DEPAETMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director

WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 383

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE 

UNITED STATES

1914

PART III. OHIO RIVER BASItf

NATHAN C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

ALBERT H. HORTON and WARREN E. HALL. District Englaearc

Prepared in cooperation with the States of 

West Virginia and Illinois

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1916
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director

Water-Supply Paper 383

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE

UNITED STATES

1914

PART HI. OHIO RIVER BASIF

NATHAN C. GROVER, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

ALBERT H. HORTON and WARREN E. HALL, District En:

Prepared in cooperation with the States 

West Virginia and Illinois

WASHINGTON

GOTEKNMENT FEINTING OFFICE

1916
CONTENTS.

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

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

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

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

Explanation of data........................................................ 15

Accuracy of field data and computed results................................ 17

Cooperation.............................................................. 18

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

Station records............................................................ 19

Allegheny River basin................................................. 19

Allegheny River at Red House, N. Y.............................. 19

Monongahela River basin.............................................. 21

Tygart River at Belington, W. Va.................................. 21

Tygart River at Fetterman, W. Va.................................. 22

Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va........................... 24

West Fork River at Enterprise, W. Va............................. 25

Elk Creek near Clarksburg, W. Va................................. 27

Deckers Creek at Morgantown, W. Va............................... 28

Cheat River near Parsons, W. Va................................... 28

Cheat Riverat Rowlesburg, W. Va.................................. 29

Cheat River near Morgantown, W. Va.............................. 31

Blackwater River at Hendricks, W. Va.............................. 33

Shavers Fork at Parsons, W. Va.................................... 36

Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Va................................... 38

Beaver River basin..................................../............... 43

Beaver River at Wampum, Pa..................................... 43

Connoquenessing Creek near Ellwood City, Pa....................... 44

Kanawha River basin.................................................. 45

South Fork of New River near Grumpier, N. C....................... 45

New River at Radford, Va........................................ 46

New River at Fayette, W. Va..................................... 48

North Fork of New River near Grumpier, N. C....................... 49

Reed Creek at Grahams Forge, Va.................................. 50

Big Reed Island Creek near Allisonia, Va........................... 51

Little River near Copper Valley, Va................................ 52

Walker Creek at Staffordsville, Va................................. 53

Wolf Creek near Narrows, Va. ....................................... 54

Bluestone River at Lilly, W. Va................................... 55

Greenbrier River near Marlinton, W. Va............................ 56

Greenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va................................ 58

Gauley River at Allingdale, W. Va................................. 60

Gauley River near Summersville, W. Va........................... 61

Gauley River near Belva, W. Va................................... 62

Cherry River at Richwood, W. Va................................. 63

Meadow River near Russellville, W. Va............................. 64

3
4 CONTENTS.

Station records Continued.

Kanawha River basin Continued. Page.

Elk River at Webster Springs, W. Va............................... 65

Elk River atGassaway, W. Va...................................... 67

Elk River at Clendenin, W. Va....................................... 68

Coal River at Brushton, W. Va..................................... 69

Coal River at Fuqua, W. Va....................................... 70

Pocotaligo River at Sissonville, W. Va............................... 71

Scioto River basin...................................................... 73

Scioto River at Chillicothe, Ohio.................................... 73

Little Miami River basin.............................................. 74

Little Miami River at Plainville, Ohio........ r ...................... 74

Licking River basin.................................................... 74

Licking River at Falmouth, Ky..................................... 74

Mill Creek basin....................................................... 75

Mill Creek at Arlington Heights, Ohio.............................. 75

Miami River basin.................................................... 77

Miami River at Piqua, Ohio........................................ 77

Miami River at Tadmor, Ohio....................................... 78

Miami River at Dayton, Ohio...................................... 80

Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio.................................... 82

Stillwater River near West Milton, Ohio............................. 84

Mad River near Springfield Ohio................................... 85

Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio.................................... 87

Twin Creek near Germantown, Ohio................................ 87

Kentucky River basin.................................................. 89

Dix River near Burgin, Ky........................................ 89

Wabash River basin.................................................... 90

Embarrass River near Oakland, 111.................................. 90

Embarrass River at Ste. Marie, 111................................... 91

East Branch of White River at Shoals, Ind........................... 92

Little Wabash River at Wilcox, 111................................. 93

Skillet Fork River near Wayne City, 111............................ *94

Tennessee River basin.................................................. 95

French Broad River at Asheville, N. C............................. 95

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala.................................... 97

Tennessee River at Johnsonvllle, Tenn........................ T ... 99

South Fork of Holston River at Bluff City, Tenn..................... 101

Holston River near Rogersville, Tenn................................ 102

Doe River at Blevins, Tenn........................................ 103

Doe River at Valley Forge, Tenn.................................... 104

Little Tennessee River at Judson, N. C............................. 105

Little Tennessee River at McGhee, Tenn............................ 109

Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, N. C.................... t ........ 110

Hiwassee River at Murphy, N. C.................................... 112

Hiwassee River at Reliance, Tenn.................................. 114

Valley River at Tomotla, N. C...................................... 115

Nottely River near Ranger, N. C.................................. 117

Ocoee River at Copper Hill, Tenn.................................. 118

Big Bear River near Red Bay, Ala................................. 119

Miscellaneous measurements................................................ 120

Index.................................................................... 123
ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATE I. A, Price current meter; B, Typical gaging station.................. 16

II. Automatic gages: A, Stevens; B, Gurley printing; C, Friez......... 17

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SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF OHIO RIVER BASIN, 1914.

AUTHORIZATION AND SCOPE OF WORK.

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

of measurements of flow made on streams in the United States during 

the year ending September 30, 1914.

The data presented in these reports were collected by the United 

States Geological Survey under the following authority contained in 

the organic law (20 Stat. L., p. 394):

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

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

The work was begun in 1888 in connection with special studies 

relating to irrigation in the arid West. Since the fiscal year ending 

June 30, 1895, successive sundry civil bills passed by Congress have 

carried the following item and appropriations:

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

for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and for the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources.

Annual appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1895-1915.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1911 to 1915,inclusive....................................... 150,000

In the execution of the work many private and State organizations 

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

data. Acknowledgments for cooperation of the first kind are made 

in connection with the description of each station affected ; cooperation of the second kind is acknowledged on page 18.

Measurements of stream flow have been made at about 3,400 points 

in the United States and also at many points in Alaska and the 

Hawaiian Islands. In July, 1914, 1,480 gaging stations were being 

maintained by the Survey and the cooperating organizations. Many 

miscellaneous discharge measurements are made at other points.

7
8 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

In connection with this work data were also collected in regard to 

precipitation, evaporation, storage reservoirs, river profiles, and 

water power in many sections of the country and will be made available in water-supply papers from time to time.

PUBLICATIONS.

A report has been prepared for each year embodying the streamflow data collected during that year. Previous 4o 1911 the basis of 

publication was a calendar year. One volume of the report for 1911 

(Part XII), three volumes for 1912 (Parts X, XI, and XII), six 

volumes for 1913 (Parts III, V, VIII, X, XI, and XII), and all the 

parts of the report for 1914 contain records for the year ending September 30.

An index to the reports containing stream-flow measurements prior 

to 1904 has been published as Water-Supply Paper 119.

Gage heights and discharge measurements prior to 1901 were published in water-supply papers or bulletins and estimates of monthly 

discharge in annual reports; since 1901 complete records have been 

published in water-supply papers. They are now being published in 

12 parts comprising 14 volumes, as shown in the following table:

Papers on surface water supply of the United States, 1914.

No.

381

382

383

384

385

386

387

390

391

392

393

394

Par*. Title.

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI 

XII

North. Atlantic basins.

South Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins. 

Ohio River basin. 

St. Lawrence River basin.

Upper Mississippi River and Hudson Bay basins. 

Missouri River basinLower Mississippi River basin. 

Western Gulf of Mexico basins. 

Colorado River basin. 

Great Basin.

Pacific drainage basins in California. 

North Pacific drainage basins:

A. Pacific basins in Washington and Upper Columbia River basin.

B. Snake River basin.

C. Lower Columbia River and Pacific basins in Oregon.
PTTBLICATIONS.

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

following table:

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

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

Report.

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

llthA,pt.2.. .........

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

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

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

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

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

B140.. ................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WS47 to 52... .........

22d A, pt.4. ...........

WS65,66..............

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

WS82 to 85. ...........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WS 351 to 362«. .......

WS 381 to 394o.........

Character of data.

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

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, ratings, and monthly 

discharge (also many data covering earlier years).

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge 

(also similar data for some earlier years). 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights, eastern United 

States, eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River above 

junction with Kansas. 

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

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge 

(also some long-time records). 

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

eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River. 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights, Arkansas River and 

western United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year.

1884 to Sept., 

1890. 

1884 to June 30, 

1891. 

1884 to Dec. 31, 

1892. 

1888 to Dec. 31, 

1893. 

1893 and 1894.

1895.

1896. 

1895 and 1896.

1897. 

1897.

1897. 

1898. 

1898.

1898. 

1899. 

1899. 

1900. 

1900. 

1901, 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907-8. 

1909. 

1910. 

1911. 

1912. 

1913. 

1914.

»In preparation. 

NOTE. The fifteenth and seventeenth annual reports contain no stream-flow records.

The following table gives, by years and drainage basins, the 

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

to 1914. As a rule, the data for any particular station will be found 

in the reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. For example, data from 1902 to 1914 for any station in 

the area covered by Part III are published in Water-Supply Papers 

83, 98, 128, 169, 205, 243, 263, 283, 303, 323, 353, and 383, which 

contain records for the Ohio River basin for those years.
\

/

Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream 

Year.

1899o.... 

1900 g.... 

1901......

1902......

1903......

1904......

1905......

1906. .....

1907-8.... 

1909......

1910......

1911......

1912......

1913......

1914......

I

North 

Atlantic 

slope 

(St. John 

River to 

York 

River).

35 

47, ft 48 

65,75 

82 

97 

n 124, »125 

P126 

« 165,o 166 

P167 

n 201, o202 

P203 

241 

251 

281 

301 

321 

351 

381

II

South 

Atlantic 

slope and 

eastern Gulf 

of Mexico 

(James 

River to 

the Mississippi).

635,36 

48 

65,75 

682,83 

697,98 

P 126, 127

P 167, 168 

P 203, 204

242 

262 

282 

302 

322 

352 

382

III

Ohio 

River.

36

48, *49 

65,75 

83 

98 

128

169 

205

243 

263 

283 

303 

323 

353 

383

IV

St. 

Lawrence 

River and 

Great 

Lakes.

36

49 

65,75 

Z82.83 

97 

129

170 

206

244 

264 

284 

304 

324 

354 

384

V

Hudson 

Bay and 

upper 

Missis-

$s.

36

49 

* 65, 66, 75 

*83,85 

fc98,99,i»lOO 

* 128, 130

171 

207

245 

265 

285 

305 

325 

355 

385

VI

Missouri 

River.

c36,37 

49. J50

66,75 

84 

99 

130,9131

172 

208

246 

266 

286 

306 

326 

356 

386

VII

Lower Mississippi 

River.

37 

50 

* 65, 66, 75 

*83,84 

*98,99 

* 128, 131

4169,173 

* 205, 209

247 

267 

287 

307 

327 

357 

387

VIII

"Western 

Gulf of 

Mexico.

37 

50 

66,75 

84 

99 

132

174 

210

248 

268 

288 

308 

328 

358 

388

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

Paper 39. Estimates for 1899 in Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV.

b James River only.

e Gallatin River.

d Green and Gunnison rivers and Grand River above junction with Gunnison.

e Mohave River only.

/ Kings and Kern rivers and South Pacific coast drainage basins.

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

wells, and irrigation in California and Utah contained in Water-Supply Paper 52. Estimates for 1900 in Twenty-second Annual Report, Part IV.

fc Wissahickon and Schuylkill rivers to James Iliver.

't Scioto River.

3 Loup and Pla

with Platte.

* Tributaries of 

l Lake Ontario 

m Hudson Bay 

» New England 

o Hudson River 

P Susquehanna 

g Platte and Ka

r Great Basin in 

 Below junctio

t Rogue, Umpq
DEFINITION OF TEEMS. 11

Water-supply papers and other publications of the United States 

Geological Survey containing data in regard to the water resources 

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

1. Copies may be obtained free of charge by applying to the Director of the Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. The edition printed 

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

2. C6pies may be purchased at nominal cost from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 

who will on application furnish lists giving prices.

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

cities of the United States.

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

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

Boston, Mass., Customhouse.

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

Atlanta, Ga., Post Office Building.

Madison, Wis., care of Railroad Commission of Wisconsin.

St. Paul, Minn., Old Capitol Building.

Austin, Tex., Old Post Office Building.

Helena, Mont., Montana National Bank Building.

Denver, Colo., 403 New Post Office Building.

Phoenix, Ariz., 417 Fleming Building.

Salt Lake City, Utah, 421 Federal Building.

Boise, Idaho, 615 Idaho Building.

Tacoma, Wash., 406 Federal Building.

Portland, Oreg., 416 Couch Building.

San Francisco, Cal., 328 Customhouse.

Los Angeles, Cal., 619 Federal Building.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Kapiolani Building.

DEFINITION OF TERMS.

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

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

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

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

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

feet. The principal terms used in this series of reports are secondfeet, second-feet per square mile, run-off in inches, acre-feet, and millions of cubic feet. They may be defined as follows:

"Second-feet" is an abbreviation for "cubic feet per second." A 

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

rectangular cross section 1 foot wide and 1 foot deep at an average 

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

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

in the tables of convenient equivalents (pp. 12-14).
12 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

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

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

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

regards time and area.

"Run-off (depth in inches)" is the depth to which an area would 

be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were 

uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparingsrun-off 

with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth of inches.

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

required to cover an acre to the depth of 1 foot. The term is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation.

"Millions of cubic feet" is applied to quantities of water stored in 

reservoirs, most frequently in connection with studies of flood control.

The following terms not in common use are here defined:

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

gage height to discharge."

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

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

which determine the discharge relation at the gage. It should be 

noted that the control may not be the same section or sections at all 

stages.

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

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

would fall if there were no flow.

CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS.

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

computations:

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

over the area.

Discharge 

in secondfeet per 

square mile.

1.........

2.........

3... ......

4.........

6.........

7.........

8.........

9

Kun-off in inches.

1 day.

0. 03719 

.07438 

. 11157 

. 14876 

.18595 

.22314 

.260^3 

.29752 

.33471

28 days.

1.041 

2.083 

3.124 

4.165 

5.207 

6.248 

7.289 

8.331 

9.372

29 days.

1.079 

2.157 

3.236 

4.314 

5.393 

6.471 

7.550 

8.628 

9.707

30 days.

1.116 

2.231 

3.347 

4.463

5.578 

6.694 

7.810 

8.926 

10.041

31 days.

1.153 

2.306 

3.459 

4.612 

5.764 

6.917 

8.070 

9.223 

10.-376

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

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

13

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

1. ........

2.........

3.........

4.........

5.........

6.........

7.........

8.........

9.........

Run-off in acre-feet.

Iday.

1.983 

3.967 

5.950 

7.934 

9.917 

11.90 

13.88 

15.87 

17.85

28 days.

55.54 

111.1 

166.6 

222.1 

277.7 

333.2 

388.8 

444.3 

499.8

29 days.

57.52 

115.0 

172.6 

230.1 

287.6 

345.1 

402.6 

460.2 

517.7

30 days.

59.50 

119.0 

178.5 

238.0 

297.5 

357.0 

416.5 

476.0 

535.5

31 days.

61.49 

123.0 

184.5 

246.0 

307.4 

368.9 

430.4 

491.9 

553.4

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

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

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

1. ........

2.........

3.........

4.........

5.........

6.........

7.........

8.........

9.........

Run-off in millions of cubic feet.

1 day.

0.0864 

.1728 

'.2592 

.3456 

.4320 

.5184 

.6048 

.6912 

.7776

28 days.

2.419 

4.838 

7.257 

9.676 

12.095 

14.514 

16.933 

19.352 

21. 771

29 days.

2.506 

5.012 

7.518 

10.024 

12.530 

15.036 

17.542 

20.048 

22.554

30 days.

2.592 

5.184 

7.776 

10.368 

12.960 

15.552 

18. 144 

20.736 

23.328

31 days.

2.678 

5.356 

8.034 

10. 712 

13.390 

16.068 

18. 746 

21. 424 

24.102

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

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

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

1. ........

2.........

3.........

4.........

5.........

6.........

7. ........

8.........

9.........

Run-off in millions of gallons.

1 day.

0.6463 

1.293 

1/939 

2.585 

3.232 

3,878 

4.524 

5.171 

5.817

28 days.

18.10 

36.20 

54.30 

72.40 

90.50 

108.6 

126.7 

144.8 

162.9

29 days.

18.74 

37.48 

56.22 

74.96 

93.70 

112. 4 

131.2 

149.9 

168.7

30 days.

19.39 

38.78 

58.17 

77.56 

96.95 

116.3 

135.7 

155.1 

174.5

31 days.

20.04 

40.08 

60.12 

80.16 

100.2 

120.2 

140.3 

160.3 

180.4

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

Table for converting velocity in feet per second into velocity in miles per hour.

[1 foot per second = 0.681818 mfle per hour, or two-thirds mile per hour, very nearly; 1 mfle per hour= 1.4666 

feet per second. In computing the table the figures 0.68182 and 1.4667 were used.]

Tenths.

(units).

0.... ................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

0

0.000

.682

1.36

2.05

2.73

3.41

4.09

4.77

5.45

6.14

1

0.068

.750

1 41

.2.11

2.80

3.48

4.16

4 84

5.52

6.20

2

0.136

.818

1.50

2.18

2.86

3.55

4.23

A. Q1

5.59

6.27

3

0.205

.886

1.57

2.25

2.93

4.30

4.98

5.66

6.34

4

0.273

.995

1.64

2.32

3.00

3.68

4.36

5.05

5.73

6.41

5

0.341

1.02

1.70

2.39

3.07

3.75

4.43

5.11

5.80

6 4S

6

0.409

1.09

1.77

2.45

3.14

3.82

4.50

5.18

5.86

6.55

7

0.477

1.16

1.84

2.52

3.20

3.89

4.57

5.25

5.93

6.61

8

0.545

1.23

1.91

2.59

3.27

3.95

4.64

5.32

6.00

6.68'

9

0.614

1.30

1.98

2.66

3.34

4.02

4.70

5.39

6.07

6.75
14 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Table for converting discharge in second-feet into theoretical horsepower per foot of fall. 

[1 second-foot= 0.1136 theoretical horsepower per foot of fall. Weight of 1 cubic foot of water= 62.5 pounds.]

Tens.

0. ...................

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

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

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

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

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

$..... ...............

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

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

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

Units.

0

0.00 

1.14 

2.27 

3.41 

4.54 

5.68 

6.82 

7.95 

9.09 

10.2

1

0.114 

1.25 

2.39 

3.52 

4.66 

5.79 

6.93 

8.07 

9.20 

10.3

2

0.227 

1.36 

2.50 

3.64 

4.77 

5.91 

7.04 

8.18 

9.32 

10.5

3

0.341

1.48 

2.61 

3.75 

4.88 

6.02 

7.16 

8.29 

9.43 

10.6

4

0.454 

1.59 

2.73 

3.86 

5.00 

6.13 

7.27 

8.41 

9.54 

10.7

5

0.568 

1.70 

2.84 

3.98 

5.11 

6.25 

7.38 

8.52 

9.66 

10.8

6

0.682 

1.82 

2.95 

4.09 

5.23 

6.36 

7.50 

8.63 

9.77 

10.9

7

0.795 

1.93 

3.07 

4.20 

5.34 

6.48 

7.61 

8.75 

9.88 

11.0

8

0.909 

2.04 

3.18 

4.32 

5.45 

6.59 

7.72 

8.86 

10.0 

11.1

9

1.02 

2.16 

3.29 

4.43 

5.57 

6.70 

7.84 

8.97 

10.1 

11.2

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

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

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

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

minute; equals 646,317 gallons for one day.

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

deep.

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

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

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

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

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

day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1,000,000 cubic feet equals 22.95 acre-feet.

1 acre-foot equals 325,850 gallons.

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

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

1 foot equals 0.3048 meter.

1 mile equals 1.60935 kilometers.

1 mile equals 5,280 feet.

1 acre equals 0.4047 hectare.

1 acre equals 43,560 square feet.

1 acre equals 209 feet square, nearly.

1 square mile equals 2.59 square kilometers.

1 cubic foot equals 0.0283 cubic meter.

1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds.
EXPLANATION OF DATA. \ 15

1 cubic meter per minute equals 0.5886 second-foot.

1 horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds per second.

1 horsepower equals 76.0 kilogram-meters per second.

1 horsepower equals 746 watts.

1 horsepower equals 1 second-foot falling 8.80 feet.

1J horsepower equals about 1 kilowatt.

_ , . . , . ,, Seeond-feetXfall in feet , .

To calculate water power quickly: jj =Knet horsepower on

water wheel realizing 80 per cent of theoretical power.

EXPLANATION OF DATA.

The data presented in this report cover the year beginning October 

1, 1913, and ending September 30, 1914. At the first of January 

in most parts of the United States much ol the precipitation in the 

preceding three months is stored as ground water, hi the form of 

snow, or in ponds, lakes, and swamps, and this stored water passes 

off in the streams during the spring break-up; at the^ end of September, on the other hand, the only stored water available for run-off is 

possibly a small quantity in the ground; therefore the run-off for a 

year beginning with October 1 is practically all derived from precipitation within that year.

For each regular gaging station the following data^ so far as available, are given: Description of the station, list of discharge measurements, table of daily discharge, table of monthly and yearly discharge 

and run-off. A table of daily gage heights is published only for 

streams for which the base data are insufficient for estimates of daily 

or monthly discharge. The maximum and minimum recorded gage 

heights for each month are included in the monthly discharge table.

In addition to statements regarding the situation and equipment 

of gaging stations the descriptions give information in regard to any 

conditions that may affect the constancy of the discharge relation, 

covering such points as ice, logging, shifting channels, and backwater; 

also information regarding diversions that decrease tjhe total flow at 

the gage. Statements are made also regarding the accuracy of the 

data and computed results.

The daily fluctuations of the surface of the river are found from 

the mean of the gage readings taken each day, usually! in the morning 

and in the evening, though at many stations only one reading is made 

each day. At many stations automatic gages are used, some of 

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

daily gage height can be computed. The gage heights represent 

the elevation of the surface of the water above the z£ro of the gage. 

Attention is called to the fact that the zero of the g?ige is placed at 

an arbitrary datum, in general somewhat below th.0 lowest known 

flow, to avoid negative readings. When the discharge relation is 

affected by the presence of ice in the streams or by packwater from
16 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART HI.

obstructions, the rating table is not applicable unless the proper 

corrections to the gage heights are known and applied.

Gages are read to tenths, half-tenths, quarter-tenths, or hundredths, 

once a day, twice a day, or oftener. The degree of refinement to 

which the mean daily gage height is computed and used to obtain 

the daily discharge depends on the degree of refinement to which 

the gage is read and on the error in the mean daily discharge resulting 

from not using the mean daily gage heights to half-tenths or hundredths above certain limiting stages. These limiting stages are so 

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

from not using the mean daily gage height to hundredths above that 

stage, shall not be greater than 2 per cent. For automatic gages the 

allowable average error of the daily discharge has been taken as 1 per 

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

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

error. It is the aim to have the gage-height observations at each 

gaging station recorded to the degree of refinement required by the 

method of use, but in practice it is found necessary, in order to avoid 

confusion hi the gage-observer's record, to have the observations for 

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

which usually necessitates readings to hundredths of a foot.

The discharge measurements and gage heights are the base data 

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

The base data, unless otherwise stated in the descriptions of stations, have been collected by the methods commonly used at currentmeter gaging stations and described in standard textbooks. (See 

Pis. I and II.)

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

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

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

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

water surface was at crest height and the corresponding discharge 

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

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

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

during the month. On this the computations for the remaining 

columns, which are defined on pages 11-12, are based.

The deficiency table presented for some of the gaging stations 

shows the number of days in each year on which the mean daily discharge was less than the discharge given in the table. By subtraction the table gives the number of days each year that the mean 

daily discharge was between the discharges given in the table and, 

also by subtraction, the number of days that the mean daily dis-
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 383 PLATE I

A. PRICE CURRENT METERS.

B. TYPICAL GAGING STATIONS.
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 383 PLATE II

i

A. STEVENS. B. GURLEY PRINTING. 

AUTOMATIC GAGES.

C. FRIEZ.
ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA. 17

charge was equal to or greater than the discharge given. If one discharge rating table was used throughout the period covered by the 

deficiency table, gage heights that correspond to the discharges are 

also given. For convenience the theoretical horsepower per foot 

fall corresponding to the discharge is given in the table on page 14. 

In using the table for studies of power allowance should be made 

for the various losses, the most important being wheel loss and head 

loss.

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS.

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

permanency of the discharge relation and (2) on the accuracy of 

observation of stage, measurements of flow, and interpretation of 

records.

In order to give information regarding the probable accuracy 

of the computed results footnotes are added to the daily discharge 

tables, stating the probable accuracy of the rating tables used, and 

an accuracy column is inserted in the monthly discharge table. For 

the rating tables, "well defined," indicates, in general, that the rating 

is probably accurate within 5 per cent; "fairly well defined," within 

10 per cent; "poorly defined" or "approximate" within 15 to 25 

per cent. These notes are general and are based on the plotting 

of the individual measurements with reference to the mean rating 

curve.

The accuracy column in the monthly discharge table does not 

apply to the estimate of maximum or minimum discharge nor to that 

for any one day, but to the monthly mean. It is based on the accuracy of the rating curve, the probable reliability of the observer, the 

number of gage readings per da,y, the range of the fluctuation in 

stage, and knowledge of local conditions. In this column A indicates 

that the mean monthly flow is probably accurate within 5 per cent; 

B, within 10 per cent; C, within 15 per cent; D, within 25 per cent. 

Special conditions are covered by footnotes.

Even though the monthly means for any station may represent 

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

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

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

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

use. "Second-feet per square mile" and "run-off (depth in inches)" 

have therefore not been computed for streams draining areas in 

which the annual rainfall is less than 20 inches nor for streams drain- 

'uig areas in which the' precipitation exceeds 20 inches if such computations might be uncertain or misleading because of the presence 

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18 SUEFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

of large noncontributing districts in the measured drainage area, 

because of the omission of estimates of water diverted for irrigation 

or other use, or because of artificial control or unusual natural 

control of the flow of the river above the gaging station. All values 

of "second-feet per square mile" and "run-off (depth in inches)" 

previously published by the Survey should be used with care because 

of possible inherent sources of error not known to the Survey.

The table of monthly discharge is so arranged as to give only a 

general idea of the flow at the station and should not be used for 

other than the preliminary estimates; the tables of daily discharge 

allow more detailed studies of the variation in flow. It should be 

borne in mind, however, that the observations in each succeeding 

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

and published.

COOPERATION.

Work in West Virginia during the year ending September 30, 1914, 

was carried on in cooperation with the State Geological Survey, 

I. C. White, State geologist.

Work in Illinois was done in cooperation with the State of Illinois 

Rivers and Lakes Commission.

The gaging stations on Beaver River at Wampum, Pa., Connoquenessing Creek near Ellwood City, Pa., Scioto River at Chillicothe, 

Ohio, Little Miami River at Plainville, Ohio, and Licking River at 

Falmouth, Ky., were maintained in cooperation with the United 

States Public Health Service.

The gaging stations on Valley River at Tomotla, N. C., and Nottely 

River near Ranger, N. C., were maintained in cooperation with H. F. 

Van Deventer.

DIVISION OF WORK.

Field data for Allegheny River at Red House, N. Y., were collected 

under the direction of C. C. Covert, district engineer, assisted by 

C. S. De Golyer.

Field data for the Ohio River basin, except those for the Allegheny 

at Red House, N. Y., and for the basin of Tennessee River, were 

collected under the direction of A. H. Horton, district engineer, 

assisted by C. E. Ellsworth, B. J. Peterson, M. I. Walters, and R. M. 

Adams.

Field data in the Tennessee River basin were collected under the 

direction of Warren E. Hall, district engineer, assisted by B. M. 

Hall, jr.

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

Allegheny River at Red House, N. Y., were made by W. E. Hall, 

A. H. Horton, C. E. Ellsworth, and B. J. Peterson.
ALLEGHENY RIVER BASIN. 19

The computations were made by C. E. Ellsworth, B. J. Peterson, 

James E. Stewart, and W. A. Elwood. 

The data were prepared for publication by B. J. Peterson.

STATION RECORDS.

ALLEGHENY RIVER BASIN. 

ALLEGHENY RIVER AT RED HOUSE, N. Y.

Location. At highway bridge at Red House, on the road leading from the Pennsylvania Railroad station to the Erie Railroad station; about 5 miles below Salamanca 

and 13 miles above the New York-Pennsylvania State line. Conewango Creek, 

the outlet of Chautauqua Lake, enters the Allegheny in Pennsylvania.

Drainage area. 1,640 square miles.

Records available. September 4, 1903, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain, attached to the upstream Bide of bridge near left bank; read 

daily, at noon, to half-tenths.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Coarse gravel, occasionally shifting. Current good for 

medium and high stages; rather slow at low stages.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 11.7 feet at noon 

March 28, 1914; discharge, 30,000 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 3 feet, 

in July, August, and September; discharge, 200 second-feet.

Winter flow. Occasionally affected by ice; observations suspended during such 

periods.

Regulation. Low-water flow may be slightly affected by the operation of several 

email power plants above Salamanca. At Olean, N. Y., a wasteway from Cuba 

reservoir enters the river through Olean Creek. This reservoir is on the divide 

between Oil Creek, tributary to Allegheny River, and Genesee River, tributary to Lake Ontario. The stored water is commonly turned into Genesee River 

through the abandoned summit level of Genesee River canal, but may be diverted 

into Oil Creek through a guard lock at the head of the canal.

Accuracy. Results fair.

Discharge measurements of Allegheny River at Red House, N, Y., for the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

Date.

Aug. 24

24

Made by- Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.62

3.66

Discharge.

See.-ft, 

704

7qj
20 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART

Daily discharge in second-feet of Allegheny River at Red House, N. T°., for the year

ending Sept. SO, 1914-

Day.

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

£

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

7... ........ -.-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

325

585

635

538

400

538

490

400

400

538

445

490

538

400

445

400

490

445

400

400

400

445

400

585

635

538

635

635

538

585

585

Nov.

538

848

1,030

1,160

968

1,160

1,240

1,160

4,520

4,270

3,780

4,270

6,690

6,690

6,990

6,990

6,690

5,290

C OQft

3

01A

2 4Sfl

2,200

2,020

2,200

1,940

1,940

1,770

1 ^4fi

1,540

1,690

Dec.

1,310

1,380

1,310

1,160

1,310

1,240

1,310

1,310

1,460

1,310

1,160

1,310

1,240

1,460

1,690

1,540

1,460

1,460

1,380

1 4fift

1,160

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,540

1,610

1,160

1,030

1,100

1,030

905

Jan.

968

968

905

1,100

905

905

4,020

4,270

8,230

15,900

15,900

Feb.

3,310

2,780

1 H4f>

2 48ft

1,860

1,940

1,690

1,770 1 94n

1,160

AAC

Mar.

685

905

1,860

2,880

10,300

5,830

3,540

4,770

3,310

2,680

2,380

2,680

in ^nn

16,800

on AAA

24,000

99 Qftft

Apr.

19,800

13,300

10,300

8,900

10,600

9,950

12,500

13,300

12,500

11,000

10,600

8,560

8,230

9,250

9,600

8,900

8,900

8,230

8,230

8,230

8,900

8,900

7,600

6 df\ft

O OCA

3

Q1("|

2,780

2 290

2,380

2,480

May.

2,110

1,860

1,160

1,310

2,110

8,900

7,600

6,990

6,690

6,990

13,700

15,000

22,900

22,900

13,300

7,600

4,270

4,270

2,580

1,860

2,020

2,480

2,680

1,940

2,020

1,770

2,020

1,770

2,200

1,860

1,770

June.

905

968

1,030

905

1,460

1,030

635

790

848

635

400

490

585

585

635

585

490

738

635

685

490

585

685

585

490

490

538

400

400

400

July.

362

400

445

400

400

325

362

400

400

400

325

362

400

400

400

362

400

400

362

362

325

362

205

205

292

260

260

260

205

205

292

Aug.

260

260

205

205

205

205

205

205

232

232

205

205

205

260

205

260

325

260

325

362

260

325

362

635

685

738

738

685

635

790

685

Sept.

848

790

585

635

790

480

538

490

400

400

445

362

260

294

294

292

260

292

292

260

260

292

292

292

260

232

205

232

205

205

NOTE. Discharge determined from a fairly well-defined rating curve. Mean discharge when ice is 

present estimated by comparison with records on Genesee River at St. Helena and Chenango River near 

Chenango Forks as follows: Jan. 7-26, 900 second-feet; Feb. 1-7, 6,900 second-feet; Feb. 20-28, 711 secondfeet; Alar. 1-13, 842 second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Allegheny River at Red House, N. Y.,for the year ending Sept. SO,

1914.

[Drainage area, 1,640 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

February. ..............................

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

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

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

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

September. .............................

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

635 

6,990 

1,690

15,900

30,000

19,800 

22,900 

1,460

445

790 

848

30,000

Minimum.

325 

538 

905

2,290 

1,160 

400

205 

205 

205

205

Mean.

^.

493 

3,070 

1,310

2,320 

2,760 

5,970

8,630 

5,700 

670

340 

367 

383

2,660

Per 

square 

mile.

0.301

1.87 

.799

1.41 

1.68 

3.64

5.26 

3.48 

.409

.207 

.224 

.234

1.62

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.35 

2.09 

.92

1.63

1.75 

4.20

5.87 

4.01 

.46

.24 

.26 

.26

22.04

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B.

C. 

C. 

B.

A. 

A. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.
MONONGAHELA EIVEE BASIF. 21

Days of deficiency in discharge of Allegheny River at Red House, N. TT., for the years

ending Sept. 30,1906-1914.

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

200. 

- 250. 

300. 

400. 

550.

700. 

850. 

1,000. 

1,200. 

1,600.

1,800. 

2,100. 

2,400. 

2,700. 

3,100.^

3,500. 

4,000. 

4,600. 

6,000. 

6,000.

7,000. 

8,000. 

10,000. 

12,000. 

14,000.

18,000.....

25,000.....

35,000.....

45,000.....

Days of deficient discharge.

1905-6

3 

5 

29 

41

79

101 

119

147 

167 

201

219 

236 

256 

270 

285

294 

311 

318 

320

328

338 

349 

358 

362 

364

365

1906-7" 1907-8o 1908-90 1909-10 a 1910-11

1 

1 

8 

30 

60

80 

93 

111 

124

158

' 175 

199 

219 

227 

246

252 

271 

285 

302 

317

331

338 

349 

354 

361

365

1911-12

12 

29

82

95 

121 

133 

150 

169

182 

197 

222 

235 

257

268 

292 

303 

311 

324

332 

338 

347 

351 

353

358 

365 

366

1912-13

2 

28 

51 

67 

92

105 

121 

132 

152

175

195 

212

222 

234 

2*8

266 

282 

294 

306 

316

325

* 332 

337 

344 

346

352 

360 

363 

365

1913-14

21 

45 

62 

113

140 

172

204 

220 

243

 257 

271 

279 

287 

291

295 

297 

303 

305 

308

324 

327 

342 

348 

354

358 

363

365

a Not computed because estimates of daily flow during periods when discharge relation was affected 

by ice are not available.

NOTE. The table shows the number of days on which the discharge was less thatf the amount given 

in the column for discharge. Figures for the years ending Sept. 30,1911,1912, and 1914, are in part based 

upon daily discharge estimates made because of ice.

MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN.

TYGART RIVER AT BELINGTQN, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge at Belington, W. Va., one-fourth mile above mouth of

MiU Creek.

Drainage area. 390 square miles.

Records available. June 5, 1907, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, in the morning, to.

hundredths. Sea-level .elevation of zero of gage, 1,679.89 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of the bridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. Determination by leveling, August

22,1910, indicated that there would be no flow past the gage if the river stage were

to fall to about 1.6 feet, referred to the gage datum. On November 6, 1913, this

stage was found to be 1.4 feet ±0.2 foot. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 14.2 feet at 7 a. m.

November 16, 1913. Minimum stage recorded: 1.86 feet at 7 a. m. September

28, 1914. Flood of July, 1912, reached gage height, 20.3 feetf 

Winter flow. Ice may affect discharge relation for two or three weeks at a time

during December, January, and February. 

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Estimates of discharge withheld for additional data.
22 SUEPACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PAET IH.

Discharge measurements of Tygasrt River at Belington, W. Fa., during the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

Date.

Nov. 6

6

Made by-

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.07

3.04

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

178

190

Daily gage height, in feet, of Tygart River at Belington, W. Fa., for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914. 

[S. A. Campbell, observer.]

Day.

1.. ........

2..........

3..........

4..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

21..........

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29..........

30..........

31..........

Oct.

2.66

2.64

a si

3.85

3.65

3.26

3.09

2.98

2.84

4.6

4.35

3.6

2.88

3.55

3.01

3.00

3.01

3.00

2.93

2.86

7.9

5.6

4.8

4.5

8.1

7.0

6.6

5.4

4.5

4.05

3.8

Nov.

3.8

3.7

3.42

3.30

3.14

3.04

3.00

- 2.96

5.3

6.4

5.6

5.2

5.6

11.0

14.0

14.2

12.9

7.6

6.8

4.8

4.45

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.65

3.34

3.22

3.5

3.65

3.42

Dec.

4,0

3.00

4.4

4,2

4.0

3.9

4.7

7.2

6.0

5.1

4.6

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.85

3.75

3.7

3.65

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.6

3,6

3.55

3.8

7,0

6.7

5.4

4.7

4.45

4.4

Jan.

4.15

3.95

3.7

3.55

3.7

3.65

3.6

3.55

4.8

7.4

6.5

5.2

4.4

4.8

6.4

6.1

5.6

5.1

4.9

3.95

8.9

8.9

6.8

5.1

8.8

7.0

5.8

5.2

4.9

4.8

4.8

Feb.

4.8

5.5

4.5

4.35

4.3

4.6

5.8

5.0

5.0

4.7

4.2

3.8

4.5

6.5

6.1

5.9

5.9

6.1

8.6

12.7

8.0

6.8

5.1

4.8

4.05

4.7

3.9

3.85

Mar.

3.85

4.0

4.8

5.0

4.9

4.6

4.45

4.35

4.2

4.0

4.05

4.1

3.8

3.7

5.8

8.0

8.9

7.9

6.5

5.4

4.7

5.9

4.0

4.25

5.5

5.7

5.8

5.7

5.8

5.8

5.2

Apr.

5.0

6.6

9.3

8.0

5.6

4.8

4.3

4.1

4.0

5 9

5.7

5.6

5.5

4.9

4.1

7.5

8.7

8.5

8.0

8.9

9.7

6.2

5.6

4.5

4.1

9.4

8.2

6.5

5.6

5.1

May.

4.7

3.9

3.6

3.18

3.9

8.1

6.5

5.5

4.7

3.13

3.06

2.69

3.6

 3.48

3.28

3.26

3.11

3.04

2.98

2.92

2.87

2.81

2.04

a si

2.68

2 67

a 62

2.51

2.47

a 37

2.37

June.

2.38

a 47

2.37

2.32 a58

a 78

a 72

2.67

a 48

a 78

a 31

2 28

2.20

a20

a22

a 42 a26

a 17

2.17

2 17

an

2.04 a27

2.85

3.6

5.2

3.8

3.5

2.07

1.91

July.

2.69

a 65

ass

a 37

2.35

2.29

2.57

2.55

2.33

2.54

a 15

2.09

a 07

a 21

5.8

6.8

5.0

3.8

3.55

3.30

3.06

2.82

2.64

2.55

2.49

3.8

5.2

5.9

4.2

3.37

3.06

Aug.

2.81

2.69

aeo

a 59

2.51

a 36 a29

a 19

a 12

2.29

2.16

2.58

3.28

3.22

2.96

2.81

2 71

2.29

a 38

a 32

a22

a 16

a 14

2.12

a 87

3.05

3.22

3.20

2.94

2.80

3.42

Sept.

3.06

3.65

3.6

3.6

a 48

- aso

a 21

2.33 a22

a 19

a20

a 21

a 21 a20

a 17

ao?

a 07

2.06

2.06

aoe

aoe

1.95

1.95

1.97

L89

1.90

1.89

1.86

1.89

1.87

NOTK. Discharge relation probably not materially affected by ice during the year. 

TYGART RIVER AT FETTERMAN, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge at Fetterman, W. Va., three-fourths mile above

mouth of Otter Creek. 

Drainage area. 1,340 square miles.

Records available. June 3, 1907, to September 30, 1914. . 

Gage. Standard chain gpge attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening,

to hundredths. Sea-level elevation of zero of gage, 957.86 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. 

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 22.1 feet at 6.30

a. m. November 16,1913; discharge, 39,400 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded:

2.90 feet September 30, 1914. 

No records of floods previous to installation of gage; highest stage recorded

since station was established, 29.1 feet in July, 1912. 

Winter flow. Ice probably does not affect discharge relation. It is said that riffle

below gage usually remains open. 

Accuracy. Results good except for extremely low stages.
MONONGAHELA KIVER BASIN. 23

Discharge measurements of Tygart River at Fetterman, W. Fa., during the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

Oct. 30

31

Made by 

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

5.20

4.92

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,920

1,530

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tygart River at Fetterman, W. Fa., for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

93

24

35

2fi

27 

28

»

30

31

Oct.

266 

220

947

336

1,030

1,780

970

229

96

220

722

1,030

1,450

1,160

910

752

596

381

354

2,290

7,000

5,670

3,660

2,630

6,050

9,950

9,550 

5,860 

2,800

1,950

1,530

Nov.

1,160 

910

752

631

613

596

543

526

570

3,660

4,560

3,840

7,390

26,200

31,600

39,100

24,800

13,000

7,580

3,480

2,970

2,460

1,950

1,450

1,230

1,030

1,030 

1,160

1,450

1,610

Dec.

1,610 

1,530

1

4 en

1,450

1,700

1,450

1,950

9,150

6,620

4,200

3,310

2,630

2,120

1,780

1,610

1,380

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,160

1,950

2,630

11,400

9,750 

7,980 

4,560

2,970

2 «<tft

Jan.

2,460

2,290

2 9Oft

1,950

1,780

1,610

1,610

1,700

4,020

10,600

11,200

6,810

2,970

1,860

1,860

2,040

1,950

1

J.KA

1,380

1,700

7,580

13,200

8,560

6,810

5,860

7,200

5,670 

4,380 

3,310

2,970

3,310

Feb.

4,560 

4,920

2,970

2,460

2,630

2,970

3,480

4,020

3,140

2,630

2,290

2,120

1,780

1,300

1,030

970

970

1,100

14,400

18,700

13,200

9,550

6,620

3,840

2,290

570

685 

752

Mar.

1,030 

1,610

1,700

1,610

1,780

1,860

2,120

2,630

1,950

1,780

2,290

2.460

2,200

2,120

3,660

10,400

13,200

11,000

7,390

5,290

3,840

2,970

2,800

2,630

3,310

5,670

6,050 

7,200 

7,200

5,860

4,380

Apr.

7,390 

9,950

13,800

13,000

7,580

4,560-

3,140

2,800

3,480

6,430

4,200

3,480

3,310

3,140

4,560

9,150

12,000

9,550

5,100

10,200

15,900

9,350

5,290

2,970

2,630

5,670

16,800 

8,360 

4,560

3,310

May.

2,630 

1,950

1,610

1,380

2,630

6,620

6,620

4,740

4,380

4,740

2,630

1,450

1,160

970

910

822

703

631

543

596

570

441

354

336

318

266

256

256 

256

247

220

June.

179

426

381

296

281

256

220

203

171

203

822

1,610 

800 

336

2%

July.

266 

247

179

171

171

171

220

211

171

256

4,740

3,140

2,120

1,530

1,300

1,030

781

752

458

266

203

3,660 

2,630 

2,120

1,450

685

Aug.

354 

256

 V.*

266

366

752

910

570

458

381

<XJfi

247

170

404

426

484 

822

1,030

888

Sept.

722 

596

484

381

one

247

220

IQt

...

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well defined above and poorly denned 

below 170 second-feet; estimates for periods after Jnne 1 when the flow was below 170 second-feet are therefore not published, owing to probability of error. Open-water rating curve used throughout year.

Monthly discharge of Tygart River at Fetterman, W. Va.,for the year ending Sept. SO, 1914- 

[Drainage area, 1,340 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

February..... ...........................

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

9,950 

39,100 

11,400

13,200 

18,700 

13,200

16,800 

6', 620

Minimum.

96 

526 

1,030

1,380 

570 

1,030

2,630

220

Mean.

2,310 

6,260 

3,080

4,270 

4,140 

4,190

7,060 

1,650

Per 

square 

mile.

1.72

4.67 

2.30

3.19 

3.09 

3.13

5.27 

1.23

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.98 

5.21 

2.65

3.68 

3.22 

3.61

5.88 

1.42

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

A.

A. 

A.
24 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Days of deficiency in discharge of Tygart River at Fetterman, W. Va.,for the years ending

Sept. SO, 1907-1913.

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

20....

35....

cn

65....

80....

100....

130....

160....

200....

250....

300. ...

375....

460....

550.... 

700....

900.... 

1,200.... 

1,600.... 

2,200.... 

3,000....

4,000.... 

6,000.... 

9,000.... 

12,000.... 

16,000....

20,000.... 

26,000.... 

34,000.... 

46,000....

Days of deficient discharge.

1907"

5 

17

30 

55 

65

74 

84

94 

103 

110 

113 

115

118 

119 

120

1907-8

13 

16 

21 

23

27 

34 

39 

42 

49

63

66 

77 

91 

 110

117 

132 

153 

183 

230

264 

305 

334 

348 

358

365 

366

1908-9

33 

64 

66

70 

70

72 

73 

78 

86 

103

118 

132 

139 

155 

182

196 

222 

244 

268 

282

312 

337 

354 

362 

365

1909-10

1 

9 

12

19 

24 

30 

47

57

66 

72 

76 

105 

150

179 

209 

232 

260 

284

309 

328 

345 

355 

358

364 

365

1910-11

20 

25

42 

55 

64 

83 

104

116 

142 

146 

163

177

191 

200 

216 

 239 

269

295 

325 

347 

354 

360

360 

364 

364 

365

1911-12

2 

5 

7 

9 

13

15 

24 

31 

53 

69

88 

122 

157 

206 

241

278 

309 

332 

347 

360

362 

365 

365 

366

1912-13

5 

15 

33

47

63

79 

92 

119 

144

155 

191 

211 

236 

271

292 

321 

344 

353 

358

362 

365

a June 3 to Sept. 30.

NOTE. Figures for the years ending Sept. 30,1910 and 1911, subject to inaccuracies owing to the fact 

that the discharge was estimated for periods when the discharge relation was probably affected by ice.

MONONGAHELA RIVER AT MORGANTOWN, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge at foot of Pleasant Street about 300 feet from Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station and about half a mile below lock No. 10.

Drainage area. 2,670 square miles.

Records available. April 1 to September 30,1914.

Gage. Chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3.5, half-tenths from 3.5 to 4.5, and 

tenths above 4.5 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Dam No. 9 forms the control.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 12 feet April 21. 

Minimum stage recorded: 2.61 feet September 27.

Diversions. The city of Morgantown obtains its water supply from a point above 

dam No. 8.

Regulation. The river is regulated by locks and dams in the interest of navigation.

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN. t

of Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va., 

(ending Sept. SO, 1914.

25

ing the year

Date.

Mar. 30... ....................

Apr. 25.......................

Gage

Feet. 

6.55

5.37

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

9,160

5,530

Date.

Apr. 28.... ...................

height.

Feet. 

8.85

4.35

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

16,600

3,210

NOTE. The above measurements were made by students of the University ft West Virginia.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va., for the year

ending Sept. SO, 1914.

[John Seaman, observer.]

Day.

1.. ........

2.......... 

3..........

4..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9

10..........

11..........

12.......... 

13..........

14.......... 

15..........

Apr.

6.0

10.3 

11.2

9.6

7.8 

6.3

5.6

5.4

fi Q

7.4

6.2

5.6 

5.3

5.0 

5.3

May.

5.2

4.9 

4.6

4.45

5.1

Q Q

8.0

6.7

5.4

d. O

4.6 

4.5

4.4 

4.2

June.

3.16

3.12 

3.12

3.22

3.75 

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.48

3.41 

3.38

3.38 

3.7

July.

3.30

3.43 

3.37

3.32

3.18 

3.14

3.12

3.14

3.12

3.20

3.16

3.13 

3.14

3.24 

3.34

Aug.

3.75

3.7 

3.65

3.6

3.55 

3.48

3.42

3.42

3.36

3.36

3.47

3.6 

3.6

3.6

Sept.

3.95

3.95 

3.9

3.9

3.85 

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.5

3.34

3.19

3.14 

3.12

3.02 

2.94

Day.

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20.......... 

21..........

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29.......... 

30..........

31..........

Apr.

8.6

9.2 

7.5

6.6

8.4 

12.0

9.2

6.7

6.0

5.4

6.4

11.2 

8.8

6.5 

5.6

May.

4.0

3.9 

3.S5

3.7

3.7

3.65

3.6

3.5

3.44

3.42

3.41

3.34 

3.33

3.30 

3.25

3.22

June.

3.75

3.34 

3.32

3.26

3.15 

3.06

3.03

3.04

3.16

3.13

3.15

3.28 

3.9

3.65 

3.46

July.

3.32

3.34 

3.38

3.44

3.42 

3.38

3.26

3.55

3.48

3.7

3.75

3.7 

3.8

3.85 

3.85

3.8

Aug.

3 36

3.28 

3.22

3.18

3.14 

3.12

3 06

3.02

3.06

3.32

-4.1

3.75

3.75

3.7 

4.15

4.05

Sept.

2.90

2.84 

2.82

2.80

2.78 

2.74

2.68

2.63

2.70

2.64

2.62

2.61

2.62

2.68 

2.74

WEST FORK RIVER AT ENTERPRISE, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge at Enterprise, W. Va., three-fourths mile above

mouth of Bingamon Creek. 

Drainage area. 750 square miles.

Records available. June 2, 1907, to September 30, 1914. 

Qrage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, in the morning, to

hundredtha. Sea-level elevation of zero of gage, 869.91 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from downstrenm side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Channel at measuring section broken by one pier; smooth

rock bottom. Control practically permanent. 

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year, 18.8 feet at 8 a. m.

November 16, 1913; discharge, 19,400 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded,

1.0 foot at 8 a. m. July 11, 1914; discharge 30 second-feet. 

Flood of 1888, referred to present gage datum, reached stage of about 33 feet.

Maximum gage height recorded since establishment of station, 18.8 feet, at 8

a. m. November 16, 1913. 

Winter flow. Ice may affect the discharge relation for two or three weeks at a time

during December, January, and February. 

Accuracy. Records good.

The following discharge measurement was made by wading, by Peterson and 

Walters: 

November 2, 1913: Gage height, 1.82 feet; discharge, 154 second-feet.
26 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART HI

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of West Fork River at Enterprise, W. Va., for the year

ending Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

1.... 

2.... 

3.... 

4....

5....

6.... 

7.... 

8.... 

9.... 

10....

11....

12....

13....

14....

15....

16....

17....

18....

19....

2»....

21....

22....

23....

24....

25....

26....

07

28....

29....

30

31....

Oct.

64 

64 

79 

64 

64

64 

79 

79 

64 

64

79

64

64

64

99

64

72

89

112

172

1,920

1.920

1,090

969

2,950

2,360

1,300

707

441

307

Nov.

227 

«176 

124 

79 

124

89 

95 

79 

266 

649

1,840

1,680

2,360

11,400

13,400

19,400

14,600

4,200

1,840

1,230

798

593

489

418

360

307

307

372

418

441

Dec.

441 

514 

566 

621 

540

465 

2,950 

4,850 

3,050 

1,840

1,380

1,230

767

621

540

489

418

350

328

286

328

3oO

3a5

2,180

4,7*0

8,530

5,620

3,990

1,840

1,160

959

Jan.

829 

707 

707 

959 

1,230

1,380 

1,530 

1,680 

4,420 

9,900

4,740

2,550

1,300

650

700

992

1,160

1,230

1,300

1,380

4,200

3,060

1,6»0

l,3uO

6,080

3,990

1,380

1,030

307

767

Feb.

3,050 

2,090 

1,300 

1,030 

926

1,230 

2,360 

2,010 

1,090 

767

Mar.

4,000 

1,680 

1,680 

1,530 

1,300

1,600 

3,780 

3,250 

2,850 

2,180

1,530

1,920

1,600

1,530

4,310

5,400

3,670

2,850

2,460

1,760

1,300

1,230

1,230

1,300

1,380

1,380

1,090

1,530

1,380

1,3UO

1,680

Apr.

1,160 

5,970 

5,860 

3,560 

2,270

1,230 

992 

926 

3,780 

2,650

1,530

1,160

926

798

767

3,670

3,150

2,090

2,090

2,010

6,200

2,950

1,680

1,030

861

2,180

5,070

2,5oO

1,300

893

May.

767 

593 

514 

418 

593

6,080 

2,850 

1,530 

1,090 

829

593

489

418

372

307

266

227

197

172

133

130

119

112

99

89

78

83

67

59

58

54

June.

60 

60

57 

74 

307

146 

104

83 

74 

67

67

72

89

79

70

66

49

42

146

48

54

63

60

52

52

48

45

43

42

40

July.

44 

49 

60 

60 

62

63 

54

48 

48 

46

30

31

36

43

372

172

124

95

116

152

119

91

76

73

110

102

95

102

266

158

114

Aug.

93 

91

78 

73 

70

67 

63 

57 

59 

59

67

208

227

926

737

621

176

127

81

62

53

50

49

48

42

737

540

418

395

350

246

Sept.

212

158 

127 

99

85

74 

70 

62 

60 

59

58

58

57

57

54

49

49

48

48

47

45

44

42

42

42

40

40

40

40

37

a Discharge interpolated.

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve well defined below 2,180 second-feet and fairly 

well defined between 2,180 and 6,460 second-feet. Discharge Jan. 14 and 15, and Mar. 1, estimated on 

account of ice. Discharge Feb. 11-28 estimated, because-of ice, from gage heights, observer's notes and 

climatic records at 2,100 second-feet.

Monthly Discharge of West Fork River at Enterprise, W. Va., for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914.

[Drainage area, 750 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

2,950 

19,400 

8,530

9,900

5,400

6,200 

6,080 

307

372 

926 

212

19,400

lyfinimiTtifi,

64

79 

286

307

1,090

767 

54 

40

30 

42 

37

30

Mean.

516 

2,610 

1,690

2,110 

1,920 

2,120

2,380 

625 

75.3

97.2 

222

64.8

1,190

Per 

square 

mile.

0.688 

3.48 

2.25

2.81 

2.56

2.83

3.17 

.833 

.100

.130 

.296 

.086

1.59

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.79

3.88 

2.59

3.24

2.67 

3.26

3.54 

.96 

.11

.15 

.34 

.10

21.63

Accuracy.

B. 

C. 

B.

B. 

C. 

B.

A. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B.

B.
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN. 27

ELK CREEK NEAR CLARKSBURG, W. VA.

Location. At a footbridge near Clarksburg, W. Va., 300 feet above Turkey Run 

and about 6 miles above the mouth of the creek.

Drainage area. 107 square miles (Pittsburgh Flood Commission).

Records available. October 11, 1910, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Wooden staff gage fastened to a tree near right abutment of footbridge; read 

daily, in the morning, to half tenths. On November 1,1913, a metal gage section 

(0-3 feet) was attached to the gage, which was then lowered 1 foot to avoid negative 

readings. All gage heights published in this report refer to the new datum. Sealevel elevation of zero of gage, 955.01 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from footbridge at high stages; during low 

water by wading at section about 200 feet below bridge.

Channel and control. Rocky and practically permanent; banks high, not subject 

to overflow. A determination on August 30, 1912, indicates that there would be 

no flow past the gage if the stage were to fall to about 0.9 foot.

Extremes -of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 8.9 feet at 9.30 a. m. 

November 16, 1913. Minimum stage recorded: 1 foot July 10-13, 1914. 

The flood of July, 1912, reached stage of 15 feet on the present gage.

Winter now. Discharge relation may be affected by ice for short periods in December, January, and February.

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by wading, by M. I. Walters.

November 1, 1913: Gage height, 1.73 feet; discharge, 21.7 second-feet.

Daily gage height, infect, of Elk Creek near Clarksburg, W. Va.,for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914, 

[E. H. Smith, observer.]

Day.

1....

2....

3....

4. 

5.

6. 

7. 

8. 

9....

10,.

11....

12....

13....

14....

15....

16.... 

17.... 

18.... 

19....

20....

21.... 

22.... 

23.... 

24.... 

25....

26.... 

27....

28.... 

29....

30....

31....

Oct.

1.4 

1.55

1.5

1.4 

1.3

1.4

1.35 

1.3 

1.3

3.4

3.0 

2.6 

2.2 

1.96 

3.2

3.3

2.8 

2.4 

2.1

1.9

1.8

Nov.

1.7

1.7

1.65

1.65 

1.6

1.6 

1.55 

1.S5 

1.9

1.8

1.85

1.8

3.6

6.1

4.5

8.9 

4.4 

3.1 

2.7

2.4

2.2 

2.1 

2.0 

2.05 

2.0

1.9 

2.0 

2.15 

2.15

2.15

Dec.

2.1

2.1

2.05

2.05 

2.0

1.95 

2.5 

3.5 

2.9

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.05

1.95 

1.9 

1.9 

1.9

1.85

1.8 

L9 

1.9 

2.9

2.5

5.9 

3.3 

2.8 

2.6

2.45

2.3

Jan.

2.25

2.2

2.35

2.55 

2.6

2.6 

2.65 

2.7 

4.0

5.0

3.2

2.7

2.65

2.6

2.25

2.3 

2.55 

2.4 

2.3

2.6

2.9 

2.65 

2.5 

2.4

3.8

3.05 

2.7 

2.5 

2.35

2.25

2.3

Feb.

3.0

2.6

2.4

2.3 

2.35

2.8 

2.85 

2.5 

2.3

2.4

2.2

2.2

2 0

1.9

1.9

1.85 

1.9

7.85

4.8

3.0 

2.7 

2.8 

2.7 

2.7

2.65 

2.7 

3.0

Mar.

3.8

2.7

2.7

2.8 

2.8

2.7 

3.6 

3.3 

3.0

2.7

3.1

2.65

2.6

2.6

3.4

3.8 

3.4 

3.0 

2.95

2.7

2.4

2.5 

2.6 

2.6

2.55

2.55 

2.35 

2.3 

2.3

2.3

2.2

Apr.

2.1

4.5

3.5

3.0 

2.65

2.65 

2.3 

2.3 

3.2

2.75

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.25

2.25

3.9 

3.3 

2.8 

2.5

4.2

3.8 

3.0 

2.6 

2.4 

2.3

3.3 

3.1 

2.7 

2.4

2.3

May.

2.20

2.10

1.95

1.9 

2.6

3.6

2.8 

2.5 

2.35

2.15

2.05

1.95

1.9

1.85

1.8

1.75 

1.7 

1.65 

1.6

1.6

1.55 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5

1.5

1.45 

1.45 

1.4 

1.4

1.4

1.35

June.

1.4

1.35

1.3

1.3 

1.45

1.85 

1.6 

1.45 

1.4

1.35

1.3

1.3

1.25

1.2

1.2

1.2 

1.15 

1.1 

1.1

1.1

1.05 

1.05 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 '

1.1 

1.50 

1.45 

1.35

1.3

July.

1.25

1.25

1.2

1.15 

1.15

1.1 

1.1 

1.05 

1.05

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.9 

1.6 

1.5 

1.4

1.35

1.3 

1.25 

1.2 

1.2 

1.3

1.4 

1.5 

1.45 

1.4

1.4

1.35

Aug.

1.3

1.25

1.2

1.2 

1.15

1.1 

1.1 

1.05 

1.05

1.1

1.3

1.5

1.75

1.7

1.55

1.4 

1.35 

1.3 

1.25

1.2

1.2 

1.2 

1.15 

1.2 

1.2

2.05 

1.75 

1.6 

1.8

2.0

1.8

Sept.

1.65

1.5

1.45

1.4 

1.4

1.3 

1.3 

1.3 

1.25

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15 

1.15 

1.15 

1.1

1.1

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.05

NOTE. Water did not reach gage Oct. 1-3, 9-4. and 19,1913. The stage was below gage height 1.3feet 

during these periods. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Feb. 12-18, and Feb. 24 to Mar. 6,1914.
28 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

DECKERS CREEK AT MORGANTOWN, W. VA.

Location. On downstream side of Valley Crossing highway bridge, about 900 feet 

above the electric power station, and about three-fourths mile east of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station in Morgantown.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Records available. April 1 to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Chain gage attached to downstream side of bridge; read daily, morning and 

evening, to hundredths. .

Discharge measurements. At low and medium stages made by wading about 

1,400 feet above gage; at high stages measurements will be made at the Peninsula 

Bridge about one-fourth mile above gage.

Channel and control. Probably permanent.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 5.14 feet at 1 p. m. 

April 20. Minimum stage recorded: 2.81 feet at 4.30 p. m. September 30.

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Data insufficient for making estimates of discharge. 

No discharge measurements made during year.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Deckers Creek at Morgantmm, W. Va.,for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[John Seaman, observer.]

Day.

1... .......

2..........

3..........

4..........

5..........

6.......... 

7..........

8.......... 

9..........

10.......... 

11..........

12..........

13.......... 

14.......... 

15..........

Apr.

3.92

5.09

5.04

4.59

4.37

4.04 

3.92

3.99

4.04

3.91 

3.82

3.84

3.77 

3.74 

4.42

May.

3.60

3.57

3.54

3.54

3.76

4.96 

4.29

4.00 

3.79

3.62 

3.54

3.48

3.59 

3.42 

3.42

June.

3.26

3.24

3.22

3.24

3.81

3.68 

3.52

3.36 

3.30

3.25 

3.22

3.21

3.20 

3.16 

3.15

July.

3.24

3.28

3.28

3.26

3.15

3.14 

3.12

3.15 

3.10

3.06 

3.06

3.02

3.01 

3.04 

3.24

Aug.

3.21

3.17

3.13

3.09

3.07

3.12 

3.11

3.07

3.24 

3.28

3.36

3.44 

3.46 

3.42

Sept.

3.25

3.22

3.19

3.17

3.13

. 3.10 

3.07

3.06

3 on

3.38 

3.33

3.30

3.26 

3.23 

3.20

Day.

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

21.......... 

22..........

23.......... 

24..........

25.......... 

26..........

27......."...

28. ...... ... 

29.......... 

30..........

31..........

Apr.

4.66

4.29

4.04

4.29

5.14

4.89 

4.42

3.99 

3.86

3.93

4.54

4.14

4.02 

3.90 

3.74

May.

3.39

3.39

3.40

3.37

3.34

3.30 

3.29

3.36 

3.31

3.30 

3.30

3.30

3.30 

3.31 

3.28

3.26

June.

3.14

3.14

3.12

3.54

3.14

3.14 

3.23

3.54 

3.66

3.40 

3.40

3.34

3.32 

3.32 

3.25

July.

3.21

3.20

3.20

3.12

3.12

3.10 

3.08

3.14 

3.08

3.28 

3.32

3.30

3.20 

3.28 

3.26

3.25

Aug.

3.39

3.40

3.32

3.28

3.24

3.20 

3.20

3.18 

3.18

3.44 

3.69

3.42

3.38 

3.38 

3.38

3.28

Sept.

3.18

3.14

3.12

3.08

3.07

3.06 

3.03

3.00 

3.05

3.04 

3.00

2.98

2.92 

2.88 

2.82

CHEAT RIVER NEAR PARSONS, W. VA

Location. At highway bridge 3 miles below the confluence of Shavers and Dry 

forks and 2 miles due north of Parsons, W. Va.

Records available. January 1, 1913, to September 30, 1914.

Drainage area. 716 square miles (determined by West Virginia Development Co.).

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily morning and evening to 

tenths.

Channel and control. Rocky; probably permanent.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Winter flo-w. Discharge relation affected by ice during severe winters. 

/ Regulation. A power plant on Dry Fork at Parsons may affect the flow during low 

water.

Accuracy. Gage heights may be in error due to the position of the graduations on 

the scale of the chain gage. The gage-height record for the year ending September 30, 1914, is therefore withheld from publication until additional information 

is obtained.
MONONGAHELA EIVEE BASIN. 29

Discharge measurements of Cheat River near Parsons, W. Va., during the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

Oct. 22

22

Made by 

H. P. Drakeo .........

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.69

4.67

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

3,470

3,460

Date.

Nov. 9

Mar. 30

Made by 

Peterson and Walters. .

H. P. Drake...........

Gage

height.

Feet. 

4.96

6.28

Dls- -

charge.

Sec.-ft. 

3,350

7,250

a Engineer of the "West Virginia Development Co. 

CHEAT EIVEE AT EOWLESBUEG, W. VA.

Location. At the Baltimore & Ohio Eailroad bridge at Rowlesburg, about 300 feet

above Salt Lick Creek.

Drainage area. 960 square mllea (includes drainage area of Salt Lick Creek). 

Records available. July 19, 1912, to September 30, 1914.

The United States Weather Bureau has collected gage-height records since 1884. 

Gage. Mott tape gage attached to upstream side of bridge, read once daily to tenths

prior to January 17, 1913, and twice daily to tenths subsequent to that date.

Limits of use: Half-tenths below and tenths above 4.5 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Control consists of small bowlders; probably permanent.

Salt Lick Creek enters the river between the control and the gage. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year ending September 30,

1913: 8.5 feet January 8,1913. Minimum stage recorded: 1.9 feet October 22,1912,

September 5, 6, and 17, 1913. Maximum stage recorded during year ending

September 30, 1914: 11 feet November 16, 1913. Minimum stage recorded: 1.6

feet September 28-30, 1914. 

The highest water of which there is any record occurred, according to the

records of the United States Weather Bureau, on July 10, 1888, when a stage of

22 feet was reached.

Winter flow. Affected by ice during extremely cold weather. 

Cooperation. Gage-height record subsequent to January 1, 1913, and results of

discharge measurements furnished by F. W. Scheidenhelm, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Gage-height record prior to January 1, 1913, furnished by the United States

Weather Bureau.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Va., during the years ending

Sept. 30,1912-1914.

Date.

1911-12. 

Oct. 11

Dec. 28 

29

1912-13. 

Oct. 10

May 16

Made by 

H.P.Drake...........

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.7

5.3

4-5

2.51 

3.50

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

4,4$0

5,020 

3,100

4$0 

1,720

Date.

1912-13.

May 16

June 11 

11

Sept. 4 

4

1913-14. 

Apr. 1

Made by 

H.P.Drake...........

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

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.50

3.16 

3.16 

2.22 

2.22

5.21

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,850

1,140 

1,130 

»239 

«240

6,390

<* Measurement made by wading at a section about one-half mile above bridge.
30 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 19H, PART III.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Va., for the years ending

Sept. SO, 1912-1914.

Day. July. Aug. Sept. Day. July. Aug. Sept. Day. July. Aug. Sept.

1911-12.

1......

2......

3......

4......

5......

4.3 

4.2 

3.8 

3.5 

3.3

3.0 

3.0 

2.9

2.8 

3.1

3.4 

3.6 

3.3 

3.0 

3.0

2.8 

2.6 

2.4 

2.2 

2.2

1911-12.

11......

12......

13......

14......

15......

16...

17...

18...

19......

20......

7.4 

5.5

3.0

2.7 

2.7 

2.5 

2.5

3.0

2.7 

2.6 

2.4 

3.4

2.0 

2.3 

2.1 

1.9

2.2

2.3 

3.4

3.8 

3.8 

2.8

1911-12

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

5.0 

6.6 

6.5 

4.8 

13.2

7.2 

5.3

4.4 

3.9 

6.1

4.8

3.6

3.2

3.3 

3.1 

3.0

2.9 

2.6 

3.5 

3.1 

4.0 

3.5

2.5 

2.5 

2.8 

5.5 

6.4

4.8 

4.1 

4.1 

3.6 

3.4

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

1912-13. 

1......

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

3.2 

3.1 

3.0

2.8 

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.6 

2.4 

2.2

2.4 

2.2 

2.0 

1.9 

2.2

2.4 

2.3 

2.1 

2.1 

2.0

2.0 

1.9 

2.1

2.8 

3.4

3.4 

3.3 

3.1 

2.8 

2.7 

2.6

2.6 

2.6 

2.5 

2.4 

2.3

2.2 

2.6 

7.2 

5.3 

4.3

4.3 

3.5 

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.2 

3.0 

2.8 

2.6 

2.5

2.5 

2.4 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

2.6 

2.6 

2.6 

2.5 

2.4

2.3 

2.3

3.0 

3.0

4.1 

4.7 

4.1 

3.7 

3.3

3.1 

3.0

2.8 

2.6 

2.5

2.4 

2.4 

2.3 

2.6 

2.6

2.5 

2.5 

2.4 

2.3 

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5 

6.5

5.0

4.2

4.3 

5.3

4.4

4.4

8.4

8.5 

8.0 

6.6

5.0 

5.6 

6.5 

5.1 

4.3

4.1

4.5 

4.45 

4.4 

4.1

4.1

4.05

3.85

4.5

5.1

4.8

4.4

4.0

3.8

3.55

3.55

4.1 

3.9

3.8 

5.1

4.7

4.2 

4.6 

4.3 

4.0 

3.7

3.55

5.1

4.1

3.6

3.35

3.25

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.95

3.35

3.8 

3.8 

3.6 

3.45

3.3

3.25

3.65

4.35

3.9

3.55

3.5

3.35

3.2 

3.1

3.0 

2.95 

3.3

3.8 

4.9 

4.4 

5.1

5.8

5.1

4.4

3.95

3.75

3.6

3.45

3.3

3.25

3.2

3.1

3.35 

7.0 

7.2 

5.4

4.6 

4.3

3.8

3.6

3.45

3.35

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.05

3.0

3.0 

3.05 

4.0

4.8 

4.8

6.1 

5.1 

4.4 

4.0 

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.35

3.2

3.15

3.05

3.5

4.35

4.1

4.05

3.9

3.65

3.5

3.35

3.1

3.0

2.95

2.85

2.8

2.75

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.65

3.1

3.5

4.05 

4.6 

4.2 

3.7

3.4 

4*3

5.8 

7.8 

5.7

4.6

6.7 

8.3 

6.1 

5.8 

7.8

5.5

4.6

3.9

3.65

3.55

3.4

3.45

3.65

3.7

3.3

3.2 

3.0

2.85

2.7

2.65

2.5

2.4

2.35

2.35

2.4

2.15

2.15

2.95

3.65

3.6

3.2

3.45

3.6

3.15

3.0

2.85

2.65

2.6

2.5

2.65

3.2

3.25

3.0

2.95

6.0

5.2 

3.9 

3.8

5.0

5.1

4.6 

.5.0 

5.6 

4.5 

3.9

3.45

3.25

3.1

3.05

3.25

3.4 

3.1 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

2.8

3.1

3.2 

3.0 

2.65 

2.5

2.35

2.25

2.35

2.25

2.2

2.4

2.85

4.35

4.8

3.7

3.25

3.05

2.7

2.7

2.9

2.9

2.65

3.0

3.4

3.15

2.75

2.6

2.5

2.35

2.35

2.25

2.15

2.1

2.05

1.9

1.9

2.0 

2.2 

2.55 

2.5

2.45

2.35

2.2

2.15

2.1

2.0

1.9

2.35

2.95

2.7

2.65

4.4

3.65

3.15

2.9

2.8

2.65

2.45

2.3

2.3
MONONGAHELA RIVER BASIN. 31

Daity gage height, in feet, of Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Fa., far the years ending 

Sept. 30, 1912-1914 Continued.

Day.

1913-14. 

1......

2......

4......

5....... 

6......

7......

8......

10......

11......

12......

13

14......

15......

16......

17......

18......

20......

21......

22......

23......

24......

25......

26......

27......

28......

29......

30......

31......

Oct.

2.25

2.5

3.3

4.0

3.5 

3.2

2.9

2.8

3.6

4 6

4.0

3.6

3.45

3.25

3.1

2.95

2.9

3 1

3.65

4.8

% 4

4 fi

4.2

5.3

6.2

5.5

5.0

A OK

4.0

3.8

3 A

Nov.

3.2

3.0

2.95

2.9

2.85 

2.7

2.6

2.6

3.25

4.35

4.1

3.9

6.4

10.4

9.0

11.0

7.6

5.8

4.8

4.3

3.9

3.8

3.6

3

K

3.35

3.2

3.2

3.2

3

t

3.35

Dee.

3.25

3.15

3.2

3.4

3.35 

3.3

3.95

5.8

5

O

3 Q

3.85

3.45

3.3

3.3

3.45

3.5

3.2

3

AK

3.3

3.2

3 n

3.05

3.25

3.45

3.8

4

K

4.3

0 QK

3.55

3.4

3.3

Jan.

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1 

3.0

3.0

3 AC

4.2

5.2

4.35

3.75

3.15

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

4.7

7.4

5 Q

5.0

5.1

5.8

5.2

4.7

4.8

5.1

5.2

5.4

Feb.

6.0

4.9

4.35

4.0

3.8 

3.5

3.75

4.2

4.1

3.85

3.75

3.6

3.55

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

6.3

7.2

5.3

4.6

4.25

4.0

3.85

3.75

3.5

3 A

Mar.

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5 

3.5

3.5

3

C

3

K

3

C

3.5 3 f;

3.5

3.5

4.0

5.3

6.8

5.9

5.0

4.5

4.05

3.6

? a

3.35

4.5

6 4

7.0

6.8

6.6

5

Q

5.8

Apr.

6.0

8.0

7.7

5.6

4.6 

4.2

4.15

4.8

5.8

4.6

4.25

3.95

3.75

3.7

>5.4

7.7

6.5 % t

4.6

5.8

6.6

5.6

4.4

4.1

o Q

7.5

6.6

5.0

4.6

4.2

May.

3.9

3.6

3.45

3.3

4.0 

6.1

5.2

4 4

4 0

3.8

3.55

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.65

2.55

2.55

2.65

O C

2.4

O A

O o

2

0

2

0

2

0

OIK

June.

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.4

2.85 

3.2

2.95

2.7

2.55

2.4

2.3

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.85

2.1

2.0

2.05

2.6

3

1

3.5

0 QK

3 1

2 OK

2 7*

2.55

July.

2.35

2.2

2.15

2.0

2.45 

3.2

2.75

2.55

2.4

2.3

2.25

2.25

2.35

2.7

4.6

4.8

4.05

3.55

3

QC

3.1

2.8

2.65

2.5

t A.

2.25

2 7

3 7

3.75

4.1

3

O

2.95

Aug.

2.75

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3 

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.55

2.85

3.4

3.05

2.75

2.45

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.15

2.75

2.8

2.85

3

1

3

AK

3.25

3

1

Sept.

2.95

2.75

2.6

2.5

2.4 

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1 7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Feb. 14-18 and Mar. 1-14,1914. 

CHEAT RIVER NEAR MORGANTOWN, W. VA.1

Location. At highway bridge at Uneva, W. Va., 10 miles above mouth of river.

Parallel of 39° 4(X crosses the river at this bridge. 

Drainage area. 1,380 square miles. 

Records available. July 8 to December 30, 1899; July 1 to December 29, 1900;

August 21, 1902, to December 31, 1905; November 18, 1908, to September 30,

1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to

hundredths. 

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge or, at low water, by

Channel and control. Probably permanent.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 11.5 feet at 5 p. m. 

November 16, 1913: discharge, 40,200 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 

1.92 feet September 26-27, 1914; discharge, 227 second-feet.

Winter flow. Ice forma sometimes to a thickness of several inches, and large ice 

jams may affect the discharge relation during short periods in December, January, and February.

Accuracy. Records good.

i Tor history of station see Water-Supply Papers 263 and 283.
32 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Discharge measurements of Cheat River near Morgantown, W. Va., during the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

Nov. 3

4

Apr. 2

Made by 

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

height.

Feet. 

3.22

3.14

7.54

Discharge.

Sec.-n. 

1,260

1,130

18,600

a Engineer of the West Virginia Development Co.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Cheat River near Morgantown, W. Va., for the year

ending Sept. SO, 1914.

Day.

1....

2....

3....

4....

5....

6....

7....

8....

9....

10....

11....

12....

13....

14....

15....

16. ...

17....

18....

19....

20....

21....

22....

23....

24....

25....

26....

27....

28....

29....

30....

31....

Oct.

452

a 538

625

3,620

2,080

1,340

980

758

668

1,960

3,150

1,730

a, 620

1,340

1,120

860

805

758

758

3,620

9,040

6,020

3,620

3,150

14,600

12,100

8,020

5,110

3,460

2,580

2,200

Nov.

1,730

1,520

1,260

1,120

1,040

915

860

805

1,520

5,110

3,790

3,300

5,550

28,400

28,400

39,600

26,400

12,600

8,020

5,550

3,960

3,000

2,320

2,200

1,840.

1,620

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,730

Dec.

1,620

1,520

1,840

1,730

1,620

1,620

2,200

12,100

7,000

4,700

3,620

2,860

2,200

1,960

a 1,840

1,730

1,730

1,730

1,730

1,730

1,520

1,620

1,620

2,860

3,000

9,550

6,500

3,960

3,000

2,580

2,200

Jan.

1,960

1,730

1,730

1,730

1,520

1,340

1,340

1,340

2,580

10,600

8,020

4*510

2,710

2,320

1,730

1,730

1,620

1,960

1,260

1,730

21,800

14,100

8,020

6,020

11,600

10,100

7,000

6,020

8,020

8,530

8,530

Feb.

15,200

8,020

5,110

3,790

3,300

3,000

2,860

4,140

3,790

3,000

2,710

2,450

5,110

2,710

1,520

915

710

860

11,600

22,800

11,600

6,500

5,110

3,620

3,300

2,710

2,580

- 2,580

Mar.

2,200

1,840

980

1,520

1,520

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,180

1,120

1,620

2,320

1,520

2,580

12,100

18,700

16,200

9,550

6,020

3,460

3,150

2,580

2,320

3,460

12,100

18,200

16,700

18,200

12,100

11,100

Apr.

9,550

22,300

20,300

13,100

8,530

6,021

4,140

3,960

11,100

6,500

4,320

3,460

3,000

2,580

3,960

19,200

15,700

9,550

7,510

12,600

15,700

9,040

4,700

3,S60

3,300

17,200

17,700

10,100

6,020

3,960

May.

»3,340

2,710

02,280

1,840

9,040

16,200

10,600

5,550

,3,960

3,000

2,450

2,080

1,620

1,430

1,260

1,180

980

860

758

668

668

585

585

545

512

512

512

512

452

425

452

June.

512

452

400

400

452

980

1,120

758

545

480

425

400

375

352

330

330

330

310

290

290

290

310

400

915

1,430

1,960

1,620

980

758

625

July.

512

480

375

375

0522

668

860

625

545

452

425

375

352

352

3,460

5,550

3,790

1,960

1,430

1,180

805

625

512

480

452

400

805

2,320

4,140

1,730

1,040

Aug.

758

625

545

480

425

400

352

330

310

330

710

758

1,340

1,180

805

585

480

425

375

330

310

290

290

272

1,040

860

a 1,020

1,180

1,520

1,430

1,180

Sept.

,915

710

545

480

425

375

352

400

352

330

310

310

290

2SO

310

310

290

272

248

<* 239

230

241

255

248

241

227

227

255

238

234

a Discharge interpolated.

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 115 and 47,800 secondfeet. Discharge relation not materially affected by ice; open-water curve used throughout the year.
MONONGAHELA EIVEB BASIN. 33

Monthly discharge of Cheat River near Morgantown, W. Va., for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914. 

[Drainage area, 1,330 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

February ...............................

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

14,600 

39,600 

12,100

21,800 

22,800 

18,700

22,300 

16,200 

1,960

5,550 

1,520 

915

39,600

Minimum.

452 

805 

1,520

1,260 

710 

980

2,580

425 

290

352 

272

227

227

Mean.

3,180 

6t 620 

3,080

5,260 

5,060 

6,120

9,300 

2,500 

627

1,210

675 

338

3,650

Per 

square 

mile.

2.30 

4.80 

2.23

3.81 

3.67 

4.43

6.74 

1.81 

.454

.877 

.489 

.245

2.64

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.65 

5.36 

2.57

4.39 

3.82 

5.11

7.52 

2.09 

.51

1.01 

.56 

.27

35.86

Accuracy.

A. 

B. 

A.

B. 

B. 

A.

A. 

A.

A.

A. 

B. 

B.

BLACKWATEE EIVEE AT HENDEICKS, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge at Hendrieks, about one-eighth mile above mouth

of river.

Drainage area. 148 square miles (determined by West Virginia Development Co.). 

Records available. October 13, 1911, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to upstream side of bridge; read morning and

evening, as follows: October to December, 1911, to half-tenths; January, 1912,

to September, 1914, to tenths. 

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge at all except low stages, when they

are made by wading. 

Channel and control. Coarse gravel and stones; may shift slightly during high

floods.

Winter flow. Probably not affected by ice except during extremely cold weather. 

Accuracy. On account of the uncertainty of corrections to gage readings, records

from May 1, 1912, to March 31, 1913, may not be as accurate as those for other

periods. 

Cooperation. Station maintained and records furnished by the West Virginia

Development Co.

Discharge measurements of Blackwater River at Hendrieks, TF. Va., dwring the years

ending Sept. SO, 1912-1914. 

[Made by H. P. Drake.oJ

Date.

1911-12. . 

Oct. 13. ........

Don 11

July 20.........

20.........

1 01 9 1 3

May 10.........

10.........

12.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.02

2.50

3.49

O Kfi

2.28

2.28

2.25

2.25

Dis1 charge.

Sec.-ft. 

455

192

927

Qifi

131

132

127

126

Date.

1912-13 Contd.

1913-14.

Oct. 21. ........

21.........

23

23.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.77

1.77

3.97

3.97

3.23

3.23

5.06

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

19.4 10 4

1,170

1,180

551

550

3,240

Date.

1913-14 Contd. 

Nov. 17.........

17........

17........

18........

18........

Mar.28.. .......

28.........

31.........

31.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

5.06

4.87

4.87

4.03

4.03

5.27

5.27

3.89

3.89

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

3,210

2,650

2,650

1,320

1,320

3,900

3,900

1,210

1,200

14725°

« Engineer of the West Virginia Development Co, 

-W8P 383 16 3
34

Daily dit

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

, in second-feet, of Blackwater River at Hendricks, W. Va., for the years 

ending Sept. 30, 1912-1914.

Day.

1911-12. 

1. ......

2

3.......

4.......

5.......

6.......

7.......

10.......

11.......

19

13.......

14.......

15.......

16.......

17.......

18.......

19.......

20.......

91

22.......

23.......

24.......

25.......

26.......

27.......

28.......

29.......

30.......

31.......

1912-13. 

1. ......

2.......

4.......

5.......

6.......

7.......

9.......

10.......

11.......

12.......

13.......

14. ......

15....*..

16.......

17.......

1C

19.......

20.......

21.......

22.......

23....... 

24....... 

25.......

26....... 

27....... 

28......

29......

30......

31......

Oct.

430

QQJ.

888

709

461

1,890

937

559

413

363

461

333

278

230

207

200

183

166

151

310

226

190

173

157

142

142

128

114

114

102

102

128

114

114

102

89

QQ

157

173

142

102

266 

461 

413

310 

266 

226 

173

173

142

Nov.

173

160

142

131

131

200

937 AQty

300

245

207

91 ft

230

207

207

258

218

1.140

752

1,090

J.Q9

237

230

314

270

207

230

363

430

222

128

190

1d9

114

102

89

1,040

1,500

1,040

595

O1 f|

245

226

310

245

190

173

173

119

142

1d9

142

142 

142 

142

114 

114 

114

114

114

Dec.

200

230

200

173

160

160

160

160

173

183

193

200

200

193

323

842

670

430

237

173

230

258

1,090

559

492

7Q \

1,570

752

430

2,460

114

128

413

266

358

795

752

526

245

1J.9

149

149

142

142

149

142

142

142

226

142

149

142 

142 

114

114 

142

142 

142

888

842

Jan.

1,200

559

461

384

752

419

323

287

258

218

173

173

207

631

986

559

461

379

842

752

595

1,640

3,820

3

QOA

1,980

670

937

1,370

7QC

595

379

937

842

7 co

CQC

O7Q

ooa

353

407 

595 

795

595 

559 

353 

262

204

1,140

Feb.

363

314

287

230

595

631

937

559

402

348

2,990

3,330

1,430

752

7QC

282

407

KCQ

670

305

9J.1

204

ISA

241

1SA

1QA

241

4Q9

595

430 

328

262

204 

282 

670

Mar.

430

333

230

193

200

200

200

323

752

430

287

278

888

«595

4,080

2,560

1,310

888

«752

1 8QA

1,890

1,890

795

1,720

1,370

7(W

492

461

2,460

2,560

752

526

305

241

222

241

204

154

1QA

204

430

986

631

353

1,430

1,200

526

one

OOC

222

241

204

186 

169 

169

461 

2,990 

1,200 

709

492

407

Apr.

559

559

842

709

526

752

1,200

1,260

631

237

151

166

193

200

200

230

237

795

709

300

237

230

278

245

200

icrt

258

230

200

258

353

282

241

204

241

204

204

IfiQ

169

IfiQ

ooa

305

795

461

7 co

752

461

353

*>fi9

OAO

241

204

186 

169 

169

139

407 

379 

407

353

May.

258

230

193

207

207

173

200

287

292

752

937

1,090

709

314

314

249

595

292

211

526

176

48

80

39

30

30

54

52

52

50

48

9fi9

204

IfiQ

169

169

139

139

ion

86

84

tyrt

199

348

0/70

AM

onA

O1 Q

907

CQC

2,160 

2,560 

1,200

2,780' 559 

2,360 

1,090

670

3,100

June.

48

30

30

39

30

48

48

48

48

30

145

145

131

145

145

160

363

631

595

670

670

709

888

849

888

249

230

230

911

911

1.570

631

461

300

258

218

OKQ

Afyy

300

100

136

114

1AQ

1AQ

1AQ

84

84

62

62

QA

278 

559 

258

166 

1,040 

430 

218

166

July.

69

58

48

69

69

461

80

80

104

69

80

595

492

461

363

211

1,140

2,070

1,890

IV)

888

QSfi

63,000

1,370

2,990

2 7RfY

OO.Q

176

IfiQ

169

IQO

136

109 ino

84

122

631

97 fl

199

199

2 OTk

631

OOO

ooo

2

AAA

1,310

I

OAfl

1,570

7HQ

070.

OEQ

91 fl

430 

2,070 

795

218 

136 

122 

136

136

109

Aug.

258

169

169

169

52

48

52

30

92

131

117

131

131

131

559

270

160

176

292

888

338

160

270

270

193

9^n

314

249

I Ofin

842

^on

109 ino

84

84

62

62

62

A9

62A*y

25

Oft

ooo

84

Oj

A9

42

AO

. 300 

151 

96

62 

42 

42 A*y

42

42

Sept.

492

492

314

230

249

249

160

145

117

104

92

145

104

92

117

888

249

193

176

131

80

48

314

1 640

1,720

1,040

1,090

526

419

492

OK

oc

oc

25

25

25

122

136

84

62

d.9

42

d.9

42

TO

200

151

1AQ

2,070

1 430

492 

166 

109

84 

62 

62

d.9

42

» Discharge estimated by adding 1 foot to observer's gage reading. 6 Discharge estimated.
MONOFGAHELA BIVER BASIF. 35

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Blackwater River at Hendricks, W. Va.,for the years 

ending Sept. 30,1912-1914 Continued.

Day.

1913-14. 

1. ......

2.......

3.......

4.......

5.......

6.......

7.......

8.......

9.......

10.......

11.......

12.......

13.......

14.......

15.......

16.......

17.......

18.......

19.......

20.......

21.......

22.......

23.......

24.......

25.......

26.......

27.......

28.......

29

30.......

31.......

Oct.

109

166

1,570

559

430

300

200

136

1,310

1,200

526

402

526

402

323

183

136

430

526

1,890

1,370

430

258

1,890

2,070

1,040

461

373

323

402

348

Nov.

258

200

166.

200

166

136

109

122

200

348

492

348

1,720

5,680

4,340

5,950

3,100

1,200

559

430

373

323

402

348

278

237

200

200

166

166

Dec.

166

166

200

200

166

166

2,160

1,090

559

430

278

278

237

237

200

166

218

237

237

237

278

278

300

373

323

461

278

183

166

136

166

Jan.

160

160

160

193

160

160

160

160

363

1 i,m

492

338

292

249

193

176

193

160

193

1,890

3,570

1,370

492

670

1,260

631

595

888

1,200

1,200

1,260

Feb.

1,200

752

430

358

310

310

384

245

157

207

ion

226

266

266

266

262

262

3p5

3,330

1 640

670

305

262

262

305

305

305

305

Mar.

305

305

262

262

262

186

204

262

262

204

183

151

151

151

258

842

1,500

1,370

595

461

348

278

258

402

595

2,780

2,560

3,570

2,260

1,260

QSfi

Apr.

795

3,570

2,070

795

402

430

373

526

461

373

323

278

278

218

559

2,670

1,310

709

461

1,200

1,200

559

348

258

278

3,820

1,890

709

492

402

May.

348

278

237

218

709

1,430

526

323

237

200

166

136

166

166

136

136

136

109

84

84

84

109

109

84

84

84

62

62

62

42

42

June.

42

25

25

25

888

237

136

109

109

84

84

62

62

42

42

42

25

25

25

25

25

25

84

278

200

122

84

62

62

42

July.

84

84

62

62

 42

42

42

25

25

46

39

25

62

323

1,090

888

559

323

183

96

62

62

62

73

166

109

166

1,640

631

237

166

Aug.

136

109

109

84

84

84

62

52

42

42

109

278

200

109

84

84

84

84

62

62

42

42

42

25

42

136

166

136

200

278

136

Sept.

84

84

62

62

42

42

25

25

42

42

62

109

84

62

62

84

84

136

109

109

84

62

84

109

84

62

62

42

42

42

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 25 and 4,340 second-feet 

Discharge estimated, because of ice, from gage heights, observer's notes, and climatic records, as follows: 

Jan. 5-19,1912,300 second-feet; Feb. 5-19,1912, 200 second-feet; Feb. 4.-10,1913, 260 second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Blackwater River at Hendricks, W. Va., for the years ending Sept. 30,

1912-1914.

[Drainage area, 148 square miles.1]

Month.

1911-12. 

October 13-31... ........................

March..... . . . .

May

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

1,890 

1,140 

2,460

3,330

4,080

1,260 

1,090

888

«3,000 

1,260 

1,720

Minimum.

151 

131 

160

193

151 

30 

30

48 

30

48

Mean.

486 

348 

464

390 

558 

1,030

426 

280 

289

716

276 

404

Per 

square 

mile.

3.29 

2.35 

3.14

2.64 

3.77 

6.96

2.88 

1.89 

1.95

4.84 

1.86 

2.73

Run-oft 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

2.32 

2.62 

3.62

3.04 

4.07 

8.02

3.21 

2.18

2.18

5.58 

2.14 

3.05

Accuracy.

B. 

A. 

B.

C. 

C. 

B.

B.

Estimated.
36 SUKFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914,, PAET III.

Monthly discharge of Blackwater River at Hendricks, W. Va.,/or the years ending Sept.

1912-1914 Continued.

Month.

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum. Minimum. Mean.

Per

square 

mile.

Run-ofl

(depth in

inches on

drainage

area).

Accuracy.

October.... 

November. 

December..

19*2-13.

461

1,500

January................................. 3,820

February............................... 795

March................................... 2,990

April.................................... 795

May.................................... 3,100

June.................................... 1,570

July.................................... 2,560

August.................................. 1,200

September.............................. 2,070

The year.......................... 3,820

1913-14.

October................................. 2,070

November.............................. 5,950

December............................... 2,160

January................................. 3,570

February............................... 3,330

March................................... 3,570

April.................................... 3,820

May..................................... 1,430

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

July.................................... 1,640

August.................................. 278

September.............................. 136

The year.......................... 5,950

114

204 "isi

139

73

62

84

25

25

179

279

266

342

539

318

695

298

595

125

25 397

109

109

136

160

157

151

218

42

25

25

25

25

654

947

341

503

757

925

214

103

241

103

69.5

25 458

1.21

1.89

1.79

6.12

2.31

3.64

2.15

4.70

2.01

4.02

.845

1.34

2.68

4.42

6.40

2.30

4.39

3.40

5.11

6.25

1.45

1.63

.696

.470

3.09

1.40

2.11

2.06

7.06

2.40

4.20

2.40

5.42

2.24

4.64

.97

1.50

36.40

5.10

7.14

2.65

5.06

3.54

5.89

6.97

1.67

.78

.52

42.00

SHAVERS FORK AT PARSONS, W. VA.

Location. At steel highway bridge 600 feet northwest of the railroad station at 

Parsons, W. Va., and one-third mile above confluence with Dry Fork.

Drainage area. 210 square miles (Pittsburgh Flood Commission).

Records available. October 14, 1910, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to 

tenths. Sea-level elevation of zero of gage, 1,631.70 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge or, at low stages, 

by wading.

Channel and control. Channel rocky. Control, coarse gravel and rocks; probably 

permanent. Levels run September 4, 1912, indicate that there would be no flow 

past the gage if the river were to fall to. a stage of 1.8 feet ±0.2 foot. On November 

8,1913, this stage was found to be 1.9 feet ±0.1 foot.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 8.6 feet at 5 p. m. 

November 16; discharge 9,180 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 2.2 feet, 

September 25; discharge 4 second-feet. High waters of 1888 and 1907 reached 

a height of approximately 12.5 feet referred to present gage datum.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice during severe winters.

Accuracy. Records fair.
MONONGAHELA EIVEE BASIN. 37

Discharge measurements of Shavers Fork at Parsons, W. Fa., during the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

Date..

Oct. 22

22

Nov. 8

Made by 

H. P. Drake ............

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

Peterson and Walters . . .

«.

Feet. 

4.13

4.13

3.28

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

846

844

175

Date.

Mar. 30

30

Made by 

H. P. Drake a.. ........

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

5.18

5.18

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2,320

2,320

o Engineer of the West Virginia Development Co.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Shavers Fork at Parsons, W. Fa., for the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

Day.

1....

2....

3....

4....

5....

6....

7....

8....

9....

10....

11....

12....

13....

14....

15....

16.....

17....

18....

19....

20....

21....

22....

23....

24....

25....

26....

27....

28....

29....

30....

31....

Oct.

100

128

365

605

440

264

183

144

264

800

520

520

440

330

264

233

208

233

295

1,320

1,860

960

800

1,320

3,170

2,830

1,390

1,020

750

700

605

Nov.

520

440

330

164

128

113

144

164

233

264

562

520

1,460

5,170

5,070

8,460

4,180

1,790

1,320

960

800

700

605

480

402

330

295

365

440

365

Dec.

440

440

480

480

402

365

605

480

264

233

183

144

164

183

330

330

295

295

233

183

113

164

233

233

183

1,020

905

800

700

700

480

Jan.

440

3(55

264

233

183

......

Feb.

520

440

365

330

264

233

208

183

295

1,660

4,090

2,070

700

562

365

365

330

365

365

Mar.

295

208

183

144

183

233

183

183

144

144

183

144

183

233

365

1,080

1,720

1,460

1,390

905

905

905

480

562

1,460

3,000

3,080

3,350

3,350

1,930

3,350

Apr.

3,260

4,000

3,000

1,590

1,140

750

562

605

2,360

2^)70

1,320

605

520

480

905

3,080

2,290

1,520

800

2,220

2,360

905

852

800

960

5,070

3,350

1,320

905

750

May.

480

365

233

208

295

2,140

1,320

750

520

295

233

208

183

183

208

208

183

128

113

100

88

78

65

52

39

46

46

46

52

46

39

June.

34

28

34

52

60

295

113

78

60

52

46

34

28

19

19

12

12

19

19

28

19

28

60

1,200

1,080

1,200

1,140

800

233

183

July.

144

88

88

68

88

108

128

113

68

52

m

52

68

128

905

1,390

480

295

233

208

183

128

88

88

68

88

88

365

144

113

88

Aug.

113

88

88

68

68

78

68

60

68

88

78

113

164

100

88

68

68

52

68

52

52

56

60

64

68

88

164

233

164

144

113

Sept.

88

68

5H

52

68

52

52

52

52

46

46

39

28

39

«

39

39

28

19

19

19

16

12

. 7

 4

7-

7

7

7

12

NOTE. Daily; discharge determined from a rating curve woll defined between 39 and 7,740 second-feet. 

Open-water rating curve used throughout the year; discharge relation probably not materially affected 

by ice. No record January 6 to February 9.
38 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Monthly discharge of Shavers Fork at Parsons, W. Va.,for the year ending Sept. SO, 1914.

[Drainage area 210 square miles.]

Month.

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

February 10-28. .........................

May....

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

3,170 

8,460 

1,020

4,090 

3,350

5,070 

2,140 

1,200

1,390 

233

88

Minimum.

100 

113 

113

183 

144

480 

39 

12

52 

52 

4

Mean.

744 

1,230 

389

722 

1,030

1,680 

289 

233

200 

91.7 

33.8

Per 

square 

mile.

3.54

5.86 

1.85

3.44 

4.90

8.00 

1.38 

1.11

.952 

.437 

.161

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

4.08 

6.54 

2.13

2.43 

5.65

8.93 

1.59 

1.24

1.10 

.50

.18

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B.

C. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

C.

BIG SANDY CREEK AT ROCKVILLE, W. VA.

Location. At the highway bridge at Rockville, about 5 miles above mouth of creek

and 6 miles below Bruceton Mills.

Drainage area. 202 square miles (determined by West Virginia Development Co.).

Records available. May 7, 1909, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to downstream side of bridge; read morning

and evening, as follows: May to October, 1909, to hundredths; November, 1909, 

* to September, 1914, to half-tenths. 

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge at all except low stages when they

are made by wading. 

Channel and control. Channel bed consists of bowlders and bed rock. Control

practically permanent. 

Winter flow. Probably not affected by ice except during periods of extremely cold

weather. 

Regulation. Gristmills at Rockville, Clifton Mills, and Bruceton Mills, operated by

water power, may produce fluctuations in stage during low water. 

Accuracy. Conditions favorable for good results. 

Cooperation. Station maintained by the West Virginia Development Co., which

has furnished results of discharge measurements and gage-height record.

Discharge measurements of Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Va., during the years ending

Sept. SO, 1909-1914.

Date.

1908-9. 

May 12

25

June 2

5

18 

July 14

1911-12.

Dec. 8

8

9

9 

28

Made by 

Hammel and Lenhardt.

Scheidenhelm and

Hammel.............

Hammel and Spiker. . . 

V. F. Hammel.........

F. W. Scheidenhelm . . . 

V.F. Hammel.. .......

%

H. P. Drake...........

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet.

A 09

4.32

6.62 

10; 50

6.45 

3.98

5.00

5.10

5.30

5.32 

7.34

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

225

104

842 

6,970

791 

67.4

226

OfiO

331

342 

1,620

Date.

1911-12. 

Dec. 28

Feb. 27

28

Aug. 29 

29

1912-13.

May 15

15

10

Sept. 3

3 I

Made byEl. P. Drake. ..........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

7.30

8.69

7.32

6.72 

6.72

4.57

5.22

5.22

4 64

4 f,d

3.18 

3.18

Discharge.

See.-ft. 

1,600

3,550

1,540

958 

957

132

275

277

135

137

11.2 

11.2

NOTE. Measurements made by engineers of the West Virginia Development Co.
MONONGAHELA EIVEE BASIN. 39

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Big Sandy Creek at Rockvilk, W. Fa., for the years 

ending Sept. SO, 1909-1914.

Day.

1908-9. 

1......

2.......

3.......

4.......

5.......

6.......

7.......

8.......

9.......

10.......

11.......

12.......

13.......

14.......

15.......

Day.

1909-10. 

1......

2......

3......

4......

5......

6......

7......

8......

9......

10......

11......

12......

13......

14......

15......

16......

17......

18......

19......

20......

21...... 

22...... 

23...... 

24...... 

24......

26...... 

27...... 

28...... 

29...... 

30...... 

31......

May.

398 

382 

319 

334

319

224 

200 

189 

168

Oct.

33

16 

11

8 

7

7 

7 

7 

6 

6

12 

124 

96

58 

58

56 

17 

15 

34 

36

58 

77 

132 

524 

350

236 

168 

132 

116 

89 

63

June.

262 

862 

505 

415 

2,640

2,640 

862 

800 

800 

931

1,560 

931 

648 

505 

415

Nov.

96 

89 

46 

77 

65

77 

58 

83 

124 

116

124 

102

89 

77 

77

67 

83 

48 

60 

60

46 

62 

67 

102 

67

77 

89 

41 

46 

58

July.

276 

189 

140 

109 

102

77 

60 

48 

59 

43

24 

38 

77 

83 

54

Dec.

65 

28 

32 

46 

35

32

46 

276 

- 189 

212

262 

168 

334 

1,200 

564

415 

236 

200 

200 

290

432

415 

432 

382 

432

366 

382 

319 

249 

450 

524

Aug.

102 

65 

41 

31

22

31 

33 

17 

10 

33

18 

10 

8 

8 

10

Jan.

450 

1,430 

6,920 

2,500 

1,200

2,080 

2,640 

1,200 

744 

524

319 

415 

350

1,690 

862

564 

524 

7,970 

4,230 

1,430

2,220 

2,080 

1,010 

694 

544

468 

1,560 

1,010 

800 

648 

486

Sept.

65 

44 

33 

72 

102

77 

72 

51 

47 

38

38 

24 

18 

16 

16

Feb.

398 

290 

450 

486 

486

398 

262 

334 

398 

564

450 

450 

398 

319 

304

1,690 

2,080 

1,690 

862 

648

1,690 

4,760 

2,220 

1,560 

605

564 

800 

2,640

Day.

1908-9. 

16.......

17.......

18.......

19.......

20.......

21.......

22.......

23.......

24.......

25.......

26.......

27.......

28.......

i 29.......

30.......

31.......

Mar.

3,080 

2,360 

1,430 

931 

800

694 

648 

524 

382 

350

276 

249 

212 

200

178

189 

189 

149 

132 

140

149 

140 

140 

124 

132

109 

132 

109 

102 

102 

109

May.

168 

149 

132 

116 

124

116 

116 

102 

102 

89

83 

132 

189 

178 

' 140 

132

Apr.

109 

89 

83 

116 

132

116 

116 

132 

116 

116

102

109 

89 

77 

96

. 96 

116 

132

140 

168

486 

648 

432 

564 

862

931 

694 

524 

432 

366

June.

276 

366 

931 

486 

334

236 

200 

290 

304 

200

140 

189 

200 

1,010

486

May.

290 

249 

200 

200 

168

149 

140 

67 

224 

200

415 

1,560 

862 

544 

432

366 

304 

334 

304

249

334 

290 

276 

224 

334

334

290 

236 

212 

212

276

July.

37

26 

17 

32 

20

14 

17

96 

83 

89

63 

32

38 

34 

89 

158

June.

800 

1,950 

1,010 

694 

800

2,080 

1,010 

648 

524 

1,430

1,310 

931

694 

544 

415

398 

432 

524 

9,020 

1,430

862 

605 

450 

382 

 319

200 

189 

212 

189 

116

Aug.

20 

124 

89

eo

64

744 

249 

140 

102

67

56 

56 

52 

102 

109 

72

July.

96 

83 

124 

149 

109

132 

.319 

382 

189 

189

236 

189 

398 

350 

236

189 

149 

124 

96 

89

62 

43 

37 

14 

34

23 

18 

20 

26 

36 

30

Sept.

26 

20 

16 

13 

10

10 

13 

14

83 

39

22 

. 28 

18 

38 

16

Aug.

48 

41 

16 

11 

15

14 

10 

10 

10 

10

17 

15 

9

8 

8

11 

14 

14 

19

18

10 

17 

21 

13 

10

13 

11 

9 

10 

6 

5

Sept.

56 

77 

319 

415 

200

140 

415 

168 

132 

124

89 

67 

52 

102 

72

67 

40 

33 

28 

19

20

19 

15 

12 

9

7 

14 

8 

8 

13
40 SUEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART HI.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Va., far the years 

ending Sept. SO, 1909-1914 Continued.

Day.

1910-11. 

l......

2......

3......

4......

5......

6......

7......

8......

9......

10......

11......

12......

13......

14......

15......

16......

17......

18......

19....A

20......

21......

22......

23......

24......

25......

26......

27......

28......

29......

30......

31......

1911-12. 

1......

2. .....

3......

4......

5......

6......

7......

8......

10......

11......

12......

13......

14......

15......

16......

17......

18......

19......

20......

21...... 

22...... 

23...... 

24...... 

25......

26...... 

27...... 

28...... 

29...... 

30......

31......

Oct.

11

11

12

11

9

9

13

14

13

8

9

12

33

8

5

7

4

5

6

8

7

8

11

11

9

8

8

19

20

24

44

505

2.220

1,310

931

648

505

1,690

1,310

694

605

744

931

744

564

1,200

1,010

862

3,890

1,690

1,010

648 

1,100 

564 

648 

350

319

290 

262 

224 

189

189

Nov.

26

42

14

8

7

9

8

17

14

14

12

16

17

12

14

14

10

14

19

22

17

23

23

26

25

52

96

694

800

450

319

158

140

132

132

212

648

486

415

350

290

319

350

304

319

290

262

862

800

648

524 

415 

319 

450

486

450 

486 

524 

505 

415

Dec.

262

236

212

168

178

168

200

200

189

262

189

189

236

200

178

212

212

200

415

544

505

544

382

1,430

744

524

432

334

2,080

4,400

1.950

382

334

290

262

224

168

224

224

319

382

290

334

366

319

1,690

2,930

1,690

832

648

432

486 

564 

862 

800 

744

1,560 

3,890 

1,430

862 

694

2,780

Jan.

1,310

1,820

2,080

1,100

694

694

524

350

605

366

432

1,310

18,600

3,720

2,930

1,950

931

694

505

382

450

605

505

334

334

744

1,430

2,220

2,080

7,550

2,080

1,690

800

694

648

382

262

524

2,780

1,200

744 

524 

544 

564 

544

450 

366 

249 

350 

432

415

Feb.

1,010

862

648

1,100

800

648

605

505

564

524

366

398

415

605

862

648

544

544

564

524

468

432

415

382

382

744

1,200

931

382

366

233

200

149

140

109

62

96

116

200

605

1,690 

1,820 

744 

564 

544

3,390 

4,940 

1,430

862

Mar.

648

524

415

350

304

564

648

564

564

862

800

648

648

564

505

450

319

468

564

1,430

862

744

648

415

366

350

334

304

276

398

505

648

398

382

398

319

224

262

334

564

468

450

432

1,010

744

4,400

2,780

1,560

1,010

744

1,690

13,500 

5,510 

1,950 

3,230 

2,500

1,010 

862 

648 

1,430 

1,690

931

Apr.

468

450

564

931

4,580

2,640

2,080

1.560

1,820

1,310

862

648

564

605

1,200

800

694

524

486

1,200

1,310

1,100

1,430

1,010

694

605

486

415

415

432

694

648

744

564

524

468

486

544

486

432

398

350

366

366

366

334

366

1,200

744

544

468 

432 

415 

334 

319

290 

1,430 

1,200 

862 

1,200

May.

505

1,100

648

505

398

319

276

236

212

200

178

149

140

124

124

109

89

89

58

62

62

72

61

83

58

72

54

31

50

50

72

1,010

800

648

486

398

382

648

432

398

319

334

334

450

382

350

2,500

1,820

800

648

544

450 

366 

304 

236 

200

168 

158 

140 

168 

168

149

Tune.

96

72

48

26

33

54

178

224

96

61

54

224

334

524

200

149

319

4,580

1,430

605

382

262

189

168

189

505

1,690

1,100

.648

366

116

96

102

96

72

72

72

140

44

48

67

36

56

48

62

168

450

249

158

124

109

189 

276 

149 

124

124

178 

109 

96 

3,890

July.

304

189

158

132

96

83

212

415

290

109

83

83

564

200

116

89

72

67

41

41

212

66

30

72

89

52

31

26

14

10

18

1,100

564

382

694

648

415

262

189

149

124

116

140

124 -72

65

2,500

1,560

931

1,560

648

1,200 

2,500 

1,010 

10,300 

6,100

1,690 

862 

503 

684 

633

798.

Aug.

34

20

56

56

31

54

48

46

83

83

43

37

43

149

694

648

249

140

89

67

83

50

38

29

50

432

236

249

. 3,890

4,230

4,230

299

215

191

150

118

104

98

85

85

58

111

180

118

111

543

241

150

126

447

1,310

633 

362 

378 

. 269 

203

543

484 

255 

586 

395

412

Sept.

1,820

800

450

304

224

694

505

505

800

862

862

544

366

304

1,950

3,230

2,080

800

744

862

744

605

450

334

262

224

168

189

744

800

523

3,720

1,820

862

543

395

330

255

203

126

. Ill

126

104

104

74

104

104

85

299

169

111 

79 

633 

2,780 

1,200

862 

2,780 

1,010 

633 

465
MONONGAHELA RIVEE BASIN. 41

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Fa., for (he years 

ending Sept. SO, 1909-1914 Continued.

Day.

1912-13. 

1......

2......

3......

4......

5......

6......

7......

8......

9......

10......

11......

12......

13......

14......

15......

16......

17......

18......

19......

20......

21......

22......

23......

24......

25......

26......

27......

28......

29......

30...... si

1913-14. 

1......

2......

3......

4......

5......

6......

7......

8......

9......

10......

11......

12......

13......

14......

15......

16......

17......

18......

19......

20......

21...... 

22...... 

23...... 

24...... 

25......

26...... 

27...... 

28...... 

29......

30...... si

Oct.

346

284

215

191

169

133

126

203

91

79

74

63

58

91

91

45

35

49

51

45

85

68

104

150

633

633

378

269

215

180

133

17

38

142

104

54

40

26

19

14

13

17

23

19

14

17

14

10

14

26

378

314 

255 

180 

180 

465

1,430 

684 

633 

523

412

346

Nov.

142

133

150

133

98

104

284

1,010

633

412

314

269

215

299

299

241

228

215

191

191

118

91

133

126

241

104

126

104

118

79

314

228

203

180

160

133

111

150

241

412

362

395

1,950

7,130

3,720

9,880

4,760

1,310

684

523

412 

228 

284 

228 

150

150 

169 

180 

160

1 VI

Dec.

68

118

284

203

241

543

633

465

378

228

241

191

118

203

299

241

126

142

299

26ft

191

111

150

150

126

91

191

314

299

2,220

2,500

142

126

142

133

142

142

180

362

633

465

362

314

314

269

284

269

255

228

203

180

191 

215

362 

447 

684

1,430 

1,200 

1,100

7SQ

543

QQK

Jan.

1,010

798

2,500

1,820

586

633

5,900

7,550

2,640

1,200

2,780

8,390

2,780

1,200

739

862

1,010

1,690

1,200

1,430

931

798

862

1,820

1,100

739

543

447

447

429

523

284

228

228

255

241

215

228

269

633

1,430

739

586

346

203

412

362 

284 

255 

299 

931

739

633 

684 

798

633

633

Feb.

633

412

543

633

523

412

346

228

269

203

429

1,010

684

465

429

447

330

269

269

346

523

633

633

503

378

346

378

1,010

798

684

586

429

395

314

255

269

284

255

228

215

150

191

3,550

2,080

862 

523 

412 

299 

269

378 

284 

299

Mar.

739

633

503

447

314

395

284

255

346

465

1,200

862

1,010

1,010

862

739

543

362

299

346

378

255

241

255

228

1,200

5,130

2,220

1,430

633

633

 rf 

284

255

269

203

160

150

169

169

169

.160

203

203

169

180

395

3,080

4,230

1,100

739

633

633

447 

378 

362 

633

1,950 

],690 

1,200 

684

633

4.9Q

Apr.

503

503

862

586

523

412

378

314

269

228

269

503

484

465

523

586

484

378

362

314

269

241

215

180

160

169

395

395

523

465

6S4

4,400

2,080

1,010

862

684

586

543

523

484

429

362

429

362

739

3,720

1,010

633

1,100

1,560

798 

739 

684 

543 

633

3,720 

1,560 

633 

586

330

May.

395

346

284

255

203

191

180

180

150

150

133

126

111

126

284

412

378

314

255

215

284

1,690

4,760

3,550

1,310

1,010

3,080

3,720

1.690

4,060

4,400

150

104

85

118

798

1.950

1,560

798

465

330

269

228

215

191

169

180

169

142

118

104

98 

91 

79

74 

74

68 

68 

74 

98

74

51

June.

1.430

862

543

412

314

269

241

269

169

150

133

126

111

118

91

58

63

63

68

63

126

118

111

160

330

1,200

633

503

228

160

142

91

55

79

543

284

180

104

74

58

51

43

35

29

20

17

15

14

20

24

16 

18 

24 

17 

14

16 

32

58

47

43

July.

126

118

98

91

74

98

118

79

68

862

314

269

169

543

1,100

523

525

586

395

269

203

142

104

118

142

85

68

74

63

53

228

29

13

8.8

6.0

4.9

4.5

5.4

4.5

6.0

4.7

5.4

6.4

10

11

11

9.6

18

14

10

8.4

6.4 

4.5 

4.1 

3.5 

4.5

4.2 

7.4 

79 

43

22

8.4

Aug.

191

91

63

52

47

56

36

27

22

20

16

52

104

68

43

43

35

29

24

20

16

14 -14

10

16

13

20

18

14

10

6.4

5.4

4.7

7.4

5.4

7.4

6.4

5.4

7.4

7.4

14

68

104

74

58

39

24

14

6.4

5.4

4.5

3.5 

2.7 

1.7 

1.7 

180

111 

79 

43 

22

16

13

Sept.

8.4

11

8.4

S.O

7.0

6.0

6.0

7.0

10

8.0

9.0

10

10

12

9.0

8.0

10

6.0

21

19

31

41

38

26

21

14

14

9.0

7.0

8.0

9.6

7.4

4.2

2.9

3.2

1.7

9.6

11

20

13

9.6

8.4

7.4

5.4

6.4

6.4

4.2

2.5

.9

1.2

1.2

4.2 

3.2

5.4 

4.2

2.2

2.7 

1.2 

2.2

3.2

NOTE. Daily discharge determined as follows: May 7,1909, to July 24,1912, from a rating curve well 

defined between 58 and 7,970 second-feet and poorly defined below 58 second-feet; July 25,1912, to Sept. 

30,1914, from a rating curve fairly well defined between 9 and 58 second-feet and well defined between 

58 and 7,970 second-feet. Discharge estimated, because of ice, from gage heights, and climatic records as 

follows: Jan. 7-17,1912,300 second-feet; Feb. 5-12,1912, 200 second-feet; Jan. 14-18,1914,200 second-feet; 

and Feb. 14-17,1914,150 second-feet.
42 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III. ,

Monthly discharge of Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Va.,for the years ending Sept. SO,

1909-1914.

[Drainage area, 202 square miles.]

Month.

1908-9. 

May 7-31... .............................

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

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

September. . ............................

1909-10.

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

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

February ...............................

March.. . .................... .x ..........

April........]...........................

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

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

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

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

19HM1. i 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1911-12. 

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

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

May

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

398 

2,640

276 

744 

102

524 

124 

1,200

7,970 

4,760 

3,080

931 

1,560 

9,020

398 

48 

415

9,020

44

800 

4,406

18,600 

1,200 

1,430

4,580 

1,100 

4,580

564 

4,230 

3,230

18,600

3,890 

862 

3,890

2,780

4,940 

13,500

1,430

2,500 

3,890

10,300 

1,310 

3,720

13,500

Minimum.

83 

140

14 

8 

10

6 

41

28

319

262 

102

77 

67 

116

14 

5

7

5

4

7 

168

334 

366

276

415 

31

26

10

20 

168

4

189 

132 

168

62 

224

290 

140 

36

65

58 

74

36

Mean.

184

681

71.7

82.1 

36.0

82.5 

75.8 

297

1,600 

993

466

273 

331 

1,010

135 

14.3 

91.3

443

12.2

83.8 

580

1,910 

632 

550

1,060 

200 

494

128 

522 

774

579

898 

400 

872

563 

698 

1,680

586 

522 

251

1,240 

299

687

728

Per 

square 

mile.

0.911 

3.37

.355

.406 

.178

.408 

.375 

1.47

7.92 

4.92 

2.31

1.35 

1.64 

5.00

.668 

.071 

.452

2.19

.060

.415 

2.87

9.46 

3.13

2.72

5.25 

.990 

2.45

.634

2.58 

3.83

2.87

4.45 

1.98 

4.32

2.79 

3.46 

8.32

2.90 

2.58 

1.24

6.14 

1.48 

3.40

3.60

Run-off 

(depth in 

mches on 

drainage

area).

0.85 

3.76

.41

.47 

.20

.47 

.4,2 

1.70

9.13 

5.12 

2.66

1.51 

1.89

5.58

.77 

.08 

.50

29.83

.07 

.46 

3.31

10.91 

3.26 

3.14

5.86 

1.14 

2.73

.73 

2.97 

4.27

38.85

5.13 

2.21 

4.98

3.22 

3.73 

9.59

3.24 

2.97 

1.38

7.08 

1.71 

3.79

49.03.

Accuracy.

B. 

B.

A. 

B.

,c.

C. 

B. 

C.

C. 

C. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

D. 

B.

D. 

C. 

B.

B. 

C. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

A. 

A.

C. 

C. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.
BEAVER EIVEB BASIN. 43

Monthly discharge of Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Fa., for the years ending Sept. SO,

1909-1914 Continued.

Month.

1912-13. 

October.. ............. ....!.... .........

N ovember ..............................

February. . .............................

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

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

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

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

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

1913-14. 

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

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

January .. . .

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

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

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

633 

1,010 

2,500

8,390 

1,010 

5,130

862 

4,7dO 

1,430

1,100 

191 

41

8,390

1,430

9,880 

1,430

I

Aon

3,550

4,230

4,400 

1,950 

543

79 

180 

20

9,880

TMinfnmini-

'35 

79 

68

429 

203 

228

160 

111

58

53 

6.4 

6.0

6.0

10 

111 

126

150

330 

51 

14

3.5 

1.7 

.9

.9

Mean.

171 

227 

375

1,790 

474 

781

399 

1,100 

304

248 

38.4 

13.4

496

207 

1,170 

402

437 

522 

708

1,080 

390 

72.1

12.2 

30.4 

5.49

408

Per 

square 

mile.

XX847 

1.12 

1.86

8.86 

2.35 

3.87

1.98 

5.45 

1.50

1.23 

.100 

.066

2.46

1.02 

5.79 

1.99

2.16 

2.58 

3.50

5.35 

1.44 

.357

.060 

.150 

.027

2.02

Ban-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.98 

1.25 

2.14

10.22 

2.45 

4.46

2.21 

. 6.28 

* 1.67

1.42 

.22 

.07

33.37

1.18 

6.46 

2.29

2.49 

2.69 

4.04

5.97 

1.66 

.40

.07 

.17 

.03

27.45

Accuracy.

B. 

A. 

B.

B. 

C. 

B.

B. 

A. 

A.

B. 

C. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

C. 

C. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

C. 

B. 

D.

BEAVER RIVER BASIN. 

BEAVER RIVER AT WAMPUM, PA.

Location. At highway bridge about 200 feet above the, Pennsylvania Railroad 

bridge and about 500 feet below the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad station.

Drainage area. 2,220 square miles.

Records available. June 29 to September 30,1914.

Gage. Vertical staff attached to upstream end of left pier; read morning and evening 

to quarter-tenths.

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream Bide of bridge; at low stages by 

wading.

Channel and control. Rocky; probably permanent.

Winter flow. Discharge relation probably affected by ice.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Beaver River at Wampum, Pa., during the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

Date.

Aug. 29

Sept. 17

Made by Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.76

1.15

.27

Discharge.

See.-ft: 

312

598

147
44 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Beaver River at Wampum, Pa., for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July.

292

308

292

261

248

240

220

213

181

168

Aug.

141

133

144

146

141

133

125

114

154

154

Sept.

274

641

887

1,060

605

364

302

244

209

206

Day.

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

12........... to

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

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

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

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

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

19

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

July.

159

154

156

302

323

632

952

952

729

623

Aug.

156

164

173

302

257

213

173

168

173

166

Sept.

189

173

164

166

176

159

154

150

154

135

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July.

484

357

313

223

220

189

178

173

154

154

146

Aug.

156

168

274

323

382

729

623

382

605

495

385

Sept.

122

122

133

131

129

122

124

122

122

124

NOTE. Dajjy discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve.

Monthly discharge of Bedver River at Wampum, Pa., for the year ending Sept. SO, 1914. 

[Drainage area, 2,220 square miles.]

Month.

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

952 

729 

1,060

Minimum.

146 

114 

122

Mean.

322

253

255

Per 

square 

mile.

0.145 

.114 

.115

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.17 

.13 

.13

Accuracy.

A.

A. 

A.

CONNOQUENESSING CREEK NEAR ELLWOOD CITY, PA.

Location. About 150 feet above mouth of Duck Eun, 1 mile below' Slippery Rock

Creek, and 1J miles from Ellwood City. 

Drainage area. 829 square miles. 

Records available. July 1 to September 30,1914. 

Gage. In two sections. Lower section, a sloping gage reading from 0 to 7.7 feet;

upper section, a vertical staff attached to large elm tree on right bank. Gage read

morning and evening. 

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge between Ellwood City and

Hazel Dell; at low stages, by wading. 

Channel and control. Channel rocky; control is at a rock riffle about 100 feet below

, gage; probably permanent. 

Winter flow. Probably affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Connoquenessing Greek near Ellwood City, Pa., during the

year ending Sept. SO, 1914.

Date.

June 29

Aug. 22

Sept. 17

Made by 

Ellsworth and Adams. ...................................................

C.E.Ellsworth..... .....................................................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.58

2.10

1.59

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

320

163

64.4
KAFAWHA EIVEE BASIN. 45

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Connoquenessing Creek near Ellwood City, Pa., for the

year ending Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July.

153

144

158 IQ7

118

103

92

81

QO

103

Aug. Sept.

128

139

840

367

268

189

163

139

99

118

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July.

105

78« ' 95

las

14f{

206

ISO

163

158

139

Aug. Sept.

139

73

81

81

65

65

51

 at

65

51

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July.

139

137

131

126

114

Aug.

99

118

QQ

99

81

73

234

3?4

204

Sept.

51

44

38

38

38

68

62

58

51

44

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from rating curve well defined between 38 and 513 second-feet. 

Discharge estimated by comparison with the flow of Slippery Rock Creek at Wurtemburg, Pa., as follows: 

July 26-31, 65 second-feet, and Aug. 1-22, 75 second-feet. _

Monthly discharge of Connoquenessing Creek near Ellwood City, Pa., for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[Drainage area, 829 square miles.]

Month.

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

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

346

840

Minimum.

38

Mean.

126 

96.2 

122

Per 

square 

mile.

0.152 

.116 

.147

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

a 18 

.13 

.16

Accuracy.

B. 

D. 

A.

KANAWHA RIVER BASIN.

SOUTH FORK OF NEW RIVER NEAR CRUMPLER, N. O.

Location. About 1.6 miles above the confluence of North and South forks of New

-River and about 4 miles from Grumpier, N. 0. 

Drainage area. 325 square miles.

Records available. August 12,1908, to September 30,1914. 

Gage. Standard chaiifi gage attached to trees on left bank; read daily, morning and

evening, to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 1.5, half-tenths from

1.5 to 2.5, and tenths above 2.5 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from a boat at a section about half a mile below

gage or by wading at a section 500 feet below gage. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 3.4 feet at 6 p. m.

January 31. Minimum stage recorded: 0.93 foot at 7 a. m. and 6 p. m. September 7. 

Winter flow. Ice rarely forms in sufficient quantity to affect gage readings. 

Accuracy. Gage-height record very reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of. discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by wading, by Peterson. and 

Walters: 

December 16,1913: Gage height, 1.31 feet; discharge, 387 second-feet.
46 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PABT III.

Daily gage height, infect, of South Fork of New River near Crumpkr, N. C., for (he

year ending Sept. SO, 1914.

[J. J. Garvey, observer.]

»ay.

1....

2....

3....

4....

5....

6. ... 

7....

8....

9....

10....

11....

12....

13....

14....

15....

16....

17. ..

18. ..

19. ..

20. ..

21. ..

22. ..

23. ..

24. ..

25. ..

26. ..

27. ..

28. ..

29. ..

30. ..

31....

Oct.

1.55

1.44

1.38

1.36

1.33

1.30 

1.30

1.30

1.33

1.38

1.36

1.35

1.30

1.28

1.24

1.24

1.24

1.26

1.32

1.75

1.75

1.5

1.44

2.0

2.8

2.15

1.75

1.65

1.6

1.55

1.48

Nov.

1.46

1.43

1.42

1.41

1.39

1 7ft i. oo

1.38

1.40

1.85

1.7

1.6

1.46

1.40

1.42

1.42

1.44

1.47

1.42

1.41

1.38

1.36

1.34

1.34

1.34

1.31

1.29

1.28

1.28

1.28

1.30

Dec.

1.75

1.9

1.65

1.5

1.46

1 43

1. TK>

1.48

1.55

1.55

1.5

1.55

1.5

1.55

1.48

1.34

1.32

1.29

1.30

1.29

1.28

1.27

1.27

1.29

1.34

1.42

1.75

1.65

1.45

1.44

1.47

1.48

Jan.

1.5

1.44

1.47

1.5

1.55

1 49

X. rr*

1.42

1.44

1.55

1.85

1.75

1.75

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.42

1.42

1.41

1.42

1.40

1.45

1.42

1.48

1.6

1.5

1.42

1.41

1.40

3.0

Feb.

2.6

1.95

1.75

1.7

1.65

1 .! QV

2.3

2.05

1.9

1.75

1.7

1.65

1.65

1.9

1.5

1.65

1.6

1.75

2.0

2.3

2.35

2.05

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.75

1.7

1.7

--------

Mar.

1.65

1.65

1.42

1.8

1.8

1.7 

1.65

1.65

1.55

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.9

1.75

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.85

1.8

1.7

1.65

1.6

1.6

1.55

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.65

1.7

1.85

Ayr.

1.95

1.85

1.8

1.7

1.65

1.55

1.8

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.7

3.0

2.45

2.2

2.0

1.95

2.05

1.95

1.9

1.8

1.75

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.65

May.

1.7

1.6

1.55

1.55

1.8

1.85

1.7

1.65

1.65

1.6

1.55

1.55

1.5

1.49

1.46

1.44

1.44

1.45

1.44

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.38

1.35

1.34

1.32

1.30

1.31

1.42

1.38

June.

1.33

1.30

1.28

1.24

1.30

1.8

1.6

1.44

1.55

-1.55

1.36

1.32

1.30

1.30

1.27

1.20

1.20

1.32

1.39

1.30

1.20

1.19

1.16

1.15

1.16

1.16

1.10

1.05

1.02

July.

1.05

1.36

1.45

1.26

1.29

1.24

1.22

1.16

1.5

1.30

1.18

1.16

1.16

1.40

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.38

1.32

1.21

1.11

1.07

1.06

1.02

1.02

1.20

1.11

1.09

1.04

1.06

Aug.

1.04

1.02

1.01

1.16

1.06

1.03

1.00

1.00

1.10

1.08

1.16

1.24

1.20

1.18

1.09

1.06

1.02

.99

.96

1.00

1.08

.98

.90

.92

1.16

1.18

1.85

1.8

1.46

1.22

Sept.

1.07

1.04

1.06

1.01

1.02

 QQw 

.93

.96

1.04

1.03

1.06

1.18

1.22

1.10

1.04

1.00

1.08

1.32

1.40

1.25

1.14

1.08

1.07

1.04

1.07

1.04

1.04

.98

.98

.98

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Jan. 13-16 and Feb. 14-17. 

NEW RIVER AT RADFORD, VA.

Location. At toll highway bridge near the Norfolk & Western Railway station at

Radford, Va., 1J miles below the Norfolk & Western Railway bridge, and 6 miles

below mouth of Little River. 

Drainage area. 2,720 square miles. 

Records available. August 1, 1898, to July 15, 1906; May 6, 1907, to September

30, 1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening,

to hundredths. 

Discharge measurements. Made from the downstream side of the highway

bridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. A determination by leveling,

July 17, 1911, indicates that there would be no flow past the gage if the river

stage were to fall to 1 foot±0.3 foot. 

Extremes of discharge. The maximum stage recorded during the year, 7.0 feet at

8 a. m. February 21; discharge, 14,000 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded,

2.95 feet at 6.30 p. m. September 7; discharge, 580 second-feet. Maximum stage

of which th.ere is any record, 37.4 feet September 15, 1879, according to United

States Weather Bureau.

Winter flow. Discharge relation only occasionally affected by ice. 

Regulation. Power plants about 50 miles above station may slightly affect flow.

The following discharge measurement was made by Peterson and Walters: 

December 11, 1913: Gage height, 3.77 feet; discharge, 2,410 second-feet.
KANAWHA EIVEE BASIN. 47

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of New River at Radford, Fa., for the year ending Sept. 30,

1914.

Day.

1....

2....

3....

4....

5-.-.

6....

7....

8....

9-..-

10....

11....

12....

13.--.

14....

15....

16....

17.'...

18....

19.--.

20....

21....

22....

23.--.

24....

25....

26....

27....

28....

29....

3O ou. ...

31...-

Oct.

1,780

1,900

1,780

1,780

1,640

1,350

1,540

1,780

1,900

2,020

1.900

1,660

1,320

1,780

1,780

1,900

1,780

1,610

1,660

2,850

3,000

2,850

2,280

2,280

4,270

5,270

3,630

2,850

2,150

2,280

2,020

Nov.

1,780

1,660

1,610

2,150

2,020

1,900

1,780

1,610

4,110

3,950

3,000

2,560

2,280

2,280

2,280

1,900

2,020

2,700

2,420

2,280

1.900

1,900

2,020

1,640

2,150

2,020

2,020

1.640

1,789

2,020

Dec.

1,780

4,440

4,110

3,160

2,560

2,280

2,560

2,280

2,280

2,420

2,280

1,900

2,020

2,020

2,150

2,150

2,020

1,780

1,900

2,020

1,780

1,480

2,150

2,020

1,900

2,150

3,310

2,850

2,700

2,420

2,700

Jan.

2,280

2,280

2,150

1,900

2,700

2,700

2,850

2,560

3,160

5,270

6,300

4,930

3,470

2,560

2,560

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

5,610

4,110

3,310

3,310

4,270

4,930

3,950

3,000

3,000

2,700

4,930

Feb.

9,230

8,470

5,610

4,110

3,950

4,440

9,620

9,620.

7,360

5,610

4,600

4,600

4,270

3,790

3,310

3,000

3,000

3,630

6,300

12,000

13,600

10,000

8,100

6,640

5,950

5,610

5,610

4,930

........

Mar.

4,600

4,270

3,310

3,630

3,950

4,600

4,110

3,950

3,790

3,310

3,950

7,360

7,720

7,000

5,950

5,610

5,610

6,300

6,300

5,950

5,270

4,930

4,930

4,600

4,600

4,440

4,270

4,110

4,270

4,930

7,360

Apr.

8,470

8,470

7,000

5,950

5,610

4,440

4,600

3,950

5,270

4,600

3,950

3,630

3,470

3,470

4,930

9,230

7,720

6,640

5,610

5,610

6,300

5,610

4,930

4,440

4,110

3,790

3,790

3,630

3,310

3,160

May.

3,000

3,000

2,850

2,700

3,000

3,630

3,950

3,950

3,310

3,000

3,000

3,000

2,700

2,560'

2,020

2,150

2,280

2,280

2,420

2,280

2,150

2,150

2,280

1,900

1,900

1,780

1,900

1,900

1,900

2,020

1,900

June.

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,780

1,660

1,780

2,150

2,280

1,900

1,780

1,780

1,780

1,660

1,390

1,540

1,610

1,540

1,780

1,660

1,660

982

1,5'0

1,220

1,020

868

745

745

982

1,260

July.

1,430

1,180

1,060

1,180

1,020

982

1,060

2.020

1,660

1,780

1,450

1,660

1,390

2,700

3,310

2,850

3,630

2,700

2,150

1,900

1,780

1,480

1,260

1,390

1,390

1,320

906

1,220

1,020

1,060

1,060

Aug.

1,220

1,020

944

1,120

1,060

1,020

1,180

868

868

868

1,390

1,200

1,060

982

1,040

1,180

x 982

1,060

1,220

944

1,020

1,260

925

925

925

1,780

3,000

3,310

5,610

3,470

2,420

Septr

2,280

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,540

1,480

694

830

1,020

982

1,220

1,390

1,660

1,060

982

830

796

982

1,430

1,220

1,540

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,180

1,180

982

1,020

1,180

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 830 and 37,000 second-feet. 

Open-water rating curve used throughout the year.

Monthly discharge of New River at Radford, Va.,for the year ending Sept. 30, 1914- 

[Drainage area, 2,720 square miles.]

Month.

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

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

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

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

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

September. . ............................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

5,270 

4,110 

4,440

6,300 

13,600 

7,720

9,230 

3,950 

2,280

3,630 

5,610 

2,280

13,600

Minimum.

1,320 

1,610 

1,480

1,900 

3,000 

3,310

3,160 

1,780

745

906 

868 

694.

694

Mean.

2,210 

2,180 

2,370

3,410 

6,320 

5,000

5,190 

2,540 

1,560

1,650 

1,480 

^ 1,330

2,910

Per 

square 

mile.

0.812 

.801

.871

1.25 

2.32

1.84

1.91 

.934 

.574

.607 

.544 

.489

1.07

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.94 

.89 

1.00

1.44 

2.42 

2.12

2.13 

1.08

.64

.70 

.63 

.55

14.54

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A.

B. 

B.

A.

A. 

A. 

A.

A. 

A. 

A.
48 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

NEW RIVER AT FAYETTE, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge connecting Fayette and South Fayette, W. Va., 850

feet above mouth of Wolf Creek. 

Drainage area. 6,800 square miles. 

Records available. July 29, 1895, to May 22, 1901; August 11, 1902, to December

31, 1904; July 16, 1908, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to

hundred the. Limits of use: Half-tenths below and tenths above 0. Elevation

of the zero of gage, 838.44 feet above &ea level. 

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Bed composed of rock strewn with large bowlders, which

cause boils and eddies at high stages. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 8.6 feet at 5 p. m.

January 12; minimum, 0.10 foot at 5 p. m. September 30.

The flood of 1878 reached a height of about 53 feet referred to the gage datum. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation Jittle if at all affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Errors entered into many of the gage readings prior to 1908, particularly

before installation, of chain gage on November 20, 1903, the original wire gage

being frequently many tenths in error. Owing to thib cause and to the difficulty

in making accurate measurements all estimates of discharge heretofore published

are only fair.

Estimates of discharge withheld for additional data. 

The following discharge measurement was made by Peterson and Walters: 

November 15, 1913: Gage height, 6.05 feet; discharge, 10,400 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of New River at Fayette, W. Va., for the

SO, 1914.

[C. J. Henry, observer.]

ing Sept.

Day.

i.. ........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10.................*........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.4

4.8

S

O

5.4

S

O

6.1

5.2

A Q

4 3

3.6

2

K

2.1

1.8

1.4 1 <>

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.6

1.8

2.0

2.4 

2.2 

2.0

Nov.

2.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.7

1 Q

2.2

4.5

7

O

7.4

7.4

7 Q

7.1

6

n

6.3

6.0

5.5

5.4

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.0 

6.6

Dec.

6.7

6.8

7.0

7.0

6.5

7 ^

7.4

7.4

7.3

7.1

6 Q

6.3

6.0

5.5

5

0

7.7

8.3

8 A

7.8

7.0

5.1

3 1

3.1

3 1

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.7 

2.6 

3.5

Jan.

3.9

3.9

4.0

5.3

6.8

7.4

7.9

8.0

8.1

8.2

8.3

ft K

8.4

8.4

8.3

8.1

7.9

7.8

7.1

7 3

7 Q

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.0

5.2

5.1

5.1

4.9 

4.9 

5.0

Feb.

5.2

5.2

5.5

6.0

6.1

6.3

6.3

5.4

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.2

i a

5.8

7.1

7.1

6

0

6.3

5.9

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.1

Mar.

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.7

3.8

4.0

5.1

5.2

5.8

6.0

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.1

7.0

fi Q

6.8

6.7

6.6

6.4

5.9

5.8

5.6

5

4

5.3

4.9

4.8

4 Q

5.1 

5.2 

5.2

Apr.

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.6

A K

4.5 i t;

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.8 

4.8

May.

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.1

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.4

4.2

4.2

 i O

4.2

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.8

4.9

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.2 

5.2 

5.2

June.

5.0

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

2

0

2.7

2.6 

2.4

July.

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

.9

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.9

2.1

2.3

2.6

2,7

3.2

3.5

3,7

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.2

4.2 

4.2 

4.3

Aug.

4.3

4.4

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.9

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.6

5.6

5 7

5.7

5.7

5-8

5.8

5.9

5.9

5.9

6.0

6.0

6.6

6.5

H Q

5.8

5.7 

5.7

Sept.

5.1

5.0

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.3

3.0

2.8

2.3

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.2

.6 

.3

NOTE. Discharge relation probably not materially aflected by ice.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN.

NORTH FORK OP NEW RIVER NEAR CRUMPLER, N. C.

Location. Half a mile above confluence of North and South Forks of New Rivei%

and about 2J miles north of Grumpier, N. C. 

Drainage area. 279 square miles.

Records available. August 13, 1908, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Staff gage attached to posts on right bank; read daily, morning and evening,

to hundred tha. Limits of use: Hundred tha below 2, half-tenths from 2 to 3, and

tenths above 3 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from a boat at a section one-eighth mile below

gage; or by wading. The boat cable section was formerly at a ford one-fourth

mile above gage, but was moved July 23, 1911, to a point one-eighth mile below

gageChannel and control. Practically permanent. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 4.6 feet at 5.30 p. m.

February 20. Minimum stage recorded: 1.10 feet at 5.30 p. m. July 2. 

The flood of April 20,1901, reached a height of about 16.4 feet referred to datum

of the present gage.

Winter flow. Little if at all affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Gage-height record is very reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by wading, by Peterson and 

Walters: 

December 17,1913: Gage height, 1.65 feet; discharge, 212 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of North Fork of New River near Grumpier, N. C., for the year

ending Sept. SO, 1914. 

[J. J. Garvey, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IS..........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

1.74 

1.64 

1.62 

1.59 

1.56

1.54 

1.52 

1.52 

1.61 

1.68

1.60 

1.56 

1.56 

1.50 

1.48

1.48 

1.48 

1.50 

1.56 

2.05

1.86 

1.70 

1.74 

2.2 

2.75

2.15 

1.98 

1.89 

1.82 

1.76 

1.70

Nov.

1.69 

1.64 

1.63 

1.62 

1.60

1.60 

1.58 

1.62 

2.25 

1.88

1.78 

1.74 

1.86 

1.85 

1.83

1.80 

2.4 

2.15 

2.0 

1.92

1.84 

1.80 

1.76 

1.73 

1.66

1.64 

1.64 

1.63 

1.63 

1.64

Dec.

2.0 

2.3 

1.93 

1.83 

1.80

1.74 

1.87 

2.0 

1.72 

1.74

2.05 

1.78 

1.86 

1.85 

1.75

1.69 

1.68 

1.68 

1.66 

1.62

1.60 

1.60 

1.62 

1.68 

1.72

2.4 

1.80 

1.98 

1.86 

1.98 

1.95

Jan.

1.94 

1.89 

2.00 

1.90 

1.92

1.89 

1.83 

1.83 

2.3 

3.2

2.6 

2.2 

1.92 

2.0 

2.3

2.05 

2.15 

1.84 

1.98 

1.93

2.25 

2.05 

1.96 

2.1 

2.85

2.4 

2.25 

2.15 

2.1 

2.05 

3.3

Feb.

3.0 

2.6 

2.4 

2.3 

2.25

3.1 

3.6 

3.1

2.7 

2.55

2.45 

2.3 

2.3 

2.1 

2.2

2.2 

1.81 

2.6 

3.0 

4.4

3.8 

3.1 

2.9 

3.1 

2.8

2.7 

2.55 

2.45

Mar.

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.45 

2.3

2.25 

2.25 

2.2 

2.15 

2.15

2.5 

4.2 

3.3 

2.9 

2.75

2.75 

2.9 

3.2 

3.8

2.8

2.55 

2.55 

2.4 

2.4 

2.35

2.4 

2.5 

2.9 

2.7 

3.9 

4.0

Apr.

».8 

3.7 

3.3 

3.0 

2.95

2.6 

2.5 

2.5 

2.4 

2.2

2.2 

2.15 

2.1 

2.25 

3.9

3.5 

3.4 

3.1

2.8 

3.2

2.9 

2.7 

2.6 

2.5 

2.45

2.5 

2.4 

2.25 

2.2 

2.2

May.

2.1 

2.05 

2.05 

2.05 

2.3

3.1 

2.7 

2.5 

2.5 

2.4

2.25 

2.2 

2.1 

2-15 

2.05

2.0 

1.98 

1.97 

1.92

1.88

1.85 

1.82 

1.80 

1.79 

1.77

1.72 

1.70 

1.69 

1.68

1.82 

1.67

June.

1.64 

1.60 

1.59 

1.56 

1.60

2.25 

1.88 

1.81 

1.67 

1.82

1.64 

1.52 

1.60 

1.56 

1.61

1.51 

1.43 

1.42 

1.57 

1.52

1.50 

1.48 

1.41 

1.40 

1.38

1.42 

1.36 

1.32 

1.23 

1.18

July.

1.18 

1.20 

1.92 

1.52 

1.58

1.46 

1.38 

1.38 

1.33 

1.85

1.50 

1.46 

1.30 

2.15 

2.35

2.0 

1.71 

2.0 

1.64 

1.48

1.40 

1.37 

1.34 

1.29 

1.24

1.22 

1.42 

1.38 

1.48 

1.38 

1.27

Aug.

1.22 

1.20 

1.17 

1.48 

1.34

1.26 

1.20 

1-18 

1.20 

1.31

1.36 

1.30 

1.24 

1.40 

1.40

1.34 

1.22 

1.18 

1.13 

1.12

1.24 

1.33 

1.26 

1.15 

1.14

1.48 

2.05 

3.5 

2.05 

1.66 

1.48

Sept.

1.38 

1.34 

1.30 

1.29 

1.26

1.22 

1.20 

1.20 

1.40 

1.32

1.30 

1.78 

1.46 

1.32 

1.26

1.18 

1.26 

1.74 

1.52 

1.55

1.42 

1.32 

1.26 

1.22 

1.28

1.32 

1.24 

1.20 

1.18 

1.18

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Jan. 13-17 and Feb. 15-17. 

14725° WSP 383 16 4
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

REED CREEK AT GRAHAMS FORGE, VA.

Location. At highway bridge at Grahams Forge, Va.

Drainage area. 247 square miles.

Becords available. July 29, 1908, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to

hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3, half-tenths from 3 to 4.5, and

tenths above 4.5 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Permanent; bottom solid rock. A determination be leveling, July 20, 1911, and December 13, 1913, indicates that there would be no flow.

past the gage if the river stage were to fall to 0.6 foot, ±0.1 foot, by the gage datum. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 4.6 feet at 5.25 p. m.

February 20. Minimum stage recorded: 1.69 feet at 5.30 p. m. June 17. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice for short periods. 

Regulation. Dam and gristmill just above the station. The storage is small, and

the miller states that water flows over the dam at all times. The flow is therefore

little if at all modified by the operation of the mill. 

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by wading, by Peterson and 

Walters: 

December 13, 1913: Gage height, 2.13 feet; discharge, 99 second-feet.

Daily gage height, infect, of Reed Creek at Grahams Forge, Va,, for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914.

[J. T. Black, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

8.. .......... ..........j...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

2.14

2.16

2.14

2.12

2.10

2

10

2

11

2.14

2.12

2.12

2.12

2 in

2.10

2.10

2.15

2.12

2 in

2.14

2 9ft

2.24

2.18

2.14

2 17

2.28

2 91

2.20

2 1ft

2.14 

2.11 

2.14

Nov.

2.10

2.10

2

1 1

2.14

2 1O.

9 19

2 11

2.06

2.26

2

19

2 99

2 1Q

2.16

2 1ft

2 17

2 1ft

2 9ft

2

9.9

2 94

2 99

2 1ft

2.17

2 1ft

2.14

2.06

2 19

2 in

2 19

2.02

2.08

Dec.

2.33

2.56

2.46

2.34

2 9Q

2.24

2.29

2 99

2 99

2 97

2 9ft

2 94

2.21

2 on

2 11

2 no

2.14

2.10

2 no

2 19

2.10

2.10

2.06

2 19

9 11

2 99

2 91

2 94

2.31 

2.30 

2.38

Jan.

2.46

2.40

2.38

2.44

2 A.A.

2

OQ

2.40

2.43

2 CO

3.45

3 1

2.82

2 64

2.64

2

CA

2 4ft

2.50

2 47

2.42

2 *9

9 79

2 63

2,50

2 10.

2

7fi

9 79

9 fil

2.54

2.46 

2.45 

2.70

Feb.

2.94

2.74

2.66

2

C7

2.56

2.88

3 Q

3.45

3 Ac

2.86

2 7ft

2.66

2 ft9

2

KA

2.60

2.56

2.56

2 an

3 OK

4.4

3.45

3

oe

3

oe

3 1

2.98

2

QE

Mar.

2.92

2.75

2.78

2.77

2.74

2.73

2

7O

2

7O

2.70

2.66

5 i

4.2

3.45

3 9

3 1

3 1

9 1

9 1

2 95

2

Q7

2 on

2.78

9 7Q

2

00

0 CO

2 Of)

2.80

2

7K

2.72 

3.15

3.85

Apr.

3.6

3.6

3.35

3 1

9 Q4

2.85

2.78

2 7fi

2.72

2.64

2.60

2.59

2

Kft

2

Kft

2.80

2 Q4

2 Qfi

2

07

2.82

2 Q7

2 QS

2

Qft

2

7C

2.70

2 65

2.61

2 an

2 54

2.50

2.50

May.

2.44

2.43

2.40

2.42

2.48

2.64

2

RA

2.62

2.58

2.54

2.48

2.46

2 A*)

2.40

2.36

2.34

2 Oft

2

94

2

OQ

2 9ft

2.26

2.24

2.26

2.24

2 99

2

O9

2 on

2 1ft

2.17 

2.20 

2.21

June.

2.18

2.18

2.18

2 1Q

2.18

2.18

2 on

2 1Q

2 on

2.08

2.08

2.16

2 1O.

2 1fi

2 14

2

11

1 Q4

2.06

2.10

2.15

2.16

2.14

2.16

2 1 n

2.11

2 1 9

2.08

2.10

2.04 

2.12

July.

2.06

2.12

2.14

2 1 n

9 ft7

2.08

2 19

2 no

2.14

2.18

2

01

2.16

2 OQ

2

O.fi

2 ^n

2 91

2 4fi

2.34

2.16

2.16

2.15

2 19

2.12

2.14

2 19

2 19

2 ft4

2.16

2.14 

2.04 

2.08

Aug.

2.05

2.12

2.04

2 19

1 Q9

2.04

2.08

2.10

2.10

2.08

2.12

2.13

2 1 9

2.12

9 no

2.12

1 Q7

2 19

2.00

2 no

2 no

2.16

2.08

1 OQ

2 09

2 64

2.56

3 A

2.56 

2.33 

2.22

Sept.

2.16

2.13

2.12

2.14

2.08

2.12

2.02

2.14

2.15

2.24

2.10

1.91

2.17

2.05

2.13

2.12

2.14

2.14

2.16

2.14

2 1ft

2.16

2.04

9 14

2.12

2.10

2.14

2 no

2.13 

2.10

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Feb. 15-17.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN. 51

BIG REED ISLAND CREEK NEAR ALLISONIA, VA.

Location! About 1,200 feet above a suspension footbridge at J. P. Thomas's fium, 

1J miles from Allisonia, Va., and half a mile above the mouth of Little Iteed 

Island Creek.

Drainage area, 291 square miles.

Records avaUable.-July 31,1908, to September 30,1914. j

Gage. Vertical staff fastened to a tree on right bank; read once daily to hundredths; 

after periods of precipitation it is read twice daily. Limits of use: Hundredths 

below 1, half-tenths from 1 to 2, and tenths above 2 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of suspension footbridge 

1,200 feet below gage, or by wading under bridge.

Channel and control. Channel at measuring section subject to change causec. by 

deposits of silt from ore washing. Control probably permanent. A determination by leveling, July 19, 1911, indicates that there would be no flow past the

gage if the river stage were to fall to 0.7 foot ±0.2 foot. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 2.5 feet at 5 p[ m.

January 31. Minimum stage recorded: 0.28 foot at 6 p. m. August 20. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation sometimes affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Records of gage height reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Big Reed Island Creek near Allisonia, Va., during the year

ending Sept. SO, 1914.

Date.

Dec. 12

12

Made by 

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.60

.68

Dk

charge.

Sec^rft.

*323

" Wading measurement about 1,300 feet above gage; small amount of ice at control. 

t Wading measurement about 1,000 feet above gage; creek practically clear of ice.
52 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Big Reed Island Creek near Allisonia, Va.,for (he year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[K. M. Thomas, observer.]

Day.

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

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

S... ...... .................

t. ................ .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

0.65

.59

.58

.56

u

u

.53

.66

.68

.68

.61

' Oft

.61

.56

UK

«

.52

.55

.63

2.0

1.15

.83

.74

1.5

1.45

.92

.80

.80

.73 

.69 

.65

Nov.

0.66

.65

64

.64

.62

flO

.63

.69

2.0

1.2

.86

SI

.78

.76

*73

*!*>

Q*>

.77

.74

.70

.68

.67

.67

64

.63

.61

Kfi

.62

.63 

.64

Dec.

0.88

1.25

.80

79

.71

78

.76

.74

.72

.74

.77

.72

.68

.65

.65

64

.64

.61

.63

.63ff>

.63

.74

.74

1.05

.76

.77

.74 

.73

. BQ

Jan.

0.70

.68

.58

.88

.83

f\

.76

.88

1.0

.98

.82

.73

.97

.99

OQ

.80

.76

1.0

1.25

1.0

.90

.92

1.6

1.15

Qd

.87

.84 

.81 

2.5

Feb.

1.5

1.15

.96

.91

on

1.65

1.65

1.25

1.05

.99

.97

.92

.97

1.45

1.5

1.05

1.1

1.15

1.25

1.85

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.05

.98

.96

.95

.94

Mar.

0.94

1.1

1.25

.93

.89

on

.96

.95

.80

.81

1.05

1.3

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.05

1.05

1.45

1.1

1.05

.97

OS

.94

Q1

.90

.88

.87

.92

.89 

1.0

Oft

Apr.

1.2

1.25

.98

.92

.87

.84

.82

1.3

1.1

.94

.88

.84

.83

.87

1.05

1.2

1.0

.93

,88

1.5

1.1

97

.91

.87

.85

.82

.78

.77

.77 

.76

May.

0.73

.73

.72

.71

.98

1.0

.81

.79

.76

.75

.70

.89

.72

.70

.66

.66

.65

.65

.63

.62

.60

.60

.58

.58

.57

.56

.55

.54

.57 

.78 

.60

June.

0.57

.55

.53

.51

.52

.62

.60

.63

.60

.64

.67

.95

'.54.56

.50

.46

.45

.44

48

.49

.49

.44

.41

.37

.34

.37

.51

.62

.44 

.37

My.

0.35

.77

.45

.45

.45

.51

.84

.49

.47

.59

.46

.38

.37

1.35

.76

.87

.76

.64

.50

.44

.40

.37

.37

.35

.34

.37

.60

.44

.40 

.33 

.33

Aug.

0.36

.34

.33

.38

.36

.37

.35

.33

.32

.65

.82

.80

.52

.47

.40

.38

.35

.34

.31

.28

.30

.62

.35

.31

.39

1.0

.99

1.2

.86 

.58 

.51

Sept.

0.48

.58

.51

.44

.37

.36

.36

.70

.67

.47

.44

.54

.46

.42

.40

.36

.37

.42

.42

.40

.42

.37

.38

.48

.38

.36

.33

.32

.32 

.31

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Jan. 14-16, Feb. 14-18, and Mar. 2-3. 

LITTLE RIVER NEAR COPPER VALLEY, VA.

Location. At highway bridge, 600 feet above the mouth of Indian Creek, half a mile

north of Copper Valley, Va., and about 5 miles south of Childress. 

Drainage area. 195 square miles.

Records available. July 25,1908, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening,

to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 4, half-tenths from 4 to 5, and

tenths above 5 feet. ,

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Probably permanent. Determinations by leveling, July 18,

1911, and September 21, 1912, indicate that there would be no flow past the gage

if the river stage wers to fall to 1.8 feet ±0.2 foot. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 6.4 feet at 5.40 p. m.

January 31. Minimum stage recorded: 3.05 feet at 6.20 p. m. July 25. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice for short periods. 

Accuracy. Gage-height records reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement wits made by Peterson and Walters:

December 10,1913: Gage height, 3.31 feet; discharge, 138 second-feet.
KANAWHA BTVER BASIN. 53

Daily gage height, in feet, of Little River near Copper Valley, Va., for \the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[A. W. De Hart, observer.]

Day.

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

2.. ....... .................j

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

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

5..............;...........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

3.38

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.28

3.25

3.26

3.29

3.50

3.82

3.58

3.62

3.50

3.38

3.32

3.29

3.30

3.30

3.38

4.25

4 it;

3.63

3.52

3.50

4.2

3.75

3.58

3.46

3.40 

3.41 

3.40

Nov.

3.41

3.38

3.38

3.36

3.38

3.36

3.34

3.46

5.0

4.1

3.75

3.58

3.68

3.60

3.62

3.55

3.72

3.62

3.55

3.50

3.46

3.44

3.45

3.41

3.40

3.38

3.42

3.40

3.41 

3.41

Dec.

3.70

4.25

3.76

3.62

3.56

3.50

3.62

3.68

3.48

3.45

3.58

3.50

3.54

3.54

3.41

3.40

3.38

3.40

3.34

3.34

3.35

3.35

3.38

3.60

3.50

4.15

3.64

3.58

3.45 

3.50 

3.49

Jan.

3.48

3.46

3.38

3.49

3.72

3.70

3.78

3.82

3 Q4

4.45

4.1

3.80

3.80

3.81

3

O.4

3.85

3.81

3.84

3.76

3.88

4.4

3.92

3.68

3.72

4.45

4.0

3.82

3.74

3.68 

3.68 

5.1

Feb.

4.6

4.05

3.90

3.84

3.82

4.35

4.85

4.25

3.98

3.88

3.91

3.84

3.62

3.41

4.35

4.1

4.0

4.05

4.65

5.4

d 7

4.35

4.2

4.05

4.0

3.98

3.90

3.89

Mar.

3.78

3.60

3.75

4.15

3.85

3.76

3.74

3.70

3.66

3.59

3.98

4.6

4.2

4.05

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.4

4.2

4.15

3 as

3.98

3 <K

3.92

3.86

3.80

3.80

3.81

3.81

3.88 

3.98

Apr.

4.1

4.1

3.98

3.85

3.81

3.80

3.75

3.85

3.84

3.79

3.75

3.71

3.70

3.71

4.3

4.3

3 Qfi

3.88

3.81

4 <w

4.0

3.86

3 7Q

3.75

3.74

3.71

3.70

3.69

3.66 

3.65

May.

3.65

3.61

3.59

3.59

3.71

3.76

3.71

3.71

3.64

3.61

3.60

3.58

3.55

3.52

3.50

3.45

3.45

3.48

3.46

3.46

3.45

3.42

3.42

3.41

3.40

3.39

3.38

3.35

3.36 

3.35 

3.38

June.

3.39

3-36

3.32

3.30

3.31

3.36

3.39

3.36

3.34

3.58

3.32

3.38

3.40

3.30

3.25

3.24

3.20

3.20

3.21

3.26

3.25

3.24

3.20

3.20

3.16

3.15

3.14

3.30

3.22 

3.15

W.

Ms

3.56

3.32

3.25

3.28

3.28

3.22

3.41

3.31

3.31

3.40

3.22

&15

4.35

3.95

3.78

3.60

3.48

3.32

3.21

3.18

3.15

3.12

3.10

3.06

3.10

3.28

3.30

3.19 

3.15 

3.11

Aug.

3.18

3.11

3.40

3.38

3.22

3.20

3.15

3.18

3.11

3.14

3.18

3.28

3.20

3.45

3.25

3.20

3.19

3.14

3.10

3.12

3.19

3.16

3.18

3.16

3.30

3.76

3.80

5.0

4.6 

3.52 

3.32

Sept.

3.25

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.12

3.18

3.24

3.20

3.25

3.29

3.25

3.24

3.21

3.20

3.38

3.42

3.32

3.24

3.20

3.19

3.14

3.15

3.14

3.18

3.11

3.11 

3.10

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice about Jan. 13-19, and Feb. 11-18. 

WALKER CREEK AT STAFFORDSVILLE, VA.

Location.. At highway bridge at Staff ordsville, Va., 500 feet below month of Whitley Creek.

Drainage area. 277 miles.

Records available. July 24, 1908, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage, attached to bridge^ read daily, morning and evening, to 

hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 4, half-tenths from 4 to 5, and 

tenths above 5 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Practically permanent.

Extremes of stage. rMaximum stage recorded during year: 7.3 feet at 7.25^,. m. 

February 20. Minimum stage recorded: 2.64 feet at 7 p. m. August 5.

Winter flow. Discharge relation probably not affected by ice.

Regulation. A dam and power plant 300 feet above the station may affect the flow 

at low water.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by Peterson and Walters:

December 9, 1913: Gage height, 3.46 feet; discharge, 165 second-feet.
54 SUBFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Walker Creek at StaffordsvilU, Va., for the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

[J. F. Durham, observer.]

Day.

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

2..T.. .....................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15....... ........ .A. .......

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

2.96

2.93

2.97

2 94

2.87

2.85

2.86

2.86

2.90

2.88

2.91

0 QO

2.80

2.82

2.82

2.76

2.85

2.88

2.91

3.45

3.45

3.22

3.08

3.15

3.62

3.60

3.46

3.34

3.25 

3.11 

3.08

Nov.

3.06

3.02

3.00

2,99

2.96

2.91

2.91

3.02

4.1

3.86

3.65

3

40

3.38

3.34

3.40

3.44

3.47

3.70

3.62

3.49

3.40

3.30

3.28

3.20

3.14

3.12

3.12

3.14

3.10 

3.10

Dec.

3.30

4.1

3 95

3 68

3.58

3.55

3.50

3.58

3.47

°* 49

3.42

3.30

3.24

3.22

3.20

3.21

3.18

3.14

3.16

3.11

3.10

3.11

3.14

3.23

3 71

3.72

3

ftA

3.62 

3.60 

3.64

Jan.

3.72

3.66

3.58

3 50

3.86

3.77

3.76

3.78

4.25

6.0

5.2

4.75

4.0

3.99

4.1

4.0

4.1

4.1

3^98

4.15

5.8

H 9.

4.6

4.4

5.4

4.95

4.65

4

0

4.15 

4.05 

4.5

Feb.

5.7

4.9

4.55

4.35

4.3

4.65

6.6

5.9

5.1

4.75

4.6

4 OK

4.15

4.0

4.1

3.96

3.72

4.05

5.4

7.2

6.1

5.5

5.45

5.2

4

7K

4.65

4.55

4.55

Mar.

4.55

4.3

4.3

425

4.25

4.3

4.25

4.2

4.1

3 on

5.4

6.5

5.6

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.7

5.7

5.2

4.9

4.45

4 4H

4.5

4.5

4 H

4.55

4.6

4 H

4.4 

4.7 

5.8

Apr.

6.4

6.2

5.6

5.1

4.8

4.55

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.15

4.1

4.05

3.96

3.90

4.3

5.3

5.0

4.65

4.45

4.85

5.0

4.75

4.5

4.35

4.25

4.15

3.99

3.93

3.84 

3.75

May.

3.67

3.62

3.59

3 60

3.66

3.70

3.66

3.60

3.60

3.54

3.48

3 44

3.40

3.38

3.33

3.32

3.30

3.24

3.22

3.22

3.20

3.18

3.17

3.16

3.11

3.10

3.10

3.10

3.05 

3.04 

3.02

June.

3.00

3.04

2.98

294

2.95

3.00

3.00

3.02

3.00

3.00

2.91

2

<V4

2.95

3.02

2.94

2.88

2.86

2.84

2.85

2.84

2.91

2.96

2.94

2.85

2.93

2.90

2.75

2.80

2.75 

2.74

July.

2.77

2.85

2.23

2.79

2.84

2.80

2.80

2.76

2.88

2.82

2.75

2.85

2.86

3.15

3.32

3.15

3.00

2.94

2.93

2.85

2.80

2.76

2.73

2.74

2.73

2 72

2.71

2.70

2.71 

2.75 

2.72

Aug.

2.70

2.68

2.66

2.68

2.67

2.66

2.67

2.75

2.75

2.81

2.75

2.82

2.83

2.85

2.83

2.76

2.72

2.75

2.71

2.72

2.72

2.72

2.75

2.72

2.95

3.05

3.38

3.88

3.66 

3.36 

3.13

Sept.

3.02

2.91

2.88

2.82

2.80

2.79

2.78

2.82

2.73

2.78

2.80

2.84

2.91

2.88

2.82

2.82

2.78

2.78

2.82

2.80

2.76

2.78

2.78

2.80

2.82

2.80

2.82

2.80

2.79 

2.80

WOLF CREEK NEAR NARROWS, VA.

Location. At highway bridge 3 miles above Narrows, Va., 1,500 feet below the New

Elver, Holston & Western Railroad bridge, and 2J miles above mouth of Mill

Creek.

Drainage area. 223 square miles.

Records available. July 22,1908, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to

hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3.5, half-tenths from 3.5 to 4.5,

and 'tenths above 4.5 feet;

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. A determination by leveling July

15,1911, indicates that there would be no flow past the gage if the river stage were

to fall to 1.1 feet ±0.2 foot. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 6.7 feet at 6.50 a. m.

February 20. Minimum stage recorded: 2.18 feet at 6 p. m. August 21 and 22. 

A stage of approximately 15.5 feet, referred to the gage datum, has been

reached at this station; date unknown. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation not affected by ice except for short periods during

extremely cold weather. 

Accuracy. Gage-height records reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by Peterson and Walters:

December 8, 1913; Gage height, 8»lp feet; discharge, 159 second-feet,
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN. 55

Dally gage height, in feet, of Wolf Creek, near Narrows, Fa., for the year ending Sept. SO,

1914.

IS. A. Hale, observer.]

- Day.

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

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

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

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

Oct.

2.51

2.50

2.50

2.47

2.45

2.46

2 46

2.44

2.48

2.46

2.46

2.44

2 41

2.41

2.40

2.40

2.38

2.40

2.44

2.76

2.90

2.76

2.68

3.26

3.22

3.04

2.97

2 on

2.81

2.75

Nov.

2.68

2.62

2.58

2.56

2.58

2.59

258

2.60

3.23

3.41

3.13

3.00

3.00

3.36

3.31

3.9

3.85

3.5

3.32

3.18

3.07

3.02

2.97

2.92

2.84

2.78

2.74 it in

2.69

Dec.

2.78

3.8

3.48

3.34

3.20

3.12

3.08

3.10

3.02

2.92

3.02

2.90

2.92

2.88

2.86

2.86

2.80

2.78

2.76

2.73

2.71

2.70

2.71

2.70

2.72

3.09

3.16

3.05

3.12

3.11

3.16

Tan.

3.24

3.22

3.95

3.7

3.20

3.19

3.16

3.16

3.7

5.2

4.5

4.05

3.6

3.5

3.48

3.40

3.37

3.31

3.25

3.29

4.25

4.05

3.75

3.6

5.1

4.6

4.2

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.9

Feb.

4.25

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.65

3.7

5.0

4.8

4.35

4.1

3.95

3.7

3.6

3.40

3.49

3.42

3.31

3.6

4.9

6.5

5.4

4.8

4 4

4.7

4.4

4.15

4.05

3.95

Mar.

3 0

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.8

3.7

3.65

3.6

3.46

4.7

5.6

5.0

4.6

4.5

4.8

5.3

5.4

5.1

4.35

4.0

3.95

3.75

3.8

3.9

4.05

4.3

4.15

4 05

4 0

5.8

Apr.

6.0

5.9

5.2

4.6

4.3

4.05

3.85

3.85

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.55

3.5

3.41

3.6

4.4

.45

.2

.0

.3

.4

.2

4 05

3.9

3.75

3.7

3.6

3.48

3.38

3.33

May.

3.26

3.19

3.15

3.12

3.17

3.20

3.18

3.12

3.14

3.13

3.08

3.04

3.02

3.00

2.98

2.94

2.88

2.85

2.84

2.83

2.81

2.79

2.75

2.71

2.68

2.65

2.64

2.60

2.59

2.60

2.60

June.

2.57

2.54

2.48

2.47

2.50

2.53

2.58

2.57

2.50

2.52

2.47

2.46

2.60

2.74

2.56

2.49

2.48

2.44

2.44

2.45

2.70

2.67

2.54

2.48

2.48

2.47

2.44

2.41

2 in

2.38

July.

2.36

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.39

2.39

2.38

2.34

2.34

2.36

2.46

2.46

2.42

3.12

3.12

2.68

2.62

2.64

2.60

2.58

2.48

2.41

2.38

2.34

2.32

2.38

2.42

2.46

It 44

2.39

2.35

Aug.

9 94

2.33

2.34

2.32

2.34

2.34

2.34

2.33

2.42

2.42

2.46

2.48

2.42

2.30

2.32

2.30

2.29

2.26

2.24

2.21

2.18

2.19

2.23

2.22

2.31

2.65

2.86

3.8

3.38

2 (tit

2.73

Sept.

2.62

2.56

2.47

2.40

2.38

2.37

2.34

2.32

2.32

2.31

2.34

2.45

2.48

2.42

2.35

2:31

2.29

2.27

2.26

2.24

2.26

2.24

2 94

2.28

2.35

2.38

2.40

2.32

2:29

2.28

NOTE. Discharge relation probably not materially affected by ice.

BLUESTONE RIVER AT LILLY, W. VA.

liocation. At Lilly, W. Va., 2,000 feet below mouth of Little Bluestone River.

Drainage area. 454 square miles.

Becords available. August 22, 1908, to January 13; 1912; July 21 to November 7,

1912; January 15 to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Vertical staff gage in two sections; read daily, morning and evening, to

hundredths. . Limits of use: Hundredths below 2, half-tenths from 2 to 3.5, and

tenths above 3.5 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from a boat 150 feet above gage, or by wading. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. Levels taken August 24, 1910, and

November 13, 1913, indicate that there would be no flow past the gage if the river

stage were to fall to 0.0 ±0,2 foot.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 7.0 feet at 8 a. m. February 20. Minimum stage recorded: 0.65 foot at 5 p. m. August 24. 

Winter flow. During parts of December, January, and February the discharge

relation may be affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by wading, by Peterson and 

Walters: 

> November 13, 1913: Gage height, 2.09 feet) discharge, 323 second-feet,
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bluest/one River at Lilly, W. Va., for the year ending SepL

SO, 1914.

[W. H. Lilly, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

0.91

.86

.93

1.03

1.21

1.21

1.15

1.03

1.01

.91

.91

.81

.86

.91

.89

.90

.93

.96

.96

1.12

1.13

1.19

1.13

1.11

1.12

1.10

1.19

1.89

1.63

1.49

1.46

Nov.

1.29

1.23

1.22

1.21

1.19

1.11

1.10

1.05

1.93

2.45

2.15

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.35

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.15

O A

1.96

I on

1 fift

1 70

1 7Q

1.75

1 7ft

1.75

1 7ft

1 ftS

Dec.

2.6

2.95

2.8

2.45

2.05

1.90

1.92

1 80

1.75

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.69

1.61

1.61

1 IS

1.52

1.54

i as

1.46

1.45

1.44

1 49

1.40

1.36

1

09

1 98

9 1^

2 1

9 1

2.1

Jan.

2.35

2.2

2.45

2.15

2.4

2 4

2.4

9 q

0 .IE

5.5

4.4

q q

q A

2 Q

2

OE

9 7*.

2.4

9 ^

9 1

2.25

3.6

3 IE

9 *,£

9 Q

4.8

4.7

q e

9 Q

2 UK

2.5

Feb.

2.6

2.6

2.5

2 4

2.3

2.65

3 7

3.6

3.3

2.9

2.75

2.7

2.35

9 9

2.2

9 *>*,

2.65

2 ft

5.0

6

C

5.4

4.1

3 Q

4.1

3 ft

3

E

q Q

3.05

Mar.

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.95

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.55

4.0

3

a

o 7

4.0

4.7

5.1

5.2

4.0

3.3

3

Q

3.6

q Q

q q

^ 9

q OK

q q

q o

4 q

5.1

Apr.

4.4

4.0

3.6

3.45

3.4

3.4

2.85

9 0

3.6

3.1

3.05

2.85

2.5

2.55

2.85

3 Q

4.1

3 ft

3.2

9 <W\

2.8

9 ftfi

2.85

9 ft

9 ft

2.5

9 H

2 q

9 9

2.0

May.

1.88

1.82

1.80

1.79

1.79

1.88

1.88

2.1

2.0

1.94

1.90

1.82

1.80

1.72

1.62

1.56

1.50

1.50

1.48

1.47

1.42

I

on

1.36

1

QE

1 ^A

1.29

1 OS

i <tn

1 OS

1.32

1 44

June.

1.30

1.31

1.29

1.25

1.30

1.44

1.39

1.36

1.32

1.26

1.16

1.10

1.03

1.00

.99

.96

.94

.89

.96

QO

.96

QQ

.92

95

i ftfi

1.09

1.02

.96

QA

.96

July.

1.00

.90

.94

.92

1.02

1.02

.92

.90

.96

1.00

.92

.85

.80

.80

.88

1.24

1.88

1.71

1.48

1.10

.97

.88

82ftft

01

.88

1.02

1.21

1.09

1.02

1.02

Aug.

0.99

.90

.80

.80

.90

1.20

1.21

1.24

1.20

1.19

1.12

1.09

1.10

1.09

1.12

1.09

1.06

1.01

.96

SB

.82

.75

.70

.68

.70

on

1 34

2.05

SL3

2.3

2.3

Sept.

2 1

2.2

2.2

1.15

1.12

1.10

1.10

1.08

1.08

1.12

1.11

1.10

1.08

1.10

.95

.85

.90

.82

.74

.76

sn

.85

on

.86

.84

oo

.81ai

.83

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Feb. 17-18.

GREENBRIER RIVER NEAR MARLINTON, W. VA.

Location. At Chesapeake & Ohio Railway bridge on the switch that runs to Campbell's lumber mill, 1J miles above Marlinton, W. Va., and immediately below 

the mouth of Stoney Creek.

Drainage area.v-408 square miles.

Records available. July 9, 1908, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, 

to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 4.5, half-tenths from 4.5 to 

5.5, and tenths above 5.5 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Probably not permanent. Bed at measuring section composed of coarse gravel. A determination by leveling, September 6, 1912, indicated that there would be no flow past the gage if the river stage were to fall 

to 2.7 feet ±0.1 foot. On November 11, 1913, this stage was found to be 2.2 feet 

±0.2 foot.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 8.8 feet at 5 p. m. 

November 16, 1913, and 6 p. m. April 26, 1914. Minimum stage recorded: 3.05 

feet September 25 to 30.

Winter flow. Discharge relation may be affected by ice for short periods during 

December, January, and February.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.
KAFAWHA RIVER BASIN. 57

<e measurements of Greenbrier River near Marlinton, W. Va., during the year 

ending Sept. SO, 1914.

Date.

Nov. 11

12

Made by 

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

Gage 

height.

Feet.

4.84

4.60

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

982

816

Doily gage height, in feet, of Greenbrier River near Marlinton, W. Va.,for the year ending 

/ Sept. SO, 1914.

[C. H. McCoy, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21.........:................

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

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

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

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

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

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

28;.........................

29.:........................

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

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

Oct.

3-40

3.53

3.51

3.43

3.40

3.33

3.32

3 98

3.56

3.70

4.03

3.96

3.87

3.80

3.76

3.72

3.67

3.73

1 Oft

4.75

5.05

5.0

4.6

4.95

5.8

6.2

5.7

5.05

4.7

4.5 

4.34

Nov.

A IS

4.00

3.92

3.80

3.77

3.73

3.71

3.70

4.7

4.46

4.8

4.6

4.7

7.0

7.7

8.4

7.6

6.1

5.35

4.6

4.42

4.36

4.30

4.26

4 -to

4.04

3.94

4.15

4 34

4.6

Dec.

4.9

5.0

4.45

a dn

4.33

4.28

4.75

4.8

4.75

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.46

d t<t

4.34

4.29

4.27

4.24

4.18

4.09

3.96

o 07

4.04

4.18

6.4

5.4

4.65

4.7

4.6 

4.49

Jan.

4 40

4.38

4.34

4.41

4.36

4 9Q

4.16

4.10

4.15

5.2

5.15

4.7

4.6

a s

4.8

A 7%

4.7

4.5

4.24

4.20

7.1

6.9

6.2

5.9

5.9

5.8

5.8

5 7

5.6

5.6

7.7

Feb.

7.6

6.4

5.2

4.85

4.7

4.65

4.8

4.95

5.1

5.1

4.8

4.7

4.85

5.1

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.85

5.6

7.2

5.8

5.4

5.15

5.05

4.95

4.9

4.7

4.55

Mar.

4.44

4.40

4.36

4.8

4,8

4.75

4.7ft

4.6

3.85

3.80

3.78

3-78

4.05

4.18

4.55

5.1

5.35

6.1

5.4

4.95

4 6

4.55

4.45

4.42

4.85

6.0 ^7.2 

7 2

6.8

6.7 

6.1

Apr.

5.5

6.4

5.6

5.05

4.7

4.55

6.0

6.2

5.6

5.1

4.75

4.45

4.25

4.38

5.15

5.6

5.2

4.48

5.1

5.4

5.15

4.85

4.65

4.28

8.4

7.0

5.6

5.0

4.7

May.

4 38

4,?0

4.10

3.93

4.33

505

5.05

4.75

4.55

4.44

4.24

4,18

4.10

3.94

3.84

3.74

3.70

3.60

3.56

3.50

3 46

3.40

3.34

3.?,8

3.28

3,28

3.28

3.28

3.31

3.20 

3.18

June.

3.28

3-38

3.30

3.30

3-30

3.74

3.69

3.61

3.48

3.38

3.28

3.38

3.34

3.28

3.27

3.27

3.27

3.17

3.17

3.17

3.17

3.17

3.27

3.27

3.52

4.27

3.97

3.82

3.62

3.47

July.

3.42

3.39

3.27

3 97

3.27

3 47

3.42

3

07

3.37

3.27

3-27

3.27

3.27

3-29

3.53

3.73

3.68

3.52

3.47

3.37

3.28

3.27

3.27

3.27

3.26

3.26

3.51

3-61

3.51

3.41 

3.26

Aug.

3.26

3-27

3.26

3.26

3.26

3.26

3.26

3.26

3.26

3.36

3.36

3.36

3.41

3.57

3.37

3.26

3.26

3.26

3.26

3.16

3.16

3.16

3.16

3.16

3.51

3.96

3.86

3.66

3.46 

3.46

Sept.

o 41

3-36

3.36

3.26

3.26

3.25

3.25

3 OK

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.10

3.10

3.05

3.05

3.05

3.05

3.05

3.05

NOTE. Observer reported ice gorg 

ice about Jan. 14-16, Feb. 13-18, and

below gage, Mar. 4-8. 

M. 4-8.

Discharge relation probably aflected by
58 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART m.

GREENBRIER RIVER AT ALDERSON, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge at Alderson, W. Va., half a mile above the mouth of

Muddy Creek.

Drainage area. 1,340 square miles. 

Records available. August 1,1895, to July 15,1906; May 10,1907, to September 30,

1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to

hundredths.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Permanent, or nearly so; channel wide and shallow. 

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 7.6 feet at 6 p. m.

February 20; discharge, 15,000 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 1.55 feet

at 6 p. m. September 19; discharge, 86 second-feet. 

No record of floods previous to establishment of station. Maximum stage since

establishment of station, 19.4 feet at 6 p. m. March 27, 1913. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation little if at all affected by ice.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year ending September 30, 1914.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, ofGreenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va.,for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

1....

2....

3....

4....

5....

6....

7....

8....

9....

10....

11....

12....

13....

14....

15....

16....

17....

18. ...

19. ...

20....

21....

22....

23....

24....

25....

26....

27....

28....

29....

30....

31....

Oct.

183

164

178

169

211

194

287

246

234

217

331

671

576

490

396

364

323

- 308

280

364

1,720

2,140

1,480

1,240

5,150

7,080

4,880-

2,860

1,920

1,390

1,030

Nov.

828

696

598

533

481

434

380

415

884

3,980

3,350

2,380

2,140

3,480

9,700

11,900

14,300

8,230

4,880

3,350

2,500

1,820

1,480

1,190

971

855

760

828

2,040

2,380

Dec.

2,620

6,520

5,150

3,480

2,500

2,040

2,040

3.850

3,480

2,620

2,260

1,820

1,480

1,230

1,160

1,030

942

842

814

747

708

696

720

708

801

2,880

6,240

3,720

2,860

2,620

1,920

Jan.

1,820

1,620

1,620

1,440

1,370

1,300

1,230

1,230

1,920

4,100

4,100

3,480

2,860

2,380

2,140

1,820

1,480

1,300

1,300

1,240

5,690

9,700

5,150

3,850

9,100

8,230

.5,420

3,980

3,350

3,480

4,100

Feb.

12,300

6,800

4,100

3,220

2,620

2,620

6,800

8,520

5,420

3,850

3,100

2,380

1,920

1,240

1,190

1,230

1,130

1,190

3,100

14,000

8,810

5,420

5,420

4,880

3,600

3,100

2,980

2,860

Mar.

2,860

2,500

1,920

1,720

2,140

2,140

1,920

1,720

1,680

1,480

2,380

1,920

3.480

2,860

3,350

6,240

11,300

13,300

9,100

5,960

4,100

3,480

3,220

3,220

3,350

5,690

10,900

9,400

9,100

6,800

5,420

Apr.

4,880

5,660

8,520

6,240

4,360

3,350

2,740

2,380

6,520

5,690

3,850

3,100

2,500

1,920

2,140

6,800

7,080

5,150

3,980

4,880

7,360

5,420

4,100

3,220

2,620

2,740

12,600

6,240

4,360

3,100

May.

2,380

2,040

1,720

1,500

1,480

2,040

3,220

2,860

2,620

2,140

1,820

1,560

1,370

1,210

1,080

971

842

774

720

622

587

544

512

490

452

424

405

364

364

323

308

June.

287

294

274

246

301

287

260

246

280

287

240

217

200

183

194

169

164

188

169

169

159

164

140

140

159

183

234

659

415

315

July.

280

246

234

223

188

183

164

188

234

246

223

178

200

1,000

720

544

533

610

443

347

301

301

260

211

183

183

211

178

169

211

253

Aug.

260

200

200

188

164

140

159

260

194

260

246

331

380

347

315

331

301

240

211

194

159

150

140

124

132

164

274

396

1,130

659

659

Sept.

512

405

315

287

246

223

200

211

188

169

217

356

471

452

380

260

200

150

95

101

101

101

105

101

101

120

124

109

113

109

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 46 and 8,230 second-feet. 

Open-water rating curve used throughout year.
KAKAWHA EIVEE BASIN. 59

Monthly discharge of Greenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va., for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

[Drainage area, 1,340 square miles.]

Month.

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

February. ..............................

Aprfl... ................................. May. ... . .

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

September....

The year

-

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

7,080 

14,300 

6,520

9,700 

14,000 

13,300

12,600 

3,220 

659

1,000 

1,130 

512

14,300

Minimum.

164 

380 

696

1,230 

1,130 

1,480

1,920 

308 

140

164 

124 

95

95

Mean.

1,200 

2,930 

2,270

3,280

4,420 

4,670

4,780 

1,220 

241

305 

287 

217

2,130

Per 

square 

mile.

0.896 

2.19 

1.69

2.45 

3.30 

3.49

3.57 

.910 

.180

.228 

.214 

.162

1.59

Run-oft 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.03 

2.44 

1.95

2.82 

3.44 

4.02

3. 98 

1.05 

.20

.26 

.25 

.18

21.62

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

A. 

A. 

A.

B. 

B. 

B.

Days of deficiency in discharge ofGreenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va.,for the years ending

Sept. SO, 1895-1914.

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

46 

70 

90 

110 

130

160 

200 

250 

300 

370

450 

550 

700 

850 

1,000

1,200 

1,500 

2,000 

2,500 

3,000

4,000 

6,000 

9,000 

12,000 

16,000

20,000 

25,000 

30,000 

40,000 

50,000 

62,600

Days of deficient discharge.

01895

0 

6

8 

16

22 

29 

35 

47

58.

60 

60 

60 

60 

61

1895-96

0 

10 

30 

34 

36

56 

74 

97 

108 

122

130 

147 

176 

199 

229

248 

272 

293 

315

blS

332 

348 

357 

362 

364

365 

366

1896-97

0 

3 

15 

18 

26

28 

32 

36 

43 

61

69 

79 

117 

149 

175

205 

233 

264 

281 

294

310 

334 

351 

358 

359

361 

363 

363 

364 

364 

365

1897-98

0 

2 

13 

20 

32

38 

53 

74 

81 

97

112 

133 

156 

170

186

212 

233 

256 

280 

297

315 

339 

354 

358 

364

364 

364 

364 

364 

365

1898-99

0 

1 

8 

23 

36

45 

71 

95 

103 

108

114 

117 

124 

141 

159

178 

217 

246 

270

284

309 

331 

345 

357 

359

361 

362 

363 

364 

365

1899- 

1900

0 

4 

22 

36 

76

95 

125 

133 

141 

160

180 

208 

234 

243 

262

273 

282 

301 

311 

318

333 

350 

359 

361 

364

365

1900- 

1901

0 

6 

10

17 

20 

25 

41 

54

68 

81 

109 

137 

171

197 

222 

253 

271 

295

313 

330 

345 

352 

357

362 

364 

364 

364 

364 

365

1901-2

0 

11 

28 

37 

46

59 

93 

109 

130 

150

163 

185 

217 

238 

252

258 

268 

288 

297 

305

316 

327 

343 

351 

359

360 

361 

364 

365

1902-3

0 

4 

5 

9 

23

53 

82 

93 

108 

121

136 

148 

162 

172 

189

203 

216 

238

274 

298

314 

335 

349 

354 

357

360 

363 

364 

365

1903-4

0 

1 

27 

42 

73

109 

153 

169 

172 

181

197 

218 

225 

236 

244

257 

272 

288 

311 

327

338 

352 

362 

364 

366

a Aug. 1 to Sept, 30,1806.
60 SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1914, PABT HI.

Days of deficiency in discharge ofGreenbrier River at Alderson, W, Va.,f&r the years ending 

. Sept. 30, 1895-1914 Continued.

in secondfeet.

46 

70

90

110

130

160

200

250

300

370

450

550

700

850

1,000

1,200

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

4,000

6,000

9,000

12,000

16,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

62,500

Bays of deficient discharge.

1904-5

0 

23

46

73

79

88

95

98

109

129

143

160

174

201

232

247

268

289

313

319

328

343

354

358

360

362

363

364

365

"1905-6

0 

1

1

9

9

16

25

26

37

45

56

63

81

90

108

135

158

183

202

211

230

250

262

268

271

271

273

61906-7

0

1

2

7

11

20

30

47

60

73

81

95

105

111

119

125

132

140

141

143

143

143

143

143

144

1907-8

0

4

8

15

22

25

36

49

69

84

99

111

120

131

151

185

210

236

266

318

339

350

356

356

362

364

364

366

1908-9

0

3

7

37

81

89

112

121

133

140

152

167

175

186

214

245

267

279

303

341

359

363

365

1909-10

0

2

6

7

10

26

44

61

79

106

124

140

159

190

222

248

281

297

309

328

346

355

360

364

364

364

364

365

1910-11

0

2

13

17

32

61

88

98

132

167

186

202

212

223

233

248

266

274

283

306

337

352

359

359

362

364

364

365

C1911-12

0 

1

6

13

19

81

45

55

59

66

79

94

121

149

160

176

203

246

270

288

308

333

346

357

358

365

365

" 365

366

1912-13

0

5

20

44

65

78

102

119

139

164

179

196

219

249

268

280

294

319

338

348

354

360

363

363

363

364

365

1913-14

0

9

13

24

54

85

103

124

136

148

159

173

178

188

209

231

251

273

305

333

351

360

365

« Oct. 1,1905, to June 30,1906. 

6 May 10 to Sept. 30,1907.

c Below 1,200 second-feet, the table, for the year ending Sept. 30, 1912, is partly dependent upon estimates of daily flow for the period Jan. 8-18,1912, when the discharge relation was affected by ice.

GAULEY BIVER AT ALLINGDALE, W. VA.

Location. At Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge one-fourth mile south of depot at 

Allingdale, W. Va., and immediately below mouth of Rock Creek.

Drainage area. 248 square miles.

Records available. July 3,1908, to September 30,1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge read one e daily to hundredths. Limits 

of use: Hundredths below 5, half-tenths from 5 to 7, and tenths above 7 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge or from wooden 

bridge near depot. The bottom of the stream is rough and irregular, but with 

extreme care accurate measurements can be made. Measuring section at railroad 

bridge is poor and measurements are made at the wooden bridge near the railroad 

depot whenever possible.

Channel and control. Probably permanent.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 12.1 feet at 5.30 p. m. 

November 16, 1913. Minimum stage recorded: 3.93 feet at 7.20 a. m. June 21, 

1914.

Winter flow. Ice may affect the discharge relation for short periods during December, 

January, and February.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN. 61

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by Peterson and Walters:

December 1, 1913: Gage height, 5.97 feet; discharge, 701 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Gauley River at Allingdak, W. Fa., /or the year ending

Sept. 30,1914.

[Harry Jones, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. ........................:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

4.87

4.67

6.0

5.2

5.4

5.0

4.91

4.76

5.05

5.7

5.55

5.3

5.3

5105

4.92 

4.89

4.88

4.86

5.55

5.5

6.95

6.2 

6.25

6.25

7.9

10.4

7.9

7.6

6.6

6.15

5.85

Nov.

5.45

5.35

5.25

5.25 

5.15

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.7

6.1

5.9

5.8

6.05

8.7

10.4 

11.5

10.0

8.7

6.75

6.25

5.95

5.7 

5.55

5 45

5.25

5.25

5 f.

5.35

6.4

5.0

Dec.

5.9

7.6

6.85

6.4 

6.1

5.75

6.0

6 9

6.35

6.05

5.9

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.4 

5.35

5.3

5.3

5.5

5.25

5.3

5.25 

5.2

5.35

5.35

6.95

6.3

6.0

5.85

5.75

5.6

Jan.

5.6

5.5

5.45

5.35 

5.4

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.7

5.65

6.2

5.9

6.2

6.05

5.6 

5.45

5.45

5.4

5.3

5.45

9.7

8.5 

6.5

6.3

9.3

7.3

6.65

6.35

5.75

7.1

7.4

Feb.

7.5

6.6

6.2

5.95

5.85

5.85

6.3

6.5

6.0

6.05

5.8

6.05

5.4

5.3

5.25 

5.1

5.35

5.2

6.3

9.4

7.3

6.55 

6.25

5.95

5.9

5.75

5.75

5.5

Mar.

5.5

5.1

5.0

5.4 

5.3

5.3

5.3

«; 91

5.1

5.55

5.3

5.55

5.65

5.7

5.55 

6.55

8.1

7.2

6.1

6.3

6.0

6.25

5.7

5.65

6.1

7.4

9.2

8.4

7.8

8.2

Apr.

7.3

10.1

8.6

7.3 

6.6

6.25

5.95

6 95

8.4

6.9

6.4

6.15

5.95

5.7

5.6

7.5

7.7

5.95

6.4

7.7

7.8

6.9 

6.45

6.1

5.9

7.2

8.2

7.0

6.4

6.0

May.

5.8

......

......

......

4.71

4.67

4.58

4.43

4.33

4.53

4.83

4.38

June.

4.33

5.35

5.35

5.3 

5.3

5.35

A *M i9

4.28

4.28

4.21

4.18

4.04

4.08

4.18 

4.16

4.08

4.08

4.02

3.98

3.93

4.08 

4.29

5.1

5.0

5.65

5.1

4.76

4.55

4.53

July.

4.46

4.29

4.31

4.17 

4.23

4.18

4.31

4.26

4.30

4.11

4.07

4.06

4.03

4.23

4.31 

4.83

4.71

4.58

4.48

4.36

4.25

4.15 

4.11

4.11

4.23

4.26

4.23

4.59

4.26

4 9,4

4.15

Aug.

4.15

4.13

4.07

4.05 

4.03

4.09

4.18

5.25

5.4

4.84

4.83

4.80

5.45

4.95

4.81 

4.63

4.53

4.43

4.33

4.28

4.23

4.67 

4.63

4 4Q

4.38

4.68

5.7

5.15

5.65

5.5

5.15

Sept.

4.98

4.81

4.78

4.45 

4.55

4.46

4.43

4.43

A OQ

4.45

4 43

4.48

4- 47

4.48

4.48 

4.38

4.31

4.24

4.16

4.47

4 30

4.18 

4.13

4.17

4 9S

4.44

4 33

4.33

4.26

4.23

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice about Jan. 13-18. No record May 2-23.

GAULEY RIVER NEAR SUMMERSVILLE, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge known as Brock's Bridge, 2J miles southeast of Summersville, W. Va., and one-eighth mile below mouth of Muddlety Creek. 

Drainage area. 686 square miles.

Records available. July 6, 1908, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, moming and evening, to

hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 4.5, half-tenths from 4.5 to 6, and

tenths above 6 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 16.2 feet at 5 p. m.

November 16,1913. Minimum stage recorded: 3.45 feet at 7 a. m. and 6 p. m.

August 5,1914.

Winter flow. Discharge relation possibly affected by ice for short periods. 

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by Peterson and Walters:

November 19,1913; Gage height, 8.83 feet; discharge, 3,500 second-feet,
62 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Daily gage height, in feet, ofGauley River near Summersville, W. Va.,for the year ending

Sept. 30,1914. 

[J. W. Dermody, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24....;.....................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

4.&5

5.05

5,1

7 5

6.2

5.5

5.4

5 05

5.25

7 0

6.1

5.85

5 75

5.5

5.3

5.15

5.1

t W

5.45

6.8

8 9

8.1

7,6

7 <l

13.1

13.5

10.3

8.7

7 7

7 1

6.5

Nov.

6.2

6.0

5.85

5.65

5.5

5.45

5.3

5

O

7 Q

7.7

7.3

7.2

7.7

11.6

14.1

15.4

10 A

10.4

8 7

7 9

7

0

6.7

6.5

6.2

6.0

5.85

5.7

6.4

8.5

7.7

Dec.

7.6

10.3

9.2

8.2

7.6

7.0

7.2

8.8

8.1

7.6

7.2

6.8

6.5

6.4

6.0

5.95

5.9

5.9

6.0

5 OK

5

0

5.8

5

»7

5.7

6.0

8

1

8.1

7.4

7.1

7.0

6.6

Jan.

6,6

6.4

6

0

6.2

6.2

6 1

6.0

6.0

7,0

8

0

R.2

7,2

6.4

6.6

1 Q

6.0

6 9

6 9

6 9

6.7

12.5 in °.

8 7

8 1

11.5

9 0

8,6

Q 1

8 A

8.6

10.2

Feb.

9 Q

8.5

7.7

7.3

7.0

7.1

7 Q

o n

7.4

7.0

6 9

6.2

6

9

5.95

5.55

5

QE

6 9

5.45

9 9

19 O

9 8

8

4

8

f\

7

e

6.7

6.8

6.4

6.4

Mar.

6.3

5.6

5.85

6.2

6.2

6.1

6.2

6.0

5.85

5.65

6.3

6.2

6.0

6.1

7 O

9 n

ift a

10.6

9 1

8 9

7 9

7 9

6 9

6 9

7

0

10.1

n

o

19 o

11.0

1ft 9.

10.8

Apr.

9 A

11.6

in Q

9

0

8.3

7.5

7.0

9.5

10.9

9 9

8.1

7.5

7.0

6.7

6.7

1.0

10.5

9 0

8 9

10.4

10.6

0 A

8 f

7.4

7.0

11.0

10.8

9.0

8

n

7

E

May.

7.0

6.6

6.4

6.2

6.4

9.8

9

n

8.0

7.5

7.0

6.6

6.4

6.1

6.0

5.85

5.45

5.35

5.2

5.05

4 95

4

0

4.6

4.65

4.6 '

4.6

4.47

4

O7

4 99

4.25

June.

4 1Q

4.07

4.07

4.02

4.02

4.11

4.06

3 Qfi

3.88

3

QQ

3.76

3.76

3

U

3.86

3 7fi

3

AA

3 Aft

3

RA

3.61

3 64

3 TO

3 Cft

3 eg

3.61

1 Q

5.15

5.0

4.55

4.26

4 04

......

July.

3.91

3.88

3.81

3.76

3.91

3.98

3.84

3.74

3.76

3.84

3.91

3.88

3.78

3.86

4

QE

5.05

4 O

4.65

4.41

4.24

4.01

3.81

3.76

3.66

<i 7n

3 90

4

00

4.10

4 ATI

3.85

Aug.

3.73

3.65

3.63

3.55

3.45

3.63

3 65

3 Q5

4.8

4.8

4.5

4.65

5.7

5,25

4.65

4

QE

4.17

4.07

S on

3.85

3.85

4

0

4.55

4.35

4.7

5.95

6.9

5.9

5.85

6.0

5.65

Sept.

5.2

4.8

4.75

4.65

4.45

4.30

4 17

4 23

4.30

4.17

4.17,

4.25

4.42

4.32

4.19

i ni

3 00

3.86

3 7Q

3 7Q

3 71

3 fin

3

&A

3

nA

3 7i

3.47

3.84

3.76

3.74

3

RA

NOTE. Discharge relation probably aflected by ice about Jan. 13-19, Feb. 13-19, and Mar. 4-6. 

GAULEY RIVER AT BELVA, W. VA.

Location. Three-fourths mile below Chesapeake & Ohio Railway bridge at Belva, 

/ W. Va., one-fourth mile below the mouth of Twentymile Creek, and about 5J 

miles above the mouth of river at Gauley Bridge.

Drainage area. 1,420 square miles.

Records available. August 25,1908, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Vertical staff fastened to tree on right bank; read daily, morning and evening, 

to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 2, half-tenths from 2 to 4, and 

tenths above 4 feet. Sea-level elevation of the zero of the gage, 663.53 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from a boat 1,000 feet above gage, or by wading.

Channel and control. Practically permanent.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 14.1 feet at 6 p. m. 

November 16, 1913. Minimum stage not known because no gage readings are 

available from July 14 to August 1,1914.

No records of floods previous to installation of gage are available. Maximum 

gage height since installation of gage, approximately 19 feet, January 30, 1911.

Winter flow. Discharge relation may be affected by ice at intervals during December, January, and February.

Accuracy. Records of gage height accurate and reliable.

Data insufficient, for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made at Gauley Bridge, about 5 miles 

below the gage, by Peterson and Walters: 

November 21, 1913: Gage height, 4.69 feet; discharge, 3,540 second-feet.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN. 63

Daily gage height, in feet, ofGauley River near Belw,, W. Va., for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

[C. L. Davis, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1q

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

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

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

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

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

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

20

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

2.35

2.75

2.8

4.1

4.0

3.4

3.0

2 7

2.55

2.75

3.1

2.95

2.8

2.75

2.6

2.5

2.4

2 71

2

i

3.25

5.4

5.0

4.4

4.4

7.0

11.0

7.7

6.0

5.0

4.4

3.85

Nov.

3 A

1 9

3.05

2.95

2.8

2.65

2.6

2

C

2.95

4.8

4.6

4.4

i O

8.0

11.3

11 9

12.5

8

C

6.5

5.4

4.7

A O

3.85

3.65

3.4

3.25

s 1

i i

5.7

5.5

Dec.

5.3

7.6

7.2

5.9

5.2

4.6

4.6

6.0

5.6

5.1

4.7

4.3

4.0

3.75

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.15

3.1

3.05

3.15

4.0

5.6

5.0

4.6

4.4

4.3

Jan.

4 O

4.0

3.95

3.85

3.8

3.75

3.7

3.8

4.7

6.4

6.2

5.4

4.5

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.0

4.2

9.1

8.5

6.4

5.7

8.6

8.0

6.6

5.7

5.5

5.8

6.2

Feb.

7.4

6.0

5.3

4.8

4.5

4.5

5.2

5.8

5.2

4.8

4.4

4.0

3.65

3.55

3.5

3.75

3

C

7.1

11.8

8.0

5.7

5.3

4.6

4.4

i 9

4.0

Mar.

4.0

3.75

3.4

3.5

3.8

3.85

4.2

4.0

3.85

3.6

3.9

5.0

4.8

4.8

5.1

6.6

8.6

9.0

7.3

6.3

5.3

5.0

4.7

4.7

4.9

7.0

9.2

9.1

8.6

7.9

7.3

Apr.

6.6

8.0

8.2

6.8

5.7

5.1

4.6

5.0

9

n

7.0

5.9

5.1

4.6

4

O

A. 9

7.4

9.0

7.1

5.9

8.7

6.5

7.7

5.7

5.1

4.6

6.8

8.6

6.6

5.6

5.0

May.

4.5

4.1

3.8

3.6

3.8

6.1

6.7

5.9

5.4

4.9

4.6

4.2

3.95

3.75

3.55

3.35

3.15

3

n

2.85

2.75

2.65

2.55

2.5

2.45

2.35

2.25

2.15

2.1

1.99

1.93

1.85

June.

1.82

1.82

1.78

1.73

1.82

1.81

1.77

1.77

1.73

1.67

1.61

1.55

1.45

1.41

1.36

1.45

1.39

1 9Q

1.22

1.15

1.03

.96

.91

.89

.89

1.03

2.25

2.15

1.92

1 79

July.

1.59

1.49

1.39

1.33

1.25

1.15

1.05

1.17

1,37

1.14

.99

.93

.92

......

Aug.

1.37

1.28

1.20

1.14

1.04

1.00

.94

.91

1.14

1 84

2 1

2.0

2.45

2.35

2.1

1.92

1.78

1.67

1.58

1.62

1.55

1.97

1.98

1.88

1.92

3.25

3.4

3.0

3.2

,2.85

Sept.

2.7

2.55

2.45

2.4

2.25

1.95

1.88

1.82

1.81

1.81

1.81

1.81

1.84

1.91

1.87

1.83

1.77

1.63

1.54

1.50

1.43

1.37

1.29

1.25

1.20

1.14

1.13

1.13

1.13

1.21

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Feb. 13-18 and Mar. 2-5. 

CHERRY RIVER AT RICHWOOD, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge at RLchwood, W. Va. half a mile below junction, of 

North and South forks.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Records available. July 3,1908, to September 30,1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, 

to half-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3, half-tenths from 3 to 4, and 

tenths above 4 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Practically permanent. The removal of stones and 

bowlders from the river bed in the vicinity of the point of control has at times 

affected the relation of gage height to discharge. The first stones were removed 

during August, 1909, and more were removed during May, June, July, and August, 

1911. A determination by leveling, August 16, 1910, indicates that there would 

be no flow past the gage if the river stage were to fall to 1.3 feet± 0.2 foot.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 5.5 feet at 5 p. m. 

November 15, 1913. Minimum stage recorded: 1.66 feet at 7.30 a. m. and 6 p. m. 

July 1, 1914.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice at times during December, January, 

and February.

Accuracy. See "Control."

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.
64 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART in.

Discharge measurements of Cherry River at Richwood, W. Va., during the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

Date.

2

Made by Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.89

3.85

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

916

894

Daily gage height, in feet, of Cherry River at Richwood, W. Va., for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

[Floyd Artrip, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

2.23

2.23

2.98

2.83

2.58

2.45

2.41

2.33

2.28

2.43

2.41

2.53

2.43

2.35

2.33

2.31

2.25

2.38

2.43

3.3

3.15

2.93

3.1

4.1

4.3

4.6

3.65

3.2

2.98 

2.81 

2.71

Nov.

2.61

2.53

2.45

2.43

2.38

2.33

2.33

2.35

2.93

2.73

2.68

2.68

2.93

4.3

5.1

5.0

3.55

3.3

3.2

2 no

9 ftp*

2.71

2.63

2.53

2.51

2.43

2.43

3.1

3.2

2.98

Dec.

3.35

3 Q

3.35

3.15

2.95~

2 7^

3.05

3.1

2.98

2.80

2.75

2.68

2.60

2.55

2.52

2.50

2.50

2 115

2.52

2

Krt

2.50

2.50

2

Cf|

2.60

2.60

3

0

3.0

2.85

2.78 

2.72

9 fiS

Jan.

2.65

2.58

2.62

2.60

2.50

2.48

2.45

2.45

2.75

2.95

2.80

2.72

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.52

9 48

2.50

3

n

4.4

3.5

3 1 t\

3.1

4 0

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.45 

3.7 

46

Feb.

3.6

3.2

3.0

2.88

2.88

2.85

3.1

3.0

2.82

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.62

2.58

2.58

2.60

3.9

3 Q

3.25

3.0

3

n

2.90

2

7K

2.70

2.70

2.62

Mar.

2.65

3.7

3.45

3.35

2.68

2.48

2.46

2.43

2.38

2.43

2.48

2.40

2.43

2.40

2.73

3.35

3.8

3.65

3.25

3.0

2.90

2.76

2.68

2.70

3.2

4.4

4.4

4.7

4.1 

4.1

4.0

Apr.

3.65

4.1

3.7

3.25

3.05

2.88

2.80

3.85

3.55

3.2

3.0

2.90

2.76

2.68

3.0

4.5

3.65

3.25

3.05

3.7

3.5

3.2

3.0

2.87

2.77

4.2

3t 55

3.2

3.0

2.87

May.

2.77

2.67

2.57

2.57

2.77

3.4

3.1

2.97

2.87

2.77

2.69

2.62

2.59

2.55

2.47

2.42

2.37

2.35

2.32

2 97

2.27

2.22

9 99

2.17

2.15

2.12

2.07

2.05

2.01 

2.11 

2.06

June.

2.01

2.01

1.96

1.96

2.01

2.04

1.96

1.96

1.91

1.88

1.86

1.86

1.91

1.86

1.84

1.78

1.76

1.74

1.71

1

7O

1.81

1.81

1 si

1.88

1 Sfi

1 Ql

1 fti

1.78

1.76 

1.71

July.

1.66

1.76

1.94

1.84

1.86

1.81

1.76

1.74

2.26

1.96

1.86

1.81

1.75

2.35

2.27

2.13

2.05

2.07

1.95

1 07

1.85

1.80

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.85

2.00

1.90 

1.85 

1.83

Aug.

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.73

1.75

1.75

1.73

1.87

1.90

2.15

2.00

2.37

2.27

2.07

1.95

1.90

1.85 i an

1.75

1.75

2.25

2.10

1 95

1,97

2 97

2.96

2.54

2.29

2.44 

2.29 

2.22

Sept.

2.12

2.04

2.04

1.96

1.94

1.89

1.89

1.89

1 84

1.84

1.86

2.06

2.02

1.94

1.86

1.84

1 82

1.79

1.74

1.74

1.74

1.74

1.74

1.74

1 TO

1.84

1.79

1.74

1.74 

1.74

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice Jan. 13-18, Feb. 14-18, and Mar. 1-13. 

MEADOW RIVER NEAR RUSSELLVILLB, W. VA.

Location. At Bays Ferry, one-fourth mile below mouth of Youngs Creek, and 3

miles below Russellville, W. Va.

Drainage area. 297 square miles. -' 

Records available. July 17,1908, to September 30,1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to trees on left bank just above the bridge,

near former ferry crossing; read daily, morning and evening, to hundredths.

Limits of use: Hundredths below 4.5, half-tenths from. 4.5 to 5.5, and tenths above

5.5 feet. ' 

Discharge measurements. Made from the concrete highway bridge built in 1913,

or by wading.

Channel and control. Practically permanent. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 10.8 feet, November

17,1913. Minimum stage recorded: 2.59 feet at 6 p. m. July 2, 1914.
KANAWHA RIVER BASIN. 65

Winter flow. Discharge relation at times affected by ice gorges.

Accuracy. Gage-height records reliable. In the fall backwater is sometimes caused

at the gage by leaves lodging at the riffle below. 

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Meadow River near Russellwlle, W. Fa., during the year

ending Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

20

Made by 

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

Gage

Feet. 

9.04

6.50

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2,830

1,050

Daily gage height, in feet, of Meadow River near Russellville, W. Va.,for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[J. R. Bays, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

3.81

4.29

4.65

5.8

5.25

4.65

4.29

4.05

3.93

3.75

3.66

3.59

3.54

3.63

3.51

3 45

3.43

3.41

3.42

S

oft

4.65

4 Q

4.75

5.0

6.8

8.5

7.6

6.6

5.7 

4.85

4.55

Nov.

4.39

4.35

4.22

4.10

3.99

3.91

3.86

3.82

4.43

5.1

5.3

5.25

6.0

6.7

7 Q

(«)

(oj

8.4

7.3

6.4

5.8

5.35

4.95

4.75

4.55

A. Af\

4.36

4.7

7.0

6.5

Dec.

6.8

8.6

7.8

7.0

6.4

5.9

5.6

6.6

6.3

6.0

5.8

5.45

5.15

4 Qfi

4.85

4

0

4.7

4.6

4.55

4.5

4 via

4 44

4.43

4.6

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.5 

5.4

5.3

Jan.

5.2

5.2

5.15

6.6

6.3

6.0

5.7

5.6

5.8

6.3

6.6

6.3

7.7

7.1

6.7

6.4

5.9

5.7

5.7

5.8

10.1

s Q

7.6

6 Q

9

C

8.2

7.4

7.3

7.1 

7.0

7.7

Feb.

7.7

7.2

6.7

6.2

5.8

5.5

6.4

6.9

6.5

6.2

5.8

5.45

5.35

5.3

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.8

6.7

8 ft

8.1

7.1

7.0

6.7

6.5

6.2

6.1

6.0

......

Mar.

6.0

6.2

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.0

5.7

5.45

5.15

4.85

5.9

7,2

6.6

6.5

6 9

7 9

9

C

9.9

7.8

6 9

6.3

6.0

6.4

5.8

6.5

8.2

9.5

9.0

8.6 

7.8

7.2

Apr.

7.1

7.6

7.6

7.0

6.5

6.1

5.7

6.5

8.4

7.6

6.7

6.2

5.9

5.6

5.35

8.2

S 7

7.8

7.4

7.6

7.4

7.1

6.7

6.2

5.7

5.5

6.3

6.4

6.0 

5.6

May.

5.3

5.0

4.8

4.7

4.8

5.5

6.6

6.5

6.4

6.2

5.9

56

5.45

5.2

4.85

4.6

4.5

4.42

4.34

A OO

4.18

4.06

3.95

3.88

3.80

3.72

3.66

3.58

3.47 

3.37

3.29

June.

3.23

3.19

3.15

3.11

3.09

3.27

3.25

3.23

3.18

3.14

3.09

3.01

2.95

2.91

2.75

2.73

2.75

2.69

2.71

2.69

2.79

2.79

2.73

2.69

2.66

2.63

2.63

July.

2.61

2.59

2.61

2.61

2.85

2.85

2.80

2.78

2.75

2.84

2.79

2.74

2.70

2.82

3.17

3.71

3.67

3.52

3.41

3.36

3.31

3.22

3.14

3.04

2.93

2.84

2.85

2.79

2.76 

2.74

2.78

Aug.

2.78

2.78

2.73

2.70

2.66

2.62

2.58

2.58

2.98

3.14

3.07

3.16

3.24

3.20

3.13

3: 09

2.97

2.90

2.84

2.75

3.48

2.89

2.85

3.30

3.51

4.01

4.07

3.85 

3.70

3.62

Sept.

3.56

3.51

3.45

3.36

3.25

3.19

3.13

3.05

2.99

2.92

2.90

2.97

3.01

2.99

2.99

3.01

3.00

2.94

2.89

2.85

2.81

2.78

2.81

2.89

2.84

2.75

2.70

2.67

2.64

a Observer unable to reach gage; water too high. Flood reached a stage of 10.8 feet on Nov. 17 as determined when the station was visited on Nov. 18,1913. 

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice about Jan. 13-20, Feb. 15-18,.and Mar. 1-6.

ELK RIVER AT WEBSTER SPRINGS, W. VA.

Location. At suspension bridge on the grounds of the Webster Springs Hotel at

Webster Springs, W. Va., one-fourth mile above mouth of Back Fork Creek. 

Drainage area. 168 square miles.

Records available. July 1, 1908, to September 30, 1914. 

14725° WSP 383 16 5
66 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Gage. Vertical staff attached to right abutment of bridge; read daily, morning and

evening, to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3, half-tenths from

3 to 5, and tenths above 5 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge or by wading. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. Levels taken August 13, 1910,

indicate that there would be no flow past the gage at a stage of 0.95 foot ±0.2 foot. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 6.9 feet at 5 p. m.

November 16, 1913. Minimum stage recorded: 1.40 feet at 8 a. m. September 24,

1914. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation sometimes affected by ice.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Elk River at Webster Springs, W. Va., during the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

Date.

Dec. 3

Made by 

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.26

3.24

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

610

604

Daily gage height, in feet, of Elk River at Webster Springs, W. Va.,for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[Cherry Woodzell, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

84..........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

1.88

1.93

2.48

2.58

O 48

2.28

2

10

2.09

2

OQ

3.0

2.85

2.75

2

KQ

2.45

2.35

2.25

2 17

2.28

2.68

3 OK

3.75

3.35

2.15

3.3

4 25

4 OK

3 d

3.4.

3.1

2.85 

2.75

Nov.

2.69

2.51

2.44

2.35

9 OQ

2.21

2 91

2-73

3.35

3.3

3.1

3.1

3

c

5.4

6.1

6.7

5.1

4.05

3.5

3 OK

*> n

2 81

2.67

2.63

2.53

O 4°.

2

AQ

2.75

3.2

2.98

Dec.

3.45

3.35

3.2

3.1

2 Q5

2.80

3.1

3.55

3

0

3

f)K

9 Q1

2 81

2 79

2.60

9 £fi

9 59

2 en

2

CA

2 p;n

9 5O,

9 48

2 fro

2 eft

2.56

Q QQ

4 05

3

e

3.15

9 05

2.88 

2.82

Jan.

2 72

2.67

2.64

2.58

9 59

9 48

2 45

9 4fi

9 OS

3

7K

3.4

^ 1

3 0

3

n

3 9

3

0

2 fiQ

2 61

2

KQ

3 0

5 9

4.05

3.5

3.4

4.6

3

5?

3

e

3

0

3.5

3.7

4.45

Feb.

4.0

3.5

3.25

3.05

2

QO

3.05

3

0

3.3

3.15

2

QK

2.82

2.70

2 en

9 fi9

2 7n

2 fiS

2 79

2.80

4 85

A. Q

3

0

3.4

3.25

3.05

9 88

9 78

2 68

2.65

......

Mar.

2 A7

2.70

2.75

2.80

2 75

2 fin

9 5fi

2.40

2.40

2.40

2 W>

2 v\

2 4Q

2 45

2 fi9

3

17

4.4

4.15

3

0

2 99

2 93

2

QO

2 SQ

3.5

4.35

4.95

5.2

4.6

4.2 

4.1

Apr.

3.85

5.4

4.5

3.8

3.45

3.2

2

QK

4.0

3

Q

3.65

3.35

3.1

2 O9

2 89

3.1

4.25

4 05

3.6

3.25

3

QK

4.0

3

K

3.25

3.0

2.88

3

oe

4.55

3.6

3.3

3.05

May.

9 Q9

2.82

2.72

2.62

9 QPL

4.3

3.35

i 1

2 05

2 on

2.58

2

KQ

2 48

2 49

2

00

2 9Q

2 4

2.19

9 1°.

2 (V7

2 no

9 Of}

1 Q&

1 04

1 88

1 89

1.80

1.78

1.74 

1.70

June.

1.67

1 fifi

1.62

1 60

1 85

1 no

1 89

1.74

1.68

1.61

1.58

2.25

2.15

1 Sfi

1.76

1.68

1 fi9

1 58

1 54

1.55

168

1 an

2 4S

9 89

A °.

3

ne

2 62

O QK

2 15

2.02

July.

1 QO

1.82

1.84

1.81

2.25

2 00

1

QK

1.82

1 79

1 66

1.63

1.60

1.55

1.75

2 1Q

2

00

2 95

2.12

2.09

1.95

1 89

I

on

1 79

1 fi4

1 69

1.80

2 1 5

9 fkt

1 89

1.82 

1.72

Aug.

1.66

1.62

1.52

1.49

1.50

1.50 1 f&

1.56

1.55

1 79

1.72

1.90

2

OQ

2 15

1.89

1 89

1 79

1.64.

1.57

1.52

1 59

1.55

1 54

1.50

1.56

1 75

2.10

2 19

2 ns

2.11 

2.04

Sept.

1.92

1.82

1.80

1.72

1 A9

1.58

I

pys

1.54

1.51

1.50

1.50

1.58

1 60

1.68

1.65

1.61

1.55

1.52

1.50

1.52

1 59

1.46

1.42

1.44

1 V\

1

CA

1 49

1 48

1 48

1.46

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice, Jan. 13-19, Feb. 14-18, and Mar. 2-5.
KANAWHA EIVEB BASIN. 67

ELK EIVEE AT GASSAWAY, W. VA.

Location. At the highway bridge immediately above the Coal & Coke Railroad

bridge in the northeastern, part of Gassaway, W. Va., just above the mouth of

Little Otter Creek. 

Drainage area. 578 square miles.

Records available. July 1, 1908, to September 30,1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge. From July 1, 1908, to May 5, 1913,

the gage was located at the Coal & Coke Railroad bridge; read daily, morning and

evening, to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3, half-tenths from

3 to 3.5, and tenths above 3.5 feet. t>ea-level elevation of zero of gage, 796.31 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge or by wading. 

Channel and control. Probably permanent. Determinations by leveling, August

12, 1910, and September 13, 1912, indicate that there would be no flow past the

gage if the stage were to fall to 0.5 foot ±0.2 foot. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 21.2 feet at 4.15 p. m.

November 16,1913. Minimum stage,recorded: 1.31 feet at 6.45 a. m. and 5.40 p. m.

September 30, 1914. 

No records of floods prior to the installation of the gage are available. The flood

of January 30, 1911, reached a stage of 30.4 feet, as determined by wye levels on

September 13, 1912. 

Winter flow. Ice may affect the discharge relation for short periods.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Elk River at Gassaway, W. Va., during the year ending Sept. 30,

1914.

Date.

Nov. 29

29

Made by 

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

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

4.57

4.66

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,420

1,480
68 STJEFACE WAT'EE SUPPLY, 19H, PAET III.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Elk River at Gassaway, W. Va.,for the year ending Sept. 30,

1914.

[H. A. Hays, observer.]

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21.................:........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oct.

2.01

2.16

2.28

2.17

2.12

2.06

2.17

2.29

2.23

2.19

2.16

2.14

2.12

2.08

2.26

2.35

2.29

2.32

2.60

3.1

5.2

5.8

4.8

4.8

7.5

13.4

7.7

6.3

4.7 

4.1

3.4

Nov.

3.45

4.4

4.9

4.9

4.4

3.8

3.35

3.5

3,8

4.6

6.3

13.4

16.0

18.8

16.1

8

17

6.3

5.1

4.4

4 9

4.0

3 9

7 Q

3 Q

4.0

4.4

4.7 

4.6

Dec.

4.7

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.0

5.0

4.9

5.2

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.0

3.3

3.15

3 1

3 AC

3.1

3.05

3

f\

3

1

3.15

3 9

3.25

3.25

3.2 

3.1

3.1

Jan.

3.05

3.0

3.05

3.15

3.25

3.45

3.6

3 7

3.8

4.0 4 15

4.5

4.3

4.0

3 9

3

0

3.6

3

e

3

0

12.8

10.1

8 9

7 ft

6.3

5 4

4 Q

4 9

4.8 

4.8

4.7

Feb.

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.8

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.7

13.4

18.3

14.3

9 A

6.0

5.0

4.1

°. Q

3.8

4.0

Mar.

3.9

3.5

3.3

3.1

3.2

3.7

4.8

4.9

4.6

4.4

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.8

4.3

8.6

7.5

5.6

5.0

4.0

4.0

4.2

4.4

5.0

7.1

9.2

8.0

6.4 

5.1

5.5

Apr.

5.9

7.5

10.6

7.4

6.2

5.5

4.5

5.8

9.5

6.8

5.7

5.3

4.8

4.6

4.8

6.4

8.5

6

0

7.5

11.7

10.2

7.5

7.1

6 Q

9

0

10.6

7.4

6.7 

6.6

May.

6.5

6.3

6.2

5.8

6.1

8.9

7.5

5.9

5.0

4.4

3.8

3.45

3.25

3.05

2.88

2.71

2.66

2.62

2.55

2.39

2.26

2.13

2.07

2.03

1.98

1 96

1.84

1.82

1.76 

1.73

1.68

June.

.64

.62

.59

.58

.65

.68

.79

.76

.72

.62

1.57

1.52

1.52

1.68

1.85

1.71

1.62

1.58

1.54

1.61

1.60

1 60

2.24

3.7

4.0

5

Q

5.9

5 4.

4.0 

3.05

July.

2.67

2.04

1.84

1.82

1.86

1.88

1.84

1.79

1.66

1.63

1.63

1.74

1.71

1.67

2.69

4.0

3.00

2.69

2.42

2.32

2.24

2.15

1.98

1 84

1.99

2

07

2.44

2 97

2.08 

1.99

1.83

Aug.

1.74

1.68

1.59

1.57

1.53

1.49

1.45

1.43

1.43

1.45

1.71

2.17

2.12

2.18

2.08

1.88

1.81

1.70

1.63

1.55

1.51

1.48

1.50

1.92

2 14

2.50

2.22

2.30 

2.34

2.30

Sept.

2.23

2.13

2.08

2.03

1.94

1.86

1.74

1.70

1.64

1.62

1.64

1.60

1.58

1.55

1.56

1 55

1 54

i 154

1.51

1.47

1.44

1 49

1 dfl

1.36

1 34

1.33

1

OQ

1.32 

1.31

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice about Jan. 12-18, and Feb. 12-17. 

ELK RIVER AT CLENDENIN, W. VA.

Location. At highway bridge in town of Clendenin, W. Va., immediately above 

mouth of Big Sandy Creek.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Becords available. June 27, 1908, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, 

to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3, half-tenths from 3 to 4, and 

tenths above 4 feet. Sea-level elevation of zero of gage, 588.69 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge or by wading.

Channel and control. Probably permanent. Levels taken August 11, 1910, and 

September 14,1912, indicate that there would be no flow past the gage if the stage 

were to fall to 1 foot ±0.2 foot.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 21.8 feet at 4.25 p. m. 

November 16 and 7.10 a. m. November 17,1913. Minimum stage recorded: 1.75 

feet at 5 p. m. September 29, 1914. 

The high water of 1889 reached a stage of about 31.9 feet referred to gage datum.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice at times during December, January, 

and February.

Accuracy. Gage heights at times affected by backwater from Big Sandy Creek, 

which joins Elk: Biver immediately below the gage. This backwater may be 

negligible at low stages in the Big Sandy, but at other times it may form a large 

percentage of the flow in Elk River above the junction of the two streams. On 

November 28, 1913, engineers of the Survey found the flow of the creek to be
KANAWHA EIVEE BASIN. 69

29 per cent of the flow in Elk River above Big Sandy. The discharge and drainage 

area of Big Sandy Creek should therefore be included in estimating discharge at 

this station; that is, the Clendenin gage should be considered an index of the 

flow of Elk River just below the mouth of Big Sandy Creek. Discharge measurements at this station previously published do not include the flow of the Big 

Sandy.

Discharge measurements of Elk River at Clendenin, W Va., during the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

Date'.

Nov. 28

28

Made by 

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

Gage 

height. r

Feet. 

4.02

4.16

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,240

1,330

Daily gage heipht, in feet, of Elk River at Clendenin, W. Va.,for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

[J. W. Riley, observer.!

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

7.......................'...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21..........................

22..........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26..........................

27..........................

28..........................

29..........................

30..........................

31..........................

Oct.

2.72

2.58

2.50

2.58

2.58

3.65

3.35

3.1

2.92

2.75

2.66

3.35

3.4

3.35

3.25

3.1

2.96

2.89

2.82

4.1

4.9

6.1

5.4

4.9

5.6

8.3

9.3

6.5

5.4

4.7

4.2

Nov.

3.85

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.15

3.1

3TO

2.93

3.25

5.2

6.0

5.6

6.4

10.4

15.1

19.3

20.4

11.1

7.3

6.0

5.2

4.7

4.4

3.95

3.8

3.65

3.6

4.4

4.9

5.2

Dec.

5.8

7.6

6.8

6.0

5.4

4.9

5.4

7.5

7.3

6.5

5.7

5.2

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.75

3.7

3.7

3.65

3.65

3.8

7.2

8.2

6.7

5.8

5.3

5.0

Jan.

4.8

4.6

4.7

5.1

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.2

7.6

11.0

9.2

7.3

5.7

5.1

4.9

4.9

5.1

5.3

5.0

5.0

7.7

10.5

7.3

6.2

8.2

9.5 7.3

6.2

5.5

5.2

5.7

Feb.

P. 7

6.5

5.8

5.2

5.0

5.4

6.0

6.2

5.9

5.4

5.0

4.6

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.1

3.9

4.9

13.8

18.9

11.2

7.4

6.1

5.1

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.8

......

Mar.

4.9

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.6

5.2

6.6

6.4

5.7

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.5

6.0

6.9

7.9

8.7

8.0

6.5

6.0

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.7

6.0

7.1

8.0

8.1

7.2

6.4

Apr.

6.5

7.4

10.3

9.1

7.0

6.0

5.4

5.9

7.7

8.4

6.6

5.8

5.2

4.8

4.7

7.9

9.1

8.0

6.5

9.9

12 7

8.9

6.8

5.8

5.2

10.2

14.0

9.1

6.9

5.9

May.

5.3

4.8

4.4

4.2

5.0

8.8

7.7

7.3

6.4

5.4

4.8

4.6

4.3

4.1

3.85

3.7

3.5

3.35

3.2

3.1

2.95

2.89

2.81

2.73

2.65

2.63

2.57

2.50

2.43

2.37

2.31

June.

2.28

2.25

2.18

2.15

2.17

2.23

2.21

2.19

2.21

2.34

2.20

2.17

2.14

2.02

1 98

1.96

2.26

2.30

2.22

2.08

2.04

1.98

1.94

2.02

2.80

3.75

4.5

3.7

3.35

2.87

July.

2.72

2.53

2.41

2.41

2.35

2.20

2.11

2.14

2.14

2.29

2.28

2.11

2.06

2.19

3.15

3.7

4.3

3.75

3.3

3.0

2.83

2.76

2.53

2.47

2.43

2.35

2.86

2.87

2.55

2.51

2.50

Aug.

2.33

2.21

2.17

2.11

2.09

2.05

2.05

1.99

1.99

2.03

2.00

2.73

3.65

3.2

2.86

2.78

2.64

2.52

2.38

2.28

2.22

2.18

2.14

2.15

2.16

2.32

2.28

2.82

2.94

2.82

2.76

Sept.

2.70

2.58

2.81

2 66

2.58

2.52

2.40

2.32

2.26

2.20

2.20

2.20

2 25

2.19

2.15

2.11

2.09

2.07

2.05

2.01

2.02

2 01

1.96

1.89

1.88

1.85

1.87

1.79

1.76

1.81

NOTE. Discharge relation probably not materially affected by ice.

COAL RIVER AT BRUSHTON, W. VA.

Location. At Chesapeake & Ohio Railway bridge at Brushton, W. Va., 500 feet 

above the mouth of Brush Creek.

Drainage area. 379 square miles.

Records available. June 23,1908, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, 

to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 2.5, half-tenths from 2.5 to 4, 

and tenths above 4 feet. Sea-level elevation of the zero of the gage, 633.83 feet.
70 STJKFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge or by wading. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 8 feet at 8 a. m. 

February 20. Minimum stage recorded: 0.8 foot at 7 a. m. and 6 p. m. July 8. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation little if at all affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Gage-height records reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by wading by Peterson and Walters:

November 23,1913: Gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 166 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Coal River at Brushton, W. Va., for the, year ending Sept. SO,

1914. 

[G. W. Fitzpatrick, observer.]

Day.

1..........................

2..........................

3..........................

4..........................

5..........................

6..........................

7..........................

8..........................

9..........................

10..........................

11..........................

12..........................

13..........................

14..........................

15..........................

16..........................

17..........................

18..........................

19..........................

20..........................

21..........................

22..........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26..........................

27. .........................

28..........................

29. .........................

30. .........................

31..........................

Oct.

1.58

1.59

1.50

1.48

1.44

1.41

1.39

1.36

1.33

1.31

1.30

1.34

1.34

1.32

1.32

1:32

1.30

1.30

1.38

1.90

2.04

2.04

1.89

1.82

2.95

3.3

2.55

2.20

2.04

1.92

1.74

Nov.

1.66

1.62

1.56

1.55

1.52

1.48

1.46

1.46

1.82

2.28

2.30

2.27

2.5

3.65

3.4

5.2

4.9

3.7

2.9

2.6

2.38

2.23

2.11

2.01

1.92

1.84

1.88

2.14

2.48

2.55

Dec.

3.15

4.7

3.8

3.2

2.85

2.6

3.25

3.45

3.55

3.15

2.95

2.7

2.5

2.40

2.29

2.19

2.14

2.11

2.04

2.00

1.99

,1.98

1.89

1.88

1.86

3.65

4.0

3.5

3.2

3.05

3.0

Jan.

3.0

2.85

2.95

3.0

2.95

2.9

2.95

3.0

4.6

6.2

4.8

3.9

3.3

3.05

2.85

2.7

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.6

3.2

3.55

3.1

2.85

3.6

4.3

4.0

3.3

3.0

2.9

3.3

Feb.

3.65

3.35

3.15

3.0

2.9

2.95

3.65

3.9

3.5

3.2

3.0

2.75

2.65

2.6

2.48

2.46

2.33

3.05

6.6

7.5

5.1

4.1

3.75

4.7

4.1

3.25

3.1

Mar.

3.05

2.8

2.7

2.75

2.75

3.05

3.7

3.8

3.5

3.3

4.6

6.0

5.1

4.4

4.0

4.3

4.6

4.3

4.0

3.75

3.3

3.25

3.4

3.8

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.3

3.25

3.3

Apr.

3.5

4.0

4.2

3.85

3.4

3.1

2.9

3.35

5.1

4.6

3.8

3.45

3.2

3.05

3.15

5.9

6.6

4.6

3.95

6.3

5.6

4.5

3.8

3.4

3.15

3.75

3.4

3.1

2.9

2.75

May.

2.6

2.46

2.38

2.31

2.46

2.75

3.8

3.5

3.35

3.15

3.1

2.9

2.'65

2.5

2.39

2.28

2.19

2.10

2.00

1.92

1.86

1.80

1.75

1.72

1.66

1.60

1.55

1.50

1.44

1.40

June.

1.34

1.31

1.28

1.24

1.49

1.83

1.58

1.41

1.35

1.32

1.24

1.22

1.15

1.10

1.08

.98

1.03

.98

1 08

1.08

1.04

1.03

1.10

1.16

1.16

1.13

1.27

.1.11

97

.98

July.

0.97

.97

.95

91

.89

.88

.83

.80

1.13

1.07

1.08

1.07

1.01

1.61

2.03

3.9

3.05

2.65

2.95

2.27

1.89

1.74

1.58

1.47

1.41

1.44

1.67

1.59

1.47

1.41

1.27

Aug.

1.25

1.21

1.17

1.14

1.04

1.03

1.01

.99

1.00

1.01

1.13

1.28

1.27

1.32

1.37

1.22

1.23

1.15

1.11

1.07

1.13

1.08

1.01

1.00

1.21

1.87

2.11

2.09

1 91

1.79

1.43

Sept.

1.55

1.42

4.1

2.47

2.04

1.82

1.72

1.66

1.58

1.46

1.66

1.92

1.84

1.68

1.60

1.50

1.44

1.40

1.34

1.28

1.25

1.23

1.20

1.18

1.22

1.20

1.17

1.14

1.12

1.11

NOTE. Discharge relation probably not materially affected by ice.

COAL RIVER AT F*UQUA, W. VA.

Location. At W. 0. Hoy's passenger ferry, half a mile below Fuqua railroad station

and 1 mile below mouth of Fuqua Creek. 

Drainage area. Not measured.

Records available. October 12, 1911, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Staff gage in two sections on right bank; read daily, morning and evening,

to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3.5, half-tenths from 3.5 to 4,

and tenths above 4 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from boat 300 feet above gage or by wading. 

Channel and control. Probably permanent. Wye levels, run September 16,

1912, indicate that there would be no flow past the gage if the river were to fall

to a stage of 0.0 ± 0.2 foot referred to gage datum. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 15.8 feet at 7.30 a. m,

February 20. Minimum stage recorded: 0.5 foot at 7.30 a. m. July 10.
KAETAWHA RIVER BASIN. 71

Winter flow. Discharge relation probably affected by ice for short periods. 

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Coal River at Fuqua, W., Va. during ihe year ending Sept, 

SO, 1914.

Date.

Nov. 22

22 .....do......................

Made by- Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.38

2.36

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

444

432

NOTE. Measurements made by wading at Tornado.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Coal River at Fuqua, W. Va.,for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

[W. C. Hoy, observer.]

Day.

1. .........................

2..........................

5..........................

6..........................

7..........................

8..........................

9..........................

10..........................

11..........................

11

14..........................

15..........................

16..........:...............

17..........................

18..........................

19..........................

20..........................

21..........................

22..........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26..........................

27..........................

28

29..........................

30..........................

31..........................

Oct.

0.66

.88

.87

.81

.78

.74

.72

.70

.66

.63

.62

60

.58

.57

.57

.57

.56

.59

.74

1.07

1.58

1.65

1.55

1.40

1.98

5.3

3.27

2.76

2.26

1.74

1.56

Noi

1 4

1.3

1.?

1 1

1 1

1 01

1,0

1.0

1.3

1.9

?, 4

2.3

9 7

4 ?

4 4

7.7

9,?

5.5

3.9

3 1

?, 6

3.31

2 1

?, 0

1 SI

1,81

1.7

2

0

?,.7

2 8

' 

F>

P

4

7

2

t

»

i

\ !»

&>

P

»

7

I

7

«

&

I

|

-

Dec.

3.8

7.6

5.9

4.4

4.0

3.07

3.65

6.3

5.2

4.3

3.8

3.30

2.94

2.74

2.52

2.34

2.23

2.14

2.04

1.96

1.90

1.84

1.78

1.71

4.3

6.1

4.8

4.1

3.8

3.7

Jan.

3.7

3.5

3.6

3.95

3.95

3.8

3.8

3.9

6.1

9.7

8.5

5.9

4.4

3.9

3.65

3.32

3 19

2.98

2.86

2.80

3.07

4.2

3.6

3.25

4.2

5.9

5.2

3.8

3.5

5.1

Feb.

6.6

5.2

4.5

4.0

3.75

3.6

4.3

5.4

4.8

4.2

3.9

3.19

3.34

3.24

4.0

4.6

11.5

14.8

9.8

6.6

5.4

5.6

5.5

4.8

4.2

3

QR

Mar.

3.85

3.65

3.5

3.55

3.44

3.9

5.2

5.6

5.1

4.5

5.0

H e

9.0

7.4

6.5

6.2

6.8

6.4

5.8

5.3

4.5

4 3

4.7

5.7

6.0

6.1

5.7

5

n

4.5

4

0

4.7

Apr.

5.0

6.5

6.6

5.6

4.8

4.1

3.7

4.6

8.4

8.0

6.0

5

n

4 3

3.95

4.0

7.7

19 n

8.1

6.2

12.2

11.6

8

n

6.1

5.0

6.1

5.6

4.6

4.1

1 7

May.

3.28

3.02

2.85

f, 71

3.8

6.5

5.6

5.3

4.9

4.6

4.1

1 Q

3.48

3.20

2. 02

2.66

2.26

2.10

1.96

1 84

1 7S

1.58

1 4Q

1.41

1

QQ

1.26

1.21

1.14

June.

1.10

1.06

1.00

.96

1.02

1.34

1.40

1.19

1.08

1.01

.94

.86

.81

.82

.76

.72

.70

.67

fifi

.68

.81

84

Q1

.81

.80

.80

on

.76

.69

July.

"0.64

.62

R0

.60

.58

.56

.54

.52

.51

.51

.55

.58

54

.81

1.86

3.18

6.1

3.36

3.55

2.52

1.95

1 64

1.42

1.26

1.16

1.41

1.37

1.70

1.38

1.18

1.08

Aug.

1.00

.90

.88

.82

.78

.72

.72

.69

.67

.66

.78

.95

1.04

.94

1.06

1.17

1.14

1.00

.88

.81

.77

90

.75

.72

1.19

1.81

2.46

2.32

2.38

1.89

1.65

Sept.

1.44

1.30

10.0

3.55

2.42

1.78

1.64

1.62

1.59

1.43

1.44

2.06

2.06

1.80

1.59

1.44

1.32

1.23

1.16

1.11

1.06

1 00

.94

.93

.96

.96

.90

.88

.81

.78

NOTE. On Feb. 17 observer reported ice along shores. Discharge relation probably not materially

.fffint.fid hv toft.

POCOTALIGO RIVER AT SISSONVILLE, W. VA.

affected by ice.

Location. At highway bridge at the post office at Siss<j>nville, W. Va., one-fourth

mile below mouth of Grapevine Creek. 

Drainage area. Not measured.

Becords available. June 26, 1908, to September 30, 19l4. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to

hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 2.5, half-tenths from 2.5 to 3.5,

and tenths above 3.5 feet.
72 SUEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge or by wading.

Channel and control. Sand and gravel; may shift during floods. A determination by leveling, August 10, 1910, indicated that there would be no flow past the 

gage if the stage were to fall to 1.2 feet ± 0.2 foot. On November 25, 1913, this 

stage was found to be 0.7 foot ± 0.2 foot.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 21.5 feet, February 

19. Minimum stage recorded: 0.9 foot July 11,12, and 13.

The flood of June 27,1910, reached a height of 33 feet by the gage datum. Some 

of the flood water passed around the gage.

Winter flow. Discharge relation may be affected by ice for short periods in December, January, and February.

Regulation. A dam and small power plant above the station modify the low-water 

flow.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements o/Pocotaligo River at Sissonville, W. Va., during the year ending

'Sept. SO, 1914.

Date.

Nov. 25

25

Made by 

.....do....................................................................

height.

Feet. 

2.37

2.42

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

68

70

NOTE. Measurements made by wading at a section about 250 feet above gage.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Pocotaligo River at Sissonville, W. Va., /or the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914. 

[B. N. Sisson, observer.]

Day.

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10. .............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24. .............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

3l..(... ........

Oct.

1.51

1.63

1.71

1.51

1.42

1.31

1.25

1.25

1.21

1 19

1.21

1.17

1.14

1.13

1.08

1.10

1.09

1.14

1.24

4.3

3.6

3.2

2.5

2.8

6.3

7.0

3.7

9 Q^

2.75

2.33 

2.43

Nov.

1 Q7

1.94

1.66

1.87

1.59

1.25

1.43

1.20

2.47

4.6

4.4

4.1

6.4

7 O

7.7

18.4

10.2

4.6

3.6

3.1

2.85

2.65

2.55

2.37

2.98

2.10

2.08

^ i

4.8

3.6

Dec.

6.2

7.0

3.6

3.6

3.1

O QK

6.8

6.2

4.7

3.6

3.3

3.0

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.29

2.35

2.35

2.?6

2 18

O 1Q

9 19

2.18

2.65

3.2

10.8

5.8

4.0

3.45

3.2 

3.0

Jan.

2.85

2.7

3.1

4.4

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.7

7.9

7 O

4.8

3.7

3.15

3.1

2.85

2.8

2.8

2.85

2.6

2.6

2.9

3.15

2.75

2.65

5.7

4.3

3.4

3 fit;

2.85

2.8 

7.0

Feb.

6.6

4.2

3.35

3.2

3.25

3.5

3.4

3.05

2.65

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.45

2.7

2.9

2.85

2.9

4.6

17.7

13.1

5.2

4.1

3.8

3.4

3.3

3.2

4.0

4.3

.......

Mar.

5.1

4.0

3.8

3.7

4.3

5.7

6.5

4.8

4.3

3.8

3.9

3.6

3.8

4.6

5.3

4.8

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.35

3.2

3.35

3.8

i 9

3.6

3.35

3.15

3.6

3 0

3.9 

3.4

Apr.

3.35

7.4

5.2

3.9

3.4

3.0

3.4

6.0

7.5

3.6

3.3

3.05

2.85

3.05

9.6

5.8

4.1

3.8

12.1

6.8

5.0

3.6

3.2

3.05

12.5

7.1

4.3

3.6

3.2

May.

2.85

2.75

2.6

2.5

7.9

10.9

5.8

4.5

4.2

3.6

3.15

2.95

2.95

2.8

2.5

2.41

2.25

2.19

1.94

1.96

1.77

1.84

1.62

1.70

1.77

1.52

1.14

1.54

1.38

1.32 

1.26

June.

1.14

1.22

1.20

1.20

1.14

1.24

1.17

1.10

1.13

1.13

1.14

1.10

.99

1.06

1.03

1.10

1.09

1.08

1.09

1.10

1.06

1.11

1.07

1.07

1.06

1.04

1.23

1.11

1.09

1.07

July.

1.06

1.02

1.02

.99

1.05

1.08

1.02

1.08

.98

.96

.92

.91

.91

1.20

3.2

2.35

2.05

1.70

1.59

1.42

1.55

1.25

1.13

1.15

1.21

1.27

1.19

1.17

1.13

1.11 

1.14

Aug.

1.14

1.09

1.11

1.10

1.11

1.09

1.08

1.11

1.13

1.06

2.85

4.3

4.5

2.8

2.55

2.6

2.5

2.40

2.40

2.20

2.04

2.20

2.5

5.1

3.7

2.95

2.7.

2.47

2 7

2.5 

2.42

Sept.

2.26

2.28

2.65

2.6

2.22

2.22

2.12

2.33

2.22

2.25

- 1.95

2.05

1.92

2.07

2.07

2.02

2.02

1.87

1 7O

1.87

1.77

2 12

2.01

1 O7

1.82

1.77

1.82

1.78

1.41

1.68

NOTE. Discharge relation probably not affected by ice.
SUKFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III. 73

SCIOTO RIVER BASIN.

SCIOTO KIVEE AT CHILLICOTHE, OHIO.

Location. At the Scioto Valley Traction Co.'s bridge.

Drainage area. 3,760 square miles.

Records available. December 1, 1913, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Vertical staff attached to south side of middle concrete pier of bridge; read

daily, in the morning. 

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge about 100 feet west of

gage; at low water, by wading.

Channel and control. Rock, gravel, and mud; probably fairly permanent. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 13.7 feet March 30.

Minimum stage not known as no records are available during parts of February,

March, June, and July. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation probably affected by ice during parts of January,

February, and March. 

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Cooperation. Gage heights furnished by United States Weather Bureau. 

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Scioto River at Chillicothe, Ohio, during the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

June 12

July 18

Made by Gage

height.-

Feet. 

0.25

- .05

Discharge.

See.-ft. 

526

413

Daily gage height, in feet, of Scioto River at Chillicothe, Ohio, for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914. 

[Marion MacKey, observer.]

Day.

1....... ...................

2..........................

3..........................

4..........................

5..........................

6..........................

7.......................... 

8..........................

9.......................... 

10..........................

11. ........ ................. 

12..........................

13..........................

14..........................

15..........................

16..........................

17..........................

18..........................

19. .........................

20..........................

21..........................

22. .........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26..........................

27..........................

28..........................

29..........................

30..........................

31..........................

Dec.

1.0

2.0

2.1

2.0

1 Q

1.9

1.7 

1.7

1.7 

1.6

1.6 

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.0

1.3

.8

.7

.6

.5

.5

.5

1.8

2.1

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7

Jan.

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

1 i

1.3

1.2 

1.2

1.6

1.7

1.7 

1.6

1.5

3.0

9 Q

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.8

3»5

6.6

4.7

3.7

3.1

2.0

2.4

Feb.

7.0

8.8

6.2

5.0

5.0

4 Q

4.1 

7.0

9.0 

5.5

5.4 

5.4

5.3

4.9

4

0

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.9

4 9

4.7

4 7

Mar.

4.0

6.3

8.3

8.3 

6.1

5.8 

6.4

6.3

5.7

8.1

11.0

U Q

10.6

9 7

8.4

5.0

4.8

4.0

3.1

3.0

2.5

2.4

8.8

12.0

13.7

12.2

Apr.

10.5

10.1

12.2

13.0

7.0

3.1

3.8

11.0 

12.8

10.8 

9.4

8.8

8.0

7.1

A S

4.4

3.8

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.5

2.4

2.0

1.8

2.4

2.0

2.6

2.6

2.5

May.

2.0

1 9

1 9

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

4.1 

5.2

4.8 

4.0

3.8

4.9

5

0

5.7

5.2

5.1

4.4

4.1

3.1

2.6

2 1

1.6

1.4

1.0

.7

.7

.7

.6

June.

0.5

.4

.2

.2

.2

.2 

.1

.1 

.1

.1 

.1

.1

.1

.1

.3

.3

.2

July.

-------

-0.05

Aug.

-0.2

3

0

.4

- .4

- .4 

4

 .4 

- .4

__ ^

- !4

- .5

- .5

5

rj

5

- .5

.4

_ 4

4

.. . 4

.4

_ 4

- ,3

.0

.0

.0

.7

3.7

2.1

Sept.

1.2

.6

.4

.4

.1

.1

.1 

.1

.1

.1

.0 

_ I

 .1

- .1

- .2

- .2

- .2

- .3

- .3

- .3

- .3

- .3

_ 4

- .4

- .4

- .4

- .4

NOTE, No record of stage Feb. 24 to Mar. 5; June 16 to Aug. 1 except July 18.
74 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

LITTLE MIAMI RIVER BASIN. 

LITTLE MIAMI RIVER AT PLAINVILLE, OHIO.

Location. At the steel highway bridge about half a mile above the Pennsylvania

Railroad station.

Drainage area. 1,680 square miles.

Records available. July 10 to September 30, 1914. » 

Gage. Chain gage attached to downstream side of bridge; read morning and evening

to quarter-tenths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 6.2, half-tenths from 6.2 to

7.6, and tenths above 7.6 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge; at low water,

by wading. 

Channel and control. Channel consists of heavy gravel and rock, covered with

layer of mud. Control is at a riffle about 600 feet below gage; practically permanent. 

Accuracy. Discharge relation affected by backwater during extremely high water

in Ohio River.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Little Miami River at Plainville, Ohio, during the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

July 14

Aug. 19

Made by 

.....do...................................................................

.....do....................................:...............................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

6.11

8.45

5.57

Discharge.

Ser.-ft. 

180

1,440

73.4

Daily gage height, in feet, of Little Miami River at Plainville, Ohio, for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[John Burns, observer.]

Day.

1........... 

2...........

3. ....... ...

4...........

5...........

6...........

7...........

8...........

9...........

10...........

July.

......

5.78

Aug.

5.60 

5.54

5.55

5.44

5.45

5 49

5.48

5.48

5.50

5.52

Sept.

7.45 

7.05

6.7

6.4

6.2

6.00

6.12

5.98

5.95

5.88

Day.

11...........

is

14...........

15...........

17...........

18...........

19...........

20...........

July.

5.78 

5.68

5.78

8.5

7.05

6.6

6.4

6.14

6.00

6.12

Aug.

5.64

5.72

6.17

5.82

5.66

5.58

5.54

5.52

5.49

Sept.

5.95 

5.91

5.85

5.52

5.68

5.66

5.61

5.50

5.54

5.40

Day.

21...........

22...........

23...........

24...........

25...........

26...........

27...........

28...........

29...........

30...........

01

July.

5.98

5.88

5.78

5.80

5.72

5.60

5.61

5.65

5.55

5.61

5.62

Aug.

5.44 

5.48

5.64

5.65

8.1

8.0

6.85

8.2

14.5

9.6

&2

Sept.

5.50 

5.51

5.50

5.66

5.58

5.62

5.58

5.59

5.62

5.65

LICKING RIVER BASIN. 

LICKING RIVER AT FALMOUTH, KY.

Location. At the highway bridge on Ferry Street, about 500 feet above mouth of

South Fork.

Drainage area. 2,290 square miles. 

Records available. January 1 to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening.
MILL CREEK BASIN. 75

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge, from boat, or by wading, according

to stage.

Channel and control. Fairly permanent.

Winter flow. Discharge relation probably not materially affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Discharge relation may be affected by backwater during high water in

South Fork.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Licking River at Falmouth, Ky., during the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

May 30

Made by Gage 

height.

feet. 

1.70

1.47

Discharge.

fiec.-ft. 

291

146

Daily gage height, in feet, of Licking River at Falmouth, Ky., for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914.

Bay.

1. ..........................

2...........................

3...........................

4...........................

5...........................

6...........................

7...........................

8. .......................

9...........................

10...........................

11...........................

12...........................

13...........................

14...........................

15................... .......

16...........................

17...........................

18.........................

19...........................

20...........................

21...........................

2?...........................

23...........................

21...........................

25...........................

26...........................

27...........................

2S. ..........................

29...........................

30...........................

31...........................

Jan.

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.9

6.6

4.7

4.3

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

9 9

2.2

3.0

4.1

4.1

3.5

3.2

3.0

9.9

Feb.

11.0

9.0

. 6.0

7.6

5.3

6.1

9.6

7.0

5.5

5.0

4.8

4 n

3.3

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.5

4.5

23.0

27.1

21.5

15.3

13.2

7.5

4.7

4.2

4.0

3.8

Mar.

6.0

4.5

4.2

4.0

4.0

3.9

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.4

n 9

8.0

9 A

9.8

8.5

7 H

6.2

5.0

4 H

4.2

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.3

8.6

7.0

9.1

8.2

Apr.

7.6

10.0

9.8

8.8

6.6

6.0

A 9

4.2

4.0

4.2

4.5

4.8

4.8

4.6

3.8

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.5

4.0

4.5

4.0

3.5

4.5

4.6

6.0

5.0

4.0

May.

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.5

4.0

5.0

9.5

9.5

9.0

8.5

7.0

5.6

4.5

4.0

3.5

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.S

1.7

1.7

1.6

June.

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.6

4.8

c 9

3.4

4.3

3.5

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

July.

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

.Aug.

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1 9

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

2.5

2.2

1.7

1.5

i d

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.8

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.3

3.7

2.4

2.2

5.8

3.4

9 fi

Sept.

2.2

2.0

J.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

MILL CHEEK BASIN. 

MILL CREEK AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, OHIO.

Location. At Arlington Heights, about 1,000 feet below confluence of East and

West forks of Mill Creek. 

Drainage area. 109 square miles. 

Records available. September 19, 1912, to September 30,1914.
76 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Gage. Inclined staff fastened to posts on right bank; read daily, morning and

evening, to half-tenths. 

Discharge measurements. Made from boat at section or at low water by wading

both forks.

Channel and control. Probably permanent. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 6.2 feet at 5 p. m.

March 27, 1914. Minimum stage recorded: 0.95 foot at 6 p. m. October 11,1913. 

Winter flow. Affected by ice during severe winters. 

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable. 

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the Division of Sewerage

Investigation of the Department of Public Service of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Mill Creek at Arlington Heights, Ohio, during the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

Aug. 11

Made by Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.42

1.22

1.16

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

65.0

16.1

22.6

Daily gage height, in feet, of Mill CreeTc at Arlington Heights, Ohio, for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[H. C. Harris, observer.]

Day.

1....... ...................

2..........................

3.......................... 

4..........................

5..........................

6..........................

7..........................

8..........................

9..........................

10..........................

11..........................

12..........................

13..........................

14..........................

15..........................

16..........................

17..........................

18..........................

19..........................

20..........................

21..........................

22..........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26..........................

27..........................

28. .........................

29.......................... 

30.......................... 

31..........................

Oct.

1.20

1.20

1.20 

1.10

1.05

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.05

i ftfi

.98

1.00

1.05

1.10

1.10

1.10

1 19

1.15

1.05

1.15

1.18

1.20

1.20

1.22

1 Q9

1.38

1.15

1 19

1.10 

1.10 

1.20

Nov.

1.12

1.05

1.08 

1.10

1.15

1.15

1.18

1.35

1.20^

1.15

1.20

1.20

1.20

1

0A

1.60

1 90

1.42

1.30

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.10

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.35 

1.35

Dec.

1.60

1.35 

1 30

1.30

1 *?£*

1

00

1 30

1.20

1 OR

1.20

1 OK

i oo

1 Ifc

1.18

i 95

1

nt\

1.25

1.15

1.15

1

n/\

1.20

1

n/\

1.20

1.20

1.20

1 9S

1.35

1.30 

1.35 

1 9t;

Jan.

1.30

1.35

1.30 

1.35

1.30

1.30

1.35

1.45

1.52

1 RO

1.55

1.48

1.38

1.30

1.32

1.35

1 Q*S

1 30

1.30

1 40

1

00

1 ^?9

1 ^ft

1 49

1 4&

1.42

1.38 i ^*;

1.35 

1.30 

4 90

Feb.

3.42

1.35

1.30

1.78

1 60

1.45

2.20

1.60

1.50

1.50

1.40

1.35

1.40

1 30

1.30

1.30

1 Ort

1.35

1.50

O fJA

1.80

O AA

5.60

2 9ft

1.70

1.50

1.38

1 30

Mar.

1.20

1.30

1.80 

1.62

2.00

1.90

1.85

1.60

1.58

1.58

1.68

1.4&

1.55

2.45

1.80

1.55

1.45

1.40

1 40

i 49

1.42

1.40

1 40

1.45

3 on

2.80 

1.85 

1.40

Apr.

5.30

2.05

1.40 

1.40

1.38

1.38

1.85

1.40

1 QA

1.30

1.30

1 QA

1.35

1.45

1 40

1 40

1 dA

1 40

1.35

1.35

1 Ort

1.35

1 ^f*

1.35

1.30

I

Ort

1.30 

1.30

May.

1.30

1.20

1.20 

1.25

1.75

1.30

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.28

1.35

1.40

1.40

1

QA

1.30

1.30

1 ^tfi

1.30

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.20

1.30 

1.30 

1.30

June

1.35

1.40

1.40 

1.40

1.55

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.38

2.68

1.45

1.40

1 QO

1.30

1.25

1.30 1 ^fi

1.35

1.30

1.30

1.25

1.20

1 99

1.25

1 9.5

1.20

1 99

1 99

1.20 

1.22

July.

1.12

1.12

1.15 

1.20

1.15

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.20

1 95

1.18

1.18

1 95

1.20

1.20

1 9A

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1 ia

1.20

1 20

1.15

1.15 

1.15 

1.15

Aug.

1.15

1.15

1.15 

1.15

1.18

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.35

1.20

1.30

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.18

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.18

1.18

1.20

2.55

1 22

1.15

3.62

2.08 

1.22 

1.20

Sept.

1.22

1.20

1.18 

1.22

1.28

1.28

1.45

1.35

1.25

1.28

1.30

1 30

1.20

1.20

1.20

1 99

1.20

1.28

1.25

1.28

1.22

1.22

1.28

1.30

1.35

1.28

1.22

1.22 

1.20

NOTE. Discharge relation probably affected by ice about Feb. 7-28.
SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1914, PART HI. 77

MIAMI RIVER BASIN. 

MIAMI RIVER AT PIQUA, OHIO.

, Location. At North Main Street Bridge at Piqua.

Drainage area. 842 square miles (determined by the Morgan Engineering Co.). 

Records available. October 1,1913, to June 30,1914. The United States Weather

Bureau has obtained daily gage readings since January 1, 1911, and flood stages

January 1, 1907, to December 31, 1910. 

Gage. Mott gage, read daily, in the morning, to tenths. Sea-level elevation of zero

of gage, 848.7 feet.

Channel and control. Channel shifts somewhat during floods. 

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of highway bridge, about

3,000 feet below gage, or by wading. 

Floods. The flood of March-April, 1913, which is the highest that is known to have

occurred at this station, reached a stage of 23.3 feet on March 25, referred to the

gage datum.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice during part of winter. 

Regulation. Water is taken from the Miami & Erie Canal for power purposes, but

there is no appreciable regulation. 

Diversions. The water in the Miami & Erie Canal about 25 or 30 second-feet 

flowing south from Sidney, is carried through a siphon under Loranne Creek, thence

along the edge of the hills to Piqua, where it is used for power. It is discharged

into the canal about a mile below the gage. In addition to this quantity about 40

or 50 second-feet are diverted into the lower canal level about 3 miles above the

Accuracy. Gage-height record not reliable.

Cooperation. Gage-height record furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.

Results of discharge measurements furnished by the Morgan Engineering Co., of

Dayton, Ohio.

Estimates of discharge withheld.

Discharge measurements of Miami River at Piqua, Ohio, during the year ending Sept.

30, 1914.

[Made by H. R. I^aubenspeck.]

Date.

Apr. 23........

May 13........

13

11........

 ».

Feet. 

2.0

9 fid

2 64

.6

.6

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

210

1 <*4<1

1,390

63.1

65.6

Date.

June 25........

July 31........

31........

Aug. 12........

s,

Feet. 

1.0

.86

.86

1.8

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

69.5

41.1

38.4

223

Date.

Aug. 24........

25........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.8

.88

.88

1.05

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

29.9

38.8

35.5

57.9

NOTE. Measurements subsequent to June 11, except that on Aug. 12, made by wading 1,500 feet below 

gage.
78 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Miami River at Piqua, Ohio, for the period Oct. 1, 1913, to

June 30, 1914-

Day.

1. ..........................

4...........................

5...........................

6...........................

7...........................

8..........................

9...... .....................

10...........................

11........................... 12.....:.............-.......

13...........................

14...........................

15...........................

16...........................

17...........................

18...........................

19...........................

20...........................

21...........................

22...........................

23...........................

24...........................

25...........................

26...........................

27...........................

28...........................

29...........................

30

31...........................

Oct.

1.0

.5

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.6

.6

1.2

1.2

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

Nov.

0.9

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0.0*

.0

.5

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.8

2.5

2.5

2.5

.7

.7

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.6

.6

1.1

Dec.

1.1

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

.9

.9

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

Jan.

0.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.9 1.1 1.1

1.8

2.6

2.0

1.5

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Feb.

1.6

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

3.3

2.1

1.3

1.0

Mar.

1.0

4.0

3.0

2.6

1.6

2.0

2.0

2.6

3.9

4.2

3.6

3.0

2.9

2.0

1.6

1.6

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

2.0

5.0

4.0

^ fi

3.6

Apr.

3.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

2.7

2.3

1.9

1.3

3.1

3.6

3.4

3.5

3.2

2.7

2.5

3.2

2.7

2

K

2.4

2.3

2.0

2 ft

2 7

2.1

2.0

1.6

1.0

1.0

May.

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.3

2.4

2.0

1.7

1.7

1.4

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1 9

1 9

1.0

June.

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1 1.1 1.1

1.0

1.0

NOTE. See "Accuracy" in station description.

MIAMI KIVEK AT TADMOR, OHIO.

Location. At the National Road Bridge at Tadmor, about 4£ miles below the mouth 

of Honey Creek, which enters from the left.

Drainage area. 1,130 square miles (determined by the Morgan Engineering Co.).

Records available. January 1 to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Vertical staff in two sections; read daily, in the morning, to tenths. Sea-level 

elevation of zero of gage, 763.68 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge at gage or by wading.

Channel and control. May shift slightly during floods.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 11.9 feet at 12 midnight April 8; discharge, 11,400 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 1.5 feet 

August 5-9; discharge, 67 second-feet. Highest stage known: 25.4 feet, which 

occurred March 25, 1913.

Winter flow. Discharge relation may be affected by ice for short periods during 

extremely cold weather.

Diversions. None. All the water diverted into the Miami & Erie Canal is wasted 

into the river several miles above Tadmor.

Accuracy. Records reliable.

Cooperation. Gage-height record furnished by the United States Weather Bureau. 

Results of discharge measurements furnished by the Morgan Engineering Co., of 

Dayton, Ohio.
MIAMI RIVER BASIN. 79

Discharge measurements of Miami River at Tadmor, Ohio, during the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

Date.

Dec. 20 

Mar. 14

28

Apr. 17

25

May 15

23

23

July 2

2

Made by 

H. E. Daubenspeck....

I. E.Houk..... ........

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.0 

5.5

9.75

4.0

2.9

4.4

2.4

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.1

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

139 

2,640

7,340

1,360

559

1,560

278

14S

144

187

Date.

July 16 

16

29

29

10

18

18

Sept. 3

24

Made by 

H. E. Daubenspeck . . .

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.85 

1.85

2.0

2.05

1 71

1.75

1.8

1.8

2.1

2.1

2.4

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

126 

122

o!92

«196

o!09

o!07

o!08

«109

o205

o201

297

o Measurement made by wading at a section about 50 feet below gage.

NOTE. Measurements made by engineers of the Morgan Engineering Co., of Dayton, Ohio.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Miami River at Tadmor, Ohio, for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

Day.

1....... ....................

2...........................

3...........................

5...........................

6...........................

7...........................

8...........................

9...........................

10...........................

11...........................

12...........................

13...........................

14...........................

15...........................

16...........................

17...........................

18...........................

19...........................

20...........................

21...........................

22...........................

23...........................

24...........................

25...........................

26...........................

27...........................

28...........................

29...........................

30...........................

31...........................

Jan.

142

142

142

168

168

1 49

149

168

168

196

470

470

470

470

583

840

261

297

376

335

376

470

470

470

910

840

583

470

421

KQO

Feb.

2,380

1,750

1,670

2,110

1 71ft

1,120

1,270

1,840

2,770

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,270

1 97ft

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,120

1,050

1

ACA

Mar.

980

1,120

1,430

1,120

1,750

1 Q3ft

3,070

1,840

1 7FW1

1,270

1 Q^?ft

1

7CA

1,590

2,380

4 340

4 560

3 1 7ft

2,870

2,770

1,510

1,270

980

709

583

EO4

583

7,080

4 450

3,570

Apr.

3,070

7,640

5,230

2,110

11,000

7 790

5

OOA

3,570

3,070

2

K7A

1,930

1,670

1,270

1,120

980

709

709

709

583

583

583

470

583

583

May.

470

470

470

376

376

980

1,120

1,120

1,930

2,110

1 CWft

1 <Wft

1,270

1,120

1,120

1,120

840

583

583

583

470

470

335

335

297

297

335

376

376

Q7ft

June.

376

376

376

376

376

335

297

261

196

168

IfiS

168

168

168

IfiS

IfiS

168

168

168

Ififl

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

July.

196

196

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

119

168

227

168

168

119

110

Aug.

119

99

99

99

67

67

67

67

67

82

168

524

376

168

168

168

142

142

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

168

196

168

168

Sept.

142

168

142

168

168

168

168

119

119

99

907

297

297

297

297

007

335

335

335

335

376

335

335

376

335

583

335

168

168

335

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well defined between 99 and 335 second 

feet, and well-defined between 335 and 11,000 second-feet. Open-water rating curve used throughout 

the period.
80 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Monthly discharge of Miami River at Tadmor, Ohio, for the year ending Sept. SO, 1914. 

[Drainage area, 1,130 square miles.]

Month.

March..

April....................................

June ....................................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

910 

2.770 

7,080

11,000 

2,110 

376

227 

524 

583

Minimum.

142 

1,050 

524

470 

297 

168

119

67 

99

Mean.

394 

1,500 

2,240

2,570 

795 

217

167 

157 

264

Per 

square 

mile.

0.349 

1.33

1.98

2.27 

.704 

.192

.148 

.139 

.234

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.40 

1.38 

2.28

2.53 

.81 

.21

.17

.16 

.26

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

B.

B. 

A. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

MIAMI RIVEE AT DAYTON, OHIO.

Location. At Main Street Bridge, Dayton, about half a mile below mouth of Mad

River and 1 mile above mouth of Wolf Creek. 

Drainage area. 2,450 square miles. 

Records available. March 18, 1905, to December 31, 1909, and April 1, 1913, to

September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Vertical staff attached to downstream end of first pier from left bank; read

once daily to tenths.

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent except during periods of extreme

floods. 

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year ending September

30,1914: 9 feet at 6 p. m. April 8; discharge, 22,800 second-feet. Minimum stage

recorded: 0.4 foot on August 9; discharge, 215 second-feet. The flood of MarchApril, 1913, reached a stage of 28.1 feet on March 26.

Winter flow. Ice may affect the discharge relation during extremely cold weather. 

Diversions. A power plant about a mile above the station may divert water around

the section and a dam on Mad River about 2 miles above the station diverts water

into the Miami & Erie Canal. 

Accuracy. Records good. 

Cooperation. Gage-height record furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.

Results of discharge measurements furnished by the Morgan Engineering Co.

Discharge measurements of Miami River at Dayton, Ohio, during the years ending Sept.

30, 1913-14.

Date.

1912-13. 

June 3 

5

16

1913-14. 

Feb. 2

Mar. 7

28

Apr. 8

Made by 

Smith and Bosard ..... 

Daubenspeck and BoBosard and -Petty . .....

Petty and Steinhilber . . 

.....do.................

Houk and Steinhilber. .

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

2.4

2.5

1.6 

3.65

5.45 

7.65

9.0

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,630

1,760

920 

Q OCA

8,230 

16,300

22,800

Date.

1913-14. 

May 11 

25

15 

26 

July 8 

Aug. 13

26

28

Made by 

H. R. Daubenspeck. . . . 

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do.............. .. 

.....do................. 

.....do................. 

.....do.................

.....do................. 

.....do................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

3.1 

1.4 

1.2

.8 

.9 

.65 

1.2

.6

.6

.55

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2,430

745 

550

355 

430 

252 

616

306 

319

264
MIAMI EIVER BASIN. 81

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Miami River at Dayton, Ohio, for the years ending

Sept. 30, 1913-U.

Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Day. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept.

1913.

1......

2......

10....-

11.....

12.....

13.....

14.....

15.....

12,100

9,340

8,060

25,500

29,400

14,100 

9,670 

7,430 

5; 930 

8,370

21,200

17,900

20,700

26,600

17,000

2,310

2,310

2,190

2,070

2,070

1,850

1,850

1,850

1,740

1,740

1,640

1,540

1,350

1,640

2,190

3,090

3,090

2,740

2,740

2,580

2,310

2,070

2,070

1,740

1,540

1,260

1,080

904

1,080

1,080

743

1,080

904

904

822

743

743

743

667

595

467

467

467

467

990

363

363

363

363

363

363 

319 

319 

319 -319

319

363

319

319

319

363

280

280

280

246

246

280

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

1913.

16.....

17.....

18.....

19.....

20.....

21.....

22......

23.....

24.....

25.....

26.....

27.....

28.....

9,670

7,430

5,930

4,590

3,690

3,090

2,910

2,580

2,440

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,310

2,440

2,440

1,850

1,850

1,740

1,640

1,440

1,260

1,260

1,440

1,350

1,260

1,170

5,100

7,430

5,100

3,690

3,480

1,080

904

904

904

904

822

990

904

904

822

822

822

743

904

904

1,080

904

904

743

467

467

412

412

412

412

412

412

319

319

319

363

412

412

412

363

363

363

363

363

363

412

467

467

412

467

528

467

467

467

467

467

467

467

412

412

Day. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

1913-14.

467

467

467

467

467

467

412

363

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

319

412

412

412

412

467

412

467

412

412

412

363

363

319

319

319

467 467

467

363

363

467

667

1,260

1,540

1,260

990

743

667

595

467

528

467

467

467

467

595

595

595

595

990

904

904

667

467

467

412

412

412

412

412

412

412

412

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

467

467

467

467

467

467

467

467

528

595

1,170

1,350

1,260

1,260

1,260

904

1,640

5.370

3,480

2,580

3,900

3,280

2,310

4,120

4,590

4,590

3,090

1,440

1,170

1,260

1,260

1,850

1,850

1,850

1,850

2,070

2,190

1,960

1,850

1,850

1,850

1,740

1,740

1,540

1,540

1,540

1,850

1,850

1,640

2,310

4,590

8,370

5,930

3,480

2,740

2,580

3,090

3,480

5,650

9,010

9,340

7,120

5,650

3,900

2,580

2,190

1,960

1,640

1,440

1,350

1,260

1,350

15,700

12,500

5,930

16100

11,000

7,740

5,930

4,120

3,690

21,200

16,100

10,000

6,810

6,810

5,370

3,900

3,480

3,280

2,910

2,310

2.070

1,960

1,850

1,740

1,440

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,440

1,440

1,350

1,260

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,850

1,960

2,070

2,070

2,910

2,310

2,070

1,960

2,070

2,190

1,960

1,440

1,260

1,080

904

822

822

822

822

743

743

743

743

667

667

667

528

467

595

467

467

467

467

467

467

467

467

467

412

363

363

363

363

363

319

319

319

363

363

363

467

467

412

363

363

412

363

363

363

363

319

280

280

246

528

363

467

467

467

412

319

280

280

280

280

280

280

280

319

319

319

319

280

280

280

246

246

246

215

246

246

467

412

363

319

319

280

280

363

246

246

246

280

280

319

363

528

528

667

667

528

528

528

467

363

319

319

280

280

319

363

363

363

363

363

363

363

319

363

363

363

412

412

363

363

363

363

319

363

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well defined between 246 and 467 second 

feet, and well defined between 467 and 22,800 second-feet. Open-water rating used during entire period 

Estimates of flow do not take into consideration the water diverted around the gage. (See "Diversions.")

14725° WSP 383 16 6
82 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Monthly discharge of Miami River at Dayton, Ohio, for the years ending Sept. SO, 1913-14-

Month.

1913. 

April..................................... ....................

May....... ....................................................

July...........................................................

August. .......................................................

September ..................... _ .................... ........

1913-14.

November. ............................... . . ...

December. .................................. ..................

March. ........................................................

April ..........................................................

May...................................... . ...... . ..

July...........................................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

29,400 

7,430 

3,090

1,080 

412 

528

467 

1,540 

1,080

1,640 

5,370 

15,700

21,200 

2,910 

595

528 

667 

667

21,200

Minimum.

2,310 

1,170

743

412 

280 

246

319 

319 

363

363 

1,170 

1,260

1,260 

667 

319

246 

215 

280

215

Mean.

9,660 

2,240 

1,430

687 

344 

379

380 

582 

498

606 

2,430 

4,610

5,170 

1.350 

424

337

338 

384

1,420

Accuracy.

C. 

C. 

C.

C. 

C.

C.

C. 

C. 

C.

C. 

B. 

A.

A. 

A. 

A.

B. 

B. 

B.

NOTE. Estimates do not include flow of water diverted around gage.

MIAMI RIVER AT HAMILTON, OHIO.

Location. A single-span highway bridge on High Street at Hamilton.

Drainage area. 3,580 square miles.

Records available. February 28, 1910, to September 30, 1914. Flood stages only, 

November 16, 1904, to February 27, 1910, reported by the United States Weather 

Bureau.

Gage. Vertical staff attached to the south side of the temporary bridge located about 

100 feet below old gage site; read morning and evening to half-tenths. (See 

1 Water-Supply Paper 353 for description of old gage.)

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Apparently permanent under ordinary conditions. The 

section at the bridge shifts somewhat during floods on account of the high velocity.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 9.8 feet at 8 a. m. 

March 28; discharge, 25,800 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 2.10 feet 

during periods of July, August, and September; discharge, 392 second-feet. 

The maximum stage on record at this station occurred at 3 a. m. March 26, 1913, 

at gage height 34.6 feet. 1 The highest stage prior to 1913 was 21.2 feet March 24, 

1898, according to the records of the United States Weather Bureau.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice for short periods during severe 

weather only, as factory wastes probably keep the temperature of the water 

above the freezing point.

Diversions. The Miami & Erie Canal is fed by water taken from Miami River at 

Middletown and Miamisburg, Ohio. The quantity diverted is not known, but 

it is probably a considerable part of the low-water flow.

Regulation. There are several power plants in Hamilton above the station, but all 

the water is returned to the river above the gage.

Accuracy. The discharge relation was materially changed by the flood of MarchApril, 1913, and as no discharge measurements were made after this flood until 

June 6, 1914, estimates of discharge from April 22, 1913, to May, 1914, may not 

be as accurate as those subsequent to this period.

Data insufficient for estimating daily discharge during flood of March-April, 1913. 

i For information relating to this flood, see U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 334,
MIAMI BIVEE BASIN. 83

Discharge measurements of Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio, during the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

Date.

July 17

Sept. 30

Made by 

C.E.EBsworth... .......................................................

height.

Feet. 

2.55

2.48

2.10

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

965

948

392

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio, for the period Apr.

1913, to Sept. 30, 1914-

Day.

1913. 

1..........

2..........

3..........

4..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

Apr.

Day.

1913-14. 

1..............

2... ...........

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

May.

4,060 

4,060 

4,060 

4,060 

3,770

3,490 

3,490 

3,490 

3,490 

3,220

2,960 

2,700 

2,450 

3,220 

3,220

Oct.

1,510 

1,510 

1,400 

1,400 

1,300

1,300 

1,200 

1,200 

1,110 

1,110

1,110 

1,110 

1,110 

1,110 

1,020

1,020 

1,020 

1,020 

1,020 

1,110

1,300 

1,300 

1,400 

1,510 

1,510

1,510 

1,510 

1,730 

1,730 

1,730 

1,730

June

3,49( 

3,22( 

3,22< 

3,49C 

3,22(

2,96( 

3,49( 

3,49C 

3,49( 

3,22(

2,96( 

2,45C 

2,45( 

2,45C 

2,45C

Nov.

1,620 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

3,480 

5,260

5,880 

4,060 

2,960 

2,700 

2,450

2,200 

1,960 

1,730 

1,510 

1,510

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,840

July.

) 1,840 

) 1,730 

) 1,730 

) 1,730 

) 1,620

) 1,510 

) 1,510 

) 1,510 

) 1,510 

) 1,510

) 1,730 

) 1,960 

) 1,730 

1,730 

> 2,200

Dec.

4,060 

3,490 

3,490

3,220 

2,960

2,450 

2,450 

2,450 

2,200 

1,960

1,960 

1,960 

1,730 

1,730 

1,620

1,620 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510

Aug.

1,300 

1,200 

1,200 

1,110 

1,110

1,020 

1,020 

930 

930 

930

1,110 

1,960 

1,960 

1,620 

1,400

Jan.

1,510 

1,730 

1,730 

1,730 

1,730

1,840 

1,840

1,840 

1,840 

1,840

1,840 

1,840 

1,840 

1,840 

1,840

1,840 

1,840 

1,730 

1,730 

1,730

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960

4,960

4,660 

4,060 

3,220 

2,960 

2,960 

11,200

Sept.

1,020 

930 

930 

930

848

848 

848 

1,110 

930

848

848 

848 

848 

848 

765

Feb.

9,480

8,460 

7,470 

7,800 

7,140

6,500 

11,200 

7,800 

7,140 

5,570

4,660 

4,060 

3,220 

2,450 

2,450

2,450 

2,960 

3,770 

10,800 

6,820

6,190 

6,190 

6,190 

5,260 

4,660

4,360 

4,360 

4,660

Day.

1913. 

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

91

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

Oft

27..........

OQ

9Q

^n

q-i

Mar.

4,360 

4,060 

4,060 

4,660 

7,470

10,500 

14,400 

11,600 

8,460 

7,800

9,140

8,130 

7,800 

10,200 

14,700

15,400 

13,300 

9,820 

8,460 

7,140

6,500

5,880 

4,960 

4,060 

4,060

4,060 

11,600 

24,100 

20,400 

15,400 

13,600

Apr.

15,100 

22,000 

17,600 

13,600 

10,500

9,140 

8,460 

23,200 

22,400 

16,200

12,600 

11,200 

10,200

8,800 

8,460

7,800 

7,140 

6,500 

5,880 

5,260

4,660 

4,060 

4,060 

3,770 

4,060

4,060 

4,060 

3,770 

3,770 

3,770

Apr.

4,660 

4,660 

4,660 

4,360

4,360 

4,360 

4,360 

4,360 

4,060

May.

3,220 

3,220 

2,960 

2,960 

2,700

2,700 

2,450 

2,450 

2,450 

2,450

2,450 

4,060 

10,500 

5,880 

4,660 

4,060

May.

3,770 

3,770 

3,770 

3,770 

3,490

3,490 

3,490 

3,490 

3,770 

3,770

3,770 

3,770 

3,770 

3.770 

3,770

3,770 

-3,490 

3,490 

3,220 

2,960

2,700 

2,450 

2,450 

2,200 

2,200

1,960 

1,960 

1,730 

1,730 

1,510 

1,510

June.

2,200 

1,960 

1,960 

1,840 

1,730

1,730 

1,730 

1,730 

2,960 

2,700

2,200

1,960 

1,960 

1.960 

1,960

June.

1,400 

1,300 

1,300 

1,200 

1,200

1,110 

1,110 

1,020 

930

848

848 

848 

765 

765 

692

620 

620 

620 

620 

620

620 

620 

620 

558 

558

558 

558 

558 

620 

620

July.

2,200 

2,200 

2,200 

2,200 

2,200

1,960 

1,960 

1,840 

1,730 

1,730

1,620 

1,620 

1,620 

1,510 

1,400 

1,300

July.

620 

620 

620 

620 

620

558 

558 

558 

558 

558

558 

495 

495 

2,450 

1,020

930 

930 

1,110

765 

765

620 

620 

495 

392 

392

392 

392 

392 

392 

392 

392

Aug.

1,30C 

1,20C 

1,20C 

1.61C 

1,51C

1,51C 

1,51C 

l,51t 

l,40t 

l,30t

1,30C 

1,20C 

1,20C 

l,llt 

1.11C i;o2t

Aug.

392 

392 

392 

392 

392

392 

392 

1,110 

392 

392

1,020 

1,960 

1,020

848 

692

392 

392 

392 

392 

392

392 

392 

392 

392

4,060

765 

620 

2,450 

2,960 

1,300 

930

Sept.

765 

930 

930 

930 

930

930 

930 

930 

930

848

848 

( 848 

848 

848 

848

Sept.

930

848 

848 

848 

848

765 

765 

692 

620 

620

495 

444 

444 

444 

392

392 

392 

392 

392 

392

392 

392 

495 

495 

495

495 

495 

444 

444 

392

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve well defined between 392 and 7,800 second-feet. 

Above 7,800 second-feet the rating curve is an extension. Daily and monthly estimates of discharge, 

Oct. 1,1912, to Mar. 25,1913, were published in Water-Supply Paper 353, page 76. Open-water rating 

curve used during entire period.
84 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Monthly discharge of Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio, for the year sending Sept. 30,

1913-14.

Month.

1913.

May............................................................

July............................................................

1913-14.

May............................................................

July............................................................

The year. ................................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

10,500 

3,490

2,200 

1,960 

1,110

1,730

5,880 

4,060

11,200 

11,200 

24,100

23,200 

3,770 

1,400

2,450 

4,060 

930

24,100

MinitinnTn2,450 

1,730

1,300 

930

765

1,020 

1,510 

1,510

1,510 

2,450 

4,060

3,770 

1,510

558

392 

392

392

392

Mean.

3,580 

2,550

1,770 

1,280 

890

1,310 

2,110 

2,000

2,500 

5,860 

9,550

9,400 

3,060 

811

654 

864 

550

3,200

Accuracy.

D. 

D. 

D.

D. 

C. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

NOTE. Discharge in "Second-feet per square mile" and "Run-off (depth in inches on drainage area)" 

are not published; these estimates are misleading on account of the water diverted into the Miami & Erie 

Canal.

STILLWATER RIVER NEAR WEST MILTON, OHIO.

Location. In the SE. \ sec. 4, T. 4 N., R. 5 E., 1 mile below the mouth of Ludlow 

Creek, entering from the right, at the bridge of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago 

& St. Louis Railroad (Peoria & Eastern division), about 2 miles north of West 

Milton.

Drainage area. 600 square miles.

Records available. January 1 to September 30,1914.

Gage. Vertical staff in two sections; read daily, in the morning, to tenths. Sealevel elevation of zero of gage, 812.97 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of railroad bridge at gage, 

from upstream side of highway bridge about 300 feet below the gage, or, during 

low water, by wading.

Channel and control. Regular section shifts slightly during high water; weeds 

during the summer may affect the discharge relation.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 8.0 feet Aprils. Minimum stage recorded: 0.3 foot July 13 and 27. 

The flood of March-April, 1913, reached a stage of 28 feet on March 25.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice during severe weather.

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Cooperation. Gage-height record furnished by United States Weather Bureau. 

Results of discharge measurements furnished by the Morgan Engineering Co., of 

Dayton, Ohio.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.
MIAMI EIVEE BASIN. 85

Discharge measurements ofStillwater River near West Milton, Ohio, during the year ending

Sept.-SO, 1914.

Dale.

Mar. 28

Apr. 20

May 1

4

4

20

20

5

22

Made by 

Honk and Tobias. .....

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

5.76

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.4

. 1.4

1.2

1.2

.7

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

4.160

353

227

224

181

« 134

«136

096.0

«89.2

031.0

Date.

July 1

15

19

19

Sept, 2

23

23

Made by 

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

.....do..................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.7

2.0

.7

.7

.8

1.8

.65

.65

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

031.9

o62.1

260

040.2

042.2

o47.6

o50.3

206

o40.2

042.4

a Measurement made by wading at a section about 500 feet below gage. 

NOTE. Measurements made by engineers of the Morgan Engineering Co., of Dayton, Ohio.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Stillwater River near West Milton, Ohio, for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

1. ..........................

2............................

3...........................

4.. .........................

5...........................

6...........................

9

10...........................

11...........................

19

10

14...........................

15...........................

16...........................

17...........................

18...........................

19...........................

20...........................

91

22...........................

rtO

24...........................

25. .................. ........

26...........................

27...........................

28...........................

29

in

31...........................

Jan.

0.7

.8

.9

.9

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.5

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

2.0

Feb.

3.4

2.7

2.8

3.4

2.7

2.2

2.4

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

2.0

1.8

1.2

1.1

1.5

2.1

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.6

........

Mar.

1.7

1.8

2.0

2.6

3.0

4.0

6.2

5.0

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.3

3.7

4.7

4.3

3.8

3.3

3.0

2.4

2.4

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.9

6.0

5.0

4.2

4.1

Apr.

4.1

5.9

4.8

3.8

2.9

2.8

2.8

8.0

5.8

4.0

3.8

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.6

2.1

1.8

1.8

May.

s 1.6

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.5

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

June.

1.0

1.9

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.0

.9

.7

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.6

.5

.5

' .8

.9

.9

1.0

1.1

1.1

.9

1.0

July.

0.8

1.0

.9

.9

.7

.6

.7

.6

.5

.5

.6

.4

.3

1.4

1.5

1.-8

1.6

1.4

1.0

.9

.9

.7

.8

.6

.6

.4

.3

.9

1.0

1.0

.9

Aug.

0.8

.6

.5

.7

.5

.4

.5

.8

.9

1.4

1.7

1.8

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.6

.5

.4

.7

.5

1.5

1.6

1.3

1.0

1.7

2.4

2.1

Sept.

2.0

1.8

1 O

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.0

.9

1.0

.9

1.0

.8

.6

.7

.7

.5

.5

.6

.5

.5

.6

.6

.7

.5

.4

.4

.6

.5

MAD EIVEE NEAE SPEINGFIELD, OHIO.

Location. At the old mill about 800 feet south of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago 

& St. Louis Railroad bridge No. 121.

Drainage area. 488 square miles.

Records available. February 1 to September 30,1914.

Gage. Vertical staff in two sections; lower section attached to north wall of rocklined overflow channel from millrace; upper section attached to south side of old 

mill building; read daily, in the morning, to tenths. Sea-level elevation of 

zero of gage, 887.81 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from highway bridge about 1,000 feet below 

gage or by wading about 1,500 feet below gage.
86 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

Channel and control. Channel shifts slightly during floods.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 7.3 feet March 28.

Minimum stage recorded: 0.9 foot August 20. 

The flood of March-April, 1913, reached a stage on March 25 of 19.2 feet referred

to the gage datum. 

Winter flow. The discharge relation is affected by ice during periods of extremely

cold weather.

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable. 

Cooperation. Gage-height record furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.

Results of discharge measurements furnished by the Morgan Engineering Co., of

Dayton, Ohio.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Mad River near Springfield, Ohio, during the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

Feb. 8

Mar. 7

26

Apr. 2129'

29

May 21

12

18

18

1Q

30

Made by 

.....do.................

B.H. Petty..... .......

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage

Feet. 

2.85

4.05

2.25

2.55

2 4

2.4

2.0

1.7

1.7

1.4

1.45

1 t\

1.40

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

438

920

386

428

349

384

345

252

250

212

214

201

205

Date.

July 14

14

28

28

Aug. 6

6

17

17

31

31

Sept. 22

22

Made by 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1,35

1.45

1.45

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.05

1.05

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

Discharge.

Sec. -ft. 

199

230

233

203

213

163

1 F1Q

1W

159

IQfi

 too

 tQ A

176

NOTE. Measurements subsequent to Apr. 29, except that on June 18, made by wading about 1,500 feet 

below gage.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Mad River near Springfield, Ohio, for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914.

Day.

1....................................

2....................................

3....................................

5....................................

6....................................

7.................................... 8.......................:............

9....................................

10....................................

11....................................

12....................................

13....................................

14....................................

15....................................

16....................................

17....................................

18....................................

19....................................

20....................................

21....................................

22....................................

23....................................

24....................................

25.....................................

26....................................

27....................................

28....................................

29....................................

30....................................

31....................................

Feb.

3.8

3.0

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.9

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

>3.3

2.3

4.0

2.9

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

Mar.

2.8

2.4

2.8

2.3

2.6

3.4

4.3

3.1

2.7

2.6

3.3

2.7

2.9

3.6

4.3

4.2

3.6

3.5

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

7.3

4.1

4.2

3.3

Apr.

3.4

6.0

4.3

3.6

3.4

3.1

3.4

6.5

4.1

3.6

3.4

3.9

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

May.

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.8

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

June

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.5

July.

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

Aug.

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

1.4

1.0

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.2

Sept.

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1
MIAMI EIVEE BASIN. 87

BUCK CREEK AT SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Location. At Plum Street Bridge in Springfield.

Drainage area. 163'square miles.

Records available. July 15 to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Vertical staff in two sections; read daily, in the morning, to tenths. Sealevel elevation of zero of gage, 908.2 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from the upstream side of the bridge or by 

wading.

Channel and control. Channel may shift slightly during floods.

Extremes of stage. The flood of March-April, 1913, which is the highest that is 

known to have occurred at this station, reached a stage on March 25,1913, of 12.3 

feet referred to the gage datum.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice for short periods- only, as the use 

of water for condensing purposes at points above the gage tends to beep the temperature above freezing.

Accuracy. Gage-height record reliable.

Cooperation. Station maintained and records furnished by the Morgan Engineering 

Co., of Dayton, Ohio.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

Discharge measurements of Buck Creek, at Springfield, Ohio, during the year ending Sept.

30, 1914.

[Made by H. R. Daubenspeck.]

Date.

July 14. ........

14.........

28.........

28.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.9

.9

.8

.9

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

60.9

56.3

39.5

43.7

Date.

A i-iry ft

17........

17........

31........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

0.8

.65

.75

1.0

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

44.9

29.9

40.2

53.9

Date.

Aug. 31........

Sept. 22. .......

22........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.0

.9

1.0

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

51.8

57.0

64.5

NOTE. Measurements made by wading.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio, for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

[S. Van Bird, jr., observer.]

Day.

1.... .......

2.. .........

3...........

4...........

5...........

6...........

7...........

8...........

10.... A .....

July. Aug.

n Q

8

8

8

, 8

7

7

7

8

8

Sept.

1.0

1.0

.9

.8

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.6

Day.

11.........

12.........

13.........

14.........

15.........

16.........

17.........

18.........

19

20.........

July.

1

O

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

Aug.

0.7

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

Sept.

0.6

.6

1.0

1.0

1.0

.8

.7

Day.

91

23.........

24.........

25.........

26.........

O7

28.........

9Q

30

31.........

July.

1 0

1 0

9

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

Aug.

1 2

.7

.7

1.2

1.0

1 9

1.0

.8i <i

1.2

1.1

Sept.

0.7

.7

1.0

.9

g

.9

.8

TWIN CREEK NEAR GERMANTOWN, OHIO.

Location. At covered highway bridge in the NE. J sec. 14, T. 3 N., R. 4 E., about 

1 mile west of Germantown, and about 2 miles above mouth of Little Twin Creek 

entering from the left.

Drainage area. 272 square miles.

Records available. April 12 to September 30, 1914.
88 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Gage. Vertical staff in two sections; read daily, in the morning, to tenths. Sealevel elevation of zero of gage, 712.73.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side, of the bridge or by 

wading about 200 feet above gage. The bridge makes an angle of about 45 degrees 

with the direction of the current. Flood measurements will be made at the 

highway bridge about half a mile below the gage.

Channel and control. Channel shifts slightly during floods.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 4.8 feet August 

10; discharge, 1,170 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 0.9 foot July 8-13 

and August 2-8; discharge, 12 second-feet.

The flood of March-April, 1913, which is the highest that is known to have 

occurred at this station, reached a stage of 18.3 feet on March 25, referred to the 

gage datum.

Winter flow. Discharge relation affected by ice and occasionally by ice jams.

Accuracy. Records good.

Cooperation. Station maintained and records furnished by the Morgan Engineering 

Co., of Dayton, Ohio.

Discharge measurements of Twin Creek near Germantown, Ohio, during the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

[Made by H. R. Daubenspeek.]

Date.

Apr. 14.........

14.........

16.........

28.........

May 5.........

19.........

19

height.

Feet. 

2.7

2.7

2.72

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.5

1.5

1.2

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

367

366

1Q9

141

121

116

52.3

51.3

26.6

Date.

17........

17........

29........

29........

July 10. ........

10.........

27.........

27.........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

.92

.92

1.0

1.0

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

26.8

20.2

21.1

19.7

19.5

11.8

10.4

15.7

\ 16.2

Date.

20.......:

20........

21.........

29........

Sept. 21........

21........

^

4B.

Feet. 

n Q

1.1

1.1

1.15

3.4

1.0

1.0

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

11 7

11.3

oc q

23.3

24.6

614

17.9

20.8

NOTE. Measurements subsequent to May 5, except that of Aug. 29, made by wading about 200 feet

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Twin Creek near Germantown, Ohio, for the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

Day.

1. .........

2..........

5. ....... ..

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

Apr.

585

550

445

410

May.

120

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

120

120

100

82

* 82

82

82

June.

35

35

35

28

31

35

28

28

28

28

28

QE

28

28

22

July.

17

22

99

17

17

17

17

12

12

12

12

12

12

67

205

Aug.

17

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

1,170

270

235

235

67

375

Sept.

67

67

9m

100

AA

44

44

35

35

28

28

28

22

28

22

Day.

16...........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20

21..........

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29..........

30..........

31..........

Apr.

410

340

270

235

235

175

175

145

145

145

205

145

145

145

120

May.

67

67

67

55

55

55

55

55

44

44

44

44

35

35

35

35

June.

22

22

22

82

AA

28

28

35

22

22

22

22

22

17

17

July.

100

67

55

44

28

22

22

22

17

17

17

17

35

28

22

17

Aug.

44

35

35

22

28

22

44

28

2228*

55

28

22

730

145

100

Sept.

22

22

99

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a rating curve fairly well defined between 12 and 28 secondfeet and well denned between 28 and 850 second-feet.
KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN. 89

Monthly discharge of Twin Creek near Germantown, Ohio, for the year ending Sept. SO, 1914. 

[Drainage area, 272 square miles.)

Month.

April 12-30.. ............................

May....................................

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

'585 

120 

82

205 

1,170 

270

Minimum.

' 120 

35 

17

12

12 

17

Mean.

264 

73.5 

29.4

32.4 

124 

37.7

Per 

square 

mile.

0.971 

.270 

.108

.119 

.456 

.139

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.69 

.31 

.12

.14 

.53 

.16

Accuracy.

B. 

A. 

B.

C. 

C. 

B.

KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN. 

DIX RIVER NEAR BURGIN, KY.

Location. At highway bridge on Burgin and Buena Vista pike, 4 miles from Burgin.

Drainage area. 416 square miles.

Records available. July 2, 1910, to July 16, 1911; October 1, 1911, to September 

30, 1914.

Gage. Staff gage attached to abutment of bridge; read once daily to tenths. Soundings taken at the gage indicate that zero of staff gage set by observer February 

15, 1913, is approximately 0.2 foot below zero of gage installed when station was 

established. Therefore all gage heights subsequent to February 15, 1913, refer 

to a datum which is about 0.2 foot below datum of original gage.

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Probably permanent.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 16.2 feet May 5. 

Minimum stage recorded: 2.8 feet October 1-18 and July 1-14.

Winter flow. Discharge relation ordinarily not affected by ice.

Accuracy. Discharge estimates from February 15 to September 30, 1913, as published in Water-Supply Paper 353, are in error due to the change in gage datum 

as noted under "Gage."

Cooperation. Station maintained in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological 

Survey.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

No discharge measurements were made during the year ending September 30, 1914.
90 SUEFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

Daily gage height, in feet, o/Dix River near Burgin, Ky.,for the year ending Sept. SO, 1914.

[C. P. Kennedy, observer.]

Day.

1.................. ........

2..........................

4..........................

6..........................

7..........................

8..........................

9..........................

10..........................

11.......................... 

12..........................

13..........................

14..........................

15..........................

16..........................

17..........................

18..........................

19..........................

20..........................

21..........................

22..........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26......................!...

27..........................

28.......................... 

29.......................... 

30..........................

31..........................

Oct.

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2

0

2 Q

2.8

2.8

2.8

2

Q 

 O

2

0 

. o 

9 S

2.8

2.8

2.8

9 S

2.8

2.8

3.8

3.8

4.0

4.3

3.9

3 7

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.3 

3.3 

3.3

3.3

Nov.

3

0

3

O

3

0

3

O

3

0

3

0

3.7

3.7

3.9

3.7 

3.5

3

C

3.4

3.4

3 4

3

Q

4.0

4.6

5.6

4.6

4.6

4.8

5.9

5 4

5.5

5.4

5.4 

5.3

5

O

Dec.

K 0

5.6

5

Q

5.5

5.1

6.3

6.0

5.6

5.3

5.2 

4 9

4.9

4.7

A K

4 9

4.7

4.6

A K

4.5

4.8

4.9

Q A

8

1

7 Q

7.7

7.4 

7.2

R Q

6.6

Jan.

------

Feb.

6.7

6.6

6.5

6.5

6.4

7.0

8.1

7.5

6.2

5.9

5.6

6.2

Q 9

6.8

9.8

14.9

11.8

Q Q

7.6

6.8

6.6

6.3

6.0

^ Q

5.9

......

Mar.

5.7

5.4

5.2

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.3

5.2

5.0 

5.8

9.9

8.1

7.5

7.2

6.9

6.5

R 0

6.0

5.8

5.5

5.3

5.4

5.6

4.9

5.3

5.3 

5.2

5

R

7.7

Apr.

6.8

8.6

7.5

6.9

6.5

6.3

5.9

6.2

6.4

6.1 

5.8

5

K

5.3

5.0

4.9

6.0

5.9

5.7

5.6

7.3

6.9

6.5 6.1-

5

Q

5.8

5.6

5.5 

5.3 

5.1

May.

5.0

4.8

4

K

4.4

Ifi 9

10 Q

9.5

7.8

6.2

5.9

5.8 

5.5

5.3

5.0

d S

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

3 9

3.6

3

O

3 Q

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8 

4.4

4.3

June.

3.4

3.6

3.9

4.4

4.8

6.2

4.6

4.4

3.8 

3.5

3

O

3.0

3.0 ^ n

i n

3.0 3.0-

t n

3.0

 ? n

3.0

3.0

3 A

T 0

3.0

3,0 

3.0 

3.0

July.

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8 

2.8

2.8

2.8

4.6

>; n

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.3

3.0

3.0

3.0

^ n

3.0

3.0

3.0 

3.3 

3.3

3.3

Aug.

3.3

3.8

3.9

3.9 ? Q

3 9

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.0 

4.0

i. Q

5.0

6.4

4.8

4.0

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.4

i i.

3.4

3.4

6.0

5.8

5.4

5.1

4.8 

4.5 

4.0

4.0

Sept.

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.8

3.8

6.0

10.6

6.8

6.8 

9.4

6.3

5.6

5.4

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.2

4.0

4.1

3.8

3 7

 ? 7

3.7

3.3

3.3

......

WABASH RIVER BASIN. 

EMBARRASS RIVER NEAR OAKLAND, ILL.

Location. In the northeastern part of T. 14 N., R. 10 E., on the county line road 

to Hindsboro and Arcola; at highway bridge about 2 miles northwest of Oakland, 

Coles County, and about 5 miles below the mouth of Brush Creek.

Drainage area. 535 square miles.

Records available. October 23,1909, to December 31, 1912; August 25 to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, in the morning, to 

quarter-tenths.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Channel and contol. Measuring section is at a pool and is practically permanent; 

control, about half a mile downstream, consists of coarse gravel and is probably 

permanent. A determination by leveling, August 25, 1914, indicates that there 

would be no flow past the gage if the river stage were to fall to 1.55 feet ±0.05 foot.

Extremes of stage. The flood of 1897 reached a height of about 24 feet referred to 

the gage datum.

Winter flow. Discharge relation may be affected by ice during parts of December, 

January, and February.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by Peterson and Kessler:

August 25, 1914: Gage height, 1.56 feet; discharge, 0.
WABASH RIVER BASIN. 91

Dcdly gage height, in feet, of Embarrass River near Oakland, III., for the year ending

Sept. SO, 1914.

[8. C. Chapman, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

Aug. Sept.

1.70

1.70

1.68

1.65

,1.60

1.82

1.85

1.72

1.65

1.62

Day.

11..............

12..............

11

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18

1Q

20..............

Aug. Sept.

1.58

1.55

1.55

1.52

1.52

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.48

1.48

Day.

21..............

22..............

23.-.....-.....-

24..............

25. . ............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

m

31

Aug.

1.56

1.55

1.48

1.48

1.55

1.60

1.70

Sept.

1.45

1.45

1.45

1.42

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.35

1.38

1.45

NOTE. Water standing in pools, August 25-29 and September 12-30.

EMBARRASS RIVER AT STE. MARIE, ILL.

Location. In sec. 30, T. 6 N., R. 14 W., at highway bridge at north end of Main 

Street, at Ste. Marie, Jasper County, about 450 feet downstream from the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway bridge, and 2J miles upstream from the mouth 

of Hickory (or North Fork) Creek.

Drainage area. 1,540 square miles. , Records available. October 20,1909, to4)ecember 31,1912; August 24 to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning or afternoon, to 

tenths.

Discharge measurements. Measuring section is in a pool; measurements made 

from downstream side of highway bridge at ordinary stages; during high water 

made also from the downstream side of five wooden trestles on the Cincinnati, 

Hamilton & Dayton Railway, northwest of the highway bridge.

Channel and control. Channel shifting; control is about 1,800 feet below gage. 

A determination by leveling on August 24, 1914, indicates that there would be 

no flow past the gage if the river were to fall to 1 foot ±0.1 foot.

Extremes of stage. The flood of the spring of 1908 reached a height of 22.5 feet by 

the gage datum.

Winter flow. Discharge relation may be affected by ice during parts of December, 

January, and February.

Accuracy. Gage readings reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

The following discharge measurement was made by Peterson and Kessler by wading 

at a section about 1,300 feet below the gage: 

August 24, 1914: Gage height, 1.72 feet; discharge, 18.8 second-feet.
92 SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Embarrass River at Ste. Marie, III., for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[Val. C. Wuerth, observer.)

Day.

1. .............

3..............

4..............

5. .............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

Aug. Sept.

2.5

9 1

1 Q

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.8

1.9

1.5

1.8

Day.

11..............

1 9

1Q

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

Aug. Sept.

1.7

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

Day.

21..............

22..............

23

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Aug.

1.2

1.5

1.7

1.4

2.8

2.4

1.8

1 9

Sept.

1.2

1 9

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

EAST BRANCH OF WHITE RIVER AT SHOALS, IND.

Location. At highway bridge between East Shoals and West Shoals, Ind., a short 

distance above the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad bridge.

Drainage area. 4,900 square Miles.

Records available. June 25,1903, to July 21,1906; October 12,1908, to September 

30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge. From January 1 to June 30, 1914, 

the gage was read each morning to tenths. During the remainder of the year it 

was read morning and evening to tenths. Limits of use: Half-tenths below and 

tenths above 4.5 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Solid rock; permanent.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 16.4 feet at 6 p. m. 

April 2. Minimum stage recorded: 1.65 feet at 7a.m. July 13 and 6 p.m. July 17. 

The flood of March-April, 1913, reached a stage of 42.2 feet at 7 a. m. March 28. 

Maximum gage height as published by the United States Weather Bureau prior 

to 1913, 34.1 feet, March 30, 1904; flood of March, 1897, said to have been 1 to 1J 

feet higher."

Winter flow. In severe winters discharge relation affected by ice during parts of 

January and February; in ordinary winters there is little if any ice at the station.

Accuracy. Station was not visited by engineers of the Geological Survey during 1912 

and 1913. On December 5, 1914, the bench marks and elevation of the zero of 

the gage were checked with wye level and a discharge measurement was made. 

An error in the 'gage discovered by this checking affects the daily gage height 

and estimates of daily and monthly discharge from July 1 to December 31, 1912, 

as published in Water-Supply Paper 323. Corrections were published in WaterSupply Paper 353.

Cooperation. Gage-height records furnished by the United States Weather Bureau 

during part of year.

Discharge measurement (gage height, 2.23 feet) made December 5, 1914, checks the 

low-water part of the rating curve, but as no measurements were made at the higher 

stages the effect of the extreme flood of March-April, 1913, oh the discharge relation is 

unknown. Consequently estimates of discharge subsequent to March 25, 1913, have 

not been prepared for publication.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year ending 

September 30, 1914.
WABASH RIVER BASIN. 93

Daily gage height, in feet, of East Branch of White River at Shoals, Ind.,for fke year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[G. H. Rowe, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2. .............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

10

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Oct.

2.15

2.2

2.1

2

it;

9 f,

2.5

9 9

2.2

2.4

2.2

2.05

2.0

1.9

2.15

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.35

2.4

2.3

2.55

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.35

2.35

2.2 

2.3 

2.4

Nov.

2.40

2.25

2.45

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.35

2.15

2.4

2.45

2.35

2.45

2.5

2.2

2.5

3.3

3.9

4.3

4.6

4.4

3.95

3.7

3.5

3.65

3.45

3.25

2.9

3.05

3.15 

3.0

Dec.

4.0

4.6

5.0

5.4

5.3

5.0

4.5

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.75

3.6

3-45

3.5

3.25

3.2

3.25

3.0

3.1

3.0

3.05

2.9

3.1

3.3

3.6

3.55

3.5

3.6 

3.4 

3.3

Jan.

3.15

3.2

3.15

3.1

3.15

3.3

3.25

3.5 8.6

3.65

3.8

4.1

3.95

3.8

3.6

3.45

3.3

3.3

3.25

3.2

3.05

3.1

3.05

3.0

3.05

3.0

2.95

3.0

2.9 

2.95 

3.1

Feb.

4

O

5.0

6.7

6.3

5

0

5.6

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.2

4.8

4.25

3.8

o 7c

3.9

3.25

3.9

3.4

4.8

o s

9.3

9.4

9.6

8.1

7.2

7.0

6.5

6.0

Mar.

6.0

6.2

6.0

6.4

6.7

7.0

n 0

Q A

9

n

8.7

8.2

7.9

7.8

7.8

7.6

7.8

7.8

7.8

6.8

6.0

5.6

5.1

4.8

4.6

4.25

4.2

4.15

8.1

10.8 

13.4 

14.6

Apr.

it; 4

16.4

15.8

15.0

TO Q

9

0

8.8

8.4

9 A

10.0

9.9

9.0

9 9

8.3

8.2

9.6

9.4

8.2

6.6

5.7

5.4

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.8

4.8

4.8 

4.6

May.

4 t;

4.15

4.1

rj QC

3 Q

A flC

4.6

5.4

5.4

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.15

3.9

3.65

3.6

3-65

3.45

3.35

3.3

3.25

3.3

3.25

3.1

3.45

3.3

3.15

3.05 

3.05 

2.7

June.

2 QC

3.0

3.05

3 /\

O OK

3.0

3.05

2.85

3.1

2 Qt;

3.1

2.75

3.0

2.55

2.8

2.95

2.65

2.75

3.0

2.75

1.75

2.65

2.65

2.6

2.55

2.55

2.55

1.75 

1.7

July.

2.7

2.65

2.75

2.7

2.65

2.2

2

0

2.0

2.45

2.25

2.4

1.9

1.7

2.25

2.8

2.4

1.7

2.85

2.05

2.45

3.0

3.05

3.05

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.45

2.4

2.35 

2.3 

2.5

Aug.

2.2

2.2

1 Q

1

0

2 OK

2.15

2.35

2 1

2.0

1.95

2.2

2.8

3.25

3.3

3.3

3.3

2.8

2.45

2.15

2.35

2.3

2.6

2.55

2.0

2.2

2.35

2.3

2.25

2.5 

3.0 

3.4

Sept.

3.55

3.55

3.05

O n

2.9

2.5

2.5

2.85

2.8

2.65

3 ft

2.6

2.65

2

C

2.3

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.5

2.7

2.6

1.85

1.75

2.5

2.65

2.65

2.45

2.2

2.1 

2.1

NOTE. Observer took no notes relative to ice, but discharge relation was probably affected by ice about 

Feb. 8-18.

LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT WILCOX, ILL,

Location. At highway bridge at Wilcox, Clay County, in sec. 3, T. 2 N., R 8 E., 

third principal meridian, about 6 miles southeast of Clay City, 111., and about a 

quarter of a mile below mouth of Big Muddy Creek.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Records available. August 22 to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, in the morning, to halltenths.

Discharge measurements. At ordinary stages made from downstream side of 

bridge, which is at a pool; during high water made also from a bridge across the 

drainage ditch about half a mile east of the highway bridge, as at extremely high 

stages low ground between highway bridge and drainage ditch overflows.

Channel and control. Probably permanent; control section is about 100 feet below 

the bridge. A determination by soundings August 22, 1914, indicates that there 

would be no flow past the gage if the stage were to fall to about 1.2 feet±0.1 foot.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded: 7.35 feet September 10. Minimum 

etage recorded: 1.70 feet August 23.

Winter flow. Ice may affect the discharge relation during parts of December, 

January, and February.

Accuracy. Gage readings reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.
94 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Discharge measurements of Little Wabash River at Wilcox., Ill, during the year ending

Sept. SO 1914.

Date.

Aug. 22

Sept. 30

Made by- Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.73

1 91

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

4.1

10.7

NOTE. Measurements made by wading at a section about 100 feet below gage.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Little Wabash River at Wilcox, III., for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

[Hugh Holman, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2. .............

3. ............ -

5..............

6..............

7. .............

8..............

9..............

10..............

Aug.

^

Sept.

3 4";

4.05

3.50

2.85

2.55

2.50

5.80

5.85

5.00

7.35

Day.

11..............

19

13

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

Aug. Sept.

5.75

4.70

3.75

3.15

2.80

3.40

3.00

2.70

2.60

2.30

Day.

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26. ........... ..

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Aug.

1.75

1.70

2.00

1.75

2.90

2.35

2.30

5.90

4.80

Sept.

2'20

2.10

2.05

2.00

1.95

1 93

1.90

1.90

1.87

SKILLET FORK NEAR WAYNE CITY, ILL.

Location. In sec. 18, T. 2 S., R. 6 E., at Southern Railway bridge 1 mile east of

Wayne City, in Wayne County, and about 4 miles below mouth of Horse Creek. 

Drainage area. 481 square miles. 

Records available. August 16, 1908, to December 31, 1912; June 22 to September

30, 1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge, read daily, morning or afternoon,

to half-tenths. 

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge; in high water

also from the downstream side of wooden trestle about 1 mile east of main channel.

Low-water measurements made about three-fourths mile below regular section

by wading or from a boat. 

Channel and control. Channel practically permanent; rough. Control, remains

of rock dam at section. A determination by leveling on August 20,1914,, indicates

that there would be no flow past the gage if the river stage were to fall to 1.6 feet±

0.1 foot. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 14.10 feet September

9. Minimum stage recorded: 1.9 feet, July 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29,

and August 2, 4, 7, 9. 

Maximum gage height since establishment of gage, 21.8 feet March 11, 1909.

No available records previous to establishment of gage. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation may be affected by ice during parts of December,

January, and February. 

Diversions. About 30,000 gallons of water per day are pumped from the river above

the gage into the service tank of the Southern Railway. 

Accuracy. Gage readings reliable.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN. 95

Discharge measurements of Skillet Fork near Wayne City, III., during the year ending Sept.

$0, 1914-

Date.

Sept. 29

Made by- height.

Feet. 

2.15

2 1Q

Discharge.

See.-/*. ol.6

63.1

« Measurements made by wading at a section about a mile below gage.

*> Measurement made by wading at a section about three-fourths mile below gage.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Skillet Fork near Wayne City, III., for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914.

[J. C. Taylor, observer.]

Day.

1. ..............

2...............

3...............

4...............

5...............

6...............

7...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11...............

12...............

13...............

14...............

15...............

June. July.

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

2.0

2.0

1.9

2.0

1 9

2.0

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.9

2.0

Aug.

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.9

2.0

2.0

1.9

2.0

1 9

2.0

3.3

3.3

3.0

2.9

2.6

Sept.

2.95

2.70

2.50

2.40

2.35

2 25

2.60

9.15

14.10

12.15

8.45

-, 4.25

2.95

2.65

2.45

Day.

16...............

17...............

18...............

19

20...............

21...............

22...............

23...............

25...............

26...............

27...............

28...............

9Q

30...............

11

June.

2.9

3.0

2.8

0 ft

2.5

2.4

 > 1

2.1

2.2

July.

2.0

1.9

2.0

1 Q

2.0

2.0

1 9

2.0

1 a

2.0

2.0

1.9

2.0

1 Q

2.0

2.0

Aug.

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.1

2.18

2.15

2.15

2.15

2.15

2.15

2.15

2.10

2.30

2.40

4.25

4.10

Sept.

2.40

2.30

4.50

4.00

2.90

2.60

2.60

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.30

2 20

2.10

2.18

TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN. 

FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT ASHEVILLE, N. C.

Location. At highway bridge known as Smith's bridge, which is one-fourth mile 

above the Southern Railway bridge and about one-fourth mile below a concrete 

highway bridge; about 1 mile below the Southern Railway station at Asheville 

and 2 miles below mouth of Swannanoa River.

Drainage area. 987 square miles.

Records available. March 19, 1903, to September 30, 1914.

Gages. Vertical staff attached to one of the bridge piers and an auxiliary chain gage 

attached to the bridge in the first panel to the left of the staff gage; read once 

daily to tenths. The staff gage ends at zero and the chain gage is used for readings 

below zero. Both gages are adjusted to the same datum.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of highway bridge.

Channel and control. Channel at measuring section broken by three piers of the 

highway bridge. Bed of river is mostly rock but is not excessively rough. Current good at all points. Control practically permanent.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 3.4 feet April 15; 

discharge, 7,690 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 0.9 foot July 26-27, 

 August 10, September 5-9, 15, 17-19, and 30; discharge, 590 second-feet.

The flood of August 31, 1910, reached a height of about 8.8 feet by the gage 

datum. Stage of 10.6 feet reported by the United States Weather Bureau (date 

unknown).

Winter flow. Not affected by ice.
96 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART IIL

Accuracy. Data reliable, although no discharge measurements have been made

subsequent to September 16, 1912. 

Cooperation. Gage-height records since 1903 furnished by United States Weather

Bureau.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of French Broad River at Ashewlle, N. C., for the year

ending Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Oct.

1,490

1,190

1,190

1,100

1,010

920

920

920

920

1,010

920

920

Q9ft

Q9ft

830

830

OQft

920

920

1,390

1 4O()

1,100

1,010

S fifift

3,410

2 060

l'940

2,060

1,710

1,490

Nov.

1,390

1,390

1,390

1

1QA

1,190

1,190

1 190 I'eoo

1,390

1,290

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,010

1,010

1,100

1,100

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

920

920

1,010

Dec.

1,290

3,070

1 Q4A

1,390

1,290

1 ^Qfl

I

oort

1,710

1 490

1,490

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,290

1,290

I Oftrt

1 190

l' 190

i!,ioo

1,100

1,100

1,190

1 Q9ft

2,060

2,910

2

QOft

1,820

1,710

9 Ann

2,750

Jan.

2,320

1,940

1 QdA

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,820

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,600

1,600

1 ^Qft

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,290

1,290

1,290

1 IQft

1,190

1 190

I

IQft

1,390

1,390

1,290

1 190

1^190

1,600

Feb.

2,600

1,820

1,600

1,600

I

OQft

1,820

3,070

2 320

1 J Q4fl

I Qdfl

1.820

1,710

1,710

1,600

I

dQft

1,490

1,940

2 460

3,070

2

1QA

I Qdfl

1 940

I

OOft

1,820

Mar.

1,710

1,710

1,600

1,600

1 Aftft

1 ftfifi

1,710

1,600

1,600

1 490

1 940

l'820

1,710

i son

1,710

1,600

I

fion

1,600

1,600

1 490

1, 490«

1,490

1,390

1 390

i*9aft

1,600

1,710

Apr.

1,820

1,940

1,710

1,600

1,490

1,490

1,490

1,600

5,430

3

ft7ft

2,320

1,940

1 940

7,690

6,900

2 fiOft

2,600

2,910

2,600

2

QOft

2,060

1 940 i a4n

1 940

1,710

1,710

1,600

May.

1,600

1,600

1 490 i 4on

i 4on

1,820

1,940

1,710

1,600

1 4Qft

1 390

1^390

1,290

1,290 i too

1 190

l!l90

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

June.

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,190-

1 190

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,010

1,100

1 490

1*190

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,100

1,010

1,010

1,010

920

920

920

.......

July.

QOfl

Q91

1,010

1,010

1,290

1,190

1,010

920

830-

1 190

1,290

920

920

1,010

1,600

i ion

1,100

920

QOft

830

7Krt

750

670

670

590

590

670

1,390

920

750

Aug.

7Krt

7Krt

7Kfl

1,010

OOft

750

750

670

670

con

830

1,100

QOrt

1 190

1,710

1,010

920

7 Eft

750

750

670

920

oort

750

-7FLO

1,010

1,600

1,190

830 T^n

750

Sept.

670

670

1,010

750

670

con

CQO

590

590

670

670

750

670

670

590

670

590

590

CQf)

920

1,010

1,010

920

920

920

830

750

750

670

590

NOTE. Daily discharge computed from a rating curve well denned between 920 and 10,800 second-feet. 

See "Accuracy" in station description.

Monthly discharge of French Broad River at Asheville, N. C., for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914. 

[Drainage area, 987 square miles.]

Month.

May....................................

July.. ..................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

5,660 

1,600 

3,070

2,320 

3,240 

1,940

7,690 

1,940 

1,490

1,600 

1,710 

1,010

7,690

Minimum.

830 

920 

1,100

1,190 

1,390 

1,290

1,490 

1,100 

920

590

590 

590

590

Mean.

1,400 

1,150 

1,650

1,500 

2,010 

1,610

2,540 

1,330 

1,080

963

884 

729

1,400

Per 

square 

mile.

1.42 

1.17 

1.67

1.52 

2.04 

1.63

2.57 

1.35 

1.09

.976 

.896 

.739

1.42

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

1.64 

1.30 

1.92

1.75 

2.12

1.88

2.87 

1.56 

1.22

1.13 

1.03

.82

19.24

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

C.
TENNESSEE EIVER BASIN. 97 

TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE, ALA.

Location. At Southern Railway bridge about 1 mile south of Florence, just below 

the foot of Little Muscle Shoals and the lower end of Pattons Island, about 3 

miles above the upper end of Sevenmile Island, 8 miles below the mouth of 

Shoal Creek, 208 miles below Chattanooga, Tenn., and 256 miles above the mouth 

of the Tennessee.

Drainage area. 30,800 square miles.

Records available. November 7, 1871, to September 30, 1914. Data relating to 

the shoals in Tennessee River near Florence are given in U. S. Geol. Survey 

Twenty-second Ann. Rept., pt. 4, pp. 229-230, 1902.

Gage. Rod gage consisting of four sections of steel, f inch by 7J inches, attached to 

right face of stone draw pier, which has batter of 1 inch to the foot. Sections form 

one continuous gage graduated from 1.92 to 33.5 feet. Zero of gage, 400.85 feet 

above sea level. For description of gages used prior to September 30, 1913, see 

Water-Supply Paper 353, p. 151.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of 17-span combined 

railway and highway bridge.

Bench marks. See Water-Supply Paper 353, p. 153.

Channel and control. Channel rocky and probably permanent, though rough and 

uneven. Current obstructed by 1<5 stone piers, which make careful measurements 

necessary. Control probably permanent.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 12.2 feet at 8 a. m. 

and 4 p. m. April 4; discharge, 124,000 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 

 0.6 foot October 18-21; discharge, 8,150 second-feet. Highest "flood on record 

occurred March 16-20, 1897; maximum stage, 32.5 feet.

Winter flow. Discharge relation not materially affected by ice.

Regulation. The Hales Bar dam, 175 miles upstream, may cause some diurnal 

fluctuation, but this has not been noticeable to date.

Accuracy. Records good.

Cooperation. Gage heights furnished by Mississippi River Commission.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year ending 

September 30, 1914.

14725° WSP 383 16 7
98

Daily di

SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

, in second-feet, of Tennessee River at Florence, Ala., for the year ending 

Sept. 30, 1914.

[R. E. Coburn, observer.]

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30.............. 

31..............

Oct.

25,400 

18,800 

14,500 

13,400 

12,300

12,300 

11,800 

11,300 

10,800 

10,800

10,300 

9,850 

9,400 

9,400 

9,400

9,400 

8,950 

8,150 

8,150 

8,150

8,150 

8,550 

8,950 

9,400 

8,950

..9,850

9,850 

10,800 

10,800 

10,800 

10,800

Nov.

11,800 

13,400 

13,900 

13,900 

13,900

13.900 

12,800 

11,300 

10,800 

9,850

9,850 

10,800 

10,809 

10,800 

10,800

10,800 

11,800 

11,800 

11,800 

11,800

11,300 

11,300 

11,800 

12,800 

12,800

13,400 

13,400 

12,800 

12,300 

12,300

Dec.

12,300 

12,300 

12,800 

14,500 

15,700

16,300 

15,700 

15,700 

15,700 

17,500

19,500 

21,600 

22,400 

22,400 

20,200

19,500 

19,500 

18,800 

15,100 

15,100

13,900 

13,400 

13,400 

13,400 

15,100

15,100 

14,500 

15,100 

15,100 

16,300 

18,800

Jan..

27,700 

29,300 

29,300 

27,700 

26,100

25,400 

24,600 

23,100 

20,900 

20,900

20,200 

19,500 

19,500 

18,800 

18,200

18,800 

20,200 

21,600 

20,900 

19,500

17,500 

16,300 

15,100 

15,100 

15,100

15,100 

15,700 

16,300 

16,900 

17,500 

20,200

Feb.

30,100 

53,400 

63,300 

54,300 

48,000

48,000 

61,500 

 68,300 

76,600 

75,500

68,300 

61,500 

60,600 

57,000 

55,200

53,400 

53,400 

53,400 

51,600 

48,000

44,600 

42,800 

41,200 

46,200 

53,400

60,600 

60,600 

55,200

Mar.

51,600 

49,800 

47,100 

44,600 

41,200

37,800 

36,000 

34,400 

32,600 

31,000

31,000 

32,600 

39,400 

43,700 

48,900

55,200 

67,300 

66,300 

58,800 

51,600

44>X) 

42,800 

42,800 

44,600 

44,600

42,800 

42,800 

42,000 

42,800 

50,700 

83,200

Apr.

101,000 

114,000 

124,000 

127,000 

125,000

117,000 

90,200 

78,800 

81,000 

82,100

74,400 

75,500 

7S,800 

78,800 

93,800

109,000 

114,000 

114,000 

108,000 

95,000

91,400 

90,200 

99,800 

106,000 

107,000

89,000 

81,000 

62,400 

56,100 

52,500

May.

48,000 

49,800 

40,300 

38,600 

41,200

46,200 

39,400 

36,900 

37,800 

41,200

41,200 

40,300 

37,800 

35,200 

32,600

30,100 

29,300 

27,700 

26,100 

23,800

23,100 

22,400 

20,900 

19, 500 

18,800

18,800 

17,500 

16,300 

16,300 

15,100 

15,100

^June.

14,500 

13,900 

13,400 

13,400 

12,800

12,800 

12,800 

12,800 

12,800 

12,800

12,800 

12,800 

13,900 

13,900 

13,900

13,900 

13,900 

13,900 

13,900 

12,300

12,800 

12,800 

13,900 

19,500 

21,600

18,800 

17,500 

15,100 

13,400 

12,300

July.

11,800 

11,300 

10,800 

9,850 

9,850

9,850 

9,850 

9,850 

9,850 

9,850

10,300 

10,300 

10,300 

9,850 

9,850

16,300 

18,800 

12,300 

26,900 

47,100

25,400 

37,800 

27,7DO 

23,100 

18,800

15,700 

15,100 

13,900 

13,900 

13,900 

12,800

Aug.

12,300 

12,800 

13,400 

13,400 

13,900

15,100 

14,500 

13,900 

13,400 

13,900

13,900 

13,400 

13,400 

15,700 

16,900

17,500 

16,300 

15,700 

16,300 

18,800

18,800 

16,300 

15,100 

14,500 

13,900

13,900 

13,900 

13,900 

12,800 

12,800 

12,800

Sept.

13,900 

29,300 

34,400 

32,600 

24,600

20,200 

18,200 

16,300 

13,900 

13,400

12,800 

12,800 

11,300 

10,800 

9,850

9,850 

9,850 

10,300 

10,800 

10,300

10,300 

10,300 

10,300 

9,850 

9,400

9,400 

10,800 

10,800 

10,800 

9,850

NOTE. Daily discharge computed from a rating curve well defined above 10,800 second feet.

Monthly discharge of Tennessee River at Florence, Ala., for the year ending Sept. SO,

1914-

[Drainage area, 30,800 square miles.]

Month.

March ...................................

June. ...................................

July.....................................

The year. .........................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

25,400 

13,900 

22,400

29,300 

76,600 

83,200

127,000 

49,800 

21.600

47,100 

18,800 

34,400

127,000

Minimum.

8,150 

9,850 

12,300

15,100 

30,100 

31,000

52,500 

15,100 

12,300

9,850 

12,300 

9,400

8,150

Mean.

11,000 

12.000 

16", 300

20,400 

55,200 

46,000

93,900 

30.600 

14,200

16,500 

14.600 

14,200

28,500

Per 

square 

mile.

0.357 

.390 

.529

.662 

1.79 

1.49

3.05 

.994 

.461

.536 

.474 

.461

.925

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.41

.44 

.61

.76 

1.86 

1.72

3.40 

1.15 

.51

.62 

.55 

.51

12.54

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

A.

A. 

A. 

A.

B. 

A.

A.

A. 

A. 

B.
TENNESSEE EIVER BASIN. 99

Days of deficiency in discharge of Tennessee River at Florence, Ala., for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Discharge 

in. secondfeet.

8,000

8,500 

9,000 

9,500 

' 10,000 

11,000 

12,000 

14,000

Days of 

deficient 

discharge.

4 

8 

15 

34 

61 

75 

150

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

16,000

18,000 

20,000 

24,000 

28,000 

32.000 

36,000 

40,000

Days of 

deficient 

discharge.

180

199 

221 

240 

251 

259 

266 

275

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

45,000

50,000 

60,000 

70,000 

80,000 

100,000 

120,000 

140,000

Days of 

deficient 

discharge.

295

307 

324 

335 

342 

353 

362 

365

NOTE. A table of duration of discharge at Florence for the years ending Sept. 30.1895-1913, was published 

in Water-Supply Paper 353, pp. 194-195. In using that table below 16,000 second-feet for the years ending 

Sept. 30,1904 and 1905, it should be noted that in constructing the table the mean daily discharges for 

September. October, and November, 1904, were assumed to be constant and equal to the estimated mean 

monthly discharges.

TENNESSEE RIVER AT JOHNSONVILLE, TENN.1

Location. At the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway freight elevator about 

1,000 feet below the railway bridge at Johnsonville, Term., 96 miles from the 

mouth of the Tennessee, and 160 miles below Florence, Ala.

Drainage area. 38,500 square miles.

Records available. October 1,1875, to September 30,1914. Records from October 

1,1875, to September 30, 1913, published in Water-Supply Paper 353.

Gage. Staff at freight elevator on right bank about 1,000 feet below the Nashville, 

Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway bridge.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of through-type railway 

bridge of six spans and draw span.

Channel and control. No information relative to control. Channel at measuring 

section at bridge composed of bowlders and coarse gravel; apparently permanent.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 19.8 feet April 

5-6; discharge, 156,000 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 0.4 foot September 19; discharge, 10,500 second-feet. 

A stage of 48 feet on March 24,1897, is the highest unquestioned record.

Winter flow. Discharge relatioiunot materially affected by ice.

Regulation. Flow probably not affected by other than natural causes.

Accuracy. Records good.

Cooperation. Gage-height record furnished by United States Weather Bureau.

The following discharge measurement was made by Ellsworth and Adams: 

August 5, 1914: Gage height, 1.90 feet; discharge, 15,200 second-feet.

* For detailed history of this station, see Water-Supply Paper 353, pp. 195-201.
100 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tennessee River at Johnsonvilk, Tenn.,for the year ending Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26.......'.......

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Oct.

19,700 

24,100 

25,300 

21,800 

18,700

16,500 

15,200 

14,500 

14,100 

13,700

13,400 

13,000 

12,600 

12,300 

12,000

11,600 

11,400 

11,400 

11,400 

11,400

11,100 

11, 100 

10,800 

10,800 

11,100

12,000 

12,300 

12,300 

12,300 

12,600 

12,600

Nov.

13,000 

12,600 

13,700 

14,800 

15,600

16,100 

16,100 

16,100 

15,200 

14,500

12,600 

11,600 

12,300 

12,600 

12,600

12,600 

12,600 

13,400 

13,700 

14,100

14,100 

14,100 

13,700 

13,700 

14, 100

14,800 

14,800 

15,200 

15,200 

14,800

Dec.

14,800 

14,800 

14,800 

14,500 

15,200

16,500 

17,400 

17,800 

17,800 

17,400

17,800 

19,200 

20,200 

21,300 

22,900

22,900 

22,400 

21,300 

20,200 

19,200

18,300 

16,900 

16,500 

16,900 

17,400

17,800 

19,200 

20,200 

20,700 

21,300 

20,700

Jan.

20,700 

22,400 

27,100 

31,000 

29,000

29,000 

29,000 

27,100 

25,900 

24,700

24,700 

23,500 

22,400 

22,400 

21,300

20,700 

20,700 

20,700 

21,800 

22,900

22,400 

21,300 

19,200 

18,300 

17,800

17,800 

17,800 

17,800 

18,300 

19,200 

20,200

Feb.

20,700 

22,900 

32,200 

52,800 

61,200

58,100 

58,800 

70,200 

83,800 

84,600

82,000 

78,600 

76,000 

76,000 

72,700

69,400 

64,400 

61,200 

59,600 

59,600

57,300 

53,500 

50,500 

47,600 

48,300

52,800 

60,400 

65,200

Mar.

63,600 

59,600 

55,800 

52,800 

49,800

46,800 

43,200 

40,400 

38,300 

37,000

35,600 

37,000 

39,700 

44,700 

49,800

51,300 

52,800 

67,700 

72,700 

70,200

62,800 

55,800 

50,500 

47,600 

46,800

48,300 

49,800 

28,300 

48,300 

58,100 

81,200

Apr.

112,000 

137,000 

148,000 

154,000 

156,000

156,000 

142.000 

139,000 

126,000 

120,000

111,000 

102,000 

98,400 

100,000 

105,000

113,000 

132,000 

139,000 

139,000 

137,000

130,000 

120,000 

110,000 

105,000 

110,000

116,000 

114,000 

103,000 

88,900 

75,200

May.

64,400 

58,100 

52.800 

47,600 

87,200

91,500 

86,300 

75,200 

62,000 

51,300

48,300 

47,600 

46,800 

43,900 

41,800

38,300 

34,900 

32,900 

30,300 

27,700

26,500 

26,500 

25,300 

23,500 

22,900

21,800 

20,700 

20,200 

19,200 

18,700 

18,300

June.

17,800 

16,900 

16,500 

16,500 

15,600

15,200 

14,800 

16,100 

16,500 

16,100

16,100 

15,600 

15,600 

15,600 

15,600

16,500 

17,400 

16,900 

16,500 

16,100

16,100 

14,800 

14,500 

14,500 

15,600

19,200 

20,700 

19,200 

17,400 

16,100

July.

14,800 

13,700 

13,000 

12,300 

12,000

11,400 

11,400 

11,100 

11,100 

11,100

10,800 

11,400 

11,600 

11,600 

11,400

11,400 

11,400 

19,200 

27,100 

22,400

26,500 

42,500 

43,200 

37,600 

31,600

29,600 

21,300 

18,700 

16,500 

15,600 

15,200

Aug.

14,800 

14,500 

13,400 

13,700 

14,800

15,600 

15,600 

16,100 

16,100 

16,100

15,200 

15,600 

15,600 

16,100 

16,100

16,900 

18,300 

18,700 

18,300 

16,900

16,900 

18,300 

18,300 

17,400 

16,100

15,200 

15,200 

16,500 

16,100 

16,100 

14,800

Sept.

14,500 

14,100

14,500 

22.900 

31,000

30,300 

28,400 

24,100 

20,700 

18,300

16,100

14,800 

13,700 

13,000 

12,300

11,600

11,400 

10,800 

10,500 

10,800

11,400

11,400 

11,600 

12,000 

12,000

12,000 

11,400 

11,100 

11,400 

12,000

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve. During April there may have 

been some backwater from Ohio River, which reached a stage at Paducah, Ky., of more than 30 feet 

April 3-21, the maximum stage being 36.4 feet.

Monthly discharge of Tennessee River at Johnsonville, Tenn., for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914-

[Drainage area, 38,500 square miles.]

Month.

July....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

25,300 

16, 100 

22,900

31,000 

84,600 

81,200

156,000 

91,500 

20,700

43,200 

18,700 

31,000

156,000

Minimum.

10,800 

11,600 

14,500

17,800 

20,700 

35,600

75,200 

18,300 

14,500

10,800 

13,400 

10,500

10,500

Mean.

14,000 

14,000 

18,500

22,500 

60,000 

51,800

121,000 

42,300 

16,400

18,300 

16,100 

15,300

33,900

Per 

square 

mile.

0.364 

.364 

.481

.584 

1.56 

1.35

3.14 

1.10

.426

.475 

.418 

.397

.881

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.42 

.41

.55

.67 

1.62 

1.56

3.50 

1.27 

.48

.55 

.48 

.44

11.95

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.
TENNESSEE EIVEE BASIN. 101

SOUTH FOBK OF HOLSTON BIVEB AT BLUFF CITY, TENN.

Location. At highway bridge at Bluff City, 300 feet below Virginia & Southwestern 

Railway bridge, 1 mile below the mouth of Indian Creek, and about 10 miles 

above mouth of Watauga River.

Drainage area. 828 square miles.

Records available. July 17, 1900, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Vertical staff attached to downstream side of bridge pier nearest the right 

bank; read once daily to tenths.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of bridge; also from 

railroad bridge 300 feet above, where the section is much better except at low 

stages, when the curfent becomes sluggish.

Channel and control. Channel probably permanent. Control, a shallow ledge.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 6.4 feet at 12 midnight March 31; discharge, 8,720 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 0 foot 

August 4, 8-10, 19-22, and September 28-29; discharge, 185 second-feet.

Accuracy. Records only fair on account of unfavorable section for making discharge 

measurements.

Cooperation. Since January 1, 1905, gage heights have been furnished by the 

United States Weather Bureau.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of South Fork of Holston River at Bluff City, Tenn., 

for the year ending Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9.............. 10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Oct.

475

420

370

325

285

285

325

285

285

285

325

285

245

245

245

245

245

w;

285

370

590

475

370

q<7rt

370

O7H

325

ooc

325

285

Nov.

285

285

285

245

245

285

285

370

785

1,020

715

650

650

590

590

590

1,100

1.020

860

715

650

CQrt

530

475

420

420

420

370

Dec.

420

650

650

530

420

370

475

650

715

590

530

530

475

475

420

420

420

370

370

370

370

370

370

370

370

650

860

650

COn

590

650

Jan.

715

715

715

715

650

650

650

590

650

1,100

1,900

1,380

1,020

650

860

715

715

650

590

590

650

715

715

715

1,020

1,580

1,020

QA(\

785

785

Feb.

1,190

1,280

1,100

1,020

940

1,020

2,370

3,320

2,130

1,580

1,480

1,280

1,190

1,680

1,280

1,020

940

1,020

1,480

4,220

5,620

3,610

2,630

3,040

3,040

2,370

2,010

1,790

Mar.

1,680

1,480

1,190

1.280

1,100

1,190

1,280

1,480

1,480

1,280

1,280

6,780

4.560

3,040

2,250

2,010

1,790

2,250

2,370

2,010

1,790

1,680

1.680

1,680

1,580

1.580

1,580

1.580

1,580

3,040

8,490

Apr.

5,080

4,560

3,760

3r040

2,500

2,010

1,790

1,680

1,790

1,580

1,280

1,280

1,280

1,190

2,010

2,250

2,370

2,250

1,900

3,180

3,180

2,500

2,010

1,680

1,480

1,380

1,380

1,190

1,100

1,100

May.

940

940

940

860

940

2,760

2,250

1,790

1,480

1,280

1,190

1,100

1.020

940

860

785

785

715

715

650

590

590

Con

530

530

530

530

475

47C

47*=

475

June.

420

475

420

420

370

420

475

420

420

370

420

370

420

420

420

370

325

325

325

325

285

285

285

285

285

285

245

245

245

212

July.

212

245

325

325

285

285

245

245

245

245

245

325

285

245

590

475

325

475

420

325

285

245

245

212

212

245

245

285

245

245

212

Aug.

212

212

212

185

245

212

212

185

185

185

212

212

212

245

245

212

212

212

185

185

185

185

212

212

212

590

1 OOft

4,220

2,130

1,190

715

Sept.

530

420

370

325

285

285

245

245

285

285

325

370

325

285

245

245

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

245

245

212

185

185

245

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a poorly denned rating curve. No discharge measurements 

made during year ending Sept. 30, 1914, but two measurements made in October, 1914, indicate that the 

rating curve used prior to Oct. 1,1913, is applicable for the year ending Sept. 30,1914.
102 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Monthly discharge of South Fork of Holston River at Bluff City, Tenn., for the year

ending Sept. 30, 1914.

[Drainage area, 828 square miles.J

Month.

January .................................

March. ..................................

April....................................

May....................................

July....................................

September ..............................

The year. .........................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

590 

1,190 

860

1,900 

« 5,620 

" 8,490

5,080 

2,760 

475

590 

4,220 

530

8,490

Minimum.

245 

245

370

590 

940 

1,100

1,100 

475 

212

212 

185 

185

185

Mean.

332

568 

506

852 

1,990 

2,190

2,130 

927

353

292 

514 

269

902

Per 

square 

mile.

0.401 

.686 

.611

1.03 

2.40 

2.64

2.57 

1.12 

.426

.353 

.621 

.325

1.09

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.46

.77 

.70

1.19 

2.50 

3.04

2.87 

1.29 

.48

.41

.72 

.36

14.79

Accuracy.

D. 

C. 

C.

C. 

C. 

C.

C. 

C. 

D.

D. 

C. 

D.

HOLSTON RIVER NEAR ROGERSVILLE, TENN.

Location. At Virginia & Southwestern Railway bridge near Austins Mill, a small

railway station 3 miles south of Rogersville, 150 feet below mouth of Honeycut

Creek, and about 2 miles below Dodson Creek, both small streams from the south. 

Drainage area. 3,060 miles. 

Records available. Gage-height records March 10, 1902, to September 30, 1914,

United States Weather Bureau. Discharge measurements were begun in 1904

by the United States Geological Survey. 

Gage. Vertical staff attached to downstream side of bridge pier nearest the right

bank; read once daily to tenths. 

Discharge measurements. Made from top of the high-decked steel railroad

bridge.

Channel and control. Practically permanent. Section good for measurements. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 9.5 feet March 31.

Minimum stage recorded: 1.4 feet during periods in June, July, August, and

September. 

The flood of March 28,1913, reached a maximum height of 19.1 feet by the gage

datum.

Winter now. Discharge relation not greatly affected by ice. 

Cooperation. Gage maintained and gage-height records furnished by the United

States Weather Bureau.

Station was last visited by engineers of the Geological Survey on June 21, 1912. 

Nothingis known as to the effect of the flood of March 28,1913, on the discharge relation 

or of the permanency of the gage since last inspected. Therefore no estimates of 

discharge subsequent to that date have been prepared for publication.
TENNESSEE KIVEE BASIN. 103

Daily gage height, in feet, of Holston River near Rogersville, Tenn., for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

1.. ........................

2..........................

3..........................

4..........................

5..........................

6..........................

7..........................

8..........................

9..........................

10..........................

11...................... ...

12..........................

13..........................

14..........................

15..........................

16..........................

17....................

18..........................

19..........................

20..........................

21..........................

22..........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26..........................

27..........................

28..........................

29..........................

30..........................

31..........................

Oct.'

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.9

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.5

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

Nov.

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.9

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.2

2.6

2.3

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

Dec.

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.8

2.0

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1 6

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.1

2.0

1.9

Jan.

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.7

3.2

2.8

2 4

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.8

3.3

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.2

Feb.

2.4

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.4

3.7

4.6

4.3

3.5

3.2

3.0

2.8

3.3

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.4

2.6

3.9

5.6

5.2

4.3

4.1

4.6

4.1

3.8

3.5

Mar.

3.2

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.9

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.0

4.0

6.9

5.1

4.3

3.8

3.6

3.8

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.9

9.5

Apr.

7.8

6.1

5.6

4.8

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.5

3.7

3.6

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.8

3.5

4.6

4.3

4.0

4.0

4.7

5.2

4.7

4.0

3.7

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.1

2.9

2.8

May.

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.6

2.9

4.0

3.6

3.3

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2 4

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

June.

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.9

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

July.

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.9

2.9

2.2

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

2.3

2.0

1.8

Aug.

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.6

2.3

1.9

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

2.2

3.0

6.0

5.5

3.3

2.8

Sept.

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.5

 1.5

1.6

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

NOTE. No gage heights or estimates of flow have been published by the United States Geological Survey 

prior to Jan. 1.1904, but the rating curve for 1904 is probably applicable to all gage heights taken by the 

United States weather Bureau prior to that date.

DOE EIVEE AT BLEVINS, TENN.

Location. At Eastern Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad bridge, onefourth mile west of Blevins, Tenn., and 4J miles above the mouth of Little Doe 

River.

Drainage area. 62.2 square miles.

Records* available. December 16, 1911, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening, 

to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3.5, half-tenths from 3.5 to 5, 

and tenths above 5 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge or by wading at 

section about one-fourth mile above bridge.

Channel and control. Practically permanent. A determination by leveling 

September 10,1912, indicates that there would be no flow past the gage if the river 

were to fall to a stage of about 1.2 feet.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 3.08 feet at 8.45 a. m. 

January 31. Minimum stage recorded: 1.65 feet at 8.45 a. m. July 1 and September 27.

Winter flow. Discharge relation may be occasionally affected by ice during unusually severe winters; probably not materially affected during year ending September 30,1914.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year ending 

September 30, 1914.
104 SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Daily gage Tieight, in feet, of Doe River at Blevins, Tenn., for the year ending Sept. 30,

1914.

[O. L. "Wright, observer.]

Day.

1. .........................

2..........................

3..........................

4..........................

5..........................

6..........................

7..........................

8..........................

9..........................

10..........................

11..........................

12..........................

13..........................

14..........................

15..........................

16..........................

17.......................... is.........................:

19..........................

20..........................

21..........................

22..........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26..........................

27..........................

28..........................

29.......................... 

30.......................... 

31..........................

Oct.

1.78

1 79

1.78

1.77

1.75

1,75

1.75

1 76

1,76

1.7,5

1 75

1 77

1 75

1.74

1.72

1.73

1.75

1 75

1.77

2 m

1.87

1 87

1.93

1.99

1.95

1.93

1.92 

1.90

1.87

Nov.

1.85

1,85

1.84

1.84

1.84

1.83

1.82

1.84

2.07

2.04

1.97

1.97

1.96

1.97

1.97

2.10

2.22

2.10

1.99

1 QA

1 Q9

1.91

1 90

1.88

1 a7

1 87

1.87

1.86

1.84 

1.87

Dec.

2.04

1.97

1,89

1.88

1.88

1.87

2.19

2.14

2.10

1.97

1.94

1.92

1.89

1 87

1 R7

1.87

1.86

1.84

1.84

1

00

1 ft0.

1.85

1.85

1.90

1 95

1.97

1.92

i on

1.90 

1.95 

1.94

Jan.

1.95

1.93

1.92

2.07

1.95

1.92

1.90

2.04

2.01

2.19

2 04

1.92

1.97

2.07

2 nn

2.09

1.95

1.92

1.90

1 Q9

2.00

1 Ql

1.%

2.00

9 9A

2.15

2.06

2.04

2.00 

2.00

3.08

Feb.

2.40

9 9d

2.16

2.11

2.07

2.34

2.61

2.43

2.16

2.08

2.06

2.05

2.05

2.06

2.08

2.09

2.11

2.16

2

QQ

2 9Q

2

10

2.20

2.22

2

10

2.17

2.08

9 fiS

Mar.

2.06

1.96

2.07

2.16

2.06

2.11

2.09

2.04

1.96

2.12

2.91

2.46

2.34

2 Oft

2.26

2.21

2.16

2 IS

9 fil

2 ft1

2.03

2.08

2 ft?

2.13

2.21

2

0A

2.37 

2.55 

2.35

Apr.

2.36

2.36

2.27

2.20

2.16

2.14

2.09

2.11

2.08

2.06

2.03

2.03

2.04

2.06

2

01

2.65

2.36

2.34

2.74

2 1Q

2

QA

2.24

2 1ft

2.20

2.24

2 17

2.13 

2.10

May.

2.06

2.01

2.00

2.00

2.16

2.16

2.15

2.14

2.15

2.12

2.10

2.10

2.06

2.01

1.99

1.96

1.96

1.96

1.93

1 ftft

1 fift

1.91

1.90

1.91

1.91

1.89

1.87

1.86

1.87 

1.86 

1.84

June.

1.84

1.83

1.81

1.81

1.82

1.98

1.91

1.81

1.81

1.79

1.76

1.75

1.80

1,85

1.80

1.75

1.74

2.04

1.93

1 QJ.

1.80

1.75

1.75

1.73

i 7*;

1.72

1.70

1.69 

1.66

July.

1.65

1.92

1.85

1.76

1.73

1.71

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.85

1.83

1.80

1.74

1.73

1.90

1.87

1.93

1.90

1.84

1.71

1.68

1.68

1.69

1.70

1.70

1.73

1.75

1 90

2.00 

1.90 

1.85

Aug.

1.80

1.78

1.75

1.78

1.76

1.75

1.75

1.77

1.82

1.80

1.79

1.79

1,83

1.85

1.94

1.85

1.80

1.77

1.73

1.75

1.78

1.76

1.68

1.70

1.70

1.98

2.37

2.50

2.02 

1.93 

1.90

Sept.

1.89

1.85

1.80

1.80

1.79

1.79

1.80

1.82

1.85

1.86

1.91

1.95

1.86

1.82

1.75

1.75

1.66

1.85

1.77

1.75

1,76

1.75

1.68

1.67

1.75

1.75

1.65

1.68

1.70 

1.74

NOTE. Because of an error in the gage found by checking with wye levels on Oct. 16,1914, gage heights 

for 1913 as published in Water-Supply Paper 353 should be corrected as follows: May 24 to Sept.28, subtract 

0.02 foot; Sept. 29-30, subtract 0.03 foot.

DOE EIVEE AT VALLEY FOEGE, TENN.

Location. At Eastern Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad bridge at

Valley Forge, about 4 miles above the mouth of the river. 

Drainage area. 132 square miles.

Records available. December 11, 1911, to September 30,1914. 

Gage. Standard chain gage attached to bridge; read daily, morning and evening,

to hundredths. Limits of use: Hundredths below 3.5, half-tenths from 3.5 to 5,

and tenths above 5 feet. 

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge or by wading at

a section about 40 feet above the bridge. The current makes a decided angle

with the bridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent. A determination by leveling

September 9, 1912, indicated that there would be no flow past the gage if the

river were to fall to a stage of about 0.1 foot. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 3.23 feet at 6 a. m.

March 12. Minimum stage recorded: 0.92 foot June 27 to July 1. 

Winter flow. Ice may affect the discharge relation for short periods during unusually

severe winters; probably not materially affected during year ending September

30,1914.

Data insufficient for estimates of discharge.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year ending 

September 30, 1914.
TENNESSEE KIVER BASIN. 105

Daily gage height, in feet, of Doe River at Valley Forge, Tenn., for the year ending Sept.

SO, 1914.

[W. C. Garrison, observer.]

Day.

1......... .................

2..........................

3..........................

4..........................

5..........................

6..........................

7..........................

8..........................

9................:......... 10.....................;....

II...........................

12..........................

13..........................

14..........................

15..........................

16..........................

17..........................

18..........................

19..........................

20..........................

21........................:.

22..........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26..........................

27..........................

28..........................

29.......................... 

30.......................... 

31..........................

Oct.

1.25

1.20

1.15

1.15

1.10

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.13

1.05

1.20

1.10

1.05

1.05

1.05

1 05

1.07

1.13

1.65

1.35

1.33

1 30

1.25

1 d>;

1.35

1.33

1.33

1.23 

1.23 

1.20

Nov.

1.13

1.13

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.65

1.25

1.35

1.33

1.43

1.40

1.37

1.93

1.65

1.50

1.40

1.35

1.35

1.30

1.27

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20 

1.20

Dec.

1.33

1.40

1.30

1.30

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.45

1.25

1.10

1.25

1.15

1.25

1.19

1.24

1.24

1.24

1.24

1.14

1 1Q

1.19

1.19

1 10

1 19

1 in

1.49

1.19

1.26

1.24 

1.39 

1.34

Jan.

1.36

1.26

1.24

1.06

1.16

1.24

1.24

.99

1.39

1.74

1.54

1.24

1.09

1.09

1.34

1.39

1.36

1.19

1.29

1.32

1.34

1.29

1.26

1.32

2.14

1.74

1 64

1.54

1.49 

1.46 

2.02

Feb.

2.04

1.76

1.66

1.64

1.59

2.09

2.39

1.92

1.79

1.74

1.74

1.62

1,54

1.64

1.39

1 40

1.09

1.39

1.69

2.14

2.09

1.94

1 84

1.94

1 7O

1.82

1.76

1.73

Mar.

1.68

1.28

1.48

1.58

1.63

1.71

1.75

1.63

1.48

1.48

1.75

3.23

2.33

2.13

2.03

1 98

1.98

2.18

1.88

1.91

1.88

1.83

1.73

1.81

1.71

1.71

1.78

1.93

1.83 

2.13 

2.33

Apr.

2.13

2.18

2.03

1.91

1.78

1.71

1.68

1.65

1.63

1.61

1.58

1.58

1.53

1.51

2.78

2.58

2.13

2.03

1.93

2.73

2.18

2.08

1.93

1.83

1 "n

1.78

1.68

1.63

1.58 

1.68

May.

1.55

1.53

1.51

1.48

1.63

1.63

1.63

1.68

1.61

1.58

1.E3

1.51

1.48

1.45

1.45

1.42

1.40

1.37

1.32

1.32

1.32

1.30

1.27

1.22

1 9i

1.22

1.22

1.22

1.20 

1.27 

1.22

June.

1.17

1.17

1.14

1.14

1.17

1.17

1.22

1.14

1.12

1.17

1.12

1.10

1.12

1.12

1.12

1.12

1.07

1.12

1.52

1.22

1.22

1.10

1.04

1.02

1.02

.97

09

.92

.92 

.92

July0.92

1.72

1.32

1.12

1.07

1.02

1.02

1.02

1.02

1.32

1.62

1.22

1.07

1.07

1.22

1.37

1.32

1.30

1.22

1.12

1.02

1.02

1.02

1.02

.97

1.02

1.07

1.07

1.87 

1.32 

1.19

Aug.

1.11

1.09

1.16

1.26

1.11

1.09

1.03

1.01

1.11

1.09

1.09

1.11

1.21

1.46

1.61

1.41

1.21

1.11

1.01

1.06

1.21

1.16

1.03

1.01

1.03

2.01

1.81

2.81

1.83 

1.66 

1.41

Sept.

1.31

1.26

1.21

1.16

1.11

1.11

1.11

1.06

1.21

1.11

1.06

1.51

1.26

1.19

1.11

1.09

1.16

1.06

1.06

1.06

1.06

1.06

1.09

1.06

1.21

1.09

1.03

1.01

1.01 

1.01

NOTE. Because of an error in the gage, found by checking with wye levels on Oct. 15,1914, gage heights 

for 1913 as published in Water-Supply Paper 353 should be corrected as follows: Feb. 10 to Apr. 27, subtract 

0.02 foot; Apr. 28 to July 12, subtract 0.03 foot; July 13 to Sept. 27, subtract 0.04 foot; Sept. 28-30, subtract 

0.05 foot.

LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER AT JTJDSON, N. C.

[Old TI. S. Geological Survey station.]

Location. At Southern Railway bridge about half a mile north of Southern Railway 

station at Judson, 2J miles below mouth of Nantahala River, 1 mile below Alarka 

Creek, one-fourth mile below Sawyer Branch, and 3 miles above the mouth of 

Tuckasegee River.

Drainage area. 675 square miles.

Records available. June 25, 1896, to September 30, 1913.

Gage. Vertical staff in two sections on right bank 100 feet above the bridge. Lower 

section bolted to rock; upper section on tree. For history of gages previously 

used see Water-Supply Paper 323.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of railroad bridge. Some 

recent measurements have been made at a swinging footbridge one-half mile upstream, at Judson railroad station.

Channel and control. The control has changed materially, although the channel 

at the bridge is rough; rocky bottom; section divided by two piers; current 

swift and irregular.

Extremes of stage. The flood of February 28, 1902, reached a stage of 16.2 feet.

Winter flow. Discharge relation not affected by ice.
106 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Accuracy. A study of hydrometric data collected by the Knoxville Power Co. on 

the Little Tennessee and its tributaries indicates that the old Survey station at 

Judson, because of a combination of natural causes and inherent difficulties, does 

not yield results as accurate as those obtained at the new station established by 

the power company on April 16, 1912, about half a mile above the Southern Railway bridge. Therefore only gage heights are published for the old Survey station. 

(See also Water-Supply Paper 323.)

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year ending 

September 30, 1913.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Little Tennessee River at Judson, N. C,,for the year ending

Sept. SO, 1913.

[Miss E. G. Enloe, observer.]

Day.

1. .............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6. ....... ......

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22. .............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28. .............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Oct.

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.35

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.45

3.6

3.35

3.3

3.2

3.8

4.2

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.25

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.15

3.15

Nov.

3.2

3.6

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.2

4.2

4.0

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.35

3.6

3.45

3.35

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.15

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.1

Dec.

3.2

3.3

3.6

3.5

4.4

5.1

4.6

4.3

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.6

3.6

3.45

3.4

3.4

3.4

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.8

3.7

3.5

4.8

4.4

Jan.

4.2

4.0

4.1

3.9

4.0

4.0

3.9

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.7

4.9

4.5

4 9

4.1

4.0

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.0

5.0

6.0

5.1

6.6

6.4

5.5

5.2

4.8

Feb.

5.0

4.8

5.2

5.2

5.1

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.4

5.6

6.2

5.3

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.6

5.0

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.2

7.4

7.2

Mar.

5.9

5.4

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.4

5.3

5.4

5.0

5.0

8.8

7.3

6.4

6.2

6.1

6.1

6.0

5.9

5.8

5.8

6.6

8.8

7.4

7.1

6.7

Apr.

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.4

5.7

5.4

5.3

5.3

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.2

May.

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.2

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.8

4.0

7.8

6.1

5.2

4.8

5.2

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.4

June.

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.8

4.5

4.9

4.2

4.2

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.7

4.3

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.5

July.

3.4

3.4

3.6

3.9

3.8

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.8

3.8

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.15

3.05

3.05

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.6

3.6

3.9

3.5

3.5

3.6

Aug.

4.2

3.8

3.9

3.4

3.35

3.4

3.3

3.8

4.4

3.9

3.7

3.45

3.3

3.2

3.35

3.4

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.25

3.5

3.2

3.15

3.05

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.35

2.95

Sept.

2.8

2.8

2

0

2.8

3.1

3.45

3.05

2.9

2.85

3.25

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.1

3.45

3.35

3.15

3.0

3.8

3.3

3.05

2.9

2.9

2.85

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.8

LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER AT JUDSON, N. C.

Location. At footbridge near Southern Railway station at Judson.

Drainage area. 675 square miles.

Records available. April 16, 1912, to September 30, 1914; January 25, 1896, to 

September 30, 1913, at old Geological Survey station located at Southern Railway bridge.

Gage. Two staff gages attached to pier of footbridge. A Friez recording gage 

established on October 8, 1913, about 500 feet below the footbridge, did not work 

satisfactorily during certain periods and readings were then obtained from the

Discharge measurements. Made from footbridge. 

Channel and control. Practically permanent.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN. 107

Winter flow. Discharge relation not affected by ice. 

Accuracy. Records good.

Cooperation. Results of discharge measurements and estimates of daily discharge 

furnished by the Knoxville Power Co., Alcoa, Tenn.

Discharge measurements of Little Tennessee River at Judson, N. C., during the years

ending Sept. 80, 1912-1914.

Date.

1911-12.

21

25

25

26

29

1912-13.

Feb. 28

Mar. 15

Made by 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

19.78

19.73

21.02

21.36

20.63

20.29

19.60

21.59

25.50

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

1,130

1,050

3,200

3,820

2,450

1.950

908

14, 700

Date.

1912-13. 

Apr. 12

14

- 19

23

24

May 2

6

1913-14.

Sept. 30

Made by 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

20.97

20.58

20.34

20.17

20.08

19.92

19.83

19.29

18.98

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

2,970

2,290

2,000

1,690

1.630

1,350

1,210

532

396

Daily discharge, in second-Jeet, of Little Tennessee River at Judson, N. C., for the years

ending Sept. 30, 1912-1914.

Day.

1911-12. 

1.. ............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17.............. is.....:........

19..............

20

21..............

22..............

23..............

24. .............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Oct.

925

925

925

850

850

850

850

780

780

1,«80

2,990

1,940

1,080

1,000

1,000

925

1,270

10,200

8,620

3

qo/\

1,940

1,700

1,480

1,370

1,370

1,320

1,270

1,220

1,170 

1,170

Nov.

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,040

1,170

1,170

2,480

1,480

3,550

2,480

1,940

1,480

2,480

2,190

1,940

1.700

1 700

3,' 360

2,480

2 fifin

1,940

1,700

1,700

2,060

1,940

1,700

1,700

1,820

2,190

1,940

Dec.

1,700

1,590

1,590

1,480

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,370

1.370

1,320

1.370

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,480

2,060

2 060

1*700

l',480

2,060

3,950

8,620

4,850

4,850

4,380

S

QCrt

9

E7A

7 690

4^850

3,550 

8.310

Jan.

7,070

S

QftA

4,850

4,380

3,570

3,550

3,360

3,550

5,100

3,360

3,170

3,170

2,810

2,480

2,330

2

QOA

2,810

3,360

2 QQA

2,480

2

QOrt

2,330

2,330

2,190

2,190

2 ion

2,060

10 600

12' 300

6.770

Feb.

5,360

1 QW>

3,550

3,550

3,170

2.990

2,810

2 640

2,480

2 480

2^480

4,850

S

QftA

4,610

1,380

4,610

9

QQA

in Qnfi

7,070

6,180

6,470

14 400

9

C7A

7

QQA

6,470

Mar.

5,360

5,360

5,360

5,360

6,470

5,360

5,360

5,630

4,850

4,610

1,850

4 OCA

4,380

10,900

9,080

5,410

4,260

3,780

3,330

3,050

2,790

3,780

6,280

5 41 ft

3 CLtA

3,480

3,630

14,000 

6,280

Apr.

5,930

5,410

4,580

3,940

3,480

3,480

3,190

3,050

2,920

2,920

2,790

2,660

2,540

2,540

2,420

2,240

2,410

2,140

2,140

2,030

3,530

2,700

2,360

3,380

4,780

3,770

May.

3,060

2,740

2,520

2,610

2,490

2 220

2,840

2,560

2,360

2,160

2,000

2,110

I ofift

1,840

1,690

2,030

1

COA

1,770

1,650

1 540

1,500

1,500

1 fyifl

1,350

1,350

1,390

1,540

2,790

2,360 

1.720

June.

1,540

1,420

1,420

'1,500

1,420

1,650

1,720

1,450

1,310

1,250

1,210

1,210

1,140

1,960

1,800

1,600

1,420

1,310

1,210

1,170

1 080

l,'lOO

1 280

1,210

2,870

2,310

1,960

1,800

1,570

1,500

July.

1,500

1,530

1 fisn

1,750

2,800

2,220

1,830

2,220

2 730

2^310

1,990

1,800

1,720

1,690

1 800

2' 060

2,220

2,220

2,220

1 Qfift

1,750

1,570

1,600

1,380

1,420

1,210

1,140

1,140 

1,140

Aug.

2,720

1,390

1,180

1,510

1,360

1,150

1,110

1,180

1,220

1,360

1.110

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,220

1,180

1,260

1,090

1,020

1,050

1,050

1,090 962'

QAl

ftdl

1,090

QAl

782

782 

782

Sept.

782

667

667

667

841

759

fiQA

667

759

667

690

724

806

724

1 lw»

806

925

998

690

667

667

3,860

1,890

1,220

1,090

1,290

1,020

962

806
108

Daily di.

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

, in second-feet, of Little Tennessee River, at Judson, N. C.,for the years 

ending Sept. 30, 1912-1914 Continued.

Day.

1912-13. 

1... ...........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29. .............

30..............

31..............

1913-14. 

1. .............

2..............

3..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

IK

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29

30..............

31..............

Oct.

925

782

7ft9

782

782

782

901

901

901

901

962

Qfll

841

633

611

667

962

1,020

1,250

925

806

782

841

667

667

667

667

611

611

611

7Q9

620

562

544

544

CAA

460

460

4fin

4fin

CAA

544

Af{(\

460

460

-ififl

<±fin

526

690

1,230

720

562 fff)

1 340

l'870

1,010

866

866

792

74(1

660

Nov.

667

1,050

667

667

667

ftytC

1,410

1,220

962

841

782

782

782

841

782

690

667

667

667

667

667

667

667

667

611

c.t;fi

CCft

556

ftytC

611

690

690

680

680

670

670

670

876

952

803

730

710

730

720

79O,

720

771

720

670

670

660

640

630

620

600

600

600

600

7W

Dec.

611

667

1,090

877

1,770

2,690

1,660

1,320

1,130

1,020

999

901

925

877

782

782

782

962

962

780

782

759

7W

1,180

999

877

962

925

806

1,710 i QAA

998

1,250

866

782

730

720

1,350

1,380

987

887

845

803

761

761

782

740

720

700

fiQfi

660

640

630

740

876

876

1 t&n

1,180

1,020

1,470

1,810

1,500

Jan.

1,360

1,220

1 9Qfl

1,150

1,150

1,090

1,220

1,290

1,290

1,320

1,810

1 Qdrt

1 74fl

1,390

1,290

1,170

1,590

1,390

1 9Qfl

1,390

1,290

1,250

1,510

2,980

2 1 fin

S

QftA

2 630

2' 130

2,420

i 9on

1,180

1,180

1,100

1,030

1,010

975

A CQ

Q7K

1,050

991

911

QAC

879

ft7Q

ft79

857

812

804

812

820

7Q7

797

706

919

872

783

748

727

713

2 Afin

Feb.

2,160

1,890

2,210

2,630

2,290

1,970

1,840

1,660

1 540

1^510

"2,080

3,450

2

JOA

2,130

1,940

1,770

1,660

1,630

1,510

1,770

2,160

1,770

1,630

1,510

1,510

1 480

5*880

5,010

1,950

1,340

1 Idfl

1,060

1,010

1 440

2*170

1 7Pift

1,340

1,380

1,210

1,380

2,150

1,720

1 P^ftfi

1,310

1,290

1,830

1,380

2,170

1,830

1,760

1,870

1,610

i ivifl

1,480

1,420

Mar.

3,020

2,580

2 260

2,080

1,970

1,860

1,740

1,590

1,590

2,720

2,630

2,130

2,090

13,300

13,600

8,500

6,100

4,290

3,550

3,260

3,260

3,220

2,210

2,900

3,040

3 17fl

14,300

9,330

5,880

5,190

4,520

1,400

1,290

1,230

1,240

1,190

1,260

1,210

1,170

1,100

1,100

1,400

3,400

1 7c/i

1,580

1,460

1,460

1,310

1 fi4rt

1 f^firt

1,400

1,320

1,240

1,190

1,200

1,260

1 400

1J 520

1 830

Apr.

3,960

3,550

1,170

3,040

2,840

2,660

2,460

2,320

2,210

2,210

2,750

3,110

2,630

2,400

2,480

2,320

2,210

2, WO

1,980

1,940

1,900

1,780

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,590

1,510

1,510

1,440

1,900

1,830

1,640

1,520

1,400

1,320

1,290

1,660

2,000

1,520

1,400

1,420

1,330

2,240

2,430

2,120

1,970

3,140

2,600

2,250

2

(\Af\

1,880

1,780

1,700

1,610

1,520

1 Wl

1 

' 440

May.

1,420

1,350

1,350

1,280

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,280

1,420

1,350

1,220

1,220

1,160

1,160

1,220

1,350

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,160

1,160

1,500

7,470

2,210

2

KAf\

2

JOA

1,650

1,570

1,650

1,320

1,300

1,220

1,220

1,620

1 780

l'320

1,350

1,220

1,190

1,120

1,080

1 060

1 060

l'o30

1 030

QQQ

941

QJ.1

919

887

834 oq^

834

834

782

730

>7OA

730

730

June.

1,410

1,340

1,340

1,410

1,210

1,210

1,560

2.110

1,630

2,270

1,790

1,410

1,270

1,140

1,080

1,080

971

971

1,340

1,080

1 030 '971

Q71

916

971

Qlfi

862

862

862

862

730

710

680

730

730

QJ.1

1,060 <ui

834

730

680

782

782

630

782

782

1,120

782

7c/i

680

630

610

553

650

630

eco

t;i7

468

July.

748

748

1,190

1,190

1,130

960

852

748

748

697

748

1,320

1,050

831

748

748

647

667

647

fi47

697

697

697

697

800

Qfin

1,350

1,130

960

960

1,020

453

782

834

553

730

581

518

468

553

680

650

535

517

710

1 fifin

1,190

887

813

710 >;is

553

710

492

468

492

390

400

534

1,060

581

453

Aug.

JCQ

459

A'JK

615

554

523

657

W4

727

991

835

713

KQ7

762

872

671

554

511

J.QQ

493

W7

699

Vli

511

517

561

727 7on

574

529

493

Sept.

789

737

17017

737

820

895

717

638

 638

737

618

542

523

542

737

949

895

737

657

1,160

895

7^7

618

542

495

Af\K

495

Wl

1,080

AAQ

449

529

459

420

400

393

400

412

393

4ns

434

416

393

OQA

386

380

434

. 608

487

475

434

434

517

459

408

4ftft

390

383

NOTE. Mean discharge for August, 1913, estimated at 870 second-feet by comparison with gage readings 

at old Geological Survey station.
TENNESSEE KIVER BASIN. 109

Monthly discharge of Little Tennessee River at Judson, N. C.,for the years endmg Sept.

30,1912-1914.

[Drainage area, 675 square miles.]

Month.

1911-12.

March.

April..........................................

May .

July...........................................

The year.... ............................

1912-13.

March... . .............................

May...........................................

July...........................................

1913-14.

April..........................................

May...........................................

July...........................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

10,200 

3,550 

9,570

12,300

14,400 

14,000

. 5,930 

3,060 

2,870

2,800 

2,720 

3,860

14,400

1,250 

1,410 

2,690

3,960 

5,880 

14,300

3,960 

7,470 

2,270

1,350

1,160

14,300

1,870 

952 

1,810

2,060 

2,170 

3,400

3,640 

1,780 

1,120

1,190 

991 

541

3,640

MTntmTim,

780 

1,040 

1,320

2,060 

2,480 

2,790

2,030 

1,350 

1,080

1,140

782 

667

667

611 

556 

611

1,090 

1,480 

1,590

1,440 

1,160 

862

647

495

460 

600 

630

706 

1,010 

1,100

1,290 

730 

468

390 

459 

380

380

Mean.

1,830 

1,890 

3,120

3,910 

5,210 

5,350

3,170 

2,050 

1,510

1,830 

1,140 

991

2,660

808 

744 

1,070

1,690 

2,180 

" 4,450

2,290 

1,710 

1,230

872 

870 

706

1,550

683 

696 

959

946 

1,550 

1,510

1,900 

1,040

728

642 

615 

436

972

Per 

square 

mile.

2.71 

2.80 

4.62

5.79 

7.72 

7.93

4.70 

3.04 

2.24

2.71 

1.69 

1.47

3.94

' 1.20 

1.10 

1.59

2.50 

3.23 

6.59

3.39 

2.53 

1.82

1.29 

1.29 

1.05

2.30

1.01 

1.03 

1.42

1.40 

2.30 

2.24

2.81 

1.54 

1.08

.951 

.911 

.646

1.44

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

3.12 

3.12 

5.33

6.68 

8.33 

9.14

5.24 

3.50 

2.50

3.12 

1.95 

1.64

53.67

1.38 

1.23

1.83

2.88 

3.36 

7.60

3.78 

2.92 

2.03

1.49 

1.49 

1.17

31.16

1.16 

1.15 

1.64

1.61

2.40 

2.58

3.14

1.78 

1.20

1.10 

1.05

.72

19.53

NOTE. See footnote to table of daily discharge.

LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER AT McGHEE, TE.NN.

Location. At Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, one-third mile south of

McGh.ee and'one-half mile below mouth of Tellico River. 

Drainage area. 2,470 miles. 

Becords available. November 29,1904, to December 31,1913.
110 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Gage. Chain gage on crossties, upstream side of the railroad 'bridge, owned by 

United States Weather Bureau; read once daily to tenths. Prior to December 

1,1905, the same gage was on the old railroad bridge 1,000 feetbelow. The present 

datum is 0.3 foot higher than the original datum, allowing for slope in river 

measured at gage height 4 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from the downstream side of the railroad bridge.

Channel and control. Practically permanent. Report of the United States 

Engineers shows the controlling ledge below the gage to be about 2.5 feet lower 

than low water at the gage. The assumption that their low water is the same as 

lowest records places the point of zero flow at about 0.3 foot by gage datum.

Extremes of stage. The flood of February 22, 1906, reached a height of 22.2 feet 

by the gage datum. The United States Weather Bureau reports a height of 39 

feet in March, 1867, and 38.5 feet in 1884.

Winter flow. Discharge relation not affected by ice.

Cooperation. Gage-height records furnished by United States Weather Bureau.

Station has not been visited since November 3, 1911, and nothing is known as to 

permanency of the gage after that date. Daily gage heights subsequent to December 

31, 1913, are withheld from publication until station is visited again.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Little Tennessee River at McGhee, Tenn.,for the period Oct. 1

to Dec. 31, 1913.

Day.

1... .........

2............

3............

4............

5............

6............

7............

8............

9............

10............

Oct.

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

Nov.

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.fi

2.6

3.2

3.0

Dec.

2.8

&8

3.5

3.1

2.9

2.8

3.1

4.6

3.8

3.4

Day.

11............

12............

10

14............

15............

16............

17............

18............

19............

20............

Oct.

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.8

3.8

Nov.

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.8

3.0

2

0

2.8

2.8

Dec.

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.7

Day.

22............

OO

24............

25............

26............

28............

29............

^n

31............

Oct.

3.6

3.2

2.6

3.2

3.8

3

R

3.2

9 ft

2

Q

Nov.

2.7

2 7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

Dec.

9 7

2.7

9 7

9 Q

3.1

3.3

Q Q

3.5

3.3

4 9

4.2

TUCKASEGEE RIVER, AT BRYSON CITY, N. C.

Location. At highway bridge in the town of Bryson, half a mile below the mouth

of Deep Creek and about 15 miles above the junction of Tuckasegee River with

Little Tennesee River. 

Drainage area. 662 square miles.

Records available. November 7,1897, to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Friez recording gage installed February 3, 1914, by the Knoxville Power

Co., about 200 feet below the bridge to which old Geological Survey staff gage

was attached. Vertical staff gage attached to the right bank bridge pier used

prior to installation of Friez gage.

Discharge measurements. Made from the downstream side of the bridge. 

Channel and control. Channel probably changes slightly after each flood, but

conditions quickly become normal. Control consists of bowlders; practically

permanent.

Extremes of stage. The flood of March 19, 1899, reached a height of 11 feet. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation not affected by ice. 

Accuracy, Results good for medium and low stages. Rating curve not well denned

for high stages. 

Cooperation. Results of discharge measurements and estimates of daily discharge

in following tables furnished by the Knoxville Power Co., Alcoa, Term.
TENNESSEE EIVEB, BASIN. Ill

measurements of Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, N. C., during the years 

ending Sept. 80, 1912-1914.

Date.

1911-12. 

July 29

2

1912-13.

Oct. 11

15

19

Nov. 7

Apr. 2

4

7

9

Made by 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.68

2.56

2.37

1.78

1.25

1.28

1.62

2.17

2.74

2.49

2.41

2.28

Discharge.

Sec.ft. 

1,170

2,500

2,130

1,300

628

926

1,340

1,740

3 ion

2,770

2.240

2,030

Date.

1912-13. 

Apr. 12

21

26

28

May 3

14

24

Qanf- 1 9

27

1913 14.

Sept. 22

23

Made by 

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

.....do.................

3B.

Feet.

3

AQ

2,13

1 98

1 97

1.82

1.65

3.50

1.14

1.23

1.19

1.06

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

3

oon

1,880

1,680

1,620

1,400

1,150

3,950

524

 30

« 584

a 446

» Velocity determined by the mid-depth method.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Tiidcastgee River at Bryson City, N. C., for the, year

ending Sept. SO, 1914.

Day.

1. .............

2..............

4..............

K

6..............

7- .............

10..............

11..............

12..............

11

14..............

15-...-.-.......

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

3001

Oct.

755

599

599

599

581

555

555

555

515

555

555

599

531

515

515

515

515

581

581

1,270

755

618

599

2,250

1,750

1,600

1,140

1,200

966

839

814

Nov.

755

699

699

699

678

647

647

1,070

1,000

790

699

699

755

755

1,200

1,200

1,270

839

755

721

699

699

699

647

618

599 <MQ

599

599

599

Dec.

1,330

1,900

876

814

755

699

1,670

1,200

966

876

814

814

814

814

790

755

699

699

699

699

647

647

755

966

914

1,540

1,040

940

1,310

1,600

I

QQfl

Jan.

1,180

1,070

1,070

1,000

966

940

940

876

876

1,000

940

814

721

699

755

755

814

721

755

814

914

755

721

755

1,180

839

814

814

814

839

2,810

Feb.

1,750

1,360

1,190

1,120

1,060

1,940

2,610

1,850

1,660

1,540

1,480

1,390

1,440

1,620

1,360

1,190

1,120

1,140

1,700

2,540

2,100

1,780

1,700

1,750

1,590

1,480

1,450

1,390

Mar.

1,350

1,320

1,270

1,190

1,180

1,160

1,150

1,120

1,150

1,140

1,330

3,030

2,120

1,760

1,620

1,590

1,560

1,54ft

1,510

1,480

1,480

1,450

1,410

1,360

1,320

1,310

1,310

1,900

1,870

2,280

2 Kf\n

Apr.

2,380

2,370

2,120

1,940

1,870

1,820

1,750

1,700

1,730

1,700

1,660

1 600

1,580

1,970

2,740

2,400

1,990

1,800

1,720

3,400

2,370

2,050

1,900

1,790

1 660

1,630

1,520

1,430

1,400

1,350

May.

1,250

1,230

1,200

1,190

1,780

1,520

1,290

1,310

1,270

1,230

1,190

i i^n

1,110

1,100

1,060

1,040

i fun

1,030

992

953

940

927

914

876

839

790

790

790

755

839

744

June.

678

647

637

647

914

i fun

876

802

689

657

699

626

689

689

678

647

678

1,330

1,180

790

710

678

626

585

585

678

720

647

585

512

July.

491

940

851

647

790

605

512

491

512

637

585

522

481

876

790

1,440

876

1,020

790

668

595

553

522

512

481

533

605

605

733

553

481

Aug.

470

460

470

564

553

512

543

491

543

578

710

678

744

1,000

1,000

689

585

522

491

481

543

585

491

460

481

491

605

802

647

564

512

Sept.

470

439

512

449

397

356

366

377

408

377

387

522

418

356

345

325

325

439

564

460

533

657

481

449

564

470

377

366

335

335

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from rating curve well defined below and poorly defined above 

1,600 second-feet.
112

Monthly di

SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

of Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, N. C., for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914. 

[Drainage area, 662 square miles.]

Month.

October. .........................

November. ...............................

December ...................................

January. ......................... .......

March......................... ..

April.....................................

May..........................................

June. .......................................

July...........................................

August. .......................................

The year. ......./.......................

Discharge in second-feet.

Max mum.

2,250 

1,270 

1,900

2,810 

2,610 

3,030

3,400 

1,780 

1,330

1,440 

1,000 

657

3,400

Minimum.

515 

599 

647

699 

1,060 

1,120

1,350 

744 

512

481 

460 

325

325

Mean.

793

764 

980

934 

1,580 

1,540

1,910 

1,070 

731

668 

589 

429

995

Per

square 

mile.

1.20 

1.15 

1.48

1.41 

2.39 

2.33

2.89 

1.62 

1.10

1.01 

.890 

.648

1.50

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area.)

1.38 

1.28 

1.71

1.63

2.49 

2.69

3.22 

1.87 

1.23

1.16 

1.03 

.72

20.41

NOTE. Computed by engineers of the Geological Survey from records of daily discharge furnished by 

the Knoxville Power Co.

HIWA8SEE RIVER AT MURPHY, N. C.

Location. At highway bridge near the Louisville & Nashville Railroad station, 

half a mile above the mouth of Valley River.

Drainage area. 410 square miles.

Becords available.-^June 26,1896, to August 8, 1897; October 19,1897, to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Chain gage attached to downstream side of bridge near site of original wirerope gage; read once daily to half-tenths. Limits of use: Half-tenths below and 

tenths above 7 feet. Datum unchanged since October 20,1897. Record of datum 

of former gage lost when wire rope broke on August 8, 1897.

Discharge measurements. Made from upstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Rock and' gravel; less permanent than the channel at 

measuring section, where bottom is rough and rocky. Point of zero flow, approximately at gage height 4.4 feet.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 7.7 feet April 20; 

discharge, 3,120 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 4.8 feet September 18; 

discharge, 140 second-feet. 

The flood of March 19, 1899, reached a height of 18.4 feet.

Winter flow. Discharge relation not affected by ice.

Regulation. The few small mill dams on the stream are too far upstream to cause 

noticeable diurnal fluctuation at the gage.

Accuracy. Results good.

Discharge measurements of Hiwassee River at Murphy, N. C., during the year ending

Sept. 30, 19UDate.

Jan. 20

Feb. 14

17

Made byWarren E. Hall and 

B.M. Hall, jr. .......

Warren E. Hall........

.....do..................

height.

Feet. 

5.20

5.84

5.54

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

326

798

568

Date.

Apr. 15

16

17

Made byWarren E. Hall........

.....do..................

.....do ..............

 *.

Feet. 

7.21

6.95

6.54

Discharge.

SfC.-ft. 

2,270

1,930

1,460
TENNESSEE BIVER BASIN. 113

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Hiwassee River at Murphy, N. C., for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Day.

1..............

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10.............

11... ...........

tz... ...........

13... .......... .

14..... .........

15..... ....... ..

16..............

17... .......... .

18....... .......

19..............

20..... ....... ..

21..............

22..............

23...- ..........

24.. .......... ..

25..... ....... ..

26..............

27... ......... ..

28..............

9Q

30..............

O1

Oct.

101

308

280

255

255

255

255

230

230

230

230

255

230

230

230

230

230

255

308

765

365

308

308

308

dOH

395

335

335

335

308

255

Nov.

280

280

280

280

280

280

265

308

460

335

OQE

308

308

308

280

280

365

335

308

280

280

280

280

280

255

255

255

255

255

255

Dec.

365

495

365

338

308

308

460

568

428

395

365

335

335

308

335

335

308

308

308

280

280

280

308

365

335

495

460

395

495

765

605

Jan.

530

4QK

495

530

568

530

495

460

395

3Q1

395

365

365

365

335

335

OQE

335

335

335

335

308

308

605

428

395

365

335

335

568

Feb.

OAK

fUE

530

AQK

Afift

EOA

1,110

888

79 E

645

725

568

568

805

685

645

568

530

605

1,110

930

805

725

845

725

725

685

645

Mar.

A4E

605

568

 f^o

568

605

568

530

530

495

EOA

2,270

1,360

1,020

805

765

685

725

605

805

765

685

685

605

530

568

645

765

725

725

1,360

Apr.

1,020

<W!

888

765

685

685

645

765

845

765

685

685

725

2,930

2,000

1,530

1 260

l'060

3,120

1,640

1,310

1,110

1,020

930

845

805

765

725

765

May.

685

645

605

605

765

845

685

765

7oe

fift*i

EftQ

568

530

530

495

 460

460

428

428

428

428

395

395

^395 

365

365

365

335

335

335

June.

335

OOE

308

QAO

460

365

460

530

460

OQE

onft

308

308

308

335

308

395

308

605

335

308

280

308

255

255

230

308

255

255

230

July.

208

230

230

230

280

QOA

208

208

230

255

OQE

605

280

230

335

VK

530

765

<tQ>i

308

308

255

230

230

208

208

1SK

208

428

230

208

Aug.

208

208

255

finK

280

oqn

208

208

428

530

395

335

255

ORE

460

308

255

230

230

208

255

230

230

255

230

255

280

280

9<Vi

280

230

Sept.

230

230

208

230

185

-IQC

185

185

230

208

185

255

230

IQC

Iftfi

Iftfi

162

140

230

230

OQE

230

208

185

255

230

ISfi

185

185

185

NOTE. Daily discharge determined from a well-defined rating curve, except for the period Jan. 1-13, 

when it was estimated from information furnished by the observer. Low-water section of rating curve 

based on discharge measurement made" Nov. 6,1914, at gage height 4.99 feet.

Monthly discharge of Hiwassee River at Murphy, N. C.,for the year ending Sept. 30, 1914. 

[Drainage area, 410 square miles.]

Month.

April....................................

May.....................................

Julv..... ................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

765 

460 

765

605 

1,110 

2,270

3,120

 845 

605

765 

605 

335

3,120

Minimum.

230 

255 

280

308 

460 

495

645 

335 

230

185 

208 

140

140

Mean.

303 

293

388

413 

706 

751

1,090 

516

337

298 

286 

208

464

Per 

square 

mile.

0.739 

.715 

.946

1.01 

1,72 

1.83

2.66 

1.26

.822

.727 

.698 

.507

1.13

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.85 

.80 

1.09

1.16 

1.79 

2.11

2.97 

1.45 

.92

.84 

.80 

.57

15.35

Accuracy.

A. 

A. 

A.

B. 

A. 

B.

A. 

A. 

A.

A. 

A. 

B.

14725° WSP 383 16 8
114 STTEFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

HIWASSEE RIVER AT RELIANCE, TENN.

Location. At Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge at Reliance, Tenn., 1 mile 

below the mouth of Lost Creek and 2 miles above Spring Creek.

Drainage area. 1,180 square miles.

Records available. August 17, 1900, to December 31, 1913, when station was 

discontinued.

Gage. Vertical staff attached to a tree on right bank 150 feet above the bridge; read 

once daily to half-tenths. Limits of use: Half-tenths below and tenths above 

2.5 feet.

Discharge measurements. Made from the upstream side of 5-span steel highway 

bridge 1,000 feet below gage.

Channel and control. A rock ledge crosses the river diagonally. The lower end 

of the natural dam has been built up to some extent to pond the water for a small 

mill.

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during period October 1 to December 31, 1913: 1.6 feet October 1. Minimum stage recorded: 0.85 foot, October 17. 

The flood of November 19, 1906, reached a height of 15.2 feet.

Winter flow. Not affected by ice.

Regulation. None above station. The operation of a small mill below may affect 

the. low-water flow.

The discharge measurement made on May 15, 1913, indicates a change in the discharge relation as expressed by the rating curve used prior to March 27,1913. As additional discharge measurements have not been made to determine the extent of this 

change, no estimates of daily discharge have been prepared.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Hiwassee River at Reliance, Tenn., for the period Oct. 1 to

Dec. 31, 1913.

[C. V. Higdon, observer.]

Day.

1.... ........

2............

3............

4............

5............

6............

7............

8............

g

10............

Oct.

1.6

1.2

1.05

1.0

1.0

1.0

.95

.95

.95

1.0

Nov.

1.05

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.3

Dec.

1.3

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.3

Day.

11............

12............

13............

14............

15............

16............

17............

18............

19

20............

Oct.

1.0

1.0

1.0

.95

.9

.9

.85

.9

1.0

1.0

Nov.

1.15

1.15

1.1

1.05

1.05

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.1

1.1

Dec.

1.2

1.15

1.1

1.1

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.1

1.1

1.1

Day.

21............

22............

23............

24............

25............

26............

27............

28............

29...........

30...........

31 ...........

Oct.

0.95

1.2

1.1

1.15

1.15

1.35

1.35

1.25

1.25

1.15

1.05

Nov.

1.05

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.95

.95

1.0

Dec.

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.15

1.2

1.3

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.25
TENNESSEE EIVEB. BASIN. 115

<s of deficiency in discharge of Hiwassee River at Reliance, Tenn., for years ending 

Sept. SO, 1901-1912.

Discharge 

in secondfeet.

380 

440 

500 

550 

600

650 

700 

750 

800 

850

900 

950 

1,000 

1,100 

1,200

1,300 

1,400 

1,600 

1,800 

2,000

2,500 

3,000 

4,000 

5,000 

10,000

15,000 

25,000 

35,000 

45,000 

56,000

Days of deficient discharge.

1900-01

2 

13

25

37 

40 

64 

76 

102

154 

213 

281 

304 

339

353 

360 

364 

365

1901-2

3 

23 

23

36 

36 

51 

66 

66

78 

104 

145 

169 

201

233 

268 

309 

331 

353

356 

361 

364 

365

1902-3

2

2 

2 

15 

15 

15

47 

47 

67 

79 

79

93 

103 

127 

161 

196

230 

250 

279 

301 

351

360 

362 

365

1903-4

6 

11 

34

37 

43 

79 

95 

108

147 

148 

154 

186 

216

226 

246 

273 

288 

306

327 

341 

353 

358 

364

366

1904-5

28 

37 

47 

51

55 

68 

73 

82 

90

104 

104 

109 

118 

139

153 

171 

194 

212 

243

293 

317 

341 

349 

361

362 

365

1905-6

1 

5 

14 

30 

43

48 

48 

53 

56

58

60 

65 

80 

95 

123

183 

229 

302 

325 

358

361 

365

1906-7

3 

5

14 

27 

46 

55 

65

141

226 

301 

328 

357

362 

364 

364 

364 

365

1907-8

2 

2 

10 

13

18 

18 

28 

36 

56

73 

92 

104 

133 

150

182 

224 

315 

335 

359

364 

366

-

1908-9

8 

8 

16 

18

31 

31

39 

45 

62

77 

83 

94 

106 

123

158 

189 

251 

294 

349

357 

363 

365

1909-10

2 

2 

23 

37 

65

77 

83 

103 

129 

166

 237 

270 

319 

340 

362

365

1910-11

6 

20 

28 

38 

45

74 

83 

106

127 

138

147 

179 

203 

225 

253

296 

317 

332 

342 

358

361 

365

1911-12

2 

6

9 

14

17 

22 

22

29 

49 

54 

63

87

92 

106 

137 

157 

171

212 

238 

296 

332 

361

364 

365 

366

VALLEY RIVER AT TOMOTLA, N. 0.

Location. At steel highway bridge 600 feet from Tomotla post office, which is on. 

Southern Railway 5 miles from Mur.phy, one-half mile above Rodgers Creek, and 

1 mile below Colvards Creek.

Drainage area. 120 square miles.

Records available. June 29, 1904, to December 31, 1909, and January 19 to September 30, 1914.

Gage. Consists of two sections. Lower section, 0 to 5.4 feet, is on a sloping timber 

bolted to marble bedrock; upper section, 5.4 to 10 feet, is a vertical staff rod 

bolted to timber on old bridge pier. Same gage which was in use when station 

was discontinued in 1909. No change in gage datum.

Discharge measurements. Made from new single-span steel bridge over site of 

old footbridge.

Channel and control. Channel consists of gravel and may shift slightly. Right 

bank is high and rarely overflows; left bank overflows for about 1,000 feet during 

extreme floods. Current straight and regular. A solid ledge of marble about 50 

feet downstream forms the low-water control. Shifting of banks, and cutting 

of timber along the banks below gage, may have some effect on the high-water 

control. Soundings taken at the low-water control indicate that there would be 

no flow past the gage if the stage were to fall to about 0.0 foot.
116 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 5.0 feetatG p. m., 

February 19; discharge, 1,140 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 0.9 foot at 

7 a. m. and 6 p. m., September 21-24; discharge, 45 second-feet.

Winter flow. Discharge relation seldom affected by ice.

Accuracy. Since reestablishing station the new measurements plot on a smooth 

curve, but this curve has no relation to that used prior to 1909. Apparently the 

discharge relation was changed when the new bridge was built in 1913.

Discharge measurements of Valley River at Tomotla, N. C., during the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

Jan. 21

Feb. 16

Made by 

B.M.Hall,5r. .........

Warren E. Hall........

Gage 

height.

Feet. 

1.28

2.11

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

90

237

Date.

Apr. 16

16

Made by 

.....do.................

£EL

Feet. 

3.06

3.04

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

Mft

452

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Valley River at Tomotla, N. C., for the year ending

Sept. 30, 1914.

[ J. T. Hayes.]

Day.

1...........................

2...........................

3...........................

4...........................

5...........................

6...........................

7...........................

8...........................

9...........................

10...........................

11......... ................

12...........................

13...........................

14...........................

15...........................

16...........................

17...........................

IS

19...........................

20...........................

21...........................

22...........................

23...........................

24...........................

25...........................

26...........................

27...........................

28...........................

29...........................

30...........................

31.. ........ .................

Jan.

78

85

85

78

92

132

140

123

107

92

107

123

107

Feb.

92

107

107

123

184.

397

447

386

373

349

385

361

337

373

314

268

257

279

760

970

397

314

302

361

325

257

224

235

Mar.

214

204

184.

175

166

268

224

184.

175

214

690

447

314

290

268

246

235

214

204

184

175

175

175

235

214

214

235

325

373

620

Apr.

590

590

397

302

224

224

204

194

279

246

194

175

214

434

500

447

373

349

500

830

500

410

385

337

268

214

175

166

157

157

May.

157

157

157

224

290

224

349

214

194

184

166

157

140

140

140

140

123

123

123

123

123

107

107

100

92

92

78

78

78

85

85

June.

78

78

78

78

85

78

140

100

78

78

78

78

78

92

78

72

72

132

85

78

72

65

65

65

65

60

85

115

72

54

July.

54

107

72

72

65

65

54

54

54

54

54

60

60

72

140

279

290

235

132

100

85

65

65

54

54

54

54

60

92

65

65

Aug.

65

54

54

72

72

65

54

60

100

157

148

107

85

235

115

92

78

65

65

72

148

92

65

65

72

72

72

166

123

85

65

Sept.

65

65

65

54

54

54

54

72

60

54

60

54

54

54

54

54

54

54

54

54

45

45

45

45

72

60

54

54

54

54

NOTE. Daily discharge computed from a rating curve well defined between 54 and 590 second-feet (gage 

heights, 1 and 3.5 feet).
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN. 117

Monthly discharge of Valley River at Tomotla, N. C.,for the year ending Sept. SO, 1914- 

[Drainage area, 120 square miles.]

Month.

January 19-31 ...........................

May.... ................................

July.....................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

140 

970 

690

830 

349 

140

290 

235

72

Minimum.

78 

92 

166

157

78 

54

54 

54 

45

Mean.

104 

332 

259

334

147 

81.1

89.9 

91.6 

55.7

Per 

square 

mile.

0.867 

2.77 

2.16

2.78 

1.22 

.676

.749 

.763 

.464

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.42

2.88 

2.49

3.10 

1.41

.75

.86 

.88 

.52

Accuracy.

A 

B 

A.

B.

A. 

A.

A. 

A. 

B.

NOTTELY RIVER AT RANGER, N. C.

Location. About half a mile downstream from Ranger, which is on Louisville & 

Nashville Railroad, 7J miles from Murphy, 8 miles upstream from junction of 

Nottely and Hiwassee rivers.

Drainage area. 272 square miles.

Records available. February 16, 1901, to December 31, 1905; January 22 to 

September 30, 1914.

Gage. Rod fastened to a large birch tree on left bank 75 feet upstream from highway 

bridge. Zero of gage same as that of original gage destroyed in 1913 when old 

wooden bridge was replaced by one of steel.

Discharge measurements. Made from downstream side of steel highway bridge 

-, on road from Ranger to Murphy. On account of poor section and irregular current, discharge measurements must be made with extreme care.

Channel and control. Channel permanent, composed of bowlders, gravel, and 

sand. Right bank high; left bank overflows beyond bridge end at stages above 

18 feet. A low shoal about 300 feet downstream should form a good control.

Extremes of discharge. Maximum stage recorded during year: 8.0 feet at 6 a. m., 

April 20; discharge, 1,910 second-feet. Minimum stage recorded: 2.1 feet at 

6 a. m., July 2-3, August 9, and September 9-11, 14-16, and 29-30; discharge, 

89 second-feet.

Winter now. Discharge relation not affected by ice.

Accuracy. On account of unfavorable section for making discharge measurements 

results are only fair.

measurements of Nottely River at Ranger, N. C., during the year ending 

Sept. 30, 1914.

Date.

Feb. 17

Apr. 18

Made by 

B.M.Hall,Jr... .........................................................

.....do....................................................................

&L

Feet. 

2.66

3.00

4.08

Discharge.

Sec.-ft. 

186

281

530
118 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Nottely River at Ranger, N. C., for the year ending

Sept. 30,1914.

Day.

1. ..........................

2...........................

3...........................

4...........................

5...........................

6...........................

7...........................

8...........................

9...........................

10...........................

11...........................

12...........................

13...........................

14...........................

15...........................

16...........................

17...........................

18...........................

19...........................

20...........................

21...........................

22...........................

23...........................

24...........................

25...........................

26...........................

27...........................

28...........................

29...........................

30...........................

31...........................

Jan.

192

192

254

223

223

202

202

202

182

Feb.

406

310

265

244

234

287

621

406

333

287

333

265

265

406

310

287

265

265

265

357

333

287

357

287

287

287

287

265

Mar.

287

265

265

254

254

265

287

265

265

254

244

800

510

381

333

287

265

287

265

333

381

333

310

265

265

265

310

310

310

310

265

Apr.

457

431

381

357

333

310

265

333

431

357

333

333

287

1,200

1,510

1,390

920

537

483

1,910

800

593

510

457

406

381

357

310

287

431

May.

357

310

310

310

565

431

357

333

310

287

287

287

244

244

244

244

244

244

234

234

223

212

212

202

202

192

192

192

182

182

182

June.

182

182

182

182

202

202

223

202

182

182

172

162

223

202

143

143

202

182

182

172

162

143

143

124

124

124

124

124

106

106

July.

106

89

89

106

124

124

124

106

381

357

483

406

333

406

333

483

431

357

265

202

182

162

143

152

134

124

124

106

106

124

124

Aug.

115

115

115

182

162

143

124

106

89

202

431

381

265

244

202

162

162

172

143

143

143

143

152

124

124

124

143

143

124

182

162

Sept.

162

162

143

124

124

106

106

106

89

89

89

106

106

89

89

89

143

143

124

124

124

124

162

162

143

124

106

106

89

89

NOTE. Daily discharge computed from a rating curve fairly well defined between 124 and 650 second-feet 

and poorly defined beyond these limits.

Monthly discharge of Nottely River at Ranger, N. C.,for the year ending Sept. SO, 1914. 

[Drainage area, 272 square miles.]

Month.

January 22-3 1 ...........................

May.....................................

July.....................................

August..................................

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

254 

406 

800

1,910 

565 

223

* 483 

431 

162

fyfrnitimiTTi182 

234 

244

265 

182 

106

89 

89 

89

Mean.

206 

314 

313

570 

266 

166

219 

168 

118

Per 

square 

mile.

0.757 

1.15 

1.15

2.10 

.978 

.610

.805 

.618 

.434

Run-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.28 

1.20 

1.33

2.34 

1.13 

.68

.93 

.71

.48

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

B.

B. 

B. 

C.

OCOEE RIVER AT COPPER HILL, TENN.

Location. At highway bridge in. Copper Hill, half a mile above mouth of Fightingtown Creek.

Drainage area. 374 square miles.

Records available. March 21, 1903, to December 31, 1913, when station was 

discontinued.
TENNESSEE EIVER BASIN. 119

Gage. Chain gage attached to upstream side of bridge, installed August 2, 1911; 

read daily, morning and evening, to half-tenths. Limits of use: Eundredths 

below 0.5, half-tenths from 0.5 to 1.5, and tenths above 1.5 feet. (See WaterSupply Paper 323 for history of gage.)

Discharge measurements. Made from the downstream side of bridge.

Channel and control. Channel shifts slightly, but discharge relation is practically 

permanent.

Extremes of discharge. The flood of November 19, 1906, reached a height of 

18.5 feet.

Winter flow. Discharge relation not affected by ice.

Regulation. As there are only a few small water-power plants operating above the 

station, diurnal fluctuation is noticeable only during extremely low stages.

Accuracy. Records reliable.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year ending 

September 30, 1914.

Daily discharge, in second-feet, of Ocoee River at Copper Hill, Tenn., for the period Oct. 1

'* to Dec. 31, 1913.

Day.

1.... ........

2............

3............

4............

5............

6............

7.... ........

8............

9....... ......

10............

Oct.

440

370

370

QKft

OQfi

290

97ft

270

Nov.

 >7ft

270

270

97ft

290

QQft

310

290

290

Dec.

975

630

465

390

QQA

572

440

OQft

Day.

11............

12............

13............

14............

15............

16............

17............

18............

19............

20............

Oct.

270

270

270

270

290

270

270

270

270

Nov.

310

310

310

97ft

270

270

270

270

270

Dec.

390

QQft

OQft

390

440

OQft

390

390

Day.

91

22............

23............

9A

26............

97

28............

9Q

31

Oct.

270

310

350

310

310

270

270

97ft

290

290

Nov.

270

270

?70

97ft

310

OQft

270

270

270

Dec.

OQft

390

390

572

490

780

572

545

780

720

NOTE. Daily discharge computed from a rating curve well defined between 310 and 3,100 second-feet.

Monthly discharge of Ocoee River at Copper Hill, Tenn., for the period Oct. 1 to Dec.

31, 1913.

[Drainage area, 374 square miles.]

Month.

Discharge in second-feet.

Maximum.

440 

330 

975

Minimum.

270 

270 

390

Mean.

297 

285 

512

Per

square 

mile.

0.794 

.762 

1.37

Kun-off 

(depth in 

inches on 

drainage 

area).

0.92

.85 

1.58

Accuracy.

B. 

B. 

B.

BIG BEAE EIVEE NEAE EED BAY, ALA.

Location. At Norman Bridge, 2J miles east of Red Bay and about 4 miles below

Blue Creek.

Drainage area. Not measured.

Records available. August 24, 1913," to September 30, 1914. 

Gage. Vertical staff attached to a sweet-gum tree on left bank, 25 feet upstream from

bridge; read daily, morning and evening, to tenths. 

Discharge measurements. Made from bridge.
120 STJBFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Channel and control. Probably shifting; during extreme low water current ia

sluggish and irregular. 

Extremes of stage. Maximum stage recorded during year: 13.1 feet April 1.

Minimum stage recorded: 0.5 foot July 8-9 and September 18. 

Winter flow. Discharge relation not affected by ice. 

Cooperation. Gage readings furnished by the Geological Survey of Alabama.

Data insufficient for estimating discharge.

No discharge measurements were made at this station during the year ending September 30, 1914.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Big Bear River near Red Bay, Ala., for the year ending Sept.

30, 1914.

[Ed. Bullen, observer.]

Day.

1. .........................

2..........................

3..........................

4... ............. ..*,......

5..........................

6..........................

7..........................

8..........................

9..........................

10..........................

11..........................

12..........................

13..........................

14..........................

15..........................

16..........................

17..........................

18..........................

19..........................

20..........................

21..........................

22..........................

23..........................

24..........................

25..........................

26..........................

27..........................

28..........................

29..........................

30.......................... 

31..........................

Oct.

2.6

1.4

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.8

.8

.8

.7

1.0

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

.8 

.8

Nov.

0 8

8

8

8

7

7

7

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

9

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

Dec.

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

1.0

1.2

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.5 

1.5

Jan.

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.9

.9

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0 1.1

Feb.

1.4

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.5

3.3

8.7

6.4

3.9

3.0

4.3

4.6

3.6

3.7

3.9

3.2

3.0

2.7

2.5

2.7

3.0

2.5

2.2

2.6

2.8

2.6

2 4

2.5

------

Mar.

2.4,

2.3

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

2.4

5.2

3.8

3.2

2.8

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.8

1.8

5.3 

12.9

Apr.

13.0

12.0

9.3

6.4

4.8

3.9

3:.!

3.8

3.6

3.0

2.7

3.1

5.1

3.9

5.0

4.0

3.4

3.0

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.8

2.1

May.

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.9

2.0

3.0

3.3

2.7

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0 

.9

June.

0.9

.9

.9

.8

.8

2.5

3.6

4.0

1.9

1.5

1.3

1.7

1.8

1.2

1.2

2.0

2.5

1.8

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

July.

0.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

1.0

1.1

1.4

1.0

.8

.7

4.4

6.1

2.8

1.8

1.1

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7.'7

.7 

1.2

Aug.

0.9

.8

1.0

.9

2.0

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.0

.8

.8

.8

1.1

2.4

2.2

1.3

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.7

.8

.9

.9

.8

.7

.9

1.1

1.3

2.5 

1.4

Sept.

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.5

1.2

1.0

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.6

.8

1.0

.9

.8

.7

2.7

1.5

1.2

1.0

.9

.8
MISCELLANEOUS MEASUREMENTS. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASUREMENTS.

121

The following miscellaneous discharge measurements were made 

on streams in the Ohio River basin:

Miscellaneous measurements in Ohio River drainage basin in 1913-14-

Date.

1913. 

June 6

16

5

7

6

1914.

July 19

Sept. 24

June 12

July 18

Oct. 13

Steam.

Miami River 6 ....

StfflwaterRiverft.

.....do.». .........

MadRiverfr......

.....do............

.....do............

.....do............

.....do............

Tributary to^ 

Ohio River . . . 

Miami River..

.....do........

.....do........

.....do........

Ohio River....

.....do........

.....do........

.....do........

.....do........

Locality.

Troy Pike Bridge above Dayton, 

Ohio.

ton, Ohio.

Ohio.

Ohio.

Ohio.

.....do..........................

.....do..........................

.....do..........................

a Gage 

height.

Feet. 

737. 75

724.5

737.6

766.8

733.3

Discharge.

Sec.-ft.

748

18.2

c230

c274

577

945

789

524

123

123

55

Drainage 

area.

Sq.miles 

1.150

81

665

643

648

6,100

6,100

6,410

1,100

1,100

1,100

a, Sea-level elevation.

b Measurement made by engineers of the Morgan Engineering Co.

c Conditions unfavorable for accurate results.

<J Measurement made by C. E. Ellsworth and R. M. Adams.
INDEX.

17-18 

12 

14 

18

58-60 

19-21

19-21 

60-61 

51-52

7

75-76 

95-96

A.

Accuracy of data and results, indication of.. 

Acre-foot, definition of_....................

equivalent of............................

Adams, E. M., work of.....................

Alderson, W. Va., Greenbrier River at......

Allegheny River at Red House, N. Y........

Allegheny Eiver basin, gaging-station records 

in...............................

Allingdale, W. Va., Gauley Eiver at.......

AUisonia, Va., Big Reed Island Creek near..

Appropriations for water-supply measurements ...........................

Arlington Heights, Ohio, Mill Creek at......

Asheville, N. C., French Broad River at...

Authorization for water-supply measurements ...........................

B.

Beaver Eiver at Wampum, Pa.............. 43-44

Beaver Eiver basin, gaging-station records

in............................... 43-45

Belington, W. Va., Tygart Eiver at......... 21-22

Belva, W. Va., Gauley Eiver near........... 62-63

Big Bear Eiver near Eed Bay, Ala........ 119-120

Big Reed Island Creek near Allisonia, Va.... 51-62

Big Sandy Creek at Eockville, W. Va...... 38-43

Blackwater River at Hendricks, W. Va..... 33-36

Blevins, Tenn., Doe Eiver at. ..........*... 103-104

Bluestone Eiver at Lilly, W. Va............. 55-56

Bluff City, Tenn., South Fork of Holston

Eiverat....................... 101-102

Brushton, W. Va., Coal Eiver at............ 69-70

Bryson City, N. C., Tuckasegee Eiver at.. 110-112 

Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio............. 87

Burgin, Ky., Dix River near................ 89-90

C.

Cheat River at Eowlesburg, W. Va.......... 29-31

near Morgantown, W. Va................ 31-33

near Parsons, W. Va.................... 28-29

Cherry Eiver at Richwood, W. Va.......... 63-64

Chillicothe, Ohio, Paint Creek at............ 121

Scioto Eiver at.......................... 73

Clarksburg, W. Va., Elk Creek near......... 27

Clendenin, W. Va., Elk Eiver at............ 68-69

Coal Eiver at Brushton, W. Va.............. 69-70

atFuqua,W. Va........................ 70-71

Connoquenessing Creek near Ellwood City,

Pa............................... 44-45

Control, definition of...................... 12

Copper Hill, Tenn., Ocoee Eiver at........ 118-119

Copper Valley, Va., Little River near........ 52-53

Covert,C. C.,workof....................... 18

Grumpier, N. C., North Fork of New River

near............................. 49

South Fork of New Eiver near......... 45-46

D.

Page. 

Data, accuracy of............................ 17-18

explanation of........................... 15-17

Dayton, Ohio, Mad Eiver at................. 121

Miami Eiver at.......................... 80-82

Miami Eiver near....................... 121

StiUwater Eiver at...................... 121

Wolf Creek at........................... 121

De Golyer, C. S., work of.................... 18

Deckers Creek at Morgantown, W.* Va....... 28

Definition of terms.......................... 11-12

Discharge, table for converting, into theoretical horsepower.................. 14

tables for converting, into run-off........ 12-13

Discharge relation, definition of.............. 12

Dix Eiver near Burgin, Ky.................. 89-90

Doe Eiver at Blevins, Tenn............... 103-104

at Valley Forge, Tenn................. 104-105

E.

East Branch of White Eiver at Shoals, Ind.. 92-93 

Elk Creek near Clarksburg, W. Va........... 27

Elk Eiverat Clendenin, W. Va.............. 68-69

atGassaway,W.Va..................... 67-68

at Webster Springs, W.Va.............. 65-66

EUsworth, C.E., work of................ v... 18,19

Ellwood City, Pa., Connoquenessing Creek

near............................. 44-45

Elwood, W. A., work of..................... 19

Embarrass Eiver at St. Marie, 111............ 91-92

near Oakland, 111........................ 90-91

Enterprise, W.Va., West Fork River at.... 25-26

Equivalents, convenient, list of.............. 12-15

F.

Falmouth, Ky., Licking Eiver at............ 74-75

Fayette, W. Va., New Eiver at.............. 48

Fetterman, W. Va., Tygart Eiver at........ 22-24

Florence, Ala., Tennessee Eiver at ........ 97-99

French Broad Eiver at Asheville, N. C...... 95-96

Fuqua, W.Va., Coal River at............... 70-71

G.

Gassaway, W. Va., Elk Eiver at............ 67-68

Gauley Eiver at Allingdale, W. Va.......... 00-61

near Belva, W.Va...................... 62-63

near Summersville, W. Va............... 61-62

Germantown, Ohio, Twin Creek near........ 87-89

Grahams Forge, Va., Eeed Creek at......... 50 

Greenbrier Eiver at Alderson, W. Va........ 58-«0

netjMarlinton, W. Va.................. 56-57

H.

Hall, B.M., jr., work of..................... 18

Hall, Warren E., work of.................... 18

Hamilton, Ohio, Miami River at............ 82-84

123
124 INDEX.

Hendricks, W. Va., Blackwater River at.... 33-36 

Hiwassee River at Murphy, N. C.......... 112-113

at Reliance,Tenn..................... 114-115

Holston River near Rogersvflle, Tenn ..... 102-103

Horsepower, equivalents of.................. 15

table for converting discharge into. ...... 14

Horton, A. H., work of...................... 18

I.

Illinois, cooperation by. 18

Johnsonville, Tenn., Tennessee River at.... 99-100 

Judson, N. C., Little Tennessee River at.. 105-109

K.

Kanawha River basin, gaging-station records

in..*............................. 45-72

Kentucky River basin, gaging-station records

in............................... 89-90

L.

Licking River at Falmouth, Ky............. 74-75

Licking River basin, gaging-station records in. 74-75 

Lilly, W. Va., Bluestone River at........... 55-56

Little Miami River at Plainville, Ohio....... 74

Little Miami River basin, gaging-station

records in........................ 74

Little River near Copper Valley, Va......... 52-53

Little Tennessee River at Judson, N. C.... 105-109

at McGhee, Tenn...................... 109-110

Little Wabash River at Wilcox, 111........... 93-94

Lucasville, Ohio, Scioto River at............ 121

M.

McGhee, Tenn., Little Tennessee River at. 109-110 

Mad River at Dayton, Ohio................. 121

near Springfield, Ohio................... 85-86

Marlinton, "W. Va., Greenbrier River near.... 56-57

Meadow River near RusselWflle,W.Va...... 64-65

MiamiRiver at Dayton, Ohio................ 80-82

at Hamilton, Ohio....................... 82-84

atPiqua, Ohio.......................... 77-78

at Tadmor, Ohio........................ 78-80

near Dayton, Ohio...................... 121

Miami River basin, gaging-station records in. 77-89 

Mill Creek at Arlington Heights, Ohio....... 75-76

Mill Creek basin, gaging-station records in.... 75-76

Miner's inch, equivalents of.................... 14

Miscellaneous measurements............... 120-121

Monongahela River at Morgantown, "W. Va. 24-25 

Monongahela River basin, gaging-station

records in....................... 21-43

Morgantown, W. Va., Cheat River near..... 31-33

Deckers Oreek at........................ 28

Monongahela River at................... 24-25

Murphy, N. C., Hiwassee River at......... 112-113

N.

Narrows, Va., Wolf Creek near............... 54-55

New River at Fayette, W. Va............... 48

atRadford,Va.......................... 46-47

North Fork of New River near Grumpier,

N.C............................. 49

Nottely River near Ranger, N. C .......... 117-118

O.

Oakland, EL, Emfoarass River near......... 90-91

Ocoee River at Copper Hill, Tenn......... 118-119

P.

Paint Creek at Chillicothe, Ohio............. 121

Parsons, W. Va., Cheat River near.......... 28-29

Shavers Fork at......................... 36-38

Peterson, B. J., work of..................... 18,19

Piqua, Ohio, MiamiRiver at................ 77-78

Plainville, Ohio, Little Miami River at...... 74

Pocotaligo River at Sissonville, W. Va...... 71-72

Portsmouth, Ohio, Scioto River at.......... 121

Publications on stream flow, how to obtain... 11

lists of................................... 8-9

R.

Radford, Va., New River at. .....*........... 46-47

Ranger, N. C., Nottely River near......... 117-118'

Red Bay, Ala., Big Bear River near....... 119-120

Red House, N. Y., Allegheny River at...... 19-21

Red Creek at Grahams Forge, Va_......... 50

Reliance, Tenn., Hiwassee River at....... 114-115

Richwood, W. Va., Cherry River at......... 63-64

Rockville, W. Va., Big Sandy Creek at....... 38-43

Rogersville, Tenn., Holston River near.... 102-103

Rowlesburg, W. Va., Cheat River at........ 29-31

Run-off, definition of........................ 12

tables for converting, into discharge..... 12-13

Russellville, W. Va., Meadow River near.... 64-65

S.

St. Marie, HI., Embarrass River at........... 91-92

Scioto River at ChUlicothe, Ohio.........:.. 73

at Lucasville, Ohio...................... 121

at Portsmouth, Ohio.................... 121

Scioto River basin, gaging-station records in. 73 

Second-foof;, definition of.................... 11

equivalents of........................... 14

per square mile, definition of............ 12

Shavers Fork at Parsons, "W. Va............ 36-38

Shoals, Ind., east branch of White River at.. 92,93 

Sissonville, W. Va., Pocotaligo River at..... 71-72

Skillet Fork River near Wayne City, 111..... 94-95

South Fork of Holston River at Bluff City,

Tenn.......................... 101-102

South Fork of New River near Grumpier, N.C. 45-46 

Springfield, Ohio, Buck Creek at............ 87

Mad River near......................... 85-86

Staffordsvflle, Va., Walker Creek at......... 53-54

Stewart, James E., work of.................. 19

Stillwater River at Dayton, Ohio............ 121

near West Milton, Ohio................. 84-85

Summersville, W. Va., Gauley River near... 61-62

T.

Tadmore, Ohio, Miami River at............. 78-80

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala............ 97-99

at Johnsonville, Tenn................... 99-100

Tennessee River basin, gaging-station records

in.............................. 95-120

Terms, definition of......................... 11-12

Tomotla, N. C., Valley River at........... 115-117

Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, N. C.... 110-112

Twin Creek near Germantown, Ohio........ 87-89

Tygart River at Belington, W. Va........... 21-22

at Fetterman, W. Va....................<22-24
INDEX. 125

tr.

United States Public Health Service, cooperation by....................

V.

18

Valley Forge, Tenn., Doe River at........ 104-105

Valley River at Tomotla, N. C............ 115-117

Van Deventer, H. F., cooperation by........ 18

Velocity in feet per second, table for converting into velocity in miles per hour. 13

W.

Wabash River basin, gaging-station records

in............................... 90-S5

Walker Creek at Staffordsvflle, Va........... 58^54

Walters, M. I., work of...................... 18

Wampum, Pa., Beaver River at............. 43-44

Wayn|e City, 111., Skillet Fork River near.... 94-95

W ebster Springs, W. Va., Elk River at...... 66-66

West Fork River at Enterprise, W. Va...... 25-26

West Milton, Ohio, Stillwater River near.... 84-85

West Virginia, cooperation by............... 18

WilcoK, 111., Little Wabash Eiver at......... 93-94

Wolf Creek at Dayton, Ohio................. 121

near Narrows, Va....................... 54-55

Z. 

Zero flow, point of, defined.................. 12
STREAM-GAGING STATIONS

-AND

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES

1885-1914

PART IE, OHIO RIVER BASIN
STREAM-GAGIKG STATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES, 1885-1914. i

INTRODUCTION.

Investigation of water resources by the United States Geological 

Survey has consisted in large part of measurements of the volume of 

flow of streams' and studies of the conditions affecting that flow, but 

it has comprised also investigation of such closely allied subjects fes 

irrigation, water storage, water powers, underground waters, 

quality of waters. Most of the results of these investigations 

been published in the series of water-supply papers, but some ha^e 

appeared in the monographs, bulletins, professional papers, and 

annual reports.

The results of stream-flow measurements are now published a^inually in 12 parts, each part covering an area whose boundaries coijicide with natural drainage features as indicated below:

Part I. North Atlantic slope basins.

II. South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins. j

III. Ohio Elver basin.

IV. St. Lawrence Elver basin.

V. Upper Mississippi River and Hudson Bay basins.

VI. Missouri Elver basin.

VII. Lower Mississippi River basin.

VIII. Western Gulf of Mexico basins. *

I.. Colorado Elver basin.

X. Great Basin.

XI. Pacific slope basins in California.

XII. North Pacific slope basins (in three volumes).

HOW GOVERNMENT REPORTS MAY BE OBTAINED OB CONSULTED.

Water-supply papers and other publications of the United States 

Geological Survey containing data in regard to the water resources 

of the United States may be obtained or consulted as indicated 

below.

1. Copies may be obtained free of charge by applying to t|ie 

Director of the Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. The edition 

printed for free distribution is, however, small and is soon exhausted.

2. Copies may be purchased at nominal cost from the Superijitendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washingtoja, 

D. C., who will on application furnish lists giving prices, | 

14725° WSP 383 16 9 m !
SUBFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

3. Sets of the reports may be consulted in the libraries of the principal cities in the United States.

4. Complete sets are available for consultation in the local offices 

of the water-resources branch of the Geological Survey, as follows:

Boston, Mass., Customhouse.

Albany, N. Y., Room 18, Federal Building.

Atlanta, Ga., Post Office Building.

Madison, Wis., care of Railroad Commission of Wisconsin.

St. Paul, Minn., Old Capitol Building.

Austin, Tex., Old Post Office Building.

Helena, Mont., Montana National Bank Building.

Denver, Colo., 403 New Post Office Building.

Phoenix, Ariz., 417 Fleming Building.

Salt Lake City, Utah, 421 Federal Building.

Boise, Idaho, 615 Idaho Building.

Tacoma, Wash., 406 Federal Building.

Portland, Oreg., 416 Couch Building.

San Francisco, Cal., 328 Customhouse.

Los Angeles, Cal., 619 Federal Building.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Kapiolani Building.

A list of the Geological Survey's publications may be obtained by 

applying to the Director, United States Geological Survey, Washing-r

ton, D. C.

STREAM-FLOW REPORTS.

Stream-flow records have been obtained at more than 3,400 points 

in the United States, and the data obtained have been published in 

the reports tabulated below:

Stream-flow data in reports of the United States Geological Survey.

[A=Annual Report; B=BuEetin; WS=Water-Supply Paper.]

Report.

10th A, pt. 2. ...........

12th A, pt. 2............

13th A, pt. 3............

14th A, pt.2. ...........

B131.. ..................

16th A. pt.2. ...........

B140. ..................

WS 11.......... .........

18th A, pt. 4............

WS 15. .................

WS16. .................

19th A, pt. 4. ...........

WS 27.......... .........

WS 28,. ................

Character of data.

.....do.........................................................

monthly discharge (also many data covering earlier years).

(also similar data for some earlier years).

States, eastern Mississippi River, and Missouri River above 

junction with Kansas.

sippl River below junction of Missouri and JPlatte, and westem United States.

(also some long-time records).

States, eastern Mississippi' River, and Missouri River.

western United States,

Year.

1884 to Sept..

1890. 

1884 to June 30,

1891. 

1884 to Dec. 31.

1892. 

1888 to Dec. 31,

1893. 

1893 and 1894.

1895.

1896.

1895 and 1896.

1897.

1897.

1897.

1898.

1898.
OHIO EIVEE BASIN.

Stream-flow data in reports of the United States Geological Survey- Continued.

Report.

20thA.pt. 4. ...........

WS 35 to 39.. ...........

21stA.pt. 4.............

WS 47 to 52.............

22dA.pt. 4.. ...........

WS 65. 66.. ...... .......

WS 75.... ..............

WS 82 to 85. ............

WS 97 to 100...... ......

WS124tol35...........

WS 165 to 178. ..........

WS 201 to 214. ..........

WS 241 to 252.. .........

WS 261 to 272...........

"WS3 *>S1 f.r* 9Q9

WS 301 to 312.... .......

WS321 to 332. ..........

WS 351 to 362o... .......

WS 381 to 394o.. ........

Character of data.

.....do........................................................

.....do........................................................

.....do........................................................

.....do........................................................

.....do........................................................

.....do........................................................

.....do........................................................

.....do........................................................

.....do........................................................

Year.

1898.

1899.

1899.

1900.

1900.

1901.

1901.

IQflO

IQfrt

1904.

1905.

1906.

1907-8.

1909.

1910.

1911.

1912.

1913.

1914.

«In preparation. 

NOTE. No data regarding stream flow are given in the 15th and 17th annual reports.

The records at most of the stations discussed in these repor|ts 

extend over a series of years, and miscellaneous measurements at 

many points other than regular gaging stations have been made 

each year. An index of the reports containing records obtained 

prior to 1904 has been published in Water-Supply Paper 119.

The following table gives, by years and drainage basins, the miDtibers of the papers on surface-water supply published from 1899 ^o 

1914. The data for any particular station will be found in tfye 

reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. 

For example, data from 1902 to 1914 for any station in the areja 

covered by Part III are published in Water-Supply Papers 83, 98, 

128, 169, 205, 243, 263, 283, 303, 323, 353, and 383, which contain 

records for the Ohio River basin for those years.
Number of waiter-supply papers containing results of stream 

Year.

18991.....

19009..... 

1901.......

1902.......

1903. ......

1904.. . f ...

1905.......

1906. ......

1907-8..... 

1909.......

1910.......

1911.......

1912.......

1913.......

1914.......

I -

North 

Atlantic 

slope 

(St. John 

River to 

York 

River).

35 

47, ft 48 

65,75 

82 

97 

n 124,o 125, 

P126 

n 165,o 166, 

P167 

»201,o202, 

P203 

241 

261 

281 

301 

321 

351 

381

II

South 

Atlantic 

and 

eastern 

Gulf of 

Mexico 

(James 

River 

to the 

Mississippi).

635,36 

48 

65,75 

682,83 

697,98 

P 126, 127

P 167, 168 

P 203, 204

242 

262 

282 

302 

322 

352 

382

III

Ohio 

River.

36 

48,* 49 

65,75 

83 

98 

128

169 

205

243 

263 

283 

303 

323 

353 

383

IV

St. 

Lawrence 

River and 

Great 

Lakes.

36 

49 

65,75 

«82,83 

97 

129

170 

206

244 

264 

284 

304 

324 

354 

384

V

Hudson 

Bay and 

upper Mississippi 

River.

36 

49 

* 65, 66, 75 

*83,85 

*98,99,»nlOO 

* 128, 130

171

207

245 

265 

285 

305 

325 

355 

385

VI

Missouri 

River.

c36,37 

49,; 50 

66,75 

84 

99 

130, 7 131

172

208

246 

266 

286 

306 

326 

356 

386

VII

Lower 

Mississippi 

River.

37 

50 

* 65, 66, 75 

* 83,84 

*98,99 

* 128, 131

* 169, 173 

* 205, 209

247 

267 

287 

307 

327 

357 

387

VIII

Western 

Gulf of 

Mexico

3

5

66,7

8

9

13

17

21

24

26

28

30

32

35

38

a Rating tables and index to Water-Supply Papers 35-39 contained in Water-Supply 

Paper 39. Estimates for 1899 in Twenty-first Annual Report, Part IV.

6 James River only.

c Gallatin River.

^ Green aad Gunnison rivers and Grand River above junction with Gunnison.

t Mphave River only.

/ Kings and Kern rfvers and south Pacific coast basins.

a Rating tables and index to Water-Supply Papers 47-52 and data on precipitation, 

wells, and irrigation in California and Utah contained in Water-Supply Paper 52. Estimates for 1900 in Twenty-second Annual Report, Part IV.

ft Wissahickon and Schuylkill rivers to James River.

* Scioto River.

S Loup and Pl

with Platte.

* Tributaries o

i Lake Ontario 

TO Hudson Bay 

n New England 

o Hudson Rive

p Susquehanna 

g Platte and K

f Great Basin i

* Below junctio

* Rogue, Umpq
OHIO EIVER BASIN. Vp

In these papers and in the following lists the stations are arranged 

in downstream order. The mam stem of any river is determined l>y 

measuring or estimating its drainage area; that is, the headwater 

stream having the largest drainage area is considered the continu^,- 

tion of the main stream, and local changes in name and lake surfac> 

are disregarded. All stations from the source to the mouth of the 

main stem of the river are presented first, and the tributaries |n 

regular order from source to mouth follow, the streams in each tributary basin being listed before those of the next basin below.

The exceptions to this rule occur in the records for Mississippi 

River, which are given in four parts, as indicated on page in, and in 

the records for large lakes, where it is simpler to take up the streanjis 

in regular order around the rim of the lake than to cross back anid 

forth over the lake surface.
PART III. OHIO RIVER BASIN.

PRINCIPAL STREAMS.

The Ohio River basin includes Ohio River with all its tributaries, 

the most important being Allegheny, Monongahela, Beaver, Muskingum, New (or Kanawha), Scioto, Miami, Kentucky, Wabash, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers. The streams drain parts of the 

States of Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, 

New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, 

and West Virginia.

In addition to the list of gaging stations and the annotated list 

of publications relating specifically to the Ohio River basin, the 

following pages contain a similar list of reports that are of general 

interest in many sections and cover a wide range of hydrologic 

subjects, and also brief references to reports published by State 

and other organizations. (See p. xvni.)

GAGING STATIONS.

NOTE. Dash following a date indicates that the station was being maintained September 30, 1914. 

Period after date indicates discontinuance.

Allegheny River (head of Ohio River) at Red House, N. Y., 1903- 

Allegheny River at Kittanning, Pa., 1904-1913. 

Ohio River at Wheeling, W. Va., 1905-6. 

Conewango Creek:

Chadakoin River (Chatauqua Lake outlet) near Jamestown, N. Y., 1904-5. 

Kiskiminitas River at Avonmore, Pa., 1907-1913. 

Kiskiminitas River at Salina, Pa., 1904-1905.

Blacklick Creek at Blacklick, Pa., 1904-1906; 1907-1913. 

Tygart River (head of Monongahela River) at Belington, W. Va., 1907- 

Tygart River at Fetterman, W. Va., 1907- 

Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va., 1914-

Monongahela River at Lock No. 4, Pa., 1886-1905. Flood stage record only. 

Buckhannon River at Hall, W. Va., 1907-1909. 

West Fork River at EnterpriBe, W. Va., 1907- *

Elk Creek near Clarksburg, W. Va., 1910- 

Buffalo Creek at Barrackville, W. Va., 1907-8. 

Deckers Creek at Morgantown, W. Va., 1914- 

Drv Fork (head of Cheat River):

* Cheat River near Parsons, W. Va., 1913- 

Cheat River at Rowlesburg, W. Va., 1914-

Cheat River near Morgantown, W. Va., ]899-1900; 1902-1905; 1913- 

Blackwater River at Hendricks, W. Va., 1914- 

Shavers Fork at Parsons, W. Va., 1910- 

Big Sandy Creek at Rockville, W. Va., 1909- 

Youghiogheny River at Friendsville, Md., 1898-1904.

vm
OHIO BIVEE BASIN.

Ohio River tributaries Continued.

Monongahela River tributaries, 1914- Continued.

Youghiogheny River at Confluence, Pa., 1904- 

Cafselman River at Markleton, Pa., 1913. 

Casselman River at Confluence, Pa., 1904-1913. 

Laurel Hill Creek at Uraina, Pa., 1913. 

Laurel Hill Greek at Confluence, Pa., 1904-1913. 

Indian Creek in Westmoreland County, Pa., 1892-3. 

Beaver River at Wampum, Pa., 1914-

Mahoning River at Youngstown, Ohio, 1903-1906.

Conoquenessjng Creek near Ellwood, Pa., 1914- 

Cross Creek near MIngo Junction, Ohio, 1903. 

McMahon River at Steel, Ohio, 1903. 

Muskingum River at Zanesville, Ohio, 1905-1912. j

Mohican River at Pomerene, Ohio, 1910-1913.

Licking River at Pleasant Valley, Ohio, 1902-1906.

Jonathan Creek at Powells, Ohio, 1902-3. 

New River, South Fork (head of New River, which in turn is head of Kanawta

River), at New River, N. C., 1900-1901. 

New River, South Fork, near Grumpier, N. C., 1908- 

New River near Oldtown, Va., 1900-1903. 

New River near Grayson, Va., 1908-1912. 

New River at Radfdrd, Va., 1898-1906; 1907- 

New River at Fayette, W. Va., 1895-1901; 1902-1904; 1908-

North Fork of New River, near Grumpier, N. C., 1908-

North Fork of New River at Weaversford, N. C., 1900-1901.

Reed Creek at Grahams Forge, Va., 1908-

Big Reed Island Creek near Allisonia, Va., 1908-

Little River near Copper Valley, Va., 1908-

Walker Creek at Staffordsville, Va., 1908-

Wolf Creek near Narrows, Va., 1908-

Bluestone River at Lilly, W. Va., 1908-

Bluestone River near True, W. Va., 1911-1912.

Greenbrier River near Marlinton, W. Va., 1908-

Greenbrier River at Alderson, W. Va., 1895-1906; 1907-

Gauley River at Allingdale, W. Va., 1908-

Gauley River near Summersville, W. Va., 1908-

Gauley River near Belva, W. Va., 1908-

Cherry River at Richwood, W. Va., 1908- 

Meadow River near Russellville, W. Va., 1908-

Elk River at Webster Springs, W. Va., 1908-

Elk River at Gassaway, W. Va., 1908-

Elk River at Clendenin, W. Va., 1908-

Coal River at Brushton, W. Va., 1908-

Coal River at Fuqua, W. Va., 1911-

Coal River at Tornado, W. Va., 1908-1912.

Pocotaligo River at Siasonville, W. Va., 1908-

Scioto River near Columbus, Ohio, 1898-1906; 1898-1901; 1903-1906. 

Scioto River at Chillicothe, Ohio, 1914.

Olentangy River near Columbus, Ohio, 1898-1906; 1898-1901; 1903-1906. 

Little Miami River near Morrow, Ohio, 1903. 

Little Miami River at Loveland, Ohio, 1906. 

Little Miami River at Plainville, Ohio, 1914- 

Licking River at Falmouth, Ky., 1914- 

Mill Creek at Arlington Heights, Ohio, 1912-
X SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

Ohio River tributaries Continued.

Mill Creek at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912-13.

Miami River at Piqua, Ohio, 1913-

Miami River at Tadmor, Ohio, 1914-

Miami River at Dayton, Ohio, 1905-1909; 1913-

Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio, 1910-

Stillwater River near West Milton, Ohio, 1914 

Mad River near Springfield, Ohio, 1904-1906; 1914- 

Buck Creek at Springfield, Ohio, 1914-

Twin Creek near Germantown, Ohio, 1914- 

Kentucky River at Frankfort, Ky., 1905-6.

Dix River near Danville, Ky., 1905-6.

Dix River near Burgin, Ky., 1910-

Rolling Fork of Salt River (head of Salt River) at New Haven, Ky., 1905-6. 

Wabash River at Logansport, Ind., 1903-1906. . Wabash River at La Fayette, Ind., 1901-1903. 

Wabash River at Terre Haute, Ind., 1902-4; 1905-6. 

Wabash River at Mount.Carmel, 111., 1908-

Eel River at Logansport, Ind., 1903.

Tippecanoe River at Springboro near Delphi, Ind., 1903-1906; 1908.

Embarrass River near Oakland, 111., 1909-1912; 1914-

Embarrass River at Ste. Marie, 111., 1909-1912; 1914-

White River, West Branch (head of White River) at Indianapolis, Ind., 

1904-1906.

Eel River at Cataract, Ind., 1903-1906. 

East Branch of White River at Shoals, Ind., 1903-1906; 1908-

Little Wabash River near Clay City, 111., 1908-1912.

Little Wabash River at Wilcox, 111., 1914-

Little Wabash River near Golden Gate, 111., 1908-1912. 

Little Wabash River at Carmi, 111., 1908-1912.

Skillet Fork near Wayne City, 111., 1908-1912; 1914- 

SHllet Fork near Mill Shoals, 111., 1908-1912. 

Cumberland River at Nashville, Tenn., 1902-1904.

French Broad River (head of Tennessee River) at Rosman, N. C., 1907-1909. 

French Broad River at Horseshoe, N. C., 1904-1906. 

French Broad River at Asheville, N. C., 1895-1901; 1904- 

French Broad River at Oldtown, near Newport, Tenn., 1900-1905; 1907. 

Tennessee River at Knoxville, Tenn., 1900-1912. 

Tennessee Kiver at Chattanooga, Tenn., 1897-1913. 

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala., 1871- 

Tennessee River at Johnsonville, Tenn., 1875-1913.

Davidson River near Davidson River, N. C., 1904-.1909.

Little River at Calhoun, N. C., 1907-8.

Mills River, South Fork (head of Mills River), near Sittbn, N. C., 1904-1909. 

North Fork of Mills River at Pinkbed, N. C., 1904-1909.

Mud Creek at Naples, N. C., 1907.

Swannanoa River at Swannanoa, N. C., 1907-1909.

Swannanoa River at Biltmore, N. C., 1904.

Ivy River at Democrat, N. C., 1907.

Pigeon River at Canton, N. C., 1907-1909.

Pigeon River at Newport, Tenn., 1900-1901; 1903-1905; 1906-1909.

Nolichucky River at Chucky Valley, Tenn., 1900-1901.

Nolichucky River at Greeneville, Tenn., 1903-1908. 

North Toe River at Spruce Pine, N. C., 1907-8.
OHIO RIVER BASIN. fO

Ohio River tributaries Continued.

Tennessee River tributaries Continued.

Holston River, South Fork (head of Holston River), near Chilhowie, Va.,

1907-1909.

Holston River, South Fork, at Bluff City, Tenn., 1900- 

Holston River near Rogersville, Tenn., 1904rMddle Fork of Holston River at Chilhowie, Va., 1907-1909. 

Watauga River at Butler, Tenn., 1900-1901. 

Watauga River near Elizabethton, Tenn., 1903-1908. 

Elk Creek at Lineback, Tenn., 1900-1901. 

Roane Creek at Butler, Tenn., 1900-1901. 

Doe River at Blevins, Tenn., 1911- 

Doe River at Valley Forge, Tenn., 1911- 

Doe River at Elizabethton, Tenn., 1907-8; 1912. 

North Fork of Holston River at Saltville, Va., 19*07-8. 

Little Tennessee Hiver near Franklin, N. C., 1907-1910. 

Little TennesseHiver at Judson, N. C., 1896- 

Little Tennessee River at McGhee, Tenn., 1905- 

Cullasagee River at Cullasagee, N. C., 1907-1909. 

NantahalaHiver near Nantahala, N. C., 1907-1909. 

Tuckasegee River near East Laport, N. C., 1907-1909. 

Tuckasegee River at Bryson, N. C., 1897- 

Scott Creek near Dillsboro, N. C., 1907-8. 

Oconalufty River near Cherokee, N. C., 1907-8. 

Cheoah River at Millsaps, N. C., 1907-8. 

Clinch River at Clinchport, Va., 1907-1909. 

Hiwassee.Tliver near Hayesville, N. C.; 1907-1909. 

Hiwassee Hi ver at Murphy, N. C., 1897- 

Hiwassee River at Reliance, Tenn., 1900-1913. 

Hiwassee River at Charleston, Tenn., 1899-1902.

Tusquitee Creek near Hayesville, N. C., 1907-1909. 

Valley River at Tomotla, N. C., 190^1909; 

Nottely River at Ranger, N. C., 1901-1905; 

Toccoa River (head of Ocoee River) near Dial, Ga., 1907-8. 

Toccoa River near Blueridge, Ga., 1898-1903. 

Ocoee River at McCays (Copper Hill), Tenn., 1903-1913. 

Big Bear River near Red Bay, Ala., 1913- 

Elk River near Elkmont, Ala., 190^1908. 

, Duck River at Columbia, Tenn., 1904-1908.

REPORTS ON WATER RESOURCES OF THE OHIO RIVER BASIN.'

PUBLICATIONS OF UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

WATER-SUPPLY PAPERS.

Water-supply papers are distributed free by the Geological Survey as long as its stock lasts. An asterisk 

(*) indicates that this stock has been exhausted. Many of the papers marked in this way may, however, 

be purchased from the SUPERINTENDENT op DOCUMENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C. Water-supply papers 

are of octavo size.

*21. Wells of northern Indiana, Iby Frank Leverett. 1899. 82 pp., 2 pis. (Continued in No. 26.)

Discusses by counties the glacial deposits and the sources of Well waters; gives many well 

sections.

*24. Water resources of the State of New York, Part I, by G. W. Rafter. 1899. 99 

pp., 13 pis. 15c.

» For stream-measurement reports see tables on pp. iv-vi.
XII SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

*25. Water resources of the State of New York, Part II, by G. W. Rafter. 1899. 100 

pp., 12 pis. 15c.

No. 24 contains descriptions of the principal rivers of New York and their more important 

tributaries, and data on temperature, precipitation, evaporation, and stream flow.

No. 25 contains discussion of water-storage projects on Genesee and Hudson rivers, power 

development at Niagara Falls, descriptions and early history of State canals, and a chapter on 

the use and value of the water power of the streams and canals; also brief discussion of the water 

yield of land areas of Long Island.

*26. Wells of southern Indiana (continuation of No. 21), by Frank Leverett. 1899. 

64 pp. 5c.

Discusses by counties the glacial deposits and the sources of well water; contains many well 

sections.

57. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, Part I (Alabama-Montana), 

by N. H. Darton. 1902. 60 pp. 5c.

61. Preliminary list o£ deep borings in the United States, Part II (Nebraska-Wyoming), by N. H. Darton. 1902. 67 pp. 5c.

Nos. 57 and 61 contain information as to depth, diameter, yield, and head of water in borings 

more than 400 feet deep; under head "Remarks" give information concerning temperature, 

quality °f water, purposes of boring, etc. The lists are arranged by States, and the States are 

arranged alphabetically. A second revised edition was published in 1905 as Water-Supply 

Paper 149 (q. v.).

62. Hydrography of the southern Appalachian Mountain region, Part I, by H. A. 

Pressey. 1902. 95 pp., 25 pis. 15c.

63. Hydrography of the southern Appalachian Mountain region, Part II, by H. A. 

Pressey. 1902. pp. 96-190, pis. 26-44. 15c.

Nos. 62 and 63 describe in a general way the mountains, rivers, climate, forests, soil, vegetation, 

and mineral resources of the southern Appalachian Mountains, and then discuss in detail the 

drainage basins, giving for each an account of the physical features, rainfall, forests, minerals, 

transportation, discharge measurements, and water powers. Most of the streams described 

are tributary through Tennessee River to the Ohio, but Part II (No.63) includes also descriptions 

of several streams in the south Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico drainage basins.

79. Normal and polluted waters in northeastern United States, by M. O. Leighton.

1903. 192 pp. lOc.

Defines essential qualities of water for various uses, the impurities in rain, surface, and underground waters, the meaning and importance of sanitary analyses, and the principal sources of 

pollution; chiefly " a review of the more readily available records " of examination of water supplies derived from streams in the Merrimac, Connecticut, Housatonic, Delaware, and Ohio River 

basins; contains many analyses.

91. The natural features and economic development of the Sandusky, Maumee, 

Muskingum, and Miami drainage areas in Ohio, bx B. H. and M. S. Flynn.

1904. 130 pp. lOc.

Describes the topography, geology, and soils of the areas and discusses stream flow, dams, water 

powers, and public water supplies.

96. Destructive floodsin the United Statesin 1903, by E.G. Murphy. 1904. 81pp., 

13 pis. 15c. 

Contains notes on early floods in Mississippi Valley.

102. Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States, 1903; M. L. Fuller, 

geologist in charge. 1904. 522pp. 30c.

Contains brief reports on springs and wells of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. 

The reports comprise tabulated well records giving information as to location, owner, depth, 

yield, head, etc., supplemented by notes as to elevation above sea, materials penetrated, temperature, use, and quality; many miscellaneous analyses.

*107. Water powers of Alabama, with an appendix on stream measurements in Mississippi, by B. M. Hall. 1904. 253 pp., 9 pis. 20c.

Contains gage heights, rating tables, estimates of monthly discharge at stations on Tallapoosa, 

Coosa, Alabama, Cahaba, Black Warrior, Tombigbee, and Tennessee rivers and their tributaries; gives estimates and short descriptions of water powers.
OHIO RIVER BASIN. XIH

110. Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States, 1904; M. L. Fuller, 

geologist in charge. 1905. 211 pp., 5 pis. lOc.

Containsreports as follows: Water resources of the Middlesboro-Harlan region of southeastern 

Kentucky, by George H. Ashley. Describes briefly the topographic features of the area and the 

water supply of Middlesboro and Pinevflle.

Water resources of the Cowee and Pisgah quadrangles, North Carolina, by Hoyt 8. Gale. Discusses drainage, springs, and mineral waters of one of the units of the geologic atlas of the United 

States.

113. The disposal of strawboard and oil-well wastes, by R. L. Sackett and Isaiah 

Bowman. 1905. 52 pp., 4 pis. 5c. I 

Contains a brief report on the topography, drainage, geology, and the pollution of wells and 

streams by oil waste and brine in an area drained by Mississinewa River, a tributary of the 

Wabash.

114. Underground waters of eastern United States; M. L. Fuller, geologist in charge. 

1905. 285 pp., 18 pis. 25c.

Contains brief reports relating to Ohio River drainage areas, as follows: 

Tennessee and Kentucky, by L. C. Glenn. 

v Ohio, by Frank Leverett. 

Illinois, by Frank Leverett. 

West Virginia, by M. L. Fuller. 

Indiana, by Frank Leverett. 

North Carolina, by M. L. Fuller. 

South Carolina, by L. C. Glenn. 

Georgia, by 8. W. McCallie. 

Alabama, by E. A. Smith.

Each of these reports describes the geology of the area in its relation to water supplies, notes 

the principal mineral springs, and gives list of pertinent publications.

115. Biver surveys and profiles made during 1903, by W. C. Hall and J. C. Hoyt. 

1905. 115 pp., 4 pis. lOc.

Contains results of surveys made to determine location of undeveloped power sites. Gives 

elevations and distances along Hiwassee, Nottely, and Toccoa rivers.

144. The normal distribution of chlorine in the natural waters of New York and 

New England, by D. D. Jackson. 1905. 31 pp., 5 pis. lOc.

Discusses common salt in coast and inland waters, salt as an index to polution of streams and 

wells, the solutions and methods used in chlorine determinations, and the use of the normal 

chlorine map; gives charts and tables for chlorine in the New England States and New York.

145. Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States, 1905; M. L. Fuller, 

geologist in charge. 1905. 220 pp., 6 pis.

Contains "Water resources of the Nicholas quadrangle, West Virginia," by George H. Ashley. 

Describes topography, geology, and domestic water supply of the hilly region in central West 

Virginia, a little east of New and Kanawha rivers.

147. Destructive floods in United States in 1904, by E. C. Murphy. 15c.

Contains "Wabash River flood, Indiana," by F. W. Hanna. Describes causes of flood discharge, damage, and prevention of damage; also the drought in the Ohio River basin, its causes 

and effects; flood in Scottdale Valley, caused by failure of dam on Jacobs Creek (tributary to the 

Ohio through Youghiogheny River).

149. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, second edition with additions, by N. H. Barton. 1905. 175 pp. lOc.

Gives by States (and within the States by counties), location, depth, diameter, yield height 

of water, and other valuable information concerning wells 400 feet or more in depth; includes 

all wells listed in Water-Supply Papers 57 and 61; mentions also principal publications relating 

to deep borings.

159. Summary of the underground-water resources of Mississippi, by A. F. Crider 

and L. C. Johnson. 1906. 88 pp., 6 pis. 20c.

Describes geography, topog "aphy, and general geology of the State; discusses the source, depth 

of penetration, rate of perca ation, and recovery of underground waters; artesian requisites, 

and special conditions in the Coastal Plain formations; gives notes on wells by counties, deep 

well records, and selected recoi -ds in details; treats of sanitary aspect of wells and gives analyses.
XIV SURFACE WATEB SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

*162. Destructive floods in the United States in 1905, with a discussion of flood discharge and frequency and an .index to flood literature, by E. C. Murphy and 

others. 1906. 105 pp., 4 pis. 15c.

Gives accounts of floods on Allegheny and Ohio rivers, and estimates of flood discharge and 

frequency on Monongahela, Youghiogheny, and Tennessee rivers; also index to literature on 

floods in American streams.

*164. Underground waters of Tennessee and Kentucky west of Tennessee River and 

of an adjacent area in Illinois, by L. C. Glenn. 1906. 173 pp., 7 pis. 25c. 

Describes static level and uses of waters, artesian conditions, and source properties of underground water; discusses topography, geology, and wafer resources by counties; gives logs of 

wells, analyses of waters, and bibliography of most important reports.

*197. Water resources of Georgia, by B. M. and M. R. Hall. 1907. 342 pp., 1 pi. 

50c.

Describes topographic and geologic features of the State; discusses by drainage basins stream 

flow, river surveys, and water powers.

233. Water resources of the Blue Grass region, Kentucky, by G« C. Matson, with a 

chapter on the quality of the waters, by Chase Palmer. 1909. 96 pp., 2pis. 

20c.

Describes the geologic formations, physiographic features, soils, and surface waters of the region;. 

the source, conditions of occurrence, amount and recovery of the underground waters, collection 

and storage of rainwaters, municipal water supplies, and conditions in each county; discusses 

under " Quality " the industrial uses of the water, comparative hardness, and mineral and table 

waters; many analyses.

236. The quality of surface waters in the United States: Part I, Analyses of waters 

east of the one hundredth meridian, by R. B. Dole. 1909. 123 pp; lOc.

Describes collection of samples, method of examination, preparation of solutions, accuracy of 

estimates, and expression of analytical results; gives results of analyses of waters of Allegheny, 

Cumberland, Kentucky, Miami, Wabash, and Tennessee rivers and some of their tributaries.

239. The quality of the surface waters of Illinois, by W. D. Collins. 1910. 94 pp., 

3 pis. lOc.

Discusses the natural and economic features that determine the character of the streams; 

describes the larger drainage basins and the methods of collecting and analyzing the samples 

of water, and discusses each river in detail with reference to its source, course, and quality of 

water; includes short chapters on municipal supplies and industrial uses.

254: Ground waters of north-central Indiana, by S. E. Capps, with a chapter on the 

chemical character of the waters, by R. B. Dole. 1910. 279 pp., 7 pis. 40c. 

Describes relief, drainage, vegetation, soils and crops, industrial development, geologic formations; sources, movements, occurrence, and volume of ground water; methods of well construction and lifting devices; dicusses in detail for each county, surface features and drainage, 

geology and ground water, city, village, and rural supplies, and gives records of wells and 

analyses of waters. Discusses also, under chemical character, methods of analyses and expression of results, mineral constituents, effect of the constituents on waters for domestic, industrial and medicinal uses, methods of purification? chemical composition; many analyses and 

field assays.

259. The underground waters of southwestern Ohio, by M. L. Puller and F. G.

Clapp, with a discussion of the chemical character of the waters, by R. B.

Dole. 1912. 228 pp., 9 pis. 35c.

Describes the topography, climate, and geology of the region, the water-bearing formations, 

the source, mode of occurrence, and head of the waters, and municipal supplies; gives details by 

counties; discusses in supplement, under chemical character, method of analyses and expression 

of results, mineral constituents, effect of the constituents on waters for domestic, industrial, or 

medicinal uses, methods of purification, chemical composition: many analyses and field assays. 

The matter in the supplement was also published in Water-Supply Paper 254 (The underground waters of north-central Indiana).

334. The Ohio Valley flood of March-April, 1913 (including comparisons with some 

earlier floods), by A. H. Horton and H. J. Jackson. 1913. 96 pp., 32pls.

Although relating specifically to floods in the Ohio Valley, this report discusses also the 

causes of floods and the prevention of damage by floods.
OHIO EIVEE BASEST. XV

AHNUAL REPORTS.

Each of the papers contained in the annual reports was also issued in separate form*.

Annual reports are distributed free by the Geological Survey as long as its stock lasts. An asteriskf*) 

indicates that this stock has been exhausted. Many of the papers So marked, however, may be purchased 

from the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Fourteenth annual report of the United States Geological Survey, 1892-93, J. W. 

Powell, Director. 1893. (Pt. II, 1894.) 2 parts. *Pt. II. Accompanying 

papers, pp. xx, 597, 73 pis. $2.10. Contains:

*Potable waters of the eastern United States, by W J McGee, pp. 1-47. Discusses cistern 

water, stream waters, and ground waters, including mineral springs and artesian wells.

Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1895-96, Charles 

D. Walcott, Director. 1896. 3 parts in 4 vols. ^Pt. II. Economic geology 

and hydrography, pp. xxv, 864, 113 pis. $2.35. Contains:

*The water resources of Illinois, by Frank Leverett, pp. 685-849, pis. cvtii to cxiii. Describes the physical features of the State, and the drainage basins, including Illinois, Des Plaines, 

Kankakee, Fox, Illinois-Vermilion, Spoon, Mackinaw, and Sangamon rivers, Macoupin Creek, 

Rock River, tributaries of the Mississippi in western Illinois, Kaskaskia, Big Muddy, and tributaries of the Wabash; discusses the rainfall and run-off, navigable waters and water powers, the 

wells supplying water for rural districts, and artesian wells; contains tabulated artesian well data 

and water analyses.

Eighteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1896-97, Charles 

D. Walcott, Director. 1897. (Pts. II and III, 1898.) 5 parts in 6 vols.

*Pt. IV, Hydrography, pp. x, 756, 102 pis. $1.75. Contains:

*The water resources of Indiana and Ohio, by Frank Leverett, pp. 419-560, pis. xxxiii to xxxvii. 

Describes the Wabash, Whitewater, Great Miami, Little Miami, Sckrto, Hocking, Muskingum, 

and Beaver rivers and lesser tributaries of the Ohio in Indiana and Ohio, the streams discharging 

into Lake Erie and Lake Michigan, and streams flowing to the upper Mississippi through the 

Illinois; discusses shallow and drift wells, the flowing wells from the drift and deeper artesian 

wells, and gives records of wells at many of the cities; describes the mineral springs, and gives 

analyses of the waters; contains also tabulated lists of cities using surface waters for waterworks, 

and of cities and villages using shallow and .deep well waters; discusses the source and quality 

of the city and village supplies; and gives precipitation tables for various points.

Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1897-98, Charles 

D. Walcott, Director.. 1898. (Pts. II, III, and V, 1899.) 6 parts in 7 vols. 

and separate case for maps with Pt. V. *Pt. IV, Hydrography, pp. vui, 814, 

118 plates. $1.85. Contains:

*The rock waters of Ohio, by Edward Orton, pp. 633-717, pis. Ixxi to Ixxiii. Describes the 

principal geological formations of Ohio and the waters from the different strata; discusses the 

flowing wells at various points and the artesian wells of pre-Glacial channels in Alien, Auglaize, 

and Mercer counties; discusses city and village supplies; gives analyses of waters from various 

formations.

MONOGRAPHS.

Monographs are of quarto size. They are not distributed free, but may be obtained from the Geological 

Survey or from the SUPEBINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C., at the prices indicated. An 

asterisk (*) indicates that the Survey's stock of the paper is exhausted.

XLI. Glacial formations aad drainage features of the Erie and Ohio basins, by Frank 

Leverett. 1902. 802 pp., 26 pis. $1.75.

Treats of an area extending westward from Genesee Valley in New York across northwestern 

Pennsylvania and Ohio, central and southern Indiana, and southward from Lakes Ontario and 

Erie to the vicinity of Allegheny and Ohio rivers.
XVI SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1914, PAET IH.

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS.

Professional papers are distributed free by the Geological Survey as long as its stock lasts. An asterisk (*) 

indicates that this stock has been exhausted. Many of the papers marked with an asterisk may, however, 

be purchased from the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, WASHINGTON, D. 6. Professional papers are of 

quarto size.

37. The southern Appalachian forests, by H. B. Ayres and W. W. Ashe. 1905. 291 

pp., 37 pis. 80c.

Describes the relief, drainage, climate, natural resources, scenery, and water supply of the 

southern Appalachian forests, the trees, shrubs, and rate of growth; gives detafls concerning 

forests by drainage basins, including New, Holston (southern tributaries of South Fork only), 

Watauga, Nolichucky, French Broad, Pigeon, Little Tennessee, Hiwassee, TaUulah-Chatooga, 

Toxaway, Saluda, and First and Second Broad rivers, Catawba and Yadkin rivers, describing 

many of the tributaries of each of the master streams.

72. Denudation and erosioa in the southern Appalachian region and the Monongahela 

basin, by L. C. Glenn. 1911. 137 pp., 21 pis. 35c.

Describes the topography, geology, drainage, forests, climate and population, and transportation facilities of the region, the relation of agriculture, lumbering, mining, and power development to erosion and denudation, and the nature, effects, and remedies of erosion; gives details 

of conditions in Holston, Nolichucky, French Broad, Little Tennessee, and Hiwassee river 

basins, along Tennessee River proper, and in the basins of the Coosa-Alabama system, Chattahoochee, Savannah, Saluda, Broad, Catawba, Yadkin, New, and Monongahela rivers.

BULLETINS.

An asterisk (*) indicates that the Geological Survey's stock of the paper is exhausted. Many of the 

papers so marked may be purchased from the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C. 

Bulletins are of octavo size.

264. Record of deep-well drilling for 1904, by M. L. Fuller, E. F. Lines, and A. C. 

Veatch. 1905. 106pp. lOc.

Discusses the importance of accurate well records to the driller, to owners of oil, gas, and water 

wells, and to the geologist; describes the general method of work; gives tabulated records of wells 

in Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky, 

and detailed records of wells in Delewafe and Jay counties, Ind.; Greene, Warren, and Washington counties, Pa.; and Kanawha, Kitchie, and Wetzel counties, W. Va. These records 

were selected because they give definite stratigraphic information.

*298 Record of deep-well drilling for 1905, by M. L. Fuller and Samuel Sanford. 

1906. 299pp. 25c.

Gives an account of progress in the collection of well records and samples; contains tabulated 

records of wells in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania Tennessee, 

Virginia, and West Virginia, and detailed records of wells hi Crawford County, HI.; Delaware, 

Martin, Randolph, and Vanderburg counties, Ind.; Hopkins and Metcalf counties, Ky.; Hocking, Noble, Tuscarawas, and Wayne counties, Ohio; Armstrong, Greene, Warren, and Washington counties, Pa.; and Cabell, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Wayne, and Wetzel counties, W. 

Va. The wells of which detailed records are given were selected because they afford definite 

stratigraphic information.

GEOLOGIC FOLIOS.

Under the plan adopted for the preparation of a geologic map of the United States 

the entire area is divided into small quadrangles, bounded by certain meridians and 

parallels, and these quadrangles, which number several thousand, are separately 

surveyed and mapped. 1 The unit of survey is also the unit of publication, and the 

maps and description of each quadrangle are issued in the form of a folio. When all 

the folios are completed they will constitute a Geologic Atlas of the United States.

A folio is designated by the name of the principal town or of a prominent natural 

feature within the quadrangle. Each folio includes maps showing the topography, 

geology, underground structure, and mineral deposits of the area mapped and several 

pages of descriptive text. The text explains the maps and describes the topographic

i Index maps showing areas in the Ohio River basin covered,by topographic maps and by geologic folios 

will be mailed on receipt of request addressed to the Director, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.
OHIO BIVER BASIN. XVII

and geologic features of the country and its mineral products. The topographic map 

shows roads, railroads, waterways, and, by contour lines, the shapes of the hills and 

valleys and the height above sea level of all points in the quadrangle. The arealgeology map shows the distribution of the various rocks at the surface. The structuralgeology map shows the relations of the rocks to one another underground. The economic-geology map indicates the location of mineral deposits that are commercially 

valuable. The artesian-water map shows the depth to underground-water horizons. 

Economic-geology and artesian-water maps are included in folios if the conditions in 

the areas mapped warrant their publication. The folios are of special interest to stu. 

dents of geography and geology and are valuable as guides in the development and 

utilization of mineral resources.

The folios numbered from 1 to 163, inclusive, are published in only one form (18 by 

22 inches), called the library edition. Some of the folios that bear numbers higher 

than 163 are published also in an octavo edition (6 by 9 inches). Owing to a fire in 

the Geological Survey building May 18, 1913, the stock of geologic folios was more or 

less damaged by fire and water, but 80 or 90 per cent of the folios are usable. They 

will be sold at the uniform price of 5 cents each, with no reduction for wholesale orders. 

This rate applies to folios in stock from 1 to 184, inclusive (except reprints), also to the 

library edition of folio 186. The library edition of folios 185,187, and higher numbers 

sells for 25 cents a copy, except that some folios which contain an unusually large 

amount of matter sell at higher prices. The octavo edition of folio 185 and higher numbers sells for 50 cents a copy, except folio 193, which sells for 75 cents a copy. A discount of 40 per cent is allowed on an order for folios or for folios together with topographic maps amounting to $5 or more at the retail rate.

All the folios contain descriptions of the drainage of the quadrangles. The folios in 

the following list contain also brief discussions of the underground waters in connection 

with the economic resources of the areas and more or less information concerning the 

utilization of the water resources.

An asterisk (*) indicates that the stock of the folio is exhausted.

*16. Knoxville folio, Tennessee-North Carolina.

Describes the geography and geology of the area and, under "Mineral resources," the water 

supply.

67. Danville folio, Illinois-Indiana. 5c.

Describes the topography and geology of the area and, under ''Mineral resources," discusses 

the shallow dug or open wells, the tutular wells, and the flowing wells; gives also tabulated data 

concerning depth, head, water-bearing bed, etc., of the wells in the quadrangle.

84. Ditney folio, Indiana. 5c.

Describes the drainage and relief of the area, the geologic formation, geologic structure and history, and, under "Economic resources," briefly discusses the underground water supply.

90. Cranberry folio, North Carolina-f ennessee. 5c.

Describes the geology and topography of an area in Carter and Johnson counties, Tenn., and 

Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes, Caldwell, afld Mitchell counties, N. C., drained in part into the Atlantic, and in part into the Mississippi. Under "Mineral resources" discusses water power.

102. Indiana folio, Pennsylvania. 5c.

Describes the physiographic relations, relief, and drainage of the Indiana quadrangle, the 

stratigraphic and structural geology, and under "Mineral resources" th6 surface and underground 

waters; indicates promising localities for artesian water.

105. Patoka folio, Indiana-Illinois. 5c.

Describes the drainage and relief of the area, the stratigraphic and structural geography and *he 

geologic history, and under "Mineral resources" the water supply of the streams, springs, wells, 

cisterns, and artificial ponds.

121. Waynesburg folio, Pennsylvania. 5c.

Describes the drainage and surface relief of the area, the geologic formations and the geologic 

history, and in connection with the discussion of the mineral resources gives an account of the 

surface and underground water supplies.
XX SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

GEOLOGICAL SITBVEY HYDROLOGIC REPORTS OF GENERAL

INTEREST.

The following list comprises reports not readily classifiable by drainage basins and covering a wide range of hydrologic investigations:

WATER-SUPPLY PAPERS.

*1. Pumping water for irrigation, by H. M. Wilson. 1896. 57 pp., 9 pis.

Describes pumps and motive powers, windmills, water wheels, and various kinds of engines, 

also storage reservoirs to retain pumped water until needed for irrigation.

*3. Sewage irrigation, by G. W. Rafter. 1897. 100 pp., 4 pis. (See Water-Supply 

Paper 22.)

Discusses methods of sewage disposal by intermittent filtration and by irrigation; describes 

utilization of sewage in Germany, England, and France, and sewage purification in the United

*8. Windmills for irrigation, by E. C. Murphy. 1897. 49 pp., 8 pis.

Gives results of experimental tests of windmills during the summer of 1896 in the vicinity of 

Garden, Kans.; describes instruments and methods and draws conclusions.

*14. New tests of certain pumps and water lifts used in irrigation, by O. P. Hood. 

1898. 91 pp., 1 pi. 

Discusses efficiency of pumps and water lifts of various types.

*20. ( Experiments with windmills, by "T. O. Perry. 1899. 97 pp., 12 pis.

Includes tables and descriptions of wind wheels, makes comparisons of wheels of several types, 

and discusses results.

*22. Sewage irrigation, Part II, by G. W. Rafter. 1899. 100 pp., 7 pis.

Gives resume' of Water-Supply Paper No. 3; discusses pollution of certain streams, experiments 

on purification of factory wastes in Massachusetts, value of commercial fertilizers, and describes 

American sewage disposal plants by States; contains bibliography of publications relating to 

sewage utilization and disposal.

32. Water resources of Puerto Rico, by H. M. Wilson. 1899. 48 pp., 17 pis. 15c. 

Describes briefly topography, climate, rivers, irrigation methods, soils, forestation, water 

power, and transportation facilities.

*41. The windmill; its efficiency and economic use, Part I, by E. C. Murphy. 1901- 

72 pp., 14 pis. 15c.

*42. The windmill; its efficiency and economic use, Part II, by E. C. Murphy. 1901- 

75 pp., 2 pis. lOc. 

Nos, 41 and 42 give details of results of experimental tests with windmills of various types.

*43. Conveyance of water in irrigation canals, flumes, and pipes, by Samuel Fortier. 

1901. 86 pp.,15 pis.

*44. Profiles of rivers in the United States, by Henry Gannett. 1901. 100 pp., 11 pis. 

15c.

Gives elevations and distance along rivers of the United States, also brief descriptions of many 

of the streams. Arrangement geographic. Many river profiles are scattered through other 

reports on surface waters in various parts of the United States.

%6. Methods of stream measurement. 1901. 51 pp., 12 pis. 15c.

Describes the methods used by the Survey in 1901-2. (See also Nos. 64, 94, and 95.) 

57. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, Part I (Alabama-Montana),

by N. H. Barton. 1902. 60 pp. (See No. 149.) 5c.

61. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, Part II (NebraskaWyoming), by N. H. Barton. 1902. 67 pp. 5c.

Nos. 57 and 61 contain information as to depth, diameter, yield, and head of water in borings 

more than 400 feet deep; under head "Remarks" gives information concerning temperature, 

quality of water, purposes of boring, etc. The lists are arranged by States, and the States are 

arranged alphabetically. A second revised edition was published in 1905 as Water-Supply 

Paper 149 (q. v.). 5c.
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64. Accuracy of stream measurements, by E. C. Murphy. 1902. 99 pp., 4 pis. 

(See No. 95.) lOc.

Describes methods of measuring velocity of water and of measuring and computing stream flow 

and compares results obtained with the different instruments and methods; describes also experiments and results at the Cornell University hydraulic laboratory. A second enlarged edition published as Water-Supply Paper 95.

*67. The motions of underground waters, by C. S. Slichter. 1902.' 106 pp., 8 pis. 

15c.

Discusses origin, depth, and amount of underground waters; permeability of rocks and 

porosity of soils; causes, rates, and laws of motions of underground water; surface and deep zones 

of flow, and recovery of waters by open wells and artesian and deep wells; treats of the shape and 

position of the water table; gives simple methods of measuring yields of flowing well; describes 

artesian wells*at Savannah, Ga.

72. Sewage pollution in the metropolitan area near New York City and its effect on 

inland water resources, by M.- O. Leighton. 1902. 75 pp., 8 pis. lOc. 

Defines "normal" and "polluted" waters and discuses the damage resulting from pollution.

77. The water resources of Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, by Waldemar Lindgren.

1903. 62 pp., 4 pis. lOc.

Describes briefly the topography, geology, coral reefs, climate, soils, vegetation, forests, fauna 

of the island, the springs, running streams and wells, and discusses the utilization of the surface 

and underground waters.

*80. The relation of rainfall to run-off, by G. W. Rafter. 1903. 104 pp. lOc.

Treats of measurements of rainfall and laws and measurements of stream flow; gives rainfall 

run-off, and evaporation formulas; discusses effect of forests on rainfall and run-off.

87. Irrigation in India (second edition), by H. M. Wilson. 1903. 238 pp., 27 pis. 

25c. " 

First edition was published in part II of the Twelfth Annual Report.

93. Proceedings of first conference of engineers of Reclamation Service, with accompanying papers, compiled by F. H. Newell, chief engineer. 1904. 361 

pp. 25c.

Contains, in addition to an account of the organization of the hydrographic [water resources] 

branch of the United States Geological Survey and the reports of the conference, the following 

papers of more or less general interest:

Limits of an irrigation project, by D. "W. Boss.

Relation of Federal and State laws to irrigation, by Morris Bien.

Electrical transmission of power for pumping, by H. A. Storrs.

Correct design and stability of high masonry dams, by George Y. Wisner.

Irrigation surveys and the use of the planetable, by J. B. Lippincott.

The use of alkaline waters for irrigation, by Thomas A. Means.

*94. Hydrographic manual of the United States Geological Survey, prepared by 

E.G. Murphy, J.C. Hoyt,. and G.B.Hollifiter. 1904. 76 pp., 3 pis. lOc.

Gives instruction for field and office work relating to measurements of stream flow by current 

meters. (See also No. 96.)

*95. Accuracy of stream measurements (second, enlarged edition), by E. C. Murphy.

1904. 169 pp., 6 pis.

Describes methods of measuring and computing stream flow and compares results derived 

from different instruments and methods. (See also No. 94.)

103. A review of the laws forbidding pollution of inland waters in the United States, 

by E. B. Goodell. 1904. 120pp. (See No. 152.)

Explains the legal principles under which antipollution statutes become operative, quotes 

court decisions to show authority for various deductions, and classifies according to scope the 

statutes enacted in the different States.
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110. Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States, 1904; M. L. Fuller, 

geologist in charge. 1905. 211 pp., 5 pis. lOc.

Contains the following reports of general interest. The scope of each paper is indicated by its 

title.

Description of underflow meter used in measuring the velocity and direction of underground 

water, by Charles S. Slichter.

The California or "stovepipe" method of well construction, by Charles S. Slichter.

Approximate methods of measuring the yield of flowing wells, by Charles S. Slichter.

Corrections necessary in accurate determinations of flow from vertical well casings, from notes 

furnished by A. N. Talbot.

Experiment relating to problems of well contamination at Quitman, Ga., by S. W. McCallie.

Notes on the hydrology of Cuba, by M. L. Fuller.

113. The disposal of strawboard and oil-well wastes, by E. L. Sackett and Isaiah 

Bowman. 1905. 52 pp., 4 pis. 5c.

The first paper discusses the pollution of streams by sewage and by trade wastes, describes the 

manufacture of strawboard and gives results of various experiments in disposing of the waste. 

The second paper describes briefly the topography, drainage, and geology of the region about 

Marion, Ind., the contamination of rock wells and of streams by waste oil and brine.

114. Underground waters of eastern United States; M. L. Fuller, geologist in charge. 

1905. 285pp., 18 pis. 25c.

Contains report on " Occurrence of underground waters," by M. L. Fuller, discussing sources, 

amount, and temperature of waters, permeability and storage capacity of rocks, water-bearing 

formations, recovery of water by springs, wells and pumps, essential conditions of artesian flows, 

and general conditions affecting underground waters in eastern United States.

115. River surveys and profiles made during 1903, by W. C. Hall and J. C. Hoyt. 

1905. 115pp., 4 pis. lOc. 

Contains results of surveys made to determine location of undeveloped power sites.

119. Index to the hydrographic progress reports of the United States Geological 

Survey, 1888 to 1903, by J. C. Hoyt and B. D. Wood. 1905. 253 pp. 15c. 

Scope indicated by title.

120. Bibliographic review and index of papers relating to underground waters published by the United States Geological Survey, 1879-1904, by M. L. Fuller. 

1905. 128 pp. lOc. 

Scope indicated by title.

122. Relation of the law to underground waters, by D.W. Johnson. 1905. 55pp. 

5c.

Defines and classifies underground waters, gives common-law rules relating to their use, and 

cites State legislative acts affecting them.

140. Field measurements of the rate of movement of underground waters, by C. S. 

Slichter. 1905. 122 pp., 15 pis. 15c.

Discusses the capacity of sand to transmit water, describes measurements of underflow in Rio 

Hondo, San Gabriel, and Mohave River valleys, CaL, and on Long Island, N. Y,; gives results 

of tests of wells and pumping plants, and describes stovepipe method of well construction.

143. Experiments on steel-concrete pipes on a working scale, by J. H. Quintpn. 1905. 

61 pp., 4 pis. 

Scope indicated by title.

144. The normal distribution of chlorine in the natural waters of New York and New 

England, by D. D. Jackson. 1905. 31 pp., 5 pis. lOc.

Discusses common salt in coast and inland waters, salt as an index to pollution of streams and 

wells, the solutions and methods used in chlorine determinations, and the use of the normal 

chlorine map; gives charts and tables for chlorine in the New England States and New York.

145. Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States, 1905; M. L. Fuller, 

geologist in charge. 1905. 220 pp., 6 pis.

Contains brief reports of general interest as follows:

Drainage of ponds into drilled wells, by Robert E. Horton. Discusses efficiency, cost, and 

capacity of drainage wells, and gives statistics of such wells in southern Michigan.

Construction of so-called fountain and geyser springs, by Myron L. Fuller.

A convenient gage for determining low artesian heads, by Myron L. Fuller
OHIO EIVEE BASIN. XXHI

146. Proceedings of second conference of engineers of the Reclamation Service, with 

accompanying papers, compiled by P. H. Newell, chief engineer. 1905. 

267 pp. 15c.

Contains brief account of the organization of the hydrographic [water resources] branch and 

the Reclamation Service, reports of conferences and committees, circulars of instruction, and 

many brief reports on subjects closely related to reclamation, and a bibliography of technical 

papers by members of the service. Of the papers read at the conference those listed below 

(scope indicated by title) are of more or less general interest:

Proposed State code of water laws, by Morris Bien.

Power engineering applied to irrigation problems, by O. H. Ensign.

Estimates on tunneling in irrigation projects, by A. L. Fellows.

Collection of stream-gaging data, by N. C. Grover.

Diamond-drill methods, by G. A. Hammond.

Mean-velocity and area curves, by F. W. Hanna.

Importance of general hydrographic data concerning basins of streams gaged, by E. E. Horton.

Effect of aquatic vegetation on stream flow, by R. E. Horton.

Sanitary regulations governing construction camps, by M. O. Leighton.

Necessity of draining irrigated land, by Thomas H. Means. ,

Alkali soils, by Thomas H. Means.

Cost of stream-gaging work, by E. C. Murphy.

Equipment of a cable gaging station, by E. C. Murphy.

Silting of reservoirs, by W. M. Reed.

Farm-unit classification, by D. W. Ross.

Cost of power for pumping irrigating water, by H. A. Storrs.

Records of flow at current-meter gaging stations during the frozen season, by F. H. Tillinghast.

147. Destructive floods in United States in 1904, by E. C. Murphy. 206 pp. l5c.

Contains a brief account of "A method of computing cross-section area of waterways," 

including formulas for maximum discharge and areas of cross section.

149. Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States, second edition with additions, by N. H. Barton. 1905. 175 pp. lOc.

Gives by States (and within the States by counties), location, depth, diameter, yield, height 

of water, and other available information concerning wells 400 feet or more in depth; includes 

all wells listed in Water-Supply Papers 57 to 61; mentions also principal publications relating to 

deep borings.

150. Weir experiments, coefficients, and formulas, by R. E. Horton. 1906. 189 pp., 

38 pis. (See Water-Supply Paper 200.) 15c. 

Scope indicated by title.

151. Field assay of water, by M. O. Leighton. 1905. 77 pp., 4 pis. lOc.

Discusses methods, instruments, and reagents used in determining turbidity, color, iron, 

chlorides, and hardness in connection with the studies of the quality of water in various parts of 

the United States.

152. A review of the laws forbidding pollution of*inland waters in the United States 

(second edition), by E. B. Goodell. 1905. 149 pp. 

Scope indicated by title.

*155. Fluctuations of the water level in wells, with special reference to Long Island, 

N. Y., by A. C. Veatch. 1906. 83 pp., 9 pis. 25c.

Includes general discussion of fluctuation due to rainfall and evaporation, barometric changes, 

temperature changes in rivers, changes in lake level, tidal changes, effects of settlement, irrigation, dams, underground water developments, and to indeterminate causes.

*160. Underground water papers, 1906; M. L. Fuller, geologist in charge. 1906. 

104 pp., 1 pi.

Gives account of work in 1905, lists of publications relating to underground waters, and contains the following brief reports of general interest:

Significance of the term "artesian," by Myron L. Fuller.

Representation of wells and springs on maps, by Myron L, Fuller.

Total amount of free water in the earth's crust, by Myron L. Fuller.

Use of fluorescein in the study of underground water, by R. B. Dole.

Problems of water contamination, by Isaiah Bowman.

Instances of improvement of water in wells, by Myron L. Fuller.
XXIV SURFACE WATEE SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

*162. Destructive floods in the .United States in 1905, with a discussion of flood discharge and frequency and an index to flood literature, by E. C. Murphy and 

others. 1906. 105 pp., 4 pis. 15c.

163. Bibliographic review and index of underground-water literature published in 

the United States in 1905, by M. L. Fuller, F. G. Clapp, and B. L. Johnson. 

1906. 130pp. 15c. 

Scope indicated by title.

*179. Prevention of stream pollution by distillery refuse, based on investigations at 

Lynchburg, Ohio, by Herman Stabler. 1906. 34 pp., 1 pi. lOc.

Describes grain distillation, treatment of slop, sources, character, and effects of effluents on 

streams; discusses alteration, precipitation, fermentation, and evaporation methods of disposal 

of wastes without pollution.

*180. Turbine water-wheel tests and power tables, by R. E. Horton. 1906. 134 pp., 

2 pis. 20c. 

Scope indicated by title.

*185. Investigations on the purification of Boston sewage, by C-E. A. Winslow and 

E. B. Phelps. 1906. 163 pp. 25c.

Discusses composition, disposal, purification, and treatment of sewages and recent tendencies 

in sewage-disposal practice in England, Germany, and the United States; describes character 

of crude sewage at Boston, removal of suspended matter, treatment in septic tanks, and purification in intermittent sand filtration and coarse material; gives bibliography.

*186. Stream pollution by acid-iron wastes: a report based on investigations made at 

Shelby, Ohio, by Herman Stabler. 1906. 36 pp., 1 pi. lOc.

Gives history of pollution by acid-iron wastes at Shelby, Ohio, and resulting litigation; discusses effect of acid-iron liquors on sewage purification processes, recovery of copperas from acidiron wastes, and other processes for removal of pickling liquor.

*187. Determination of stream flow during the frozen season, by H. K. Barrows and 

R. E. Horton. 1907. 93 pp., 1 pi. 15c. 

Scope indicated by title.

*189. The prevention of stream pollution by strawboard waste, by E. B. Phelps. 

1906. 29 pp., 2 pis. 5c.

Describes manufacture of strawboard, present and proposed methods of disposal of waste 

liquors, laboratory investigations of precipitation and sedimentation, and field studies of 

amounts and character of water used, raw material and finished product, and mechanical 

filtration. . *

*194. Pollution of Illinois and Mississippi rivers by Chicago sewage (a digest of the 

testimony taken in the case of the State of Missouri v. the State of Illinois 

and the Sanitary District of Chicago), by M. O. Leighton. 1907. 369 pp., 

2 pis. 40c. 

Scope indicated by amplification of title.

*196. Water supply of Nome region, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 1906, by J. C. Hoyt 

and F. F. Henshaw. 1907. 52 pp., 6 pis. 15c.

Gives results of measurements of flow of Alaskan streams, discusses available water supply 

for ditch and pipe lines and power development; presents notes for investors.

*200. Weir experiments, coefficients, and formulas, revision of paper No. 150, by 

R. E. Horton. 1907. 195 pp., 38 pis. 35c. 

Scope indicated by title.

*218. Water-supply investigations in Alaska, 1906-7 (Nome and Kougarok regions, 

Seward Peninsula; Fairbanks district, Yukon-Tanana region), by F. F. 

Henshaw and C. C. Covert. 1908. 156pp., 12 pis. 25o.

Describes the drainage basins, gives results of observations at the gaging stations, and discusses 

the water supply of the ditches and pipe lines and possibilities of development; gives also 

meteorological records.

*226. The pollution of streams by sulphite-pulp waste, a study of possible remedies, 

by E. B. Phelps. 1908. 37 pp., 1 pi. lOc.

Describes manufacture of sulphite pulp, the waste liquors, and the experimental work leading 

to suggestions as to methods of preventing stream pollution.
OHIO RIVER BASIN. XXV

228. Water-supply investigations of the Yukon-Tanana region, Alaska, 1907 and 1908 

(Fairbanks, Circle, and Rampart districts), by C. C. Covert and C. E. Ellsworth. 1909. 108 pp., 7 pis. 20c.

Describes the drainage basins, gives results of observations at gaging stations, and discusses 

the water supplies of the ditches and pipe lines and possibilities of hydraulic development.

*229. The disinfection of sewage and sewage filter effluents, with a chapter on the 

putrescibility and stability of sewage effluents, by E. B. Phelps. 1909. 91 

pp., 1 pi. 15c. 

Scope indicated by title. *

234. Papers on the conservation of water resources. 1909. 96pp., 2 pis. 15c.

Contains the following papers, whose scope is indicated by their titles: Distribution of rainfall, 

by Henry Gannett; Floods, by M. O. Leighton; Developed water powers, compiled under the 

direction of W. M. Steuart, with discussion by M. O. Leighton; Undeveloped water powers, by 

M. O. Leighton; Irrigation, by F. H. Newell; Underground waters, by W. C. Mendenhall; 

Denudation, by R. B. Dole and Herman Stabler; Control of catchment areas, by -H. N. Parker.

*235. The purification of some textile and other factory wastes, by Herman Stabler 

and G, H. Pratt. 1909. 76 pp. lOc.

Discusses waste waters from wool-scouring, bleaching, and dyeing cotton yarn, bleaching 

cotton piece goods, and manufacture of oleomargarine, fertilizer, and glue.

236. The quality of surface waters in the United States: Part I, Analyses of waters 

east of the one-hundredth meridian, by R. B. Dole. 1909. 123 pp. lOc. 

Describes collection of samples, method of examination, preparation of solutions, accuracy 

of estimates, and expression of analytical results.

238. The public utility of water powers and their governmental regulation, by Rone" 

Tavemier and M. 0. Leighton. 1910. 161 pp. 15c.

Discusses hydraulic power and irrigation, French, Italian, and Swiss legislation relative to the 

development of water powers, and laws proposed in the French Parliament; reviews work of 

bureau of hydraulics and agricultural improvement of the French department of agriculture, 

and gives resume' of Federal and State water-power legislation in the United States.

255. Underground waters for farm use, by M. L. Fuller. 1910. 58pp., 17 pis. 15c. 

Discusses rocks as sources of water supply and the relative safety of supplies from different 

materials; springs, and their protection; open or dug and deep wells, then- location, yield, relative cost, protection, and safety; advantages and disadvantages of cisterns and combination 

wells and cisterns.

257. Well-drilling methods, by Isaiah Bowman. 1911. 139 pp., 4 pis. 15c.

Discusses amount, distribution, and disposal of rainfall, water-bearing rocks, amount of underground "water, artesian conditions, and oil and gas-bear ing formations; gives history of well 

drilling in Asia, Europe, and the United States; describes in detail the various methods and the 

machinery used; discusses loss of tools and geologic difficulties; contamination of well waters 

and methods of prevention; tests of capacity and measurement of depth; and costs of sinking 

wells.

258. Underground water papers, 1910, by M. L. Fuller, F. G. Clapp, G. C. Matson, 

Samuel Sanford, and, H. C. Wolff. 1911. 125 pp., 2 pis. 15c. 

Contains the following papers (scope indicated by titles) of general interest: '' 

Drainage by wells, by M. L. Fuller. 

Freezing of wells and related phenomena, by M. L. Fuller. 

Pollution of underground waters in limestone, by G. C. Matson. 

Protection of shallow wells in sandy deposits, by M. L. Fuller. 

Magnetic wells, by M. L. Fuller. ;r ^

259. The underground waters of southwestern Ohio, by M. L. Fuller and F. G.

Clapp, with a discussion of the chemical character of the waters, by R. B.

Dole. 1912. 228pp., 9 pis. 35c. , 

Describes the topography, climate, and geology of the region, the water-bearing, formations, 

the source, mode of occurrence, and head of the waters, and municipal supplies; gives details by 

counties; discusses in supplement, under chemical character, method of analysis and expression 

of results, mineral constituents, effect of the constituents on waters for domestic, industrial, or 

medicinal uses, methods of purification, chemical composition; many analyses and field assays. 

The matter in the supplement was also published in Water-Supply Paper 254 (Theunderground 

waters of north-central Indiana).
XXVI SUKFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

274. Some stream waters of the western United States, with chapters on sediment 

carried by the Rio Grande and the industrial application of water analyses, 

by Herman Stabler. 1911. 188pp. 15c.

Describes collection of samples, plan of analytical work, and methods of analyses; discusses 

soap-consuming power of waters, water-softening, boiler waters, and water for irrigation; gives 

results of analyses of waters of the Bio Grande and of Pecos, Gallinas, and Hondo rivers.

280. Gaging stations maintained by the United States Geological Survey, 1888- 

1910, and Survey publications relating to water resources, compiled by 

B. D. Wood. *912. 102 pp. lOc.

314. Surface water supply of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, by F. F. Henshaw and G. L. 

Parker, with a sketch of the geography and geology by P. S. Smith, and a 

description of methods of placer mining by A. H. Brooks. 1913. 317 pp., 

17 pis. 45c. 

Contains results of work at gaging stations.

315. The purification of public water supplies, by G. A. Johnson. 1913. 84 pp., 8 

pis. lOc.

Discusses ground, lake, and river waters as public supplies, development of waterworks systems in the United States, water consumption, and typhoid fever; describes methods of nitration and sterilization of water, and municipal water softening.

318. Water resources of Hawaii, 1909-1911, by W. F. Martin and C. H. Pierce. 1913. 

552 pp., 15 pis. 50c.

Describes the general features of the islands and gives results of measurements of streams and 

of observations of rainfall and evaporation; contains a gazetteer.

334. The Ohio Valley flood of March-April, 1913 (including comparisons with some 

earlier floods), by A. H. Horton and H. J. Jackson. 1913. 96 pp., 32 pis. 

20c.

Although relating specifically to floods in the Ohio Valley, this report discusses also the causes 

of floods and the prevention of damage by floods.

336. Water resources of Hawaii, 1912, by C. H. Pierce and G. K. Larrison. 392 pp. 

50c.

337. The effects of ice on stream flow, by William Glenn Hoyt, 1913. 76 pp., 7 pis. 

15c.

342. Surface water supply of the Yukon-Tanana region, Alaska, by C. E. Ellsworth 

and B. W. Davenport. 1915. 343 pp., 13 pis.

Presents results of 6 years observations of the water supply of the Yukon-Tanana region, discusses climate and precipitation, and gives station records.

*345. Contributions to the hydrology of the United States, 1914. N. C. Grover, chief 

hydraulic engineer.

(e) A method of determining the daily discharge of rivers of variable slope, by M. E. Hall, 

W. E. Hall, and C. H. Pierce, pp. 53-65.

(/) The discharge of Yukon River at Eagle, Alaska, by E. A. Porter and R. W. Davenport, 

pp. 67-77, pis. iv~v. 5c.

Describes briefly the location and size of the Yukon basin, the climatic conditions in the basin, 

and methods of collecting hydrometric data; compares run-off with precipitation, and gives 

table showing the discharge of some of the large rivers in the United States as compared with 

the discharge of the Yukon and the Nile. ,

364. Water analyses from the laboratory of the United States Geological Survey, tabulated by F. W. Clarke, chief chemist. 1914. 40 pp. 5c.

Contains analyses of waters from rivers, lakes, wells, and springs in various parts of the United 

States, including the geysers of Yellowstone National Park, hot springs in Montana, brines 

from Death Valley, water from the Gulf of Mexico, and mine waters from Tennessee, Michigan, Missouri and Oklahoma, Montana, Colorado and Utah, Nevada and Arizona, and 

California.

371. Equipment for current-meter gaging stations, by G. J. Lyon. 1915. 64 pp., 

37 pis.

Describes methods of installing automatic and other gages and of constructing gage wells, 

shelters and structures for making discharge measurements and artificial controls.
OHIO BIVEE BASIN. XXVH

373. Water resources of Hawaii, 1913, by G. K. Larrison. 1915. 190 pp. 

Contains results of stream measurements.

375. Contributions to the hydrology of the United States, 1915. N. C. Grover, chief 

hydraulic engineer.

(c) Relation of stream gaging to the science of hydraulics, by C. H. Pierce and E. W. Davenport, pp. 77-84.

A paper presented at the conference of engineers of the Water Resources Branch in December, 1914.

(«) A method for correcting river discharge for changing stage^by B. E. Jones, pp. 117-130.

A paper presented at the conference of engineers of the Water Resources Branch in December, 1914.

(/) Conditions requiring the use of automatic gages in obtaining stream-flow records, by C. H. 

Pierce, pp. 131-139.

A paper presented at the conference of engineers of the Water Resources Branch in December, 1914.

400. Contributions to the hydrology of the United States. 1916. N. C. Grover, 

chief hydraulic engineer, 

(a) The people's interest in water-power resources, by G. O. Smith, pp. 1-8.

ANNUAL REPORTS.

*Fifth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1883-84, J. W. Powell, 

Director. 1885. xxxvi, 469 pp., 58 pis. $2.25. Contains:

*The requisite and qualifying conditions of artesian wells, by T. C. Chamberlin, pp. 125-173, 

pi. xxi. Scope indicated by title.

 Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1890-91, J. W. Powell, 

Director. 1891. 2 parts. Pt. II, Irrigation, xviii, 576 pp., 93 pis. $2. 

Contains:

*lAigation in India, by H. M. Wilson, pp. 368-561, pis. cvii to cxlvi. (See Water-Supply 

Paper 87.)

Thirteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1891-92, J. W. 

Powell, Director. 1892. (Pts. II and III, 1893.) 3 parts. Pt. Ill, Irrigation, pp. xi, 486, 77 pis. $1.85. Contains:

*American irrigation engineering, by H. M. Wilson, pp. 101-349, pis. cxi to xlv. Discusses 

the economical aspects of irrigation, alkaline drainage, silt and sedimentation; gives brief history 

of legislation; describes perennial canals in Idaho-California, Wyoming, and Arizona; discusses 

water storage at reservoirs of the California and other projects, subsurface sources of supply, pumping, and subirrigation.

Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1892-93, J. W. 

Powell, Director. 1893. (Pt. II, 1894.) 2 parts. *Pt. II, Accompanying 

papers, pp. xx, 597, 73 pis. $2.10. Contains:

*Potable waters of the eastern United States, by W J McGee, pp. 1-47. Discusses cistern 

water, stream waters, and ground waters, including mineral springs and artesian wells.

*Natural mineral waters of the United States, by A. C. Peale, pp. 49-88, pis. iii and iv. Discusses the origin and flow of mineral springs, the source of mineralization, thermal springs, the 

chemical composition and analysis of spring waters, geographic distribution, and the utilization 

of mineral waters; gives a list of American mineral spring resorts; contains also some analyses.

Nineteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1897-98, Charles 

. D. Walcott, Director. 1898. (Parts II, III, and V, 1899.) 6 parts in 7 vols. 

and separate case for maps with Pt. V. *Pt. II, papers chiefly of a theoretical 

nature, pp. v, 958, 172 pis. $2.65. Contains:

*Principles and conditions of the movements of ground water, by F. H. King, pp. 59-294, p]s. 

vi to xvii, Discusses the amount of water stored in sandstone, in soil, and in other rocks, the 

depth to which ground water penetrates; gravitational, thermal, and capillary movements of 

ground waters, and the configuration of the ground-water surface; gives the results of experimental investigations on the flow of air and water through a rigid, porous medium, and through 

sands, sandstones, and silts; discusses results obtained by other investigators, and summarizes 

results of observations; discusses also rate of flow of water through sand and rock, the growth of 

rivers, rate of filtration through soil, interference of wells, etc.

*"Theoretical investigation of the motion of ground waters, by C. S. Slichter, pp. 296-384, pi. 

xvii. Scope indicated by title.
XXVIII SUBFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PAET III.

Twentieth, Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1898-99, Charles 

D. Walcott, Director. 1899. (Parts II, III, IV, V, and VII, 1900.) 7 parts 

in 8 vols. and separate case for maps with Pt. V. *Pt. IV, Hydrography, 

pp. vii, 660, 75 pis. $1.40. Contains:

*Hydrography of Nicaragua, by A. P. Davls, pp. 563-637, pis. Ixiv to Ixxv. Describes the 

topographic features of the boundary, the lake basin, and Rio San Juan; gives a brief resume1 

of the boundary dispute; discusses rainfall, temperature, and relative humidity, evaporation, 

resources, and productions, the ship, railway, and canal projects; gives the history of the investigations by the Canal Commission, and results of measurements on the Rio Grande, on streams 

tributary to Lake Nicaragua, and on Rio San Juan and its tributaries.

Twenty-second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1900-1901, 

Charles D. Walcott, Director. 1901. (Parts III and IV, 1902.) 4 parts. 

Pt. IV, Hydrography, 690 pp., 65 pis. $2.20. Contains:

*Hydrography of the American Isthmus, by A. P. Davis, pp. 507-630, pis. xxxvii to 1. 

Describes the physiography, temperature, rainfall, and winds of Central America; discusses the 

hydrography of the Nicaragua Canal route and the Panama Canal route; gives estimated monthly 

discharges of many of the streams, rainfall, and evaporation tables at various points.

i 

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS.

72. Denudation and erosion in the southern Appalachian region and the Monongahela 

basin, by L. C. Glenn. 1911. 137 pp., 21 pis. 35c.

Describes the topography, geology, drainage, forests, climate and population, and transportation facilities of the region, the relation of agriculture, lumbering, mining, and power development to erosion and denudation, and the nature, effects, and remedies of erosion; gives details 

of conditions in Holston, Nolichucky, French Broad, Little Tennessee, and Hiwassee River 

basins, along Tennessee River proper, and in the basins of the Coosa-Alabama system, Chattahoochee, Savannah, Saluda, Broad, Catawba, Yadkin, NJBW, and Monongahela rivers.

86. The transportation of de'bris by running water, by G. K. Gilbert, based on experiments made with the assistance of E. C. Murphy. 1904. 265 pp., 3 pis. 70c. 

The results pf an investigation which was carried on in a specially equipped laboratory at 

Berkeley, Cal., and was undertaken for the purpose of learning "the laws which control the 

movement of bed load and especially to determine how the quantity of load is related to the 

stream slope and discharge and to the degree of comminution of the debris." 

A highly technical report.

BULLETINS.

*32. Lists and analyses of the mineral springs of the United States (a preliminary 

study), by A. C. Peale. 1886. 235 pp.

Defines mineral waters, lists the springs by States, and gives tables of analyses so far as 

available.

264. Record of deep-well drilling for 1904, by M. L. Fuller, E. F. Lines, and A. C. 

Veatch. 1905. 106pp. lOc.

*298. Record of deep-well drilling for 1905, by M. L. Fuller and Samuel Sanford. 

1906. 299pp. 25e.

Bulletins 264 and 298 discuss the importance of accurate well records to the driller, to owners 

of oil, gas, and water wells, and to the geologist; describes the general methods of work; gives 

tabulated records of wells by States, and detailed records selected as affording valuable stratigraphic information.

*319. Summary of the controlling conditions of artesian flows, by Myron L. Fuller, 

1908. lOc.

Describes underground reservoirs, the sources of underground waters, the confining agents, 

the primary and modifying factors of artesian circulation, the essential and modifying factors of 

artesian flow, and typical artesian systems.

*479. The geochemieal interpretation of water analyses, by Chase Palmer. 1911. 

31 pp. 5c.

Discusses the expression of chemical analyses, the chemical character of water, and the properties of natural waters; gives a classification of waters based on property values and reacting values, and discusses the character of the waters of certain rivers as interpreted directly from the 

results of analyses; discusses also the relation of water properties to geologic formations, silica in 

river water, and the character of the water of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River as indicated by chemical analyses.
INDEX BY AREAS AND SUBJECTS.

[A=Annual Reports; M=Monograph; B=Bulletin; P=Professional Paper; W="Water-Supply Paper

G F= Geologic folio.]

Alabama: Quality of waters................................................ W 236

Surface waters................................................. W 62-63,107

Underground waters....................................... W57,102,114,149

Alaska: Surface waters.......................... W 196, 218, 228, 314, 342, 345 (/)

Artesian waters: Essential conditions..........................A 5; B 319; W 67,114

Bibliographies '............................................. W 119, 120, 163, 280

Chemical analyses: 2 Methods and interpretation... W151, 236, 259, 274, 364; B 479 

Conservation......................................................,...... W 234

CubauSurface, underground, and quality of waters........................ W 110

Denudation.............................................................. P 72

Engineering methods................... W 1, 3, 8, 20, 41, 42, 43, 56, 64, 93, 94, 95,

110,143, 146, 150, 180, 187, 200, 257, 337, 345 (e), 371, 375 (c, e, and/) 

Floods...................................................... W 96, 147, 162, 334

Georgia: Quality of waters............................................ W 110, 236

Surface waters........................................ W 62-63, 197; P 37, 72

Underground waters..................................... W 57, 102, 114, 149

Hawaiian Islands: Surface waters.................................. W 77, 318, 336

Underground waters................................................... W 77

Ice measurements................................................ W 146, 187, 337

Illinois: Pollution, quality of waters, etc................... W 236, 239; G F 67, 105

Surface waters............................. A 17 ii; 18 iv; W 239; G F 67, 105

Underground waters............. A 17ii; 18iv; W 57, 114, 149, 164; G F 67, 105

India: Irrigation................................................... A 12 ii; W 87

Indiana: Quality of waters........................................... W 236, 254

Surface waters....................................... A 18 iv; M XLI; W 147

Underground waters.................. W 21, 26, 57, 114,149, 254; G F 67, 84, 105

Irrigation, general. .................... A 12 ii, 13 iii; W 20, 22, 41, 42, 87, 93, 146

Kentucky: Quality of waters. ........................................ W 233, 236

Underground waters............................. W 57, 102, 114, 149, 159, 233

Legal aspects: Surface waters...................................... W 103, 152, 238

Underground waters................................................. W 122

Mineral springs: Analyses.................................... A 14 ii; W 364; B 32

Origin, distribution, etc............................................. A 14 ii

Lists........................................................... B 32;W 114

Mississippi: Quality of waters............................................ W 159

Underground waters................................................. W 159

Motions of ground waters....................... A 19 ii; B 319; W 67, 110, 140, 155

New York: Quality of waters, etc................................... W 79, 144, 236

Surface waters.................................................... W 80, 162

Underground waters............................. W 61, 102, 114, 149; G F 172

Nicaragua: Surface waters.......................................... A 20 iv; 22 iv

1 Many of the reports contain brief subject bibliographies. See abstracts.

2 Many analyses of river, spring, and well waters are scattered through publications, as noted in abstracts.

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XXX SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1914, PART III.

North Carolina: Surface waters.......... P 37, 72; W 62-63; G F 16, 90,124,147,151

Underground waters....................................... W 61,110,114,149

Ohio: Quality of waters................................ A 18 iv; 19 iv; W 236, 259

Surface waters....................................... M XLI; W 91, 162, 334

Underground waters............... A 18 iv; 19 iv; M XLI; W 61, 114, 149, 239

Panama: Surface waters.................................................. A 22 iv

Pennsylvania: Quality of waters, etc................................... W 79, 336

Surface waters................................................... W 147,162

Underground waters..................................... W 61, 110, 114, 149;

G P 102, 121, 123, 144, 146, 160,172, 174 

Pollution: By industrial wastes........................... W 179, 186,189, 226, 235

By sewage........................:.......................... W 72, 79, 194

Laws forbidding.................................................. W 103,152

Indices of....................................................... W 144, 160

Profilea of rivers..............'......................................... W 44,115

Porto Rico: Surface waters and irrigation................................... W 32

River profiles.................................... 1.................... W 44,115

Sanitation; quality of waters; pollution; sewage irrigation...................... W 3,

22, 72, 79, 103, 110, 113, 114, 144, 145, 152, 160, 179,

185, 186, 189, 194, 226, 229, 235, 236, 255,258, 259, 315

Sewage disposal and purification...................... W 3, 22, 72,113,185, 194, 229

Tennessee: Surface waters......................... W 62-63; P 37, 72; G F 16, 151

Underground waters...................... W 61, 102, 114, 149, 164; G F 16, 151

Underground waters: Legal aspects....................................... W 122

Methods of utilization........................................ W 114, 255, 257

Pollution.............................................. W 110,145,160, 258

Virginia: Quality of waters, etc........................................... W 236

Surface waters............................................. P 37, 72; W 62-63

Underground waters.................................. W 114,149; B 264, 298

Windmill papers.............................................. W 1, 8, 20, 41, 42

West Virginia: Underground waters....... W 61,114, 145,149; B 264,298; G P 160
INDEX OF STREAMS.

Allegheny Biver, N. Y., Pa.......

Beaver River, Pa.................

Big Bear River, Ala.............

Big Reed Island Creek, Va.......

Big Sandy Creek, W. Va.........

Blacklick Creek, Pa.............

Bluestone River, W. Va..........

Buckhannon River, W. Va........

Buck Creek, Ohio...............

Buffalo Creek, W. Va............

Casselman River, Pa..............

Chadakoin River, N. Y...........

Chautauqua Lake outlet, N. Y....

Cheat River, W. Va.............

Cheoah River, N. C..............

Cherry River, W. Va............

Clinch River, Va................

Coal River, W. Va...............

Conewango Creek, N. Y...........

Conoquenessing Creek, Pa........

Cross Creek, Ohio................

Cullasagee River, N. C............

Cumberland River, Tenn.........

Davidson River, N. C............

Deckers Creek, W. Va............

Dix River, Ky...................

Doe River, Tenn.................

Duck River, Ttenn................

Eel River (tributary to West

Branch of White River), Ind... 

Eel River (tributary to Wabash

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Elk Creek, Tenn.................

Elk Creek, W. Va................

Elk River, Ala..................

Elk River, W. Va................

Embarrass River, 111..............

French Broad River, N. C., Tenn. 

Gauley River, W. Va.............

Greenbrier River, W. Va.........

Hiwassee River, N. C., Tenn......

Holston River, Tenn.............

Holston River, Middle Fork, Va... 

Holston River, North Fork, Va..,

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Holston River, South Fork, Va.,

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Indian Creek, Pa................. ix

Ivy River, N. C.................. x

Jonathan Creek, Ohio............ ix

Kentucky River, Ky............ x

KisMminitas River, Pa.......... vni

Laurel Hill Creek, Pa............. ix

Licking River, Ky.............. ix

Licking River, Ohio............. ix

Little Miami River, Ohio......... ix

Little River, N. C............... x

Little River, Va................. ix

Little Tennessee River, N. C.,

Tenn.......................... xi

Little Wabash River, 111.......... x

McMahon River, Ohio........... ix

Mad River, Ohio................ x

Mahoning River, Ohio............ ix

Meadow River, W. Va........... ix

Miami River, Ohio............... x

Miami River, Little, Ohio......... ix

Mill Creek, Ohio.................. ix-x

Mills River, North Fork, N. C.... x

Mills River, South Fork, N. C.... x

Mohican River, Ohio............. ix

Monongahela River, Pa., W. Va... vrn

Mud Creek, N. C................. x

Muskingum River, Ohio.......... ix

Nantahala River, N. C........... xi

New River, Va., W. Va.......... ix

New River, North Fork, N. C.... ix

New River, South Fork, N. C.... ix

Nolichucky River, Tenn.......... x

North Toe River, N. C........... x

Nottely River, N. C............. xi

Ocoee River, Tenn.............. xi

Oconalufty River, N. C.......... ( xi

Ohio River, W. Va............... vni

Olentangy River, Ohio........... ix

Pigeon River, N. C., Tenn........ x

Pocotaligo River, W. Va......... ix

Reed Creek, Va................. ix

Reed Island Creek, Big, Va....... ix

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Roane Creek, Tenn...............

Salt River, Rolling Fork, Ky.....

Sandy Creek, Big, W. Va.........

Scioto River, Ohio...............

Scott Creek, N. 0................

Shavers Fork, W. Va............

Skillet Fork, 111.................

Stillwater River, Ohio............

Swannanoa River, N. C...........

Tennessee River, Ala., Tenn......

Tennessee River, Little, N. C., 

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Tippecanoe River, Ind.......

Toccoa River, Ga.................

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Tuckasegee River, N. C........... xi

Tusquitee Creek, N. C........... xi

Twin Creek, Ohio................ x

Tygart River, W. Va............. vm

Valley River, N. C.............. xi

Wabash River, 111., Ind.......... x

Wabash River, Little, 111........ x

Walker Creek, Va;.............. ix

Watauga River, Tenn............ xi

West Fork River, W. Va.......... vm

White River, East Branch, Ind... x

White River, West Branch, Ind.. x

Wolf Creek, Va.................. ix

Youghiogheny River, Md., Pa... vm-ix

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