56TH CoNGREss, } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. { DoCUMENT 

1st Session. No. 723. 

DEPAH.TMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

WATER-SUPPLY 

AND 

IRRIGATION PAPERS 

OF THE 

UNrrED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

No. 37 

OPERATIONS AT, RIVER ST.ATIONS, 1899.-PART III 

WASHINGTON 

GOVERI'iMENT PRINTING OFFIOE 

1'900 
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UNITED ST.A.TES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR 

OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899 

A REPORT OF THE 

DIVISION OF HYDROGRAPHY 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

PART III 

W .A.SHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOE 

1900 

CONTENTS. 

Measurements at river stations ______ . _______________ .. __ -----·-~-~:- _______ _ 

Madison River at Redbluff, Montana _____ ·----"------- _____ L _________ _ 

.Jefferson River at Sappington, Montana--·---------------------------. 

Missouri River at Townsend, Montana . _ .. ___ . ___________ . _______ .- ___ _ 

Milk River at Havre, Montana. __ .. __ .. ____ . _________________________ _ 

Yellowstone River at Livingston, Montana ____________ ------------ ___ _ Bighorn River at Thermopolis, Wyoming ____________________________ _ 

Shoshone River at Lovell, Wyoming, ______ . ____________________ . ____ _ 

Clear Creek at Buffalo, Wyoming ____ ... ______ ------ _______ . ______ ---~ 

Minnechadusa River at Valentine, Nebraska _____ .. _________________ _ 

Niobrara River at Fort Niobrara, Nebraska __________________________ _ 

Laramie River at Woods Landing, Wyoming ... ___ .----- _________ .. __ _ 

Laramie River at U.va, Wyoming .. ___ .. _ __ _ _ __________________ . _ .. __ 

North Platte River at Orin Junction, Wyoming _____________ ··----- ___ . 

North Platte River at Gering, Nebraska--------------------------: __ _ 

North Platte River at Camp Clarke, Nebraska_ .. _------~-- ____ --------

North Platte River at North Platte, Nebraska-------------------------

South Platte River _____ . _ c _ .. _____ .. _ • __ • ________________ • __________ _ 

Goose Creek at Lake Cheesman, Colorado __ .. _______ .... __ . _____________ _ 

South Fork of South Platte River at Lake Cheesman, Colorado. ___ . ___ _ 

South Platte River at Platte Canyon, Colorado .. _____________________ _ 

South Platte River at Denver, Colorado ___ --------------· --------- ... South Platte River at Orchard, Colorado ____________ . __________ . __ . __ . 

Bear Creek at Morrison, Colorado ____ ----- ______ . _____ -----. ________ _ 

Clear Creek at Forkscreek, Colorado ____________ -------- _____________ _ 

South Boulder Creek at Marshall, Colorado __ ..... _________ .. _______ _ 

Boulder Creek at Boulder, Colorado ___ . _ . _. ___________ .. ______ . _____ _ 

St. Vrain Creek at Lyons, Colorado _ ..... ___________________ . ________ _ 

Big Thompson Creek at Arkins, Colorado ___ . ____ . __________________ _ 

Cache la Poudre River at Fort Collins, Colorado ____ . _______ . __ ... __ .... 

North Loup River at St. Paul, Nebraska ___ , _________________ ... ____ _ 

Middle Loup River at St. Paul, Nebraska ____ .. __________ .... __ . ____ _ 

Loup River at Columbus, Nebraska __ :;o ____________________ • _____ . ____ _ 

Platte River at Columbus, Nebraska. _________ .. ____________________ ._ 

Elkhorn River at Norfolk, Nebraska .. ____ ---------------- ___________ _ 

Elkhorn River at Arlington, Nebraska .. _____________________________ _ 

Republican River at Superior, Nebraska------------ _____ .. ----------- Republican River at Junction, Kansas ________ -" __________ -------- ___ _ 

Solomon River at Niles, Kansas .. ____ .. _______ .. ________ ------ ______ __ 

Saline River at Salina, Kansas ______________ ------------ _____________ . 

Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas _______ -------------·---------- Blue River at Manhattan, Kansas. ____________________________ ... __ ----

Kansas River at Lecompton, Kansas __________ ------------------------ Kansas River at Lawrence, Kansas _ ... _____________________ •. -- _. _ .. _ 

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Measurements at river stations-Continued. Page. Arkansas River ___ . ___ . __ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ ..•• _ _ _ __________ . _. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 255 

Lake Creek at Twin Lakes, Colorado .. __ ------·· ______________ ... ______ 256 

Arkansas River at Granite, Colorado __ .. __ .. _ .•••• __ .••• _ .. ____ . _ _ _ __ _ 257 

Arkansas River at Salida, Colorado ... ---·-------------- -------- _____ 258 

Arkansas River at Canyon, Colorado. ____ . _ .... ___ •• ____ . _ .•..•. _____ . 258 

Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colorado _________________ . _______________ .. 259 

Arkansas River atNepesta, Colorado .... __ -------------·------------- 260 

Arkansas River at Rockyford, Colorado __________ ........ ________ .. •. 261 

Arkansas River at La Junta, Colorado ....... _______ ... ____ .. .. •.... ... 262 

Purgatory River at Trinidad, Colorado . _____ .. ____ .... _ ... ____ -------- 263 

Arkansas River at Amity canal head gates, Colorado ... _. _............. 263 

Arkansas River at Granada, Colorado __ .... ___ .... ___ ....... ____ .. __ .. 264 

Arkansas River at Hutchinson, Kansas ... _ .. __ .. _____ . _ ... ... .. .. .. __ _ 265 

Verdigris River at Liberty, Kansas ____ ---------- ____ ....... __________ 265 

Neosho River at lola, Kansas ........... ·--------------------------··-. 267 

Grand River at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory __ .. ______ .... _ -·---- .... 268 

North Fork of Canadian River at Oklahoma, Oklahoma .. __ .. ___ .. _ ... _. 268 

North Fork of Canadian River at Eufaula, Indian Territory___________ 269 

Washita River at Pauls Valley, Indian Territory ___ ... ________________ 270 

Trinity River at Dallas, Texas .... ______ .... ____ ............ ____ ...... 271 

Brazos River at Waco, Texas ___________ .. _ .. _______ ................ __ 272 

Brazos River at Lewis, Texas ........... _ .. ______ --------------.------ 273 

Colorado River at Austin, Texas ..... __ . __ .... ___ ... ______ ------ .•. . 274 

Guada,lupe River at New Braunfels, Texas ..... ___ ........ . .. . • . . . .. .. 275 

Leona River at Uvalde, Texas ........ ____ .. ______ ·------------------- 276 

Las Moras Spring, near Brackettville, Texas _ ..... ___ ... _ .... _ ... __ _ _ 277 

San Felipe Springs, near Del Rio, Texas ..... ____ ...................... 277 

Rio Grande at Del Norte, Colorado ____________ ------- ___ .. ____ . _____ . 277 

Conejos River at Los Mogotes, Colorado ..... __ ........ __ ......... __ .. 278 

Rio Grande at Cenicero, Colorado . _____ ......... _ .. _ ........ __ .... _.. 279 

Rio Grande at Embudo, New Mexico -~-- ... ___ ............ ____ ------- 280 

Rio Grande at Rio Grande, New Mexico ____________ ..... ------------ 281 

Rio Grande at San Marcial, New Mexico ...... ---~-- ..... --------·-·· 282 

Rio Grande at El Paso, Texas ........ _ .... ______ ... ______ .... .. ...... 283 

Pecos River at Pecos, Texas. __ .. __ .............. __ .................. ____ 285 

Green River at Greenriver, Wyoming ...... -•------------ ....•. •...•. 286 

Black Fork at Granger, Wyoming _____ ------------------------...... 287 

Uinta River near Whiterocks, Utah .. __ ....... __ ......... __ .. ..... .. . 288 

Whiterocks River near Whiterocks, Utah ... ______ ------ ....... ------ 289 

Uinta River at Fort Duchesne, Utah ___ ... __________ ------ ________ .... 290 

Uinta River at Ouray School, Utah . _ .. __ ...... ______ .... ___ .... ____ ... 291 

Duchesne River at Price road bridge, Utah... . .................... _ __ 291 

Green River at Blake, Utah ....... __ ....................... -------·---- 292 

Grand River at Glenwood Springs, Colorado._ .....•..... __ ..... _...... 293 

Grand River at Grand Junction, Colorado .. ___ ................. __ .. .. 294 

Uncompahgre River at Fort Crawford, Colorado ____ ..... ___ .... _ .... _ 296 

Gunnison River at Grand Junction, Colorado ... __ ... __ ..... _ ....... __ __ 297 
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OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899. 

PART III. 

MEASUREMENTS AT RIVER STATIONS.I 

MADISON RIVER AT REDBLUFF, MONTANA. 

This river has its source in the central portion of the Yellowstone 

National Park, and flows in a general northerly direction, joining the 

Jefferson and Gallatin rivers near Threeforks to form the Missouri 

River. Some distance beyond the western boundary of the park an 

opening of considerable extent occurs, known as the Upper Madison 

Valley. Below Meadow Creek the bluffs close in again, and the river 

is in canyon to below the· mouth of Cherry Creek. Beyond this it 

gradually opens into the lower valley. The country about the head 

waters of the stream is too high for profitable farming, except for 

summer stock ranging. Less water can be used for irrigation from 

this stream than from the other two tributaries of the Missouri, but 

the fall is admirably adapted for power purposes, and a number of 

surveys have been made in this connection. The gage rod, which was 

established May 2, 1897, is located at the ranch of the observer, Mrs. 

S. A. Black, 3 miles below the Redbluff iron county bridge over the 

Madison and about H miles below the mouth of Cherry Creek. Discharge measurements are made at the highway bridge above. Cherry 

Creek enters between the bridge and the gage rod, and it is necessary 

to measure its discharge whenever a measurement of the main river 

is made. On June 3 its discharge was 366 second-feet, and on June 

29 its discharge was 186 second-feet. Results of measurements are 

published as follows~: 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

280; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 236. The following discharge measurements, not including Cherry Creek, were made 

in 1899 under the direct,ion of Samuel Fortier: 

June 3, gage height, 2.50 feet; discharge, 4,784 second-feet. 

June 30, gage height, 3.30 feet; discharge, 7,616 second-feet. 

1 Continued from Water·Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 36. 

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206 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0,37, 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Madison River at Redbluff, Montana, for 1896. 

'-~=~----- -~~-- M::, J: J:: A:: ~: 0:: ~o• :_• I 2 ______ ---------------------- 1.65 2.60 3.40 1.70 1.40 1.30 ---- ·--- -------· a ____________________ -"------ 1.65 2.70 3.30 1.70 1.40 1.30 1.30 _______ _ 

4 ____________________ -------· 1.65 2.70 3.20 1.65 1.40 1.30 ------· -------- 5 ________________ , ___ -------- 1.65 2.80 3.10 . 1.60 1.40 1.30 -------· -------- 6 ____________________ -------- 1.65 2.70 2.90 1.70 1.40 1.30 -------- -------· 

7---------------------------- 1.65 2.80 2.85 1.80 1.40 1.30 -------- (a) 8 ____________________ -------- 1.70 2.80 2.80 1.80 1.40 1.30 -------- ---·---- 9 ____________________ -------- 1.75 2.90 2.75 1.85 1.40 1.30 -------- -------· 10 ____________________ -------- 1.75 3.00 2.70 1.80 1.40 1.30 ---------------- 11 ____________________ -------- 1.80 3.10 2.60 1.75 1.40 1.30 -------· ------- 12 ____________________ -------- 1.80 3.25 2.55 1.70 1.40 1.30 -------- -------- 13 ____________________ -------- 1.85 3.40 2.45 1.70 1.40 1.30 ---------------- 14_ __________________ -------- 1.10 3.50 2.30 1.70 1.40 1.30 ---------------- 15____________________ ___ ____ 1.10 3.70 2.30 1.70 1.40 1.30 -------- (a) 

16____________________ 1.60 1.95 3.90 2.10 1.60 1.40 1.30 1.30 -------- 17____________________ 1.60 1.90 3 80 2.00 1.60 1.40 1.30 -------- -------· 18____________________ 1.60 1.10 3.70 1.90 1.55 1.40 1.30 -------- -------- 19____________________ 1.55 1.10 3.70 1.90 1.50 1.40 1.30 -------- -------- 20____________________ 1.55 1.10 3.70 1.90 1.40 1.40 1.30 -------· -------- 2L-------------"----- 1.60 1.10 3.60 1.95 1.40 1.40 1.30 -------- _______ _ 22 ____________ ,_______ 1.65 1.10 3.60 2.00 1.40 1.40 1.30 -------- --------

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---------------------- 2.60 1.70 1.40 1.30 ----------------

January l to April15, river frozen; no readings. alee. 

JEFFERSON RIVER AT SAPPINGTON, MONTANA. 

This river is formed by the union of Bighole and Beaverdam rivers 

near Twin Bridges, Montana. The former stream has its source in the 

highest parts of the Rocky Mountains, which form the Continental 

Divide and the State bou11dary line between Montana and Idaho. The 

head-water tributary of Beaverdam River is Redrock Creek, rising in · 

in the southwestern part of the State, about 20 miles west of the boundaryline of Yellowstone National Park. Jefferson River is one of the 

main streams that unite at Threeforks to form the Missouri River. 

This latter name should apply to the Jefferson and its tributary, Redrock Creek, as this is the longest of the three head-water streams of 

the Missouri. Irrigation is practiced to a limite~ extent in the upper 

reaches of the Jefferson, mainly for forage plants. From Twin Bridges 

downstream to the mouth of the North and South Boulder creeks is 

an extent of tillable land, which, however, has been little utilized up 

to the present time. The river is in canyon from Boulder Creek to 

about Willow Creek, whence the gorge gradually widens out into the 

Gallatin Valley. The station on this river is located at Sappington, 7 

miles above Willow Creek, and was established by Arthur P. Davis 

November 13, 1894. 'l'he wire gage is fastened to the guard rail on 

the upper side of the Northern Pacific Railway bridge, 1 mile north 

of the railroad station. Bench mark No. 1 consists of a 6-inch wire 

nail driven horizontally in the east side of the blocking which forms 

the south abutment of the railroad bridge and is 6.90 feet above gage 
MONTANA. 207 

datum. Bench mark No. 2 is a 6-inch wire nail i.n a telegraph pole, 

about 30 feet south and east of the south abutment of the bridge, and 

is at an elevation of 7 feet on the gage. Bench mark No. 3 is the head 

of the northwest bolt fastening the switch standard to the cross-tie, 

30 feet east of the bridge. Its elevation is 15.67 feet. On November 

3, 1897, the rod was lowered eight-tenths of a foot, the subsequent readings being adjusted to the new datum. Discharge measurements are 

made from a cable and car erected a short distance above the bridge. 

Results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 134; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 281; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

238. The following measurements were made during 1899 by Samuel 

Fortier: 

April10, gage height, 2. 70 feet; discharge, 2,891 second-feet. 

April 24, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 2,595 second-feet. 

May 21, gage height, 4.50 feet; discharge, 6,505 second-feet. 

July 13, gage height, 5.40 feet; discharge, 4,847 second-feet. 

July 29, gage height, 3.10 feet; discharge, 2,909 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Jefferson River at Sappington, Montana, .for 1899 . 

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-------- 2.70 3.00 5.80 7.55 3.00 2.30 

-------- 2.70 2.90 6.15 7.35 Jl.OO 2.30 

-------- 2. 70 2.85 7.00 7.20 2.90 2.30 

-------- 2.70 2.80 7.30 6.90 2.90 2.30 

-------- 2.70 3.05 7.40 6.70 2.90 2.30 

-------- 2.70 3.20 7.00 6.50 2.90 2.30 

-------- 2.70 K60 6.50 6.10 2.80 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.10 6.20 5.85 2.80 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.55 5.95 5.65 2.80 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.95 6.10 5.60 2.90 2.30 

-------- 2.70 5.15 6.65 5.50 3.00 2.30 ---~~~-- 2.70 5.35 7.40 5.40 3.00 2.30 

---- ~--- 2.70 5.25 7.80 5.40 2.95 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.95 8.00 5.25 2.90 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.60 7.70 5.20 2.80 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.25 7.30 4.85 2.80 2.30 

-------- a.oo 4.40 7.40 4.75 2.70 2.30 

-------- 2.90 4.50 7.85 4.60 2.60 2.30 

·--- ---- 2.85 4.60 8.50 4.45 2.60 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.45 9.00 4.35 2.60 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.40 9.60 4.25 2.60 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.40 9.65 4.05 2.60 2.30 

---- ---· 2.70 4.50 9.10 3.85 2.80 2.30 

-------- 2.70 4.65 8.30 3.65 2.80 2.30 

-------- 2.80 5.35 8.00 3.45 2.80 2.20 --------- 3.00 5.65 8.00 3.25 2.70 2.20 

·------ 3.15 5.90 7.80 3.10 2.70 2.20 

2.70 3.20 5.90 7.60 3.10 2.50 2.10 

2. 70 3.10 5.80 7. 70 3.10 2.50 2.10 

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MISSOURI RIVER AT TOWNSEND, MONTANA. 

This river is formed by the junction of the Jefferson, Madison, and 

Gallatin rivers at Threeforks, Montana. Observations of gage heights 

are maintained at Townsend by the Missouri River Commission, and 

although the section is not an ideal one, it still seems desirable to 

make occasional discharge measurements as the station is easily 

accessible and daily gage observations are taken at no expense to this 

Survey. The gage is located at the wagon bridge about a mile north 

of the railroad station. The heights given are the means of two daily 

readings expressed in feet above the St. Louis directrix, which is 

412.73 feet above mean gulf level. In the following table, furnished 

by Charles Keller, first lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, United States 

Army, the figures 3,300 have been omitted, and it is therefore necessary to add this amount to obtain the elevation of the water surface 

above the St. Louis datum. Results of measurements are found as 

follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 124; 1897, 

Nii,.eteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 283; 1898, Twentieth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 244. The following discharge measurements were made during 1899 under the direction of Samuel 

Fort.ier: 

May 30, gage height, 92.00; discharge, 13,021 second-feet. 

·June 15, gage height, 93.80 feet; discharge, 29,832 second-feet. 

July 21, gage height, 90.90 feet; discharge, 8,842 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Missouri River at Townsend, Montana, for 1899, 

I Day.· April. May. June. July. Au!!'. .Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. I ,_ 1.. ..... .•.... ...... . ... .... 90.10 91. 90 94.10 89. 90 89.15 88. 90 89. 30 ---;;;;;;-- 2 .••...•.••.•••••.•.•••..••. 89.90 92.20 94.05 89.90 89.10 88.90 89.30 89.30 

3................... •••.•... 89.80 92.40 93.95 89.85 89,10 89.00 89.30 89.30 

4 .••.•••.....•...... 88.40 89.80 92.85 93.60 89.80 89.10 89.00 89.30 89.10 

5 ................... 88.50 89.80 93.85 93.85 89.70 89.10 89.05 89.85 g9,()(1 6.. •••••• ....• ••.... 88. 80 89. 80 93. 50 93. 05 89. 70 89. 10 89. 00 89. 35 89. 05 

7 ................... 89.30 89.90 93.30 92.80 89.70 89.05 89.00 89.35 89.10 

8................... 89.80 00.30 93.10 92.60 89.75 89.00 89.00 89.85 89.10 

9................... 89.90 90.60 92.60 92.55 89.80 89.00 89.00 89.35 89.10 

10 ................... 90.20 91.05 92.30 92.45 89.95 89.00 89.10 89.85 89.10 

11 ................... 90.40 91.25 92.45 92.35 89.95 89.00 89.10 89.85 a89.10 

12................... 90.55 91.55 92.80 92.25 89.90 89.00 89.15 89.40 89.10 

13 ................... 90.85 91.70 93.40 92.05 89.85 89.00 89.20 89.40 89,10 

14 ................... 90.45 91.60 93.70 92.00 89.80 89.05 89.20 89.40 89.10 

15........ ...... ..... 90.00 91.60 93.75 91.80 89.70 89.10 89.20 89.40 89.10 

16 ................... 90.00 91.50 93.76 91.65 89.65 89.15 89.20 89.40 a89.10 

17. ...... ...... ...... 00.05 91.35 93.60 91.50 89.55 89.10 89.20 89.45 89.10 

18 ................... 89.95 91.25 93.70 91.20 89.50 89.10 89.20 89.45 89.10 

19 ................... 89.00 91.15 94.10 91.05 89.50 89.10 89.30- 89.45 89.15 

20 ................... 89.75 91.10 94.60 00.95 g9.50 89.10 89.40 89.45 89.20 

21.. ................. 89.70 91.10 95.20. 90.90 89.45 89.00 89.45 89.40 89.25 

22................... 89.00 91.05 95.35 90.85 89,50 89.00 89.50 89.30 89.20 

23 ................... 90.00 91.00 95.65 90.70 89.50 89.00 89.55 89.25 89.20 

24 ................... 89.95 91.00 95.75 90.60 89.50 89.05 89.60 89.20 89.30 

25................... 89.95 91.05 95.25 90.40 89.45 89.00 89.65 89.20 89.40 

26................... 90.15 91.40 94.55 90.30 89.40 89.00 89.50 89.20 89.50 

27................... 90.40 91.60 94.40 90.10 89.40 89.00 89.50 89.15 89.55 

28 ------------- 90.20 92.05 94.45 90.05 89.30 88.95 89.50 89.20 89.65 ............. 90.10 92.00 94.20 90.00 89.20 88.90 89.40 89.20 b91. 70 • ............ 90.10 92.00 94.20 90.00 89.20 88.90 89.40 89.25 90.90 ............. ........ 91.95 ........ 89.95 89.20 89.40 90.00 

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MILK RIVER AT HAVRE, MONTANA. 

This river rises on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in the 

extreme northern part of Montana. The head-water tributaries have 

a general northeasterly direction, crossing the international boundary 

line into British territory, in which there is a large area drained. 

The river reenters the United States farther eastward and flows in a 

general southerly direction to Havre. Its course is thence easterly 

until it joins the Missouri River near Glasgow, Montana, at the 

southwestern corner of Fort .. Peck Indian Reservation. The valley 

of this river is fertile and well adapted for raising the hardier grains. 

Development in this direction has been somewhat slow until within the 

past few years. The area drained by Milk River is to a large extent 

rolling prairie lands, excellent for grazing purposes and covered with 

a good growth of grass. The discharge measurements show the 

amount of water available for the canals, a number of whiph have 

recently been taken from the river below Havre, as described in the 

Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 286. The present station 

is located at Havre, Montana, and was established by Cyrus C. Babb, 

May 15, 1898. The gage rod js an especial form described in WaterSupply Paper No. 27, page 68. Measurements of discharge are 

made from a car and cable of 200-foot span swung across the river a 

short distance above the gage. The river is subject to violent floods 

of short duration, and the bed of the river being composed of gravels 

and clay is liable to change after each freshet._ Results of measurements for 1898 are shown in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 245. The following discharge measurements were made by 

C. W. Ling in 1899: 

Measurements of Milk River at Havre, Montana. 

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_c_h_ar_g_e .. _ 1 

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Apr. 20 ••.... _ ----- ------ Apr.28 ••.... ------------

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June 15 .•..•.• ---------- June 20.---- .•.. _______ _ 

June 28 _ .. ---------.----- July 3 ......• ________ .... 

July 7 .•..... ------------

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911 1,657 

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170 

1899. 

July 31 .•.......... -------- Aug. 3------ ·-·····------- Aug .. 5 ---·-----···-------- Aug .. 11 .••.... ------------ Aug. 16 ---·--·----·· -·---- Aug .. 19. ···--------- ------ Aug .. 25------------- ...•.. Aug. 28 --····------·------ Sept. 2 ____ -·-· ------------

~:~t fi::::::::::::::::::: Sept.l5. ____ ...... _______ _ 

Sevt. 21. .•.• ·------· ..... . Sept. 25 .••••••.•.... ------ Sept. 30 _ ••.•... ___ .... ----

Oct. 16 •••.•• ----··---- ---- Oct. 24. •...•........•..... 

Nov. 6 ···················-

Feet. 

}.00 

1.10 

1.40 

.80 

.50 

.40 

.60 

.80 

.60 

.30 

.20 

.30 

1.50 

1.90 

1.50 

1.40 

1.70 

2.40 
210 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STA'l'IONS, 1899.-PART III. [No,37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Milk River at Havre, Montana, for 1899. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Apr. May. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

1-----1---------------· ---------

1--------·--- ---------- ---------- ---------- 2.00 0.60 1.40 1.30 ---------- 2------------ 1.40 ---------- ------·--- 1.90 .60 1.30 1.30 ---------- 3 ·------··--- --····---- ---------· •.•••••••• 1.90 .50 1.40 1.30 (a) 4 _________ _. __ ---------- 1.80 --·------- 1.90 .50 1.30 1.30· ---------- 5------------ ---------- ________ :_ ·--------- 1.90 .40 1.30 2.40 ---------- 6 ••.•.•.....• ·------·-- -------------------- 2.60 .40 1.20 2.40 -------·-- 7 ---· ··------ 1.40 ---------- ---------- 2.60 .30 1.10 ---------- -·-------- 8 ---------------------- -------------------- 2.60 .40 1.30 ---------- -----~---- 9 •••. -------- 1.40 -------·-- ---------- 2.50 .40 1.30 ---------· ·--------- 10 ------------ ---------- ---------- ---·------ 2.50 .30 1.30 ---------- (a) 

11------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- 2.50 .30 1.20 ---------- ---------- 12------------ ---------- ---------- ---- -----· 2.50 .20 1.00 2.20 ---------- 13 ------· ·--. -------·-- ------ ·--- ---------- 2.55 .20 ------.--- ------ ·--- ------ ·--- 14 ------------ 1.40 -------------------- 2.60 .20 -------------------- --~---·--- 15 -------· ---- ---------- ---------- ----·------ 2.60 .30 1.30 ··--------- ---- •. --·- 16 ·----------- ---------- ---------· 4.60 2.60 .20 1.30 ---------- --··------ 17 ----------- ---------- ---------- 4.30 2.60 .40 1.20 ·--------· (a) 

18------------ ---------- ---------- 3.90 2.70 '1.50 1.10 ---------- ---------- 19------------ --·- ·----- 1.90 3.40 2.70 1.60 1.10 1.10 ---------- 20---------------------- 2.50 3.20 2.70 1.10 1.10 -------------------- 21------------ 1.80 ---------- 3.20 2.70 1.90 1.00 -------------------- 22------------ ---------- ---------- 3.05 2.95 2.00 1.20 ---------- ---------- 23 _____ _. ______ ---------- ---------- 2.80 3.30 2.00 1.10 ---------- ---------- 24------------ 1.80 ---------- 2.55 3.20 1.90 1.10 ---------- (a) 25------------ ---------- ---------- 2.li0 3.20 1.80 1.00 ________ ,_ ---------- 26------------ --------- ---------- 2.50 2.70 1.70 1.30 -------------------- 27---------- .. ------ .... ---------- 2.40 2.80 1.60 1.30 1.90 ---------- ,. __ mmnn 1 ... nnmm u; mm·--· L.. LID ........ __ .......... 1 

29---------------------- ---------- 2.20 ---------- 1.50 1.40 --------------------

:1 :::::::::::: :::::::::: :::::::::: ---- -~--~- :::::::::: -----~--~- U& ·::: :::::: :::::::::: 

a Frozen. 

YELLOWSTONE RIVER AT LIVINGSTON, MONTANA. 

This river has its source in Yellowstone Lake, in theN ational Park, 

and :flows in a northerly direction into Montana. Its course is thence 

easterly to its junction with the Missouri River, near theN orth Dakota 

line. Owing to the fact of the numerous springs of the park which 

contribute to its :flow, and also to the fact that the lake acts as a regulator, the discharge when it crosses the Montana line is large for 

a river of this section of the country. Yellowstone Valley is the 

largest body of irrigable land in Montana, having a length of about 

500 miles. At the present time it is principally utilized as a range for 

a vast number of cattle and sheep. With its comparatively low altitude of 2,500 feet, the section is well adapted for the future development of irrigation. The gaging station established May 2, 1897, is 

located at the highway bridge over the Yellowstone River, 5 miles 

south of Livingston, at the month of the canyon. A wire gage is in 

use. A new bench mark was established in 1899, as follows: The top 

of the end plate of bridge at upper side of east end; at an elevation 

of 14.20 feet above zero of gage. The slope of the water surface at 

gaging station was found to be 0.146 feet in 200 feet on August 29," 

1899. The observer is Thomas S. Carter, who lives at the end of the 

bridge. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 

1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 289; 1898, Twentieth 
MONTANA. .AND WYOMING. 211 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 248. The following measurements of 

discharge were made under the direction of Samuel Fortier in 1899: 

March 10, gage height, 1.00 foot; discharge, 1, 702 second-feet. 

March 24, gage height, 1.10 feet; discharge, 1,801 second-feet. 

April 5, gage height, 1.10 feet; discharge, 1,868 second-feet. ' 

Aprill4, gage height, 1.40 feet; discharge, 2,629 second-feet. 

May 28, gage height, 3.70 feet; discharge, 6,964 second-feet. 

June 21, gage height, 8.00 feet; discharge, 22,053 second-feet. 

July 20, gage height, 5.30 feet; discharge, 7,283 second-feet. 

August 29, gage height, 1.86 feet; discharge, 5,337 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Yellowstone River at Livingston, Montana, for 1899. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

1. ---- ------- ------- 2 ..... -------------- 3 ____ -----·- (a) 

4 ..... ------- ------- 5----- 0.60 ------- 6 ..... ------ ------- 7----- ------- ------- 8 ..... ---·-·· ------- 9 ..... --···-- ------- 10. ·--- ------- ------- 11 .. : .. ------- ------· 12. .... . 70 ------- 13- .... ....... . 70 14 ..•.•••••••. ------· 

15 ..... ------- ------- 16. ··- -·····- ------- 1L.... ....... .85 

18----- ------- ...... . 19 ...... ------- ...... . 20 ..... ------- ..... .. 21..... .90 ------- 22 ..... -------------- 23.---- ....... -- ..... 24 ..... -----·- . so 

25 ..... ------- ---··-- 26..... .90 -----·· 

27----- ···---- ----··· 26 _____ ....... -------

29----- ------- ------- 30 .•••. -------------- 81 .•••. ------- -------

0.85 

.85 

.85 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.95 

1.00 

1.00 

.80 

.85 

.90 

.85 

.80 

.85 

.115 

.95 

.98 

.90 

(a) 

.88 

.93 

1.05 

1.15 

1.05 

. 78 

.90 

1.00 

1.00 

.90 

0.90 

.95 

.95 

1.00 

1.10 

1.10 

1.10 

1.10 

1.13 

1.30 

1.30 

1.30 

1.50 

1.43 

1.25 

1.38 

1.40 

1.35 

1.28 

1.23 

1.20 

1.35 

1.50 

1.55 

l.SO 

2.00 

1.95 

1.78 

1.63 

1.60 

1.60 

1.53 

1.43 

1.40 

1.4-0 

1.48 

1.60 

l.SO 

2.25 

2.73 

3.00 

3.30 

8.40 

3.10 

2.90 

2.75 

2.58 

2.53 

2.70 

2.90 

2.90 

2.SO 

2.75 

3.13 

4.03 

4.35 

3.95 

3.85 

4.00 

4.25. 

4.20 

4.20 

4.35 

5.03 

5.40 

5.35 

4.85 

4.48 

4.38 

4.35 

5.00 

5.50 

6.20 

5.60 

5.28 

5.20 

5.63 

6.68 

7.60 

8.05 

8.55 

8.30 

7.15 

6.73 

6.95 

7.25 

7.60 

7.60 

7.60 

7.78 

8.05 

a Frozen. 

7.88 

7.58 

7.30 

7.15 

7.08 

7.00 

6.98 

6.95 

6.95 

6. 75 

6.65 

6.55 

6.20 

5.98 

5.75 

5.65 

5.55 

5.38 

5.30 

5.28 

5.28 

5.13 

. 4.&5 

4.68 

4.60 

4.50 

4.48 

4.30 

4.30 

4.30 

4.15 

4.10 

4.00 

3.90 

3.SO 

3.70 

8. 70 

8.60 

8.50 

3.50 

3.63 

3.35 

8.25 

8.10 

3.03 

2.98 

2.88 

2.73 

2.70 

2.65 

2.53 

2.43 

2.40 

2.35 

2.28 

2.18 

2.10 

1.98 

1.90 

1.88 

l.SO 

1.75 

U& 0:gg ··o:ii5· :::·:::: 

1.70 •. 45 ....... -0.80 

1.68 .43 .05 ....... 

1.!10 .40 ------- ·-·----- 1.48 .40 ------- -------- 1.40 .40 ------- --------

l:;l :~ :::::::.:.:::so· l:~ :~ ··-:oo· :::::::: 

1.15 .35 ------- -------- 1.15 .35 ------- -------- 1.15 .35 ------- ....... . 

H8 :llll ::::::: --<"u:>--

1.03 .80 --------------- 1.00 .80 - .10 --------

.93 .30 ------- -------- .90 .40 -----·· -------- .85 .35 ------- -------- .83 .43 ------- -------· .75 All ---------:-.50 

.73 .40 ______ _. --------

.70 .35-.35--------

.70 .23 ------- -------- .70 .20 ------- -------- .65 .18 --------------- .60 .15 ------- --·----- .58 .15 --------.so 

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

BIGHORN Riv.ER AT THERMOPOLIS, WYOMING. 

A number of discharge measurements were made on this river at 

Thermopolis, Wyoming, by A. J. Parshall, during the progress of a 

survey in that vicinity, which he had undertaken for the State. A 

bench mark was established on the pile near the ferry, and the gage 

heights noted are the distance of water surface below this bench 

mark; they are, therefore, in reverse order to the usual records of 

water heights. Four measurements were made during 1899, as follows: · 

July 28, gage height, 8 feet below bench mark; discharge, 4,867 second-feet. 

August 7, gage height, 8.38 feet below bench mark; discharge, 4,204 second-feet. 

August 16, gage height, 8.98 feet below bench mark; discharge, 2,673 second-feet. 

September 14, gage height, 9. 74 feet below bench mark; discharge, 1,162 secondfeet. 
212 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

SHOSHONE RIVER AT LOVELL, WYOMING. 

The source of this river is in the high mountain peaks along the 

eastern border of the Yellowstone National Park. It has a general 

northeasterly course and enters Bighorn River about 12 miles above 

the Montana State line. Irrigation is practiced to a limited extent in 

the upper headwaters, but principally from the small tributaries, as 

Trout, Rattlesnake, and Cottonwood creeks. Below the junction of 

the North and South forks a number of large irrigation enterprises 

have recently been undertaken. A gaging station was established 

May 23, 1897, at Lovell, Wyoming. The rod is fastened to the landing pier of the ferry on the south side of the river. The channel is 

straight for some distance above and below the rod, and the cross 

section at the gaging point has a uniform depth. The bed of the 

river is stable .• The results of measJirements are shown as follows: 

1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 292; 1898, Twentieth 

-Annual Report, Part IV, page 249. No discharge measurements 

were made at this station during 1899. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Shoshone River at Lovell, Wyoming, for 1899. 

Day. A pr. 

1 .... . 2 ... .. 3 .... . 4-- .. . 5 .... . 6 ... .. 7 ... .. 8-- --- 9-- ... 

10-- --- 11-- ---

........ 

----

----

....... 

----

---· 

----

----

----

----

~80-

.90 

.90 

.80 

.80 

l!l 12 .. --0 

-

-

-

. 

May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Day. Apr. May. June. July. 

---------- --------

-.80 0.0(1 3.80 +0.20 -1.10 17--- -.90 -.40 3.00 2.00 

-.80 .00 3.00 + .00 -1.10 18 -~- -.80 -.40 3.90 2.00 

-.70 3.00 3.40 -.10 -1.20 19--- -.70 -.40 4.30 2.70 

-.70 .00 3.20 -.30 -1.20 20--- -.00 +.10 4.20 2.00 

-.70 .30 3.20 -.20 -1.20 21. .. -.40 .30 4.00 2.50 

-.50 .90 3.10 -.30 -1.20 22. .-.20 .20 2.70 2.50 

-.50 .70 3.10 -.20 -1.20 23--- .00 .10 2.50 2.50 

-.40 .50 8.00 -.30 -1.30 24--- + .70 .50 2.50 1.40 

-.20 .90 3.20 -.30 -1.30 25--- +.00 .90 2.90 1.40 

+.20 1.30 2.90 -.30 -1.30 20--- -.00 .70 3.50 1.00 

.30 2.00 2.80 -.30 -1.40 27--- -.70 .70 3.30 1.00 

.30 2.80 2.70 -.30 -1.40 28-... -.70 .80 3.40 1.40 

.20 2.00 2.80 -.30 -1.40 29--- -.70 .70 3.70 1.30 

-.10 1.50 2.90 -.30 -1.40 30--- -.70 .80 4.00 1.70 

-.40 1.40 2.70 -.40 -1.40 31 ... ------- .70 ------ 1.10 

-.20 2.20 2.00 -.40 -1.40 

CLEAR CREEK AT BUFFALO, WYOMING. 

~~ Aug 

- 50-1~1 -

-. 50" -1.50 

00 -1.50 

00 -1.50 = :7 0 -1.50 -. 

-. 

-

=1: 

-1. 

80 -1.50 

90 -1.50 

90 -1.50 

90 -1.50 

00 -1.50 

00 -1.50 

-1.0 

11=t~ I r:JD -1, 

-1. 

-1. 

This creek is one of the most important tributaries of Powder River, 

having its source in the summit of the Bighorn Mountains. The irrigating system diverting water from this stream has been described in 

detail in earlier reports. The point of measurement is about 4 miles 

west of Buffalo, Wyoming, at which point is a flume erected in 1889. 

Of late years this station is not considered as important as formerly, 

on account of the diversions of water which have taken place within 

its basin. The earlier discharge measurements established a rating 

for the measuring flume, and it has not been necessary to make any 

since. The results of measurements are shown as follows: 1896, 

Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 140; 1897, Nineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 298; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 
WYOMING AND NEBRASKA. 213 

Part IV, page 250. No measurements of discharge were made at this 

point during 1899. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Olear Creek at Buffalo, Wyoming, for 1899. 

-- . I Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

-L_ ___ ~===---;;~---;;~~~---;;:;-==: 2----- --------------------- ------- .50 1.18 "1.53 1.27 .49 .50 .45 3 ..... ·------ -~----- -------------- .50 1.63 1.47 1.18 .47 .49 .43 0.45 

4----- ------- ------- ------- 0.30 .50 1.37 1.46 1.15 .57 .50 .42 

5 ..... --····- 0.25 0.25 ------- .45 1.34 1.46 1.12 .57 .49 .42 6 ....• ------- --·-··· -------------- .52 1.24 1.45 1.03 .58 .49 .48 

7------------ ·------ ------- ---·--- .73 1.20 1.40 .94 .57 .50 .47 

8 --·-· .33 ------- ------- ---···· .52 1.15 1.43 .81 .57 .50 .48 9 ..... --··--· --··--- ------- --···-- .54 1.14 1.41 .70 .56 .57 .49 

10 ..... ------· ---·--· ------- --··--· .67 1.11 1.42 .73 .56 .56 .47 .40 

11 ··--· ---·--- --·-·-- ------- ------- .58 1.26 1.39 .69 .50 .56 .48 

12 ---- -·-···· ·---·-- .30 .40 .64 1.34 1.33 .64 .50 .57 .47 

13 -·-·· --·--·· ------- ....... ------· .70 1.39 1.39 .60 .50 .59 .49 

lL .... -- .... ....... ....... ....... .60 1.26 1.37 .59 .50 .58 .50 

15..... .30 ------- ----·-- ---···· .69 1.23 1.39 .59 .60 .59 .47 

16 _____ ------· --··--- ·------ ---··-- .70 1.23 1.35 .58 .50 .60 .48 

17 -·--- ------- ---···· ------- ---··-- .6? 1.40 1.20 .56 .48 .60 .48 .40 

18 ---·- ------- --····· -------------- .70 2.15 1.20 .57 .62 .60 .49 

19 _____ ------- .25 ------- .60 .77 2.43 1.25 .53 .61 .59 .49 

20 ..... ------- ---···- ------- --·--·- 1.17 2.42 1.21 .54 .61 .58 ······- -------· 21 _____ ·------ --------------------- 1.20 2.45 1.23 .58 .60 .56 ------- -------- 22 ...•. -------------- _____ ;_ ------- .90 1.75 1.23 .57 .58 .53 ·------ -------- 23 ..... -------------- ---·-·· ------- .90 1.45 1.44 .55 .52 .57 ------- ----·-·· 24. .... ---------------------------- 1.10 1.46 1.75 .53 .54 .55 .40 

~ ::::: ::::::: ---.-25- ::::::: ::::::: H6 ~:s~ u~ J~ :~A :~ ---.-4ii :::::::: 

27----- ------- ·------ -------------- 1.13 1.73 1.70 .50 .51 .49 --------------- 28 ..... ------- ---·-·· -----·· ··-···· 1.12 1.64 1.70 .49 .50 .48 

29 _____ ------- --------------------- 1.12 1.72 1.58 .48 .49 .47 

30 ..... --------------------- .63 1.21 1.87 1.42 .49 .49 .39 

31. .... ---------------------------- 1.14 1.42 .49 .48 

MINNECHADUSA RIVER AT VALENTINE, NEBRASKA. 

This stream rises in South Dakota, flows into Nebraska, and empties into Niobrara River near Valentine. Measurements have been 

made at the times when the regular river station on Niobrara River 

at Fort Niobrara has been visited. The results are of value as showing the flow available for milling purposes, there being litt,le, if any, 

opportunity for irrigation. Measurements were made by Gleiln E. 

Smith at a point 1 mile above the town. The channel at this point 

is straight, and the water moves with moderate velocity. The banks 

are high and the bed sandy. Most of the measurements were made 

by wading. Results for 1899 are as follows: 

January 27, 26.2 second-feet; February 21, 45.0 second-feet; March 

15, 25.7 second-feet; April 26, 32.6 second-feet; May 11, 35.6 secondfeet; June 23, 23.0 second-feet; August 12, 19.0 second-feet; September 13, 23.5 second-feet; September 26, 26.5 second-feet; October 20, 

30.0 second-feet. 

NIOBRARA RIVER AT FORT NIOBRARA, NEBRASKA. 

This river rises in eastern Wyoming and flows across the State line 

into Nebraska. continuing along the northern side of that State near 

the boundary of South Dakota until it enters the Missouri River at 

the northeastern corner of Nebraska. A gaging station was estab-
214 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

lished by 0. V. P. Stout on July 22, 1897, three-fourths of a mile southwesterly from Fort Niobrara and above the mouth of Minnechadusa 

River. It was afterwards discontinued, but was resumed onApril26; 

1899, when a rod was located 195 feet downstream from the wagon 

bridge near Fort Niobrara. The rod is solidly bedded on cross-ties 

and well fastened with bridge spikes. It is a new 3 by 4 inch oak rod 

10 feet long, and is placed on the left bank of the stream. Bench 

mark No. 1 is the top of a large spike driven in the top of a 2 by 4 

inch timber which is set 4 feet in the ground and 12 feet west of the 

rod, and is 5. 63 feet above gage datum. Benah mark No. 2 is the top 

of the short cap at shoe of truss at west end of the bridge, downstream 

side, and is 9.98 feet above the zero of the gage. Bench mark No. 3 

is the top of the plate of the center pier of the bridge, downstream 

side, and is 10.03 feet above gage datum. Thomas Dillon, mail carrier between Valentine and Fort Niobrara, is the observer. The results 

of measurement are shown as follows: 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 300; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

255. The following discharge measurements were made by Glenn E. 

Smith during 1899: 

Measurements of Niobrara River at Fort Niobrara, Nebraska. 

Gage DisDate. height. charge. Date. 

------------l------l------·ll---------------

1899· Feet. Second-ft. 

Jan.27 ...... ...... ...... Frozen. 628 

Mar.lli---------·-----·-- Frozen. 726 

Mar.15------------------ Frozen. a650 

ti~~~L::::::.::::::::: u~ ~~ 

r:Je~::::::·:::::::::: u~ '~ 

1899. 

±1! tt::::: :::::::::::: ~:~t~ :::::::::::::::::: 

Oct. 7 ------.--------- ·--- Oct.20 -----· --···-· --···-· 

Gage I Disheight. i charge. 

Feet. Second-ft. 1.52 788 

1.30 718 

1.35 700 

1.15 695 

1.05 732 

1.15 776 

0.80 849 

a Measurement made at point 5 miles south of Valentine. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Niobrara River at Fort Niobrara, Nebraska, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. S~pt.l 

1 •.•. 1.13 1.81 1.21 1.81 1.24 17---- 1.12 1.41 1.51 1.41 1.24 

2 .... ------ 1.11 1.81 1.41 1.34 1.24 18 .... ............. 1.14 1.41 1.44 1.44 1.21 

3 .... ------ 1.12 1.34 1.34 1.51 1.31 19 .... ............ 1.21 1.34 1.41 1.41 1.14 

4 .... ------ 1.12 1.31 1 .. 28 1.41 1.31 20 .... ............ 1.22 1.24 1.41 1.34 1.14 

5 .... ------ 1.14 1.81 1.24 1.34 1.24 21 .... ............ 1.28 1.28 1.41 1.32 1.24 

6 .... ------ 1.21 1.21 1.34 1.34 1.~ 22 .... ------ 1.24 1.28 1.31 1.34 1. ~I 

7 .... ------ 1.13 1.14 1.41 1.81 1.21 28 .... ------ 1.34 1.22 1.31 1.34 1.11 

8 .... ------ 1.24 1.12 1.41 1.31 1.21 24 .... ------ 1.44 1.22 1.81 1.34 1.11 

9 .... ------ 1.31 1.12 1.41 1.41 1.24 25 .... ------ 1.34 1.51 1.24 1.24 1.14 

10 .... 1.14 1.12 1.42 1.34 1.21 26 .... 1.14 1.44 1.21 1.21 1.24 1.12 

11 .... ------ 1.14 1.24 1.44 1.81 1.21 27 .... 1.14 1.41 1.31 1.24 1.24 1.14 

12 .... ------ 1.14 1.44 1.44 1.34 1.14 28 .... 1.21 1.42 1.34 1.24 1.24 1.11 I 

13 .... ------ 1.14 1.34 1.51 1.41 1.14 29 .... 1.21 1.41 1.34 L31 1.81 1.11 

14 .... ------ 1.14 1.21 1.42 1.21 1.14 30---- 1.13 1.42 1.41 1.31 1.81 1.11 

1li ---- ------ 1.14 1.21 1.51 1.31 1.24 81 ---- ------ 1.31 ............ 1.31 1.21 ----·--- 16 ---- ............ 1.11 1.24 1.54 1.4i 1.21 

LARAMIE RIVER AT WOODS LANDING, WYOMING. 

This river, a tributary of the North Platte River, entering it at Fort 

Laramie, Wyoming, has its source in the mountains of northern Colorado, adjoining the head waters of the Cache la Poudre on the west. 
NEBRASKA AND WYOMING. 215 

Irrigation is practiced on a small scale in Colorado, but principally 

for hay ranches, as the elevation is too great for diversified farming. 

One important diversion-that of the Sky-line canal-takes water from 

the Laramie, carrying it across the divide and into Cache la Poudre 

drainage. This diversion is working a hardship to the Wyoming 

appropriators below, as many in this State have prior rights to Skyline canal, but owing to the present water laws the Wyoming rancher 

has no redress through the courts. Laramie River, on crossing the 

Wyoming line, soon leaves its canyon and enters the Laramie Plains, 

which are extensively irrigated from the main stream and from the 

various tributaries, notably from Little Laramie River, whose lowwater flow is now entirely used. Lower down on its course the river 

passes through another canyon, to enter finally the plain of the 

Lower Laramie, which extends from the eastern edge of the Laramie 

Hills to the mouth of the river. A notable diversion in this section 

of the country is that of the Wyoming Development Company, taking 

water from Laramie River about 27 miles southwest of Wheatland. 

This canal system is more fully described in the Nineteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 303. Two gaging stations are maintained on 

the river, o:p.e at Woods Landing, a short distance after the river 

appears in Wyoming, and the other at Uva, near its mouth. The 

former station is 26 miles from Laramie, Wyoming, and is reached by 

stage. Measurements of discharge are made from the wagon bridge 

which spans the river at this point. 

The gage rod is fastened to a perpendicular post set firmly in the 

bed of the stream and braced at the top to adjacent trees, and is 

about 400 feet above the bridge. The bench mark is a nail in a notch 

on a cottonwood tree 1 foot in diameter, 6 feet from the rod, and is on 

a level with the 7-foot mark on the rod. The measurements here 

show the amount of water available for the use of the irrigators 

below. The bottom of the stream is composed of large granite bowlders, which renders the shape and slope of the channel practically 

unchangeable, but adds an element of uncertainty to the gaging 

results, owing to the difficulty of determining the correct cross section. 

Results of measurements are published as follows: 1896, Eighteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 147; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 302; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 274. 

The following measurements of discharge were made by A. J. Parshall in 1899: 

M.ay 26, gage height, 3.30 feet; discharge, 2,598 second-feet .. 

June 8, gage height, 3.10 feet; discharge, 2,319 second-feet. 

June 21, gage height, 4.40 feet; discharge, 4,145 second-feet. 

July 6, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 2,194 second-feet. 

IRR 37--2 
216 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. fNo. 37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Laramie River at Woods Landing, Wyoming, for 

1899. 

. Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct . Nov. Dec. 

-------- ----- ------------· 1 ..... ------- ------- 2.00 2.00 l.20 3.15 3. 75 1.40 0.80 0.40 ----··- -------- 2 ..... ··:roo· --2.-oo- ------- 2.00 1.10 3:-25 3.65 1.40 0.75 0.40 ............ - -------· 3 ..... ------- 2.00 1.00 3.25 3.50 l.M 0. 75 0.40 ------- -------- 4. .... ------- ------- ------- 2.00 1.00 3.15 3.50 1. 70 0. 70 0.40 ---·--- -------- 5 ..... . ------ .. ------ ------- 2.00 1.00 2.95 3.10 1. 75 0.60 0.50 ------- -------- 6----- ------- ------- ------- 2.00 1.20 3.05 2.80 1. 70 0.60 0.50 ------- -------- 7 ..... ------- ------- --2.-oo- 2.00 1.30 3.00 2. 70 1.60 0.60 0.65 0.60 0.90 

8----- ------- ------- 2.00 1.40 3.00 2.60 1.50 0.50 0.75 ------- -------- 9 ------ "2.'iii' "2.-iiii' ------- 2.00 ].50 3.00 2.45 1. 40 0.50 0.80 . ------ ---- ·--- 10 ----- ------- 2.00 1.60 3.05 2.35 1.35 0.50 0.85 ------- ...... ----- 11 ..... ------- ------- ------- 2.00 1. 75 3.45 2.50 1.20 0.55 0.80 ------- -------- 12 ..... ------- ------- .......... - 2.00 1.95 3.80 2.65 1.10 0.50 0.80 -........ - -------- 13- ------- ............ - ........... - 2.00 2.30 4.30 2.65 1.10 0.50 0. 70 

14..::: .. o.-7o· 'Tio .. --- ..... -------- --2.-oo- 2.00 .2.55 4.35 2.55 1.03 0.50 0. 70 

15 ..... -~~~~~- .. ~---·- 2.00 2.60 3.75 2.45 1.00 0.60 o. 70 ------- -------- 16 ..... --2.-oo- --2.-oo- ------- 2.00 2.65 3.50 2.30 1.00 0.65 0. 70 --- ~ .... - -------- 17----- _____ ,- 1.90 2.55 3.75 2.20 0.90 .0.60 0. 70 ------- ·---....... 18 ----- .. ------ ... -- ~-- -- ......... 1. 90 2.45 3.85 2.05 0.90 0.60 11.70 ------- -------- 19 ----- ------- ------- ------- 1. 80 2.60 3.95 2.00 0.90 0.60 0.60 . ------ ........ ---- 20 ..... .. ------ ------- ------- 1.80 2.65 4.15 1. 85 0.90 0.60 0. 70 

21 --o.-7o· ·Too-- ------- .. ------ --2.-oo- 1. 70 2. 75 4.25 1. 80 0.85 0.50 0.75 

22 ::::: ------- .. ------ 1. 70 2.85 4.45 1.85 0.80 0.50 0.70 .......... - -------- 23 ----- --2.-oo- .. ------ .. ------ 1. 60 2.95 4.50 1. 80 0.80 0.50 0. 70 ------- -------- 24. .... •••••a • 1.50 3.10 4.40 1.80 0.80 0.50 0.60 .. ------ ·------- 25----- .. ------ 2.00 ------- 1.50 3.20 4.65 1. 75 0.78 0.50 0.60 ------- ---- -~-- 26 .... - ------- ------.. ------- 1.40 3.20 4.55 1. 75 0. 75 0.40 0.60 ------- -------- 27 ----- .. ------ .. ------ .. ------ 1.40 3.10 4.40 1. 75 0. 70 0.40 0.60 ---·-·- ·Too-- 28 ..... ------- ------- ------- 1.30 3.25 4.15 1.90 0.60 0.40 0.60 0.80 

29 ..... ------- ........... - ------- 1.20 3.35 4.05 1. 75 0.60 0.40 8.60 ------- -------- 30 ----- ------- -.. ~ ...... - ------- 1.15 3.30 3.90 1.60 0.75 0.50 0.60 ------- ---- ........ 31 ----- ------ ---- ~-- - .... ----- ------- 3.05 ......... 1.45 0.90 ------- 0.60 ------.. ---- .. Q .... 

LARAMIE RIVER AT UVA, WYOMING. 

This station is loeated 18 miles, by wagon road,, from the mouth of 

the river at Fort J .. aramie, and the results obtained show practically 

the amount of water passing out of the State from this drainage area. 

The rod is fastened to the railroad bridge of the Cheyenne Northern 

R.ailway, a half mile from the town of Uva, while discharge measurements are made from the wagon bridge 1,000 feet below. The bench 

mark is a spike head on the south side of a pile on the east end of railroad bridge, and is 11.95 feet above zero of gage. The bed of the river 

is sandy and liable to change d nring high water. The results of measurements are shown as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 149; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 302; 

18!18, Twentieth Annual Report, Part JV, page 176. The following 

measurements of discharge were made by A. J. Parshall in 1899: 

April 25, gage height, 3 feet; discharge, 863 second-feet. 

May 6, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 530 second-feet. 

May 30, gage height, 4.40 feet; discharge, 2,022 second-feet. 

June 13, gage height, 4.50 feet; discharge, 2,144 second-feet. 

June 26, gage height, 5.80 feet; discharge, 3,472 second-feet. 

July 13, gage height, 3.95 feet; discharge, 1,607 second-feet. 
WYOMING. 217 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Laramie River at Uva, Wyoming, for 1899, 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jub.e. ·July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

------'----------------------- L .... 0.80 1.40 1.50 1.50 3.00 4.60 5.30 2.20 1.20 0.90 ------- ·Too·· 2 .•••• .............. ............. ------- 1.50 2.90 4.70 5.30 2.20 1.20 0.90 ------- 3 .....• .............. ------- ------- 1.40 2.90 4.80 1>.00 2.20 1.20 0.90 ·Too· -------- 4 .•..• ------- ------- ------- 1.40 2.80 4.80 4.90 2.10 1.20 0.90 -------- 5 .•... ------- -----·- -----·- 1.50 2.80 4.80 6.00 2.10 1.20 0.90 -------- 6 ..... ------- ------- ·Too· 1.80 2.80 4.80 6.10 2.10 1.20 0.90 ------- -------- •'{__ ___ 

"Tii>" "Tw· 1.80 2.80 4.70 4.90 2.00 1.20 0.90 ------- -------- 8 ..... ------·- 1.80 2.60 4.60 4.70 2.00 1.20 0.90 ------- 9 "Tw·· ..... ------- ------- ------- 2.00 2.40 4.20 4.70 2.00 1.60 1.00 ------- 10 .•..• ............. ------- ------- 3.00 2.20 4.10 4.60 2.00 1.50 1.10 "T40- -------- 11 ••..• ------- ------- ------- 3.40 2.00. 4.10 4.40 2.00 1.40 1.20 -------- 12----- ------- ------- ------- 5.60 1.90 4.20 4.20 1.90 1.30 1.20 ------- -------- 13 .•••• ------- ............ - ·Too· 6.10 1.90 4.30 4.20 1.90 1.10 1.20 ------- -------- 14 .•••• ·Too· 5.40 1.80 4.30 4.10 1.90 1.10 1.30 ------- -------- 15 ..••• 1.00 ------- 4.80 1.80 4.80 4.00 1.90 1.10 1.30 ------- 16 .•••• ··:roo·· ------.. -----·- ------- 4.40 2.55 6.00 4.00 2.00 1.10 1.30 ------- 17 ••.•• .............. ------- ----- 4.30 3.40 5.50 4.00 2.00 1.00 1.30 ·Too- -------- 18 .•.•• ------· ·------ ------- 4.20 3.40 6.50 3.80 2.00 1.00 1.30 -------- 19 .•... ------- ------- ------- 3.20 3.30 5.60 3.60 2.00 1.00 1.30 ------- -------- 20 ..... ------- ------- ·Too· 3.60 4.80 6.60 3.50 1.90 1.00 1.40 ------- -------· 21.. ... Tw· ·Too- 3.00 4.80 6.60 3.30 1.90 1.00 1.40 ------- -------- 22 ••••• ------- 3.00 4.50 5.50 3.10 1.80 1.00 1.40 ------- ·Too·· 23 ..... ------- ------- ------- 3.30 4.40 6.60 3.00 1. 70 1.00 1.40 ------- ·24 .•... .............. -----·- ------- 3.20 4.60 6.60 2.110 1.60 1.00 1.40 ·Too· -------- 25 •..•. ------- ------- ------- 3.00 4.80 6.60 2.80 1.50 1.00 1.60 -------- 26 ••••• ------- ------- ............... 3.00 4.90 5.80 2.60 1.40 1.00 1.50 ------- -------- 27 ..•.. ------- ·Too· ·Too- 3.10 4.80 6.00 2.60 1.40 0.90 1.60 ------- ·------· 28 ....• ·Too· 3.00 4.60 '5.90 2.50 1.40 0.90 1.60 ------- -------- 29 •••.. - ----- ............. - 3.00 4.60 6.80 2.40 1.40 0.90 ------- ------- ·Too·· 30 .•••• ------- ------- ------- 3.00 4.40 5.70 2.40 1.30 0.90 ------- ------- ~----- .............. .............. ------- ------- 4,40 .. ........... 2.30 1.30 ............ -.............. .............. --------

NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT ORIN JUNCTION, WYOMING. 

This river has its source in the mountains of North Park in northern Colorado. The general elevation of the park is 8,000 feet, and it 

is surrounded by mountains which attain an elevation of 12,000 feet. 

Irrigation is practiced to a co~siderable extent from small ditches, 

which are used almost entirely, however, in flooding native grass lands 

for forage purposes. The river passes through a short, narrow canyon 

on entering Wyoming, and thence flows northerly through the upper 

Platte Valley, which extends from the State line down to Fort Steel. 

The river thence continues northerly, receiving a number of important tributaries, notably Sweetwater River, in the basin of which considerable irrigation is practiced. The only station maintained in this 

State on this stream at present is at Orin Junction, at the bridge of 

the Cheyenne Northern Railway. The rod is attached to the midchannel pier of the railroad bridge, and is connected with the following bench marks: The spike on top of the cap on the set of piles 

nearest the water at the east end of the bridge is 11.52 feet above 

gage datum. The bed of the stream is composed of heavy gravel and 

sand, the cross section being quite uniform. Measurements at this 

point are not altogether satisfactory, on account of the occurrence of 

bridge piers, which interfere ·with the uniform flow to a considerable 

extent. Results of measurements are found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 153; 1897, Nineteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 307; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, 
218 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

page 266. The following discharge measurements were made during 

1899 by A. J. Parshall: 

April 24, gage height, 4.26 feet; discharge, 5,239 second-feet. 

May 5, gage height, 3. 70 feet; discharge, 4,115 second-feet. 

May 19, gage height, 5. 70 feet; discharge 13,422 second-feet. 

June 12, gage height, 5.85 feet; discharge, 14,746 second-feet. 

June 26, gage height, 6.85 feet; discharge, 20,855 second-feet. 

July 12, gage height, 5.67 feet; discharge, 10,784 second-feet. 

September 2, gage height, 1 foot; discharge, 239 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Platte Rive1· at Orin Junction, Wyoming, for 

1899. 

I 7' ·~~- : -~·~- : ':: '~: ~: :: : :·: D~ I 

2---- ------- ---·--- ------- 4.25 5.95 ·------ 2.93 .98 1.00 -·---·- -------- 3 _____ --------------------- 4.00 5.75 6.40 2.83 ------- 1.00 --------------- 4_ ____ 4.55 3.00 ------- 3.85 -----·- 6.30 2.73 .95 1.00 ------- -------- 5. ---· --·---- -------------- 3.70 6.15 6.20 2.55 .95 1.00 --------------- 6 _____ ------- ----·-- ------- 3.65 6.20 6.15 ------- .95 .98 --------------- 7.--- ·------ -------------- ------- 6.20 5.95 2.58 .91\ .93 ------- -------- 8 __________________________ 3.35 6.15 5.75 2.75 .95------- 1.40 Ice. 

g _____ ------- ---·--- ------- 3.45 5.95 2.73 .95 1.00 --------------- 10. ·--- -------------- 2.65 3.85 5.75 5.35 2.70 ------- 1.08 ------- ·------- n _____ 4.45 Ice. 2.85 4.15 ------- 5.15 2.63 .90 1.25 ·------ -------- 12 _____ -------------- 3.95 4.30 5.95 4.98 2.45 .90 1.18 ·····-- -------- 13 _____ -···--- ------- 5.05 4.50 6.10 4.88 ----·-- .90 1.05 ·--·-- -------- 14. ·--· ------ -··---- 5.45 6.50 4.83 2.08 .90 1.05 --···-- ---·---- 15 _____ ---··-- ----··- 5.30 5.45 6.75 4.95 2.03 .95 ------- 1.30 Ice. 

16----- -----·- ------- -----·- 5.75 6.80 1.93 1.60 1.20 -----·- ------- 17- --- ------- --·---- 5.05 5.85 6.80 4. 75 1.83 ------- 1.35 -----·- -------- 18 _____ 5.10 Ice. 4.~0 5.95 --··--- 4.68 1.73 1.40 1.63 --------------- 19 ----· --··--- -····-- 4._70 6.05 6.35 4.45 1.60 1.30 1.70 --·---- -------- 20 ___ - --·-·-- ----·-- 4.45 6.20 6.30 4.20 ------- 1.65 1.70 --------------- 21_ ---- --···-- ------- 4.10 6.55 !.08 1.60 1.58 1.63 ---·-·- ---·---- 22 _____ -----·- ·--···- 3.85 6.30 6.85 3.85 1.60 1.48 __ ____ 1.30 Ice. 

~::::: ::::::::::::::--4:65- ~:~ ~:r~ --3:73- UJl --~--~- u~ ::::::::::::::: 

25 __ - ---··-- 4.00 4.30 5.75 ------- 3.63 1.33 1.23 1.58 --------------- 26 _____ ·------ ----·-- 4.90 5.55 6.85 3.60 1.23 1.20 1.73 -----·- -------- 27- --- ---···- ·--··-- 5.70 5.35 6.65 3.45 ----··- 1.00 1.75 ----··- ---- --- 28 _____ 5.15 ---·-·- 5.70 -----·- 6.45 3.28 1.03 1.00 1.83 ----·-- -------· 29 _____ ------- ---···- 5.65 5.75 6.40 3.05 1.00 1.00 ------- 1.25 Ice. 

30 _____ ------- ·-···-- ----··- 6.05 6.40 ------- 1.00 1.00 1.73 ------- Ice. 

31 ---- ------- --····- --·---- 6.10 ------- 3.00 1.00 --·-·-- 1.60 --·--·- --------

NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT GERING, NEBRASKA. 

This river does not receive any tributaries of importance after passing into Nebraska. A number of canals divert water between the 

State line and North Platte, at the junction of the North and South 

Platte rivers, and because of the nonincrease of the flow from important tributaries the water is constantly being reduced. A gaging 

station was established at Gering, Nebraska, May 29, 1897, and is 

located at the highway bridge at this point. The rod is fastened to 

one of the bridge piles. The bench mark is the head of a nail on 

top of the west end of the first cap at the south end of the bridge, and 

is 6.61 feet above gage datum. The results of discharge measurements are shown as follows: 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 308; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 267. 

The following discharge measurements were made by R. H. Willis 

during 1899: 
WYOMING AND NEBRASKA. 219 

Measurements of North Platte River at Gering, Nebraska. 

I D t Gage Dis- Gage 

1 

________ a_e_. ______ 1,_h_e_ig_h_t_. 1 __ cha __ r_ge_._11 _______ n_a_w __ . ______ _h_e_~_m __ lt. 

1899• Feet. Sec.-feet. 1899• Feet. 

Apr.10 •••.••••••••••••• 1.48 3,464 July6 ---------- ------- 3.09 

~ 

Sec.-feet. ~I 15,996 

s:u:=·====~=====~:::::: ~:~ 1U¥! !~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~:H ~le't~:::::::::::::::: ~Jg ~;~ Aug.18 ____ ·------------- U3 

June H................. 2.90 14,176 Aug.24 ------------------ 1.18 

~~~:it:::::::::::::::: ~:~ ~:~ t~aL:::.·:::::::::::· :~ 

H:= 6,198 

3,677 

2, 668 

2,150 

860 

957 

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Platte River at Gering, Neb-raska, for 1899. 

~ ·Day. 

----------------- 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 _____ _ 

-

-

-

.. ----------------

-----------------

-----------------

-----------------

.......... ------------ -----.. --~--- --.... - -.......... ---------- -----------------

---------------

-----------------

-----------------

-----------------

-----------------

-··---------------

-----------------

-----------------

-----------------

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

....................... ----

Apr. May. June. July. 

---------

---------- 2.35 2.70 3.20 

---------· 2.37 2.71 3. ]1; 

---------- 2.35 2.66 3.10 .................... 2.10 2.61 3.07 

---------- 2.00 2.60 3.10 

---------- 1.95 2.72 3.05 

.. ----- ~--- 1.60 3.10 3.00 

---------- 1.75 3.00 2.95 

----T48- 1.73 2.83 2.87 

1.70 2.73 2.70 

1.41 1.68 2.69 2.75 

1.53 1.64 2.68 2.68 

1.85 1.82 2.80 2.55 

2.22 1.93 2.00 2.46 

2.42 2.00 3.00 2.45 

2.51 2.26 3.20 2.44 

2.58 2.40 3.25 2.42 

2.38 2.60 3.15 2.37 

2.43 2.76 3.00 2.30 

2.20 2.80 2.95 2.2/i 

2.21 2.85 3.00 2.13 

2.08 2.87 3.05 2.05 

1.92 2.87 3.20 2.00 

1.90 3.10 3.27 2.00 

1.88 2.85 3.50 1.95 

1.93 2.65 3.55 1:110 

2.12 2.43 3.50 1.85 

2.40 2.41 3.30 1.81 

2.39 2.43 3.27 1.77 

2.37 2.52 3.25 1.67 

---------- 2.70 ---------- 1.67 

Closed for winter October 31. 

Aug. Sept. 

------

1.65 1.05 

1.70 1.02 

1. 75 1.00 

1.70 1.02 

1.58 1.04 

1.55 1.01 

1.51 1.01 

1.47 1.00 

1.48 1.00 

1.53 1.00 

1.4.7 1.00 

1.50 1.00 

1.48 1.00 

1.37 .95 

1.35 .95 

1.43 1.00 

1.40 .98 

1.37 1.00 

1.36 1.00 

1.32 1.06 

1.26 l.(J6 

1.23 .98 

1.23 1.03 

1.20 1.03 

1.20 .98 

1.10 .98 

1.10 1.00 

1.10 .98 

1.13 .91 

1.10 .90 

1.07 ----------

NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT CAMP CLARKE, NEBRASKA. 

~ 

~I .95 

.95 

.96 

.95 

.95 

.96 

.96 

.96 

.97 

1.06 

1.07 

1.07 

1.06 

1.07 

1.04 

1.10 

1.02 

1.16 

1.20 

1.23 

1.26 

1.27 

1.23 

1.23 

1.23 

UibJ 1.30 

1.30 

1.30 

A third gaging station on this river is located at the bridge at Camp 

Clarke, Nebraska, and was established on June 27, 1896. The rod 

consists of an oak timber 2 by 4 inches, 10 feet long, fastened to crossties which are bedded in the bank of the river. Bench mark No. 1 

consists. of a spike driven horizontally in the northeast side of the 

downstream pile of the bent at the north end of the first truss span, 

on the south end of the bridge, and is 7.55 feet above gage datum. 

Bench mark No. 2 is a point on the southeast corner of the window 

sill at the front of the store, and is 9. 74 feet above the zero of the 

gage. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, 

Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 154; 1897, Nineteenth 
220 OPERATIONS AT RIVER S'f.I\.TIO:NS, 1899.-PART III. [N0.37. 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 308; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 268. The following discharge measurements were made 

by R. H. Willis in 1899: 

Measurements of North Platte River at Camp Clarke, Nel>raska. 

I D Gage Dis- Gage 

1 

________ a_te_. _______ 1_h_e_ig_h_t_._1_c_h_a_r_ge_._11 ________ D_a_te_. _______ 1_h_e_i_gh_t_. 

1800- Feet. Sec.-feet. 1899· Feet. 

Apr. 11 ------ ..... ------ 2. 57 2,823 July 20 ••.... .. ..... .....• 3. 97 

Apr. 22----------------- 3.45 8,625 July 29 -··-··------------· 3.09 

May3 ............... ____ 3.41 7,982 Aug. 5 ---·-----··········· 2.90 

May 17.................. 3.52 9,646 Aug.l2................... 2.92 

rnale2l:::::::::::::::::: !:~ ~~:~~~ !~~: ~L:::::~::::::::::: ~:~ June17 ----------------- 4.45 18,237 Sept. 5.................... 2.13 

June24................. 5.05 18,330 Sept.14................... 2.05 

~~r:r----------------- ~-2g i~·~~ ~:~t ~::::::::::::::::::: ~:~ Ju1y13·::::::::::::::::: d5 12',268 Oct.19.................... 2.15 

Sec.-feet. ~ 9,855 

4,747 

4,187 

3,272 

2,359 

1,492 

965 

758 

794 

86.'! 

1,110 

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Platte River at Camp Clarke, Nebraska, for 

1899. 

I 

Day. Apr. May. 

------

1-------------...... ---- ---------- 3.68 

2. ---·- ------------------ ---------- 3.73 

3 ....................... ---- ------ 3.30 

4 ...... ----------------- ----.·2:55" 3.13 

5 ....................... 3.34 

6 ..... ------------------ 2.60 3.30 

7 ...................... 2.62 2.80 

8 ....... ------ ·-----. --- 2.67 2.80 

9 .... ---------- ..... ---- 2.68 2.74 

10 ...... ----- ...... ------ 2.58 2.80 

11 ....... -------- .... ---- 2.55 2.73 

12 .. ---- ..... ------------- 2.54 2.87 

13 ..... ------------------ 2.86 2.99 

14 ...... -. -----.-.... ---- 3.26 3.02 

15 ...... --- ------------- . 3.76 3.19 

16 .... ----------. ---- ---· 3.70 3.40 

17----------- ---------- .. 3.58 3.61 

18 ..... ---.. ------.... ---- 3.58 3.74 

19 ...... ----------------. 3.60 3.87 

20 ---- ------ ------------- 3.65 4.06 

21.---------------------- 3.50 4.19 

22----------------------- 3.43 4.32 

23 .... ------------ .. - ·--· 3.15 4.23 

24 .... ------ ------------- 3.08 4.19 

25 .... · .. ----------------- 3.05 4.JO 

26 ... -------------------· 3.05 4.03 

27--------------------- .. 3.20 3.85 uts--·-------------- 3.55 3.75 

----------- ------ 3.65 3.80 

----------------- 3.75 3.92 

----------------- ---------- 4.03 

Discontinued October 31. 

June. July. 

----------

4.12 4.81 

4.18 4.83 

4.12 4.85 

4.10 4.88 

4.09 4.80 

4.22 4.87 

4.40 4.83 

4.35 4.82 

4.25 4.70 

4.21 4.50 

4.02 4.45 

3.97 4.40 

4.02 4.25 

4.08 4.14 

4.22 4.20 

4.45 

4.48 1~5 4.25 (a) 

4.10 4.00 

(f) 3.93 

(f) 3.80 

4.80 3. 75 

4.95 3.65 

5.08 3.50 

5.30 3.48 

5.35 3.32 

5.20 3.20 

5.00 3.20 

4.85 3.07 

4.85 2.93 

---------- 3.04 

aBridge out. 

Aug. Sept. 

-----------

2.88 2.28 

2.98 2.22 

3.10 2.06 

3:03 2.03 

2.88 2.11 

2.88 2.16 

2.90 2.00 

2.84 2.10 

2.75 2.12 

2.85 2.16 

2.95 2.11 

2.91 2.02 

3.08 2.03 

2.81 2.15 

2.74 2.13 

2.84 2.15 

2.82 2.17 

2. 77 2.18 

2.70 2.21 

2.68 2.23 

2.60 2.21 

2.62 2.19 

2.58 2.22 

2.55 2.40 

2.58 2.30 

2.48 2.23 

2.47 2.20 

2.48 2.30 

2.47 2.22 

2.35 2.25 

2.34 ------ --·--

fRodout. 

~I 

---;;-I 2.27 

2.23 

2.22 

2.21 

2.19 

2.30 

2.20 

2.28 

2.25 

2.28 

2.22 

2.29 

2.28 

2.34 

2.25 

2.30 

2. :J5 

2.22 

2.25 

2.40 

::::::::::I 

=3 

NORTH PLATTE RIVER AT NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. 

The lowest gaging station on this river is located at the wagon 

bridge at North Platte, Nebraska, and was established in 1894. It is 

3.5 miles above the junction of the South Platte River. The bridge 

is a long, low, pile bridge, having 93 spans of approximately 20 feet 

each, crossing the main channel of the river. North of this is another 

bridge crossing a slough, through which no water passes, however, 

except in time of flood. The gage rod is at the railroad bridge 2 miles 
NEBRASKA. 221 

below the wagon bridge. 'l'he zero is 12 feet below the top and imme 

diately under the east rail of the track. The results of measurements 

may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 158; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 309; 1898, 

Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 269. The following discharge measurements were made by Glenn E. Smith and Charles P. 

Ross during 1899: 

Measureme')l,ts of North Platte River at North Platte, Nebra.~ka. 

I=DaW G'ite Dis- Date. 

I 

Gage Disheig t. charge. height. charge. 

I 1899. Feet. Sec./.eet. 1899. Feet. Sec.-feet.l Apr.19 ______ ---- ·--- ---· 3.30 ,111 i~~- ~7 _:::::~~:::::: ::::: 3.30 10,351 

M:~ k::::: :::::::::::: 3.00 8,239 2.50 4,637 

3.80 12,962 Aug.28 __ ---------------- 1.85 2,013 

June 6 __ ------------ ____ 3.60 13,310 Sept.15 _ ------- ·----- ____ l. 55 976 

June 15 -·------- -------- 3.60 11,330 Oct.4 ----·-------------·- 1.70 713 

June 19. ---·-- ---------- 4.20 16,257 

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Platte River at North Platte, Nebraska, for 1899, 

~ J~ Fob. M&•. A,.. May. '-•• Jlliy. A"", '""'· a.;, NovEl -----------------------------

L ---- 2. 70 3.00 3. 00 2.30 3. K8 3. 55 4.10 2.60 l. 90 1. 55 l. 90 2.10 

2 ----- 2. 70 3. 00 3. 00 2. 10 3. 0 3. 70 4. 20 2. 70 l. 80 l. .'iO 2. 00 2. 10 

3----- 2.70 3.00 3.00 2.80 3.40 3.80 4.15 2. 70 1.80 1.60 2.00 2.05 

4----- 2.70 3.00 3.00 2. 70 3.25 3.80 4.10 2.80 1.80 1. 70 2.05 2.05 

5----- 2.70 3.00 3.00 2.00 3.15 3. 70 4.10 2.80 1.65 1. 70 2.10 2.30 

6- ·-·- 2.70 3.00 3.00 2.80 3.00 3.60 4.10 2.70 1.65 1. 70 2.15 2.50 

7 -·--- 2.70 3.00 3.00 2.85 3.00 3. 65 4.00 2.65 1. 70 1. 70 2.10 2.50 

8 ·---- 2.70 3.00 3.00 2.55 3.25 3.80 4.00 2.50 1. 70 1.60 2.10 2.50 

9----- 2.70 3.00 3.00 2.50 3.15 3.90 4.00 2.50 1. 6(1 1. 60 2.10 2.40 

10----- 2. 70 3.00 3.10 2.50 2.80 3. 90 4.00 2.40 1. 55 1.60 2.10 2.40 

11 ----- 2.70 3.00 3.10 2.50 2.75 3. 85 3.90 2.30 1.60 1.60 2.10 2.40 

12----- 2.70 3.00 3.10 2.60 2.60 3. 75 3.65 2.30 1.60 1. 70 2.10 2.40 

13----- 2.70 3.00 3.10 2.61> 2.60 3.65 3.60 2.35 1.60 1. 70 2.00 2.40 

14----- 2. 70 3.00 3.10 2.50 2.50 3.55 3.60 2.50 1.60 1. 6-5 2.00 2.40 

15 ·--·- 2. 70 3.00 3.10 2.4.5 2.60 3.60 3.55 2.50 1. 55 1.80 2.05 2.40 

16 ---·- 2.70 3.00 3.10 2.50 2.65 3. 70 3.40 2.40 1.50 1.80 2.10 2.40 

17 --·-- 2.70 3.00 3.00 3.25 2.85 3.95 3.30 2.35 1.50 1. 80 2.05 2.40 

18 ---·- 2.70 3.00 2.80 3.30 3.05 4.00 3.20 2.40 1.50 1.80 2.00 2.40 19 _____ 2.80 3.00 2.80 3.35 3. 05 4.20 3.25 2.30 1. 50 1.80 2.10 2.40 

20----- 2.00 3.00 2.80 3.40 3.40 4.15 3.30 2.30 1.50 1. 80 2.10 2.40 

21 ----- 2.80 3.00 2.50 3.30 3.60 3.95 3.30 2.30 1.00 1.80 2.20 2.40 

22----- 2.90 3.00 2.80 3.10 3.75 3.85 3.20 2.00 1.60 1.80 2.20 2.40 

23----- 2.80 3. oo- 2.80 3.10 3. 75 3.90 3.15 2.00 l. 50 1. 80 2.10 2.40 

24----- 2.80 3.00 3.05 3.10 3. 80 3.85 3.00 1.90 1.50 1. 80 2.10 2.45 

25- --- 3.00 3.00 2.90 3.00 3.70 4.15 2.95 1.90 1. 50 1. 80 2.10 2.55 

26----- 3.00 3.00 2.60 2.90 3.80 4.30 2.80 1. 90 1.60 1.90 2.10 2.70 

27----- 3.00 3.00 2.60 3.00 3. 85 4-45 2.80 1. 90 1.60 2.00 2.10 2.70 

28----- 3.00 3.00 2.55 3.00 3_ 85 4.40 2.85 1. 85 1. 55 2.00 2.20 2. 70 

29 ·---- 3.00 ------- 2.50 3.00 3.75 4.30 2.70 1. 75 1.60 2.00 2.10 2. 70 

30----- 3.00 ------. 2.55 3.10 3.50 4.25 2.70 1.65 1. 60 2.00 2.10 2.70 31 _____ 3.00 ------- 2.60 -- ---- 3.50 ------ 2.55 1.75 ------- 1.95 ------- 2.6-5 

SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. 

The headwater tributaries of this stream have their sources in the 

high mountain peaks surrounding the basin known as South Park. 

The average elevation of the valley is 8,000 feet, while the peaks 

attain an elevation of 13,000 feet. Considerable irrigation is practiced on a small scale, but principally for forage crops, as on account 

of the high .altitude onry the hardier products can be raised. The 
222 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. (NO. 37. 

streams have a general northerly direction, and upon issuing from the 

mountainous area the water is quickly appropriated by the large irrigation enterprises serving land on both sides of the South Platte 

River in the vicinity of Denver. A number of smaller streams rising 

on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains drain easterly into the 

South Platte River. The principal tributaries are-in order downstream-Bear Creek, Clear Creek, South Boulder Creek, Boulder 

Creek, St. Vrain Creek, Big Thompson Creek, and Cache la Poudre 

River. Gaging stations have heen maintained on them also as well 

as one at Lake Cheesman on the South Fork of South Platte, and one 

on Goose Creek, which also contributes to the supply of the proposed 

reservoir. The next one downst,ream on the main river is at Platte 

Canyon, the third one at Denver, and the lower one at Orchard, 

Colorado. Besides the measurements of discharge at regular stations 

a number of others have been made in this basin during 1899, as follows: April 14 a measurement of the High-line ditch in the South 

Platte, at a gage height of 1.20 feet, showed a discharge of 98 secondfeet. On July 28 the same canal was measured twice, the first time 

at a gage height of 3.25 feet, showing a discharge of 432 second-feet; 

the second time at a gage height of 3 feet, with a discharge of 375 

second-feet. On the same day also the South Platte River was discharging over the High-line dam, at a gage height of 0.50 foot, 73 

second-feet. September 14, South Platte River, at Julesburg, was 

carrying 2 second-feet. October 4 the river at the dam of the Highline canal, at a gage height of 0.13 foot, was discharging 12 secondfeet. 

A notable storage proposition on which work was prosecuted during 

the past season is that of the dam of Lake Cheesman, which is located 

on the South" Fork of South Plat,te River, below the mouth of Goose 

Creek. The dam, which is partially completed, will be 215 feet high. 

Hs length at its base is only 20 feet and at the top it will be 520 feet. 

The abutments are solid granite. The main tunnel for diverting the 

flow during the course of the construction of the dam is now completed, and work is now progressing on two subsidiary tunnels. 'l'he 

dam is to be rock filled and steel plate faced. The capacity of the 

reservoir is about 90,000 acre-feet. The .object of this ent,erprise is 

to develop electric power to be used in the city of Denver, and also 

to furnish a water supply for t,he same city. 

GOOSE CREEK AT LAKE CHEESMAN, COLORADO. 

The station on this creek, a tributary of South Platte River, was 

established August 1, 1899, by J. A. Runner, assistant engineer of 

the Denver Union Water Company. It was desired to obtain the 

flow of the South Fork of South Platte River at this point, where the 

construction of the Cheesman dam has been begun, the discharge of 

Goose Creek being added to the South Fork of South Platte to give 
COLORADO. 223 

the total flow at this point. The station is maintained by the Denver 

Union Water Company. All discharge measurements for 1899have 

been made by means of floats. This station is to be considered simply as temporary, as it will be necessary to move it farther upstream 

when watt)r is stored in the reservoir. The following discharge 

m~asurements were made by J. A. Runner during 1899: 

September 8, gage height, 0.95 foot; discharge, 24 secolld-feet. 

October 8, gage height, 0.84 foot; discharge, 10 second-feet. 

November 19, gage height, 0.72 foot; discharge, 8 second-feet. 

December 3, gage height, 0. 76 foot; discharge, 9 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Goose Creek at Lake Cheesman, Colorado, for 1899. 

D>y. Aug. llopL _Qo':_ Nov, Doo, D>y. Au,. '"'" _"""_ Nov. n.,c.l 

L. 1.25 0.97 0.85 -------- 0.80 17____ 1.04 .90 .86 ·------·· -------- 2___ 1.20 .95 .85 ------- ----·--- 18____ 1.00" .89 .86 .85 .74 

L: t~ ~:~g J~ ·--u~s5- ____ ·_:~- ~L:: J~ J~ J~ ::::::::---.-so--

5.. 1.35 a.95 .86 .74 2L___ .96 .88 .88 .84 -------- 6... 1.15 a.95 .85 .86 -------- 22____ .95 .88 .88 -------- ---- --·. 7... 1.25 a.95 .85 ___ ·---- -------- 23____ .94 a.88 .88 ---------------- 8. __ 1. 25 . 95 .84 .87 ____ ____ 24____ . 93 a. 88 .82 ---· ----

1L: ug :&! J~ .. ---~:- ----.-12- ~L:: :~~ aJ~ -----------·:so-::~::::: 11... 1.06 .92 .85 .87 -------- 27____ .91 .87 -------· --------- ·------ 12... 1.05 .90 .85 .73 28.... .90 .86 -------- -------- ·-------

1 ~ -: l:::; ::: : !l .... :ii· ... :ii· iii:::: : ll :::: :::::::: .. "' ::::::::1 ~ U! :~~ J~ ----.-sr,- ----_7a· 31.___ · 96 ------------------------ --------

a Estimated. 

SOUTH FORK OF SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT LAKE CHEESMAN, COLORADO. 

This station was established .July 31, 1899, and has been maintained 

since that time by the Denver Union Water Company, J. A. Runner, assistant engineer, making- the discharge measurements. It is 

located above the mouth of Goose Creek, and is maintained in order 

to determine the flow available for Lake Cheesman. The discharge 

here should be added to the discharge of Goose Creek, as the dam 

for this reservoir is located below the mouth of the latter tributary. It will be necessary in this case, as in the preceding one, to 

move the station upstream when water has been stored in the reservoir, so the station can be considered merely as a temporary one. It 

is the intention that both .the inflow and the discharge from the reservoir shall be accurately measured after the storage has begun. The 

following measurements of discharge were made by .J. A. Runner by 

means of floats in 1899: 

July 31, gage height, 3.62 feet; discharge, 806 second-feet. 

September 8, gage height, 1.45 feet; discharge, 184 second-feet. 

October 3, gage height, 1.23 feet; discharge, 95 second-feet. 

November 19, gage height, 1.30 feet; discharge, 107 SPcoml-feet. 

December 3, gage height, 1.24 feet; discharge, 97 second-feet. 
224 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATioNS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of South Platte River at Lake Cheesman, Colorado, f01' 

1899, 

Day. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Day. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. De-:l 

L. 2.55 1.51 1.23 1.26 17 •••• 1. 72 1.34 1.30 -------- ---. ---- 2 ... 2.20 1.50 1.23 -------- ""T24. 18 .... 1.72 1.36 1.20 1.28 1.02 

3 ... 2.60 (a) 1.23 "T2ii" 19 .... 1.67 1.37 1.20 1.30 -Tio .. 4... 3.70 (a) 1.24 """i."i4' 20 .... 1.60 1.36 1.28 -------- 5 ... 3.55 

~~l 1.26 ""T43" 21.. .. 1.57 1. 37 1.30 '"T24. -------- 6 ... 3.10 1. 05 -------- 2'L .. 1.56 1.38 1.28 -T 20-- 7... 2.50 _a) . 88 ""T4ii" -------- 23 .... 1.54 (a~ 1.27 

8 ""Too· ... 2.60 1.45 . 86 ------.. 2L .. 1.53 (a -------- 9 .. 2.35 1.45 . 85 1.41 ----:92' 25__ .. 1.50 (a) ---- ·--- -------- ---- ---- 10 ... 2.15 1.44 .80 '"T4i" 26 .... 1.50 (a) ........ .98 -------· lL. 1.98 1.42 .so ----:9o 2L .. 1.48 1.28 ·-------- -------- -------- 12 ... 1.95 1.40 . 80 28 .... 1.46 1.27 -------- --Too· ---- ... 13 ... 1.92 1.38 . 90 ·--uo· --··:92 29 .... 1.44 1.26 -------. -------- 14 ... 1.87 1.33 1.10 30 .... 1.43 1.23 -------- -------- -------- 15 .. - 1. 79 1.32 1.40 --·i:2ii· --Too· 31.. .. 1.48 ----.................. 16 ... 1.70 1.33 1.40 -------- ----~ 

aN o readings. 

SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT PLATTE CANYON, COLORADO. 

This station has been maintained for sometime by the Denver 

Union Water Company, but cooperation with this Survey was not 

begun until April 1, 1899. The station is located at a point about 2 

miles above Platte Canyon railway station, on the Colorado and 

Southern Railroad. The rod is an inclined 2 by 6 timber on the righthand side of the stream, marked with brass nails. The bench mark 

is a point chiseled in a circle just south of the Denver Union Water 

Company's pipe line, and 15 feet south of the zero point of soundings 

on the bridge. It is on a granite rock and is 10 feet above gage 

datum. Measurements of discharge are made from the footbridge 

constructed by the Denver Union Water Company. The channel of 

the stream is rocky, and at first it was considered that it was not liable 

to material change; but during a freshet of considerable size erosion 

took place, making necessary a change in the rating table. This station gives the total discharge of the river at Platte Canyon before any 

water is taken out for irrigation or any other purposes excepting that 

taken out, by the Denver Union Water Company at a point about 

1 mile above the station. The observer, G. E. Carleton, Littleton, 

Colorado, is superintendent of the filtering plant belonging to the Denver Union Water Company. Hefurnishesgagereadingstothe United 

States Weather Bureau at Denver, w_here they are published each day. 

Th~ following discharge measurements were made under the direction 

of A. L. Fellows during 1899: 

April14, 1899, gage height, 1.8 feet; discharge, 559 second-feet. 

May 8, 1899, gage height, 1.5 feet; discharge, 500 second-feet. 

June 10, 1899, gage height, 2.9 feet; discharge, 1,127 second-feet. 

July 28, 1899, gage height, 1.8 feet; discharge, 633 second-feet. 

October 4, 1899, gage height, 0.1 feet; discharge, 146 second-feet. 
COLORADO. 225 

Daily gage height, in feet, of South Platte River at Platte Canyon, Colorado, for 

1899. ~ 

I Day. April. May. ·June. July. Aug; Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. I ---------------

!. ................... 0.50 uo U81 3.20 2.50 0.90 0.10 0.40 -0.10 

2 ..................... .50 1.50 3.80 2.20 .90 .00 .30 - .40 

3 .................... .55 1.50 2.50 4.10 2.60 .90 .00 .40 - .40 

4 .................... .60 1.20 2.60 4.10 3.30 .80 .00 .40 -1.10 

5 .................... .60 1.10 2.40 3.90 3.30 .70 .10 .40 -1.80 

6 .................... .50 1.10 2.40 3.60 2.00 .60 ;10 .40 - .60 

'lc ................... .60 1.20 2.50 3.40 2.70 .60 .10 .30 - .60 

8 .................... .60 1.50 2.80 3.40 2.50 .60 -.20 .40 - .70 

9 ..... , .............. .70 1.90 8.00 8.30 2.30 .60 -.30 .40 - .30 

10 .................... .70 2.10 2.00 3.10 2.00 .60 -.30 .30 ~ .40 11 .................... .80 2.20 8.00 2.80 1.80 .60 -.20 .30 - .20 

12 .................... 1.20 2.30 3.20 2.70 1.60 .50 -.20 .30 .10 

13 .................... 1.50 2.50 3.30 2.70 1.60 .50 -.10 .30 .30 

14 .................... 1.80 2.60 3.50 3.00 1.60 .50 -.10 .30 .00 

15 .................... 1.00 2.60 3.40 3.00 1.50 .50 .20 .20 .30 

16 .................... 1.70 2.70 3.50 3.00 1.40 .50 .20 .30 .60 

17 .................... 1.80 2.60 3.50 3.20 1.40 .50 .30 .10 .70 

18 .................... 2.00 2.60 3.50 3.30 1.30 .50 .40 .10 .50 

19 .................... LBO 2.50 3.50 3.10 1.20 .50 .40 .00 .50 

20 .................... 1. 70 2.50 4.65 3.00 1.10 .50 .30 -.20 ;50 

21. ................... 1.40 2.40 4.20 2.60 1.00 .40 .30 .10 .60 

22 ........ 1.40 2.30 4.20 2.40 1.00 -.10 .30 .00 .60 

23.. ....... ::::::::::: 1.50 2.30 3.90 2.20 .90 +.20 .20 .20 .60 

24 .................... 1.60 2.40 3.60 2.10 .so .50 .20 .00 .60 

25 .................... 1.80 2.40 3.60 2.00 .80 .20 .30 -.20 .50 

26 .................... 2.10 2.511 3.70 1.00 .70 .30 .30 -.40 .40 

27 .................... 1.90 2.50 3.60 1.00 .70 .20 .30 -.60 .20 

28 .................... 1.90 2.50 3.40 1.80 .70 .20 .30 -.30 .30 

29 .................... 1.70 2.50 3.30 2.20 .70 .10 .30 .HI .30 

30 .................... 1.60 2.50 3.20 2.80 .70 .10 .30 -.10 .30 ~ .................... ~ ------- 2.50 -------- 3.10 1.10 -------- .30 ----·--- -~ 

SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT DENVER, COLORADO. 

The gaging station at this point, established July 15, 1895, is located 

at the Fifteenth street bridge in the city of Denver, immediately below· 

the mouth of Cherry Creek. 'rhe rod at present used is fastened to a 

post in the left bank of the river and graduated to vertical feet and 

tenths. The bench mark is a cross on top of east abutment of the 

Fifteenth street bridge on the north corner, and is 15.15 feet above 

gage datum. The river is confined between slag embankments, and 

the bed, although sandy and shifting, did not materially change during 1899. Mr. W. J. Southland, water commissioner of Colorado 

liTigation District No. 2, cooperated with this survey in fur?-ishing 

the gage readings, which are also transmitted to the United States 

Weather Bureau, and published each day in the Denver daily papers. 

The station is an important one, and it is fortunate that it can so 

easily be reached and discharge measurements made without great 

expense, Results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, 

Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 165; 1897, Nineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 313; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 279. The following measurements of discharge were 

made by A. L. Fellows in 1899: 

April12, gage height, 6.0 feet; discharge, 422 second-feet. 

May 11, gage height, 6.03 feet; discharge, 355 second-feet. 

June 12, gage height, 6.2 feet; discharge, 764 second-feet. 

July 27, gage height, 5.32 feet; discharge, 213 second-feet. 

August 4, gage height, 6.93 feet; discharge, 1,200 second-feet. 

September 6, gage height, 5.95 feet: dischargE!, 288 second-feet. 

October 5, gage height, .'l.l feet; <lischarge, 100 second-feet. 
226 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. (J.o.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of South Platte River at Denver, Colorado, for 1899. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

ay. 

-----

-----

- ~- .. - -----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-·---

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

-----

----- I 1:::::1 -·---

Jan. 

--

4.80 

4.70 

4.80 

4.90 

4.90 

4.80 

4.90 

4.00 

4.80 

4.70 

4.80 

4.80 

4.90 

5.00 

4.90 

4.90 

4.80 

4.90 

4.80 

4.80 

4.80 

4.70 

4.80 

4.70 

4.80 

4.90 

4.80 

4.70 

4.80 

----- 4.80 

~ ----- 4.80 

Feb. 

--

4.80 

4.80 

4.80 

4.80 

4.90 

4.90 

4.80 

4.70 

4.80 

4.90 

4.80 

4.90 

5.10 

5.20 

5.30 

5.30 

5.40 

5.70 

6.30 

6.20 

6.00 

5.00 

5.70 

5.60 

5.50 

5.60 

5.80 

6.20 

----·--

-------

-·-----

Mar. Apr. May. 

----

6.10 6.10 5.85 

6.00 6.05 5.85 

6.00 6.00 5.75 

5.90 5.95 5.75 

5.90 5.90 5.80 

5.80 5.80 5.95 

5.80 5.75 5.85 

5.70 5.80 5.75 

5.60 5.90 5.75 

5.50 6.05 6.05 

5.60 6.15 6.05 

5.70 6.10 6.10 

5.60 6.15 6.25 

5.80 6.20 6.25 

5.80 6.25 6.35 

5.90 6.30 6.30 

6.00 6.20 6.25 

6.10 6.35 6.20 

6.15 6.25 6.08 

6.25 6.05 6.08 

6.30 5.95 6.00 

6.20 5.95 5.90 

6.05 5.95 5.80 

6.00 6.00 5.88 

5.90 5.95 5.80 

5.95 6.10 5.85 

6.05 6.15 5.88 

6.10 6.05 5.95 

6.20 5.95 6.30 

6.15 5.00 5.95 

6.10 ------- 5.85 

June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 

------------ 5.90 6.30 6.20 6.00 5.20 5.15 

5.90 6.65 5.95 5.95 5.20 5.25 

6.10 6.95 5.90 6.00 5.15 5.35 

5'.90 7.10 7.00 6.00 5.10 5.40 

6.00 7.00 7.20 5.90 5.10 5.30 

5.95 6.60 6.95 5.85 5.10 5.25 

6.30 6.45 6.75 5.80 5.05 5.35 

6.50 6.40 6.60 5.80 4.00 5.40 

6.50 6.40 6.45 5.80 4.90 5.25 

6.45 6.35 6.30 5.80 5.00 5.20 

6.25 6.15 6.20 5.75 5.00 5.40 

6.25 6.00 6.20 5. 75 5.00 5.70 

6.45 5.95 6.00 5. 70 5.10 5.60 

6.50 6.40 6.00 5.65 5.20 5.50 

6.65 6.25 6.00 5.70 5.20 5.55 

6.60 6.30 5.00 5.75 5.25 5.45 

6.65 6.40 5.65 5.80 5.15 5.55 

6.65 6.45 5.65 5. 75 5.05 5.35 

6.65 6.60 5.55 5.75 5.15 5.45 

6.65 6.30 5.65 5.80 5.20 5.70 

7.10 6.20 6.05 5.70 5.10 5.65 

7.00 6.00 6.02 5.65 5.15 5.75 

6.90 5.90 5.98 5.60 5.25 5.70 

6.90 5.80 5.92 5.30 5.30 5.70 

6.80 5. 70 5.85 5.60 5.20 5.60 

6.70 5.60 5. 75 5.60 5.20 5.65 

6.65 5.50 5.65 5.60 5.30 5.65 

6.55 5.30 5.75 5.65 5.25 5.70 

6.40 5.20 5.80 5.50 5.15 5.60 

6.30 5.90 5.90 5.20 5.25 5.50 

------- 6.10 6.00 ------ 5.15 -------

SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT ORCHARD, COLORADO. 

De-:l 

--

5.55 

5.65 

5.15 

5.25 

5.35 

5.50 

5.50 

5.15 

5.15 

5.30 

5.05 

5.15 

5.15 

5.05 

5.20 

5,30 

5.'25 

5.30 

5.35 

5.25 

5.25 

5.25 

5.30 

5.35 

5.40 

5.40 

5.25 

5.30 

5.40 

5.30 

5.40 

This station, on the lower South Platte River, is locat~d one-fourth 

· of a mile southwest of Orchard, Colorado. The gage is vertical and 

is fastened to a pile of the wagon bridge. The gage rod is not referred 

to any satisfactory bench mark, and consequently when the pile to 

which the rod was nailed was raised a number of tenths by ice about 

March 17, it was necessary that a new rating table be made for 

observations after that date. The left bank is high and the right 

low and liable to overflow. The bed of the stream is sandy and shifting, although the sect,ion did not materially change during 1899. 

The results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 166; 1897, Nineteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 315; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 293. The fo11owing measurements of discharge were made under 

the direction of A. L. Fellows in 1899: 

.Apri114, gage height, 3.2 feet; discharge, 1,258 second-feet. 

May 27, gage height, 2.3 feet; discharge, 158 second-feet. 

September 12, gage height, 2.05 feet; discharge, 57 second-feet. 

November 3, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 614 second-feet. 
COLORADO. 227 

Daily gage height, in feet, of South Platte River at Orchard, Colorado, for 1899. 

I :~~~- 2 ___ _ 3 ___ _ 4_ __ _ 

5 ___ _ 6 ___ _ 

7---- 8 ___ _ 

9---- 10 ___ _ 

1L. __ 12 ___ _ 

13 ___ _ 

14_ --- 15 ___ _ 

16----

17---- 18 ___ _ 

19---- 20 ___ _ 2L __ _ 22 ___ _ 23 ____ _ 

24----

25----

26 ---- 27----

28----

29---- 30 ___ _ 31 ___ _ 

Jan. 

4.50 

4.50 

4.50 

4.50 

4.50 

4.50 

4.50 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4>. 40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

Feb. 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.45 

4.50 

4. 60 

4.70 

4. 75 

4.80 

4.80 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

-------

-------

-----·-

Mar. I Apr. May. 

5.00 3.20 3.20 

5.00 3.20 3.20 

5.00 3.20 3.10 

5.00 3.20 3.10 

5.00 3.20 3.10 

5.00 3.20 3.00 

4.90 3.20 3.00 

4.80 3.20 3.00 

4.50 3.20 3.00 

4.50 3.20 2.80 

4.50 3.20 2.80 

4.50 3.20 2.80 

4.50 3.20 2.50 

4.50 3.20 2.50 

4.00 3.20 2.50 

4.00 3.20 2.50 

4.00 3.20 2.50 

'1.50 3.25 2.30 

3.20 3.30 2.30 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 3.30 2.20 

3.20 ------- 2.20 

June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. I 

2.10 3.40 2.80 2.00 2.30 2.80 3.00 

2.10 3.45 2. 75 2.00 2.30 2.80 3.00 

2.10 3. 70 2.70 1. 90 2.30 2.80 3.00 

2.10 3.90 2.70 1. 90 2.30 2.80 3.00 

2.00 4.20 2.90 1. 90 2.30 2.80 3.00 

2.00 4.00 4.20 1. 90 2.30 2.80 3.00 

2.00 3.80 4.20 1. 90 2.30 2.80 3.00 

2.00 3.90 4.00 1. 90 2.30 2.80 3.00 

1. 90 4.20 3.80 1.90 2.30 2.85 3.00 

1. 90 4.00 3. 70 1.90 2.35 2.85 3. 00 

1.90 3.50 3.40 1.90 2.40 2.90 3.00 

1.85 3.20 3.20 1. 90 2.50 2.90 3.00 

1. 90 3.00 3.20 1.90 2.60 2.90 3.20 

3.00 3.10 3.20 1. 90 2.70 2.90 3.20 

3.20 3.20 2.70 1.90 2.80 2.90 3.20 

3.20 3.50 2.65 1.90 2.80 2.90 3.20 

3.20 3.80 2.60 1. 90 2.80 2.95 3.20 

3.20 3.90 2.50 1.90 2.80 2. 98 3.20 

3.20 4.00 2.40 1.90 2.80 3.00 3.30 

3.20 3.70 2.40 1. 95 2.80 3.00 3.40 

3.90 3.60 2.35 1. 95 2.80 3.00 3.60 

4.40 3.30 2.30 2.00 2.80 3.00 3. 70 

4.50 3.20 2.30 2.00 2.80 3.00 3.80 

4.60 3.00 2.20 2.10 2.80 3.00 3.90 

4.20 2.90 2.15 2.10 2.80 3.00 3.90 

4.10 2.85 2.10 2.20 2.80 3,00 3.90 

4.00 2. 70 2.00 2.20 2.80 3.00 4.00 

3.90 2.60 2.00 2.20 2.80 3.00 4.00 

3.70 2.60 2.00 2.30 2.80 3.00 4.00 

3.60 2.50 2.00 2.30 2.80 3.00 4.00 

------- 2.80 2.00 ------- 2.80 ·------ 4.00 

The water diversions-from this stream in Colorado are so extensive 

that during the summer season a comparatively insignificant flow 

reaches Nebraska. Measurements of the South Platte were made 

near its junction with the North Platte. On April19, 1899, Glenn E. 

Smith made a measurement from the wagon bridge south of the town 

of North Platte, and found the total width to be 1,296 feet, while the 

discharge was 883 second-feet; on May 6 the discharge was 866 secondfeet, and on May 22, 88 second-feet. At this time the water was flowing in a number of small channels scattered across the sandy bed. 

On June 6 the channel was dry. 

BEAR CREEK AT MORRISON, COLORADO. 

This stream, a tributary of the South Platte, drains a portion o~ the 

eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains and enters the main stream 8 

miles above Denver. The station is located in the upper part of the 

town of Morrison. The present station was established April16, 1899, 

by John E. Field, State engineer, and is located about a quarter of a 

mile above the railway station. The gage rod consists of a 2 by 4 

timber placed vertically and marked in feet and tenths, and is fastened to the upper side of the dam which diverts water into the mains 

of the Denver Union Water Company. At the height of 4 feet on the 

gage rod water begins to flow over the spillway, making a marked 

difference in the rating curve. The bench mark consists of the top 

of a granite bowlder about 100 feet above the rod and on the left-hand 

side of the stream, and is 10.33 feet above gage datum. The station 

was maintained during the year through cooperation ~ith the Denver 

Union Water Company. Previous results of measurements may be 
228 OPERATIONS A.T RIVER S'l'ATIONS, 1899.-PA.RT III. [No.37. 

found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Anuual Report, Part IV, page 167; 

1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 317; 1898, Twentieth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 284. The following discharge measurements were made under the direction of A. L. Fellows during 1899: 

Apri115, gage height, 3.80 feet; discharge, 64 second-feet. 

May 9, gage height, 4.25 feet; discharge, 99 second-feet. 

June 16, gage height, 4.25 feet; discharge, 107 second-feet. 

August 51 gage height, 4.98 feet; discharge, 192 second~feet. 

November 14, gage height, 1.35 feet; discharge, 13 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in foot, of Bear Creek at Morrison, Colorado, for 1899. 

I Day. Apr. 

'~---------------·- ·-········ 2 ................................ . 

3. --------·· ..................... . . 4 ................................. - 5 ................................ . 6 ................... : ............ . 7 ......................... · ....... . 8 ................................ . 9 ................................ . 10 .•• : ............................ . 11 ................................ . 12 ............................... .. 13 ............................... .. 14 ............................... .. 15 ............................... .. 16....................... 4.20 

17....................... 4.20 

18....................... 4.15 

111....................... 4.15 

20....................... 3.95 

21....................... 3.75 

22....................... 4.00 

23....................... 4.05 

24....................... 4.20 

25....................... 4.20 

26 ........... ··········-· 4.10 27....................... 4.10 

28. .......... ............ 4.00 

29........................ 3.85 

30....................... 3.65 

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

May. 

4.05 

4.10 

3.20 

3.25 

3.55 

3.65 

3.90 

4.15 

4.20 

4.20 

4.40 

4.55 

4.60 

4;70 

4.70 

4.65 

4.60 

4.50 

4.45 

4.45 

4.25 

4.25 

4.25 

4.25 

4.25 

4.25 

4.25 

4.25 

4.15 

4.15 

4.15 

June. 

4.05 

4.05 

3.95 

3.85 

3.55 

3.90 

4.20 

4.15 

4.30 

4.15 

4.15 

4.20 

4.30 

4.25 

4.15 

4.15 

4.15 

4.15 

4.25 

4.30 

4.25 

4.25 

4.15 

4.15 

4.30 

4.15 

4.15 

4.05 

4.05 

4.20 

July. 

4.15 

4.40 

4.45 

4.45 

4.20 

4.05 

4.20 

4.20 

4.05 

3. 75 

3.65 

3.65 

4.10 

4.25 

4.30 

4.30 

4.50 

4.10 

4.00 

4.00 

3.95 

3.90 

3.85 

3.75 

3.65 

3.75 

3.75 

3.75 

4.25 

4.15 

3.90 

Closed for the winter October 21. 

Aug. 

4.10 

4.15 

5.25 

5.80 

5.20 

5.05 

4.90 

4.75 

4.65 

4.65 

. 4.55 

4.55 

4.45 

4.35 

4.25 

4.15 

4.20 

3.95 

3.75 

3.65 

3.45 

3.35 

3.25 

3.15 

3.05 

3.05 

2.95 

2. 75 

2.55 

2.45 

3.35 

Sept. 

3.35 

3.35 

3.25 

3.25 

3.15 

2.95 

2.80 

2.65 

2.65 

2.55 

2.70 

2.75 

2.70 

2.65 

2.60 

2.70 

2.75 

2.65 

2.60 

2.45 

2.45 

2.35 

2.25 

2.20 

2.20 

2.15 

2.10 

2.10 

2.05 

2.00 

CLEAR CREEK AT FORKSCREEK, COLORADO. 

Oct. 

2.00 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

2.20 

2.1(, 

2.10 

2.00 

2.00 

2.05 

2.00 

1.95 

1. 90 

1.80 

1.80 

1.70 

This stream rises on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains 

almost due west of Denver, and flows in an easterly direction, entering the South Platte River 6 miles below the center of the city of 

Denver. The small summer flow of this stream is completely utilized 

for irrigation purposes. The gaging station, established by John E. 

Field, State engineer, March 29, 1899, is located at the railway station 

at Forkscreek, on the Colorado and Southern Railway, in Clear Creek 

Canyon, just below the junction of the North and South forks. The 

gage consists of a weight fastened to a wire running over a pulley 

fastened to a rock at the railway station. Bench mark No. 1 is a 

point on the timber to which the pulley is attached, and is 13.58 feet 

above gage datum. Bench mark No. 2 is a granite point 49.5 feet east 

of the first bench mark, and is 15.46 feet above gage datum. · The channel is rocky and not liable to serious change. The walls are high and 

not liable to overflow. On April 20 measurements of the North and 
COLORADO. 229 

South forks were made separately and gave 43 second-feet and 101 

second-feet, respectively. The following discharge measurements 

were made under the direction of A. L. Fellows during 1899: 

March 29, gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 52 second-feet. 

April20, gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 155 second-feet. 

May 10, gage height, 2. 75 feet; discharge, 365 second-feet. 

June 7, ·gage height, 3. 70 feet; discharge, 779 second-feet. 

August 12, gage height, 3.08 feet; discharge, 449 second-feet. 

November 15, gage height, 1. 70 feet; discharge, 67 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Clear Creek at Forkscreek, Colorado, for 1899. 

~:I 05 1. 40 

0 

00 

90 

85 

5 

~---":~- Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov 

------------

1.65 2.55 (a) 4.45 3.35 2.60 2.10 2.1 

2.------------------- I. 75 2.50 (al 4.40 3.30 2.75 2.10 2. 

3 ______ -------------- 1.65 2.50 4.30 3.35 2.60 2.10 2.0 

4 ______ -------------- 1.65 2.25 ~~) 4.05 3.40 2.60 2.00 2. 

5.----- ·----· -------- 1. 70 2.35 (a) 4.00 3.55 2.60 2.00 1. 6 ______ ....... ------- 1.55 2.40 (a) 4.05 3.35 2.50 2.00 1. 

7-------------------- I. 75 2.45 3. 70 4.00 3.30 2.40 2.00 1.7 

5 

80 

8------ ----------- 1. 70 2.45 3.75 4.00 3.30 2.40 2.00 1.7 

9 ______ ---------- __ :: 1.85 2.60 3.80 3.95 3.25 2.30 2.00 1. 

10 ______ ---------- .. -- 1. 95 2.85 3.80 3.90 3.15 2.30 2.00 1.8 0 n ______ ------------.. 2.20 3.10 3.90 3.75 3.10 2.30 2.00 1.8 0 

12 ______ -------------- 2.20 3.50 4.15 3.70 3.05 2.30 2.00 1.8 0 

13 ...... ------ ______ , 2.05 3.7'5 4.30 3. 70 3.00 2.30 2.10 1.8 0 14 ________________ .... 2.15 4.00 4.40 3.70 3.00 2.30 2.05 1.8 0 

15 .. ---------- -------- 2.20 4.10 4.20 3. 70 3.00 2.30 2.10 1. 7 0 

16_-----------·-------- 2.30 4.25 4.25 3. 70 3.00 2.30 2.10 1 7 0 

17------ ------ -------- 2.30 4.20 4.30 3.70 2.95 2.30 2.10 1.7 0 

18-------------------- 2.30 4.35 4.45 3.60 2.90 2.30 2.10 1.6 5 

19 _____ . -------------- 2.15 4.45 4.65 3.50 2.85 2.20 2.10 1.6 0 

5 

0 

5 

5 

0 

40 

0 

0 

40 

0 

0 

20 ______ -----· -------- ~.10 (a) 4. 70 3.50 2.80 2.20 2.00 1.5 

21.----- -------------. 2.20 (aj 4.75' 3.50 2. 75 2.20 2.00 1.5 

22-------------------- 2.20 (a 4. 70 3.50 2. 70 2.20 2.00 1.5 23 ______ -------------- 2.45 (a) 4.40 3.50 2.70 2.20 2.00 1.6 

24 ___ ... -------------- 2.50 (a) 4.40 3.40 2. 70 2.20 2.00 1.5 

25-------------------- 2.75 (a) 4.25 3.40 2.70 2.20 2.00 L 

26 ...... -------------- 2.90 (a) 4.25 3.40 2.70 2.20 2.05 1.4 

27-------------------- 2.80 (al 4.15 3.40 2.70 2.20 2.10 1.4 23 ______ -------------- 2., (a 4.10 3c40 2.60 2.10 2.00 1. 

29 ______ -------------- 2. (a) 4.10 3.45 2.60 2.10 2.00 1.4 

30 ______ ------ ---·- ---- 2. (a) 4.25 3.40 2.60 2.10 2.00 1.4 

3L ..... ------ ________ ---·---- (a) -------- 3.40 2.60 ---- ·--- 2.05 ------

a Gage broken; no reading. 

SOUTH BOULDER CREE!C AT MARSHALL, COLORADO. 

This stream, the next one of importance entering below Clear Creek, 

is measured at a point about 3 miles west of Marshall, Colorado. The 

gage is an inclined 2 by 6 inch timber fastened to a tree and stakes 

driven into the ground. 'The bench mark is a stone 15 feet west of 

the gage, marked with black paint, and is 6. 99 feet above gage datum. 

The gage was verified August 10, 1899. Two ditches divert water at 

points above the station, viz, the South Boulder and Coal Creek ditch 

and the Community ditch, and their discharge must be added to the 

discharge as found at the station to determine the total run-off of the 

basin. May 6 South Boulder and Coal Creek diteh, at a gage height 

of 0. 7 foot, was discharging 7 second-feet, and on the same date Community ditch, at a gage height of 2.25 feet, was carrying 35 secondfeet. C. E. Barber, Langford, Colorado, is the observer. Measurements are usually made by wading, but a footbridge near by can be 

used in high water. ·Results of measurements may be found as fol-
230 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

lows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 169; 1897, 

Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 318; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 287. The following discharge measurements were made under the direction of A. L. Fellows in 1899: 

April 22, gage height, 1. 70 feet; discharge, 115 second-feet. 

May 6, gage height, 1.55 feet; discharge, 96 second-feet. 

June 15, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 451 second-feet. 

August 10, gage height, 1.60 feet; discharge, 109 second-feet. 

October 10, gage height, 0. 70 foot; discharge, 7 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of South Boulder Creek at Marshall, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. 

------------------------------

1 .... 0.90 1.80 2.50 2.65 1.65 1.30 17----- 1. 75 2.65 2.85 2.15 1.40 1.10 

2---- 1.00 1.80 2.55 2.65 1.55 1.30 18 ..... 1. 75 2.60 2.90 2.10 1.40 1.10 

3 ·--- .95 1.65 2.50 2.55 1.65 1.30 111----- 1.80 2.65 2.95 2.10 1.40 1.10 

4 ....• 1.00 1.65 2.35 2.45 1.1!5 1.25 20----- 1.80 2.65 3.00 2.00 1.35 1.00 

5 .•.. .95 1.60 2.30 2.45 2.00 1.20 21 •.... 1.80 2.50 3.00 2.05 1.30 1.05 

6---- 1.00 1.60 2.35 2.40 1. 90 1.20 22----- 1.85 2.45 3.00 2.00 1.30 .90 

7---- .95 1.65 2.4.5 2.35 1.80 1.20 23----- 1.80 2.35 2.85 2.00 1.35 .90 

8---- 1.00 1.70 2.55 2.30 1.85 1.20 24.----- 1.95 2.30 2.80 1.95 1.30 .90 

9---- 1.05 1. 90 2.60 2. 2.~ 1.70 1.20 25----- 2.10 2.40 2. 70 1.90 1.30 .90 

10 .... 1.15 2.25 2.70 2.30 1.60 1.10 26----- 2.15 2.55 2.65 1.85 1.30 .90 11 •••• 1.25 2.25 2.65 2.30 1.60 1.00 27----- 2.25 2.60 2.65 1.85 1.30 .90 

12 ·--- 1.40 2.35 2.80 2.25 1.60 1.00 28----- 2.20 2.55 2.55 1.80 1.25 .90 

l!J1.60 

2.35 2.90 2.50 1.50 1.00 29 ----- 2.15 2.50 2.55 1.70 1.20 .90 

1.65 2.55 2.95 2.35 1.50 1.00 30----- 1.90 2.55 2.60 1.60 1.30 .90 

1.75 2.60 2.90 2.45 1.40 1.00 31 ..... ------ 2.55 ------ 1.55 1.30 -------- 1.80 2.70 2.85 2.25 1.50 1.05 

I 

Closed for the winter Sept-ember 30. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of South Boulder and Coal Creek ditch, Colorado, for 

1899. 

IDa:~ y. June. 

2 •• --- 3 .. --- 4 .. --- 5 .. --- 6 .. ---

---

---

---

---

---

--- Lffi 7 .. ---

. 

-

-

---

---

---

..... 

---

--

1.35 

1.30 

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

July. 

--

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.40 

1.40 

1.30 

1.30 

1.30 

1.30 

Aug. Day. May. 

------ 1.20 12 ... ............ 1.20 13 ... ------ 1.20 14 ..• ............ 1.20 15 ... -----· 1.20 16 ... ------ 1.20 17.-- ------ 1.20 18 ... --· ..... 1.00 19 ... ------ 1.00 20 ... .. .......... 1.00 21... 0.90 

1.00 22 ... .90 

June. July. Aug. 

------ 1.50 1.30 1.00 

1.50 1.30 1.00 

1.50 1.30 1.00 

1.50 

i.~ . 90 

1.50 .90 

1.50 .80 

1.50 1.30 .80 

1.50 1-20 . 80 

1.50 1.20 -------- 1.50 1.20 -------- 1.50 1.20 --------

a Dry. 

Day. May. June. 

-- --

23 ... 1.10 1.50 

24. ... 1.10 1.50 

25 ... 1.10 1.50 26 ... 1.10 1.50 

27 ... 1.10 1.50 

28 ... 1.10 1.50 

29.-- 1.10 1.50 

30 ... 1.30 1.50 

31... 1.30 ........... 

-----

Jul y~~Aug. 1. 

1. 

1. 

1. 

1. 

1. 

1. 

1 . 

1. 

20 -------- 20 

20 -------- 20 ...... .. 

20 -------- 20 --------

~1::::::::, 200 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Community ditch, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. I>ay. Apr. May. June. July. Day. Apr. May. June. July. 

---------------1 

1.. ------ 2.10 2.20 2.20 12 ... ------ 2.20 2.20 2.10 23 .•. 1.50 2.20 2.20 ------- 2 .• ------ 2.10 2.30 2.20 13 ... ------ 2.20 2.20 2.10 24. .•. 1.70 2.20 2.20 ·-------1 

3 .. ------ 2.10 2.30 2.20 14 ... ------ 2.20 2.20 2.10 25 .•. 1.80 2.20 2.20 -------- 4 .. ------ 2.20 2.30 2.20 15 ... · ------ 2.20 2.20 26 .•. 1.80 2.20 2.20 -------- 5 .. ------ 2.20 2.30 2.20 16 ... ------ 2.20 2.20 - --- 27 ... 1.90 2.20 2.20 --------. 6 .. ______ 2.20 2.20 2.20 17 _________ 2.20 2.20 -1.25- 28 .•• 1.90. 2.20 2.20 r-------

7 .. ------ 2.20 2.20 2.20 18 ... ------ 2.20 2.20 1.30 29 .•. 2.10 2.20 2.20· ------- 8 .. ---·-- 2.20 (a) 2.20 IlL.------ 2.20 2.20 1.20 30 ... 2.10 2.20 2.20) ....... . 9 .• ______ a20 2.20 2.1o 20 ... ______ 2.10 2.20 1.20 31...------ 2.20 ______ , ______ _ 

10 ........ ~20 2.20 :uo 21.. ....... 2.10 2.20 1.20 I 

11.. ...... 2.20 2.20 t.lO 22 ... ------ 2.20 2.20 1.20 

a Dry. 
COLORADO. 231 

BOULDER CREEK AT BOULDER, COLORADO. 

·The next drainage of importance entering the E\outh Platte from 

the west is Boulder Creek, an important tributary, furnishing water 

for a number of irrigation ditches. The station is located about 1-! 

miles above the town of Boulder, Colorado. The gage rod is inclined 

and spiked to stakes driven into the ground. The bench mark is the 

top of a large stone 22 feet west of the gage, and is 5. 72 feet above gage 

datum. Both banks are high and rocky, and not liable to overflow. 

Two small irrigating ditches take water from the stream above the 

station, but the amount thus diverted will probably not exceed 5 or 

6 second-feet. Results of measurements may be found as follows: 

1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 171; 1897, Nineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 319; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 286. The following discharge measurements were 

made under the· direction of A. L. Fellows in 1899: 

April21, gage height, 1 foot; discharge, 84 second-feet. 

May 6, gage height, 1.20 feet; discharge, 134 second-feet. 

June 15, gage height, 2.50 feet; discharge, 642 second-feet. 

August 10, gage height, 1.70 feet; discharge, 276 second-feet. 

October 10, gage height, 0.50 foot; discharge, 36 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Boulder Creek at Boulder, Colorado, for 1899, 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 

--------------- 1 •....• ------ 0.32 l.ii5 2.15 2.90 1.92 1.52 0.48 0.48 

2---·-------- .30 1.52 2.12 2.92 1.118 1.50 .48 .45 

3------ -----· .38 1.40 2.12 2.85 2.22 1.45. .48 .48 

4 ·-------·-- .45 1.38 2.00 2.85 2.45 1.38 .48 .48 

5 •..•••...... .35 1.30 1.98 2.78 2.18 1.22 .45 .42 

6------------ .32 1.20 2.05 2. 70 2.02 1.12 .48 .40 

7------------ .42 1.22 2.12 2.65 1.86 1.05 .42 .38 

8 ·--- ·····--· .42 1.28 2.18 2.58 1.82 .95 .45 .38 

9------------ .48 1.35 2.28 2.48 1. 78 .98 .50 .35 

10 --------·--· .55 1.45 2.45 2.50 1.70 .95 .55 .35 

11.----------- .92 1.60 2.48 2.42 1.65 .92 .58 .30 

12------------ 1.00 1.70 2.62 2.40 1.68 .90 .60 .30 

13------------ 1.05 1.90 2.65 2.48 1.62 .as .65 .35 14 1.10 2.00 2.68. 2.45 1.52 .95 .65 .38 15.::::::::::: 1.10 2.12 2.62 2.48 1.60 .98 .60 .42 

16---- 1.25 2.15 2.58 2.40 1.65 • o-a .58 .42 

17 _____ ::::::: 1.20 2.12 2.60 2.30 1.1i5 .86 .58 .40 

18---- -------· 1.22 2.08 2.75 2.28 1.52 .82 .52 .35 

19 -------···-- 1.15 2.12 2.85 2.18 1.45 .78 .li5 .30 

20------ ·----- 1.10 2.15 2.85 2.12 1.38 .72 .50 .30 

21 .....• ·----- 1.12 2.10 2.90 2.10 1.38 .72 .48 .28 

22------------ 1.20 2.08 2.88 2.05 1.32 .62 .ISO .28 

23------------ 1.25 2.10 2.90 2.02 1.32 .60 .52 .25 

24 -----------· 1.48 2.05 2.85 1.90 1.28 .58 .li5 .25 

25 -----·------ 1.62 2.08 2.85 1.92 1.20 .58 .60 .22 

26------------ 1.66 2.18 2.65 2.00 1.15 .li5 .55 .22 

27---- ·------- 1.65 2.12 2.78 2.05 1.22 .58 .50 .25 

28------------ 1.60 2.12 2.70 2.10 1.45 .li5 .48 .22 

29------------ l.li5 2.15 2.72 2.20 1.25 .50 .48 .18 

30 ·----·------ 1.58 2.15 2.82 2.10 1.50 .50 .48 .18 

31 ~--- -------- ---------- 2.12 ---------- 1.90 1.1i5 ---------- .50 ----------

IRR 37--3 
232 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0.37, 

ST. VRAIN CREEK AT LYONS, COLORADO. 

The gaging station on this drainage is located one-half mile southeast of Lyons, Colorado, below the intersections of the North and 

South forks of St. Vrain Creek. The gage is inclined and fastened 

to a post driven into the ground. Both banks are low and liable to 

overflow .. The bed of the stream is composed of gravel. On May 5 a 

new gage rod was established having the same reading as the old one, 

and connected with a bench n;1ark 150 feet north of the rod. The 

elevation of the bench mark is 6.51 feet above gage datum. Supply 

ditch diverts water above the station, and its discharge should be 

added to that of the river to obtain the total run-off in the basin. 

On May 5 at the rating flume, it was discharging, at a gage height of 

0.65 foot,_ 35 second-feet. The observer is Miss Bessie Sites, who 

reads the gage on the creek, as well as that of the ditch. The results 

of measurements are found as follows: 1896, Eigliteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 173; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 320; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 285. 

The following discharge measurements were made under the direction 

af A. L. Fellows in 1899: 

April 18, gage height, 3 feet; discharge, 217 second-feet. 

May 5, gage height, 2. 75 feet; discharge, 137 second-feet. 

June 14, gage height, 4.15 feet; discharge, 825 second-feet. 

August 9, gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 263 second-feet. 

October 7, gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 37 second-feet . 

.paily gage height, in feet, o.f St. Vrain Creek at Lyons, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. ,June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. 

--- -~~- ------ ··--

1............ 2.05 2.90 3.35 4.40 3.45 2.65 2.05 

2 •••••• ...... 2.15 2.90 3.55 4.40 3.45 2.65 2.05 

2.70 3.45 4.30 3.60 2.60' 2.05 

2.51j 3.45 4.30 4.05 ·2.55 1.95 3............ 2.25 

4 ............ 2.25 

5............ 2.20 2.65 3.45 4.30 4.05 2.55 1.95 

6............ 2.25 . 2.90 3.40 4.15 3.85 2.55 1.95 

7 ............ 2.30 3.00 3.50 4.00 3.75 2.55 1. 95 

8............ 2.25 2.90 3.50 4.05 3.70 2.65 1. 95 

9 ............ 2.35 3.00 3.55 4.15 3.65 2.65 2.05 

10 ............ 2. 70 3.10 3.50 4.05 3.55 2.65 2.05 

11............ 2.75 3.15 3. 75 4.05 3.50 2.65 2.15 

12............ 2.80 3.35 4.05 3.95 3.40 2.55 2.18 

13 ............ 3.00 3.30 4.00 . 4.00 ll.20 2.55 2.15 

14 ............ 3.05 3.40 4.25 4.10 3.05 2.55 2.25 

15 ............ 3.00 3.40 4.10 4.00 2.95 2.55 2.25 

3.35 4.15 3.90 2.90 ____j~ 2.25 <lJl£1 J.M "ll.~ __ \L<ICL __ ____2"_2?. __ 

16 ____ .. ------ 2.90 ~7---~-------'~-'H _to 

234 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. 

Nov. 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

1.95 

1. 90 

1. 90 

1. 90 

1.90 

1.95 

2.00. 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 _____2 .. 1CL . 

(N0.37, 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Big Thompson Creek at Arkins, Colorado, for 1899, 

~-~y I Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. 

------------------

0.30 1.00 1. 90 2. 75 1.80 0.90 (aj 2 ....................... .40 .95 2.00 2.70 1. 80 .90 (a 

3 ....................... .35 .90 1. 90 2.60 1. 80 .85 (a) 

4 ....................... .45 .90 1.85 2.65 2.15 .80 (a) 

5 ....................... .45 .. 90 1.90 2.50 1.90 .90 (a) 

6 ....................... .50 .90 1. 90 2.40 1.80 .85 (a) 

7 ....................... .§~ .90 !-~Q 2.40 !· !~ .80 C,_aL 
COLORADO. 233 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Supply ditch at Lyons, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. ~~June.· July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 

1 ·----- ------ 0.10 0.90 0. 70 1.40 0.90 0.58 0.15 0.10 

2 ___ , __ ------ .10 .80 .70 1.40 .90 .52 .15 .10 3 __________ , .10 . 70 .70 1.40 .85 .55 .15 .10 

4 ------------ .10 .70 . 70 1.40 .80 .50 .15 .10 

5 ------------ .10 .70 .60 1.40 .80 .52 .10 .10 

6 ------ -----·- .10 .70 .50 1.30 .80 .37 .10 .10 

7 ---··-- ------ .10 . 70 .50 1.30 .80 .20 .10 .10 

8 ------------ .10 .70 .50 1.30 .80 .40 .10 .10 

9 ------------ .10 . 70 .55 1.30 .80 .40 .10 .10 

10 ------------ .25 . 70 .60 1.30 .80 .20 .10 .10 

11 ------------ .40 . 70 .95 1.30 .80 .20 .20 .10 

12 ------------ .40 .95 1.20 1. 25 .80 .20 .20 .10 

13 ·----- ------ .40 .80 1. 30 1.20 .85 .28 .20 .10 

14 ------------ .40 .80 1.30 1.20 . 70 .22 .15 .10 

15 ------ ----·- .45 .80 1.40 1.20 .70 .20 .10 .10 

16 -- ·---- ----- .50 .80 1.40 1.20 . 70 .20 .10 .10 

17 -------- ---· .50 . 90 1.40 1. 20 . 70 .20 .10 .10 

18 ------ ·----- .10 1. 00 1.40 1.20 . 70 .20 .10 .10 

19 ............ .10 1.00 1.40 1.20 . 70 .30 .10 .10 

20 ------ ...... .10 1.00 1.40 1. 20 . 70 .20 .10 .10 

21 ------------ .10 1. 00 1.40 1.05 .50 .20 .10 .10 

22 -----------· .10 1.00 1.40 .90 .50 .20 .10 .10 23 _____ : ______ .10 1.00 1. 40 .QO .50 .18 .10 .10 

24------------ .10 . 70 1.40 .90 .50 .18 .10 .10 

25 -----· ------ .10 .40 1.40 .90 .50 .12 .15 .10 

26 ............ .10 .60 1.40 .90 .50 .10 .15 .10 

27------------ .10 .80 1.40 .90 .50 .10 .15 .10 [2--- .ro 

.80 1.40 .90 .20 .10 .15 

m!!j ------- .10 . 75 1.40 . 90 .20 .15 .10 

------- .50 . 70 1.40 .90 .50 .15 .10 

------- ----------- . 70 ------- -- .90 .60 -------·-- .10 

BIG THOMPSON CREEK AT ARKINS, COLORADO. 

This stream drains the country immediately south of the headwaters 

of Cache la Poudre River, and enters the South Platte 8 miles from 

Greeley. The location of the station was changed April1, 1899, from 

its original position to a point 2 miles above, so that the head of the 

Home Supply ditch is now below the gaging station, while that of the 

Handy ditch is still above. It is necessary to include the discharge 

of this latter canal to give the total run-off of the stream. The present location of the station is at a wagon bridge upon the ranch of Mr. 

John Chasteen. The gage rod consists of a 2 by 4 inch timber spiked 

to the downstream side of the bridge on the right-hand side of the river. 

The bench mark is 25 feet south of the gage and is 9.35 feet above the 

zero. Handy ditch, which heads one-half mile above the station, was 

measured twice during the year, the first time, on April17, at a gage . 

height 0.6 foot, the discharge was 41 second-feet; June 13, at a gage 

height of 2.30 feet, the discharge was 182 second-feet. The observer 

is Ed. Chasteen, who records the heights of the canal as well as at the 

main gaging station. The results of measurements are found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 175; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 322; 1898, Twentieth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 288. The following discharge measurements 

were made under the direction of A. L. Fellows in 1899: 

April17, gage height, 0.90 foot; discharge, 143 second-feet. 

May 4, gage height, 0.97 foot; discharge, 173 second-feet. 

June 13, gage height, 2.55 feet; discharge, 941 second-feet. 

August 8, gage height, 1.73 feet; discharge, 406 second-feet. 

October 6, gage height, 0.50 foot; discharge, 34 second-feet. 
234 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Big Thompson Creek at Arkin~, Colorado,for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. 

---------------

1.---------------------- 0.30 1.00 1. 90 2.75 1.80 0.90 (a) 2.---- , ___ ---- __ , ___ ---· .40 .95 2.00 2. 70 1.80 .90 

3.--·----- -------------- .35 .90 1.90 2.60 1. 80 .85 ?~~ 4 _______ ---------------- .45 .90 1.85 2.65 2.15 .80 (a) 

5. ---· -------- -·-· •••••• .45 .. 90 1.90 2.50 1.90 .90 (a) 

6.------------------···- .50 .90 1. 90 2.40 1. 80 .85 (a~ 7-- ---·· -----· ------ •. -- .55 .90 1. 90 2.40 1. 75 .80 (a 

8 .. ---··---- -·····------ .35 1.00 2.00 2.30 I. 70 .80 0.50 

9.---------------- ···--· .20 1.00 2.10 2.30 1.60 .80 .50 

10. ·-·--· -----· ····-- ---- .35 1.00 2.15 2.25 . I. 55 .80 .60 

11. ____ ·------····· --··-- .55 1.05 2.25 2.20 1.45 .80 .70 

12.------------------ -·-- .65 1.10 2.30 2.15 1.40 .80 .80 

13.----.• ··---· --·· ··---- . 75 1.25 2.45 2.75 1.30 .70 .80 

14.---· .. --··-.--·--•.•.. .90 1.55 2.tl0 2.15 1.30 . 70 .60 

15 •.•••••••••.• --···· ---· .90 1.60 2.65 2.15 1.30 . 70 .60 

16 ..•.•••.••••. ----··---· .95 1. 65 2.75 2.25 1.25 .70 .60 

17- --~--- ---------------- .95· 1.50 2.80 1. 95 1.20 . 70 .60 

18 .. __________ ·----------· .95 1.40 2.80 1. 75 1.15 .80 .60 

19. ·····--------- ·-·· ---. 1.00 1.40 2.90 2.00 1.20 .70 .60 

20. ------ ···--. ---· ...••. 1.10 1.45 3.15 2.00 1.10 .70 .60 

21. -----· ...... ---------- 1.00 1.60 3.15 1. 90 1.10 .60 .60 

22.---- -----· ------ ...... 1.15 1.40 2.90 2.00 1.05 .60 .60 

23 ........... -------- .... 1.20 1.60 2.65 2.00 1.00 .60 .60 

24 ....................... 1.35 1.75 2.50 2.05 1.05 .60 .60 

25.------------ --~-- ----. 1.30 1.85 2.60 1.90 1.00 .65 ' .60 

26 ....................... 1.45 1.85 2.65 1.85 1.00 .55 .60 

27------------- ·---~- ---· 1.50 2.00 2.55 1.95 .90 .50 .60 

~ -- - - "' 2.00 2.70 1. 90 .95 .50 .60 

··----·--··-----' 1.25 1. 90 2.80 1. 90 .90 .50 .60 

~:::::~:::: :::::: -----~--~~- 1.90 2.75 1.90 .90 .50 .60 

2.00 ---------- 1. 80 .90 ---------- .60 

a No readings; closed for the winter October 31. 

' Daily gage height, in feet, of Handy ditch on Big Thompson Creek, Colorado, 

for 1899. 

loay. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. I ---------------.- ---------------

1 ---- ---- 0.30 0.95 2.30 0.75 0.30 17 --·-- ....... 1.10 2.20 1.92 0.7(1 (a) 

2 .... .30 .95 2.30 .75 .30 18----- ------ 2.00 2.20 1.55 .70 ?a) 3 .... ------ .30 .72 2.30 . 75 .30 19 ..... ------ 2.00 2.30 1.55 . 70 a) 4 ___ : .55 .60 2.30 1.12 .30 20----- ------ 1.15 2.30 1.15 . 70 (a) 

5 .... ------ .80 .60 2.30 1. 55 .30 21 ----- ------ 1.15 2.30 . 75 .w .30 

6---- ------ . 78 . 70 2.30 1.15 .30 22----- .75 2.30 . 75 .70 .30 

7---- ------ . 75 .75 2.30 1. 55 .30 23 ----- ------ . 75 2.30 . 75 .70 .30 

8 --~·,_ . 75 .78 2.30 1.30 .30 24. .... ------ . 75 2.25 . 75 . 70 .50 

9 .... ------ .75 1.10 2.30 1.02 .. 30 25 ----- 0.30 . 75 2.30 . 75 .50 .40 

10---- .75 1.55 2.30 .75 .30 26----- .30 . 75 2.30 . 75 .30 .30 

11 ---- ------ .75 2.00 2.30 . 70 .30 27 .... - .30 .98 2.30 1.12 .30 .30 

12---- ------ .75 2.00 1.95 . 70 .30 28 ----- .30 .98 2.30 1.50 .30 .30 

13---- ------ . 75 2.10 1. 95 .70 .30 29----- .30 .98 2.30 1.50 .30 - .30 

14---- ·----- 2.20 2.20 2.30 . 70 .30 30 ---- . .30 .15 2.30 1.50 .30 .30 

15---- ------ 2.20 2.20 2.30 . 70 .65 31 ----- ------ .75 ---· -- 1.13 .30 --------

I 16 ---- 1.60 2.20 2.30 . 70 1.00 _j a Dry. 
COLORADO. 235 

CACHE LA POUDRli: RIVER AT FORT COLLINS, COLORADO. 

This stream drains an area of considerable size in northern Colorado, its headwater tributaries joining those of Laramie on the west. 

As given in the description of this latter stream, the Sky-line Canal 

diverts water from the Laramie River into Cache la Poudre River, 

and measurements of discharge in the latter basin include. some of 

the Laramie waters. · The station was established in 1884, at a point 

about 15 miles above Fort Collins, by Prof. L. G. Carpenter, of the 

Colorado State Agricultural College, and the work has been carried 

on under his immediate direction. The record is probably the longest and among the best of any of the small streams of the West. 

'l'he daily discharge for 1893 and 1894 will be found in Bulletin No. 

131, page 30. 'l'he following table shows the daily discharge through 

the irrigating season of the river from 1895 to 1899, inclusive: 

Daily diseharge, in second-feet, of Cache la Poudre River at Fort Collins, Colorado. 

1895. 

Day. May. June. 

I 

July. Aug. Sept. 

, 

Day. May. June. July. Aug. 

~~] Sept. 

--------------------------------

1___ -------- 1,800 1,690 796 357 1L .. 1,100 .......• 1,030 417 180 

2 ... -------- 1,920 1,510 805 339 18.... 1,100 996 389 174 

3 ... -------- 3,200 1,430 846 300 19 .... 1,350 -------- 950 380 180 

4 ... -------- 2,800 1,410 666 28!3 20 .... -------· -------- 942 406 188 

5 ... -------- 2,500 1,368 612 264 2L ... ------ _______ 996 398 200 

6 ... -·------ 2,660 1,240 588 247 22 .... -------- -------- 1,076 375 216 

7 ---------- 2,750 1.210 565 238 23 .... 1,300 1,086 404 216 

8 ... -------- 2,940 1,100 541 229 24 --- 1,274 899 415 208 

9 ... __ ,_____ 3,130 1,035 6ltl 212 25.... 1,325 867 381 

10 ... -------- 3,4.')0 1,114 652 192 26 .... 1,404 800 378 

11___ -------- 3,100 1,200 558 196 27 .... 1,512 1,740 768 312 

12 ... -------- 2,500 1,682 512 194 28.... 2,060 1,920 722 326 

13 ... -------- --·-···· 1,602 471 192 29.... 1,668 1,830 707 343 

14... -------- -------- 1,352 487 192 30.... 1,500 1, 715 722 349 

15... 1,680 ····---- 1,220 481) 188 31.... 1,400 -------- -----·-- 378 

16 ... ------·- -----·-- 1,142 447 184 

1896. 

~~ Juoo. Jlliy._ A~. '"'' .. Doy. '-· Jlliy. A,.. '"PL I 

'~---·-- ·······- 531 364 322 17------------ 981 617 320 255 2 .....•..... ········ 538 322 283 18............ 942 602 192 251 

3 ........... ·······- 512 288 308 19____________ 882 468 320 280 4........... ........ 487 269 298 20____________ 878 403 294 294 

5--- ------- -------· 468 284 288 21.----------- 841 364 283 285 

6 ..... ------------ 456 269 260 22............ 780 348 422 255 

7---------- -------- 432 260 233 23------------ 753 362 517 

8 ---------- -------- 507 238 208 24.----------- 753 495 390 

I) ___________ ····---- 480 216 268 25____________ 760 453 302 

10 ___________ -------- 409 196 370 26............ 745 498 269 n___________ ________ 386 173 411 27------------ 707 589 251 

12----------- -------- 381 173 361 28------------ 634 468 242 13. __________ -------- 381 1&9 346 29____________ 612 456 266 

}4 ___________ --·----- 395 166 307 30_____________ 559 415 288 -------· 

15----------- -------- 394 162 278 31 .•...••.•••• -------- 392 358 -------- 16 ----· --···· ·····--- 499 158 264 
236 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Cache la Poudre River at Fort Collin.q, Colorado-Continued. 

1897. 

L. :' __ nunu n~·~ "': ':: • '": A: ~~~-- ::.I 

2 .....•..... ____________ ---------- 964 2,378 910 437 ---------- -----· -·-

3 .•..•• ----------------- ---------- 978 1, 903 1,051 203 ---------- 4_ ______________________ -----· ---- 1,171 1,681 945 ---------- ---------- ---------- 5 _______________________ ---------- 1,189 1,601 792 ·--------- ---------- ---------- 6. ______ , _______________ ---------- 1,268 1,485 769 a420 ---------- ----------

7 ------------· ---------- ---------- 1,425 1,406 797 ·--------- ------ ·--- ------ ·--- 8. ______________________ --------- 1,517 1,451 848 ---------- ---------· ---------- 9 _______________________ ---------- 1,486 1,961 1,048 ·--------- -------------------- 10 _______________________ ---------- 1,474 2,191 1,039 186 ----------

11 .............. -··------ ---------- ---------·- 2,173 971 ---------- ---------- ------ ·--- 12 ....................... -------·-- -···------ 2,232 837 ---------- ---------- ---------- 13 ....................... ---------- -·---- .... 2,402 . 797 a339 ---------- ........ .. 14 _______________ : _______ ---------- ---------- 2,074 772 ---------- .---·------ ---------- 15 _______________________ ---------- ---------- 2,328 1,028 ---------- -------------------- 16 _______________________ ---------- ---------- 2,451 907 ---------- ---------- -----··--- 17 _______________________ -------------------- 1,698 828 ------ .... --·------- ---------- 18 _______________________ ·--------- 2,236 1,381 791 ---------- ---------- ---------- 19. ______________________ ---------- 2,298 1,449 816 ---------- ---------- ---------- 20 ..... ______ ·----------- ---------- 2,857 1,533 738 a314 ................... . 21. ................ ------ ---------- 3,106 1,548 626 ---------- ---------- ---------- 22 .... ------------------- ---- ------ 2, 654 ---- ------ 558 .... ,. ---- ---------- .------ ---- 23 ............ --------·--· .... ------ 2,987 1,463 520 ---------- ---------- ------ ·--- 24 ..... --------------- ··- ---- ------ 3,155 1,303 650 142 ---------- 25 .... ··---------------- ---------- 2,981 1,339 548 --------·· -------------------- 26 ................. ··---- ---- ...... 2,822 1,463 478 ---------- ---------- .•...• ---- 27_______________________ 667 2,998 1,278 449 a248 ---------- ........ .. 

it:::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~: ~:m t&~ m :::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: ....... um nun .uu "" '·"" 1,"" U1 u u uu m u nn nmu uu .. l 

a Average for week. 

1898. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. · Oc~ 1---------,,------1----------------------------

L ................................ · 307 

2 .• --------------------- ---------- 271 3 _______________________ ---------- 267 

4----------------------- ---------- 248 

0----------------------- ---------- 244 

6.---------------------- ---------- 206 

7---------- ---- ·------- ---------- 219 8.----------------·----- ---------' 251 

9 ........................ ---------- 297 

10.---------------- ...... -----· ---- 337 

11. ...................... ---------- ----···--- 12. ---------------------- ------ .... ---------- 13. -----· ---- ___ ; __ -- .......... ---- ---- ..... . 14 ......... ·-------------- ---------- ---------- 15.---------- ---··· ------ -----· ---- .... ------ 16.---------------------- ---------- ---------- 17------- ---------- ------ ---------- ---------- 18.------ ---------------- ---------- 806 

19.---------------------- ---------- 756 20 ...... :. _________________ ---------- 755 

21. ___ , __ ---------------- ---·-. ---- 664 

22 .. -·--- -------·-------.. --------- 629 

23 .. ----- ---- -------- ---- ---------- 702 

24 ........ --------------- ......• ---- 8-37 25 _______________________ ---------- 1,308 

i~~~~~~~~~:~:~~~~~~~~~~~ :~::~~~- HM 

30....................... 316 1,115 

31. ••••••.•••..••••••••.. -------··· 1,265 

1,148 

1,410 

1,636 

1,481. 

1,210 

1,035 

1,131 

1,192 

1,267 

1,247 

1,379 

1,364 

1,383 

1,612 

1,411 

1,605 

1,658 

1,629 

1,650 

1,432 

1,414 

----i;349" 

1,358 

1,273 

1,109 

951 

905 

842 

824 

a Average for week. 

812 

792 

704 

645 

586 

576 

554 

523 

555 

592 

580 

686 

893 

658 

571 

521 

486 

437 

396 

332 

319 

297 

288 

287 

296 

283 

267 

240 

212 

211 

210 

211 

201 

180 

177 

186 

206 

258 

220 

176 

a35 

al12 ...... ___ _ 

---- · ----- ----;:,:w--

----.:.-97- :::::~:::: 

----ti"i:ili" :::::~:::: :::::::::: 

:::::~:::: :::::~:::: """(ifiii" 

---------- ---- ·a-6o· :::::::::: 

----;:,:i:i:i" :::::::::: :::::::::: 

:::::~:::: :::::::::: ----ti-84--

---------- -----;:,:43 :::::~:::: 

""(iii5" :::::~:::: :::::::::: 

:::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::1 
COLORADO AND NEBRASKA. 237 

Dm"Zy discharge, in second-feet, of Cache la Poudre River at Fort Collf,ns, Colorado-Continued. 

1899. 

I Day. May. I June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. 

~~-------1----------

L ................................ ---------- 1,848 2,710 767 358 116 2 _________________________________ ---------- 1,924 2,544 765 351 112 

3--------------------------------- ---------- 1,839 2,409 782 865 104 

4--------------------------------- ---------- 1,631 2,415 972 335 100 5 _________________________________ ---------- 1,472 2,102 974 . 924 95 

6 --------------------------------- ------ ---- 1, 579 2,242 848 302 93 7--------------------------------- __________ 1,786 2,136 813 200 oo 

8--------------------------------- ---------- 1,912 1,878 760 280 104 9 _____________________________ ------------- 2,010 1,577 797 263 111 

10_________________________________ 638 2,188 1,482 735 231 125 

n_________________________________ 884 2,490 1,aoo 688 213 ________ __ 

12 --------------------------------- 929 3,103 1, 703 629 201 ---------- 3,619 1,643 592 196 ---------- 2,831 1,477 555 199 ---------- 2, 702 1, 446 504 202 -------- •. 2,822 1,355 682 220 ---------- 2,981 1,161 533 220 ---------- 3, 040 1, 081 469 200 98 

3, 556 . 97 4 431 183 128 

3, 865 985 899 182 160 

3, 968 97 4 881 125 165 

3, 343 972 844 125 110 

2, 94li 987 307 125 110 

2, 933 960 301 125 110 

2, 663 947 286 125 

2, 953 841 286 123 

2, 943 955 281 141 I ! :::::~. -------------------- ______ 1,803 ~:~ ~ = ~ ~:::::::::::::::::::·.:::::::: ~:~t 2'

606 m m ------~- ________ __ 

NO~TH LOUP RIVER AT ST. PAUL, NEBRASKA. 

This stream has its source among the sand hills in the western 

portion of Cherry County, Nebraska, and drains the country midway 

between the Niobrara River on the north and Middle Loup River on 

the south. It has a general southeasterly direction, joining the Middle Loup at St. Paul to form the main Loup River, which enters 

Platte River near Columbus, Nebraska. Calamus River is· 11 tributary of the North Loup River, entering it near Burwell, NP,braska. 

The measurement of its discharge at the bridge 1 mile above the 

mouth and 2 miles north of Burwell, on May J6, 1899, by Glenn E. 

Smith, showed a discharge of 372 second-feet; North Loup River, on 

May 16, from a bridge one-fourth of a mile above Burwell, below the 

mouth of Calamus River, was carrying 984 second-feet. The gaging 

station on North Loup River, established in 1895, is located at the 

wagon bridge 4 miles north of St. Paul. Measurements at this 

station were- not made in 1898, but the station was resumed April 18, 

1899, when a new rod was located 200 feet downstream from the line 

of the hand rail on the wagon bridge. It is a 2 by 3 inch timber, 16 

feet long, situated on the left bank of the river, at an angle of 30°. 

The bench mark is the standard iron pipe, with brass cap, of the . 

United States Geological Survey. It is set with the top 5 inches 

above the ground, and 102 feet northwest of the gage rod, and is at 

an elevation of 5.57 feet above gage datum. The zero of the old rod 
238 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. (NO. 37. 

was 6. 54 feet below same bench; so that 0. 97 foot should be added to 

all gage heights after April 18, 1899, to make them comparable with 

the previous records. The bed of the river is sandy and is liable to 

change during floods. James Stout, jr., a farmer living about a 

quarter of a mile from the rod, is the observer. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteen~h Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 176; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

329; 1898, no report. The following discharge measure~ents were 

made by Glenn E. Smith during_1899: 

Measurements of North Loup River at St. Paul, Nebraska. 

~ 0.00 

Gage Dis- Date. Gage Disheight. charge. height. charge. 

1899. Feet. Sec. feet. 1899. Feet. Sec. feet. 

Apr.18 .... ·-·-··---- .... 1. 81 1,678 Aug. 8 .................... 1.70 1,026 

May5 ------------------ 1. 77 1,138 

t~~: r:::: :::::::: ::=.::::: 

1.47 920 

May 18 ----------------- 1. 65 8i7 1. 70 917 

.Tune 7 ·---- -------------- 1.58 1,024 1.50 796 

June27 ------------- .... 3.40 7,690 Sept. 30 ..... -------------- 1.47 776 

July 20 .... _ --- ---------- 1.35 811 

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Loup River at St. Paul, Nebraska, for 1899. a 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. --~~ 

1----------------------- __________ 1.85 1.68 1.95 1.34 1.61 ;;-I 2--------------------------------- 1.85 1.65 1.83 1.37 1.68 1.58 

3.--------- ...... ....... .......... 1. 83 1. 66 1. 75 1. 38 L 73 1. 55 

4------·---------------- .......... 1.80 1.62 1.68 1.89 1.57 1.55 

5----------------------- .......... 1.80 1.61 1.68 2.20 1.62 1.57 

6----------------------· .......... 1.75 1.60 1.59 2.08 1.70 1.52 

7----------------------- .......... 2.30 1.55 1.55 2.05 1.95 1.50 s_______________________ __________ 2.32 1.57 1.55 2.or 1.98 u;o 

9 ....................... ---------- 2.07 1.56 1.56 1.88 1.85 1.60 

10 ....................... ---------- 2.00 1.52 1.57 1.80 1.80 1.68 n_______________________ __________ 1.95 1..55 1.6a 1.92 1.12 t.58 

12--------------------------------- 1.83 1.53 1.53 1.74 1.68 1.53 

13 ______ ------------ ----- ---------- 1. 72 1. 47 1. 49 1. 92 1. 65 1. 57 

14 ----- ___ .. ___________ --------- 1. 72 1.42 1.45 1.86 162 1.51\ 15 _______________________ ---------- 1.68 1.41 2.12 1.65 1.60 2.08 

16 _______________________ ---------- 1.71 1.45 2.27 1.65 1.63 2.03 

17 _______________________ ---------- 1.73 1.48 2.03 1.57 1.53 1.97 

18....................... 1.81 1.70 1.50 1.92 1.48 1.55 1.69 

19 ______ ----------------- 1.77 1.64 1.50 1.75 1.55 1.50 . 1.65 

20 ...... ----------------- 1.82 1.68 1.50 1.35 1.57 1.50 1.65 21. ______________________ " 1.73 2.30 1.47 1.37 1.62 1.50 1.60 

22------------·---------- 1.75 2.08 1.50 1.28 1.58 1.51 1.58 

23----------------------- 1.72 1.9ll 1.53 1.30 1.57 1.50 1.60 

24_______________________ 1.80 1.90 2.30 1.28 1.54 1.55 1.60 

25----------------------- 1.83 1.87 2.00 1.28 1.54 1.52 1.62 

26 .... ------------------- 1.78 1.85 1.80 1.33 1.55 1.50 1.60 27_______________________ 3.20 1.78 3.30 1.32 1.57 1.52 1.65 

28............ .......... 2.78 1.75 2.54 1.25 1.53 1.55 1.63 

29.______________________ 2.43 1.77 2.12 1.22 1.54 1.55 1.58 

30_______________________ 1.87 1.73 2.03 1.33 1.57 1.58 1.57 

31. ______________________ ---------- 1.73 1.35 1.59 1.58 

a Closed for winter October 31. 

MIDDLE LOUP RIVER AT ST. PAUL, NEBRASKA. 

This river also has its source in the sand hills of Cherry County, 

and flows in a general southeasterly direction, joining theN orth Loup 

River at St. Paul. Oak Creek is a small stream draining the area 

east of Loup City and flowing southeasterly into the Middle Loup. 
NEBRASKA. 239 

It was measured by Glenn E. Smith, on May 19, 1899, at a point above 

the backwater from the dam, at which time it showed a discharge of 

5 second-feet. The original station was established May 5, 1895, by 

Glenn E. Smith, but was discontim~ed during 1898. It was reestablished, however, on .April18, 1899, and is located at the highway and 

railway bridge about 1 mile south of St. Paul. The rod is located 

on the right bank of the stream, 130 feet downstream from the line of 

hand rail of bridge and consists of an oak rod 2 by 3 inches, 16 feet 

long, set at an angle of 30 degrees. On account of a change in the 

channel of the river, which threatened to leave the gage rod dry, a 

second rod was set on the north side on June 7, 1899. The new rod 

is 2 by 4 inches, hard pine, 12 feet long, set at an angle of 30 degrees, 

and 200 feet downstream from the bridge. The gage datum is the 

saine for both rods. The observer is instructed to read the rod 

adjacent to the main channel, on whichever side it may be, and the 

hydrographer is expected to read both rods. The bench mark is the 

regulation 4-foot iron post of the United States Geological Survey, 

and is located 60 feet southeast of the gage rod and 100 feet from the 

line of the downstream hand rail of the bridge. It is 7.54 feet above 

gage datum. The zero of the original rod was 7.35 feet below the 

same bench mark, so that 0.19 foot should be subtracted from all 

gage heights after .April18, 1899, to make them comparable with thfl 

previous records. The observer is .A. C. Snyder, a farmer living 

about one-half mile from the station. The results of measurements 

may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth .Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 181; 1897, Nineteenth .Annual Report, Part IV, page 330; 1898, 

no report. The following measurements were made by Glenn E. 

Smith and .Adna Dobson during 1899: 

Measurements of Middle Loup River at St. Paul, Nebraska. 

Date. Gage Disheight. charge. 

1899. 

~l t;~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ June 27 -----'··· -------- July 20-----------------

Feet. Sec. feet. 

u~ i gsJ 1. 70 I 1,186 

2.00 I 920 4..20 H,631 

2.181 888 

Dis· 

Date. I h~i;:ft. charge. 

---1----1 

1899• I Feet. 

f~:tm~~~~~~~~~J~~~~~ ~~~ 

Sec. feet. 

161.2 

1:~~ j 1,M: 
240 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0,37, 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Middle Loup River at St. Paul, Nebraska, for 1899. (a) 

I Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. 

---------------

L ----••.• ----••·••• ••.. ------ ~--- 1. 76 1.59 2.00 2.24 2.29 

2.-----........•.. -...•• ---------- 1.80 1.41 1.87 2.12 2.29 

3 ..... ·------- ·•··•·•••• ---------- 1. 79 1.40 1.90 2.16 2.33 

4 .••.. ···•· .... ---- ...... ---------- 1.81 1.62 1.90 3.10 2.19 

5 ..... ----------- ..•.... ------ ---- 1. 95 1.53 2.12 2.74 2.16 

6 .................•..... ---------- 1.8Z 1.44 2. 78 2.70 2.21 

7 ...... ----- •••....•...• ---------- 1.90 1.54 3.17 2.65 2.18 

8.---- ------···· ........ ---------- 2.08 1.29 2.71 2.57 2.28 

9 ....•• -...• -- .. ---- .... ---------- 1.93 1.32 2.42 2.66 2.32 

10 .••.... -----· ---- ...... ·- -------- 1.87 1.25 2.16 2.25 2.34 

1L ...................... ---------- 1.81 1.24 2.12 2.20 2.34 

12.--·---.c ... ------- .... ---------- 1.78 1.20 2.09 2.18 2.32 

13.---------- ............ ---------- 1.75 1.33 2.18 2.13 2.28 

14 ..... ------------------ ------·--- 1. 75 1.32 3.10 2.25 2.25 

15.---- .... ----.... ------ ------ ---- 1.60 1.31 2.65 2.39 2.30 

16 ....................... ---------. 1.62 1.32 2.55 2.36 2.30 17~ .......... 1.62 1.30 2.36 2.31 2.40 

18 •...• ---- --~:::- ....... .... ·2:io· 1.72 1.28 2.20 2.30 2.38 

19 ......... ---- ... : :::::: 2.09 1.66 1.19 2.12 2.27 2.36 

20: •. ---- .. -------------- 2.12 1. 70 1.15 2.12 2.21 2.30 

21 ........... ---- ........ 2.09 1.80 1.32 2.09 2.20 2.30 

22 ..... --------- .. ------- 2.10 2.15 1.34 2.11 2.15 2.30 

23 ....................... 2.00 2.05 1.29 2.12 2.20 2.30 

24 ......... ------ ........ 2.00 1.70 1.29 2.15 2.20 2,27 

25 ....................... 2.03 1.68 2.34 2.06 2.15 2.26 

26 ................ 2.60 1.60 4.17 2.02 2.19 2.24 

27.. ............... :::::: 2.12 1.83 3.51 2.06 2.16 2.27 

26 .................. ~---- 2.39 1.92 3.30 2.30 2.12 2.26 

29 ....................... 2.00 1.66 2.84 2.20 2.10 2.24 

30 ....................... 1.74 1.49 2.35 2.10 2.13 2.22 

~------·--·······--···-- ---------- 1.84 ---------- 2.42 2.21 ------ ----

a Cl<>sed for winter October 31. 

LOUP RIVER AT COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 

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This river is formed by thejunction of the North Loup and Middle 

Loup rivers at St. Paul, Nebraska, and 60 miles below St. Paul enters 

the Platte River near Columbus, Nebraska. Cedar River is a tributary of Loup River, and flows southeasterly, emptyin~(into Loup River 

at Fullerton, 30 miles below St .. PauL At, Ericson, Nebraska, a large 

dam has been built for the purpose of turning Cedar Creek into a 

canal to be used for irrigation. The dam backs the water for about 

one-half a mile, forming a pond 1,000 feet in width in some places. 

May 17, 1899, Glenn E. Smith measurfld the river 500 feet below the 

above dam, and below the race of a small mill near by, and found a 

discharge of 113 second-feet; at the same time the mill race was 

carrying 10 second-feet, and the Cedar Valley irrigation canal 20 

second-feet-this latter being measured about 1,000 feet below the 

head gates. On the same day a measurement was made by wading, at 

a point 2 miles from Ericson and above the backwater from the dam, _ 

and gave a discharge in Cedar River of 107 second-feet. A tributary 

known as Dry Cedar enters near this point-there being seldom 

any discharge from it except during the rainy season. Near the 

mouth of this tributary are several small springs, not large enough, 

however, to give a· continuous discharge. They were found to be 

flowing on May 17, at a point about 1 mile north of Ericson, 5 secondfeet, while 5 miles above the channel was dry. 'l'he gaging station 
NEBRASKA. 241 

on the Loup River is located near the iron bridge of the Union Pacific 

Railway just west of Columbus, Nebraska, and only a short distance 

above the mouth of the river. The gage rod is 150 feet from the 

bridge, and is of oak, fastened to a pile which forms part of the training works above the bridge. The bench mark is the regulation 4-ioot 

iron post of the United States Geological Survey, placed 72 feet east 

of the rod, and is 13.27 feet above gage datum. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 182; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

332; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 294. The following measurements of discharge were made by Glenn E. Smith 

during 1899: 

Measurements of Loup River at Columbus, Nebraska. 

r=Date. Ga~ Dis- Date. Gage Disheig t. charge. height. charge. 

1899. 1899-Continued. 

Feet. Sec.-feet. Feet. Sec.-feet. Jan. 22 .............. ____ Frozen. 2,726 July 9 ------------------- 5.40 3,435 

Apr. 9 ------------------ 4.95 3,004 July 23 ........ ------ _____ 4.25 • 1, 792 

:ti~~ r.::::::: :::::::::: 5.00 2,699 Aug. 6 -----------------·- 4.93 3,251 

5.05 3,057 Aug. 20 _ ------------ _____ 4.61 2,267 May 23 ______ ------ ______ 5.54 4,073 ~~~t r7-.-::::::::::::::::: 4.40 1,902 

June 4 ------ ______ ------ 4.86 2,628 4.40 1,840 

June 18. ____ ------ ...... 4. 75 1,921 Oct. 5 _____ ....... ________ 4.60 2,402 

June 29 _ ...... ------ .... 5.80 7, 728 Oct.15 ------------------- 4.80 1,983 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Loup River at Columbus, Nebraska, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. 

1---------1-.,.---------------------- l_ ______________________ 

-----5.-40" 5.30 -----5_-oo- 5.50 4.30 4.80 4.40 

2.------ ------ ---------- 4.95 -----5.-iiii" 4.25 4.85 4.40 

3.------------------ ---- 5.60 4.60 -----4.-iiii" 4.20 4.80 4.40 

4.------------------ ---· 5.80 4. 70 --·--5:7ii' 4.25 4.80 4.40 

5.---------------------- • 5.70 4.90 -----5.-40' 4.55 4.70 4.45 

6.------------------ ---- 5.00 4.95 4.93 4.60 4.40 

7 ....... ---------------- 4.90 5.05 -----5.-i;ii' 4.90 4.55 4.40 

8.---------------------- 5.00 4.95 ---------- ---------· 4.80 4.50 4.40 

9.---------------------- 4.95 5.15 ---------- ---------- 4.85 4.80 4.40 

10.------------------ .... 4.90 5.00 -----5.-40' 4.40 4.80 4.70 4.40 

1L ______ ------ .......... 5.00 4.95 4.70 4.60 4.40 

12.---------------------- 4.90 4.80 4.00 4.85 4.50 4.40 

13.---------------------- 4.80 4.85 4;20 4.20 4.45 4.40 

14 ....................... 4.110 4.97 4.21 4.10 4.40 4.50 

15 ....................... 5.10 5.30 -----4.-so· 4.20 4.50 4.40 4.80 

16 ....................... 5.20 5.15 4:10 4.20 4.40 4. 70 

17.---------------------- 5.15 5.14 4.20 4.40 4.40 4.75 

18 ....................... 5.10 4.95 4.70 4.15 4.40 4.40 4. 70 

19.----------...... ------ 5.00 5.00 4.00 4.50 4.40 4.60 

20 ....................... 4.90 5.05 --- "4:95· <1.98 4.61 4.40 4.50 

21 ....................... 4.90 5.40 4.00 4.80 4.40 1.50 

22.------.--------------- 4.90 5.80 4.10 4.70 4.40 4.70 

23 ....................... 6.00 5.54 4.25 4.75 4.40 4.60 

24 ....................... 4.90 5.40 5.10 4.20 4.80 4.40 4.60 

25.------ ...... ---------- 4.85 ---------- ------·--- 4.21 4.81 4.40 4.55 

26 ....................... 4.90 ---------- ----Tiiii. 4.20 4.80 4.40. 4.55 

27 ....................... 5.00 4.20 4.81 4.40 4.50 

28 ....... ---------------- 5.40 -----5.-40' --·-·s:so· 4.22 4.80 4.40 t55 29 ....................... 5.60 4.23 4.70 4.40 4.60 

30 ....... ---------------- 5.80 ---- ... ----- ---------- 4.50 4.60 4.40 4.65 

3L ...................... ---------- ---·------ ---------- 4.40 4.70 4.65 
242 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0,37, 

PLATTE RIVER AT COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 

Lower Platte River is a sandy stream, the bed shifting during the 

high stages, through which considerable water is lost ·,during the 

summer season. On September 8 there were only 20 second-feet flowing in the middle channel at the bridge of the Burlington and Missouri Railroad near Central City, Nebraska, 1lhis point being 20 miles 

below Grand Island and 40 miles above Columbus. On. September 

19, Glenn E. Smith reports that the stream was dry at this point. 

Mr. Adna Dobson reports the river dry at Grand Island on September 

30. The gaging station at Columbus was established in 1895, and is 

located on the left bank of the main channel of the river, 75 feet 

above the Meridian bridge south of Columbus. It is about 4 miles 

above the mouth of the I~oup River. The gage consists of an inclined 

oak timber fastened to cross-ties which are bedded in the bank of the 

river. The channel is straight both above and below the gage. The 

bench mark is a standard 4-foot iron post of the United States Geological Survey, and is located 44,5 feet east of the gage, 60 feet north 

of the north end of the north bridge truss, and 10 feet west of a 

cottonwood tree 6 inches in diameter. Its elevation is 7.06 feet above 

gage datum. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 

1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 190; 1897, Nineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 334; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 295. The following discharge measurements were 

made by Glenn E. Smith and Adna Dobson during 1899: 

Measurements of Platte River at Columbus, Nebraska. 

Gage · Dis- Date. Gage Dis~ height. charge. height. charge. I l----------------1;------l--~---ll-----------------l-----

Date. 

1899. • Feet. Sec-{eet. 

:f~lUc:::::::::::::::: U! 8:~~ Aug. 6 ................ :.. 4.00 9,450 

Aug.20.................. 2.80 a,aas 

§~f~~ ~~~~:: :::::::::::::: :::::::~: Dr~ Oct.l5................... .......... 8 

Jan. 22 ••• ~~~~-------·---- ·--~~~~: .. S<!c.:g~~~- Feb.19.................. .......... 65 

Apr.9.................. 3.50 6,736 

1\pr. 23 ..... ...... ...... 3. 94 8, 210 

May7................... 4.14 10,121 

May23.................. 3.81 7,878 June4.................. 4.01 9,294 

Junel8................. 4.00 9,279 

June29................. 4.82 18,631 
NEBRA!'iKA. 243 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Platte River at Columbus, Nebraska, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. 

1------------1------------------

1 . ·-·--- ...... ---··. ·····-----·· .......... . 2 ....... ······ •..... ...... ... ..... .00 

3 .......... -· ················-·-· .00 4 ............. ·-·····. ·-··- ···-.... 4. 00 5................................. 4.80 6................................. 4.50 

7 ................... .............. 4.40 

8. ...... ...... ...... ...... ........ 3. 70 9................................. 3.45 

10 .......................... "------ 3.50 

11............. ................... 3.55 

12................................. 3.60 )3................................. 3.61) 14................................. 3.20 15 ............. ...... .............. 3.10 

16................................. 3.00 17 ................................. 3.10 

18.................................. 3.20 

19................................. 3.60 20................................. 3.80 

'21................................. 4.00 22................................. 3.90 

23 ......................... -....... 3.94 24................................. 3.50 

25.............. .................... 3.93 

26. ............ .................... 4.50 27 ................................. 3.90 

28 ....... ............ .............. 3.83 

29................................. 3.90 

30 ....... ........ ..... ...... ........ 3. 93 L.:= ........................................... . 

3.90 

3. 73 

3.80 

3.85 

3.93 

4.00 

4.14 

3.96 

4.00 

3.94 

3.87 

3.80 

3.73 

3.68 

3.60 

3.63 

3.41 

3.36 

3.21 

3.30 

3. 91 

4.10 

3.81 

4.50 

4. 70 

4.90 

5.05 

4.83 

4. 70 4.60 

4.51 

4.30 

4.10 

4.00 

4.01 

. 3.40 

3.70 

4.00 

3. 81 

3.65 

3.64 

4.50 

4.60 

4.80 

4.95 

4.98 

4.99 

4.98 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.20 

4.40 

4.50 

4.63 

4.40 

4.43 

4.50 

4. 75 4.85 

5.15 

5.10 

4.90 

4.80 

4.85 

4.95 

4. 98 

4.97 

4.98 

4.61 

4.63 

. 4.62 

4.60 

4.58 

4.56 

4.50 

4.50 

4.40 

4.23 

4.11 

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3.90 

3.83 

3.80 

3.70 

3.72 

3. 74 3.80 

3.90 

3.92 

3.85 

3. 70 1.20 

3.65 1.10 

3.60 .90 

3.68 .85 

3.88 .80 

4.00 . 70 

3.90 .65 

3. 96 .60 

3.94 .50 

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3.80 

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3.40 

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June 18-20,gage washed out; gage heights estimated. September 10-0ctober 28, sand bar; no readings. Closed for the winter September 9. 

ELKHORN RIVER AT NORFOLK, NEBRASKA. 

This river rises in the sand hills in Rock County, Nebraska, and 

flows in a general southeasterly direction, entering the Platte River 

about 30 miles above its mouth. Two gaging stations are maintained 

on this river, one at Norfolk. Nebraska, and the other at Arlington, 

Nebraska. The station at the former place is at the Thirteenth street 

bridge, 2 miles south of Norfolk and above the mouth of the North 

Fork of Elkhorn River. The gage consists of an inclined oak timber 

fastened to cross-ties, which are firmly bedded in the bank of the 

river. The bench mark is a standard 4-foot iron pipe of the United 

States Geological Survey, 35 feet west and 7 feet north of the top of 

gage and 15.;'; feet west of an ash tree. Its elevation is 10.70 feet above 

gage datum. The bed of the river is composed of sand and mud. A 

number of measurements of the North Fork were made and are 

given below. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 

1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, pa.ge 191; 1897, Nineteent.h 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 335; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 296. The following measurements were made by Glenn 

E. Smith during 1899: 

Elkhorn River: 

January 26; gage height, frozen; discharge, 272 second-feet. 

April27, gage height, 1.94; discharge. 50:5 second-feet. 

May 10, gage height, ~.01 feet; discharge, 572 se~ond-feet. 
• 

244 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATION8, 1899.-PAR'r III. 

Elkhorn River-Continued. 

May 25, gage height, 2. 72 feet; discharge, 830 second-feet. 

July 7, gage height, 1. 70 feet; discharge, 427 second-feet. 

August 17, gage height, 1,30 feet; discharge, 274 second~feet. 

September 25, gage height, 1.12 feet; discharge, 184 second-feet. 

North Fork of Elkhorn River: 

February 20, discharge, 119 second-feet. 

April27, discharge, 122 second-feet. 

May 25, discharge, 414 second-feet. 

August 17, discharge, 81 second-feet. 

September 25, discharge, 85 second-feet. 

[N0.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Elkhon~ River at Norfolk, Nebraska, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. 

------------------

L. --------------------- ··-------- 1.94 2.07 2.45 1.20 0.97 1.13 

2.---------------------- ---------- 2.24 2.03 2.20 1.23 .97 1.19 

3.------ -------· -------- ---------- 2.30 1.93 1.97 1.27 .76 1.23 

4----------------------- ---------- 3.20 1.85 1.66 1.32 . 70 1. 26 

5 ....... ---------------- ------. --- 2.41 1.85 1. 76 1.33 .67 1.22 

6.--- -~·-- ----. --------- ----Too· 2.31 1.87 1.74 1.33 1.06 1.23 

7---- .:~------- ---------- 2.24 2. 4.5 1.68 1.36 1.08 1.22 

8 ....... ---------------- 1.87 2.16 2.22 1. 71 1.35 1.12 1.27 

9.------------ ---------- 1.90 2.06 1.92 1.67 1. 45 1.15 1.28 

10.-.-------- ------------ 1.93 2.00 1.82 1. 73 1.27 1.13 1.25 

11..--------------------- 2.00 1.92 1.75 1. 73 1.28 1.13 1. 20 

12.------ ---------------- 2.01 1.83 1.74 1.78 1.48 1.10 1.20 

13.---------------------- 2.05 1. 78 1.64 1. 69 1.48 1.06 1.29 

14.------ ---------- ------ 2.05 1.73 1.63 1.65 1.33 1.02 1. 27 15.---------------------- 2.03 1. 77 1. 64 1.56 1.34 l. 06 1.33 

16.---------------------- 1. 98 1. 77 1.65 1.51 1.33 1.11 1.30 

17------------- --~- ----- 1.98 1. 74 1:60 1.48 1.38 1.09 1. 32 

18.---------------------- 1. 97 1. 70 1.53 1.45 1.26 1.11 1. 31 

19.------ ---------------. 1. 99 1.80 1.57 1.43 1.25 1.04 1.32 

20.------ ---------------- 1. 90 3.50 1.57 1.45 1.23 1.03 1. 34 

21.------ ·--------- ------ 1.97 3.58 1.57 1.38 1.25 1.02 1.33 

22.---------- ------ ------ 1.89 3.34 1.53 1.34 1. 23 1.03 1.33 

23 ..... ------------------ 1.85 2.63 1.45 1.26 1.17 1.04 1.33 

24. ·--· ------------------ 1.84 2.65 1. 55 1.21 1.17 1.17 1.31 

25.------------ ---------- 1.84 2.75 2.07 1. 23 1.14 1.11 1.36 

26 ... -- ---- ---- ------ ---- 1.87 2.80 1. 75 1.23 1.13 1.10 1.31 

27------------------- --- 1.93 2.85 2.65 1.24 1.12 1.12 1.34 

28 ..... ---------------- .. 1.95 2.75 3.75 l. 24 .97 1.12 1.34 

29.---------------------. 1.89 2.35 3.40 1.24 .95 1.13 1. 31 

30.--------------. __ ----.. 1.73 2.20 3.02 1.21 .99 1.12 1.32 

31.-- __ _._ ---------------- ---------- 2.07 ---------- 1.2'Z .97 . ~-- -- ---- 1.~ .____ 

Closed for winter October 31: 

ELKHORN RIVER AT ARLINGTON, NEBRASKA. 

The station at Arlington, Nebraska, was established by Glenn E . 

Smith April 28, 1899, and is located at the wagon bridge 1 mile west of 

the town of Arlington. The original rod was fastened to cross-ties, 

which are solidly bedded in the river bank. It consisted of a new oak 

stake 3 by 4 inches and 12 feet long. It was placed 200 feet downstream 

from the bridge on the west bank of the river. Bench mark No. 1 is 

a large spike driven in a pile 50 feet upstream from the rod, and is 

6.36 feet above gage datum. Bench mark No. 2 is a large spike driven 

in a piling 20 feet back and 10 feet upstream from the rod, and is 9.12 

feet above gage datum. Bench mark No. 3 is a vertical spike driven 

into a small leaning tree 5 feet downstream from the rod, and is 7.43 

feet above 5age datum. On May 10 the rod was washed out; on May 
NEBRASKA. 245 

29 it was replaced by an oalvrod 2 by 6 inches and 16 feet long. This 

rod was placed on the same bank as the first rod, but was set 25 feet 

farther upstream. The gage datum was not changed. S. P. Hammang, a farmer living about 300 yards from the gage rod, is the 

observer. The following discharge measurements were made by 

Glenn E. Smith during 1899: 

Measurements of Elkhorn River at .Arlington, Nebraska. 

Date. Gage Disheight. charge. Date. Gage Dis~ height. charge. 

1899. Feet. Sec.-feet. 1899_ Feet. Sec.-feet. 

Feb.4 ...••...•.•........ ---------- 337 JulyS----------------.... 2.23 1,016 Feb.l7 •......•.......... ______ ·____ 269 Aug.9 -------··--------·--· 1.72 732 

Apr.28 -------·-------·- 1.78 794 Aug.l8 ................... 1.40 606 

s:~~:::::::::::::::::: -----~~~- te ~~~~i~: :::::::::::::::::: :!& &1 ~J_u __ n_e_~_-_··_·_--_-·_·_··_--_·---~----2_._ro~---1-,1_9_9~--------------~------L----__j 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Elkhorn River at .Arlington, Nebraska, for 1899. 

J _______ D_a_y_. _____ 1_A_p_r_._ -~ay. I June. J~l~. ~-~u~~~-~c~ 

!. ...................... ·-····--·- 2 ................................ . 

3 ....................... ---------- 4 ............................... .. 5 ............................... .. 6 ................................ . 

7.-------------- .... ---- .... ------ 8 ..... _________________ : ---------· 

9.------------------ .... ---- ---·-· 10.---------------------- ......... . 11. ...................... ......... . 12 ............................... .. 13 ............................... . 14 ................................ .. 15 ........................... ------ 16 ............................... .. 17 ................................ . 

18 ....................... -------·-· 19.--------.. ------ ------ ------ .... 20 ........................ ---------- 21 ....•..••••.•. --------- ......... . 22 .••.•.• --·---------..... ·----- .. -- 23.-- .• ---- ---··----- ----· .... -... .. 24 ........... - .................... .. 25 ............................... .. 26 ................................ . 27 ............................... .. 28....................... 1.78 

29....................... 1.76 

30....................... 1.81 

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1. 84 

2.07 

1.86 

1. 96 

2.30 

3.00 

4.37 

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Closed for winter October 31. 

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3.65 

3.63 

3.50 

3.41 

3.42 

3.54 

2.87 

2.58 

2.38 

2.35 

2.40 

5.35 

U~1 4.12 

4.30 

4.48 

3.67 

3.16 

2.67 

2. 76 2. 75 

2.65; 

2.51 ; 2.21 I 2.32 

2.19 

2.32 

2.64 

2.68 

2.68 

3.19 

2.97 

2.81 

2.66 

2.38 

2.23 

2.23 

2.12 

2.13 

2.02 

2.10 

1.94 

1.86 

1.83 

l. 76 1.68 

1.64 

1. 63 

1. 57 

1.50 

1.55 

1.36 

1.30 

1. 27 

1.27 

1.25 

1.26 

1.20 

1.22 

1.32 

1.25 

1.17 

1. 36 

1.50 

1.40 

1.56 

2.00 

1.70 

1. 57 

1. 66 1.40 

1. 41 

1.35 

1.42 

1.49 

1.48 

1.39 

1. 27 

l. 24 

l.OO 

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1. 03 

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1. 07 

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.85 

a Rod washed out. 

REPUBLICAN RIVER AT SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA. 

0.87 

.89 

.76 

. 73 

.70 

.72 

.74 

.75 

.'74 

.79 

.80 

.82 

.81 

.84 

. 79 . .75 

.74 

.73 

.73 

.65 

.66 

.69 

.72 

. 75 

. 76 

. 70 

.69 

.66 

.64 

.611 

0.68 

.69 

.68 

.67 

.68 

. 73 

.74 

. 78 

.79 

.82 

.86 

.88 

.90 

.92 

.93 

.94 

.92 

.91 

.92 

.96 

.98 

1.02 

1. 04 

1.10 

1.12 

1.11 

1.12 

1.13 

1.12 

1.13 

1.~ 

This river rises in the northeastern part of Colorado, and after 

entering Nebraska it flows in a general east.erly direction along the 

southern boundary of t,he State to 98° west longitude, where it bends 

into Kansas, and thence flows southeasterly until it joins the Smoky 

Hill River at Junction to form the Kansas River. All of the tributaries of the Kansas River have their sources in the Great Plains 
246 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

region, none drawing their supply from a mountain area. They are 

also different from ordinary streams, in that the rainfall is less at the ~ 

headwaters, gradually increasing downstream. Two gaging stations 

are maintained on Republican River, one at Superior, Nebraska, just 

before it enters Kansas, and the other at Junction, Kansas. The 

former station was establi~hed June 20, 1896, about one mile west from 

Superior, Nebraska. The old gage rod was first placed just above the 

river highway bridge, which is itself 75 yards above the dam which 

diverts water into the mill race. In the spring of 1898 two other gages 

were located and have been exclusively used during the last season. 

The first gage was placed in the river a few feet upstream from the 

crest of the dam the zero being at same elevation as the crest, the 

second is in the- mill race, where it is crossed by a wagon bridge 

about 50 yards below its head. ~ischarge.measurements of the river 

are made from the highway bridge, thus determining at once the discharge through the mill race and from the dam. The discharge from 

the mill race was measured in order that it might be deducted from 

the total discharge of the river to give the amount passing over the 

dam. The bench mark for the river gage is a standard 4-foot iron 

post of the United States Geological Survey, and is situated 83 feet 

north of the upstream cylinder of the north pier of the bridge, and 

1 foot inside of a wire fence. Its elevation is 4. 92 foet above datum 

of gage at dam. The gage of the mill race reads 2 feet higher than 

that of the river gage, so that its zero is 6. 92 feet below the same bench 

mark. During 1899 Glenn E. Smith made an examination of a portion of the upper Republican River. On September 6, at Oxford, 

Nebraska, the river channel was dry and was reported to have been 

in this condition for ten days. At Orleans, about 12 miles below, there 

was an estimated discharge of 0.3 second-feet-t,his small amount coming from Sappa River, which enters at this point. The results of 

measurements 'may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 201; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 339; 1898, Twentieth Animal Report, Part IV, page 317. 

The following discharge measurements were made by Glenn E. Smith 

during 1899: 

Measurements of Republican River at Superior, Nebraska. 

Date. Gage I Dis- height. charge. 

1899. Foot. 

January 24------------- Frozen. 

Febroary H •....• ------ Frozen. 

A_prillO. ...••• •••••• .... 0. 98 

Jl!lay L .... .•••......•... . 75 

Jl!lay 13.................. .61 

June2 ......••••••...... .51 

June 16 ...•••••••••••... .63 

Sec.·f=· 

131 

738 

382 

442 

291 

439 

Date. Gage I Dis- height. charge. 

1899. Foot. 

June 26 ...•...•••........ 0.42 

July 6...... .....•.....•.. .90 

July26.................... .23 

August 11 --------------- .40 

~:pt:::~ gg:::::::::::: :::::::::: 

oc¥ober 17 ......•..•••••• ----------

Sec.-feet. 

204 

732 

185 

215 

0 

0 

0 

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Date. 

1899. 

..!\.prillO. May!_ ·--- ------ _____ _ _________________ _ 

May 13 ...... ·----------- June 2-------------- ___ _ June 16 _ ------------ --·. L.:._une 26 _ ---------- _____ _ 

Gage 

height. 

Feet. 2.98 

3.00 

3.10 

2.60 

3.50 

8.40 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet . 

49 

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55 

58 

59 

Date. 

1899. 

July 6.-------------------

August 11 ------ --------- September6 ··-- --------- September 29. _, ________ _ October 17 __________ ·----

Gage 

height. 

Feet. 2.80 

2. 70 

2.60 

1.20 

1.50 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 

56 

56 

50 

25 

50 

No water was passing over the dam, and all was in the mill race on 

September 6 and 29 and October 17. The figures which are noted as 

gage heights in the mill race during 1899 are, in fact, measureii).ents 

of the center depth at the gaging section. As expected, this has 

proved to be a better basis for the computation of areas of cross section there than the gage height observed in previous years. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Republican River at Superior, Nebraska, for 1899. 

I Day. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. oc:.l 

----~ ----~ ---------------- ----~ ------

1 ------ ------ ------.--- 0.97 0.74 0.45 1.05 0.91 0.12 (a) 

2 ------------ ---------- 1.00 .. 70 .51 .90 .95 .09 (a) 

3 ----·- ------ ---------- .95 . 73 .60 .80 .82 .20 (a) 

4------------ ---------- .94 1.18 .60 .80 :~ (a) t) 5 ------------ ---------- 1.00 .68 .47 . 79 (a) a) 

6------------ -------.- .98 .64 .45 .90 . 4!) (a) a) 

7------------ 1.04 .50 .47 .93 .52 (a) (a) 

8 ---·-- -----. ---------- .97 .61 .45 .89 .42 (a) (a) 

9 ------------ ---------- 1.00 .68 .40 .63 .41 ~a) 

1~~ 10------ ·----- .97 .63 .40 .51 .41 a) 

11 ------------ ···-------- .94 .63 .41 .45 .40 (a) 

12 ------------ ···-------- .89 .60 .35 .42 .41 (a) 

13------------ .90 .61 .33 .52 .50 (a) 14 ____________ (a\ 

---------- .90 .67 .70 .47 .60 (a) 

15------------ .88 .63 .58 .42 .44 ~a) ~~) 16-------- ·--· ---------- . 74 .69 .63 .45 .39 a) (a) 

17 -----------· ---------- .83 .65 .42 .45 .62 (a) (a) 

18 ------------ .83 .64 .41 .46 .52 (a) (a) 

19------------ 1.13 .82 .65 .12 .39 .42 (a) (a) 

20 ---- ·--- ---- .94 . 77 .93 .35 .40 .41 (a) (a) 

21 ------------ .89 .82 1.50 .35 .49 .27 1.25 (a) 

22------------ .99 . 73 1.02 .32 .42 .35 ~a) (a) 

23------------ .99 .63 .80 .60 .35 .31 (a) 

24 ------ ---·-· .96 . 75 . 74 .63 .20 .20 c~\ (a) 

25 ............ .!J'J . 70 . 70 .39 .26 .30 (a) (a) 

26 ............ .94 . 73 .80 .42 .26 .45 (a) (a) 

27 ............ .93 . 75 . 73 2.60 .25 . 72 (aj (a) 

28 ............ .95 . 75 .66 2.05 .26 .33 (a (a) 

29 ------------ .92 . 79 .65 1.31 1.22 .21 (a) ~a) 30 ...... --·--- .Ul .70 .63 1.22 .69 .33 (a) 

c~l I 31 ------------ .96 -...... ---- .54 ------·---- .45 .20 ---------- I a September 4 to 20, 22 to 30, no water flowing over dam. Closed for winter October 31. 

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248 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899 . ..-PART III. [N0.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of mill race at Superior, Nebraska, for 18911. 

I Day. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. 

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1 ------------ ~-- ------- 2.98 2.84 2.54 2.15 3.05 2.86 1.15 

2 ------ •. ---· ---------- 3.08 2.90 2.06 1.80 2.85 2.12 1.53 

3 --··-- ---·-- 3.03 2.93 2. 6.5 2.18 2.38 2. 79 1.10 

4 -----· -----· ---------- 2.98 3.42 2.67 2.30 1.94 2.19 1. 60 

5 ------ ---·-- ·----- ---- 3.02 2.61 2.50 2.34 1.86 2.00 1.20 

6 ---·-- ------ 2.97 2.61 2.49 2.40 2.05 2.06 1.15 

7 ---- .. ------ ---------- 3.04 2.15 2.59 2.42 2.87 1.41 1.28 

8. -----·-·--- ---------- 2.98 3.00 2.48 2.54 2.64 1.63 1.87 

9 ------------ ---------- 3.04 3.10 2.41 2.01 2. 78 1.5(} 2.79 

10------------ ---------- 2.99 3.04 2.46 2.22 2.80 1.84 1.45 

11 ·------ ..... ------ ---- 2.92 3.01 2.69 2.38 2.07 3.62 2.15 

12 ------ ·-···· ------ . --- 2.89 3.06 3.20 2.25 2.70 3.44 1.12 

13 ---------··- 2.90 3.10 3.22 2.94 2.90 2.88 1.70 

H ------------ ------ ---- 2.89 3.25 3.52 2.84 3.00 3.54 1.30 

15 ---·-· ·--··· ------ ---- 2.77 3.19 3.35 2.80 2.78 3.88 1.78 

16 ------------ 2.47 3.20 3.50 2.86 2.76 3.74 3.40 

17 ---- .... ·-·- ---------- 2.97 3.12 3.38 3.08 2.95 3.79 2.30 

18 ------- ..... ---------- 2.84 3.15 3.27 3.26 2.78 3.85 3.10 

19 ·-------···- 3.13 2.82 3.36 2.56 2.95 2.68 3.53 2.74 

20------------ 2.88 2. 77 3.95 3.20 2.90 2.75 3.56 2.27 

21 ··-········- 2.8~ 2.83 4.38 3.21 3.03 2.35 3.94 2. 75 

22 ------------ 2.94 2.73 3.15 2.95 3.04 2.60 3.70 1. 72 

23 ------------ 2.93 2.51 2.97 3.35 2.93 2.48 3.50 3.01 

24 ------------ 2.90 2.70 2. 77 3.52 2.81 2.56 3.80 1. 86 

25 ------------ 2.81 2.75 2.73 2.43 2.60 2.60 3.43 4.02 

26------------ 2.94 2.78 2.82 3.12 2.80 2.66 3.81 3. 78 

27------------ 2.90 2.83 2.78 5.69 2. 70 3.00 2.17 3.63 

28------ ·----- 2.90 2.85 2.66 4.51 2. 71 3.20 2.83 3.43 

29 ·--·-- ------ 2.95 2.80 2.83 2.45 3.80 3.10 1.20 3.92 

30 ---- .... ---- 2.95 2. 75 2.83 2.45 2.93 2.86 1.10 3.82 

~ ------------ 2.96 ·--------.- 2. 73 ------ ---- 3.43 2.90 ---------- 3.33 

REPUBLICAN RIVER AT JUNCTION, KANSAS. 

The gaging station at this point, established by Arthur P. Davil 

April 26, 1895, is located at the wagon bridge at the north end of 

Washington street just above the mouth of the river. The gage consists of two oak timbers bolted to a post and to a cottonwood tree. 

One bench mark consists of a 60-penny spike driven into the base of 

the abutment of the bridge at an elevation of 10.67 feet on the rod; 

the second bench mark is the top of a stone in the base of the bridge 

abutment 18 feet south of the gage and at an elevation of 14.51 feet 

above gage datum. The right bank is high, but the left is low and 

may overflow in high water. The bed of the stream is sandy and liable to change. Results of measurements may be found as follows: 

1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 205; 1897, Nineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 339; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 318. The following discharge measurements were 

made by W. G. Russell in 1899: 

April19, gage height, 3.90 feet; discharge, 737 second-feet. 

May 26, gage height, 4.20 feet; discharge, 1,029 second-feet. 

June 7, gage height, 4.40 feet; discharge, 1,224 second-feet. 

June 15, gage height, 3.80 feet; discharge, 936 second-feet. 

October 19, gage height,' 2.55 feet; discharge, 85 second-feet. 
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. 249 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Republiean River at Junction, Kansas, for 1899 . 

. Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. I ---------------------------

1 --- - 3.40 4.15 4.00 4.20 3.65 3. 70 5.90 4.10 3.10 2.65 2.65 2.80 

2----- 3.45 4.15 4.15 4.20 3.90 4.25 5.90 4.55 3.05 2. 70 2.85 2.90 

3----- 3.75 4.20 4.3fi 4.20 4.25 6.95 5.20 5.45 3.00 2.75 2.90 3.20 

4- ·--- 4.00 4.05 4.50 4.15 4.10 10.00 5.70 4.85 3.10 2.60 2.95 3.50 

5----- 3.95 3.75 4.80 4.15 3.85 7.25 6.05 4. 70 2.85 2.60 2.80 3.00 

6- ·--- 3.95 3.70 4.85 . 4.20 3. 70 5.20 4.90 4.40 2.80 2.85 . 2.60 3.80 

7----- 3.80 3.60 4.85 4.15 3.65 4.60 6.00 4.25 2.85 3.25 2.60 3.80 

8 ----- 3.65 3.65 4.80 4.20 3.90 6.10 6.20 4.00 2.90 2.80 2. 70 3.20 

9----- 3.50 3.50 4. 70 4.20 5.45 8.80 5.90 3.80 2.90 2. 75 2.80 3.00 

10----- 3.65 3.50 4.65 4.20 5.35 7.25 5,60 3.65 2.80 2.70 2.80 3.20 

ll_ ·--- 3.85 3.50 4.80 4.20 4.10 5.40 5.00 3.55 2. 70 2.55 2.50 3.30 

12----- 3.90 3.50 4.90 4.15 4.05 4.40 4. 90 3.60 2.65 2.55 2.50 3.50 

13 ----· 3.95 3.55 5.15 4.10 3.80 4.25 4.40 4.50 2.65 2. 70 2.60 3.20 

14----- 3.90 3.60 4,90 4.00 3.75 4.00 4.10 4.45 2.70 2. 70 2.40 3.50 

15 ----- 3.85 3.65 5.25 4.05 3.60 3.80 4.15 4.20 2.60 2.65 2.60 3.20 

16----- 3. 70 3. 70 5.20 4.00 3.60 . 3.65 3.90 3.80 2.70 2.50 2.40 3.30 

17----- 3.60 4.05 5.40 4.00 3.60 3.60 3. 70 4.05 2. 70 2.50 2.60 3.30 

18- ·--- 3.40 3.90 5.35 4.00 3.50 3.50 3. 70 3.80 2.55 2.60 2.80 3.20 

19----- 3.50 3.90 4.90 3.~0 3.40 3.75 3.85 3.60 2.60 2.55 3.20 3.20 

20----- 3.70 3.95 4.90 3.95 4.35 3.60 3.70 3.40 2. 70 2 50 2.80 3.10 

21 ----- 3.85 4.00 4.85 3.80 6.00 3.55 3.60 3.40 2. 70 2.60 2.70 3.40 

22----- 3.85 . 3.95 4.50 3.80 6.40 3.35 3.55 3.30 2.65 3.25 2.60 3.60 23 _____ 3.70 4.05 4.50 3.80 6.15 4.35 3.50 3.3fi 2.65 3.10 2.80 3.50 

24----- 3.65 4.15 4.10 3.80 4. 70 4.30 3.55 3.40 2.60 3.35 2.90 3.50 

25----- 3.65 3.90 4.10 3.80 4.55 4.75 3.30 3.30 2.70 4.20 2.90 3.60 

26----- 3.70 3.85 4.20 3.75 4.20 4.15 3.30 3.00 2.60 4.05 2. 70 3.40 

27----- 3.70 4.05 4.15 3.60 8.20 4.10 3.20 3.55 2.65 4.35 2.60 3.40 

28 ----· 3. 75 3.95 4.10 3.70 6.15 4.10 3.20 3.10 2.80 4.05 2. 70 3.60 

29- ·--- 3.80 ·------ 4.10 3.70 4.55 4.80 3.20 3.10 2.90 3.55 2.90 3.90 

30----- 3.85 ~------ 4.20 3. 75 4.00 6.70 3.25 3.25 2.65 3.20 

--~~~~-1 3.80 

~----- 4.00 4.20 - 3.95 3.35 3.05 2.20 3.40 -----·- ------- ------- -------

SOLOMON RIVER AT NILES, KANSAS. 

This river, one of the principal tributaries of Smoky Hill River, 

rises in western Kansas, and flows in a general easterly direction, 

entering the Smoky Hill River near Solomon, Kansas. The station 

at Niles was established :May 5, 1897, and is located at a bridge onehalf mile west of the town and 7 miles above the mouth of the river. 

The rod of the wire gage is spiked to the floor of the bridge. The 

bench mark is the upper of three nails driven into a cottonwood tree 

18 inches in diameter, on the north side of the river and 25 feet east 

of the bridge, at an elev~tion of. 24.96 feet above gage datum. The 

channel is straight for about 100 feet above and below the section. 

The current is sluggish; the right bank is high, and the left bank 

overflows only at very high stages. The bed of the stream is muddy. 

The discharge ~easurements maybe found as follows: 1897, Nineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 342; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 214. The following discharge measurements were 

made by W. G. Russell during 1899: 

April 20, gage height, 4.90 feet; discharge, 120 second-feet. 

May 27, gage height, 5.10 feet; discharge, 129 second-feet. 

May 29, gage height, 11.65 feet; discharge, 1,529 second-feet. · 

June 16, gage height, 13.60 feet; discharge, 2,270 second-feet. 
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Daily gage height, in feet, of Solomon River at Niles, Kansas, .for 1899. 

ay. Jan. Feb. Mat•. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. o.:l ------------------------

----- --"·--- 5.70 5.35 5.20 4.75 5.30 18.75 6.40· 5.10 !.40 5.00 4.40 

----- 5.30 5.65 5.30 5.25 4.65 5.10 11.85 10.75 5.00 5.10 4.80 4.90 

----- ------- 5.65 5.30 5.30 5. 75 8.35 8.90 10.00 5.10 4.70 4. 70 4.60 

----- 5.20 5.65 5.30 5.25 5.35 20.00 9.65 8.25 5.10 4.45 4.80 4.4(1 

----- 5.20 5.70 5.25 5.25 4.90 23.60 8.90 6.80 4.95 4.30 4.90 4.40 

----- ------- 5.65 5.40 5.25 4.90 16.70 8.30 6.20 4.85 4.40 5.00 4.90 

----- 5.10 5.65 5.25 5.25 4.85 8.30 9.70 5.80 5.05 4.45 -----·- 4. 70 

----- 5.30 5.65 5.45 5.35 5.10 16.80 8.60 5.65 4.95 4.45 4.30 4.60 

----- ------- 5.55 5.65 5.20 6.00 21.50 7.45 5.55 4.90 4.30 4.80 4. 70 

----- 5.20 5.60 5.45 5.25 5.65 21.35 6.85 5.30 4.85 4.40 4.60 4. 70 

----- ------- 5.65 5.55 5.20 6.35 15.60 6.75 5.35 4.85 4.60 4.20 4.90 

----- 5.20 5.45 5.45 5.30 6.55 10.00 6.60 5.30 4.70 4.40 4.80 4.70 

----- ------- 5.45 5.15 5.15 6.00 8.75 7.25 5.40 4.60 4.20 4.40 4.90 

----- ------- 5.45 5.95 5.10 5.65 7.65 10.60 5.25 4.50 4.35 4.40 4.80 

----- 5.30 5.50 6.50 5.00 5.15 9.80 7.65 5.25 4.60 4.35 4.50 5.00 

----- ··,.;:2()· 5.55 6.25 5.15 5.00 13.25' 6.40 5.35 4.50 4.35 5.00 5.10 

----· 5.40 6.25 5.05 5.05 10.10 6.15 6.15 4.50 4.15 4.50 5.00 ----- ------- 5.45 &.95 4.95 5.00 7.15 6.40 6.55 4.50 4.15 4.40 4.90 

----- 6.40 5.35 5. 70 5.00 4.80 6.55 6.80 6.30 4.45 4.15 4.30 5.10 

------ ------- 5.45 5.55 5.05 5.00 6. 3ii 6.40 6.30 4.40 4.10 4.50 5.00 

----- ------- 5.40 5.50 4.85 5.10 6.15 6.40 5.90 4.45 4.20 4.40 5.10 ----- 6.10 5.45 5.55 4.85 5.45 5.85 6.05 5. 60 4.70 4.30 4.90 4.90 

----- 5. 75 5.35 5.25 4.90 5.30 7.15 5.85 5.50 4.55 4.30 4.50 5.00 

----- 5.50 5.25 5.25 4.95 5.35 8.15 5.65 5.20 4.45 4.20 4.50 4. 70 

----- 5.25 5.40 5.35 4.80 5.20 12.45 5.65 5.15 4.45 4.55 4.70 4.80 

----- 5.65 5.35 5.25 4.90 5.10 12.90 5.70 5.20 4.40 4.60 4.50 4.90 

----- 5.50 5.45 5.15 4.85 8.50 11.85 5.40 5.10 4.55 10.25 4.70 4.70 

----- 5. 70 5.30 5.25 4.80 14.45 11.50 5.35 5.10 4.40 8.15 4.60 4.60 

----- 5.75 ------- 5.30 4.70 11.95 14.60 5. 4j) 5.05 4.30 6.15 4.80 4.70 

----- 5.65 ------- 5.25 4.80 7.15 18.60 5.55 4.85 4.45 5.30 4.70 4.60 

----- 5.60 ------- 5.05 ------- 5.80 ------- 5.25 4.90 ------- 5.00 ------- 4.70 

SALINE RIVER AT SALINA, KANSAS. 

This river and the Solomon are the two principal tributaries of 

Smoky Hill River. They are of a similar type to the other tributaries of Kansas River, as they are sand-hill streams. Saline River 

joins Smoky Hill River a short distance below Salina and 9 miles, by 

railroad, above the mouth of Solomon River. The station, established 

May 4, 1897, is located at a bridge 4.5 miles northeast of Salina, near 

the mouth of the river. The rod of the wire gage is spiked to the floor 

of the bridge. Bench mark No. 1 is a nail in an elm tree 2 feet in 

diameter on the north side of the river and 6 feet west of the bridge. 

Its elevation is 22.90 feet above gage datum. Bench mark No. 2 is 

six nails driven into a 16-inch box-elder tree on the north side of the 

river and 35 feet east of the bridge. Its elevation is 22.90 feet above 

gage datum. The channel is straight for a little distance above and 

below the station. Both banks are high and not liable to overflow. 

The bed of the stream is sand and mud. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 1897, Ninteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 346; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 316. 

The following discharge measurements for 1899 were made by W. G. 

Russell: 

April 21, gage height, 2.90 feet; discharge, 26 second-feet. 

May 27, gage height, 4.20 feet; discharge, 90 second-feet. 

May 29, gage height, 12.65 feet; discharge, 1,007 second-feet. 

May 30, gage height, 9.30 feet; discharge, 524 second-feet. 

June 16, gage height, 8.60 feet; di11charge, 560 second-feet. 
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------------------------ · ·a:oo· · ·a:oo· ------- 3.3.'; 2.90 4.55 8.95 4.25 3.55 3.20 4.80 3.60 

3.50 3.35 2.90 4.00 7.85 4.35 3.90 3.05 4.90 3.40 

------- ------- ------- 3.35 3. 70 9.95 6.95 4. 5.<; 3. 75 3.10 4.10 3.60 

3.80 3.20 ··,ro5- 3.25 3.70 23.95 6.50 4.50 3.60 3.30 3.90 3.80 

------- ------- 3.25 2.95 21.30 6.25 4.35 3.50 3.25 3. 70 3.80 

------- ------- 3.95 3.20 2.90 17.50 6.05 4.25 3.35 3.10 3. 70 3.60 

3. 4ll 3.20 4.00 3.45 3.10 10.50 6.65 4.00 3.30 3.05 3.60 3.60 

------- ------- 3. 75 3.40 3.05 11.40 7.20 3.90 3.30 3.15 3.50 3. 60 

3.60 3.20 3.50 3.35 3.00 21.70 7.05 3.81i 3.35 3.00 3.50 3.60 

··a:7o· 3.30 3.80 3.35 2.80 27.15 6.15 3.80 3.35· 3.00 3.50 3.60 

3.30 3. 75 3.30 2.70 23.50 7.55 3.80 3.25 3.00 3.50 3.80 

------- ------- 3.65 3.35 2.60 21.20 10.05 3.80 3.20 3.20 3.40 3.60 

------- ------ 4.10 3.10 2.70 15.10 8. 60 4.15 3.30 3.10 3.60 3.60 

3.80 3.10 3. 70 3.30 3.00 8.40 6.45 4.10 3.25 3.05 3.60 3. 70 

------- ------- 3.70 3.25 2.95 7.25 6.15 3.95 3.30 3.05 3.50 3.80 

··a:5o- 3.20 3.95 3.15 2.85 8.85 6.00 3.80 3.40 3.15 3.50 3.60 

··a:io- 3.75 3.15 2.90 13.45 6.20 3.75 3.55 3.05 3.60 3.90 

··a:w· 3.65 2 .. 95 2.85 9.95 5.50 4.05 3.55 3.00 3.50 3.90 

------- 3.65 3.00 2.75 7.25 5.30 4.05 3.35 3.10 3.60 3.80 

------- ------- 3.35 3.00 2.85 5.80 5.15 3.85 3.35 3.05 3.50 3.70 

3. 70 3.30 3.35 2.80 2. 75 5.35 4.95 3. 70 3.35 3.10 3.60 3.60 

I ------- ------- 3.45 3.00 4.35 5.10 4.85 3.65 3.25 3.20 3.60 3. 70 

3.20 3.40 3.15 3.10 11.35 5.40 4.65 3.55 3.25 3.10 3.60 3.60 

------- ------- 3.25 3.10 9.40 7.50 4.60 3.60 3.35 3.05 3.70 3.40 

··a::iO- 3.40 3.30 3.05 5.70 12.35 4.55 3.55 3.20 3.45 3.60 3.60 

------- 3.30 3.10 4.75 15.30 4.45 3.60 3.15 4.00 3.60 3.80 

------- ------- 3.35 3.05 4.20 17.70 • 4.35 3.55 3.25 3.65 3.70 3.60 

3.30 3.90 3.10 2.90 6.85 19.65 4.35 3.50 3.25 3.35 3.50 3. 60 

------- ------- 3.15 2.85 12.60 20.05 4.30 3.30 3.30 7.30 3.60 3.60 

··a:aif ------- 3.20 2.95 ~:Ml 14.25 4.35 3.~5 3.2.<; 6.60 3.80 3.60 

------- 3.50 ------- ------- 4.35 3.25 -----·- 5.50 ------- 3.~ 

SMOKY HILL RIVER AT HLLSWORTH, KANSAS. 

This river rises in eastern Colorado, and flows easterly, joining 

the Republican River at Junction to form the Kansas River. The 

gaging station, established April17, 1895, is located at the highway 

bridge on Douglass avenue, Ellsworth, Kansas. T'he gage is an 

inclined ash timber spiked to a post driven in the bed of the river 

and bolted to an iron post on the bridge pier. The bench mark is a 

nail driven in the base of a la11ge box-elder tree near the southeast 

corner of the bridge, 90 feet from the gage, and its elevation is 13.07 

feet above the zero of the gage. A slope gage is spiked to the Saint 

Louis and San Francisco Railroad bridge 2,536 feet upstream, and is 

referred to the same datum. The channel is nearly straight above 

and below the gage, and the bed is sandy and shifting. The results of 

measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 214; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 347; 1898, 'fwentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 315. Measurements for 1899 were made by W. G. Russell, as follows: 

March 20, gage height, 1.25 feet; discharge, 35 second-feet. 

June 6, gage height, 2.07 feet; discharge, 184 second-feet. 

June 26, gage height, 1.95 feet; discharge, 189 second-feet. 

July 7, gage height, 4.75 feet; discharge, 1,675 second-feet. 

July 8, gage height, 13 feet; discharge, 10,986 second-feet. 

July 8, gage height, 10.95 feet; discharge, 7,348 second-feet. 
252 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas, for 18,99, 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. ne-:l 

--------------------------- l_ ___ , 

------- ------- 1.2o 1.17' 0.98 0.88 U;8 2.25 1.40 1.13 1.30 '1.20 

2----- ------- ------- 1.40 1.17 .95 .90 1.38 2.13 1.33 1.10 1.30 1.20 

3 ----· 1.40 --i.-30- 1.50 1.10 .90 5.00 2.33 2.05 1.33 1.30 1.25 1.15 

4--.-- ------- 1.45 1.13 .93 3.25 2.33 1.98 1.33 1.10 1.25 1.15 

1)_ ___ , 1.40 -··----- 1.30 1.17 .95 1.98 2.00 1.95 1.30 1.10 1.25 1.15 

6----- ------- 1.20 1.23 .98 3.20 1.83 1.88 1.28 1.30 1.20 1.10 

7 ----· 1.50 1.30 .1.30 1.20 .98 4.10 8.60 1.80 1.20 1.50 1.20 1.10 8_, ____ ---·--- ·-----.- 1.20 1.17 1.00 3.00 11.35 1.73 1.28 1.50 1.25 1.15 

9- ·--- ------- ------- 1.38 1.15 .95 7.70 6.00 1. 73 1.38 1.30 1.25· 1.15 

10 ..... 1.50 ·-roo· n 1.35 1.17 .93 5.70 5.10 1. 73 1.50 1.30 1.25 1.20 _____ ------- 1.30 1.17 .93 3.45 4.58 1.68 1.38 1.30 1.25 1.20 

12----- 1.50 '"(50" 1.35 1.17 .93 2.80 3.80 1.60 1.35 1.10 1.20 1.15 13 _____ 1.40 1.40 1.23 1.00 2.20 3.33 1.95 1.50 1.10 1.20 1.15 14_. ___ 1.05 -Too· 1.43 1.17 .95 2.00 2.85 1.78 1.00 1.50 1.20 1.20 15 _____ 1.20 1.45 1.20 .98 1.90 2.70 1.68 1.48 1.50 1.15 1.20 16 _____ 1.30 -Too- 1.35 1.17 .95 1.75 2.60 1.63 1.45 1.10 1.15 1.20 

17 -·--- 1.10 1.38 1.10 .90 1.60 2.70 1.60 1.48 1.10 1.15 1.25 

18----- 1.30 ------- 1.30 1.08 .95 1.60 2.40 1.55 1.40 1.50 1.10 (a) 

19----- 1.40 1.50 1.28 1.08 .90 1.53 2.28 1.50 1.33 1. DO 1.15 1.25 

21. 20----· ____ 1.25 1.50 1.28 1.08 1.00 1.50 2.23 1.43 1.30 1.05 1.15 ~a) 1.35 1.55 1.23 1.03 .95 1.45 2.18 1.40 1.28 1.!15 120 a) 

22----- 1.35 1.45 1.23 1.03 .93 1.40 2.23 1.40 1.23 1.25 1.25 1.20 23 _____ 1.35 1. 45 1.13 1.05 .95 3.15 2.23 1.33 1.23 1.25 1.20 1.20 24----- 1.20 1.40 1.17 1.03 1.03 2.85 2.20 1.30 1.20 1.30 1.20 1.20 

25----- 1.15 1.40 1.15 1.03 1;10 2.25 2.13 1.35 1.20 1.40 1.25 1.15 

28----- 1.30 1.40 1.17 1.03 1.13 2.15 2.10 3.85 1.15 1.75 1.25 1.20 

27 -·--· 1.20 1.40 1.15 1.10 1.08 1.90 2.05 2. 75 1.15 1.58 1.20 1.20 

28----- 1.30 1.45 1.15 1.00 .98 2.00 2.35 2.35 1.13 1.50 1.20 (a) 

29----- 1.30 ------- 1.10 1.00 .90 1.95 2.90 1.65 1.10 1.45 1.20 1.20 30 _____ 1.30 ------- 1.20 .98 .93 1.80 2.45 1.50 1.10 1.45 1.20 1.25 

I 31. ____ ------- 1.17 ----·-- .88 ------- 2.30 1.43 ------- 1.35 ------- 1.20 I a Frozen. 

BLUE RIVER AT MANHATTAN, KANSAS. 

This stream is one of the principal tributaries of Kansas River, and 

drains a partof southeastern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas .. It 

enters Kansas River at Manhattan. Its tributaries extend almost to 

the Platte River. The drainage basin receives a uopious rainfall, and 

therefore the run-off is considerably larger than from the more western tributaries of Kansas River. The gaging station, established April 

12, 1895, is at the county bridge 4 miles north of Manhattan. The 

gage rod consists of three sections, the lower being an ash stick driven 

into the bottom of the river and bolted to an overhanging cottonwood 

tree 30 feet east of the bridge. · The other two sections of the rod are 

bolted to the south bridge pier. The bench mark is a cross cut in t:p.e 

capstone of the south bridge pier immediately above the upper gage, 

and is 32.135 feet above gage datum. The results of measurements 

may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 218; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 348; 1898, 

Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 319. The following discharge measurements were made by W. G. Russell during 1899: 

April 20, gage height, 4.60 feet; discharge, 767 second-feet. 

May 23, gage height, 13.70 feet; discharge, 8,952 second-feet .. 

June 8, gage height, 16.60 ft.et; discharge, 20,237 second-feet. 

June 9, gage height, 18.30 feet; discharge, 19,529 second-feet. 

June 10, gage height, 15.60 feet; discharge, 13,616 second-feet. 

October 18, gage height, 3. 70 feet; discharge, 366 second-feet. 
KANSAS. 253 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Blue River at Manhattan, Kansas,jor 1899. 

I Day. I Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

l. .... 4.50 4.80 4.65 4.95 4.88 5.70 6.85 7.05 4.20 3.80 4.25 4.00 

2----- 4.40 4.70 4.65 4.85 5.45 5.95 6.25 5.90 4.15 3.80 4.25 3.95 

3 -·--- 4.40 4.60 4.95 4.75 5.35 12.85 6.85 5.25 4.30 3.80 4.15 4.05 

4----- 4.40 4.70 5.75 4.85 6.05 23.00 6.35 4.90 4.25 3.80 4.05 4.10 

5----- 4.40 4.85 5.80 I 4.90 5.90 12.65 5.85 5.15 4.15 3.80 4.00 3.95 

6----- 4.50 4.90 5.70 5.15 5.10 8.40 8.35 6.75 4.00 3.80 4.00 4.00 

7 ----· 4.45 4.80 5.60 5.45 4. 75 7.60 10.65 6.00 4.05 3.80 4.15 3.95 

8----- 4.45 4.75 6.00 5.65 5.10 13.95 14.25 5.20 4.05 3.85 4.10 3.90 

9----- 4.45 4.70 6.05 5.65 5.95 18.25 12.90 5.00 4.20 3.80 4.10 4.00 

10----- 4.45 4.80 6.10 5.45 10.55 15.80 10.60 4.70 4.30 3.75 4.10 4.15 n _____ 4.60 

r5 

7.40 5.30 10.25 11.25 9.00 4.70 4.10 3.85 4.10 4.20 

12- ·--- 4.75 .90 7.35 5.15 6.40 8. 75 8.35 4.65 4.05 3.80 4.10 4.30 

13----- 4.75 .80 6.40 5.00 5.80 8.05 7.40 7.00 3.90 3.80 4.05 3.95 14, _____ 4.65 4.80 6.00 5.00 5.40 7.20 7.25 11.45 3.95 3.80 4.05 3. 75 

15----- 4.55 4.90 9.00 4.95 5.00 6.83 6.55 9.25 3.95 8.80 3.95 4.55 

16 -···· 4.50 4.60 12.20 4.85 5.00 6.50 6.60 9.20 4.00 3.95" 4.05 4.30 

17----- 4.50 4.65 9.95 4.75 5.05 6.60 6.60 8.15 4.00 3.80 4.20 4.45 

18----- 4.50 4.60 8.35 4. 75 4.80 6.75 6.10 7.00 3.75 3.80 4.20 4.20 

19 ---· 4.40 4.65 7.25 4. 70 4.30 6.90 5.75 6.10 3.75 3.80 4.20 4.10 

20----- 4.40 4.75 6.60 4.58 13.10 6.95 5.60 5.60 3.90 3.80 4.15 3. 90 

21 ..... 4.45 4.70 6.25 4.53 21.55 6.70 5.50 5.30 3.95 3.75 4.00 4.10 

22 ..... 4.50 4.75 6.15 4.48 22.85 6.55 5.25 4.90 3.90 3.95 4.00 4.10 

23. ·-- 4.50 4.90 5.90 4.50 13.50 6.25 5.15 4.80 3.90 3.45 3. 95 4.15 

24 ·-· -· 4.50 5.25 5.55 4.50 9.40 6.15 5.10 4.80 3.90 3.80 3.90 4.05 

25----- 4.40 5.20 5.40 4.50 8.30 6.35 4.95 4.50 3.90 3.90 4.05 4.15 

26- ·--- 4.40 5.20 5.25 4.43 9.10 6.40 4.90 4.20 3.80 7.05 4.10 3.95 

27----- 4.50 5.10 5.25 4.45 9.65 6.30 4.85 3.50 3.90 6.80 4.05 3.90 

28----- 4.50 4.95 5.20 5.63 7.25 7.35 5.05 4.50 3.80 5.65 4.05 3.85 

29 ----- 4.80 ----··- 5.05 5.70 6.45 6.45 6.90 4.45 3.80 4.95 4.05 3. 70 

30----- 4.85 ------- 5.0.5 5.20 6.00 6.45 12.00 4.35 3.80 4.70 4.05 3.70 

I 81_ ____ 4.90 --··---- 5.00 ------- 6.10 ------ 8.25 4.40 ------- 4.40 ------- 4.05 I 

KANSAS RIVER AT LECOMPTON, KANSAS. 

This river, formed by the junction of Republican and Smoky Hill 

·rivers at Junction, Kansas, flows in a general easterly direction into 

Missouri River at. Kansas City. The gaging station at Lecompton 

was est.ablished April 16, 1899, and is located at the new carriage 

· bridge recently built across the river. 

The following discharge measurements were made by E. C. Murphy 

and 'Y· G. Russell during 1899: 

Measurements of Kansas River at Lecompton, Kansas. 

Date. 

1899. 

±E;: k::::::::::::::::: 

Apr. 21 •.. ·------------- Apr. 29 --------···------ May 11 ................ .. 

~ay 25.. .............. .. 

Gage 

height. 

Feet. 

3.40 

3.35 

3.15 

5.90 

6.35 

11.20 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 2,935 

2,747 

2,251 

8, 744 

10,859 

34,213 

Date. 

1899. 

June 5------ ---··-······· June 12 ...... ____ .•.•••.. 

June 16------------------ July 17 ____ .....•••....... 

~~V. M: :::::::::::::::::: 

Ga.ge 

height. 

Feet. 

9.90 

6.60 

3.52 

6.30 

3.95 

2.00 

Discharge. 

Sec.-feet. 21,762 

11,549 

!,326 

10,500 

3,349 

1,889 
254 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0.87. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Kansas River at Lecompton, Kansas, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

----------------

L ................... -------- 3.411 4.50 5.45 5.55 2.60 2.00 2.90 2.10 

2 .................... 3.35 4.15 6.25 4.45 2.60 2.00 2.80 2.10· 

3 .................... . -.......... 8.20 4.00 6.20 4.~5 2.60 2.00 2.70 2.10 

4 ...... ------ ........ 8.20 .7.10 6.00 3. 5 2.60 2.00 2.60 2.10 

5 ............ -------- ·------- 3.20 9.50 5.90 3.85 2.50 2.00 2.50 2.10 

6 ...... ---------- ---· -------- 3. 20' 8.90 5.75 4.85 2.50 2.00 2.50 2.05 

7 .................... -------. 3.40 7.90 9.05 4.50 2.40 2.00 2.40 2.00 

8 .................... 3.40 7.25 11.00 4.40 2.40 2.00 2.40 2.00 

9 .................... ---·---- 3.40 9.25 8.85 4.30 2.30 2.00 2.40 2.00 

10 .................... ---- ---- 3.55 10.00 8.50 3.90 2.30 2.00 2.30 2.00 

11 .................... -------- 5.80 9.00 7.80 3.50 2.30 2.00 2.30 2.15 

12 .................... -------- 6.15 7.80 6.70 3.50 2.30 2.00 2.30 2.25 

13 .................... ---- ---· 5.25 7.30 6.20 3.50 2.30 1.90 2.30 2.45 

14 .................... 4.45 6.90 5.90 4.00 2.30 1.90 2.30 2.65 

15 .................... "'3:5ii' 3.95 6.65 6.40 5.40 2.20 1.90 2.30 2.90 

16 .................... 3.65 6.55 6.60 5.50 2.20 1.90 2.30 3.00 

17 .................... 3.40 3.50 6.10 6.25 5.10 2.20 1. 90 2.30 3.00 

18 .................... 3.30 3.35 5.30 6.85 4.75 2.20 1.90 2.20 2.90 

19 .................... 3.20 3.30 5.00 5.30 4.40 2.20 1.90 2.20 2.90 

20 .................... 4.70 3.35 4.95 4.80 4.15 2.20 1.90 2.20 2.80 

21.., ................. 3.40 8.00 4.85 4.45 3.80 2.20 1. !lO 2.20 2. 70 

22 ..... ~ .............. 3.40 (a) 4.65 4.25 3.55 2.10 ), 90 2.20 2.65 23 .................... 3.40 (a) 4.50 4.05 3.45 2.10 1.90 2.20 2.60 

24 .................... 3.40 7.50 4.50 3.85 3.25 2.10 1. 90 2.20 2.60 

25 ..................... 3.30 6.15 4.80 3.70 3.05 2.10 l. 90 2.20 2.60 

26 .................... 3.20 6.65 4.90 3.60 2.90 2.10 l. 90 2.20 2.50 

27 .................... 3.20 5.10 6.05 3.60 2.90 2.00 2.05 2.20 2.50 

28 .................... 3.20 5.90 5.35 8.50 2.90 2.00 2.45 2.10 2.45 

29 .................... 3.20 6.45 5.55 3.45 2.80 2.00 2.75 2.10 2.40 

30 ................ 3.20 5.10 5.70 5.15 2.80 2.00 3.00 2.10 2.40 

I 31.. ............... ::: -------- 4.75 -------- 5.30 2.70 -------- 3.00 -------- 2.40 

a Water over gage. 

KANSAS RIVER AT LAWRENCE, KANSAS. 

The station at this point, 11 miles below the Lecompton station, was 

established in July, 1895, and is located at the wagon bridge at Lawrence, Kansas. The gage was fastened to the south pier of the bridge, 

about 50 feet up the river from the crest of the dam. Owing to the 

impossibility of accurately rating this station, no measurements of discharge were made here during 1899, but gage readings were maintained until November 4, when the station was discontinued. The 

Lecompton station was established to take the place of this one. The 

results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 220; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 350; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 322. 
' 

KANSAS. 255 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Kansas River at Lawrence, Kansas, for 1899 

[Sign- indicateS" that water is below zero of gage.] 

I Day. 

I~ Feb. I Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 

!_ ____________ 0.50 -1.75 .80 1.20 1.20 2.00 2.35 2.85 0.60 0.10 0.80 

2.------------ .60 - .50 1.10 1.20 1.00 l. 90 2.70 1. 95 .60 .15 . 75 

3. ---·--- ------ .60 .00 .90 1.20 1.00 2.10 2.95 1.65 .60 .20 .75 4 _______ .80 .10 1.05 1.20 .85 2. 70 2.80 1.55 .60 .20 .65 

5.------ ------ .90 .00 2.00 1.25 .85 5.60 2.65 1.40 .60 .20 -------- 6.-----·------ .70 .40· 1.80 1.35 .90 5.50 2.55 1. 50 .55 .20 -------- 7.------------ .65 - .70 . 70 1.60 1.20 3.75 4.50 1.80 .50 .20 -------- 8 _____ ----.--- .80 - .60 .90 1.60 1.10 3.50 6.55 1.90 .50 .20 -------- 9 _____________ .60 .00 1.05 1.80 1.00 4.60 4.80 1.50 .50 .10 .. -.. -- ~-

10_ ------ --·--· .50 - . 50 1.30 1. 75 1.20 6.20 . 4.50 1.40 .50 .00 -------- 11.------------ .45 - .80 1.30 1.60 2.90 6.30 3.55 1.30 .50 .00 -------- 12 _____________ .50 - .20 2.80 1. 45 2.80 5.40 3.00 1.25 .50 .00 -------- 13.------ ---·-- .50 - .60 2.90 1.40 2.60 4.10 2.55 1.10 .50 -.10 -------- 14. ---·-- ------ .50 -1.20 :!.80 1.25 1.80 3.80 2.65 1.35 .40 -.20 -------- 15. ·- .50 -1.20 2.60 1.10 1.45 3.50 2.75 1.90 .40 -.20 ------- 16 .... ::::::::: .45 -1.40 3. 70 1. 00 1.20 3.10 3.00 2.65 .'l5 -.30 ----- ~--

17------------- .40 - .15 3. 60 1. 00 1.00 2.80 3.00 2.25 .40 -.20 -------- 18.------------ .40 .00 3.50 .90 1.00 2.15 2. 70 2.05 .40 -.20 -------- 19.------------ .40 .50 2.80 .80 1.00 2.00 2.25 1. 70 .35 -.20 -------- 20 _____________ .55 .50 2.10 2.70 1.00 2.00 1. 95 1.50 .30 -.20 -------- 21_ ____________ . 75 .55 1.80 1.35 3.40 1. 95 1. 80 1.35 .30 -.20 -------- 22.------------ .80 .35 1.80 1.00 5.65 1.85 1.60 1.15 .30 -.30 -------- 23. ---- ·--- ---- . 75 .00 1.55 1.00 5.80 1.70 1.60 1.00 .30 -.30 -------- 24. ---------·-- . 75 - .20 1.50 1.00 4.80 1.90 1.50 1.00 .30 -.30 -------- 25. ---------·-· 26 . 70 .00 1.40 1.00 3.10 2.00 1.40 .85 .30 -.35 -------- _____________ .80 .50 1.40 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.40 .85 .20 -.35 -------- 27- ·----- ---·-- .65 .70 1. <LO 1.00 2.10 2.10 1.25 .80 .10 -.30 -------- 28.------ ------ .35 .80 1.35 1.00 2.70 2.40 1.15 .80 .05 -.as . ------- 29 _______ ------ .60 ------- 1.20 1.00 3.10 2.40 1.10 .80 .00 +.80 . ------- 30. ------------ .40 ------- 1.20 1.40 2.60 2.40 1.80 . 75- .00 .85 -------- ~----------·-- .60 ------- 1.20 ------- 1.90 ------- 2.35 .65 ------- .85 --------

Station discontinued October 31. 

ARKANSAS RIVER. 

The source of this river is in the vicinity of Tennessee Pass, in the 

central portion of Colorado. It flows southerly for about 70 miles, 

t-hen easterly for 50 miles to Canyon, receiving a number of tributaries from the mountainous area on either side, which tends to increase 

the discharge of the river. At Canyon it suddenly emerges from the 

Rocky Mountain front and thence flows in an easterly direction, traversing the Great Plains of eastern Colorado, in which section most of 

the water is diverted for irrigation. .After crossing the Kansas line 

it continues eastward for about 200 miles until the center of the State 

is reached, when it suddenly bends to the southward and passes into 

Indian Territory, and from thence into the State of .Arkansas, finally 

entering the Mississippi River about 25 milec above Greenville, Mississippi. Throughout the mountainous area above Canyon the discharge increases, but as soon as the river emerges onto the Great Plains 

the water is gradually diverted by means of canals, so that by the 

time the Kansas line is reached the river is usually dry during the 

summer stages. In its mountainous course the river makes a descent 

from 10,000 feet at Leadville to 5,300 feet at Canyon, a distance of 

120 miles. · 

During the last year two notable examples of engineering construction have been practically completed in this basin. The first one is 

the Twin Lakes reservoir, in which a dam 30 feet in height, of solid 
2.1')6 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0.37. 

masonry, has been completed in a cut below the outlet of the lower 

lake of Twin Lakes, which is one source of supply of the Arkansas. 

This fs designed to store water for a canal 130 miles below, which 

heads a few miles below Pueblo .. The ditch has been cleaned out 

during the last season, and it is stated that $2,000,000 are being spent 

on a sugar-beet factory receiving water from it. 

Twelve miles north of I.amar, Colorado, are a serieM of depressions 

in the plains, separated by ridges. Five of these have been connected 

by ditches, making the continuous reservoir system of The Great 

Plains Water Company. Their total available capacity is 194,562 

acre-feet. It is the intention to fill them from the Arkansas River 

during the winter and high-water seasons by means of a supply ditch, 

which is now completed. This ditch is about 90 miles long and heads 

immediately above La Junta. Its capacity at f,he head is 2,000 secondfeet. A number of gaging stations have been maintained in this 

drainage basin, and they are described in order down stream: 

LAKE CREEK AT TWIN LAKES, COLORADO. 

This creek enters the Arkansas a short distance above Granite, Colorado. The sta~ion was established June 21, 1899, by Mr. 0. 0. 

McReynolds, chief engineer of the Colorado Land and Water Company, which has been at work on the reservoir of Twin Lakes during 

the last year. It was at first contemplated that measurements should 

be made showing the discharge into the upper lake, between the two 

lakes, and below the lower lake, but owing to difficulties encountered 

only a few measurements were made at the two upper points. On 

July 17 the discharge entering the upper lake, at a gage height of 2.80 

feet, was found to be 273 second-feet; on October 12, at the same 

point, with a gage height of 1. 9 feet, the discharge was 27 second-feet. 

Three measurements of discharge were made at a point between the 

two lakes: June 21, at a gage height of 3.60 feet, the discharge was 

found to be 1,007 second-feet; July i7, at a gage height of 1.90 feet, 

the discharge was 374 second-feet; October 12, gage height, 1.4 feet; 

discharge, 42 second-feet. A number of discharge measurements at 

the lower station were made, sufficient for the construction of a rating 

table Govering the period from June 21 to July 20, but after that date 

the surface of the lakes was raised and lowered periodically through 

the operations of a placer company which had constructed a dam 

below the lower lake. The following measurements of discharge were 

made by A. L. Fellows and 0. Q. McReynolds during 1899: 

June 21, gage height, 3.80 feet; discharge, 1,208 second-feet. 

June 27, gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 696 second-feet. 

July 17, gage height, 2.55 feet; discharge, 391 second-feet. 

July 24, gage height, 2.50 feet; discharge, 344 second-feet. 

August 14, gage height, 2.50 feet; discharge, 183 second-feet. 

October 13, gage height --; discharge, 22 second-feet. 
COLORADO. 257 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Lake Creek at Twin Lakes, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. June. July. Aug. Sept. Day. June. July. Aug. Sept. Day. June. July. Aug. Se~ 

1._ .............. 3.10 2.72 2.15 12 .•. ............. 2.65 2.60 -------- 23 •.. 3.65 2.50 2.30 

2 •. -----· 3,15 2.72 2.10 18 .•• ............. 2.75 2.55 ----·--- 2L. 8.50 2.52 2.30 

3 .. ------ 3.10 2.78 2.10 1L. ............. 2.65 2.50 ----·--- 25 ... 3.40 2.50 2.25 

4 .. 3.05 2.88 2.10 15 ..• 2.55 2.48 -------- 21J __ 3.30 2.45 2.25 

5 .. ............ 2.115 2.115 2.05 16 ..• ------ 2.50 2.45 ·------- 27 •.• 3.20 2.48 2.22 

6 .. ------ 2.115 2.98 2.05 17 ... ............ 2.50 2.45 ---- ---- 28 ... 3.10 2.55 2.20 

7 .. ------ 2.00 2.90 2.05 18 .•• ------ 2.50 2.45 -------- 29 ... 3.10 2.65 2.15 --··----- 8 .. ------ 2.85 2.88 2.05 19 .•. 2.50 2.40 -------- 30 ... 3.10 2.70 2.15 -------- 9 •. ------ 2.80 2.85 2.00 20 ... ------ 2.50 2.40 -------- 31 ... .......... ., 2.70 :u5 ................ 10 .• 2.75 2.75 2.00 2L. 3.80 2.55 2.40 -------- 11.. ------ 2.70 2.65 2.00 22 ... 3.70 2.55 2.35 --------

. ARKANSAS RIVER AT GRANITE, COLORADO. 

This station is located at the wagon pridge, 250 feet from the railroad station at Granite, Colorado. The gage is a vertical 2 by 6 inch 

plank spiked to the upper end of the center pier of the bridge. The 

banks are low and liable to overflow; the bed is rocky, and the current swift. It will be impossible to construct a rating table .for this 

station from the measurements obtained· in 1899. The results of 

measurements may be found as follows: 1897, Nineteenth Annual 

Reyort, Part ~V, page 354; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 330. The following discharge measurementswera made by A. L. 

Fellows during 1899: 

May 25, gage height, 5 feet; discharge, 1,476 second-feet. 

July 15, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 1,178 second-feet. 

·October 14, gage height, 1.60 feet; discharge, 130 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Granite, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Mar.· Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. I 1-~------1---------------------

1_. ______ ---··· .................. .. 

2 ................................ . 3 ............................... .. 4 ............................... .. 5 ....................... - -~------ 6 ............................... .. 7 ............................... .. 8 ................................. . 

9 ....... ---------------- ---------- 10 ..... ----.......... ---- ---------- 11 ....................... ---------· 12.------ ................ ---------- 13_ ......... ---------- .......... ---- 14 ........... ------------ ......... . 15 ...... ; ________________ ------·----

16 ....................... ---------- 17.---------------------- ........ .. 18 ................................ . 19.---------------------- ___ , ____ __ 

20.---------------------- ---------· 21. ............ : ......... ----------

22 ....................... ---------- 23 .. ----- .......... ------ 3. 30 

24..... .................. 3.15 

25.---------------------- 3.20 

26 ................. ------ 3. 25 

27....................... 3.25 

28................. ...... 8.25 

29....................... 3.20 

30....................... 3.10 

31.---------- ------------ 8.15 

3.15 

3.25 

3.25 

2.25 

3.20 

8.20 

3.20 

3.15 

8.25 

3.35 

3.45 

8.45 

3.50 

3.50 

3.50 

3.50 

3.50 

3.00 

8.50 

8.50 

8.,50 

3.55 

3.65 

3.85 

3.75 

8.115 

4.00 

4.00 

3.90 

3.90 

3.90 

3.80 

3.80 

3.80 

8.80 

8.80 

3.90 

8.115 

4.05 

4.20 

4.35 

4.60 

4.95 

5.40 

5.80 

5.80 

5.80 

5.90 

5.90 

5.75 

5.65 

5.00 

4.80 

4.115 

5.00 

5.35 

5.65 

5.75 

5.60 

5.90 

6.00 

5.80 

5.76 

5.25 

4.1ll 

·4.50 

4.60 

4.85 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.40 

6.70 

6.115 

6.90 

6.40 

6.00 

5.85 

5.75 

5.85 

5.85 

5.70 

5.65 

5.00 

4.85 

4.60 

4.40 

4.00 

8.90 

8.90 

8.90 

3.90 

3.90 

3.90 

3.80 

3.50 

3.50 

3.45 

3.40 

3.40 

3.40 

3.35 

3.30 

3.00 

3.00 

2.80' 

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.80 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.40 :!.00 

2.40 2.00 

2.40 2.00 

2.60 2.00 

2.60 2.00 

2.60 2.00 

2.60 2.00 

2.60 2.00 

2.60 2.00 

2.40 2.00 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 ---------- 2.UO ......... . 2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 ----;;~ 
258 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [ll'o.B7. 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT SALIDA, COLORADO. 

This station was established Aprilll, 1895, and is located at the 

suspension bridge at Salida, Colorado. The gage consists of a vertical timber bolted to the abutment of the bridge; the banks are high 

and do not overflow; the bed of the stream consists of sand and 

gravel. Large bowlders interfere to a considerable extent with the 

accuracy of the results. Results of measurements may be found as 

follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 224; 1897, 

Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV,· page 355; 1898, Twentieth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 331. The following discharge measurements were made by A. L. Fellows during 1899: 

April 26, gage height, 1. 72 feet; discharge, 686 second-feet. 

May 25, gage height, 8.10 feet; discharge, l,999 second-feet. 

July 14, gage height, 2.40 feet; discharge, 1,801 second-feet. 

November 8, gage height, 0.80 feet; disharge, 817 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Salida, Colorado, for 1899, 

I Day. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sep~ ------------

1-...................... ................. 0.80 1.30 3.25 3.20 1.60 0.80 

2 ....................... ---------- .80 1.35 3.35 3.20 1.60 .so 

3 ....................... .................... .80 1.25 3.10 3.20 1.70 '.80 

4 ....................... .................... .80 1.20 2.85 3.20 2.40 .70 

6 ....................... .................... .85 1.25 2.85 3.10 2.10 .70 

6 ....................... -·-·------ .80 1.40 2.60 3.20 2.15 .60 

7 ............... , ....... -.......... ~--. .80 1.60 2.85 3.05 1.811 .60 

8 ....................... ---------- .80 1.85 2.90 2.90 1.85 .65 

9 ....................... ---------- .85 1.95 3.05 2.50 1.45 .50 

10 ........... .................. .95 2.05 8.20 2.45 1.40 .50 

11 ........... :::::::::::: .................. 1.00 2.10 3.60 2.40 1.85 .50 

12 ....................... -----·---- 1.02 2.25 8.60 2.85 1.15 .50 

18 ....................... •••• a .. •••• 1.10 2.45 8.70 2.85 1.20 . 75 

14 ....................... ---------- 1.00 2.70 uo 2.35 1.20 .90 

15 ....................... -----·---- 1.05 2.85 4.30 2.45 1.20 1.00 

16 ....................... ................... 1.20 2.90 4.85 2.40 1.20 1.00 

17 ....................... ---------- 1.20 2.90 5.00 2.80 1.10 .80 

18 ....................... ---------· 1.10· 2.95 4.85 2.60 1.10 . 70 

19 ....................... .................... 1.15 3.00 4.95 2.40 1.05 .65 

20 ....................... ---·-· ---- .95 3.00 5.10 2.30 1.00 .65 

21. ...................... ··--·o.·so· .90 2.80 5.00 2.00 1.00 .60 22 ....................... .95 2.60 4.50 1.85 .90 .50 

28 ....................... .80 1.10 2.45 4.20 1.80 .80 .60 

24 ....................... .80 1.20 2.60 4.20 1.85 .80 .60 

25 ......... , ............. .80 1.80 2.75 4.10 1.85 .80 .50 

26 ....................... .90 1.65 2.95 3.85 1.60 .70 .60 

27 ....................... .70 1.60 3.10 8.50 1.85 . 70 .40 

28 .• c .................... .70 1.85 3.10 3.20 1.65 .70 .40 

29 ....................... .70 1.60 3.10 8.20 1.40 .70 .40 

80 ....................... . 70 1.40 3.20 3.20 1.50 .70 .40 ~-........ ; ............. .70 ~.---- -·-- 8.25 ----............. 1.60 .90 ----·~_--·1 

Closed for the winter September "SO. 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT CANYON, COLORADO. 

This station, established in 1889, is located at the Hot Springs Hotel, 

1t miles west of Canyon and about 500 yards below the mouth of 

Grape Creek. The gage rod is placed on the left bank of the river, 

just below the suspension foot bridge, and consists of an inclined 

4 by 4 inch timber bolted to posts set in the ground. The station "is 

an i~portant one, as it is located at the inouth of the canyon and 
COLORADO. 259 

above most of the canal diversions. The only two ditches taking 

water above the gaging station are the North ~;tnd South Side ditches, 

which were each measured three times during 1899, as follows: On 

April27, August 18, and November 7. North Side ditch, on the first 

date, was carrying 55 second-feet, and the South Side ditch 48 secondfeet; on the second date North Side ditch was discharging 35 secondfeet and the South Side ditch 43 second-feet; at the third measurement of discharge the North Side ditch showed 28 second-feet and the 

South Side 36 second-feet. The results of measurements may be 

found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

226; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 356; 1898, 

Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 331. The discharge measurements were made by A. · L. Fellows for 1899, as .follows: 

April27, gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 611 second-feet. 

May 26, gage height, 4.55 feet; discharge, 2,189 second-feet. 

July 7, gage height, 4.50 feet; discharge, 2,651 second-feet. 

August 18, gage height, 2.90 feet; discharge, 553 second-feet. 

November 7, gage height, 2.55 feet; discharge, 306.second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Canyon, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. / 

1 •.... ••··•·· ······- .•..•.. 2.80 

2 ....•••...•.•...••. ·•·•··· 2.80 

3 .....•....•. ······- ······- 2.80 

4. .... ······- 2.tl0 8.40 2.80 

5 •....•••..•. ······- •...... 2.80 

6 ...•. 2.60 •....•.••...•. 2.80 

7 ....• ....... .•..••. .••.... 2. 70 

8 .....•••..•. ······- ....... 2. 70 

9 ...•........••..••. ···---~ 2.70 

10 ....••...•.. •••···· .•...•. 2.75 

11 .•..• ······- 2.50 3.00 2.80 

~ ::::: ::::::: :::::·: :::::::. ~:~g 14 ....• 2.60 ••......•... :. 3.05 

15 ...•......•.••.•••. ······- 3.00 

16 ..... ······- ••...•. ••..... 3.05 

17 ..•.. ······- ······- ······- 3.00 

18 ...•• ····••· 2.10 2.70 8.00 

19 ..... ······- .•..•..••..... 2.95 

20 ..•.• ·····•· •...••.••.•.•. 8.00 

21 ..••. 2.60 .•..•...••..•. 2.75 

22 ...•. •....•. •••.••. ••..••. 2. 70 

23 .•....•...•......•.•••.••. 2.75 

24- .... ...•••. •...••. ••..... 2.90 

25 •..•.••..... a.oo 2.10 3.05 

26 .....••.•••.•.•..•..•.••• : 8.20 

27 ....• ······- ..•.... •..•••. 3.30 

28 ..... 2.60 •••..•. •...••• 3.35 

29 .....••...•.••.•....••.••. 3.40 

30 .....•••.••.••...• · .•••.•.. 8.25 

81 ....•••..•••••..••.••• , ••.••...•. 

3.25 5.00 

3.10 5.05 

3.05 5.00 

2.90 4. 75 

2.90 4.50 

2.90 4.45 

3.00 4.65 

3.15 4. 70 

3.35 4. 75 

3.5.5 4. 85 

8.65' 5.05 

3.90 5.45 

4.25 5.85 

4.50 6.00 

4. 70 5.95 

4.80 5.95 

4.85 5.95 

4.65 6.05 

4. 75 6.10 

4.80 6.10 

4.65 6.05 

4.40 5. 95 

4.20 5. 75 

4.15 5.60 

4.50 5.50· 

4.60 5.30 

4.80 5.25 

4.80 5.00 

4.80 5.05 

4.90 4.95 

5.00 ••...•. 

5.00 

5.30 

5.00 

4.85 

4. 75 

4.60 

4.55 

4.40 

4.30 

4.20 

4.10 

4.05 

4.45 

4.25 

4.25 

4.40 

4.10 

4.05 

4.50 

4.10 

3.90 

8.80 

3.70 

3.70 

3.60 

3.50 

3.50 

8.60 

3.55 

8.65 

3.60 

a Average for week. 

3.60 

8.50 

8.50 

4.10 

4.45 

3.65 

3.50 

3.50 

3.40 

3.30 

3.10 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.90 

2.80 

2.95 

2.90 

2.85 

2.80 

2.70 

2.70 

2.60 

2.60 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.40 

2.50 

2.60 ....... ·•••••· .•••..•• 2.50 .•...•.•••.••. a2.70 

2.50 ••····· •....•.•..••••• 2. 50 a2. 20 a2. 60 ••••.••. 

2.40 ------- ------- -------- 2.40 .....•. ·····•· ••••.••• 2.30 ••··••· ••.•••. ·••·•·•· 2.30 .•..••..•..••. •·••·••• 2.30 ••.•.•.••••••. a2.70 

2.30 ••···•· •.........••••. 2.20 a2.40 a2.80 ••.•.... 2.20 .....•............•••. 2.20 ••...••.••.••....••.•• 2.20 .•.... - .•..•...•.•.... 2.30 ······- .....•...••..•. 2.30 ...•••.....••. a2.50 

2.60 ······- .......•..••... 

2.50 ······- a2.90 •••··•·· 2.40 ·····•· .•..••.•..••••• 2.40 a2.40 ••.•••.•.•••••• 2.30 .••..•.••..••. ·•··••·· 2.30 ·•···•· ••..••.....•••• 2.30 •.•.••. ···•••· a2.50 2.30 ••..••........••.•.... 2.00 •....•. aa.oo ....... . 2.30 .••..•.••..••.•.•..... 2.20 ....... ·'····· ........ . 2.20 a2.50 ···•·•· .....•.. 2.20 ..•...•. ·····•· ...••... 2.20 •••..•. •.•····· a2.80 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT PUEBLO, COLORADO. 

This. station was established in September, 1894, and is at present 

located at Main street bridge in the city of Pueblo. The gage is a 

2 by 6 inch plank bolted to the masonry wall at the south end of the 

bridge. The bench mark consists of a point on the stone coping at 

the south end of the bridge, and is 17.30 feet above gage' datum. 
260 OPERATIONS A'f RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

Gage readings are furnished by the city engineer of Pueblo. The 

results of measuremen~s may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 230; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 357; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

336. The following discharge measurements for 1899 were made 

under the direction of A. L. Fellows: 

Measurements of Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colorado. 

Date. Gage Disheight. charge. Date. Gage Disheight. charge . 

. 1899. 1899. 

Apr. 27 ...........•...... May 26 ..........•.•.... 

Feet. 

0.8 

2.2 

2.55 

3.60 

2.22 

1.61 

0.72 

Sec.-feet. 

695 

2,221 

2,856 

4,565 

2,959 

2,098 

1,199 

Aug. 5 ..••.•..•.•••••.••. Aug. 14 ......••...••...•. Sept. 10 .........•...•.... 

Feet. 

1.46 

1.20 . -0.5 

-0.10 

Sec.-feet. 1,938 

1,496 

180 

388 

331 

411 

June 3 .............•.... June 17 ................ . 

~~l; ~ :::::::::::::::::: ~ug.l ......•......•.... 

Sept. 18 ....•.•••...•..... Oct. 6 .•...•.............. Nov. 7 ..•..•............. -0.20 

0.05 

_j 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Pueblo, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Jan. 

-----

1 ••••• 0.40 

2 .••.• .35 

3 .•••• .30 

L .... .55 

5 ...•. .55 

6 ..•.. .58 

7 ..... .43 

8 ..... .43 

9 ..... .45 

10 ..... .47 

11 .•.•. .39 

12 ..... .37 

13 •.••. .45 

14 ••••• .48 

15 .•••. .40 

16 ..... .49 

17 ..••. .50 

18 ..... .50 

19 ..... .50 

20 ...•. .50 

21 ••••• .47 

22 ••.•• .50 

23 .••.• .55 

24. •••• .52 

25 ..••• .45 

26 ----- .40 

27 .•••• .30 

28 •.••. .37 

29 ..... .37 

30 .•••• .37 

31. ...• .35 

Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. 

------------ 0.36 0.59 0.49 0.75 2.50 2.10 

.52 .75 .45 .80 2.50 2.10 

.57 .59 .50 .80 2.50 2.40 

.62 .68 .44 .60 2.20 2.10 

.60 .60 .40 .55 1. 90 1.90 

.62 .51 .47 .50 1.70 1.80 

.60 .62 .47 .. 55 2.00 2.20 

.62 .63 .47 .65 2.10 1.60 

.60 .59 .34 .65 2.20 1.50 

.58 .61 .30 .75 2.30 1.40 

.75 .47 .29 .85 2.40 1.20 

.72 .45 .29 1.30 2.80 1.80 

.70 .40 .40 1. 70 3.30 2.00 

.70 .27 .40 2.00 3.30 1.90 

1.05 .20 .45 2.15 3.60 1.90 

1.05 .18 .50 2.25 3. 70 1.65 

1.19 .69 .50 2.25 3.60 1.50 

.95 .40 .50 2.35 3.50 1.80 

.85 .40 .45 2.25 3.60 2.00 

.72 .22 .40 2.45 3.80 1.50 

.70 .30 .50 2.25 3.70 a1.30 

.70 .25 .20 2.05 3.70 1.10 . 70 .20 .20 1.75 3.30 1.10 

.45 .35 .20 1.65 2.90 1.10 

.67 .35 .40 2.05 2.80 .90 

.65 .45 .45 2.28 2.60 .80 

.50 .45 .70 2.50 2.60 1.10 

.59 .31 .78 2.55 2.20 1.00 

------- .36 .90 2.45 2.20 .80 

-----·- .33 .80 2.50 2.30 1.10 ........... - .40 ------- 2.50 ------- .90 

aNew rating table from June21. 

bNorecord. 

Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 

-------- cl.OO -0.23 (b) 0.05 

.80 - .22 -0.35 .02 

.90 (b) -.30 .07 

1.15 -.20 - .31 .04 

1.55 - .2.'\ -.26 (b) 

(b) -.35 -.20 .00 

1.10 -.38. -.30 .05 

.97 -.40 (b) .00 

.85 -.32 - .28 -.02 

.60 (b) - .32 .01 

.30 -.50 -.30 -.01 

.35 - .48 -.33 (b) 

(b) -. 60 -.25 .00 

dl.90 -.55 -.20 - .02 

.40 -.50 (b) -· .01 

.27 - .38 -.15 - .05 

.25 (b) -.30 -.12 

.10 - .05 -.25 -.15 

.07 -.20 -.28 (b) 

(b) -.18 - .25 -.13 

-.05 -.15 -.20 -.15 

-.20 -.25 (b) - .16 

-.10 -.30 -.05 - .18 

-.15 (b) -.11 - .10 

-.30 -.35 -.15 -.08 - .35 -.39 -.03 (b) 

(b) -.40 -.00 - .20 

-.33 -.42 .02 -.22 ·- .35 -.45 (b) -.20 

-.45 -.45 .03 (b) 

-.40 ------" .03 -------

c Gage heights after July 31 are from city engineer's records. 

dAugust 19, storm in Pueblo; water rose to 1 feet in night. e Ice gorge; discard readings. 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT NEPESTA, COLORADO. 

Dec. 

--

-0.10 

-.12 

(b) 

- .10 - .30 

-.25 

-.30 

-.18 

-.20 

(b) 

- .15 

-.28 

- .05 

.00 - .08 

-.25 

(b) 

- .05 - .12 

(e) 

-.28 

(e) 

(e) 

(b) 

(b) 

.05 - .05 

-.08 

-.10 

-.05 

(b) 

This station, established September 8, 1897, is located 1,000 feet 

north of Nepesta, Colorado, at a wagon bridge. The gage consists of 

a vertical timber securely fastened to the upstream cylinder of bridge, 

on the left side of the river. The channel above and below the sta-
COLORADO. 261 

tion is straight for several hundred feet, while the bed is sandy and 

shifting, and the results, therefore, are not altoget,her satisfactory for 

the purpose of making a rating table. This station is maintained by 

The Great Plains Water Company. The results of discharge measurements may be found as follows: 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV~ page 358; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

337. The following discharge measurements were made under the 

direction of A. L. Fellows in 1899: 

May 29, gage height, 4.60 feet; discharge, 1,810 second-feet. 

June 7, gage height, 4.63 feet; discharge, 1,636 second-feet. 

August 3, gage height, 4 feet; discharge, 610 second-feet. 

August 25, gage height, 3.10 feet; discharge, 215 second-feet. 

October 2, gage height, 3.12 feet; discharge, 213 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Nepesta, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

----------------

1. ..... ------ -------- ~--- ---- 3.50 4.80 5.50 4.10 3.40 3.00 5.20 3.10 

2 ...... ------ ----·---- -------- 3.60 4.70 5.30 4.00 3.10 3.00 3. 70 J.10 

3 ______ -------------- ----.--- 3.50 4.80 5.70 4.20 3.10 3.00 3.70 (b) 

4_ ------------------- -------- 3.50 4.50 5.50 4.90 3.10 3.10 .3.50 -------- 5------------ -'--- ---- -------- 3.40 4.30 5.20 5.80 3.00 3.20 3.20 ·------- 6 ______ -------------- -·------ 3.30 4.30 5.10 5.50 3.00 3.20 3.30 -------- 7-------------------- --------- 3.40 4.70 5.00 5.10 3.00 3.20 3.50 ··------ 8 ___ --------- -------- -------- 3.50 4.70 5.20 4.20 3.00 3.20 3.50 -------- 9 ______ -------------- -------- 3.50 4.70 4.90 4.20 3.00 3.10 3.50 ----·--- 10.------------------- -------- 3.70 4.80 4.90 3.90 2.80 3.10 3.40 -------- u ______ -------------- -------- 3.70 5.00 4.50 3.60 3.00 2.90 3.50 -------- 12. _____ -- ------------ -------- 3.90 5.30 4.70 3.40 2.90 3.00 3.60 -------- 13.------------------- 14 _____________ -------- 4.50 5.20 4.20 3.20 2.90 3.10 3.50 --------

-------- 4.60 5.10 5.10 a7.50 2.80 3.30 3.50 --- ---- 15.----------- --:: :::: -------- 4.60 5.30 5.80 4.40 3.00 3.10 3.30 -------- 16 ______ - ------------- -------- 4.60 5.50 6.00 3.50 3.40 3.00 3.30 -------- 17------ -------- --- --- -------- 4.50 5.50 5.90 3.40 3.10 3.10 3.20 -------- 18 ______ -------------- -------- 4.60 5.40 5.50 3.10 3.30 3.20 3.30 -------- 19 •..... - ------------- ---- ---· 4.40 5.50 5.40 2.90 3.20 3.10 3.20 -- ~ ~ ----

20.------------------- -··a:5ii" 4.50 5.60 5.20 3.40 3.10 3.10 3.20 -------- 21.------------------- 4.50 5.80 4.90 3.20 3.10 3.20 3.10 ·--- ----

22.------------------- 3.40 4.50 5.70 4.70 -3.30 3.10 3.20 3.10 -------- 23.----------- -------- 3.00 4.50 5.70 5.00 2.90 3.00 3.30 3.20 ~-------

24.----- -------------- 3.20 4.40 5.50 5.80 3.00 3.00 3.30 3.20 -------- 25-------------------- 3.20 4.50 5.30 4.00 3.10 3.10 3.30 3.30 -------- 26. ------------------- 3.30 4.70 5.20 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.40 3.10 -------- 27-------------------- 3.50 4.80 5.10 4.00 3.20 3.00 3.40 3.10 -------- 28 ••...• -------------- 3.50 4.80 5.10 5.00 3.20 2.90 3.50 3.00 -------- 29 ______ ---·-- -------- 3.40 4.60 5.00 7.00 3.10 2.80 3.40 3.00 ------- 30.------------------- 3.40 4.60 5.10 4.90 3.00 2.90 3.40 3.00 

31. _____ -------------- ---- -· ·-- 4.90 -------- 4.90 3.00 -------- 3.50 -------- ::::::::1 

a Flood a~ Pueblo. b Recorda discontinued December 2. 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT ROCKYFORD, COLORADO. 

This station is located 2 miles northeast of Rockyford, Colorado, 

and was established May 3, 1897. The gage consists of a vertical 

timber fastened to the abutment of the wagon bridge on the left side 

of the stream. Both banks are low, but not liable to overflow, excepting at very· high water. The bed is sandy and shifting. S. W. 

Cressy, commissioner of Colorado irrigation district No. 17, is the 

voluntary observer. On October 16 Rockyford ditch near by was 

measured at the rating flume, at a gage height of 1.13 feet, and gave 

a discharge of 41 second-feet. The results of measurements may be 
262 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1H99.-PART III. (lVO, 37, 

found as follows: 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 338. 

The measurements for 1899, made by A. L. Fellows, are as follows: 

May 30, gage height, 1.88 feet; discharge, 1,042 second-feet. 

October 16, gage height, 0.88 foot; discharge, 136 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Roclfyford, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

------------------

1 ........... ............... 1.34 1.10 2.1.2 2.10 1.82 0.81 0.68 1.70 0.80 

2 •.•.••••••• -------- 1.30 1.15 2.10 2.20 1.46 .97 .52 1. 90 .80 

3----------- ................ 1.82 1.30 2.08 2.35 1.19 .95 .50 1.25 .80 4, ___________ ................ 1.31 1.05 2.01 3.10 1.46 .74 .65 1.18 .80 

5 ----------- ................ 1.25 .90 1.89 2.28 4.40 .83 .72 1.18 .88 

8----------- -------- 1.12 .90 1.62 2.10 2.85 .90 .74 1.00 1.00 

7----------- -------- 1.02 .89 1.91 2.00 2.85 .90 .72 1.03 1.00 

8 ----------- ................ 1.02 .90 2.10 2.58 2.20 .88 .79 1.04 .95 

9----------- -------- 1.10 .89 2.40 2.05 1.78 . 76 .79 1.05 a1.00 

10----------- -------- 1.05 .92 2.05 1.85 1.59 .70 .75 1.08 ............... 

11----------- ........ ---- 1.00 1.28 1.98 1. 78 1.34 .72 .74 1.05 -------- 1.2----------- -------· .99 1.35 2.15 1.65 1.20 .74 .65 1.09 -------- 13----------- 1.35 .95 1.43 2.20 1.48 1.11 .76 .68 1.12 -------- 14----------- 1.30 .95 1.63 2.20 3.40 2.25 .78 .80 1.14 -------- 15 ........... 1.28 .95 1.81 2.50 3.30 2.25 ;82 .89 1.16 -------- 16 ............ 1.25 """i."20" 1.79 2.60 3.20 1.48 .87 .88 1.03 -------- 17 ----------- 1.10 1.80 :uo 3.85 1.27 1.02 .R5 1.00 ................ 18----------- 1.05 1.20 1.80 2.75 2.40 1.18 1.01 .88 .85 -------- 19 ----------- 1.00 1.22 1.91 2.65 3.00 1.10 1.1.2 .92 .75 -------- 20----------- 1.00 1.16 1.75 2.80 2.80 1.07 1.25 .94 ··T20· -------.- 21 ........... .97 1.10' 1.85 2.85 2.(1) 1.19 1.00 .95 -------- 22----------- .93 1.16 2.05 2.85 2.15 1.17 1.00 -------- 1.00 -------- 23----------- .90 1.17 1.95 2.98 1.95 1.08 .98 --Too· .98 -------- 24 ........... 1.10 1.02 1.90 2.72 1.88 .95 1.00 1.00 ................ 25----------- 1.15 .90 1.80 2.68 2.01 .80 .94 1.00 .95 -------- 26----------- .90 .90 1.95 2.50 1.48 .76 .90 1.01 .92 ................ 27------- .... .90 .95 2.02 2.30 1.25 .88 .80 1.02 . 91 -------- 26----------- 1.27 .97 2.60 2.20 1.12 .88 .82 1.06 .91 ~--- ---- 29 ----------- 1.25 .95 2.08 2.05 3.20 .90 .84 1.09 .94 _, ______ 

30 -·--------- 1.20 1.10 1.90 1.92 2.46 .90 .72 1.13 .82 ::::::::1 I 

31 ___________ 1.38 ______ ..,_ 1.85 -------- 2.92 .80 -------- 1.10 ----·--

a Readings discontinued December 9. 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT LA JUNTA, COLORADO. 

This station is situated at the head of the Fort Lyons canal, measurements being taken of the water in the rating flume of the canal, 

of that in its wasteway, and of that passing over the dam at the head 

of the canal. The station is maintained by The Great Plains Water 

Company. On May 30, at gage height of 3.90 feet., the discharge of 

the canal was 772 second-feet, and 22 second-feet was in·the wasteway. October 17 the canal was carrying, at a gage height of 1.89 feet, 

a discharge of 159 second-feet, with 44 second-feet in the wasteway. 

Continuous records of gage heights were not kept throughout the year. 

Three measurements of discharge were made by A. L. Fellows of the 

amount of water passing over the dam, for the purpose of securing a 

rating table for the form of weir of which the F.oi-t Lyons dam is 

typical. The first, on May 30, at a gage height of 0.05 foot, gave a 

discharge of 246 second-feet. The second, on June 13, with a gage 

height of 0.47 foot, showed a discharge of 857 second-feet, and the 

last measurement, on June 20, with a gage height of 0.67 foot, gave a 

discharge of 1,181 second-feet. 
COLORADO. 268 

PURGATORY RlVJ;JR AT TRINIDAD, COLORADO. 

This stream is one of the principal tributaries entering the Arkansas 

River from the south; it rises in northern New Me:xico and flows in a 

general northeasterly direction across the plains, entering the main 

stream a short distance below Las Animas. The rod is attached to 

the downstream side of the cylindrical pier of the Las Animas street 

bridge in the city of Trinidad, and has been maintain,ed for a number of years. Owing, however, to the unsatisfactory condition of the 

river at this locality, the station was discontinued July 31, 1899. 

'l'he results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 232; 1897, Nineteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 359; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 341. Two measurements of discharge were made in 1899 by 

A. L. Fellows. The first one, on April 28, at a gage height of 3. 60 

feet, gave a discharge of 52 second-feet; one on July 12, at a gage 

height of 3.30 feet, showed a discharge of 4 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Purgatory River at Trinidad, Colorado, for 1899. 

IT,· May. June. July. Day. Apr. May. June. July. Day. Apr. May. "·= ,.,,_I ----

50 3.95 3.70 3.40 12 ... 3.50 3.80 3.60 3.85 23 ___ 3. 75 3. 75 3.60 4.15 2__ 3.50 3.85 3.70 3. 75 13 ___ 3.50 3.80 3.55 4.65 24 ___ 3.80 3.60 3.70 3.65 3 __ 3.50 3.75 3.70 3.95 ]4_ __ 3.55 3.80 3.50 4.80 25 ___ 3.80 3.60 3.55 3.60 

L 3.50 3.70 3.70 3.75 15 ... 3.60 3.85 3.55 4.70 26 -· 3.85 3.60 3.40 3.50 5__ 3.50 3.80 3.70 3.60 16 ___ 3.70 4.00 4.20 4.15 2L. 3.90 3.60 3.40 3..50 

·6 .. 3.50 3.70 3.55 3.50 17 ___ 3. 70 4.00 4.00 3.95 28 ___ 3.90 3.60 3.30 4.75 

7.. 3;50 3.70 3.50 3.55 18 ___ 3.80 3.90 3.90 4.25 29 ___ 3.90 3.60 3.30 4.90 8 __ 3.50 3.65 3.50 3. 70 19 ___ 3.85 3.85 3. 75 4.05 30 ___ 3.95 3.60 3.30 4.20 9 .. 3.50 3.80 3.55 3.60 20 ___ 3.90 3.90 3.60 3.85 31... ------ 3. 70 ------ 3.85 

10 .. 3.50 3.80 3.60 3.50 2L __ 3.95 3.90 3.60 3.70 

1L 3.50 3.80 3.50 3.40 22 ... 3.75 3.95 3.55 3.60 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT AMITY CANAL HEAD GATES, COLORADO. 

This station is located at the head of Amity canal, 7 miles west of 

Lamar, Colorado, and is maintained by the Amity Canal Company. 

The observations here are not as satisfactory as they might be for 

determining the total flow of the river. The following measurements 

were made by A. L. Fellows on the canal and wasteway: May 31, the 

canal, at a gage height of 2.63 feet, was discharging 249 second-feet, 

while there were 129 second-feet in the wasteway; on June 18 the 

amount of water in the wasteway, at a gage height of 2.15 feet, was 

114 second-feet. No measurements of the main river were made during 1899. 

The Arkansas River at the head of the Colorado and Kansas canal, 

12 miles west of Lamar, was measured September 8, 1899, and at a 

gage height of 0.20 feet on the dam was discharging 16 second-f~:Jet. 

IRR 37--5 
264: OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Amity canal head gates, Colorado, 

for 1899. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. 

-------- --------

1.------ 1.50 1.40 5.60 2.10 0.40 17 •••••••. 1.80 2.00 4.50 1.50 2.10 

2 ....... 1.50 1.40 5.80 1.90 . 30 18 ........ 1.80 2.00 2.50 1.50 2.10 

3 ....... 1.80 1.40 5.60 1.90 . 10 19 ........ 1.80 2.40 2.50 1.50 2. 70 

4 ....... • 1.80 1.40 5.80 1.80 . 10 20 ........ 2.00 2.40 2.30 1. 70 2.20 

5 ....... 2.00 1.40 5.80 1.80 .10 21. ------- 2.20 2.60 2.20 1.60 2.60 6 ....... 2.00 1.40 5.00 1.70 1.30 22 ........ 2.80 2.80 2.10 1.60 2.00 7 ....... 2.00 1.40 4.80 1.90 . 60 23 ........ 2.60 2.80 2. (H) 1.20 1. 80 

8 ....... 2.00 1.40 4.80 '1.80 .30 24 ........ 2.40 2.80 2.00 1.10 3.30 

9 ....... 2.00 1.40 4.80 1.90 .40 25. ------· 2.40 2.60 1.90 1.10 3.10 

10 .• · ..... 2.00 1.40 4.80 2.00 .20 26 ........ 2.40 2.60 2.00 .90 3.30 

11 ....... 2.00 1.40 4.80 2.20 . 20 27- ....... 2.40 2.60 1.80 .80 3.10 

12 ....... 1.80 1.60 4.80 2.20 .20 28 ........ 2.70 2.60 2.50 .50 3.90 

13 ....... 1.80 1.60 4.00 2.20 .20 29_ ------- 2.60 ------- 2.10 .30 4.00 

14 ....... 1.80 1.80 4.00 2.10 .60 30 ........ 2.20 ------- 2.40 .30 3.90 to ....... 1.80 1.80 4.60 1.80 1.20 31.. .. ; ... 1.90 .......... - 2.00 ------- 3.30 

16 ....... 1.80 2.00 4.60 1.60 1.80 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT GRANADA, COLORADO. 

This station was established July 24, 1898, and is located at the 

head gates of the Buffalo Creek canal, 2 miles northeast of Granada. 

There is an earth dam across the river at this poiut, with a footbridge 

over it, from which measurements were to have been attempted, but, 

owing to an occasional breaking of the dam during high stages of the 

river, none have been made since the station was established. The 

gage is vertical, well painted, and nailed to the head gates of the canal. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Granada, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day._ Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May.jJnne. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

1-

1 ..... 0.40 1.40 2.40 0.30 0.40 0.60 0.60 2.20 0.60 0.80 1.00 0.80 

2 ..... .40 1.40 2.40 .30 .60 .40 .60 1.80 .60 .80 1.20 .80 

3 ..... .50 1.40 2.40 .30 .80 .40 .80 1.00 .60 .80 3.00 .80 4 ____ , .40 1.60 2.40 .30 1.00 .80 .80 .80 .60 .80 2.00 .80 

5 ..... .40 1.60 2.40 .30 1.00 .60 3.00 1.40 .60 .80 1.00 1.00 6 ..... .40 1.60 2.00 .30 1.00 .80 2.60 5.40 .60 .80 1.00 1.00 7 ..... .40 1.60 1.60 .30 .80 .80 1.00 !l.60 .60 .80 1.00 1.20 

8 ..... 1.00 1.60 1.60 .30 .60 .80 .80 2.50 70 .80 .80 1.20 

9 ..... 1.00 1.60 1.40 .30 .60 1.00 .80 1. 90 1.00 .80 .80 1. 40 

10 ..... 1.00 1.60 1.40 .30 .60 1.00 2.00 1.60 1.00 .80 .80 1.50 

11. .... 1.00 1.60 1.40 .30 .80 1.00 1.60 1.00 1.00 .80 .80 1.50 

12 ..... 1.00 1.60 1.40 .30 .80 1.20 1.00 .60 .80 .80 .80 1.50 

13 ..... 1.40 1.60 1.40 .20 .50 .80 2.00 .60 .60 .80 .80 2.00 14 ..... 1.40 1.80 1.40 .30 .50 .60 3.50 .60 .60 .80 .&0 2.00 

15 ..... 1.40 1.80 1.40 .80 .50 1.20 4.00 .60 .60 .80 .80 2.00 

16 ..... 1.40 1.80 1.40 .80 .60 1.40 3.80 2.00 .60 .so. .80 . 2.50 

17 ..... 1.40 1.80 1.40 .80 .60 1.00 4.00 1. 50 .60 .80 .80 2.00 

18 ..... 1.00 1.80 1.40 .60 .60 1.00 4.60 1.00 .60 .80 .80 2.50 

19 ..... 1.00 2.00 .80 .60 .80 2.40 3.60 .80 .60 .80 .so 2.50 

20 ..... 1.00 2.00 .60 .80 .80 .60 5.00 .80 .60 .80 .80 2.50 

21. .... 1.60 2.00 .60 .60 .60 .60 2.80 .80 .80 .80 .80 2.50 22 ..... 1.60 2.00 .60 .80 .60 1. 20 2.00 .60 .80 .80 .80 2.50 

23 ..... 1.80 2.00 .60 .60 .60 2.00 1.60 .60 .80 .80 2.20 3.00 24 ..... 1.40 2.00 .30 .60 .60 3.00 1.00 .60 .80 .80 1.10 3.00 25 ..... 1.40 2.40 .30 .40 .60 2.20 .80 .70 .80 .80 .80 3.00 

26----- 1.40 2.40 .30 .60 .80 2.30 .80 .80 .80 .80 .80 3.00 27 ..... 1.40 2.40 .30 .60 .60 2.30 .80 .60 .80 .80 .so 3.00 28 ..... 1.60 2.40 .30 .60 .60 1.40 .80 .60 .80 .80 .80 3.00 29 ..... 1.60 ------- .50 .60 .80 1.00 3.00 .60 .so .80 .80 3.00 30 ..... 1.80 ------- .50 .60 1.00 .80 1.60 .60 .80 .80 .so 3.00 31 ..... 1.40 ------- .40 ------- 1.20 ------- 2.80 .60 ------- .80 ------- 3.60 
COLORADO AND KANSAS. 265 

ARKANSAS RIVER AT HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. 

The Arkansas River, after crossing the Kansas and Colorado State 

line, is not systematically measured until Hutchinson, in about the 

center of the State, is reached. The station here was established 

May 13, 1895, and is located at the wagon bridge at the south end of 

Main street. The gage consists of an oak timber spiked to a pile a 

few feet above the bridge. Bench mark No. 1 is the upper crosspiece 

of the pier guard, with an elevation of 8.35 feet above zero of the 

gage. Bench mark No. 2 is the top of the iron doorsill of the first 

brick building next to the river, and its elevation is 8.12 feet above 

gage datum. The channel is straight for some distance above and 

below the bridge; the bed is sandy and very shifting. Results of 

measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 233; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 361; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 343. 

Discharge measurements for 1899 were made by W. G. Russell, as follows: 

May 2, gage height, 1.45 feet; discharge, 63 second-feet. 

June 13, gage height, 3.95 feet; discharge, 2,790 second-feet. 

June 14, gage height, 3.85 feet; discharge, 2,772 second-feet. 

October 17, gage height, 1.20 feet; discharge, 30 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Hutchinson, Kansas, for 1899. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

---------------- }_ ____ 1.80 2.00 2.15 2.20 1.50 1.40 2.10 2.95 1.60 1.80 1. 70 1.70 

2----- 1.90 ·--·--- 2.50 2.20 1.55 1.35 2.10 2.80 1.50 1.20 1.70 1. 70 

3----- 1.95 --,foo- 2.95 2,20 1.60 1.50 2.20 2.75 1.50 1.20 1.65 1. 70 

4----- 2.00 2.85 2.15 1.65 2.80 2.20 2.65 1.50 1.20 Ui5 1. 70 5 _____ 2.00 (al 2.00 2.15 1.60 2.15 2.15 2.60 1.50 1.20 1.50 1.70 6 _____ 2.00 (a 3.15 2.20 1.60 2.00 2.10 2.55 1.50 1.20 1.50 1.70 

7 --··· 1.90 

~~l 3.20 2.20 1.50 2.00 2.20 2.55 1.50 1.20 1.50 1.70 

8 ----- 1.00 3.25 2.20 1.50 2.65 2.20 2:60 1.50 1.20 1.50 1.70 

9 --··· 2.00 (a 8.00 2.20 1.50 3.10 2.05 2.55 1.50 1.20 1.50 1.70 

10----- 2.00 

~~l 2.00 2.15 1.60 3.80 2.00 2.80 1.55 1.20 1.50 1.70 

11 ..... 1. 70 3.05 2.05 1.55 8.35 2.00 4.15 1.50 1.20 1.50 1. 70 

12----- 1.70 2.85 2.00 1.50 4.35 1.95 8.80 1.50 1.20 1.50 1.80 

18 --··· 1. 70 r) 2.80 2.00 1.45 8.00 1.90 3.65 1.40 1.20 1.50 1.90 

14. .. -- 1.70 a) 2.00 1.90 1.40 3.80 1.90 3.60 1.40 1.20 1.50 1.00 

15----- 1.70 

2~i 2.90 1.85 1.40 3.65 1.00 3.35 1.40 1.20 1.50 1.90 16 _____ 1.80 2.65 1.80 1.40 3.80 1.85 3.05 1.45 1.20 1.50 2.00 

17----- 1.80 2.60 1.80 1.40 2.90 l.80 2.75 1.50 1.20 1.50 2.00 

18----- 2.10 2.30 2.60 1.80 1.40 2.65 1.80 2.55 1.50 1.20 1.50 2.00 

2() 19 ..... _____ 2.10 2.15 2.50 1.70 1.40 2.45 1.80 2.50 1.40 1.20 1.50 2.00 

2.10 2.05 2.50 1.70 1.40 2.40 1.80 2.35 1.40 1.20 1.50 2.00 

2L .•.• 2.00 2.10 2.50 1.70 1.40 2.25 1.95 2.20 1.40 1.20 1.50 2.00 

22----- 2.00 2.25 2.50 1.65 1.50 2.20 8.95 2.20 1.40 1.20 1.60 2.00 23. ____ 2.00 2.30 2.45 1.60 1.50 2.80 4.55 2.15 1.40 1.20 1. 70 2.00 24, _____ 2.10 2.30 2.40 1.60 1.55 2.80 4.35 2.00 1.30 1.20 1.70 2.00 

25----- 2.00 2.80 2.35 1.60 1.50 2.35 4.45 1.90 1.30 1.50 1.70 2.00 

26----- 2.00 2.80 2.80 1.60 1.40 2.40 4.05 1.90 1.30 1.75 1.70 1.00 

27----- 2.10 2.25 2.45 1.60 1.40 2.40 8.70 1.80 1.30 1.80 1. 70 1.80 28 ___ , __ 2.10 2.15 2.35 1.55 1.40 2.40 8.35 1.75 1.30 1.80 1.70 1.80 29 _____ ............ .............. 2.20 1.50 1.40 2.80 3.25 1.70 1.80 1.80 1. 70 1.80 80 _____ 2.00 .............. 2.20 1.50 1.40 2.15 3.20 1.65 1.30 1.80 1.70 1.80 81_ ____ ------- 2.25 -----·- 1.30 .............. 8.20 1.60 ------- 1.80 ------- 1.80 

a Frozen. 

VERDIGRIS RIVER AT LIBERTY, KANSAS. 

This river rises in the southeastern corner of Chase County, Kansas, and has a general southerly direction, passing out of the State 

near Coffeyville into Indian Territory. It enters Arkansas River 1 

mile above the mouth of Grand, or Neosho, River near Fort Gibson. 
266 OPER.I\.'l'IONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0.37. 

It is essentially a surface run-off stream; its water is muddy, the fall 

flood large, the summer flow small, and the fluctuations in height 

rapid. There are a number of fine water powers located on the main 

stream and its various tributaries, and many of them were utilized 

several years ago. In the years 1880 to 1890 it is said that there WtJL'e 

eleven dams on the Verdigris River, but at the present time not more 

than three or four are utilized. The drainage area is mapped on the 

Independence, Fredonia, Emporia, Eureka, Sedan, Eldorado, Cottonwood Falls, Parkerville, Newton, and Abilene atlas sheets. The 

station was established in August, 1895, and is located at a wagon 

bridge about 250 feet below McTaggart's mill dam, about 3 miles 

southwest of the town of Liberty, Kansas. The gage is a vertical timber fastened to the floor of the mill. Bench mark No. 1 is the heads of 

three large nails in the flume, and is at an elevation of 12.46 feet above 

the zero of the gage. Bench mark No. 2 is the head of a spike in the 

root of a cottonwood tree 40 feet south of the gage, and is at an elevation of 10.98 feet above gage datum. The bed is rocky, composed of 

gravel and subject to very little change. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 235; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

369; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 344. The following discharge measurements were made by E. C. Murphy and W. G. 

Russell during 1899: 

May 19, gage height, 3.03 feet; discharge, 311 second-feet. 

June 10, gage height, 21.30 feet; discharge, 16,906 second-feet. 

July 6, gage height, 21.50 feet; discharge, 16,505 second-feet. 

October 11, gage height, 1. 70 feet; discharge, 17 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Verdigris River at L~'berty, Kansas, for 1899. 

I ~y 2 ---·· 

3-----

4-----

5-----

6-----

7-----

8-----

9-----

10-----

11 ..... 

12-----

13- ... . lL ... . 

15 ----- 16 ----- 17 ----- 18 ----- 19-----

20-----

21.----

2'~:----

23 ----- 24 ----- 25 ----- 26-----

27-----

-

-

-

Jan. 

3.80 

3.70 

3.20 

3.00 

3.30 

3.30 

3.20 

3.20 

3.20 

3.10 

3.10 

3.10 

3.30 

3.20 

3.10 

3.20 

3.10 

3.20 

3.10 

3.00 

3.(){) 

3.00 

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.90 

Feb. 

2.80 

2. 70 

2.70 

2.70 

2.70 

2.70 

2.70 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

3.10 

3.20 

3.10 

3.00 

3.10 

6.60 

6.00 

4.50 

. ~-----

-------

-------

Mar. Apr. May. Jnne . 

4.10 4.10 3.65 6.75 

3.80 4.10 3.75 5.15 

3.60 3.80 4.05 3.70 

3.50 3.60 7.3G 5.55 

3.50 3.40 6. 75 6.35 

3.40 3.60 4.70 8.60 

3.30 3.80 4.85 9.35 

3.20 4.10 5.05 5.80 

3.10 4.00 4.65 10.35 

3.20 3.80 4.45 21.45 

3.20 3.70 4.15 24.05 

7.10 3.60 4.00 24.75 

6.30 3.50 3.85 19.10 

6.00 4.30 3.65 9.15 

5.60 3.70 3.45 5. 75 

5.90 3.30 3.20 7.50 

5.00 3.30 3.20 5.65 

4.80 3. 70 3.00 4.80 

4.90 3.85 3.00 4.40 

5.80 7.15 6.60 4.05 

4.80 6.45 10.20 3.85 

4.60 8.45 5.10 3.60 

4.10 11.20 6.70 3.40 

3.90 6.50 14.65 3.25 

3.80 5.30 9.65 3.20 

3.70 4.70 4.80 3.35 

3.50 4.45 4.40 3.20 

3.50 4.25 4.00 3.05 

3.40 4.35 4.00 3.00 

3.70 3.80 3. 70 2.85 

4.10 ------- 3.45 -------

• July. Aug. Sept. Oct. No' Docl 

2.80 4.50 2.00 1.70 1. 90 1. 90 

2.80 4.20 2.00 1. 70 1.90 1. 90 

2.75 3.60 2.00 1. 70 1.90 1. 90 

12.40 3.15 2.00 1.70 1. 90 1. 90 

15.40 3.05 2.00 1. 70 1.90 1. 90 

15.95 2.80 2.00 1. 70 1.90 1.90 

8.55 2.75 2.00 1. 70 1.80 1.90 

26.90 2.60 2.00 1. 7C 1.80 1.90 

30.45 2.60 2.00 1. 70 1.80 1. 90 

19.75 2.50 2.00 1. 70 1.8g 1.90 

8.75 2.50 2.00 1. 70 1.~ l. ~0 

4.90 2.50 2.00 1. 70 1. 2.00 

4.55 2.40 2.00 1. 70 1.~0 2.00 

4.25 2.75 2.00 l. 70 

l:~ 2.00 

4.20 5.55 2.00 1. 70 2.00 

4.25 3.40 2.00 1.70 1. 0 2.00 

6.40 2.90 2.00 1.70 1. 0 2.00 

7.65 2.65 2.00 1. 70 1. 0 2.00 

7.05 2.45 1.90 1. 70 1. 0 2.00 

7.20 2.40 1.90 1.60 1. 0 1.90 

7.65 2.30 1. 90 1.60 1. 0 1.90 

7. 70 2.·30 1.90 1. 60 1. 0 1.90 

6.40 2.30 1. 90 1.60 }. 0 2.00 

4.75 2.20 1.90 1.60 1. 0 2.00 

4.10 2.20 1.90 1.60 1. 0 2.00 

3.85 2.20 1. 8U 1. 90 1. 0 2.00 

3.65 2.10 1.80 2.00 1. 0 2.00 

3.411 2.10 1.80 2.00 1. 0 2.10 

3.15 2.00 1.70 2.00 t~ 2.10 

3.10 2.00 1.70 2.00 2.10 

3.85 2.00 ------- 2.00 ------ 2.10 
KANSAS 267 

NEOSHO RIVER AT lOLA, KANSAS. 

This river drains a long, narrow strip in southeastern Kansas, 

extending into Indian Territory. The upper part of the basin has 

a general east-west direction, draining the area immediately south 

of Kansas River and north of the headwaters of Verdigris River. 

The general direction of the river bends gradually southward between 

Emporia and lola, and that direction is maintained for the rest of 

its course. Neosho River in Indian Territory is known as Grand 

River. During the last season two gaging stations were maintained 

in the basin-one at lola, the other at Fort Gibson, near the mouth. 

The former station was established in July, 1895, and is located at the 

highway bridge 1 mile west of the city of lola, Kansas. The gage is 

fastened to the head gates of the flume about 90 feet above the bridge. 

The bench mark is the heads of three large nails driven into the crosspiece of the flume, and is 13.30 feet above the datum of the gage. 

Results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 238;, 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 362; 1898, Twentieth Animal Report, Part IV, page 

346. The following discharge measurements were made by E. C. Murphy and W. G. Russell during 1899: 

May 18, gage height, 2.70 feet; discharge, 242 second-feet. 

June 9, gage height, 18 feet; discharge, 27,959 second-feet. 

July 5, gage height, 8.20 feet; discharge, 6,313 second-feet. 

July 8, gage height, 16.-70 feet; discharge, 25,849 second-feet. 

October 11, gage height, 2.30 feet; discharge, 316 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Neosho River at Iola, Kansas, for 1899. 

~I ------------------------J~, .... -- A ... l!oy. '~- '""'· A••· ...... OoC N~EI L --- 3.00 2.70 3.60 3.85 3.10 4.50 2.80 2.60 2.70 2.30 2.00 2.00 

2----· 2.90 2.60 3.5& 3.70 3.10 5.20 2.80 2.70 2.70 2.30 2.00 2.00 a _____ 2.00 2.60 3.60 3.70 3.00 4.45 3.00 2.70 2.60 2.30 2.00 2.00 4_, ___ 2.80 2.60 3.60 4.20 3.10 4.80 12.50 2.70 2.60 2.30 2.00 2.00 

5----- 2.80 2.60 3.85 4.40 3.10 6.30 8.00 2.60 2.60 2.30 2.00 2.00 6 _____ 2.80 2.60 8.70 4.00 3.00 7.95 5.80 2.50 2.50 2.30 2.00 2.00. 

7----- 2.80 2.60 3.70 3.85 3.10 6.60 14.00 2.60 2.50 2.30 2.00 2.00 

8----- 2.70 2.60 3.60 3.60 3.10 5.5& 16.50 3.05 2.45 2.30 2.00 2.00 

9----- 2.70 2.60 3.50 3.60 3.10 17.03 9.80 2.90 2.40 2.25 . 2.00 2.00 

10----- 2.80 2.50 3.50 3.50 3.15 15.70 6.60 2.80 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.00 u _____ 2.80 2.50 4.90 3.50 3.30 11.40 4.50 2.70 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.00 

12 ----· 2.80 2.50 11.05 3.40 3.50 11.50 3.75 2.60 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.10 

13----- 2.90 2.50 6.05 3.40 3.40 11.20 3.25 2.50 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.10 

14.---- 2.90 2.60 5.45 3.40 3.40 5.60 3.00 2.50 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.10 

UL .... 2.90 2.70 5.00 3.40 3.25 4.75 3. 85 2.50 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.10 11\.. ___ 2.90 2.80 4.50 3.30 3.00 4.40 4.85 2.5& 2.40 2.20 2.00 2.10 

17-- -- 2.90 2.90 4.85 3.20 2.90 4.20 4.80 3.30 2.40 2.10 2.00 2.20 

18----- 2.90 2.95 7.5& 3.20 2.85 4.10 4.10 3.00 2.40 2.10 2.00 2.20 

19----- 2.80 3.10 5.85 3.10 2.85 4..05 3.60 2.80 2.40 2.10 2.00 2.20 20 .. , __ 2.80 3.15 5.40 4.50 2.90 3.85 3.95 2.80 2.40 2.10 2.00 2.20 

21----- 2.80 3.20 5.15 4.05 2.90 8.70 5.85 '2.60 2.40 2.10 2.00 2.20 

22----- 2.80 8.30 4.85 3.80 2.90 8.60 6.40 2.60 2.40 2.10 .2.00 2.20 

23----- 2.80 8.40 4.10 8.75 4.85 8.50 8.50 2.60 2.40 2.10 2.00 2.10 24, _____ 2.80 8.60 8.85 8.60 6.60 3.25 8.85 2.50 2.40 2.10 2.00 2.10 25 _____ 2.80 8.95 3.65 8.50 4.90 8.15 3.05 2.50 2.40 2.00 2.00 2.10 

26----- 2.80 5.95 8.5& 8.40 6.95 3.10 3.00 2.60 2.40 2.00 2.00 2.10 

27----- 2.80 4.70 3.70 8.30 6.5& 3.05 2.85 2.60 2.40 2.00 2.00 2.10 

28----- 2.70 3.90 3.90 3.20 4.45 3.00 2.80 2.60 2.40 2.00 2.00 2.10 

211----- 2.70 -----·- 4.20 3.10 3.85 2.90 2.70 2.85 2.40 2.00 2.00 2.10 so _____ 2.70 ------- 4.20 3.10 3.70 2.80 2.70 2.85 2.40 2.00 2.00 2.10 31 _____ 2.70 ------- 3.95 ------- 3.25 ------- 2.70 2.75 ------- 2.00 ------- 2.10 
268 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PAR'r Ill. [N0.87, 

GRAND RIVER AT FORT GIDSON, INDIAN TERRITORY. 

In its lower course through Indian Territory Neosho River is known 

as Grand River. The station was established by W. G. RusRell, May 

16, 1899, at the railroad bridge one-half mile north of the station at 

Fort Gibson and 3 miles above the mouth of the river. The rod is 

spiked to the ties of the bridge. The initial point for soundings is 

the left end of the bridge. The channel is straight for some distance 

both above and below the station. The right bank is liable to overflow, while the left is not, being high and rocky. The bed of the 

stream is sandy and shifting at the right side and toward the center. 

W. Blackwell, railroad pump man, is the observer. Two measurements of discharge were made here by W. G. Russell during 1899. 

The first one was on May 16, at a gage height of 15.00 feet, and 

showed a discharge of 19,823 second-feet; the second measurement 

was on October 12, with a gage height of 9.20 feet, and gave a discharge of 1,070 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Grand River at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, for 

1899. 

I 

Da.y. Ma.y. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

---------------------

1------------ ---------- 13.80 12.80 15.20 10.90 10.00 10.00 11.90 

2------------ ---------- 13.80 13.00 15.00 10.90 10.00 10.00 11.80 

3------------ ---------- 13.80 13.00 14..80 10.40 10.00 10.00 11.60 

4--------·--- ---------- 14.70 13.20 14.90 10.20 10.00 10.00 11.40 5 ______ : _____ 13.60 13.70 14.40 10.20 10.00 10.00 11.10 6------------ ............ ---· 13.00 14.00 14.20 10.10 10.00 10.00 11.00 

7 ---·-- -. ·-- ---------- 12.90 . 14.60 14.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.80 

8------------ ---------- 16.20 14.70 13.90 10.00 9.90 10.00 10.50 

9------------ ---------- 16.00 14.80 13.70 10.00 9.90 10.00 10.40 

10 ------------ .................... 16.30 14.90 13.30 10.00 9.80 10.00 10.40 

11 ------------ -------·-- 15.20 15.00 13.20 10.00 9.70 10.00 10.20 

12 --------·---- ---------- 17.20 15.40 13.00 10.00 9.20 10.00 10.00 

13 --------·-·· ---------- 19.00 15.90 13.00 10.00 9.20 10.00 10.00 

14------------ ---------- 19.80 16.00 12.90 10.00 9.10 10.00 10.00 

15------------ ----------- 19.60 16.80 12.90 10.00 9.10 10.00 10.00 

16 ·----------- 15.00 17.60 17.00 12.80 10.00 9.10 10.00 10.00 

17------------ 15.00 16.60 17.60 12.70 9.90 9.00 10.00 10.00 

18------------ 13.60 15.60 17.90 12.80 9.80 9.00 10.00 10.00 

19------------ 13.50 14..50 17.90 12.60 9.70 9.00 10.20 10.00 

20------------ 13.40 14.00 17.60 12.40 9.70 9.00 10.40 10.00 

21---- ......... 13.30 14.00 17.40 12.20 9.70 9.00 10.60 10.00 

22------------ 14.30 14.00 17.40 12.10 9.60 9.10 11.00 10.00 

23------------ 14.70 13.80 17.00 12.00 9.60 9.10 l1.20 10.00 

24------------ 15.60 13.80 17.00 12.00 9.70 1.1.10 11.50 10.00 

25------------ 15.10 13.10 16.80 11.90 9.80 9.20 11.80 10.10 

26------------ 14.80 13.00 16.60 11.80 9.80 9.20 12.00 10.20 

27------------ 14.80 13.00 16.00 11.80 0.80 9.50 12.00 10.30 

28 --------.... 14.80 13.00 16.00 11.60 0.90 9.50 12.00 10.40 

29------------ 14.80 13.00 15.80 11.40 9.90 9.60 12.00 10.40 

30 ------------ 13.80 13.00 15.80 11.20 9.90 9.70 11.90 10.50 

31 ------------ 13.80. ........... ---- 15.40 11.00 ---------- 9.80 .................... 10.60 

NORTH FORK OF CANADIAN RIVER AT OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA. 

This stream rises in the extreme northeast corner of the panhandle 

of Texas. Its general course across Oklahoma and Indian Territory 

is southeasterly, emptying into the main Canadian River 45 miles 

above its mouth. The basin is a long, narrow area located between 

Cimarron River on the north and the main Canadian River on. the 
INDIAN TERRITORY AND OKLAHOMA. 269 

south. Two gaging stations are maintained on the river, one at 

Oklahoma, Oklahoma, and the other at Eufaula, Indian Territory. 

The former station was established by W. G. Russell May 19, 1899, 

and is located at the highway bridge, east of the Atchison, Topeka 

and Santa Fe Railroad bridge, one-half mile south of the town. The 

right bank is high, but the left is low and liable to overflow. H. E. 

Smith, a farmer living near by, is the observer. Two measurements 

of discharge were made by W. G. Russell during 1899, as follows: 

The first, on May i9, at a gage height of 5.50 feet, gave a discharge of 

395 second-feet; the second, on October 15, at a gage height of 2.80 

feet, showed a discharge of 22 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Fork of Canadian River at Oklahoma, Oklahoma, for 1899. 

Day. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. '· ---------------------

1 --·--· ...... ------ ~ .. 6.10 5.10 9.30 3.30 3.!0 3.40 5.50 

2------ ...... ------ ---- 5.90 5.00 8.60 3.20 3.10 3.30 5.50 

3 ............ 5.70 4.90 8.00 3.30 3.00 3.10 5.40 

4--- ......... ---------- 5.60 4.80 7.60 3.20 3.00 3.10 5.30 

5 ............ 6.20 4.70 7.10 3.20 2.90 3.30 5.20 

6 ............ 6.50 4.60 6.90 3.20 2.90 3.50 5.10 

'Z ............ ---------- 6.20 4.50 6.20 3.20 2.90 3.60 5.00 

8 ............ 6.90 4.50 5.90 3.20 2.90 3.60 4.10 9 ............ ----·----- 6.20 4.30 5.60 3.10 2.90 3.70 5.20 

10 ............. -- --~--- -- 5.90 4.30 5.40 3.30 2.90 3.70 5.10 

11 ............. 6.50 4.50 5.30 3.20 2 .. 90 3. 70 4.90 

12 ............ ---------- 8.00 5.00 5.20 3.10 2.80 3.80 4.80 

13 ............ 9.30 5.20 5.00 3.10 2 80 3.90 4.70 14 ............ ---------- 7.80 5.10 4.90 3.00 2.80 4.00 4.60 

15 ............ 8.00 4.60 4.80 3.00 2.80 4.20 4.50 

16 ............ ------ ---- 11.10 4.50 4.70 3.00 2.80 4.60 4.40 

17 ............ 11.00 4.40 4.60 3.00 2.80 5.00 4.40 

18 ............ ------ ---- 9.40 6.00 4.40 3.10 2.80 5.20 4.40 

19 ............ 5.50 8.80 4.50 4.30 3.00 2.70 6.00 4.30 

20 ............ 5.40 8.00 4.30 4.30 3.00 2. 70 12.10 4.30 21 ............ 5.30 7.80 4.30 4.20 3.00 2.70 13.60 4.60 22 ............ 5.20 7.20 5.00 4.10 3.00 2. 70 13.50 4.60 

23------ ...... 5.20 7.00 4.80 4.00 3.00 2.60 12.60 4.50 

24 ............ 5.10 6.80 6.00 3.11 3.60· 2.60 7. 90 4.40 

25------ ...... 5.60 6.50 6.30 3.10 3.60 2.90 6.00 4.30 26 ............ 5.70 6.10 7.50 3.90 3.50 3.00 5.90 4.30 

27 ............ 6.40 5.90 7. 60 3.80 3.40 3.1iU 5.80 4.20 

28 ............ 6.40 5.70 8.50 3.70 3.30 4.00 5.70 4.20 

29 ............ 6.20 5.50 9.60 3.60 3.30 3.00 5.60 4.10 

30 ............ 5.80 5.30 10.20 3.50 3.30 4.00 5.60 4.10 

31 ............ 6.20 ---------- 10.30 3.40 ---------- 3.70 ---------- 4.20 

NORTH FORK OF CANADIAN RIVER AT EUI<'AULA, INDIAN TERRITORY. 

This station was established hy W. G. Russell May 17, 1899, and is 

located at the railroad bridge of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas 

Railroad, 5 miles above the mouth of the river and 2 miles north of 

the town of Eufaula. The channel is straight for some distance both 

above and below the station. The right bank is high, but the left 

bank is low and liable to overflow. The bed of the stream is sandy 

and shifting. H. Erwin, railroad pump man, is the observer. Two 

measurements of discharge were made during 1899 by W. G. Russell: 

The first, on May 17, with a gage height of 24.00 feet, gave a discharge 

of 19,072 second-feet; the second, on October 13, with a gage height 

of 9.50 feet, gave a discharge of 154 second-feet, 
270 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0,37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Fork of Canadian River at Eufaula, Indian 

Territory, for 1899. 

Day. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

---------------------

1 ............ ................. 12.00 11.60 12.00 10.50 10.00 10.00 11.50 

2---·-------- -·-------- 12.00 11.60 11.60 10.50 9.80 9.80 11.50 

3------------ ---------.. 11.60 11.50 11;60 10.50 9.80 9.70 11.50 

4 -----------· .................... 11.60 11.00 11.50 10.50 9.60 9.50 11.50 

5 ------·------ .................... 11.60 11.00 12.00 10.00 9.50 9.50 11.50 

6 ............ -··------- 10.00 10.60 12.00 10.40 9.50 9.50 11.50 

7 ------------ ---------- 10.50 10.50 12.00 10.40 9.50 9.50 11.50 

8 ............ -·-------- 11.50 10.60 12.00 10.00 9.50 9.40 11.50 

9------------ --··--·--- 11.60 10.60 11.60 10.00 9.50 9.40 11.50 

10 ............ ---------- 12.00 10.60 11.60 10.00 9.50 9.40 11.50 

11 ............ 14.00 11.00 11.50 10.00 9.50 9.00 11.50 

12 ............ -------·-- 14.00 11.60 11.50 10.00 9.50 9.40 11.50 

13 ............ .................... 13.00 12.00 11.50 10.00 9.50 9.40 11.40 

14 ............ -·-------- 11.00 12.50 11.50 10.00 9.50 9.40 11.40 

~ :~:::~:::::: .................. 12.00 12.50 11.50 10.00 9.50 9.00 10:40 

13.00 11.50 11.40 10.00 9.40 9.20 10.40 

17------------ 24.00 14.00 11.00 11.00 10.00 9.40 9.20 10.00 

18 ------------ 23.60 15.00 10.60 11.00 10.00 9.50 9.20 10.50 

19 ............ 23.00 17.'00 11.00 11.00 10.00 9.50 9.20 u.oo 

20 ............ 22.50 20.00 12.60 11.00 10.00 9.40 9.20 11.00 

21 ............ 21.00 20.00 13.00 11.00 10.00 !1.40 9.50 11.00 

22 ............ 20.50 19.00 13.00 11.00 10.00 9.00 9.60 11.40 

23 ............ 19.90 16.00 14.00 10.80 10.00 9.20 10.50 11.50 

24 ............ 20.50 13.00 16.00 10.80 10.00 9.20 10.70 11.50 

25 ............ 19.60 12.50 18.00 10.80 10.00 9.30 12.00 11.50 26------------ 18.60 12.00 11.50 1g.8o 10.00 9.30 12.50 11.50 

27 ............ 18.00 11.50 11.00 1 .80 10.00 9.60 12.50 11.30 

28 ............ 17.60 11.50 11.00 10.70 10.00 10.20 12.50 11.00 

29 ............ 15.00 11.00 12.00 10.70 10.00 10.00 12.30 10.00 

30 ............ 12.50 11.50 12.00 10.60 10.00 10.00 12.30 10.00 

31 ............ 12.00 -------·-- 12.00 10.60 ................... 10.00 --------·- 9.60 

WASHITA RIVER AT PAVLS VALLEY, INDIAN TERRITORY. 

This river rises in the eastern edge of the Texas Panhandle, immediately south of Canadian River. Its general direction is southeasterly through Oklahoma Territory, and then into Indian Territory, 

emptying into Red River about 11 miles above the crossing of the 

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. The gaging station was established by W. G. Russell on May 20, 1899, and is located at the highway brid,ge, 2 miles east of the town of Pauls Valley, Indian Territory. 

The channelisstraightfor somedistanceaboveand below the station; 

the right bank is low and liable to overflow, but the left bank is high. 

The bed of the stream is sandy and shifting. Two measurements of 

discharge were made at this point byW. G. Russell in 1899: The first, 

on May 20, with a gage height of 8.50 feet, gave a discharge of 684 

second-feet; the second, made on October 15, at a gage height of 4.60 

feet, gave a discharge of 96 second-feet. 
INDIAN TERRITORY AND TEXAS. 271 

Dail?,' gage height, in feet, of Washita River at Pauls Valley, Indian Territory, 

• for 1899. 

I ---;;:-':_I ,..y ..... Jlliy. ~"":__ '""':- - '"*- -"=-- "'' I 

~~------- ---------- 7.60 7.30 12.80 5.40 5.10 6.00 8.50 

2 ........................ ---------- 6.80 7.20 9.90 5.40 5.00 5.80 8.00 

3 ....................... ---------- 6.50 7.00 8 90 5.30 4.90 5.50 7.80 

4------------ ---------- 6.50 7.00 8 20 5.10 4.80 5.40 7.60 5_ ___________ ---------- 6.20 . 7.00 7.80 5.00 4.80 5.30 7.50 

6------------ .................... 6.40 6.90 7.70 5.00 4.70 5.20 7.40 

7---------------------- 7.30 6.80 7.70 5.00 4.70 5.10 7.00 

8------------ .................... 8.80 8.30 7.60 4.90 4.70 5.00 6.80 

9 ........................ ---------- 7.70 9.50 7.20 5.90 4.70 4.90 7.00 10 ______________ ,_______ 7.50 8.50 7.00 4.90 4.70 4.80 7.40 

11 ....................... ---------- 9.40 7.70 7.80 .4.90 4.70 4.80 7.40 

12 .............. ---···---- 8.80 7.00 6.80 4.90 4.70 4.80 7.50 

13................ .............. 9.00 6.90 6.70 4.90 4.60' 4.80 7.50 

14 ............... : .... ---------- 9.50 9.00 6.60 4.90 4.50 4.80 7.50 

15 ................ ------··-- 10.70 9.10 6.50 4.90 4.60 4.70 8.60 

16 ................. ---------- -11.50 8.50 6.30 4.90 4.60 4.70 8.00 

17 ·----------- ---------- 12.70 8.00 6.10 5.00 4.60 4.80 7.40 

18 --'--------- ---------- 16.20 7.50 6.00 5.20 4.60 7.00 7.50 

19............... ............. 15.70 8.90 6.00 5.70 4.50 14.55 7.20 

20------------ 8.50 13.70 8.00 5.90 5.50 4.50 20.70 7.00 

21 .... __________ 7.90 12.20 7.50 5.80 5.40 4.50 20.70 6.80 

22.................. 7.80 11.40 8.90 5.70 5.20 4.50 19.80 6.50 

23------------ 7.40 10.50 9.00 5.70 5.20 4.50 19.05 6.60 

24.................. 7.40 9.10 9.50 5.80 5.00 4.50 15.75 6.50 

25 ................... 7.20 8.20 9.30 5.70 6.00 4.70 14.25 6.40 

26------------ 7.00 8.00 9.40 5.70 5.70 5,00 15.60 6.30 

27 -----------· 6.90 . 7.80 8.30 5.50 5.50 6.00 16.50 6.60 

28 ____________ 6.80 7.30 7.80 5.50 5.30 7.50 13.90 6.50 I 

29------------ 6 80 7.50 9.80 5.50 5.30 6.50 11.30 6.50 

30------------ 7.00 7.80 12.70 5.40 5.20 6.40 9.00 6.40 

31 ------------ 7. 70 14.00 5.40 6.30 6.00 

TRINITY RIVER AT DALLAS, TEXAS. 

This river rises in Montague and Cooke counties, in northern 

Texas, the head water streams draining the area within a few miles of 

Red River on the north. The general course of Trinity River is 

southeasterly, and it empties into the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston. 

The entire basin is located in Texas. The station, established October 1, 1898, is located at 'l'nrtle Creek pump house, 3 miles north of 

the court-house in Dallas. The height of the water is indicated by 

a pointer which slides up and down in the well of the pump house. 

This well is connected with the river by a pipe. Measurements of discharge are made by wading. The channel is practically straight above 

and below the point of measurement. The right bank is high, the left 

bank low and liable to overflow. The bed of the stream is of gravel 

and shifting. There was no discharge of the river from June 22 to 

October 30. Three discharge measurements were made during 1899 

by Thomas U. Taylor, as follows: The first one, on June 20, at a 

gage height of 57 feet, gave a discharge of 269 second-feet; June 22, 

a gage height of 53.30 feet gave a discharge of 0 second-feet; the 

third measurement was on December 29, at a gage height of 56.60 

feet, and gave a discharge of 336 second-feet. 
272 OPERATIONS A'!' .RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Trinity River at Dalla8, Texa8,for 1899. 

Day. Jan. Feb. 

------- 1 .•... 55.50 55.25 

2 ····· 55.40 54.90 

3 ..... 1\5. 40 54.55 

4. .... 55.40 54. iO 

5 ····· 55.30 54.60 

6 ..... 55.25 54.95 

7 ..... 55.15 54.85 

8 ..... 55.30 54.65 

9 ····· 55.65 54.65 

10 ····· 55.55 54.80 

11 ..... 55.75 54.40 

12 ..... 55.65 54.25 

13 ..... 56.30 54.45 

14. .... 59.10 54.51> 

15 ..... ii8.15 54.95 

16 ..... 57.50 54.45 

17 ..... 56.85 54.80 

18 ..... 56.45 54.55 

19 .•... 56.05 54.90 

20 ..... M. 70 54.45 

21 ..... 55.55 54.30 

22 ····· 55.45 54.75 23 ..... M. 50 54.40 

2i ····· 55.55 54.05 

25 ..... 55.40 54.50 

26 ····- 55.15 54.40 

27 ..... 55.00 54.20 l!_ju 54.05 

55.30 ------- 55.25 ------- 55.30 -------

' Mar. Apr. ~Iay. June. July. Aug. Sept. 

--------------

55.50 54.20 57.45 M. 50 64.60 56.20 52.65 

55.85 M.20 56.85 55.40 63.25 55.75 52.25 

55.80 M.20 56.60 55.30 58.60 55.45 51.80 

55.45 54.20 56.30 55.20 59.05 55.20 51.40 

55.45 54.30 5.5. 85 55.20 63.20 55.20 51.05 

55.00 54.80 55.70 55.15 73.35 54.95 50.25 

54.40 54.65 57.10 55.00 69.60 54.80 51.15 

54.65 54.50 57.50 55.00 59.45 54.80 51.05 

54.45 54.50 58.75 54.95 57.25 54.75 50.80 

53.95 54.50 61.10 55.60 56.75 54.65 49.80 

53.90 54.70 59.00 56.45 56.55 54.55 51.05 

53.90 54.95 59.75 61.70 56.30 54.75 51.20 

54.10 55.00 58.05 62.55 56.20 54.60 51.15 

54.55 54.65 57.55 58.75 56.4.5 54.50 51.00 

54.35 54.95 57.70 57.115 56.05 54.40 51.15 

54.10 55.80 57.70 57.65 55.70 54.35 50.95 

54.00 56.70 57.75 59.65 55.40 54.35 51.35 

54.65 57.10 58.00 61.10 55.30 54.40 51.40 

54.40 56.60 57.80 58.25 55.45 54.20 50.35 

54.00 56.30 56.95 57.20 55.80 53.75 50.65 

53.95 55.90 56.80 58.20 55.30 53.40 51.30 

54.25 55.65 56.80 58.40 58.25 53.05 51.30 

54.10 55.50 56.80 58.55 57.50 52.75 51.40 

54.05 55.55 57.00 58.60 57.30 52.40 51.10 

54.15 55.60 57.95 57.90 56.65 52.00 50.38 

54.20 57.30 58.00 56.95 56.20 51.55 49.80 

54.25 58.30 58.00 56.40 55.80 51.85 50.25 

54.45 58.55 57.60 56.00 57.10 52.00 50.15 

54.30 58.55 56.85 55.90 56.45 52.15 50.00 

54.25 58.00 55.85 59.20 55.85 52.35 50.10 

54.20 ------- 55.65 ------- 56.10 52.50 -------

BRAZOS RIVER AT WACO, TEXAS. 

Oct. 

--

50.35 

50.31\ 

50.00 

50.25 

49.95 

50.20 

50.20 

50.25 

50.25 

50.30 

50.35 

50.30 

49.75 

50.25 

50.30 

50.30 

50.05 

50.00 

50.00 

50.00 

49.90 

49.80 

49.80 

49.80 

49.80 

49.80 

49.80 

49.95 

50.15 

53.10 

59.30 

' 

Nov 

60.2. 

___:_-r;;:l 

60.4 5 

J~l 56.70 

60.55 56.45 

0 56.25 

0 56.05 

5 56.00 

0 56.00 

5 56.00 

0 56.05 

0 56.20 

5 56.35 

5 57.75 

5 59.80 

5 61.20 

5 61.80 

0 60.60 

0 58.85 

5 57.55 

5 56.85 

0 56.50 

58.8 

57.3 

56.0 

55.7 

55.5 

55.4 

55.3 

55.1 

54.9 

54.9 

54.9 

54.9 

55.0 

54.6 

54.2 

54.0 

58.2 

67. 

71.0 

30 56.50 

5 57.30 

5 57.70 

5 58.40 

0 57.35 

0 57.15 0 57.25 

65.4 

62.7 

64.2 

68.1 

71.9 

74.5 

76.( 

74. 

·----· 

5E6.80 JO 56.55 

45. -~~~~~--

.. 

This river has its source in the Staked Plains region of western 

'l'exas, and has a general· southeasterly course, emptying into the 

Gulf of Mexico south of the mouth of Trinity River. Its drainage 

basin is entirely within the State of Texas. The gaging station, 

established by '1'. U. 'l'aylor September 14, 1898, is located at the 

Austin street bridge, northwest of Waco. The gage is inclined, the 

channel straight, and the banks high. 'l'he bed of the stream is of 

shifting sand. Measurements of discharge have been made under 

the suspension bridge above the railroad bridge. Under the former, 

at low water, is a sand bar, which does not, however, affect the 

reliability of the measurements, as there are then two distinct channels. Three measurements of discharge were made in 1899 by Thomas 

u-, Taylor: The first, on J nne 19, at a gage height of 18.50 feet, showed a 

discharge of 58,700 second-feet; the measurement of June 26, at a 

gage height of 6.90 feet, gave a discharge of 4,430 second-feet; while 

the third measurement, on December 30, at a gage height of 4.90 feet, 

showed a discharge of 2,085 second-feet. 
TEXAS. 273 

Daily gage height, in feet, of 1Brazos River at Waco, Twas, for 1899 .. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

---------------------------

1 ..... 2.70 2.30 2.20 1.80 2.10 6.00 a15.00 5.30 2.45 1.10 7.10 5.30 

2 ..... 2.65 2.35 2.25 1.90 2.05 5.45 17.00 5.00 2.40 1.10 6.65 4.90 

3 ----- 2.60 2.40 2.20 1.90 2.00 4. 75 12.45 4.90 2.30 1.10 6.10 4.45 

4----- 2.50 2.40 2.20 1.90 2.40 4.25 11.25 4.70 2.40 2.00 5.65 4.20 

5----- 2.50 2.40 2.15 1.90 2.70 4.00 14.85 4.20 2.30 2.00 5.30 4.05 

6----- 2.50 2.35 2.10 2.20 2.70 3. 70 12.60 3.95 2.30 2.00 5.00 3.95 

7----- 2.60 2.40 IUO 2.10 2.60 3.85 12.20 3.75 2.30 2.00 4. 75 3.85 

8----- 2.50 2.25 2.00 2.10 2.60 7.40 10.10 3.60 2.30 1.90 4.35 3.85 

9----- 2.50 2.25 2.20 2.10 2.55 10.30 9.00 3.60 2.20 1.90 4.10 3.95 

10 ..... 2.50 2.40 2.05 2.10 3.15 9.45 8.40 3.50 2.20 1. 95 3.85 4.25 

11 ----- 2.50 2.40 2.00 2.05 5.10 7:95 8.35 3.40 2.15 1. 95 3.70 6.45 

1~----- 2.50 2.30 1. 95 1.95 5.25 7.40 7.50 3.30 2.10 1.90 3.60 9.75 

13----- 2.50 2.30 1.90 1.80 5.75 7.10 6.95 3.20 2.10 1. 90 3.50 8.60 

14----- 2.50 2.30 2.00 1.90 4.70 6.60 6.50 3.15 2.10 1. 90 3.40 7.55 

15----- 2.60 2.30 2.00 5.90 4.05 6.30 6.25 3.10 2.10 1.90 3.30 6.70 

16 ..... 2.45 2.30 2.00 2.75 4.20 6.60 5.90 3.00 2.05 1. 90 3.20 6.00 

17----- 2.40 2.40 2.00 2.55 4.30 10.00 5.70 3.00 2.10 1.90 3.15 5.80 

18- ---- 2.40 2.40 2.00 2.60 6.20 6.55 5.65 2.95 2.15 1.90 3.10 5.70 

19----- 2.45 2.40 2.10 2.45 5.55 18.50 5.40 2.90 2.10 1.90 3.30 5.15 

20 ...... 2.50 2.35 1. 95 2.40 4.80 20.70 5.20 2.80 2.10 1.90 5.90 4.95 

21----- 2.50 2.30 1. 90 2.35 4.20 18.05 5.15 2.80 2.30 1.90 19.85 5.85 

22 ----- 2.55 2.30 1.90 2.30 4.10 10.25 5.00 2.70 2.65 1.90 21.85 9.40 

23- .. _, 2.40 2.30 1.80 2.30 3.75 9.10 5.30 2.70 2.45 1.90 11.85 6.55 

24----- 2.50 2.30 1.90 2.20 4.50 8.20 9.95 2.70 2.40 1. 90 8.90 6.20 

25 ----- 2.50 2.3!1 1.80 2.20 6.40 7.35 9.00 2.60 2.30 1.95 8.40 6.10 

26----- 2.40 2.30 1.90 2.15 5.85 6.85 8.30 2.55 2.40 2.25 7.25 5.75 

27----- 2.40 2.30 1. 90 2.20 5.45 6.30 7.25 2.50 2.40 2.55 6.70 5.50 

28 ----· 2.40 2.20 1.90 2.20 5.05 6.10 6.60 2.50 2.35 2.50 6.20 5.05 

29 ......... 2.35 ------- 1.85 2.10 5.00 a9.00 6.10 2.50 2.20 9.15 5.60 4.95 

30----- 2.40 -------· 1.80 2.05 7.25 a12.00 5.90 2.50 ------- 11.00 5.45 4.85 31 _____ 2.30 ------- 1. 80 ------- 6.50 ------- 5.70 2.50 . ------ 8.30 ------- 4.70 

a Estimated. 

BRAZOS RIVER AT LEWIS, TEXAS. 

This station, established by Thomas U. Taylor February 22, 1898: 

is at the International and Great Northern Railroad bridge about 1i 

miles southwest of the town of Lewis, Texas, and about 75 miles below 

the station at Waco. .After the establishment of the Waco station 

the one at Lewis was not of much importance, and was discontinued 

February 25, 1899. No measurements of discharge were made here 

during 1899. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Brazos River at Lewis, Texas, for 1899. 

---· 

17'-J-an. 

4.40 

4.40 1 3 ... . 4.35 

2 ... . 

L .. 4 4.30 

.40 

4 

4 

4 

.70 

.55 

.50 

Feb, 

--

4.30 

4.25 

4.20 

4.20 

4.20 

4.10 

4.15 

4.20 

Day. Jan. Feb. Day. Jan. Feb. Day. Jan. 

-----------------

9 ... 4.50 4.20 17.. .. 4.60 4.20 25 ... 4.30 

10 ... 4.60 4.20 18 .•. 4.45 4.20 26 ... 4.25 

11... 4.80 4.20 19 ... 4.40 4.20 27.. .. 4.20 

12 ... 5.15 4.20 20 ... 4.40 4.20 28 ... 4.15 

13... 5.45 4.20 21... 4.40 4.20 29 ... 4.05 

14... 6.25 4.20 22 ... 4.35 4.20 30 ... 4.15 

15 ... 5.10 4.20 23 ... 4.25 4.20 3L. 4.20 

16 ... 4.85 4.20 24 ... 4.20 4.20 

_ Febl 

--------

--~:~~11 

-:::: --~ .. ::::1 . -- . 

Station discontinued February 25. 
274 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0,37. 

COLORADO RIVER AT AUSTIN, TEXAS. 

This river drains a large area in central Texas. It rises in the 

extreme western portion of the State, within a few miles of the western 

boundary of New Mexico, and ftows in a general southeasterly direction, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico in Matagorda County. Its 

head-water tributaries drain the country immediately south of the 

Brazos River. Llano Creek is a tributary of Colorado River and 

empties into it 85 miles above Austin. On March 14, 1899, this stream 

was measured one-half mile west of the station at Llano, Texas, and 

showed a discharge of 76 second-feet; a second measurement was 

made below on this creek, 200 yards above its junction with the Colorado River at Kingsland, on the same date, which also showed a 

discharge of 76 second-feet. On March 13 the main Colorado River, 

at a short distance below the wagon bridge near Marble Falls, Texas, 

showed a discharge of 197 second-feet. The river was also measured 

four times at the head of Lake McDonald, about 20 miles above 

Austin. On January 31 it showed a discharge of 210 second-feet; on 

October 3 the discharge was 134 second-feet; on October 4 the discharge was also 134 second-feet; a~d on the same date, at another 

section near by, the discharge was 136 second-feet. On March 15 two 

measurements were made at the power house at the Austin dam. The 

first measurement was in the fore bay, and showed a discharge of 206 

second-feet; immediately afterwards the tailrace was measured and 

showed a discharge of 233 second-feet. The statiou maintained during 1899 is located at the Congress avenue bridge, south of the city 

of Austin. The gage rod is a vertical timber attached to a bath 

house near by. The bench mark is on the first ftange above the cribwork of the north pier of the highway bridge,· and is 4. 78 feet above 

the zero of the gage. The following measurements of discharge were 

made by Thomas U. •ray lor during 1899: 

March 17, gage height, 1.70 feet; discharge, 267 second-feet. 

March 31, gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 170 second-feet. 

November 10, gage height, 1.71 feet; discharge, 476 second-feet. 

November 16, gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 386 second-feet. 

November 28, gage height, 2.36 feet; discharge,"1,156 second-feet. 

December 5, gage height, 2.02 feet; discharge, 686 second-feet. 
TEXAS. 275 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Colorado River at Austin, Twas, for 1899. 

~-J Jon F•'' - A~. M>y June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

--·--------

1 1.90 2.00 1.85 1.45 2.05 3.60 3.85 3.10 1.45 1.0.5 2.80 2.65 2 ..•.. 1.85 1.95 1.85 1.45 2.05 3.20 3.35 2.45 1.45 1.05 2.35 2.50 

3. ···- 1.85 1. 90 1.75 1.45 2.00 2.95 3.55 2.30 1.45 .90 2.10 2.50 

4 ····· 1.95 2.05 1.85 1.45 2.10 3.55 3.50 1.95 1.45 .85 2.10 2.20 

5 ·---- 1.95 1. 95 1.85 1.55 2.00 3.15 3.65 1.80 1.45 .90 1.95 2.0.'\ 

6 ----- 1. 95 1. 90 1.85 1.50 2.05 2.85 3.45 1.70 1.40 .90 1.95 2.05 

7----- 1.85 1.90 1. 90 1.50 1.95 11.35 3.15 1. 75 1.40 .85 2.00 2.05 

8----- 1.95 1.85 1.80 1.45 1.85 21.05 2.95 1.75 1.40 .801 1.90 2.40 

9 ----· 1.95 1. 90 1.85 1.45 1.95 17.60 3.60 1.65 1.40 .85 1.80 2.75 

10----- 1. 95 1. 90 1.80 1.45 2.00 14.75 3.25 1.65 1.35 .90 1.75 3.45 1L. ___ 1.95 1. 90 1. 75 U5 2.00 9.00 3.00 1.65 1.35 .90 1.70 6.40 

12- ·- .. 2.05 2.10 1. 75 1.45 4.10 5.30 2.80 1.55 1.35 .90 1.65 5.35 

13 -·--· 1.95 1. 95 1.75 1.50 7.95 4.45 2.65 1.55 1.35 .90 1.60 4.30 

14----- 1.90 1.80 1. 75 1.55 7.10 4.10 2.50 1. 55 1.35 .90 1.65 3.70 

15----- 1.85 1. 75 1.80 1.50 5.30 3.60 2.30 1.55 1.35 .90 1.60 3.35 

16- ---- 1. 90 1.80 1.80 1.50 4.55 3. 75 2.15 1.55 1.35 .90 1.55 3.05 

17----- 1.90 1. 85 1. 75 1.55 3.85 4.40 2.05 1.55 1.35 .85 1.50 2.85 

18- -·- 1.95 1. 80 1.75 1.65 3.40 5.90 2.00 1.55 1.35 .95 1.45 2.70 

19 ----· 1.95 1. 75 . 1. 75 1. 80 3.20 6.60 2.00 1.55 1. 30 1.45 1. 75 2.60 

20----- 1. 90 1. 75 1. 70 1.90 3.00 6.15 2.00 1.65 1.30 .95 2.00 2.65 

21----- 1. 90 1. 75 1.65 3.95 2.75 4.90 1.90. 1.55 1. 25 .90 5.35 2.75 

22 ----- 1.90 1. 75 1.65 3.80 2. 4.5 6.00 1.85 1.55 1.25 .90 6.35 2.90 

23----- 1.90 1.85 1.60 3.45 4.20 5.15 1.80 1.55 1.15 .90 4.55 4.05 

24----- 1.90 1. 90 1. 60 3.05 4.05 4.15 1. 80 1.55 1.15 1.40 5.65 3.90 

25----- 1.95 1.85 1.60 2.85 4. 75 3. 75 1. 75 1.55 1.10 1.35 3.00 3.40 26 _____ 1.90 1. 85 1.60 2.65 4.50 3.45 2.35 1.55 1.15 1.45 2.65 3.05 

27----- 1. 90 1.85 1.60 2.55 5.05 3.15 2.45 1.55 1.15 1.55 2.55 2.85 

28----- 1. 90 1. 75 1.60 2.45 4.85 2.95 2.20 1.55 1.15 2.30 2.35 2. 75 

29 -·--- 1.90 ------- 1.55 2.35 4.10 2.85 3.30 1.55 1.15 3.35 2.35 2. 70 30 _____ 1.90 ------- 1.45 2.25 3. 70 2.75 4.25 1.55 1.05 2.90 2.95 2.55 31_ ____ 1.95 ------- 1.50 ------- :1.35 ------- 3.60 1.55 ------- 3.10 ------- --------

GUADALUl;'E RIVER AT NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS. 

This river drains a small area in central Texas. Its source is in 

Kerr County, and it has a general southeasterly direction, emptying 

into the Gulf of Mexico in Calhoun County. J\t New Braunfels it 

receives Comal River, which is the principal source of supply for the 

upper Guadalupe. Comal River is simply the outlet of a series of 

large springs near New Braunfels and is only about 3 miles long. 

These springs maintain a very constant flow throughout the entire 

year. Comal River is described in Bulletin 140, page 84. The gaging 

station at New Braunfels is about 1 mile east of the town, near the highway bridge, and below the International and Great Northern Railroad bridge, and was established March 13, 1898. It is located below 

the mouth of Comal River, and hence includes the flood waters of the 

main Guadalupe besides the very equable discharge of Comal River. 

Two measurements of discharge were made by Thomas U. Taylor 

during 1899: The :first, on March 16, with a gage height of 1.80, 

showed a total discharge of the two channels of 358 second-feet; the 

second one, on December 23, with a gage height of 2. 70 feet, gave a 

discharge of 797 second-feet. 
• 

276 OPERATIONS A.'r RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-· PART III. [1'10.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, oj' Guadalupe River at Ne:w Bmunfels, Texas, for 1899. 

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 -·--· 

. 

. 

. 

Jan. 

--

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

Feb. Mar. AJ>r. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. I Oct. Nov. Dec. 

---------- -- 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.90 3.65 2.00 1.80 1. 70 2.40 2.00 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.90 2.65 2.00 1.80 1.70 2.30 2.00 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.85 2.45 1.90 1.80 1.70 2:05 2.00 

1.80 1.80 1.80 2.15 1.80 2.35 1.90 l.HO 1.70 2.00 1.90 

1.80 1.80 1.85 2.05 1.80 2.60 1.90 1.80 1.70 2.00 1.90 

1.80 1.80 1.90 1.85 3.85 2.60 1.90 1.80 1. 70 2.00 1.90 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 3.25 2.50 1.90 1.80 1.70 1.110 1.95 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 16.00 2.45 1.90 1.80 1.70 1.90 2.65 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 8.00 2.30 1.85 1.80 1.70 1.90 2.60 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 4.20 2.30 1.80 1.80 1.70 1.90 2.30 

1.80 1.80 1.80 2.65 3.55 2.25 1.80 1.80 1.70 1.90 2.20 

1.80 1.80 1.80 2.10 3.10 2.20 1.80 1.80 1.70 1.90 2.20 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.95 3.45 2.10 1.80 1.80 1.70 1.60 2.10 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.90 3.00 2.10 1.80 1.80 1.70 1.90 2.10 

1.80 1.8il 1.85 1.90 2.75 2.10 1.80 1.80 1.70 1.90 2.00 

1.80 1.80 1.85 1.90 2.55 2.10 1.110 1.80 1. 70 1.90 2.00 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.90 4.45 2.00 1.80 1.80 1.70 1.80 2.00 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.90 3.05 2.00 1.80 1.80 1. 7l' 1.80 2.10 

1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 3.15 2.00 1.80 1.80 1.70 1.90 2.25 

1.80 1.80 1.95 1.80 2.85 1.90 1.80 1.80 1. 70 2.15 2.40 

1.80 1.80 2.45 1.80 2.60 1.90 1.80 1.80 1.90 2.10 2.65 

1.80 1.80 2.20 1.80 2.50 1.90 1.80 1.80 2.00 2.10 2.80 

1.80 1.80 2.00 4.20 2.45 1.90 1.80 1.80 2.00 2.30 2.70 

1.80 1.80 2.00 2.90 2.40 1.90 1.80 1.80 2.00 2.30 2.55 

1.80 1.80 2.00 2.50 2.40 2.00 1.80 1.80 2.00 2.30 2.40 

1.80 1.80 2.00 2.30 2.30 2.00 1.80 1.75 2.00 2.10 2.30 

1.80 1.80 1.90 2.05 2.20 2.00 1.80 1.70 2.15 2.10 2.30 

1.80 1.80 1.80 2.00 2.20 4.50 1.80 1.70 6.15 2.00 2.20 

------- 1.80 1.80 2.00 

}.~~-1 3.35 1.80 1.70 3.30 2.00 2.20 .............. 1.80 1.80 2.00 2.20 1.80 1.70 2.70 2.00 2.00 ............... 1.80 ------- 1.90 2.00 1.80 ------- 2.45 -----·- ................. 

LEONA RIVER AT UVALDE, TEXA.3. 

In former years there was located in the southern ·suburbs of 

Uvalde a large spring with constant flow, known as "Leona spring." 

This spring was dry but once between 1870 and 1893, viz, in 1885. It 

soon revived, however, and continued flowing up to 1893, when the 

discharge stopped, and no water has issued from it since that date. 

The water in the wells in the vicinity in 1884 was 25 feet below the 

surface of the ground, but in 1899 the level was _about 50 feet below 

the surface. A pumping station was located on the banks of Leona 

River, .near Leona spring, in ·1893, but after one or two years the 

river failed to such an extent that the entire pumping plant was 

moved to within 150 yards of the court-house at Uvalde. At the new 

station a 15 by 15 foot pit was excavated 24 feet deep, and the pumps 

were placed at the bottom of this pit, and then a well 4 by 7 feet 

square was sunk from this level to a depth of 16 feet, out of which the 

water was pumped into a standpipe. The water at first rose in this 

well to within 35 feet of the ground surface. In December, 1897, it 

was noticed that the supply was failing. and this continued until 

May, 1898, when a second pit, 10 by 10 feet, and 9 feet deep, was excavated on the southwest side of the first pit, and the well was aiso 

lowered until its bottom was 63 feet below the ground surface; when 

the pumps were finally lowered, their new position was 33 feet below 

the surface. In January, 1899, it was found necessary to sink three 

small drill wells in the bottom of the main pump w-ell to a depth of 
TEXAS AND COLORADO. 277 

30 to 35 feet, reaching a total depth of 98 feet from the surface of the 

ground. 

Leona River, in 1895, was found by Mr. Cyrus C. Babb to be dry 

under the railroad bridge, put at the crossing It miles south of the 

town a discharge of 11 seco~d-feet was found. The river ceased flowing at this crossing in January, 1898. About June 15, 1899, heavy 

rains fell over Uvalde and Kinney counties, raising the Leona River 

to a flowing depth of 6 to 8 feet. Notwithstanding this, on June 28, 

1899, when visit{ld by Thomas U. Taylor, the river was dry at the 

crossing above referred to. The bed of the stream was followed to 

the head of the upper irrigation ditch about 4 miles below the town 

of Uvalde, but no flowing water was found. The only irrigation along 

Leona River in 1899 was done through the agency of a steam pump 

10 or 12 miles below Uvalde. 

LAS MORAS SPRING, NEAR BRACKETTVILLE, TEXAS. 

This spring is located at Fort Clark, near Brackettville, 10 miles 

distant from Spofford, on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The discharge from this spring was measured by Prof. Thomas U. Taylor on 

June 30, 1899, when 60 sec~:md-feet was found. A measurement on 

December 24, 1895, near the same point, by Cyrus C. Babb, showed 

a discharge of 21 second-feet. 

SAN FELIPE SPRINGS, NEAR DEL RIO, TEXAS. 

San Felipe Creek has its source in four large springs, the upper one 

being 2 miles above the railroad bridge near Del Rio, the others being 

within about 200 yards of the bridge. On June 29, 1899, the creek 

was measured by Prof. Thomas U. Taylor, at a point about200 yards 

below the railroad bridge, and a discharge of 84 second-feetwas found. 

Madre ditch diverts water from one of these springs above the point 

of measurement, and on June 29 its discharge was found to be 29 

second-feet. Previous measurements at this locality will be found in 

Bulletin 140, page 85. 

RIO GRANDE AT DEL NORTE, COLORADO. 

This river has its source in the Continental Divide in southern Colorado. Its general course is easterly through its mountainous collecting area until San Luis Park is reached, when it gradually takes 

a southeasterly course, and then just before crossing the State line 

into New Mexico it bends southward and continues this general course 

throughout New Mexico. The station is located about 2 miles above 

the town of Del Norte, Colorado, well above most of the irrigation 

·ditches which divert water from this river, The gage consists of an 

inclined 2 by 6 inch plank fastened to ·a post driven into the right 

bank of the river. Bench mark No. 1 is a large nail in the root of a 

tree 15 feet northeast of the end of the cable on the left bank of the 
278 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PAR'l.' III. [No.37. 

river and is 7.54 feet above gage datum. Bench mark No. 2 is a 

large nail in the root of a tree 25 feet northwest of the end of the 

inclined gage, and is also 7.54 feet above gage datum. While the 

banks are not high, the river has never been known to overflow. The 

current is swift; the bed is composed of small stone, and has not 

materially changed during the last year. Discharge measurements 

are made from a box suspended from a five-eighths inch wire cable 

fastened to trees on each side of the river. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 247; 189·7, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

383; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 360. The following discharge measurements were made by A. L. Fellows during 1899: 

April25, gage height, 2.42 feet; discharge, 1,004 second-feet. 

May 24, gage height, 2.92 feet; discharge, 1,480 second-feet. 

June 29, gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 734 second-feet. 

August 21, gage height, 1.58 feet; discharge, 387 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Rio Grande at Del Norte, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. ,Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May . .June . .July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

\_ ____ -·-·--· ·····-· ---·--- 1.62 1.90 2.94 2.00 2.24 1.46 -------------- -·--···· 2----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ··-···· ------- ------- ------- ------- 1.96 

3-------------------------- 1.48 1.82 2.62 2.12 2.20 1.50 --------------------. 4 .... - ------- 2.64 2.82 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 1.64 -------- 5------------ -------------- 1.40 1.86 2.44 1.98 2.64 1.48 ------- --···-- ·------- 6----- ---------------------------- --····· -------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------· 7----- 2.76 ------- ------- 1.40 1.96 2.50 2.12 2.42 1.40 1.50 ------- .. ---- 8----- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ·------ ------- ----- . ------- ------- ------- -------· 9-------------------------- 1.52 2.16 2.68 1.94 2.12 1.40 -----.------- 2.00 

10----- ······- ------' ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ·--- 11----- ------- 2.60 2.66 1.70 3.62 2.82 1.90 2.00 1.40 ----··· 1.60 ---- ·---

12 ···--- ·------ ------- -------------- ---·--- --------------------- -------------- ------· ------- 13 ..... ------- ------· ------- 1.64 3.54 2.90 1.80 1.84 1.38 -------------- ····---- u ..... 2.74 -----·- ------- ----·-· -------------- ------- ------- ------- 1.90 ------- -------- 15 ..... --------------------- 1.92 3.20 2.62 1.86 1.76 2.12 ------- ·--·-·- -------- 16----- ------- ------- ·····-- ------- ------- ------· ------- ------- ------- ------.------- 2.30 

17 ·---- ---------- ·-- ------- 2.04 3.18 2.50 1.86 1.82 1.86 ------- ------- -------- 18----- ------- 2.46 2.04 ------- ------- ----·-- ------. ·-····- ------- ------- 1.62 -------- 19 ..... ------- ······- ······- 2.10 3.14 2.38 2.74 1.70 1.64 ------- ·-·----- ------ 20 ..... ------- .............. ······- •...... ------- ······- .•..... ------- ••..... ······- ....... . 21 ----- 2.68 ------- ······- 2.14 3.02 2.32 2.14 1.60 1.58 1.80 ------- -······· 22 .•........•. ------- .........•.... ------- .•.....••................... ······- •....•......... 23 ..••.....••. ······- ······- 2.30 2.84 2.20 2.02 1.60 1.52 ·····--- .•..... 2.04 

24 ..... ------- ······- ........•..... ····-·· ........•..... ······- ..................... -------- 25 ..... ······- 2.48 1.96 2.46 3.04 2.10 1.84 1.54 1.48 ....... 2.04 ....... . 

26 .... ------- ·-····· ------- ••...•. ······- ------- ....... ······- ....... ······- •••.... ··-······ 27 ····- ······- ····-·· ------- 2.28 2.96 2.48 1.84 1.50 1.44 •...... ----··· ....... . 

1 '": :::rr :::::: : ; ~- ••~•~- ::::: :'::~~ ::~: ::: : :T~ :::7 :, :': :~ ~: 1 

CONEJOS RIVER AT LOS MOGOTES, COLORADO. 

This stream rises on the eastern slope of the mountain range which 

forms the western line of Conejos County, in southern Colorado. It 

:flows southeasterly, and then bending at the town of Conejos flows in · 

a general northeasterly direction, entering the Rio Grande below the 

mouth of Trinchera Creek. The gage rod, established by A. L. Fellows August 25, 1899, was at first located at a wagon bridge 10 miles 

above the town of Conejos, but owing to the fact that it was destroyed 
COLORADO. 279 

at this point, it was later moved to a point about 500 yards below. It 

is here attached to the pier projecting into the river near the house 

occupied by Gustav Timm, a ranchman who has acted as observer. 

The channel is fairly good, being of gravel and not particularly liable 

to either change or overflow. Owing to the removal of the gage it will 

not be possible to make a rating table for 1899. Two measurements 

ot discharge were made at this point in 1899 by A. L. Fellows: The 

first, on August 25, at a gage height of 1.00 foot, showed a discharge 

of 76 second-feet; the second measurement, on November 28, at a gage 

height of 2.20 feet, showed a discharge of 70 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Conejos River at Los Mogotes, Colorado, for 1899. 

Sept. Oet. Nov. Day. Sept. Oct. Nov. Day. Sept. Oct. 

----------------- 8-• 95 1.02 1.15 12_ ---- . 98 1.20 1. 57 23 ..... 1.18 1 . J§ 2---- .92 3 ___ _ .92 4_ __ _ .92 

5 --- .90 6 ___ _ .90 7._ __ .87 

.87 - 1.02 

- 1.05 

- 1. 00 

1. 05 1.12 13 _____ .95 1. 38 1.57 24. ____ 1.15 

1.10 1.12 H ____ .98 1.32 1.1\7 25----- 1.10 

1.12 1.10 15_ ---- 2.00 1.25 1.57 26 _____ 1.05 

1.10 al.55 16 _____ 1. 75 1.22 1.65 27 _____ 1.05 

1. 07 1. 57 17.. ___ 1.65 1.25 1. 70 28 _____ 1.05 

1.07 1. 57 18.---- 1.50 1.28 1. 70 29 _____ 1.05 

1. 05 1. 57 19_ ---· 1.30 1.25 ). 70 30 _____ 1.05 

1.00 1. 57 20 _____ 1.22 1.20 1.60 3L ____ ------- 1.02 1. b7 2L ..• 1.22 1.30 1.58 

1.00 1. 57 22.. ••. 1.20 1. 32 1. 55 

a Gage moved to a point near house of Gustav Timm. 

RIO GRANDE AT CENICERO, COLORADO. 

1.28 1.48 

5 1.40 25 1.55 

1.90 

0 2.20 

2.10 

1.2 

1. 

1.15 

1.2 

1.18 

1.1 

1.1 ~ __ ':00 -I 

The Rio Grande for a number of years has been dry during the 

summer after passing through San Luis Park, due to the diversion 

of water above. On August 20 the river 6 miles below Alamosa, Colorado, was carrying 17 second-feet, and on the 23dof the same month, 

at a point one-half mile above Alamosa, the discharge was found to 

be 10 second-feet. Just before it crosses the State line into New 

Mexico it enters the canyon, and in order to obtain the amount of 

water passing out of the State, a station was located on June 28,1899, 

by A. L. Fellows, at the State bridge across the Rio Grande, at a 

point about 4 miles west of Eastdale, Colorado. The station is 

favorably located for the purpose, the cross section being fairly uniform, the channel regular and not liable to overflow. The gage consists of two rods, one for low stages, fastened to a rock near the shore; 

the upper section is fastened to the lower side of the middle pier of 

the bridge. The observer is Roman Mondragon. The following 

measurementsof discharge were made by A. L. Fellows in 1899: 

June 28, gage height, 0.90 foot; discharge, 20 second-feet. 

August 24, gage height, 1 foot; discharge, 31 second-feet. 

November 28, gage height, 1.80 feet; discharge, 297 second-feet, 

IRR 37--6 
280 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [11'0.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Rio Grande at Oenicero, Colorado, for 1899, 

I Day. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. ~ 

~~----------·------ 2--------------------------------- ---------- -----o.rs-u;-u;l:OOt:OO~I .90- 1.00 1.00 1.30 1.60 1.80 3----------------------- ---------- .88 .90 1.00 1.20 1.80 1.80 4, _______________________ ---------- .90 .90 1.00 1.40 1.80 1.70 

5. ______________________ ---------- 1.00 1.40 1.00 1.30 1.80 1.60 

"----'------------------ ---------- .90 1.40 1.00 1.20 1.60 1.60 

7 ..... ------------------ ---------- .90 1.30 1.00 1.20 1.60 1.60 8. ______________________ ---------- .90 1.40 1.00 1.20 1.70 1.60 

9. ______________________ .. ------- - .90 1.40 1.00 1.30 1.70 1.70 

10 _______________________ ---------- .85 1.30 1.00 1.30 1.80 1.60 

u _______________________ ---------- .80 1.30 1.00 1.40 1.70 1.60 

12 .•..... ----·----------- ---------- .80 1.30 1.00 1.30 1. 70 1. 70 

13 ....................... ---------- .85 1.30 1.10 1.30 1.70 1.70 

14.. ..................... ---------- .90 1.20 1.10 1.20 1.80 1.80 

15 ........................... ------ 1.00 1.10 1.60 1.30 1.80 1.90 

16 ....................... ---------- 1.00 1.00 2.10 1.30 1.70 2.00 

17.. ......... -----------· ·--------- 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.40 1. 70 2.00 

18 ........... ------------ ---- ------ . 98 1.00 1.40 1.40 1. 70 2.00 19....................... .......... 1.00 1.00 1.60 1.40 1.70 2.00 

20 ........ : .. ------------ ---------- 1.00 .90 1.60 1.40 1.70 2.00 

21.. ..................... ---------- 1.02 .90 1.60 1.40 1.70 2.00 

22 ....................... ---------- 1.08 1.00 1.40 1.40 1.80 2.00 

23....................... .......... 1.60 1.00 1.40 1.40 1.80 2.00 

24 .................. :.... .......... 1.50 1.00 1.40 1.40 1.80 2.00 

25....................... .......... 1.35 .95 1.30 1.60 1.80 2.00 

26 ................. ------ .......... 1.30 .90 1.30 1.50 1.80 2.00 

27 ................. .......... 1.20 .90 1.30 1.50 1.80 2.00 ................. 0.90 1.10 1.00 1.30 1.50 1.80 2.00 ----------------- .90 1.10 1.00 1.30 1.50 1.80 2.00 ................. .80 1.10 1.00 1.30 1.50 1.80 2.00 .................. ---------- 1.00 1.00 ---------- 1.50 .......... 2.00 

RIO GRANDE AT EMBUDO, NEW MEXICO. 

Rio Grande enters the canyon some distance above where it crosses 

the New Mexico and Colorado line, and continues southward for some 

distance below Embudo. lt receives a number of important tributaries from either side through this section of its course, which contribute to its discharge; and although in recent years the river is dry 

in the vicinity of Alamosa, Colorado, there is a constant :flow at 

Embudo, New Mexico. The station at this point, established in 1889, 

is located about 300 feet east of the railroad station at Embudo. The 

gage is inclined, and consists of a timber fastened to posts driven into 

the bank of the river. Bench mark No.1 is a rock near the end of 

the cable, left bank~ mark~d ''B. M." with white paint, and is 20.66 

feet above gage datum. Bench mark No.2 is- a rock 100 feet above 

the cable, left bank, similarly marked, and is 18.79 feet above gage 

datum. Bench mark No.3 is a notch cut hi the southeastern corner 

of the station, 2 feet above the platform, and is 30.48 feet above gage 

datum. The left bank is steep, and the right has a gentle slope. The 

results of measurements may be found aS follows: 1896, Eighteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 251; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 385; 1889 to 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 366. The following measurements of discharge were made by 

P. E. Harroun during 1899: 

April7, gage height, 8.20 feet; discharge, 710 second-feet. 

April20, gage height, 9.50 feet; discharge, 1,627 second-feet. 

May 4, gage height, 8.60 feet; discharge, 967 second-feet. 

May SO, gage height, 8.10 feet; discharge, 745 second-feet. 

September 4, gage height, 7 feet; discharge, 188 second-feet. 

·October 27, gage height, 7.58 feet; discharge, 412 second-feet. 
COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO. 281 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Rio Grande at Embudo, Ne:w Mereico, for 1899. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July., Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov." Dec. 

1 .•••• 7.50 7.60 7.70 8.40 9.20 7.90 7.20 7.20 7.00 7.30 7.60 7.85 

2 ·---- 7.60 7.60 7.70 8.30 9.00 7.85 7.20 7.25 7.00 7.30 7.60 7.85 

3 ..•.. 7.60 7.60 7.80 8.30 8.80 7.80 7.15 7.20 7.00 7.35 7.60 7.80 4, _____ 7.60 7.70 7.80 8.30 8.60 7.80 7.10 7.20 7.00 7.40 7.60 7.80 

5----- 7.60 7.70 7.85 8.20 8.45 7.80 7.10 7.30 7.00 7.40 7.65 8.00 

6----- 7.70 7.70 7.90 8.20 8.25 7.60 7.10 7.25 7.00 7.40 7.70 7.85 

7----- 7.85 7.70 8.00 8.20 8.20 7.35 7.10 7.20 7.00 7.40 7. 75 7. 70 

8 ••••• 7.90 7.80 8.05 8.10 8.20 7.00 7.10 7.20 7.10 7.40 7.80 7.70 

9 ...•. 7.90 7.80 8.15 8.10 8.20 6.90 7.10 7.20 7.10 7.40 7.80 .7.80 

10 ..••. 7.90 7.85 8.20 8.10 8.20 6.85 7.10 7.30 7.10 7.40 7.80 8.00 n _____ 7.90 7.90 8.20 8.10 8.20 6.70 7.05 7.25 7.10 7.40 7.80 7.60 

12 ..... 7.90 7.80 8.25 8.20 8.30 6.60 7.00 7.20 7.10 7.40 7.80 7.60 13 _____ 7.90 7.90 8.30 8.50 8.65 6.70 7.00 7.20 7.15 7.40 7.80 7.60 

14----- 7.80 7.80 8.35 8.65 8.80 6.95 7.10 7.20 7.20 7.40 7.80 7. 70 

15- ·--- 7.80 7.80 8.50 8.80 9.00 7.00 7.25 7.25 a7.30 7.50 7.85 7.60 

16 ----· 7.70 7.80 8.65 8.80 9.10 7.00 7.40 7.30 8.15 7.50 7.90 7.60 

17----- 7.70 7.80 8. 70 8.85 9.20 7.00 7.60 7.30 7.90 7.50 7.90 7.70 

18 •.•.• 7.70 7.70 8. 70 9.05 9.20 7.00 7.60 7.15 7.85 7.50 7.90 7.70 

19 ---·- 7.70 7.70 8.70 9.35 9.15 7.00 8.10 7.10 7.80 7.50 7.90 7.70 

20 ..... 7. 70 7.70 8.65 9.35 9.00 7.00 7.90 7.10 7.65 7.50 7.90 7.70 

21 ..... 7.70 7.70 8.60 9.30 9.00 7.00 7.60 7.10 7.60 7.50 7.95 7. 70 

22----- 7.70 7.70 8.45 9.25 8.80 7.00 7.60 7.10 7.50 7.50 8.00 7. 70 

23 ----· 7.70 7.70 8.40 9.20 8.75 7.00 7.55 7.00 7.50 7.50 8.00 7.70 

24. ..•. 7.70 7.70 8.30 9.20 8.50 7.10 7.50 7.00 7.50 7.50 8.00 7.70 

25 ----· 7.60 7.70 8.30 9.30 8.20 7.10 7.45 7.00 7.40 7.50 8.10 7.70 

26 ••••. 7.60 7.70 8.30 9.40 8.20 7.10 7.35 7.00 7.40 7.50 8.10 7.70 

27----- 7.60 7.70 8.30 9.40 8.10 7.00 7.20 7.00 7.30 7.50 8.00 7.70 

28----- 7.60 7.70 8.35 9.30 8.10 7.15 7.15 7.00 7.30 7.50 8.00 7.70 

29 0 ·--- 7.60 ------- 8.40 9.20 8.10 7.20 7.10 7.00 7.30 7.60 7.90 7.70 

30 ..•.. 7.60 ------- 8.35 9.20 8.00 7.20 7.10 7.00 7.30 7.60 7.90 7.70 

31 •... 7.60 ------- 8.40 ------- 8.00 ------- 7.20 7.00 ------- 7.60 ------- 7.70 

a Began to rise at 4.30 p. m. ~ maximum, 8.3 feet, at 6 p. m. 

RIO GRANDE AT RIO GRANDE, NEW MEXICO. 

Three miles below Embudo the river emerges into Espanola Valley, 

through which it continues for a few miles and then enters White 

Rock' Canyon, flowing through that canyon for 30 miles. At the 

lower end of this canyon the river emerges into Albuquerque Valley, 

and so continues down to about Socorro. This valley averages from 

1 to 3 miles in width, and has been irrigated for a great many 

years by the Mexican settlers. Their primitive methods of irrigation 

are very wasteful of the waters, so that the duty of water in this section, about 17 acres per second-foot, is not as high as it might be. 

During the last. :few years, however, a number of important and 

modern irrigation systems have been planned and built in the vicinity 

of Albuquerque. The gaging station, established February 3, 1895, 

is located about one-fourth of a mile above the railroad station of 

Rio Grande, New Mexico, and at the head of White Rock Canyon. 

The gage is inclined, and consists of timbers fastened to piles and 

wired to a solid rock. The bench mark is the top of the bowlder to 

which the upper portion of the gage is fastened, and is 17.815 feet 

above gage datum. Measurements are made from a car suspended 

from a cable above the rod. The bed of the stream is rocky and is 

confined between high banks. The results of measurements may be 

found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

254; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 386; 1898, 
282 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No,37 .. 

Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 370. Three measurements 

of discharge were made at this point by P. E. Harroun during 1899: 

The first one, on April6, at a gage height of 5:90 feet, gave a discharge of 978 second-feet; the second, on September 2, at a gage 

height of 3. 70 feet, gave a discharge of 110 second-feet; the third 

measurement, October 24, at a gage height of 5.15 feet, gave a discharge of 482 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Rio G-rande at Rio Grande, New Mwico, for 1899. 

§"~ Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

L -- 4.65 5.40 5.65 6.20 7.15 5.60 4.20 5.00 3.60 4.70 5,30 5.65 

fL •.•. 4.65 5.35 6.00 6.20 7.15 5.55 4.20 4.80 3.60 4.70 5.25 5.60 

3 ----· <1,.65 5.35 5.90 6.05 6.95 5.45 4.30 4.70 3.60 4.70 5.30 5.60 

4----- 4.71i 5.15 5.80 6.15 6.75 5.45 4.30 6.75 • 3.65 4.85 5.40 5.60 

5----- 4.85 5.30 5.80 6.10 6.60 5.45 4.10 5.50 3.60 5.10 5.40 5.35 6 _____ 4.75 5.20 5.85 5.90 6.50 5.35 4.00 5.00 3.60 5.05 5.45 5.00 

7----- 4.85 5.30 5.85 5.85 6.45 5.25 4.00 6.35 3.55 5.05 5.50 5.25 8 .. ___ 4.95 5.30 5.90 6.05 6.35 5.20 3.90 5.45 4.00 5.00 5.55 5.40 

9----- 5.10 5.45 6.15 5.95 6.35 5.05 4.40 5.45 4.25 4.95 5.55 5.65 10 _____ 5.00 5.45 6.05 6.05 6.30 5.40 4.20 4.80 4.'i5 4.90 5.55 5.45 

11----- 4.9.1) 5.45 6.25 6.30 6.30 5.10 4.20 4.75 4.95 4.85 5.80 5.25 }2 _____ 5.00 5.35 6.25 6.45 6.45 5.05 4.20 4.65 4.35 4.85 5.55 5.15 13_. ___ 4.95 5.20 6.20 6.65 6.40 5.00 4.00 4.60 4.30 4.85 5.55 5.40 

14. ..•. 5.00 5.75 6.20 6.95 6.65 4.90 4.40 4.55 4.30 4.80 5.55 5.40 

15---·- 5"05 5.50 6.25 7.30 7.15 4.85 4.55 4.40 a9.30 4.80 5.90 5.15 

16----- 5.05 5.40 5.85 7.20 7.35 4.60 5.00 4.35 9.40 5.00 5. 70 4.85 

17 ----- 5.00 5.50 6.15 7.65 7.40 4.65 5.05 4.30 6.55 5.00 5.75 5.10 

18----- 5.00 5.45 6.40 8.15 7.15 4.50 7.80 4.15 5.85 5.05 5.70 5.4'J 

19 ---·· 5.00 5.50 6.30 8.30 6.90 4.45 6.80 4.20 5.45 4.95 5.70 5.65 20 _____ 5.05 5.45 6.35 8.30 6.75 4.40 6.30 4.15 5.25 5.05 5.70 5.65 

21----- 5.05 5.50 6.3() 7.95 6.75 4.30 5.70 4.10 5.15 5.10 5.70 5.40 

22----- 5.00 5.50 6.25 7.70 6.75 4.20 5.30 4.00 5.25 5.15 5.70 5.30 

23----- 5.00 5.50 6.20 7.75 6.40 4.20 5.30 3.90 5.00 5.15 5.80 5.45 

2<1, _____ 5.00 5.65 6.15 7.85 6.25 4.30 5.15 3.75 5.05 5.15 5.80 5.50 

25----- 5.05 5.80 6.20 7.90 6.10 4.40 5.25 3.85 4.95 5.20 5.80 5.45 

26----- 5.10 5.50 6.45 8.05 6.10 4.65 5.20 3.80 4.85 5.20 5.75 5.45 

27----- 5.20 5.50 6.65 7.95 5.95 4.50 6.30 3.70 4.85 5.30 5.75 5.40 

28----- 5.25 5.65 6.60 7.75 6.00 4.40 5.35 3.75 4.75 5.30 5.75 5.40 

29----- 5.25 ---··-· 6.65 7.50 5.85 4.20 5.00 3.70 4.75 5.30 5.70 5.45 30 _____ 5.35 ------- 6.45 7.15 5.80 4.35 5.05 3.60 4.65 5.25 5.70 5.50 3L ____ 5.40 6.40 ------- 5.70 .............. 6.05 3.60 ------- 5.25 .............. 5.65 

a10at7a.m. 

RIO GRANDE AT SAN MARCIAL, NEW MEXICO. 

The fifth gaging st~tion on the main stream, continuing downward, 

is at San Marcial. It was established January 29, 1895, and is located 

at the railroad bridge one-half mile south of the town. The wire 

gage is attached to the guard rail of the bridge, south span, lower 

side. Bench mark No. 1 is the top of the capstone on which the 

bridge truss rests, and is at an elevation of 15 feet above gage 

datum; bench mark No. 2 is the top of the extension of the pier to 

which the old vertical gage was fastened, and is at an elevation of 

13 feet above gage datum. The channel is sandy and shifting. 

A number of bridge piers interfere with the current to a certain 

extent, but not with the observed gage heights or discharge measurements. Results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, 

Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 257; 1897, Nineteenth 

~nual Report, Part IV, page 387; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 371. ·The following discharge measurements were 

made by P. E. Harroun during 1899: 
NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS. 283 

Measurements of Rio Grande at San Marcial, New Memico. 

Gage Dis- Gage Dis-

_D_a __ ta ________ 1_h_e_~ ___ ht. 1 __ cha __ rg_e_._11 _______ D_a_w __ . _______ h_e_ig_m_1t_. 1 __ ch_a_r_ge_._1 

1899. Feet. Bee. feet. 1899. Feet. Bee. feet. 

Apr.3................... 7.30 715 May 17................... 6.50 -~ 

Apr.19.................. 7.30 ooo ~~~\r.:::::::::::::::::: 5.30 2 

~~;r.:::::::::::::::::: ug lJZJ: Dec.17 ................... g'l L__ _______________ ~ ___ __L ______ ~-----------------L---~ 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Rio Grande at San Marcial, New Memico, for 1899. 

Day. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

------------------------ -------------

1 ----- 6.95 6.90 6.70 7.00 7.70 6.00 ------- 6.00 ............... .............. 5.00 6.50 

2----- 6.75 6.65 6.70 7.15 7.65 5.80 ------- 5.80 ------- -~-·--- 5.00 6.50 

3----- 6.50 6.70 6.60 7.30 7.50 5.70 ------- 5.60 ------- ~------ 5.10 6.50 

4----- 6.60 6.70 6.50 7.10 7.40 5.60 ------- 5.40 ------- ------- 5.10 6.55 

5 ----- 6.55 6.60 6.50 7.00 7.40 5.40 ---·-- 5.65 ------- ------- 5.20 6.55 

6.---- 6.60 6.50 6.70 6.90 7.30 5.25 ------- 6.80 ------- ------- 5.20 6.55 

7----- 6.60 5.10 6.70 7.20 7.20 5.00 ------- 7.15 ------- ------- 5.30 6.55 

8 ----- 6.75 4.50 6.50 7.00 7.20 ------- ------- 7.55 "5:35· ------- 5.30 6.60 

9 ..... 6.55 4.50 6.80 6.90 7.20 ------- ------- 6.95 ------- 5.40 6.60 

10----- 6.50 6.95 6.50 6.80 7.10 ------- ------- 6.40 5.65 ------- 5.40 6.45 

11 ..... 6.60 6,60 6.50 6.70 7.00 -----·- ------- 6.10 5.00 ------- 5.50 6.60 

12 ----- 7.00 6.70 6.50 6.50 6.80 ------- ------- 5.70 5.15 --,roo· 5.50 6.55 

13 ----- 6.70 5.90 6.60 6.40 6.70 .............. ------- 5.30 5.50 5.60 6.55 

14 ----- 7.00 7.20 7.00 6.30 6.60 ------- --a:oo· ------- 5.05 4.50 5.60 6.55 

15 ----- 6.90 6.70 7.10 6.15 6.50 ------- ------- ------- 4.50 5.70 6.60 

16 ----- 6.85 6.70 7.00 6.00. 6.40 ------- 3.60 ------- ............ 4.50 5.70 6.60 

17 ..... 6.70 6.95. 6.90 6.05 6.50 ............. 3.60 ----~-- .............. 4.50 5.80 6.05 

18 ..... 6.55 6.80 6.90 6.90 6.60 ------· 3.60 ------- "7:25· 4.50 5.80 6.40 

19 ..... 6.55 6.80 6.80 7.35 6.70 ---·--- 9.05 ------- 4.50 5.90 6.50 

20----- 6.55 .6.80 6.50 7.80 7.45 -----·- 9.25 ............ 6.05 4.50 6.00 6. 4.5 

2l .... c 6.60 6.80 6.40 7.95 7.40 ------- 7.60 --·---· 5.50 4.50 6.00 6.55 

22 ..... 6.50 6.80 6.40 7.95 7.00 ------· 6.75 .............. 5.15 4.50 6.10 6.55 

23 ..... 6.60 6.80 6.40 7.80 7.30 ------- 6.25 5.00 4.50 6.20 6.60 

24----- 6.70 6.70 6.40 7.70 7.20 -----·- 6.15 ------- 5.00 4.60 6.20 6.65 

25----- 6.70 6.80 6.40 7.70 7.00 ------- 7.60 ------- ------- 4.60 6.30 6.70 

26----- 6.60 6.80 6.30 7.70 6.95 -----·- 7.50 ------- -----·- 4.70 6.30 6.65 

27----- 6.60 6.80 6.30 7.70· 6.80 ............. 6.55 ------- -----·- 4.70 6.40 6.65 

28----- 6.60 6.80 6.50 7.70 6.65 ------- 6.30 ------- ------- 4.80 6.40 6.65 

29----- 6.60 -·----- 6.70 7.80 6.55 ------- 6.20 ---·--- ------- 4.80 6.50 6.75 

30 ..... 6.60 .............. 6.85 ·7.70 6.30 ------- 6.25 ------- ------- 4.90 6.50 6.85 

31 ..... 6.65 ------- 7.00 .............. 6.20 ----·-- 6.20 ---··-- ------- 4.90 ------- 6.80 

June 8 to Jul:y 14, inclusive, no flow in river. 

August 14 to September 8 inclusive, no flow in river. 

September 15 to 18, inclusive, September 25 to October 22, inclusive, no flow in river. 

RIO GRANDE AT EL PASO, TEXAS. 

This is an important station, and measurements have been made 

here for a long period. During the last three years the work has 

been carried on under the direction of W. W. Follett, consulting 

engineer International (Water) Boundary Commission. This commission has had charge of the investigation looking toward the building of an international dam at El Paso. The present station is located 

at Courchesne's limekiln, 4 miles north of El Paso, Texas. The river 

heights are measured at the masonry pump foundation pier, 150 feet 

above the kiln. The top of the downstream chisel draft is assumed 

to be at a gage height of 15 feet, and the distance· to the water surface 

below is measured with a carefully graduated rod. The left bank of 

the river is formed by the loose rock fill of the .Atchison, Topeka and 

Santa Fe Railroad embankments, and will not overflow; the right 
284 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PARl' III. [N0,37, 

bank, however, is made ground and is liable to overflow at high 

stages. Owing to the shifting character of the bed of the stream, it 

has been necessary to make a large number of discharge measurements at this point in order to obtain an accurate idea of the discharge. Results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, 

Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 259; 1897, Nineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 390; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 312. There were 32 discharge measurements made by 

T. M. Courchesne during 1899, as follows: 

Measurements of Rio Grande at El Paso, Texas. 

I_Dat_e._1 

,_ 1899. 

Jan. 4. •................. Jan. 9 ...•••..••. --------- Jan.12 .•...•.....••..•.. Jan. 14 ...•..•........... Jan.16 ...........•..••.. Jan. 18 .... ------ ••...•.. Jan. 21. ..•..••...•...•.. Jan. 23 .....•...•.. ____ .. 

Jan. 26 ...••.••••.......• Jan. 28 .•.•.. ------ _____ _ Jan. 31. •••••........•... Feb. 2 ...••• ----------- __ Feb. 4. .................. . Mar. 8 ••••••••••••.•..... Mar.1L .••••.•••.••..... Mar.13 .••••••.•••••••. __ 

Gage 

height. 

Feet. 

6.40 

6.10 

6.00 

5.90 

5.90 

6.40 

6,30 

6.10 

6.40 

6.20 

6.-10 

6.10 

6.00 

6.30 

6.fJO 

5.80 

Discharge. 

Second-ft. 290 

226 

173 

126 

126 

244 

249 

181 

261 

187 

188 

167 

147 

216 

144 

112 

Date. Gage Disheight. charge. 

1899. Feet. Second-ft. 

Mar.16. ------ ••.•••••.... 5.70 86 

Mar.l8 ...•.•• ------ ...... 5.60 69 

Mar. 20 ....... ------ ...... 5. 70 78 

Mar.22 ............. ______ 5.80 93 

Mar.25 .. _____ ............ 5.60 66 

Apr.ll ....... _ ----- ...... 5.50 48 

Apr.14 ............. ______ 5.20 31 May 8. ___________ . ____ ... 6.90 336 

Dec. 14 ................... 5.40 94 

Dec. 16 ................... 5.30 70 

Dec.18 .................... 5.10 48 

Dec. 20 ........... ________ 5.10 47 

Dec. 23 ........... ----·--- 5.20 _!I Dec. 26 ....... ------------ 5.30 2 

Dec. 28 ............. ------ 5.50 

Dec. 30 ................... 5.40 4 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Rio Grande at El Paso, Texas, for 1899. 

I ~'~--- Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Dec. 

------

6.15 6.10 6.25 6.05 7.45 (a~ (a) 5.70 (al 2 ..•••• 6.20 6.10 6.15 5.50 7.60 (a (a) 5.00 (a 

3 ---··- 6.40 6.00 6.20 5.05 7.50 (a) ~a) 5.00 (a) 

4------ 6.40 6.00 6.15 5.05 7.40 (a) (~l 4.90 (a) 

5 ------ 6.25 5.90 6.20 5.05 7.30 (a) 4.85 4.30 

6 ...... 6.15 6.25 6.20 5.00 7.10 ~a) (a) 4.65 4.40 

7------ 6.10 6.50 6.25 4.95 6.85 a) (a) 4.45 4.50 

8 ------ 6.l0 6.30 6.30 5.10 6.85 (a) 

~~~ 4.15 4.50 

9 ...... 6.10 6.40 6.20 5.25 6.55 (a) ---------- 4.50 

10------ 6.10 6.40 6.10 5.40 6.30 ~~l ~a) ------ ---- 4.50 

11 ...... 6.00 6.40 6.00 5.50 6.00 a) ------ ---- 4.50 

12 ...... 6.00 6.30 5.90 5.40 5.85 (a) (a) ------ ---- 4.75 

13 ...... 5.90 5.90 5.80 5.25 5.65 (a) (a) ------ ---- 5.10 

14 ...... 5.90 6.20 5.80 5.20 5.70 (a) (a) ------ ---- 5.40 

15 ...... 5.90 6.00 5.75 5.10 5.55 (a) (a) ------- 5.40 

16 ...... 5.90 6.00 5.70 5.10 5.40 (a) ~a) ------ ... 5.30 

17 ------ 6.20 6.00 5.65 5.10 5.50 (a) a) ·----- ---- 5.20 

18------ 6.40 6.05 5.60 4.90 5.15 (a) 4.45 ------ ---- 5.10 

'19 ------ 6.40 6.20 5.60 4.90 4.95 (a) 5.35 ---------- 5.10 

20------ 6.40 6.10 5.70 4.90 4.85 . (al 6.60 -----. ---. 5.10 

21. ..... 6.30 6.20 5.80 4.95 4.80 (a 7.90 -0 D --- 0 0 o • 5.10 

22 ------ 6.30 6.50 5.80 5.00 4.70 ~a) 9.05 ---------- 5.15 

23 ...... 6.10 6.55 5.65 5.35 4.60 a) 9.05 ------.- -- 5.20 

24------ 6.20 6.35 5.60 7.45 4.60 (a) 8.40 --------- 5.20 

25------ 6.25 6.30 5.60 7.60 4.60 (a) 8.20 ---------- 5.20 

26------ 6.35 6.30 5.45 7.50 4.60 (a) 7.85 ---------- 5.30 

27------ 6.30 6.25 5.45 7.30 4.60 (a) 7.55 ----·----- 5.25 

28 ....... 6.20 6.20 5.50 7.20 4.60 ~a) 6.90 ------ ---- 5.40 

29------ 6.20 .......... ---- 5.40 7.30 4.60 a) 6.70 ---------· 5.50 

30 ------ 6.10 ---------- 5.40 7.30 4.55 (aj 6.65 ------ --- 5.40 

31. ••.•• 6.10 ---------- 5.75 --------- 4.50 (a 6.35 ---------- 5.40 

a Not fl?wing from June 1 to July 17 and from August9 to ~ovember30. 
TEXAS. 285 

PECOS RIVER AT PECOS, TEXAS. 

This stream rises on the eastern slope of the Santa Fe Range in 

northern New Mexico. Its course is first southerly, through a typical 

mountainous and canyon country, until it reaches Fort Sumner, when 

the character of the topogr~phy changes. The river then takes a 

more southerlycourse·and the country then changes from a rolling to 

an almost flat area. A number of large irrigation enterprises have 

been completed within the last few years and now irrigate large areas 

in the vicinity of Roswell and Eddy, New Mexico, aml even extend 

down into Texas. The summer flow of the river is largely dependent 

upon numerous springs, which occur-in the limestone country in the 

vicinity of Roswell and below. Owing to the numerous diversions 

for irrigating purposes, however, the river would be dry in the summer where it crosses into Texas were it not for the waters which ·are 

gradually returning to the river through seepage. This water, unf9rtunately, is impregnated to a considerable extent with alkali, which 

renders it undesirable for irrigating purposes. The station on this 

river was established January 1, 1S98, and is located at a point 6 

miles above the town of Pecos, Texas, at the flume of the Margueretta 

canal. This canal diverts water from the river 3 miles above this 

point· on the west· side, and then the water is carried over to the east 

side by means of a flume, where it is used below. The bench mark 

of the gage is the top of north pier at west side of flume, and its 

elevation is 20.7 feet above gage datum. The channel at this point is 

nearly straight, the water sluggish, the banks high, and the bottom 

sandy and shifting. One measurement of the discharge in the flume 

was made on June 22, when i.t was found to be 85 second-feet. Two 

measurements were made on the main river by Prof. Thomas U. 

Taylor in 1899, as follows: June 22, at a gage height of 0. 70 foot, the 

discharge was 21 second-feet; the second measurement, on December 

28, at a gage height of 2.90 feet, gave a discharge of 345 second-feet. 

In the vicinity of Fort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas, occur a series 

of springs which contribute to the discharge of Comanche Creek, a 

tributary of Pecos River. On June 23, 1899, their discharge was 

measured by Prof. Thomas U. Taylor at the ford one-half mile east 

of the court-house, and the discharge was found to be 66 second-feet. 
286 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Pecos River at Pecos, Texas, for 1899. 

§'= Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

---- 1. 2.80 3.00 2.80 1.00 1.00 0.45 0.75 5.35 1.30 1.25 1.30 3.00 

a 2----- _____ 2.80 3.00 2.70 1.00 1.00 .45 .90 4.80 1.30 1.20 1.30 3.00 

2.60 3.00 2.60 1.00 1.00 .40 .70 3.75 1.30 1.20 1.30 2.95 

4----- 2.60 2.95 2.50 1.00 1.00 .40 .80 3.65 1.25 1.85 1.30 2.90 

5 ..... 2.60 2.80 2.50 1.00 1.00 .40 ,so 3.45 1.20 1.60 1.35 2.90 

6 .•... 2.55 2.65 2.75 1.00 1.00 .40 .80 2.65 1.20 1.50 1.40 2.90 

7----- 2.50 2.45 2.65 1.00 1.00 .40 .80 2.15 1.20 1.50 . 1.40 3.00 

8 ..... 2.50 2.40 2.55 1.00 1.00 .40 1.50 2.05 1.20 1.45 1.40 3.05 

9----- 2.50 2.70 2.35 1.00 1.55 .40 3.75 1.90 1.3(1 1.35 1.45 3.00 10 _____ 2.50 3.00 2.10 1.00 1.50 .40 2.20 1.75 1.50 1.30 1.45 3.10 

11----- 3.10 8.00 1.80 .95 1.00 1.75 1.60 l. 70 2.40 1.30 1.50 3.00 }2 _____ 3.10 2.90 1.45 .90 1.00 1.00 1. a.; 1.80 1.85 1.20 1.40 2.90 13 _____ 3.10 2.65 1.35 .90 1.00 .60 1.15 2.20 3.00 1.20 1.40 3.00 }4 _____ 3.00 3.00 1.30 .90 1.00 .60 1.00 2.15 2.40 1.20 1.40 3.00 15 _____ 3.00 3.00 1.20 1.10 .95 .60 .85 2.05 1.80 1.20 1.40 3.00 16 _____ 3.00 3.00 1.20 3.50 .90 1.60 1.15 2.00 -1.65 1.35 1.40 3.00 

17----- 3.00 2.90 1.10 2.75 .70 2.30 .80 2.00· 1.35 1.10 1.30 3.00 

18----- 3.00 2.80 1.10 1.95 .50 1.15 4.35 1.95 1.30 1.10 1.30 3.10 19 _____ 3.00 2.70 1.10 1.60 .50 .85 1.95 1.50 1.30 1.10 2.65 3.10 20 _____ 3.00 2.70 1.10 1.45 .50 .70 3.00 1.40 1.40 1.00 4.40 3.10 2} _____ 3.00 2.70 1.20 1.35 .50 .70 3.00 1.30 1.60 1.00 3.30 3.20 

22----- 3.00 2.70 1.15 1.30 .50 .70 2.65 1.40 2.60 1.00 2.60 3.30 23 _____ 3.0(1 2.70 1.10 1.30 .50 .70 3.05 1.40 2.65 1.10 2.25 3.05 24 _____ 2.95 2.60 1.10. 1.15 .50 .70 4.25 1.40 2.4.') 1.10 2. o.; 3.25 

25----- 2.90 2.50 1.10 1.10 .50 .70 5.00 1.40 2.00 1.10 2.00 3.80 

26----- 3:05 2.75 1.30 1.10 .50 .70 5.55 1.40 1.80 1.10 2.00 3.15 

27----- 3.00 2.70 1.10 1.10 .50 .70 5.60 1.40 1.50 1.20 2.00 3.05 

28----- 3.00 2.70 1.00 1.10 .50 . 70 5.50 1.30 1.45 1.20 2.55 3.00 

29----- 3.05 ------ ~ 1.00 1.00 .50 .70 5.50 1.30 1.40 1.20 2.50 2.90 so _____ 3.00 ------- 1.00 1.00 .50 .70 5.50 1.30 1.35 1.20 2.45 2.90 3} _____ 3.00 .1.00 ---·--- .50 ------- 5.50 1.30 ------- 1.30 ------- 2.95 

GREEN RIVER AT GREENRIVER, WYOMING. 

This river has its source in the Wind River and Gros Ventre mountains in western Wyoming; it flows southerly, receiving a number of 

important tributaries from either side, and after crossing the State 

line flows through Utah. In this State its principal tributaries are 

Yampa and White rivers from the east and Duchesne River from the 

west. Sixty miles below the crossing 9f the Rio Grande Western 

Railway in Utah, Green River joins the Grand River to form the 

Colorado. Two gaging stations have been maintained on the main 

river, one at Greenriver, Wyoming, at the crossing of the Union 

Pacific Railroad, and the other at Blake, Utah, at the crossing of the 

Rio Grande Western Railway. The former station, established May 2, 

1895, is located at the pump house of the Union Pacific Railroad 

Company. The rod is fastened to a pile near the east end of the 

bridge. The bench mark consists of a cross on the third step from 

the bottom on the south end of the east abutment, and is 12.48 feet 

a'Qove gage datum. The rod was last verified with the bench mark 

August 30, 1899. As the section under the railroad bridge is poor, 

discharge measurements are made from the iron highway bridge about 

one-half mile below. The average annual discharge of Green River at 

this point having been determined for the last five years, and as the 

water supply is far greater than the demand by irrigators, observations will be discontinued in the spring and attention given to the 
WYOMING. 287 

more important tributaries of the river. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 275; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 

395; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 380. The following discharge measurements were made by A. J. Parshall during 1889: 

April 19, gage height, 1.35 feet; discharge, 1,595 second-feet. 

May 13, gage height, 2.20 feet; discharge, 2,661 second-feet. 

May 25, gage height, 2.55 feet; discharge, 3,422 second-feet. 

June 7, gage height, 3.80 feet; discharge, 8,234 second-feet. 

June 20, gage height, 5.30 feet; discharge, 15,305 second-feet. 

July 5, gage height, 6.25 feet; discharge, 18,372 second-feet. 

August 30, gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 1,632 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Green River at Greenriver, Wyoming, for 1899. 

__ n_.,_ I •~- Fo>. ""'· _•"· M•'· •=• '"''· A,.. ""· '"" No•. "'"I l. ..................... 1. 80 1. 90 1.00 1. 78 3. 20 6. 38 3.88 2.05 1. 45 1. 60 1.20 2.... .... ........ ...... ...... ...... . 70 1. 58 3. 25 6.43 3. 78 2. 05 1.45 ............ .. 

::::::::::::::::: .~:~. :·::::: :::::: tJg i:~ u~ ~:~ ~:~ ug i:~ 1.60 1.20 5 ................................... 9o 1.33 3.55 6.13 3.65 1.9o 1.40 ·i:oo· .. i:4o .. 6................ ...... ...... ...... .80 1.30 4.00 5.85 3.65 1.90 1.40 ............ .. 7...... ...... .. .. ...... ...... ...... .90 1. 33 3. 95 5. 75 3.58 1. 90 1.40 1.55 1.45 8 ...................... 1.80 1.70 .85 1.50 3.70 5.73 3.53 1.85 1.45 ............ .. 9 ................ 1. 60 .... .. .. .... . 95 1, 50 3. 45 5. 65 3. 50 1. 85 1. 45 1. 55 1. 45 10 ................................... 90 1.63 3.38 5.60 3.45 1.80 1.45 ............ .. 11 .................................. 1. 30 1. 95 3. 43 5. 53 3. 40 1. 78 1. 48 1. 50 1. 45 12 .................................. 1.35 2.15 3.73 5.45 3.40 1.73 1.50 ............ .. 13 ................ 1.60 ............ 1.50 2.28 4.13 5.45 3.35 1.78 1.55 1.50 1.45 

iL::::::::::::::I:::::: 'i:iio' 'i:So' ug ~J~ g~ ~:~ u~ Ug i:~ 'i:5o' "i:45" 16 .................................. 1.50 2.80 4.35 5.45 3.00 1.75 1.60 ............ .. 17 .................................. 1. 40 2. 78 4.30 5.38 2. 95 1. 75 1. 60 1.50 1.40 18 .................................. 1. 40 2.65 4.50 5. 23 2. 93 1. 75 1. 60 ............ .. 19................ 1. 60 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1. 35 2. 63 4. 93 4. 95 2. 83 1. 73 1. 63 1. 45 1. 40 20 .................................. 1.35 2.50 5.40 4.73 2.68 1.70 1.65 ............ .. 21......... .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1. 30 2. 80 5. 80 4. 63 2. 60 1. 65 1. 68 1.40 1. 45 22 ...................... 1.90 1.30 1.25 2.78 6.18 4.50 2.55 1.65 1.70 ............ .. 23 .................................. 1. 35 2. 73 6. 50 4. 45 2. 53 1. 60 1.,70 1. 30 1.45 24 .. : ............. .................. 1.45 2.58 6.63 4.40 2.50 1.60 1.70 ............. . 25 ................ 1.70 ............ 1.65 2.55 6.30 4.33 2.45 1.60 1.65 1.25 1.50 26 .................................. 2.00 2.78 6.05 4.18 2.40 1.55 1.65 ............ .. 27.... .. .. .. .. .. .. 1. 70 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1. 95 3. 08 5. 98 4. 03 2. 38 1. 55 1, 63 1. 25 1. 55 

................ 1.90 ...... 1.90 3.18 6.03 3.98 2.30 1.50 1.60 ·1·.-25"'1"1'.'55"" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1. 70 1. 90 3. 20 6. 10 3. 95 2. 23 1. 50 1. 60 .......... 1.55 ............ 1.83 3.25 6.28 3.95 2.10 1.45 1.60 ...... 1.60 .................................. 3.20 3.95 2.05 1.60 ............ .. 

BLACK FORK AT GRANGER, WYOMING. 

This tributary of Green River rises in the extreme southwestern 

corner of Wyoming, and flows in a general northwesterly direction 

until after its junction with Hams Fork, when it turns southeasterly 

and joins Green River 20 miles below Greenriver station, Wyoming. 

Considerable irrigation is practiced on its head-water streams, almost 

wholly for forage crops, as the elevation is too high for diversified 

farming. The general industry of the country is stock raising, the 

herds being ranged on the hillside during the summer, and during the 

winter fed the hay raised by irrigation. The station on this river was 

established April 28, 1897, and is located below the mouth of Hams 

Fork and about a quarter of a mile below Granger. The rod consists 

of a horizontal timber fastened to two upright posts set firmly in the 

·bank of the river. One end of the timber to which the wire gage is 
288 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PAR'r III. [N0.37. 

fastened projects out over the water. The bench mark is a rail spike 

in an old tie 25 feet west of inside post of gage, marked "B. M." in 

black paint, and is at an elevation of 8. 7 4 feet above gage datum. The 

rod was last verified with the bench mark August 30, 1899. The results 

of measurements may be found as follows: 1897, Nineteenth Annual 

Report, Part IV, page 393; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 382. The following discharge measurements were made by A. J; 

Parshall during 1899: 

April19, gage height, 1.85 feet; discharge, 769 second-feet. 

May 13, gage height, 3.30 feet; discharge, 2,229 second-feet. 

May 25, gage height, 3.60 feet; discharge, 2,535 second-feet. 

J nne 7, gage height, 5.10 feet; discharge, 4, 776 second-feet. 

June 20, gage height, 5. 70 feet; discharge, 5,567 second-feet. 

July 5, gage height, 3.90 feet; discharge, 2,674 second-feet. 

August 30, gage heig-ht, 0.20 foot; discharge, 101 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Black Fork at Granger, Wyoming, for 1899. 

I 

I 2 

'u~'. ................ uu '~. 1.80 ............ :·. : ·~. 2.90 ::· 

2.20 

'~~ 3.90 :· 

4.60 

:: 

1.40 

: : 

.80 .so 

.·:: 

...... 

~-~ 1.so 

3 .•...................•..........•. 2.90 2.65 3.90 4.60 1.40 .80 .30 .•.... •·•···•· 4 ...................... 2.10 ...... 2.90 1.60 4.20 4.30 1.40 .70 .30 0.80 ......•• 5 ..............•. ······ ........•..... 2.95 1.70 4.30 3.90 1.40 .65 .35 ............. . 6 .....................•. ······ •..••• 3.20 1.60 4.50 3.60 1.40 .60 .40 ............. . 7 ...................... ·····• ...... 3.25 1.70 5.05 3.60 1.40 .60 .50 ............. . 8 ..........................•. 2.30 1.60 1.90 5.40· 3.50 1.60 .60 .50 ............. . 9 ................ 1.60 ····•· ...... 1.60 2.00 5.20 3.30 1.60 .60 .50 ...... 1.00 

10 ..........................•.•..... 1.60 2. 20 4. 90 3.10 1.50 • 60 • 50 .•............ 11 ...................... 2.10 •..... 1.40 2.65 4.85 3.10· 1.50 .50 .50 .60 ....... . 12 ..•.................•............. 1.60 2.75 5.10 3.00 1.50 .50 .60 ··••·· ....... . 13 .....................• •·•··• .....• 1.65 3.35 5.50 8.20 1.25 .50 .60 .••........... 14 ..............•......•......•••.•• 1.60 3.80 6.05 3.20 1.20 .50 .70 ....•......... 15 .....................•••.•.. 2.50 1. 70 4.20 6.05 3.20 1.20 .50 . 70 ....•......... 16 ................ 1.70 ............ 1.80 4.50 5.60 3.10 1.20 .60 .70 ...... 1.00 

17.· ................................. '1, 75 4.50 6.50 3.20 1.10 .40 • 70 ............ .. 18 ...................... 2.20 ...... 1.60 4.10 5.40 2.90 1.10 .40 .70 .90 ...... .. 19 .................................. 1.35 3.80 5.50 2.55 1.00 .45 .70 ............ .. 20 .................................. 2.10 3.90 6.70 2.30 1.00 .50 .80 ............ .. 21 .................................. 1.50 4.00 5.90 2.20 .95 .50 .70 ............ .. 22 ................ 1.90 ...... 2.70 1.50 3.80 6.25 2.05 .90 .• 50 .70 ............ .. 23 ................................. 1.60 3.80 6.00 2.00 .90 .50 .80 ...... 1.50 

24 .................................. 1.85 8.30 6.50 1.90 .80 .50 .80 ............. .. 25 ...................... 2.30 ...... 1.80 3.60 5.30 1.90 .70 .40 .80 .90 ...... .. 26 .................................. 2.00 4.10 6.00 1.80 .70 .40 .80 ............ .. 27 .................................. 2.20 4.20 4.70 1.80 .70 .so .so ............. . 28 ................ 1.90 ............ 2.00 4.SO 4.60 1.80 . 70 .so . 70 ............. . 29 ............................ 3.80 1.80 4.30 4.40 1.80 .70 .so .70 ............ .. 30 .................................. 1.80 3.90 4.30 1.70 .70 .30 .76 ...... 1.30 

31. ....................................... 3.90 ...... 1.50 .70 ....... 80 ............ .. 

UINTA RIVER NEAR WHITEROCKS, UTAH. 

Uinta River has its source on the southern slope of the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah, and :flows in a general southeasterly direction, emptying into Duchesne River about 15 miles above its mouth. 

Its drainage area is included within the Uinta Indian Reservation. 

During the fall of 1899 an investigation of the water supply of the 

Uinta Indian Reservation was begun by Cyrus C. Babb, and in this 

connection a number of gaging stations were established. Uinta 

River emerges from its canyon about 10 miles northwest of the Indian 

agency at Whiterocks, and at this point a gaging station was estab-
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lished September 16, 1899. The gage rod is a 2 by 4 inch timber, 12 

feet long, bolted to two trees on the left bank of the stream. The 

bench mark is a nail in an aspen tree 125 feet north of the rod, and its 

elevation is 8.93 feet above gage datum. Discharge measurements are 

made by car and cable. The bed of the stream is very rocky and strewn 

with large bowlders, and the station is not altogether satisfactory, 

on account of the roughness of the channel. During high water the 

velocity undoubtedly will be great, owing to the rapid fall of the water. 

A few hundred yards above the station an important tributary comes 

in from the east. At the present location a second channel has to be 

measured, but it will never carry a large volume of water. Farther 

down the stream a number of larger channels are formed, so that it is 

difficult to obtain a satisfactory station. Daily records o£ gage heights 

were not maintained at this point, but frequent measurements of discharge were made by Cyrus C. Babb and C. T. Prall during 1899, as 

follows: 

MefUJurements of Uinta River near Whiterocks, Utah. 

1899. 

Date. Gage Discharge. Date. Gage height. height. 

---

Feet. Second-feet. Feet. 

September 16 ........ 1.15 191 November 25 ......... 1.00 

September 28 ........ 1.00 142 Decemher4 ........... 1.00 

October 6 ............ 1. 00 159 December 11. ......... .97 

October18 ........... 1.10 165 December18 .......... 1. 00 

November2 ......... 1.00 141 December28 .......... (a) 

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WHITEROCKS RIVER NEAR WHITEROCKS, UTAH. 

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1361 136 

''124 

86 

This stream drains the country immediately east of the head waters 

of Uinta River. It has its source in the peaks of the Uinta Mountains, 

which attain elevations of over 13,000 feet. The general course of the 

river is southerly, and it joins the main Uinta through numerous channels between Whiterocks and Fort Duchesne. A gaging station wa'3 

established in the canyon of this river about 10 miles above the United 

States Indian agency at Whiterocks on September 15, 1899, by Cyrus 

C. Babb, in connection with the investigation of a water supp y for the 

Uinta Indian Reservation. The gage rod consists of a 2 by 4: inch by 

12 foot timber bolted to the triple trunk of a tree on the left bank of 

the stream. The bench mark is a nail in a burnt tree 50 feet east of the 

rod, and is at an elevation of 10.12 feet above gage datum. Discharge 

measurements are made from a car and cable 200 feet above the gage 

rod. The bed of this river is very rocky, is strewn with large bowlders, 

and although pei'manent in character is 'not altogether satisfactory 

because of the fact that it is impossible to obtain accurate soundings. 

Daily gage_ heights were not read at this point, owing to its distance 
290 OPERATIONS AT RIYER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0.37, 

from any reliable observer. The following discharge measurements 

were made by C. C. Babb and C. T. Prall during 1899: 

Measurements of whiterock8 River near Whiterock8, Utah. 

is99. 

~- lh=· Discharge. Date. Ga~ heig t. 

Feet. Secondrjeet. Feet. 

. p ber15 .................. 93 November 27 ......... 1.05 

September 29 . . . . . . . . 1. 00 58 Decemberfi ..........• 1.10 

October 7 .......... ,. 1.00 75 December 12 .......•.• .95 

October 17 ........... 1.10 85 December 19 .....•...• .95 

November 1. ........ 1.00 65 December 29 .......... (a) 

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UINTA RIVER AT FORT DUCHESNE, UTAH. 

Discharge. 

Second:feet. 66 

_l 9 

6 

66 

This river, on its emergence from its canyon, spreads out in numerous channels over its :flood plain until a short distance above Fort 

Duchesne, where its waters are collected in one channel. Whiterocks 

River enters some distance above this point. A number of canals for 

the use of the Indians divert water between Fort Dt'.chesne and the 

agency. On the east side are a number of small ditches, which in the 

aggregate take considerable water; but the amount is difficult to estimate. On the east side are two principal ditches, known as Canal No. 

1 and Bench ditch. The former was measured on October 14, 1899, 

and was then carrying 16 second-feet; its maximum capacity is about 

double this quantity. Bench ditch, near its head, on the same day, 

was discharging 49 second-feet; its maximum capacity is somewhere 

in the neighborhood of 75 second-feet. -This station was established 

September 14, 1899, in connection with the investigation of the water 

supply for the Uinta Indian Reservation, and is located at the highway 

bridge at the fort. The permanent rod was established November 8, 

1899, and is nailed to the southern end of the east crib of the new 

bridge. The bench mark is a nail in the southeast crib in the first 

header above the bottom, and is at an elevation of 4,910.13 feet. The 

elevation of the zero of the reid is 4,907.20 feet. Daily gage readings 

were not obtained at this place. The following measurements of discharge were made by Cyrus C. Babb and C. T. Prall during 1899: 

Measurements of Uinta River at Fort Duchesne, Utah. 

1899. 

~- Gage Discharge. Date. Gage height. height. 

Feet • . Secondrjeet. Feet. 

p ber14. ....... """"2:30"" 86 December!. ......... 2.55 

September 26 •••••... 71 DecemberS .......... 2.43 

October27 ........... 2.40 83 December13 ......... 2.40 NovemberS ......... 2.50 102 December21. ........ 2.35 November18 ........ 2.57 120 Decembj!r27 ......... 2.59 

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UINTA RIVER AT OURAY SCHOOL. 

This river, after leaving Fort Duchesne, receives as its principal 

tributary Dry Gulch Creek, which enters from the west. The natural 

flow of this tributary occurs only during flood stages, but for several 

years there has been a constant stream in it, being the waste water 

from the Indians' ditches above, principally from Canal No. 1 and 

Bench ditch. The station was established November 8, 1899, and 

is located at the highway bridge over the river near the Ouray School. 

The rod is nailed to the east end of the south crib of the wagon bridge. 

Bench mark No. 1 is the head of a nail in the extreme northeast 

corner of the bridge floor, and is at an elevation of 4, 7 45.97 feet above 

sea; bench mark No. 2 is a nail in the flagstaff of the school, with an 

elevation of 4, 760 feet. The elevation of the zero of the rod is 4, 737.36 

feet. During low water measurements are made, by wading, at a 

section 200 feet below the bridge, and at high stages they are made 

from the bridge itself. The section is a good one, although the center 

pier of the bridge will interfere somewhat with the accuracy of the . 

results when measurements are taken there. The following measurements of discharge were made by Cyrus C. Babb and C. T. Prall 

during 1899: 

November 15, gage height, 0.53 foot; discharge, 124 second-feet. 

November 20, gage height, 0.56 foot; discharge, 124 second-feet. 

December 2, gage height, 0.49 foot; dischai:ge, 120 second-feet. 

December 9, gage height, 0.50 foot; discharge, 115 second-feet. 

December 16, gage height, 0.45 foot; discharge, 103 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Uinta River at Ouray School, Utah, for 1899. 

Day. Nov. Dec. Day. Nov. Dec. Day. Nov. Dec. ·Day. Nov. [lee. 

----------------------------

1.... ........ 0.51 9... ........ .52 17... 0.68 ........ 25... 0.46 ...... .. 2.... .. .. .. .. . 50 10... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18... . 64 .. .. .. .. 26... . 51 ...... .. 3.... ........ .so 11... ........ ........ 19... .60 ........ '¥1... .46 ...... .. 4.... ........ .18 12... 0.57 ........ 20... .58 ........ 28... .61 ...... .. 5.... ........ .40 13... .55 21... .55 ........ 29... .58 ........ 1 

6.... ........ .40 14... .58 22... .50 ........ so... .50 ...... .. 7.... ........ ........ 15... .57 23... .59 ........ 31 .................. . 8.... .. .. .. .. • 60 16... . 99 24... • 52 ....... . 

DUCHESNE RIVER AT PRICE ROAD BRIDGE, UTAH. 

This stream has its source in the high peaks of the Uinta and Wasatch 

mountains, and flows in a general easterly direction, emptying into 

Green River 3 miles above the mouth of White River. Practically 

the entire drainage basin is included within the Uinta Indian Reservation. Strawberry Creek is an important tributary of the Duchesne 

and includes within· its basin a tract of very fine grazing land, known 

as Strawberry Valley. The area is of a rolling character in contrast to 

the basin of the upper Duchesne, which is distinctly mountainous. 

A number of measurements were made of the tributaries of Duchesne 
292 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS2 1899.-PART III. [No.37. 

River in the fall of 1899, in connection with the water-supply investigat!ons for the Uinta Indian Reservation. In Strawberry Valley a 

number of small tributaries, averaging about one second-foot each, 

contribute to the supply o:f the river. In September, 1899, Currant 

Creek was discharging 20 second-feet at the crossing o:f the Provo and 

Fort Duchesne road. Red Creek, :farther to the east, was at the same 

date carrying 8 second-feet. Strawberry Creek 4 miles above its 

mouth was measured on September 10 and :found to be carrying 134 

second-feet. Duchesne River immediately above Strawberry Creek 

was carrying on the same day 302 second-feet. Lake Creek is an important tributary o:f Duchesne River :from the north. At the bridge near 

its mouth it was :found to be carrying 128 second-feet on September 

11. The station on Duchesne River was established October 2~, 1899, 

and is located 3 miles below the mouth o:f Lake Creek at the highway 

bridge on the stage road :from Price to Fort Duchesne. The permanent gage rod was placed November 16, 1899, and is nailed to the east 

side o:f the center pier. Bench mark No. 1 is a wire nail in a log close 

to the rod, and is opposite the 7-:foot mark. Bench mark No. 2 is a 

wire nail on the west side o:f the crib, with an elevation o:f 5.48 feet 

above g·age datum. The section at this point is very good, with a 

moderate velocity o:f water. There is one pier in the center o:f the 

stream which does not materially affect the accuracy o:f the results at 

low water, but presumably will to a certain extent during the flood 

season. The :following measurements o:f discharge were made by Cyrus 

C. Babb and C. T. Prall during 1899: 

October 26, gage height, 5.48 feet; discharge, 403 second-feet. 

November 16, gage height, 5.50 feet; discharge, 436 second-feet. 

November 29, gage height, 5.38 feet; discharge, 360 second-feet. 

December 7, gage height, 5.50 feet; discharge, 386 second feet. 

December 14, gage height, 5.10 feet; discharge, 309 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Duchesne River at Price road bridge, Utah, for 1899. 

1... .. . .... .. .. 8. ...•. 5. 52 2...... ........ 9...... 5.52 3...... 5. 32 10... .. . 5. 04 4...... 5. 32 11... ... 5. 04 5...... 5. 36 12... .. . 5. 00 ti ...... 5.20 13 ...... 5.00 

1_7 ~~~: 5~2~ ~~----··-· 

14...... 5.00 15...... 5.05 16. ...•. 5. 06 17...... 5.15 18...... 5.40 19 ...... 5.40 

20... .•. 5. 40 21. .. ..• 5. 35 22...... 5.45 23... ... 5. 65 24...... 5. 75 25. .. ... 5. 92 26. .. . .. 5. 94 27...... 5. 98 28. ... .. 6. 00 29.... .. 6. 00 30... .. . 6. 00 31. ............ . 

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GREEN RIVER AT BLAKE, UTAH. 

This river, in the lower portion of its course, drains a rough and 

broken country in eastern Utah not susceptible o£ irrigation and hardly 

adapted to grazing purposes. It is in canyon most o:f its way below 

the Rio Grande Western Railway and is very inaccessible. About 60 
UTAH AND COLORADO. 298 

miles below the railroad crossing it receives the waters of Grand River,. 

and the two streams form Colorado River. The station located at 

Blake, "Utah, was established October 21, 1894. The rod of the wire 

gage is nailed to the guard rail on the lower side of the railroad bridge. 

The elevation of the top of the pier, to which the old vertical rod is 

attached, is 22 feet above gage datum. The results of mea~urements 

may be found as follows: 1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 278; 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 398; 1898, 

Twentieth Annual Report, Part IV, page 387. One measurement of 

discharge was made during 1899 by J. S. Baker, on June 28, when, at 

a gage height of 10.19 feet, a discharge of 52,378 second-feet wM found. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Green River at Blake, Utah, for 1899. 

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. ..,, ""' ~ -

2 ..... . 3 .... .. 4 .... .. 5 .... .. 6 ..... . 7 ...... . 8 ..... . 9.: ...... .. 10. 1 .. ~ .. 

11 ..... . 12 .... .. 13 ..... . 14.; .... . 15.' .... . 16 .... .. 17 .... .. 18 .... .. 19 .... .. 20 .... .. 21 .... .. 22 .... .. 23 .... .. 24 .... .. 25 .... .. 26 ..... . 27 .... .. 28 .... .. 29 . 

. 

1.80 2.10 2.00 3.55 5,85 7.15 9.55 5.40 3.25 2.50 ..... 1.80 2.10 2.00 3.50 5.65 7.25 9.35 5.15 3.20 2.40 ..... 1.80 2.20 2.10 3.50 5.55 7.35 9.15 5.20 3.20 2.40 ....... 1.80 2.20 2.10 3.50 5.25 7.45 8.95 6.60 3.20 2.40 ......... 1.80 2.10 2.20 3.40 5.05 7.55 8.75 6.55 3.20 2.40 ..... 1.80 2.10 2.20 3.40 4.85 7.65 8.55 6.40 3.10 2.40 ...... 1.80 2.10 2.20 3.40 4:95 7. 75 8.40 6.30 3.10 2.40 ........ 1.80 2.10 2.20 3.30 5.15 7.85 8.30 6.15 3.10 2.40 ..... 1.80 2.10 2.20 3.30 5.50 8.05 8.20 6.00 3.10 2.40 

··-·· 1.80 2.10 2.30 3.20 5.90 8.20 8.10 5.85 3.00 2.40 

··-·· 1.80 2.10 2.30 3.20 6.15 8.30 8.00 5.65 3.00 2.40 ...... 1.80 2.10 2.30 3.30 6.35 8.40 7.90 5.45 3.00 2.40 ..... 1.90 2.10 2.30 3.30 6.55 8.50 7.so· 5.25 2.90 2.40 

----- 1.90 2.00 2.30 3.30 6.65 8.50 7.70 5.20 2.85 2.40 

----- 1.90 2.00 2.35 3.40 6.95 8.65 7.60 5.10 2.80 -------- ----- 1. 90 2.00 2.40 3.50 7.30 8.90 7.50 5.00 2.80 ........ ----· 1.90 2.00 2.40 3.60 7.55 9.20 7.40 4.95 2.80 ........ ··-·· 1.90 2.10 2.40 3.75 7.75 9.15 7.30 4.85 2.70 ---- ... ----· 2.00 2.10 2.50 3.95 7.75 9.10 7.15 4.75 2.70 -------- ··-·· 2.00 2.10 2.60 4.15 7.65 9.40 7.00 4.65 2.65 ·····-·· ----- 2.00 2.00 2.70 4.35 7.60 9.50 6.85 4.55 2.60 ........ ----- 2.00 2.00 2.85 4.55 7.60 9.75 6.65 4.45 2.60 ......... ...... 2.00 2.00 3.05 4.75 7.50 9.90 6.45 4.25 2.55 . ........ ----- 2.00 2.00 3.25 4.95 7.50 10.00 6.25 4.05 2.50 -------- ...... 2.10 2.00 3.45 5.05 7.40 10.05 6.05 8.85 2.50 . ........ ----- 2.10 2.00 3.65 5.25 7.25 10.25 5.90 3.65 2.50 -------· ----- 2.20 2.00 3.85 5.45 7.05 10.30 5.75 3.50 2.50 .......... ----- 2.20 2.00 4.05 5.65 6.90 10.15 5.60 3.50 2.50 ........ ----- 2.20 ........... 4.25 5.85 6.95 9.95 5.50 3.45 2.50 ........ ....... 2.20 . ........ 4.10 6.00 7.05 9.75 .5.50 3.40 2.50 . ........ ..... 2.20 ......... 8.75 ~ 7.10 5.45 3.30 ·····--· ······-· ········ . ....... 

Station discontinued November 15. 

GRAND RIVER AT GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO. 

This river has its source on the western slope of the Continental 

Divide in north-central Colorado, near the head waters of North Platte, 

South Platte, and Arkansas rivers. It flows in a general southwesterly 

direction, passing out of the State into Utah, where it joins the Green 

River to form the Colorado. Little irrigation is practiced along the 

main stream, owing to the comparatively small area of land that can be 

utilized for that purpose. Two stations were maintained on this river 

duririg 1899, one at Glenwood Springs and the other at Grand 

Junction, Colorado. The former station was established by A. L. 

Fellows May 12, 1899, at the request of the Denver and Rio Grande 
294 OPERAnONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [No.a7. 

Railroad Company, arid is located at the railroad bridge one-fourth of 

a mile west of the railroad station, and above the mouth of Roaring 

Fork. A. wire gage is here used. Discharge measurements are made 

at the wagon bridge opposite Colorado Hotel in the town. The channel is good, composed of gravel and rock, and not liable to great 

changes. The banks are not subject to overflow. Gage readings were 

taken only during the high-water season, having been discontinued 

July 17, but the station will probably be resumed in 1900, when 

continuous measurements will be made. Roaring Fork was measured 

twice during the year, the first time on June 17, when, during the 

flood stage, the discharge was found to be 11,258 second-feet; the second 

time on November 17, when a discharge of 457 second-feet was found. 

Three measurements at the gaging station were made by A.. L. Fellows 

in 1899. The first, on May 12, at a gage height of 6.05 feet, showed 

a discharge of 17,577 second-feet; the second, on June 17, at a gage 

height of 10.22 feet, showed a discharge of 29,187 second-feet; the 

third, on November 17, at a gage height of 2. 75 feet; gave a discharge 

of 1,084 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Grand River at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. May. June. July. Day. May_ June. July. Day. May. June. July. 

1. .. ........ 7.50 6.90 12 .... 6.05 9.35 5.90 23 .... 6.20 9. 70 ........ 2 ... ........ 7.40 7.10 13 .... 6.80 10.05 5.60 24 .... 6.80 9.30 -------- 3 ... ........ 7.35 7.00 14 .... 7.50 10.40 5.30 25 .... 6.65 8.80 ----·-·· 4 ... ........ 7.20 7.00 15 .... 7.85 10.30 6.00 26 .... 7.15 8.50 ····-··· 5 ... 6.65 6.80 16 .... 8.16 10.10 4.90 27 .... 7.65 8.40 ····--·· 6 ... ......... 6.46 6. 70 17 .... 7.76 10.10 4.70 28 .... 7.70 8.20 ----···· 7 ... ......... 6.40 6.50 18 .... 7.65 10.20 . ........ 29 .... 7.46 7.20 . ....... 8 ... ........ 6.60 6.40 19 .... 7.80 10.60 ......... 30 .... 7.50 7.00 . ....... 9 ... ........ 7.60 6.40 20 .... 8.00 10.65 ........ 31 .... 7.60 . ........ ......... 10 ... ........ 7.85 6.20 21 .... 7.50 10.60 ........ 11 ... ......... 8.25 6.10 22 .... 6.75 10.40 ........ 

Station discontinued July 18 . 

. GRAND RIVER .AT GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO. 

The station at this point, established October 18, 1894, is located at 

the wagon bridge across Grand River, near the pump house of the city 

waterworks at Grand Junction and a short distance above the mouth 

of Gunnison River. The river at this point discharges through two 

channels, and a separate record of each is maintained, with separate 

discharge measurements. The water in the right-hand channel does 

not run during the entire year, and in 1899 there was a discharge in it 

extending only from May 10 to July 15, inclusive. Gage rod No. 1, 

in the right-hand channel, consists of a 4 by 6 inch timber bolted to 

the bridge abutment on the right-hand side of the right channel. The 

bench mark is the top of the bridge abutment and is 12 feet above gage 

datum. The horizontal wire gage No. 2 is fastened to the upper side 
COLORADO. 295 

of the bridge over the left channel. . The bench mark is a cross on iron 

post of bridge at 592-foot mark on right abutment, and is 31 feet above 

gage datum. The results of measurements may be found as follows: 

1896, Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 261; 1897, Nineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 401; 1898, Twentieth Annual' Report, 

Part IV, page 389. Only two measuremen,ts of discharge were made 

during the year on the right channel, and these by A. L. Fellows. The 

first, on May 13, with a gage height of 3.15 feet, gave a discharge 

of 2,758 second-feet; the second, on June 18, with a gage height of 

5.55 feet, showed a discharge of 8,954 second-feet. During 1899 the 

following measurements of discharge on the left channel were made 

by A. L. Fellows: 

April15, gage height, 4. 70 feet; discharge, 2,946 second-feet. 

May 13, gage height,.10 feet; discharge, 20,395 second-feet. 

June 18, gage height, 11.55 feet; discharge, 30,000 second-feet. 

September 19, gage height; 4.20 feet; discharge, 1,989 second-feet. · 

November 18, gage height, 3.90 feet; discharge, 1,916 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Grond River at Grand Junction, Colorado, for 1899. 

[Rod No.1.] 

Day. May. June. July. Day. May. June. July. Day. May. June. July. 

1.: ........ . 2 ••••••••••• 

3 ••••••••••• 

4 ••••••••••• 

6 •••••.•••.. 

6 ••••••••••• 

7 ••••••••••• 

8 ••••••••... 

9 ••••••••••• 

10... 0.40 

11... .00 

3.00 

3.95 

3.80 

3.40 

3.05 

2.96 

2.95 

8.26 

3.46 

3.00 

4.36 

8. 00 12.... 1. 95 

4.00 lS.... 3.05 

4.10 14~... 8.56 

s.oo 15... 4.00 

3.40 16.... 4,80 

2.00 17.... 4.46 

2.65 lS.... 4.10 

2.26 19.... 4.20 

1.00 20.... 4.20 

1.50 21.... 4.11i 

1.20 22.... 3. 50 

4.85 0.00 28 •••• li.46 .95 24 .... 5.80 .80 26 •••• 5.00 .20 26 .. .. 5.85 ........ 27 ... . 5. 75 ....... , 28 .••• 5.70 ........ 29 •••. 5.90 •••••••• so ... . 6.10 ........ 31 .. .. 

6.46 •••••••• 6.10 ·•·••··· 

2. 70 5.80 ...... .. 2.60 5.20 ...... .. 2.95 4.85 ....... . 3.85 4. 70 ....... . 

3.85 4.50 •·•·•··• 4.10 4.10 ....... . 3.85 4.00 •••.•••• 3.80 3.95 •.•••••• 3.95 ............... . 

Water was running in this channel only during the time when records are given. 

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296 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. (N0,37. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Grand River at Grand Jnndion, Colorado, for 1899. 

[Rod No.2.] 

~~'- I '""· M~-1.'."· Mo;. I '"""· '"''·I """: """'· ooe No,. D~ I 1~ ................ 3.80 3.40 6. 75 10.50 10.30 6.50 4.45 ................... . 

L:::::::::::::: :::::: ug ~:~ U8 i8:~~ i8J8 t~ U8 ·a:so· :::::: :::::::: 4................ .. .. .. 3. 40 3. 60 6. 05 10.00 10.35 7. 35 4. 45 .................. .. 5 ............................ 3.60 5.80 9.50 9.90 7.00 4.35 .................. .. 6 ............................ 3.60 5.75 9.35 9.70 6.85 4.30 .................. .. 7 ............................ 3.60 6.00 9.30 9.55 6.65 4.20 .................. .. 8 ...................... 3.60 3.60 6.40 9.55 9.30 6.45 4.20 .................. .. 9 ............................ 3.60 6.95 9.85 9.05 6.20 4.15 .................. .. 10 ............................ 3.70 7.50 10.30 8.85 5.90 4.10 3.90 3.90 ...... .. 11 ....... : .............. 3.60 3.75 8.15 10.45 8.70 5.75 4.10 .................. .. 12 ............................ 3. 85 8. 95 10.70 8. 55 5. 65 4.10 ...... ...... 3. 70a 13 ...................... 1 ...... 4.05 9.75 11.20 8.65 5.55 4.05 .................. .. 

it:::::::::::::::::::: ·a:4o· !Jg i8:~~ iU8 ~:~8 i:!& ::i8 :::::: ·a:9o· :::::::: 16........ ... .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. . 4. 65 10.85 11.65 8. 35 5. 35 4. 35 .................. .. 17 ............................ 4.90 10.80 11.65 8.15 5.25 4.30 .................. .. 18................ .. .. .. 3. 50 5. 20 10.70 11.60 7. 85 5. 20 4. 30 .................. .. 19 ............................ 5.45 10.80 11.80 7.65 5.15 4.20 4.40 ............ .. 20................ . .. .. . .. .. .. 5. 55 10.80 11.90 7. 45 4. 95 4.15 .................. .. 21. ........ $ .................. 5.35 10.60 11.95 7.35 4.85 4.10 ................... . 22................ 4.10 3. 80 5.15 10.05 11.80 7. 25 4. 75 4. 05 . .. .. . 3. 90 ....... . 23 ................ 4.10 ...... 5.35 9.50 11.55 7.15 4.65 3,95 ................... . 24 ................ 4.10 ...... 5.95 9.55 11.15 7.05 4.55 3.90 ................... . 25 ................ 4.00 4.10 6.55 9.95 10.90 6.95 4.50 3.90 ................... . 26 ............................ 7.00 10.45 10.80 6.85 4.45 3.90 .................. .. 27 ............................ 7.55 10.75 10.65 6.65 4.40 3.95 4.00 ............. . 

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28 ............................ 7 .. 70 10.70 10.45 6.60 4.30 3.90 .................. .. 29 ...................... 3.70 7.25 10.45 10.40 6.55 4.30 3.90 ...... 3.90 ...... .. 30 ............................ 7.10 10.40 10.35 6.50 4.30 3.90 .................. .. ~---------· .................. 10.60 6.50 4.30 ........................ .. 

a River frozen. 

UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER AT J<'ORT CRAWFORD, COLORADO. 

This river has its source ir Ouray County,. in the high peaks in 

southwestern Colorado, and flows in a general northwesterly direction, 

entering Gunnison River at Delta. The upper portion of its drainage 

basin is mountainous, but proceeding downstream the character 

changes to a more rolling country, and irrigation is possible along the 

valleys and adjacent mesa~;. In the vicinity of Montrose a number of 

canals divert nearly all of the low water flow, and recourse must be 

had to storage for the further irrigation of the country. The station 

established June 25, 1895, i~:> located about one-half mile east of the 

depot at Fort Crawford, at a wagon bridge, and is about 8 miles 

above Montrose. The gage consists of an inclined timber bolted to 

the bridge trestle on the right-hand side of the stream. The bench 

mark is a spike driven into the base of a cottonwood post near by, and 

is 9.18 feet above gage datum. The channel has been changing a 

great deal, and a new location for the station will probably be found 

during the next season. On September 20 a measurement of this 

river was made at Montrose, at ~ gage height of 0.40 foot, which 

gave a discharge. of 15 second-feet. On November 20, at a gage 

height of 0.45 foot, at the same point, the discharge was 15 second-feet. 

A measurement of Montrose canal at its head gate was made September 21, at a gag·e height of 0.67 foot, and showed a discharge of 30 
cot.o~Ano. 297 

second-feet. Results of measurements may be found as follows: 1896, 

Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 266; 1897, Nineteenth 

Annual Report, Part IV, page 402; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, 

Part IV, page 391. The following measurements of discharge were 

made by A. L. Fellows during 1899: 

April 16, gage height, 4.50 feet; discharge, 328 second-feet. 

May 15, g-age height, 5.22 feet; discharge, 747 second-feet. 

June 19, gage height, 5.18 feet; diB'charge, 773 second-feet. 

September 21, gage height, 3.65 feet; discharge, 69 second-feet . 

. November 20, gage height, 3. 70 'feet; discharge, 79 second-feet. 

I 

Daily gage heiflht, in feet, of Uncompahgre River at Fort Crawford, Colorado, for 1899. 

pr. 

~~~ ~- -~~--~~- ~--- --~--~-- -~-

Moy. Jono. Jlliy. A,.. - . Doy. A,.. Moy. J=• J•'J· AW<. "':~ 

..... 4.35 5.05 4.70 4.00 3:00 17 ..... 4.55 5.35 5.35 4.35 3.85 3.70 

2 .... 3 .80 

3 .... 3 .85 

4 .... 3 .80 

5 .... 3 .88 

6 .... 8 . 82 

7.' ... 3 .80 

8 .... 3 .85 

9 .... 3 .95 

10 .... 4 .25 n .... 4 .15 

12 .... 4 .25 

4 .30 

4 

4 

4 

.35 

.40 

• 55 

4.45 5.05 

4.35 4.80 

4.35 4.40 

4.30 4.35 

4.40 5.05 

4.35 5.05 

4.30 5.00 

4.35 5.15 

4.40 5.45 

4.70 5.40 

4.65 5.45. 

4.90 5.85 

5.10 5.75 

5.15 5.85 

5.25 5.55 

' 

4.70 4.15 3.00 18! .... 4.60 5.45 5.35 4.45 3.85 

4.55 4.80 2.95 19 ..... 4.55 5.30 5.30 4.45 3.80 

4;25 4.65 2.95 20 ..... 4.45 4.95 5.25 4.35 3.80 

4.35 4.55 2.80 21 ..... 4.35 4.90 5.10 4.35 3.75 

4.25 4.30 2.80 22 ..... 4.40 4.80 5.05 4.25 3.70 

4.20 3.90 2.80 23 ..... 4.60 4.80 4.95 4.05 3.70 

4.10 3.95 2.80 24 ..... 4.58 4.65 4.80 4.10 3.35 

4;25 -3.80 2.8o 25 ..... 4.75 4.95 4.80 4.10 3.85 

4.20 3.90 2.75 26 ..... 4.70 5.00 5.00 4.20 3.85 

4.35 4.00 2.80 27 ..... 4;68 5.10 4.90 4.35 3.60 

4.45 4.00 2.85 28 ..... 4.55 5.10 4.85. 4.00 3.45 

4.50 3.95 2.90 29 ..... 4.45 5.10 4.85 4.10 3.40 

4.50 8.95 3.85 30 ..... 4.30 5.35 4.70 4.15 3.30 

4.35 3.95 3.95 31 ..... ...... 5.35 . ...... 4.05 3.20 

4.40 3.85 3.70 

Closed for the winter September 30. 

GUNNISON RIVER AT GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO. 

3.60 

3.70 

3.75 

3.75 

3.80 

3.50 

3.50 

8.55 

8.55 

8.50 

3.50 

3.45 

3.45 

. ........ 

This river,' the principal tributary of Grand River, has its source 

on the western slope of the Continental Divide in south-central Colorado, and flows in a general westerly direction into Grand River at 

Grand Junction. There were two gaging stations maintained within 

its basin during the last season, one at Fort Crawford, on the Uncompahgre, and the other at Grand Junction, at the mouth of Gunnison 

River. Thjs latter station was established in May, 1897, and. is 

located at the iron highway bridge one and one-half miles from the 

town of Grand Junction. The gage is vertical and consists of a timber 

bolted to the stone pier of the bridge. The bench mark is the top of 

the capstone of the bridge pier, and is 17.60 feet above gage datum. 

The measurements here are not satisfactory, owing to the fact that at 

high stages of Grand River the water backs up the mouth of the Gunnison considerably above the point where the gage rod upon the 

latter is located, thus affecting the gage readings so seriously that no 

satisfactory rating table can be made for this point. The station will 

not be resumed the coming year. Results of measurements may be 

found as follows: 1897, Nineteenth Annual Report, Part IV, page 
'•, 

298 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1899.-PART III. [N0.37. 

405; 1898, Twentieth Annual Report, P~rt IV, page 390, The following measurements o£ discharge were made by A. L. Fellows during 

1899: 

April15, gage height, 3.50 feet; discharge, 3,002 second-feet, 

May 13, gage height, 7 feet; discharge, 14,280 second-feet. 

June 18, gage height, 7.15 feet; discharge, 12,769 second-feet. 

September 19, gage height, 2.20 feet; discharge, 1,061 second-feet. 

November 18, gage height, 2 feet; discharge, 968 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Gunnison River at Grand Junction, Colorado, for 1899. 

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Day. Apr. May. June. I July. Aug. Sept. 

1. ... 2.00 4.60 6.60 5.60 3.00 1.80 17 ..... 3.90 7.30 7.20 3.80 2.70 1.80 

2 .... 2.10 4.50 6.50 5.40 4.30 1.90 18 ..... 4.20 7.00 7.10 3.80 2.60 1.90 

3 .... 2.00 4.40 6.40 5.60 3.10 1.80 19 ..... 4.30 7.10 7.20 3.70 2.60 2.10 4 .... 2.00 4.00 6.00 5.60 3.80 1. 90 20.' .... 4.50 7.30 7.30 3.90 2.50 2.00 

6 .... 2.00 4.00 5.60 5.40 '4.00 1.90 21. .... 4.20 7.00 7.20 3.80 2.40 1.80 

6 .... 2.00 4.00 5.50 6.00 3.60 1.90 22 ..... 3.90 6.50 7.10 3. 70 2.40 1.60 

7 .... 2.10 4.10 5.50 4.90 3.40 2.00 23 ..... 4.20 5.80 6.80 3.60 2.20 1.60 

8 .... 2.10 4.30 6.80 4.20 3.30 1.90 24 ..... 4.70 5.90 6.50 3.50 2.10 1.60 

9 .... 2.20 4.80 5.90 4.20 3.20 1.60 25 ..... 5.00 6.20 6.40 3.30 2.00 1.60 

10 .... 2.30 6.20 6.00 4.10 3.20 1.50 ,26 ..... 5.40 6.40 6.40 3.20 1.80 1.50 

11. ... 2.60 6.80 6.50 4.00 3.00 1.60 27 ..... 5.70 6.50 6.50 3.00 1.80 1.40 

12 .... 2.80 6.30 6.90 3.90 2.70 1.40 28 .... '. 5.60 6.70 6.10 3.30 1.80 1.40 

13 .... 3.00 6.60 7.30 3.90 2.70 1.40 29 ..... 5.40 6.50 5.80 3.60 1.80 1.40 

14 .... 8.40 7.20 7.50 4.00 2.70 1.60 130 ..... 5.00 6.40 5.70 8.30 1.80 1.80 

15 .... 3.60 7.40 7.50 4.00 2.70 1.80 31 ..... 6.60 ....... 3.20 2.10 ......... 16 .... 3.70 7.60 7.40 3.90 2.70 1.80 

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Station discontinued September 30. 

[Continued in Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 38.] 

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