55TH CONGRESS, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( DOCITMEN* 

'l 3d Session. { ( No. 511.

. -

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WATER-SUPPLY

AND

IEEIGATION PAPEES

OF THE

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

No.- 16

OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897. PART H

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1898
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIBECTOB

OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 189T

A REPORT OF THE 

DIVISION OF HYDROGRAPHY

OF THE

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

n

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PBINTINGr OFFICE 

1898
CONTENTS.

	Page. 

Introduction................................................................ 107

Superior station on Republican Eiver........................................ 107

Junction City station on Republican River .................................. 109

Beloit station on Solomon River............................................. 110

Niles station on Solomon River .............................................. Ill

Beverley station on Saline River....................................... ...... 112

Salina station on Saline Eiver................................................ 113

Ellsworth station on Smoky Hill River ...................................... 114

Manhattan station on Blue River ............................................. 115

Lawrence station on Kansas River........................................... 116

Granite station on Arkansas River ........................................... 117

Salida station on Arkansas River ............................................ 118

Canyon City station on Arkansas River...................................... 119

Pueblo station onArkansas River............................................ 120

Nepesta station onArkansas River........................................... 121

Eocky Ford station on Arkansas Eiver....................................... 122

Trinidad station on Purgatoire River........................................ 123

Hutchinson station on Arkansas River....................................... 124

Liberty station on Verdigris River .......................................... 125

lola station on IJeosho River ................................................ 126

Del Norte station on Rio Grande ............................................ 127

Embudo station on Eio Grande ............................................... 128

Abiquiu station on Chama River ........._..............__.___........_..... 129

Eio Grande station on Rio Grande ........................................... 130

San, Marcial station on Rio Grande .......................................... 131

El Paso station on Rio Grande............................................... 132

Granger station on Blacks Fork ............................................. 134

Greenriver station on Green River........................................... 135

Blake station on Green Eiver................................................ 136

Shoshone station on Grand Eiver............................................ 137

Grand Junction station on Grand Eiver...................................... 137

Fort Crawford station on Uncompahgre Eiver ............................... ^ 139

Roubideau and Whitewater stations on Gunnison Eiver...................... 140

Grand Junction station on Gunnison Eiver .................................. 141

Fall Creek station on San Miguel Eiver...................................... 142

Dolores station on Dolores Eiver ............................................ 143

Arboles station on San Juan Eiver........................................... 144

Arboles station on Piedra Eiver ............................................. 145

Durango station on Animas Eiver............................................ 146

Buttes station on Gila Eiver ................................................ 147

McDowell station on Salt Eiver ............................................. 148

McDowell station on Verde Eiver............................................ 150

Yuma station on Colorado Eiver............................................. 151

Elko station on Huniboldt Eiver ............................................ 152

Battle Mountain station on Humboldt Eiver ................................. 153

Golconda station on Humboldt Eiver ........................................ 154

Oreana station on Humboldt Eiver.......................................... 155

Mason's Eanch station on South Fork of Humboldt Eiver.'................... 156

Battle Creek station on Bear Eiver.......................................... 157

Logan station on Logan Eiver............................................... 158

Collinston station on Bear Eiver ............................................ 159

Ogclen station on Ogden Eiver .............................................. 160

105
106 CONTENTS AND LETTER OP TRANSMITTAL.

Page;

Uinta station on Weber River............................................... 161

Provo station on Provo River ............................................... 162

Geneva station on Utah Lake ............................................... 163

Pocatello station on Portneuf River ......................................... 164

Montgomery station on Snake River......................................... 165

Toponis station onMalad and Little Wood rivers ...........----..-.....----- 165

Grandview station on Bruneau River ........................................ 167

Boise station on Boise River................................................. 168

Vale station on Malheur River .............................................. 169

Payette station on Payette River ............................................ 170

Weiser station on Weiser River ............................................. 171

Hooper station on Palouse River ............................................ 172

Selah station on Yakima River .............................................. 173

North Yakima station on Naches River ...................................... 174

Union Gap station on Yakima River......................................... 175

Kiona station on Yakima river .............................................. 176

Spokane station on Spokane River .......................................... 177

Wenatchee station on Wenatchee River ..................................... 178

Whitman station on Wallawalla River ...................................... 179

Gibbon station on Umatilla River ....................____1.................. 180

Moro station on Deschntes River ............................................ 181

Tuckers station on Hood River .............................................. 181

Seguin station on Dungeness'River .____........................l^g.......... 182

McDonald station on Elwha River........................................... 183

Forks station on Calowa River .............................................. 184

Quillayute station on Solduck River......................................... 184

Jellys Ferry station on Sacramento River ................................... 185

Redbluff station '.. ............ .............................................. 185

Oakdale station on Stanislaus River......................................... 187

Lagrange station on Tuolumne River..........._._.........................- 188

Modesto station on Tuolomne River ......................................... 189

Herndon station on San Joaquin River ...................................... 190

Red Mountain station on Kings River........................................ 191

Kingsburg station ou Kings River ........................................... 192

Palmdale station on Little Rock Creek ...................................... 193

Azusa station on San Gabriel River.......................................... 194

Warm Springs station on Santa Ana River ...........................,....... 195

Index to Water-Supply Papers Nos. 15 and 16................................ 197

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,

DIVISION OF HYDROGRAPHY,

Washington, February 15,1898.

Sm: I have the honor to transmit herewith brief descriptions of the 

river stations at which work was carried on by the Division of Hydrography of this Survey during 1897, together with tables of daily height. 

Very respectfully, F H NEWELLj

Hon. CHARLES D. WALCOTT, Hydrographer in Charge. 

Director United States Geological Survey.
OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

INTRODUCTION.

Descriptions of river stations in the eastern part of the United States 

and those on the headwaters of the Missouri and Platte rivers are 

given in paper No. 15 of this series. The results of the computations 

of discharge, together with diagrams, maps, and other illustrations, are 

prepared for publication in the Nineteenth Annual Keport of this Survey, in form similar to the results for 1896, given in the Eighteenth 

Annual Keport, Part IV, pp. 1-418. The descriptions of operations at 

river stations, with accompanying tables of daily gage heights, are 

printed in this series of Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers in order 

that the results may be available at as early a date as possible, the 

preparation and printing of the necessary illustrations for the annual 

report requiring much time. In order to print these descriptions in 

this series of papers it has been found necessary to divide them into 

two parts, as by the act of June 11,1896 (Stat. L., Vol. XXIX, p. 453), 

the papers can not exceed 100 pages in length.

The subject-matter of this and the preceding paper has been so 

arranged as to follow the general geographic order of the drainage 

basins, beginning at the extreme east and extending southerly along 

the Atlantic slope, then taking up the headwaters of the Ohio, next 

the upper Missouri and its great tributary the Platte. This material 

has been found to occupy the prescribed limit of 100 pages of paper 

No. 15. In the present paper (No. 16), the stations on the Kepublican 

Eiver and other tributaries of Kansas Kiver are taken up; then those 

on the Arkansas Kiver, Kio Grande, and the tributaries of the great 

Colorado Kiver west; next the stations on the rivers of the great interior basin; then those on the streams flowing into Columbia Kiver; and 

finally the stations in California.

SUPERIOR STATION ON REPUBLICAN RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Keport of the 

United States Geological Survey, Part IV, page 199, is located about 1 

mile west of Superior, Nebraska. It is on the left bank of the river, 

about 25 feet above the iron highway bridge. A dam and the head of 

a mill race are only a short distance below the bridge. The observer is

107
108 OPERATIONS AT RIYER STATIONS, 1897.

T. 0. Sheffer. The gage consists of an oak piece 2 by 4 inches, 10 feet 

long. The face is inclined 30 degrees to the horizontal, and the footmarks are placed 2 feet apart to correspond to this inclination. The 

rod is fastened to cross-ties which are bedded in the bank of the river. 

The location is on the outside of an easy bend in the river. The bed 

of the river is of mud and sand. The top of the rim of the upstream 

cylinder of the north pier is 15.42 feet above zero of the gage. Bench 

mark 2 is the standard 4-foot iron pipe of the United States Geological 

Survey. It is 83 feet north of the upstream, cylinder of the north pier 

of the bridge and is 10 feet west of the line of the upstream truss of 

the bridge. It is 1 foot inside a wire fence. The top of the pipe is 4 

inches above the ground and the elevation is 4.88 feet above gage datum. 

The following measurements were made in 1897 by Adna Dobson and 

O. Y. P. Stout:

April 12, gage height, 1.12 feet; discharge, 1,257 second-feet. 

April 24, gage height, 0.99 foot; discharge, 887 second-feet. 

May 18, gage height, 0.45 foot; discharge, 337 second-feet. 

June 12, gage height, 0.72 foot; discharge, 716 second-feet. 

July 8, gage height, 0.87 foot; discharge, 766 second-feet. 

July 18, gage height, 0.32 foot; discharge, 222 second-feet. 

August 6, gage height, 0.49 foot; discharge, 372 second-feet. 

August 22, gage height, 0.05 foot; discharge, 195 second-feet. 

September 25, gage height, 0.04 foot; discharge, 81 second-feet. 

October 24, gage height, 0.02 foot; discharge, 184 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Republican River at Superior, Nebraska, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20-.---....,.............

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

99

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

0.75

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80 

.80

.80

.80

.80

.90

1.01

1.01

1.01 

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

Feb.

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01

1.01 

1.01

1.01

1.00

.60

1.22

Mar.

.70

.70

64

.71

.55

.61

QA_

.64

.81

Apr.

1.00

1.67

1.05

1.18

1.12

1 09

1.12 

1.14

1.62

1.31

1.14

1.08

1.05

1.03

i n9

9°

1.00

.98

.88

.82

1.32

1.20

.98

May.

0

07

.77fit)

.67

.64

.03

.60

.77 go

.66

.62 

.60

.54

.52

.50

.48

.45

.42

.38

.35

Qrr

1.10

.63

.61

.57

.63

.42

.40

.32

.27

June.

.27

.32

.32

.27

.36

.54

.40

.34

.92

.74 

.54

.48

.76

.79

.74

.66

.68

.58

.43

.48

.33 

2.42

4.38

1.87

1.78

1.72

July.

1.48

1.65

1.39

1.35

1.64

1.48

1.06

.94

.70 

.51

.39

.34

.28

.28

.32

.25

.34

.30

99

.66

.69

.15 

.23

.16

.84

.30

.17

.14

Aug.

0.08

.12

.08

.12

.48

.20

V7

.56

.45

45

.56

KK

.10

.14

.14

.18

.21

.31

.24

on

.27

.57

.50 

.39

.31

.26

.23

.14

.11

Sept.

0.12

.06

.01

 .06

+ .04

.03

.01

 .20

 .25

.16

.02

+ .20 

.60

.00

.01

.36

.26

.26

.15

.10

.05

.05

+ .01

.02 

 .35

 .12

 .09

 .06

 .05

Oct.

0.12

.34

.00

 .35

 .30

.58

.30

.52

 .71

.50

.35

 .30 

.53

.58

.90

+ .04

1.22

1.30

1.25

1.19

1.11

1.10

1.11

.05

+ 1.06 

1.08

2.45

2.32

1.53

1.45
DRAINAGE BASIN OF KANSAS EIYER. 109

JUNCTION CITY STATION ON REPUBLICAN RIVER.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part 

IV, page 203, is located at the wagon bridge at the north end of Washington street, Junction City, Kansas. The observer is John Davis. 

The gage consists of two oak timbers bolted to a post and to a cottonwood tree. One bench mark consists of a 60-penny nail driven into 

the base of the abutment at an elevation of 10.67 feet on the scale. A 

second bench mark is the top of the stone in the base of the bridge 

abutment, 18 feet south of the gage; its elevation is 14.51 feet. A 

subsidiary gage for determining,the slope has been placed 507 feet 

upstream, and referred to the same datum. The right bank is high, 

but the left is low and may overflow in high water. The bed of the 

stream is sandy and changeable. The following are the discharge 

measurements made in 1897 by W. (r. Russell:

Date.

Feb. 23...

Mar. 23...

Apr. 7....

Apr. 20 ...

Apr. 27 ...

May 6....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

4.30

3.80

4.30

4.90

6.10

3.60

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

1,021

611

1,015

1,433

3,565

1,078

Date.

May 21....

June 1 ....

June 16 . . .

June 30 ...

July 13....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

3.10

3.70

6.30

7.40

5.95

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

725

869

3,637

6,053

3,141

Date.

July 28 - -

Aug. 18..

Sept. 30..

Oct. 26...

Nov. 12..

Gage 

height.

Feet.

4.45

4.20

2.30

2.80

3.50

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

1,367

1,243

175

313

616

Daily gage height, in feet, of Republican River at Junction City, Kansas for 1897.

Day.

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

2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

3.70

3 on

3.95 

3.80 

3.80

3.70

3.70

3.60

3.65

3.55

3.45

3.45

3.55 

3.35

3.45

3.60 

3.60

3.50

3.65 

3. GO

3.70

4.20

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.40 

3.40

3.35 

3.30

3.30

Feb.

:!.40 

 j 40

:!.55 

!.85 

4.00

4.05

4.15

4.20

4.25

4.25

4.20

4.55

4.85 

4.80

4.80

5.00

5.85

5.20

5.15

4.35

4.20

4.30

4.40

4.10 

3.85

Mar.

3.80

3 7A

3.65 

3.95 

4.05

3.85

4.20

4.05

3.90

3.90

3.80 

3.70

3.70

3.60 

3.80

3.85

3.90 

3.80

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.70

3.90

3.90 

3.90

3.90 

3.90

Apr.

4.00 

4.00

4/00 

4.05 

4.10

4.15

4.70

4.60

4.70

4.45 

4.45

4.45

4.45 

4.40

4.40

4.80

4.65

4.55

7.20

7.95

7.35

6.20 

5.70

5.05 

4.70

May.

4.40 

4.40

4.35 

4.20 

3.95

3.35

3.55

3.55

3.45 

3.55

3.60

3.50 

3.40

3.35

3.15 

3.10

3.05

2.95

2.80

2.80

2.80

3.55 

4.55

5.50 

4.75

4.15

June.

3.65

3 OK

3.15 

3.05 

2.95

2.85

2.80

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.90

4.55

6.25 

5.60

6.15

5.70 

6.05

5.70

4.90 

5.00

4.35

4.05

4.55

5.25

5.10

3.95 

3.80

5.70 

7.40

July.

6.15 

6.50

6.40 

5.65 

5.05

4.70

4.50

4.65

7.05

7.50

7.25

5.80

5.00 

4.30

3.90

3.65 

3.45

3.30

3.15 

3.05

3.25

3.30

3.05

3.20

3.30

3.35 

4.40

3.90 

3.40

3.15

Aug.

2.95

3

A&

3.00 

2.85 

3.40

3.60

2.70

2.85

3.60

3.35

3.55 

4.80

5.25

5.00 

4.15

4.35

3.30 

3.00

2.85

2.70

2.70

2.65

2.60

2.60 

2.60

2.85 

2.90

2 P.fi

Sept.

2.75 

2.60

2.55 

2.50 

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.35

2.30

2.35

2.50

2.30

2.30

2.30 

2.30

2.30

2.30 

2.30

2.30

2.30 

3.05

3.25

3.05

2.75

2.60

2.50

2.40 

2.40

2.35 

2.30

Oct.

2.30

2

QA

2.30 

2.20 

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.15 

2.10

2.20

2.40 

2.40

2.40

2. 55 

2.85

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.90

2.80

2.90 

2.80

2.80 

2.80

2.90

Nov.

4.15 

3.60

3.40 

3.30 

3.35

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50 

3.45

3.40

3.40 

3.40

3.40

3.40 

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.35

3.30

3.40

3.40 

3.35

2.85 

2.70

Dec.

2.70 

2 80

3.10 

3.20 

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.40

3.50

3.40

3.45

3.55

3.50 

3.50

3.60

3.60 

3.60

3.60

3.50 

3.40

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.60

3.55

3.65 

3.80

3.90 

3.80

3.80
110 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

BELOIT STATION ON SOLOMON RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 207, is located at the wagon bridge on the south edge of the town 

of Beloit, Kansas. The observer is W. F. Jordon. The rod of the wire 

gage is a spruce board, 12 feet long, graduated in feet and tenths, 

spiked to the upstream edge of the bridge floor, over the deepest 

water. The bench mark consists of a tenpenny nail driven into the 

base of a cottonwood tree 35 feet northwest of the pier upon which the 

marks are made. Its elevation is 13.70 feet. Measurements were made 

from the bridge, the initial point being at the south edge of the stone 

abutment on the left bank of the stream. This station was discontinued on June 30,1897, as a more favorable location was found at 

Niles, and a station was therefore established at the latter place. The 

following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by W. GL Eussell:

February 23, gage height, 3.50 feet; discharge, 102 second-feet. 

March 23, gage height, 2.70 feet; discharge, 24 second-feet. 

April 7, gage height, 4.20 feet; discharge, 508 second-feet. 

April 20, gage height, 3.55 feet; discharge, 247 second-feet. 

April 28, gage height, 3.40 feet; discharge, 270 second-feet. 

May 20, gage height, 3.10 feet; discharge, 197 second-feet. 

June 15, gage height, 7.80 feet; discharge, 2,565 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Solomon River at Beloit, Kansas, for 1897.

Day.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Jan.

3.20

3.20

2.45

3.10

2.40

3.15

2.85

3.05

3.05

2.85

3.40

3.10

3.30

9 &. 7f» tv

3.20

3.40

Feb.

3.25

2.95

3.40

2.60

3.40

3.40

2.60

3.40

3.35

3.35

3.45

3.55

3.40

3.00

3.40

3.45

Mar.

3.65

3.45

3.45

3.65

3.65

3.70

3.10

3.40

3.65

3.35

3.50

3.45

3.45

3 1ft xu

3.35

3.45

Apr.

3.65

3.60

3.70

5.30

4.70

4.55

4.05

3.90

4.45

4.20

4.05

4.05

3.80

3.65

3.65

3.40

May.

3.70

3.55

3.45

3.45

3.30

3.25

3.25

3.40

3.05

3.20

3.30

3.55

3.30

3.25

3.10

3.10

June.

2.55

2.75

3.00

2.75

2.90

2.60

2.65

2.75

2.70

2.75

4.85

11.55

6.70

3

KK 

 t)i>

12.10

23.25

Day.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.....

qn

31.....

Jan.

2.80

3.40

3.45

3.45

3.40

3.40

3.40

2.95

2.95

3.45

3.35

3.40

2.90

3.35

2.55

Feb.

3.65

3.90

3.60

3.55

3.15

3.50

3.45

3.45

3.45

3.40

3.50

2.60

......

Mar.

3.35

3.60

3.35

3.60

3.10

3.60

3.15

3.45

3.60

3.05

3.50

3.25

3.70

3.65

3.65

Apr.

3.45

3.30

3.50

3.35

3.60

3.60

3.60

7.10

8.90

3.55

3.50

3.45

3.65

3.95

May.

3.15

3.15

3.05

3.00

3.05

2.90

2.90

3.65

3.85

3.20

3,00

2.50

3.00

2.60

3.00

June.

15.00

5.20

3.90

3.65

3.65

4.00

8.05

4.00

6.00

3.90

14.75

22.35

19.45

5.25
DRAINAGE BASIN OF KANSAS RIVER. Ill

NILES STATION ON SOLOMON RIVER.

This station is located at a bridge one-half mile west of Niles, Kansas, 

and was established May 5,1897. The rod of the wire gage is spiked 

to the floor of the bridge. It is 1 by 4 inches by 24 feet long. The 

bench mark is the upper one of three nails driven into a cottonwood 

tree 18 inches in diameter, north side of the river and 25 feet east of 

the bridge. Its elevation is 24.96 feet above gage datum. The initial 

point for soundings is on the right bank. The channel is straight for 

about 100 feet above and below the section. The current is sluggish. 

The right bank is high, and the left bank overflows only in very high 

water. The bed of the stream is muddy. The observer is J. J. Little. 

The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by W. GL 

Eussell:

Date.

May 5....

May 20...

June 1 ...

June 15 ..

June 16 . .

height.

Feet.

6.60

5.70

5.30

13.60

9.40

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

386

253

179

1,898

974

Date.

June 17 . . .

June 18 ...

June 18 ...

Julyl.....

July 13....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

13.55

16.95

18.25

20.70

7.55

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

2,083

3,159

3,701

4,856

451

Date.

July 28..

Aug. 18 ..

Sept. 30..

Oct. 25. ..

Nov. 12 ..

height.

Feet.

5.80

5.60

4.80

4.50

4.80

Discharge.

See. ft.

193

193

95

83

96

Daily gage height, in feet, of Solomon River at Niles, Kansas, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U. ..........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May.

6.45

6.10

6.02

6.05

6.20

6.35

5.80

6.05

6.15

6.50

6.05

6.00

6.85

6.85

5.80

- 5.60

5.55

5.45

5 30

5.30

\ 5.35

6.70

8.30

6.50

5.85

5.55

June.

5

9C

5.20

5 1 Pi

5.20

5.15

5.10

5.05

5.10

5.10

5.05

4.80

4.80

9.70

13.50

8.80

10.90

17.45

20.00

n

or;

9.25

8.65

7.70

8.70

11.25

13.50

11.10

9.15

12.90

18.50

July.

on QC

91 17

1Q Q£

8

QC

9.00

8

K£

7 Oft

7.35

7.10

8.95

10.40

9.80

7.85

7.45

8.05

7.10

6.60

6.35

6.25

6.20

6.05

6.16

5.90

5.80

5.70

5.85

5.85

5.90

6.95

8.00

7.00

Aug.

6.40

6.15

5.95

6.80

6.05

5.75

5.50

5.35

5.65

5.45

5.35

5.60

5.40

5.80

6.20

5.90

5.65

5.65

5.60

5.40

5.35

5.30

5.20

5.20

5.25

5.15

5.05

4.95

4.85

Sept.

4.80

4 OF;

4.95

4.80

A. 8^

4.85

A. 7^

4.75

4.65

4.60

4.60

4.65

4.55

4.50

4.55

4.90

4.70

4.55

4.40

4.60

4 45

5.05

5.60

5.40

5.25

5.10

4.90

4.95

4.75

4.80

Oct.

4.80

4.70

4.' 55

4.50

4.30

4.75

4.65

4.50

4.60

4.65

4.80

4.35

4.80

4.65

4.65

4.55

4.70

4.65

4.55

5.10

5.15

4.90

4.80

4.70

4.75

4.75

4.75

4.90

5.05

4.95

4.95

Nov.

4.90

4.85

4.80

5.25

6.15

6.10

5.15

5.00

4.85

4.90

6.00

4.95

4.85

4.95

4.60

4.60'

4.80

4.90

4.90

4.95

5.00

4.85

4.80

4.80

4.90

4.75

4.90

4.95

4.60

4.90

Dec.

5 on

5.15

5.15

5.20

5.20

5.25

5.15

5.15

5.20

5.25

6.20

5.30

5.00

5.00

5.30

5.30

5.30
112 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

BEVERLY STATION ON SALINE RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 210, is located at the iron highway bridge one-half mile southwest 

of Beverly, Kansas. The observer is Jerome Wilson, who lives about 

one-half mile from the station. The gage is an inclined timber, fastened 

to trestles which are set in the ground and well loaded down with 

rock. It is graduated up to 18 feet, and one of the iron cylinder 

bridge piers is then graduated up to 30 feet. The bench mark is the 

top of the lower iron strut at the north end connecting the two south 

piers. Its elevation is 18.95 feet above the zero of the gage. This station was discontinued on June 30,1897, as a more favorable location 

was found at Salina, and a station was therefore established at the latter place. The following measurements of discharge were made in 1897 

by W. GL Eussell:

February 24, gage height, 4.70 feet; discharge, 67 second-feet. 

March 26, gage height, 4.60 feet; discharge, 53 second-feet. 

April 15, gage height, 5.40 feet; discharge, 161 second-feet. 

April 30, gage height, 5.80 feet; discharge, 196 second-feet. 

June 2, gage height, 4,80 feet; discharge, 75 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Saline Biver at Beverly, Kansas, for 1897.

Day.

1....

2....

3....

4....

5....

6....

7....

8....

9....

10....

11....

12....

13....

14....

15....

16....

Jan.

4.45

4.55

4.80

4.35

4.25

4.45

4.35

4.20

4.55

4.35

4.50

4.70

4.60

5.05

4.60

4.65

Feb.

"4." 26"

...... "4." 30

...... "440

.....

......

......

4.40

5.00

4.70

5.30

6.15

5.40

5.00

Mar.

4.40

4.60

4.70

4.70

4.20

4.55

4.50

4.65

4.60

4.55

4.50

4.65

4.50

4.50

4.35

4.35

Apr.

4.65

4.55

4.55

4.65

7.85

8.80

6.40

5.95

5.95

6.50

6.65

6.10

5.75

5.55

5.45

5.35

May.

7.05

7.05

6.20

5.95

5.75

5.65

5.55

5.55

5.50

5.45

5.50

5.45

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.25

Jane.

4.80

4.70

4.75

4.60 4-75

4.75

4.70

4.60

4.75

4.50

4.55

4.60

4.50

4.55

4.55

4.55

Day.

17...

18...

19...

20...

21...

22...

23...

24...

25...

26...

27...

28....

29 ....

Ort

31.....

Jan.

4.75

4.35

4.75

4.60

4.75

4.70

4.70

4.60

4.60

3.90

3.90

3.90

4.20

4.20

4.30

Feb.

4.95

5i 15

4.95

4.85

4.75

4.70

4.75

4.55

4.65

4.70

4.75

4.50

......

Mar.

4.60

4.50

4.55

4.35

4.45

4.30

4.60

4.45

4.45

4.45

4.45

4.50

4.40

4.40

4.70

Apr.

5.25

5.15

5.10

5.05

5.05

5.00

5.00

6.00

7.20

5.35

5.45

5.45

5.45

5.80

May.

5.20

5.15

5.10

5.05

5.00

4.95

4.90

4.90

4.85

4.85

4.85

4.80

4.70

4.70

4.60

June.

4.45

4.45

4.65

4.50

4.45

4. 55

4.55

4.40

4.40

4.45

7.70

17.50

7.85

5.35
DRAINAGE BASIN OF KANSAS RIVER. 113

SALINA STATION ON SALINE RIVER.

This station is located at a bridge 4.5 miles northeast of Salina, 

Kansas. The rod of the wire gage is spiked to the floor of the bridge. 

It is 1 by 4 inches, and 24 feet long. Bench mark 1 is a nail in an elm 

2 feet in diameter, on the north side of the river and 6 feet west of the 

bridge, and its elevation is 22.90 feet above gage datum. Bench mark 

2 is six nails driven into a 16-inch box elder on north side of river and 

35 feet east of the bridge. Its elevation is 22.90 feet above datum. 

The channel is straight for a little distance above and below the station. Both banks are high, and are not liable to overflow. The bed of 

the stream is sandy and muddy. The observer is H. W. Barr. The 

following discharge measurements were made during 1897 by W. CK 

Eussell:

May 4, gage height, 7.00 feet; discharge, 333 second-feet. 

May 17, gage height, 4.90 feet; discharge, 135 second-feet. 

May 31, gage height, 3.90 feet; discharge, 73 second-feet. 

June 18, gage height, 3.50 feet; discharge, 60 second-feet. 

June 28, gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 45 second-feet. 

July 14, gage height, 3.40 feet; discharge, 54 second-feet. 

July 26, gage height, 3.30 feet; discharge, 51 second-feet. 

August 19, gage height, 4.90 feet; discharge, 152 second-feet. 

September 28, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 26 second-feet. 

October 20, gage height, 2.50 feet; discharge, 17 second-feet. 

November 11, gage height, 2.90 feet; discharge, 29 second-feefc.

Daily gage height, infect, of Saline River at Salina, Kansas, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1^

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

17..-.....-..--..----..-.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

97

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

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

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

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

May.

7.00

6.35

5.90

5.65

5.30

5.25

5.15

5.10

5.15

5.10

5.05

5.00

4.55

4.65

4.45

4.35

4.25

A 9K

4.10

4.05

4.10

3.85

June.

3.75

3.75

3.65

3.80

3.60

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.50

3.55

3.55

3

KA

3.55

3.45

3.45

3.45

3.45

3

KA

3

KK

11.15

14.90

July.

-5.10

4.40

3.85

3.70

3.70

3.60

3.75

3.95

3.85

3.70

3.45

3.35

3.40

3.35

3.45

3.25

3.20

3.80

3.40

3.10

3.00

q 9ft

3.05

Aug.

3.00

3.05

3 IK

3.25

3.05

3.05

3.05

3.05

2.95

2.85

3.05

3.10

3.30

3.45

3.40

7 DP;

4.15

3.85

3.90

4.00

3.80

3.50

3.50

3.35

3.10

Sept.

3

1 A

3

(\K

3.05

3.00

2.85

2.65

2.65

2.65

2 OF:

3.45

2

QK

2.85

2.75

2.80

2.85

2

7R

2.90

2

7K

2

7K

2.75

2.70

Oct.

2.50

2

AK

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.45

2.55

2.75

2.80

2.70

2.55

2.55

0 flK

2.65

2.65

3.35

3.70

3.50

3.55

3.40

3.45

3.45

3.10

3.05

3.15

Nov.

3.15

3 1 ^

9 ftf^

3

1 A

3 nft

9 Q^

3.05

3.15

3.05

2.95

3.05

2

QK

3.05

2.95

3.10

3.10

3.05

3.10

3.05

3.05

3.15

3.15

3.20

Dec.

3 1 f\

3.10

3.15

3.10

3.20

3.05

3.15

3.15

3.15

2.85

2.95

3.20

3.25

3.15

(«)

3.10

3.20

3.20

a Frozen.
114 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

ELLSWORTH STATION ON SMOKY HILL RIVEE.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 212, is located at the highway bridge on Douglas avenue, Ellsworth, Kansas. The observer is Bobert Martin, who lives about 100 

yards north of the bridge. The gage is an inclined ash timber spiked 

to a post driven in the bed of the river and bolted to an iron post of 

the bridge pier. The bench mark is a nail driven in the base of a large 

box-elder tree near the southeast corner of the bridge, 90 feet from the 

gage, and its elevation is 13.07 feet above the zero. A slope gage is 

spiked to the Frisco railroad bridge 2,536 feet upstream and is referred 

to same datum. The channel is nearly straight above and below the 

bridge, and the bed is sandy and shifting. The following discharge 

measurements were made by W. G. Russell in 1897.

Date.

Feb. 26...

Mar. 29...

Apr. 6....

Apr. 23...

May 8....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

1.30

1.15

2.30

1.45

1.70

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

40

30

287

80

141

Date.

May 17....

June 4 ....

June 28 ...

July 15....

July 26....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

1.80

1.30

1.40

1.30

1.20

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

167

57

79

43

38

Date.

Aug. 17...

Aug. 24. ..

Sept. 24 . .

Oct. 19...

Nov. 9....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

1.60

2.30

1.25

1.40

1.30

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

84

301

57

77

49

Daily gage height, in feet, of Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas, for 1897.

Day.

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

'i....... ........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

91

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

oq

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

91

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

1.20

1.10

1.30

1.35

1

0ft

1 9ft

1.25

1.35

1 41

1.40

1.45

1.30

1.75

1.60

1.25

1.35

1.25

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.45

1.55

1.35

1.35

1.30

1.35

1.35

1.35

1.40 

1.40

Feb.

1.40

1.40

1.45

1 Rft

1.50

1.55

1.70

1.65

1 60

2

AA

1.85

I

KK

2 ftft

1.85

1.75

1.65

1.95

2.00

1.85

1.70

1 tt

1.40

1 41

1.40

1.40

1.35

1.20

1.35

-- -- 

Mar.

1 40

i 3fi

1.20

1.30

1 3ft

1 3ft

1 ^ft

1

0ft

1 9*

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.15

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.15

1.15 

1.20

Apr.

1

OA

1.25

1 QP»

2 1 ft

2 aft

2

0ft

2 IK

2.15 9 IP;

2 1 f\

2

ftC

1 Q^i

I

Qft

1.70

1.65

1.60

1.60

1.55

1.50

1.50

1.45

1.45

1.45

1.50

1.55

1.50

1.55

1.60

1.85

2.30

May.

9 Aft

2 OK

2 9^

2.05

1 8^

1 Oft

1.70

1 fif\

1.70

1.85

2.10

2.20

2.15

2.05

1.85

1.75

1.70

1.60

1.50

1.50

1.60

2.15

1.95

1.75

1.60

1.55

1.50

1.50

1.50 

1.45

June.

1.40

1.35

1.30

1 °.ft

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.50

2.10

2.10

1.85

1.80

1.70

1.55

1.45

1.40

1.50

1.50

1.45

1.40

1.35

1.30

July.

1.35

1.30

1 91

1 90

1 9ft

1 11

1.10

1.10

1.05

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.15

1.10

1.20

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.23

1.13

1.10

1.05

1.15

1.25

1,?,0

1.20

1.25

1.35

1.50

1.45

Aug.

1.38

1.45

1.30

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.20

1.15

1.10

1.10

1.00

1.00

1.15

1.45

1.80

1.70

1.60

1.50

1.40

1.30

1.20

1.15

2.15

2.30

2.15

1.95

1.85

1.75

1.65

1.60 

1.53

Sept.

1 45

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.25

1.20

1.15

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.05

1.00

1.00

1.05

1.65

1.25

1.20

1.15

1.25

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.25

1.20

1.15

1.10

1.10

1.05

1.00

Oct.

1.00

1.00

1.00

.95

.95

.95

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

1.00

1.50

1.45

1.40

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.30

1.25

1.25

1.25

1,25

1.20

1.15.

1.15 

1.10

Nov.

1.10

1.20

1.30

1.40

1.35

1.35

1.35

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.20

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.20

1.15

1.10

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Dec.

1.20

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.20

1.15

1.10

1.15

1.15

1.05

1.10

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.25

1.35

1.35

1.40

1.45 

1.55
DRAINAGE BASIN OP KANSAS RIVER. 115

MANHATTAN STATION ON BLUE RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 215, is located at the county bridge 4 miles north of Manhattan, 

Kansas. The gage consists of three sections, the lower being an ash 

stick driven into the bottom of the river and bolted to an overhanging 

cottonwood tree 30 feet east of the bridge, and marked from 2.10 to 

11.30 feet. The middle section consists of an oak stick bolted to the 

north side of the south bridge pier and marked from 11.30 to 17 feet. 

A similar stick on the south side of the same pier, and marked from 17 

to 30 feet, completes the gage. The bench mark is a cross cut in the 

capstone of the south bridge pier immediately above the upper gage, 

and is 32.135 feet above datum. The observer is William Hudspeth. 

The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by O. P. Hood 

and S. E. Vincent:

April 26, gage height, 25.45 feet; discharge, 31,942 second-feet. 

April 30, gage height, 10.80 feet; discharge, 5,972 second-feet. 

October 30, gage height, 4.00 feet; discharge, 602 second-feet. 

December 8, gage height, 4.20 feet; discharge, 499 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bine River at Manhattan, Kansas, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

4.00

4.10

4. 10

4.25

4.60

4.80

4.90

4.85

4.80

4.60

4.60

4.80

4.85

4.90

4.80

4.75

4.70

4.80

4.85

4.90

5.15

5.00

4.95

4.85

4.80

5

RA

5.50

5.50

5.50 

5.55 

5.60

Feb.

5 40

5.10

5.00

4 on

4.55

4.35

4.25

4.00

4.05

4.25

4.35

4.50

4.90

5.65

5.90

6.00

6.25

6.80

7.20

6.65

6.30

6.10

6.00

5.90

5.75

5.65

5.50

5.80

Mar.

6.00

6.00

5.80

f; 7n

5

IM

5.00

4.80

4.75

4.65

5.10

5.30

5.45

5.65

6.60

7 1f>

6.85

6.65

6.35

6.10

5.80

5.75

5.65

5.60

5.50

5.40

5 OK

5.30

6.25

6.85 

6.95 

7.15

Apr.

8

7C

16.50

17 9*1!

n

K.fl

10.90

10.30

9

7K

8.75

8.20

7 QA

7 40

7.10

6.90

6.70

6.40

6.00

5.75

5.60

5.50

5.45

5.40

5.50

9.25

20.95

24.15

OK on

25.60

19.65

12.00 

10.75

May.

9 70

10.30

9

QC

9.15

7 95

7 on

7 60

7 t\fl

7 *>*

6 OK

6.75

6

7C

7

nc

7.10

6.85

6.75

6.35

6.20

6.00

5.90

5.80

5.75

5.95

5.80

5.85

6.70

7.85

7.60 

6.80 

6.85

June.

6.75

6.55

6 40

6.25

e QA

5 70

5.60

5.50

5.40

5.00

4.75

4.55

450

4.80

4.95

5.40

5.60

5.90

6.20

8.90

8.75

8.00

7.50

7.00

7.70

7.00

14.55

19.45

13.40 

9.80

July.

8.75

7.90

7

9?:

7

nA

6.80

6 fin

6.20

6.00

7 50

8.35

10.40

19 7>;

12.25

9.65

9.00

8.50

8.10

7.90

7.10

6.10

5.70

5.55

5.20

5.00

7.20

6.90

6.65

6.10

5.90 

5.55 

5.40

Aug.

5.20

5.05

4 on

4.00

4.70

5

3*;

6.15

R sf;

8.55

7

CA

7.15

6.25

6.00

5.75

6.90

8.10

7.90

7.50

7.35

7.05

6.65

6.45

6.35

6.30

6.15

6.05

5.75

5.60

5.40 

5.25 

5.05

Sept.

4.90

4.65

4.55

4.35

4.25

A (\f(

3.80

3.70

3.50

3.30

2.50

2.30

2.30

2.75

3.35

3.75

3.85

4.25

4.60

4.50

4.30

4.25

4.15

4.00

4.00

3.90

3.85

3.80 

3.60

Oct.

3 w

3.50

S

en

3.40

3

4A

3.40

3.30

i in

3.20

3.20

3 IK

3 0,*

3.00

3.00

3.65

4.00

4.15

4.25

4.35

4.40

4.30

4.25

4.20

4.40

4.30

4.25

4.20

4.30

4.35 

4.40 

4.40

Nov.

4 00

4.00

3.80

3.70

3.80

S on

4.00

4 00

4.25

i 01

4.25

4.40

4.50

4.45

4.35

4.30

4.20

4.20

4.10

4.05

4.00

4.05

4.20

4.25

4.30

4.40

4.40

4.50 

4.50

Dec.

4.40

4.30

4.20

4.10

4.10

4.00

4.20

4.30

4.25

4.20

4.25

4.30

4.15

4.00

4.00

4.10

4.15

4.20

4.20

4.35

4.50

4.50

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.55

4.40

4.40 

4.50
116 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

LAWRENCE STATION ON KANSAS RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IY, 

page 219, is located at Lawrence, Kansas. The gage consists of a vertical board marked to feet and tenths and fastened to the south pier of 

the carriage bridge, about 50 feet up the river from the crest of a 

dam. The zero of the gage is on a level with a large stone in the crest 

of dam. There is also a short vertical board fastened by the side of 

this one for reading the level of the water when it stands below the 

zero of the gage. The channel is about 690 feet wide, broken by four 

piers. The observer is J. D. Bowersock. The following is a list of 

discharge measurements made in 1897 by E. 0. Murphy:

April 9, gage height, 2.55 feet; discharge, 10,238 second-feet.

April 10, gage height, 2.55 feet; discharge, 9,658 second-feet.

April 26, gage height, 9.10 feet; discharge, 60,854 second-feet.

June 17, gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 4,820 second-feet.

June 23, gage height, 2.73 feet; discharge, 10,635 second-feet. ^

June 25, gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 8,011 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Kansas River at Lawrence, Kansas, for 1897

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13

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

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

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

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

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

19..--.-........

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

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

22...--.......-.

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

24

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

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

27...------.....

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

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

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

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

Jan.

QA

1.00 

.60

40

.50

.60

.60

.60

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

80

fin

90

1.00

1.00

.90

1.00

1.00

1.00

.20

.30

.60

.70

.80

.80

Feb.

0.80

.70

.70 

.60

.60

.60

80

fin

1.00

1.00

1 00

1.10

1.70

1 90

1 90

2

0A

2.65

2

«A

2.30

1 QO

1.40

1.20

1.30

......

Mar.

1.10

1.10 

1.10

1.10

1 15

1.15

1.05

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.20

1 90

1 3^

1 ?\(\

1.60

1.40

1.40

1.20

1.30

1.25

1.20

1.30

1.50

1.85

Apr.

2 fie:

2 fin

3.60

2 7O

2.40

2.40

2 35

1.95

2

KC

2.60

2.40

2 1 n

2.00

1.95

9 no

2

AK

1.65

1 60

1.55

1.45

1.40

i API

1.45

6.30

8.80

7.60

7.60

6.40

4.60

May.

3 10

2.70

2

0A

2.40

2 on

2 no

1 AK

1 75

1.65

i RT\

1 flA

1.45

1.40

1.40

1 tt

1 nA

1.20

1.20

1.20

2.00

2.00

2.00

June.

I on

1.70

1.50 

1.40

1.40

1.20

1.00

1.00

1.00

1 OH

QA

1.10

1.45

i fin

2.00

3

AA

2.60

2.80

3.50

4.50

6.00

4.80

July.

4 65

3.40

3 9ft

5.50

4.15

3

KA

9 70.

1.90

3 7O

3 QO

3.40

2 7O

2.00

1.70

1.60

i 3*1

1.20

1.40

1.35

1.40

1.55

1.50

Aug.

1.40

1 90

1.00 

1.00

QA

.80

QA

1.40

1.80

1.60

1.20

1.00

1.00

1

OA

1

QA

1.50

1 7*1

1.20

1.20

1.00

.70

.60

.55

.50

.60

.60

.60

Sept.

0.60

.60

.60 

.60

.60

.60

40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

OA

.20

.10

.25

.10

.40

40

.40

.25

.20

.40

.40

.20

.20

.10

Oct.

0.10

9O

.40 

.40

.25

.10

.10

.20

.10

.15

.30

.60

.70

.70

.10

.10

.10

.00

.20

.20

.30

.40

.40

.40

.50

.50

.50

.50

.60

Nov.

0.60

.60

.60 

.60 '.60

.80

QA

.90

.90

.90

.80

QA

.80

1.00

QA

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.60

.40

.20

.20

 .70

Dec.

1.60

 1.-70 

1.40

.90

- .50

+ .10

.10

.20

.40

.20

.10

.20

.70

1.00

1.00

+ .10

.40

.50

.60

.60

.40

.20

+ .40

_ 10

 .10

.00

.00

 .10
DEAINAGE BASIN OF AEKANSAS EIVEB. 117

GRANITE STATION ON ARKANSAS RIVER.

This station is located at the wagon bridge 250 feet from the railroad 

station at Granite, Colorado. The gage is a vertical 2 by 6 inch plank 

spiked to the upper end of the center pier of the bridge and graduated to 

tenths of a foot. The banks are low and liable to overflow; the bed is 

rocky and the current swift. This station was reestablished April 17, 

1897, by Cyrus 0. Babb, the records of daily gage heights being kept 

by the Denver and Rio Grramle Railroad Company. The observer is 

H. D. Marquis. The following is a list of measurements of discharge 

made in 1897 by F. Cogswell:

April 17, gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 120 second-fee 

May 8, gage height, 4.20 feet; discharge, 940 second-feet. 

May 18, gage height, 4.90 feet; discharge, 1,326 second-feet. 

June 29, gage height, 4.60 feet; discharge, 1,151 second-feet. 

July 27, gage height, 3.75 feet; discharge, 415 second-feet. 

August 31, gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 206 second-feet. 

September 27, gage height, 3.10 feet; discharge, 203 second-feet. 

November 6, gage height, 3.00 feet; discharge, 153 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Granite, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

1... 

2... 

3! 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11.

12. 

13. 

14.

15. . 

16. .

May.

3.35 

3.60 

3.65 

3.55 

3.75 

3.85 

4.05 

4.05 

4.35 

4.25 

4.30

4.10 

4.00

4.10 

4.60

June.

6.00 

6.00 

6.00 

5.75 

5.00 

5.00 

4.40 

4.50 

4.50 

4.75 

5.35

5.60 

5.60

5.75 

6.15

July4.50 

4.35 

4.35 

4.30 

4.25 

4.10 

4.35 

4.35 

4.50 

4.60 

4.40

4.35 

4.15 

4.00

4.05 

4.00

Aug.

3.65 

3.65 

3.80 

3.70 

3.65 

3.65 

3.75 

3.75 

3.80 

3.65 

3.60

3.60 

3.65 

3.65

3.50 

3.50

Sept.

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.50 

3.50 

3.40 

3.25 

3.25 

3.25 

3.25 

3.00

3.00 

3.00

3.00 

3.00

Oct.

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00

3.00 

3.00

3.00 

3.00

Day.

17. ..

18. .. 

19. .. 

20. .. 

21. .. 

22. .. 

23. .. 

24. .. 

25.. .. 

26.. .. 

27.....

28..... 

29..... 

3ft

31.....

May.

4.75 

4.90 

4.90 

5.00 

5.10 

4.90 

5.10 

5.60 

5.60 

5.60 

5.60

5.40 

5.65 

5.75

6.00

Jnne.

5.25 

5.00 

4.35 

4.85 

5.00 

5.10 

5.00 

4.90 

4.65 

4.85 

4.90

4.75 

4.60

July.

4.00 

3.85 

3.85 

3.85 

3.90 

3.85 

3.90 

3.80 

3.80 

3.75 

3.75

3.75 

3.65 

3.65

3.65

Aug.

3.45 

3.40 

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.35 

3.30 

3.25 

3.25 

3.25 

3.25

3.25 

3.25 

3.20

3.15

Sept.

3.00 

3.15 

3.10 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00

3.00 

3.00

Oct.

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00

........

........

IRK 16-
118 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

SALIDA STATION ON ARKANSAS BIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 224, is located just back of the railroad yards, at a suspension 

bridge, at Salida, Colorado. The gage consists of a vertical 4 by 6 inch 

timber, with a 2 by 6 inch scale, bolted to the abutment of the bridge 

on the left-hand side of the river, and is marked to tenths of a foot. 

The banks are high and do not overflow; the current is swift; the bed 

of the stream consists of sand, gravel, and bowlders, but is not subject 

to any great changes, and is a most desirable station to be maintained. 

Stream measurements are made from the lower side of the footbridge. 

Eiver-height observations are maintained by the Denver and Eio 

Grande Eailroad Company. The observer is P. G. Dew. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by F. Cogswell:

April 17, gage height, 0.69 foot; discharge, 219 second-feet. 

April 27, gage height, 1.55 feet; discharge, 709 second-feet. 

May 8, gage height, 2.20 feet; discharge, 1,178 second-feet. 

May 30, gage height, 4.05 feet; discharge, 2,821 second-feet. 

June 29, gage height, 2.50 feet; discharge, 1,492 second-feet. 

July 27, gage height, 1.35 feet; discharge, 606 second-feet. 

August 31, gage height, 0.85 foot; discharge, 371 second-feet. 

September 27, gage height, 1.00 foot; discharge, 405 second-feet. 

November 6, gage height, 0.90 foot; discharge, 378 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Salida, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11.

12. 

13.

14.

15. 

16.

May.

1.20 

1.45

1.75 

1.60 

1.60 

1.80 

1.95 

2.25 

2.25 

2.30

2

0A

2.50 

2.30

2 OK

2.35 

2.70

June.

4.10 

3.60 

3.10 

2.90 

2.40 

2.45 

2.25 

2.10 

2.35 

2.75

2

QA

2.90 

3.50

3 9ft

3.35 

3.65

July2.30 

2.35 

2.45 

2.35 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.45 

2.45

2

0A

2.05 

2.00 

1 90

1.95 

1.90

Aug.

1.30 

1.25 

1.25 

1.35 

1.45 

1.45 

1.40 

1.45 

1.55 

1.50 

1.40

1.40 

1.35 

1.35

1.35 

1.25

Sept.

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.05 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1 00

1.00 

1.00 

i no.

1.00 

1.00

Oct.

0.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65

.65 

.65 

.65

.65 

.65

Day.

17. 

18. 

19. 

20. 

21. 

22. 

23. 

24. 

25. 

26. .

97

28..... 

29..... 

3ft

31.....

May.

2.75 

3.10 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.85 

3.00 

3.50 

3.50 

3.40 

3 fin

3.45 

3.50 

4.00

4.15

June.

3.00 

3.00 

2.90 

2.75 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.80 

2.75 

2 90

2.55 

2.40 

2.35

July.

1.90 

1.85 

2.00 

1.90 

1.90 

1.65 

1.50 

1.50 

1.45 

1.40 

1 40

1.40 

1.25 

1.25

1.25

Aug.

1.20 

1.15 

1.10 

1.10 

1.00 

1.10 

1.05 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00

1.00 

1.00 

1.00

1.00

Sept.

0.90 

.90 

.90 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00

1.00 

1.00 

1.00

Oct.

0.65 

.65 

.65

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.65 

.85

........

........
DRAINAGE BASIN OF ARKANSAS RIVER. 119

CANTON STATION ON ARKANSAS RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual JEteport, Part IV, 

page 225, is located at the Hot Springs Hotel, 1 $ miles west of Canyon, 

Colorado, about 500 yards below the mouth of Grape Creek. The gage 

rod is placed on the left bank of the river just below the suspension 

footbridge, and consists of an inclined 4 by 4 inch by 16-foot timber 

bolted to a small juniper tree, and to posts set in the ground. A vertical rod is also fastened to the juniper tree for extreme high water. 

Both banks are high and not liable to overflow. The current is swift, 

and the cross section is not subject to any notable changes, except at 

extreme high-and-low-water stages. The observer is Dr. J. L. Prentiss. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by F. 

Cogs well:

April 16, gage height, 2,20 feet; discharge, 260 second-feet. 

May 7, gage height, 3.10 feet; discharge, 827 second-feet. 

May 26, gage height, 4.95 feet; discharge, 2,712 second-feet. 

June 16, gage height, 5.25 feet; discharge, 3,071 second-feet. 

July 14, gage height, 3.60 feet; discharge, 1,140 second-feet. 

August 11, gage height, 3.05 feet; discharge, 744 second-feet. 

November 5, gage height, 2.98 feet; discharge, 540 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Canyon City, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

"i'eo"

- 2." 56"

"i'so"

:.::::

2.40

Feb.

......

2.50

"a.'io"

......

"i'jio"

2. 70." 

2.70

2.50

......

Mar.

......

"i'so"

"i'eo"

"i'so"

2.60 

2.60

2.70 

2.60

2.50

Apr.

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.40

2.40 

2.30 

2.30 

2.20 

2.20 

2.10

2.15

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.10 

2.20

2.20 

2.35

2.40 

2.50 

2.55 

2.45

2.25 

2.20 

2.20

2.30

2.55 

2.55

2.85 

2.75

May.

2.80 

2.90 

3.10

3

(\K

3.00 

3.15 

3.10 

3.50 

3.60

3.60 

3.70 

3.80 

4.10 

4.30

4.50

4.30 

4.25 

4.30 

4.35

4.40 

4.75 

5.00

5.05

5.00 

5.05

5.10 

5.35

5.45

June.

5.40 

5.40 

5.40 

5 55

4.85 

4.25 

4.35 

4.50 

4.60

4.95 

5.35 

5.25 

5.15 

5.30

5.15 

4.65

4.50 

4.50 

4.50 

4.50

4.50 

4.45 

4.45

4.50

4.35 

4.25

4.05

4.00

July.

3.95 

3.85 

3.75

3 QK

3.75 

3.60 

3.50 

3.50 

4.17

3

QA

4.00

3.85 

3.70 

3.60 

3.75 

3.55

3.50 

3.50

3.70 

3.60 

3.50 

3.40

3.30 

3.20 

3.20

3.00 

2.90

2.90 

2.85

2.80

Aug.

2.80 

2.80 

2.85

3.20 

3.00 

3.10 

3.40 

3.30

o on

3 in

3.10 

3.00 

2.90 

2.90 

2,80

2.80 

2.70

2.70 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60

2.70 

2.55 

2.50

2.50

2.50 

2.50

2.50 

2.50

2.40

Sept.

2.40 

2.40 

2.40

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.45 

2.45

2.45

2.50 

2.50 

2.60 

2.60 

2.60

2.60 

2.55

2.55 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50

2.50 

2.50 

2.50

2.50

2.50 

2.50

2.50 

2.50

Oct.

2.60 

2.50 

2.50

2

Kfl

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.60 

2.70

2 7fl

2 70,

2.70 

2.60 

2.65 

2.70 

2.80

2.80 

2.80

2.85 

2.85 

2.80 

2.80

2.80 

2.80 

2.80

2.80

2.80 

2.90

3.00 

3.00

Mov.

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2 90

2.95 

2.95 

2.95 

2.90 

2.90 

2 on

2 on

2.95 

2.95 

3.00 

2.95 

2.85

2.85 

2.85

2.85 

2.85 "i'ss"

2.85 

2.75

2.70

2.70 

2.65

2.60 

2.50

Dec.

2 en

2.60

"i'eo"

"2." 56"

........
120 OPERATIONS AT EIVEE STATIONS, 1897.

PUEBLO STATION ON ARKANSAS RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 227, is located at the city of Pueblo, Colorado, 2 miles above the 

mouth of Fountain Creek. There are two gage rods. The main one, 

at Santa Fe avenue bridge, consists of a vertical 6 by 6 inch timbet-, 

bolted to the abutment of the Denver and Eio Grande Eailroad bridge 

on the left-hand side of the river, marked to tenths of a foot. There is 

also a short vertical rod for extreme low water spiked to a pile about 

20 feet out in the stream, reading same as the main gage. The 12-foot 

mark of this gage is opposite the top of the large capstone. The rod 

at Victoria avenue bridge consists of inclined 4 by 4 inch timbers 

fastened to posts set in right bank of stream, and was placed for the 

purpose of noting the change in the slope of the water surface. Stream 

measurements are made from, lower side of the Main street bridge. The 

river is confined by the city levees, and the bed is sandy and constantly 

changing. The observer is E. L. Holden. The following is a list of 

discharge measurements made in 1897 by F. Cogswell and others:

April 16, gage height, 0.20 foot; discharge, 216 second-i'eet. 

May 6, gage height, 1.00 foot; discharge, 799 second-feet. 

May 21, gage height, 2.00 feet; discharge, 1,856 second-feet. 

June 18, gage height, 2.55 feet; discharge, 2,219 second-feet. 

July 16, gage height, 1.15 feet; discharge, 981 second-feet. 

August 10, gage height, 0.95 foot; discharge, 805 second-feet. 

September 8, gage height, 0.10 foot; discharge, 184 second-feet. 

September 28, gage height, 0.45 foot; discharge, 394 second-feet. 

November 4, gage height, 0.75 foot; discharge, 601 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas Eiver at Pueblo, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

E

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 S

9ft

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

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

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

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

OK

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

.30

OK

35

.25

.35

.45

.25

.45

.45

.50

.45

.35

.35

.30

.35

.25

.30

.30

OK

.30

.35

.30

.25

.20

.30

.25

.35

.65 

.50

Feb.

0.65

.40

.40

.45

.35

.35

.45

.40

.35

.40

.45

.40

.45

.30

.20

.15

.40

.40

.30

.40

.35

.35

.40

.25

.25

.25

.25

.20

......

Mar.

.30

.30

.15

.10

.10

.05

.00

.05

.00

.00

.05

.05

.05

.15

.00

.25

.20

.20

.15

.15

.10

.05

.00

.10

.20

.25

.40

.40 

.30

Apr.

0.20

.00

.20

.15

.05

.00

.10

.00

.05

.00

.05

.10

.00

.00

.00

.15

.20

.30

.30

.35

.35

.30

.10

.25 .30-

.30

.35

.65

.75

May.

0.70

.75

1.00

.95

.95

1.05

1.30

1.40

1.45

1.45

1.45

1.35

1.40

1.45

1.60

1.90

1.90

2.20

2.15

2.00

1.90

1.85

2.15

2.85

2.85

2.75

3.05

2.80

3.15 

3.30

June.

3.30

3.50

3.05

2.15

2.05

1.90

1.75

1.70

2.00

2.45

2.85

2.90

3.20

3.00

2.95

3.05

2.55

2.30

2.15

2.30

2.20

2.15

2.00

1.95

1.85

2.00

1.90

1.65

1.50

July.

1.45

1.55

1.65

3.45

1.45

1.45

1.65

1.10

2.10

2.00

1.85

1.60

1.35

1.20

2.10

1.25

1.15

1.25

1.45

1.35

1.15

1.00

.85

.85

.75

.75

.85

.85

.70

.55 

.55

Aug.

0.55

.60

.80

.65

.95

.60

1.20

1.05

1.45

1.00

.95

.90

.75

.55

.40

.40

.30

.30

.30

.30

.20

.20

.20

.40

.35

.25

.20

.10

.20

.20 

.20

Sept.

0.20

.20

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.05

.00

.10

.10

.25

.30

.50

.40

.35

.35

.40

.30

.30

.35

.30

.30

.30

.35

.40

.40

.40

.35

Oct.

0.20

.20

.20

.25

.30

.30

.35

.40

.35

.55

.35

.45

.35 .35'

.35

.45

.60

.60

.65

.70

.65

.60

.55

.55

.50

.65

.60

.50

.60

.65 

.65

Nov.

0.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.60

.60

.60

.50

.55

.70

.70

.70

.70

.60

.50

.40

.50

.45

.40

.55

.50

.50

.50

.50

.50

.40

.40

.45

Dec.

0.45

.50

.40

.45

.40

.40

.45

.50

.50

.50

.45

.40

.40

.50

.45

.40

.50

.45

.30

.30

.30

.30

.20

.20

.20

.20

.30

.40

.45

.40 

.30
DRAINAGE BASIN OF ARKANSAS RIVER. 121

NBPBSTA STATION ON ARKANSAS RIVER.

This station is located 1,000 feet north of Nepesta, Colorado, at a 

wagon bridge, 200 feet below Atcllison, Topeka and Santa Fe Eailroad 

bridge, and was established September 8,1897. The gage consists of 

a vertical 2 by 6 inch by 12 foot timber marked in tenths, securely 

wired to upstream side of upstream cylinder of bridge on left side of 

river and marked with 1 by 6 inch scale on face and 1 by 3 inch scale 

on side. The initial point for soundings is on the left bank, which is 

low and liable to overflow. The right bank is high and riprapped 

above railroad bridge. The channel above and below the station is 

straight for 300 or 400 feet; the bed is sandy and shifting. The 

observer is G. J. Boyd, a storekeeper, who lives 1,000 feet from the 

gage. The following discharge measurements were made by Porter J. 

Preston in 1897:

September 8, gage height, 2.00 feet; discharge, 168 second-feet. 

September 30, gage height, 2.34 feet; discharge, 281 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Nepesta, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

1. ......

2.......

3.......

4.......

5....... 

6.......

7.......

8.......

Sept.

......

......

......

Oct.

2.20 

2.10

2.00

2.10

2.00 

2.20

2.10 

2.05

Day.

9.......

10.......

11.......

12.......

13....... 

14.......

15....... 

16.......

Sept.

......

......

Oct.

2.15 

2.15

2.20

2.35

1.75 

2.00

2.10 

2,00

Day.

17....... 

18.......

19.......

20.......

21....... 

22.......

23....... 

24.......

Sept.

......

1.90

1.50

1.80 

2.10

2.00 

2.10

Oct.

......

......

Day.

25 ....... 

26 .......

27.......

28 .......

29 ....... 

30 .......

31 .......

Sept.

2.00 

2.00

2.00

2.00 

2.00

Oct.

.......

.......

.......
122 OPERATIONS AT ETVEE STATIONS, 1897.

ROOKY FORD STATION ON ARKANSAS RIVER.

This station is located 2 miles northeast of Bocky Ford, Colorado, 

and was established May 3,1897. The gage consists of a vertical 1 by 

3 inch timber notched in tenths and securely nailed to pile protection 

to abutment of wagon bridge, left side of stream, upper side of bridge. 

The initial point of soundings is on the left bank at water's edge. Both 

banks are high and liable to overflow only at very high water. The 

channel is straight for about 300 feet above and below the station. 

The bed is sandy and shifting. The observer, S. W. Cressy, whose 

occupation is water commissioner, lives 2 miles distant from the gage. 

The following discharge measurement was made by Porter J. Preston 

in 1897:

September 29, gage height, 0.37 foot; discharge, 140 second-feet. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Arkansas River at Rocky Ford, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

7

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

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

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

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

19

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

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

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

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

1 fl

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

W..<L. .......................

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

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

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

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

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

97

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

OQ

qn

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

May.

1.10

1 9ft

.90

.50

1.02

1 1ft

1.23

1 1 ^

1 ^17

1 19

1.42

1.40

1.60

1.55

1.60

1.45

1.48

1.49

1.80

1 9f\

2.90

2.00

June.

2.70

2.50

2 Q9

2

KO

2 nft

1.80

1.65

1.65

1.72

2

1 A

2.40

2.40

2

AQ

9 oft

1 7<^

1.50

1.25

1.17

1.24

1.17

1.82

1.75

1.22

July.

0.72

.55

on

1.25

1.10

1.00

1.60

1.26

1.26

1.17

1.33

1.41

.82

1.38

2.05

1.80

1.02

.62

.50

.40

.35

.35

.65

.85

.85

.68

Aug.

0.65

.65

.68

.69

1.94

1.60

1.28

2.05

1.60

1.02

.60

1.28

.75

.82

3.10

2.10

.95

1.15

.95

.80

.60

.55

.70

.58

.48

.38

.30

22

.20

.32

Sept.

0.45

.50

.42

.32

.25

.35

.35

.30

.30

.18

.30

.30

.35

.35

.20

.45

.66

.70

.45

.38

.25

.15

.20

.20

.22

.30

.35

.35

.38

.40

Oct.

0.40

.38

.30

.32

.25

.32

.35

.38

.40

.50

.78

.65

.45

.40

.60

.72

.80

.80

.82

.88

.90

.88

.85

.84

.85

.98

1.00

.98

.92

.80

.80

Nov.

0.92

1.02

1.10

1.10

1.08

1.10

.88

.68

.60

.60

.58

.50

.65

.48

.60

.60

.48

.45

.42

.50

.50

.45

.50

.50

.50

.53

.50

.51

.35

Dec.

0.38

.40

(a)

a River frozen.
DRAINAGE BASIN OF ARKANSAS RIVER. 12S

TRINIDAD STATION ON PTJRaATOIRE RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Beport, Part IV, 

page 231, is located at the Las Anirnas street bridge in the city of 

Trinidad, Colorado. The gage consists of a vertical 2 by 6 inch plank, 

and is fastened with iron bands to the downstream side of a cylindrical bridge pier, on the right side of the river. The banks are high 

and not liable to overflow, the bed is of gravel and small stones, and 

the water moves with fair velocity. Stream measurements are made 

from the lower side of the bridge during high water, and at low stages 

by wading some 400 feet below the gage. The observer is J. K. Turner, 

water commissioner. The following measurements of discharge were 

made in 1897 by F. Cogswell:

May 22, gage height, 4.25 feet; discharge, 677 second-feet. 

June 17, gage height, 4.10 feet; discharge, 386 second-feet. 

July 15, gage height, 3.90 feet; discharge, 189 second-feet. 

September 23, gage height, 3.60 feet; discharge, 49 second-feet. 

November 13, gage height, 3.55 feet; discharge, 46 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Purgatoire Eiver at Trinidad, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

3.75

3.70

3.75

3.75

3.75

3.65

3.75

3.75

3.80

3.85

3.75

3.90

3.85

3.75

3.80

3.75

3.90

3.90

4.00

3.90

3.85

3.95

4.00

3.90

4.00

4.00

4.05

May.

4.05

4.15

4.05

4.30

4.30

4.35

4.40

4.25

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.15

4.20

4.20

4.35

4.55

4.40

4.22

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.30

4.35

4.30

4.25

4.30

4.30

June.

4.20

4.25

4.20

4.05

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.05

4.15

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.05

4.00

4.00

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.90

4.60

4.25

4.05

4.00

4.20

July.

3.90

3.85

3

QA

4.00

3.95

3 90

3.90

3.95

4.00

4.00

3.95

3.90

3.90

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.80

3 on

3.80

3.80

3.75

3.55

3.50

Aug.

3.45

3.65

3.60

3.55

4.00

3 OK

4.80

4.25

4.10

3

QK

3.90

4.70

4.00

4.00

4.00

3.90

4.00

3.90

4.00

4.00

3.90

3.60

3

AK

3 4ft

3.30

3.35

3.40

Sept.

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.55

3.60

3.55 ! f»n

3.60

3.95

4.10

3.90

3.90

4.05

3.85

3.75

3.60

3.55

3.60

3.50

3.60

3.60

3.50

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

Oct.

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.65

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.75

3.65

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.70

3.70

3.65

3.65

3.65

3.60

3.60

Nov.

3.60

3.60

3.55

3.55

3.50

3.50

3 fin

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.50

3.55

3.55

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

3 50

3.50

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50
124 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

HUTCHINSON STATION ON ARKANSAS RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IY, 

page 232, is located at the wagon bridge at the south end of Main 

street, Hutchinson, Kansas. The observer is Daniel Lauer, who lives 

about 100 yards from the station. The gage consists of an oak timber 

painted white, graduated in feet and tenths and spiked to an oak pile 

a few feet above the bridge, driven as a protection to the bridge pier 

from ice and drift. There are two bench marks: One is the upper 

cross piece of the pier guard, having an elevation of 8.35 feet above 

zero; the second is the top of the iron doorsill, next to the river, of the 

first brick building. Its elevation is 8.12 feet above zero of the gage. 

Measurements are made from the bridge, and at low water may be made 

by wading. The channel is generally straight for some distance, both 

above and below, and is sandy and very shifting. At very low stages 

the water is in several channels and crooked. The following discharge 

measurements were made in 1897 by W. G. Eussell:

Date.

Feb. 25...

Mar. 25...

Apr. 14...

Apr. 22...

May 7....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

2.30

1.75

2.00

1.70

1.95

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

471

158

221

122

170

Date.

May 18....

June 3. ...

June 29...

July 14....

July 27....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

2.00

1.60

2.10

1.30

1.10

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

202

60

284

15

4

Date.

Aug. 3 ...

Aug. 20 . .

Sept. 29 . .

Gage 

height.

Feet.

1.15

2.20

1.10

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

6

275

4

Dally gage Iteiglit, in feet, of Arkansas Riper at Hutchinson, Kansas, for 1897.

Day.

!......»........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

1.60

1.60

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.70

1.70 

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.80 

1.00

1.90

1.90

1.90 

1.90

1.80 

1.60

1.60 

1.60

1.60

1.80

Feb.

i sn

1.80

1.80

2.20

2.20

9 90

1.80

1.80

1.90

2.45

2

qc

2.25

2.80 

2.70

1.65

1.60 

2.05

2.50

2.50

2.45

2. 35 

2.30

2.30

2.20

3.85

Mar.

2.15

2.30

2.30

2.25

2 90

2.10

2.10

2.00

1.90

2.10

1.80

1 80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.75

1.70 

1.70

1.70 

1.70

1.70

1.70

Apr.

1.70

1.90

2

np;

2.20

2.20

2. 15

2 in

1.95 

1.90

1.85

1.80

1 fin

1.80

1.70

1.70

1.85 

2.10

2.15 

2.20

2.20 

2.20

2.20

May.

2.05

2.00

2.00

2.00

1.90

2.10

2.30

2.35

2.30 

2.15

2.10

2.00

1.90 

1.90

1.90

1.90

1,85

1.80 

1.75

1.70 

1.70

1.70 

1.65

1.60

1.60

June.

1.55

1.55

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.55

1.90

2.10

2.20

2.20 

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.15 

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.30

2.30 

2.30

2.30 

2.25

2.15 

2.10

2.05

July.

1.85

1.75

1.70

1.95

1.75

1.55

1.55

1.45

1.40

1.65

1.50

1.40

1. 35 

1.30

1.30

1.30 

1.25

1.20

1.10

1.10

1.10 

1.20

1.20 

1.30

1.35 

1.70

1.60

1.45

Aug.

1.35

1.15

1.05

1.00

1.00

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.05

1.00

1.00

1.45 

1.30

1.15

2.05

2.25

2.30 

2.20

2.15

2.00

2.20

2.65 

2.95

2.75 

2.55

2.30 

2.20

2.20

2.10

Sept.

2.00

1.95

1.90

'1.80

1.75

1.65

1.55

1.50

1.50

1.45

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.30 

1.30

1.75

1.55

1.50 

1.45

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.30 

1.25

1.20 

1.20

1.20 

1.10

1.10

Oct.

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.05

1.00

1.00 

1.00

1.05

1.20

1.45

1.40 

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.30

1.30 

1.35

1.40 

1.30

1.30 

1.30

1.30

1.30

Nov.

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.20 

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20 

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.30 

1.35

1.40 

1.40

1.30 

1.30

1.30

Dec.

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

1.65

1.70

1.60

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.45

1.40 

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.40 

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.40 

1.40

1.40 

1.40

1.40 

1.40

1.40

1.40

a Frozen.
DRAINAGE BASIN OP ARKANSAS RIVER. 125

LIBERTY STATION ON VERDIGRIS RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Beport, Part IY, 

page 235, is located at a wagon bridge, about 250 feet below McTaggart's milldam, about 3 miles southwest of the town of Liberty, Kansas. 

The gage is in two parts a vertical board marked to feet and tenths 

fastened to the flume, which serves to give ordinary heights, and horizontal marks one-half foot apart on the Corner of wheelhouse. The 

zero of gage is 12.46 feet below the heads of three large nails in flume. 

Bench mark 2 is the head of a spike in root of cottonwood tree 4.75 feet 

in circumference and 40 feet south of gage. The spike has a circle cut 

around it, with letters U. S. above. Its elevation is 10.98 feet above 

datum. The bed is rock and gravel, and subject to very little change. 

September 11,1897, a secondary gage was placed about 7 miles above 

gage No. 1. It is located at the Independence waterworks, and is to 

be read hourly when the river is in flood. The zeros of the two gages 

are referred to the same datum. The observer is A. C. McTaggart. 

The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by E. C. 

Murphy:

April 2, gage height, 6.55 feet; discharge, 2,558 second-feet. 

April 3, gage height, 5.87 feet; discharge, 2,003 second-feet. 

April 30, gage height, 17.00feet; discharge, 10,367 second-feet. 

May 1, gage height, 7.38 feet; discharge, 3,384 second-feet. 

June 29, gage height, 2.35 feet; discharge, 70 second-feet. 

July 20, gage height, 3.00 feet; discharge, 312 second-feet. 

September 8, gage height, 1.95 feet; discharge, 14 second-feet.

Daily gage heighten feet, of Verdigris Eiver at Liberty, Kansas, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

91

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

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

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

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

OR

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

3.80

4.00 

~3." SO"

3.30

'3." 26"

4 90

4.30

5.10 

5.3o"

5.30

"4." TO"

4.10

Feb.

3.60

"Oo"

"9." so"

"6." 66"

Teo"

~7." 26"

"5." 66"

"5." 36"

Teo"

4.40 "4." 66" 

"4." 66"

'.'.'.'...

Mar.

3.60

3.60 

3.80

5.00 

20.00 

13.75 

7.50 

6.00

.7.15 

6.90 

5.80 

4.95

4.35 

4.25

4.10 

5.05

5.80 

5.40 

5.55 

5.70

5.10

4.60 

4.20 

4.00 

3.95

3.80

3.80

3.80

6.50 

9.30

Apr.

10.15

7.05

5.05 

4.75 

4.55 

4.35 

4.30

4.30 

4.55 

5.00 

4.70

4.30

4.15 

4.00

3.85 

3.70

3,60 

3.60 

3.60 

3.60

3.40

3.40 

3.40 

6.85 

6.70

4.85

18.75

28.20

21.50

May.

7 9rt

5.80

4.95 

4.65 

4.45 

4.35 

4.15

4.10 

4.10 

6.05 

13.25

6.85

5.10 

4.80

4.50 

4.30

4.15 

3.95 

3.75 

3.55

3.35

4.05 

3.95 

3.70 

3.55

3.20

3.10

3.00

3.00 

3.00

June.

2.90

2.90 

3 10

2.90 

2.90 

2.90 

3.00 

3.00

8.25 

6.65 

4.75 

4.10

3.60

3.40 

3.30

3.30 

3.20

3.10 

3.00 

3.10

3.10

2.80 

2.70 

2.60 

2.50

2,50

2.40

2.40

2.30

July.

2.40

2.40 

2.40

2.40 

2.45 

9.45 

6.90 

5.00

3.70 

2.95 

2.75 

2.60

2.50 

2.45

2.40 

2.40

2.40 

2.60 

2.95 

3.05

2.80

2.80 

2.70 

2.55 

2.35

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20 

2.20

Aug.

2.20

2.20 

2.20

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.10

2.10 

2.10 

2.10 

2.10

2.10

2.10 

2.10

2.10 

2.10

2.10 

2.10 

2.10 

2.10

2.00

2.00 

2.00 

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00 

2.00

Sept.

2.00

2.00 

2.00

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00

2.00 

2.00 

2.00

"2." 66"

2.00 

2.00

2.00

"2." 66"

2.00

2.00

Oct.

2.00

1.90 "£."s6" 

"i'so"

"i.'so"

"i.'so"

1.70 "£."76"

1.70

i.70

1.70

1.70

]STov.

1.70 "i.'eo"

"i.'eo" 

"i.'eo"

"i.'eo" 

"i.'eo"

"i.'eo"

Leo"

"i.'eo"

1.60 i.'eo" 

TGO"

1.60

Dec.

1.60 "i.'eo"

"£."76" 

"£."76"

"£."76"

"i.'ixj"

"£."96"

"£.'96"

2.20 "2." 26"

1.75

"£."96"
126 OPERATIONS AT EIVEB STATIONS, 1897.

IOLA STATION ON NEOSHO RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IY, 

page 238, is located at a highway bridge 1 mile west of the city of lola, 

Kansas. The gage is in two parts one part, a vertical board marked to 

feet and tenths and fastened to flume, serves to give ordinary heights; 

the other is a smooth stone wall near by, having horizontal lines on it 

one-half foot apart, for use when the water is high. The zero is 13.30 

feet below the heads of three large nails driven into crosspiece of 

flume. The observer is Blias Bruner. The following is a list of 

discharge measurements made by E. C. Murphy in 1897:

March 19, gage height, 3.15 feet; discharge, 566 second-feet. 

April 1, gage height, 4.60 feet; discharge, 2,049 second-feefc. 

April 2, gage height, 4.35 feet; discharge, 1,752 second-feet. 

May 1, gage height, 3.28 feet; discharge, 544 second-feet. 

June 28, gage height, 4.75 feet; discharge, 2,226 second-feet. 

December 1, gage height, 1.80 feet; discharge, 1 second-foot.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Neosho Ewer at lola, Kansas, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

2.20

2.30

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.70

2.90

2.90

2.95

3.10

3.15

3.20

3.20

3.20 

3.20

3.30

3.40

3.50

3.60

3.60

3.50

3.50

3.40

3.35

3.30 

3.30 

3.30

Feb.

0 OA

3

RA

4.70

3.20

3.30

3.15

3.45

3.75

4.25

5.15

4.85

4.80

5.85

4.80

5.40 

5.85

5.20

4.65

4.30

3.85

2.70

3.30

3.00

2.90

Mar.

2 AC

3

f|K

3.00

6.35

5.05

4.00

3.55

3 AK

3.25

3.05

2.95

2.90

2.90

2 OK

2.90

2.90

3

AK

4.85

3.85

3.50

3.05

3.25

3.20

3.10

3.00

3.00

3.00 

4.80 

5.35

Apr.

4.75

4.20

4.10

3

QC

3

fiK

3

A*\

3.40

3.60

3

QA

4.00

4.00

3 on

3

ftK

3.40

3

OA

3.10

3 10

3 10

3.00

2 on

2 QO

3.10

3.45

3.55 

3.45

May.

0 OA

3 on

3 on

3 90

3.20

3.15

3.10

3 10

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.90

2.90

2.80

2.80

2 70

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.40

2.40

2.40 

2.40 

2.40

June.

2.40

2.45

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.45

2 j.0

2.40

3.60

3.55

3.25

3.15

2.85

2.75

2.55

2.35 

2.25

2.30

2.25

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.10

2.50

3.85

3.85

4.10 

2.75

July.

2.35

2.30

2.20

2.65

2.90

2.95

2.85

2.75

2.65

2.50

2.40

2.30

2.30 

2.25

2.25

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.15

2.15

2.15

2.15

2.15

2.15 

2.15

Aug.

2.00

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.00

2 1 n

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.00

2.10

2,10

2.10 

2.15

2.15

2.15

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.00 

2.05 

2.05

Sept.

2.05

2.00

2.00

2.00

1.90

1.90

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

Oct.

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70 

1.70 

1.80

Nov.

1 80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

Dec.

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80 

1.80
DRAINAGE BASIN OP RIO GRANDE. 127

DEL NORTE STATION ON RIO GRANDE.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IY, 

page 246, is located about two miles above the town of Del Norte, Colorado. The gage consists of an inclined 2 by 6 inch plank, fastened 

to posts driven into the right bank of the river. Bench mark No. 1 is 

a large nail in the root of a tree 15 feet northwest of the end of the 

cable on left bank of river. Bench mark No. 2 is a large nail in the root 

of a tree 25 feet southwest of the end of the inclined gage. Both 

bench marks are 7.54 feet above gage datum. While the banks are 

not high, the river has never been known to overflow. The current is 

swift ; the bed is composed of small stones and the cross section does 

not change materially. Discharge measurements are made from a box 

suspended from a five-eighth inch wire cable fastened to trees on each 

side of the river. The observer is J. S. Eegan. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by F. Cogswell:

April 26, gage height, 3.00 feet; discharge, 1,507 second-feet. 

May 17, gage height, 4.05 feet; discharge, 3,014 second-feet. 

May 29, gage height, 5.45 feet; discharge, 4,898 second-feet. 

June 28, gage height, 3.30 feet; discharge, 1,769 second-feet. 

July 26, gage height, 2.00 feet; discharge, 640 second-feet. 

August 30, gage height, 1.55 feet; discharge, 373 second-feet. 

October 25, gage height, 2.66 feet; discharge, 1,113 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bio Grande at Del Norte, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

1.86

......

2.64

2.52

......

......

2.72

2.70

Feb.

2.78

......

2

QO

"2." 84"

2.76

......

Mar.

.......

2.64

"i'ss"

2.04

2.12

Apr.

2.18

2.24

2.24

2.16

2.00

2.04

2 91

2 Oft

3.46

3.20

2.60

*> 7ft

2.94

3.04

......

May.

3 40

3.52

3.14

3.86

4.14

4.08

4.26

4.22

4.50

4.36

5.12

5.56

5.70

5.40

5.58

June.

5.42

5.20

4.42

4.60

4.78

4.76

A QO

3.84

3.92

4.00

3.56

3.16

3.38

......

July.

3.40

2.76

3.00

2.84

2 fi9

2

CA

2 48

2.32

2.18

2.14

1.98

1.94

1.92

Aug.

1.88

1.92

1.96

1.84

1.76

1 70

1.76

1.70

1.64

1.60

1.56

1.54

1.52

1.50

Sept.

1.48

1 54

1.70

2.00

1.78

1.76

2 J.fi

2 19

1 Qfi

2.02

2.00

2.06

2.20

2.46

2.24

......

Oct.

2.22

2.50

3.08

3.54

3

0Q

3.50

3.24

3.12

2.96

2.82

2.66

2.54

2.46

2.44

Nov.

2.36

2.28

2.26

2.18

2.14

2.22

2.12

2.00

1.96

1.94

1.90

1.86

1.84

1.88

1.92

Dec.

2.30

........

........

2.18

........

9 79

2.66
128 OPEEATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897."

EMBUDO STATION ON RIO GKRANDE.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 248, is located about 300 feet east of the railroad depot of Embudo, 

New Mexico. The observer is A. H. Wasson. Equipment consists of a 

five-eighths inch cable and car with tagged wire. The gage is inclined, 

and consists of 4 by 4 timber, notched and marked every tenth of a 

foot vertically and spiked to small hand-driven piles. The bench marks 

are as follows: No. 1 is a rock near the end of cable, left bank, marked 

"B. M." with white paint, and is 20.66 feet above datum. No. 2, rock 

100 feet above cable, left bank, marked similarly and is 18.79 feet above 

datum; No. 3, notch cut in southeast corner of station house 2 feet 

above platform and is 30.48 feet above datum. The initial point of 

sounding is on the right bank. The left bank is steep and the right 

bank of more gentle slope. The following discharge measurements 

were made in 1897 by P. E. Harrouu:

February 27, gage height, 7.90 feet; discharge, 414 second-feet. 

March 19, gage height, 8.80 feet; discharge, 672 second-feet. 

June 10, gage height, 12.20 feet; discharge, 5,122 second-feet. 

June 23, gage height, 10.55 feet; discharge, 2,735 second-feet. 

July 11, gage height, 9.50 feet; discharge, 1,527 second-feet. 

July 24, gage height, 8.30 feet; discharge, 640 second-feet. 

August 12, gage height, 7.40 feet; discharge, 312 second-feet. 

August 29, gage height, 7.60 feet; discharge 273 second-feet. 

September 13, gage height, 7.60 feet; discharge, 296 second-feet. 

Octobers, gage height, 9.60 feet; discharge, 1,501 second-feet. 

October 25, gage height, 9.70 feet; discharge, 1,511 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bio Grande at Enibudo, New Mexico, for 1897.

Day.

1..........

2..........

3..........

4... .......

5.......... &..........

7... .......

8.......... 

9..........

10.......... 

11.......... 

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

21..........

22..........

23..........

24.......... 

25..........

26..........

27..........

98

29.......... 

30.......... 

31..........

Jan.

7.70

7.70

7.70

7. TO

7.70

7.70

7.70 

7.70

7.70 

7.70 

7.70

7.70

7 fin

7.90

7 90

7 90

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.00 

8.00

7.85

7.70

7.70

7.70 

7.70 

7.70

Feb.

7.70

7.70

7.85

7.90

7.90 

7 90

7.90

7 90

7.90 

7.95

7 (I*;

7.85

7.80

7.90

7.85

7 85

7.90

7.80 

7.80

8.15

7.90

8.00

Mar.

8.25

8.20

8.05

7.95

7 90

7.90 

8.10

8.20 

8.05

8 OF:

8.30

8.25

8.30

8.50

8.60

8.60

1-8.45

8.20 

8.45

8.45

8.60

8.95 

9.00 

8.85

Apr.

a fin

8 7^

8.75

8.70

8.90 

9.05

9.10 

9.15

9.50

10.35

10.70

10.70

10.75

10.60 

10.45

10.30

10.50

10.85 

10.75

May.

10.85

U 1 K

U or;

11.60

11.55

11.35

U QK

11.30

31.65 

12.00 19 An

U

QK

11 90

12.15 TO on

1 o OF;

12 ^5

13.10 

13.10

13.50

13.55

I O QA

14.00 

13.80 

13.80

June.

13.85

33.90

13.75

13.35

12.95

12.45 

12.10

12.10 

12.10

12.10 

12.30

12.45

12.40

12.40

12.35

12.25

12.00

11.70

11.20

11.00

10.75

10.50

10. 45 

10.40

10.40

10.40

10.20 

10.85

July.

9.90

9.80

9.75

9.65

9.60

9.50 

9.35

9.55 

9.70

9.50 

9.50 

9.55

9.65

9.65

10.36

10.00

9.50

9.50

9.35

9.05

8.80

8.70

8.55

8.30 

8.10

8.00

8.00

7.85

7.80 

7.75 

7.65

Aug.

7.60

7.60

7.60

7.50

7.45

7.40 

7.50

7.55 

7.60

7.50 

7.50 

7.40

7.40

7.35

7.30

7.40

7.50

7.45

7.40

7.40

8.90

7.60

7.60

7.60 

7.55

7.50

7.50

7.55

7.60 

7.60 

7.60

Sept.

7.60

7.60

7.70

7.60

7.55

7.50 

7.50

7.50 

7.50

7.50 

7.60 

7.60

7.65

7.60

7.60

7.70

7.70

7.75

7.80

7.80

7.80

7.85

7.90

7.85 

7.95

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.10 

8.10

Oct.

8.20

8.30

8.30

9.05

8.45

8.30 

8.60

9.60 

9.80

9.80 

10.10 

10.20

10.15

10.10

10.15

10.20

10.20

10.25

10.30

10.25

10.15

9.55

10.15

9.95 

9.70

9.70

9.90

10.15

9.90 

9.60 

9.50

Nov.

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.60

9. CO 

9.50

9.50 

9.50

9.50 

9.50 

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.40

9.35

9.20

9.00

9.00

8.90

8.85

8.80 

8.70

8.70

8.70

8.70

8.70 

8.70

Dec.

8.70

8.50

8.50

8.40

8.20

8.30 

8.20

8.25 

8.40

8.40 

8.30 

8.40

8.30

8.10

8.20

8.30

8.30

8.30

8.30

8.40

8.30

8.20

8.30 

8.40

8.30

8.30

8.30

8.30 

8.30 

8.40
DRAINAGE BASIN OF EIO GEANDE. 129

ABIQUIU STATION ON CHAMA RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IY, 

page 252, is located about 200 yards above the town of Abiquiu, New 

Mexico. The gage consists of two pieces of 4 by 4 inch timbers laid 

on the slope of the river bank and spiked to hand-driven piles. The 

gaging equipment consists of five-eighths inch cable, car, and tagged 

wire. The initial point for soundings is on the left bank. The channel 

is straight, both above and below the station, for a distance of about 

300 feet, although at stages of very low water it is likely to divide and 

swing in the main bed. The right bank is steep and rocky, but the 

left is liable to overflow during an excessive flood. The observer is 

Henry Grant. This station was discontinued on April 7, 1897. The 

following is a list of discharge measurements made during 1897 by P. 

E. Harroun:

February 26, gage height, 2.20 feet; discharge, 66 second-feet. 

March 18, gage height, 3.00 feet; discharge, 318 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Chama River at Abiquiu, New Mexico, for 1897.

Day.

1...

2... 

3...

4... 

5. .. 

6... 

7...

9...

10...

11...

Jan.

2.55 

2.40 

2.25 

2.20 

2.05

2.10

2.10

Feb.

2.10

2.10 

2.05 

2.05 

2.00 

2.15

1.95

2.10

Mar.

2.35

2.35 

2.50 

3.55 

3.55 

3.20

2.95

2.80

2.85

Apr.

4.15

3.95 

4.20 

5.10 

4.85 

5.75 

4.85

Day.

12...

13... 

14... 

15... 

16... 

17.. 

18...

19...

20...

21...

22...

Jan.

1.95

1.90 

3.45 

3.25 

3.00 

2.45

2.05

2.00

2.15

Feb.

2.15

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00

2.15

2.05

2.05

Mar.

3.15

3.00 

3.05 

2.90 

2.90 

3.15

2.95

3,25

Apr.

......

Day.

23...

24... 

25... 

26... 

27... 

28...

31...

Jan.

2.00 

2.05 

2.15 

2.15 

2.05

1.95

Feb.

2.00

1.95 

2.10 

2.05 

2.15 

2.25

Mar.

3.70

4.05 

3.70 

3.70 

4.10 

4.05

3.85

\pr.

------
130 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897..

BIO OBANDE STATION ON BIO GrBANDE.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 252, is located about one-fourth of a mile above the railroad station, Rio Grande, New Mexico. The equipment consists of a five-eighths 

inch wire cable, car, and tagged wire. The gage is inclined, and consists of two timbers 4 inches square fastened to hand-driven piles and 

wired to solid rocks. The bench mark is on the top of a bowlder, to 

which the upper portion of the gage is fastened, and is 17.815 feet 

above gage datum. Measurements are made from the car suspended 

from the cable. The bed of the stream is rocky and is confined between 

high banks. The observer is L. M. Fewell. The following discharge 

measurements were made in 1897 by P. E. Harroun:

Date.

Feb. 25...

Mar. 17...

May 15...

June 9 ...

June 22 . .

Gage 

height.

Feet.

4.90

5.83

10.50

8.80

7.20

Discharge.

See.ft.

487

1,003

10, 892

6,794

3,470

Date.

July 10....

July 23....

Aug.ll....

Aug.28....

Sept. 12...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

5.90

5.20

4.80

4.20

5.70

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

1,757

995

406

266

1,044

Date.

Sept. 24..

Oct. 7....

Oct. 24...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

5.20

6.10

7.00

Discharge.

See.ft.

637

1,584

2,712

Daily gage height, in feet, of Eio Grande at Bio Grande, New Mexico, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H... ...........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

4.75

4.65

4.85

4

7C

4.85

5.00

5.05

5.00

5.05

5.05

4.85

4.70

4.65

4.60

4.70

4.65

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.85

4.70 

4.95 

5.00

Feb.

4

QC

5.10

4 95

-5.00

5.00

5 no

5.00

5.00

5.05

4.90

4.82

5.00

5.05

4.90

4.85

4.90

4.95

5.05

5.05

Mar.

S

OA

5.90

6.30

5.40

fi 99

r; Qf\

5.70

5.55

5.40

5.20

5.62

5.65

5.50

5.55

5.35

5.25

5.45

6.35

6.85 

6.80 

6.32

Apr.

6.10

6.00

6.05

6.60

7.25

7.40

6.85

6.80

7.10

7 OK

7.40

7.75

8.25

8 70

9.30

9.45

9.15

9.10

9.80

9.82

9.40 

9.40

May.

9.50

10.90

10.55

9

QK

9

QA

10.05

10 40

10. 85

10.60

10.50

10.50

10.45

10.55

10.40

12.25

11.70

11.60

11.25

10.80

10.60

10.90

11.00

11.00 

10.90 

11.20

June.

10.50

10.50

10.- 20

10.20

9.00

8.80

8.90

9.00

9.20

9.25

9.20

8.95

8.60

8.S5

8.20

7.70

7.45

7.05

6.95

6.85

6.50

6.65

6.75

6.60 

6.55

July.

6

KA

6.30

6.10

6.00

5.80

6.15

6.20

6.05

6.10

6.20

7 00

7.00

6.35

5.95

5.65

5.35

5.20

5.10

4.75

4.45 

4.40 

4.30

Aug.

4.70

4.55

4.00

4.90

4.90

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4 80

5.15

4.50

4.30

5.85

5.25

4.60

5.25

4.85

4.75

4.65

4.30

4.20

4.20 

5.25 

4.50

Sept.

4.40

4.45

4.30

4.20

4.80

4.50

5.45

5.35

5.90

6.70

5.60

5.20

4.95

5.00

5.05

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.30

5.30

5.30

5.35

5.50

5.40 

5.40

Oct.

5.40

5.45

5.40

5.50

7.40

fi 9^

7.55

7.20

7 15

7.10

6.90

6.60

7.05

7.10

7.00

6.55

6.55

6.50

6.50

6.50

6.30 

6.30 

6.30

Nov.

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.10

5

QA

5.80

5.70

5.80

5.80

5.90

5.90

5.80

5.80

5.70

5.70

"i 7A

5.70

5.60

5.60

5.60

5 fifk

5.60

5.60

5.45

5.25

Dec.

5 15

5.15

4,80

4.05

5 20

C OA

5.30

5 DC

4.80

4.80

4.70

4.80

5.00

4 95

S

on*

4 95

4.70

4 80

4.85

4.90 

5.00 

5.00
DRAINAGE BASIN OF EIO GEANDE. 

SAN MAECIAL STATION ON EIO GEANDE.

131

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IY, 

page 254, is located at the railway bridge one-half mile south of San 

Marcial, New Mexico. The wire gage is attached to the guard rail of 

the bridge, lower side, south span. Bench marks: The 13-foot mark is 

level with the extension of the pier to which the old gage was fastened; 

the 15-foot mark is level with the top of the capstone on which the 

bridge truss rests. The channel is sandy and shifting. Several bridge 

piers also break the current. The observer is H. C. Lohman. The 

following discharge measarements were made by P. E. Harroun in 1897:

Date.

Feb. 21 ...

Mar. 24...

Apr. 9....

Apr. 9....

Apr. 20...

May 5-...

May 19...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

7.40

7.50

7.50

8.00

8.50

10.20

10.00

Discharge.

See. ft.

344

478

800

1,650

3,165

8,679

10, 403

Date.

June 7 ....

June 21 ...

June 29 ...

JulyS ....

July 16....

July 30....

Aurr 0

Gage 

heignt.

Feet.

9.60

8.70

8.10

7.40

7.70

7.00

6.60

Diflcharge.

See. ft.

9,141

4,142

2,811

1,053

1,150

401

188

Date.

Aug. 18..

Aug. 26..

Sept. 4...

Sept. 19..

Oct. 3....

Oct. 15...

Oct. 28...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

5.20

5.60

5.10

8.00

7.00

8.10

8.10

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

5

23

7

4,276

816

3,980

3,796

Daily gage Jieight, in feet, of Rio Grande at San Marcial, New Mexico, for 1897.

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.

7.50

7.50

7 40

7.40

7.40 

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.25

7.25

7.25

7.12

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.30

7.30

7.30

7.32

7.40 

7.40 

7.40

Feb.

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.48

7.45

7.45

7.45

7.45

7.50

7.50

7

KA

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

Mar.

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50 

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.45

7.55

7.65

7.50

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.48

7.50

7 Fin

7.80

7.65

7.60

7.60

7.60 

7.60 

7.70

Apr.

8

KA

8.20

7 60

7.60-

7.60 

7.90

8.00

8.30

8.30

8.30

8.60

8.95

8.50

8.50

8.50

8.65

9.15

9.40

9.75

9

KA

9.50

9

Rn

9.50

9.50

6.50 

9.50

May.

9

KA

9

CA

9

£A

9.80

10.75

10.50

10.50

10.50

10.50

10.50

10.50

10.50

11.55

12.35

12.35

11.70

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00 

10.80 

10.60

June.

10.15

10.05

9.75

9.80

9.60

9.50

9.25 

9.05

9.00

9.00

9.15

9.20

9.25

9.20

9.00

9.00

8.95

9.00

8.90

8.70

8.55

8.40

8.20

8.15

8.00

7.85

8.40

8.00 

7.85

July.

7 Qft

7

QA

7 Q1

7 go

7.60

7 *\(\

7.40 

7.60

7.70

7.80

7.55

7.85

7.60

7.55

7.50

7.50

7.50

7

QA

7.70

7.50

7.40

7.40

7.40

7.30

7 Qft.

7 on

7.15 

7.00 

6.80

Aug.

6.60

6.60

6.40

6.65

6.90

6.60

6.95 

6.55

6.25

6.00

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.85

5.70

5.60

5.30

5,20

5.85

5.90

5.85

5.70

5.60

5.75

5.70

5.65

5.65

5.55 

5.35 

5.00

Sept.

5.00

5.00

5.10

5

1 A

7

fiA

7 7^

6.80

6.80

6.40

6.85

8.30

8.50

7.75

7.65

7.50

7.20

7.65

6.80

6.80

6.80.

7.70

8.15

7.65

7.35 

7.00

Oct.

7.00

6.90

6.90

8.45

8.55

8.10 

8.25

n.oo

9.15

8.65

8.40

8.30

8.20

8.10

8.00

8.00

8.20

8.30

8.40

8.30

8.20

8.20

8.20

8.10

8.10 

8.20 

8.20

Nov.

8.00

7.90

7.90

8.00

8.00

8.00 

7.90

8.00

8.00

7.80

7.60

7.60

7.60

7-60

7.80

7.80

7.90

7.90

7.90

7.90

7.90

7 80

7.80

7.80

7.80

7.80

7.80 

7.90

Dec.

7.90

7.80

7.70

7.70

7.70

7.80

7.90

7.70 

7.70

7.70

7.70

7.70

7.70

7.70

7.80

7.80

7.70

7.70

7.70

7.70

7.70

7/.70

7.70

7.70

7.70 ~

7.70

7.70

7.70

7.70 

7.70 

7.70
132 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

EL PASO STATION ON KIO GRANDE.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 259, was located at the pumping house of the smelter company 3 miles north of El Paso, Texas. The bed of the stream, here is 

composed of mud, constantly shifting and changing. May 1, 1897, the 

station was placed under the charge of W. W. Follett, consulting engineer, International (Water) Boundary Commission, and by him removed 

1 mile farther up the river to Courchesne's limekiln. The river heights 

are measured at the masonry pump foundation pier 150 feet above the 

kiln. The top of the downstream chisel draft on this pier was assumed 

to be at gage height 15.0 feet, and the distance of the surface of the 

water below it was measured with a carefully graduated rod. The left 

bank of the river is formed by the loose rock fill of the Atchison, Topeka 

and Santa Fe Railroad embankment, and will not overflow. The right 

bank, however, is not so good, being made ground and subject to 

overflow. The bottom, of the river here has also proven unstable, 

scouring on a rise and filling on a falling river. It is probably the 

best site for a station in the vicinity of El Paso, however, as the entire 

river bed is constantly shifting for many miles above and below. On 

account of this shifting character of the stream, the only accurate 

method of estimating the daily discharges is by taking a large number 

of measurements, which was done in 1897 as follows, by P. E. Harrouu, 

W. W. Follett, and T. M. Courchesne:

Date.

Feb. 22...

Mar. 25...

Apr. 10...

May 4 ....

May 5 ....

May 7-...

May 8....

May 11...

May 12...

May 19...

May 21.. .

May 22...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

6.60

6.00

7.00

11.40

11.35

11.45

11.95

12.50

11.85

12.20

12.40

12.80

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

195

52

242

5,355

5,277

5,891

6,588

7,241

6,810

7,407

8,099

9,803

Date.

May 23....

May 24....

May 25....

May 26....

June 4 ....

June 7 . . . .

June 11 ...

June 12 . . .

June 14 ...

June 16 ...

June 18 ...

June 19 ...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

13.40

13.70

14. 10

14.35

12.60

12.30

10.70

10.30

10.20

10.10

10.10

10. 20

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

8,816

10, 088

10, 421

11, 583

10, 410

9,448

7,175

5,228

4,980

5,340

5, 424

5, 446

Date.

June, 21 . .

June 23 . .

'June 25 ..

June 26 . .

Jnlyl....

JulyS..'..

July 6....

July 8....

July 10...

July 16...

July 17...

July 19...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

10.00

9.60

8.90

8.40

10.40

9.60

8.30

7.60

7.50

7.90

7.60

7.50

Discharge.

See. ft.

5,227

4,100

2,809

2,474

5,617

3,931

1,733

976

1,059

1,288

902

865
DRAINAGE BASIN OF RIO GRANDE. 133

Date.

July 24...

July 26...

July 29...

July 31...

Aug. 2....

Aug. 4 ....

Aug.6....

Aug.9....

Aug. 11...

Aug. 13. ..

Aug. 14. ..

Aug. 17...

Aug. 19. ..

Aug. 22...

Sept. 10 ..

Sept. 12..

Sept. 14..

Sept. 16..

Sept. 18..

Gage 

height.

Feet.

6.90

6.70

6.40

6.20

6.10

5.80

5.70

5.60

5.50

5.90

5.80

5.50

7.00

6.40

6.50

6.65

7.20

9.05

8.60

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

716

508

385

302

229

100

68

57

50

178

130

53

495

228

261

308

702

2,882

1,892

Date.

Sept. 20...

Sept. 23...

Sept. 25...

Sept. 27...

Sept. 29...

Oct. 2

Oct. 22 ....

Oct. 25 ....

Oct. 29....

Nov.l

Nov. 3

Nov. 6.....

Nov. 8

Nov. 10....

Nov. 13....

Nov. 15....

Nov. 17....

Nov. 19....

Nov. 20....

Gage

height.

Feet.

8.20

7.20

6.60

6.65

7.75

7.50

8.55

8.80

8.80

8.90

8.60

8.40

8.30

8.40

8.40

8.10

7.90

8.20

8.10

Discharge.

See.ft.

1,042

555

317

347

1,289

599

1,403

1,463

1,406

1,654

1,493

1,332

1,162

],215

1,242

1,006

882

1,248

1,034

Date.

Nov. 22...

Nov. 25...

Nov. 27...

Nov. 29...

Dec. 1....

Dec.3....

Dec. 6....

Dec. 8....

Dec. 11...

Dec. 13...

Dec. 15...

Dec. 18...

Dec. 20...

Dec. 22 ...

Dec. 24...

Dec. 27...

Dec. 29...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

8.00

8.00

7.90

8.10

8.10

7.80

7.60

7.50

7.80

7.30

7 1 4-0 ^V/

7.80

7.60

7.00

7.30

7.40

7.50

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

1,033

1,049

999

959

886

917

645

534

678

503

582

687

657

467

541

583

616

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bio Grande at El Paso, Texas, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H..... ......

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

6.60

6.60

6.70

6.70

6.75

6.80

7.20

6.95

6.65

6.45

6.45

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

7.50

8.25

8.00

7.60

7.35

7.30

7.20

7.20

7.20

7.10

7.00

6.90

6.75 

6.80 

6.80

Teh.

6.90

6.90

6.80

6.80

6.80

6.85

6.80

6.70

6.75

6.85

6.85

C an

6.80

6.90

6.85

6.80

6.80

6.75

6.70

6.60

6.60

6.50

6.50

6.45

6.50

6.40

6.35

Mar.

6.30

6.30

6.20

6.20

6.20

6 1 K.

6.10

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.80

5.85

6.35

6.20

6.20

6.10

6.05

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.35

6.30

6.20

6.00

5.85

5.75

5.75

5.60 

5.80 

6.00

Apr.

6.05

5.90

6.75

7.80

7

KA

7 ftfi

7.00

7.95

8

KA

8.40

8.30

8.30

8.50

8.60

8.60

8

QA

9.05

9.15

9.80

10.05

10.15

10.25

10.45

10.50

10.45 

10.40

May.

all. 30

11 40

11.50

11.40

11. 35'

11.40

U cn

12.65

11.75

11.55

11.70

11.95

12.05

12.35

12.35

12.20

12.10

12.60

12.80

13.25

14.15

14.45

15.30

14.20

13.35 

12.90

12.70

June.

12.80

12.60

12.55

12.55

12.25

11.95

11.70

11.05

10.65

10.30

10.25

10.15

9.90

10.10

10.10

]0. 15

10.15

10.10

10.05

9.75

9.55

9.20

8.80

8.35

8.20

8.05

8.05 

9.30

July.

9.90

9.00

8.60

8

On

8.20

7.70

7 55

7 30

7 60

8.40

7.90

7

QA

7.90

7.95

7.85

7 55

7.45

7.50

7 9ft

6.90

7.20

7.70

6.90

6.75

6.70

7.30

6.40

6.30 

6.25 

6.20

Aug.

6.20

6.10

5.95

5.80

5 on

5.70

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.50

5.40

5.80

5.80

5.60

5.70

5.50

6.50

7.20

6.80

6.50

5.90

5.70

5.50

(6)

(&>

(&) 

(6) 

(6)

Sept.

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

6.10

5

QC

5 on

6.40

6.60

6.60

6.70

7

AK

7.40

7.30

9.10

8.90

8.60

8.70

8

1 A

7.90

7.20

7.00

6.70

6.50

6.70

7.15

7.85 

8.35

Oct.

7 fl^

7.40

7.00

6.65

6 45

6.35

6.15

7

AA

10.15

9 w

9.45

11 15

9.20

8.90

8.65

8.75

8.70

8 (\(\

8.60

Q RK

8.60

8.85

8.80

8.70

8.70

8.80

8.80

8.»0

Nov.

S on

8 70

8 fin

8 fin

8.45

8 40

8.40

8.35

8.40

8.40

8.40

8

ACi

8.40

8.25

8.10

8.10

7

OA

8.15

a IA

8.15

7.95

7 an

7.95

7.95

8.10 

8.00

Dec.

8 in

8.00

7.95

7

QK

7.85

7.70

7.55

7.70

7.90

8.00

7.75

7 OK

7.40

7.35

7.40

7.40

7.80

7.75

7.55

7.25

7.20

7.35

7.50

7.50

7.40

7.50'

7.60

7.35 

7.20

a Location of gaging station changed. 

IBR 16 3

o flow.
134 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

GRANGER STATION ON BLACKS FORK.

The old station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 270, was located 3 miles west of Granger, Wyoming, at the 

Union Pacific railroad bridge, and above Hams Fork. On April 28 the 

location was abandoned and the station was removed to a point below 

Hams Fork, about one-fourth of a mile below Granger. The new rod 

consists of a horizontal timber 4 by 4 inches by 16 feet, fastened to 

two upright posts 6 feet apart and set firmly in the bank of the river 

above high-water mark. One end of this horizontal timber, to which 

the wire gage is fastened, projects out over the water. The length of 

the gage wire is 13.35 feet. The distance from the outside edge of the 

pulley to the zero of the rod is 2.45 feet. The bench mark is a rail 

spike in an old tie 24 feet southwest of inside post of gage. The letters 

"B. M." are marked in black paint on the tie. The elevation of the 

head of the spike above datum is 8.74 feet. The observer, pump man 

for the railroad, is J. R. Kirby. Discharge measurements are made 

from a cable and car 400 feet below the rod. The following are those 

made in 1897, by 0. T. Johnston:

May 7, gage height, 4.55 feet; discharge, 3,724 second-feet. 

May 18, gage height, 4.60 feet; discharge, 4,079 second-feet. 

May 26, gage height, 5.10 feet; discharge, 4,976 second-feet. 

June 3, gage height, 3.60 feet; discharge, 2,910 second-feet. 

June 10, gage height, 2.75 feet; discharge, 1,758 second-feet. 

June 15, gage height, 2.45 feet; discharge, 1,432 second-feet. 

August 9, gage height, 0.40 foot; discharge, 222 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Blacks Fork at Granger, Wyoming, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8...........t..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

2.90

......

......

......

2.90

......

......

......

......

"2.~90"

......

......

......

......

......

2.90

... ...

"2.~9o"

Feb.

......

......

......

2.90

......

......

......

2.90

......

......

......

......

......

..

2." 90

...... "a.'go"

......

......

Mar.

......

......

......

2.90

......

......

2.90

......

......

......

......

2.90

......

......

......

......

......

... "i'JKJ"

......

......

Apr.

3.00

3.20

2.90

3.20

3.20

2.90

a3. 60

3.40

3.20

3.50

5.50

4.60

4.20

3.70

3.50

3.90

4.20

4.40

4.60

4.60

4.50

4.20

3.60

3.30

3.30

3.20

3.50

61.90

2.30

2.50

May.

2 so . o\J

3.05

3.20

3.35

3.70

4.20

4.55

4

OFI t ft)

5.10

4.95

4.60

4.10

3.85

4.10

4.25

4.50

4.55

4.60

4.50

4.55

5.05

5.30

5.30

5.60

5.40

4.95

4.70

4.35

4.20

4.20

4.05

June.

4.00

3.85

3.50

3.20

2.90

2.65

2.50

2.40

2.50

2.65

2.70

2.50

2.30

2.40

2.30

2.25

2.05

2.05

1.75

1.60

1.45

1.40

1.40

1.30

1.20

1.20

1.10

1.05

1.10

1.10

July.

1.00

1.00

1.05

1.20

1.15

1.05

.95

.90

.85

.80

.70

.70

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.55

.50

.50

.50

.50

.40

.40

.35

.30

.30

.20

.20

Aug.

0.20

.20

.20

.30

.30

.30

.35

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.35

.30

.30

,30

.20

.20

.10

.10

.10

.10

.10

.05

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Sept.

0.10

 .10

 .10

 .10

+ .05

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.10

.10

.20

.30

.30

.30

.25

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.25

.35

.40

.50

.50

Oct.

0.65

1.50

......

......

..-.-.

......

......

.90

......

......

......

......

......

....

.80

......

......

......

......

.60

......

......

......

......

......

Nov.

......

......

......

......

6.60

......

......

......

.60

......

......

......

......

.50

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

..... . 

......

......

Dec.

..

0.80

........

........

1.20

........

........

........

........

........

........

1.10

........

... ....

1.10

........

,....--.

........

........

a New wire gage.

6 Station moved to one-fourth mile below Granger, Wyoming.
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLORADO RIVER. 135

GKREENRIVER STATION ON GREEN RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IY, 

page 272, is located at Greenriver, Wyoming. The rod is fastened to 

an old pile near the east end of the bridge at the pump house of the 

railroad company. The pumpman in charge, William Slater, is the 

observer. The bench mark consists of a cross .on the third step from 

the bottom on the south end of east abutment, and is 12.48 feet above 

datum. The section under the railroad bridge is poor, and discharge 

measurements are made from the new iron highway bridge one-half 

mile below. The channel here is straight for some distance above and 

below. The banks are medium high, and the bed is composed of small 

cobblestones and gravel, being quite permanent in character. The 

following discharge measurements were made by Cyrus C. Babb and 

C. T. Johnston in 1897:

April 27, gage height, 1,85 feet; discharge, 1,820 second-feet. 

May 7, gage height, 3.30 feet; discharge, 6,970 second-feet. 

May 18, gage height, 4.00 feet: discharge, 9,325 second-feet. 

May 26, gage height, 5.35 feet; discharge, 15,318 second-feet. 

June 3, gage height, 5.10 feet; discharge, 14,896 second-feet. 

June 10, gage height, 3.45 feet; discharge, 6,104 second-feet. 

June 15, gage height, 3.60 feet; discharge. 7,094 second-feet. 

August 9, gage height, 2.00 feet; discharge, 2,081 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Green River at Greenriver, Wyoming, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bl. .................... 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30...............*.....

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

Jan.

Yso" 

"i.'so"

1.80

"i.'so"

1.80 "i.'so' 

i.9o"

1.90

2.00 

2.00

Feb.

"2." 26" 

2.20

2.'i6"

2.10

2.10 

2.10

2.15

2.15

Mar.

2." 15~ 

2.15

"2." is"

2.15

Tis"

2.15

2.40

Apr.

1.88

1.75 

1.55 

1.50 

1.58 

1.52 

1.50 

1.52 

1.48 

1.45 

1.55 

1.72

1.78 

1.95 

2.00

2.05 

2.15 

2.30 

2.25 

2.35 

2.40 

2.50 

2.40 

1.85

1.78

1.80

1.98 

2.05 

2.22 

2.35

May.

2.35

2.50 

2.55 

2.72 

2.95 

3.15 

3.32 

3.45 

3.68 

3.65 

3.58 

3.50

3.38 

3.38 

3.50

3.68 

3.88 

4.02 

4.10 

4.25 

4.62 

5.30 

5.86 

5.58

5.42

5.32

5.28 

5.15 

4.88 

4 60

4.62

June.

4.92 

5.08 

4.80 

4.40 

4.12 

3.82 

3.55 

3.48 

3.58 

3.68 

3.72

3.65 

3.65 

3.68

3.75 

3.75 

3.80 

3.75 

3.55 

3.35 

3.12 

3.05 

3.00

2.98

3.02

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.98

July.

2.85

2.75 

2.75 

2.85 

3.00 

2.92 

2.75 

2.65 

2.58 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50

2.45 

2.40 

2.32

2.30 

2.25 

2.30 

2.25 

2.25 

2.22 

2.18 

2.12 

2.10

2.02

1.95 

1.90 

1.90 

1.85

1.80

Aug.

i SPI

1.95 

2.02 

2.25 

2.22 

2.18 

2.08 

2.10 

2.02 

2.10 

2.05 

1.98

1.88 

1.82 

1.80

1.80 

1.75 

1.68 

1.58 

1.50 

1.45 

1.40 

1.40 

1.35

1.32

1.28

1.25 

1.20 

1.20 

1.15

1.12

Sept.

1.10

1.05 

1.00 

0.98 

.95 

.95 

1.00 

1.00 

.95 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00

1.00 

.95 

.95

.95 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90 

.90

.90

.95 

.95 

1.00

Oct.

1 ftrt

1.32 

"i."35"

1.30 

'i~25~

"i.'so" 

'i.'eo" 

"i.~2o"

1.25

1.30

"i.so

Nov.

1.25

"i."25" 

"].20

"i.'ao" 

"I'M"

1 20

"i.'2o"

"i."2o" 

"i."i5"

:."::::::
136 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

BLAKE STATION ON GKREEN RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 275, is located at the crossing of the Rio Grande Western Railroad at Blake, Utah. The elevation of the top of the pier, to which 

the old vertical rod is attached, is 22.00 feet above the rod datum. The 

rod of the wire gage is nailed to the guard rail on the lower side of the 

bridge. The distance from the end of the rod to the outside edge of 

the pulley wheel is 1 foot; from the end of the weight to the wire index 

marker, 27.67 feet. The observer is Frank Jacobs, rancher. The section at this point is good, the channel being straight for some distance 

above and below. The bed is gravelly. The initial point for soundings 

is on the right bank. The following discharge measurements were 

made in 1897 by Cyrus C. Babb and W. B. Dougall:

April 21, gage height, 4.88 feet; discharge, 8,175 second-feet. 

May 22, gage height, 10.10 feet; discharge, 55,886 second-feet. 

November 22, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 3,373 second-feet.

Daily gage height, infect, of Green River at Slake, Utah, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19

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

U..... .........

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

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

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

1 ft

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

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

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

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

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

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

9ft

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

1.70

1.70

......

1.80

1.60

......

1.60

Feb.

......

1.90

......

1.90

1.95

Mar.

2.00

......

......

2.00

2.10

2.90 "ij.'iw"

Apr.

3.70

3.70

3.60

3.75

3.65

3.50

3.50 

3.60

3.70

3

£K

3.55 

3.70

3.95

4.15 

4.35

4.60

4.75 

5. GO

6.15

6.30

5.70

5.70 

5.95

6.30

May.

7.05

7.40

7,80

8

7A

8.90

9.05

9.25 

9.45

9.65

9.90

9.95 

9.85

9.25

9.15 

9.35

9.75

9.95

10.05 

10.05

10.25

10.60

11.25

11.35 

11.40

11.15

10.95

June.

10.55

10.25

10.20

10.00

10.00

9.95

9.15

8.60

8.20 

7.90

7.60

7.50

7.80 

7.70

7.80

7.70 

7.60 

7.50

7.35

7.25

7.10 

6.95

6.75

6.55

6.35

6.25

6.15

6.35 

5.95

5.75

July.

5.55

5.35

5.15

5.15

5.25

5.20

5.00

4.90

4.80 

4.70

4.60

4.50

4.40 

4.30

4.20

4.10 

4.10 

4.10

4.00

4.00

3.90 

3.90

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.70

3.60

3.50 

3.50

3.50

3.40

Aug.

3.30

3.30

3.20

3.10

3.20

3.30

3.40

3.50

3.50 

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.45 

3.50

3.50

3.40 

3.30 

3.15

3.05

2.90

2.85 

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.40 

2.40

2.40

2.40

Sept.

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.35

2.20

2.35

2.40

2.55

2.70

2.85

3.25

4.70

4.70 

5.30

3.70

3.40 

3.30 

2.90

2.80

2.80

2.70 

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.65

2.85 

3.05

3.35

Oct.

3.95

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.30

4.15

4.05

4.35

4.55

4.85

4.75

4.60

4.50 

4.35

4.10

3.85 

3.80 

3.70

3.70

3.60

3.60 

3.50

3.50

3.40

3.50

3.55

3.45

3.40 

3.40

3.30

3.20

Nov.

3.20

3.20

3.15

3.10

3.10

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.90 

2.90

2.90

2.80

2.80 

2.80

2.80

2.80 

2.80 

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80 

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80 

2.80

2.70

Dec.

2.60

2.50

2.40

2.30

2.20

2.10

2.00

1.90

1.90 

1.90

1.90

1.80

1.80 

1.70

1.70

1.60 

1.50 

1.40

1.40

1.30

1.40 

 1.30

1.20

1.20

1.10

1.20

1.30

1.25 

1.35

1.40

1.30
DRAINAGE BASIN OP COLORADO RIVEE. 137

SHOSHONE STATION ON GRAND RIVER.

This station is located at Shoshone, or Gypsum post-office, Colorado, 

on the line of Denver and Eio Grande Eailroad, 10 miles east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The rod is a, vertical 3 by 6 inch wooden 

timber set 3 or 4 feet into rock and well braced. Observations are 

taken by the station agent, George Euark, under the direction of the 

division superintendent of the railroad company. No discharge measurements were made at this point in 1897.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Grand River at Shoshone, Colorado, for 1897-

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

H. ..........

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

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

May.

4.10

5 1 K.

5 7ft

7 1 K

8.90

9.90

10.10

9.95

9.45

8.75

8.60

9.90

9.35

10. 05-

June.

13.40

13.35

10.25

9.50

8.50

8.30

7.55

8.20

9.55

10.00

10.65

11.40

11,60

11.55

11.85

July.

6

KK

6.60

7.00

5.35

4 OK

5.00

6.00

6.70

5.70

5.35

4.70

4.45

4.40

4.35

Aug.

1 t*ti

1 KK

1 on

2.50

2

QK

9 fi'-;

2.05

1.95

1.55

1.20

1.10

1.10

1.00

.90

Day.

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

1ft

1Q

90

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

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

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

OK

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

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

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

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

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

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

May.

10.35

10.90

11.05

11.45

11.60

n 71

12.65

13.00

12.85

12.95

13.25

13.30

June.

11.40

10.25

a OK

9.25

9.85

9.95

9.55

8.60

9.00

8.60

7.55

7.05

July.

4.00

4.00

3 fid

3 (\f\

2

JK

2.50

2.40

2.60

2.50

2.25

2.20

1.75

1.80

1.60

Aug.

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a>

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

a Below gage. 

GRAND JUNCTION STATION ON GRAND RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 260, is located at the wagon bridge across the Grand Eiver, near 

the pump house of the city waterworks, Grand Junction, Colorado. 

The river at this point discharges through two channels. Gage rod 

No. 1 consists of a vertical 4 by 6 inch timber, with 1 by 6 inch scale, 

bolted to the bridge abutment on right hand side of the right channel. 

The 12-foot mark is on a level with the top of the bridge abutment. 

The banks of the right channel are both liable to overflow at very high 

water; the bed is of sand, and the current very sluggish. The horizontal wire gage No. 2 is fastened to the upper side of the bridge over the 

left channel between marks 595 and 605 feet. The distance from the 

end of the weight to outer end of snap is 31.80 feet. The bench mark 

is a cross on iron post of bridge at 592 foot mark, and is 31.0 feet above 

datum. The right bank of the left channel is low and liable to overflow, the left is high and rocky; the bed is sandy; the water is deep 

and moves with considerable velocity. At high water it becomes 

necessary to guy the meter to a wire stretched across the channel 

above the bridge to prevent it from being swept down stream by the 

swift current. The observer is B. W. Vedder, engineer at the pumping 

station. The following measurements were made in 1897 by C. C. Babb 

and F. Cogswell in Channel No. 1:

April 20, gage height, 1.75 feet; discharge, 1,157 second-feet. 

May 18, gage height, 4.80 feet; discharge, 10,927 second-feet. 

July 29 to November 23 the channel was dry.
138 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

The following measurements were made in Channel No. 2:

April 20, gage height, 5.60 feet; discharge, 4,019 second-feet. 

May 19, gage height, 10.20 feet; discharge, 21,759 second-feet. 

July 29, gage height, 5.35 feet; discharge, 4,044 second-feet. 

September 29, gage height, 4.05 feet; discharge, 2,062 second-feet. 

October 28, gage height, 3.98 feet; discharge, 1,764 second-feet. 

November 23, gage height, 3.90 feet; discharge, 1,423 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Grand River at Gage No. 1, Grand Junction, Colorado, for

1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

u. ..........

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

13

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

IK

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

Apr.

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

nn

.00

.00

.50

.70

May.

3.80

4.15

4.35

4.70

4.90

4.75

4.50

i <*n

4.30

4.35

4.40

4.45

June.

5 in

5 OK

3.75

2.85

2.35

2.20

2.15

2.80

3.05

4.10

4.00

July.

1.45

1 9^

1.65

1.50

.90

.65

.70

.90

1.15

1.05

.15

.00

.00

Day.

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

IS ""

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*>Q

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

30

11

Apr.

1.00

1.25

1.55

1.80

1.85

1.75

1.60

1.45

1.50

1.65

2.15

2.40

2.40

2.45

May.

4.55

4.70

4.95

4.75

4.60

4.80

4.85

5.10

5.35

5.30

5.25

5.00

4.90

5.10

5.10

June.

3.80

3.40

2.85

2.55

2.65

2.75

2.85

2.75

2.40

2.10

2.15

2.15

1.90

1.55

July.

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

(a)

(a)

(a) -

(«)

(a)

(a)

a Dry for rest of year.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Grand River at Gage No. 2, Grand Junction, Colorado, for

1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan.

2.80

"."66"

"."66"

......

"3! 66"

3.10

"2" 96"

3.00

00

f\f\

Feb.

"3." bo"

s.'ib"

"3" 66"

3.10

3.10

"3."20"

"s.'io"

"3! 66"

Mar.

"s.'so"

"3." 26"

3.20

3.10

"3." 46"

"s.'eo"

"4" 26"

Apr.

3.50

3.60 

3.50

3.40

3.45 

3.50

3.75

3.60

3.50 

3.60

3.60 

3.80 

3.90

4.10 

4.55

5.25 

5.50 

5.65

5

KK

5.40

5 IK

5.20

5.45

ft -IK

6.45 

6.50

6.55

May.

7.20

7.90

8.20 

8.55 

8.75 

9.10

9.45

9.25 

9.00 

8.90

8.70 

8.85 

8.90

8.95 

9.10 

9.20

10.20 

30.10 

10.00 

10.20

10.25

10.70

10.60

10.20 

10.10

10.35

June.

10.30

10.55

9.30

8.40 

9.35 

9.15 

9.00

8.95

9.40 

9.75 

9.90

10.00 

10.30 

10.35

10.25 

9.95 

9.75

9.40 

9.25 

9.20 

9.25

9.35 

9.25

9.00

8.85 

9.05

8.85 

8.50

8.20

July.

7.95

7.75

7.85

8.15

8.05 

7.45 

7.15 

7.15

7.45

7.70 

7.75 

7.45

7.05 

6.75 

6.65

6.60 

6.60 

6.45

6.40 

6.30 

6.15 

5.95

5.75

5.70

5.60

5.60 

5.60

5.55 

5.35

5.25

5.10

Aug.

5.10

5.15 

5.55

5.75

5.80 

5.90 

5.85 

5.60

5.40

5.40 

5.30 

5.15

4.95 

4.90 

4.90

4.75 

4.60 

4.55

4.40 

4.30 

4.30 

4.20

4.10 

4.10

4.05

4.00 

4.00

4.00 

4.00

4.00

4.00

Sept.

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00 

3.90 

3.90 

4.10

4.10

4.00 

4.20 

4.20

4.25 

4.70 

4.45

4.25 

4.10 

4.00

4.00

4.00 

4.00 

4.00

4.00 

3.95

3.90

3.95 

4.00

4.00 

4.00

4.00

Oct.

4.00

4.00 

4.00

4.00

4.10 

4.00 

4.20 

4.10

4.20

4.30 

4.20 

4.15

4.10 

4.10 

4.10

4.10 

4.50 

4.35

4.15 

4.10 

4.00 

4.00

4.00 

4.00

4.10

4.10 

4.00

4.00 

3.90

3.80

3.80

Xov.

3.85

3.90 

3.90

3.90

3.90 

4.05 

4.10 

4.10

4.05

4.00 

3.85 

3.80

3.95 

4.10 

4.10

4.00 

3.90 

3.80

3.80 

3.80 

3.95 

3.90

3.90 

3.90

4.10

4.00 

3.90

3.80 

3.65

3.75

Dec.

3.80

3.90

3.70

"i'so"

3.80

" Tso" "

"3.76"

"3." 76"

3.80

3.90
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLORADO RIVER. 139

FORT CRAWFORD STATION ON UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IY, 

page 265, is located about one-half mile east of the depot at Fort Crawford, Colorado, at a wagon bridge, and is about 8 miles above Montrose. 

The gage consists of an inclined 4 by 4 inch timber, bolted to the bridge 

bent on the right-hand side of the stream. The bench mark consists 

of a spike driven in the base of a cottonwood post, and is 9.18 feet 

above zero. Both banks are low and liable to overflow at high water, 

and the bed of the stream is composed of sand and gravel. The 

observer is Mrs. F. Humphrey; post-office, Uncompahgre, Colorado. 

The following discharge measurements were made during 1897 by F. 

Cogswell.

April 18, gage height, 3.90 feet; discharge, 487 second-feet. 

May 10, gage height, 4.55 feet; discharge, 884 second-feet. 

June 21, gage height, 5.05 feet; discharge, 1,081 second-feet. 

July 19, gage height, 4.50 feet; discharge, 473 second-feet. 

August 23, gage height, 3.45 feet; discharge, 70 second-feet. 

September 20, gage height, 8.85 feet; discharge, 153 second-feet. 

October 18, gage height, 4.00 feet; discharge, 195 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Uncompahgre River at Fort Crawford, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26.. ........i. ......... ......

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

3.15

2.95

3.05

3.20

3.20

3.30

3.28

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.30

3.32

3.50

3.60

3.80

3.90

4.10

4.20

4.05

3.75

3.60

3.65

4.10

4.00

4.15

4.30

4.30

4.40

May.

4 05

4.15

4.40

4.40

4.50

4.50

4.45

4.40

4.45

4 45

4.30

4.25

4.35

4.20

4.15

4.45

4.40

4.40

4.50

4.35

4.45

4.65

4.55

4.85

4.90

4.20

5.00

5.00

4.95

June.

4.40

3.95

4.05

4.00

4.10

4.65

5.00

5.00

4.80

5.10

5.30

5.40

5.35

5.05

5.05

4.90

4.95

5.00

5.15

5.40

5.20

5.05

5.15

5.00

4.55

4.90

5.00

July.

4.50

4.60

5.35

4.70

4.65

4.65

4.70

4.85

4.95

4.85

4.70

4.65

4.65

4.60

4.65

4.50

4.45

4.50

4.45

4.10

4.30

4.45

4.45

4.35

4.45

4.15

4.15

3.85

4.00

4.00

Aug.

4.20

4.10

3.95

4.15

4.05

4.20

4.00

4.00

3.85

3.95

4.00

3.85

3.80

3.85

3.85

3.75

3.60

3.60

3.55

3.50

3.50

3.45

3.45

3.40

3.40

3.35

3.35

3.40

3.40

3.40

Sept.

3.35

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.45

3.45

3.55

3.40

3.60

3.45

3.40

3.55

3.85

4.10

4.05

4.05

3.85

3.80

3.85

3.90

4.05

4.00

3.95

4.00

3.95

4.15

4.15

3.95

4.05

4.20

Oct.

1.35

4.15

4.05

4.00

4.00

4.15

4.15

4.15

4.05

4.05

4.05

4.00

4.00

4.05

4.20

4.05

4.00

4.00

4.10

4.00

4.00

3.90

3.80

3.90

3.90

4.00

3.85

3.85

3.85

3.90

3.90

NTov.

3.95

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.85

3.85

3.80

3.80

3.70

3.65

3.70

3.75

3.70

3.75

3.80

3.65

3.75

3.70

3.65

3.60

3.60

3.65

3.65

3.60

3.65

3.65
140 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

ROUBIDEAU AND WHITEWATER STATIONS ON GKJNNISON BIVER.

Gage heights at these stations are reported daily by telegraph to the 

division superintendent of the Denver and Eio Grande Eailroad Company at Salida, Colorado, who has kindly furnished this office with 

copies of same.

Eoubideau station is at the railroad bridge at Eoubideau, Colorado, 

6 miles west of Delta. The observer is M. J. Johnston, track foreman.

Whitewater station is located 13 miles southeast of Grand Junction 

at Whitewater, Colorado. The gage is a vertical rod graduated to feet 

and halves and securely fastened on the right bank of the river. The 

observer is James Page, station agent. No measurements of discharge 

have been made at these stations.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Gunnison River at RouMdeau, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9..

10..

11..

May.

3.75

4.25

4.50

4.00

4.50

5.25

5.50

5.75

5.75

5.50

5.00

June.

4.65

5.15

4.50

3.75

3.25

2.85

2.75

2.85

3.00

3.50

3.60

July.

1.60

1.50

1.75

1.75

1.50

1.35

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.25

Aug.

0.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

Day.

12...

13...

14...

15...

16...

17...

18...

19...

20...

21...

22...

May.

4.50

4.75

4.75

4.85

4.75

4.50

4.40

4.60

4.50

4.40

4.35

June.

3.60

3.85

4.25

4.00

4.00

3.75

3.25

2.75

2.65

2.85

2.75

Jiily.

1.25

1.15

1.15

1.00

.85

.85

.85

.85

.65

.65

.50

Aug.

0.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

.15

(a)

(a)

(a)

Day.

23..

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

May.

4.50

4.75

5.00

4.90

4.85

4.75

4.40

4.60

4.50

June.

2.85

2.85

2.75

2.25

2.35

2.35

2.00

1.70

July.

0.50

.50

.25

.25

.25

.15

.25

.50

.15

Aug.

(a>

(a)

(a)

(a)

(«)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

a Below gage. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Gunnison River at Whitewater, Colorado, for 1897-

Day.

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9.

10. 

11.

May.

4.40 

4.60 

4.85 

4.65 

4.90 

5.60 

5.90 

6.35 

6.25

6.10 

5.75

June.

5.35 

5.75 

5.25 

4.50 

3.85 

3.60 

3.35 

3.15 

3.40

3.75 

4.00

July.

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.65 

.65 

.50 

.40 

.35

.35

(a)

Day.

12... 

13... 

14... 

15. . 

16. 

17. 

18. 

19. 

20.

21. .

22. .

May.

5.50 

5.60 

5.65 

5.60 

5.50 

5.40 

5.15 

5.35 

5.35

5.00 

5.00

June.

4.00 

4.15 

4.35 

4.35 

4.35 

4.40 

3.75 

3.30 

3.00

3.00 

3.00

July.

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a)

(a) 

(a)

Day.

23. 

24. 

25. 

26. 

27. 

28- 

29. 

I 30. . 

31.....

May.

5.00 

5.25 

5.60 

5.50 

5.50 

5.50 

5.15 

5.15 

5.35

June.

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.75 

2.35 

2.55 

2.50 

1.60

July.

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a) 

(a)
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLORADO RIVER. 141

JUNCTION STATION ON (HJNNISON RIVER.

This station is located at the iron highway bridge 1.5 miles from the 

town of Grand Junction, Colorado. The gage is vertical and consists 

of a 2 by 6 inch timber bolted to the stone pier of the bridge. The top 

of the capstone is 17.60 feet above gage datum. The channel above 

the station is curved, but below it is nearly straight. The right bank 

is low and liable to overflow, but the left is high and rocky with still 

water at low stages. The observer is A. Lindquist, engineman at the 

Denver and Bio Grande Eailroad Company's pump house. The following discharges measurements were made in 1897 by Cyrus C. Babb and 

F. Cogswell:

April 20, gage height, 4.60 feet; discharge, 5,975 second-feet. 

May 20, gage height, 7.30 feet; discharge, 16,644 second-feet. 

July 28, gage height, 2.65 feet; discharge, 1,814 second-feet. 

September 28, gage height, 2.40 feet; discharge, 1,246 second-feet. 

October 27, gage height, 2.50 feet; discharge, 1,270 second-feet. 

November 23, gage height, 2.30 feet; discharge, 828 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Gunnison River at Grand Junction, Colorado, for 1897.

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

9fi

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

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

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

an

q-i

May.

6 ftn

6.80

7.30

7.70

8 1ft

8.3C

8 1ft

7

Uft

7.40

7.30

7.40

7.50

7 60

7.50

7

Ort

7 40

7 Art

7 Art

7 Art

7.30

7.80

7.60

7.50

7.50

7.00

7.30

June.

7.50

7.90

7.30

6.70

5

Qrt

5

f7rt

5

Krt

5.50

6.00

6.40

6.60

6.40

6.70

6.70

6.70

6.60

6.00

5.40

n ±n

5.40

5.50

5.50

5.30

5.20

5.00

4.90

4.70

4.40

July.

4.10

4.00

4.10

4.40

4.30

A nn

4.00

4.00

4.30

4.20

4.00

3.70

8

KA

3.30

3

Ort

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.00

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.60

Aug.

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.80

2.80

2

Qrt

2.70

2.60

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.50

2.40

2

0rt

2.20

9 9ft

2.20

2.10

2.00

1.90

1.80

1.70

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.50

1.60

1.60

1.60

Sept.

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.50

1.50

1.60

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.80

1.80

1.90

2.20

9 9ft

2.10

2.10

2.00

2.00 i.ao

2.00

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.10

2.20

2.30

2.40

2.60

Oct.

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.50

2.50

2.70

2.90

2.80

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.70

2.90

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.30

2.40

NOT.

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.30

2.20

2.10

1.90

2.10

2.20

2.40

2.30

2.30

2.10

2.00

2.10

,2.20

2.10

2.10

2.30

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.00

1.70

1.60

Dec.

1.70

1.90

2.20

2.10

"
142 OPERATIONS AT EIVEE STATIONS, 1897.

FALL CREEK STATION ON SAN MIGUEL RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 264, is located about 300 yards southwest of Fall Creek, Colorado, a station on the Rio G-rande Southern Eailroad. Discharge 

measurements are made from the wagon bridge. The gage is vertical, 

4 inches square, and is spiked to the west side of the north abutment. 

One bench mark is a bolthead in the north end of the west truss, 1 

loot from the gage. It is 11.15 feet above the gage zero. The second 

bench mark is a spike driven into a tree 200 feet northwest. This is 

8.65 feet above the zero. As the channel at this point is nearly straight 

and the banks rarely overflow, the section is a desirable one for measurements. Fall Creek empties into the San Miguel about 200 feet below 

the gage. The observer is Mrs. H. H. Hart; post-office address, Sawpit, 

Colorado. The following is a list of discharge measurements made in 

1897 by F. Cogswell:

April 20, gage height, 3.40 feet; discharge, 304 second-feet. 

May 11, gage height, 4.05 feet; discharge, 572 second-feet. 

June 22, 'gage height, 4.45 feet; discharge, 811 second-feet. 

July 20, gage height, 3.45 feet; discharge, 336 second-feet. 

August 24, gage height, 2.85 feet; discharge, 145 second-feet. 

September 21, gage height, 3.30 ieet; discharge, 248 seconil-feet. 

October 19, gage height, 3.05 feet; discharge, 197 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of San Miguel River at Fall Creek, Colorado, far 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

2

AK

2.35

2.35

2.25

2.55

2.55

2.55

2.60

2.65

2.80

2.75

2.70

2.80

2.90

3.05

3.25

3.35

3.60

3.55

3.55

3.50

3.25

3.25

3.35

3.55

3.70

3.80

3.65

3.60

3.55

May.

3 7ft

3.75

3.75

3.65

3.75

3.85

3.95

4.10

4.00

4.10

4.00

4.10

4.15

4.10

4.15

4.05

4.20

4.20

4.05

4.05

4.05

4.25

4.40

4.50

4.65

4.65

4.40

4.60

4.55

4.50

June.

4.60

4.50

4.10

3.95

4.10

4.30

4.45

4.65

4.65

4.40

4.45

4.50

4.55

4.65

4.70

4.40

4 40

4.25

4.45

4.50

4.50

4.45

4.50

4.20

3.95

4.00

4.05

July.

4.05

4.05

4.15

3.90

3.60

3.65

3.90

3.85

3.80

3.85

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.75

3.70

3.65

3.60

3.55

3.50

3.25

3.25

3.30

3.45

3.45

3.45

3.40

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.35

Aug.

3.40

3.40

3.35

3.25

3.20

3.20

3. 20

3.15

3.10

3.10

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.05

3.05

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.90

2.85

2.80

2.75

2.75

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.75

Sept.

2

QA

2.85

3.15

3.00

2.95

2.90

2.90

3.15

3.10

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.05

3.45

3.35

3.30

3.20

3.15

3.10

3.20

3.30

3.35

3.20

3.20

3.25

3.25

3.20

3.25

3.30

3.30

Oct.

3.35

3.25

3.15

3.10

3.05

3.00

3.20

3.10

8.15

3.15

3.10

3.10

3.10

3.05

3.05

3.15

3.15

3.00

3.05

3.00

3.00

2.95

2.85

2.80

2.95

2.85

2.85

2.75

2.75

2.80

2.85

Kov.

2.80

2.80

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.70

2.65

2.50

2.50

2.55

2.65

2.70

2.70

2.75

2.75

2.60

2.55

2.60

2.55

2.60

2.55

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.40

2.40

2.45

2.40

2.35
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLORADO RIVER. 143

DOLORES STATION ON DOLORES RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Beport, Part IV, 

page 261, is located about one-half mile above the railroad .depot at 

Dolores, Colorado. The gage consists of a vertical 2 by 6 inch plank, 

bolted to the abutment of a footbridge, on the left side of the river. 

The bench mark consists of a nail driven in the base of a cottonwood 

tree 18 feet southwesterly from the gage, and it is 15.60 feet above 

datum. The observer is Mrs. Mary D. Smith. The following discharge 

measurements were made in 1897 by F. Oogswell:

April 21, gage height, 5.10 feet; discharge, 2,133 second-feet. 

May 12, gage height, 5.15 feet; discharge, 2,216 second-feet. 

June 23, gage height, 4.20 feet; discharge, 1,089 second-feet. 

July 21, gage height, 3.00 feet; discharge, 273 second-feet. 

August 25, gage height, 2.65 feet; discharge, 92 second-feet. 

September 22, gage height, 3.32 feet; discharge, 404 second-feet. 

October 20, gage height, 3,25 feet; discharge, 330 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Dolores River at Dolores, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

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

S..... ......................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

3.00

3.00

3.05

3.25

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.35

3.50

3.75

4.10

4.15

4.45

4.70

5.05

5.15

5.40

5.95

5 81

5.40

5.15

4.85

4.75

4.70

5.15

5.50

5.80

5.05

5.20

5.15

May.

5 15

5.40

5.45

5.35

5.45

' 5.45

5.50

5.60

5.85

5.60

5.40

5.20

5.45

5.50

5.45

5.20

5.10

5.35

5.55

5.75

5.65

5.40

5.40

5.70

5.80

5.65

5.75

5.05

5.35

5.60

5.45

June.

5 55

5.40

4.85

4.75

4.80

4.75

4.85

4.95

4.80

4 85

5.35

4 65

4.80

4.80

4.75

4.50

4.40

4.25

4.25

4.25

4.25

4.20

4.05

3.95

3.95

3.80

3.70

3.65

3.55

July.

3 fiA

3.55

3.55

3.55

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.50

3.40

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.20

3.20

3.30

3.30

3.20

3.15

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.20

3.10

3.10

3.05

3.00

3.00

2.95

2.95

2.90

.Aug.

2 QA

2.90

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.95

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.85

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.60

Sept.

<> AA

2.60

9 81

2.80

3.80

3.80

3

QA

3.90

3.25

3.15

3.05

3.20

3.20

3.35

3.25

3.15

3.10

3.00

2

QC

3.10

3.40

3.40

3.20

3.25

3.40

3.45

3.45

3.35

3.45

3.40

Oct.

3.50

3.50

3

CC

3.40

3.30

3 QA

3.45

3.55

0 AK

3 A(\

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.30

 > Qfl

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.10

3.00

3.00

"Nov.

3 AH

3.00

3 ft/1

3.00

3.00

2.90

2

QA

9 81

2.85

3 AC

2

QK

2

QK

2.90

2.90

9 81

2.80

2.80

2.80

2

QA

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70
144 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

ARBOLES STATION ON SA*N JUAN RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 279, is located at a foot bridge about 1,000 feet below the Denver 

and Rio Grande Railroad depot at Arboles, Colorado, and is above the 

mouth of the Piedra River. The gage consists of two inclined 4 by 4 

inch timbers marked to vertical tenths of a foot, the space between 

marks being 0.131 of a foot, and it is bolted to the rocky bank on the 

right-hand side of the river. The left bank is low and liable to overflow, the right is high and rocky; the current is sluggish, and the bed 

sandy and shifting. Discharge measurements are made during high 

water at the footbridge, and at low. stages about 1,300 feet below the 

gage, where the bed of the stream is composed of small stones and is 

less liable to change, and the current is swift. The observer is T. F. 

Burke, section foreman. The following discharge measurements have 

been made in 1897 by F. Cogswell:

April 25, gage height, 8.30 feet; discharge, 2,753 second-feet. 

May 16, gage height, 8.80 feet; discharge, 3,316 second feet. 

June 27, gage height, 7.60 feet; discharge, 1,604 second-feet. 

July 25, gage height, 6.50 feet; discharge, 446 second-feet. 

August 29, gage height, 5.80 feet; discharge, 209 second-feet. 

September 26, gage height, 8.00 feet; discharge 2,048 second-feet. 

October 24, gage height, 6.90feet; discharge, 795 second-feet.

Daily gage height, infect, of San Juan River at Arboles, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr.

6.50

6.80

6.60

6.75

6.95

7.45

7.85

7.25

7.20

7 9n

7.85

7.65

7.75

7.80

8.10

8.20

8.60

8.90

8.90

8.50

8.45

8.10

7.70

7.85

8.15

8.35

8.75

8.20

8.10

8.10

May.

Q OA

8 40

8

EA

8

ftq

8.85

8

QA

8

KK

8.70

8.60

8

7K

8.65

8.85

9.20

9.05

8.75

8.95

9.20

9.20

9.30

9.35

9.05

9.10

9.00

9.05

June.

9 10

8.85

8.35

8.10

8.05

8.25

8.50

8.50

8.60

8.75

8.50

8.40

8.40

8.35

8.40

8.15

7.85

7.80

7.90

7.85

7.95

7.95

7.75

7.60

7.70

7.65

7.55

7.40

7.20

July.

7 OK

7.30

7.45

7.40

7.10

7.05

6.90

6.95

7.05

7.10

7.05

6.90

6.90

6.70

6.70

6.70

6.70

6.75

6.60

6.60

6.50

6.50

6.75

6.65

6.50

6.40

6.40

6.30

6.30

6.25

6.20

Aug.

6.20

6.20

6.30

6.30

6.35

6.25

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.10

6.10

6.15

6.10

6.15

6.35

6.15

6.10

6.05

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.90

5.90

5.80

5.80

5.70

Sept.

5 7A

5.70

6.50

5.90

6.00

6.65

7.00

6.40

6.80

6.50

6.45

7.90

6.95

7.15

6.65

6.50

6.40

6.40

6.30

6.30

6.60

6.45

6.40

6.40

7.10

7.65

7.05

6.90

6.70

6.55

Oct.

6

EA

6.65

7.50

7.35

7.10

7.05

7.15

8.05

7.90

7.70

7.55

7.40

7.20

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.40

7.35

7.20

7.05

6.95

6.90

6.90

6.85

6.80

6.80

6.70

6.70

6.60

6.60

Nov.

6.60

6.50

6.50

6.50

6.50

6.50

6.50

6.40

6.40

6.40

6.40

6.35

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.15

6.10

6.10
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLORADO RIVER. 145

AKBOLES STATION ON PIEDKA KIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 281, is located at the railroad bridge across the Piedra Eiver, 

about one-half mile from the Denver and Eio Grande Eailroad depot at 

Arboles, Colorado. The Piedra empties into the San Juan a short distance below this point. The gage is bolted to the stone abutment of 

the railroad bridge on the right-hand side of the stream, and consists 

of a vertical 4 by 4 inch timber. A cross cut in the top of the abutment 

in the southeast corner of bridge 402A is 14.88 feet above gage zero. 

The banks are both high, the current is swift, the bed is composed of 

small stones, and the cross section does not change materially. The 

observer is T. F. Burke. The following discharge measurements were 

made in 1897 by F. Cogswell:

April 24, gage height, 5.20 feet; discharge, 1,429 second-feet. 

May 15, gage height, 5.65 feet; discharge, 1,629 second-feet. 

June 26, gage height, 4,20 feet; discharge, 677 second-feet. 

July 24, gage height, 3.10 feet; discharge, 230 second-feet. 

August 28, gage height, 2.60 feet; discharge, 65 second-feet. 

September 25, gage height, 4.15 feet; discharge, 675 second-feet. 

October 23, gage height, 4.00 feet; discharge, 586 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Piedra Eiver at Arboles, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25...-..............-.. ...

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

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

9fl

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

OA

Apr.

3.75

3.55

3.65

4.20

4.45

4.80

4.90

5.45

5.45

5.55

5.65

6.20

6.35

6.35

6.00

6.05

5.70

5.50

5.30

5.50

5.60

6.00

5.65

5.70

5.80

May.

6.05

6.40

6.45

6.60

6.25

6.25

5.75

5.95

5

QK

5.75

5.65

5.95

6.10

6.15

5.95

5.80

5.90

6.35

6.40

6.40

6.35

6.15

6.00

6.05

June.

5

1 A

5 AC

5.05

5 40

,5.35

5.35

5.30

5.15

5.20

5.30

5.00

4.70

4.65

4.70

4.60

4.60

4.55

4.45

4.25

4.25

4.20

4.05

3.90

3.80

July.

3

QA

3.70

3.60

3.50

3.45

3.60

3.50

3.50

3.40

3.25

3.20

3.20

3.10

3.00

3.00

3.05

3.10

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

Aug.

2

QA

2.80

2.80

2

QA

2

QA

2.80

2.80

2.95

2.80

2.75

2.85

2.70

2.80

2.70

2.80

2.75

.2.70

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

Sept.

2.60

B AA

2

QK

3.40

o KA

3.30

3.65

3.40

3.35

4.20

4.00

4

AK

3.50

3.45

3.30

3.30

3.30

4.05

3.70

3.55

3.60

4.00

4.35

4.05

3.95

3.80

3.70

Oct.

3.70

4.25

5 AC

4.75

4

KK

4.60

5.25

4.95

4.85

4.65

4.85

4.60

4.50

4.40

4.25

4.10

4.05

4.00

3.90

3.80

3.80

3.70

3.70

3.65

3.60

3.50

Nov.

3.50

3.40

3 OK

3

0A

3.30

3.30

3.20

3.25

3.30

3.20

3.20

3.10

3.10

3.10

3.05

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00
146 OPEEATIONS AT EIVEE STATIONS, 1897.

DT7RANGO STATION ON ANIMAS RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 283, is located about 200 yards west of the railroad station at 

Durango, Colorado, at t"he wagon bridge crossing Animas Eiver, 200 

feet above the Eio Grande Southern Eailroad Bridge. The observer is 

George Eobertsou, a miller at Durango. The gage is spiked to the 

west side of the south end of the middle pier of the wagon bridge. 

The head of a bolt at the east abutment of the railroad bridge is 17.24 

feet above gage datum. The banks are high and rocky and the section 

is excellent for obtaining accurate measurements of discharge. Lightner Creek enters Animas Eiver from the right about 100 feet below the 

wagon bridge and between it and the railroad bridge. The following 

discharge measurements were made in 1897 by F. Cogswell:

April 23, gage height, 7.75 feet; discharge, 2,176 second-feet. 

May 14, gage height, 9.20 feet; discharge, 4,786 second-feet. 

June 25, gage height, 7 85 feet; discharge, 2,534 second-feet. 

July 23, gage height, 6.10 feet; discharge, 997 second-feet. 

August 27, gage height, 5.10 feet; discharge, 328 second-feet. 

September 24, gage height, 6.05 feet; discharge, 905 second-feet. 

October 22, gage height, 6.50 feet; discharge, 1,121 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Animas Eiver at Durango, Colorado, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

, 24...............

OK

Ofi

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

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

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

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

Jan.

5.10 

5.20

5 20

5.00

5.00

4.90

~5.~ 66"

"5." 30

5 no

"5." 66"

Feb.

4.90

"5." 66"

5.00

Tso"

5" 66

......

Mar.

5.00

"5."i6"

"5." 66"

5. 10

"5." 26"

"s.'io"

Apr.

5.75 

5.80 

5.75

6.20

7.10

7.40 

7.40 

7.75 

7.80

7.55

8.00

8.60 

8.80 

8.95

9.20 

8 50

8.30

7.90 

7.65 

7.50

8.35

8.35

8.50

May.

8.75 

8.85 

8.70

8.55

8.50

8.80

9.20

9.50 

9.f5 

9.30 

8.90

8.70 

8.95

9.20

8.95 

8.95 

8.60 

9.05

9.15 

9.00

8.70

8.70 

9.25 

9.60

9

7K

8.85

9.25 

9.35

9.25

June.

9.40 

8.85 

a in

Q -in

8.25

8.90 

8.95 

9.10 

8.60

8.50

8.90

8.95 

9.05 

8.45

7.95 

8 in

8.30

8.30 

8.40 

8.10

7

7K

8

Afl

7.50

7.30 

7.15

July.

7.15 

7.00

6 en

6.55

6.85

6.85 

7.00 

6.95 

6.85

6.75

6.45

6.45 

6.45 

6.35 

6.25

6.15

6.05

6.00

6.00 

6.05

6.00

5.90

5.80

5.80 

5 75

5.70

Aug.

5.70 

5.75 

5.75

5.75

5 on

5.80

5.80

5.70 

5.70 

5.65 

5.60

5.60 

5 60

5.55

5.50 

5.50 

5.50 

5.50

5.45 

5.40

5.40

5.35 

5.30 

5.25

5.10

5.10

5.10 

5.10

5.10

Sept.

5.10 

5.00 

5.60

5.70

5.65

5.80

5.60

5.70 

6.25 

5.95 

5.95

6.55

6.70

6.50 

6.20 

6.00 

5.95

5.85

6.30

6.25 

6.15 

6.05

6 OK

6.25

6.30 

'6.30

Oct.

6.35 

6.75 

7.05

7.15

6.85

6.70

6.80 

7.65 

7.45 

7.25

7.15

6.95

7.55 

7.25 

7.05

6.75

6.55

6.50 

6.40 

6.30

6.20

6.10

6.00

6.00 

5.95

5.90

Nov.

5.80 

5.80 

5.80

5.70

5 7ft

5.70

5.70

5.60 

5.60 

5.60 

5.60

5.60 

5.50

5.50

5.50 

5.50 

5.50 

5.40

5.40

5.40

5.40 

5.45 

5.40

5.35

5.30

5.25 

5.20

Dec.

5.20 

5.20 

5.20

5.15

5.30

5."i6"

5.30

"5." 26"

5.30

"5.i6"

5.20

5.50
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLORADO KIVEB. 147

BUTTBS STATION ON GILA RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 286, is located at the buttes 16 miles above Florence, Arizona. 

This gage is bolted to a solid rock on the right bank, where the river 

emerges from the lower end of the gorge. Measurements are made 

from a car suspended from a cable, a short distance above the gage. 

Owing to the shifting character of the bottom, it was necessary to make 

a large number of discharge measurements and the following were made 

by W. J. Brash and A. T. Colton in 1897:

Date.

Jan. 1 ....

Jan. 5 ....

Jan. 8 ....

Jan. 12...

Jan. 14 ...

Jan. 15 ...

Jan. 16 ...

Jan. 18...

Jan. 22...

Jan. 26...

Jan. 29...

Feb.l....

Feb. 5 ....

Feb. 10...

Feb. 13...

Feb. 16...

Feb. 22...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

2.30

2.25

2.24

2.90

3.10

3.80

5.30

4.60

3.40

3.05

2.85

3.50

3.20

2.85

2.71

2.54

2.82

Discharge.

See. ft.

445

413

377

853

846

1,891

3,895

3,085

1,446

1,045

912

1,530

1,123

926

840

700

808

Date.

Feb. 26....

Mar. 2

Mar. 5. ....

Mar. 9

Mar. 12....

Mar. 16....

Mar. 20....

Mar. 23....

Mar. 26....

Mar. 31....

Apr.8.....

Apr. 14 ....

Apr.20....

Apr. 28....

May 6.....

May 14....

May 20....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

2.60

2.50

2.52

2.60

2.48

2.45

2.58

2.90

2.74

2.78

2.54

2.70

2.60

2.43

2.22

1.96

1.80

Discharge.

See. ft.

646

593

614

687

568

585

681

1,010

833

837

675

797

757

516

318

188

134

Date.

May 28...

June 10 ..

June 30..

July 11...

July 27...

Aug. 11...

Aug. 14. ..

Aug. 31...

Sept. 8...

Sept. 13..

Sept. 15..

Sept. 23 . .

Sept. 28..

Oct. 10...

Oct. 24...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

1.65

1.50

1.30

3.00

1.93

2.25

4.70

1.90

6.75

3.50

5.30

3.75

3.70

2.65

2.23

Discharge.

See. ft.

94

72

20

726

173

365

3,181

246

5,588

1,946

4,950

2,099

2,068

868

601
148 OPERATIONS AT EIVEE STATIONS, 1897.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Gila River at the Suites, Arizona, for 1897.

Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25............................

26............................

27............................

28............................

29. ...... ..........I.......... 

30............................

Jan.

2.30

O Qft

9 26

2.25

2.25

2.24 

2.24

2.24

2 no

o 90

3

Q7

3.45 

5.30 

5.60 

4.60 

4.10

3 Qft

3.70 

3.40 

3.30

3.05

2.85 

3.25

3 17

Feb.

3.50 

3.40

3.30

3.20

3.00

2

QC

2.90

O OS

2 on

2

7«>

2.71

2.70

2.62 

2.54 

2.50 

2.47 

2.45

2.95 

2.85 

2.80

2 7Q

2.65

2.60

Mar.

2.57

2

Kf\

2.52

2.64

2.52

2.70 

2.62

2.60

o Crt

2.48

2.40 

2.45 

2.46 

2.50

2 CO

2 CO

2.71 

2.83

2 90

2.74

2.72

2.70

2.73 

2.85 

2.78

Apr.

2.75

2 7ft

2.68

2.67

"2." 54"

2 ftn

2 R7

2.70

"2.~70" 

'Z.'l'd

2.59

2.55

2.50

2.43

"2.40

May.

2.27

2.22

"2." I?"

2 1 ft

1.96 'i.'gi" 

Yes"

'i.'77'

1.68

1.65

June.

1.60

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.50 

1.50

1.50 

1.50

1.55

1.50

1.50

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50

1.40 

1.40

1.40

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30 

1.30

July1.30 

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30 

1.20

1.20 

4 10

3.00

2.50 

2.00 

2.20 

2.10 

3.00

2.50 

3.00 

3.00

2

CA

2.00

2.20

2.10

2.50

2.00 

2.00 

2.00

Aug.

2.40

2.20

2.30

2.60

2.40

2.30 

3.00

2.30

2.20

4.70

4.70 

4.80 

2.90 

2.70

2.30

2.30 

2.60 

2.40

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.10

2.00

2.00 

1.90 

1.90

Sept.

1.80 

1.80

1.80

1.76

1.72

1.73

1.83 

7.00

4.40

4 90

4.20

3.50

5.30 

5.10 

4.60 

5.40

3.85

4.60 

4.20 

3.75

3.70

3.65

3.75

3.70

3 70 3.55' 

3.25

Oct.

3.10

2.97

2.90

2.80

2.65

2.60

2.58 

2.55

2.47

------

........

........

MCDOWELL STATION ON SALT RIVER.

This station, is located f mile above the mouth of the Yerde River 

and 35 miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona, and was established April 

20,1897. The gage consists of 2 by 6 inch scantling, bolted to rocks on 

south side of river about 300 feet above the cable. The bench mark is 

a nail in polyverde tree about 75 feet west of north cable anchorage, 

and it is 17.33 feet above gage zero. The observer is B. Yalasco. The 

following is a list of discharge measurements made in 1897 by W. A. 

Farish and others:

Date.

Apr. 21...

Apr. 25 . . .

Apr. 28...

Apr. 30...

May 4....

May 8....

May 11...

May 15...

May 18...

May 20...

May 22...

May 25...

May 27...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

13.30

12.50

12.10

12.00

11.55

11.33

11.20

10.94

10.73

10.66

10.61

10.54

10.45

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

4,085

2,913

2,290

2,035

1,639

1,563

1,385

1,223

992

875

852

805 748"

Date.

May 29....

June 1 ....

June 3 ....

June 5 ....

June 8 ....

June 10 ...

June 12 ...

June 15 ...

June 17 ...

June 19 ...

June 22 ...

June 24 ...

June 26 ...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

10.40

10.35

10.30

10.23

10.09

10.00

9.95

9.90

9.86

9.80

9.74

9.70

9.63

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

715

647

606

569

476

456

430

399

379

341

299

270

244

Date.

June 30..

July 10 . .

July 19:.

Aug. 15 . .

Aug. 29 . .

Sept. 13..

Sept. 26..

Oct. 20...

Oct. 31...

Nov. 21 ..

Nov. 28 ..

Dec. 19 ..

Dec. 27 ..

Gage 

height.

Feet.

9.55

9.50

9.55

10.10

10.15

11.35

11.45

10.10

10.10

10.00

10.00

10.10

10.05

Discharge.

See. ft.

217

169

198

373

403

733

1,068

393;

325

284

270

264

273
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLORADO RIVER. 149 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Salt River at McDowell, Arizona, for 1897.

Day.

1. ................

9

3.................

4.. ...............

5.................

6.................

7.................

8.................

9. ................

10.................

11.................

12.................

13.................

U.. ...............

15.................

16.................

17.................

18.................

19.................

20.................

21.................

22.................

23.................

24.................

25.................

26.................

27.................

28. ................

29.................

30.................

31.................

Apr.

13.60

13.30

13.20

12.50

12.32

12.15

12.10

12.10

12.00

May.

11.00

11.75

11.62

11.55

11.62

11.62

11.48

11 44

11 40

11.26

11.20

11.12

11.06

D.OO

10.75

10.72

10.68

10.65

10.62

10.60

10.53

10.53

10.49

10.41

10 4.0

10.39

June.

10.35

10.32

W on

10.18

10.12

10.08

10.04

9.85

9.83

9.79

9.77

9.75

9.73

9.68

9.65

9.62

9.58

9.56

9.55

July.

9.72

9 CO

9.50

9.36

9.66

9

0fi

9

0,1

9

KA

9.60

9.76

9.60

9.58

9.55

9.52

9.43

9.45

9 JA

9

JK

9.42

9.75

9.55

Aug.

10.55

10.04

9.88

9

7R

9 7ft

9 7O

10.10

10.55

10 SO

10. 50

10.30

10.20

10.20

10.10

10.00

10.30

10.00

10.45

10.00

Sept.

10.00

10.45

10.00

10 44

10.60

10.90

10.90

11.51

12.73

11.15

11.50

11.50

10.30

10.48

10.25

10.90

11.50

11 45

11.70

12.02

11.90

11.75

Oct.

11.45

11.30

11 40

10.65

in on

10.05

10.30

10.30

10.30

10.10

10.25

9.90

10.45

10.50

10.45

10.02

10.90

10.75

10.10

Nov.

10.05

10.05

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.05

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

Dec.

10.05

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.15

10.15

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.10

10.05

10.05

10.10

10.10

10. 05

IRR 16 4
150 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

MCDOWBLL STATION ON VERDE RIVER.

This station is located f mile above the mouth of Verde Biver, and 35 

miles northeast of Phrenix, Arizona, and was established April 20,1897. 

The gage consists of a 2 by 4 inch inclined rod fastened to posts driven 

into the east bank of the river about 400 feet below the gaging cable. 

The bench mark is on a catclaw tree about 100 feet southeast from the 

old gage on cottonwood tree, which latter is 60 feet below the cable. 

The elevation of the bench mark is 27.02 feet above gage datum. 

The observer is B. Valasco. The following is a list of discharge measurements made by W. A. Farish and others in 1897:

Date.

Apr. 21...

Apr. 25...

Apr. 28...

Apr. 30...

May 4 ....

May 8....

May 11...

May 15 ...

May 18...

May 20 ...

May 22...

May 25...

May 27...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

8.85

8.50

8.37

8.32

8.16

8.12

8.00

7.93

7.94

7.85

7.88

7.84

7.85

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

1,328

731

540

508

364

325

259

236

229

227

224

205

244

Date.

May 29 ....

June 1 ....

June 3 ....

June 8 ....

June 10 ...

June 12 ...

June 15 ...

June 17 ...

June 19 ...

June 22 ...

June 24 ...

June 26 ...

June 30 ...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

7.74

7.80

7.78

7.75

7.76

7.78

7.70

7.63

7.63

7.58

7.63

7.55

7.56

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

172

177

174

176

178

159

165

138

132

128

135

122

m

Date.

July 10..

Ju]y 19 ..

Aug. 15 . .

Aug. 29 . .

Sept. 13 . .

Sept. 26..

Oct. 21...

Oct. 31...

Nov. 21 . .

Nov. 28 . .

Dec. 19 . .

Dec. 26 . .

Gage 

height.

Feet.

7.65

7.70

7.95

8.51

9.35

7.60

6.70

6.65

6.60

6.63

6.75

6.70

Discharge.

See. ft.

183

186

322

440

1,949

435

279

305

246

264

264

308

Daily gage height, in feet, of Verde River at McDowell, Arizona, for 1897.

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...................

ao... ................

31...................

Apr.

9.00

8.80

8.65

8.60

8.50

8.42

8.38

8.37

8.36

8.32

May.

8

OA

8

OQ

8.18

8.16

8.14

8.12

8.05

8.00

7.93

7.93

7.93

7.92

7.92

7.91

7.86

7.84

7.86

7.84

7.84

7.84

7.84

7.82

7.74

7.85

June.

7

QA

7.77

7.77

7 7a

7.76

7.74

7 7f\

7.74

7.76

7.76

7 7ft

7.76

7.74

7.66

7.62

7.62

7.62

7.62

7.60

7.62

7.60

7.54

7.56

7.57

7.57

7.56

July.

7

Kfi

7.54

7.43

7.42

7.38

7.44

7.44

7.68

7.65

7.80

7.74

7.70

7.75

7.75

7.70

7.64

7.43

7.58

7.64

7.58

7.54

7.52

7.50

7.49

7.60

7.50

7.51

Aug.

7.55

7.52

7.52

7.56

7.60

7.65

7.64

7.72

7.72

9.00

8.50

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.20

8.50

8.10

8.50

8.60

8.70

7.90

8.30

8.30

8.45

8.45

8.45

8.50

7.50

7.50

Sept.

7.70

7.55

7.60

7.85

7.60

7.50

7.61

8.80

.8.90

8.30

12.00

12.00

9.40

9.40

7.50

7.50

7.85

7.60

7.10

7.20

2.10

7.00

7.50

7.45

7.65

7.60

9.00

9.90

7.80

7.55

Oct.

7.45

7.00

7.00

7.40

7.30

7.10

7.10

7.20

6.90

7.10

7.00

7.10

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.10

7.10

7.10

7.10

6.70

6.70

6.65

0.65

6.60

6.65

6.70

6.70

6.65

6.65

6.65

Nov.

6.65

6.60

6.65

6.65

6.65

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.65

6.60

6.65

6.95

6.60

6.65

6.65

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

6.60

Dec.

6.65

6.70

6.70

(vG5

6.60

6.60

6.60

5.65

6.65

6.65

6.65

6.65

C. 60

6.60

6.60

6.65

6.65

6.75

6.75

6.80

6.75

9.70

6.70

6.70

6.70

1.70

6.70

6.70

6.70

6.70
DRAINAGE BASIN OP COLORADO RIVER. 151

YUMA STATION ON COLORADO RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 298, is located at the bridge of the Southern Pacific Railroad 

Company at Yuma, Arizona, and the gage readings are maintained by 

that company. The gage at this point, reading from 10 to 22 feet, is 

nailed to the lower side of the first pier on the south bank of the river; 

the portion reading from 22 feet to 40 feet is nailed to a large post on 

the north side, east of the bridge. The figures of gage height, plus 

100, indicate the elevation above sea level according to the South 

Pacific elevation. The channel of the river is shifting, scouring or filling with every change of river height. Ho discharge measurements 

were made in 1897.

Daily gage height, infect, of Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona, for 1897.

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.

18.58

18.75

18.58

18.50

18.42

18.33

18.25

18.17

18.00

18.00

18.00

17.92

18.33

19.00

20.92

21.42

22.50

22.83

21.92

20.00

19.42

19.75

19.42

19.00

18. 83

18.75

18.67

18.67

18.67

18.50

18.42

Feb.

18.33

18.17

18.33

18.25

18.42

18. FO

18.50

18.50

18.42

18.17

18.00

17.92

18.17

18.25

18.25

18.25

18.25

18.17

18.17

18.17

18.17

18.17

18. 17

18.00

18.00

18.42

18.42

18. 33

.......

Mar.

18.33

18. 50

18.50

19.17

19.33

19.08

19.75

19. 42

19.00

19.50

20.33

19.75

19.58

19.33

19.17

19.00

19.17

19.50

19.25

19.17

19.00

18.92

18.92

18.92

18.75

19.33

19.17

19.17

18.92

18.92

19.33

Apr.

19.42

19.67

19.25

20.17

20.00

20.42

20.42

20.67

21.00

21.42

21.42

21.00

21.42

21.50

21.50

21.42

21.25

21.25

21.42

21.42

21.42

21.92

22.42

22.75

23.00

23.17

23.00

22.83

22.50

22.42

May.

22.42

22. 42

22.67

22.92

23.00

22.92

23.00

23.42

23.75

24.00

24.33

24.58

24.83

24.92

25.08

25.25

25. 33

25.42

25.50

25.50

25.42

25.25

25. 08

25.00

25.00

25.17

25.25

25.42

25. 42

25. 33

25.25

June.

25.17

25.42

25.67

25.75

25.83

25.83

25.92

26.00

26.08

26.00

25.83

25.33

24.75

24.00

23.58

23.33

23.25

23.17

23.08

23.25

23.25

23.42

23.25

22.75

22.33

22.17

21.75

21.67

21.67

21.07

July.

21.50

21.25

20.92

20.92

20.92

20.92

20.58

20.42

20.42

20.25

20.33

20.50

20.58

20.25

20.08

20.25

20.25

20. 33

20.33

20.25

20.00

19.75

19.50

19.50

19.42

19.42

19. 42

19.33

19. 33

19.33

19.25

Aug.

19.25

19.17

19.17

19.17

19.00

18.92

18.83

18.83

18.67

18.75

18.75

18.58

18.83

18.75

19.00

18.92

18.92

19.00

19.08

19.17

19.08

19.08

18.92

18.83

18.75

19.25

18.75

18.67

18.75

18.75

18.75

Sept.

18.58

18.58

18.50

18.50

18.58

18.50

18.42

18.25

18.25

18.17

18.08

18.42

18.17

18.67

18.75

18. 33

18.25

19.33

19.83

20.25

20.75

20.75

19.83

19.50

19. 50

19.25

19.00

18.83

19.08

18.92

Oct.

18.92

18.92

18.92

18.83

19.17

19.17

18.92

18.75

18.42

18.50

18.83

19.25

21.00

20.75

21.50

21.42

20.92

20.17

19.92

19.67

19.58

19.42

19.92

19.50

19.33

19.25

19.00

19.00

19.00

18.83

18.75

Nov.

18.75

18.83

19.17

19.17

18.92

18.75

18.75

18.75

18.67

18.67

18.67

18.58

18.58

18.50

18.58

18.58

18.58

18. 58

18.58

18.50

18.42

18. 42

18.42

18.33

18.33

18.42

18.50

18.50

18.50

18.42

Dec.

18.42

18.42

18.75

18.58

18.42

18.58

18.58

18.42

18.42

18.33

18.25

18. 25

18.08

18.08

18.08

18.00

18.00

18.00

18.00

18.00

17.92

18.00

18.17

18.25

18.08

18.08

18.08

18.08

18.08

18.08

18.00
152 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

ELKO STATION ON HUMBOLDT RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 299, is located at a point 1 mile southwest of the town of Elko, 

Nevada. The gage is inclined, fastened to iron bolts driven into the 

solid rock, and placed on the left bank immediately below the bridge. 

The bench mark is on the southwest corner of the cofierdam surrounding a stone pier of the bridge, 80 feet north of the gage, and is at an 

elevation of 7.5 feet above zero on the gage. The channel is straight 

both above and below this point; the right bank is quite low, but the 

left is high and rocky. The bed of the stream is of gravel and sand, 

shifting slightly. The observer is John Garrecht. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by L. H. Taylor:

March 23, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 140 second-feet. 

April 9, gage height, 6.20 feet; discharge, 1,276 second-feet. 

May 6, gage height, 7.20 feet; discharge, 1,778 second-feet. 

June 22, gage height, 4.93 feet; discharge, 773 second-feet. 

July 10, gage height, 3.30 feet; discharge, 256 second-feet. 

July 26, gage height, 2.45 feet; discharge, 88 second-feet. 

September 6, gage height, 1.80 feet; discharge, 6 second-feet. 

November 30, gage height, 2.20 feet; discharge, 44 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Humboldt River at Ellto, Nevada, for 1897.

Day.

1...............

2...............

4...............

5...............

6...............

8...............

g

10. ..............

H... ............

12...............

13...............

14...............

15.. ........... .-

16...............

17...............

18...............

19...............

20...............

21...............

99

23...............

24...............

25...............

26...............

27- ........... ...

28...............

29.. . .......... ..

30............... 

31. ....... .......

Jan.

-2.50

2.55

2

JK

2.50

2.50 

2.50

2.50

2.55

2.50

2.40

2.50

2.40

2.40

2.30

2.40

2.40

2.30

2.40

2.40

2.37

2.30

2.37

2.40

2.42

2.40

2.40

2.42 

2.40

Feb.

2.45

2.45

2.45

2.50

2.65 

2.70

2.72

2.90

2.95

3.00

2.95

2.85

2.70

2.70

2.65

2.70

2.45

2.60

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.40

2.50

2.60

2.70

Mar.

2.65

2.80

2.85

2.80 

2.80

2.80

2.70

2 7fi

2.80

2.85

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.75

2.85

2.95

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.80

2.90

3.00

3.60

3.90

4.30

5.30

7.30

6.90 

6.10

Apr.

5.90

4.80

4.40

4. 5U 

4.60

5.00

5.50

6.30

6.40

6.60

6.80

7.20

7.40

7.40

7.20

7.30

7.30

7.40

7.90

8.10

8.20

8.20

7.80

7.50

7.20

6.90

6.60

6.70

6.70

May.

6.80

6.80

6.90

7.50

7.90 

7.90

7.90

7.70

7.55

7.50

7.50

7.55

7.50

7.10

7.20

6.90

6.80

6.80

7.00

7.30

7.35

7.55

7.70

8.00

8.25

8.30

8.40

8.45

8.35

8.10 

7.90

June.

7.60

7.45

7.30

7.20

7.15 

6.80

6.50

6.40

6.15

5.95

5.85

5.80

5.75

5.60

5.40

5.40

5.43

5.55

5.70

5.60

5.30

5.00

4.85

4.50

4.50

4.20

4.15

4.15

4.30

4.25

July.

4.15

4.15

4.00

3.95

3.90 

3.80

3.70

3.60

3.40

3.35

3.25

3.15

3.00

2.95

2.93

2.90

2.90

2.80

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.65

2.60

?.60

2.55

2.50

2.40

2.35

2.20

2.30 

2.25

Aug.

2.20

2.15

2.15

2.10

2.10 

2.00

2.00

2.05

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.95

1.90

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.87

1.87

1.87

1.87

1.87

1.87

1.87

1.85 

1.85

Sept.

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85 

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.83

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.77

1.77

1.77

1.75

Oct.

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.80 

1.80

1.85

1.90

1.90

2.00

1.95

1.95

1.95

2.00

2.00

2.00

2,00

2.00

2.00

2.05

2.05

2.10

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.00

2.10

2.15

2.05

2.05 

2.10

Nov.

2.10

2.10

2.15

2.15

2.15 

2.20

2.20

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.20

2.25

2.25

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.35

2.40

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.30

2.25

2.30

Dec.

2.35

2.35

2.40

2.45

2.50 

2.45

2.50

2.50

2.60

2.80

2.80

2.70

2.50

2.30

2.20

2.40

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.60

2.65

2.50

2.45

2.50

2.40

2.40

2.40 

2.40
DRAINAGE BASIN OF HUMBOLDT RIVER. 153

BATTLE MOUNTAIN STATION ON HUMBOLDT RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Beport, Part IV, 

page 302, is located at the county highway bridge, three-fourths of a 

mile northeast of the town of Battle Mountain, Nevada. 0. E. Taylor 

is the observer. The gage is vertical and is spiked to the timber wing 

wall immediately above the bridge, on the left bank. The bench mark 

is on a spike in the tie beam at the east side of the bridge near the 

south end, at an elevation of 10 feet above zero on the gage. The channel is curved at this point and the banks are low and liable to overflow 

at high water. There are also several sloughs or side channels, so at 

extreme high water it is difficult to obtain an accurate measurement of 

the flow of the stream. The bed of the stream is of sand and gravel 

and shifts considerably. The following discharge measurements were 

made in 1897 by L. H. Taylor:

March 17, gage height, 2.85 feet; discharge, 276 second-feet. 

April 4, gage height, 6.10 feet; discharge, 944 second-feet. 

April 10, gage height, 7.10 feet; discharge, 1,557 second-feet. 

April 15, gage height, 8.30 feet; discharge, 2,454 second-feet. 

May 26, gage height, 8.60 feet; discharge, 2,870 second-feet. 

June 24, gage height, 6.70 feet; discharge, 1,394 second-feet. 

July 6, gage height, 4.70 feet; discharge, 711 second-feet. 

July 21, gage height, 2.55 feet; discharge, 306 second-feet. 

August 20, gage height, 0.85 foot; discharge, 16 second-feet. 

September 23, gage height, 0.45 foot; discharge, 4 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Humboldt River at Battle Mountain, Nevada, for 1897.

Day.

I...... .........

2............... 

3...............

4...............

5...............

6...............

7...............

8............... 

9. ..............

10...............

12...............

13...............

14...... .........

15...............

18...............

19...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

24...............

25...............

26...............

27............... 

28...............

29............... 

30............... 

31...............

Jan.

2.20

2.20

2.25

2.15

9 IK

2.10 

2.10

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.20 

2.15

2.15

2.10

2.00

2.00

2.10

2.10

2.15 

2.15

2.20 

2.20 

2.20

Feb.

2.30

2.30 

2.30

2.35

2.35

2.20

2.30 

2.30

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.40

2.40

2.45

2.50

2.45 

2.45

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.35

2.35

2.35

2.35 

2.40

Mar.

2.45

2.45 

2.40

2.40

2.50

2.50

2.70 

2.85

2.00

2.45

2.45

2.50

2. 60

2.70

2.85

2.90

2.90 

2.90

2.65

2.30

3.00

2.80

3.00

3.10

2.90 

3.00

3.30 

3.70 

5.00

Apr.

5.80

6.60 

6.90

6.10

6.10

6.15

6.50 

6.90

7.20

7.00

7.90

8.10

8.25

8.35

8.42

8.47

8.50

8.55 

8.60

8.63

8.67

8.70

8.73

8.70

8.70

8.68 

8.65

8.63 

8.60

May.

8.58

8.58 

8.57

8.56

8.56

8.55

8 54

8.55 

8.56

8.57

8.58

8.59

8.60

8.55

8.54

8.54

8.52

8.50

8.47 

8.45

8.47

8.50

8.52

8.55

8.58

8.60

8.62 

8.65

8.68 

8.70 

8.73

June.

8.76

8.80 

8.76

8.73

8.70

8.66

8.60

8.56 

8.45

8.30

8.10

7.95

7.80

7.70

7.65

7.60

7.55

7.50

7.45 

7.30

7.15

7.00

6.85

6.70

6.40

6.20

6.00 

5.80

5.60 

5.40

July.

5.25

5.10 

5.00

4.80

4.70

4.50 

4.40

4.20

3.85

3.75

3.40

3.20

3.40

4.80

2.90

2.75 

2.65

2.55

2.40

2.30

2.20

2.10

2.00

2.00 

1.90

1.85 

1.75 

1.70

Aug.

1.60

1.50

1.40

1.30

1.25

1.20

1.20 

1.15

1.15

1.10

1.10

1.05

1.05

.95

.90 

.90

.85

.85

.80

.80

.75

.75

.70 

.70

.65 

.65 

.60

Sept.

O.CO

.55 

.50

.50

.50

.50

.50 

.50

.50

.50

.50

.50

.50

.50

.50

.50

.45

.45 

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.50 

.50

.50 

.50

Oct.

0.55

.55 

.55

.60

.60

.65

.65

.75 

1.20

3.20

1.00

.90

.90

.90

.95

.95

1.00

1.00

1.10 

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.25

1.30

1.30

1.35

1.40 

1.40

1.45 

1.50 

1.50

Nov.

1.55

1.55 

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.65

1.65

1.65 

1.65

1.65

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.75

1.75 

1V 75

1.75

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.85

1.85

1.90 

1.95

1.90 

1.95

Dec.

2.00

2.00 

2.00

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.00

2.10 

2.10

2.10

2.20

2.35

2.40

2.40

2.50

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70 

2.50

2.55

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.75

2.75

2.75 

2.75

2.80 

2.80 

2.90
154 OPERATIONS AT KIVER STATIONS, 1897.

GOLCONDA STATION ON HUMBOLDT RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 303, is located 1^ miles northerly from the town of Golconda, 

Nevada. The observer is L. Dutertre, a farmer and merchant. The 

gage is vertical and is spiked to posts driven into the left bank of the 

river. There are two bench marks, one on a 2 by 4 inch post driven 

flush with the ground surface 20 feet from the gage, and the other on 

a large spike driven into a post which is firmly set about 15 feet from 

the gage. The first is at an elevation of 10.55 feet and the second 13.70 

feet above zero on the gage. Measurements are made from a cable 

and suspended car. The channel is nearly straight for about 400 feet. 

The banks are moderately high, but liable to overflow at extreme flood 

stages, perhaps once in four or five years. The bed of the stream is of 

gravel and sand, shifting somewhat. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by L. H. Taylor:

March 24, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 207 second-feet. 

April 9, gage height, 5.30 feet; discharge, 650 second-feet. 

April 21, gage height, 7.05 feet; discharge, 1,363 second-feet. 

June 2, gage height, 9.20 feet; discharge, 2,608 second-feet. 

June 27, gage height, 6.87 feet; discharge, 1,198 second-feet. 

July 5, gage height, 5.65 feet; discharge, 796 second-feet. 

July 30, gage height, 2.90 feet; discharge, 251 second-feet. 

August 10, gage height, 1.94 feet; discharge, 124 second-feet. 

September 13, gage height, 0.70 foot; discharge, 7 second-feet. 

November 2, gage height, 1.20 feet; discharge, 43 second-feet. 

November 27, gage height, 1.75 feet; discharge, 89 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Humboldt River at Golconda, Nevada, for 1897.

Day.

3..............

6..............

7..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

16..............

17..............

18..............

19..............

9ft

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jan.

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.25

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.25

2.30

2.20

2.10

2.15

2.20 

2.30

2.80 

2.70

2.40

2.35

Feb.

2.50

2.45

2.50

2.65

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.60

2.60

2.65

2.70

2.70

2.90

3.00

3.00

2.90

2.85

2.95

2.85

2.80

2.70

2.70 

2.75

2.90 

2.80

......

Mar.

2.85

2.90

2.95

2.85

2.85

2.90

2.90

3.20

2.10

2.00

2.90

2.85

2

QK

2.95

2.190

3.00 

3.50

3.50 

3.10

3.10

3.50

Apr.

3.80

4 40

4.80

5.40

5.40

5.30

5.50

5.70

5.75

6.50

6.80

6.90

8.10

8.80 

9.15

9.50

May.

9.95

10.00

9.90

9.75

9.70

9.60

9.55

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.50

9.50

9

JC

9.30 

9.30

9.30 

9.25

9.20

9

-1 A

9.15

June.

9.20

9.25

9.30

9.40

9.50

9.55

9.65

9.75

9.65

9.55

9.40

9.40

9.20

9.00

8.80

8.60

8.40

8.10

7 80

7 40

7.20

7.20 

7.00

6.90 

6.70

6.60

6 40

July.

6.20

5.90

5.70

5.60

5.50

5.35

5.20

5.15

4.95

4.90

4.85

5.85

4.80

4.60

4.40

4.20

4.00

3.90

3.80

3.75

3.60

3.50

3.40

3.45 

3.30

3.20 

3.10

3.00

2

cm

2.80

Aug.

2.70

2.60

2.50

2.40

2.30

2.25

2.20

2.15

2.10

1.95

1.85

1.80

1.75

1.65

1.65

1.60

1.55

1.50

1.45

1.40

1.30

1.35

1.40 

1.40

1.35 

1.35

1.30

1 *>P*

1.20

Sept.

1.10

1.00

1.00

.95

.90

.85

.80

.80

.75

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

65

.65

.60

.60 

.60

.60 

.55

.55

.55

Oct.

.50

.50

.50

.50

1.50

1.20

1.20

1.10

1.00

.90

.80

.80

.80

.75

.80

.80

80

.80 

.85

.95 

.95

.90

1.00

1.00

Mov.

1.10

1.25

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.70

1 70

1.75

1 I7f\

1.85

1.90 

1.95

1.90 

1.90

1.90

1.95

Dec.

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.10

2.10

2.20

2.30

2.40

2.45

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.60

2.65

2.65

2.65

9 ^

2.60

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.70 

2.70

2.70 

2.70

2.70

2

I7A

2.75
DEAINAGE BASIN OP HUMBOLDT RIVER. 155

OREANA STATION ON HUMBOLDT RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 306, is located at the old Oreana highway bridge, about 12 miles 

northeast of Lovelocks, Nevada. The observer is Joe Eodgers, section 

foreman of the Central Pacific Railroad. The bridge abutment to 

which the gage was fastened was undermined and fell May 26,1897. A 

temporary gage was used until September 8,1897, when a new inclined 

one was placed on the left bank of the river about a mile and a half 

above the site of the old gage and opposite the section house. It is 

made of a 2 by 4 inch pine timber spiked to posts driven well into the 

bank. The bench mark is a 10 by 10 inch post near the left bank of 

the river about 40 feet below the gage, and its elevation is 10.0 feet 

above the zero. The channel here is straight for about 500 feet above 

the gage and for about 150 feet below. The station is provided with a 

cable and car. The river banks are high and not liable to overflow. 

The bed of the stream is sandy and shifting. The following measurements were made in 1897 by L. H. Taylor:

March 25, gage height, 3.85 feet; discharge, 203 second-feet. 

April 22, gage height, 6.70 feet; discharge, 1,037 second-feet. 

April 30, gage height, 9.35 feet; discharge, 1,939 second-feet. 

May 14, gage height, 11.70 feet; discharge, 2,932 second-feet. 

June 26, gage height, 8.75 feet; discharge, 1,910 second-feet. 

July 9, gage height, 6.80 feet; discharge, 1,169 second-feet. 

July 22, gage height, 5.00 feet; discharge, 625 second-feet. 

September 9, gage height, 2.50 feet; discharge, 59 second-feet. 

November 7, gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 25 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Humboldt River at Oreana, Nevada, for 1897.

Day.

2.............

3.............

4.............

G. ............

7.............

8.............

9.............

10.............

11.............

12.............

13.............

14.............

15.............

16............. 

17.............

18.............

19.............

20............. 

21............. 

' 22.............

23.............

24.............

25.............

26.............

27.............

28.............

29............. 

30............. 

31.............

Jan.

2

QA

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.95

2.90

2.90

2.90

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00 

3.10

3. 10

3.10

3.10 

3.10

3.20

3.20

3.30

3.20

3.20

3.30 

3.40 

3.30

Feb.

0 Qfl

3.30

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.50

3.50

8.40

3.40

3,50

3.50

3.50 

3.50

3.60

3.60 

3.60 

3.60

3.70

3.70

3.70

3.80

3.80

3.80

Mar.

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.85

3.80

3.90

3.90

3.85

3.80

3.80

3.90 

3.80

3.85

3.80

3.80 

3.80 

3.80

3.80

3.85

3.85

3.90

3.90

4.00

4.10 

4.30 

4.45

Apr.

4.60

4.70

4.90

5.00

5.10

5.20

5.20

5.20

5.30

5.40

5.60

5.80 

5.80

5 on

6.00

6.40 

6.50 

6.80

7.10

7.50

8.05

8.50

8.80

9.10

9.30 

9.50

May.

9 on

9 on

10.50

11.20

U. 40

11.70

11.80

11.90

12.00

11.90

11.75

11.80

11.60 

11.40

11.20

11.00

11.00 

10.90 

10.90

10.90

10.90

10.90

10.90

10.90 

10.80 

10.80

June.

10.60

10.40

10.30

10.20

10.10

10.00

9.90

9.90

9.80

9.80

9.80

9.80

9.80

9.80 

9.80

9.70

9.60 

9.40 

9.30

9.00

8.90

8.80

8.70

8.60

8.50

8.40 

8.20

July.

8 1 A

7 QPl

7.60

7 40

6.95

6.80

6.60

6.40

6.30

5.90

5,80 

5.60

5.50

5.40

5.20 

5.10

4.90

4.80

4.80

4.60

4.50

4.40 

4.30 

4.20

Aug.

4 20

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.00

S on

3.90

3.80

3.80

3.60

3.50

3.40

3.40

3.30

3.20 

3.10

3 in

3.10

3.10 

3.10 

3. CO

3.00

2.90

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.60 

2.60 

2.60

Sept.

2 60

2.55

2 ^1

2

KK

2 KG

2.50

2.50

2.45

2.45

0 JK

2.45

2.45 

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40 

2.40 

2.40

2.35

2.35

2.35 

2.30

Oct.

2 QA

2

0A

2

0rt

2

0A

2 OK

2.35

2.30

2.30

2.25

2.25 

2.25

2 9A

2.20

2.20 

2.20

2.15

2.15

2.10

2.10

2.05 

2.05 

2.05

Nov.

2 AC

2 05

2 AT

2 1ft

2 in

2.15

2.20

2.25 

2.25

2.25

2.30 

2.30

2.30

2.35

2.35

2.40

2.40

2.45 

2.45

Dec.

2 45

2.55

2 60

3 in

3.00

2 on

2.70

2.70

2.75

2.75

2

OA

2.80

2.80 

2.85

2 OK

2.85

2.80 

2.90 

2 on

3.00

3.00

3.00 

3.05 

3.05
156 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

MASON'S RANCH STATION ON SOUTH FORK OF HUMBOLDT RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 311, is located at a point on the South Fork of Humboldt Eiver, 

about 10 miles southwest of the town of Elko, Nevada, and about 6 

miles above its junction with the main stream. The observer is Martin 

Mason, a farmer. The gage is inclined and spiked to posts driven 

firmly into the right bank. There is one bench mark on a 2 by 4 inch 

post 2£ feet long driven flush with the ground 10 feet north of the gage, 

and having an elevation of 7.50 feet above zero 011 the gage. Measurements are made from a cable and suspended car at a point 1 mile above 

the gage, the latter being placed, for the convenience of the observer, 

near his farm. At the point of measurement the banks are high and 

the channel is straight for over 600 feet. The bed of the stream is of 

rock and gravel and is quite stable. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by L. H. Taylor:

April 6, gage height, 1.95 feet; discharge, 139 second-feet. 

May 7, gage height, 5.00 feet; discharge, 1,128 second-feet. 

June 9, gage height, 3.65 feet; discharge, 800 second-feet. 

June 22, gage height, 2.30 feet; discharge, 363 second-feet. 

July 11, gage height, 1.75 feet; discharge, 211 second-feet. 

July 25, gage height, 1.20 feet; discharge, 102 second-feet. 

September 24, gage height, 0.35 foot; discharge, 5 second-feet. 

October 10, gage height, 0.60 foot; discharge, 19 second-feet. 

November 29, gage height, 0.90 foot; discharge, 56 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of South Fork of Humboldt Eiver at Mason's ranch, Nevada,

for 1897.

Day.

4...............

6...............

7...............

8...............

10...............

11...............

12............... 

13...............

14...............

15...............

16...............

17...............

I Q

19...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

23............... 

24...............

25...............

26...............

27...............

28...............

29...............

30............... 

31...............

Jan.

1.20

1.20

1 9^

1.25

1 9fl

1.10

.85

1.00

1.10 

1.10

1.15

1.10

1.20

.80

T^

1.00

1.10

1.10 

1.15

1.10

1.20

1.20

.80

1.20

1.20

1.20 

1.20

Feb.

1.20

1.30

1

OK

1.30

1.50

1 30

1.50

1.25 

1.45

1.50

1.25

1.30

1.40

1.50

1.55

1.40 

1.45

1.40

1.30

1.25

1.25

1.30

Mar.

1.30

1.20

1.25

1.30

i 9*;

1.25

1.30

1.30 

1.30

1.20

1.20

1.25

1.40

1.85 

1.25

1.35

2.40

2.25

3.20

3.50

3.20 

2.70

Apr.

1 Q^

1

0A

1.80

1 QK

2 1 ft

2 on

2 9ft

2 fin

9 ftn

2.85

3.05

3.50

3.70

4 9ft

4.20

4.40 

4.20

3.60 

3.40

3.50

3.75

3.85

3.95

May.

4 05

4.15

4.30

4 80

5.00

4 90

4.55

4.00 

3.95

4.10

4.25

4.55

4 80

5.20 

5.20

5.40 

5.45

5.50

5.05

4.75

4.60

4.55 

4.60

June.

4.25

3.55

3.40

3.30

3.40

3.65

3.60

3.35

3.25 

3.20

3.20

3.35

3.25

3.30

2.90

2.75

2.55

2.45 

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.00

1.95

July.

2.05

2.00

2.10

1.95

1 Qft

1.85

1.75

1.75

1.70 

1.65

1.60

1.65

1.65

1.55

1.20

1.10 

1.10

1.15 

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.10

1.05

1.00

.95 

.95

Aug.

0.90

.85

.85

1.35

1.30

1.00

Qn

.85

.75

.70

.65

.65 

.60

.60

.55

.50

.45

.45

.45

.40

.40 

.40

.40 

.35

.35

.35

.35

.45

.35

.35 

.30

Sept.

0.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30 

.35

!35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35 

.35

.35 

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.40

.40

Oct.

0.40

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.50

.50

.60

.60

.60 

.60

.70

.80

.80

.80

.80

.75

.75

.75 

.75

.80

.90

.85

.80

80

.80

.80 

.80

Nov.

0.80

.80

.80

.85

.85

.85

.85

.85

.85

.85

.90 

.90

.90

.80

.85

1.15

.90

B">

.85

.90 

.95

.95

.95

.90

1.50

1.60

1.10

.95

.90

Dec.

1.00

1.20

.80

.55

.90

1.00

1.10

1.10

1.00

1.25

1.15

1.20 

1.10

1.05

1.00

1.00

1.00

.95

.90

.90 

1.00

1.00

.90

1.00

1.00

.90

.90

.95 

.90
DRAINAGE BASIN OP GREAT SALT LAKE. 157

BATTLE CREEK STATION ON BEAR RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 313, is located 5 miles northwest of Preston, Idaho. The observer 

is John A. Nelson. The station is equipped with a cable and car. The 

gage consists of a vertical board nailed to a pile. The bench mark is a 

nail in the southeast corner of the house near the gage, about 1.5 feet 

from the ground, and it is 10.95 feet above the zero of the gage. 

The following discharge measurements were made by Samuel Fortier 

and others in 1897:

May 20, gage height, 5.05 feet; discharge, 5,700 second-feet. 

Juno 17, gage height, 3.50 feet; discharge, 2,527 second-feet. 

June 17, gage height, 3.50 feet; discharge, 2,969 second-feet. 

July 28, gage height, 1.75 feet; discharge, 917 second-feet. 

August 23, gage height, 1.57 feet; discharge, 692 second-feet. 

October 29, gage height, 1.90 feet; discharge, 1,027 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Sear River at Battle Creek, Idaho, for 1897.

Day.

1. ..............

2...............

3...............

4...............

5... ...........

6............... 

7...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11...............

12...............

13...............

14...............

15...............

16...............

17...............

18...............

19...............

20...............

21...............

22

23...............

25...............

26...............

27...............

28...............

29...............

30............... 

31...............

Jan.

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.70

Feb.

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

......

Mar.

1.70

1.70

1.70

i. 76

1.70

2.00

Apr.

2.00

------

2.50 

2.60 

2.70 

2. isO 

2.90 

3.00 

3.10 

3.20 

3.30 

3.40 

3.50 

3.60 

3.70 

3.80 

3.90 

4.00 

4.20 

4.30 

4.40 

4.30 

4.20

May.

4.00 

4.10 

4.20 

4.20 

4.30 

4.40 

4.50 

4.50 

4.50 

4.50 

4.60 

4.60 

4.60 

4.60 

460 

4.90 

5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

5.10 

5.10 

5.15 

5.20 

5.15 

5.20 

"5.25 

5.30 

5.25 

5.15 

5.10 

5.10

June.

5.00 

4.90 

4.80 

4.70 

4.70 

4.70 

4.60 

4.60 

4.50 

4.40 

4.40 

4.40 

4.30 

4.30 

4.20 

4.10 

3.50 

3.40 

3.30 

3.20 

3.10 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.90 

2.90 

2.80 

2.65 

2.60 

2.55

July.

2.50 

2.50 

2.45 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.40 

2.30 

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.20 

2.10 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

1.90 

1.90 

1.80 

1.90 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80

Aug.j

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60

Sept.

1.60 

1.60 

1.80 

1.70 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60 

1.60

Oct.

1.60 

1.90 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

2.00 

2.20 

2.20 

2.10 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90

Nov.

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

2.00 

2.00 

2.10 

2.10 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00

Dec.

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.80 

1.70 

1.80 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 

1.80 

1.90 

1.90 

1.80 

1.70 

1.80 

1.80 

1.70 

1.65 

1.60 

1.70 

1.70 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.90 

1.90
158 OPERATIONS AT EIVEE STATIONS, 1897.

LOGAN STATION ON LOGAN RIVEB.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 316, is located in the river canyon about 2 miles east of the city 

of Logan, Utah. The gage is a vertical iron post set firmly into the 

ground and graduated to tenths of a foot. The equipment consists 

of a cable, car, and tag wire. The observer is J. S. Pehrson, living 

about one-half mile from the gage. The bench mark is a stone 35 feet 

northeast of the end of the cable on the north side of the river. The 

elevation is 14.01 feet above datum. The point of the rock and the letters 

" B. M." are marked with red paint. The following discharge measurements were made by Samuel Fortier and others in 1897:

May 7, gage height, 4.13 feet; discharge, 1,210 second-feet. 

May 29, gage height, 4.60 feet; discharge, 1,336 second-feet. 

June 17, gage height, 4.15 feet; discharge, 1,097 second-feet. 

July 20, gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 478 second-feet. 

July 26, gage height, 3.10 feet; discharge, 413 second-feet. 

August 21, gage height, 2.85 feet; discharge, 305 second-feet. 

August 30, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 298 second-feet. 

September 13, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 284 second-feet. 

November 12, gage height, 2.66 feet; discharge, 219 second-feet. 

November 16, gage height, 2.66 feet; discharge, 219 second-feet.

Daily yage height, infect, of Logan River at Log an, Utah, for 1897.

Day.

1...............

2...............

3...............

4...............

5...............

6...............

7...............

8...............

9............... 

10...... .........

11...............

12...............

13...............

14...............

15...............

16............... 

17...............

18...............

19...............

20............... 

21...............

22............... 

23................ 

24...............

25...............

26...............

27...............

28...............

29...............

30...............

31...............

Jan.

2.45

2.45

2.45

......

2.45

2.45

......

Feb.

2

AK

2.45

......

2.45

......

2.40

......

......

Mar.

2.40

......

2.40

......

2.40

......

2.50

------

Apr.

2.45

2.50

2.75

2.80 

2.95

3.05

3.40

3.35 

3.15

3.05 

2.95 

2.90

3.00

3.15

3.35

3.50

3.70 

3.75

May.

3.80

3.90

4.10

4.20

4.10

4.20

4.15

3.95

3.80 

3.80

3.75

3.80

3.90

4.10

4.15

4.20 

4.00

4.20

4.40

4.90 

4.90

4.75 

4.80 

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.70

4.55

4.50 

4.55

4.70

June.

4.75

4.65

4.45

4.30

4.25

4.15

4.15

4.20

4.20 

4.15

4.10

4.10

4.05

4.05

4.05

4.10 

4.00

3.85

3.80

3.75 

3.75

3.75 

3.75 

3.75

3.70

3.65

3.65

3.60

3.55 

3.55

July.

3.55

3.50

3.45

3.45

3.45

3.40

3.35 

3.35

3.30

3.30

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25 

3.25

3.20

3,20

3.20 

3.20

3.15 

3.15 

3.10

3.10

3.10

3.10

3.10

3.05 

3.05

3.05

Aug.

3.05

3.05

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.05

3.00 

3.00

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.95

2.95

2.95 

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90 

2.85

2.85 

2.85 

2.85

2.85

2.85

2.85

2.85

2.85 

2.80

2.80

Sept.

2.80

2.80

2.90

2.85

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75 

2.75

2.75

2.T5

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75 

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75 

2.75

2.75 

2.75 

2.80

V. 75

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75

Oct.

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75 

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75 

2.75

2.75

2.75

2.75 

2.75

2.75 

2.75 

2.80

2.75

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70 

2.70

2.70

Nov.

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.65

2.65 

2.65

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.65

2.65 

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.65 

2.65

3.65 

2.65 

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.65

2.65 

2.65

Dec.

2. 65

2.65

2.65

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.55 

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.55

2.55

2.55

2.55

2.50

2.50 

2.50

2.50 

2.50 

2.45

2.50

2.50

2.55

2.50

2.55 

2.55

2.50
DRAINAGE BASIN OF GREAT SALT LAKE. 159

COLLINSTON STATION ON BEAR RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 319, is located in the canyon below Cache Valley, Utah, about 4 

miles from the railroad station of Collinstou or 2 miles east of the town 

of Fielding, Utah. The observer is Robert Anglesey, who is the ditch 

rider of the Bear River Canal and lives near the station. The gage 

consists of a vertical iron rod, graduated to tenths of a foot. The bench 

mark is a nail in an oak post 20 feet west of the gage and 20 feet north 

of the cable. Its elevation is 7.35 feet above the zero of the gage. 

The chief source of error at this station is the large rocks which are 

scattered over the bed. The following discharge measurements were 

made in 1897 by T. H. Humphreys and W.B. Dougall:

May 3, gage height, 5.95 feet; discharge, 8,344 second-feet. 

May 3, gage height, 5.95 feet; discharge, 8,445 second-feet. 

May 28, gage height, 6.60 feet; discharge, 10,241 second-feet. 

June 19, gage height, 4.03 feet; discharge, 3,822 second-feet. 

July 28, gage height, 1.80 feet; discharge, 1,274 second-feet. 

August 16, gage height, 1.70 feet; discharge, 1,084 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bear River at Collinston, Utah, for 1897,

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...............

Jan.

1.60

2.20

2.16 

"2." 2o"

2.00

2.00

1.90

2.00 

2.00

2.00

2.66

2.00

Feb.

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.10

"2." 26"

T 66"

2.00 Too"

Too"

2.00

2.00 "2." 66"

Too"

."."..

Mar.

2.00

2 nn

Too"

2.00

2.00

T 66"

T 66"

2.00 

9 nn

2.00 

2.00

2.00 

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00 

2.00

2.00

2.10 

2.20

2.20 

2.60

3.00 

2.80

Apr.

2.60

2.40

2.30

2.60 

3.00

3.40

3.50

3.60

3.80 

4.00

4.60 

5.00 

4.80 

4.80

4.80 

4.80

5.00 

5.20

5.40

5.60

5.70

5.90 

6.10

5.80

5.70 

5.70

5.80 

5.90

5.95

May.

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.20

6.40

6.50

6.60

6.40

6.20 

6.10 

6.00 

6.00 

6.00

6.10 

6.]5

6.20 

6.30

6.50

6.60

6.70

6.80 

6.80

6.80

6.80 

6.70

6.70 

6.60

6.55 

6.40

June.

6.30

6.20

6.10

6.00

5.80

5.60

5.40

5.20 

5.10

5.00 

4.90 

4.90 

4.80 

4.60

4.70 

4.60

4.40 

4.20

4.00

3.80

3.60

3.50

3.40

3.80

3.20 

3.10

3.05 

3.00

3.00

July.

3.00

3.00

2.95 

2.90

2.85

2.65

2.55 

2.50

2.45 

2.40 

2.35 

2.30 

2.20

2.15 

2.10

2.00 

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00 

2.00

2.00

2.00 

1.90

1.85 

1.80

1.75

1.70

Aug.

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70 

1.70

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70

1.65 

1.65

1.65 

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60 

1.55

1.55

1.55 

1.55

1.50 

1.50

1.50 

1.55

Sept.

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.65 

1.70

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80 

1.80 

1.85 

1.85

1.85 

1.90

1.85

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1 80

1.85 

1.85

1.90

Oct.

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.85

1.90

2.00

2.10

2.15

2.20

2.25 

2.30 

2.35 

2.40 

2.45

2.50 

2.50

2.50 

2.45

2.45

2.50

2.50

2.50 

2.50

2.50

2.45 

2.45

2.40 

2.35

2.30 

2.20

Nov.

2.20

2.10

2.10 

2.10

2.00

1.90

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80 

1.80 

1.80 

1.90

1.90 

1.90

1.90 

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90 

1.90

1.90

1.90 

1.90

1.85 

1.90

1.85

Dec.

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.95

1.95

1.95

2.05 

2.05

2.05 

2.15 

2.25 

2.20 

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.20 

2.20

2.20

2.30

2.10

2.45 

2.40

2.65

2.60 

2.30

2.20 

2.15

2.15

2.20
160 OPERATIONS AT RIVEE STATIONS, 1897.

OGDBN STATION ON OODEN BIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 316, was located about 10 miles east of the city of Ogden, Utah, 

at the upper end of the canyon. Owing to the presence of the dam of 

the Pioneer Electric Power Company, constructed in 1896, just below this 

location, water was backed up and ponded around the gage. In the 

spring of 1897, therefore, the station was moved down the river 5 miles 

to near a powder mill in the canyon. The station is equipped with 

cable, car and tag wire. The gage is inclined and divided into tenths 

of a foot. The bench mark is a point on a quartzite ledge, one foot 

above the ground, at edge of county road, 37 feet west and 25 feet south 

of gage, and its elevation is 11.14 feet above the zero. The observer is 

Frank Hart. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 

by Samuel Fortier and W. B. Dougall.

May 11, gage height, 6.69 feet; discharge, 1,890 second-feet. 

May 26, gage height, 5.79 feet; discharge, 1,423 second-feet 

June 2, gage height, 4.79 feet; discharge, 682 second-feet. 

June 26, gage height, 3.25 feet; discharge, 170 second-feet. 

July 30, gage height. 2.80 feet; discharge, 74 second-feet. 

September 15, gage height, 2.61 feet; discharge, 51 second-feet. 

October 15, gage height, 2.68 feet; discharge, 78 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Ogden River near Ogden, Utah, for 1897.

Day.

2..................

3..................

5 ..................

C ..................

7..................

8..................

9 ..................

10 ..................

11 ..................

12 ..................

13 ..................

15... ..............

16 ..................

17 ..................

18..................

19 ..................

20..................

21 ..................

22..................

23..................

24..................

25..................

26..................

27..................

28..................

29..................

30..................

31..................

Jan.

3.45

2.80

2.70

May.

6.50

6.60

7.10

C.50

7.10

6.80

6.20

5.90

5.50

5 on

5.20

5.10

5.00

June.

4.90

4.80

4.50

4 50

4.00

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.90 ' '-i Qft

3

QA

3.70

3 40

3.60

July.

3.60

3

OA

3.30

3.20

3.20

3.00

3.00

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.70

2.70

Aug.

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

 J.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

Sept.

2.60

2.60

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

9 7O.

2.60

Oct.

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.80

2.70

2.80

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70

9 7ft

Nov.

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.60

0 Qft

2.70

2.70

2

T7f\

2 7ft

Dec.

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.40

2

CA

2.40

2

KA

2.60

2

fiA

2 60

2

AA
DRAINAGE BASIN OF GREAT SALT LAKE. 161

UINTA STATION ON WEBER RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 323, is located near the watchman's house at the Union Pacific 

Railroad bridge, 5 miles east of Uinta, Utah. The observer is Morgan 

Flaherty, post-office address, Uinta, Utah. The gage consists of a 

horizontal timber, 4 by 4 inches by 16 feet long, fastened to two vertical posts set in the ground at the edge of the bank of the river, with 

one end of the timber projecting out over the water. On this horizontal timber is placed a wire gage. The bench mark consists of a 

spike driven into the first telegraph pole up the canyon from the gage, 

and its elevation is 17.44 feet above gage datum. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by W. B. Dougall and others:

April 29, gage height, 5.40 feet; discharge, 3,760 second-feet. 

May 12, gage height, 5.25 feet; discharge, 3,662 second-feet. 

May 27, gage height, 4.95 feet; discharge, 3,281 second-feet. 

June 24, gage height, 2.20 feet; discharge, 805 second-feet. 

July 29, gage height, 1.12 feet; discharge, 149 second-feet. 

September 16, gage height, 1.40 feet; discharge, 250 second-feet. 

October 15, gage height, 1.83 feet; discharge, 433 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Weber River at Uinta, Utah, for 1897.

Day.

1....... ........

2...............

3...............

5...............

C. ...... ........

7...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11...............

12....... .......

13...............

14...............

15...............

16................

17. ....... .......

18............... 

19...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

23...............

24

25...............

26....... ........

27...............

28...............

29............... 

30...............

31...............

Jan.

1.50

......

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.40 

1.40

1.40

1.50

1.50

------

Feb.

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.50

"i.~56"

1.40

1.40

-----

......

Mar.

1.40

i.40

1.60

1.60

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.50 

1.50

1.50

1.60

1.75

1.80

1.85

2.10

2.50

2.70

2.75

2.60 

2.10

2.10

Apr.

2.10

2.20

2.20

2.75

2.70

2.95 

3.50

3.45

3.65

3.85

4.50

4.60

4.85 

5.30

5.70

5.35

4.50

4.05

3.85

4.10

4.70

5.15

5.40

May.

5.55

5.65

5.80

6.45

6.65

6.90

6.25 

5.65

5.40

5.30

5.50

5.80

5.90

5.65

5.65 

5.65

5.85

5.75

5.55

5.55

5.50

5.25

4.95

4.45

4.25

4.45

4.50

June.

4.40

4.40

3.85

3.70

3.45

3.05

2.90 

2.90

2.90

2.75

2.70

2.55

2.60

2.60

2.60 

2.60

2.45

2.30

2.30

2.20

2.10

2.10

2.10

1.90

1.65

1.55 

1.45

July.

1.20

1 20

1.10

1.20

1.20

1.20 

1.20

1.20

1.20

It 20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.10 

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10 

1.10

1.10

Aug.

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10 

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10 

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10 

1.10

1.10

Sept.

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.20

1.20 

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20 

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.35

1.40

1.40

1.55

1.60

Oct.

1.60

1.60

1.65 

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80

1.80 

1.80

1.70

Nov.

1.70

1.70

1.70 

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70 

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70 

1.70

1.70

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60 

1.60

Dec.

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60 

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60 

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.45

1.50

1.45

1.40 

1.40

1.40
162 OPERATIONS AT EIVEE STATIONS, 1897.

PKOVO STATION ON PKOVO RIVEK.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Animal Beport, Part IV, 

page 325, is located in the canyon about 6 miles from the city of Provo, 

Utah. The observer is Henry V. Smith, a farmer. The gage is inclined 

and fastened to stakes set in the ground. The bench mark is a stone 

firmly bedded in a bank near the wagon road, about 100 feet southwest 

of the gage. It is marked " B. M." in black paint, and is 6.95 feet 

above the zero of the gage. The banks are medium high. The channel is straight for some distance above and below the station. The bed 

of the river is gravelly and the velocity is medium swift. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by W. B. Dougall:

May 7, gage height, 6.25 feet; discharge, 1,818 second-feet. 

May 14, gage height, 6.05 feet; discharge, 1,681 second-feet. 

May 24, gage height, 6.53 feet; discharge, 2,454 second-feet. 

June 4, gage h«ight, 5.35 feet; discharge, 1,167 second feet. 

June 21, gage height, 4.60 feet; discharge, 564 second-feet. 

August 7, gage height, 4.10 feet; discharge, 306 second-feet. 

November 26, gage height, 4.40 feet; discharge, 436 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Provo Biver at Provo Canyon, Utah, for 1897.

Day.

1.. .............

2...............

5...... .........

6. ..............

7...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11. ..............

12...............

13...............

15...............

16...............

17...............

18...............

19...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

23...............

25...............

26...............

27............... 

28...............

29...............

30............... 

31...............

Jan.

4.40

......

4.30

......

4.30

Feb.

4.60

4.80 

4.60

4.40

......

Mar.

4.40

4.40

'i'.ib'

......

......

Apr.

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00 

5.40

5.40 

5.60

5.40

5.00

5.00

5.10

5.20

5.30 

5.40

5.50

5.60

May.

5 60

5 90

5 no

5

QA

5.80

6.00

6.20

6.10

6.10 

6.20

6.30 

6.30

6.40

6.50

6.50

6.60

6.50

6.50 

6.40

6.40

6.10

June.

5.80

5.80

5.60

5.20

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.00

5.00

4 90

4.90

4.90 

4 on

4.90

4.50

4.40

4 30

4.30 

4.30

4.30

4.30

July.

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.10 

4.10

4.10

Aug.

4 00

4.00

4 00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00 

4.00

4.00

Sept.

4.00

4.00

4.00

4 00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.10 

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.10 

4.20

4.40

Oct.

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50 

4.50

4.50

4.50 

4.50

!N"ov.

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

4 50

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

4

KA

4.30

4.30

4.30 

4.30

4.30

4.40

4.40

4 40

4.40

4.40

4.40

Dec.

4.40

4.40

4.40

4 40

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30 

4.30

4.30

4 3A

4 30

4! 30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30 

4.30
DRAINAGE BASIN OF GREAT SALT LAKE. 163

GENEVA STATION ON UTAH LAKE.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 327, is located at Geneva, Utah, 3 miles south of American Fork, 

at the lower end of the lake. The gage consists of a vertical rod driven 

into the sand at the southern end of a bath-house, and nailed firmly to 

the floor of the house. The bench mark of the lake commissioners, a 

sandstone monument at the edge of the bluff and opposite the south 

end of the pavilion, is 18.644 feet above gage datum, which was placed 

4 feet below "compromise point." The observer is John Dalliu; postoffice address, Pleasant Grove, Utah.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Utah Lake at G-eneva, Utah, for 1897.

Day.

I............... 

2...............

3...............

4. .............. 

5...............

6...............

7...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11...............

32... ............

13...............

15............... 

16............... 

17. ..............

18............... 

19...............

20............... 

21...............

22...............

23............... 

24............... 

25...............

26............... 

27...............

28............... 

29............... 

30............... 

31...............

Jan.

1.35

1.35

1.40

1.40 

1.40

1.40

1.40

1.40 

1.40 'i.'io

1.42

1.45 

1.45 'i.'is" 

"i.'is"

"i.'so"

Feb.

i.~55

1.58

1 68

1.40

1.40

1.40

1. 40 

"i.~45~

"i.'so"

1.85

1.82 

'i.~82"

"i.'ss"

1.88

Mar.

1.90

1.90

......

::::::

'i.~7o"

1. 75 "i.'so" 

"i.'so"

Apr.

1.80

"i.'ss"

1.90

i.9o"

I

nn

TiJo"

1.95 "2."66"

"2." 66"

2.16 "ij'io' 

"2." 15" 

"2." 26"

May.

......

2.05 "i'so"

2.40

2.50

2

KC

2.60 

'2.' 65" 

"2."40~

2.45 

'z.'sb' 

2. SO"

"i'so"

June.

2.80

2.45

"2.~76"

2.70

2.65

2.65

O Af\

"2. 4o'

"i'so"

"2."4o"

2.40 

'2.35'

"i'ss"

"2." 26'

July.

2.00

2.00 "2." 66"

1.90

1.90

1.80

1.75

"06"

'i.'65~

'{'.65

'i'.55' 

'i."55" 

1.50

i.~40

Aug.

"i.'io"

i.io

1.30 "i.'so"

"i.'is" 

i.'io"

1.10 

1.00 Too" 

"."95"

"."96"

Sept.

0.80

.80

.75

.75

.70

.60

.55

.50 

"."56"

.50

"40 

"."46" 

"."46

.40 

.40

Oct.

......

0.40

.40

.35

~.~40~

.40

.35

".40" 

"."45"

.50

"."55" 

"."56" 

"."56" 

.50

Nov.

0.55

.55

.60

.60

.60

.60

.55 

.55

.60

.60

"."P5" 

.70

"."76"

Dec.

0.70

.75

.85

.90

.90

""."96" 

""."96"

.90

.95

"".'95"

""."95"

"".'95" 

1.00
164 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

POCATELLO STATION ON PORTNETJF RIVER.

This station is located at the wagon bridge, one-eighth of a mile 

below plant of the Pocatello Electric Power Company at Pocatello, 

Idaho. It was established May 18,1897, by GL H. Mekerson. The 

rod is vertical and securely spiked to center pier of bridge. The bench 

mark is a spike driven into the end of a log in the east abutment of 

bridge and is opposite the 13-foot mark. The channel above the station is curved, while below it is straight. The right bank is high, but 

the left is liable to overflow at a 12-foot gage height. The bed of the 

stream is rocky. The current is sluggish at low stages. The observer 

is John A. Lillibridge, engineer at the power-house. The following 

discharge measurements were made by GL H. Mckerson and F. J. Mills 

in 1897:

May 20, gage height, 12.70 feet; discharge, 1,847 second-feet. 

July 29, gage height, 6.95 feet; discharge, 123 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Portneuf River at Pocatello, Idaho, for 1897.

Day.

2.......

3........

4 ........

5 ........

6........

7........

8........

9........

10........

11........

12 ........

13 ........

14.. ......

15 ........

16........

May. June.

10. BO

10.10

9.30

9.30

9.00

8.90

8.80

8.60

8.40

July.

7.70

7.70

7.50

7.50

7.50

7.40

Aug.

6.90

6.90

C. 90

6.90

6.90

6.90

6.90

6.90

6.90

6.90

6.80

Sept.

6.80

6.80

7.00

7.10

7.00

Day.

17.........

18.........

19.........

20.........

22.........

23 .........

24.........

25.........

26.........

27.........

28.........

29.........

31.........

May.

12.70

12.70

12.40

12.20

11.90

11.60

11.40

11.20

10.90

June.

8.20

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.00

7.90

8.00

8.10

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.00

7.90

July.

7.40

7.50

7.30

7.30

7.20

7.20

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.00

6.90

7.00

6.90

6.90

6.90

Aug.

6.80

6.80

7.10

7.00

7.00

7.00

6.90

6.90

6.60

6.70

6.80

6.80

6.80

6.80

6.80

Sept.

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.00

6.90

6.90

6.90

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.00

7.10

7.10

7.20
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLUMBIA RIVER. 165

MONTGOMERY STATION ON SNAKE RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 334, is located at Montgomerys Ferry, 12 miles from Minidoka, 

Idaho, from which it is reached by stage. The gage is inclined and 

fastened to posts set in the ground. The bench mark is the head of a 

spike in the east post of the tool house, 1.2 feet above the ground and 

52 feet west of the gage. Its elevation is 17.50 feet above datum. The 

letters "B. M." are marked in black paint on the post. The river is 

800 feet wide at the section, with a hard gravel bottom. The observer 

is George Montgomery, the ferryman. The following are the discharge 

measurements as made from the ferryboat in 1897 by Cyrus C. Babb 

and (i. H. Nickerson:

April 29, gage height, 4.63 feet; discharge, 9,473 second-feet. 

June 8, gage height, 9.90 feet; discharge, 36,276 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Snake River at Montgomerys Ferry, Idaho, for 1897.

Day.

2..

5..

6..

7..

9..

10..

11..

]2..

1Q

14..

15.. 

16..

Apr.

3.10 

3.20

May.

5.15

5.45

5.70

6.05

6.45

7.20

7.75

8.25

8.80

9.15

9.15

8.85

8.75

8.95

9.15 

9.35

June.

19 11

12.05

12.00

12.15

12.10

11.60

10.80

9.95

9.40

9.15

9.35

& KA

9 OK

8.90 

8.90

July.

5.80

5.80

5.90

6.05

6.15

5.95

5.65

5.45

5.30

5 IK

K. ni

4 85

4.80 

4.70

Aug.

3.25

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.10

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.90

2 on

2 on

2 on

2.80 

2.80

Sept.

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.60

2.60

2.70

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.70

9 70

9 70

2.70

2.70 

2.70

Day.

17. .

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25..

26..

27...

OQ

OQ

30...

31...

Apr.

3.20

3.45

3.75

3.95

4.55

4.60

4.45

4.30

4.20

4.95

May.

9 71

10.20

10.45

10.65

10.85

11.05

11 45

11.85

12.10

12.25

12.45

15> W

12.60

12.35

June.

ft QK

8.75

8.15

7.65

 7.25

7.05

6.85

6.70

6.55

6.35

6.15

6.10

July.

4.60

4.50

4.45

4.35

4.25

4.15

4.00

3.85

3.75

3.70

3.65

3 10

3.40

Ang.

9 7ft

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.65

2.60

2 60

2.60

2.60

Sept.

2 7n

2 7ft

o 70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.75

TOPONIS STATION ON MALAD AND LITTLE WOOD RIVERS.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 336, was established on June 2, 1896, on Malad and Little Wood 

rivers, at the wagon bridges near the railroad station of Toponis, Idaho. 

On the Malad Eiver the rod of the wire gage is fastened to the stringer 

of the bridge, upper side. The 5-foot mark is opposite the center vertical. The distance from the end of the weight to the index marker is 

13.60 feet. The outside edge of the pulley wheel is 1 foot from the 

zero of the rod. The bed of the river is of gravel, and not liable to 

change. During low stages the water is confined under the south 

span, but in floods it is under the two spans. The banks are not subject 

to overflow. The bridge over the Malad is one-half mile north of railroad station.

IRR 16 5
166 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

On the Little Wood River the station is one-half mile south of the 

railroad. The rod is fastened to the floor of the bridge, the 1.8-foot 

mark being opposite the iron vertical on the upper side of the bridge. 

The distance from the end of the weight to the index marker is 10.37 

feet. The distance from the end of the rod to the outside edge of the 

pulley wheel is 1.97 feet. The channel is good and not obstructed by 

piers, but the banks overflow during flood stages. The observer is 

Will Hickman. The following discharge measurements were made by 

G. H. Mckerson and F. J. Mills in 1897:

Malad River:

May 21, gage height, 7.50 feet; discharge, 4,437 second-feet. 

July 31, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 81 second-feet.

Little Wood Eiver:

May 21, gage height, 7.30 feet; discharge, 487 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Malad River at Toponis, Idaho, for 1897.

Day.

3 .......... 

4..........

5.......... 

6 .......... 

7.......... 

8..........

9

10.......... 11..........

19

13.......... 

14..........

15.......... 

16..........

June.

......

"s.'eo"

5.60 

5.60 

5 50

5.20

5.00 

4 90

4.50

4.40 

4.20

July.

4.20 

4.30 

4.10 

3.90

3.50

3.50

3

KA

3.50

3.30 

3.30

Ang.

2 an

2.80 

2 on

2.80 

2.70 

2.70 

2.60 

2fin

2.60

2.60

2 fin

2.50

2.60 

2.50

Sept.

......

......

------

......

Oct.

2.40

2.50

-------

........

........

Day.

17...........

18...........

19........... 

20...........

21........... 

22........... 

23........... 

24...........

OR

26...........

27...........

98

29........... 

30...........

31...........

June.

4.00

3.80

3.50

......

......

......

......

July.

3.30

3.40

3.30 

3.20

3.30 

3.30 

3.20 

3.30

3.00

3.00 

9 on

2.90 

2.90

2.80

Aug.

2.60

2.50

2.50 

2.50

2.50 

2.40 

2.30 

2.20 

2.00

2.00

2.00 

2.00

Sept.

2.00

2.10

2.30 

2.30

2.30 

2.20 

2.30

2.20

2.40

2.40

2

Kf\

2.50 

2.40

Oct.

....

--------

........

........

........

Daily gage height, in feet, of Little Wood Eiver at Toponis, Idaho, for 1897.

Day.

3 .......... 

4.......... 

5 .......... 

6.......... 

7.......... 

8.......... 

9 ..........

10,-........

11.......... 

12.......... 

13..........

14..........

15..........

16..........

June.

6.50 

6.50 

5.50 

4.80

4.60

4.20 

4.00

3.80

4.20

4.00

July.

2.30

2.20

2.40 

2.20 

2.00 

1.90 

1.90 

1.70 

1.50

1.30

1.20 

1.20 

1.10

1.10

1.00

1.00

Aug.

1.20

1.10

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.20

1.20

1.30 

1.20

1.10

1.30

Sept.

2.60

2

0A

2.40 

2.40 

2.30 

2.20 

2.20 

2.30 

2.40

2.50

2.60 

2.60

2 7A

2.80

2.90

Oct.

3.70

3 fill

........

Day.

17...........

1 Cf

19........... 

20........... 

21........... 

22........... 

23........... 

24. ......... - 

25...........

26...........

27........... 

28........... 

29...........

30...........

01

June.

4.80

3.60

3.30 

3.20 

3.00 

3.40 

3.70 

3.90 

4.00

4.10

4.20 

4.40

3

Kft

2.50

July.

1.30

1.10

1.20 

1.30 

1.20 

1.20 

1.20 

1.10 

1.30

1.20

1.20 

1.20 

i on

1.20

1 30

Aug.

1.20

1.20

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.30 

1.40 

1.50

2.00 

2.20 

2.80.

2.90

2.80

Sept.

2.90

3.10 

3.00 

3.20 

3.30 

3.30 

3.30 

3.40

3 40

3.50 

3.40

3 Eft

3.60

Oct.

........

........
DBAINAGE BASIN OF COLUMBIA KIVEK. 167

GRANDVIEW STATION ON BRUNEAIT RIVER.

This station is described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 339. The point of measurement is 10 miles east of'Grandview, 

Idaho, below the head of the Bruneau ditch. Observations of gage 

height are regularly kept, and estimates of discharge are made from 

them by A. J. Wiley, chief engineer of the Owyhee Land and Irrigation 

Company. C. C. Gregg is the observer. *

Daily gage height, in feet, of Bruneau, River at Grandview, Idaho, for 1897.

Day.

1... ............

2. ..............

4...............

6....... ........

1. ..............

8. ..............

9.. .............

10...............

11...............

12...............

13...............

14. ..............

1 P»

16...............

17...............

18...............

20. ..............

21...............

22...............

23...............

24...... ..t......

25...... .........

26...............

27...............

28...............

29............... 

30............... 

31...............

Jan.

1 60

1 60

1.55

1.55

1.66

1.55

1.60

1.55

1.55

1 11

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1 60

1.50

1.50

1.60

1.70

1.70

1.65

1.65

1.60

1.60

.1.50

1.55 

1.60 

1.70

Feb.

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.70

1.95

2.70

2.20

2.05

1 Qf^

1 80

1 SA

1 60

1.80

1.70

1 ftp;

1.65

1 ftK

1.65

1.65

1.70

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.65

Mar.

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.75

1.75

1.70

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.60

1.50

1.55

1.60

1.65

1 65

1 65

1.65

1.65

1.60 i fin

1.60

1.65

7.00

7.00

4.00

3.60

2.80 

2.55

Apr.

2.30

2 OK

2

0A

2.25

2

f»K

3.50

3.75

3.45

3.10

3.60

4.40

4.50

4.60

4.60

4.65

5.10

5

CA

6.00

5.75

1 IT

4.50

3.70

3.80

4.00

4.60

4.80 

5.00

May.

4.80

4.75

4.90

5

flA

5 in

5.30

5.60

5.25

4.70

4.50

4.45

4.35

4.55

4.60

4.65

4 80

5.00

i 11

5.35

& MI

5.65

5.45

5.10

4.70

5.10

4.70 

4.50 

4.50

June.

4.45

4.20

4 00

q fif\

3 fin

3.50

3.50

3.45

3.60

3.45

3 OR

3.30

3

0A

3.25

3.15

3

-1 A

3 Art

2 art

2.80

2.65

2.60

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.55

2.20

July2.40

2.40

2.40

2.35

2.30

2.20

2.15

2.15

2

-1 A

2.10

2

AA

1 95

2.00

2.00

2.00

1.95

1 QA

1 90

1 QA

1.85

1.80

1.65

1 60

1.60

1.65

1.55

1.50

1.45 

1.45 

1.45

Aug.

1.40

1.40

1 P»ft

1 P»ft

1.40

1 OK

1.35

1

0A

1.30

i 3ft

1 30

1.35

1.25

1.25

1.25

1 91

1 91

1.05

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.15

1.10

1.15 

1.15 

1.15

Sept.

1.15

1 IK

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1

OK

1.25

1.25

1 OK

1.30

1 30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30 

1.30

Oct.

1 OA

1 OA

1.35

1 QK.

1.35

1.40

1.40

1.40

-1 Krt

1 P»^

1 55

1.60

1.55

1.60

1.60

1.65

1.65

1 60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.65 

1.65 

1.65

Nov.

1.60

1.70

1 60

1 60

1.65

1.65

1.60

1 fiP»

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.85

1.85

1.80

1.80

1.75

1.70

1.65

1.70

Dec.

1.75

1.70

1.70

1.65

1.75

1.80

1.80

1 7^

1.80

1.80

1.85

1.85

1.80

1.70

1 7P»

1.70

i fin

1.70

1.75

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.75

1.70

1.80

1.75 

1.70 

1.70
168 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

BOISE STATION ON BOISE RIVER.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 340, i£ located about 9 miles above Boise, Idaho, at the mouth of 

the canyon. April 18 the river cut into the right bank of the station, 

carrying out the cable and leaving the gage on a small island, so that 

the record after that date is unreliable. A temporary gage was therefore established May 12 at the Broadway Bridge, at Boise, and a 

record kept by it until June 17, when a new gage was again placed in 

the canyon 1 mile above the old location. The inclined rod is firmly 

attached to a cottonwood tree. The bench mark is a 20-penny spike 

in the upstream face of the 6 by 8 cable support, about 2 feet above 

the ground. Its elevation is 15.00 feet above datum; also two spikes 

in same post are 14.00 feet above datum. Discharge measurements are 

made from a cable and car, 50 feet below the gage. An auxiliary 

cable for flood measurements is placed 117 feet above the main cable. 

The observer is Mrs. Ed. Marnell. The following are the discharge 

measurements made on the Boise River by F. J. Mills and others in 

1897:

April 21, at Star bridge, discharge, 24,312 second-feet.

May 18, at Broadway bridge, gage height, 4.30 feet; discharge, 23,522 second-feet.

June 29, gage height, 3.25 feet; discharge, 3,526 second-feet.

August 6, gage height, 1.60 feet; discharge, 1,357 second-feet.

September 18, gage height, 1.30 feet; discharge, 987 second-feet.

October 25, gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 1,256 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Boise Biver at Boise, Idaho, for 1897.

Day.

1 ..................... 

2 .....................

3..................... 

4 ..................... 

5..................... 

6..................... 

7.....................

8 ..................... 

9 .....................

10..................... 

11..................... 

12..................... 

18......................

14.....................

15..................... 

16 ..................... 

17 .....................

18..................... 

19 ..................... 

20..................... 

21..................... 

22..................... 

23..................... 

24.....................

25..................... 

26..................... 

27..................... 

28..................... 

29.....................

30..................... 

31 .....................

Jan.

2.00 

1.90

1.90 

1.80 

1.80 

1.70 

1.70

1.80 

1.80

1.90 

1.70 

1.60

1.20 

1.20 

1.10 

1.10 

1.10 

1.40 

1.60 

1.60 

1.80 

1.50

1.40 

1.40

1.20 

1.20 

1.60

1.80 

1.90

Feb.

1.90 

1.80

1.60 

1.60 

1.90 

2.00

1 Oft

2.40 

2.40

2.20 

2.10 

2.10 

2.00

2.00

2.00 

1.90 

1.90 

1.80 

1.80 

1.70 

1.60 

1.70 

1.70 

1.70

1.60 

1.50 

1.50 

1.60

Mar.

1.70 

1.70

1.90 

2.00 

2.00 

1.90

2 Aft

2.10 

2.00

1.90 

1.90 

1.70 

1.50

1,70 

1.70 

2.00 

2.00 

1.90 

1.80 

1.80 

1.90 

2.20 

2.60

3.00 

4.00 

4.20 

4.00 

3.90

3.70 

3.50

Apr.

3.60 

3.30

3.20 

3.30 

3.20 

3.50

3

cn

3.40 

3.90

4.30 

5.00 

5.60 

6.00

6.20

7.30 

8.00 

8.90 

9.00 

9.30 

8.90 6.80" 

6.70 

6.60 

6.70

6.90

7.40 

7.40 

7.50 

7.00

6.50

May.

7.30 

8.00

8.20 

8.00 

8.00 

7.50 

7.00

7.00

......

......

:.::/.

......

June.

...;:.

......

......

"4." 66"

3.80 

3.50 

3.50 

3.40 

3.50 

3.80 

3.40

3.30 

3.30 

3.40 

3.30 

3.20

3.20

July.

3.20 

3.60

3.30 

3.05 

3.05 

2.90

2.70 

2.40

2.30 

2.35 

2.35 

2.30

2.30

2.30 

2.20 

2.20 

2.30 

2.20 

2.00 

1.95 

1.80 

2.00 

1.95

1.90 

1.80 

1.80 

1.75

1.70

1.60 

1.65

Aug.

1.60 

1.60

1.50 

1.55 

1.55 

1.55

1 tt

1.50 

1.50

1.45 

1.45 

1.45

1 40

1.40 

1.35 

1.30 

1.30 

1.25 

1.25 

1.20 

1.15 

1.20 

1.20

1.20 

1.30 

1.30 

1.30 

1.30

1.30 

1.20

Sept.

1.20 

1.30

1.30 

1.30 

1.40 

1.40 

1 40

1.30 

1.30

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.50

1.50

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.30 

1.30 

1.30 

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.40

1.40 

1.20 

1.20 

1.20 

1.20

1.20

Oct.

1.20 

1.25

1.25 

1.25 

1.25 

1.25 

1.30

1.25 

1.25

1.30 

1.35 

1.40 

1.40

1.35

1.35 

1.35 

1.30 

1.30 

1.35 

1.25 

1.30 

1.30 

1.30 

1.40

1.50 

1.50 

1.40 

1.35 

1.35

1.35

Nov.

1.35

"i.so"

1.30

"i.35"

1.30

"i.'so"

" 1.40

1.50

"i.'so
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLUMBIA RIVER. 169

VALE STATION ON MALHBUB RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 345, is located at the iron highway bridge at Yale, Oregon. The 

observer is B. E. Murray, postmaster. The station is distant from the 

observer's house about one-fourth of a mile. Tbe gage is inclined, and 

is in two parts. The lower part is graduated from 1.6 to 9.1 feet, the 

distance between the footmarks being 1.95 feet. The upper part is 

graduated from 9.1 to 11.7 feet, the distance between the footmarks 

being 3 feet. The channel is composed of earth and sand and is shifting. The bench mark is on a flat rock, nearly buried, above the right 

bank of the river, 50 feet southeast of south abutment of new bridge, 

and is 12.32 feet above the zero of the gage. Measurements are made 

from the iron highway bridge. The following discharge measurements 

were made in 1897 by Frank Shirley and Gr. H. Nickerson:

April 17, gage height, 7.15 feet; discharge, 4,857 second-feet. 

May 15, gage height, 4.75 feet; discharge, 1,883 second-feet. 

May 28, gage height, 4.37 feet; discharge, 1,694 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Malheur River at Vale, Oregon, for 1897.

Day.

1.. 

2.. 

3.. 

4.. 

5.. 

6..

7..

8..

9..

10..

11..

Apr.

......

May.

6.10 

6.10 

6.10 

5.95 

5.95 

5.90

6.05

6.10

5.80

5.40

5.15

June.

3.75 

3.55 

3.45 

3.25 

3.10 

3.20

3.05

3.00

2.90

2.95

2.75

July.

2. 43 

2.40 

2.40 

2.35 

2.30 

2.30

2.28

2.20

2.20

2.18

2.13

Day.

12... 

13... 

14... 

15... 

16... 

17...

18...

19...

20...

21...

22...

Apr.

"<5."55~ 

6.75 

7.25

8.30

8.95

9.30

10.10

8.50

May.

5.05 

4.95 

4.80 

4.70 

4.70 

4.80

5.00

4.90

4.90

4.85

4.60

June.

2.65 

2.55 

2.50 

2.50 

2.50 

2.45

2.40

2.40

2.50

2.43

2.40

July2.10

2.00 

1.98 

1.90 

1.90

1 87

1.75

1.65

1.55

1.50

1.50

Day.

23... 

24... 

25... 

26... 

27... 

28...

29...

30...

31...

Apr.

7.70 

7.20 

6.60 

6.45 

6.65 

7.00

6.60

May.

4.50 

4.45 

4.40 

4.35 

4.35 

4.35

4.15

3.80

June.

2.40 

2.40 

2.38 

2.85 

2.68, 

2.65

2.60

2.55

July.

1.45 

1.40 

1.40 

1.40 

1.38

1 *>f\

1.20
170 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

PAYETTE STATION ON PAYETTB RIVER.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 350, is located at the highway bridge at Payette, Idaho. The 

observer is J. A. Ballinger, the town marshal at Payette. The station 

is distant from the observer's house about one-half mile. The gage is 

vertical, of pine plank, spiked to a wooden pier, graduated from 0 to 

12.5 feet. It is easily read from the bridge. The character of the 

channel is sandy and shifting. The point 12.5 on the gage is lev^l with 

the top of the pier, on which is the mark "B. M." Measurements of 

discharge were made as follows by G. H. Mckerson in 1897:

May 14, gage height, 7.40 feet; discharge, 19,422 second-feet. 

May 27, gage height, 8.20 feet; discharge, 26,707 second-feet.

Daily gage Jwight, in feet, of Payette Biver at Payette, Idaho, for 1897.

Day.

1......

2......

3......

4......

5......

6......

7......

8......

9...... 

10......

11......

May.

......

June.

7.50

7.00

6.80

6.10

5.90

6.10

5.90

5.60

5.60 

5.50

5.40

July.

3.80

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.70

3.60

3.50

3.30

3.20 

3.00

2.90

Day.

12.......

13.......

14.......

15.......

16.......

17.......

18.......

1Q

20....... 

21.......

22.......

May.

7.40

8.00

8 OA

8 40

8.60

8 7ft

8.50

June.

5.30

5.30

5.30

5.20

5.00

4.90

4.60

4.40 

4.30

4.20

July.

2.80

2.70

2.60

2.50

2.40

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.10 

2.10

2.00

Day.

23.......

24.......

25.......

26.......

27.......

28.......

29.......

30.......

31.......

May.

8.50

8.40

8.50

8.60

8.20

7.90

7.80

7.80

7.60

June.

4.10

4.00

4.00

3.90

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.90

July.

1.90

1.90

1.80

1.80

1.70

1.70

1.60

1.60

1.50
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLUMBIA EIVER. 171

WEISER STATION ON WEISER RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Keport, Part IV) 

page 352, is about 10 miles above the town of Weiser, Idaho, at the 

mouth of the canyon. The gage is firmly fastened to posts driven into 

the ground. The 6-foot mark is 13.46 feet below a bench mark on a 

large bowlder 30 feet south of the gage. The observer is J. W. Lane, 

whose house is about one-fourth of ^a mile from the gage. The channel 

is straight for some distance above and below the section, the banks are 

high, and the bed is gravelly. The following discharge measurements 

were made in 1897 by F. J. Mills, Cyrus C. Babb, and others:

May 26, gage height, 4.95 feet; discharge, 5,026 second-feet. 

August 5, gage height, 0.70 foot; discharge, 100 second-feet. 

October 23, gage height, 0.95 foot; discharge, 153 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Weiser River at Weiser, Idaho, for 1897.

Day.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Apr.

5.10

5.85

6.00

6.10

7.00

6.90

6.70

6.50

6.90

7. CO

7.00

6.50

6.60

6.60

6.50

6.70

May.

5.60

5.80

5.90

6.00

6.20

6.40

6.90

6.40

5.80

5.40

5.40

5.40

5.50

5.70

5.90

6.00

June.

3.70

3.40

3.20

3.10

3.00

3.00

2.90

2.90

2.80

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.40

2.40

July.

1.80

1.80

2.00

1.90

1.80

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.60

1.60

1.50

1.50

1.40

1.40

1.30

1.30

Aug.

0.80

.80

.80

.70

.70

.70

.70

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

Sept.

0.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

Day.

17..

18..

19.

20.

21.

22

23.

24.

25.

26.

27....

28....

29.....

30.....

31.....

Apr.

7.10

7.50

7.90

8.30

7.90

7.60

7.30

5.70

5.60

6.00

6.50

6.90

6.50

5.80

May.

6.00

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.90

5.80

5.50

5.00

5.20

5.00

4.30

4.20

4.10

4.00

4.00

June.

2.30

2.30

2.20

2.10

2.10

2.00

2.00

2.00

1.90

1.90

2.10

2.00

1.90

1.80

......

July.

1.30

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

.90

.90

.90

Aug.

0.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

.60

Sept.

0.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.80

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

.90

........
172 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS. 1897.

HOOPER STATION ON PALOUSE RIVER.

This station is located on the Palouse Eiver at Hooper, Washington. 

It was established April 1,1897, by the land department of the Northern Pacific Eailroad. September 9, 1897, this Survey took charge of 

the station, placing the gage rod 1 mile below the former location and 

opposite the water tank, and stretching a cable across the river for 

discharge measurements. The rod is inclined, fastened to posts driven 

into the right bank. The bench mark is a point of rock, marked with 

red paint, on a ledge on the left bank of the river opposite the gage, 

and its elevation is 7.60 feet above datum. When the new gage reads 

2.1 feet the height on the Northern Pacific Railroad gage is 6.1 feet. 

The channel is gravelly and not liable to change. The left bank is high 

and can not overflow. The right bank overflows in extreme high 

water. The initial point for sounding is the cable post on left bank. 

The station is about 3 miles above the mouth of Cow Creek and 2 miles 

below the head of the ditch of the Palouse Irrigation Company, carrying 

25 second-feet when full The observer is Frank Hill, rancher. Discharge measurements were made by Cyrus C. Babb in 1897, as follows:

September 9, gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge 73 second-feet. 

October 1, gage height, 1.90 feet; discharge, 50 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Palouse River at Hooper, Washington, for 1897,

Day.

1...... ............

5 ..................

7..................

10..................

11..................

12..................

13 ..................

14. .................

1 R

16..................

17..................

18..................

19..................

20.... ..............

91

22..................

93

24..................

25..................

26..................

27..................

28..................

29..................

30..................

31. .................

Apr.

10.10

9.85

10.18

9.98

9.97

9.90

9.80

10.15

10.58

10.15

9.80

9.97

10.04

10.17

10.25

10.30

9.80

9.40

9.08

8.80

8.69

8.72

8.89

8.74

May.

8.45

8.20

8.10

8.12

8.00

7.98

8.00

7.66

' 7.44

7.40

7.20

7.05

7.11

7.00

6.89

6.78

6.63

6.55

6.49

6.40

6.39

6.38

6.38

6.37

6.22

6.13

June.

6.08

6.08

6.03

6.01

5 OR

5.93

6.02

6.21

6.20

6.15

6.07

6.07

6.07

6.10

6.18

6.28

6.55

7.20

7 in

6.88

6.85

6.77

6.62

6.58

6.62

6.50

July.

6.42

5.42

6.42

6.42

6.50

6.45

6.36

6.31

6.25

6.20

6.15

6.46

6.39

6.31

6.22

6.18

6.12

6.05

6.02

5.99

5.93

5.93

5.92

5.91

5.80

5.70

5.65

5.60

Aug.

5

RC

5

KO

5.62

P; us

5.65

5.72

5.82

5.85

5.92

5.88

5.80

5.80

5.80

5.80

5.78

5.77

5.95

5.97

5.95

5.89

5.87

5.89

5.82

5.86

5.90

5.91

5.85

5.82

5.80

Sept.

2.10

2.10

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

Oct.

1.90

1.90

1.95

2.00

2.00

1.95

1.95

1.90

1.90

1.95

2.00

2.00

1.95

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.95

1.95

1.95

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.05

2.05

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

Nov.

2.00

2.00

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.20

2.25

2.30

2.50

2.70

3.50

3.90

3.60

3.40

3.40

3.60

4.35

4.80

4.70

4.20

4.00

3.65

3.60

3.50

3.40

3.30

Dec.

3.20

3.30

3.60

3.70

3.60

3.60

5.00

5.95

7.00

7.05

6.90

6.30

6.60

6.50

7.55

7.00

6.30

5.40

5.20

4.90

4.70

4 60

4.50

4.40

4.60

4.65

4.90

6.70

7.10

Readings on Northern Pacific Eailroad gage April 1 to August 31. United States Geological Survey 

gage established September 9 and located 1 mile below Northern Pacific Eailroad gage, and also made 

to read 4 feet lower.
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLUMBIA RIVER. 173

SELAH STATION ON YAKIMA RIVER.

This station is located on the Yakima Biver at the Northern Pacific 

.Railway bridge, or first crossing of the Yakima, 7 miles above the town 

of North Yakima, Washington. It was established by Cyrus 0. Babb, 

May 19, 1897, after the Naches station had been discontinued, with the 

idea that the difference in discharge between this station and the one 

at Union Gap would give approximately the discharge of the batches 

KiVer. The gage is the wire type, the rod being fastened to the guard 

rail of the bridge, west span, lower side. The length of gage wire is 39 

feet. The pulley distance is 2 feet. The bench mark is the top of the 

north sill of the clearance posts, about 150 feet west of the bridge, and 

its elevation is 35.21 feet above gage datum. During the months of 

September and October the bridge was undergoing repairs, and gage 

records could not be kept. The observer is Pat Gallagher, section 

foreman. The following measurements were made in 1897 by Cyrus C. 

Babb:

May 19, gage height, 10.77 feet; discharge, 13,904 second-feet. 

May 26, gage height, 8.88 feet; discharge, 7,424 second-feet. 

June 10, gage height, 7.60. feet: discharge, 4,859 second-feet. 

June 18, gage height, 6.90 feet; discharge, 3,185 second-feet. 

July 3, gage height, 7.10 feet; discharge, 3,636 second-feet. 

July 10, gage height, 6.28 feet; discharge, 2,300 second-feet. 

July 17, gage height, 5.81 feet; discharge, 1,751 second-feet. 

July 29, gage height, 5.15 feet; discharge, 1,019 second-feet. 

August 13, gage height, 4.91 feet; discharge, 810 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Yakima Biver at Selah, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

1...... .............................

3...................................

4...................................

5...................................

6....................... ............

7 ...................................

8...................................

9 ...................................

10...................................

11...................................

12...................................

13...................................

14...................................

15...................................

16...................................

17...................................

18...................................

19...................................

20...................................

21...................................

22...................................

23...................................

24...................................

25...................................

26...................................

27...................................

28...................................

29...................................

30...................................

31...................................

May.

10.80

10.60

10.40

10.30

9.70

9.20

8.90

8.70

8.50

8.30

8.30

June.

8 40

8.10

7.80

7.60

7.50

7.70

7

QA

7.50

7.30

7.20

7.20

7.00

7.00

6.90

6.80

6.70

6.90

7.30

7.30

7.20

7.20

7.10

7.00

6.90

July.

6.90

7.20

7.10

6.90

6.80

6.60

6.30

6.10

6.10

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.80

5.70

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.40

5.30

5.30

5.20

5.10

5.10

Aug.

5.00

5.00

5.00

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.70

4.70

4.70

Oct.

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

Nov.

4 90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

4.90

5.70

6.50

7.60

7.30

7.00

6.60

7.00

12.30

11.60

9.10

8.40

7.90

7.40

6.90

6.30

6.20

6.20

Dec.

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.20

6.60

6.80

6.80

6.80

6.80

6.40

6.40

6.30

6.10

6.10

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.70

5.60

5.60

5.60

6.00

8.60

9.20

8.80
174 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

NORTH YAKIMA STATION ON NACHES RIVER.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Beport, Part IV, 

page 355, is located at the highway bridge, 2 miles from North Takima,, 

W ashington, at the mouth of the river. The rod, a 2 by 6 ineh timber, is fastened to the crib bulwark, just below the highway bridge. 

The flood of November, 1896, modified the channel very greatly, depositing a large mass of coarse gravel and small bowlders along the right 

side of the channel at the section, so that the rod was 50 feet, more or 

less, from the edge of the water at low stages. The current is swift, 

even at low water. On account of the instability of the channel the 

station was abandoned in February, 1897, although a number of discharge measurements were made during the season. The station was 

located below the heads of a number of ditches. May 19,1897, a station 

was established on the Takima Eiver, 5 miles above the mouth of the 

Naches, at the Northern Pacific Eailway bridge near Selah, Washington, with the idea that the difference in discharge between this station 

and the one at Union Gap would give approximately the discharge of 

the Naches River. Two ditches, those of the Moxee Valley, are 

taken out between the two points, but their amount is about counterbalanced by that received from Ahtanuni Creek and the wastage at 

Old Town. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 

by Cyrus C. Babb and Sydney Arnold:

June 10, discharge, 3,178 second-feet. 

June 18, discharge, 1,993 second-feet. 

July 29, discharge, 781 second-feet. 

September 22, discharge, 385 second-feet. 

November 15, discharge, 1,500 second-feet.

Daily gage height, infect, of Naches Eiver at North Yakiina, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

2.......

3.......

4.......

5....... 

6.......

7.......

8.......

Jan.

2.90

2.90

3.00

3.00

3.00

Feb.

3 C\f\

3.00

2.90

2.00

2

QA

2 Qft

2 on

Day.

g

10.......

12. ......

13. ......

i f\

16.......

Jan.

3 ftfi

2

QA

2.90

2.80

2

QA

2 7ft

2 7ft

Feb.

2 80

2 7ft

2 70

9 7ft

2.60 2 fin

2 fin

2.50

Day.

17.......

-IQ

19.......

20.......

21.......

99

90

24.......

Jan.

2.80

3.10

3.30 

3.60

3.60

3 f\t\

Feb.

2.40

2.40

......

Day.

25.......

26.......

27.......

28.......

29....... 

30......

31.......

Jan.

3.40

3.30

3.20

3.10

3.10

Feb.

......
DRAINAGE BASIN OP COLUMBIA RIVER. 175

UNION GAP STATION ON YAKIMA RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 356, is located at Union Gap, 6 miles below North Yakima, Washington, und 1,000 feet below the highway bridge. The gage rod is 

inclined and is attached to a willow stump and to posts set into the 

ground and loaded with rock. The bench mark is a stone, marked 

"B. M.," 39 feet west of the gage and 8.5 feet east of the railroad track. 

It is 29.85 feet above gage datum. The gaging cable and car is about 

50 yards above the rod. The channel of the river is straight for several hundred feet, both above and below the cable. During floods a 

portion of the water passes through a depression in the left bank, and 

this must be measured from the bridge. The right bank is high and 

will not overflow. The observer is Ed. Farmer, section foreman. The 

following measurements were made in 1897 by Cyrus C. Babb:

May 15, gage height, 10.90 feet; discharge, 19,234 second-feet. 

May 25, gage height, 9.40 feet; discharge, 15,543 second-feet. 

June 9, gage height, 8.15 feet; discharge, 8,938 second-feet. 

June 16, gage height, 7.25 feet; discharge, 5,901 second-feet. 

July 2, gage height, 7.35 feet; discharge, 6,275 second-feet. 

July 9, gage height, 6.45 feet; discharge, 3,973 second-feet. 

July 15,gage height, 6.05 feet; discharge, 3,097 second-feet. 

July 23, gage height, 5.48 feet; discharge, 2,361 second-feet. 

August 7, gage height, 4.80 feet; discharge, 1,314 second-feet. 

September 6, gage height, 4.55 feet; discharge, 1,140 second-feet. 

September 21, gage height, 4.26 feet; discharge, 683 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Takima River at Union Gap, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

1. ............ 

2.............

4.............

5.............

6.............

7.............

9.............

10.............

11.............

12.............

13 ............

14.............

15............. 

16............. 

17.............

18............. 

19............. 

20.............

21.............

22.............

23.............

24.............

25............. 

26........ ....

27.............

28.............

29.............

30.............

31.............

Jan.

5.60

5.40

......

......

......

Feb.

......

^

5.50

"6.~70"

"6."o6"

......

Mar.

......

5.60

5.40

5.20

5.10 

5.10 

5.10

5.30 

5.80 

5.20

5.10

5.10

5.20

6.00

6.80 

6.40

6.20

6.40

6.80

6.60

6.60

Apr.

6.80

6

QA

7.40

7.60

7.90

7.90

7 90

8.70

9.40

8.40

9.60

10.00

10.60 

10.90 

11.40 "ii.'oo"

11.60

11.00

10.60

9.00

9.40 

9.60

9.80

9.70

9.40

9.10

May.

9.00

9 9ft

9 40

9.60

9.80

9.60

9.00

9.00

9.10

9.20

9.20

9.10

9.90

10.00 

11.40 

11.40

11.40 

11.20 

10.90

10.80

10.20

10.00

9.80 

9.60

9.40

9.20

9.10

9.00

8.90

June.

8.70 

8.60

8

Kf\

8.30

8.20

8.10

8.00

8.20

7.90

7.80

7.60

7.70

7.50

7.40 

7.30 

7.20

7.20 

7.00 

6.90

6.80

7.10

7.40

7.4"

7.30 

7.20

7.10

7.30

7.20

7.10

July.

7.20 

7.40

7.35

7.20

7.10

6.90

6.70

6.50

6.30

6.30

6.20

6.10

6.00

6.00 

6.00 

5.90

5.80 

5.80 

5.70

5.60

5.50

5.50

5.40

5.40 

5.30

5.30

5.20

5.10

5.10

5.10

Aug.

4.90 

4.80

4 80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.70

4.70

4.70

4.70

4.70

i'eo"

4.60

4.60

4.50

4.50

4.50 

4.50

4.50

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

Sept.

4.40 

4.30

4.30-

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.30

4.30 

4.30 

4.20

4.20 

4.30 

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.20

4.20

4.20 

4.30

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.30

Oct.

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.20

4.20

4.30

4.20

4.20

4.20

3.20

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.20 

4.20 

4.20

4.20 

4.20 

4.20

4.30

4.40

4.40

4.50

4.50 

4.50

4.40

4.40

4.50

4.50

4.40

Nov.

4.40 

4 40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.50

4.80

5.60

6.50

7 90

7.00

6.80 

5.90 

5.80

6.10 

11.00 

11.60

9.60

9.00

8.30

7.70

7.30 

6.90

6.70

6.60

6.60

6.30

Dec.

6.30 

6.30

6.10

6.00

6.80

6.90

7.10

7.00

6.90

6.80

6.70

6.70

6.50 

6.40 

6.30

6.10 

6.10 

5.90

5.80

5.60

5.70

5.70

5.60 

5.60

5.70

5.70

5.70

8.80

8.20
176 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

KIONA STATION ON TAKIMA RIVER.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part TV, 

page 358, is located at the highway bridge at Kiona, Washington. The 

rod of the wire gage is placed on the lower side of the bridge. The distance from the end of the weight to the index marker is 27.21 feet. 

From the end of the rod to the outside edge of the pulley wheel it is 2 

feet. The section is an excellent one for measurements. The channel 

is straight for some distance above and below. The banks are medium 

high and the bed is composed of a firm gravel. The observer is W. A. 

Kelso. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by 

Cyrus C. Babb and Sydney Arnold:

Date.

May 8....

May 24...

May 29...

June 8 ...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

11.50

11. 52

9.74

8.75

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

16, 557

16, 344

11, 338

8,868

Date.

June 15 ...

July 7.....

July 13....

July 21....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

8.05

7.15

6.30

5.55

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

6,908

5,118

3, 475

2,318

Date.

Aug. 5 ...

Aug. 30..

Nov. 6...

Dec. 29 . .

Gage 

height.

Feet.

4.61

4.10

4.08

8.54

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

1,217

762

839

7,459

Daily gage height, in feet, of TaJcima River at Kiona, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

1...... ......

2............ 

3............ 

4............

5............ 

6............

7............

8............

9............

10............

11............

12............

14 ...........

15............

16............

17............

18............

19............

20............

21............

22............

23............ 

24............

25............ 

26............

27............

28............

29............ 

30............ 

31............

Jan.

7.00

6.87

6.55

6.52

6.50

6.54

~6.~44~

6.04

6.07

6.78

8.82

8.15

7.55 

7.50 

7.35

Feb.

7.15

"6~94~

6.82

6.41

6.38

6.85 

6 84

......

......

......

Mar.

6.08

6.27 

6.31 

6.30

5.78

5 EC

5

GG

5.71

5.75

5.80

5.72

5.69

5.62

5.84 

7.02

7.76

7.42

7.44 

7.26 

6.95

Apr.

6.68 

6.69

7 ftp*

7.16

7 99

7

7K

7 OS

10.01 

10 04

10.17

10.62

11.74

12.40

13.17

iq no

13.49

12.85 

11.93

11.24 

11.10

11.32

11.35

10.72

May.

10.40 

10.36 

10.22

10.34 

10.48

11.34

1 fl 7Q

10.26 

10.54

11.14

U O9

12.56

12.85

13.08

13. 30 

13.14

19 SI

12.30

10.86

10.50

10.00

9.75 

9.86 

10.60

June.

10.67

10.16 

9.60

9

0A

8.84

8

«7

8.90

8.75

8.08

8 1 *\

8 19

8

AK

7 7ft

7 ^S

7.50

7.41

7 OK

7.11

7.45

7.80

7.86 

7.77

7.62

7.60

7.72 

7.55

July.

7.52

7.42 

7.80 

7 aft

7.64

7.42

7 1 Pi

6.32 

6.30

6.25

6.00

5

QK

5.80

5.76

5

KQ

5.54

5.50

5.45 

5.33

5.27 

5.27

5.07

4.97 

4.90 

4.80

Aug.

4.80

- 4." TO" 

4.68

4.61 

4.55

4

*W1

4.48

4.41

4.40

4

QQ

4.38

4.35

4.28

4.27

4.27

4.23 

4.20

4.20

4.22

4.15 

4.15

"4." 14"

4.14

4.10

4.08 

4.04 

4.00

Sept.

4.05 

4.10 

4.12

4.16

4.18

4.18

4.10

4.06

4.00

4.00 

3 98

3 97

3 OR

3 Qfl

q ol

3.91

3 ftO

S oft

3.90

3.90

3.94 

3.90

3.83

3 CO

3.84 

3.86

Oct.

3.90 "s.'go"

S on

3.87

q OK

3 CM

q o(\

3 7ft

3.78

q nc*

3.76

3 77

3

QA

3.85

3

QQ

3 Oft

3.98 "4~io~

4.16 

4.18

4.17

4.17

Nov.

4.12 

4.10 

4 09

4.08

4.12

4.15

4 ift

4 19

4.21

4.44

5

QK

7

K1

7.42

6.60

6.48

6.34

8.97 

11.67

12.50

11.66

10.82

9 4.9

8.38 

8 no.

7.58

7 no

6.95 

6.63

Dec.

6.53

6.50 

"6."24"

6.15 

6.71

7 R.ft

Q 09

ft 9t

7 QK.

7 99

7.77 

7.70

7 50

7.55

7 50

7 Qrt

6.68 

6.40

6.30

6.15

6.10 

6.00

5.95

5 Q9

5 90

7.90 

10.39 

10.55
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLUMBIA EIVER. 177

SPOKANE STATION ON SPOKANE RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 359, is located at the bridge of Oregon Railway and Navigation 

Company at Spokane, Washington. The rod of the wire gage is fastened to the upper guard rail in the west span of the bridge. The distance from the end of the weight to the index is 22.0 feet, and from the 

zero of the rod to the outside edge of the pulley 1.80 feet. The gage 

was connected with a bench mark of the city engineering department 

and referred to sea level, the rod datum being 1,880 feet above sea level. 

The channel is straight for some distance above and below the section. 

The bed is gravelly and is practically unchangeable. The banks are 

high and are only overflowed during extraordinary floods. The velocity 

is quite swift, even during low water. The observer is Z. Taylor, telegraph operator, residing within 400 feet of the bridge. The following 

discharge measurements were made in 1897 by Cyrus C. Babb and 

others:

May 20, gage height, 10.80 feet; discharge, 29,084 second-feet. 

June 29, gage height, 5.16 feet; discharge, 9,026 second-feet. 

July 21, gage height, 4.05 feet; discharge, 7,893 second-feet. 

September 11, gage height, 1.92 feet; discharge, 2,575 second-feet. 

October 20, gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 2,011 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Spokane River at Spokane, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

1. ............

2.............

3. ............

4.............

5.............

6.............

7. ............

8. ...........

10.............

11.............

12.............

13.............

14.............

15.............

16.............

17.............

18.............

19.............

20.............

21.............

22.............

9?

24.............

25.............

26.............

27.............

28

29............. 

30.............

31. ...... ......

Jan.

5.50

5.40

5.30

5.20

5.20

5.00

5.00

4.80

4.80

4.70

4.60

4.50

4.35

4.30

4.25

4.20

4.20

4.00 

4 00

3.90

3.80

3.90

3.80

3.85

4.00

3.90

4.00 

4.00

4.00

Feb.

4.00'

4.00

4.00

4.00

3.90

3.80

3.75

3.75

3.70

3.70

3.65

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.60

3.55

3.55

3.55

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.50

3.45

3.25

3.25

3.20

......

Mar.

3.20

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3.15

3

1 A

3 If!

3.10

3.00

2.95

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90 

2.90

2.90

2.85

2.85

2.90

2.90

2.90

3.60

4.10

4.40 

4.60

4.65

Apr.

4.75

4.90

4.90

5.05

5.20

5.30

5.45

5.50

5.70

6.70

7.00

7.30

7.60

8.00

8.50

8.90

10.20

11.00

11.60

11.80

11.80

11.60

11 40

11.15

11.30

11.30 

11.30

May.

11.10

10.90

10.50

10.40

11.20

11.20

10.90

10.30

10.30

10.50

10.70 

10.80

10.95

10.95

10.85

10.70

10.50

10.30

9.80

9.50

9.25 

9.05

8.80

June.

8.60

8 40

8.20

7.85

7.60

6.30

6.20

6.15

5.90

5.70

5.50

5.40

5.35

5.30

5.40

5 40

5.45

5 45

5.40

5 40

5.40

5.30

5.30

5.20 

5.10

July5.00

4.95

4.95

4.95

5.00

5.00

5 no

4.70

4.60

4.50

4.40

4.30

4.15

4.05

4.00

3.90

3.80

3.70

3.60

3.45

3.35 

3.20

Aug.

3.20

3

-lA

3.05

3.00

9 Qf»

9 RH

2.75

2 *7fl

2.65

2.65

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.45

2.40

2.35

2.30 

2.25

2.25

2.20

2.20

2.15

2.10

2.05

2.05

2.00

1.95 

1.95

1.90

Sept.

i on

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.85

1.90

1 Qf»

1

QK

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.85

1.80

1.80 

1 80

1.75

3.75

1.75

i 7s;

1.75

1.70

1.70

1.70 

1.70

Oct.

1.70

1.70

1.65

1.65

1 60

1.55

1.55

1

Kf\

1

Kf\

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.50

-I Kf|

1.50

1.50

1.45

i df>

1 4^

1.45

1.45

1.45 

1.45

1.45

Nov.

1 45

1.45

1.45

1.45

1 45

1 A.K

1.45

1.50

i p»n

1.60

1.80

2.45

2.80

3.00

3.05

3.20 

3 40

3 on

4.90

5 40

5.60

5.70

5 7fl

5.65

5.60

5 40

5.25 

5.10

Dec.

5.00

4.90

4.80

4 50

4.60

5.40

5 7ft

K QA

6.00

6.00

5.90

5.80 

5.70

5.50

5.35

5.20

5.00

4.90

4 80

4 70

4.60

4.65 

5.00

5.40
178 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

WENATCHEE STATION ON WENATCHEB RIVER.

This station is located on the Wenatchee Eiver at the wagon bridge, 

6 miles above its mouth and 7 miles from Wenatchee, Washington. It 

was established November 1, 1897. The rod is vertical and fastened 

fco the face of the second wooden pier from the north. Observations of 

heights were taken at the bridge site of the Wenatchee Waterpower 

Company by C. Nasten, engineer in charge, 5 miles below the station, 

and reduced to the station gage by having simultaneous readings at 

both points on September 13, November 1, 14, and 20, respectively. 

Both banks of the river at the station are high and not liable to overflow. The bed of the river is composed of bowlders and the current is 

quite swift, even at low stages. The canal of the Wenatchee Waterpower Company is taken out about 1 mile above the station. The following are the discharge measurements made in 1897 by Cyrus C. Babb 

and C. Hasten:

September 13, 

November 1, 

November 14, 

November 20,

eight, 0.30 foot; discharge, 900 second-feet.

i, 0.00 feet; discharge, 706 second-feet, 

weight, 1.24 feet; discharge, 2,770 second-feet, 

height, 5.10 feet; discharge, 13,280 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Wenatchee River at Wenatehee, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

1..

2..

3..

4..

5..

6..

7..

8..

9..

10..

11..

Aug.

1.22

......

......

Sept.

......

0.45

......

......

Oct.

0.22

.15

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

Nov.

0.00

.00

.00

..00

.00

.00

.00

......

......

......

Day.

12...

13...

14...

15...

16...

17...

18...

19...

20...

21...

22...

Aug.

0.95

Sept.

0.30

.15

.15

.15

.25

.32

.35

Oct.

0.00

.35

.30

.20

.00

......

.00

.00

.00

.00

.22

Nov.

2.18

1.65

1.25

......

......

5.10

......

Day.

23...

24...

25...

26...

27...

28...

29...

30...

31...

Aug.

......

0.82

......

......

......

...* 

Sept.

0.36

.35

.52

.38

.38

.36

.30

......

Oct.

0.30

,,...-

.22

.12

.03

......

.00

.00

......

Kov.

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......
DRAINAGE BASIN OF COLUMBIA RIVER. 179

WHITMAN STATION ON WALLA WALLA RIVER.

This station, located on Wallawalla Biver, 7 miles below Wallawalla, 

Washington, was established July 19, 1897, for the purpose of determining the amount of water available for the several canals taken out 

below. The gage is an unusual form, consisting of a horizontal timber 

4 inches square by 14 feet long, fastened to two vertical posts 6 feet 

apart and set in the ground at the edge of the bank of the river, with 

one end of the timber projecting out over the water. On this horizontal timber is then placed a wire gage. The distance from the end 

of the weight to the wire index is 19.62 feet and the outside edge of 

the pulley at the end of the timber is 4.27 feet from the zero. The bench 

mark is a nail driven into the southwest corner of the barn, 70 feet 

north of the gage, and 1 foot above the sill. Its elevation is 11.00 feet 

above datum. Discharge measurements are to be taken from a foot 

suspension bridge, near by. The channel is gravelly and the banks 

medium high. The observer is Mrs. W. F. York, post office, Wallawalla, Washington. A gaging on August 26,1897, was made by Sydney Arnold; gage height, 0.86 feet; discharge, 78 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Wallawalla River at Whitman, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

1....

2....

3.... 

4....

5....

6....

7....

8....

9....

10....

11....

12....

13....

14....

15. ...

16....

July. Aug.

0 90

88

88 

88

88

88

88

88

88

88

88

88

88

88

88

88

Sept.

O OP:

no

1.00 

1.00

1.05

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.20

1.18

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

Oct.

1.20

1.20

1.20 

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.22

1.30

1.30

1.25

Nov.

1.30

1.30. 

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.38

1.95

1.90

2.05

2.02

t. 92

1.90

Dec.

2

OC

2.22

2.12 

2.02

2.18

2.35

2.92

3.05

2.88

2.68

2.80

2.88

2.80

3.00

2.88

2.72

Day.

17.....

1 Q

19..... 

20..

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29

30.

31.....

July.

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

.98

.95

.92

.88

.88

.88

Aug.

O

QO

.88

.82 

.82

.88

.82

.82

.82

.82

.82

.82

.82

.82

.85

.90

Sept.

1 1 Pi

1 1 Pi

1.15

1 1H

IIP;

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.20

Oct.

i on

1.20 

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30

Nov.

i an

2.32 

2.35

2.28

2.15

2.15

2.12

2.05

1.98

1.90

1.85

1.85

2.20

Dec.

2.35 a.^o

2.20

2.10

2.05

2.05

2.05

2.12

2.25

2.75

3.20

3.75

3.28
180 OPERATIONS AT KIVEB, STATIONS, 1897.

GIBBON STATION ON UMATILLA BIVEK.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 361, is located about one-half mile west of the railroad station at 

Gibbon, Oregon. The lower section of the old gage rod was carried 

out by the floods in March, but a temporary rod was used until a permanent one was placed June 12, 400 feet downstream. It consists of a 

substantial rod 4 inches square by 14 feet long fastened to ax rock by 

two one-half-inch bolts, soldered into holes, drilled into the rock. The 

bench mark for this new gage is a cross in black paint on the highest 

point of the rock to which the rod is fastened. Its elevation is 4.40 feet 

above datum, also marked on the rock. One foot in elevation on the rod 

is equal to 2.71 feet along its length. The section under the cable, at 

which discharge measurements were made, was also so modified by the 

March freshets that it was found necessary to remove the cable and car 

to a better location one-quarter of a mile below. The channel here is 

straight for a distance above and below. The bed of the river is 

gravelly. The initial point for soundings is on the right bank. The 

observer is W. Swart, telegraph operator at Gibbon. The following 

discharge measurements were made in 1897 by Cyrus C. Babb :

May 5, gage height, 4.10 feet; discharge, 2,141 second-feet. 

May 22, gage height, 2.05 feet; discharge, 624 second-feet. 

May 27, gage height, 1.36 feet; discharge, 448 second-feet. 

June 7, gage height, 1.00 foot; discharge, 233 second-feet. 

June 12, gage height, 0.80 foot; discharge, 168 second-feet. 

July 5, gage height, 1.16 feet; discharge, 265 second-feet. 

July 20, gage height, 0.59 foot; discharge, 118 second-feet. 

August 27, gage height, 0.30 foot; discharge, 83 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of UmatiUa Biver at Gibbon, Oregon, for 1897.

Day.

1...... .........

4...:...........

5...............

6...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11...............

12...............

13...............

14...............

15...............

16...............

17..---..........

18...............

19...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

23...............

24...............

25...............

26...............

27...............

28...............

29...............

30...............

31...............

Jan.

1.80

1

7K

1.70

1.70

1.65

1.65

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.55

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.65

1.65

1.65

1 65

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.60

1.65

1.65

1.70

1.75

Feb.

1.80

2.00

2.60

2.80

2.90

2.90

2.80

2.50

2.40

2.90

2.80

3.10

3.10

2.95

2.80

2.50

2.40

1.90

1.80

1.65

1.60

1.60

1.65

......

Mar.

1.80

2

AA

i on

1.90

1.90

1.80

1.70

1.70

1.60

1.55

1.50

1.50

1.50

1.60

1.70

1.70

1.70

1.65

1.65

1.60

5.65

5.05

4.20

3.80

3.60

3.35

3.15

Apr.

3

AK

3.00

3.20

3.40

3

KA

3.70

4.90

4.80

5.05

5.38

5.50

5.65

4.70

3.95

3 7ft

3 7ft

3.60

4.40

4.40

3.90

3.60

3.50

May.

3 50

4.10

4 40

3.55

3.10

3 1fk

3

OA

3.05

3.15

2

QA

2.60

2.40

2.20

2

t\n

1 80

1.85

1.50

1

OK

1

0K

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.20

June.

 t -IK

1.10

1.00

I

Aft

1.00

.90

.85

.85

QA

.80

.80

1.10

1.25

1.15

1.10

1.00

QK

.95

90

QK

.85

OK

.95

.90

.85

.85

July.

0 85

1 05

1.15

1.10

1.00

.95

.90

.85

.80

Oft

.75

.70

.70

.65

.65

60

60

flA

.55

KK

KA

.50

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

Aug.

0 45

Af\

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.45

.40

.40

40

OK

OK

.35

OK

.35

DK

.35

.30

.30

.30

.30

.50

Sept.

.35

.35

.35

.35

45

.45

.40

.40

.40

.40

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.35

.35

.35

.35

Oct.

O QK

35

.35

oe

.35

.35

.40

.40

.40

.40

.35

.35

.35

.40

.40

40

45

45

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

Nov.

0.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.45

HO

.80

.90

.95

1.20

1.05

1.05

1.20

2.00

2.00

1.80

1 in

1 40

1.30

1.30

1.20

1.40

2.00

Dec.

2.00 i on

1 80

1.70

1.80

2.00

2.90

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.50

2

KA

2.45

2.20

1.90

1.70

1.70

1.50

1.40

1 40

1.30

1.25

1.80

2.20

2.80

3.50

3.70

3.40
DRAINAGE BASIN Ofr COLUMBIA EIVEB. 181

MORO STATION ON DESCHUTES RIVER.

This station is located on the Deschutes Kiver, near Moro, Oregon, 

16 miles east of The Dalles, Oregon, at the ranch of the observer, J. E. 

Harris, 3 miles above what is known as the " free bridge." The rod is 

inclined. The bench mark is the head of a nail, at elevation 8.41 feet, 

in the large alder tree to which the rod is spiked. The discharge measurements are taken at the iron bridge below. The section here is poor, 

owing to the swift current. The bed is rocky and uneven. A measurement made on September 27,1897, by Cyrus C. Babb. gave gage height, 

2.10 feet; discharge, 5,962 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Deschutes River at Moro, Oregon, for 1S97.

Bay.

1......

2......

4......

6......

10...... 11......

Oct. Nov.

2.00

2.00

2.10

2.20

2 on

a on

9 Qft

2.40

Dec.

2.20

2.20

3.20

3.20

Day.

12.......

13..-...-

16.......

17-....-.

18.......

20.......

21.......

22.......

Oct.

2.00

2.10

Nov.

2

Kfl

2.50

2.40

2.40

2.40

2

Kfl

2 fin

Dec.

3.40

3.20

3.20

3 1ft

2.80

2.60

2.50

Day.

no

24.......

OK

26.......

27

9U

29.......

Of\

01

Oct.

2 1ft

2 ftn

2

(\(\

2.00

2.00

2.00

2 on

2 1 n

"N"ov.

2 en

2 on

O Ofi

2 9ft

2 on

2 9ft

2 1 ft

2.10

Dec.

9 t\(\

2.80

2 7n

3

1 n

3.00

2 1 n

TUCKERS STATION ON HOOD RIVER.

This station is located at Tuckers, 5 miles south of Hood River, 

Oregon. It was established October 20,1897, by Cyrus C. Babb. The 

gage is of the wire type. The rod is nailed to a wooden member of 

the bridge. The length of the gage wire is 33.85 feet, and the pulley 

is 2 feet from end of rod. At gage height 1.50 the water is 30.10 feet 

below edge of floor at side of inner inclined wooden brace at station 

4.5 feet from east end, lower side. The bottom is a rock ledge and the 

sides are precipitous. The observer is B. E. Tucker, proprietor of a sawmill. Measurements were made as follows in 1897 by Cyrus C. Babb:

September 28, gage height, 1.70 feet; discharge, 541 second-feet. 

October 20, gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 459 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Hood Eiver at Tuckers, Oregon, for 1897.

Day.

1...... 

2...... 

3...... 

4......

5...... 

6......

7......

8......

9......

10...... 

11......

Oct.

......

......

......

Nov.

1.60 

1.50 

1.50 

1.50

1.70 

1.80

1.60

1.70

2.10

4.60 

4.80

Dec.

3.40 

3.00 

2.80 

2.70

6.70 

7.50

7.30

7.00

5.50

5.00 

4.90

Day.

12....... 

13....... 

14....... 

15.......

16....... 

17.......

18.......

19.......

20.......

21....... 

22.......

Oct.

-----

------

1.50

1.90 

1.80

Nov.

5.20 

5.70 

3.80 

3.20

3.00 

4.20

9.00

5.60

5.20 

4.10

Dec.

5.10 

5.00 

6.50 

5.40

5.00 

4.50

3.90

3.50

3.50 

3.10

Day.

23....... 

24.......

25....... 

26.......

27....... 

28.......

29.......

o-l

Oct.

1.80 

1.90 

1.80

1.60 

1 60

1.60

T fin

Nov.

3.50 

3.10 

2.90

2.60 

2.50

2.70

4.00

Dec.

2.90 

2.90 

3.40 

4.00

5.00

7.60

5.40

IRR 16-
182 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

SEGUIN STATION ON DTJNCKENESS KITES.

This station is located at a county bridge near Seguin Post-office, 18 

miles southeast of Port Angeles, Washington, and 9 miles above ithe 

mouth of the river. It was established July 5, 1897, by A. Judsom 

Adams. The gage consists of a vertical rod fastened to the downstream side of the crib abutment on the right bank of the river. The 

bench mark is a spike in the root of a fir stump 4 feet in diameter, about 

20 feet north of north end of bridge, the elevation being 12.75 feet above 

gage datum. The initial point for sounding is on the right bank. The 

channel is straight for some distance above and below the station, 

The right bank is high and not liable to overflow. The left bank is low 

and is flooded during freshets. The observer is David Duncan, farmer. 

Discharge measurements were made as follows by A. Judson Adams 

in 1897:

July 5, gage height, 5.06 feet; discharge, 546 second-feet. 

August 17, gage height, 4.81 feet; discharge, 357 second-feet. 

November 4, gage height, 4.36 feet; discharge, 165 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Dungenesa River at Seguin, Washington) for 1897.

Day.

1 ...

2....

3 .

4 , 5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16

July.

5.05

5.10

5.05

5.00

5.00

5. .GO

5.10

5.20

5.05

5.05

5.05

5.00

Aug.

4.70

4.70

4.70

4.75

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.75

4.70

4.70

4.70

4.80

Sept.

4.60

4.50

4.55

4.55

4.50

4.50

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.35

4.35

4.35

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.35

Oct.

4.30

4.25

4.25

4.30

4.25

4.25

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.25

4.30

4.40

4.30

4.25

4.20

4.20

Nov.

4.50

4.40

4.40

4'. 35

4.35

4.40

4.40

4.30

4.40

4.85

5.05

5.05

4.85

4.85

4.60

4.60

Dec.

4.20

5.20

5.10

5.10

5.70

6.25

7.40

6.10

5.50

5.20

5.20

5.00

8.00

5.20

4.60

4.35

Bay.

17.

18-

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

July.

4.95

4.90

4.90

5.00

4.95

4. SO

4.90

4.90

4.85

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4,75

Aug.

4.80

4.80

4.85

4.85

4.90

4. SO

4.80

4.75

4.70

4.55

4.55

4.60

4.55

4.55

4.75

Sept.

4.35

4.40

4.40

4.30

4.35

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.40

4.35

...*..

Oct.

4.20

4.20

4.20

4.30

4.25

4.75

5.05

4.70

4.60

4.59

4.50

4.45

4.45

4.45

4. .40

Nov.

5.80

8.10

6.60

5.90

5.70

6.59

5.40

5.35

5.30

5.20

5.20

5.10

5.20

5.80

. .. . . .

Bee.

4.20

4.10

4.00

4.00

3.90

3.:90

3.90

8.95

3.90

3.80

7.90

5.80

5.50

5.00

4.80
WATERSHED OP NORTH PACIFIC COAST. 183

MCDONALD STATION ON ELWHA BIY13R.

This station is located 9 miles southwest of Port Angeles at McDonald,, Clallatn County, Washington, at the new county bridge and was 

established October 8,1897, by A. Judson Adams. The horizontal rod 

of the wire gage is nailed to the railing of the north side of the bridge, 

the 9-fo®t mark being opposite the fourth upright post counting from 

the east end of the bridge. The length of the gage wire is 49.26 feet, 

and the distance from the end of the rod to outside edge of pulley is 

7.92 feet. The bench mark is the top edge of the 4op side-rail on the 

north side of the bridge at the third upright post irem the east end of 

the bridge, and its elevation is 41.34 feet above gage datum. The initial point for soundings is on the right bank. The channel is straight 

for some distance above and below the station. Both banks are high 

and rocky and will not overflow. The bed of the stream is rocky. The 

observer is Thomas H. Stringharn, postmaster at McDonald. The following measurements of discharge were made by A. Judson Adams in 

1897:

October 8, gage height, 0.95. foot; discharge, 406 second-feet. 

December 28, gage height, 8.00 feet; discharge, 4,623 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Elwha River at McDonald, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

1......

2......

3......

4......

5......

6......

7......

8......

9......

10......

11......

Oct.

1.00

1.00

Nov.

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.25

1.22

1.22

1 9**

3.30

2.45

3.60

Dec.

2.50

2.85

<t.5u

6.40

5 9A

4.30

4 25

3.95

Day.

12.......

13.......

14.......

15.......

16.......

17.......

18.......

in

20.......

21.......

22.......

Oct.

1.10

1.22

.95

.90

.85

.85

.80

1 OP;

1.45

2.65

2.20

Nov.

2.40

2.20

2.15

2.05

1.95

2.05

14.50

5 40

4.00

3.80

3.05

Dec.

3.45

3.60

4.60

3.80

3.20

3.50

2.50

9 JP;

2.40

2.50

2.10

Day.

23.......

24.......

25.......

26.......

27.......

28.......

29.......

30.......

31.......

Oct.

2.50

1.60

1.35

1.35

1.30

1.30

1.25 i s>f;

1.20

Nov.

2.55

2. as

2.10

1.S5

1.90

1.45

2.50

2.90

Dec.

2.16

2.35

2.55

6.90

8. 95

6.87

4 55
184 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

FORKS STATION ON CALOWA RIVER.

This station is located at the county highway bridge in the southwestern part of Clallam County near Forks, Washington, and is reached 

by steamer to Clallam Bay, thence overland 30 miles by wagon. It was 

established November 12, 1897, by A. Judson Adams. The horizontal 

rod of the wire gage is nailed to the railing of the wagon bridge. Both 

banks are high and rocky and do not overflow. The bed of the stream 

is gravelly. The observer is H. 0. Whittier, a farmer, post-office, Forks, 

Washington. The following discharge measurements were made by 

A. Judson Adams in 1897:

September 6, gage height, feet; discharge, 467 second-feet. 

November 12, gage height, 3.66 feet; discharge, 1,494 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Caloiva River at Forks, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

1. ......

4.....-- 

5...--.. 

6.......

7.......

Nov.

......

------

Dec.

4 00

3

QA

3.00

3.85 

6.70 

6.45

9.60

Day.

g

10.......

11.......

12....... 

13.......

15....... 

16.......

Nov.

3.85 

3.90

2.95

2.70

Dec.

6.45

6.50

7.10

5.70 

10.25

5.40

Day.

17.......

18.......

19.......

20....... 

21....... 

22.......

23....... 

24.......

Nov.

7.25

5.00 

4.70 

4.05

5.55 

3.10

Dec.

3.75

2.90

2.70 

2.55 

2.40

2.35 

2.40

Day.

25.......

26.......

27.......

28....... 

29....... 

30.......

31.......

Nov.

3.00

2.15

3.00

2.80 

3.00 

6.40

Dec.

3 OK

4.70

15.90

10.50 

6.65 

5.00

4.10

QUILLAYUTE STATION ON SOLDITCK RIVER.

This station is located at the county highway bridge about 9 miles 

northeast of Lapush, in southwestern part of Clallam County, near 

Quillayute, Washington, and was established November 13, 1897, by 

A. Judson Adams. The horizontal rod of the wire gage is fastened to 

the railing of the wagon bridge. The channel is straight for some distance above and below the station. The banks are high and rocky 

and do not overflow. The bed of the stream is composed of rocks and 

gravel. The observer is Peter Van Bossche, a farmer, address Quillayute, Washington. The following measurements were made by A. 

Judson Adams in 1897:

September 7, gage height, feet; discharge, 858 second-feet. 

November 13, gage height, 4.00 feet; discharge, 1,898 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Solduclt River at Quillayute, Washington, for 1897.

Day.

1. ...... 

2.......

3....... 

4.......

6.......

7.......

8.......

Nov. Dec.

4.95 

4.30 

3.90 

3.65

6.80

5.45

9.10

8.95

Day.

9....... 

10....... 

11....... 

12.......

13.......

14.......

15.......

16.......

Nov.

......

3.10

2.90

Dec.

7.15 

6.45 

7.10 

6.35

7.55

8.90

6.30

5.40

Day.

17....... 

18....... 

19....... 

20.......

21.......

22.......

23.......

24.......

Nov.

3.95 

11.90 

8.35 

5.90

5.40

4.90

4.40

4.00

Dec.

4.75 

4.35 

4.05 

3.80

3.45

3.30

3.30

Day.

25....... 

26....... 

27....... 

28.......

29.......

30. ......

31.......

Nov.

3.75 

3.65 

3.60 

3.40

3

KA

5.55

Dec.

4.20 

4.60 

9.80

8.40

6

QC

5

Cft
WATERSHED OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 185

JELLYS FERRY STATION ON SACRAMENTO RIVER.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part 

IV, page 365, is located about 12 miles above the town of Eedbluff, California, at a crossing of a county road at Jellys Ferry. The observer, 

Fred Lemstrom, is the ferryman. The ferry cable is used in the discharge 

measurements. The gage consists of a vertical rod marked to tenths of 

a foot. It is made in three sections and nailed firmly to trees. Besides 

the gage rod at this point, another rod is located 1,206 feet upstream 

from the gage and another 350 feet downstream, in order to determine 

the slope of the water surface. Bench mark No. 1 is on an oak tree on 

the left bank 1,206 feet upstream from the ferry and 65 feet north of the 

upper rod, and is 22.724 feet above gage datum. Bench mark No. 2 is 

on an oak tree on the left bank of the river 300 feet below the cable, 

and is 22.429 feet above gage datum. The channel for 1,000 feet above 

and below the station is nearly straight. The right bank is high, but 

the left bank is liable to overflow when the water rises above the 25-foot 

mark. The bed of the stream consists of gravel, and changes slightly. 

The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by J. B. 

Lippincott and Fred Lemstrom:

Date.

Mar. 13. ..

Mar. 29...

Apr. 3...

Apr. 16...

Apr. 30...

May 14...

May 28...

June 11 ..

Gage 

height.

Feet.

10.30

14.40

10.85

12.20

10.30

9.00

7.50

6.50

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

18, 568

28, 319

21, 519

25, 806

18, 544

14, 719

10, 193

7,277

Date.

June 28 ...

July 13....

July 28....

Aug. 13....

Aug. 28....

Sept. 13 ...

Sept. 28 ...

Oct. 13....

Gage 

height.

Feet.

6.42

5.85

5.70

5.60

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.60

Discharge.

Sec. ft.

6,493

5,032

5,082

4,285

4,490

4,257

4,418

4,591

Date.

Oct. 28...

Nov. 13 . .

Nov. 28 ..

Dec. 13...

Dec. 17...

Dec. 17...

Dec. 28...

Gage 

height.

Feet.

5.70

5.70

5.95

7.40

6.85

6.85

5.95

Discharge.

Sec.ft.

4,202

4,196

6,179

10, 151

8,195

8,802

6,105

REDBLUFF STATION.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Eeport, Part IV, 

page 362, is located at the wagon bridge in the town of Eedbluflf, California. The observations of gage heights are maintained by the Weather 

Bureau and are taken by Maurice Connell. The vertical rod, 30 feet 

long, is nailed to a large sycamore tree on the left bank of the river 

about 25 feet above the bridge.
186 OPERATIONS AT RIYER STATIONS, 1897.

Daily gage height, infect, of Sacramenlo River at Jelly 8 Ferry, California, for 1897.

Day.

2..........

3..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

16..........

17..........

18.......... 

19..........

20..........

21..........

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

oo

30..........

31..........

Jan,

13.10

11.25

10.25

9

KA

9.00

8.65

8.45

8.25

8.05

7.85

7.75

7.60

7.65

7.60

7.50

7.40

7.25

7.10 

7.00

7.00

6.95

6.90

6.90

6.95

7. 00

6.90

7.45

17.45

13.95

13.80

Feb.

19.75

19.20

18.70

Oft F1Q

23.77

22,60

20.30

16.90

15.40

1400

12.75

12.25

11.55

11.15

11.00

13.10

12.00

11.30 

13.90

13.20

11.55

10.65

10.15

9.85

ft. 90

10.00

10.10

10.00

Mar.

16.45

13.45

12.35

11.60

11.90

11.75

12.20

11.95

11.75

11.20

10.60

10.30

9.85

9.55

9.45

9.65

9.75

9.60 

9.55

9.55

9.10

8.85

8.65

8.50

8.70

10.15

10.10

15.90

U Vi

13.10

12.15

Apr.

12.65

11.35

10.55

10 50

10.70

1L20

11-25

11.35

11.55

12.00

12.05

12.00

11.95

12.10

12.20

12.15

12.25 

12.45

13.05

12,10

11.55

11.15

10.85

10. 80

11.00

11.20

11.00

10.30

May.

10.20

10.05

9.90

9

QA

9.95

9.95

9.60

9.25

9.00

8.95

9.20

9.05

9.05

9.00

8.85

8.80

8.65

8.50 

8.30

8.20

8.10

». 00

8.00

7.90

7.70

7.50

7.45

7 1C\

7.30

7.20

June.

7.15

7.10

7.00

6.90

6.80

6.70

0.70

6.60

6.50

6.50

6.50

0.40

6.40

6.55

6.50

6.40

6.30 

6.35

6.80

7.20

6.95

6.85

6.65

6.55

6.50

6.50

6.40

6.40

6.30

July.

6.25

6; 20

6.20

6.20

6.15

6.10

6.10

6 10

6.10

6.00

6.00

e.oo

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.90

5.90

5.80 

5.80

5.80

5.80

5.80

5.80

5.80

5.80

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

Aug.

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.50 

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

Sept.

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50 

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

......

Oct.

5.50

5.60

5.60

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.50

5.00

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60

5.60 

5.60

5.60

5.70

5.70

6.00

6.30

5.80

5.80

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

Nov.

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70

5.70 

5.70

6.10

6.30

6.00

7.00

6.60

6.30

6.10

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.90

Dec.

5.90

5.90

5.80

5.80

5.80

6.00

6.50

9.70

7.80

7.20

8.40

8.30

7.40

8.90

7.60

7.20

6.80

6.60 

6.50

6.40

6.30

6.10

6.10

6.10

6.00

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.90

5.90

5.90

Daily gage height, in feet, of Sacramento Eiver at Redbluff, California, for 1897.

Day.

1...............

2. ..............

4...............

6...............

7. ..............

9...............

10...............

11...............

12...............

13...............

14...............

15...............

16...............

17...............

18...............

19...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

23...............

24...............

25...............

26...............

27...............

28...............

29............... 

30...............

31...............

Jan.

7.2

6.1

5.7

5.2

4.9

4.4

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.4

3.0

3.2

3.0

3.1

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.4

14.0 

11.1

10.0

Feb.

16.0

15.6

14.0

17.7

20.7

21.6

11.6

10.0

9.6

8.6

7.5

7.0

7.1

8.5

8.2

7.4

11.0

7.6

6.7

6.0

5.9

5.8

5,9

5.6

6.9

......

Mar.

11.0

8.6

8.0

7

Q

7.8

7.0

7.6

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.6

5.2

5.0

5.0

5,3

5

0

4.9

4.6

5.0

<; 9

8 a

9.0

8.6 

8.1

8.4

Apr.

7 Q

7.6

7.4

6.1

6.1

5.8

7.1

7.0

7.4

7.8

8 A

8 A

7 8

8 ft

8.0

8.1

8

1

8

1

Q ft

8 ft

8.0

7.6

7.4

7.1

7.0

6 Q

6.8

6.6 

6.0

May.

6.0

6.1

6 Q

ft ft

6.6

5 Q

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

A. Q

4.9

4.8

4.6

4.3

4 9

4 O

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

3

Q

3.7

3.7 

3.7

3.7

June.

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.0

2.0

2.0

1 Q

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.8

2.0

2.9

1.9

2.0

2.0

1.4

1.0

1.0

1.0 

1.0

July.

1.0

LO

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.8

.7

.7

.7

.6

.5

.5

.5

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1 

.1

.1

Aug.

0.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.0

.0 

.0

.0

Sept.

0.6

.7

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0 

.0

Oct.

0.0

.2

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.0

.0

.1

.3

.5

.4

.3

.2

.1

.1

.2

.4

1.0

1.2

1.0

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.5 

.5

.3

Nov.

0.3

.5

.5

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

0

.3

.4

.4

.8

1.0

i Q

1.4

.9

.9

^

.4

.4

.4

.4 

.4

Dec.

0.4

4

.7

1.3

3.2

3.4

7.2

6.5

5.3

4.4

5.0

4.9

3.9

4.0 '

2.0

1.9

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.0

1.0

1.0

1 0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0 

1.0

.9
WATEESHED OF SAN FEANCISCO BAY. 187

OAXDALE STATION ON STANISLAUS BITER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 371yis located at the wagon bridge one-half mile north of the town 

of Oakdale, California. One gage rod is set between the south or left 

hand piers of the wagon bridge on the side toward the water, and can 

be read from the bridge. The datum is 27.92 feet below the top of the 

southeast iron pier of the wagon bridge. A rod for the lowest readings 

of the river is 125 feet below the wagon bridge on the left bank and 

referred to the same datum. A secondary gage for determining the 

slope of the river is attached to the crib abutment of the Southern 

Pacific liailroad bridge, 1,071 feet below the wagon bridge and referred 

to the same datum as the upper gage. Its zero is 5.i)2 feet below the 

top of the cap on the piles of the south crib pier of the railroad bridge. 

This pier has settled during the last year. The channel of the river is 

uniform and straight above and below the station, and both banks are 

high enough to prevent overflow in all except extreme conditions of 

flood. The bed of the stream at this point is of sand and gravel and 

changes only slightly. The observer is Frank Templin. The following 

discharge measurements were made in 1897 by J. B. Lippincott and A, 

Q. Campbell:

February 16, gage height, 4.22 feet; discharge, 1,346 second-feet. 

May 30, gage height, 8.60 feet; discharge, 6,754 second-feet. 

July 11, gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 1,015 second-feet. 

September 5, gage height, 2.00 feet; discharge, 144 second-feet. 

October 29, gage height 2.40 feet; discharge, 223 second-feet. 

December 19, gage height 3.00 feet; discharge, 429 second-feet.

Daily gage height, infect, of Stanislaus River at Oakdale, California, for 1897.

Day.

1..... .......

2............

4............

5............

6...... ......

7.... ........

8............

9............

10............

11............

12............

13............

14. ...........

15............

16............

17............

18............

19............

20............

21............

22............

23............

24............

25............

26............

27............

28.... ....... .

29............

30............

31.............

Jan.

3.60

3.10

3.10

3.00

8.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

2 on

3.00

3.83

3,10

a. oo

a. 90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

5.15

4.53

4.40

Feb.

8.66

8.52

6.10

9.50

6.90

6.20

5.10

A Oft

4.50

4.30

4.20

4.10

6.07

5.00

5.47

5.63

4.60

4.40

4.30

4.30

4.40

4.50

5.50

.......

Mar.

5.00

4 60

5.50

5.10

4.90

4.60

4.40

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.40

5.15

5.13

4.60

4.50

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.50

4.80

6.00

5.40

5.10

Apr.

5.60

5.00

5.10

5.50

5.60

5.90

6.50

7 (in

7.40

7.60

8.20

8.70

9.20

9.80

10.30

9.00

7.90

7.20

6.80

6.80

Q 7ft

9.20

9. CO

8.90

8.80

May.

81 40

»

KO

10,11

10.80 ift ^n

a so

8.20

8.50

8.40

9 Oft

9.42

9.13

8.62

8.45

8.20

8.90

9.53

9

ftO

9.23

10.60

10.10

9.10

8.00

8.00

8.20

8.00

7.70

June.

6.60

6.20

6.00

6.00

5.90

5.90

6.00

6.40

6.50

5.80

5.40

5.10

5.20

5.40

4.90

4.50

4.10

3.90

3.90

3.90

4.10

4.00

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.70

3.60

3.70

3.80

July.

3.80

3.90

4.00

3 90

3.80

3.80

3.70

3.50

3.50

3.30

3.10

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.20

3.00

2.90

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.70

2.70

2.60

2.60

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.50

Aug.

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.20

2.30

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

Sept.

2.20

2.20

2.10

2.10

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

1.90

2.00

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

1.90

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

 2.00

2.00

1.90

Oct.

1.90

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.20

2.30

2.20

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.10

2.20

2.20

2.40

2.50

2.40

2.30

2.30

2.30

2.20

2.20

Nov.

2.20

2.20

2.30

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.30

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.30

2.30

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.20

2.10

3.00

3.10

3.50

3.00

2.80

2.60

2.50

2.40

2.40

Dec.

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.40

2.40

2.30

2.40

2.70

4.40

3.40

3.10

3.00

3.40

3.60

3.20

3.00

2.90

2.80

2.80

2.60

2.80

2.70

2.60

2.40

2.70

2.60

2.50

2.80

2.90

2.70

2.70
188 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

LAGRANGE STATION ON TUOLUMNE RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteeenth Annual Eeport. Part IV, 

page 378, is located at the bridge in the town of T^agrange, California, 

32 miles from Modesto. The vertical gage rod is fastened to timbers 

between the two iron piers on the right bank of the river. The bench 

mark is a nail driven into the bottom of the west post of the fifth bent 

south of the south iron cylinder and is 15.31 feet above the zero of the 

rod. The channel both above and below the bridge is straight for several hundred feet and the velocity of the stream is quite uniform. 

Both banks are high and not subject to overflow. The bed is of gravel. 

The observer is Cleo Pereira. The following is a list of discharge 

measurements made by J. B. Lippincott and A. Q. Campbell in 1897:

February 15, gage height, 5.80 feet; discharge, 1,864 second-feet. 

May 29, gage height, 9.25 feet; discharge, 11,594 second-feet. 

July 12, gage height, 5.70 feet; discharge, 1,839 second-feet. 

September 7, gage height, 4.00 feet; discharge, 95 second-feet. 

October 30, gage height, 4.73 feet; discharge, 534 second-feet. 

December 20, gage height, 4.85 feet; discharge 614 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Tuolumne River at Lagrange, California, for 1897.

Day.

2..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

12... .......... ,

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17.. ...... ...- ..

is

20..............

21..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29.............. 

30..............

31..............

Jan.

5.20

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.10

5.00

5.1)0

5.00

5.05

5.40

5.10

5.10

5 nn

5.45

6.40 

6.55

6.20

Feb.

8.85

8.95

8.10

8.30

7.10

6 on

6.35

6.20

6.20

6.20

5.95

5.80

5.70

7.00

6 on

6.70

6.80

6.30

6.20

6.30

6.30

Mar.

6.30

6.40

6.40

6.20

6.80

6.80

6.30

6 30

6.20

6.20

6.10

6.00

6.00

7 an

6.50

6.20

6.30

8.70 

7.40

6.60

Apr.

6.50

6.40

6.30

7.40

7 60

7 Qft

8 9fi

8.50

9

0ft

9 fin

9

0f|

9

QA

8 7fi

8.40

8

QA

8

-lfl

7.50

7 SO

8.30

8

Kn

May.

8 7fi

8 QA

9

OA

9

KH

9.50

9 an

9

7A

9

AA

e

on

9 9ft

9.70

9 nn

8 Of)

8 fin

10.00

10.10

10.20

10.30

9 nn

9.20

9.20

9.00

June.

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.50

8.20

8 9fl

8.50

8.00

T. 50

7.30

7.00

fi on

6.40

6.20

6.40

6.50

6 40

6.50

6.50

6.60

6.70 

6.70

July.

6.60

6.70

6.80

6.80

6.90

6.70

6.50

6,20

6.40

6.10

6.20

5.80

5.60

5.40

5.40

5.50

5.40

5.30

5.20

5.00

5.00

4.90

5.00

4.90

4.80 

4.60

4.70

Aug.

4.70

4.60

4.60

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

3.80

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.10

4.10

4.20

4.30

4.30

4.20

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.20

4.10

4.20 

4.10

4.10

Sept.

4.10

4.10

4.10

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

3.90

4.00

4.00

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.80

3.80

3.40

3.40

3.50

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.80 

3.80

Oct.

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.80

3 fin

3.80

4.00

3 80

3.90

3.90

4.40

4.70

3.90

5.00

4.70

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50 

4.70

4.70

Nov.

4.70

4.70

4.80

4.70

4.70

4.60

4.70

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.70

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.50

4.50

4.40

6.40

5.70

5.10

5.20

5.20

5.00

5.00

5.00 

5.00

Dec.

5.30 -

5.10

5.00

4.90

4.90

4.80

4.80

6.60

6.30

5.90

5.60

5.80

5.70

5.40

5.50

5.30

5.10

5.10

5.00

5.40

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.80 

4.80

4.80
WATERSHED OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 189

MODESTO STATION ON TUOLTJMNE RIVER.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Beport, Part IV, 

page 384, is located one-half mile south of the depot and at the wagonroad bridge at Modesto, California. The gage is a vertical rod 2 by 6 

inches, fastened on the south side of the central railroad pier. The top 

of the rail at the central pier is 46.05 feet above the datum of the gage. 

The discharge measurements are made from the wagon bridge, 100 feet 

west of the railroad bridge. The initial point for sounding is at the 

pier on the right bank. The channel above and below the station is 

straight, but in the summer stages of the stream the current is very 

sluggish. The right bank shows indications of overflow. The observer 

is J. T. Beed. No discharge measurements were made in 1897.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Tuolumne River at Modesto, California, for 1897.

Day.

1..........

2..........

3..........

4..........

5..........

6..........

7..........

8..........

9..........

10..........

11..........

12..........

13..........

14..........

15..........

16..........

17..........

18..........

19..........

20..........

21..........

22..........

23..........

24..........

25..........

26..........

27..........

28..........

29.......... 

30..........

31..........

Jan.

5.17

4.83

4 7Q

4.71

4.63

4.67

4.58

4.56

4.48

4.44

4.19

4.75

5.79

5.04

4.88

4.56

4.46

4

QQ

4.29

<L 91

<L 13

4.17

4.17

4.13

4.13

4.04

8.45

6.54

Feb.

11.97

11.79

9.17

19.25

12.25

12.50

9.29

8.25

7.63

7.3B

7.13

6.92

6.46

6.46

8.83

8.63

8.88

9

7Q

Q KQ

7.71

7 49

7 91

7.00

7.50

.......

Mar.

7.42

8.38

7.58

7.46

6.96

7.33

9.83

8.17

7.50

7.25

7.13

6.83

6.63

6.54

6.46

6.54

6.73

7.42

9.86

8.04

i *ft

7.08

6

7K

6.81

7.08

7.67

7

QQ

7 7*

12.67 

9.42

8.25

Apr.

7.92

8.25

7.50

7.46

7.71

7.88

8.46

8.92

9.21

9.83

10.46

11.21

11.83

11.96

11.50

12.96

13.54

14.21

14.25

13.04

11.42

11.08

9.92

10.83

U Q9

13.21

13.42

May.

13.42

13.46

12.33

14.17

16.54

16.35

15.08

14.54

13.33

13.29

14.29

15.21

15.79

15.04

14.67

14.04

13.58

14.79

1 K 7Q

16.33

n

OQ

n

7K

17.92

15.46

14.54

15.08 

15.00

15.04

June.

14.37

12.04

12.08

12.25

12.62

12.83

12.43

12.08

12.17

10.87

11.25

10.92

9.42

8.83

8.33

7.92

T

ftfi

8

AQ

8.12

8 04

8.12

8 17

8.04

7 19

7

KQ

7.66

7 Q9

July.

8.17

8.42

8.58

8.62

8.17

7.54

7.12

6.75

6.58

6.50

6.50

6.87

6.83

6.83

6.58

6.70

6.37

6.54

5.83

5 J.9

5.25

5.17

5.00

4.88

4.79 

4 75

4.66

Aug.

4.66

4.58

4.54

4.50

4.46

4.37

4.29

4.21

4.12

4.08

4.08

4.17

4.17

4.08

3.96

3.92

3.92

3.83

3.83

3 no

3

QQ

3 CO

4

AQ

4.17

3 Qfi

3.79 

3.75

3.75

Sept.

3.70

3.66

3.58

3.54

3.50

3.46

3.38

3.38

3.33

3.33

3.33

3.33

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.17

3.17

3 OK

3 17

3.17

3.17

3.17

3.13

3.17

3.17

3.17

Oct.

3.21

3.25

3.17

3.13

3.25

3.17

3.29

3.25

3.21

3.29

3.37

3.37

3.29

3.37

3.62

3.79

3.96

3

Q7

3.66

3

KA

3

07

3 Qfi

4.42

4.25 

4.12

4.08

Nov.

4.12

4.25

4.08

4.33

4.12

4.12

4.04

4.04

3.96

4.08

4.04

3.96

4.12

4.12

3.92

3.87

3

00

9 Q9

8 flU

7

07

7 08

7 on

6.25

5.58

5.04 

4.75

Dec.

4.58

4.75

4.58

4.54

4.25

1 48

4.21

9.66

7.33

6.12

5.62

5.54

6.04

5.87

5.58

5.17

5.00

4.87

4 54

4.37

4.50

4.33

4.25

4.12

4.04

4.04 

4.04

4.04
190 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897.

HEBNDON STATION ON SAN JOAQTTIN RIVER.

This station*, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part 

IVr page 385, is located at the wagon bridge half a mile north of 

Herndon and 12 miles north of Fresno, California, on the Southern 

Pacific Eailroad. The gage consists of a vertical rod fastened to the 

lower side of the south central railroad bridge pier. The bench mark 

is at the south end of the wagon bridge trestle on the west side, on a 

nail in a post 0.2 of a foot above the ground and marked by a "B. M." 

cut in the post. The elevation above rod datum is 24.12 feet. A gage 

on the same datum is also painted on the southwest cylinder. The 

initial point for soundings is on the left bank at the south cylinder. The 

channel for 900 feet above and 3,000 feet below the bridge is straight 

and the water has a uniform and moderate velocity. There are no 

piers in the bed of the stream to disturb the current and the section 

is a satisfactory one. The right bank is" high, rocky, and steep. The 

bed of the stream is sandy and gravelly. The observer is G. G. 

Nelson. The following discharge measurements were made by J. B 

Lippincott and A. Q. Campbell in 1897:

February 14, gage height, 3.58 feet; discharge, 1,117 second-feet. 

May 31, gage height, 8.60 feet; discharge, 10,774 second-feet. 

July 16, gage height, 4.50 feet; discharge, 3,223 second-feet. 

September 8, gage height, 2.66 feet; discharge, 271 second-feet. 

November 2, gage height, 2.92 feet; discharge, 515 second-feet. 

December 21, gage height, 3.00 feet; discharge, 699 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of San Joaquin River at Herndon, California, for 1897.

Day.

1. ....... .......

2...............

3...............

4...............

5...............

6...............

7...............

8...............

9...............

10...............

11...............

12...............

13...............

14...............

15............... ie... ............

17...............

18...............

19...............

20...............

21...............

22...............

23...............

24...............

25...............

26...............

27...............

28...............

29...............

30...............

31...............

Jan.

3 17

S flft

2

QQ

2 OR

3.00

2 Q9

2 Q9

2 GO

2.92

2.92

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.08

3.00

2.92

2.92

2 DO

2.83

2.83

2.83

 * 1 7

3.38

Feb.

4.38

9

00

5 17

4 54

4.13

0.4C

5.00

4.58

4.13

4.00

3.07

3.54

3.58

3

KA

4.13

4.00

4.13

3.90

0 7O

3.75

3.50

3.50

3.42

3.96

......

Mar.

4.00

4.00

3

7R

5 OH

4.79

4.17

4.00

4.00

3 Q9

3.83

3

00

*» 7=

3 Q9

 3 QO

4.75

4.00

3.92

3.83

4.00

3.92

4.00

4

KA

4 9Q

5 9.8

4.29

4.08

Apr.

4.13

4.21

4.17

4

OO

5 29

5.03

5 71

0.50

0.71

6

QO

7.13

7

7K

7.79

8 17

7.00

0 87

0.42

0.40

e

OQ

6.17

0.00

6.71

7.40

7.67

7.07

7 54

......

May.

7 Kn

Q 7Q

9

10

9 91

9 91

8

00

8.25

8 OK

8 AC)

Q CO

9

AQ

9 OK,

Q-ftfi

8.67

Q -10

Q O1

8.13

T oo

9

CA

10.17

9.70

9.12

8

KQ

8 7Q

8.87

8.70

8.54

June.

8 V!

7.12

 7 90

7 19

7 25

7 19

7 OQ

rr -|O

0.42

6.37

O KA

0.92

0.54

6 91

5.40

5.04

4.70

4.54

4.42

4 29

4.29

4.33

4.40

4 91

4.21

4

07

4.54

July.

4 09

^ 91

5 91

^ 9^

5

AA

4. 79

4.25

4 12

4.12

4.29

4.37

4 79

4.58

4.50

4.33

4.25

4.12

3.92

3

Q7

3

QO

3.66

3.50

3

KA

3

KA

3

CA

3

CA

3

CA

3.50

Aug.

3

KA

3.50

3.42

3 49

3.42

3 9Q

3

. t\K

3

t)K

3

07

3 9^

3.25

3. 08

3.00

3

(lQ

3 no

3 no

3.00

3.08

3.08

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.08

3 no

3.00

3.00

3.00

2.92

Sept.

2

00

2

00

2

00

2

00

9' ft*}

fc> QO

2

7K

2 fi7

2

«7

2.54

2

KA

2.50

2.50

2.42

2

00

2.38

2.42

2

00

2

00

2.33

2.33

2.33

2.33

Oct.

2.33

2 50

2 K.fi

2 50

2.50

2

KA

2

KA

2

KA

2 jf>

2.42

2 /19

2.42

2.42

2.50

2

KA

2

7K

2

7K

2

KA

2

KO

2.50

2

Cfl

2

KA

2

K.1

2.87

3 08

3

AQ

3.00

9 Q9

2 Q9

2.92

Kov.

2 92

2 92

2 00

2 O9

2

7K

2

7K

2

7K

2

7C

2 fie

2

fifi

2

fift

2.06

2.79

2

7K

2

Kf|

2

KA

2

KA

2.42

5 OK

4.08

3.50

4.33

3.48

3.04

3 or;

Dec.

3 Art

3 17

Q OA

3 20

3 1 7

3

AQ

3.00

3 An

5.12

4.75

3

00

3 04

3 17

3.12

3.20

3

AQ

3 Aft

2 QO

2 11

2

1 I

2.83

2.83

2

Q'>

3.17

3.08

3

AQ

3.17
WATERSHED OP SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 191

BED MOUNTAIN STATION ON KUtGS EIYEE.

This station, described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part IV, 

page 390, is located 15 miles east of Sanger, California, southwest of 

Eed Mountain and 3 miles below Jarrett's place, and may be reached 

by roads on either side of the river from Sanger. The station is on 

what is called "Lower Section of No. 9" of the lumber flume. The 

gage is made of two 4 by 8-inch timbers 14 and 20 feet long, respectively, 

laid on the ground under a rock and bolted to a tree. The bench mark 

is a cross cut in the top of a granite bowlder 11 feet northwest of a blazed 

sycamore tree at top of rod and 18.045 above the zero of the rod. The 

initial point of measurement is on the left bank, the "deadinan" being 

at station 50. The channel above and below the station is quite straight. 

The right bank is high and rocky, but the left is subject to overflow in 

extreme high water. The bed of the stream is of large gravel and 

bowlders. The observer is Mrs. Alice House. The following discharge 

measurements were made by J. B. Lippincott and A. Q. Campbell in 

1897:

February 13, gage height, 5.18 feet; discharge, 1,021 second-feet. 

April 5, gage height, 6.82 feet; discharge, 2,071 second-feet. 

June 1, gage height, 10.02 feet; discharge, 8,838 second-feet. 

July 15, gage height, 7.17 feet; discharge, 3,313 second-feet. 

September 9, gage height, 4.10 feet; discharge, 295 second-feet. 

November 1, gage height, 4.57 feet; discharge, 552 second-feet. 

December 22, gage height, 4.70 feet; discharge, 515 second»feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Kings River at Red Mountain, California, for 1897.

Day.

I.. ..........

2............

3............

4............

5............

e..... .......

7............

8............

9............

10............

11............

12............ 

13............

14............

15............

1C............

17............

18............ 

19............

20............ 

21............

22............

23............

24............

25............

26............

27............

28............

29............

30............

31............

Jan.

4.30

4.30

"4." 16"

4 30

4.30

4.70

Feb.

9.10

5.90

5.80

5.60

......

"G'.'SQ

e.oo

5.90

5..70

5.50

5.50

5.50

5..80

G..OO

o; oo

......

Mar.

6.00

6.02

6.03

6.00

5.90

T.70

8.20

6.80

6.40

6.40

e.20

6.20 

6.00

5:90,

5.80

5.90.

6.00

5.80 

6.30

6.10 

5.90

5.90

5.70

6.00

6.20

6.80

6.70

7180

7.20

6.90

6,50

Apr.

6.60

6160

6.50

6.60

6.80

7.50

7.20

7.50

7:90

8.00

8.30

8.80 

9; 00

9.30

9.60

9170

9.90

10.10 

9.50

8.80 

8.40

8.80

8.30

8.20

8.40

9.20

9.50

9.70

9.60

9:70

May.

9.90

9.10

9.90

10.50

10.90

11.30

11.00

10.90

11.00

11.00

11.30

11.40 

11. 40

11.60

11.30

10.60

10.50

10.60 

10.90

11.00 

11.10

11.60

12.30

12.40

12.00

11.50

11,40

11.50

11.50

11.10

11.10

June.

10.20

10.40

10.20

10.20

10.30

10.40

10.30

10.00

10.20

10.20

10.00

9.80 

9.70

9.60

9.00

8.40

7.60

7.40 

7.30

7.00 

7.00

7.30

7.30

7.40

7.30

7.30

7.30

7.20

7.10

7.20

July.

7.80

8.00

7.50

7.40

7.30

6.70

6.60

6.70

7.00 

7.00

7.20

7.20

7.20

6.80

6.50 

6.30

6.20 

6.10

6.10

5.90

6.00

6.00

5.90

5.90

5.50

5.50

5.40

5.40

Aug.

5.50

5.30

5.30

5.30

5.10

5.10

5.00

5.20

5.00

5.00

4.90 

4.80

4.80

4.70

4.70

4.70

4.70 

4.80

4.80 

4.90

5.10

5.00

5.00

4.90

4.80

4.70

4,70

4.60

4.50

4,30

Sept.

4.39

4.40

4.30

4.30

4.20

4. JO

4.10

4.10

4.00

4.00 

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

3.80

3.90 

3.70

3.70 

3.80

3.80

3.80

3.90

3.90

3.80

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.90

Oct.

4.00

4.00

4.00

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.90

3.80

3.80

3.90 

4.00

4.00

4.60

4.00

4.30

4.30 

4.30

4.30 

4.20

4.10

4.10

4.30

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60

Nov.

4.60

4.60

4.50

4.40

4.30

4.30

4.30

4.40

4.40

4 30

4.30 

4.30

4.40

4.30

4.20

4.20

4.10 

4.10

4.10 

6.50

5.10

5.40

7.00

5.90

5.40

5.00

5.00

4.90

4.70

Dec.

4.90

4.90

5.00

4.90

4.90

4.70

4.70

9.80

6.30

5.70

5

0A

5.00 

5.00

5.20

5.10

4.70

4.80

4.80 

4.70

4.70 

4.70

4.70

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.60

4.70

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.60
192 OPERATIONS AT EIVEE STATIONS, 1897.

KINGSBURG STATION ON KINGS RIVER.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Beport, Part IV, 

page 393, is located at the Southern Pacific Bailway bridge, approximately 1 mile south of Kingsburg, California. The vertical gage, the 

property of the railway company, is nailed to the south central railroad pier, with the zero 31.66 feet below the top of the rail of the 

bridge. The channel of the stream at the wagon bridge, 200 feet below 

the railroad bridge, where discharge measurements were first made, is 

badly broken by the piers of both bridges. The direction of the flow 

is oblique to both, and the channel contains shifting sand bars. The 

right bank is not subject to overflow except in very high water, but the 

left bank is low. Discharge measurements subsequent to April 7,1897, 

were made 2 miles above the railroad bridge at Clark's bridge which 

crosses the river in one span. The section here is uniform and does 

not change. The water is very deep and slow. The observer is Alf. 

Thompson. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 

by J. B. Lippincott and A. Q. Campbell:

February 11, gage height, 5.58 feet; discharge, 905 second-feet. 

April 6, gage height, 5.20 feet, discharge, 825 second-feet. 

June 3, gage height, 8.60 feet, discharge, 5,959 second-feet. 

July 17, gage height, 5.02 feet; discharge, 503 second-feet. 

September 10, gage height, 3.20 feet; discharge, 221 second-feet. 

Novembers, gage height, 4.84 feet; discharge, 465 second-feet. 

December 23, gage height, 4.80 feet; discharge, 522second-feet.

Daily gage height, infest, of Kings River at JLingsburg, California, for 1897.

Day.

1...... ........

2..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

9..............

10..............

11..............

]2.... ..........

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17..............

1 Q

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

93

24..............

OK

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30..............

31..............

Jau.

4.08

4.00

3.79

3.67

4.08

4.00

3.67

3.25

3.25

3.17

3.25

3.38

3.92

4.50

4.08

3.58

3.42

3.42

3.46

3.58

3.50

3.33

3.29 

3.58

3.54

4.79

Feb.

5.54

8.58

6.63

7.13

6.42

0.04

5.88

5.83

5.21

4.92

5

7K

5.96

0.08

6.00

5 no

5.42

5 42

5.50

5.50

......

Mar.

5.63

6.21

5 7Q

5.54

5.58

7.58

6.67

6.00

5.92

5.54

5.46

5.29

5.17

5.00

5

CA

5.67

5.71

5.71

4.83

5.71

5.46 

7.04

6.08

5.50

Apr.

5 91

4 no

5

AQ

5.83

6.13

6 54

6.92

7.33

7.88

7.88

8

1 0

8.00

6.92

6.71

6.54

6 38

7.54 

7.75

7.83

May.

7.50

8.08

8

QO

9.33

9.17

9.38

9

7PC

9.88

9.83

10.04

9.04

8 7Q

8.92

9.29

9.75

10.04

W 7Q

11.33

10 37

9.66

9.70

9.54

Jane.

8.83

8.25

8

AQ

010

8.12

8

00

8

*>7

8.21

7 Qfi

7

fiO

7 37

7.42

7 9Q

7.12

6.92

6.17

5

7K

5.46

*. 17

5 04

5 29

5

07

5.46

5

KA

& OQ

5.25 

5.21

5.17

JnTy.

5.21

S

CO

5 at)

5.46

5.33

5 19

4.42

4.79

5.21

5.04

4.62

4.21

4.08

3 7fi

3 29

3 54

3

OQ

3

KA

Q ftf\

3.46 

3.42

3.92

Aug.

4.00

3.88

*3.75

3

7K

3.66

3.50

3.42

3.42

3.37

3.25

3 OK

3 OK

3

01

3.00

3.33

3.33

3

KQ

3

EA

3 OK

3 OK

3.25

3.96

3.08 

3.25

8.33

3.17

Sept.

3.17

3.29

3

oe

3 OK

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.17

3 17

3 17

3.25

3 OK

3 OK

3 25

3.25

3.25

3.25

3.37

3.33

3.00

3.04

3.25

3 OK

3.33 

3.33

3.25

Oct.

3.29

3.33

3.33

3.13

3.08

3.21

3.33

3.50

3.54

3.67

3 fi7

^ 71

3.75

4.08

4.62

4 50

4.38

4.29

4 33

4.50

5.12

5

AQ

5 OR

5.21 

5.08

5.00

5.00

Nov.

5.00

4.96

4

7K

4.70

4.37

4.17

4.17

4.17

4 19

4 08

4.00

3

QO

3

7K

3.75

3.75

6

FiA

5 no

5

7K

5 RR

5.46

5.33 

5.12

Dec.

5.04

5.12

4.90

4.92

4.83

4.75

4.83

7.08

6^08

5.50

5.46

5.37

5 on

5 17

5.08

A QO

4

7K

4.66

i 7Q

4 Q.fi

4.96

4

QO

4.83

4.83
MOHAVE DESERT DRAINAGE. 193

PALMDALE STATION ON LITTLE ROCK GREEK.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Report, Part 

IV, page 402, is located about 8 miles southeast of West Palmdale, 

California, at the headworks of the South Antelope Valley Canal. The 

creek is diverted through a tunnel into a flume at the headworks, 

which at the normal stage of the stream will carry all of the water. A 

gage has been placed in this flume, in which the discharge measure 

ments are made at low stages. During high water a second gaging 

will be made from the bridge, where the flume crosses the creek, onehalf mile below the headworks, and a gage rod will be placed there for 

that station. The flume is straight. The channel of the stream is 

crooked and the bed is full of bowlders. The banks are high, and the 

creek will not leave its present channel at the bridge. The observer is 

Burt Cole. The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 

by J. B. Lippincott and Burt Cole:

February 9, at long flume, gage height, 0.56 foot ; discharge, 20 second-feet. 

February 9, at headworks flurne, gage height, 0.91 foot; discharge, 21 second-feet. 

February 9, at long chute, gage height, 0.34 foot; discharge, 21 second-feet. 

February 0, at box flume, gage height, 2.00 feet; discharge, 126 second-feet. 

March 7, gage height, 1.17 feet; discharge, 26 second-feet. 

March 7, gage height, 2.00 feet; discharge, 69 second-feet. 

April 7, gage height, 2.80 feet; discharge, 126 second-feet. 

April 16, gage height, 0.70 foot; discharge, 14 second-feet. 

May 3, gage height, 1.47 feet; discharge, 47 second-feet. 

May 15, gage height, 0.45 foot; discharge, 7 second-feet.

Daily gage height, in feet, of Little Rock Creek at Palmdale, California, for 1897-

Day.

1...... ........

2..............

3..............

4..............

5..............

6..............

7..............

8..............

10..............

11..............

12..............

13..............

14..............

15..............

16..............

17.............. 

18..............

19..............

20..............

21..............

22..............

23..............

24..............

25..............

26..............

27..............

28..............

29..............

30.............. 

31..............

Jan.

0.40

.30

.25

.20

.30

.30

.30

.30

DO

OK

.45

.48

.52

.42

.50

.60

.62 

.65

.60

.55

.65

.82

.80

.80

.80

.75

.60 

.60

.70

1.10 

1.35

Feb.

2.10

2.50

2.25

1.70

1.75

2.05

1.60

1.50

1.22

1.15

.80

80

.80

.70

.70 

1.55

1.35

1.00

1.00

1.00

.90

.90

1.00

1.15

1.80 

1.70

......

Mar.

2.00

2.00

1.75

1.40

1.40

1 J.Pl

1.45

1.40

1.40

1 40

1.40

1.40 

1.60

1.60

1.90

1.35

1.45

1.90

2.60

2.35 

2.40

2.70

2.80 

2.80

Apr.

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.80

2.60

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70

2.70 

2.70

2.70

2.35

2.25

2.25

2.20

2.30

2.00

2.15 

2.25

2.25

2.20

May.

1.95

1.80

2.00

2.00

1.85

1.80

1.65

1 R%

1 tt

1 4*5

1.40

1 3s.

1.25

1.25

1.10

1.00 

.90

.80

.70

.70

.70

.70

.70

.65

.60

.55

.55

.60

.55 

.45

June.

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40 

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.35

.30

.25

.15

July.

.05

.03

.03

.03

.03

.02

no

.00

.00

no

.00

.00

.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00 

.00

Aug.

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

no

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00 

.00

Sept.

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

no

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00

.00 

.00

.00

.00

Oct.

.00

.05

.10

.10

.15

.20

.20

95

.30

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40 

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40 

.40

.40

.40 

.40

Kov.

0 40

40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40 

.40

.40

.40

40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40

.40 

.40

.35

.35

Dec.

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

.30

oc

qpi

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35 

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35

.35 

.35

.35

.35 

.35
194 OPERATIONS AT EIVEK STATIONS, 1897. 

AZtFSA STATION ON SAN GABBIEL RIVEB.

This station, described in tibe Eighteenth Annual Report, Pat* IV, 

page 405, is located at the mouth of the San Gabriel River caayon, 2 

miles northeast of Azusa, California. During the greater portion of the 

year all the water of the San Gabriel River is diverted into canals and 

the measurements of discharge are then made at th« division box of 

the Azusa-Duarte canal. The gage rod is vertical and nailed to the 

inside of the box, with the zero of the rod. at the bottom of the flume, 

or 1.335 feet below the knife edge of the weir. At times, daring the 

winter season, water flows past the diversion points down the river, 

and in order to measure this amount a gage rod has been placed in the 

right bank of the river at a point near the division box. A few hundred feet above is a cable, car, and tag-wire for measuring the floods. 

R. M. Fellows and H. F. Parkinson are the observers. The bench 

mark to which both rods are referred is a cross in the wooden sill at the 

head of the lowest Azusa tunnel. It is 7,97 feet above the zero of the 

river rod. The channel of the river for 200 feet above and below the 

cable is straight. The banks are not liable to change. The bed of 

the stream is full of bowlders embedded in sand. June 4 a diversion 

dam was placed just below the river gage backing the water up above 

it. Readings on this rod were then discontinued. The rod and cable 

were moved up the river later in the season.

The following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by J. B. 

Lippincott and A. Q. Campbell:

On the river:

January 10, gage height, 1.28 feet; discharge, 4.5 second-feet. 

January 25, gage height, 2.00 feet; discharge, 58 second-feet. 

February 1, gage height, 5.10 feet; discharge, 1,725 second-feet. 

February 2, gage height, 3.40 feet; discharge, 422 second-feet. 

March 12, gage height, 3.30 feet; discharge, 410second-feet. 

April 29, gage height, 2.60 feet; discharge, 162 second-feet. 

May 24, gage height, 2.08 feet; discharge, 76 eecond-feet. 

November 13, discharge, 8 second-feet. « 

November 27, discharge, 3.5 second-feet.

In the Division Box.

January 10, gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 22 second-feet. 

April 29, gage height, 2.88 feet; discharge, 71 second-feet. 

May 24, gage height, 2.93 feet; discharge, 68 second-feet. 

June 30, gage height, 2.76 feet; discharge, 56 second-feet. 

July 5, gage height, 2.72 feet; discharge, 54 second-feet. 

August 7, gage height, 2.33 feet; discharge, 31 second-feet. 

September 1, gage height, 2.20 feet; discharge, 24 second-feet. 

September 29, gage height, 2.10 feet; discharge, 19 second-feet. 

November 13, gage height, feet; discharge, 25 second-feet. 

November 27, gage height, feet; discharge, 33 second-feet.
WATERSHED OF SOUTH PACIFIC COAST,

Daily gage height, in feet, of San Gabriel Biwer -at, Amisa, California, for M97.

Day.

1....

3.... 

4.... 

5.... 

6....

7....

8....

9.... 

10....

11.... 

12. ... 

13....

14.... 

15.... 

16....

Jan.

......

Tis"

1.25

1 30

1.90

......

Feb.

5.01

3.60 

2.90 

2.55 

2.«0 

2.50

2.45

2.40 

2.35

2.25 

2.20 

2.15

2.10 

2.10 

2.00

Mar.

3.00 

3.00

3.10 

3.05 

3.05 

4.60 

5.15

3.80 

3.50

3.45 

3.40 

3.30

3.20 

3.20 

3.20

Apr.

3.10 

3.00

3.10 

3.00 

3.00 

3.10 

3.10

3.10

3.10 

3.15

3.10 

3.15 

3.20

3.20 

3.20 

3.07

May.

......

2.50 

'2. 56"

2.50

i'as'

"2." 25"

June.

1.80

""i.'so

--------

........

Day.

17.....

 1 ft

19..... 

20..... 

21..... 

22..... 

23.....

24.....

25.....

9fi

27 ..... 

28.....

on

30-.... 

31.....

Jan.

~2." 06"

"2." 66"

2.00

1.98

2.10 

2.05

Feb.

2.10 

Son

3.90 

3.60 

3.20 

3.00 

2.S5

2.90

3.00

3

AK

3.00 

3.00

......

Mar.

3.50 

3.00

3.20 

3.15 

3.10

3.00 

3.00

3.00

3.10 

3.10

3.10 

3.00 

3.10

3.10 

3.10

Apr.

3.05 

3.05

3.00 

2.90 

2.90 

2.80 

2.70

2.65'

"2" 5?"

......

May.

"2." 26"

2.15 

"2." OS"

2.10

1.90 "i.'ss"

1 80

June.

........

........

........

WARM SPRINGS STATIONS ON SANTA ANA RIVER.

This station, as described in the Eighteenth Annual Beport, Part IV, 

page 411, is located 5 miles northeast of Mentone, California, threefourths of a mile below the headworks of the Santa Ana Canal and 

opposite the Warm Springs in the cariyon. The gage is an inclined 

timber, the lower end of which has been set under the projecting edge 

of a large bowlder and fastened to upright posts at its upper end. 

August 31, 1897, a second gage was placed 1 mile above this location and above the headworks of the Santa Ana Canal. The record as 

published in this report is for the lower gage. The observer is A. Laird, 

ditch watchman and water divider on the Bear Valley system. The 

following discharge measurements were made in 1897 by J. B. Lippincott and A. Q. Campbell:

January 27, gage height, feet; discharge, 44 second-feet. 

March4, gage height, 1.45 feet; discharge, 101 second-feet. 

May 3, gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 96 second-feet. 

May 4, gage height, 1.50 feet; discharge, 98 second-feet. 

June 15, gage height, 1.15 feet; discharge, 64 second-feet. 

July 5, gage height, 1.20 feet; discharge, 72 second-feet. 

July 6, gage height, 1.11 feet; discharge, 60 second-feet. 

Angust 8, gage height, 1.32 feet; discharge, 56 second-feet. 

August 31, gage height, 1.35 feet; discharge, 60 second-feet. 

September 30, gage height, 1.13 feet; discharge, 43 second-feet. 

November 14, gage height, 1.25 feet; discharge, 40 second-feet.

At new station, 1 mile above old one:

August 31, gage height, 1.00 foot; discharge, 78 second-feet. 

September 30, gage height, 0.83 foot; discharge, 65 second-feet. 

November 14, gage height, 0.35 foot; discharge, 47 second-feet.
196 OPERATIONS AT RIVER STATIONS, 1897. 

Daily gage height, in feet, of Santa Ana River at Warm Springs, California, for 1897. 1

Day.

4-- .......................

7.........................

8.........................

10.........................

11.........................

19

-10

14.........................

15.........................

17.........................

1ft

in

9fi

91

99

23.........................

25.........................

26.........................

27.........................

28.........................

29.........................

30.........................

Jan.

1 9T

1 fifi

1.00

1.00

Qfi

Q9

Q9

.92

.92

1.12

1.10

1.16

1 91

1 Q7

1 91

1.40

1.40

1 Q^

1 ^

1.40

1.40

1.45

1.45

1.45

1.45

1.45

1.45

1.45

1.50

Feb.

2.70

2.10

1.85

1 ft**

1.65

1.65

1.65

1 ftfi

1 ft**

1.50

1 50

1.40

1.40

1

0C

1.40

2.90

2.10

2

AE

1.70

1.70

1.65

1 60

1.60

1.55

1.55

Mar.

1.60

1.50

1.45

1 60

2 50

1.65

1.65

1 60

1.50

1.50

1.50

1 50

1.60

1.40

1 60

1 45

1.40

1.30

1 <?i

1.35

1.75

1.55

1.60

Apr.

1.60

1.55

1.60

1.60

1.65

1.70

1.70

1.65

1.75

1 7^

1 Qrt

1.80

1 7^

1 7^

1 75

I 80

i ftrt

i ftrt

1.70

1.65

1 60

1.60

1 60

1.60

1.55

1.60

1.55

1.50

May.

1 50

1.50

1 50

1.50

1.50

1 f\(\

1.45

1.40

1.30

1 30

i Qrt

1 °5

1.25

1.20

1.15

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.10

1

1K

1.10

1.05

1.00

1.00

1.00

.95

June.

1.10

1.05

1.10

1.15

1.10

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.20

1 9ft

1.20

1.20

1 90

1.20

1.20

1 1 ^

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.10

1.15

July.

1.15

1.05

1.10

1 1 ^

1.10

1.10

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.15

1.20

i 11

1 91

1 IK

1.20

1.20

1.20

111

111

1.15

1.20

1.20

1.25

1.35

1.30

1.30

1.30

Aug.

1.30

1 3^

1 3^

1.35

1.35

1.35

1.40

1.40

1.40

i 3fi

1

0A

1 3fi

1.35

1.45

1 9^

1.25

1.35

1.35

1.30

1.30

1.35

1.35

Oct.

1.30

1.17

1.15

ill

1.20

1.25

1.23

1.30

1.23

1.12

1.20

1 93

i 9*;

1.15

1.10

on

QA

QA

QA

QA

QA

.95

1.05

1.05

1.10

1.25

1.25

1.25

Nov.

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.20

1.20

1.30

1.30

1 ^fi

1.27

1.25

1.25

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.20

1.17

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.25

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

1.15

Dec.

1.10

i ni

1 AK

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.05

1.05

1 05

1 05

1.15

i n^

.95

1.00

.90

.80

.80,

.90

.90

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1 No record for September on lower rod.
INDEX TO PAPERS NOS. 15 AND 16.

A.

Abiquiu, N. Mex., hydrographic work at..... 129

Adams, A. J., work of................ 182,183,184

Alabama, gaging stations in ............... 51-57

Aldersoi), W. Va., hydrographic work at..... 58

Almon, Ga., hydrographic work at........... 43

Alston, S. C., hydrographic work at.......... 37

Animas River, -measurements of ............. 146

Anschutz, T. H., work of............. 23, 25, 58, 59

Antietam Creek, measurements of ........... 16

Arboles, Colo., hydrographic work at.... 144-145

Arizona, gaging stations in .............. 147-151

Arkansas River, measurements of ... 117-122,124 

Arkins, Colo., liydrographic work near....... 94

Arnold, Sydney, work of ............. 174,176,179

Asheville, N. C., hydrographic work at....... 60

Azusa, Cal., hydrographic work at........... 194

B.

Babb, Cyrus C., work of...................... 22,

117, 135,136,137,141,165,171,172,

173, 174, 175, 176,177,178,180,181

Battle Creek, Idaho, hydrographic work at... 157

Battle Mountain, Nev., hydrographic work at. 153

Bear Creek, Colo., measurements of.......... 90

Bear River, measurements of............. 157,159

Beloit, Kans., hydrographic work at ......... 110

Beverly, Kans., hydrographic work at ....... 112

Big Goose Creek, measurements of........... 77

Big Thompson River, measurements of...... 94

Blacksburg, S. C., hydrographic work at..... 36

Blacks Fork, measurements of............... 134

Black "Warrior River, measurements of ...... 57

Blake, Utah, hydrographic work at.......... 136

Blue River, measurements of................. 115

Boise, Idaho, hydrographic work at.......... 168

Boise River, measurements of................ 168

Bond, Fred, work of.......................... 78

Boulder, Colo., hydrographic work near...... 92

Boulder Creek, measurements of............. 92

Bozeman Creek, measurements of............ 75

Bozeman, Mont., hydrographic work near.... 66,

67, 75 

Brash, W.J., work of-........................ 147

Broad River, Ga., measurements of........... 40

Broad River, S. C., measurements of........ 36-37

Bruneau River, measurements of............. 167

Bryson, ~8.C., hydrographic work at......... 61

Buchanan, Va.,hydrographic work at........ 24

Buffalo, Wy o., hydrographic work at......... 78

Buttes, Ariz., hydrographic work at......... 147

JRR 16 7

C.

Caldwell, H. W., work of..................... 12

Calhoun Palls, S. C., hydrographic work at... 39 

California, gaging stations in............. 185-195

Calowa River, measurements of.............. 184

Campbell, A. Q., work of..................... 187,

188,190,191,192,194,195

Camp Clarke, Nebr., hydrographic work at... 85 

Canton, Ga., hydrographic work at........... 48

Canyon City, Colo., hydrographic work at.... 119

Cape Fear River, measurements of........... 31

Carey, Ga., hydrographio work at............ 41

Carlton, Ga., hydrographic work at.......... 40

Carters, Ga., hydrographic work at. ...... 49

Catawba, N. C., hydrographic work at........ 34

Catawba River, measurements of.......... 34-35

Chama River, measurements of '.. ............ 129

Chattahoochee River, measurements of.... 46-47

Chattanooga, Tenn., hydrographic work at.. 64 

Chinook, Mont., hydrographic work at...... 73

Clark sville, Va .* hy drograph ic work at...... 26

Clear Creek, Wyo., measurements of......... 78

Cogswell, F., work of................... 88,89,91,

92, 93, 117, 118, 119,120,123,127,

137,139,141,142,143,144,145,146

Collinston, Utah, hydrographic work at...... 159

Colorado, gaging stations in............... 87-94,

117-123,127,137,139-146 

Colorado River, measurements of ............ 151

Colton, A. T., work of ........................ 147

Columbus, Nebr., hydrographic work near. 97-98 

Coosa River, measurements of.............. 51-55

Coosawattee River, measurements of......... 49

Courchesne, T.M., work of................... 132

Crawford, Nebr., hydrographic work near.... 79

Cumberland, Md., hydrographic work at..... 15

D.

Dallls.P. A., work of ........................ 42

Dan River, measurements of......__....... 26

Davis, Arthur P., work of ................... 7,

15,16,37,38,61, 62,63 

Deansbury, Colo., hydrographic work at..... 87

Delaware River, measurements of............

Del Norte, Colo., hydrographio work at ...... 127

Denver, Colo., hydrographic work at......... 88

Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, aid by. 137,140 

Deschutes Kiver, measurements of........... 181

Dobson, Adna, work of..... 80,95,96,97, 98, 99,108

Dolores, Colo., hydrographic work at......... 143

Dolores River, measurements of.............. 143

197
198 INDEX TO PAPERS NOS. 15 AND 16.

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Dougall, W. G., -work of ...... 136, 159, 160, 161, 162

Dublin, Ga., hydrographic work at........... 42

Dnngeness Eiver, measurements of .......... 182

Durango, Colo., hydrographic work at ....... 146

E.

Elkhorn Eiver, measurements of ............ 99

Elko, Nev., hydrographic -work at ........... 152

Ellsworth, Kans., hydrographic work at .... 114

El Paso, Tex., hydrographic work at ........ 132

Elwha Eiver, measurements of .............. 183

Embudo, TS. Mex., hydrographic work at. ... 128

Emery, Eoe, work of. . 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75 

Engineer Corps, United States, work of. 51, 54, 65 

Etowah Eiver, measurements of ............. 48

Fall Creek, Colo., hydrographic work at..... 142

Parish, W. A., work of .................. 148,150

Fayetteville, N. C., hydrographic work at. ... 31

Fayette, W. Va., hydrographic work* at ..... 59

Firth, Charles, aid by.. ...................... 54

Flint Eiver, measurements of ................ 45

Follett, W. W., work of...... ................ 132

Forks, Wash., hydrographic work at ........ 184

Fort Crawford, Colo., hydrographic work at. . 139 

Fortier, S., work of............. ...... 157,158,160

Fort Mill, S. C., hydrographic work near ..... 35

For t!Niobrara,Hebr., hydrographic worknear. 80 

Frederick, Md., hydrographic work at ....... 20

French Broad River, measurements of ....... 60

G.

Gaffhey, S. C., hydrographic work at -........' 36

Gallatin Eiver, measurements of............. 68

Geneva, Utah, hydrographic work at......... 163

Georgia, gaging stations in................. 40-50

Gering. Nebr., hydrographic work at......... 84

Gibbon, Oreg., hydrographic work at......... 180

Gila Eiver, measurements of................. 147

Glasgow, Va., hydrographic work at......... 23

Golconda, Nev., hydrographic work at........ 154

Grand Junction, Colo., hydrographic work 

-at.................................. 137-138,141

Grand Kiver, Colo., measurements of......... 137

Grandview, Idaho, hydrographic work at.... 167

Granger, Wyo., hydrographic work at........ 134

Granite, Colo., hydrographic work at......... 117

Great Falls, Mont., hydrographic work near. 72 

Greenhrier Eiver, measurements of.......... 58

Green Eiver, Wyo., measurements of.... 135-136

Greenriver, Wyo., hydrographic work at..... 135

Grey Bull Eiver, measurements of........... 75

Gunnison Eiver, measurements of....... 140-141

Gypsum, Colo., hydrographic work at....... 137

H.

Hall, B.M., work of .......................... 39,

41,42, 43,44,45, 46,47,48, 51,57 

Hall, Max, work of........................... 39,

40, 41,43, 44, 47,48, 49, 50,51,56, 64 

Hall, Olin P., work of ........................ 50

Harrisburg, Pa., hydrographic work at....... 8

Harroun, P. E., work of ...... 128,129,130,131,132

Herndon, Cal., hydrographic work at......... 190

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Hill, J.E., aid by............................. 75

Hiwassee Eiver, measurements of .......... 63

Holtshurg, N. C., hydrographic work at...... 32

Hood, O. P., work of.......................... 115

Hood Eiver, measurements of................ 181

Hooper, Wash., hydrographic work at ....... 172

Hope, L. E., work of.......................... 87

Humholdt Eiver, measurements of....... 152-155

Humphreys, D. C., work of........ 17,23,24,58, 59

Hutchinson, Kans., hydrographic work at.... 124

I.

Idaho, gaging stations in ............ 157,164-171

lola, Kans., hydrographic work at............ 126

J.

James Eiver, measurements of............... 24

Jefferson Eiver, measurements of ............ 70

Jellys Ferry, Cal., hydrographic work at..... 185

Johnston, C. T., work of... 75, 76, 81, 82, 83,134,135 

Judson, S". C., hydrographic work at......... 62

Junction City, Kans., hydrographic work at.. 109

K.

Kansas, gaging stations in ............... 109-126

Kansas Kiver, measurements of.............. 116

Kingsburg, Cal., hydrographic work at ...... 192

Kings Eiver, measuremen ts of........... 191-192

Kiona, Wash., hydrographic work at......... 176

L.

Lagrange, Cal., hydrographic work at........ 18S

Lambertville, N. J., hydrographic work at.... 7

Laramie Eiver, measurements of........... 81-82

Laurel, Md., hydrographic work at........... 14

Lawrence, Kans., hydrographic work at...... 116

Liberty, Kans., hydrographic work at........ 125

Lippincott, J.B., work of .................... 185,

187,188,190,191,192,193,194,195 

Little Goose Creek, measurements of......... 77

Little Eock Creek, measurements of.......... 193

Little Tennessee Eiver, measurements of .... 62

Little Wood Eiver, measurements of......... 165

Livingaton, Mont., hydrographic worknear. 74-75 

Lock No. 4, Ala., hydrographic work at ...... 51

Lock 'No. 5, Ala., hydrographic work at ...... 51

Logan, Mont., hydrographic work at......... 68

Logan Eiver, measurements of ............... 158

Logan, Utah, hydrographic work at.......... 158

Loup Eiver, measurements of................ 97

Middle Eiver, measurements of .......... 96

North Eiver, measurements of........... 95

Loveland, Colo., hydrographic work near .... 94

Lovell, Wyo., hydrographic work at.......... 76

Lyons, Colo., hydrographic work near....... 93

M.

Macon, Ga., hydrographic work at........... 44

Madison Eiver, measurements of........... 69-70

Malad Eiver, measurements of............... 165

Malheur Eiver, measurements of............. 169

Manhattan, Kans., hydrographic work at.... 115

Marshall, Colo., hydrographic work at....... 91

Maryland, gaging stations in......... 12-16,20-21

Mason's Eanch, S"ev., hydrographic work at, 156
INDEX TO PAPERS NOS. 15 AND 16. 199

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Matthe8,G.H., work of. ................ 15,17,21

MoCallo, E.C.,jr.,workof..... .............. 57

McCoskey, A. B., work of .................. 79,84

McDowell, Ariz., hydrographicworkat.. 148-150 

McDonald, Wash., hydrographic work at .... 183

Mead, Elwood, work of ..................... 75, 76

Meeteetse, Wyo., hydrographic -work at. ..... 75

Middle Creek, Mont., measurements of ....... 67

Middle Loup Kiver, measurements of ........ 96

Milk Eiver, measurements of ................ 73

Millville, W. Va., hydrographic work at. ..... 19

Mills, F.J., work of.............. 164,166,168,171

Milstead, Ala., hydrographic work at. ........ 56

Missouri Eiver, measurements of............ 65

Modesto, Cal., hydrographic work at ......... 189

Molena, Ga., hydrographic work at. .......... 45

Monocacy Eiver, measurements of ............ 20

Montana, gaging stations in ................ 65-74

Montgomery, Idaho, hydrographic work at. . . 165 

Moro, Oreg., hydrographic work at. .......... 181

Morrison, Colo., hydrographic work at. ....... 90

Murphy, E. C., work of ............... 116, 125, 126

Murphy, N. C., hydrographic work at ........ 63

Myers,E.W., work of .................. 26,28,29,

30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 60, 62, 63

Naches River, measurements of ............... 174

Neal, N. C . hydrographic work at ............ 28

Nebraska, gaging stations in .............. 79-80,

84-86,95-99,107-108 

Neosho Ei ver, measurements of .............. 126

Nepesta, Colo., hydrographic work at. ....... 121

Neuse Eiver, measurements of............... 30

Nevada, gaging stations in ............... 152-156

New Jersey, gaging station in................ 7

New Mexico, gaging stations in. ......... 128-131

New Eiver, measurements of ........ ........ 59

Nickerson, G. H., work of. ... 164, 165, 166. 169, 170

Niles, Kans., hydrographic work at .......... Ill

Niobrara Eiver, measurements of ............ 80

Norfolk, Nebr., hydrographic work near ..... 99

North Carolina, gaging stations in ... 28-34, 60-63 

North Loup Eiver, measurements of ......... 95

North Platte Eiver, measurements of ...... 83-85

North Eiver, James, measurements of . . ... 23 

North Eiver, Shenandoah, measurements of. . 17 

Norwood, N". C., hydrographic work at ....... 33

North Yakima, Wash., hydrographicworkat. 174

O.

Oakdale, Cal., hydrographic work at ......... 187

Oakdale, Ga., hydrographic work at. ......... 46

Ocmulgee Eiver, measurements of...... ... 44

Oconee Eiver, measurements of ............ 41-42

Octoraro Creok, Md. , measurements of ....... 12

Ogden Eiver, measurements of............... 160

Ogden, Utah, hydrographic work at. ......... 160

Oostananla Eiver, measurements of .......... 50

Orchard, Colo., hydrographic work at ........ 89

Oreana, Nev., hydrographic work at ......... 155

Oregon, gaging stations in ........... 169, 180-181

Orin Junction, Wyo., hydrographic work at. . 83

P.

Palmdale, Cal., hydrographic work at ........ 193

Pajouse Rjver, measurements of ............... 172

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Patapsco Eiver, measurements of............ 13

Patuxent Eiver, measurements of............ 14

Paul, E. G., work of........ 7,8,13,14,15,19, 20,21

Payette, Idaho, hydrographic work at........ 170

Payette Eiver, measurements of.............. 170

Peedee Eiver, measurements of.............. 33

Pennsylvania, gaging station in.............. 8

Phffinix, Ariz., hydrographic work near.. 148,150 

Piedra Eiver, measurements of. ........... 145

Platte Eiver, measurements of............... 98

Pocatello, Idaho, hydrographic work at...... 164

Point of Rocks, Md., hydrographic work at.. 21 

Port Angeles, hydrographic work near .. 182-183 

Portneuf Eiver, measurements of............ 164

Port Bepnblic, Va., hydrographic work at... 17 

Potomac Eiver, measurements of........... 15,21

Preston,-P.J., work of.................... 121,122

Price, Capt. Philip M., aid by ................ 54

Provo Eiver, measurements of............... 162

Prove, Utah, hydrographic work at.......... 162

Pueblo, Colo., hydrographic work at ......... 120

Purgatoire River, measurements of....... 123

Q.

Quillayute, Wash., hydrographic work at.... 184 

K.

Eedbluff, Cal., hydrographic work at........ 185

Eedbluff, Mont., hydrographic work near.... 69

Red Moiuitain, Cal., hydrographic work at... 191 

Eepublican Eiver, measurements of..... 107-109

Eesaca, Ga., hydrographic work at .......... 50

Eio Grande, measuremen ts of............ 127-132

Rio Grande, N. Mex., hydrographic work at.. 130 

Riverside, Ala., hydrographic work at....... 51

Eoanoke River, measurements of .......... 25, 28

Eoanoke, Va., hydrographic workat......... 25

Eock Creek, measurements of................ 22

Eock Hill, S. C., hydrographic work near.... 35

Rocky Creek, Mont., measurements of....... 75

Rocky Ford, Colo., hydrographic work at.-.. 122 

Eoubidean, Colo., hydrographic work at..... 140

Eowlandsville, Md., hydrographic work at... 12 

Russell, W.G., work of...................... 109,

110, 111, 112,113,114,124

S.

Sacramento River, measurements of......... 185

Salesville, Mont., hydrographic work at..... 66

Salida, Colo., hydrographic work at......... 118

Salina, Kans., hydrographic work at......... 113

Saline Eiver, measurements of........... 112-113

Salisbury, N. C., hydrographic work at...... 32

Salt Eiver, measurements of................. 348

Saluda Eiver, measurements of.............. 38

Sanford.Capt. J.C., aidby.................... 65

San Gabriel Eiver, measurements of......... 194

San Joaquin Eiver, measurements of......... 190

San Juan Eiver, measurements of............ 144

San Marcial, N. Mex., hydrographic work at. 131 

San Mignel Eiver, measurements of.......... 142

Santa Ana Eiver, measurements of........... 195

Sappington, Mont., hydrographic work at.... 70

Savannah Eiver, measurements of............ 39

Seguin, Wash., hydrographic work at........ 182
200 INDEX TO PAPERS NOS. 15 AND 16.

Selah, "Wash., hydrographic work at......... 173

Selma, H. C., hydrographic work at.......... 30

Sharpsbnrg, Md., hydrographic work at...... 16

Shenandoah Eiver, measurements of......... 19

Sheridan, "Wyo., hydrographic work at....... 77

Shields Eiver, measurements of.............. 75

Shoshone, Colo., hydrographic work at....... 137

Shoshone Eiver, measurements of............ 76

Smoky Hill Eiver, measurements of.......... 114

Snake Eiver, measurements of............... 165.

Solduck Eiver, measurements of.........'.... 184

Solomon Eiver, measurements of......... 110-111

South Boulder Creek, measurements of...... 91

South Carolina, gaging stations in ......... 35-30

South Fork, Broad Eiver, measurements of .. 40 

South Fork, Hnmboldt Eiver, measurements 

of.......................................... 156

South Platte Eiver, measurements of ...... 87-89

South Eiver, Shenandoah, measurements of.. 17 

Spokane Eiver, measurements of............. 177

Spokane, Wash., hydrographic work at...... 177

Stanislaus Biver, measurements of........... 187

Staunton Eiver, measurements of............ 26

Stout,O.V.P., work of....................... 79,

80,84,85,95,96, 97, 98,99,108

St. Paul, Nebr., hydrographic work near... 95, 96 

St. Vrain Creek, measurements of............ 93

Sumner, E. S., work of...................... 90,94

Sun Eiver, measurements of.................. 72

Superior, Nebr., hydrographic work at....... 107

Susquehanna Eiver, measurements of........ 8

T.

Tallapoosa Eiver, measurements of.......... 56

Tarboro, N. C., hydrographic work at......... 29

Tar Eiver, measurements of.................. 29

Taylor, L. H., work of........ 152,153,154,155,156

Tennessee, gaging station in................. 64

Tennessee Eiver, measurements of........... 64

Texas, gaging station in...................... 132

Threeforks, Mont., hydrographic work at.... 70

Toponis, Idaho, hydrographic work at........ 165

Townsend, Mont., hydrographic work at..... 65

Trinidad, Colo., hydrographic work at........ 123

Tuckaseegee Eiver, measurements of........ 61

Tuckers, Oreg., hydrographic work at........ 181

Tnolnmne Eiver, measurements of....... 188,189

Tuscaloosa, Ala., hydrographic work at...... 57

TJ.

TJinta,Utah,hydrographic work at........... 161

Umatilla Biver, measurements of............. 180

Unoompahgre Eiver, measurements of....... 139

Union Gap, Wash., hydrographic work at.... 175

Utah, gaging stations in ............. 136,158-163

Utah Lake, gage heights of .................. 163

Uva, Wyo., hydrographies work at............ 82

V.

Valentine, Nebr., hydrographies work near.... 80

Tale, Oreg., hydrographic work at............ 169

Verde Eiver, measurements of ............... 150

Verdigris Eiver, measurements of............ 125

Vincent, S.E., work of ....................... 115

Virginia, gaging stations in............. 17,23-26

W.

Wallawalla Eiver, measurements of.......... 179

Warm Springs, Cal., hydrographic work at.. 195 

Washington, D. C., hydrographic work at ... 22 

Washington, gaging stations in .. 172-179,182-184 

Waterloo, S. C., hydrographic work at........ 38

Weather Bureau, observations by............ 42

Weber Eiver, measurements of............... 161

West Gallatin Eiver, measurements of....... 66

Weiser, Idaho, hydrographic work at........ 171

Weiser Eiver, measurements of.............. 171

Wenatchee Eiver, measurements of.......... 178

Wenatchee, Wash., hydrographic work at.... 178

West Point, Ga., hydrographic work at ...... 47

West Virginia, gaging stations in ...... 19, 58,59

Wetumpka, Ala., hydrographic work at...... 54

White Eiver, measurements of............... 79

Whitewater, Colo., hydrographic work at.... 140

Whitman, Wash., hydrographic work at..... 179

Wiley, A. J.,work of......................... 167

Woodbury, Ga., hydrographic work at....... 45

Wood (Little) Eiver, measurements of....... 165

Woods Landing, Wyo., hydrographic work at. 81 

Woodstock, Md., hydrographic work at...... 13

Wyoming, gaging stations in. 75-78,81-83,134-135

Y.

Tadkin Eiver, measurements of............ 32-33

Takima Eiver, measurements of......... 173-176

Yellow Eiver, measurements of.............. 43

Yellowstone Eiver, measurements of......... 74

Yuma, Ariz., hydrographic work at.......... 151

Z.

Zoological Park, National, Washington, D. C., 

hydrographic work in...................... 22