360

2,200

Per 

square 

mile.

4.02 

1.07 

7.33 

4.03 

2.08 

1.15 

.215 

.129 

.172 

.905 

2.42 

1.28

2.08

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.64 

1.11 

8.45 

4.50 

2.40 

1.28 

.25 

.15 

.19 

1.04 

2.70 

1.48

28.19

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B.

WEST BRANCH OF SACANDAGA RIVER AT BLACKBRIDGE, NEAR WELLS, N. T.

L6cation.T-At the highway bridge known as Blackbridge, 2 miles above the junction 

Tt of the east and west branches of Sacandaga River and about 3 miles west of Wells,

Replaces station formerly located at Whitehouse. 

Becords available. March 14,1911, to December 31,1913.
12$ SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Drainage area. 211 square miles.

Gage. Chain on upstream side of highway bridge.

Channel. Rocky; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading.

Kegulation. Flow slightly affected by storage dams used for logging in the spring.

Winter flow. Not seriously affected by ice.

Floods. The flood of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a stage of 11.5 feet at 4 p. m. 

March 27, as recorded by the observer, with a corresponding discharge of approximately 29,000 second-feet, or 137 second-feet per square mile of drainage area. 

Later determinations of the elevations of high-water marks indicate that the crest 

of the flood reached a considerably higher stage than that noted by the observer.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of West Branch of Sacandaga River at Blackbridge, near 

Wells, N. T., during 1913.

Date.

May 20

20

Made by Gage

Feet. 

3.96

3.96

Discharge.

See.-ft. 

26S

286

Daily gage height, in feet, of West Branch of Sacandaga River at Blackbridge, near Wells,

N. Y., for 1913.

[Cornelius De Grofl, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

n...... ........

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28.....'.........

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

4.5

4.4

4.8

5.6

5 OK

5.3

5.6

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.5

5 7

5.5

5 ±

5.2

5.1

5.2

6.2

6.4

6.2

7.2

5 Q

5.8

5.7

6.4

5.45

5.35

5.45

5.4

4.75 

4.6

Feb.

8.4

4.4

4.35

4.3

4.2

4.15

4.1

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.6

3 48

3.5

3.65

3.75

3.75'

3.75

3.9

3.4

3.6

3.7

1 7

4.2

4.3

4.3

4.5

4.55

4

KK

.......

Mar.

4.2

4.1

1 Q

3.8

3

7K

3.8

4.1

4.6

4.2

4.0

<t 0

3.85

3.8

5 IK

5

0

6.2

5

K

5.45

5.3

5.8

6.2

7.0

6.4

6.3

9 0

9

fl

11.0

8.4

7.7

7.3

7.4

Apr.

7.0

6.2

6.1

5.9

6.3

6.0

5.45

5

0

5.15

5.35

5.4

5 1 K.

4.7

4.6

4.4

4 9

4 1*

4.55

4.7

4.35

4.3

4.2

4.1

A 9

4.15

4.1

4.0

4

AK

4.4

May.

4.3

4.55

4.8

4.15

A 7K

4.85

3 9

4.6

3.65

3.65

3.41

4.2

4.7

4.6

4 45

4.1

4.2

3.46

4 OK

3 9

3.8

q Q

5.35

5.5

5.5

5.2

4.7

6.0

6.0

5.7 

5.5

June.

d Q

4.8

4.7

4.6

4

KK

4.35

4.35

4.0

4.2

4.1

4.2

i IE;

<t Q<\

3

CK

3.10

3.45

3.08

2.98

q AQ

3.20

3.35

4.05

3 9

3.9

3.9

4.2

4.25

3.35

4.05

July.

3.05

3.05

3.10

2.88

9 Sft

2.88

2.80

2.78

2.61

3.12

3.22

3 19

3.18

0 OK

2.84

2.82

2.68

2.72

2.71

2.78

2.74

2.71

2.62

2.82

2.92

2.80

2.81

2.80

3.10

2.94 

2.88

Aug.

2.80

3.20

3.10

3.25

2.88

2.78

2.76

2.72

2.70

2.62

2.64

2.66

2.70

2.62

2.60

2.55

2.51

2.61

2.58

2.48

2.40

2.40

2.52

2.54

2.50

2.42

2.62

2.61

2.75

2.71 

2.58

Sept.

2.58.

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.44

2.44

2.42

2.40

2.42

2.41

2.35

2.35

2.32

2.32

2.32

2.32

2.30

2.38

2.40

2.35

2.31

4.25

3.55

3.5

3.20

3.10

3.10

2.82

2.75

2.72

Oct.

2.72

3.41

3.8

3.65

3.40

3.26

3.18

3.10

3.05

2.95

2.81

2.90

3.00 9 on

2.68

2.66

2.80

2.84

2.82

4.2

5.15

4.9

4.4

4.3

5.3

5.45

5.25

4.65

4.9

4.6

4.5

Nov.

4.3

4.1

4.0

4.5

4.1

3.95

3.9

3.8

6.2

6.4

5.9

5.6

5.15

5.1

5.4

4.65

4.5

4.45

4.3

5.2

5.3

5.0

5.35

4.75

4.6

4.6

4.3

4.2

4.3

4.2

Dec.

o«.9

3.9

3.85

3.8

3.85

3.8

3.7

5.15

4.75

4.65

4.5

4.35

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.35

4.0

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.7

3.65

3.55

3.55

3,42

3.5

3.40

3.5 

3.8

NOTE. Discharge relation affected by ice Feb. 13 to Mar. 10, and Dec. 31, Gage height of Feb. 1 

probably to error,
HUDSON RIVER BASIN. 129

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Branch of Sacandaga River at Blackbridge, near

Wells, N. Y., for 1913.

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

9 I

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18.............. 

19.............. 

20..............

21.............. 

22..............

23..............

24..............

25.............. 

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

517

464

700

1,380

1,140

1,090

1 38ft

1,850

1,600

1,490

1,280

1,490

1,280

1,180

1,010

926

1,010

2,120 

2,430 

2,120

3,990 

1,720

1,600

1,490

2,430 

1,230

1,140

1,230

1.180

667

573

Feb.

490

464

d^ft

414

368

347

251

218

ISO

163

136

-----

.......

Mar.

251

234

218

968

1,090

2,120

1,280

1,230 

1,090 

1,600

2,120 

3,540

2,430

2,270

10,200 

13,500

24,000

7,600

5,290

4,230

4,480

Apr.

3,540

2,120

1,980

1,720

2,270

1,850

1,230

1,090

968

1,140

1,180

968

634

573

464

368

347 

545 

634

. 439 

414

368

326

368 

347

326

287

490

464

May.

414

545

700

347

667

735

251

573

176

176

122

368

634

573

490

326

368

132

439 

251

218 

251

1.140

1,280

1,280 

1,010

634

1,850

1,850

1,490

1,280

June.

770

700

634

573

545

439

AQQ

287

368

326

368

347

269

152

72

130

Q4

69 

56 

136

86 

111

306

251

251 

251

368

Wl

111

306

July.

65

65

72

44

36

44

36

34

19

75

89

75

83

94

40

38

24

28 

27 

34

30 

27

20

38

' 48 

46

37

36

72

51

44

Aug.

36

86

72

94

44

34

09

28

26

20

21

23

26

20

18

15

13

19 

17 

11

7 

7

13

14

12

8

20

19

31

27

17

Sept.

17

12

19

12

9

8

7

8

8

5

5

4

4

4

4

3

6 

7 

5

3 

391

152

140

86 

72

72

18

31

28

' Oct.

28

122

218

176

120

96

83

72

65

W

47

46

58

46

24

23

36

40 

38 

368

968

770

464

414

1,090 

1,230

1,050

604

770

573

517

Nov.

414

326

287

517

326

269

251

-218

2,120

2

AOf\

1,720

1.380

968

926

1,180

604

517

490 

414 

1,010

1,090 

846

1,140

667

573 

490

414

368

414

368

Dec.

9t;i

251

904

218

234

218

189

968

667

604

517

439

414

368

439

287

251 

189 

189

189 

163

189

176

152 

152

124

140

120

140

140

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Figures for Feb. 1 and Dec. 31 estimated. Mean discharge Feb. 13-28.Jestimated 187 second-feet, and Mar. 1-10, 228 second-feet, by comparison with records on Sacandaga River at Hope and at Hadley.

Monthly discharge of West Branch of Sacandaga River at Blackbridge, near Wells, N. Y.,

for 1913.

[Drainage area, 211 square miles.)

Month.

March..................................

April...................................

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,990

24,000

3,540 

1,850 

770 

94 

94 

391 

1,230 

2,430 

968

24,000

Minimum.

464

287 

122 

56 

19 

7 

3 

23 

218 

120

3

Mean.

1,410 

243 

2,970 

950 

664 

307 

47.5 

26.8 

38.7 

329 

758 

288

674

Per 

square 

mile.

6.68 

1.15 

14.1 

4.50 

3.15 

1.45 

.225 

.127 

.183 

1.56 

3.59 

1.36

3.19

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

7.70 

1.20 

16.26 

* 5.02 

3.63 

1.62 

.26 

.15 

.20 

1.80 

4.00 

1.57

43.41

Accuracy.

A. 

C. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

93670° WSP 351 15 9
130 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I. 

HDOSIC RIVER NEAR EAGLE BRIDGE, N. Y.

Location. Half a mile below Walloomsac River and 1J miles above Owlkill Creek

and Eagle Bridge. 

Records available. August 13, 1910, to December 31, 1913; September 25, 1903,

to December 31, 1908, at Buskirk, 4 miles below the present station. 

Drainage area. 512 square miles. 

G-age. Chain on left bank.

Channel and control. Gravel; somewhat shifting.

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable a mile below the gage, or by wading. 

Regulation. Flow affected by storage on Walloomsac River and at Hoosic Falls

about 2 miles above the gage. 

Accuracy. Results good. Low stage discharges may be slightly in error because of

regulation.

Discharge measurements of Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Mar. 15

Sept. 24

Made by- Gage 

height.

Feet. 

12.46

7.52

Discharge..

Sec.-ft. 

5,070

321

Daily gage height, in feet, of Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Mrs. Vashti Russell, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2. .............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19.............. 20......:.......

21..............

22..............

23..............

24.............. 9>;

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

9.7

9.4

9.8

10.9

Q fi

9.6

10.8

12.2

10.8

10.1

9.8

10.4

9 9

9.4

9.2

9.2

9.8

11.4

11.3

11.0

10.2

o a

10.2

O 7

9.4

9.5

9.2

8 9

a »

8.8

Feb.

9.9

8.6

8.7

8.7

8.35

8.25

8.15

8.15

7.95

8.0

7.9

a i

7.8

7.8

7 9

7.9

8.0

7 a

7.85

7 Q

7.95

8.5

9

0

8.55

8

1 C

7.9

8.0

10.8

Mar.

9.6

9.0

8.6

8.6

8.4

8.3

7.85

8.0

8.0

9.4

9.6

9.1

9.1

11.2

11.6

o ^

9.4

9

0

10.5

9.8

in 9

12.6

14.8

11 7

12.0

11.0

10.8

Apr.

11.6

10.5

10.1

9.8

9.7

9.6

9.4

9.1

9.0

9.8

11.3

10.5

10.5

10.0

9.7

9.5

9

0

9.2

9 A

8.9

8.7

o 7

o e

8 A

8.4

8.25

8.4

8

0

8.6

May.

8.4

8.15

8.1

8.1

8.0

8.1

8.0

7.8

7.75

7.7

7.55

7 9

7.7

7.6

7.5

7.75

7.7

7.65

7 a

7.7

7.7

7 S

0 Q

9

0

9 1

8.6

8.35

8.5

10.4

9.0

June.

8.6

8.6

8.3

8.25

8.05

7.85

7.8

7.8

7.8

7.8

7.8

7.7

7.6

7.17

7.25

7.5

7.5

7.35

7.40

7.7

7.7

7.38

7.6

7.32

7.28

7.28

7.17

7 05

July.

7.40

7.20

7.08

6.92

7.00

7.48

7.35

7 08

7.35

7.43

7.35

7.01

6.98

6 91

7.05

6.83

7.03

7.08

7.03

7.01

7.05

6.98

6.71

6.98

7 %

7.35

7.43

Aug.

7.18

6.95

6.68

7.13

6.91

7.08

6.95

6.95

6.71

6.68

6.91

6.85

6.83

6.91

7.21

6.78

7.75

6.73

6.91

6.83

6.88

6.78

6.75

6.75

6.83

6.S8

7.05

6.85

6.78

6.81

6.91

Sept.

6.68

6.53

6.58

7.01

7.03

7.01

6.78

7.13

7.43

7.28

6.98

6.78

6.85

6.38

6.65

6.95

6.83

6.91

6.93

6.83

6.58

6.93

7.95

7.75

7.42

7.28

6.85

6.68

6.85

7.12

Oct.

6.88

6.90

7.00

7.00

6.82

7.18

6.98

6.85

6.92

6.92

6.88

7.38

7.7

6.98

7.05

6.90

6.85

6.55

7.15

8.1

7.8

7.8

7.55

7.8

8.3

10.5

9.1

8.6

8.3

8.05

Nov.

8.1

7-65

7.85

7.9

7.6

7.6

7.5

7.4

7.3

11.1

9.3

8.7

8.4

8.3

8.4

8.15

8.25

8.0

8.0

8.7

8.8

8.5

8.2

8.4

8.2

8.2

7.8

8.4

8.1

8.05

Dec.

8.3

8.05

8 n

7.8 B 1

8.0

8.0

9.9

9 1

8.8

8.8

8.6

8.5

8.7

8.6

8.45

8.4

a A.

8.3

8.15

8.0

8.3

a n

S 1

o n

8.2

7.8

7.7

8.2

8.05

8.0
HUDSON BIVEE BASIN. 131 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge, N. Y.,for 191S.

Day.

I..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,820

1.560

1,910

2,990

1,730

1,730

2,880

4,720

2,880

2,180

1,910

2,470

2.000

1,560

1,400

1,400

1,910

3,580

3,460

2,280

3,100

2 9»n

1,910

2,280

1,820

1,560

1,640

1,400

1,160

1,160

1,090

Feb.

2,000

950

1,020

1,020

778

712

650

650

532

560

505

620

450

450

505

505

560

450

478

450

532

880

1,910

915

650

505

560

2,880

Mar.

1,730

1,240

950

950

810

745

478

560

560

1,560

1,730

1,320

1,320

3,340

4,880

3,840

2,280

1,640

1,560

1,910

2,570

3,100

1,910

2,090

2,280

5,370

10,000

7,200

4,410

3,100

2,880

Apr.

3,840

2,570

2,180

2,000

2,090

1,820

1,730

1,560

1,320

1,240

1,910

3,460

2.570

2,570

2 090

1,820

i fi4n

1,480

1,400

1,240

1,160

1,020

1,020

880

810

810

710

810

1,090

950

May.

810

650

620

620

560

620

560

dV\

425

400

332

505

400

355

qtrt

425

4nn

378

450

dfiO

400

d*ft

1,090

1,910

1,320

950

810

880

2,470

1,560

1,240

June.

osn

osn

74S

719

CQA

47S

450

AKf\

450

din

47s

400

355

186

212

310

qin

OCA

270

400

dftO

OfiO

OeC

238

223

223

230

128

152

July.

97fl

IQfi

160

14fl

165

180

IQe

oqn

302

OCA

160

OCA

282

OCA

142 foe

118

1^9

101

148

160

148

142

152

135

77

135

310

250

282

Aug.

189

128

79

174

118

160

128

77

72

118

105

101

118

198

90

84

81

118

101

112

on

84

84

101

112

152

105

90

96

118

Sept.

72

50

57

Id 9

148

142

on

174

223

135

90

105

sn

68

128

101

118

123

101

57

123

532

425

278

223

105

72

72

171

Oct.

116

140

140

QO

1OQ

135

105

121

121

112

48

262

dfiO

toe

152

116

105

52

180

620

4W>

450

332

450

1,160

2,570

1,320

950

745

590

Nov.

620

S7S

478

CAK

355

qec

qiA

270

OQA

3,220

1,480

1,020

QtA

745

QtA

650

712

560

560

1,020

1,090

con

680

810

680

680

450

810

620

590

Dec.

745

tQrt

Kfin

450

620

EJSA:

EJSA:

2 ftftrt

1,320

1,090

1,090

950

Cfin

1,020

950

RdK

QtA

QIA

745

650

560

745

«JA

620

560

680

450

400

680

590

560

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well denned between 200 and 6,000 second-feet and 

fairly well defined below 200 second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 512 square miles.]

Month.

April....................................

May....................................

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

4,720 

2,880 

10,000 

3,840 

2,470 

950 

282 

198 

532 

2,570 

1,480 

2,000

10,000

Minimum.

1,090 

450 

478 

710 

310 

128 

77 

72 

30 

48 

x230 

400

30

Mean.

2,120 

810 

2,530 

1,660 

734 

393 

185 

113 

148 

402 

746 

763

886

Per

square 

mile.

4.14

1.58 

4.94 

3.24 

1.43 

.767 

.361 

.221 

.289 

.785 

1.46 

1.49

1.73

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

4.77 

1.64 

5.70 

3.62 

1.65 

.86 

.42 

.25 

.32 

.90 

1.63 

1.72

23.48

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A.

MOHAWK RIVER AT TRIBES HILL, N. Y.

Location. At the suspension bridge between the towns of Fort Hunter and Tribes

Hill. 

Records available. January 1 to December 31, 1912, and discharge measurements

in 1913. Data for April 3,1904, to December 31,1913, published in annual reports

of the New York State engineer and surveyor.
132 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Drainage area. 3,113 square miles.

Gage. Chain on bridge.

Discharge measurements. Made from the downstream side of the suspension 

bridge.

Cooperation. Results prior to 1913 furnished by the New York State engineer and 

surveyor. Station flooded out during June, 1913, by the closing of one of the 

movable dams of the Barge canal, a short distance below the station.

Discharge 'measurements of Mohawk River at Tribes Hill, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Mar. 24

24

28

Apr. 24

Made by 

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

7.70

7.62

1<? fW

5.93

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

12,800

12,300

75,900

4,590

Date.

May 3

10

19

Made by 

.....do.................

O. W. Hartwell........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

5.72

5.00

4.48

4 40

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

4 240

2*340

1 400

1^030

MOHAWK RIVER AT VISCHER FERRY, N. Y.

Location. At Vischer Ferry, just below Stony Creek, about a mile below the Vischer 

Ferry dam of the Barge canal, and about 10 miles above the mouth.

Records available. June 24 to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 3,420 square miles.

Gage. An inclined staff at the foot of an old bridge abutment, about 100 feet above 

the ferry; a portable automatic gage used July 15 to 28 and August 7 to September 17, 1913.

Channel and control. Coarse gravel; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made by wading at the control.

Diversions. Water is diverted into Erie canal at Vischer Ferry dam and carried 

around the gage. Miscellaneous measurements of this diversion have been made 

and are given below, but no allowance for this diversion has been made in computing the flow at Vischer Ferry.

Regulation. Flow affected by operation of dams upstream.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Mohawk River at Vischer Ferry,. N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

July 2

16

Aug. 7 

Sept. 5

Made by 

Lyon and Easterly. .... 

Lyon and Barnes. ..... 

De Golyer and Barnes.

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.15

2.98 

2.86 

2.64

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,570

954 

668 

315

Date.

Sept. 11

Nov. 5 

7 

18

Made by 

De Golyer and Barnes. 

.....do.................

Canfleld and Barnes....

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.85

3.40 

3.51 

4.20

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

590

2,070 

2,250

4,420

Discharge measurements of Erie Canal at Vischer Ferry, N. Y'.,for 191S.

Date.

July 8

15

Oct. 15

Made by 

W.S. Easterly.........

Gage 

height."

Feet. 

2.35

2.10

1.76

1.46

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

415

384

385

366

Date.

Oct. 15

Nov. 5

7

18

Made by 

C.S.De Golyer........

.....do.................

.....do.................

height."

Feet.

1.42

3.27

3.58

1.29

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

290

300

270

354

Distance to water surface from a reference point on bridge.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN. 133

Daily gage height, infect, of Mohawk River at Vischer Ferry, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[Wm. Woodin, observer.]

Day.

1............................................

2............................................

3............................................

4............................................

5............................................

6............................................

7............................................

8............................................

9............................................

10............................................

11............................................

12............................................

13............................................

14............................................

15............................................

16............................................

17............................................

18............................................

19............................................

20............................................

21............................................

22............................................

23............................................

24............................................

25............................................

26............................................

27............................................

28............................................

29............................................

30............................................

31............................................

June.

3.05

2.88

3.25

3.00

2.90

3.30

3.28

July.

3.18

3.12

3.10

2.98

2.98

3.02

2.92

2.96

2.97

3.00

2.91

2.87

2.86

2.78

2.88

3.00

2.96

2.91

2.90

2.88

2.88

2.88

2.91

2.90

2.89

2.88

2.82

2.84

2.84

Aug.

2.83

2.90

2.84

2.89

2.94

2.90

2.84

2.81

2.80

2.95

2.87

2.84

2.82

2.81

2.83

2.86

2.84

2.85

2.72

2.79

2.83

2.80

2.87

2.77

2.79

2.81

2.83

2.81

2.87

2.84

2.81

Sept.

2.79

2.74

2.77

2.75

2.65

2.75

2.74

2.76

2.70

2.75

2.82

2.80

2.78

2.74

2.73

2.96

2.83

2.75

2.69

2.85

2.74

3.35

3.19

2.92

2.91

3.12

2.68

2.63

Oct.

3.02

2.98

3.00

3.10

3.46

3.35

3.22

3.22

2.89

3.05

2.95

2.89

2.98

2.99

2.91

2.62

2.97

2.96

2.94

2.98

3.13

5.5

4.8

4.4

3 9

4.0

4.8

5.1

4.3

4 9

4.1

Nov.

3.5

3.55

3.40

3.44

3.36

3.28

3.5

3.24

3.5

12.2

10.0

7.0

5.6

5.0

5.1

4.8

4.4

4.1

4.1 4 <;

6.1

5 7

5.1

4.4

4.1

4.4

4.0

3 d

3.8

3.6

Dec.

3.75

4 3

4.4

4.2

3.85

3.65

5.0

4 Q

5.8

4.5

4 1

4.1

A. 9

4.2

4.8

4.4

4.5

1 01

3 9

3 ni

3.5

i x<\

3.48

3.42

3.6

3

AK

3.75

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Mohawk River at Vischer Ferry, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1.... ........................................

2............................................

3............................................

4............................................

5............................................

6............................................

7............................................

8............................................

9............................................ 10............................................

11............................................

12............................................

13............................................

14............................................

15............................................

16............................................

17............................................

18............................................

19............................................

20............................................

21............................................

22............................................

23............................................

24............................................

25............................................

26............................................

27............................................

28............................................

29............................................

30............................................

31............................................

June.

i nfifl

703

1,550

940

740

1,680

1,630

July.

1,370

1,220

1,170

900

900

986

780

860

880

04(1

760

685

666

525

703

940

860

7fi(1

74(1

799

703

703

703

760

740

799

703

RAQ

*M3

630

630

Aug.

611

740

630

722

820

740

630

*!74

556

8/1(1

685

630 WM

*!74

611

666

630

ftAQ

431

KAf\

611

KKft

685 t*no

KAf\

574

611

574

685

630

574

Sept.

540

462

509

478

331

478

462

494

400

478

593

556

W5

462

447

860

611

KCA

520

d7fl

386

648

Aft*)

i dnn

780

760

1,220

Q79

OAO

Oct.

986

onfl

940

1,170

1,820

1,470

1,470

722

i nfirt

840

722

Qfirt

QOA

760

7S2rt

880

860

820

onn

1,240

9 420

6,590

5,110

3 440

3,760

6,590

7,780

4,760

4,420

4,090

Nov.

2,230

2,380

1,950

2,060

1,840

1,630

2,230

1,520

2,230

9 840

7 380

7^780

6,590

5,110

4,090

4,090

5,470

19 fUVl

1f\ OrtA

7

7OA

5,110

4,090

5,120

3 7fifl

3 440

3

' iort

2

KO/\

Dec.

2 ggo

4,760

5,110

4 xon

3

OOTI

2,670

7 QSrt

6,980

10,700

5,470

5,470

4,090

4,420

4,420

fi KQft

5,110

5,470

3

Cf\f\

3 440

O QOA

2 9QTI

2

00A

2,170

2,010

2 KOA

2,090

1,410

1,260

1,810

i onn

2,140

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined below 6,000 second-feet. Discharge estimated for days when no gage height was reported. Mean discharge Nov. 10-12 estimated 52,200 secondfeet from an extension of the rating curve.
134 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Mohawk River at Vischer Ferry, N. Y.,for 1913.

Month.

June 24-30.... . .................................................

July............................................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,370 

820 

1,820 

9,420

10,700

Minimum.

525 

431 

303

722 

1,520 

1,260

Mean.

1,190 803- 

626 

613 

2,520 

9,410 

3,890

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

B.

WEST CANADA CREEK AT WILMURT, N. T.

Location. At the highway bridge in the town of Wilmurt.

Records available. January 1,1912, to December 31,1913. Data for June 28,1909,

to December 31,1913, published in annual reports of the New York State engineer

and surveyor. / 

Drainage area. 198 square miles.

G-age. Vertical staff on the downstream side of the center pier of the highway bridge. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading. 

Cooperation. Results furnished by the New York State engineer and surveyor.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Canada Creek at Wilmwt, N. Y., for 1913.

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3... ...........

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12.. ............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,150

820

1,200

1.404

1,510

1,685

3,200

2,490

1,740

1,510

2 270

1,740

1,870

1 935

2^790

3,360

1,805

1 ^ifin

1,100

Qlfi

868

820

744

Feb.

958

1,000

1,000

916

820

820

744

676

676

676

676

676

638

676

744

744

744

744

676

676

676

676

676

676

676

676

676

676

Mar.

676

676

676

744

74d

744

1,300

1,404

1,510

2,870

Apr.

3,520

1,740

1,870

3,120

2,635

2,490

2,060

1,805

1,570

1,352

I

OKfi

1,150

958

1,352

1 9rm

1,100

958

820

782

1 Oftft

1,050

RfiS

QEQ

1

1CA

1,250

May.

1 935

1,300

QCO

3 

' 440

2,060

June.

1,050

1,200

868

710

638

540

476

443

410

356

356

267

190

356

356

W5

267

215

ion

325

O1 R

190

190

190

164

164 100

ion

164

July.

138

118

98

98

72

72

72

72

72

72

267

164

164

118

98

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72 ion

1QQ

98

98

98

98

OK

79

Aug.

72

58

58

72

72

72

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

85

215

138

79

EO

72

79

79

72

79

Sept.

72

58

50

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

50

50

50

50

50

SO

50

50

50

58

CO

1 '443 000

267

ion

QQ

QQ

98

98

Oct.

98

325

570

476

325

215

ion

190

ion

164

138

138

138

118

98

98

98

98

CIS

744

3,280

1 740

1,100

916

1,570

1,685

1 740

I

qeq

1 050

' CAQ

710

Nov.

570

508

443

508

710

570

476

410

3,040

1,740

1.404

1,457

1,250

1,050

868

710

710

2 97ft

1 740

1,352

1,200

1,100

*7C*>

cjn

c*m

508

Dec.

476

540

600

600

676

868

1,000

1,870

1,457

1,250

1,000

868

744

744

600

600

600

540

540

476

476

476

476

508

570

CAQ

QOQ

naf7

164

98

NOTE. Discharge beyond the limits of the rating curve for days when no discharge is given.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN. 135

Monthly discharge of West Canada Creek at Wilmurt, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 198 square miles.]

Month.

Ma.iY>h _ . . . April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,000

1,200 

267 

215 

1,000 

3,280

1,870

Minimum.

820 

676 

676 

782 

820 

138 

72 

50 

50 

98 

410 

98

Mean.

1,662 

739

1,534

376 

102 

69 

119 

662 

1,005 

660

Per

square 

mile.

8.39 

3.73

7.75

1.90 

.515 

.348 

.601 

3.34 

5.08 

3.33

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

9.67 

3.88

8.65

2.12

.594 

.401 

.671 

3.85 

5.67 

3.84

WEST CANADA CREEK AT POLAND, N. T.

Location. At the highway bridge below the village of Poland.

Records available. January 1 to December 31, 1913. Data for July 3, 1908, to

December 31, 1913, published in annual reports of the New York State engineer

and surveyor.

Drainage area. 470 square miles.

Gage. Standard chain on the downstream side of the bridge. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge. 

Cooperation. Results furnished by the New York State engineer and surveyor.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Canada Creek at Poland, N. Y:,for 1913.

Day.

1....... .......

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. ot

Jan.

1,660

1,155

2,134

3,806

3,320

2,904

3,887

6,532

5,810

3,887

2,904

3,575

3,068

2,506

2,062

1 660

4^138

6,935

8,625

5,400

8,000

6,118

3,806

4,225

3,068

2,134

2,206

1,390

916

1,032

I

AQO

Feb.

1,032

991

991

916

652

684

592

652

684

712

712

712

652

620

652

620

652

652

620

592

684

848

1,286

1,202

1,343

991

748

684

.......

Mar.

684

620

652

620

564

564

592

536

536

684

848

1,032

1,390

4,138

6,440

8,500

7,768

2,904

2,350

3,320

5,190

9,418

5,910

3,968

11,075

17,020

17,270

14,480

7,250

4,138 

3,320

Apr.

3,650

3,150

2,428

2,584

5,705

4,312

2,822

1,920

1,660

1,343

2,662

3,490

2,584

1,855

1,920

1,660

1,444

1,114

1,606

1,660

1,249

1,114

1,114

1,032

1,444

1,155

1,155

991

1,114

1,202

May.

950

1,032

916

780

684

620

1,249

592

536

430

455

455

405

380

380

405

380

455

536

455

455

536

2,428

2,904

1,855

1,249

1,343

2,584

6,625

3,150 

1,855

June.

1,343

1,390

1,114

916

780

684

620

620

564

508

508

480

430

332

332

405

455

405

380

380

455

430

455

332

332

405

508

592

380

309

July.

332

263

332

263

286

263

355

309

332

592

455

455

430

405

332

286

332

309

286

263

309

355

332

380

430

309

240

405

380

405 

380

Aug.

380

286

309

380

355

286

240

263

309

180

309

286

220

220

220

160

220

220

220

200

200

240

332

332

309

309

220

263

355

332

286

Sept.

263

120

220

220

220

220

200

240

200

200

200

200

180

140

180

200

200

200

240

200

.160

508

882

480

430

332

332

200

309

240

Oct.

240

286

916

712

480

355

355

309

355

309

286

240

355

380

332

309

309

"286i

240

405

4,138

2,740

1,552

1,296

1,790

2,062

2,134

1,725

1,202

991 

882

Nov

84f

74?

78f

78f

885

78f

fiRf

62(

3,80f

8,50C

4 97,'

2'ftW

2,06!

IjSR

1,72

1,551

1,20

1,03 '«*

3,80

4,31!

2,82

1,85,

1,49!

1'49J

1J5,

84

81

88

(

t

t

}

>>,

i

)

)

>>,

,

t

!

\^

Dec.

916

1,032

882

916

950

916

1,343

3,968

2,350

1,855

1,343

1,032

1,073

1,032

991

814

950

780

652

652

780

684

712

536

620

620

620

536

562

652 

592
136 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of West Canada Creek at Poland, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage'area, 470 square miles.l

Month.

March.........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

8,625 

1,343 

17,270 

3,650 

2,904 

1,343 

592 

380 

882 

4,138 

8,500 

3,968

17,270

Minimum.

916 

592 

536 

991 

380 

309 

240 

160 

120 

240 

620 

536

120

Mean.

3,545 

792 

4,638 

2,038 

1,196 

562 

348 

272 

264 

902 

1,906 

1,015

1,460

Per 

square 

mile.

7.54 

1.68 

9.86 

4.34 

2.54 

1.19 

.740 

.579 

.562 

1.92 

4.06 

2.16

3.11

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

8.69 

1.75 

11.37 

4.84 

2.93 

1.33 

.853 

.668 

.627 

2.21 

4.53 

2.49

42.288

WEST CANADA CREEK AT KAST BRIDGE, N. Y.

Location. At the highway bridge about 3 miles above Herkimer, and about 4 milea 

above the mouth.

Records available. May 15,1905, to December 31,1910; January 1,1912, to December 31, 1913. Data for May 15, 1905, to December 31, 1913, published in the 

annual reports of the New York State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 570 square miles.

Gage. Horton tape gage on bridge near east abutment.

Channel. Small bowlders and coarse gravel; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the New York State engineer and surveyor.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Canada Creek at Kast Bridge, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

4..............

5.... ..........

6. . ............

7..............

8..............

g

10..............

11..............

12..............

is

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

1Q

30..............

91

22..............

93

24..............

25..............

26..............

97

28..............

29..............

30.............. O-l

Jan.

2.050

1,560

2,326

4,676

3,648

5,516

5,748

7,609

6,706

4,180

3,265

4,676

3,442

2,786

2,142

1,875

7,476

8,015

8.575

6", 160

8,365

7,084

4,552

4,800

3,684

2,556

2,740

1,735

1,172

1,140 

1,197

Feb.

1,385

1.070

1,095

1,070

774

745

Alfi

708

658

737

730

752

723

680

701

723

665

621

606

6i>8

767

891

1,980

1,350

1,140

942

789

847

.......

Mar.

797

708

628

760

636

606

<MQ

621

584

1,172

1,248

1,700

1,980

7,147

7,276

8,998

5,922

3,324

2,786

9,354

6,220

5,280

14,377

20,500

9ft PIftfi

18,355

8,295

4,920 

6,520

Apr.

6,160

4,2*2

3,029

2,970

6,160

5,280

3

Crt1

2,326

1,700

1,490

S OAR

4,552

3 394

2,188

2,418

1,910

1,805

1,248

2,050

1>0

1 490

1^274

1,350

1,248

1^350

1,274

1,420

1,120

1 974

2,924

May.

1,070

968

811

TOA

701

C77

687

621

475

456

461

418

446

OKI

456

437

451

KflA

AK-I

606

2,418

3,206

2 464

1,324

1,630

2,464

6,706

3,684 

2,188

June.

1,560

1,248

968

797

708

737

fi43

548

504

475

456

342

380

257

370

380

304

370

497

418

314

323

295

4<lfi

570

465

314

July.

285

304

QrtA

267

197

370

1Q7

361

219

366

489

456

409

380

257

252

215

276

248

230

230

 248

271

342

428

356

295

304

323

361 

361

Aug.

366

290

257

276

323

267

197

' 248

899

223

182

238

267

208

167

200

130

165

194

176

170

154

280

351

295

219

276

257

394

267 

238

Sept.

252

138

165

230

143

170

204

138

173

194

162

100

136

136

104

182

170

138

230

230

295

636

993

606

409

342

356

252

165

262

Oct.

230

351

866

717

511

442

262

356

309

<ino

465

418

394

338

267

295

267

328

614

4,676

3,206

1,700

1,140

1,840

2,418

2,326

1,770

1,248

1,120 

968

Nov.

942

730

767

767

891

723

752

701

4,180

9,066

6,100

3,560

2,418

2,096

2,096

1,805

1,350

1.172

1,070

4,304

5,160

3,147

2,096

1,770

1,630

1,274

1,095

942

942

968

Dec.

968

1 222

QAO

QAfi

1 14ft

Qnq

1,455

4 304

2*832

2,280

1 490

1 1Q7

1,248

1,197

1,248

968

1,044

1,070

694

1Q1

fiCkt

752

651

636

730

752

409

446

606

591 

680
HUDSON" RIVER BASIN". 137

Monthly discharge of West Canada Creek at Kast Bridge, N. T.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 575 square miles.] '

Month.

April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

The year. ...............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

8,575 

1,980 

20, 500 

6.160 

6,706 

1,980 

489 

394 

993 

4,676 

9,068 

4,304

20.500

Minimum.

1,140

606 

533 

1,120 

351 

257 

197 

130 

100 

230 

701 

409

100

Mean.

4.242

874 

5.498 

2,560 

1,273 

585 

310 

244 

252 

988 

2,150 

1,124

1.680

Per

square 

mile.

7.38 

1.52 

9.56 

4.45 

2.22 

1.02 

.539 

.424 

.438 

1.72 

3.74 

1.95

2.92

Eun-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

8.51 

1.58 

11.02 

4.96 

2.56 

1.14 

.622 

.489 

.489 

1.98 

4.17 

2.25

39. 770

SCHOHARIE CREEK AT PRATTSVILLE, N". Y.

Location. At the highway bridge at Prattsville.

Records available. November 7, 1902, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 236 square miles (revised).

Gage. Chain gage on upstream side of highway bridge. An auxiliary vertical staff 

gage about 500 feet below the bridge used during the winter.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading.

Winter flow. Not seriously affected by ice.

Regulation. Flow not seriously affected by storage.

Floods. The maximum rate of flow occurred at 4.45 p. m., March 27, 1913. Discharge 16,500 second-feet or 70 second-feet per square mile.

Cooperation. Results furnished by Board of Water Supply of the city of New York.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofSchoharie Creek at Prattsville, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1. .............

3..............

4..............

5, ............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

iq

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

1Q

20..............

21..............

22..............

OQ

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

774

567

1,880

1,976

1,230

1,070

1,170

4 618

1,868

1^290

1,230

1 592

822

662

630

581

1.090

1 '990 090

766

1,200

702

638

870

638

567

581

470

4OQ

415

391

Feb.

385

361

361

349

331

325

307

331

289

207

183

159

133

121

100

163

141

127

112

112

183

337

445

183

242

127

163

457

Mar.

662

481

463

361

313

277

252

421

494

331

630

397

313

1,748

1,580

1,310

814

623

581

766

1,230

1.230

766

1,140

1,010

5,350

11,056

3,726

2,102

1,520

1.520

Apr.

1,360

906

830

702

933

694

623

553

497

433

718

1,050

822

846

686

595

525

457

427

415

361

301

289

277

252

212

101

1,496

1,748

1 

' 060

May.

782

616

490

409

361

331

325

277

212

203

191

171

163

151

143

151

133

143

127

112

112

118

203

970

525

385 qq-|

497

1,010

638

483

June.

391

361

301

483

349

252

237

191

171

151

133

127

118

97

103

73

73

88

53

59

63

53

53

49

43

151

73

69

82

53

July.

55

51

47

37

39

43

47

45

39

43

37

35

37

47

35

29

27

29

31

29

23

25

25

25

25

19

19

23

19

17

11

Aug.

9

9

5

17

15

15

136

55

39

35

35

23

19

31

19

10

19

118

47

35

4Q

35

39

37

35

23

19

19

43

39

29

Sept.

25

22

19

19

17

15

15

31

19

13

11

9

11

9

11

15

7

11

11

9

11

990

464

242

163

124

112

85

82

71

Oct.

71

385

421

289

207

167

143

127

130

118

112

159

247

175

159

151

136

115

112

1,544

1,628

838

574

470

870

1,868

1,592

1,030

774

616

504

Nov.

421

361

313

295

237

237

227

195

10,916

5,050

2,298

1,568

1,230

1,070

915

862

806

774

846

1,050

806

718

670

623

595

588

511

470

694

646

Dec.

546

511

483

457

uf\

421

497

862

750

609

497

464

464

457

445

385

391

397

391

433

307

313

325

337

325

373

511

525

313

203

183
138 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge of Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 236 square miles.]

Month.

Aprfl. ............................

May..............................

July..............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

4.618 

457 

11,056 

1.748 

1.010 

483 

55 

136 

990 

1.868 

10,916 

862

11,056

Minimum.

391 

100 

252 

191 

112 

43 

11 

5 

7 

71 

195 

183

5

Mean.

1,057 

241 

1,402 

675 

347 

150 

33 

34 

88 

507 

1,200 

439

514

Per

square 

mile.

4.48 

1.02 

5.94 

2.86 

1.47 

.64 

.14 

.14 

.37 

2.15 

5.08 

1.86

2.18

Run-off.

Depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area.

5.165 

1.064 

6.851 

3.192 

1.698 

.709 

.163 

.169 

.416 

2.478 

5.671 

2.143

29.719

Total in 

million 

gallons.

21,183 

4,351 

28,092 

13,094 

6,953 

2,904 

654 

684 

1,707 

10, 168 

23,263 

8,802

121,855

ALPLAUS KILL NEAR CHARLTON, N. Y.

Location. At the highway bridge about half a mile southwest of Charlton.

Records available. August 12 to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 24.9 square miles.

Gage. Automatic gage referred to a vertical staff on the upstream corner of the left 

abutment of the bridge.

Channel and control. A low weir 43 feet long has been constructed between the 

abutments of the bridge. The average height of its crest is 2.6 feet above the bed 

of the stream. The crest of the weir is formed by a steel plate having a rectangular notch 36 inches long and 9 inches deep and a V notch in the center of the 

rectangular notch.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading. The V notch 

has been rated by a number of volumetric measurements.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Alplaus Kill near Charlton, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Oct. 18

18

18

18

18 

18

18

18

18

Made by 

Covert and Hartwell. . . 

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do.................. 

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

height.

Feet. 

10. 444 

10. 440

10.403

10. 402

10. 367 

10.368

10.342

10.343

10.336

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

0.174 

.174

.141

.139

.112 

.115

.0923

.0937

.0885

Date.

Oct. 18

18

18

18

18 

Dec. 16

31

31

Made by 

Covert and Hartwell. . . 

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

R. S. Bames...........

.....do..................

height.

Feet. 

10.305 

10.307

10.287

10. 272

10.276 

11.44

11.42

11.42

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

0.0695 

.0707

.0590

.0511

.0520 

18.9

18.7

18.8

NOTE. Measurements of Oct. 18 are volumetric.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN. 139

Da^ygageheighttinfeet^nddischarge^nsecond-feet^fAlplav^KUlnearCharlton, N. Y.,

for 1913.

[Edwin Litts, observer.]

Day.

1..... ..............

2...................

3...................

4...................

5...................

6...................

7...................

8...................

9...................

10...................

11...................

12...................

13...................

14...................

15...................

16...................

17...................

18...................

19...................

20...................

2i...... .............

22...................

23...................

24...................

25...................

26...................

27...................

28...................

29...................

30...................

31...................

August.

height

9.36 

9.26 

10.32 

10.07

9.69 

9.33 

9.12

8.69 

8.66 

8.90 

8.79 

8.80

8.75 

9.14 

9.30 

9.48 

10.26 

10.40

Discharge.

0.000 

.000 

.078 

.002

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000

.600 

.000 

.000 

.000 

.045 

.140

September.

Gage 

height.

10.29 

10.22 

10.15 

10.08 

10.03

9.98 

9.92 

9.86 

9.78 

9.71

9.65 

9.59 

9.53 

9.47 

9.41

9.36 

9.32 

9.32 

9.30

9.27

9.24 

10.45 

10.72 

10.63 

10.57

10.49 

10.52 

10.50 

10.48 

10.49

Discharge.

0.060 

.029 

.011 

.002 

.000

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000 

.000

.000 

.217 

1.88 

1.19 

.790

.369 

.510 

.413 

.327 

.369

October.

height

10.48 

10.59 

10.76 

10.60 

10.51

10.50 

. 10.52 

10.49 

10.54 

10.60

10.47 

10.41 

10.46 

10.48 

10.51

10.56 

10.48 

10.38 

10.37

10.96 

10.70 

10.84

11.32 

11.45 

11.29 

11.16 

11.16 

10.95

Discharge.

'0.327 

.916 

2.21 

.980 

.460

.413 

.510 

.369 

.616 

.980

.288 

.149 

.251 

.327 

.460

.730 

.327 

.122 

.114

4.14 

1.71

2.94

11.3 

21.9 

9.5 

6.43 

6.43 

4.04

November.

Gage 

height.

10.82 

10.62 

10.61 

10.95 

10.66

10.92 

10.72 

10.80 

11.62 

11.78

11.50 

11.42 

11.36 

11.40 

11.39

11.37 

11.32 

11.24 

11.22 

11.71

11.52 

11.45 

11.42 

11.38 

11.36

11.26 

11.27 

11.10 

11.06 

11.31

Discharge.

2.75 

1.12 

1.05

4.04 

1.40

3.74 

1.88 

2.57 

42.4 

66.4

27.3 

18.9 

14.0 

17.1 

16.3

14.7 

11.3 

7.41 

7.15 

55.5

29.6 

21.9 

18.9 

15.5 

14.0

8.0 

8.5 

5.72 

5.24 

10.7

December.

Gage 

height

11.50 

11.53 

11.46 

11.41 

11.36

11.31 

11.44 

11.64 

11.41 

11.41

11.42 

11.41 

11.38 

11.17 

11.05

11.03 

11.16 

10.89 

11.00 

11.06

11.15 

10.91 

11.16 

11.28 

11.34 

11.18

Discharge.

27.3 

30.8 

22.9 

18.0 

14.0

10.7 

20.9 

45.2 

18.0 

18.0

18.9 

18.0 

15.5 

6.55 

5.13

4.91

6.43 

3.44 

4.58 

5.24

6.31 

3.64 

6.43 

9.00 

12.6 

6.67

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Estimates do not include leakag<y 

which was less than 0.01 second-foot Mean discharge Oct. 20-22 estimated 0.11 second-feet; Dee. 11-15, 

estimated 18 second-feet

Monthly discharge of Alplaul Kill near Charlton, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 24.9 square miles.J

Month.

August 12-31............................

December. ..............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

0.140 

1.88 

21.9

66.4 

45.2

Minimum.

0.000 

.000

1.05 

3.44

Mean.

0.0132 

.206 

2.56 

15.2 

14.5

Per 

square 

mile.

0.0005 

.008 

.103 

.613

.582

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.00 

.01 

.11

.68

.67

 Accuracy.

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

KINDEEHOOK CEEEK AT EOSSMAN, N. Y.

Location. At the highway bridge at Rossman, a mile above Claversack Creek and

9 miles by road above Hudson.

Records available. March 17, 1906, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 331 square miles.
140 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Gage. Tape gage on highway bridge.

Channel and control. Rock and gravel.

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge.

Regulation. Low-water flow, practically controlled by storage in several small 

lakes and by the operation of power plants and paper mills above the station.

Winter flow. Seriously affected by ice.

Special studies. A portable automatic gage was set up near the regular gage and 

records were obtained August 3 to 12, and November 30 to December 5, 1912, 

and May 31 to June 10, 1913. A study of the records from this gage indicates 

that two gage readings a day give fairly good results for discharges over 100 secondfeet.

Floods. The high water of March 25 to 30,1913, reached a stage of 33.4 feet March 28, 

as recorded by the gage observer. The corresponding discharge was 8,780 secondfeet, or 26.5 second-feet per square mile.

Accuracy. Results over 100 second-feet fair.

Daily gage height, in feet, ofKinderhook Creek at Rossman, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Lester Alien, observer.]

Day.

1.. ............

3.. ............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

'23.............. 

24.............. 

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

28.35

28.35

28.6

29.1

28.6

28.8

28.5

28.9

28.8

28.7

28.6

28.6

28.9

28.8

28 7

9a 7

28 7

28.6

28.6

28.3

28.7

28.45

28.2 

28.15 

28.1

97 Q

27.8

27.7

27.6

27.6

27.5

 Feb.

28.0

27.6

27.65

27.5

27.5

27.6

27.48

27.5

9Q 1

.......

Mar.

28.3

28.05

27.7

27.55

27.5

27.45

27.32

27.24

27.42

27.8

28.0

28.05

27.95

28.5

29.5

on q

28.8

OQ q

28.25

28.15

28 7

9S Q

28.4 

28.35

OO 0

29.7

30.8

qo 7

30.5

29.6

29.4

Apr.

29.6

28.9

28.45

28.25

28.4

28.35

28.2

28.0

27.9

27.75

28.0

28.8

28.9

OO Q

28.5

28.3

28.15

97 Qt\

97 ft

27.7

27.65

27.55

27.49

27.42

97 Aft

97 97

27.38

97 OO

27.28

27.24

May.

27.16

27.06

26.94

26.84

26.90

27.02

27.01

27.06

26.94

9fi ad

26.89

26.77

26.72

26.73

9fi tfl

26.72

26.70

9A ftl

26.44

2&92

26.75

26.66

26.95

27.7 

27.6

97 M\

27.32

97 19

27.6

27.65

27.48

June.

27.29

27.20

27.12

27.04

26.92

26.84

26.73

26.65

26.84

26.64

26.70

2&68

26.58

26.56

26.55

26.50

26.65

26.58

26.53

26.62

26.53

26.53

26.74 

2a65

OA OA

26.61

26.54

26.51

26.36

26.48

July.

26.14

26.52

26.49

26.20

26.36

26.20

26.06

26.60

26.31

26.34

26.22

26.21

26.18

26.12

26.12

26.28

26.14

26.12

26.23

26.18

26.24

26.16

26.20 

2a31 

26.59

26.45

26.22

26.12

26.28

26.08

26.26

Aug.

26.58

26.08

26.28

26.18

26.19

26.40

2&12

26.26

2&04

26.18

26.14

26.48

26.34

26.48

26.64

26.58

26.21

26.21

26.22

26.27

26.43

26.18

26.04 

26.24 

25.97

26.10

26.12

26.17

26.19

26.28

26.12

Sept.

26.10

25.98

25.93

26.13

26.47

26.43

26.20

26.18

2&26

26.24

26.12

26.00

26.12

26.01

26.25

26.19

26.12

26.18

26.20 2aoe

26.02

26.20

26.40 

26.62 

26.50

26.47

26.46

26.03

26.55

26.24

Oct.

26.14

26.32

26.26

26.02

26.10

2a52

26.20

26.48

26.10

26.23

26.01

26.32

26.08

26.25

26.44

2&80

26.58

26.44

26.10

26.51

26.54

26.62

26.68 

26.52 

26.66

26.82

28.00

27.65

27.47

27.32

27.22

Nov.

27.02

26.92

26.82

26.70

26.70

26.85

26.62

26.71

26.48

26.94

27.48

27.38

27.20

97 11

27.38

27.15

27.16

27.28

27.18

27.28

27.55

27.36

27.25 

27.27 

27.29

27.27

27.22

27.28

27.23

27.30

Dec.

27.30

27.32

27.23

27.27

27.26

27.25

27.08

27.32

27.27

27.26

27.23

27.06

27.20

27.31

27.49

97 cc

27 28

97 OA

27.18

27.05

27.20

27.21

27 05 

27.19

27.22

27.22

27.31

27.30

27.08

27.05

27.02

NOTE. Observations suspended Feb. 9-27 on account of ice.
HUDSON RIVER BASIN. 141 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Kinderhook Creek at Rossman, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19.'.............

20..............

2i.... ..........

22

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,120

1,120

1,340

1 860

1 340

1,540

1,250

1,640

1,540

1 440

1,340

1,340

1,640

1,540

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,340

1,340

1,070

1,440

1,210

988

947

906

748

673

602

534

534

470

Teh.

826

534

568

470

470

534

458

470

1,860

Mar.

1,070

866

602

502

470

441

370

330

424

673

826

866

787

1,250

2,340

2,090

1,540

1,070

1,030

947

1,440

1,640

1,160

1,120

1,070

2,590

4,200

7,480

3,730

2,460

2,210

Apr.

2,460

1,640

1,210

1 030

1,160

1,120

988

826

748

638

826

1,540

1,640

1,640

1,250

1,070

947

787

673

602

568

502

464

424

419

344

401

320

349

340

May.

292

249

202

167

187

233

229

249

202

167

184

144

128

131

128

122

Tifi

l95

138

111

206

602

534

412

370

274

534

568

458

June.

354

310

274

241

195

167

108

167

1AC

122

116

108

100

134

108

ift^

July. Aug. Sept. Oct.

fa

100

116

111

160

826

568

453

370

320

Nov.

233

195

160

122

122

170

inn

125

ono

458

401

310

270

401

288

280

349

wi

349

502

391

334

344

354

344

320

349

325

359

Dec.

I'M

S7ft

ooc

Q4J.

oon

<W4

257

370

344

OOQ

325

249

310

264

464

502

349

339

301

245

sin

315

245

306

320

320

364

359

257

245

233

NOTE. Discharge determined from a poorly defined rating curve. On account of diurnal fluctuation, 

estimates of daily discharge are withheld for all days below 100 second-feet. Mean discharge for February 

determined by comparison with records of Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge, N. Y. Mean discharge for 

May. June, and November estimated by applying the rating curve to the mean of two daily readings.

Monthly discharge of Kinderhook Creek at Rossman, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 331 square miles.]

Month.

March. ..................................

April..... ..............................

May....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,860

7,480 

2,460 

602 

354 

502 

502

Minimtim,

470

330

320 

58

233

Mean.

1,200 

463 

1,540 

897 

249 

128 

284 

326

Per 

square 

mile.

3.62 

1.40

4.65 

2.71

.752 

.387 

.858 

.985

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.17 

1.46 

5.36 

3.02 

.87 

.43 

.96 

1.14

Accuracy.

B. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

C. 

C.

ESOPTJS CREEK NEAR OLIVEBEIDGE, N. Y.

Location. At a weir about 1 mile below the Olivebridge post office. 

Records available. October 17, 1906, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 239 square miles.

Gage. Friez automatic gage, 53 feet upstream from the weir. 

Winter flov. Not affected by ice,
142 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Regulation. Flow affected by storage in Ashokan reservoir.

Floods. Maximum flow for 1913 occurred on November 9 at 8 p. m. and lasted for

about 15 minutes. The peak discharge was 26,600 second-feet, or 111 second-feet

per square mile. 

Cooperation. Data furnished by Board of Water Supply of the City of New York..

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Esopus Creek near Olivebridge, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3... ...........

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14. .............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

yi.. ............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29. ............. "V\

ft... ............

Jan.

1,000

874

1,825

2,230

1,495

1,204

1,141

3,460

2,700

1,900

1,551

1,414

1,093

910

808

743

886

934

922

816

945

830

808

898

798

725

693

620

542

525

502

Feb.

590

428

420

428

353

353

287

271

265

194

182

169

144

162

182

188

175

139

144

175

201

312

502

256

208

175

242

600

Mar.

483

410

350

382

382

400

256

278

350

326

358

358

312

1,970

1,855

1,593

1,153

910

830

1,523

1,722

1,495

1,141

1,269

1,141

3,710

9,580

5,300

2,720

1,870

1,621

Apr.

1 400

1^081

967

874

922

798

712

630

580

532

712

1,011 '922

Q99

808

743

680

620

eon

525

483

456

392

382

358

340

1,347

1 664

1,165

May.

956

816

712

640

580

525

467

410

375

333

312

294

271

264

264

271

264

242

235

215

201

194

301

600

392

340

340

785

1,141

Sfi9

712

June:

600

532

475

512

428

366

340

319

286

264

242

222

215

194.

175

162

144

144

133

139

144

127

116

105

105

94

89

84

89

78

July.

84

78

72

67

57

57

44

40

36

36

33

36

53

40

36

33

33

36

33

29

33

29

29

36

33

26

23

29

44

36

29

Aug.

33

40

29

26

29

36

139

89

62

62

57

48

44

40

36

36

36

67

40

33

29

26

36

33

29

29

29

26

44

53

40

Sept.

33

33

29

26

33

29

29

29

26

23

20

23

22

26

19

23

22

23

21

29

36

798

560

251

183

120

144

96

60

84

Oct.

103

543

583

354

283

219

226

237

300

340

340

363

461

367

367

367

344

344

344

838

2,120

1,367

1,069

858

1,163

1,392

1,750

1,438

1,655

812

785

Nov.

759

563

520

484

562

214

162

202

6,562

12,210

3,571

2,851

1,277

1,764

905

1,046

949

702

814

556

568

615

521

636

527

536

456

422

483

591

Dec.

510

453

421

391

521

558

759

1,432

1,012

904

820

621

641

539

569

459

372

411

355

362

315

293

301

390

340

400

291

270

248

240

250

NOTE. Olivebridge dam closed Sept. 9 at 6 p. m. Discharge Sept. 10 to Dec. 31 determined from curves 

of capacity of Ashokan reservoir and from other sources.

Monthly discharge of Esopus Creek near Olivebridge, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 239 square miles.]

Month.

April..............................

May...............................

July...............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,460 

600 

9,580 

1,664 

1,141 

600 

84 

139 

798 

2,120 

12,210 

1,432

12,210

Minimum.

502 

139 

256 

340 

194 

78 

23 

26 

19 

103 

162 

240

19

Mean.

1,155 

277 

1,485 

768 

462 

231 

41 

44 

95 

701 

1,401 

498

596

Per 

square 

mile.

4.83 

1.16 

6.21 

3.21 

1.93 

.97 

.17 

.18 

.40 

2.93 

5.86 

2.08

2.49

Run-off.

Depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area.

5.569 

1.202 

7.161 

3.583 

2.229 

1.077 

.203 

.215 

.445 

3.383 

6.538 

2.405

34. 010

Total in 

million 

gallons.

23,130 

5,004 

29,760

14,888 

9,251 

4,476 

824 

876 

1,843 

14,048 

27,164 

9,985

141,249
HUDSON RIVER BASIN. 143

ESOPUS CREEK AT MOUNT MARION, N. T.

Location. At the highway bridge at Pleasant Valley, on the Saugerties road, a mile 

east of the Mount Marion station on the West Shore Railroad.

Records available. April 4, 1907, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 368 square miles. 1

Gage. Chain on downstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Rough and irregular ledge rock; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading about threequarters of a mile above the bridge.

Winter flow. Seriously affected by ice.

Regulation. Flow not seriously affected by the operation of power plants. Water 

is stored in Ashokan reservoir above the station.

Accuracy. Results good.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Board of Water Supply of the City of New 

York.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Esopus Creek at Mount Marion, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15...............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

V7

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,887

1,510

2 1ftQ

3,982

2,500

1,995

1,743

5,380

4 QQO

3,060

2,460

2,200

1,770

1,470

1 406

1,161

1,259

1.510

1,550

1,280

1,280

1,210

1,105

1,407

1,245

1,091

1,021

888

810

765

780

Feb.

1,000

675

550

725

585

565

467

435

455

HQ9

312

338

302

273

286

410

320

9.4ft

211

259

302

399

1.210

685

625

535

ftOK

1,119

Mar.

1,105

930

750

700

675

675

615

535

Ann

635

685

650

3,125

4,330

3,800

2,530

1,905

1,470

2,085

3,800

3,190

2,300

2,360

2,130

5,970

13,200

13,070

5,700

3,478

2,880

Apr.

2,700

1,995

1

O«0

1 79*1*

1,680

1,430

1,301

1,189

i t\An

nac

1,035

2,160

1 QQC

1 7O7

1,550

1,350

1,175

1,091 i flfln

O1 9

780

735

685

650

615

575

1,510

3,000

2,040

May.

1,635

1,350

1,175

1,021

912

S4n

765

715

635

575

535

485

455

455

OAK

395

387

355

325

303

288

303

403

1,280

1,021

675

625

1,210

2,480

1,653

1,245

June.

1 '888 000

7O9

715

635

575

525

485

4dQ

Ano

375

355

303

OQQ

265

247

229

222

215

247

222

206

187

173

191

182

173

164

155

July.

14fi

138

1OQ

130

115

108

108

108

108

101

101

108

101

101

101

94

Od

CM

87

87

87

87

94

94

87

80

74

87

80

80

Aug.

80

80

80

80

74

74

247

222

1R9

141

108

101

94

94

87

80

80

80

74

74

74

87

80

74

74

68

63

78

101

94

Sept.

94

87

on

80

80

80

80

80

74

68

63

58

58

48

38

25

20

20

20

36

53

94

130

111

91

87

87

78

68

58

Oct.

50

195

O7C

255

206

177

159

138

ftCK

303

427

467

403

375

335

318

312

303

715

1,210

1,035

965

. 828

2,067

2,700

2,480

2,604

2,380

1,950

1,680

Nov.

1,510

1,280

1,105

965

870

765

600

255

1 O77

5,700

5,790

5,028

4,600

4,150

3,478

3,086

2,530

1,995

1,815

1,550

1,374

1,231

1,140

1,049

979

912

852

810

912

1,035

Dec.

O7O

Qjo

900

QRO

810

765

019

1,707

1 4SJA

1 7.74

1,315

1,091

1,091

1,091

1,021

930

900

870

780

725

700

675

625

828

840

852

715

525

, 525

500

500

1 Total drainage area above Mount Marion, 418 square miles. Diverted from Saw Kfll for Kingston 

water supply, 33 square miles. Diverted from Platte Kfll for Saugerties water supply, 17 square miles. 

Net drainage area above Mount Marion, 368 square miles. This net drainage area supersedes the figures 

formerly published.
144 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Monthly discharge of Esopus Creek at Mount Marion, JV. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 368 square miles.]

Month.

J^y............. ..................

June .................... ......

July...............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

5,380 

1,210 

13,200 

3,000 

2,480 

1,000 

146 

247 

130 

2,700 

- 5,790 

1,707

13,200

Minimum.

765' 

211 

535 

575 

288 

155 

74 

63 

20 

50 

255 

500

20

Mean.

1,833 

511 

2,787 

1,378 

803 

373 

101 

98 

68 

837 

1,978 

898

972

Per 

square 

mile.

4.98 

1.39 

7.57 

3.74 

2.18 

1.01 

.27 

.27 

.18 

2.27 

5.38 

2.44

2.64

Run-off.

Depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area.

5.744 

1.445 

8.736 

4.181 

2.515 

1.130 

.320 

.304 

.209 

2.626 

6.000 

2.813

36. 023

Total in 

million 

gallons.

36,727 

9,244 

55,839 

26,722 

16,087 

7,226 

2,029 

1,971 

1,327 

16,765 

38,354 

17,987

230,278

RONDOUT CREEK AT ROSENDALE, N. Y.

Location. At the highway bridge at Rosendale.,

Records available. July 6, 1901, to November 6, 1903; January 1, 1906, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 380 square miles.

Gage. Chain gage on downstream side of bridge.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading about 1,000 feet 

below the bridge.

Winter flow. Seriously affected by ice. Discharge determined by current-meter 

measurements.

Diversions. Part of the water of the creek is diverted at a dam below High Falls 

through the Delaware & Hudson Canal and is returned to the creek below the 

gaging station. A record of this diversion is kept and the results for Rondout 

Creek are corrected.

Regulation. Flow somewhat affected by storage at Honk Falls, Napanoch, and 

High Falls.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Board of Water Supply of the City of New 

York.
. HUDSON EIVEB BASIN. 145 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Rondout Creek at Rosendale, N. Y-,for 1913.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,560

1,200

2 ion

2,670

1,630

1,390

1,350

7 634

5^300

2,108

2,168

1 904

1*230

1,130

1,230

1,530

1,400

1,290

1,070

1,230

1,150

970

1,220

1,130

1,010

<wa

850

698

714

fiQft

Feb.

1,002

922

850

770

714

578

898

1,090

74fi

730

610

657

621

441

549

441

405

97Q

306

306

441

441

1,660

1,071

ftdl

571

585

1 AAO

Mar.

1,560

987

874

770

610

634

410

KAfi

474

530

730

802

666

6,500

3,684

2,908

1,880

1 380

1,130

2,024

2,670

2,336

1,630

1,690

1,450

2,168

9,812

3,684

2,408

1 

' 430

Apr.

1,904

1,390

1 93fl

1,370

1,090

986

938

730

722

QSfi

3,908

2

qrifl

2

1520

1,510

1,220

1,090

QQQ

826

707

619

651

590

589

590

505

4fiQ

2,465

3,868

2,468

May.

1,579

1,140

QAK

826

762

706

619

K7A

521

474

440

377 3*;i

369

381

365

333

301

291

276

264

318

631

1,522

1,031

646

778

890

1,316

1,227

936

June.

728

599

533

493

379

351

352

417

359

334

311

292

Ofil

238

OAA

255

251 9^f;

193

203

340

249

203

177

166

166

166

165

160

155

July.

155

149

138

123

107

101 19*;

112

Q4

85

80

81

111

94

98

91

70

85

79

73

69

72

138

99

93

81

85

217

127

86

Aug.

65

233

<M

78

146

80

579

OQQ

181

130

82

74

106

100

113

94

82

66

102

114

84

99

85

61

51

67

84

69

92

205

165

Sept.

71

87

125

14fi

147

214

156

109

109

113

97

68

63

79

59

75

92

96

94

882

687

402

244

202

164

162

161

181

Oct.

470

2,152

998

717

556

371

488

301

314

293

270

721

631

510

359

310

456

424

465

1,793

1,630

1,130

794

730

3,160

3,332

2,480

1,760

1,230

954

826

ltf$v.

690

610

554

530

474

426

426

vu.

9,470

9,164

3,380

2,216

1,670

1,330

1,100

986

1,042

1,170

1,200

930

810

746

714

714

666

634

514

522

890

930

Dec.

770

650

570

586

530

490

530

1,744

1,155

961

885

722

650

634

610

570

530

490

450

410

352

340

370

586

666

826

682

666

746

730

730

NOTE. Estimates Apr. 19 to Oct. 18 include amount in Delaware & Hudson Canal. No flow in the 

canal during balance of year.

Monthly discharge ofRondout Creel at Rosendale, N. T.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 386 square miles.]

Month.

April.............................

July..............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

7,634 

1,660 

9,812 

3,908 

1,579 

728 

217 

579 

882 

3,332 

9,470 

1,744

9,812

Hfininmni690 

279 

410 

469 

264 

155 

69 

51 

59 

270 

394 

340

51

Mean.

1,704 

712 

2,160 

1,333 

682 

301 

105 

125 

176 

988 

1,497 

666

871

Per 

square 

mile.

4.41 

1.84 

5.60 

3.45 

1.77 

.78 

.27 

.32 

.46 

2.56 

3.88 

1.73

2.26

Run-off.

Depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area.

5.083 

1.916 

6.449 

3.851 

2.039 

.872 

.313 

.375 

.507 

2.949 

4.324 

1.988

30.666

Total in 

million 

gallons.

34,134 

12,879 

43,285 

25,849 

13,667 

5,828 

2,100 

2,507 

3,420 

19,794 

29,018 

13,336

205,817

93670° WSP 351-
146 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN.

EAST BRANCH OF DELAWARE RIVER AT FISH EDDY, N. Y.

Location. At the highway bridge near New York, Ontario & Western Railway station at Pish Eddy, 5J miles above the confluence of the east and west branches 

of Delaware River.

Records available. November 19, 1912, to December 31, 1913. Records were 

obtained-at Hancock, about 4 miles below, from October 14, 1902, to December 31, 1912.

Drainage area. 790 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff in two sections.

Channel. Coarse gravel; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the highway bridge or by wading.

Winter flow. Somewhat affected by ice.

Floods. The high water of March 25-30, 1913, reached a stage of 17.4 feet on the 

afternoon of March 27, as determined from gage height observations and high-water 

marks. The corresponding discharge was approximately 33,500 second-feet, or 

38.5 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Results fair.

Discharge measurements of East Branch of Delaware River at Fish Eddy, N. T%

during 1913.

Date.

Mar. 10

12

13

19

27

31

Made by 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do..............:..

.....do.................

3B.

Feet. 

4.46

4.30

4.21

5.31

12.73

7.27

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,680

1,770

1,630

2,620

19,400

5,930

Date.

May 9

July 31

16

Oct. 28

Made by 

C. S. DeGolyer.. ......

G. H. Canfield. ........

.....do.................

.....do.................

3B.

Feet. 

3.34

1.78

1.57

1.53

4.37

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

816

127

78.6

73.0

1,820

Daily gage height, in feet, of East Branch of Delaware River at Fish Eddy, N. T.,for 1913.

[J. J. Fininegan, observer.]

Day.

1..............

3.............

4..............

5.............. 

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

19

13..............

14.............. 

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20.............. 

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27.............. 

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5.1

4.7

6.0

8.8

7.0 

6.3

7.1

12.5 

9.9

7.7

7.0

7.4

6.7

5.9 

5.6

5.4

6.1

6.7

6.8

6.5 

6.8

6.2

5.7

6.0

5.6

5.2

5.0 

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.2

Feb.

5.1

.......

.......

Mar.

4.6

4.4

4.2

.......

4.4

4.2

4.4

4.1

7.3

7.9

7.3

6.3

5.5

6.3

6.5

5.8

6.1

6.3

8.9

14.9

8.9

7.4

6.8

Apr.

6.8

5.8

5.6

5.3

5.9

5.4

5.1

4.8 

4 7

4.4

4.6

6.7

5.7

5.6 

5.3

5.0

4.8

4.6

4 4

4.2 

4.1

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5 

4 4

5.2

4.7

May.

4.4

4.3

4.1

3.8

3.8 

3.7

3.5

3.45 

3.35

3.25

3.15

3.15

3.05

3.0

2.95

2 9

2.85

2.8

2.8

2.85 

3.05

3.1

3.4

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.5

5.8

5.9

5.6

5.1

June.

4.6

4.4

4.0

6.4

5.2 

4.6

4.8

4.4 

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.05 

2.95

2.85

2.8

2.75

2.65

2.8 

2.6

2.6

2.55

2.5

2.45

2.35

9 3

2.3

2 OK

July.

.......

-------

.......

1.81

1.79 

2 05

1 95

1.75

Aug.

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.86

1.82 

1.78

2.15

2.1

1 Oft

.......

.......

2.65

2 A

2.0

1.94

1.88

1.85 

1.81

2.3

2 OK

2.05

Sept.

1.92

1 84

1.79

1.74

1.71 

1.77

1.81

1.84 

1.80

1.78

1.74

1 73

1.70

1.69 

1.68

1.67

1.66

1.66

1 AO

1.74 

1.81

3

n

2.6 

2.45

2 OK

2.35

Oct.

2.4

2.85

2.85

2.55

2.5 

2.4

2.35

2.35

2

0

2,25

2 9

9 IK

2.15

2.05 

2.15

2.3

2.35

9 3

2

0

3.6

4 7

4 fi

4 3

5.1 

4.3

3.8

3.6

Nov.

3.5

3.45

3.45

3.4

3.4

3 OK

3.35

3.4

O O

10.1

7.4

6.8

R 9

5.5 

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.8

4 7

4.7 

4.6

4.6

4 6

4.8

5.0

4.8

4.6 

4 5

4.4

4 4

Dec.

4 4

4.4

4.5

4.4

4.3 

4.3

4 6

4.5 

4.8

t. n

...

.......

NOTE. Gage-height observations suspended Feb. 2 to Mar. 3 on account of ice.
DELAWARE EIVEE BASIN. 147

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of East Branch of Delaware Rvoer at Fish Eddy, N. F.,

for

Day.

1... ........... 

2..............

3..............

4.............. 

5..............

$.... ..........

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2,740 

2,200

4,160

9,250 

5,390

4,130

5,580

18,800

12,000

6,810

5,390

6,180

4,830

3,990

3,500

3,190

3,810

4,830

5,010

4,470

5,010

3,970

3,660

3,650

3,500

2,890

2 600

2,200

1,960

1,850

1,630

Feb.

2,740

Mar.

3,500 

3,000

2,600

2,080 

1,850

1,630

1,450

1,300

1,550

1,850

1,630

1,850

1,520

5,980

7,230

5,980

4,130

3

QAJ}

3,040

3,820

4,130

4,470

3,810

4,130

9,490

25,600

19,400

9,490

6,180

5,010

Apr.

5,010 

3,820

3,500

2,040

3 QQft

3,190

2 74ft

2,330

9 9fift

1,850

9 ftsn

4,830

3,660

3,500

2,040

2,600

2,330

2 nsft

1,850

1,630

1,520

1,320

1,220

1,220

1,130

1,040

950

870

2,890

2,200

May.

1,850 

1,740

1,520

1,220

1,130

950

910

835

765

700

700

640

610

583

556

530

ttfld

504

530

640

670

870

1,130

1,130

1,040

950

3,820

3,990

3,500

2,740

June.

2,080 

1,850

1,420

4,300 

2,890

2J.OSO

2,330

1,850

1,220

1,040

950

870

800

640

583

530

504

480

434

504

412

412

391

370

350

330

311

292

292

274

July.

.......

.......

137

132

206

256

176

122

Aug.

256 

222

190

150 

139

129

239

222

184

160

150

140

130

125

120

115

115

110

105

100

100

434

330

190

173

156

148

137

292

311

206

Sept.

167 

145

132

120 

112

127

137

145

134

129

120

117

110

108

106

103

101

101

108

120

137

1,630

1,630

1,470

1,040

610

412

350

311

311

Oct.

330 

530

530

391 

370

330

311

311

292

274

256

239

239

206

239

292

311

292

292

1,040

2,200

2,080

1,740

1,220

1,130

1,320

2,740

1,740

1,220

1,040

1,040

Nov.

950 

910

910

870 

870

835

835

870

10,200

13,400

6,950

5,650

4,500

3,340

2,600

2,470

2,330

2,330

2,200

2,200

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,330

2,600

2,330

2,080

1,960

1,850

1,850

Dec.

1,850 

1,850

1,960

1,850

1 74ft

1,740

2,080

1,960

2,330

2,600

NOTE. Discharge determined from a fairly well defined rating curve. Daily discharge Aug. 10-21 

and mean discharge for February, July, and December estimated by comparison with records at Hancock 

and Port Jervis.

Monthly discharge of East Branch of Delaware River at Fish Eddy, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 790 square miles.]

Month.

February..... ...........................

April... . ................................

May.....................................

July.....................................

October .................................

December. ..............................

The year. .........................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

18,800

25,600 

5,010 

3,990 

4,300

434 

1,630

2,740 

13,400

25,600

Minimum.

1,630

1,300

870 

504 

274 

122

101

206 

835

............

Mean.

4,810 

870 

5,000 

2,390 

1,240 

1,030 

186 

180 

346 

792 

2,880 

1,730

1,800

Per

square 

mile.

6.09 

1.10 

6.33 

3.03 

1.57 

1.30 

.235 

.228 

.437 

1.00 

3.65 

2.19

2.28

Run-off 

(depth in 

niches on 

drainage 

area).

7.02 

1.14 

7.30 

3.38 

1.81 

1.45 

.27 

.26 

.49 

1.15 

4.07 

2.52

30.86

Accuracy.

B. 

C. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

D.
148 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

DELAWARE RIVER AT PORT JERVIS, N. Y.

Location. At the toll bridge at Port Jervis, 1 mile above Neversink River and 6

miles below Mongaup River. 

Records available. October 12, 1904, to December 31, 1913. Data also published

in the annual reports of the New York State engineer and surveyor. 

Drainage area. 3,250 square miles* 

Gage. Chain on downstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Gravel; somewhat shifting. 

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge, or by wading. 

Winter flow. Somewhat affected by ice. 

Floods. A gage height of 15 feet was recorded by the observer on March 28, 1913.

Later investigations indicate that the crest of the flood reached a stage of 15.5 feet,

with a corresponding discharge of 88,400 second-feet, or 27.2 second-feet per square

mile.

Accuracy. Results good. 

Cooperation. Gage heights furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.

Discharge measurements of Delaware River at Port Jervis, N. Y., during 1913.

Pate.

Mar. 8

29

Made by 

.....do..................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.05

9.09

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2,910

33,000

Date.

May 13

Aug. 9

Made by 

G.H.Canfteld. ........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.65

1.41

Discharge.

Sec-ft. 

2,420

640

Daily gage height, in feet, of Delaware River at Port Jervis, N. T.,for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

191.............

20..............

21..............

22.............. 23:.............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5.5

4.8

4.6

8.0

7.1

6.0

5.6

5.6

11.0

7.8

6.8

6.7

7.4

7.0

5.6

5.3

5.0

5.9

6.3

6.1

5.5

6.2

5.4

5.2

5.4

5.0

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.0

4.0

Feb.

4.0

4.1

4.2

3.8

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.9

3.0

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.9

2 9

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

3.2

3.9

4.0

3.4

3.0

3.4

Mar.

7.0

5.3

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.4

3.1

2.7

3.3

4.0

4.5

4.4

4.3

8.0

7.3

6.5

5.7

5.1

4.9

5.9

5.6

5.7

5.2

5.6

5.7

0 1

15.0

10.0

7 Q

fi Q

Apr.

6.6

6.2

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.3

4.9

4.6

4.4

4.1

4.1

6.2

5.2

5.9

5.6

5.2

4.9

4.5

4.4

4.2

3.9

1 7

3.5

3

,1

3.0

3.0

3 fl

3.5

5.5

5.3

May.

4.7

4.4

4.1

4.0

3.7

3.7

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.2

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.5

2.5

3.8

4.0

3.8

3.4

3.3

4.3

5.8

4.7

June.

4.4

4.0

3.6

3.4

4.2

3.9

3.2

3.5

3.2

2.9

2.7

2 6

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.6

July.

1.5

1.6

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.4

Aug.

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1,1

1.1

1.7

1.2

1.4

1.2

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.4

1.3

Sept.

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.6

2.5

2.7

2.5

1.9

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

Oct.

1.4

1.8

2.2

1.6

1.4

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

2.5

4.0

3.4

3.4

3.6

4.0

3.4

3.3

3.0

2.8

Nov.

2.6

2.3

2.1

2.1

. 2,1.

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.8

9 7

7.3

6.1

5.3

4.7

4.6

4.3

4.1

3.8

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.5

3.4

8.2

3.1

3 1

3.1

3.3

3.4

Dec.

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.9

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.2

3.2

2.8

2.7

NOTE. Gage read daily at about 8 a. m. Discharge relation Feb. 16-19 possibly affected by ice.
DELAWARE MVEB BASlK. 149 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Delaware River at Port Jerws, N. T-,for 1913.

Day.

1.. ........

2..........

3..........

4..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

16..........

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

21..........

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29..........

30..........

31..........

Jan.

12,100

8,930

8,100

27,600

21,200

14,600

12,500

12,500

50,900

26,000

19,200

18,600

23,200

20,500

12,500

11,100

9,780

14,100

16,200

15,100

12,100

15,700

11,600

10,700

11,600

9,780

8,510

7,700

7,300

5,800

5,800

Feb.

5,800

6,160

6,530

5,100

3,860

3.860

3,320

2,860

2,860

2,450

2,650

2,860

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,260

3,320

5,440

5,800

3,860

2,860

3,860

Mar.

20,500

11,100

7,300

6,530

5,800

5,100

3,860

3,080

2,260

3,580

5,800

7,700

7,300

6,910

27,500

22,500

17,400

13,000

10,200

9,350

14,100

12,500

13,000

10,700

12,500

13,000

37,300

84,000

42,800

26,800

19,800

Apr.

18,000

15,700

11,600

11,600

12,100

11,100

9,350

8,120

7,350

6,270

6,270

15,700

10,700

14,100

12,500

10,700

9,350

7,730

7,350

6,620

5,600

4,970

4,380

4,100

3,080

3,080

3,080

4,380

12,100

11,100

May.

8,520

7,350

6,270

5,930

4,970.

4,970

4,100

3,830

3,830

3,570

2,640

2,430

2,230

2,230

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,690

2,040

2,040

5,280

5,930

5,280

4,100

3,830

6,980

13,500

8,520

June.

7,350

5,930

4,670

4,100

6,620

5,600

3,570

4,380

3,570

2,860

2,430

2,230

2,230

2,040

1,690

1,690

1,530

1,690

1,530

1,530

1,530

1,530

1,530

1,530

1,240

1,110

990

990

880

780

July.

685

780

525

600

685

880

685

685

600

600

600

600

600

600

685

600

600

600

525

525

455

455

455

525

525

525

525

455

600

600

600

Aug.

525

525

525

455

390

390

880

455

600

455

685

525

455

455

455

455

455

455

600

525

455

390

455

455

390

390

330

390

390

600

525

Sept.

455

455

455.

390

390

390

390

390

390

390

390

390

390

390

390

390

330

330

330

330

330

780

2,040

2,430

2,040

1,110

880

780

685

600

Oct.

600

990

1,530

780

600

780

780

780

780

780

685

780

990

880

685

685

685

685

685

780

2,040

5,930

4,100

4,100

4,670

4*670

5,930

4,100

3,830

3,080

2,640

Nov.

2,230

1,690

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,380

2,640

40,400

22,500

15,100

11,100

8,520

8,120

6,980

6,270

5,280

6,620

5,930

5,600

5,280

4,380

4,100

3,570

3,320

3,320

3,320

3,830

4,100

Dec.

3,830

3,570

3,320

3,320

3,320

3,080

3,080

5,600

5,600

4,970

4,970

4,100

4,100

3,830

4,100

3.830

3.830

3,570

3,570

3,320

3,320

2,860

2,860

3,320

3,830

3,830

3,320

3,570

3,570

2,640

2,430

NOTE. Discharge determined from two well-deflated rating curves. Discharge Feb. 16-19 interpolated.

Monthly discharge of Delaware River at Port Jervis, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 3,250 square miles.]

Month.

March...................................

May.....................................

July.....................................

D

Maximum.

50,900

6,530

84,000

18,000

13,500

7,350

880

880

2,430

5,930

40,400

5,600

84,000

ischarge in s

Minimum.

5,800

2,260

2,260

3,080

1,690

780

455

330

330

600

1,380

2,430

330

econd-feet.

Mean.

14,900

3,430

15,600

8,940

4,300

2,640

593

485

648

1,970

6,420

3,690

5,320

Per 

square 

mile.

4.58

1.06

4.80

2.75

1.32

.812

.182

.149

.199

.606

1.98

1.14

1.64

Run-off

inches on 

drainage

area).

5.28

1.10

5.53

3.07

1.52

.91

.21

.17

.22

.70

2.21

1.31

22.23

Accuracy.

B.

B.

0.

B.

B.

B.

B.

B.

B.

B.

B.

B.
150 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

DELAWARE RIVER AT RIEGELSVILLE, N. J.

Location. At the toll suspension bridge between Eiegelsville, N. J., and Eiegelsville, Pa., 600 feet above Musconetcong Eiver, and 9 miles below Lehigh Eiver.

Records available. July 3, 1906, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 6,430 square miles.

Gage. Chain on bridge.

Channel and control. Large bowlders; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Winter flow. Not seriously affected by ice.

Diversions. 250 to 300 second-feet diverted from Lehigh Eiver near its mouth each 

year from about the last of March to the middle of December by the Delaware 

division of the Pennsylvania canal. Eesults at Eiegelsville corrected for diversion. (See footnote to monthly discharge table.)

Accuracy. Eesults good.

Cooperation. Eesults of some of the discharge measurements furnished by engineers of the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania.

Discharge measurements of Delaware River at Riegelsville, N. J., during 1913.

Date.

Feb. 20 

July 25

LMade by 

Reckord and Batley....

Gage 

height.

Peel. 

3.73 

2.61

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

5,820 

2,380

Date.

Sept. 10

Made by 

Batchelder and Walters

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.21

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

a 1,570

a Does not include 224 second-feet measured in canal.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Delaware River at Riegelsville, N. J.,for 1913. 

[John H. Deeiner, observer.]

Day.

1... ...........

S.... ..........

4.. ............

5.... ...... ....

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11.. ............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

SL.. ............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.. ....... .... 

31..............

Jan.

8.0

7.7

7.7

10.5

11.8

9.8

8.8

9.4

16.0

12.7

10.5

9.8

10.4

9.4

7 Q

7.6

7.5

7.8

8.6

8.5

7 O

7.8

7.7

7 Q

7.3

7.1

6.7

6.5

6.1

5.7 

5.6

Feb.

5.6

5.5

5.2

5.0

4.4

4.5

4.0

3.8

4.0

4.2

4.0

4.0

3.7

3.6

3.8

3.9

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.9

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.4

6.2

.......

Mar.

6.0

7.9

6.1

5.6

5.4

5.2

4.8

4.1

4.2

4.3

5.2

5.6

5.6

7.1

12.1

12.4

10.9

9.3

8.2

8.3

9.3

9.3

8.8

8.0

7.9

8.3

13.3

24.4

18.8

13.8 

11.6

Apr.

10.5

9.8

8.6

8.1

7.8

7.7

7.4

6.8

6.4

6.1

6.0

9.0

10.3

9.6

9.2

9.1

8.2

7.6

7.1

6.7

6.2

5.9

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.2

10.3

11.0

10.2

May.

8.8

7.9

7.2

6.6

6.1

5.9

5.6

5.2

5.0

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.8

5.4

6.0

5.7

5.1

5.0

5.3

6.8 

6.4

June.

5.8

5.3

5.0

4.7

4.5

5.2

4.6

4.3

4.3

4.2

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

3.0

3.1

3.0

2.95

July.

2.65

2.65

2.55

2.5

2.45

2.5

2.6

2.55

2.45

3.3

2.65

2.45

2.5

2.8

2.55

2.5

2.4

2.45

2.45

2.35

2.25

2.25

2.2

2.1

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.4 

2.35

Aug.

2.3

4.3

3.1

2.85

2.55

2.4

2.85

2.65

2.55

2.5

2.4

2.35

2.25

2.25

2.2

2.2

2.25

2.35

2.25

2.2

2.15

2.25

2.25

2.2

2.2

2.15

2.05

2.15

2.1

2.2

Sept.

2.35

2.25

2.15

2.1

2.35

2.15

2.1

2.8

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.15

2.15

2.0

2.05

2.05

1.9

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.2

3.8

3.6

3.7

3.6

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.6

2.5

Oct.

2.6

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.95

2.9

2.85

2.8

3.1

3.3

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.65

4.0

4.6

5.0

4.4

5.2

6.4

6.7

6.1

5.4

4.9 

4.6

Nov.

4.3

4.1

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.4

4.6

11.2

12.8

9.5

7 9

6.9

6.5

6.3

6.4

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.1

4 Q

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.7

Dec.

4.9

4.9

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.4

5.2

6.0

5.9

5.4

5.1

4 Q

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.6

4 f.

4 <*

4 9

4.0

4.1

4.2

5.3

5.2

6.4

6.2

5.5

5.0

4.6

4.5
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN. 151 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Delaware River at Riegelsville, N. J.,for 1913.

Day.

1... ........... 

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

21,600 

20,200 

20,200 

35,100 

43,100

31,000 

25,600 

28,800 

72,600 

49,100

35,100 

31,000 

34,500 

28,800 

21,100

19,700 

19,300 

20,700 

24,500 

24,000

21,100 

20,700 

20,200 

18,400 

18,400

17,500 

15,800 

15,000 

13,500 

12,000

11,600

Feb.

11,600 

11,200 

10,200 

9,500 

7,510

7,830 

6,250 

5,650 

6,250 

6,870

6,250 

6,250 

5,360 

5,080 

5,650

5,950 

6,250 

5,650 

5,650 

5,650

5,950 

6,250 

9,160 

7,830 

7,830

8,160 

7,510 

13,900

.......

Mar.

13, 100 

21,100 

13,500 

11,600 

10,900

10,200 

8,820 

6,560 

6,870 

7,190

10,200 

11,600 

11,600 

17,500 

45,100

47,000 

37,500 

28,200 

22,600 

23,000

28,200 

28,200 

25,600 

21,600 

21,100

23,000 

53,200 

139,000 

93,800 

56,700 

41,800

Apr.

35,100 

31,000 

24,500 

22,100 

20,700

20,200 

18,800 

16,300 

14,600 

13,500

13,100 

26,600 

33,900 

29,900 

27,700

27,100 

22,600 

19,700 

17,500 

15,800

13,900 

12,700 

12,000 

11,600 

10,900

10,200 

10,200 

33,900 

38,100 

33,300

May.

25,600 

21,100 

18,000 

15,400 

13,500

12,700 

11,600 

10,200 

9,500 

8,490

8,160 

7,830 

7,510 

6,870 

6,560

6,250 

6,250 

5,950 

5,950 

5,650

5,360 

5,360 

5,650 

10,900 

13,100

12,000 

9,840 

9,500 

10,500 

16,300 

14,600

June.

12,400 

10,500 

9,500 

8,490 

7,830

10,200 

8,160 

7,190 

7,190 

6,870

5,950 

5,360 

5,080 

4,800 

4,530

4,530 

4,000 

3,750 

3,500 

3,500

4,260 

4,260 

4,000 

3,750 

3,500

3,260 

3,500 

3,750 

3,500 

3,380

July.

2,700 

2,700 

2,500 

2,400 

2,300

2,400 

2,600 

2,500 

2,300 

4,260

2,700 

2,300 

2,400 

3,030 

2,500

2,400 

2,200 

2,300 

2,300 

2,100

1,920 

1,920 

1,830 

1,660 

2,600

2,400 

2,010 

2,200 

2,200 

2,200 

2,100

Aug.

2,010 

7,190 

3,750 

3,140 

2,500

2,200 

3,140 

2,700 

2,500 

2,400

2,200 

2,100 

1,920 

1,920 

1,830

1,830 

1,920 

2,100 

1,920 

1,830

1,920 

1,740 

1,920 

1,920 

1,830

1,830 

1,740 

1,580 

1,740 

1,660 

1,830

Sept.

2,100 

1,920 

1,740 

1,660 

2,100

1,740 

1,660 

3,030 

2,010 

1,830

1,660 

1,740 

1,740 

1,500 

1,580

1,580 

1,350 

1,500 

1,500 

1,660

1,830 

5,650 

5,080 

5,360 

5,080

4,000 

3,260 

2,600 

2,600 

2,400

Oct.

2,600 

6,560 

5,950 

5,360 

4,530

4,000 

3,500 

3,380 

3,260 

3,140

3,030 

3,750 

4,260 

3.750 

3,500

3,260 

3,030 

3,030 

2,700 

3,750

6,250 

8,160 

9,500 

7,510 

10,200

14,600 

15,800 

13,500 

10,900 

9,160 

8,160

Nov.

7,190 

6,560 

6,250 

5,650 

5,360

5,080 

4,800 

4,530 

8,160 

39,300

49,700 

29,300 

21,100 

16,700 

15,000

14,200 

14,600 

13,100 

12,400 

12,000

11,600 

11,200 

10,900 

9,840 

9,160

8,820 

8,160 

8,160 

8,160 

8,490

Dec.

9,160 

9,160 

8,160 

7,830 

7,510

7,190 

7,510 

10,200 

13,100 

12,700

10,900 

9,840 

9,160

8,820 

8,820

8,490 

8,160 

7,830 

7,190 

6,870

6,250 

6,560 

6,870 

10,500 

10,200

14,600 

13,900 

11,200 

9,500 

8,160 

7,830

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve.

Monthly discharge of Delaware River at Riegelsville, N. J., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 6,430 square miles.]

Month.

April....................................

Jlay.... .............. ...................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

72,600 

13,900 

139,000 

38,100 

25,600 

12,400 

4,260 

7,190 

5,650 

15,800 

49,700 

14,600

139,000

Minimum.

11,600 

5,080 

6,560 

10,200 

5,360 

3,260 

1,660 

1,580 

1,350 

2,600 

4,530 

6,250

1,350

Mean.

25,500 

7,400 

28,900 

21,200 

10,500 

5,680 

2,380 

2,280 

2,450 

6,130 

12,800 

9,170

11,200

Per 

square 

mile.

3.97 

1.15 

4.49 

3.33 

1.68 

.922 

.409 

.393 

.420 

.992 

2.04 

1.44

1.77

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.58 

1.20 

5.18 

3.72 

1.94 

1.03 

.47 

.45 

.47 

1.14 

2.28 

1.66

24.12

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A.

NOTE. In order to determine the discharge per square mile and the run-off depth in inches, 250 secondleet were added Apr. 15 to Dec. 15,1913, before computing the discharge per square mile. Hence the first 

three columns indicate the actual quantity of water available in the river, and the two remaining columns 

represent the actual run-off from the drainage area aoove Riegelsville, including the discharge of the canal.
152 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

WEST BRANCH OF DELAWARE RIVER AT HALE EDDY, N. Y.

Location. At the highway bridge 400 feet west of Erie Railroad station in the village 

of Hale Eddy, 8 miles below the power dam of the Deposit Electric Co., and 8J 

miles above the junction with East Branch of Delaware River.

Records available. November 15, 1912, to December 31, 1913. Records were 

obtained at Hancock about 7 miles below from Oct. 15, 1902 to Dec. 31, 1912.

Drainage area. 611 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff in four sections.

Channel and control. Coarse gravel and bowlders. Control is about three-quarters 

of a mile below the gage and is practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the highway bridge or by wading.

Winter flow. Seriously affected by ice.

Floods. The flood of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a crest elevation of about 15.3 

feet on the afternoon of March 27, as determined by observer's readings and highwater marks. The corresponding discharge was approximately 25,000 secondfeet, or 41 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of West Branch of Delaware River at Hale Eddy, N. Y., during

1913.

Date.

Mar. 11

12

97

Made by 

.....do... ...............

.....do..................

,».

Feet. 

4.90

4.79

14.75

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2,040

1,860

22,800

Date.

Mar. 31

May 8

July 30

Made by 

G.H.Canfleld. ........

height.

Feet.

2.28

1

00

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

3,130

272

56.3

Daily gage height, in feet, of West Branch of Delaware River at Hale Eddy, N. Y.,for 191$.

[Wm. Seeley, observer.]

Day.

1.. ..:.........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

19

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28.............. 

29..............

30

31

Tan.

4.5

4.1

5.5

7.3

5.8

6.6

10.6

8.6

6.6

6.4

7.5

6.2

5.4

5.2 

4.8

5.8

6.6

6.7

5.6

6.4

5.6

5.2

5.6

5.2 

4.7

4.6

4.5 

3.9

3.8

3.8

Feb.

4.5

3.6

3.3

3.2

3.0

2.65

2.6

2.65

2.95

2.75

3.4

2.7

.......

Mar.

5.6

4.8

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.2

3.1

2.8

3.4

4.2

4.8

4.7

5.6

6.7 

6.6

5.5

4.8

4 6

4 9

5.2

5.4

4.7

5.2

5.7 

7 9

13.6

11.9 

8.6

7.0

6.2

Apr.

6.4

5.2

5.1

4.7

5.2

4.8

4.7

4.2

4.0

5.2

4.7

4.6

4.5 

4.2

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.2

4.1

3.5

2.75

2.15

3.0

May.

2.75

2.45

2.5

2.35

2.25

2.3

2.15

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.05

2.1

2 05

2.0 

2.05

2.05

1.95

2.0

1.95

1 95

1.95

3.2

3.3

2.95

2.85

3.0 

5.4

4.6

4.2

June.

3.8

3.4

4.0

3.3

3.1

2.9

2.75

2.6

2.6

2.45

2.3

2.3

2.15

2.0 

2.15

1.9

2 4

1.85

1 9

2.05

2.0

1 9

1.9

1.8 

1.75

1.75

1.7 

1.6

1.7

July.

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.45

1.45

1.5

1.5

1.48

1.48

1.48

1.42

1.40

1.5

1.5 

1.5

1.45

1.5

1.5

1.40

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.35

1.25 

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.38

1.40

1.35

Aug.

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.40

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.20

1.20

1.18 

1.15

1.20

1.15

1.22

1.30

1.20

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.20 

1.15

1.15

1.20 

1.20

1.20

1.20

Sept.

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.25

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.25

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15 

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.10

2.1

2.05

2.0

1.9

1.65

1.6

1.5 

1.40

1.40

Oct.

1.45

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.48

1.48

1.40

1.42

1.38

1.30

1.40

1.45 

1.45

1.40

1.35

1.40

2.5

4.0

3.8,

2.7

2.5

2.65 

2.6

2.8

2.7 

2.55

2.4

2.3

Nov.

2.15

2.2

2.05

2.0

2.0

1.95

2.0

1 OR

4.6

7.6

5.6

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.4 

4.0

<? 0

3 9

3.8

4.0

4.2

<? 0

3.8

3.7

3.6 

3.6

3.5

3.4 

3.2

3.6

Dec.

4 4

o o

3.1 <t n

3.1

2.95

3.2

4.3

4.2

3.5

Q R

3.4

3 A

3.5 

3.4

3 9

3.2

3.1

2.6

2.85

2.75

2.75

3.4

3.2 

3.2

2.75

2.4 

2.5

2.6

9 S

NOTE. Gage height observations suspended Feb. 13-28 on account of ice.
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN. 153

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Branch of Delaware River at Hale Eddy, N. Y.,

for 1913.

Day.

1........ ......

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13.............. 

14..............

15..............

16..............

17.............. 

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22.............. 

23.............. 

24..............

25.............. 

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

1,660

1,350

2,510

4,550

2,810

2,420

3,680

10,400

6,450

3 fisn

3,450

4,810

3,230

2,420

2,240

1,900

2,810 

3,680 

3,800

2,610

3,450

2,610

2,240 

2,610

2,240 

1,820

1,740

1,660

1,210

1,140

1,140

Feb.

1,660

1,000

820

760

640

445

420

445

610

498

880

470

.......

.......

.......

Mar.

2,610

1 980

1^280

1,350

1,420

1.420

700

525

880

1,420

1,900

1,580

1,820 

2,610

3,800

3,680

2,510 

1,900 

1,740

1,980

2,240

2,420 

1,820 

2,240

2,710 

5,370

19,000

13,800

6,450

4,160

3,230

Apr.

3,450

2 94/1

2,150

1,820

2,240

1 Qflfl

1,820

1,580

1,420

1,280

1,580

2,240

1,820 

1,740

1,660

1,420

1,210 

1,140 

1,000

880

880

760 

1,350 

940

498 

498

370

220

395

640

May.

498

348

370

DAO

260

280

220

200

240

280

182

348

200 

182

165

182

182 

152 

165

152

152

152

220 

760

820 

610

552

640

2,420

1,740

1,420

June.

Ir 140

1,000

880

1,280

820

700

580

AQQ

420

420

348

9Sft

280 

220

165

220

138 

325 

126

138

182

165 

138 

138

115 

106

106

Ofi

81

Qfi

July.

96

Ofi

70

70

66.

66

70

70

68

68

68

63

61 

70

70

70

66 

70 

70

61

61

57 

53

57

50 

53

53

53

59

61

57

Augr

53

53

53

61

61

57

53

53

53

61

57

53

46 

46

45

4">

46 

42 

47

53

46

46 

50 

46

46 

42

42

46

46

46

46

Sept.

46

VI

46

VI

46

46

50

42

42

42

50

42

42

42

42

10

39 

39

42

46

39

200 

182 

165

138 

88

81

70

61

61

Oct.

66

70

70

70

70

70

68

68

61

63

59

53

61 

61

66

66

61 

57 

61

370

1,280

1.140 

470 

370

445 

420

525

470

395

325

280

Nov.

220

94rt

182

165

165

152

165

152

1,740

4 950

2,610

1 Qflfl

1,740 

1,740

1,580

1,280

1,210 

1,210 

1,140

1,280

1,420

1,210 

1,140 

1,070

1,000 

1,000

940

880

760

1,000

Dec.

820

760

700

640

700

610

760

1,500

1,420

940

1,000

880

880 

940

940

880

760 

760 

700

420

552

498 

498 

880

760 

760

498

325

370

420

525

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Mean discharge Feb. 13-28 estimated 

534 second-feet by comparison with records at Port Jervis.

Monthly discharge of West Branch of Delaware River at Hale Eddy, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 611 square miles.]

Month.

January.. . ..............................

March.

April....................................

May.....................................

July.....................................

August... ...............................

December. ..............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

10,400 

1,660

19,000 

3,450 

2,420 

1,280 

96 

61 

200 

1,280 

4,950 

1,500

19,000

Minimum.

1,140

525 

220 

152 

81 

50 

42 

39 

53 

152 

325

39

Mean.

2,980 

614 

3,240 

1,370 

464 

373 

65.3 

49.6 

65.6 

249 

1,140 

745

951

Per 

square 

mile.

4.88 

1.00 

5.30 

2.24 

.759 

.611 

.107 

.081 

.107 

.408 

1.87 

1.22

1.56

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

5.63 

1.04 

6.11 

2.50 

.88 

.68 

.12 

.09 

.12 

.47 

2.09 

1.41

21.14

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

C. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A.
154 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

BEAVER KILL AT COOKS FALLS, N. Y.

Location. At the covered highway bridge in, Cooks Falls.

Records available. July 25 to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Gage. Vertical staff in two sections.

Channel and control. Coarse gravel, bowlders, and solid ledge; practically per 

manent.

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge, or by wading.

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Estimates of discharge withheld for additional data. 

The following discharge measurement was made by G. H. Canfield: 

August 9, 1913: Gage height, 1.12 feet; discharge, 78.7 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Beaver Kill at Cools Falls, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1.........

2. .........

3.......... 

4..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

July. Aug.

0.88

.90

.80

.78

.72

.72

1.95

1.30

1.08

1.02

.98

.92

.92

.90

.85

Sept,

0.98

1.02

.92 

.82

.92

.88

.90

.88

.82

.80

79

.70

.65

.60

.60

Oct.

1 ^n

2.32

2.15

1.82

1.58

1.50

1.50

1.58

1.88

1.68

1.65

1.75

1.80

1.55

1.45

Nov.

1.95

2.10 

2.10

2.00

2.00

2.15

2.10

9.05

7.10

5.05

4.25

3.98

3.70

3.50

Dec.

2.75

2.62

2.55 

2.48

2.40

2.30

3.25

4.65

3.50

3.12

2.95

2.80

2.70

2.80

2.80

Day.

16..........

17..........

18.......... 

19..........

20..........

21..........

22..........

23

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29..........

30..........

31..........

July.

1.15

1.05

1.02

1.00

1.00

.95

.88

Aug.

0.80

.90

.90 

.90

.88

.80

.80

.98

1.20

1.05

.90

.85

1.18

1.15

1.15

1.10

Sept.

0.60

.62

.75 

.85

.85

.92

4.85

2.55

1.90

1.58

1.45

1.30

1.28

1.18

1.02

Oct.

1 Af,

1 45

1.75 

1.85

4.25

6.15

3.90

2.75

3.65

5.70

4.90

4.10

3.60

3.15

2.90

2.50

Nov.

3.15

3.05

3.05 

3.25

3.45

3.15

2.98

2.95

2.80

2.65

2.48

2.35

2.30

2.85"

2.95

Dec.

2.70

2.75

2.75 

2.52

1.95

2.25

2.25

2.30

2.50

2.52

2.55

2.05

1.95

1.75

1.65

1.50

MONGAUP RIVER NEAR RIO, N. Y.

Location. At the highway bridge on Partridge ranch, near Rio, 6 miles above 

Mongaup and about 7 miles above the mouth.

Records available. August 8, 1909, to June 27, 1913; data also published in annual 

reports of the New York State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 189 square miles.

Gage. Chain on the downstream side of the bridge.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading.

Winter flow. Not seriously affected by ice.

Floods. The high water of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a stage of 7 feet in the evening of March 27, as determined by observer's readings and high-water marks. 

The corresponding discharge was approximately 6,500 second-feet, or 34.4 secondfeet per square mile of drainage area. 

Estimates of discharge withheld for additional data.

Discharge measurements of Mongaup River near Rio, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

May 14

14

Made by 

.....do..................

Gage

Feet. 

1.22

1.21

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

146

145

Date.

Aug. 8

Made by 

G. H. Canfleld..........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.76

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

52.5
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN. 155

Daily gage height, in feet, of Mongaup River near Rio, N. Y.,fw 191S. 

[Mrs. C. S. Holies, observer.]

Day.

1. .........

2..........

3..........

4..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

Jan.

2.2

1.95

2.5

3.0

2.4

2.2

2.25

4.0

2'. 8

2.7

2.7

2.9

2.45

2.1

2.05

Feb.

1.9

1.5

1.45

1.55

1.5

1.48

1.6

1.6

1.55

1.6

1.42

1.5

1.48

1.48

1.5

Mar.

2.35

1.75

1.75

1.65

1.6

1.55

1.42

1.5

1.45

1.42

1.7

1.8

1.6

2.8

3.0

Apr.

2.45

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.3

2.15

2.2

1.9

1.8

1.7

2.1

3.2

2.6

2.7

2.4

May.

2.0

1.39

1.75

1.65

1.6

1.55

1.5

1.5

1.45

1.38

1.31

1.26

1.28

1.22

1.16

June.

1.39

1.34

1.28

1.22

1.18

1.14

1.15

1.48

1.24

1.16

1.12

1.05

1.00

1.04

90

Day.

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

21..........

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29..........

30

31..........

Jan.

2.0

2.4

2.35

2.3

2.15

2.4

2.2

2.0

2.15

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.55

1.55

1.7

Feb.

1.48

1.42

1.5

1.5

1.32

1.39

1.65

2.15

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.55

2.6

Mar.

2.7

2.3

2.0

1.95

2.4

2.3

2.5

2.2

2.25

2.15

3.0

5.2

4.6

3.4

3 ft

2.8

Apr.

2.15

1 95

1.85

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.55

1.48

2'. 6

2.9

2.4

May.

1.15

1.14

1.11

1.14

1.09

1.01

1.16

1.49

1.75

1.85

1 55

1.48

1.65

1.65

1.7

1.5

June.

0.92

.92

89

.88

QA

1.01

.95

.90

.86

.86

.81

.80

NEVERSINK RIVER AT GODEFFROY, N. Y.

Location. At the suspension bridge half a mile east of the post office at Godeffroy,

half a mile below Brasher Kill, and 8 miles above the mouth. 

Records available. August 4 to October 9, 1903; August 21, 1909, to December 31,

1913; data also published in the annual reports of the New York State engineer

and surveyor.

Drainage area. 314 square miles. 

Gage. Chain on the left-hand, downstream cable tower; prior to August 1, 1910,

staff gages at about the same location.

Channel and. control. Sand and gravel; probably shifting. 

Regulation. Flow seriously affected by the operation of power plants above the

station, especially by the operation of the plant at Roses Point, which supplies

electric light and power to Port Jervis and Middletown. 

Mpods. -The flood of March 25 to 30,1913, reached a stage of about 9.3 feet on March

27, as reported by the observer and later verified from high-water marks. The

corresponding discharge was approximately 12,800 second-feet, or 41 second-feet

per square mile of drainage area. 

Estimates of discharge withheld for additional data.

Discharge measurements of Neversink River at Godeffroy, N. Y., during 191S.

Date.

Mar. 7

May 15

15

Made by 

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.37

3.52

3.41

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

260

316

272

, Date.

7

Made by 

G. H. Canfleld... .......

.....do.................

height.

Feet. 

2.78

2.78

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

64.2

64.3
156 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Neversink River at Godeffrby, N. Y-,f&r 1913. 

[Frank Zock, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

Q

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

Q

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

January.

A.M.

3.95 

4.0 

4.05 

5.45

4.9

4.65

6.45 

5-45 

4.85

5.0

4.55 

4.6

4.45

4.45

4.35 

4.15

4.25 

4.05 

4.25

4.1

4.2 

4.1 

4.15 

4.1

4.15 

4.0 

3.9 

3.75

3.85

3.75

P.M.

4.05 

3.95 

4.35

4.85 

4.8

4.65

4.8

7.15 

5.4 

4.95

5.05

4.85 

4.65

4.75

4.55

4.25 

4.05 

4.05 

4.0 

4.2

4.0 

4.1

4.25 

4.1 

4.2

4.05 

3.95 

4.05 

3.85

4.0

3.95

July.

A.M.

2.9 

2.85 

2.9 

2.85 

2.9

2.8 

3.0 

2.95 

2.85 

2.9

2.95 

2.9 

2.85 

2.95 

2.8

2.95 

3.1 

2.95 

2.95 

2.9

2.8 

2.8 

2.85 

2.85 

2.9

2.85 

2.9 

2.85 

2.8 

2.85 

2.9

P.M.

3.2 

3.15 

3.2 

3.15 

3.2

3.15 

3.25 

3.2 

3.15 

3.2

3.15 

3.25 

3.15 

3.2 

3.15

3.1 

2.95 

3.15 

3.25 

3.15

3.15 

3.1 

3.15 

3.2 

3.15

3.15 

3.2 

3.15 

3.2 

3.1 

3.15

February.

AM.

3.9 

3.9

3.85

3.75 

3.8 

3.7 

3.9 

3.75

3.8 

3.65 

3.75 

3.75 

3.45

3.7 

3.85 

4.35

.......

P.M.

3.85 

3.95 

3.9

3.65 

3.85 

3.75 

3.65 

3.7

3.9 

3.8 

3.7 

3.85 

3.75

3.8 

3.7

4.75

.......

August.

A.M.

2.9 

3.2 

3.2 

2.95 

2.8

2.85 

2.9 

2.8 

2.85 

2.8

2.75 

2.8 

2.75 

2.8 

2.75

2.8 

2.75 

2.8 

2.7 

2.8

2.7 

2.75 

2.8 

2.75 

2.8

2.7 

2.8 

2.85 

2.8 

2.75 

2.7

P.M.

3.25 

3.45 

3.2 

3.25 

3.3

3.25 

2.75 

3.15 

3.0 

3.15

2.9

2.85 

2.75 

2.8 

3.1

3.15 

3.05 

3.15 

3.15 

3.05

2.9 

3.15 

3.0 

3.15 3.0-

3.05 

2.9 

2.85 

3.15 

3.05 

3.15

March.

A.M.

4.85 

4.6 

4.25 

3 45

3.4 

3.45

3.6 

3.4 

3.35

3.8 

5.8

5.7 

5.3 

4.9

4.3 

4.5

5.3 

5.0

4.7 

4.6 

4.3

4.6 

5.9 

7.65 

5.75 

4.6 

4.5

P.M.

4.75 

4.7 

4.2

3.37 

3.5 

3.4 

3.35

3.55 

3.5 

3.4 

7.3 

5.6

5.5 

5.25 

4.65 

4.15 

4.65

5.15 

4.8 

4.6 

4.45 

4.25 

5.4 

9.3 

6.8 

5.5 

4.4 

4.55

September.

A.M.

2.7 

2.85 

2.75 

2.8 

2.9

2.85 

2.75 

2.8 

2.85 

2.7

2.8 

2.75 

2.7 

2.85 

2.7

2.75 

2.8 

2.95 

2.85 

2.95

2.7 

3.85 

3.6 

3.5 

3.25

3.15 

3.25 

2.95 

2.9 

2.8

P.M.

3.15 

3.05 

2.95 

3.15 

2.95

3.15 

3.05 

3.1 

3.15 

3.05

2.9 

3.1 

3.1

2.85 

3.05

2.95 

2.95 

2.75 

2.7 

2.85

2.95 

4.6 

3.55 

3.45 

3.2

3.1

3.05 

3.15 

2.95 

2.75

April.

AM.

4.7 

4.65 

4.55 

4.6 

4.4

4.3 

4.35

4.4 

4.5 

4.4

4.7 

5.7 

5.2 

4.9 

4.55

4.4 

4.3 

4.2 

4.1 

3.9

3.8 

3.75 

3.6 

3.55 

3.6

3.4 

3.55 

3.9 

5.3

4.8

P.M.

4.5 

4.6 

4.3 

4.4 

4.6

4.2 

4.4 

4.6 

4.45 

4.55

5.6 

5.45 

5.15

4.6 

4.3

4.35 

4.45 

4.15 

4.0 

3.7

3.8 

3.65 

3.5 

3.6 

3.5

3.6 

 3.4 

6.2 

5.0

4.65

October.

A.M.

2.95 

3.95 

4.25 

3.35 

3.0

3.15 

3.25 

3.15 

3.0 

3.15

3.3 

3.15 

3.3 

3.2 

3.25

3.4 

3.3 

3.2 

3.15 

3.6

5.0 

4.6 

5.15 

4.95 

5.15

5.0

4.65 

4.25 

4.1 

4.0 

4.0

P.M.

3.0 

4.5 

3.5 

3.2 

3.15

3.2 

3.1 

3.05 

3.1 

3.2

3.3 

3.35

3.25 

3.4 

3.35

3.3 

3.15 

3.25 

3.0 

4.0

4.6 

4.6 

4.5 

5.25 

5.1

4.95 

4.35 

4.15 

4.05 

4.1 

4.05

May.

A.M.

4.4 

4.35 

4.1 

4.15

4.2

3.85 

3.65 

3.75 

3.6 

3.5

3.5 

3.55 

3.5 

3.45 

3.55

3.45 

3.6 

3.4 

3.45 

3.35

3.4 

3.35

3.4 

4.7 

4.6

4.45 

4.5 

4.6 

4.5 

4.35 

3.9

P.M.

4.55 

4.2 

4.05 

4.0 

3.9

3.7 

3.6 

3.65 

3.65 

3.45

3.55 

3.4 

3.4 

3.5 

3.45

3.4 

3.45 

3.45 

3.4 

3.4

3.45

3.4 

3.7 

4.6 

4.55

4.35 

4.6 

4.9 

4.3 

4.0 

3.75

November.

A.M.

3.95 

3.65 

3.45 

3.5 

3.45

4.65 

4.45 

4.25 

4.0

4.0 

4.0 

4.15 

4.0 

4.0

4.05 

3.95 

3.8 

3.65 

3.5

3.5 

3.7 

3.6 

4.0 

4.15

P.M.

3.85 

3.55 

3.5 

3.45 

3.35

4.5 

4.3 

4.35 

4.05

4.1

4.15 

4.0 

3.95 

4.0

4.15 

3.9 

3.7 

3.5 

3.4

3.5 

3.6 

3.5 

3.9 

3.95

June.

A.M.

3.55 

3.5 

3.45 

3.35 

3.45.

3.4 

3.4 

3.45 

3.35 

3.4

3.35 

3.45 

3.35 

3.4 

3.3

3.4 

3.35 

3.3 

3.35 

3.3

3,35 

3.3 

3.25 

3.25 

3.2

3.15 

2.9

2.85 

2.95 

2.8

P.M.

3.45 

3.6 

3.4 

3.4 

3.35

3.45 

3.5 

3.4

3.4 

3.45

3.3 

3.4 

3.4 

3.35

3.4

3.35 

3.3 

3.35 

3.3 

3.25

3.25 

3.35 

3.2 

3.3 

3.25

3.2 

3.3 

3.2 

3.25 

3.1

December.

A.M.

4.0 

4.0 

4.15 

4.1 

4.0

3.95 

3.6 

3.9 

3.95 

4.0

3.75 

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.65

3.4 

3.5 

3.5 

3.3 

3.2

3.1 

3.1 

3.3 

3.4 

3.4

3.6

3.8 

3.8 

3.9 

3.8 

3.8

P.M.

4.15 

4.0 

4.0 

4.15 

4.0

3.7 

3.6 

3.8 

4.15 

4.0

3.55 

3.5 

3.55 

3.65 

3.45

3.4 

3.5 

3.45 

3.25 

3.1

3.0 

3.15 

3.3 

3.25 

3.45

3.65 

3.8 

3.85 

3.8 

3.9 

3.85

NOTE. Gage heights observed twice daily as follows: Jan.l to Feb. 16,8 a. m. and4p. m.; Feb.17 to Mar. 

23,7 a. m. and 5 p. m.; Mar. 24 to Oct. 1,7 a. m. and 6 p. m.; Oct. 2 to Dec. 31,8 a. m. and 5 p. m.
DELAWARE EIVEK BASIN. 157

LEHIGH EIVEE AT SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PA.

Location. On the New Street Bridge connecting Bethlehem and South Bethlehem.

Records available. September 22, 1902, to February 13, 1905; April 26, 1909, to 

December 31, 1913. Complete data 1902 to 1909 are published in Water-Supply 

Paper 261.

Drainage area. 1,235 square miles.

Gage. Chain and weight, similar to that employed when the station was first established; datum of the present gage 0.09 foot higher than that of the old one used 

prior to 1909; elevation of the zero of the present gage 210.64 feet above sea level.

Channel and control. Sand, gravel, and bowlders; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Winter flow. Not seriously affected by ice.

Canal. Lehigh canal follows the left bank and passes over Monocacy Creek and under 

the left span of the bridge. The creek also passes under the bridge and enters the 

river a short distance below. An ice plant and gristmill take water from the 

canal and return it to the river above the bridge. The canal is measured at Main 

Street Bridge, one-third mile above the station, and the discharge, reduced by 

the amount of tailrace flow of ice plant and gristmill, is added to the river discharge. At high stages the river overflows into the canal and creek.

Accuracy. Results good.

Cooperation. Since its reestablishment this station has been maintained by the 

Water-Supply Commission of Pennsylvania, and many of the measurements have 

been made by students of Lehigh University, under the direction of the civilengineering department.

Discharge measurements of Lehigh River at South Bethlehem, Pa., during 1913.

Date.

July 24

Made by- Gage

Feet. 

2.34

1.66

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

OQ4

QEO

Daily gage height, in feet, of Lehigh River at South Bethlehem, Pa., for 1913.

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31...

Jan.

4.51

4.35

4.79

6.84

6.43

4.97

4.68

5.14

5.73

5.11

3.95

4.89

5.00

4.49

4.28

4.16

4.21

4.11

3.98

3.90

3.89

3.85

3.72

3.89

3.82

3,68

3.69

3.65

3.45 

3.37 

3.45

Feb.

3.36

3.17

3.18

3.19

2.97

2.82

2.63

2.68

2.64

2.77

2.70

2.70

2.61

2.52

2.53

2.63

2.76

2.57

2.59

2.57

2.62

2.80

3.31

2.89

2.61

2.53

2 74

4.56

Mar.

3.65

3.27

3.08

3.02

3.03

2.89

2.51

2.29

2.77

2.89

3.04

3.07

3.03

5.02

6.58

6.52

5.37

4.69

4.62

4.99

4.88

4.68

4.33

4.21

4.05

4.25

9.87

9.77

7.40 

6.20 

5.65

Apr.

5.18

4.64

4.36

4.20

4.15

3.95

3.76

3.63

3.50

3.40

3.66

5.65

5.19

5.41

5.20

5.04

4.62

4.44

4.22

3.96

3.83

3.67

3.60

3.53

3.43

3.33

3.59

10.85

8.90 

7.41

May.

6.16

5.45

5.00

4.69

4.34

4.14

3.98

3.75

3.63

3.50

3.44

3.32

3.22

3.14

3.00

2.95

2.90

2.87

2.86

2.74

2.69

2.68

9 fifi

3.92

3.35

3 19

3.00

3.11

3.27 

3.13 

3.07

June.

2.95

2.78

2.75

2.78

2.72

2.61

2.54

2..49

2.56

2.48

2.41

2.37

2.34

2.28

2.22

2.21

2.17

2.17

2.20

2.55

2.47

9 37

2.23

2

11

2 14

2.18

2

00

2.09 

2.09

July.

2.03

2.02

1.94

1.85

2.00

1.97

2.02

1.90

1.96

2.78

2.24

2.07

2.23

2.26

2.18

2.08

1.99

1.98

1.96

1.84

1 Q1

1.88

1.82

2.08

2 23

9 H7

1.88

1.96

1.90 

1.92

1 fi9

Aug.

1.89

1.83

1.73

1.87

1.82

1.82

2.35

2.03

1.85

1.72

1.90

1.80

1.88

1.61

1.64

1 17

1.99

1.96

1.82

1.75

1 79

1.75

1.76

1.77

1.74

1.74

1 64

I

flQ

1.79 

1.82

1

QQ

Sept.

1.88

1.85

1.62

1.64

1.75

1.73

1.72

2.00

1.86

1.67

1.69

1.68

1.66

1.60

1.69

1.63

1.61

1.65

1 63

1.67

1 84

3.63

9 03

2.41

9 13

2 ft4

1 SJ7

1.76

1.75 

1.69

Oct.

1.95

3.26

2.75

2.52

2.27

2.33

2.08

2.01

9 OS

2.02

2.01

2.20

2.33

9 f)7

1.98

1.82

1.93

1.86

1.76

9 d8

3.16

2.94

2 7Q

9 fin

3.75

4 30

3 94

3

EQ

3.27 

3.04

9 >fifi

Nov.

2.74

2.60

2.69

2.58

2.49

2.42

2.37

2.38

3.56

6.09

4.74

4.03

3.67

3

CA

3.36

3 OK

3.29

3 99

3.17

3 no

3 A9

2 on

2 09

2 79

9 ftQ

9 fit

2.73

2.76 

2.82

Dec.

2.86

2.82

2.67

2.61

2.58

2.58

9 73

3.54

3 47

3.11

3.02

2.92

2.83

2

C1

2.85

9 ftA

9 7*1

2.68

9 tiQ

2.53

9 47

9 w

2.63

3.59

3 54

4 f\4

4 1ft

3 AQ

3.43 

3.31 

3.21
158 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Lehigh River at South Bethlehem, Pa., for 1913.

Day.

1..... .........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31. ..............

Jan.

4,520

4,180

5,150

10,300

9,240

5,570

4,900

5,980

7,460

5,900

3,360

5,380

5,640

4,480

4,030

3,790

3,890

3,690

3,430

3,280

3,260

3,190

2,960

3,260

3,140

2,890

2 oon

2,840

2,500 

2,370

2

enfl

Feb.

2,360

2,060

2,070

2,080

1,770

1,560

1,320

1,380

1,330

1,490

1,400

1,400

1,290

1,190

1,200

1,320

1,480

1,250

1,270

1,250

1,300

1,630

2,280

1,660

1,200

I

/I en

4,630

Mar.

2,840

2,210

1,920

1,840

1,850

1,660

1,180

940

1,490

1,660

1,870

1,910

1,850

5,690

9,630

9 470 e'seo

4,920

4,760

5,620

5,350

4,900

4,130

3,890

3,570

3 Q7n

19,100

18,800

11,800 

8,640 

7,260

Apr.

6,080

4,810

4,200

3,870

3,770

3,380

3,030

2,800

2,580

2,420

2,850

7,260

6,100

6,660

6,130

5,740

4,760

4,370 i oin

3,390

1 1W1

2,870

2,750

2,630

2,470

2

cin

2

7qn

16,100 

11,800

May.

8,540

6,760

5,640

4,920

4,150

3,750

3,430

3,010

2,800

2,580

2,480

2,290

2,130

2,010

1,810

1,740

1,720

1,670

1,660

1,500

1 430

1,420

1,400

S tfin

2,380

1 860

2J010

2,260 

2,040 

1 

' 950

June.

1,780

1,550

,510

,550

,470

,340

,260

1,200

1,280

1,190

1,120

1,070

1,040

975

915

975

905

865

865

895

1,270

1,180

1,070

925

805

835

875

925

786 

786

July.

728

719

646

568

700

673

719

610

664

1,550

935

 766

925

955

875

776

691

682

664

559

619

593

542

776

925

766

1Q3

664

610 

628

149

Aug.

602

550

469

684

542

642

1.050

728

668

461

610

525

593

378

400

349

691

664

542

485

461

485

493

501

477

477

400

438

517 

542 

550

Sept.

593

568

385

400

485

469

461

700

576

422

438

430

415

370

438

392

378

408

392

422

559

2,850

1.760

1,120

825

738

584

493

485 

438

Oct.

655

2,240

1,510

1,240

965

1,030

776

710

748

719

710

895

1,030

766

682

542

637

676

493

1,190

2,080

1,770

1,480

1,320

3,060

4,120

3,400

2,780

2,260 

1,910 

1 

' 660

Nov.

1,500

1,320

1,430

1,300

1,200

1,130

1,070

1,080

2,730

8,400

5,080.

3,580

2,910

2,620

2,400

2,220

2,740

2,290

2,180

2,100

1,970

1,880

1,720

1,740

1,560

1,430

1,340

1,480

1,520 

1*600

Dec.

1,660

1,600

1,410

1,340

1,300

1,300

1,480

2,690

2,580

2,010

1,880

1,740

1,570

1,540

1,600

1,530

1,440

1,380

1,270

1,200

1,140

1,260

1,320

2,730

2,650

4,590

3,830

2,900

2,470 

2,280 

2,120

Monthly discharge of Lehigh River at South Bethlehem, Pa., for 1913. 

(Drainage area, 1.235 square miles.]

Month.

March. . .......................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Discharge In second-feet.

Maximum.

10,300 

4,630 

a27,500 

22,700 

8,540 

1,780 

1,550 

1,050 

2,850 

4,120 

8,400 

4,590

"27,500

Minimum.

2,370 

1,190 

940 

2,310 

1,400 

786 

542 

349 

370 

493 

1,070 

1,140

349

Mean.

4,390 

1,640 

5,200 

2,800' 5,240 

1,110 

731 

538 

633 

1,420 

2,180 

1,930

2,320

Per

square 

mfle.

3.55 

1.33 

4.21 

4.24 

2.27 

.899 

.592 

.436 

.513 

1.15 

1.77 

1.56

1.88

Run-off 

(depth in 

incaes on 

drainage 

area).

4.09 

1.38 

4.85 

4.73 

2.62 

1.00 

.68 

.50 

.57 

1.33 

1.98 

1.80

25.53

a Estimated. 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN.

SUSQUEHANNA EIVEE AT CONKLIN, N. Y.

Location. At the highway bridge just below Oonklin, 5 miles below Big Snake

Creek, and 8 miles above Chenango River.

Records available. November 13, 1912, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 2,350 square miles.
SUSQTJEHANNA EIVEE BASIN. 159

Gage. Staff in two sections, the lower section inclined, the upper vertical.

Channel and control. Coarse gravel and bowlders.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading.

Winter flow. Somewhat affected by ice.

Floods. The high water of March 25 to 30 reached a stage of 18.3 feet on the morning 

of March 28, as recorded by the observer. The corresponding discharge was 

approximately 52,000 second-feet, or 22.1 second-feet per square mile of drainage 

area. The flood peak was maintained for several hours, so that the mean discharge for the day of March 28 was 51,400 second-feet and for the 48 hours, from 

noon, March 27, to noon, March 29, approximately 49,000 second-feet, or 20.8 

second-feet per square mile.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Susquehanna River at Conklin, N. Y'., during 1913.

Date.

Mar. 14

15

28

31

Made by 

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

d.93

9.07

18.20

9.10

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

7,630

13,100

51,400

13,100

Date.

May 6

July 29

Made by 

G. H. Canfield.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.50

2.00

1.55

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,380

302

147

Daily gage height, in feet, of Smquehanna River at Conklin, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[Daniel Ames, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10 .......

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20...-....-....- 

21..............

22

23

24..............

25..............

26.............. 

27..............

28.............. 

29.. ............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

6.1

5.6

6.0

8.6

8.3

7.2

8.6

13.0 

13.5

9.8

8.1

9.2

9.4

7.5

6.8

6.5

6.8

8.6

9.6

9.0 

8.5

8.5

7.0

7.3

7.5

6.9

6.4

6.2

5.7

4.8

5.3

Feb.

5.8

5.8

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.4

4.4

4.4 

4.4

5.2

5.4 

5.0

6.0

Mar.

6.8

6.8

5.8

5.0

5.0

4.9

.......

4.6

6.0

6.4

6.1

6.6

8.8

9.3

8.3

6.8

6.1

6.5 

6.7

7.6

7.1

6.6

7.2

10.6 

15.7

18.2 

17.0

12.4

9.4

Apr.

9.0

8.1

7.4

6.9

7.9

6.6

6.3

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.3

6.1

6.4

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.2

4.9

4.7

4.6 

4.5

4.3

4.2

4.2 

4.0

4.0 

3.9

4.6 

4.6

4.4

May.

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.4 

3.35

3

0

3.25

3.1

2.95

2.9

2

0

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.9

2.8 

2.75

2.8

3.0

4.0 

4.8

4.4 

4.0

4.2 

5.9

6.7

5.7

June.

4.9

4.6

4.3

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.6 

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.25

3.15

3.15

3 A

2.85

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.5 

2.6

2.5

2.7

2.6 

2.65

2.6 

2.5

2.55 

2.5

2.55

July.

2.5

2.45

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.35

2.4

2.35 

2.3

2.35

2.35

2.3

2.15

2.15

2.2

2.15

2.05

.......

"i.'ss"

1.82

1.82

Aug.

1.88

1.88

1.85

1.85

1.90

1.85

1.82

1.82 

1.82

1.80

1.82

1.75

1.75

1.72

1.75

1.75

1.72

1.62

1.70

1.65 

1.65

1.75

1.68

1.72 

1.58

1.60 

1.75

1.68 

1.70

1.55

1.50

Sept.

1.50

1.50

1.62

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.56

1.66 

1.65

1.65

1.61

1.62

1.60

1.64

1.42

1.32

1.55

1.52

1.58

1.55 

1.62

2.6

2.3

2.2 

2.0

1.96 

1.92

1.90 

1.84

1.72

Oct.

1.72

1.82

1.88

1.82

1.69

1.75

1.85

1.91

1.86

1.91

1.86

1.86

1.85

1.85

1.82

1.88

1.89

1.88

1.92

2.2

4.2

4.2

3.8

3.5 

3.15

3.15 

3.2

3.15 

3.15

3.05

2.95

Nov.

2.85

2.8

2.8

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.6

2.5 

3.0

7.1

7.6

6.3

5.4

5.1

5.3

5.3

5.1

5.0

4.8

4.7 

5.4

5.3

4.9

4.7 

4.6

4.6 

4.5

4.4 

4.3

4.4

Dec.

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.6 

4.0

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.0

3.9 

3.7

3.7

3.7

4.3

4.0

4.0 

4.0

3.6 

3.3

3.7

3.8

NOTE. Discharge relation Feb. 7-28 affected by ice.
160 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PAKT I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Susquehanna River at Conklin, N. Y.,for 1913.

Day.

1..... .........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7.............. 

8.............. 

9.............. 10..............

11.............. 

12..............

11

14..............

15..............

16.............. 

17..............

18..............

19.............. 

20..............

21..............

22.............. 

23..............

24.............. 

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

5,720

4,640

5,500

11,800

11,000

8,280

11,800 

26,400 

28,500 

15,200

10,500 

13,400 

14,000

9,000

7,330

6,630 

7,330

11,800 

11,600 

12,800

11,500

11,500 

7,800

8,520 

9,000

7,560

6,400

5,940 

4,840

3,160 

4,040

Feb.

5,060

5,060

2,840

3,000

3,000

2,540

.......

.......

.......

:::::..

.......

.......

Mar.

7,330

7,330

5,060

3,500

3,500

3,330

3,160 

3,000 

2,840 

2,840

5,500 

6,400 

5,720

6,860

12,300

13,700 

11,000

7,330

5,720 

6/630

7,100

9,240 

8 040

6,860 

8,280

17,700

38,200

51,400 

45,000

24,000

id nnn

Apr.

12,800

W

CAft

8,800

7,600

10,000

6,860

6,170 

5,500 

4,840 

4,230

4,040 

5,720 ft dftfi

5,500

4,840

4,230 

3,860

3,330 

3,000

2 QAf\

2,690

2,390 

2,240

2,240 

1,970

1,970

1,840

2,840 

2,840

2,540

May.

2,390

1,970

1,720

1,600

1,500

I JAft

1,400 

1,300 

1,260 

1,210

1,170 

1,030 

907

866

866

866 

866

790 

866 

Ton

754

790

948

1,970 

3,160

2,540

1,970

2,240 

5,280

7,100 

4 ' 840

June.

3,330

9 ftin

2,390

2,390

1,970

1,720

1,600 

1,500 

1,500 

1,400

1,400 

1,170 

1,080

1 '948 080

828 

685

652 

652 

590

652

590

718

652 

685

652

590

621 

590

621

July.

590

560

530

530

530

500

530 

500 

471

500

500

471 

385

385

413

385 

330

314

294 

285

275

271

266

257 

249

245

245

241 

249

226

226

Aug.

249

94.Q

238

238

257

238

226 

226 

226 

218

226 

202 

202

192

202

202 

192

163

185 

171

171

202 

179

192 

152

157

202

179

185

146 

134

Sept.

134

163

171

171

171

148 

174 

171 

171

160 

163 

157

168

120

106

146

139 

152

146

163

652

471

413 

303

285

266

257 

234

192

Oct.

226

226

182

202

238 

262 

241 

262

241

241 

238

238

226

249 

253

249 

266 

413

2,240^

2,240 

1,720

1,400 

1,080

1,080

1,120

1,080 

1,080

991 

907

Nov.

828

7QA

TQft

685

685

685

652 

590 

948 

8,040

9,240 

6,170 

4,230

3,680

4,040

4,040 

3,680

3,500 

3,160 

3,000

4,230

4,040 

3,330

3,000 

2,840

2,840

2,690

2,540 

2,390

2,540

Dec.

2,690

9 t*Afl

2,390

2,240

2,100

2,100 

2,840 

1,970 

3,000

2,690 

2,540 

2,390

2,390

2,390

2,390 

2,240

2,100 

1,970 

1 840

1 600

1^600 

1,600

2,390 

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,500 

1,210

1,600 

* 1,720

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Discharge interpolated Mar. 7-^9; estimated by comparison with records at Binghamton, July 18-28. Mean discharge for February estimated 

from comparative studies.

Monthly discharge of Susquehanna River at Conklin, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 2,350 square miles.]

Month.

March...................................

April....................................

May....................................

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

28,500

51,400 

12,800 

7,100 

3,330 

590 

249 

652 

2,240 

9,240 

3,000

51,400

Minimum.

3,160

2,840 

1,840 

754 

590 

226 

134 

106 

182 

590 

1,210

106

Mean.

10,100 

2,790 

11,400 

4,820 

1,820 

1,200 

379 

200 

210 

640 

3,000 

2,130

3,240

Per 

square 

mile.

4.30 

1.20 

4.85 

2.05 

.774 

.511 

.161 

.085 

.089 

.272 

1.28 

.910

1.38

Bun-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.96 

1.25 

5.59 

2.29 

.89 

.57 

.19 

.10 

.10 

.31 

1.43 

1.05

18.73

Accuracy.

B. 

D. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN. 161

STJSQUEHANNA RIVER AT WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Location. At the Market Street Bridge in Wilkes-Barre.

Records available. 1888 to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 9,960 square miles (revised).

Gage. Mott type, maintained by the United States Weather Bureau.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Winter now. Seriously affected by ice.

Accuracy. Results fair.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania.

Discharge measurements of Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., during 1913.

Date.

Mar. 19

Made by 

Reckord and Bought. - -

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

9.42 

2.13

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

28,000 

1,020

Date.

Dec. 9

Made by 

Boehringer and Brown.

&.

Feet. 

4.58

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

6,710

Daily gage height, infect, of Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for 1913. 

[Obediah Hemstreet and Robert Montanye, observers.]

Day.

1... ...........

'4.... .... ......

5.........---..

6..............

7..............

8..............

9 ......... 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

6.13

7.13

7.23

12.73

15.93

12.53

11.03

12.93

17.93

18.43

14.03

12.03

13.63

13.43

10.93

9.43

8.93

9.53

12.93

13.63

12.23

11.83

11.03

10.23

9.73

9.03

8.43

7.93.

7.23

6.63

Feb.'

6.53

6.63

6.13

6.13

5.53

6.03

8.43

7.83

7.33

7.23

6.43

5.93

5.43

5.13

4.93

5.23

5.23

4.53

4.33

3.83

3.93

4.13

4.53

4.83

4.93

5.83

4.83

4.93

Mar.

7.83

8.63

8.33

7.13

6.43

5.93

5.43

5.03

4.53

4.63

5.03

7.53

8.43

8.53

11.03

14.03

13.73

11.33

9.23

8.03

8.13

9.23

9.63

9.03

8.73

11.13

26.02

28.00

26.49

21.23

16.63

Apr.

13.33

11.73

10.73

9.63

9.33

8.63

8.43

8.03

7.53

7.13

6.73

7.23

7.93

8.33

7.93

7.33

6.93

6.43

6.13

5.73

5.43

5.23

5.13

4.93

4.83

4.83

4.73

7.23

13.93

13.93

May.

10.13

8.13

7.03

6.23

5.63

5.23

£.03

4.73

4.53

4.33

4.13

4.03

3.93

3.73

3.63

3.53

3.53

3.53

3.33

3.43

3.33

3.33

3.43

4.03

4.93

5.73

5.53

5.63

8.33

10.93

9.13

June.

7.64

6.54

5.74

5.24

5.04

4.74

4.44

4.24

4.14

3.94

3.84

3.74

3.64

3.54

3.44

3.34

3.24

3.14

3.04

2.94

3.14

3.24

3.04

2.94

2.84

2.74

3.04

3.04

3.04

3.14

July.

3.04

2.94

2.74

2.84

2.74

2.64

2.64

2.54

2.54

2.64

2.74

2.64

2.64

2.54

2.54

2.54

2.44

2.44

2.44

2.44

2.44

2.34

2.40

2.54

2.44

2.44

2.44

2.44

2.44

2.34

2.34

Aug.

2.24

2.54

2.24

2.24

2.16

2.16

2.14

2.19

2.24

2.22

2.16

2.18

2.14

2.12

2.11

2.12

2.11

2.07

2.05

2.03

2.02

2.04

2.06

2.02

2.01

2.01

2.02

2.00

2.02

2.02

2.01

Sept.

2.01

1.99

2.00

1.99

2.03

1.97

1.99

2.02

1.99

1.93

1.93

1.90

1.93

1.93

1.91

1.90

1.90

1.93

1.93

1.90

1.91

2.71

2.93

2.63

2.52

2.71

2.62

2.51

2.45

2.36

Oct.

2.33

2.42

2.39

2.39

2.31

2.33

2.33

2.29

2.27

2.24

2.22

2.33

2.22

2.29

2.25

2.21

2.23

2.31

2.29

2.47

3.80

4.25

4.60

4.71

4.37

4.23

4.15

6.87

5.33

4.69

4.40

Nov.

4.01

3.85

3.69

3.49

3.36

3.30

3.17

3.10

3.22

6.95

10.89

9.90

8.37

7.07

6.69

6.95

7.10

6.87

6.55

6.18

5.95

5.85

6.19

5.85

5.45

5.25

5.10

4.95

4.85

4.71

Dec.

4.68

4.70

4.76

4.66

4.50

4.36

4.38

4.31

4.60

4.96

5.23

4.81

4.66

4.36

4.46

4.56

4.66

4.53

4.46

4.26

4.20

4.06

3.98

4.16

4.86

5.51

5.50

5.06

4.36

3.96

3.84

93670° WSP 351 15 11
162 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART I. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Susqitehanna River at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for 1913.

Day.

1.......

2.......

3.......

4.......

5.......

6.......

7.......

8.......

9.......

10.......

11.......

12.......

13.......

14...'....

15.......

16.......

17.......

18.......

19.......

20.......

21.......

22.......

23.......

24.......

25.......

26.......

27.......

28.......

29.......

30

31.......

Jan.

11,800

16,200

16,700

43,200

61,900

42,200

34,700

44,200

77,400

81,600

50,000

39,700

47,900

46,800

34,200

OR Ofln

24,500

27,300

44. 200

47,900

40,700

38,700

34,700

30,700

28,300

28,300

25,000

22,100

19, 800

16,700

14,000

Feb.

13,600

14,000

11,800

11,800

9,440

11,400

22,100

19,400

17, 100

16,700

13,100

11,000

9,050

7,910

7,200

8,270

8,270

5,810

5,160

3,820

4,080

4,590

5,810

6,860

7,200

10,600

6,860

7,200

Mar.

19,400

23,100

21,700

16,200

13,100

11,000

9,050

7,560

5,810

6,160

7,560

18,000

22,100

22,600

34,700

50,000

48,400

36,200

25,900

20,300

20,700

25,900

27,800

25,000

23,600

35,200

186,000

217,000

194,000

111,000

67,100

Apr.

46,300

38,200

32,200

27,800

26 400

23,100

22,100

on °.nn

18,000

16,200

14,500

16,700

19,800

91 7ftn

19,800

17,100

15,300

13,100

11,800

10,200

9,050

8,270

7,910

7 9ftn

6,860

6,860

6,500

16,700

49,400

jo AC\T\

May.

vt 9nn

20 700

15^800

12,300

9,830

8,270

7,560

6,500

5,810

5,160

4,590

4,330

4,080

3,580

3,340

3,100

3,100

3,100

9 fifiO

2,880

2,660

9 fifiO

2,880

4,330 7 9nn

10,200

9,440

9,830

21,700

25,400

June.

18,500 i*> fiftn

10,300

8,310

7 ion

6,540

5,510

4,900

4,620

4,100

3,850

3,600

3,360

3,130

2,900

2,680

2,460

2,260

2 osn

1,910

2,260

2,480

2,080

1,910

1,740

1,590

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,260

July.

2,080

1,910

1,590

1,740

1,590

1,450

1,450

1,320

1,320

1,450

1,590

1,450

1,450

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,100

1,160

1,320

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,100

1,100

Aug.

1,000

1,320

1 000

1,000

tun

940

925

962

1,000

987

940

955

925

910

902

910

902

880

870

860

855

865

875

850

850

855

845

855

855

850

Sept.

850

842

845

842

860

838

842

855

842

828

828

820

828

828

822

820

820

828

828

820

822

1,540

1,890

1,430

1,300

1,540

1,420

1,280

1,210

1,120

Oct.

1,080

1,180

1,140

1,140

1 ftfin

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,030

1,000

987

1,080

987

1,050

1,010

978

996

1,060

1,050

1,240

3,750

4,920

6,050

6,440

5,290

4,870

4,640

15,100

8,660

6,360

5,380

Nov.

4,280

3,880

3,480

3,010

2,720

2,590

2,320

2,180

2,420

15,400

34,000

29,000

21,900

15,900

14,300

15,400

16,100

15,100

13,700

12,000

11,100

10,700

12,100

10,700

9; 120

8,350

7,800

7,280

6,920

6,440

Dec.

6,330

6,400

6,610

6,260

5,710

5,260

5,320

5,100

6,050

7,310

8,270

6,780

6,260

5,260

5,580

5,910

6,260

5,810

5,580

4,950

4,780

4,410

4,200

4,670

6,960

9,360

9,320

7,660

5,260

4,150

3,850

Monthly discharge of Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 9,960 square miles.]

Month.

March. ........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

October .......................................

December. ....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

81,600 

22,100 

225,000 

49,400 

34,200 

18,500 

2,080 

1,320 

1,890 

15,100 

34,000 

9,360

225,000

Minimum.

11,800 

3,820 

5,810 

6,500 

2,660 

1,590 

1,100 

845 

820 

978 

2,180 

3,850

820

Mean.

36,100 

10,000 

43,600 

20,000 

9,270 

4,420 

1,360 

921 

1,010 

2,990 

10,700 

5,990

12,200

Per 

square 

mile.

3.62 

1.00 

4.38 

2.01 

.931 

.444 

.137 

.092 

.101 

.300 

1.07 

.601

1.22

Kun-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.17 

1.04 

5.05 

2.24 

1.07 

.50 

.16 

.11 

.11 

.35 

1.19 

.69

16.68
SUSQUEHAFFA RIVEB BASIN. 163

SUSQUEHANFA EIVEE AT DANVILLE, PA.

Location. At the Mill Street Bridge in Danville, 52 miles below Wilkes-Barre, and 

a mile above the West Branch of the Susquehanna.

Records available. March 25, 1899, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 11,300 square miles.

Gage. Chain attached to the bridge.

Channel and control. Practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Winter flow. Considerably affected by ice.

Accuracy. Besults good.

Cooperation. Complete data furnished by Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania.

The following discharge measurement was made by J. D. Eeckord: 

August 4, 1913: Gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 1,590 second-feet.

Daily gage height, infect, of Susquehanna River at Danville, Pa., for 1913. 

[Edward F. Bell, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25. .............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5.36

5.88

7.31

q 41

12.96

11.26

9.64

10.68

14.66

15.24

12.16

10.56

10.66

11.48

9 71

8.36

7.84

8.11

10.06

11.06

10.41

9 84

9.58

8.94

8.51

8.44

7 Oft

7.44

6.91 

6.46

6.11

Feb.

5.86

5.81

5.71

5.61

5.34

4.36

4.26

3.86

3.76

3.81

3.74

3.66

3.66

3.56

3.56

3.56

3.66

3.74

3.61

3.68

3.65

3.68

3.76

4.46

4.31

4.61

4.44

5.11

Mar.

6.26

7.06

7.61

7.46

5.86

5.51

4 04

4.58

4.11

4.14

4.46

5.81

6.68

7.71

9 41

10.86

11.76

10.14

8.46

7.31

6.99

7 7Q

8.11

7.99

7.59

8.46

16.21

22.73

21.91 

19.21

15.01

Apr.

12.16

9.91

8.99

8.15

7.81

7.46

7.11

6.61

6.39

6.06

5.86

6.16

6.81

7.09

7.01

6.61

6.21

5.86

5.51

5.26

4.83

4.63

4.52

4.39

4.27

4.19

4.11

7.66

11.81 

13.11

May.

10.06

7.81

6.69

5.91

5.39

4 QK

4.66

4.33

4.16

3.96

3.86

3.73

3.59

3.51

3.45

3.41

3.29

3.26

3.21

3.22

3.11

3.06

3.26

3.76

3.96

4.46

4.96

5.16

6.19 

9.13

7.99

June.

7.02

5.92

5.22

4.72

4.39

4.17

3.97

3.82

3.72

3.52

3.47

3.38

3.30

3.22

3.12

3.03

3.02

2.92

2.82

2.80

3.04

3.02

2.97

2.79

2.72

2.72

2.77

2.87

2.72 

2.78

July.

2.78

2.74

2.64

2.54

2.48

2.52

2.49

2.43

2.34

2.32

2.56

2.52

2.56

2.57

2.44

2.40

2 32

2.30

2.26

2.26

2.30

2.28

2.42

2.62

2.77

2.44

2.32

2.32

2.32 

2.30

2.24

Aug.

2.22

2.16

2.12

2.12

2 09

2.04

2.03

2.05

1.99

1.95

2.00

2.01

1.95

2.00

1.95

1.92

1.87

1.92

1.90

1.88

1.82

1.80

1.82

1.82

1.84

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80

Sept.

1.80

1.88

1.82

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.76

1.75

1.74

1.73

1.72

1.72

1.73

1172

1.72

1.70

1.75

1.73

1.73

1.73

3.20

2.90

2.68

2.51

2.38

2.35

2.36

2.32 

2.26

Oct.

2.27

2.25

2.24

2.22

2.23

2 11

2.11

2.11

2.10

2.10

2.08

2.09

2.10

2.12

2.05

2.06

2.06

2.06

2.06

2.30

2.95

3.75

3.78

4.04

4.08

3.95

3.85

4.50

5.25 

4.38

3.90

Nov.

3.65

3.48

3.35

3.20

3.40

3.00

2.90

2.84

2.80

3.70

7.00

8.35

7.18

6.18

5.65

5.62

5.92

5.85

5.62

5.28

5.05

4

QA

4.95

5.05

4.85

4.49

4.32

4.22

4.12 

4.05

Dec.

4.00

3.90 3 on

3.92

3.82

3.72

3.75

3.96

d IS

4.02

4.38

4.32

4.10

3.95

3 on

3.78

3.92

3.88

3.80

3.72

3.50

3.58

3.52

3.62

3.82

4.70

5.08

4.68

4.35 

3.90

3.68
164 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Susquehanna River at Danville, Pa., for 1913.

Day.

1.. ......

2........

3........

4........

5........

6........

7. .......

8........

10........

11........

12........

13........

14........

15........

16........

17........

18........

19........

20........

21........

22........

23........

24........

25........

26........

27........

28........

29........ 

30........

31........

Jan.

14,600

17,400

25,600

40,900

74,000

42' 800

5l'900

65,900

50,800

51,700

43,400

29,000

30,800

46,400

55,400

49,500

44,500

42,300

37,000

33,700

33,200

on onn

26,400

23,200 

20,500

18,600

Feb.

17,200

17,000

16,400

15,900

14,500

9,740

9 280

7,480

7 ft^ft

7,260

6,970

6,640

6,640

6,240

6,240

6,640

6,970

6,440

6,720

6,600

6,720

7,050

10,200

9,510

10,900

10,100

13,400

Mar.

19,400

24 100

27,500

26,600

17 200

15,400

12,500

10,800

8,600

8,730

10,200

17,000

21,800

62,000

47,100

25,600

28,700

30,800

30,000

OO Oflfl

111 000

208,000 

154,000

96,500

Apr.

CK. onn

45,100

31,100

28,800

26,600

21,400

20,100

18,300

1 7 9OH

18,900

22,600

24 200

23,' 800

91 dftfl

19,100

17 200

i f» dfin

14,100

12 000 n'ooo

T,870

9,320

8

QCA

8,600 07 arm

62,500

7C fiflfl

May.

46 400

2S'800

21,900

17,600

11,100

9'600

8,820

7,920

7 480

6^930

6,360

6,040

5,640

5,180

5,070

4,880

4,520

5,070

7,050

10,200

12,600

19,000

30,000

June.

23,800

17,600

13 900

11,400

9,870

8,860

7 Q7ft

7,300

6,880

6,080

5,880

5,520

5,220

4,920

4,550

4,190

3

QCA

3,520

3,460

4,260

4,190

4,020

3,430

3,200

3.200

3 OCA

3,680

3,200 

3,400

July.

3,400

3,270

2.960

2,670

2,510

2,620

2,530

2,380

2,160

2,110

2,730

2,620

2,730

2,760

2,400

2,300

2,110

2,060

1,970

1,970

2,060

2,010

2,350

2,900

3,360

2,400

2,110

2,110

2,110 

2,060

1,920

Aug.

1,880

1,750

1,660

1,660

1,600

1,500

1,480

1,520

1,400

1,330

1,420

1,440

1,330

1,420

1,330

1,280

1,190

1,280

1,240

1,210

1,100

1,070

1,100

1,100

1,140

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070 

1,070

1,070

Sept.

1,070

1,210

1,100

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,010 do 1;

980

965

950

950

965

950

950

920

995

965

965

965

4,840

3,780

3,080

2,590

2,250

2,180

2,200

2,110 

1,970

Oct.

1,990

1 940

l'920

1,880

1,900

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,620

1,620

1,580

1,600

1,620

1,660

1,520

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,540

2,060

3,950

7,010

7,140

8,280

8,460

7,880

7,440

10,400

14,100 

9,830

7,660

Nov.

6,600

5,920

5,410

4,840

5,600

4,120

3,780

3,590

3,460

6,800

23,700

32,500

24,800

19,000

16,100

16,000

17,600

17,200

16,000

14,200

13,000

12,300

12,600

13,000

12,100

10,300

9,550

9,090

8,640 

8,320

Dec.

8,100

7,660

7,660

7,750

7,300

6,880

7,010

7,920

8,910

8,190

9 830

9,550

8,550

7,880

7,220

7,140

7,750

7,570

7,220

6,880

6,000

6,320

6,080

6,480

7,300

11,300

13,200

11,200

9,690 

7,660

6,720

Monthly discharge of Susquehanna River at Danville, Pa., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 11,300 square miles.]

Month.

May...........................................

July...........................................

October. ......................................

December. ....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

99,200 

17,200 

235,000 

80,900 

53,100 

23,800 

3,400 

1,880 

4,840 

14,100 

32,500 

13,200

235,000

Minimum.

14,600 

6,240 

8,600 

8,600 

4,340 

3,200 

1,920 

1,070 

920 

1,520 

3,460 

6,000

920

Mean.

43,200 

9,360 

47,700 

25,000 

12,600 

6,500 

2,440 

1,320 

1,540 

4,070 

11,900 

8,030

14,500

Per

square 

mile.

3.82 

.'828 

4.22 

2.21 

1.12 

.575 

.216 

.117 

.136 

.360 

1.05 

.711

1.28

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.40 

.86 

4.87 

2.47 

1.29 

.64 

.25 

.13 

.15 

.42 

1.17 

.82

17.47
EIVEE BASIN. 165

SUSQUEHANNA EIVEE AT HAREISBUKG, PA.

Location. At the Walnut Street Bridge at Harrisburg, 1J miles above Paxton Creek 

and 2 miles below Conodoginnet Creek.

Records available. 1890 to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 24,100 square miles (revised).

Gage. Vertical staff in pump well at city waterworks; chain gage on Walnut Street 

Bridge. 1

Channel and control. Practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Accuracy. Results good.

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania. 

The following discharge measurement was made by Langenheim and Reckord: 

March 28, 1913: Gage height, 19.46 feet; discharge, 417,000 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, cf Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa., for 1913.

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

3.............. 

4. .............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9. .............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22.............. 

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.55

3.94

4.36 

6.75

8.05

8.74

7.19

6.86

11.31

12.82

10.56

S.85

8.60

9.08

8.18

6.94

6.17

5.95

6.15

7.69

7.70

7.18 

6.82

6.54

6.50

6.56

6.27

5 77

5.33 

4.88

4.50

Feb.

4.16

4.09

4.00 

3.79

3.44

3.08

2.62

2.36

2.05

2.43

2.38

2.48

2.32

2.37

2.30

2.39

-2.48

2.43

2.45

2.56

2.39

2.37 

2.60

2.69

2.63

2.58

2.58

2.93

.......

Mar.

3.72

4.07

4.38 

4.47

4.09

3.61

3.16

2.92

2.79

2.62

2.69

3.05

3.70

4.49

6.16

7.10

8.12

7.43

6.28

5.43

4.94

4.60 

5.00

5.03

4.83

5.35

11.27

19.21

17.91 

14.70

11.32

Apr.

8.87

7.47

6.55 

5.96

5.39

5.18

4.76

4.52

4.30

4.08

3.90

3.96

4.24

4.54

4.80

4.73

4.52

4.29

4.00

3.74

3.50

3.29 

3.15

3.03

2.92

2.82

2.75

3.64

8.97 

10.44

May.

8.97

6.97

5.82 

5.15

4.45

4.03

3.70

3.42

3.21

2.97

2.77

2.58

2.48

2.40

2.33

2.27

2.20

2.19

2.11

2.01

1.99

1.97 

1.97

2.20

2.54

3.20

3.55

4 79

8.21 

8.70

7.93

June.

6.67

5.49

4.72 

4.20

3.74

3.33

3.08

2.90

2.65

2.50

2.39

2.21

2.12

2.00

1.92

1.81

1.77

1.64

1.59

1.58

1.57

1.61

1.74

1.71

1.70

1.66

1.56

1.62

1.64 

1.64

July.

1.71

1.69

1.52 

1.41

1.31

1.16

1.30

1.78

1.67

1.93

2.41

2.86

2.39

2.29

2.66

2.36

2.00

1.78

1.60

1.47

1.35 

1.23

1.25

1.82

2.06

2.40

2 no

1.83 

1.60

1.50

Aug.

1.40

1.31

1.24 

1.12

.99

96

1.17

1.15

.96

Qf|

on

.76

.76

.77

.79

.80

.75

.69

.59

.58

.55

.55 

.60

.59

.52

4Q

.47

an

.54 

.50

.46

Sept.

0.40

.39

.39

OQ

.39

.43

Af\

.38

.38

07

.48

.41

Qfi

.29

.27

.28

.23

.31

.40

.36

.45

1.32

1.87

1.98

1.66

1.34

1.14

.99

.92 

.93

Oct.

1.18

1.78

1.67

1 KA

1.53

1.59

1.48

1.41

1.25

1.12

1.04

.99

99

97

.98

.99

1.00

.97

.99

1.18

1.86

2.89 

3.53

3.39

3.43

3/67

5.06

5.83

5.16 

4.64

3.95

Nov.

s 4n

3.05

2.72 

2.50

2.29

2.19

2.05

1.99

1.94

2.76

5.05

7.18

6.29

5.43

4.51

4.71

4.60

4.80

4.77

4.46

4.17

3.94 

3.68

3.46

3.37

3.21

3.00

2.87

2.83 

2.81

Dec.

2.80

2.74

2.69 

2.63

2.57

2

KA

2.53

3.05

3.81

 3.83

3.79

3.65

3.47

3.28

3.03

2.87

2.79

2.67

2.64

2.53

2.46

2.35

2.28

2.40

2.79

3.59

4.07

4.03

3.59 

3.00

2.81

1 For full information regarding the two gages and changes in condition of flow, see U. S. Geol. Survey Water Supply Papers 109 and 167.
166 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I. 

, in second-feet, of Susguehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa., for 1913.

Day.

1. ...... .......

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

1Q

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

30,200 

35,800 

41,900 

81,900 

107,000

120,000 

90,200 

84,000 

175,000 

212,000

158,000 

123,000 

118,000 

127,000 

109,000

85,500 

71,600 

67,700 

71,200 

99,800

100,000 

90,000 

83,200 

78,100 

77,400

78,500 

73,300 

64,600 

57,200 

50,000 

44,100

Feb.

38,900 

37,900 

36,600 

33,600 

28,700

23,900 

19,200 

16,800 

14,100 

17,500

17,000 

17,900 

16,500 

16,900 

16,300

17,100 

17,900 

17,500 

17,600 

18,700

17,100 

16,900 

19,000 

19,900 

19,300

18,800 

18,800 

22,300

Mar.

32,600 

37,600 

42,200 

43,600 

37,900

31,000 

24,900 

22,200 

20,900 

19,200

19,900 

23,600 

32,300 

43,900 

71,400

88,500 

108,000 

94,800 

73,500 

58,800

50,900 

45,600 

51, -800 

52,300 

49,200

57,500 

174,000 

396,000 

354,000 

261,000 

175,000

Apr.

123,000 

95,500 

78,300 

67,900 

58,200

54,700 

48,100 

44,400 

41,000 

37,800

35,200 

36,000 

40,100

44,700 

48,800

47,700 

44,400 

40,800 

36,600 

32,900

29,500 

26,700 

24,8uO 

23,300 

22,200

21,200 

20,500 

31,500 

125,000 

155,000

May.

125,000 

86,000 

65,500 

54,200 

43,300

37,000 

32,300 

28,400 

25,600 

22,700

20,7<X> 

18,800 

17,900 

17,200 

16,600

16,000 

15,400 

15,300 

14,600 

13,800

13,600 

13,400 

13,400 

15,400 

18,500

25,400 

30,200 

47,500 

110,000 

120,000 

104,000

June.

80,500 

59,800 

47,500 

39,500 

32,900

27,200 

23,900 

22,000 

19,500 

18,100

17,100 

15,500 

14,700 

13,700 

13,000

12,100 

11,800 

10,700 

10,300 

10,200

10,100 

10,500 

11,500 

11,300 

11,200

10,900 

10,100 

10,500 

10,700 

10,700

July.

11,300 

11,100 

9,760 

8,970 

8,300

8,360 

7,390 

8,230 

11,800 

10,900

13,100 

17,300 

21,600 

17,100 

16,200

19,600 

16,800 

13,700 

11,800 

10,400

9,400 

8,560 

7,810 

7,930 

12,200

14,200 

17,200 

14,500 

12,200 

10,400 

9,610

Aug.

8,900 

8,300 

7,870 

7,150 

6,420

6,260 

7,450 

7,330 

6,260 

6,200

5,930 

5,210 

5,210 

5,260 

5,360

5,410 

5,160 

4,8bO 

4,390 

4,350

4,220 

4,220 

4,4*0 

4,390 

4,080

3,950

3,870 

3,590 

4,170 

4,000 

3,830

Sept.

3,590 

3,550 

3,550 

3,550 

3,550

3,710 

3,590 

3,520 

3,520 

3,480

3,910 

3,630 

3,440 

3,190 

3,120

3,150 

2,990 

3,260 

3,590 

3,440

3,790 

8,360 

12,600 

13,500 

10,900

8,500 

7,270 

6,420 

6,040 

6,090

Oct.

7,510 

11,800 

10,900 

9,920 

9,840

10,300 

9,470 

8,970 

7,930 

7,150

6,700 

6,420 

6,420 

6,310 

6,370

6,420 

6,480 

6,310 

6,420 

7,510

12,500 

21,9uO 

29,900 

28,000 

28,600

31,900 

52,800 

65,600 

54,400 

46,300 

35,900

Nov.

28,200 

23,600 

20,200 

18,100 

16,200

15,300 

14,100 

13,600 

13,200 

20,600

52,600 

90,000 

73,700 

58,800 

44,300

47,400 

45,600 

48,800 

48,300

43,500

39,100 

35,800 

32,000 

29,000 

27,700

25,600 

23,000 

21,700 

21,300 

21,100

Dec.

21,000 

20,400 

19,900 

19.300

18,800

18,100 

18,400 

23,600 

33,900 

34,200

33,600 

31,600 

29,100 

26,500 

23,300

21,700 

20,900 

19,700 

19,400 

18, 400

17, 7B0 

16,700 

16,100 

17,200 

20,900

30,800 

37,600 

37,000 

30,800 

23,000 

21,100

Monthly discharge of Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 24,100 square miles.]

Month.

March.........................................

April..........................................

May.. ...

July...........................................

October .......................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

212,000 

38,900 

407,000 

155,000 

125,000 

80,500 

21,600 

8,900 

13,500 

65,600 

90,000 

37,600

407,000

Minimum.

30,200 

14,100 

19,200 

20,500 

13,400 

10,100 

7>390 

3,590 

2,990 

6,310 

13,200 

16,100

2,990

Mean.

90,500 

21,200 

83,700 

51,200 

38,600 

20,200 

12,200 

5,420 

5,090 

18,300 

33,700 

23,900

33,800

Per 

square 

mile.

3.75 

.880 

3.47 

2.12 

1.60 

.838 

.506 

.225 

.211 

.759 

1.40 

.992

1.40

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area.

4.32 

.92 

4.00 

2.37 

1.84 

.94 

.58 

.26 

.24 

.88 

1.56 

1.14

19.05
StTSQtTlHAKKA RIVER BASIN. 167

CHENANGO RIVER NEAR CHENANGO FORKS, NT. Y.

Location. About 1| miles below Tioughnioga River, 2 miles by road below Chenango Forks post office and 11J miles above Binghamton and the mouth.

Records available. November 11, 1912, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 1,420 square miles.

Gage. Inclined staff on left bank.

Channel and control. Sand, gravel, and small cobblestones; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from a cable near gage, or by wading.

Winter flow. Somewhat affected by ice.

Diversions. Water is diverted from 30 square miles at the head of Chenango River 

and from 18.2 square miles on Tioughnioga River and Erie Canal. These two 

areas have been subtracted from the total area of 1,468 square miles.

Floods. The high water of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a maximum stage of about 

13.7 feet on the afternoon of March 27, as recorded by the observer and later 

verified from high-water marks. The corresponding discharge was 35,500 secondfeet, or 25 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Chenango River near Chenango Forks, N. Y., during 1913.

Date.

Mar. 17

May 5

Aug. 6

Made by 

G.H.Canfleld. ........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

6.00

3.18

2.35

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

5,880

722

. 141

Date.

Sept. 17

Oct. 29

 Made by 

.....do.................

height.

Feet. 

2.29

3.12

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

139

670

Daily gage height, in feet, of Chenango River near Chenango Forks, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Erastus Ingraham, observer.]

Day.

1.. ............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

11

14..............

 IK

16..............

17..............

10

1Q

20..............

21..............

99

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

4.9

4.4

5.2

8.4

6.8

6.8

8.6

10.1

9.0 

6.9

6.3

8.3

7.4

6.2

5.8

5.6

6.5

8.0

8.2

7.0

7.0

6.3

5.6

6.0

5.7

5.2

5.2

4.8

4.6

4.2 

4.6

Feb.

4.8

4.35

4.3

4.2

4.25

3.9

3.45

3.45

3.25 

3.25

3.1

.......

Mar.

""6."6"

7.3

7.1

5.7

7.2

7.9

7.8

6.2

5.4

5.3

6.3

6.0

6.4

5.4

5.2

6.9

10.8

13.4

11.8

9.0

7.4

r 6.6

Apr.

6.4

5.8

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.1

4.8

4.7

4.6 

4.4

4.6

5.4

5.1

, 4.8

4.6

4.45

4.3

4.1

4.0

3.95

3.8

3.65

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.55

3.4

3 A

3 4

3.5

May.

3.45

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.1

3.1

3.05 

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.91

2.75

2.76

2.90

2.92

2.94

2 Q1

2.92

2.98

3.35

4.4

3

n

3.5

3.55

3.75

4.8

4.7 

4.15

June.

4.8

3.7

3.55

3.45

3.4

3.25

3.25

3.3

3.2 

3.3

3.3

3.0

2.90

2.80

2.86

2.85

2.81

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.82

2.82

2.80

2.80

2.75

2.75

2.80

2 TO

2.80

2.80

July.

2.68

2.60

2.68

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.65 

2.65

2.60

2.60

2.68

2.60

2.62

2.55

2.50

2.50

2.48

2.46

2.52

2.52

2.51

2.50

2.52

2.50

2.42

2.45

2.45

2.45 

2.48

Aug.

2.42

2.38

2.35

2.40

2.40

2.35

2.32

2.30

2.32 

2.35

2.30

2.30

2.35

2.40

2.28

2.30

2.30

2.28

2.25

2.22

2.20

2.25

2.35

2.32

2.35

2.32

2.35

2 IK

2.35

2.35 

2.35

Sept.

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.22

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.28

2.20

2.20

2.22

2.32

2.40

9 4»

2.58

2.72

2.68

2.58

2.50

2.55

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.50

Oct.

2.40

2.42

2.42

2.38

2.40

2.45

2.42

2.45

2.48 

2.32

2.38

2.35

2.48

2.48

2.40

2.45

2.34

2.42

2.48

2.58

3.5

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.1 

3.05

Nov.

3.1

2.95

2.94

2.85

2.92

2.95

2.88

2.80

2.92 

4.05

5.1

4.9

5.6

5.0

4

0

3.95

4.1

3.95

3.8

3.75

3.9

4.3

4.05

4.3

4.2

3 d

3.8

3.6

3.7

3.9

Dec.

4.0

i a

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.7

4.2 

3.7

3.65

3.7

3.4

3.6

3.9

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.46

3.3

3.2

3.4

3.55

3.85

3.9

3.8

3.5

3.3

3.4

3.6 

3.7

NOTE. Gage height observations Feb. 12 to Mar. 9 suspended on account of ice.
168 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Chenango River near Chenango Forks, N. IT., for 1913.

Day.

1............

2............

3............

4............

5............

6............

7............ 

8............

9............

10............

11............

12............ 

13............ 

14............ is.....:......

,16............

17............

18............

19............

20............ 

21............

22............ 

23. ...........

24............ 

25............

26. ........... 

27. ...........

28............ 

29. ........... 

30............ 

31............

Jan.

3,350

2,440

3,960

12,700

7,930

7,930

13,400 

19,400

15,000

8,210

6,570

12,400 

9,700 

6,310

5,310 

4,840

7,100

11,500

12,100

8,500 

8,500

6,570 

4,840

5,800 

5,070

3,960 

3,960

3,160 

2,790 

2,100 

2,790

Feb.

3,160

2,360

2,270

2,100

2,180

1,620

1,020 

1,020

800

800

660

.......

.......

.......

:::.:..

.......

Mar.

........

4,840

9,400

8,800 

5,070 

9,100

11,200 

10,900

6,310

4,390

4,170

6,570 

5,800

6,830 

4,390

3,960 

8,210

22,200 

34,000

26,200 

15,000 

9,700 

7,370

Apr.

6,830

5,310

4,170

3,960

3,960

3,750

3,160 

2,970

2,790

2,440

2,790

4,390 

3,750 

3,160

2,790

2,270

1^780

1,700 

1,470

1,260 

1,200

1,200 

1,200

1,140 

960

960 

960 

1,080

May.

1,020

960

750

750

750

705

660 

660

616

572

572

572 

572 

499

381 

388

4O1

507

523

499 

507

555 

905

2,440 

1,620

1,080 

1,140

1,400 

3,160 

2,970 

2,020

June.

3,160

1,330

1,140

1,020

960

800

800 

850

750

850

850

572 

491 

416

461

453

423

416

416

416 

431

431 

416

416 

381

381

416

348 

416 

416

July.

335

286

335

316

316

316

316 

316

316

316

268

286 

335 

286

298 

257

230

230

219

208 

241

241 

235

230 

241

230 

188

203 

203 

203 

219

Aug.

188

168

155

178

178

155

141 

132

141

155

132

132 

155

178

124 

132

132

124

112

100 

92

112 

155

141

155

141

155

155 

155 

155 

155

Sept.

132

132

132

155

155

155

132 

132

132 100-

92

92 

92 

124

92 

92

100

141

178

219 

274.

361 

335

274 

230

257 

230

230 

230 

230

Oct.

178

188

188

168

178

203

188 

203

219

141

168

155 

219 

219

178 

203

150

188

219

274 

1,080

1,470 

1,470

1,330 

1,080

960 

850

850 

750 

660 

616

Nov.

660

531

523

453

507

531

476 

416

507

1,860

3,750

3,350 

4,840 

3,550

2,100 

1,700

1,940

1,700

1,470

1,400 

L620

2,270 

1,860

2,270 

2,100

1,620 

1,470

1,200 

1,330 

1,620

Dec.

1,780

1,470

1,200

1,080

1,080

960

960 

1,330

2,100

1,330

1,260

1,330 

960 

1,200

1,620 

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,020

850 

750

960 

1,140

1,540 

1,620

1,470 

1,080

850 

960 

1,200 

1,330

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Mean discharge for February and 

March estimated from climatologic data and hydrograph comparisons.

Monthly discharge of Chenango River near Chenango Forks, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,420 square miles.]

Month.

February. ..............................

May.....................................

July.....................................

August. .................................

October. ................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

19,400 

3,160

34,000

6,830 

3,160 

3,160 

335 

188 

361 

1,470 

4,840 

2,100

34,000

Minimum.

2,100

960 

381 

348 

188 

92 

92 

141 

416 

750

92

Mean.

7,360 

1,260 

7,870 

2,600 

976 

688 

266 

145 

174 

482 

1,650 

1,230

2,070

Per

square 

mile.

5.18 

.887 

5.54 

1.83 

.687 

.485 

.187 

.102 

.123 

.339 

1.16 

.866

1.46

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

5.97 

.92 

6.39 

2.04 

.79 

.54 

.22 

.12 

.14 

.39 

1.29 

1.00

19.81

Accuracy.

A. 

C. 

C. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A.
STTSQTJEHANNA EIVEE BASIN. 169

CHEMUNG KIVEK AT CHEMUNG, N. Y.

Location. At the new highway bridge about midway between Chemung, N. Y., 

and Willawana, Pa., half a mile upstream from the State line and about 10 miles 

above the mouth.

Records available. September 11, 1903, to December 31, 1913; data also published 

in the annual reports of the New York State engineer and surveyor.

Drainage area. 2,440 square miles.

Gage. Tape gage on the new highway bridge.

Channel and control. Sand and gravel; practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Winter flow. Affected by needle ice,

Floods. The high water of March 25 to 30, 1913, reached a crest elevation of about 

16.5 feet near midnight of March 26, as recorded by the observer and' later determined from high-water marks. The corresponding discharge was approximately 

52,500 second-feet, or 2-1.5 second-feet per square mile of drainage area.

Accuracy. Results fair.

Discharge measurements of CJiemung River at Chemung, N. Y., during 1913.

Bate.

Mar. 18

May 2

Made by 

C.S.DeGolyer.. .......

height.

Feet. 

4.31

5.78

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2.550

5,620

Date.

May 3

Made by 

C. S. De Golyer.. ......

G.H.Canfleld. ........

height.

Feet. 

5.34

1.90

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

4,420

180

Daily gage height, infect, of CJiemung River at Chemung, N. Y.,for 1913. 

[D. L. Orcutt, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4... ...........

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 

10..............

11..............

12..............

13.............. 

14.............. 

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25

26.............. 

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.9

3

0

4.6

11.1

6.9

5.9

7.3

9 0

10.2 

6.6

6.1

7.1

7.4 

5.7 

x. i

5.0

5.9

8.1

8.3

6.6

6 9

6.4

5.5

5.9 *> o

5.2

x. n

4.8

4.3

4.1

4.1

Feb.

4.2

3.8

3.2

3.5

3.4

3.2

3.3

.......

.......

.......

Mar.

4.6

4.8

3.8

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.0

2.95

3.0 4.6-

4.8

5.2

4.2

4.8 

fi Q

6.7

5.2

4 4

4.1

4.1

4 4

4.7

4 4

4.2

fi O

14.2

1R 9

14 Q

9.2

7.5

6.6

Apr.

6.4

5.6

5.2

5.6

5.4

5.3

5.0

4.8

4.6 

4.4

4.4

4.9

4.6 

4.4

4

0

4.2

4.0

3.8

1 4<?

3.35

q q

3 45

3

e

3.4 

3.3

10.0

13.9

9 0

May.

7.0

6.0

5.3

4.8

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.6 

3.5

3.4

3.25

3.2 

3.1

3 AC

3.05

2.95

2.9

2 0

2.8

2.75

2.75

2 Q

3 7

4.2

3.8

q o

£. Q

8.0

5 7

4.8

June.

4.3

°, O

3.7

3.5

3.3

3.15

3.05

3.0

3.05 

2.95

2.85

2.75

2.7 

2.65 

2.55

2.55

2.45

2.42

2

00

2.46

2.46

2.55

2.65

2.55

2.46

2.9

q 9

3.1

2.85

2.65

July.

2.55

2.41

2.30

2.26

2.44

2.42

2.36

2.28

2.23

2.27

2.28

2.34

2.26 

2.22 

2.19

2.19

2.16

2.12

2.06

2.06

2.04

2.02

2.15

2.10 

2.06

2.06

2.02

9 ftrt

1.95

Aug.

1.91

1 Sft

1.82

1.85

1.83

1.86

1.82

1.82

2.05 

1.94

1.89

1.81

1.86 

1.79

1.78

1.80

1.80

1.84

1.76

1.73

1.71

1.70

1.75

1.74

1 68

1.76 

1.74

1.70

1 74

1.76

1.76

Sept.

1.70

1 70

1.78

1.75

1.72

1.72

1.70

1.66

1.69 

1.66

1.66

1.66

1.64 

1.64 

1.60

1.59

1.60

1.62

1 fiO

1.66

1 70

2.02

o 4/|

2.37

2.14

2.04

1 OR

1 84

1.86

1.74

Oct.

1.76

1.85

2.35

2 25

2.14

2.08

2.00

1.96

1.94 

1.91

1.86

1.90

1.88 

2.07

9 (17

2.06

1.92

1.91

1.89

2.29

3.7

3.9

q OK

9 OR

2.85

5.0

7.4

5.2

4.4

4.0

3.7

Nov.

3.5

3 q

3.15

3.05

2.9

2.85

2.75

9 71

3.4 

10.6

6.7

5.3

4.8 

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.5

A O

4.1

4.0

3.9

3 7

Q R

3.45

3.4

3

OC

3.2

3.15

3.15

Dee.

3.2

3

1

Q 1

3.05

2.9

2.9

2.85

2 OR

3.2 

2.95

2.5

2.75

2.8 

2.95 

20

2

0 

2.85

2.8

2

7C

2.6

2.7

2.7

O fiR

q 1

3.8

3.7

3

1

Q 1

3.15

3 9

3.25

NOTE. Gage height observations suspended Feb. 8-28 on account of ice.
170 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Chemung River at Chemung, N. Y.,for 1918.

Day.

1...........

2...........

3...........

4...........

5...........

6...........

7........... 

8...........

9...........

10........... 

11...........

12........... 

13........... 

14........... 

15...........

16........... 

17........... 

18...........

19........... 

20...........

21........... 

22...........

23...........

24........... 

25...........

26...........

27........... 

28........... 

29........... 

30...........

31...........

Jan.

1,880

1 75ft

2,980

23,800

8,410

5,800

9,600 

15,200 

20,000

7,570 

6,300

9,000 

.9,900 

5,300 

4,400

3,760 

5,800 

12,100 

12,800 

7,570

8,410 

7,050

4,840

. 5,800 

5,800

4,180

3,760 

3,360 

2,470 

2,160

2,160

Feb.

2,310

1 750

1^060

1.380

1,270

1,060

.......

.......

..:....

..:....

Mar.

2,980

1*270

1,160

1,060

860 

815 

860

2,980 

3,360

4,180 

2,310 

3,360 

8,410

7,840 

4,180 

2,630 

2,160 

2,160

2,630 

3,170

2,630

2,310 

8,410

39 000

49^000 

42,500 

16,000 

10,200

7,570

Apr.

7 ftKft

5,060

4,180

5,060

4,620

4 400

3^760 

3,360 

2,980

2,630 

2,630

3,560 

2,980 

2,630 

2,470

2,310 

2,020 

1,750 

1.500 

1,500

1,320 

1,220

1,160

1,320 

1,560

1,270

1,160 

19,200 

37,500 

15,200

May.

8,700

6,050

4,400

3 OCA

2

ftQA

2 0.1ft

2,020 

1,750 

1,500

1,380

1 97ft

1,110 

1,060 

960 

910

910

815 

770 

770 

690

655 

655

1,620 

2,310

1,750

1,750 

5,800 

11,800 

5,300

3,360

June.

2 47ft

1,880

1,620

1 380

1^160

1,010

910 

860 

910

815 

730

655 

620 

585 

520

520 

460 

442 

418 

466

466 

520

585

520 

466

770

1,060 

960 

730 

585

July.

KOft

°.7ft

OKA

454

406 

360 

335

355 

310

394 

350 

330

315

315 

300

280 

270 

250

250 

240

230

260 

295

97ft

250 

250 

230 

220

200

Aug.

184

148

160

152

164

148 

148 

245

196

176

144 

164 

136 

133

140 

140 

156 

126 

116

108 

105

122

119 

99

126

119 

105 

119

126

126

Sept.

105

116

105 

93 

102

93 

93

93

87 

87 

75

73 

75 

81 

102 

93

105 

230

430

412 

290

204 

156 

164 

119

Oct.

126

fCA

400

345

OQA

260

220 

204 

196

184 

164

180 

172 

255 

255

250 

188 

184 

176 

365

1,620

1,880

1,110

815 

730

3,760

9,900 

4,180 

2,630 

2,020

1,620

Nov.

1380

1J160

1,010

Qlft

770

730

655 

655 

1,270

21,600

4' 400 

3,360 

3,360 

4,180

3,170 

3,170 

2,800 

2,310 

2,160

2,020 

1,880

1,620

1,500 

1,320

1 97ft

1,110 

1,060 

1,010 

1,010

Dec.

1 '960 060

OCA

Qlft

770

730

815

815

AQf)

655 

690 

815 

770

770 

730 

690 

655 

550

620 

620

585

960 

1,750

1,620

960 

960 

1,010 

1,060

1,110

NOTE. "Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Mean discharge for February estimated 

from hydrograph comparisons.

Monthly discharge of Chemung River at Chemung, N. Y'.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 2,440 square miles.]

Month.

April....................................

May.......... ...........................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

23,800

49,000 

37,500 

11,800 

2,470 

520 

245 

430 

9,900 

21,600 

1,750

49,000

Minimun1 .

1,750

815 

1,160 

655 

418 

200 

99 

73 

126 

655 

490

73

Mean.

7,220 

1,080 

7,780 

4,910 

2,550 

836 

317 

143 

143 

1,120 

2,690 

868

2,490

Per 

square 

inile.

2.96 

.443 

3.19 

2.01 

1.05 

.343 

.130 

.058 

.058 

.459 

1.10 

.356

1.02

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

3.41 

.46 

3.68 

2.24 

1.21 

.38 

.15 

.07 

.06 

.53 

1.23 

.41

13.83

Accuracy.

B. 

D. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

B.
STTSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN. 171

WEST BRANCH OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVEE AT WILLIAMSPORT, PA.

Location. At the Market Street Bridge in Williamsport, 2 miles below Lycoming

Creek and about 2 miles above Loyalsock Creek. 

Records available. March 1, 1895, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 5,670 square miles. 1 

G-age. Chain, fastened to the bridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading. 

Begulation. There is a dam about one-half mile above the station, but the operation

of this dam probably has no effect on the daily gage height. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Results good. 

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania.

Discharge measurements of West Branch of Susquehanna River at

during 1913.

Pa.,

Date.

Mar. 5

Sept. 12

Made by- Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.31

.15

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

7 Q1 ft

618

Daily gage height, in feet, of West Branch of Susquehanna River at Williamsport, Pa., for

1913.

[J. R. Mundy, observer.l >

Day.

1... ...........

2..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

10

20..............

21. ........... ..

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2.15

2.30

2.35

2.50

2.25

3.65

2.90

7.95

17.20

13.75

10.55

8.40

8.80

8.50

7.55

6.15

5.60

4.85

8.10

8.05

8.75

9 in

7.55

7 °.ft

7.05

7.35

7 00

6.35

5.70 

5.35

5.00

Feb.

4.85

4.30

4.25

4.20

4.05

3.75

3.70

3.55

3.60

3.45

3.45

3.40

3.35

3.40

3.25

3.25

3.40

3.25

3.30

3.25

3.25

3

Af\

. 3.45

3.40

3.35

3.35

3.70

3.85

Mar.

3.95

3.90

3.65

3.27

3.10

3.00

3.00

2.90

2.70

2.70

2.80

3.10

3.30

3.70

3.80

6.90

7.10

6.20

5.80

5.30

5.10

5.20

4 on

4 80

5.00

11.50

18.45

18.90

15.10 

11.30

8.70

Apr.

7.60

6.20

5.10

4.50

4.20

4.00

3.70

3.40

3.30

3.20

3.10

3.10

3.30

3.50

3.60

3.60

3

CA

o on

2.70

9 7ft

2 en

2 40

2

°.A

2 1ft

i on

1 80

I

Qft

9 *^n

11.40 

10.70

May.

8.40

7.50

4.80

4.30

4.00

3.30

3.10

3.00

2.80

1.20

1.20

.60

.50

.50

.40

.70

.80

.70

.70

.70

.60

on

1 40

o on

2 60

4.00

4 30

5.00

12.40 

o on

8.30

June.

7.80

7.10

4.10

3.50

3.10

2.90

2.80

2.40

2.30

2.10

2.00

2.00

1.90

1.90

1.80

1.70

1.70

1.70

1 V\

1.50

i <v\

1 V\

1 40

1 9fl

1.20

1.10

1 00

1.00

1.00 

90

.......

July.

0.90

.90

.80

.80

.80

.90

.90

.80

.80

1.00

1.20

1.20

1.50

1.70

1.80

1.70

1.70

2.00

2.00

1.90

2.00

1.80

1.70

2.10

5.50

6.70

6 90

6.20

5.00 Son

3.10

Aug.

2.80

2.40

.1.80

1.50

1.30

1.20

1.20

1.10

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

.90

.90

90

.80

.80

.80

1.10

1.00

90

QA

.70

.51

.48

.57

.52

.51

.42

00

.30

Sept.

0.26

.32

.31

.26

.27

.22

.27

.26

.21

.19

.19

.16

.16

.18

.16

.15

.16

.11

.14

.18

.31

ft QK

2.35

2.06

.76

64

.55

.52

.41

00

Oct.

0.34

1.12

2.75

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.45

2.20

1.90

1.08

.61

.85

.55

.52

.63

.59

.57

.78

.82

1.23

3.72

4.40

3.33

9 OK

9 Q9

6.35

8.72

7.17

5.72 

4.63

3.99

Nov.

3.54

3.18

2.81

2.52

2.30

2.16

2.26

2.14

2.38

8.32

9.82

7.08

6.20

5.56

5.60

5.78

5.61

5.34

4.90

4.44

4.09

3.82

3.63

3.36

3.18

2 O9

2 7Q

2.58

2.47

2 J.9

Dec.

2.49

2.51

2.35

2.27

2.20

2.16

2.36

3.09

4.24

4.01

3.98

3.80

3.47

3.21

2 98

2.84

2 A3

2.42

2.32

2.20

2 ns

1

QC

1.86

2

fiO

3 Vt

3.34

3.00

9 7fi

2.68

9 Wl

2.40

1 Revised value.
172 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Branch of Susquehanna River at Williamsport, Pa.,

for 1913.

Day.

1.... ..........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15... .......:...

16.. ............

17..............

18..............

19.. ...... ...J.-..

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

4,340 

4,720 

4,840 

5,230 

4,600

8,560 

6,300 

27,700 

101,000 

66,800

42,500 

30,200 

32,300 

30,700 

25,700

18,800 

16,200 

13,000 

28,500 

28,300

32,100 

34,000 

25,700 

24,400 

23,200

24,600 

22,900 

19,700 

16,700 

15,100 

13,600

Feb.

13,000 

10,800 

10,600 

10,400 

9,860

8,870 

8,710 

8,240 

8,400 

7,940

7,940 

7,780 

7,620 

7,780 

7,320

7,320 

7,780 

7,320 

7,470 

7,320

7,320 

7,780 

7,940 

7,780 

7,620

7,620 

8,710 

9,200

.......

Mar.

9,520 

9,360 

8,560 

7,380 

6,870

6,580 

6,580 

6,300 

5,750 

5,750

6,020 

6,870 

7,470 

8,710 

9,030

22,400 

23,400 

19,000 

17,200 

14,900

14,000 

14,500 

13,200 

12,800 

13,600

48,800 

114,000 

119,000 

79,400 

47,400 

31,800

Apr.

25,900 

19,000 

14,000 

11,500 

10,400

9,690 

8,710 

7,780 

7,470 

7,170

6,870 

6,870 

7,470 

8,090 

8,400

8,400 

8,090 

6,300 

5,750 

5,750

5,490 

4,970 

4,720 

4,220 

3,740

3,500 

3,500 

5,230 

48,000 

43,500

May.

30,200 

25,400 

12,800 

10,800 

9,690

7,470 

6,870 

6.580 

6,020 

2,210

2,210 

1,090 

930 

930 

775

1,260 

1,440 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260

1,090 

1,440 

2,620 

4,470 

5,490

9,690 

10,800 

13,600 

55,400 

38,600 

29,600

June.

27,000 

23,400 

10,000 

8,090 

6,870

6,300 

6,020 

4,970 

4,720 

4,220

3,980 

3,980 

3,740 

3,740 

3,500

3,270 

3,270 

3,270 

2,830 

2,830

2,830 

2,830 

2,620 

2,210 

2,210

2,010 

1,820 

1,820 

1,820 

1,630

July.

1,630 

1,630 

1,440 

1,440 

1,440

1,630 

1,630 

1,440 

1,440 

1,820

2,210 

2,210 

2,830 

3,270 

3,500

3,270 

3,270 

3,980 

3,980 

3,740

3,980 

3,500 

3,270 

4,220 

15,800

21,400 

22,400 

19,000 

13,600 

9,360 

6,870

Aug.

6,020 

4,970 

3,500 

2,830 

2,410

2,210 

2,210 

2,010 

1,820 

1,820

1,820 

1,820 

1,630 

1,630 

1,630

1,440 

1,440 

1,440 

2,010 

1,820

1,630 

1,630 

1,260 

946 

899

1,040 

962 

946 

806 

674 

630

Sept.

576 

659 

644 

576 

590

522 

590 

576 

508 

482

482 

445 

445 

470 

445

432 

445 

- 382 

420 

470

644 

6,440 

4,840 

4,120 

1,370

1,160 

1,010 

962 

790 

659

Oct.

688 

2,050 

5,880 

6,020 

5,750

5,750 

5,100 

4,470 

3,740 

1,970

1,110 

1,540 

1,010 

962 

1,140

1,070 

1,040 

1,400 

1,480 

2,270

8,770 

11,200 

7,560 

6,410 

6,360

19,700 

31,900 

23,800 

16,800 

12,100 

9,660

Nov.

8,210 

7,110 

6,050 

5,280 

4,720

4,370 

4,620 

4,320 

4,920 

29,700

38,100 

23,300 

19,000 

16,100 

16,200

17,100 

16,300 

15,100 

13,200 

11,300

10,009 

9,100 

8,490 

7,660 

7,110

6,360 

5,990 

5,440 

5,150 

5,020

Dec.

5,200 

5,260 

4,840 

4,640 

4,470

4,370 

4,870 

6,840 

10,500 

9,720

9,620 

9,030 

8,000 

7,200 

6,520

6,130 

5,570 

5,020 

4,770 

4,470

4,170 

3,860 

3,640 

5, 640 

7,690

7,590 

6,580 

5,910 

5,700 

5,390 

4,970

Monthly discharge of West Branch of Susquehanna River at Williamsport, Pa., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 5,670 square miles.]

Month.

April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

102,000 

13,000 

131,000 

48,000 

55,400 

27,000 

22,400 

6,020 

6,440 

34,600 

39,300 

10, 500

131,000

Minimum.

4,340 

7,320 

5,750 

3,500 

775 

1,630 

1,440 

630 

382 

688 

4,320 

3,640

382

Mean.

24, 300 

8,440 

23,100 

10,700 

9,780 

5,260 

5,520 

1,870 

1,070 

6,730 

11,200 

6,070

9,530

Per

square 

mile.

4.29 

1.49 

4.07 

1.89 

1.72 

.928 

.974 

.330 

.189 

1.19 

1.98 

1.07

1.68

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.95 

1.55 

4.69 

2.11 

1.98 

1.04 

1.12 

.38 

.21 

1.37 

2.21 

1.23

22.84
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN. 173

JUNIATA RIVER AT NEWPORT, PA.

Location. At the steel highway bridge about 800 feet east of the public square at 

Newport, a mile below Buffalo Creek, and about 12 miles above the mouth.

Records available. March 21,1899, to July 15,1906; January 6,1907, to December 

31, 1913.

Drainage area. 3,380 square miles (revised).

Gage. Chain, attached to the bridge.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge.

Winter flow. Affected by ice.

Channel and control. Conditions of flow liable to change from year to year.

Accuracy. Results good for high and medium stages; fair for low stages*

Cooperation. Results furnished by the Water-Supply Commission of Pespiasylvania.

The following discharge measurement was made by Boehringer and Record: 

July 21, 1913: Gage height, 3.16 feet; discharge, 1,170 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Juniata River at Newport, Pa., for 

[A. R. Bortel, observer.]

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

4.75

4.60

5.25

5.95

5.75

5.30

5.10

5.95

9.75

8.40

6.90

6.90

7.80

7.15

6.30

5.75

5.65

5.95

5.60

5.70

5.45

5.35

5.05

5.05

5.30

5.15

5.00

4 on

4.75 

4.57 

4.53

Feb.

4.55

4.65

4.60

4.40

4.35

4.15

3.85

3.70

3.63

3.80

4.15

4.15

3.95

3.70

3.80

3.65

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.70

3.70

3.75

4.05

4.25

3.90

3.80

3.70

4 00

.......

Mar.

4.26

4.51

4.26

4.16

4.06

4.06

3.94

3.78

3.76

3.81

3.96

4.01

4.11

4.76

5.86

6.36

5.81

5.36

4.96

4.76

4.66

4.66

4.56

4.41

4.26,

4.56

10.15

12.51

9.86 

8.36 

6.76

Apr.

6.16

5.61

5.31

5.16

4.96

4.76

4.56

4.41

4.26

4.18

4.16

4.31

4.56

4.61

4.66

4.81

5.01

5.04

4.86

4.66

4.51

4.36

4.20

4.11

4.04

4.01

4.01

5.36

5.96 

5.46

May.

5.07

4.82

4.62

4.42

4.29

4.22

4.12

4.02

3.97

3.92

3.79

3.77

3.77

3.75

3.67

3.67

3.77

3.77

3.62

3.59

3.57

3.55

3.62

4.02

4.62

4.87

4 79

10.77

15.22 

10.32

7.77

June.

6.82

5.97

5.37

4.92

4.67

4.47

4.29

4.07

4.09

3.96

3.82

3.71

3.65

3.57

3.57

3.49

3.45

3.45

3.49

3.37

3.47

3.45

3.52

3.37

3.37

3.49

3.62

3.87

3.77 

3.52

July.

3.48

3.28

3.38

3.28

3.23

3.08

3.08

3.53

3.53

3.50

3.43

3.56

3.40

3.40

3.26

3.33

3.26

3.18

3.06

3.08

3.14

3.06

3.10

3.25

3.25

3.22

3.25

3 19

3.02 

3.01 

3.12

Aug.

3.10

2.98

2.98

2.98

3.02

2.99

3.30

3.05

3.15

3.10

3.02

3.02

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

2 90

2.80

3.00

2 on

2.90

3.02

3.00

2.90

2 Q9

2.89

9 79

2.94

2.92 

2.88 

2.72

Sept.

2.90

2.92

2.82

2.88

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.92

3.05

3.32

3.10

2.98

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.80

- 2.85

2.90

2.90

2.95

3.25

4.14

3.52

3.51

3

O4

3.11

3 fin

3 fti

2.98 

3.14

Oct.

3.45

3.52

4.10

3.86

4.08

3.72

3.60

3.41

3.29

3.24

3.16

3.16

3.24

3.21

3.35

3.31

3.22

3.46

3.12

3 on

4.58

5.2Q

4 fifi

4.16

4.58

5.92

9

01

7 45

5.81 

5.02 

4.58

Nov.

4.35

4.06

4.16

3.85

3.72

3.68

3.65

4.52

3.84

7.05

8.88

6.38

5.38

5.40

4.70

4.52

4.56

5.12

5.21

4 SB

4.65

4.42

4 W

4 19

4.25

4.12

3.86

3.84

3.96 

4.05

Dec.

4.20

4.04

4.32

4.18

3.92

3.85

4.15

5.38

5.60

5.26

4.81

4.64

4.41

4.32

4.18

4.35

4 nn

4.20

3.84

3.80

3.75

3.78

o 70

d 9*;

4.85

5.09

5.26

<t <M!

4.68 

4.55 

4.32
174 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Juniata River at Newport, Pa., for 1913.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5,060

4,630

6,540

8,730

8,090

6,690

6,080

8,730

23,100

17,500

11,900

11,900

15,200

12,800

9,870

8,090

7,780

8,730

7,620

7,930

7,160

6,840

5,930

5,930

6,690

6,230

5,780

5,490

5,060

4,550

d din

Feb.

4,490

4,770

4,630

4,070

3,940

3,400

2,660

2,330

2,180

2,560

3,400

3,400

2,900

2,330

2,550

2,220

2,440

2,440

2,440

2,330

2,330

2,440

3,140

3,660

2,780

2,550

2,330

3,020

Mar.

3,690

4,380

3,690

3,430

3,170

3,170

2,880

2,510

2,460

2,570

2,920

3,040

3,300

5,080

8,440

10,100

8,280

6,880

5,660

5,080

4,800

4,800

4,520

4,100

3,690

4,520

24,800

35,600

23,600

17,400

11,400

Apr.

9,410

7,650

6,720

6,260

5,660

5,080

4,520

4,100

3,690

3,480

3,430

3,830

4,520

4,660

4,800

5,230

5,810

5,900

5,370

4,800

4,380

3,960

3,530

3,300

3,120

3,040

3,040

A OCA

8,760 

7,190

May.

5,990

5,260

4,690

4,130

3,770

3,580

3,320

3,070

2,950

2,830

2,530

2,480

2,480

2,440

2,260

2,260

2,480

2,480

2,150

2,090

2,050

2,000

2,150

3,070

4,690

5,400

4 Q7fi

27,500

50,000

25,500

June.

11,600

8,790

6,910

5,550

4,830

4,270

3,770

3,200

3,240

2,920

2,600

2,350

2,220

2,050

2,050

1,880

1,800

1,800

1,880

1,640

1,840

1,800

1,940

1,640

1,640

1,880

2,150

2,710

2,480 

1,940

July.

1,860

1,470

1,660

1,470

1,380

1,110

1,110

1,960

1,960

1,900

1,760

2,030

1,700

1,700

1,430

1,560

1,430

1,280

1,080

1,110

1,220

1,080

1,140

1,410

1,410

1,360

1,410

1,180

1,010

966

1,180

Aug.

1,140

949

949

949

1,010

964

1,500

1,060

1,230

1,140

1,010

1,010

980

980

980

980

825

825

980

825

825

1,010

980

825

856

810

592

887

856 

796

592

Sept.

825

856

709

796

825

825

825

856

1,060

1,540

1,140

949

825

825

825

680

752

825

825

902

1,410

3,370

1,940

1,920

1,390

1,160

2,110

996

949 

1,220

Oct.

1,800

1,940

3,270

2,690

3,220

2,370

2,110

1,720

1,490

1,390

1,250

1,250

1,390

1,340

1,600

1,520

1,360

1,820

1,180

2,780

4,570

6,380

4,800

3,430

4,570

8,630

21,200

13,900

8,280 

5,840

4,570

Nov.

3,940

3,170

3,430

2,660

2,370

2,290

2,220

4,410

2,640

12,400

19,400

10,100

6,940

7,000

4,910

4,410

4,520

6,140

6,410

5,430

4,V70

4,130

3,660

3,320

3,660

3,320

2,690

2,640

2,920 

3,140

Dec.

3,530

3,120

3,850

3,480

2,830

2,660

3,400

6,940

7,620

6,570

5,230

4,740

4,100

3,850

3,480

3,940

3,02O

3,530

2,640-

2,550

2,440

2,510

2,370

3,660

5,340

6,050

6,570

5,550

4,850 

4,490

3,850

Monthly discharge of Juniata River at Newport, Pa., for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 3,380 square miles.]

Month. ,

February.. . ...................................

March...

April..........................................

May...........................................

June... ........................................

July...........................................

December .....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

23,100 

4,770 

37,300 

9,410 

50,000 

11,600 

2,030 

1,500 

3,370 

21,200 

21,600 

7,620

50,000

TVfirriinnTn.

4,430 

2,180 

2,460 

3,040 

2,000 

1,640 

966 

592 

680 

1,180 

2,220 

2,370

592

Mean.

8,420 

2,990 

7,420 

5,070 

6,640 

3,180 

1,430 

946 

1,140 

3,990 

4,970 

4,150

4,210

Per 

square 

mile.

2.49 

.885 

2.20 

1.50 

1.96 

.941 

.423 

.280 

.337 

1.18 

1.47 

1.23

1.25

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.87 

.92 

2.54 

1.67 

2.26 

1.05 

.49 

.32 

.38 

1.36 

1.64 

1.42

16.92
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I. 175

PATUXENT RIVER BASIN. 

PATUXENT RIVER NEAR BURTONSVILLE, MD.

Location. At the Columbia turnpike bridge, 1J miles northeast of Burtonsville and

about 4 miles northwest of Laurel. 

Records available. July 21 to December 31, 1913; July 21, 1911, to June 15,1912,

records furnished by the United States Engineer Office. 

Drainage area. 127 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff fastened to left side of bridge pier, read once daily. 

Channel and control. Banks overflow at stage of about 10 feet; control is a gravel

bar about 300 feet below bridge; current is swift under bridge but sluggish below

bridge to control; discharge measurements 1911 to 1914 indicate that control

remained practically permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge or by wading. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Results fair; stream fluctuates rapidly and one gage reading daily may

not be an accurate index of the mean daily flow. 

The following discharge measurement was made by G. C. Stevens: 

July 21, 1913: Gage height, 0.50 foot; discharge, 43.5 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, of Patuxent River near Burtonsville, Md., for 1913.

[Columbus Brashears, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2..... .........

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14t .. ...........

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

July.

Gage 

height.

0.50 

.48 

.48 

.48 

.50

.45 

.45 

.45 

.45

.55 

.50

Discharge.

43 

40 

40 

40 

43

36 

- 36 

36 

36 

50 

43

August.

freight.

0.50 

6.5

7.6 

.70 

.65

.55 

.50 

.60 

.60

.65

1.5 

.95

.75 

.70

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.60

.60 

.65 

1.7 

1.65 

.60

.55 

.55 

.55 

.50 

5.5 

1.55

Discharge.

43 

1,620 

2.010 

72 

64

50 

43

57 

57 

64

200 

203 

110

80

72

64 

64 

64 

64

57

57 

64 

242 

232

57

50 

50 

50 

43 

1,290 

212

September.

Gage 

height.

0.75 

.70 

.65 

.65 

.65

.60 

.55 

.55 

.50 

.50

.50 

.45 

.45 

.45 

.45

.45 

.50 

.55 

.55 

.55

.55 

3.2

.75 

.60

.55

.55 

.50 

.50 

.50 

.50

Discharge.

80 

72 

64 

64 

64

57 

50 

50 

43 

43

43 

36 

36 

36 

36

36 

43 

50 

50 

50

50

605 

80 

57 

50

50 

43 

43 

43 

43

October.

Gage

height.

0.50

.75 

1.25 

.70 

.65

.60 

.55 

.60 

.55 

.55

.55 

.60 

.60 

.55 

.55

.50 

.50 

.55 

.60 

.90

.80 

.65 

.60 

.60 

1.60

.55 

.75 

.70 

.70 

.70 

.70

Discharge.

43

80 

158

72 

64

57 

50 

57 

50 

50

50

57 

57 

50 

50

43 

43 

50

57 

102

87 

64 

57 

57 

222

50

80 

72 

72

72 

72

November.

height.

0.65 

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60

.60 .60' 

.60 

.80 

.88

.75 

.65 

.60 

.60 

.60

1.45 

1.6

.75 

.70 

.70 

.65 

.60

.60 

.60

.65 

.75 

.70

Discharge.

64

57 

57 

57 

57

57 

57 

57 

87 

99

80 

64 

57 

57 

57

194 

222 

176 

141 

115

80 

72 

72 

64 

57

57 

57 

64 

80 

72

December.

Gage 

height.

0.70 

.70 

.70 

.65 

.65

.65 

.65 

.80 

.75 

.75

.70 

.70 

.65 

.65 

.65

.60 

.60 

.60 

.60 

:60

.60 

1.05

.85 

.80 

.85

2.7 

1.1 

.90

.85 

.80 

.80

Discharge.

^ 72 

72 

72 

64 

64

64 

64 

87 

80 

80

72 

72 

64 

64 

64

57 

57

57 

57 

57

57 

126 

94 

87 

94

474 

134 

102

94 

87 

87

NOTE. No readings obtained Aug. 11 and Nov. 18-20. Discharge determined from a rating curve well 

denned between 10 and 1,000 second-feet. Discharge estimated Aug. 11 and interpolated Nov. 18-20.
176 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PAET I.

Monthly discharge o/Patuxent River near Burtonsville, Md.,for 1913.

[Drainage area, 127 square miles.]

Month.

July 21-31..... ..........................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

50 

2,010 

605 

222 

222 

474

Minimum.

36 

43 

36 

43

57 

57

Mean.

40.3 

239

68.9 

69.2 

82.9 

89.5

Per 

square 

mile.

0.317 

1.88 

.543 

.545 

.653 

.705

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.13 

2.17 

.61 

.63 

.73 

.81

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

POTOMAC RIVER BASIN. 

POTOMAC RIVER AT POINT OF ROCKS, MD.

Location. At the steel highway bridge at Point of Rocks, about one-third mile below

Catoctin Creek and about 6 miles above Monocacy River. 

Records available. February 17, 1895, to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 9,650 square miles. 

Gage. Chain, attached to bridge. Datum constant since September 2, 1902; prior

to this date datum was 0.45 foot higher than at present. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. The control is a ledge a few hundred

feet below the station, the ledge extending completely across the river except for

one relatively unimportant channel. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge. 

Winter flow. Little affected by ice. 

Canal. The Chesapeake & Ohio canal parallels the Potomac on the Maryland side.

The average discharge of the canal is 75 to 100 second-feet. The discharge is not

included in the following tables.

Accuracy. Results excellent except at extreme low water, when measuring conditions are not good.

Discharge measurements of Potomac River at Point of Rocks, Md., during 1913.

Date.

Aug. 13

29

Made by 

G. C. Stevens................................ .............................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.34

.98

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

3,170

1,880
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN. 177

Daily guge height, in feet, of Potomac River at Point of Rocks, Md.,for 1913. 

[G. H. Hickman, observer.]

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.8

4.4

6.4

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.9

5.7

5.3

4.4

4.4

4.0

3.9

3.4

3.0

2.9

2.8

3.0

2.9

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.6

Feb.

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.95

1.95

1.9

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.65

1.55

1.5

Mar.

1.45

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.65

1.6

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.6

1.55

1.5

2.0

3.1

4.9

6.4

6.9

5.2

4.4

3.8

3.3

3.2

2.8

2.8

2.2

2.4

5.8

17.5

16.0

9.5

6.3

Apr.

5.2

4.6

4.1

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

3.3

5.0

6.1

6.8

10.8

8.1

5.6

5.1

4.5

4.0

3.2

3.0

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.8

May.

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.85

1.7

1.65

1.6

1.75

1.6

1.85

2.0

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

3.0

9.2

6.9

5.2

10.5

11.3

7.7

6.0

June.

9.4

6.0

5.1

4.2

5.6

4.9

4.0

3.2

3.3

2.9

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.0

2.0

.2.7

2.2

1.5

1.25

1.45

1.6

1.55

1.35

2.1

2.7

1.55

2.3

3.0

July.

2.8

2.5

1.8

1.7

1.75

1.9

2.0

1.9

1.95

1.6

1.5

2.9

2.5

2.3

1.9

1.7

1.55

1.9

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.55

1.5

1.55

1.4

1.45

1.4

1.35

1.3

1.35

Aug.

1.55

1.65

1.85

2.0

1.85

1.85

1.8

1.65

1.6

1.45

1.35

1.45

1.3

1.2

1.25

1.25

1.0

1.4

1.6

1.2

1.15

1.05

1.35

1.2

1.1

1.05

1.1

1.1

1.05

.88

.86

Sept.

0.85

.74

.92

.79

.76

.78

.79

.74

.89

' .74

.63

.66

.73

.74

.48

.78

.64

.78

.74

.89

.93

1.2

1.3

1.35

1.65

1.45

1.2

.98

.98

.99

Oct.

1.15

.1.75

1.45

1.2

1.4

1.1

1.05

1.05

1.1

1.05

.84

1.95

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.35

1.4

.93

1.25

1.5

2.5

2.9

2.7

2.6

4.5

8.4

5.9

4.4

3.4

2.8

Nov.

2.5

2.1

2.1

1.95

1.7

1.6

1.55

1.45

1.75

8.9

9.7

5.9

4.4

3.2

3.3

4.5

6.2

6.2

5.4

5.6

4.4

3.4

2.8

2.4

3.5

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.1

Dec.

2.2

1.95

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.0

2.5

3.2

4.1

3.8

3.1

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.2

1.95

1.9

1.8

1.75

1.9

2.0

2.0

1.95

2.1

5.7

4.9

4.4

3.8

3.4

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Potomac River at Point of Rocks, Md.,for 1913.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

&..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

13,000 

16,300 

28,800 

13,500 

13,500

13,000 

12,000 

13,500 

24,200 

21,700

16,300 

16,300 

14,100 

13,500 

11,000

9,070 

8,620 

8,180 

9,070 

8,620

7,330 

6,920 

6,520 

6,520 

6,130

6,920 

7,330 

7,750 

8,180 

7,330 

7,330

Feb.

8,180 

7,750 

8,180 

7,330 

7,330

7,330 

6,920 

6,520 

6,920 

7,330

6,520 

6,920 

6,130 

6,130 

6,130

5,750 

5,380 

5,020 

4,840 

4,840

4,670 

4,500 

4,500 

4,500 

4,500

3,860 

3,540 

3,390

Mar.

3,240 

3,090 

3,390 

4,010 

3,860

3,700 

3,540 

3,540 

3,540 

3,700

3,540 

3,390 

5,020 

9,530 

19,200

28,800 

32,100 

21,100 

16,300 

13,000

10,500 

10,000

8,180 

8,180 

5,750

6,520 

24,800 

118,000 

105,000 si.eoo1

28,100

Apr.

21,100 

17,400 

14,600 

13,000 

13,000

12,000 

9,070 

9,070 

8,180 

8,180

8,180 

7,750 

10,500 

19,800 

26,800

31,500 

62,200 

40,700 

23,600 

20,400

16,800 

14,100 

12,000 

10,000 

9,070

8,620 

9,070 

9,070 

9,070 

8,180

May.

6,920 

6,130 

5,750 

5,750 

5,750

5,750 

5,380 

5,020 

5,020 

4,330

4,500 

4,010 

3,860 

3,700 

4,170

3,700 

4,500 

5,020 

6,130 

6,520

6,130 

6,130

5,750 

9,070 

49,200

32,100 

21,100 

59,800 

66,400 

37,800 

26,100

June.

50,800 

26,100 

20,400 

15,200 

23,600

19,200 

14,100 

-10,000 

10,500 

8,620

9,530 

8,620 

8,180 

7,330 

6,130

5,020 

5,020 

7,750 

5,750 

3,390

2,660 

3,240 

3,700 

3,540 

2,940

5,380 

7,750 

3,540 

6,130 

9,070

July.

8,180 

6,920 

4,330 

4,010 

4,170

4,670

5,020 

4,670 

4,840 

3,700

3,390 

8,620 

6,920 

6,130 

4,670

4,010 

3,540 

4,670 

5,020 

4,670

4,330 

4,010 

3,540 

3,390 

3,540

3,090 

3,240 

3,090 

2,940 

2,800 

2,940

Aug.

3,540 

3,860 

4,500 

5,020 

4,500

4,500 

4,330 

3,860 

3,700 

3,240

2,940 

3,240 

2,800 

2,520 

2,660

2,660 

1,990 

3,090 

3,700 

2,520

2,380 

2,120 

2,940 

2,520 

2,250

2,120 

2,250 

2,250 

2,120 

1,680 

1,640

Sept.

1,610 

1,340 

1,790 

1,460 

1,390

1,440 

1,460 

1,340 

1,710

1,340

1,080 

1,150 

1,310 

1,340

748

1,440 

1,100 

1,440 

1,340 

1,710

1,810 

2,520 

2,800 

2,940 

3,860

3,240 

2,520 

1,940 

1,940 

1,960

Oct.

2,380 

3,270 

4,160 

3,240 

2,520

3,090 

2,250 

2,120 

2,120 

2,250

2,120

1,580 

4,840 

4,330 

3,700

3,090 

2,940 

3,090 

1,810 

2,660

3,390 

6,920 

8,620 

7,750 

7,330

16,800 

43,000 

25,500 

16,300 

11,000 

8,180

Nov.

6,920

5,380 

5,380 

4,840 

4,010

3,700 

3,540 

3,240 

4,170 

46,800

53,200 

25,500 

16,300 

10,000 

10,500

16,800 

27,500 

27,500 

22,300 

23,600

16,300 

11,000 

8,180 

6,520 

11,500

7,330 

6,130 

5,750 

5,380 

5,380

Dec.

5,750 

4,840 

5,020 

5,020 

5,380

5,020 

6,920 

10,000 

14,600 

13,000

9,530 

7,750 

7,330 

6,920 

6,520

5,750 

5,750 

^4,840 

4,670 

4,330

4,170 

4,670 

5,020 

5,020 

4,840

5,380 

24,200 

19,200 

16,300 

13,000 

11,000

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined except at extreme low stages. 

93670° WSP 351 15 12
178 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Monthly discharge ofPotomac River at Point of Rocks, Md.,for 1913.

[Drainage area, 9,650 square miles.]

Month.

March. .................................

April....................................

July............... . ..................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

28,800 

 8,180 

118,000 

62,200 

. 66,400 

50,800 

8,620 

5,020 

3,860 

43,000 

53,200 

24,200

118,000

Minimum.

6,130 

3,390 

3,090 

7,750 

3,700 

2,660 

2,800 

1,640 

748 

1,580 

. 3,240 

4,170

748

Mean.

11,700 

5,890 

18,200 

16,100 

13,600 

10,400 

4,490 

3,010 

1,770 

6,850 

13,500 

8,120

9,490

Per 

square 

mile.

1.21 

.610 

1.89 

1.67 

1.41 

1.08 

.465 

.312 

.183 

.710 

1.40 

.841

.983

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.40 

.64 

2.18 

1.86 

1.63 

1.20 

.54 

.36 

.20 

.82 

1.56 

.97

13.36

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.

MONOCACY RIVER NEAR FREDERICK, MD.

Location. At the county bridge on the toll road leading from Frederick to Mount 

Pleasant, Md., about 3,000 feet below Tuscarora Creek (entering from the right) 

and about 2,000 feet above Israel Creek (entering from the left).

Records available. August 4, 1896, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 660 square miles.

Gage. Chain attached to downstream aide of right span of the bridge.

Channel and control. Banks lined with trees and brush and overflow at high stages. 

Control composed of gravel and bowlders, shifting during extreme floods.

Discharge measurements. Made from the bridge or by wading.

Winter flow. Affected by ice only during severe winters.

Accuracy. Results fair.

Discharge measurements Monocacy River near Frederick, Md., during 1913.

Date.

Alicr 14

28

Made by &,

Feet. 

3.99

3.67

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

166

75.8

Date.

Aug. 28

Made by height.

Feet. 

3.67

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

76.0
POTOMAO EIVEB BASIN.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Monocacy River near Frederick, Md.,for 1913. 

[Eugene L. Derr, observer.]

Day.

1.. ............

2.............. 

3.............. 

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

8.9

8.5 

10.5 

8.9

8.1

7.9

7.3

8.7

7.5

6.5

6.4

8.1

7.2

6.1

5.9

6.4

8.2

7.1

6.9

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.1

6.1

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.4

6.3

6.3

6.2

Feb.

6.5

6.1

5.8 

6.7

6.6

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.3

4.6

4.5

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.7

6.3

5.8

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.7

Mar.

5.9

5.5 

5.4 

5.1

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.7

4.7

6.7

5.9

5.6

16.0

11.2

12.5

7.1

6.7

6.5

6.4

6.2

5.9

5.8

5.8

6.9

18.5

18.7

9.1

8.5

7.5

Apr.

7.2

6.5 

6.9

6.7

6.5

6.4

6.2

5.9

5.7

5.6

5.6

10.0

9.9

9.7

10.5

9.2

8.5

7.1

6.9

R A.

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

7.2

6.2

6.1

May.

.......

5.3

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.9

4 0

4 Q

4.9

4.9

5.0

5.3

5.1

4 O

4 9

4.9

5.9

6 0

6.5

5.5

7.5

7.4

6.9

6.4

6.2

June.

5.6

5.4 

5.2 

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4 4

4 4

5.5

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.4

July.

4.4

4.4 

4.3 

4.3

4.3

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4 9

4.2

4.2

4.2

4 1

4.1

4.0

4 0

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.9

Aug.

5.4

7.8 

5.1

4. «

4.4

4.2

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

4.9

4.8

4 2

4.15

4.15

4 05

4 05

4.05

5.05

4.35

4.25

4.25

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.05

4.05

4.05

4.15

4.05

Sept.

4.05

4.05 

3.95

3.85

3.85

3.85

3.85

3.85

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.85

4 nc

5.6

10.6

5.75

4.55

5.35

4.15

4 05

4.05

3.95

3.95

Oct.

7.8

8.7 

5.85 

5.35

4.85

4.55

4.35

4.35

4.25

4.25

4.55

4.95

4.75

4.35

4.25

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.45

4 85

4.95

4.85

4.75

13.6

12.2

9.2

8.2

5.85

5.55

5.25

Nov.

5.15

4.95 

4.85 

4.85

4.75

4.75

4.65

4.65

5.15

5.75

5.25

5.15

5.XI5

4.95

4.95

6.8

5.95

5.85

5.65

5.35

5.25

5.15

4.95

4.85

4.75

4.75

4.75

5.25

5.15

Dee.

5.15

5.05 

4.96 

4.95

4.85

485

8.0

7 &

6.2

5.95

5.75

6.55

5.35

5.25

5.15

5.05

4.95

4.85

4.85

4.75

4 75

4.75

6.4

10.8

10.2

13.6

8.8

8.0

6.8

5.95

6.55

NOTE. Grage out of repair May 1-4.;
180 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Monocacy River near Frederiek, Md.,for 191%-lS.

Day.

1912. 

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....... .......

1913. 

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4.............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16............. 17....:.........

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

vt

Jan.

3,800

1,960

1,180

1,050

922

805

593

593

593

593

3,240

2,860

4 760

3,240

2,490

2,310

1,790

3,040

1,960

1,180

1,110

2,490

1,700

922

805

1,110

2,580

1,620

1,470

1,110

983

983

922

922

863

863

863

1,110

1,050

1,050

983

Feb.

643

643

643

593

643

498

453

1,620

1,960

13,000

3,330

1,620

1,180

8,420

9,780

3,800

3,240

1,180

922

74Q

1,320

1,250

695

643

643

593

545

545

498

227

197

498,

453

453

411

453

453

498

695

1,050

749

545

453

453

695

Mar.

1,960

1,470

osa

805

593

695

805

1,110

1,250

i isn

1,050

863

7,780

8,100

11,900

14,000

4,000

2,860

2,580

2,400

3,040

2,670

1,960

7,160

6,240

3,800

2,760

1,880

12,500

5,140

2

QAA

805

593

KAK

411

411

370

331

259

259

259

1,320

805

643

10,400

5,440

6,740

2,950

1,620

1,320

1 isn

1,110

983

805

749

749

1,470

13,000

13,200

3,420

2,860

1 Qfif*

Apr.

2 040

l'880

2,860

1,320

1,180

1.110

983

2,580

1,470 1 isn

1,050

749

749

1,470

922

1,620

1 **Af\

1,880

1,620

1,110

081

806

749

643

593

593

QfiQ

7<ia

1,470

1,700

1,180

1,470

1,320

1,180

1,110

983

805

fine

643

643

4,280

4,180

4,000

4,760

3,520

2 860

l'620

1,470

1,110

1,050

805

749

74Q

749

749

7<1Q

1,700

983

922

May.

1,180

695

CQO

545

498

4.QQ

1,110

983

1,320

1,110

695

863

1,180

695

695

695

1 OAA

1,470

695

AQQ

KAK

453

411

411

370

OQA

294

9Q4

370

*>7f»

QO'7

7*19

667

582

498

411

411

411

*>7fl

QQl

331

qq i

331

00 -I

0/11

331

Q7H

AQQ

001

331

331

805

1,470

1,180

593

1 960

1^880

1,470

1,110

983

June.

331

294

259

259

259

259

259

259

259

997

197

1Q7

197

197

370

331

294

9<U

294

259

227

227

227

453

453

2,130

695

453

370

fMO

545

JCO

411

370

QQI

QQ1

9<U

OQA

259

259

OKQ

227

197

1Q7

197

167

167

167

167

CQO

227

227

227

259

227

197

167

167

July.

331

259

227

227

259

227

227

197

167

1°.Q

167

OCA

498

370

259

227

227

2,950

2 '370 040

370

1,050

643

593

863

593

411

QQI

331

294

167

167

IQQ

139

139

227

197

167

139

139

139

139

139

ion

139

139

113

113

113

89

89

68

68

50

50

36

50

50

50

331

Aug.

259

331

227

197

139

167

139

139

259

259

3,420

2,860

1,470

331

227

227

197

197

197

197

294

227

197

197

197

167

139

139

139

139

139

545

2,220

411

294

167

113

68

68

68

68

370

331

294

113

101

101

78

78

78

390

153

126

126

101

101

101

78

78

78

101

78

Sept.

139

139

139

227

197

167

167

197

167

139

139

113

68

68

fiS

68

68

68

113

89

89

89

126

1,540

17,400

13,000

2,310

i Qfin

1,470

1,180

78

78

no

43

43

AO

43

43

30

30

30

30

30

' 30

30

30

sn

30

43

78

643

4,850

722

212

522

101

78

78

59

59

Oct.

1,050

749

453

411

370

331

294

294

259

259

259

259.

227

227

197

197

197

197

197

197

227

259

331

331

259

227

997

227

197

167

2,220

3,040

777

522

312

212

153

153

126

126

212

350

276

153

126

101

101

101

101

182

312

350

312

276

7,890

6,440

3,520

2,580

777

618

476

Nov.

167

167.

197

197

197

197

197

1,960

1,050

453

453

370

294

259

227

227

227

197

1Q7

197

197

197

197

197

197

197

167

167

432

350

312

312

276

276

243

243

432

722

476

432

390

350

350

1,390

2,400

834

669

522

476

432

350

312

276

276

276

476

432

Dec.

167

167

1Q7

259

259

498

1,390

411

370

331

259

197

139

139

1Q7

197

197

227

545

498

453

453

453

498

593

643

1,050

1,320

863

4,850

9,360

432

390

350

350

312

312

2,400

2,220

983

834

722

618

522

476

432

390

350

312

312

276

276

276

1,110

5,040

4,470

7,890

3,140

2,400

1,390

834

618

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well defined for 1912; well denned between 50 

and 140 second-feet and fairly well defined above 140 second-feet for 1913. Mean discharge Jan. 7-27,1912, 

estimated at 600 second-feet; Feb. 6-17. 1912, at 450 second-feet. Discharge interpolated May 1-4,1913. 

Discharges for 1912 supersede those published in Water-Supply Paper 321, pp. 222-223.
POTOMAC BIVEE BASIN". 181

Monthly discharge of Monocacy River near Frederick, Md.,for 1912-18. 

[Drainage area, 660 square miles.]

Month.

' 1912.

April...................................

May....................................

July....................................

1913.

April. ..................................

May.

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,800

13,000 

14,000 

2,860 

1,960 

2,130 

2,950 

3,420 

17,400 

1,050 

1,960 

9,360

17,400

4,760 

1,320 

13,200 

4,760 

1,960 

643 

331 

2,220 

4,850 

7,890 

2,400 

7,890

13,200

Minimum.

593 

593 

294 

197 

139 

139 

68 

167 

167 

139

68

805 

197 

259 

643 

331 

167 

36 

68 

30 

101 

243 

276

30

Mean.

796 

1,980 

3,750 

1,250 

719 

358 

496 

433 

1,390 

309 

311 

877

1,050

1,690 

638 

2,480 

1,620 

677 

281 

124 

228 

272 

1,060 

516 

1,300

913

Per 

square 

mile.

1.21 

3.00 

5.68 

1.89 

1.09 

.542 

.750 

.656 

2.11 

.468 

.471 

1.33

1.59

2.56 

.967 

3.76 

2.45 

1.03 

.426 

.188 

.345 

.412 

1.61 

.782 

1.97

1.38

Run-oft 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

1.40 

3.24 

6.55 

2.11 

1.26 

.60 

.86 

.76 

2.35 

.54 

.52 

1.53

21.72

2.95 

1.01 

4.34 

2.73 

1.19 

.48 

.22 

.40 

.46 

1.86 

.87 

2.27

18.69

Accuracy.

D. 

D. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

C. 

B.. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B. 

B.

OCCOQUAN CREEK NEAR OCCOQTJAN, VA.

location. At Frank Davis's farm, about half a mile above Beaverdam Creek, and

about 4J miles upstream and northwest of Occoquan. 

Records available. February 14 to December 31, 1913. 

Drainage area. 546 square miles. 

Gage. Friez automatic on left bank installed April 27, 1913, referred to .an inclined

staff on left bank about'150 feet upstream. Previous to this date a temporary

vertical staff on opposite bank.

Channel and control. Large rocks; practically permanent. 

Discharge measurements. Made from cable about 75 feet below the automatic

gage, or by wading. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Occoquan Creek near Occoquan, Va., during 1913.

Date.

May 10

27

5

21

Made by 

Stevens and Walters. . .

M. I.Walters..........

Mathers and Padgett.,.

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.62

4.06 

3.34

3.02

2,23

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

117

517

280

208

60.2

Date.

July 7

14

99

Aug. 27

Made by 

\f T "WaltftiKj

Batchelder and Walters

&,

Feet. 

2.14

1.96 

1 od

1.59

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

64 4

38.6

07 A

""> 16.8
182 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I..

Daily gage height, in feet, of Occoquan Creek near Occoquan, Va.,for 191S. 

[W. V. Davis and Sadie Bradley, observers.]

Day.

1.... ..........

2..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

g

10..............

11..............

12..............

13.............. 

14.............. 

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

10

20..............

21..............

22.............. 

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

_,

-------

.......

.......

Feb.

"3.2" 

2.92

2.91

2.88

2.91

2.87

2.79

2.81

2.88 

2.88

2.79

2.69

2.61

2.63

2.79

.......

Mar.

017

2.89

2 75

2.65

9 10

2.58

2.53

2.47

9 41

9 43

2.65

3 44

3.03 

11.5 

10.2

8.2

5.45

4.55

4.15

4.15

5.1 

4.55 

3.88

3.59

3.51

3.56

10.0

6.8

4.9

4.35 

4.45

Apr.

4.0

3 co

3 AA

3.36

3

09

3.25

3.07

2 99

9 O1

2.87

9 RK

14.2

16.6 

11.3

6.8

8.7

9.2

5.45

4 9

415

3.87 

3.79 

3.69

3.57

3.45

q 09

q 97

3.48

3.37

3.19

May.

q 07

9 Qfi

2 01

2.60

2.55

2.50

2.49 

2.53 

2.59

9 fifi

.......

4.1

June.

3

qcr

q no

2.57

9 d(\

2.40

2.31

2.26

2.23 

2.25 

2.29

9 97

2.45

Q 41

3 11

2.61

2.45

2.32

July.

9 9*1

2 17

2 1C

2 17

9 1Q

2.01

1 96

2.07

2.05

1.98

1.99 

1.96 

1.93

1 Qfi.

i OP;

1.97

2.00

9 rw

2.07 

1.93 

1.91

1.83

i on

1 Q5

1.87

1.89

2.01

1.88 

1.85

Aug.

1 96

4.25

2

01

9 17

9 no

1 98

1.91

1.86

1.85

1.82

1.92

2.02

2.10 

2.03 

1.99

1 99

1.95

1.90

1.89

1.83

1.78 

1.74 

1.74

1.74

1.73

1 69

1 60

1.59

1.58

1.59

1.68

Sept.

1.63

1.59

1.55

1.52

1.50

1 49

1.49

1.48

1.48

1.45

1.44

1.41

1.39 

1.39 

1.39

1.39

1.39

1.39

1.41

1.45

1.72 

4.8 

2.94

2.40

2.09

1 O4

1.82

1.74

1.71

1.70

Oct.

6.0

3.21

3

(\A

9 59

2.22

2.07

1.92

1.82

1.80

1.80

1 70

1.74

1.83 

2.04 

1.93

1.88

1.83

1.80

1.82

1.90

2.58 

2.34 

2.13

2.07

3.79

5.8

3.71

3.04

2.73

2.51 

2.38

Nov.

2.28

2.20

2.15

2.05

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.10

3.01

2.88

2.59

2.43 

2.34 

2.23

2.60

5.1,

3.64

3.15

2.92

2.74 

2.56 

2.49

2.38

2.29

2.26

2 21

2.23

2.31

2.46

Dec.

O K9

2 47

2 40

9 QQ

2 9A

2 77

9 90

9 US

9 Vi

2.24

O 1Q

2.15 

2.13 

2.11

9 AS

9 CI7

2.06

9 m

2.06

2.07 

2.08 

2.08

3.21

3.92

9 6

6.0 4.2

3.69

3.47 

3.22

NOTE. Temporary staff gage used Feb. 14 to Apr. 26. Beginning Apr. 27 records are from automatic 

gage, except for May 27, June 3,5,12,16, and 18, which were read on staff gages.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Occoquan Creqk near Occoquan, Va.,for 1918.

Day.

1.... ..........

3..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

39..............

30 .......... .

qi

Jan. Feb.

249

180

178

172

178

169

152

156

172

172

152

132

118

121

152

Mar.

241

174

144

125

114

113

105

96

86

on

125

317

206

6,57fr

5,080

3 91fi

1,200

718

552

552

1,000

718

458

362

338

353

4,880

2,080

895

630

A79

Apr

500 07-1

317

901

284

262

216

196

178

IRQ

165

10,100 10 Ann

6,330

2,080

S fifill

4,110

1,200

895

552

454

426

392

356

320

284

267

329

296

94fi

May.

216

189

178

170

161

-ICO

143

1QJ.

125

116

108

100

98

105

114

125

115

135

115

115

100

115

6,000

13,000

6,000

2,200

535

700

790

500

430

June.

360

340

290

246

203

175

225

200

175

155

135

111

104

98

91

85

85

85

73

67

64

66

71

68

92

308

226

118

92

75

July.

65

57

56

57

56

54

53

42

38

47

46

40

d/l

38

36

38

38

39

41

45

47

36

35

30

14

38

32

33

42

33

31

Aug.

38

590

156

81

 49

dfi

35

qo

31

29

35

43

50

44

40

40

38

34

33

30

27

24

24

24

24

22

17

17

16

17

21

Sept.

19

17

15

14

13

13

13

12

12

12

11

10

9.7

9.7

9.7

9 7

9.7

9.7

10

12

23

840

185

85

49

37

29

24

23

22

Oct.

1,460

252

208

103

62

47

35

29

28

28

27

24

30

45

36

33

30

28

29

14

113

77

53

47

422

1,340

398

208

140

102

82

Nov.

70

60

55

50

46

41

41

41

50

200

172

114

90

77

64

116

965

377

236

180

142

110

98

82

71

67

61

64

73

94

Dec.

103

Qfi

90

85

76

67

68

71

78

78

65

59

55

53

51

46

47

46

47

46

47

48

48

252

467

4,480

1,460

565

392

326

254

NOTE. Discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. Discharge interpolated May 4-9, 

June 4,13-15, and July 5-6. Discharge May 17-26, May 28 to June 2, and June 6-11, estimated from rainfall records.
BAPPAHANNOCK BIVER BASIN. 183

Monthly discharge o/Occoquan Creek near Ocaoquan, Va.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 546 square miles.]

Month.

April... .................................

May.....................................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

249 

6.570 

13,600 

13,000 

360 

65 

590 

840 

1.460 

965 

4,480

Minimum.

118 

86 

165 

98 

64 

31 

16 

9.7 

24 

41 

46

Mean.

164 

1,040 

1,630 

1,070 

149 

42.5 

54.9 

51.9 

179 

130 

312

Per

square 

mile.

0.300 

1.90 

2.99 

1.96 

.273 

.078 

.101 

.095 

.328 

.238 

.571

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

0.17 

2.19 

3.34 

2.26 

.30 

.09 

.12 

.11 

.38 

.27 

.66

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

B. 

C. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.

NOTE. See footnotes to table of daily discharge.

BAPPAHANNOCK RIVER BASIN.

BAPPAHANNOCK BIVEB NEAR FBEDERICKSBURG, VA.

Location. About 3J miles above Fredericksburg, and about 1J miles above the 

dam of the Spottsylvania Power Co.

Records available. September 19, 1907, to December 31, 1913.

Drainage area. 1,590 square miles.

Gage. Vertical staff installed November 4, 1913, to replace chain gage destroyed 

October 31, 1913. Original gage was a vertical staff, which was destroyed February 14, 1908, and replaced February 20, 1908, by a chain gage under the cable. 

All three gagee were referred to the same datum and the locations were practically 

the same.

Channel and control. Practically permanent. Current sluggish at extreme low 

water.

Discharge measurements. Made from cable at the gage. At extreme low water 

measurements can be made by wading or from a bridge over the p©wer canal.

Winter flow. Not often affected by ice.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements cf Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Va., during 1913.

Date.

Sept. 3

10

Made by 

.....do....................................................................

%

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.64

.56

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

166

6132

o Assisted by Cecil L. Reid, engineer for Spottsylvania Power Co. _ 

5 Discharge is mean of four discharge measurements made on power canal just below "am. Entire flow of 

river was diverted into power canal.
184 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1913, PART I. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Va., for 191S.

Day.

1.............. 

2.............. 

3.............. 

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

3.7 

2.9 

3.1 

4.0

3.2

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.45

2.3

2.2

2.15

2.15

2.0

1.95

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.85

1.8

1.75

1.75

1.9

2.3

2.6

2.25

3.7

2.9

2.5

2.35

Feb.

2.25 

2.15 

2.05 

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.35

2.15

2.1

2.05

2.0

2.0

1 OH

1.8

1.75

1.75

1.8

1.8

1.75

1.7

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.7

1.65

1.6

1.65

1.75

.......

Mar.

1.85 

1.75 

1.65 

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.55

1.48

1.5

1.55

1.85

2.15

2.15

6.2

7.4

5.1

4.1

3.3

3.0

2

n

2.8

2.8

2.7

2 A

2 OK

2

0

3.2

4.1

3.5

3.0

2.8

Apr.

2.6 

2.4 

2.3 

2.25

2.35

2.2

2.05

2.0

2.0

1.95

i a

7.3

9

0

6.5

4.6

4.5

4 a

4.0

3.5

1 9

2.9

2.8

2.7

2 ft

2.5

2

AK

2 A

2 A

2.4

2.25

May.

2.15 

2.1 

2.05 

2.0

2.7

2.1

1.95

1.9

1.85

1.9

1.75

1.65

1.75

1.7

1.75

1.8 9 n

1.9

1.85

1.75

1.65

2.15

9

0

5.0

1 9

2.7

4 9

3.8

3.25

3.6

June.

3.2

2.8 

2.5 

4.5

4.1

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.4

2.15

2.05

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.75

1.7

1.65

1.6

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.5

1.7

2.15

3 n

2.8

2

n

2.15

1.9

July.

1.75 

1.6 

3.4 

2.1

1.65

1.6

1.9

1.65

1.5

1.55

2.3

2.25

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.41

1.36

1.39

1.46

1.42

1.34

1.55

1.30

1.21

1.17

1 99

1.18

1 11

1.08

1.09

1.11

Aug.

1.08 

1.20 

1.02

.98

.99

.93

.92

.84

.88

.94

.91

.98

1.12

1.19

1.19

1.08

1.02

.94

.88

.90

1.19

1.13

.97

OS

.88

84

.80

71

.70

.70

.66

Sept.

0.61 

.59 

.64 

.61

.58

.58

.64

.64

.51

.57

.51'

.48

.70

.58

.60

.62

.58

.64

.66

64

.84

1.65

1.7 i 11

.92

.82

.73

.71

.70

.64

Oct.

0.68 

1.8 

1.13 

.99

.93

.84

.78

.73

.70

.76

.81

1.01

1.01

.92

.87

.79

.74

.76

.83

.88

1.34

1.6

1.27

1.18

2.3

2 7

2.2

1.8

1.55

1.42

1.20

Nov.

"i.'ie"

1.15

1.11

1.04

1.06

1.16

3.9

2.5

2.05

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.65

1.85

1.9

1.7

1.55

1.55

1.5

1.44

1.38

1.31

1.25

1.34

1.35

1.5

1.6

Dec.

1.5' 

1.47 

1.44 

1.44

1.40

1.36

1.39

1.34

1.42

1.34

1.31

1.26

1.22

1.24

1.24

1.24

1.26

1.24

1.14

1.20

1.20

1.18

1.18

1.9

2.1

4.4

3.5

2.8

2.2

2.1

2.0

NOTE. Gage was destroyed on Oct. 31 and replaced Nov. 4. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Va.,for 191S.

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11. ....A.......

12..............

11

14.............. 15..........:...

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

4.370

2,740

3,100

5,100

3,290

2,400

2,080

2,080

2,000

1,770

1,620

1,560

1,350

1,280

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,160

1,100

#040

1,040

1,220

1,770

2,240

1,700

4,370

2, 740

2,080

1,840

Feb.

1,700

1 Plfift

1,420

2 920

2^570

2,080

1,840

1 f^fiA

1,480

1,420

1,350

1 ^*U"I

1,280

1,100

1,040

1,040

1,100

1,100

1,040

O7H

i run

1,040

1 040 '071;

918

860

O1 fi

1,040

Mar.

1,160

918

860

860

860

805

7Q/J

750

805

1,160

1 P»fift

I

CCA

12,400

17,700

8,340

5 OCA

3,490

2,920

2,570

2

K7A

2 dftft

1,920

1,840

1,770

3 290

K' OCA

3,920

2,920

2,570

Apr.

2,240

1,920

1,770

1,700

1,840

1,620

1 49ft

1,350

1,350

1

OQA

1,220

17 200

on QAA

iq 7AA

6,770

6,480

7 fiQft

5,100

3

0QA

2? 740

2,570

2 400

2

0JA

2 ADA

2,000

1

QOA

1,920

1,920

1,700

May.

1,560

1,480

1,420 1 QIUI

2 4fift

1,480

1,280

1,220

1,160

1,220

i nan

Q10

1,040

975

1,040

1,100

1 °.<yi

1,220

1,160

1 040

1 'ois 040

1,560

27 200

8^010

3 290

2 dnn

5,630

4,610

S

oon

4,140

June.

3 9on

2,570

2,080

6,480

5,360

2,920

2,570

2,400

2 94ft

1,920

I

CfiA

1,420

1 ftfl

1,220

1,100

1 040

O7 K

Q1 ft

860

805

OAK

OAK

750

975 i t&f\

2,920

2

K7A

2,740

1 £AA

1,220

July.

1,040

CAA

3

7AA

1.480

860

1,220

918 7^n

805

1,770

1,700

1,100

975

7CA

656

607

636

708

666

KCQ

805

cen

448

asfi

455 J-|0

QQO

QQQ

402

Aug.

382

470

^42

117

323

288

94ft

260

9Q4

97A

91 7

410

4fi9

462

3 go

°.49

294

260

270

4fi9

41fi

°.17

9 Aft

94ft

99ft

191

179

165

Sept.

148

141 JEQ

 tAG

19.fi

19Q

158

 * cG

1 1C

110

iqo

151

100

165

94ft

Qlfi

975

9 CO

OQft

1Q1

100

Oct.

1,100

41fi

qnq

288

240

919

179

9ft4

225

336

969 O'KK

91 fi

1AK

9A1

OQK

260

588

860

KOA

455

1,770

9 4flft

1,620

1,100

805

470

Nov.

Afin

455

448

44ft

400

409

355

IRQ

440

4,850

2 ftsn

1,420

1.100

O71

860

01 »

1,160

1,220

975

805

805

750

ftQT

560

510

KQO

7cA

&£A

Dec.

750

71 Q

687

687

645

607

636

588

666

588

560 eio

486

CAO

502

502

518

502

425

470

470

455

AKK

1,220

1,480

6,190

3,920

2,570

1,620

1

JQA

1.350

NOTE. Discharge determined from a rating curve well defined above 500 second-feet and fairly well 

defined below.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASUREMENTS. 185

Monthly discharge of Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Va.,for 1913. 

[Drainage area, 1,590 square miles.]

Month.

January .

my.....................................

July............ .........................

September ..............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Mjygi'Tn'ym ,

5,100 

2,920 

17,700 

29,800 

27,200 

6,480 

3,700 

470 

975 

2,400 

4,850 

6,190

29,800

MinimuiP.

1,040 

860 

729 

1,220 

918 

750 

382 

165 

110 

172 

355 

425

110

Mean.

2,050 

1,350 

3,130 

4,440 

2,830 

1,970 

888 

310 

222 

553 

897 

1,060

1,640

Per 

square 

mile.

1.29 

.849 

1.97 

2.79 

1.78 

1.24 

 .558 

.195 

.140 

.348 

.564 

.667

1.03

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage

area).

1.49

.88 

2.27 

3.11 

2.05 

1.38 

.64 

.22 

.16 

.40 

.63 

.77

14.00

Accuracy.

A.

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

A. 

B. 

B. 

A. 

A. 

A.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASTJBEMENTS.

Miscellaneous measurements in North Atlantic Coast basins in 1913.

Date.

3

28

July 20a

3

3

3

3

4

4

5

Mar 11

May 12

Mar. 10

May 12

July 16

Stream.

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

River. 

.....do...................

River. 

.....do...................

Tributary to 

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do ................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

Locality.

Bellows Falls, Vt........

.....do...................

Vernon, Vt.. ............

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do..... ..............

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

cock, N. Y. 

.....do...................

.....do...................

.....do...................

Leesburg, Va.

&,

Feet. 

3.83

3.73

46.656

46.653

4.86

3.10

4.20

3.55

.68

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

100

CQ

3,030

3,020

330

6383

c285

<*227

«248

/336

0408

A206

*156

774

*28

1,760

268

1,930

823

40.5

o Measurement made 1,500 feet below Vernon dam. All wheel gates closed at dam. 

6 Discharge through two 36-inch wheels at full gate opening under 49.2 feet head, 

c Discharge through two 36-inch wheels at 0.605 gate opening under 49.9 feet head, 

d Discharge through two 36-inch wheels at 0.43 gate opening under 50.3 feet head. 

« Discharge through two 36-inch wheels at 0.70 gate opening under 50.6 feet head. 

/ Discharge through two 36-inch wheels at 0.85 gate opening under 50.7 feet head. 

g Discharge.through two 36-inch wheels at full gate opening under 50.6 feet head. 

ft Discharge through two 36-inch wheels at 0.58 gate opening under 51.1 feet head.

* Discharge through two 36-inch wheels at 0.26 gate opening under 51.3 feet head. 

} Discharge through two 15-inch wheels at 0.575 gate opening under 51.6 feet head.

* Leakage through wheels, headgates open and wheel gates closed.
INDEX.

A.

Accuracy of data and results, indication of.... 1&-17

Acknowledgments for financial aid........... 17

Alplaus Kill near Charlton, N. Y.......... 138-139

Amherst, Maine, Union River at............. 24-26

AndroscogginRiveratErrolDam,N.H...... 66-57

atRumfordFalls,Maine................. 57-58

Androseoggin B iver basin, gaging records in.. 56-58 

Authority for the work...................... 7

B.

Bangor, Maine, Kenduskeag Stream near..... 41-42

Beaver KillatCooksFalls.N.Y.............. 154

Bellows Falls, Vt., Connecticut River at...... 185

Bennetts Bridge, Conn., Pomperaug River

at............................. 107-108

Blackbridge, near "Wells, N. Y., "West Branch

ofSacandagaRiverat.......... 127-129

Blackstone River basin, gaging records in.... 73-74

Borden Brook near "Westfleld, Mass........ 100-102

Branch Lake near EUsworth, Maine.......... 28

Branch Lake Stream near Ellsworth, Maine.. 29-31 

Branch River at Branch Village, R.I......... 73-74

Branch Village, R. I., Branch River at....... 73-74

Burtonsville, Md., Patuxent River near... 175-176

C.

Cedar River near Indian Lake,N.Y........ 116-118

Charlemont, Muss., Deerfield River at........ 86-87

Charlton, N.Y., Alplaus Killnear.......... 138-139

Chemung,N.Y.,Chemung River at........ 169-170

Chemung River at Chemung, N. Y......... 169-170

Chenango Forks, N. Y., Chenango River

near .......................... 167-168

Chfcopee River at Red Bridge, Mass.......... 185

Clinton, Mass., South branch of Nashua 

River ("Wachusett drainage area) 

at............................... 70-71

Cobbosseecontee Stream at Gardiner, Maine.. 54-55 

Cochituate, Mass., Lake Cochituate at....... 71-73

Conklin, N. Y., Susquehaana River at..... 158-160

Connecticut River at Bellows Falls, Vt...... 185

at Orford,N. H......................... 74-76

at Sunderland, Mass-.................''.. 76-78

at Vemon, Vt........................... 185

Connecticut River basin, gaging records in... 74-104 

Cooks Falls,N.Y., Beaver Kill at............ 154

Cooperation, statement of................... 17

D.

Danville, Pa., Susquehanna River at....... 163-164

Data, explanation of......................... 14-16

Dead River at The Forks, Maine............. 48-50

Deerfield River at Charlemont, Mass......... 86-87

at Hoosac Tunnel, Mass.................. 82-85

atShelburneFalls,Mass................. 87-88

Delaware River at Port Jervis,N. Y........ 148-149

atRiegelsville,N.J.................... 150-151

EastBranchof,atFishEddy,N.Y.... 146-147

at Hancock,N.Y................... 185

West Branch of, at Hale Eddy, N. Y.. 152-153 

at Hancock, N.Y................t... 185

Delaware River basin, gaging records in.... 146-158

E.

Eagle Bridge, N. Y., Hoosic River near..... 130-131 

Ellsworth, Maine, Branch Lake near......... 28

Branch Lake Stream near................ 29-31

Equivalents, convenient, tables of........... 12-14

Errol Dam, N. H., Androseoggin River at... 56-57 

Esopus Creek at Mount Marion, N. Y..... 143-144

near Olivebridge, N.Y................ 141-142

F.

Farmington, Maine, Sandy River near.... 50-52 

Farmington River, "West Branch of, near

New Boston, Mass............. 102-104

Fish Eddy, N. Y., East Branch of Delaware

River, at...................... 146-147

Fort Kent, Maine, St. John River at........ 18-20

Foxcroft, Maine, Piscataquis River near..... 39-40

Framingham, Mass., Sudbury River at...... 71-73

Franklin Junction, N. H., Merrimac River at. 63-64 

Frederick, Md., Monocacy River near...... 178-181

Fredericksburg, Va., Rappahannock River

near........................... 183-185

French River at Perryville, Mass.......... 185

G4

Gardiner,Maine.,CobbosseeconteeStrramat. 54-55 

Garvins Falls, N. H., Merrimac River at.... 65-66

Gaylordsville, Conn., Housatonic River at. 106-107 

Gibbs Crossing, Mass., Ware River at....... 89-90

Godeflroy, N. Y., Neversink River at...... 155-156

Goose Creek, near Leesburg, Va............. 185

Goss Heights, Mass., Middle Branch of Westfleld River at.................... 95-98

Great Barrmgton, Mass., Housatonic River

near........................... 104-106

Green Lake Stream at Lakewood, Maine.... 26-28

H.

Hadley, N. Y., Sacandaga River at........ 125-127

Hale Eddy, N. Y., West Branch of Delaware

River at...:................... 152-153

Hancock, N. Y., East Branch of Delaware

River at......................... 185

West Branch of Delaware River at...... 185

Harrisburg, Pa., Susquehanna River at... 165-166 

Hoosac Tunnel, Mass., Deerfield River at.... 82-85

Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge, N.Y..... 130-131

i, N. Y., Sacandaga River near....... 124-125

187
188 INDEX.

Page.

Housatonic River at Gaylordsville, Conn.. 106-107 

near Great Barrington, Mass........... 104-106

Housatonic River basin, gaging records in. 104-108

Hudson River at Mechanicsville, N. Y.... 115-116

at North Creek, N.Y.................. 109-111

at SpierFalls,N. Y................... 113-115

atThurmao, N. Y.................... 111-113

Hudson River basin, comparative discharge

of streams in................... 108-109

gagingrecordsin...................... 108-145

I.

Indian Lake, N. Y., Cedar River near..... 116-118

Indian Lake reservoir at............... 118-119

Indian River near..................... 119-121

Indian Lake reservoir at Indian Lake, N. Y. 118-119 

Indian River near Indian Lake, N. Y..... 119-121

J. 

Juniata River at Newport, Pa............. 173-174

K.

Kenduskeag Stream near Bangor, Maine.... 41-42

Kennebec River at The Forks, Maine....... 44-46

at Waterville,Maine.................... 47-48

Kennebec River basin, gaging records in.... 43-55

Kinderhook Creek at Rossman, N.Y...... 139-141

Knightville, Mass., Westfield River at...... 93-95

L.

Lake Cochituate at Cochituate, Mass........ 71-73

Lakewood, Maine., Green Lake Stream at... 26-28 

Lawrence, Mass., Merrimac River at......... 66-68

Leesburg, Va., Goose Creek near_.......... 185

Lehigh River at South Bethlehem, Pa..... 157-158

M. 

Machias River at W hitneyviUe, Maine....... 22-24

Machias River basin, gaging records in....... 22-24

Mattawamkeag River at Mattawamkeag,

Maine........................... 36-38

Mechanicsville, N. Y., Hudson River at... 115-116 

Merrimac, N. H., Souhegan River at........ 69-70

Merrimac River at Franklin Junction, N. H. 63-64 

at GarvinsFalls,N. H.................. 65-66

at Lawrence, Mass...................... 66-68

Merrimac River basin, gaging records in..... 62-73

Millers River at Wendell, Mass.............. 81-82

Millinocket, Maine, West Branch of Penobscot River at.................... 31-32

Miscellaneous measurements................ 185

Mohawk River at Tribes Hill, N.Y....... 131-132

at Vischer Ferry, N.Y................ 132-134

Mongaup River near Rio, N.Y............ 154-155

Monocacy River near Frederick, Md...... 178-181

Moosehead Lake at east outlet, Maine....... 43

Mount Marion, N. Y., Esopus Creek at.... 143-144

N. 

Nashua River, South Branch of (Wachusett

drainage area), at Clinton, Mass. 70-71 

Neversink River at Godeffroy, N.Y...... 155-156

New Boston, Mass., West Branch of Farmington River near............. 102-104

Newport, Pa., Juniata River at........... 173-174

North Creek, N, Y., Hudson River at..... 109-111

O. Page.

Occoquan Creek near Occoquan, Va....... 181-183

Olivebridge, N. Y., Esopus Creek near.... 141-142

Orford, N. H., Connecticut River at.. __.. 74-76

P.

Passumpsic River near St. Johnsbury, Vt... 78-80 

Patuxent River basin, gaging records in... 175-176 

Patuxent River near Burtonsville, Md.... 175-176

Pemigewasset River at Plymouth, N. H.... 62-63

Penobscot River at West Enfleld, Maine.... 32-34

East Branch of, at Grindstone, Maine. -. 35-36

West Branch of, at Millinocket, Maine.. 3i-IJ2

Penobscot River basin, gaging records in.... 31-42

Perryville, Mass., French River at.......... 185

Piscataquis River near Foxcroft, Maine..... 39-40

Pittsfield, Maine, Sebasticook River at...... 52-54

Plymouth, N. H., Pemigewasset River at... 62-63 

Point of Rocks, Md., Potomac River at... 176-178 

Poland, N. Y., West Canada Creek at.... 135-136

Pomperaug Riverat Bennetts Bridge, Conn. 107-108 

Port Jervis, N. Y., Delaware River at..... 148-149

Potomac River at Point of Rocks, Md..... 176-178

Potomac River basin, gaging records in... 176-183 

Prattsville, N. Y., Schoharie Creek at..... 137-138

Presumpscot River at outlet of Sebago Lake,

Maine........................... 59-60

Presumpscot River basin, gaging records

in.............................. 59-60t

Publications, list of.......................... 8-10

methods of obtaining.................'... 11

Q. 

Quaboag River at West Brimfleld, Mass.... 92-93

R.

Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg,

Va............................ 183-185

Rappahannock River basin, gaging records

in............................. 183-185

Red Bridge, Mass., Chicopee River at....... ^ 185

Riegelsville,N. J., DelawareR,iver at.... 150^151

Rio, N. Y., Mongaup River near.......... 154-155

Riverbank, N. Y., Schroon River at...... 121-123

Rondout Creek at Rosendale, N.Y....... 144-145

Rosendale, N. Y., Rondout Creek at...... 144-145

Rossman, N. Y., Kinderhook Creek at.... 139-141

Rumford Falls, Maine, Androscoggin River

at............................... 57-58

Sacandaga River at Hadley, N.Y......... 125-127

near Hope, N. Y...................... 124-125

West Branch of, at Blackbridge, near

Wells, N.Y................... 127-129

Saco River at West Buxton, Maine.......... 60-61

Saco River basin, gaging records in......... 60-61

St. John River at Fort Kent, Maine......... 18-20

at Van Buren, Maine.................... 20-22

St. John River basin, gagingrecordsin...... 18-22

St. Johnsbury, Vt., Passumpsic River near.. 78-80 

Sandy River near Farmington, Maine....... 50-52

Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, N.Y....... 137-138

Schroon River at Riverbank, N. Y........ 121-123

Sebago Lake, Maine, Presumpscot River at

outlet of......................... 59-60
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Sebasticook River at Pittsfleld, Maine....... 52-64

Snaron, Vt., White River near.............. 80-81

Shelbume Falls, Mass., Deerfield River at... 87-88 

Souhegan River at Merrimac, N. H.......... 69-70

South Bethlehem, Pa., Lehigh River at... 157-158 

Spjer Falls, N. Y., Hudson River at....... 113-115

Sudbury River at Framingham, Mass....... 71-73

Sunderland, Mass., Connecticut River at.... 76-78

Susquehanna River at Conklin, N. Y...... 158-160

at Danville, Pa........................ 163-164

at Harrisburg, Pa., ................... 165-166

at Wilkes-Barre, Pa................... 161-162

West Branch of, at Williamsport, Pa.. 171-172 

Susquehanna River basin, gaging records in 158-174 

Swift River at West Ware, Mass............. 90-92

T.

Terms, definitions of......................... 11-12

The Forks, Maine, Dead River at........... 48-50

Kennebec River at...................... 44-46

Thurman, N. Y., Hudson River at........ 111-113

Tribes Hill, N. Y., Mohawk River at...... 131-132

Union River at Amherst, Maine............. 24-26

Union River basin, gaging records in........ 24-31

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Van Buren, Maine, St. John River at........ 20-22

Vernon, Vt., Connecticut River at........... 185

Vischer Ferry, N. Y., Mohawk River at... 132-134

W.

Ware River at Gibbs Crossing, Mass......... 89-90

Waterville, Maine, Kennebec River at....... 47-48

Wendell, Mass., Millers River at............. 81-82

West Brimfleld, Mass., Quaboag River at... 92-93 

West Buxton, Maine, Saco River at......... 60-61

West Canada Crees at Kast Bridge, N. Y.. 136-137

at Poland, N.Y........................ 135-136

at Wilmurt, N.Y..................... 134-135

West Enfield, Maine, Penobscot River at.... 32-34

West Ware, Mass., Swift River at........... 90-92

Westfleid, Mass., Borden Brook near...... 100-102

Westfleid Little River near............. 98-100

W(stfleld Little River, near Westfleid, Mass. 98-100 

Westfleid River at Keightsville, Mass........ 93-95

Middle Branch of, at Goss Heights, Mass. 95-98 

White River near Sharon, Vt................ 80-81

Whitneyville, Maine, Machias River at...... 22-24

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Susquehanna River at. 161-162 

Williamsport, Pa., West Branch of Susquehanna Riverat................ 171-172

Wilmurt, N. Y., West Canada Creek at.... 134-135

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